Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1898, Page 1

*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 Offcs, £9 Potter Building to subsertbers in the ts serv: L-enywhe-e In the eyal! nts ea B. we Canada m postaxe ot Star, $1 per sear, with Washington. D. C., in on appt [RESOLUTE AT HAVANA Che Evening Star. No. 14,207. Transport With the American Commission is at Anchor. Welcomed by the Spanish Officials— Blunco’s Palace Had Been Dec- The Wife of Austria's Ruler Assassinated, AN ITALIAN ANARCHIST'S ACT Leet ee Stabbed Her Majesty to the Heart With Stiletto. CRIME COMMITTED AT GENEVA Murderer is Named Lucchoni and Has Been Arrested. DETAILS OF THE MURDER GENEVA, Switzerland, The Empress of A near the by an r stabber her The tember 10.— nated Hotel Beau Rivage this afternoon ist, who was sted. He ajesty with a stiletto. Lucchoni. n parents. murderer is nam« He born in Paris of It It appears that her majesty was walking from her hotel to the landing place of the eamer at about 1 o'clock, when the Ital- jan archist suddenly and stabbed her to the heart. She Quickly Expired. ss fell, got up again, and wa approached carried (o the steamer unco The boat started. but, seeing t had fot recovered consciou the captain Empress of Austria. nd she was carried to the 1vage, where she expired. empress had been stopping at for several days Hotel the hotel It was at first thought the wovnd was not serious, but she died in a few minutes. She Was Born in Bavaria. The Empress of Aust born De- cember 24, 1837. She was a daughter of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria, and was mar- ried to F Joseph, Emperor of Austria King of Hungary, April 24. 1854. Th thre idren, the Archduchess Gisol: who 1s married to Prince Luitpold of Ba ria; the Archduke Rudolph, who married ess Stephanie Belgtt was ted the Archduchess Maria Vale ried the Archduke vator of Aus- tria-Tuscany. T late empress was an en- thusiastic horsewoman Pri (se: who mar- No Advices at the Legation. Baron denau, ry, is the only member of the Austrian legation In the , Minister Hengelmuller being at Ne s had reached secret Up te noon no advic: the legation or the S Department of the ian empress ternoon as- late ion of t ried tria. 1 September 10. Empress of Austria j y italian anarchist. . 1:50 p.m. ssinated “RIDGELY.” SOLDIERS. hes COLORED Paid the Railroad Fare of a White Comrade Who Had No Money. Special Dispatch to The Eveuiug Star, RICHMOND, Va., September 10.—Twenty- two colored soldiers. 1p uniform, en route to Danville on a furlough, got into a row with the conductor and other members of the train crew on the Southern railroad because the conductor started to put off a white soldier from Camp Alger who was going to bis hom Drake's Branch and had no money to are When the conductor was about to put the soldier off the coloured troops de- should not be done. Judge Thos. er and Mr. W. W. Baker, the only other two white men aboard, had'visions of train officers being slashed to The conductor declared that after he back from collecting tickets in a the white soldier would be ejected. urned the colored troops hand- amount of the man’s fare, which ‘ollected among themselves, and the whi ie soldier proceeded on his journey. Judge Miller and Mr. Baker made a speech of thanks to tre troops for their kindness. — DICK FOR coL. CONGRESS. He Will Probably Seek to Sreceed the Late S. A. Northway. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 10.—Col. Charles F. Dick, secretary of the national publican committee, will probably be a candidate for Congress, to succeed the late 8. A. Northway of the nineteenth district. Col. Dick refuses to talk on the matter, saying that to do so would be unseemly while Mr. Northway's remains are lying unburied. It is regarded as certain, however, that the colonel will seek the nomination. orated for the Event. September 10.—The United esolute, having on board n evacuation commission, was sighted at 7 o'clock this morning from Mor- ro Castle, and entered the port of Havana ar a place at am. She anchored n called Triscornio, a most healthy part of the bay. At 8 o'clock General Solano, the chief of staff, and Major Bonitor of the general staff left the palace in a carriage, and a little while afterward General Parado, a member of the Spanish commission, and Dr. Congosto, secretary general of the gov- ernment, drove in a carriage to La Ma- china wharf. Both parties there embarked in a steam iaunch and went on board the Resolute to welcome the American commis- oners. The palace of the captain general h been prepared to do honor to the American commissioners. The stairs have been car- peted, as upon the occasion of great recep- tion days, and the commissioners will be received in the salon of the crown. Cap- tain General Blanco will be in full uniform. —_.