Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1898, Page 2

oe habitants 1s preposterous. To r sovereignty means deception, oppression and bigotry. We placed our rights in your hands and pray you to induce the Presi- nt and Senate not to abandon In the hour ace a people who, trusting in Ameri- can honor, fight for thelr common in- terests.7 The agent here of Aguinaldo, the insur- gent leader in the Philippine Islands, has received a cable dispatch dated Hong Kong, 6:40 p.m. today, but it makes no mention Manila having surrendered to Rear Ad- -_—— TWENTY MILES OF BAD CLAIMS. Returning Klondikers Dispel Belief Value of Eldorado Creek Ground. N FRANCISCO, July 29.—The steamer Portland has arrived from St. Michaels, bringing seven returning Klondikers and aboug §: gold dust and bullion. Three mine owners, Edward Lewis, Davis and C. McCable, brought $200,000 In bullion, rep- resenting Dawson dur- past sez Lewis of Circle City, Alaska, brings He states tpat only one out laims around Dawson are Those that pay at all are money. On Eldorado creek, he about three miles of really nd on Bonanza, every foot of jeen advertised as paying, there » than twenty miles of absolutely aims. uist of the Portland reports on 16th instant he sighted the er Tillamock with the Rideout in tow off 51 Lawrence. On the 18th_the steamer Navarro, towing the State of Min- ta, was sighted ten miles north of Una- When the Portland left Dutch Hat- . the steamer Brunswick, and three barges were in -hooner H. C. Wright arrived there on the 16th of last month. TACOMA, Wash., July 29—Four thou- spreading themselves over river country with picks and according to Edwin F. Lang of 1, Mass., who has arrived from g believes that next season everal important new dis- tricts on the ‘wart’s upper waters. A town called Stewart River has been laid ut by prospectors on Island No. 1 in the of a mile E Yukon river, three-quarters south of the mouth of Henderson creek. The richest diggings yet found about Circle City was discovered July 1 by men who were trying to trace a five-foot coal vein along Coal creek, which flows into the Yukon ten miles south of Circle City. — DENY HOOLEY’S DISCLOSURE. A Duke and Earls Rush Into Print. LONDON, July 20.—Derials of the alle- gations made by Ernest Terah Hooley, tke company promoter, in the bankruptcy court, continue to be published here. The Duke of Somerset writes that he was of cour t that his co-directors had ac money until he read Mr. Hool nee. and then. he adds, reed- less he hwith retired from the ire e Dunlop company. ck also emp! he receivel a penny of nsel for the Earl of Winchelgea, in a lished in the newspapers here, denial of the statement he had paid the earl chairman of one of New General Law Deprives State Courts of Jurisdiction. MILWAUKE: w J — Judge in the circuit court has handed opinion to the effect that the new krapt law has deprived the jurisdiction in bankruptcy of in rhrad, who made a voluntary as- sig: a year ago and wanted to have the slate wiped off. so that he could begin even with the world again, asked for an or- der « »€ bim as an insolvent debtor m his obligations. : judge refused to do, and in hi: m Stated that a cursory study of the ne cy laws convinced him that the State laws 4 inoperative and had been since July 1, informing the attorneys they would have to wait until August 1, when a m may be filed in bankruptcy in the 1 State court The papers were withdrawn and the dis- arge will be asked of the federal court The ruling of the court struck principals and attorneys in pending gs wit ssignment pro- surprise, as it will operate to edings in all cases and send leral court. > REAL DUKE OF PORT! Mrs. Anna Maria Druce Asserts That Her Son Should Have the Title. July 29.—Th> chancellor of the e of London has ordered that appli- THE ND. LONDON, dic cation should be made to Sir Francis Henry of the probate divorce and y division of the high court of jus- to say whether the faculty ought to ue an order empowering Mrs. Anna Ma- tia Druce to open the vaults and inspect the coff is alleged to contain the rem: Druce, who, the applicant asserts, was really the fifth Dcke of Port- supposed to have dizd . and that her son is the right- of Portland. She asserts that ged death and burial un- the name of Druce, wi eptions, i that he died tic asylum as Dr. Harmer. ful her der lun Duke usband’s GREAT STORM IN E GLAND. The Northeast Coast Swept and Grow- ing Crops Flattened. LONDON, July 29—The northeast coast of this country has been swept by a great orm. The fishing fleets have had a nar- row escape, being obliged to relinquish all their gear and nets and run to the har- bors for shelter, where many other ves- Is were compelled to seek refuge. The h-bound trains have been delayed by force of the winds, which have caused considerable damage inland, the crops having been flattened. ——_—_—_ Deferring Final Action. It was stated at the District building to- day that, in view of the fact that the terms of the members of-the board of assistant sors do not expire until the i6th of next month, the question of whether the present members shall be reappointed or or more new men appointed will not be up by the Commisstoners for several As was stated yesterday, it would ear that the Commissioners are not in- clined to make any change in the personnel of the board. - But, in putting off a decision in the matter for some time, it is also in- dicated that their minds are not by any meafs made up in the matter one way or the other, take’ days. after having been in a { PRO AND CON Press Opinions Upon the Terms of Peace. Shall the Philippines Be Held or Not anc What Shall Be Done With Them? Ced. Them Back to Spain. From the Springfield Republican (Ind.). So far as the Philippines are concerned, let _us be equally candid. We deny that this country has any moral responsibilities toward them. The war was not caused by the troubles in the far east and our opera- tions there have been merely incidental to the main course of the grand campaign. True, there has been chronic insurrection in those islands among the half-breed na- tives, but we are not answerable for its success or its failure. The sacrifices this country ts called upon to make in behalf of oppressed peoples are limited at least by the western hemisphere. With Cuba on our hands we shall have all