Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1898, Page 1

———— THE EVENING STAR. ee /UBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, —_— served to subscribers in the ir own account. be 10 ona F week s per month. Copies at the QOnoter. 2 cents es'h. By mail—anywhere In the United States »r Canada—postage prepald—60 cents per month. Ssturdty Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added. $3.08. ered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., sity by vance. tt piteattor Che #ven ny Star. No 14,193. WASHINGTON, D. 0, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1898-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS, THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mail-d + them to ary eddress In the 1 States or Canada, by order this office, Terms: 13 cents per for two weeks, or month. Invariably in advance. scribers changing their adre: one Post-oftice to another ive the last address as well 2 new one. in person or by | week; 25 sents 30 cer yer THE DISTRICT TROOPS | TE Now on Their Way Home on Two Good Boats. WILL BE NO DELAY IN LANDING ————— Not Be Detained at Montauk Point Longer Than Necessary. ——— TO BE MUSTERED OUT + ‘The transport Hudson, bearing two bat- talions of the Ist Regiment, District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry, is expected to arrive at Montauk Point, L. L, this evening or tomorrow morning. The vessel left Santiago last Sunday an@ was expected to make the trip in four or five days. In- asmuch as there was no occasion for haste, is not being pushed. The other bat- talion of the regiment, together with the officer and his staff, sailed 0 on the transport Minnewas- ka Tuesday and are due at Montauk Point Saturday night or Sunday. Will Be Landed Without Delay. It is said at the War Department that the troops will be landed without delay, and will not be detained at Camp Wikoff any longer than fs necessary for purposes of rest and recuperation. Adjt. Gen. Cor- bin said to a Star reporter today that the District troops would be mustered out soon after their arrival in this country. As In the case of ail other volunteer organiza- tion: ey will be ordered to their home city for disbandment. Gen. Corbin thought that the District boys might be kept in camp at Montauk Point about two weeks, but not longer, during which time, he added, they would be able rest and spruce up for the warm welcome which awaits them in this they are ready to move they 7 and regularly st2red out, a process which will require about two weeks’ time. The masccring out will acst thorough process. It will require the preparation of complete rolls, the scheduling of all government property in their possession and a strict ac- lity for everything that is missing ysical examination of officers and fe and Commodious Boats. The Hudson and Minnewaska, which are »tting the District troops, are two of 1s employed by the govern- urp t spe they are safe and commodious, and are said to be lack- ing in nothing to ¢ ute to the com- fort of the sold It is represented that superior in eve the transport elected to bring the District h vessel was rejected by Colonel Harries because of her alleged un- Seaworthiness. Persons who are familiar with the ay that the District boys es- Cata- vessels are decidedly better off on the Hudson and Minnewaska than made they would have been had they the trip home on the Catania. A MENTS FOR MERRIT?. REINFORG Troops on Rio de Janeiro’ and Penn- sylvania Arrived in Health. The adjutant general today received a cable message from General Merritt Manila, saying: “Rio Janeiro and Pennsylvania ar- rived 24th; all well; no casualties, except- ing Private Wenks, Ist South Dakota, who died between San Francisco and Hono!ulu.” d officially at the War Depart- that no changes will be made in ry forces at Marila pending the re- at de It is si ment toda f the report of the peace coi i the stion of the control and % the Philippin: ‘This means t of the volunteer orga now in the far e will be wit the military ser for mont ———— ee =e REMEY OHDERED NORTH, Will Be © andant of the Ports- ™ Commodore tach uth Navy Yard. C. Remey has be from command the naval base at Key West and crdered to duty as ¢ y yard = will relieve m- Portsmouth, Rear Admiral , Who ts authorized H. Winslow, missed from treatment at the Na- wport, will resume com- r W. J. Barnette, ler treatment at the Nava! Hospi- has been granted two been de- and ordered to from and ordered to duty in the bu- Morse, ret! Michig: ed, has been de- and ordered during the R. Carroll . Newark ees been detached and ordered home. Cc. E. Lathrop been honorably naval si ce. FOR THE The Yacht Sylph Will Probably Come Here. It is probable that the Sylph, one ef the yachts purchased by the gov- ernment and converted into a warship, will be brought to t th eity for the use of President in making trips on the Poto- In that ev she will replace the vy yerd tug Triton, heretofore the only vessel available for ihe purpose. ———_——_+-e+______ NOT NEEDED BY THE NAVY. mae. ihe Fish Commission Steamer Al- batross and Revenue Cutter MeLe: ‘The acting secretary of the navy today notified the President that the fish commis- sion steamer Albatross and the