____ COL. HARRIES REPORTS. District Regiment Highly Praised at the War Department. Col. Harries of the Ist District of Colum- bia Regiment reported at the War Depart- very cordially re- ry Meiklejohn and rtment is extreme- d with the soldi conduct ment tod: Acting Seer al Corbin. The d well pl and #ppearan do not belong to the class of disturb discipline. Both the acting seer tary and G al Corbin spoke in the ve highest terms of the regiment and com; merted Col. Harries on the way he taken care of them and upon their stror of the District boys, who sruinblet who ne 1d soldierly qualities. The fact that the D trict of Columbia regiment had by far the lowest death rate of a i foreign service is felt to be ac by the discipline snd shown i boys on r return. gard the re; volunteer sol Particular pleasure fect that the District boys stood up under of service like men, and show ed know how t nd not departmer, aS an exam; is expre roer to- 1 with ime Their appearance their reco good and their behavior soldier! be glad to have yeu quote me rest praise of them. ter than when t rbin a As jchn expr was very attitude HARRY DAVIS RELEASED. The First Paseman Let Go Coloneisx’ President. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 10.—In acdition to letting “Chic? Frazier go to Cieveland, President Pulliam of the Loui vilie ball club has relea i F Harry Davis. Becker, who has been pisy- ing at first for several days, will now cover signed twe artz and baseman, and third nd Rapids, speci- AN ULTIMATUM AT CANDIA. Turks Mast Lay Down Their Arms or Be Bombarded Again. NA, September 10.—According to a ch veczived here from Canea, Island of Crete, the troops of tie various powers have hoisted their flags over the town walls of Candia and the admirals have sent an ultimatum to the deputy goveruor and th: Turkish commandant demanding that VIE disp all arms be laid down by 5 o'clock this evening. The warships, it is added, are in readiness to restme the bombardment cf the place. One of the foreign warshi has gone to Ketimo, whers disturbances have brok=n out. a LEHIGH'S SCHEDULE, The Foot Ball Games to Be Played During the Season. BETHLEHEM, Pa., September 10.—The Lehigh University foot ball schedule for son is as follows: September at Bethlehem; October 1, Princeton; October §, New t October i5, the coming © Rutgers, at 8, Princeton, York Univ University of Pennsylvania, Philade phia: October 22, We F Point: Octob November 5, Lafayette, at Bethlehem vember Anrapolis, at Anz vember 19, Dickinson, at Garlisi ber 24, Lafayette, at Easton. a > Well-Known Newspaper Men Drown. QUEBEC, Que., September 10.—Carl Smith, who wrote the “Fired at Random” column in the Chicago Record, and Louls Sass, sporting editor on the same paper, have been drowned in the heavy rapids in the Grand Discharge by the upsetting of thetr birch bark canoes. They were on a holiday tour. Smith was at one time man- aging editor of the Omaha World-Herald. —-- Soldiers Camp at Oakland, Md. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBBPRLAND, Md., September 10.— The Baltimore and Ohio Ratlroad Company have notilied their attorney at Oakland to secure 400 acres of land contiguous to the tOwn to be set apart for the use of the War Department as a camp for returning sol- diers. The Bradley farm will probably be selected. See Webster Davis on the Stump. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior, opened the Pennsylvania state campaign at Pittsburg Wednesday night, when he delivered an eloquent address in Carnegie Hall. He was listened to by a large gathering, and his masteriy address made a very forcible impression on all who heard it. Mr. Davis, under the au- spices of the republican rational congres- sional committee, will make a tour of the northwest to the Pacific coast in the in- terests of the congressional candidates. ee z Hains’ Future Duties. Gen. Hains of the engineer corps, who has recently returned from Porto Rizo, will probably be assigned to his former duty in charge of engineering work at Baltimore. Gen. Hains will at once resume his duties as a member of the Nicaragua canal com- mission. - WASHINGTON, DeOs SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1898—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS, TO BE NON-PARTISAN The Commission to Investigate Con- duct of the War. NINE MEN NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION Two Understood to Have Accepted F Places. AIM OF ‘THE INQUIRY See ee President McKinley has under considera- tion nine men from whom the members of the commission to investigate the conduct of the war will be selected. The commis- sion will probably be composed of five mem- bers, and both civil and military life will be represented on it. It will be entirely non-partisan. The purpose is not to antici- pate any investigation by Congress, but to gather the facts regarding the handling of the troops in the Cuban campaign from the time the volunteers of the regular army were mobilized at Chickamauga and other points until the return of the soldiers to their homes. While the forma! annpuncement has not t been made that the President has de- cided to grant Secretary Alger’s request for investigation, it is known tnat the com- mi dy partly made up. Out of the nine men whom the President has un- der consideration two are understood te have accepted. The high characicr of the men who will compose the commission, it is i ure the fullest measure of s investigation and in what- ever recommendations it may make. It is probabie that President Daniel C. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University of Laltimo will be one of the civilian members._ The President is understood to be anxious for him to accept, and ff Mr. Gilman can ar- range his duties satisfactorily it is believed he will not decline. Col. James A. Sexton of Chicago is an- other member whose acceptance is though to be Col. Sexion has just beea elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the encampment held in Cincinnati. He has the confidence of the veterans and is said to ve a man of unusual executive ability. Col. Sexton was formerly postmaster at Chicago. if ex-Secretary Daniel S. Lamont can be persuaded to take a place on the comr ssured. sion, he will undoubtedly be appeinied. Jt is considered desirable to ve a former head of the War Department serve. Should Gen. Schotield not be fe to serve, it possibie that Maj. Gen. Ruger, retired, will be chos doubt of n; but there is thought to be littie hofield’s acceptance. There fs | to be an urance th n. Jon B. om of Georgia will ac The med val member of the comm. i will ai ion, it is stat n, and a phy under considera- > be a@ southern mi eminence is now tio! A Diguined and Seientitic Inquiry. It is the intention of the President that the investigation shall be a dignified, dis- passionate and scientific inquiry into the ett y of the service. } that ic shall be enter It is pot intended 1 into in a controver- sal syirit, nor with the id that there is some mysterious evil to be disposed and that a scapegoat must be found upon Whom to pul ihe responsibility for a great wrong The President does not think that. the war was badiy managed. in an ineredibly brief time an army was organized aimust enuirely out of raw material, and a wa conducted to a conclusion with complet and unturnisied victory. It is felt that dd the results which have been attaiued fa well organized and weit thoroughly trained to mili- they would have been emi- creditabie, that tiey were accom- my composed more than Ww recruits it is feit should as something far out of the ary calculation in military operations. dt is fel that the grand result is the first to be looked at. ond consideration is how much it cost to accomplish this? Here it is that the difference between having a veteran army and an expansive mi establishment, and having an army t together, as it were, by trumpet call out of civil wa'ks of life, appears. Were the Sacrifices Excessivet ‘The third qu sacrifices rounding circumstances. is claimed, gi sacrifice tary nen servic y fon then is whether these were excessive in view of the sur- The Ceath roll, it s no indication of excessive , but the complaint is not so much of lives sacrificed in battle as of the uni- versal suffering among the troops, and with respect to this, the question to be decided is how far this suffering was due to the ch: of the army itself, the lack of training on the part of volunteer officers, the deficiency in experienced non-commis sioned officers, and the lack of power of endurance on the part of men not innured to the hardships of war, and how far it is due to lack of system or individual incom- petency in the War Department's servic All this will be carefully inquired into. First it must determined where there is any just cause of complaint of the detaiied managemeat of the war, and, second, if there is just cause, whether the fault lay