the burden we can be fairly asked to bear. And that burden alone promises by no means to be light and airy. Let us not hesitate, therefore, in thé treaty of peace to cede back to Spain what- ever conquests.we may have made in the Philippines, reserving only a coaling sta- tion for the use of our Asiatic squadron. We ought certainly to do it, rather than prolong the war, if Spain is ready to accept our terms as to Cuba and Porto Rico. Whatever reforms and concessions for the people of the Philippines our government may secure from Spain, well and good; but before ruining the chances of an early peace by insisting upon the withdrawal of Spain from those islands we have every moral right to consult our-own national in- terests. Withdraw Honorably. if Possible. From the Indianapolis News. All that can be said now is that Spain has lost the Philippines as she has lost Cuba and Porto Rico. Whether we shall assume the heavy burden of governing them is a question which this government must decide for itself. For our part we shall be glad to see the United States withdraw from the Philippines, if we can honorably do so. Spain Has No Rights There Now. From the Louisville Post (Ind. Dem.). The question as to what shall be done in the Philippines is one for the United States to decide, and Spain has no right there that this country is bound to re- spect. As for the other nations, they may rage and tmagine vain things, but this is as far as they will be allowed to go, when this country has made up its mind as to nat is best for the inhabitants of the Philippines and for the people of this coun- try. What We Must Have. From the Tulede Blade (Rep.). “uba must be free; we must have Porto Rico, and at least some naval bases in the far east, even if we do not insist on retaining the Philippines and the Ladrones. A Sep to Spain's Honor. From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Rep.). As to the Philippines, the question js not so clear nor so easy of solution. There ts a division of public sentiment as reflected in the papers. Some want the islands held, and others say we want nothing to do with them except the ces- sion of a port for a coaling station. It seems reasonable under the circumstances to regard it as a possibility that these islands will be given back to Spain as a »p to her wounded honor, after we have made a selection of a harbor for use in coming years. Do Not Want Them. From the Boston Post (Rep.). There remains the question of the Phil- ippines, which is supposed top: more difficult problem. If these islands not already in our possession ihrough urrender of the capital city by the Spanish forces, they soon will be, and we might hold them by the same right that we hold Cuba and Porto Rico. But the American people are rapidly ieaching the conclusion that they do not want the Philippines: we are under no obligation, moral or other, to guarantee their in- pendence, and we cannot, without rais- ing troublesome complications, sell or transfer them to other European nations. The more conventent course would secm to be to retain one of them as a naval! station and turn the others back to Spain in consideration of the ion of a port for a. coaling station the Caroline Islands. A similar d drones would be sati on ositlon of the I ctory. Hold the Philippines. From the Cvicago Journal (1nd.). The question of the Philippines docs not seem 30 clear at Washington, though e is litle doubt which way it should ttled The tender of these islands to any oth r power would be a piece ef un- -xampled “oolishness, and the vcturn of eir Spanish oppressors notaing than a national crime. The Philip- pines wil. probably be tmvolved in the question of indemnity, and the beggarly “power” that can't pay its debts will, doubtiess, have to forfeit its pro. some sort of foreclosure proceeding: Our Duty. om the Lewiston Journal (rep.). Whether the Philippines go back to Spain or not, whether the United States holds Cuba or Porto Rico or the Ladrones or the Carolines or any other conquest of this war, one thing should be certain, that they go not back into the slavery of old, but that, on the contrary, out of this war in which this nation seems to be the instru- ment of Providence, should come a larger measure of personal and political freedom t> the people of these colonies. Inevitable. From the New York Sun, The radiz1l mistake of those who would have this ,overnment make peace with Spain without insisting that the Philip- pines shall de ours is in imagining that the Philippines can ever again be Spain’s. We can hand them back to Spain, withdrawing our forces, of ccurse with the honors of war, and Spain may reassert her sover- eignty over them, even undisturbed by in- ternal rebellion. But it couldn't last long. By no pos: ty can Spain become able to hold colonies in distant parts of the world. particularly on the coast of Asia; and sconer or later the Spanish Philippines re- stored would be taken under the control of one of the great powers. If we yield the Philippines, we yield them not to the suc- cessors of Alphonso XIII, but to some other European country or countries. whose flag would not be raised over them for the health of the United States. No Rapacious Spirit. From the Boston Herald (ind.), ~ The government is expected to ask for less, and {ft needs less. Certainly, in ac- cordance with the object of the war, it dces. What it is presumed to stipulate for is a port and a maval station in the Phil- ippine Islands. This ts reasonable. It in- no essential loss to Spain, and it may be of advantage to the United States. We do not forget that there are people her who insist upon our full possession of the Philippine Islands, but in standing cut for this at the present stage of the contest we should evince a rapacious spirit unworthy oe: the nation. While we have attained, as we have, said, all and more than all for h the war was engaged in, we do not a Fresh La Bourgogne Inquiry. Edouard Lockrey, French minister of marine, has decided to order a fresh in- ¥ into the loss of La Bourgogne. suber Americans to Get Edingurgh Degreex, EDINBURGH, July 20—The University of Edinburgh tomorrow wiil confer honor- ary degrees of doctor of laws on Prof. Hen- ry Pickering Bowditch of Harvard, Prof. Wm. Osier of Baltimore and Prof. Rod- ick of Montreal. Bie Burgiar Commits Murder. RICHMOND, Ind., July 29.