revenue cutter McLean are no longer needed for na- yal purposes, and he recommends their re- tern to the establishments to which they belong. PEACE COMMISSION The Aim of the President in Making His Selection. Naval Force to Be Kept Intact—Plan for Mustering Out Volun- teers. By the selection of Senators Davis and Frye as peace commissioners the President has indicted very strongly, it is thought, that he has no disposition to “pack” the commission in opposition to the policy of expansion. The best information is that the President wants to get for the com mission men who are broad enough not to be influenced in their action by prejudices formed without a study of the question, but who will apply good judgment to the ecrditions as they are found after a care- ful study of all the facts having any bear- ing on the question of what disposition we will make of the territory now practically at our cor:mand. The President is him- self not an expansionist, but of the men thus far known to have been selected one, Mr. Day, is very conservative and not in- clined to favor the acquisition of remote territory, and the other two—Davis and Frye—are understood to be more or less inclined toward expansion. Duties of the Naval Board. The statement that the purpose of the appointment of the naval board to consider the disposition of the various vessels which were drawn into the naval service by the exigencies of the war {s to retire these yessels at once irom the government sery- ice is incorrect. It is authoritatively stated that it 4s not the intention of the depart- ment to in any way weaken the naval ferces until after the treaty of peace has actually been concluded. The statement that the various auxiliary vessels were to be got rid of as speedily as possible at- tracted the attention of some public men, and led to the suggestion being made to the President that too hasty action in the direction of reducing the naval force would likely have the effect of encouraging the Spanish to keep up a protracted haggle over the terms of peace, feeling that we would under no possible circumstances be led to risk the possibility of a renewal of hostilities. The same reasoning does not apply to the army, since if there were a renewal of hostilities as the situation now is no very large army would be needed, the work to be done devolving principally upon the navy. In response to the suggestion, it 1s plained that the purpose of the appoint- ment of the naval board is to avail of this period of inactivity to have a survey made of the various auxiliary ve! and to have them classified and distributed so ss to bring out their greatest efficiency. This is the main proposition to be considered acting upon the assumption for the pre: ent that the naval establishment is to be maintained at its present strength, but at the same time the board will, so as to 4 ble the department to act promptly whe: the war is actually ended, consider the di position to be made of the several ves: fter the treaty of peace is ccncluded. Thi is not to b ted on, however, it is stated, until after peace is finally concluded, and suggestions to the contrary are said to be misleading ind calculated to give a false impression in Spain, and possibly do some harm. Mustering Out Plan. In connection with the mustering out of troops, Senator Sewell and Representative Gardner of New Jersey have urged upon the President and the War Department a plan, which it is expected will be adopted, by which a more general option may be given to the individual soldiers as to their ing being discharged from the re or service. The proposition is that after the regiments to be mustered out have been selected and given their orders to that effect, men in the regiments mustered out who desire to remain in the service may be permitted to exchange with men in t regiments retained, who, for cne reason 91 another, find it desirable to return at on to life. it is assumed that ther will be a great many individ n the retained regiments whose siness or family responsibilities demand their return home, while, on the other hand, many of those discharged would prefer to remain, and an exchange of this sort would be gratifying cn both sides, and really add to the contentment and efficiency of the volunteer army retained yet for awhile in the servic ree WILL BE KEPE INTACT. The North Atlantic Fleet Not to Be Dixbanded. Acting Secretary Alien is authority the statement that the North Atlantic is to be kept intact for some time to come, notwithstanding the prospects of peace. He says that much time and money has been expended in the assembling of a for- midable fleet of warships, and it would not be judicious to disband or fleet prematurely. The various i sent to the several n s to receive such repairs as they may demand, but they will be continued in commission, prepar for immediate service. The question as to whether the battle ship Oregon shall return to the Pacific or for ficet be rerain permanently on this station has not yet been settled. No change will be made for the present. The probabilit that ove of the e rn-built battle will eventually be sent to the Pacific, aad that the Oregon will remain on the Atlan- tic. + 0+ —_____ TO