with the system or with the result of in- dividual inzompetency, and, if tne latter is the case, what individtal ts responsible. To Correet Evils. But the primary object is not so much to punish somebody for an imagined wrong as to correct any evil that may exist. That the system, bound up as it is by Jegistation, is defective is universally acknowledged, and on this score no cersure can rest upon the administration. It is sald, however, tkat out of rhis defective system developed @ situgtion where there was a crowding of responsibility upon individual official heads, resulting in a congestion which made a de- gree of inefficiency in certain branches of the service unavoidable. This may have been added to by the ambition of individ- uals to undertake more than was physical- ly possible €or them to do. But this, it is claimed, is a generous fauit, and not neces- sarily at all discreditable to men who have worked themselves pretty nearly to death trying to do more than they possibly could ard more than they should have under- taken. It ts not believed that the investiga- tion will develop any facts calculated to ex- cite passion, nor that the adminisuation will suffer from a perfectly impartial in- quiry. Departments to Be Investigated. The inquiry is to be directed into the management of the quartermaster, commis- sary and medica! departments; and, while it is anticipated that this will take in the whole question of the conduct of the war, it will probably be found to be impossible to get all the records of the war for tke purpose 8 of this investigation. The state- ment comes with authority that it will probably take two or three years to assort, arrange and index all the dispatches and communications which passed through the department by thousands, and which it was absolutely impossible to arrange currently according to any system of entry or index. This may not interfere with a complete in- | vestigation of the subjects contemplated | for examination by the commission to be appointed, but it will render it impossinle fur the commission to go into, with any prospect of ever finishing their work, th2 nal question such as is involved in Miles controversy. ——_—_—__+ 0+ THE ATTACK UPON EVANS. it is Engineered by Selfish Pension Attorneys. Gieat surprise is expresed by thé friends of Commissioner H. Clay Evans at the reso- lution adopted by the G.-A. R. encampment yesterday. These resolutions, it will be recalled, criticise the administration of the foner of pensions. ‘olutions are the talk of the or- ganizztion, and the friends of the com-+ missioner are flocking to his defense, ex- pressing their ccnfidence in him and con- demuing in no uncertdin tones the action of the encampment Cemmissicner Evans was not at his office tceday. He left last night for a short vaca- tion to the Thcusand Islands, Montreal and Quebec. A warm personal friend in discussing the resolutions passed at Cincinnati said: “The G. A. R. made a big blunder in adopting such a report. It is not only false as to statements, but a grievous wrong to an honcst, upright official, The admini: tien of the pension bureau under Commi: signal ruies oer Evans has been marked by ability. Without fear or favor, the and the law= have been followed. no stain vpon his record using his office to further ical ends. He has zealously guarded the interesis of the old soldier. This has brought upon him the condemnation of certain 3 but his record is too clean to suf son of their vituperation. One would i ine from the resolution passed that Mr. Evans had done his utmost to embarr: the pension applicant ant knows this is no fidelity he has out the law his utmost to carry ard to the legitimate claimant the pension his country provided. He has criticised, and very justiy, too, the methods of some pension attorneys, and as the majority of these are old soldier and in the Grand Army of the Republic, they have taken this opportunity to seek revenge.” rr ooo SHAF’ CALLS ON MILES. Says He Has Nothing’ to Say for Publication. General Shaft2r was at the War Depart- ment today. He first called upon Acting Secretary Meiklejohn and then with Gen- eral Corbin called upon General Miles at the army he: juarters. H> then went to the White House. General Shafter says hi has no plans and will haye mone until he receives further orders. At present he is under orders to report here. Later orders Will be issued to detemine what his future cours? will be. He says that he has noth- ing whatever to say for publication. General Shafter hag expressed a wish that when the department commanders are sent