—Christian Lieb, groceryman, was fatally shot early today by George Keefer, who entered the store to burgiarize. GREATS Steamers tn ision. VICTORIA, B. C., July 20.—News has been received of a collision between the steamers Hamlin and McConnell on the Stickeen river. The Hamlin was complete- wrecked and the McConnell sustained rious injury. the sentiment of the nation would justify its continuance as purely a war of conquest, and that for territory in the far eastern ocean. Deo Not Want All. Brom the Chicago Post (Rep.}. Nothing in the situation demands that we should take upon ourselves what prom- jses to be the thankless, well-nigh hopeless task of governing the Philippines. The group consists of many islands, of which Luzon is the largest and richest. Manila is its capital and metropolis. We are in possession of Manila bay sand have cap- tured Cavite, the naval arsenal of Manila. The city is at our mercy. It demands our protection from the ignorance of the in- surgents as well as from the oppressive rule of Spain. Why, then, cannot we make our demands in the Philippines embrace the possession of Cavite as a coaling station and naval arsenal and the islands of © and Caballo, commanding the entrance to Ma- nila bay, with the city of Manila as a free port, with local government under an American governor general? No Need for Discussion or Parleying. From the New York Hersld. >. - Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines are THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY. 29 Ane a aR aay 1898-12 PAGES, now lost to Spain, and it should be unde! stood that they are permanently lost to her. There is no need for discussion or. parleying. These are the terms which Should be exacted by the United States. Spain has ohly to accept them or refuse them. Until she accepts them there should} ment calls fo: be no relaxation in the vigorous prosecu- tion of the campaign. Demand for Possession. From the Chicago Tribune (Rep.). It is agreed that the crucial point, if actual negotiations shall be opened, will relate to the disposition of the Philippines. The mest significant outgiving on the sub- Ject is to the effect that the President is cpposed to acquiring {bese islands, ani tkat possibly the mcst t®it he may be dis- Ppoced to ask will be a coaling station in’ that region. The suggestion on this point may be merely tentative, designed to draw’ out the sentiment of the people through the public press. If this is the case the Pres!- dent will doubtless soon be convinced that there is an overwhelming demand not only that these islands be surrendered as in- demnification for the cost of the war, but the Carolines and the Lacrones as well. Reasonable Terms. From the New York Press (Rep.). If President McKinley announces forth- with to Spain that his terms of peace are the freedom of Cula, the cessien of Porto Rico (for annexation or home rule at this country’s discretion) and a coaling station in the Philippines, he puts upon his op- ponent the onus of accepting or refusing terms which the whole world will call zea- sonable; terms to which the situation has plainly ripened in the sight of all civilized men. If these terms are refused he leaves the situation to ripen further, until such time as the “United States may be ulti- mately compelled to the annexation of the Island of Luzon and justified in the collec- tion of a money indemnity in the port of Cadiz, or, better, Barcelona. . Temporary Control. rom the Cleveland Leader (Rep.). It is likely that we shall decide to keep Perto Rico, stand for the independence of Cuba, and insist upon at least temporary control of the Philippines, as well as the Ladrone Islands. Control, bat Not Annexation. From the Richmond Times (Dem.). The resclution of the people is just as fixed and settled in respect to the Philip- pine Islands. There is no determination yet as to what we shall do with those isl- ands, but the people are just as firmly re- solved that Spain shall never have them egain as they are that she shall relinquish all claim to Cuba and Porto Rico. We are to be ecnfrontea with a terrihle problem in determining what disposition we shall make of the Philippine Islands, but how- ever serious that problem may be, we have passed the first stage of it, which relates to Spanish rule. Again come positive statements from Berlin that the continental powers of Eu- repe have resolved that we shall not an- nex those islands. We believe that the sentiment for annexation is losing ground every day, but if Europe wants to see America annex them, the way to bring that result about is for her to continue these threats that she will not allow us to do it. We Do Not Want Them. From the Buffalo Express (rep.). It would appear that Spain is more anx- ious to retain the Philippines than Porto Rico. The difficulty of this is that Spain could not re-establish her power in the Fhilippines, even if the United States with drew. The United States has taken but 1 single harbor in the Philippines. The bulk ofthe colony has been wrested from Spain by the insurgents. If the natives would ccnsent to accept Spanish rule in consid- eration of governmental reforms, properly guaranteed, the United States should make no objection to Spain’s keeping the Philip- pires. We do not want them. But having stirred up an insurrection there and sup- perted it, we are bound to see the country settle in peace and order. fhe surrender of what remains of the Spanish navy we should insist on in prefer- to any useless colonies or coaling sta- tions. It is about the only positive benefit for itself which the United States can de- rive from this war. The Midle Course Probable. From the New York Mafl and Express (rep.). All signs point to a final adoption of the micdle course—adequate coaling and nayal stations, and open ports under joint pro- tectorate; but no absolute ownership of antipodean territory and no harassing gov- ernment of 7,000,000 unamalgamable orient- als, alien in tradition, in mentai and phy: {cal habit, fanatical in religion and rebel against fcreign government by nature and by oath. In short, no guaranty of perpetual r lution in ‘a far eastern colony, offsettin cotamercial progress, and no surety of pe petual embarrassment at home and conflict abroad through the ambitions and con- spiracies of overcrowded