COMPLETE THE ALBANY. Naval Officers Sent to England to Superintend Fitting Out. Arrangements are being made for the completion of the cruiser Albany. This vessel was purchased in England from the Brazilian government, but was not finished when war was declared with Spain, and consequently could not be taken out of the English dock without violating the noa- trality laws. Chief Engineer H. P. Norton and Passed Assistant Engineer H. G. Gilmore, now on at the Navy Department, have been ordered to Preceed to England and super- intend the fitting out of the Albany so that she may be brought xo this country. It is said that ‘t will take @pow! six months’ time to put the vessel in conditien for the voyage across the Atlantic. Personal Mention. Dr. A. L. Lawrence has left the city for a brief vacation at Carlisle, Pa. Dr. M. F. Finley left today for Omaha, Neb., to attend the National Dental Con- vention. Dr. Finley is secretary of the ex- ecutive committze. S. J. Clarke of Georgetown, has returned after a pleasant trip to Culpeper, Va. Mr. R. E. Boyd is at Atlantic City. Lieut. W. C. Davis of the 6th Artillery is in the city. Lieut. F. W. Darrah of the 9th Infantry is at 1019 Connecticut avenue on leave. Mr. Harold Snyder. stenographer to Sec- retary Long, left the city today on a yachting cruise down the Potomac. He will be gone about two weeks. Cept. Woolman Gibson left the city today for a two weeks’ trip to the eastern shore of Maryland. P MR. M’KINLEY’S TRIP|THE ATTITUDE OF cuBANS| FIRST MEETING HELD|SPAN'SH PROPERTY| Will Review 18,000 Troops at Camp Meade Saturday Next. APTERWARD WILL G0 T0 MONTAUK Cabinet Members, Diplomats and, Friends Will Accompany Him. AN INFORMAL VISIT CAMP MPADE, Middletown, Pa., August 25.—Maj. Gen. Graham received a telegram today from Secretary of War Alger an- nouncing thet President McKinley would Fay an informa) visit cn Saturday to Camp Meade. The general promptly directed Chief En- sineer Lusk to arrange for a marching re view of the troops in honor of the Pres- igent. There are upward of 12,000 men Jn camp, and by Saturday the number will be in- creased by half. The 6th Penrsylvania will arrive this evening, and within forty-eight hours the entire 2d Division will be moved from Thoroughfare Gap. The movement of the troops from Camp Alger, where the Sth, 12th and 13th Penn- sylvania Regiments are located, will begin tomorrow. Next to Montauk. The President will probably come to Camp Meade by special train, and go from here to Camp Wikoff, New York. Members of bis cabinet and the diplomatic corps and sme personal friends will come with him. The Pennsylvaria railroad has built a station at the entrance to the camp grounds and hereafter all local trains will make this a stopping point. Excurstons will ve run to the camp by the company on Sunday from Philadelphia and Pittsburg. Thetr Papers Forwarded. Four members of the 3d Battalion of the 16th Pennsylvania have asked Lieutenant Colonel Rickerts for their discharge and their papers will be forwarded to Washing- ton. The Ist Battalion of the 18th Pennsyl- vanie will reach camp tonight from Al- lianee, Ohio. There is no change in the condition of Colonel Norman M. Smith of the 18th, who Was overcome by the heat Tuesday even- ing. A Spaniard, who refused to give his name, detected today selling whisky in n2mp. He was arrested and handed over to the chief burgess of Middletown. TRANSPORTS AT NEW w YORK. City of Macon Held tor Disinfection— The Seneca’s Arrival. NEW YORK, August 25—The United States transport City of Macon arrived to- day from Montauk Point. She left Santi- ago August 15 with the 17th Infantry for Montauk Point. She is held at quarantine for disinfection. The transport Seneca, Capt. Decker, ar- rived today from Montauk Point, which place she left last evening. The Seneca left Santiago August 13 with the 4th In- fantry and arrived at Montauk the 18th. ———— RIO GRANDE'S SICK SOLDIERS. All Are Suffering From Malaria, Dys- entery or Lack of Food. NEW YORK, Augus The following are the sick volunteer soldiers who were at Fort Wadsworth from the Rio Gra yesterday evening. Their names y made public to All are suffering from malaria, dysentery or lack of food: Pri- vates F. A. Pierce, Company E, sa- chusetts; Samuel P, Hazlewood, Company D, 2d Massachuseits; Philip Knab, Com- pany L, Tist New York; W. W. Swift, Com- pany L, 2d Massachusetis; J. W. Gloa Company 2d Massachusetts; Charles Monroe, Company Howard W. Chamberlain, Company 1, Massachusetts; James Kyan, Company F, Ist New York; Wm. Farrier, Company G, “d Massachusetts; Thomas Mahoney, Company G, 2¢ Waldo A. Johnson chusetts; Corp. G. Ride: Henry T. Volunteer Cavalry. The Rio Grande landed ninety-six sol- @iers in all at Fort Wadsworth. The re- mainder were regulars, whose names will be announced later, Massachusett: Company E, 2d M. B. Bunngan, Rough Stewart, musician, 1st a THE GUTTENBERG ASSETS, They Amount to $102,000, With 3351,- 000 Liabilities—Keceiver’s Report. TRENTON, N. J., August 25.