to posts that he would prefer to hav> Lis old command, the gepartment of Cali- fornia. It is probable #hat it will be given him, but such action will be a long time in the futur the organization of the army upon its old basis is not likely to oc- cur for some tim:. Thr aert two large easy chairs alongside of Gen. Shatter, as he sat in the office of the adjutant geméral this morning, wes a lar; anish flag, the royal stand ard with the coat of arms in the cente On one corner was pitne@ a card bearing the foliowing inscriptl inish flag tak- en from the converted cruiser Mexico in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, July 17, upon the surrender, of the city to M W. R. Shafi U.S. A., on the same ‘The flag was brought to the department by Gen. Shafter in aecordanee with which require ptured ¥ deposited for safe-keeping with the Secre- tary of War. ———__+ e+ HOBSON PROMOTED. He Will Be a Naval Constructor—Capt. Higginson to Be Commodore. Among the naval orders following promotions Captain Higginson of the Massachusetts, to be commodore from August 10; Assistant Naval C ‘tructor R. P» Hobson, to be full naval constructor, to date from June 23, the delay in making the last promotion being caused by the impossibifity of having an earlier examination. The following named volunteer officers have been hcnorably ‘cischarged from the service: Lieutenants E. Geer, W. S. Belding, R. H. McKoy, J. A. Ubedell, E, M. Harmon, T. R. Beal, J. McFarlane, Ensigns W. B. Cole- L. F. Middlebrook, Mates W. F. >, A. H. Elliott, Passed Assistant En- gincer R. EB. Hall and Passed Assistant Surgeon J. C. MacEvitt. Licutenant Commander Ingersoll has been detached from command of the Supply and ered to the Naval Academy. eutenant A. N. Mayer, trom command of the Buccaneer to the naval cbservatory, Washington. Rear Admiral Sicard and Chief Engineer A. Adamson are ord:red for retirement. eo 4 Personal Mention. Secretary Long is spending his well-earn- ed vacation upon the old Long homestead farm, in Buckfield, Me. The farm house is one of the comfortable old-style white houses with green blinds, with old-fashion- ed flowers in the yard and shaded by a group of the graceful fountain-shaped elms of New England. It is on top of one of the curious whale-backed hills, so common in Maine, and which are supposed to have been originally mountains, ground down te their present shape by the great glacial movement of prehistogic times. It com- mands a magnificent view of mountai an¢ valleys, lakes and rivers, tut ti has the drawback for agricultural purr of being fertile mainly in rocks. The Sec- retary, however, delights in getting away from Washington and from his grand man- sion at Hingham, Mass,, to this rocky hill, out of the way of office seekers and tcle- grums. Here he finds exereise for his sur- plus energies in trying to pulverize the superabundant crop of rocks on his plaze, and the Lewiston Journal thinks that as he “reads the papers he nmust realize that blasting rocks on his Buekfield farm is bet- ter than being blasted im the public prin‘s.” Dr. Stuart C. Johnsen, who, for about a year was the resident’ physician at the Washington Asylum Hospital, has settled in Pontiac, Mich. . Rey. Leslie Moore, pastor of the Chureh of Our Father, who, ‘with Mrs. Moore, has been spending the summer on Peak Island, in Portiand harbor, returned to the city with his family today. ‘They have-not yet decided on their location for the winter. Mr. I. G. Jaquette' of the pension office and sons Clarence and ‘Perey are spending September with friends at Fair View, Ce- cil county, Md. Mr. Lew Newmyer, as chief clerk to Maj. Herbert Katz of Patterson, N. J., has re- turned to his family after three’ months’ service in the department commissary at Chickamauga Park, Ga., and Newport News, Va. Dr. J. Spencer Hough, surgeon on the U.S. 8. Morrell, has recently returned from Cuban waters and is now at his home, 511 Spruce street. + e+ YELLOW FEVER IN PORTO RICO. vday were the First Adviees of Its Among the Troops. Surgeon General Sternberg today received a dispatch from the chief surgeon at Ponce. Porto Rice, sgying that there were four cases of yellow fever and one death among.the troops there. This is the first report of yellow fever among the troops in Porto Rico. . ALGER NOT WORRIED Speaks of His Accusers as “These Sensational People.” HIS REPLY 10 AN INTERVIEWER The Secretary Refuses “to Get Down in the Sewer! With Them. SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY DETROIT, Mich., September 10.