European coun- tries for the absorption of Asia. Having arrived at the years of discretion, let us ceese to cry for the moon. We Must Have Conling Stations, From the Chicago ‘Times-Hersld (rep.). As to terms, Cuba must be free, for that is the object of the war. Spain must re- lease her hold on Porto Rico for the same reasons that she gives up Cuba. So far as other places are concerned, the pecple care little, and will gladly leave them to arbitration, save that we must have coaling stations in the Canaries and in the islands of the Pacific. The disposition of the Philippines is a matter of grave import, and might well be left to international consideration, with the United States having the ultimate word. These suggestions are but tentative, but the main thing is that the American people have no disposition to exact a money in- demnity from Spain or in any way to crip- ple her at home. Her colonial possessions on this continent must be surrendered, that is final, but in respect to all other questions | she will have in ‘ts a lenient and consid- erate foe. - No Sentiment, From the Boston Post (dem.), ‘The government cannot allow sentiment to stand in the way of the enjoyment by the country of the substantial fruit of the victory won at such an expenditure of blood and treasure. A Joint Protectorate. From the New York Times. We cannot give the islands back to Spain to be dealt with at her pleasure, or as she has dealt with them heretofore. We can- not trust them to their own inhabitants. * * * It being settled that the natives of the islands must for some indefinite time at least remain in a condition of puptlage, under a protectorate, the practical ques. tion Is whether we shall endeavor to ad- minister that protectorate alone, by right of conqvest, or whether we shall invite other powers to share with us the respon- sibility. A joint protectorate in the interest of open commerce would vindicate our good faith and greatly mitigate the envy of our conquest. Again, a joint protectorate would lessen both our expenses and our risks. The administration and police of the Phillp- pines will constitute an enormously ex- persive undertaking. It is not fair to our- selves that, as one only of the competitors for the trade of the islands, we should be at the whole charge of thelr government. On the other hand, there is nothing in- vidious and nothing exclusive in confining the government to those powers with pos- sessions in the Pacifie which open those possessions to free competition. Finally, there is the consideration that a joint protectorate over the Philippines would be unassailable. If Greet Britain, Japan and the United States are agreed upon any question pertaining to the Pa- cific, the failure of the rest of the world to agree is a matter of no consequence whatever. ‘We Do and We Don’t. From the Philadelphia Inquirer (Rep. » We do not want to take over the Philip- pines unless they are to be of most positive advantege to us, and we do not propose*to let them go if we thereby lose prestige cr lay ourselves open to attack. Pais is the serlous question that the administration is considering, and we have faith to believe that it will be settled wisely and well. A Question of Great Delicacy. From the Albany Journal. “The President is firmly of the inior that the United States nas no use for the islands as a permanent Tt is believed when the subject Is soberly and deliberately considered that this will be the opinion, even of those who are now en- thuslastic for the acquisition of this ter- ritory. But we have duties and responsibil- ities placed upon us in regard to these islands which cannot be evaded or shirked. As the President is said to believe, we may not care to rétain the Philippines perme- nently, but in view of the relations we now bear to them “we cannot abandon the in- habitants of the archipelago to the tender. mercies of. thetSpaniards.. The question one of the utmost delicacy and its settl splay of the highest states- manship, but that ‘the matter finally will be adjusted in a manner that will be satis- factory to the United States, Spain and the people of the islands admits of little doubt. The People Trust the President. ~ From the Troy Thmes (rep.). nthe American people, with the fullest con ‘ ai SDNY of Prendant aeiaes saa ‘that they} This very thing is what has determined may safely intrust the whole matter to the| the President and the cabinet to reply in chief magistrate. | 9 straight. American ,fashion, leaving the Not to Be Returned. Spaniards to quickly find that they must From the New York Journel. drop their old methods or be swamped. “What we shall do with the Philippines is] This lack of frankness in the Spanish note a question open still for events to answer, | not only produced a feeling of suspicion, but it is definitively settled that they must{ but something akin to indignation. An- rot be returned to Spain. It would be a) other such note in arswer to what wo may Seeks Of ene pees ae the Dhilpoines | Send will surely result in all negotiations Moreover, it is a crime not easy to commit, | for peace being shut off by this govern- n-ent. Indignation will give place to in- even were we so disposed. They are a brave ‘people, and would continue to fight | difrerence, whether the war ceases or not, and in the end the Spaniards will suffer for their liberty. To-offer the islands to heavily. | Spain would be to present-the beaten and exhausted Spanish people with a war which The majority of the members of the cab- inet do not believe that the answer to Spain they could not win, and that would con- demn the islands to interminable bloodshed eer eRe can be sent tonight. They think that set- eral days will elapse. Two members be- lieve that the note can be prepared and forwarded tonight. It is impossible to say how long the cabinet will be in session this afternoon. This, of course, will determine the question of sending the note. The President is desirous of the fullest expression of opinicn. He does not pre- tend to have solved the difficult problems that now confront the administration. He has sought opinions from the first. Ever since the fact was made public that Spain bad asked for preliminary arrangements for peace the White House bas been flooded with letters and telegrams from all sec- uons of the country. The telegrams