—Jame: Hulshiser, receiver for North Hudson Driv: ing Park, the corporation owning the Gut- teberg race track, today filed a report, showing the assets of the asscciation to be $102,000, and the liabilities, $51,000. The principal asset is the race track property, and the receiver recommends that he be authorized to issue a receiver's certificate to obtain money to pay off the mere pressing claims. Chancellor McGill authorized the receiver to issue certificates to the extent of $10,000. eee CAMBON DEPARTS FOR SARATOGA. bassador and His Son York City. NEW YORK, August 25.—M. Jules Cam- bon, the French ambassador to this coun- try, left the Holland House, where he has been stopping, with his son, at 8 o'clock this morning to take the Albany day line boat. His destination is said to be Saratoga. —>——-- URGED FOR A CAMP SITE. Land Near Fredericksburg, Va., Ree- ommended to the War Department. A joint committee of the selectscouncil and the Business Men's Association of Fredericksburg, Va., accompanied by Rep- resentative Jones, ex-Representative Bow- den, republican national committeeman of Virginia, and Collector Agnew, called on the 2ssistant secretary of war today and urged the selection ef a location at Fred- ericksburg for a ¢amp. They represented that the location was exceptionally healthful and that there was abundance ‘of good water. The secretary said that he would send an officer to ex- amine the camp and that if his report was favorabie a regiment would be sent there. The committee were: T. McCracken, chairman; Col. B. D. Cole of the governor's staff, ex-Postmaster Wallace, Postmaster J. M. Griffin, G. W. Wroten, T. M. Brent, |. J. Knight, I. Hirsch, A. T. Embrey. a Cardinal Gibbens Visits Cervera. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 25.—Cardinal Gibbons arriyed here this morning trom Baltimore and called on Admiral Cervera, with whom he remainéd for over an hour. He afterward went to St, Mary’s Church, where he Quesada Says They Obey as Well as They Fight for Freedom. They Are Being Notified of Peace as Rapidly as Possible—Allega- tions Refuted. Senor Gonzalo de Quesada, the Cuban charge d’affairs. said this morning that the best refutation cf the stories regarding the continued hostilities between the Cubans and the Spaniards in Cuba was the an- nouncement from Madrid that Gen. Blanco had not been ordered, as former Spanish advices alleged, to take measures against the insurgents. “The unconfirmed report from London which declared that 500 insurgents were killed in Cuba,” he remarked, “is unques- tionably based upon reports from the Phil- ippines, as no place or date was indicated. The Cubans are being informed as rapidly as communication can be established with them of the cessation of the hostilities be- tween Spain and the United States, and are being notified to preserve the peace. Tnat this is true is proven by the publication in La Lucha of August 23, of Havana, which announces that the Cuban general, Ali- jandro Rodriguez, entered the towns of Peloto and Puerto Golpe, in Pinar del Rio, with a flag of truce and paid for all that was taken by his troops. Mr. Quesada was very much gratified at having read todty an interview with Gen- eral Duffield in which the general says the Cubans did excellent service as scouts and In the extreme vanguard at Santiago. “When the true story of our Cuban sol- diers is told by men who are in a position to kno" said Senor Quesada, “it will be seen that the widespread misrepresenta- tions about thern are false and that the Cubans obey with the same zeal with which they have fought for freedom.” 08+ PANA MINERS NOT VIOLENT Peaceably Persuade Non-Union Men Not to Take Their Places. Mine Operators Will Bring More Negroes From the South—Lubopr Leaders Confer. PANA, Ill., August 25.—Contrary to pre- dictions, no lav lessress is being resorted to by the striking white miners, although they have been reinforced by the arrival of numbers of unicn mimers from over the state, John Mitchell ticnal vice pres! f Spring Valley, Ili., na- nt of the Union Mine Workers; J. W. Russell of Danville, state vice presideat; W. D. Ryan, state secretary of end treasurer; Prestéent Cartwright Springfield district and President Top ot the Danville disttict are here adv with the stcikers. The officers express the opinion that the remaining blacks, some fifty in all, will leave the city in a few days after learning the real situatjon. Mine Operator Penweil stated today, how- ever, that it is the intention of the local operators’ association to have shipped in 150 more negroes frota Alabama as soon as possible. The sixty-five negroes who leit the Springsile mine camp yesterday have netified their friends at Birmingham, Woodward and Bessemer, Ala., of the con- ditions existiag here, advising them to have nething to do with any propositions to come to Pana. ‘The union miners sent thirty-seven of the negroes to Chicago last night in a special! , und twenty went back to Alabama, while several walked out of town in dif- ferent directions on the railroads during the night. State Mine Inspector Walter Rutledge of Alton has arrived here, and today amin- ed the Alabama; tiegroes remaining at the Springside mine. He found only a part of them to be competent miners. oe AMON TROUBL: PYTHIANS. Stormy Morning Session at the 3} dianapelis Conclave. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 25.—The election of the officers of the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, did not take place this morning. It is usual to elect offi- cers the third day of the biennial session, but it was objected to because of the in- vestigations that are now golng on, and one representative insisted that the election be delayed, as it would not be the proper thing to elect men who are under investiga- tion. Where were stormy” times in the lodge room this morning and several appropria- tions that usually went through with a whirl at former meetings were either re- ferred or voted down, and there was a strong determination on the part of those opposed to the present supreme officers to crack close to Pythian laws in everything. This morning a resolution was introduced that will cut the expenses of the meeting of the Supreme Lodge in two and will make this session the cheapest ever held with so many representatives present. A resolution was passed requiring reports from the officers as to supplies furnished and declaring that in the future such pur- chases must be made by competitive bids. An inquiry was also made as to the pre: ent condition of the claim held by the Su- preme Lodge against the City National Bank of Fort Worth, Tex. a STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Notice of a Shutdown Unless They Did It Was Effective. HAZLETON, Pa. August 25.—The 100 ccal miners and Imborers employed in the Audenreid and Honeybrook strippings of the Lehigh and "Wilkesbarre Coal Com- pany who went 6n strike yesterday re- turned to work this mérning. All 1s quiet at the mines and fio further trouble is ex- pected. 5. : The men struck because of what they claimed to be the unjust discharge of two Hungarian laborers. It looked for a time a& though the strike would be a repetition of last year’s bitter struggle, which endéa in the killg of @ number of rioters by sheriff's deputies, but the prompt and de- cisive action of Superintendent Richards in posting a notice that if the men were not at work this morning the mines would be shut down for the balance of the year pro- duced a wholesome effect on the strikers, although they claim the two discharged men will be reinstated. oe iy ieee Post Office Inspectors’ Good Work. Chief Hamlet of the pest office inspection service has received information of the de- parture for London of the prisoners and witnesses in the big postal robbery which took place on beard the Britannic several Gays ago. The chief is delighted with the work of his mea, who succeeded ir\making out a plain case against the clilprits. 0 Resignations Reported. Trouble ts reported among the telegraph operators under Lieut. Pearson in the War Department this and it is said the entire foree of operators has resigned. Members of the Peace Commission at the State Department. CONFERENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE Senators Davis and Frye Call on the President. ——— CURRENT SPECULATION It 1s the belief in well-informed circles that the peace commission will be an- nounced tomorrow or next day. The gossip today about the commission is unfavorable to the selection of General Tracy. The fact that there has been opposition to As- sociate Justice White is responsible for an impression prevailing today that he may not be appointed. A White House Conference. Senators Davis of Minnesota and Frye of Maine, whose selection as members of the peace commission is positively as- sured, called at the White House soon after 9 o'clock this morning and were shown at once into the President's room. Senator , whose arrival was announced yes- y, was joined this morning by Sena- ye, who had been summoned by the ent to come to Wasu.ngton. The conference at the White House continued for nearly three hours. Official callers were apprised of the conference and went away without announcing their presence to the President or asking tor an audience at the time. Senator Davis and Senator Frye since their arrival in Washington have main- tained the utmost reserve, absolutely re- fusing to discuss in any way the subject which they have under consideration with the President. Their position is of unusual delicacy, for they are not only to be mem- bers of the commission which is to frame the treaty, but are on the cummittee on foreign relations of the Senate, which will first pass upon the ratification of the treaty. The Other Members, It was the natural presumption that at the conference today the President discuss- ed with the two senators the selection of the additional republican and the democrat- ic member of the commission, for it is known that up to last night he had not decided whom he would appoint. The President {s being urged to give rep- resentation on the comm. jon to the ele- ment m this country who hold pronounced views in favor of Wide territorial expan- ion. In this connection the name of Judge ‘osscup of Chicago has been suggested &s the most typical representative of that element. Judge Grosscup is a warm friend of the President, who entertains a high estimate of his ability. If Judge Crosscup should go on the commission it would shut out Gen. Tracy of New York. After their conference with the Presi- dent, Senators Frye and Davis went to.the State Department