have averaged over 100 a day. The President has read each one of these and has there- by gathered the drift of public opinion. In teday’s meeting he talked little, asking his advisers to do the talking. May Not Be Accepted. ‘The feeling of cabinet members this after- roon is that the terms to be proposed to Spain will not be accepted. This will, as stated, be because Spain will not under- stand our intentions as to the Philippines, and the administration does not propose that Spain shall know our exact intentions at this time. It is clearly demonstrated in the cabinet secsion that in the commission which may be appointed to settle the Philippine ques- tion no interference or suggestions from Evrope will be permitted. The commission will be composed of Americans and Span- iards. Secretary Long ¢id not have anything official today as to ihe surrender of Manila, and the report had no effect in the discus- sion which resulted. Must Leave This Hemisphere. The cabinet also decided that Spanish sovereignty in the entire Caribbean end West Indian waters must be uiterly re- jmoved. This means that not only must Porto Rico and Cuba be relinquished, but that the Spanish flag must be taken down on every one of the numerous small islands ia this hemisphere. This is in accordance with a sentiment that has been growing for some weeks. Two other propositions also were dispos- TERMS AGREED ON —_—_+— (Continued from First Page.) ean be stated positively that in plain words this note does not ask for terms, but in effect it does make such a request. In every way the note is Spanish. It does not contain a syllable that fs straight or hon- est. It is full of inferences and sugges- tions, and lacks manliness. Conditions Precedent to an Armistice From the Chicago Tribune (rep.).. When Spain is willing to evacuate Cuba, Porto Rico and every one of the Philippine Islands, as_vell as the Ladrones and the Carolines, and when it cleatly and un- equivocally states the ‘fact in black and white to the President, then, and not till then, it will be time to talk of a cessation of hostilities on our part. ” American Maguanimity Will Not Be ee _ Liteking. From the Detroit Free Press (dem:). The administration can be depended upon, we think, to deal with this nation’s van- quished foe in the spirit of the purpose that impelled us to take up arms against Spain. Our magnanimity, which has» made this war remarkable in the annals of armed strife, will not be lacking in the hour of settlement. Not to Be Decided Offhand. From the Philadesphia Press (rep.). Admiral Dewey’s victory created ‘a re- sponsibility. not of our seeking. For the future of the Philippines we are responsible. The United States in discharging this re- sponsibility will be forced to consider its place-and. duty.as a free government, its consistent sympathy for all efforts toward liberty in the past and its recognition of morel obligations in all international rela- tions. Some guaranty that this misrule and mis- government will not continue is inevitable and indispensable. ‘With coaling stations the material needs of the United States for the present are met. Stull more—and in negotiation for peace this is all important—the United States has not actually occupied the Philippines as a whole. Even Manila has not yet been taken...-The actual possession of the United States is practically limited to Cavite. By all the practice of international law and by the general opinion of the civilized world some divtsion of territory is just. when con- quest and occupation are incomplete. The United States would undoubtedly be held to stand convicted of a greed for territory dangerous ‘to other “civilized mations if. it | did not follow usagerat this point, and this conviction is one no nation should create. Strong, therefore, as is the plea for re- taining the Philippiges, the subject Ts not one to be decided offpand, The President's Brond-Minded, Hu- mane Policy, From the Chicago Mimes:Herald (rep.). It is safe to tissert’ that the same brodd- !mindéd and humane'poliey which. has po oe ed of. ‘The indebtedness assumed by ein his Usdiont in larrengingtor “a opesce Spain and charged against both the honorable alike to Spain and the United {islands of Cuba and Porto Rico will not be assumed by this government, ‘and, more- over, commercial treaties now existing be- tween these islands and other portions of Spanish domain will be invalidated by the transfer of authority, the cabinet having decided not to recognize them. Admiral Dewey may be called to Wash- ington later on to consult with the admin- istration as to the general situation in the Philippines, the reforms that are needed in the present form of government of the islands and the location that should be re- served for our coaling station there. Final Decision Not Yet Reached. Secretaries Day, Leng and Alger went heme for luncheon after the morning ses- sicn of the cabinet, and returned to their departments about o’clock, in order to dispese of the day's cfficial mail before go- ing back to the White House at 3:30 o'clock to resume the corsideration of the ciarac- ter of the government’s answer to Spain's States. i 4 MeCULLOCIVS ESTATE. Be ate Jast Will Filed Making Bequests of Valuable, Property. The Will of,.Susan,.McCulloch, widow of the late Hugh McCulloch, dated June 25, 1895, has been filed for probate with the register of wills., To. her daughter, Merie Louise Yale, Mrs. McCulloch gives a farm in Prince George county, on which she resides, and several articles of jewelry and other, personal effect; to -her daughter, Marié Stewart McCulloch, she leaves many valyable diamonds, earrings, pins, brooches and rings and other effects; to- her grand~ daughter, Elizabeth McCulloch, is be- queathed a set of diamonds, a set of gar- nets and brooche also one or two of her best silk gowns. ‘The rest of her wardrobe is divided be- tween her two daughters, who are also to MRS. bh: all the fine plate silver, furniture and | proposition for the opening of peace nego- Biscay tetris cathe ceete tiations. Other bequests in the will are: To ‘Cher- seen : E iciar ubina Fiuvillo, $200; te a grandson, Charles | They were seen by reporters of The Star, but declined to discuss the question under cabinet consideration on the general ground that it was nut yet in condition to speak about. Secretary Long went to the extent of saying that it was impossible to si anything about the matter at pres for the reason that no final decision had yet been reached. One of the members of the cabinet who has taken an active interest in the pending questions expressed the fear that no final agreement could be reached today. How- ever, in that case it would not necessarily follow that the Spanish proposition would go over for an answer until next Tuesday's cabinet meeting. It is deemed by the President only just and proper that an answer be returned at the earliest possible moment, for other- wise there might be some just criticism passed upon a delay for which Spain was not responsible, but which resulted in the loss of human life with every pass- ing minute. An imation has been given out that McCulloch, $500 a year until he completes his course in medicine at Columbian Uni- versity:°to Marie S. McCulloch,’ sixty-five acres of land near Sandy Spring road, known a2 a part of the ‘Holly Hill Farm $00 to a grandson, Hugh McCulloch, P to urchase a ring or other memento of’ his andmother, the same amount being” be- qveathed also to Ross and Elizabeth Mc- Culloch and Frederick McCulloch, grand- children, for the same purpose. The residue of Mrs. McCulloch's property is to be divided equally among her four chil- dren, Charles and Frederick MeCultoch, arie Louise Yale and Marie Stewart Me- ‘ulloch. Charles McCulloch is’ appointed executor of the handsome estate without bond. : a GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Thought It Will Remain Under the Civil Service, It is understood from the highest author- ity that the President does not contemplate taking the government printing office out of the classified service. A great deal of pressure has been brought to bear upon the President to give the poli- ticlans a chance at the government.print- ing office, but the recent order, just pub- lished, gives a strong denial to the state- ments that within a short time the govern- ment printing office would be without the classified service. The order reads: “Certifications for appointment to cler- ical positions in any of the recognized trades “in the government printing office skall be made so as to maintain as nearly as the conditions of good administration will warrant the apportionment of such ap- pcintments among the several states and territories and; the District of Columbia upon the basis, of population according to the number of;pempljoyes provided by law Tor that office who are affected by the pro- visions of this section.” * This order, it. is stated, is the result of frequent complaint om the part of senators in} further information on some points is required before a final decision can be reached. This applies notably to the Phil- ippines and toe certain geographical feat- ures of proposed cealing stations. For information of this character reliance is had on the naval war board, which has given this subject extensive cons‘deration. Government of the Philippines. Relative to the proposition to require Spain to grant an autonomous form of government to the Philippines in the event that she is atlowed to retain those islands, it is suggested that little oppositicn can be expected from Spzin. It has already been reported that in their desperation the Spanish officials hemmed in at Manila have, with the consent of the Spanisa government, made the broadest and representatives; that tho representa-| promises to the natives if they tives in the adjoiniag states gobble up all| would return to their allegiance to “te appointmenjs. oy 2 the . Spanish crown. Inasmuch as the insurgents are now so firmly estab- lished in the islands as to make it improb- able that Spain could, unaided, overcome them, it seems only probable that the Spanish government would be willing to make any pledge in the direction of grant- ing an autonomous government that would result in the submission of the natives. ‘The difficulty about the matter is that it might be assumed that the United States has obligated itself to compel the accept- ance by the insurgents of autonomy, some- thing it was indisposed or unable to do in the case of the Cuban rebels. This Afternoon’s Meeting. At the session of the cabinet this after- noon the Philippine question will be talked over. There is an opinion this afternoon State Committee “Adopts Resolutions Reaffirming the Chicago, Platform, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, ‘Onis, July 20.—The state committee of thg thig free. stlver republican par- ty adopted resejutions here last night de- claring that they vill support any party that stands. fof tt Chicago: platform: of 1896, and oppose ari that opposes it; de- nouncing the issue of bonds to meet the war debt, and urging that no accessions of territory be accepted by the Unitetl States in’ Meu of ‘money ‘indemnity from Spain in the, negotiations. for peace. : A Se ‘ «BISMARCK HOLDS Bis own. a aa : ‘that in the proposition to be made as to The ‘ince Had Supper With His | leaving open the Philip) ter Spain Family Yesterday Eventi “| will be given to understand that our min!- HAMBURG, oh {29.—The. Nachrict coal jearns from hsruhe that Prince Bisraarckhed:supper with his aren terday evening, and that his physician, Dr. ‘SchWeninger, ‘left Friedrichstuhe last night. » mum as to the islands will be a ing station and a reform in Spanish gov- ernment,while the maximum claim we will aoe Se ~s-A& Consakl Appointed. —... The President today“appotnted Rufus W, Lane of Ohio as consul of the United States at Smyrna, Turkey. if u | DOR. WM. PEPPER DEAD Eminent Philadelphia Physician Suddenly Expires Near San Francisco. He Was Until a Few Years Ago Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 29.