to call on Secretary Day, who will be the head of the commission. Remaining Members Selecte. ‘The first formal meeting of the American peace commissioners, or at least a ma- jority of them, then tcok place. For an hour and a quarter the senators remained closeted with Secretary Day. Assistant Secretary Moore, who is likely to accom- pary the commission to Paris in an ad viscry capacity, was present part of the McArthur, first secre y of the pBation at Madrid, under Min- ister Woodford, was also called in dur the conference, As 2 result of the meeting it can be s: with positiveness that Messrs. Day, Davis and Frye are members of the peace com- mission. It is understood that the remain- ing two members have already been se- lected, and will be announced by Saturday. At the meeting today the general plans the commission as to proceeding to ed over and an understand- ing reached that the start would be made between September 15 and 20. The exact left open in order to permit fur- ther conference with all the members of the comm on. No definite arrangements ye been made s as to securing rters in Paris, This will be left to Am jor Porter. The plans of meeting Mr. Porter, the Paris, and the e arranged between at Spanish ambassador French officials. The will be held in the Salon des Ambassadors, through the courtesy of the French government. Questions of Policy. Aside from these formalities, the com- missioners went into some of the more serious questions of policy which will come before them. The discussion was largely upon prelimiiary matters pertaining to peace arrangements, but the commission- ers find their work in this direction greatly simplified because of the familiarity of the three members present today with the dip- lcmatic matters pertaining to peace seitie- ments and to many of the questions in- yelved. Much of the preliminary work had been done by the State Department offi- cials, such 4s the collection of documents, treaties, books and maps which will be used by the commissioners abroad. The commissioners expect to be occupied for several days, however, in a discussion of the more important matters to come be- fore the tribunal and in the preparation of the American side of the case. The Langzunge to Be Used. The question as to whether the delibera- tions of the Joint commission at Paris shall be conducted in the English or French ian- gtage will be left open for settlement by the commissioners themselves. Although French is the language of Giplomacy, there is a disposition on the part ef the American peace commissioners to have the proceedings of the joint com- mission conducted in the English Jan- guage. One strong reason for this preference is that Secretary Day, chairman of the United States commission, does not under- stand French and does not like to be en- tirely dependent upon the interpreters, ————_+ «+_____- FOSSEL KILLED HIMSELF, Suspected of Having Murdered His Wife to Collect Her Insurance. PARIS, August 25.—Ernest Joseph Pos- sel, the Germian who had been trying to collect a claim of £10,000 upon a life insur- ance policy issued to his late wife, an Eng- lish Woman, by the Urbaine Insurance Ccmpany, which had resisted payment on the ground that he had thrown her off a cliff near Florence, Italy, committed suicide last evening at the Durand restaurant, in the Place De Ja Madeliné. Possel, who called himself the Marquis DeGondeville, and pretended to be a French subject, was under heavy bail, and the au- thcrittes had ordered the exhumation of the body of his wife. ‘The maiden name of Mrs. Possel was Eleanora Beckett, and she was about twenty-one years old. The couple had been staying at Florence, and one day Pos- Government Buildings in Cuba That Will ‘3e Claimed. Not Mach of Any Value’ Except in Havana—Questions for the Commissions. What Spain owns in Cuba is one of the subjects that will be brought before the jcint military commission, evidently with the purpose of a later appeal to the peace commission in Paris. When the Marquis of Montare was chosen as a member of the Havana commission this purpose was sub- Stantiaily avowed. State Department offi- clals are aware that Spain is tenacious even in defeat. She wants to claim all that would have been hers if she had been treating for the sate of Cuba, instead of ar- ranging for the evacuation of the island by her troops. The hints thrown out from Madrid that there is a difference between cession of territory and cession of sover- eignty are a further indication of the hope which the Sagasta ministry entertains of securing some indemnity. It will probably come in the form of a proposition that a valuation be put on the Spanish gove ment property in Cuba and that this amount, guaranteed by the United States, be applied on the Cuban debt. Such an ar- rangement would be yery satisfactory to the holders of the bonds issued to meet the expenses incurred in trying to suppress the insurrection. It is not likely to meet with encouragement in Washington. Little of Value. The reports made by the consuls to the State Department during the last three years give a little information about the property of Spain in Cuba, but it is not very definite. There is less, however, than might be supposed. Government buildings were not erected as in English and French colonies. Outside Havana little is owned. In the towns the post offices and custom houses were usually rented, and since the outbreak of the revolution Spain has been a bad tenant, seldom paying and always re- fusing to be ejected. In the different prov- inces there is practically no property of value held by the civil government of those provinces. In the various towns the local councils usually have a suite of rooms re- served in the city hall for the high officials Who might visit them, but these municipal buildings were not the property of the cen- tral government. Their local hospitals and other institutions were taken possession of by the military authorities and nothing was paid them. When the war with the United States came on the majority of the munici- palities in Cuba were bankrupt. It is not Presumed their financial condition has im- proved since then. Though Spain goes the Municipalities stay, and if there is to be compensation to that country deduction will have to be made for what she owes the local government. Property in Havana, In Havana the property for which the agasta ministry evidently intends to ask indemnity ts considerable. The palaé3 and other buildings are valuable. A wide jati- tude seems to have bzen assumed from the Siatement that the administration was dis- pcsed to be magnanimous and that arma- ment of historic memories would be re- turned to Spain. The Krupp guns and other modern defens2s of Havana are historic, and they will be needed by ever authority takes the p sovereignty, whether the U an independent republic tion. The property which is pert, including the floating valuab.e asset s-cur pck, 18 aiso a If the Madrid cabinet compensation for all unis under the treory that an indemnity is due for ceding sovereignty, it would provaily be able to sausfy the bondholders. ‘fae atarquis Mon- taro, by virtue of his office as secretary of the treasury, inay be assumed to be famil- iar with all these subjec It is dout ful, however, whether he 3 much ebvuui tlem. he autonomist cabinet hever got far enougn along to ve familiar with the Getails of Spanish government in Cuba. Aside from this, he 1s a map of talent and of personal charact>r. He could not per- stade his feliow Cubans to ept uutono- my, but they respected him = —re ENORMOUS Work of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau Entailed by War Revenue 1. A statement just prepared of the commissioner of internal revenue shows that for the month of July the aver age daily sh:pment of internal revenue stamps aggregated, in numb Counting 27 days to the is shown to have been gives an idea of the work entailed upon the bureau by the conflict with 5; large aGdition to the stamps and an ir creased demand resulting from the opera- tion of the war reverue bill. A curious computer made a calcu! which demonstrated that the issue of stamps for a single would, if in one sheet, cover an area of 28,590 square yards, or nearly six acres, If placed end to end i ght line they would form a strip s in length. It is estimated that if one person should be employed in attaching the stamps, it weuld require fifty-two ears to dispo: of the issues of a single day, the employ working ten hours each day and attaching an average of one stamp every half mia- ute. by direction ation a ee Se DELEGATES APPOINTED. Will Represent This Country at the Brussels Congress. The Sccretary of State today appointed Henry Turner Bailey of Massachusetts and Thomas W. Wood of New York delegates on the part of the United States to the in- ternational congress of public art, which is to meet at Brussels from September 24 to 28, for the purpose of >xamining and dis- cussing questions concerning public art. Movements of Troops. A battalion of the 18th Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Infantry has been ordered to pro- ceed to Middletown, Pa., reporting on ar- rival to the commanding general of the 2d Army Corps. The battalion was station- ed et Fort Brady, Mich. That portion of the same regiment formerly stationed at Battery Point, Delaware City, has also been ordered to the camp at Middletown. Major J. P. Story, 7th Artillery, acting inspector general of the Department of the East, has been ordered to proceed to Troy, N. ¥., and select a camp ground at that Place for PS. 2a New York United States Volunteéér Infantry. Battery B, Ist Massachusetts United States Volunteer Heavy Artillery, has been directed to proceed from Fort Constitution, N. H., to Fort Pickering, Salem, Mass., re- porting upon arrival to the ‘regimental commander for duty. The quartermaster and a suitable detachment will be left in care of the post and femain there until relieved in orders by the commanding offi- cer of the incoming garrison, Battery K, 2d Artillery. ——___—_+ e+ _____ Frozen Meat for Manila, BRISBANE, Queensland, August 25.—The British steamer Urmston Grange, last re- Ported at Townsville, August 6, and the British steamer Duke of Sutherland, which arrived here August 9 from London, today fcr Manila, 8,000 tons of frozen meat, COLLISION AT SEA Sixteen Went Down With Schooner Lacoquette. THE STEAMER NORGE STRUCK HDi pee the Ocean Tragedy on the Granc Banks on Saturday Last. ee eee NINE SEAME —s SAVED NEW YORK, August 25.