—A tele- gram received here today from San Fran- cisco announces that Dr. William Pepper of this city died stddenly last night of heart troubl>, He left here recently on a Special car to visit friends who have a ranch near San Franciscb, and nothing was krown of his illness until the receipt of the telegram announcing his sudden death. Dr. Pepper was one of the most distin- guisked and widely krown physicians in the United States. He was until a few years ago the provost of the University of Pennsylvania, and at the time of his death Was president of the commercial museums. Dr. William Pepper was born in this city in 1843, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1862. He was elected provost of the university in 1881, and dur- ing his administration as provost acquist tions of the university in land and money were valued at over $2,500,000. Dr. Pepper founded the Medical Timts and was its ed- itor in 1870-71. He was medical director of the centennial exhibition in 1876, and for his services therewith received from the King of Sweden the decoration uf knight commander of the Order of St. Olaf. He Was largely jnstrumental in founding the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Jn- dustrial Art, and was for several years a member of its board of managers. He wasa fellow of the College of Physi- cians and member of its board of man- agers. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society, of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia, of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of the American Clima- teoiogical Association and of many other learned bodies. For many years he served as a member of the assay commission of the United States mint. In 1881 he received the degree of LL. D. frem Lafayette College, and was similarly honored by Princeton in 1888. SESS REDUCED IN GRADE. « E. D. Bailey of Civil Service Com- mission Superseded. The civil service commission today re- duced Mr. E. D. Bailey, a clerk of class 3, to the grade of class 4, and promoted Mr. G. R. Wales to the vacancy. Mr. Bailey is the official of the civil serv- ice commission who testified before the Serate investigating committee, which was lecking into the affairs of the civil service. A reporter of The Star first informed Mr. Bailey of the change which dropped him to a lower class. He said: “I never heard a whisper of incompe- tency or inefficiency until after I was summon2d before the Senate investi- gating committee. On the other hand, it is the present board, less: Mr. Brewer, -which made me chief clerk of the chief ex- aminer’s division, and which sought my advice and recommendations in most of the important actions taken during the past two years. ‘Whatever*the commission may say, there can be no doubt that their present action is the result of the testimony which I gave before the Senate investigating committee. That testimony was very damaging to the course of the commission, and remains un- refuted to this day. ‘As to the question of efficiency, 1 am very willing to submit it to the judgment of those with whom I have been the long- est associated in the office and who are in a position to give an unprejudiced judg- ment. But I am not willing to accept the opinion of persons prejudiced by their per- sonal interest, as is the present case with the commission, “I was not responsible for being sum- moned before the Senate investigating com- mittee, but when summoned I cou’d do nothing less than speak the truth. I should do the same were 1 summoned again, even though the result were far more disastrous than a reduction. But this case has not ended. I have received assurances from those who were respon- sible for my appearance before the com- mission that they would see justice done, and I rely upon them.” When The Star reporter stated to the commission that it was stated that Mr. Bailey’s reduction was the result of an animosity engendered during the senate in- vestigation, it was promptly denied. “The reduction would have taken place,” said two members of the commission (Messrs. Brewer and Harlow), “If the tes- timony had never been given. The reporter suggested that the minutes of the meeting at which this action was taken be given to the public and the com- mission consented. The record states: ‘Inasmuch as an examination of the work ‘reports and the efficiency ratings of the force of the commission discloses the fact that certain of the employes of class 3 are of far more vaiue to the commission than E. D. Bailey, who is rated as the low- est of the clerks of class 4, it is, therefore, ordered that E. D. Bailey be reduced to a clerkship of class 3, and that G. R. Wales, whose rating is the highest for class 3, be promoted to a clerkship of class 4 on Au- gust 1 next.” In making this order the commission has fully considered the responsible character and the peculiar value of the services ren- dered by Mr. Wales as compared with those of Mr. Bailey CENSOR LIFTS THE BAR. News Messages Abroad Except for Spain Are Unrestricted . NEW YORK, Jvly 20.—The following no- tice has today been sent to all the cable companies in this city by Grant Squires, the military censcr for this city: “I hereby raise all restrictions heretofore imposed by’ me as cer sor as to the charac- ter of news messages you may send abroad on and after this date, excepting only as heretofore all messapes addressed to Spain and her colonies. “It will be observed that this notice is in- tended to cover news messages only, in- tended for transmission abroad, and ‘that all other foreign cable business and all do- mestic business of every sort are under the same restrictions now in force. “GRANT SQUIRES, “United States Military Censo: ——___ SOLDIERS’ LETTERS DELAYED. Numerous Complaints Received by the War Department. The War Department has received nu- merous complaints from. persons all over the country of the non-receipt of mail from soldiers in Cuba. The Postmaster General has just completed arrangements for regu- lar trips for carrying the mail and will not depend, as heretofore, upon the irregular trips of transports. Even witn this im- proved service it is feared, however, that mail deliveries will be retarded by quar- antine regulations, owing to yellow fever. ————o——_______ Scovel Barred From the army. The adjutant general of the army, by di- rection of the Secretary of War, has is- sued an order, revoking the license here- tofore granted to Sylvester Scovel of the New York World and announcing that “he will not be permitted to acompany any part of the army in the field under any conditions whatever.” Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, July 29.—Flour auter, 9,376 barrels; exports, 900 ‘Wheat easier—spot | rela; month, ad oA prree H ; iH ide i | iB FINANCE AND TRADE Increase of Optimism in Commission House Circles, PROFESSIONALS STILL IN CONTROL Fractional Declines Prevail for @ Time in All Branches. GENERAL MARKET REPORT 7 eee Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta: NEW YORK, July 20.—Today’s market started under the influence of the profes- sional room element, and for a time frac- Sonal declines prevailed in nearly all de-~ partments. An effort to break the price of Sugar was moderately successful for a time, but later in the day it found good support both among recent sellers and 4 new commission following. The decision in favor of the Equitab! Gas Company of Chicago, a branch of the Peopieis, is generally regarded as an indie cation of the outcome of the Livingstoa suit, and as a consequence a result of exe traordinary value to the company. Ia spite of this interpretation, however, the stock was offered in liberal volume, and sold down to facilitate the covering of a large western short interest. The market was again in the same confile tion of opposite movements as has been it# recent predominating feature. One stock or set of stocks can be marked up coinal- dently with aggressive selling in another direction. Today, for example, the same interest bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit in amounts sufficient to add substantially to the price and at the same time sold Reck Island to take profits. The selling of the latter stock was not unnatural in view of St. Paul's slight set- back in earnings, and the predicted de- crease in Burlington's returns for the same period. The assertion that the Big Four and Monon consolidation had been com. pleted under Vanderbilt-Morgan auspices called forth the customary denial from the parties said to be interested. The filing of the referee's decision in the Manhattan tax cases had a beneficial infilu- ence on the securities of the road concern- ed. Under the ruling, should it be sustain- ed, fifteen and one-half millions of the 1894 assessment will be set aside and a con- siderable amount of real and personal prop- erty be relieved of this tax burden. Rubber, co:mmon and preferred, were again centers of 4 good demand, and confident predictions of higher prices are made on all ei The company is doing a large business and shareholders are consequently assured of larger returns. London will celebrate a holiday until next Tuesday and will cease to be a factor over that period. Some purcheses were made for that account today, however, on the theory that important developments might be recorded during the period. Op- timism is increasing in nearly all commis- sion house circles and the stocks which Lave moved the least will shortly forge to the front. The strength of government bonds continues to attract favorable eom- ment. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, New York Stock Market. Opev. High. Low. Close. American Spirits... eee ee Seen) American Spirita,pfd... 0. woe eee cee American Sugar... 1WiHg 18835 136 American Sugar, pfa. American Tobaceo. Atchison Atcnison, pfa..... Baltimore & Unio Brooklyn R. Trans Canada Southern UhicagoaNortuwestern. Cricago Gas. CM, & St. Pani. Chie St. P., M. & 0". Chicago, Kt. & Pacifie. Chig. & G Western... Consolidated Gas. Del. Lack a W Delaware & Mudso! 7 Den & iw Grange, pra Ene 131 Ubmots Centra. Lake Saure. Lousvine & 3 Metropolitan Traction, —— Eievatea. ICAigAN Censrar Missouri Pucitic. National Lead Co. New Jersey Centrai New York Centrai. Northera racim Northern Pacific, pfd. unl. & Western Vacite Mau. Phila. & keading. southern ity. bt dexas Pacite Teun. Coa: & Umon Pacite.. Union Pacite, pi Western Union Lei. = ee. Sees Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguiar calli—12 o’cl-ck m —Americsn Se- curty and Trust 5s, $100 at 100. DSlergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 183. ston Monotype, 10 at 16%; SH at 16%. After call--Lanston Monotype, 50 at 16%. Mergenthuler Linotype, 5 at 183. District of Columb:a Bonds.—8.658, funding, cur- rency, 135 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 118 bid. Metropoliten Railroad conv. 6s, 120 wid, Metespolitan Ratlroad certificates of indebtedness, A, 114 vid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedness, B, 10S bid. Colambia Railroad Ss, 120 Did. Belt Railioad 5s, 50 bid. Eckington Rell- road 68, 100 bid. Washington jompuny Gs, se- ties A, 112 bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, se- ries B, 112 bid. U. 8. Electric Light debenture imp., 100 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, ug bid. ‘American Security and Trust 5s, 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist Gs, 110 "bid, Wasbrngton Market Company imp. 68, '110 bid, Washington Market Company ext. 6s, liv bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 107 bid, Washington Infantry Ist 68, 95 asked. fonal Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 285 bid. Metropolitan, 305 bid. Central, 140° bid. Farmers Mechanica’. 18) bid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 140 bid. Columbia, 132 bid.’ Capital, 118 bid. "West End, 86 bid, 96 asked. Traders’, 96 bid. Lincoln, 110 bid. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and ‘Trust, x1i2 bid. Washington Loan and Trust, x126 bid. American Security aud Trust, 149% bid, 155 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 26 bid. Frankilo, 37 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 52 bid. Potomac, 58 bis Arlington, 125 bid, 135 asked. German-American, 186 bid. National Union, 16 Did, 12 asked. Columbia, 10 bid, 13 asked. Riggs, 74 bid, 8 asked. People’s, 5 ‘bid. Lincoln, 94 bid, 9% asked. Commercial.’ 4 bid. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, Ti bid. Columbia Title, 4% bid. District Title, 2°bid. Ratiroad Stocks.—Cepital ‘Traction, 73 bid, 75 geked., Metropolitan, 139 bid, 123 asked. Colum- ia, 73 bid. 76% asked. Gas and Electric it Stocks.—Wasbington Gas, x47b, bid, ao Geo: Gas, 48 bid: U, 8. Electric Light, 100 bid, 102% asked Stocks.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 51 bid. wania, 28 bid, 45 axked. Mincelluncous Stocks. — Mergenthaler Linotype. 182 bid, 188% asked. Lanston ype, 20 baa, 16% asked. American Graphophone, 125 a) did, 13% asked. Pesematic Gus Png ? 3 -25 bid, 30 asked. Great Falls Ice, 110 125 asked. Norfolk, aud Washington Stoimboat, bs asked. i. —$— — Government Bonds. 2 Bid. Asked. 3 per conte” 3 per cents, 4 per cents, Der cents, 4 per cents, 4 per cents, Per conta, 6 per cents