—The Thingvalla e steamer Norge, which arrived here to ay, reports that she sunk the Fre f ing schoo coquette of I France, on Satirday last, on the Banks. The captain and eight seamen wer Sixteen weit Gown with the unfort vessel. The Norge sailed from Stettin Augy |The weather was generally fi saved ate Banks of Newfcundlcnd, wher boca foggy, with patches of clear weath On Saturday, Augvst 20, between # and 4 o'clock in the afterncon, the weather was foggy, but not so thick that the speed was reduced. vess The Veasel Loomed Up. Capt. Knudsen said he could see about three cable ‘engths ahead. The wind was fairly brisk from the west-southwesi, when a vessel suddenly loomed up from th north, with satis full, and stood directly across the bow of the st The bells were rung to full speed, but too late to che er’s headway. The schooner, fell across the bow, and. crash, was forced over and sunk. n sprung aboard of the Norge. The passengers of the st ¢ whom were about the decks, rushed 2 dou in alarm at the shock, but were soon quie! ed when they learned that the ste. was uninjured. A boat was lowered and six men and @ dog were picked up. The vessel s k al- most immediately, and in sinking carried” With her sixteen of her crew. Among ta0se Saved was the captain. The Captain's Statement. Captain Knudson of the No: id tha¢ as a steam vessel he was obliged to ke out of the way of all sailing crafi, but that this wes a time when the sailing ve: could do more to help herself that the camer. The latter was going ahead at full speed, for the fog was not the judgment of the captain, sufficient to re- duce headway. The fisherman was an act- ive vessel, had a good breeze and was un- ger good steerageway, but made no at- tempt to avoid the collision, keeping on with sails full until squarely under the bow. The collision occurred so suddenly that the steamer’s head could not be stop- ped promptly. The large hull of the Norge, Captain Knudson said, should have becn visible for a long distance. BOTKIN IN PRISON. MRS, Valuable Evide in the Poise SAN FRANCISCO, Mr D. A. Botkin, who is accused of the mut der of Mrs. J. P. Dunning and Mra J. Deane at Dover, Del., by sending them a box of poisoned candy, now oc cupies Com. fortable quarters in the matron’s war¢ the city prison. Her husband, wno is working hard behalf, is aliowed to visit her. She to be interviewed, but ec ntly ‘ her innocence. When qucstioned by Chi of Police Lee: oid in det h movement her platoni: She denied all knowledge of the ast few Dunning was regard tor its wrapper or contents, itively that the only candy purchased during eighteen months w small box of lemon drops. Frank Gattrell, a cierk in a candy in Stockton, telis of a woman who ca place of employment about three w at which time Mrs. Botkin w , and purchasing a box of store similar to the one sent to Mrs. Du The woman said that she desired some of the candy she had with he bex and fill it™up with caney pur 1 from the store. According to the clerk, his evstomer’s candy was either old or hom made. It almost filled the box, which hb covered with confections in his trell will come to this city to ¥ to see at he can identify Mrs. Botkin as the wonan for whom he filled the box. es THE MANILA TRANSPORTS. List of Thoxe to Be Rel Government. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug: —The lowing vessels, now on their way to from Manila, will tfected by the ernment order directing the tered transports: amers China, Colon, Senator, Z Newport, Ohio, City of Para, Morgan City, Valencia, Pennsylvania, City of de Janeiro, City of Pueblo, St. Paul and berk Tacoma. The Lackme, Charles Nelson and Alliar are between here and Honolulu and w be released as fast a8 they arrive. Th City of Peking will resume her place in the China trade. The City of Sydney wili go back on the Panama run and the Aus- tralia will go on the Honolulu route. Ng tint Rican SCHLEY LEAVES WESTPORT. store. Ga He and His Wife Will Come to Wash- ington Tomorrow WESTPORT, Conn., August miral W. S. ley started for New York this morning on the train leaving tnis s tion at 8:36. He was accompanied by his son-in-law, R. S. Wortley. The admiral apparently had comp! recovered from ‘his indisposition. Upon reaching N2w York he will proceed im- mediately to his flagship, the Brooklyn, where he will spend the day. Tomorrow he will be joined by Mrs. Schley, and with her will proceed to Washington. Mrs. Schley said today that the admiral will re- turn to Saugatuck with her to spend the ccming Sunday. NEW YORK, August 25.—Admiral Schiey arrived in this city this morning and went at once to his flagship, the Brooklyn. =. GEN, MERRIAM’S RETURN. After It Has Occurred Gen. Shafter is Expected to Return West. SAN FRANCISCO, August 25.—Gen, Mer- riam is expected back from Honolulu on September 20 at the latest, according 1 the prevailing opinion at army headquar- ters. The Philippine troops now here wilt then be mustered out Gen. Shafter wit return to take his former place at the head sailed | of the Department of California, Gen. Mer- Islands, with | riam returning toe the Department of the Columbia.