—Secre- tary Alger arrived at the Michigan Central station from the east at 9:45 o'clock today. Accompanying him was Mrs. Alger and their son, Capt. Fred Alger, who is gradu- ally recovering from fever contracted in Cuba; also Col. Hecker and Maj.-Hopkins, the Secretary’s war aids, both Detroiters. The general upon alighting first ki litle granddaughter and then greeted Goy. Pingree. To the reporters Gen. Alger that all he would say now was that Le was glad to get home and especially to breati. Michigan air again. The Secretary was then driven to his residence, accompanied by Gov. Pingree. After arriving home Gen. Alger said he expected to remain until a week tomorrow. Being asked to make a statement for pub- lication relative to the charges against his administration of the War Depariment, the Secretary replied: What Go you want me to do? Get down in the sewer with these sensational people? They are not worrying me. There th- ing to the charges excepting somebody's desire to make political capital. What He Said. “The work the department has had to do in so short a time has been a very great The commissary and quartermaster’s tments have had distribution uf more than 9v0 tons ef provisions—rations and forage—daily, a part of which has involved transportation more than halt around the Worid. It is not surprising that some tew slips have been made. “I have asked the President to appoint the strongest commission possible to secure to conduct an inquiry into the conduct of it will be made up of some of the work will be S applied to Its the war. ablest army officers, and it of the atest importance, the pa s affecting the future. greatest value will be in perfecting the ure organizaton of the army and apply: ia this provision the lessons of the pasi Let Alger Sleep Too Long. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 10.—A spe- clal to the Dispatch from Mansfield, Ohio, says: The reception which was accorded Secre- tary of War Alger at Detroit came near passing off without the guest of honor as a result of the officiousness of a Pullman porter. Secretary Alger arrived at 11 o'clock last mght over the Pennsylvania tine and was io have left for ‘Poiedo at 1:35 o'clock a.m. over the Walhonding Va y railroad. He was asleep and the porte refused to aliow the car to be attached to the 1:35 o'clock train, claiming that Alger did no want to go until 6 oclock in the morning. At % o'clock the Secretary awoke, and there was a scene. He hurried to the tele- graph office in his pajamas and ordered a special. He got away at 3:16 o'clock, but Was pull ina rag Se AGREE ON FUSiON. ar CAN'T Colorado Populists and Democrats Unable to Reach Coxclusion, COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., September 10.—The subcommittee of the convention committee, which consisted of M. T. Pat- terson, populist; A. M. Stevenson, silver re- publican; T. J. O'Donnel, democrat, report- ed that ft was unable to agree upon a fu- sion scheme. The committee was discharg- ed and a new one named, cons, suing of Harry B. Adsi, democrat; John Wingale, silver republican, and C. I. Porter, popu- list. The new committee failed to. agree. The populists and silver republicans have issued an ultimatum to the democrats that they can either join the combination to give the populists the governor or go it alone. It is believed that ihe democrats will hold out rather than give the populists the governor. ——— FIRST ILLINOIS AT HOME. No Deaths Among the Soldiers After Leaving Montauk. CHICAGO, September 10.—The Ist Mi- nols Infantry, Col. Henry L. Turner, com- manding, arrived home today over thc Lake Shore railway. There were 924 officers and men on the four sections of the train. Of that number 216 sick men on the first sec- tion needed ambulance attention and hos- pital care. ‘There were no deaths since the regiment left Montauk Point, and it is said that among the sick men only one—Private Griffin—is in a dangerous condition. ——_—— SNOW IN COLORADO. It Threatens to Develop Into a Bliz- zard in Nebraskan. DENVER, Col., September 10.—The first snow storm is reported from eastern Col- orado, and it threatens to devolop into a blizzard in western Nebraska. No snow has yet fallen in Denver, but it is quite cold and the indications are that snow will follow the fall in temperature. ——_—_ CLERICAL CHANGES. Promotions and Reinstatementn the Interior Department. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the f jor: Indian office—Resigna:ion: Eugene Gocd- win of Maine, clerk, $1,600. Pension office—Reinstatements: John G. Teicher of South Carolina; Mrs. Ellen M. Gay of Connecticut, copyist, $909. Promo- ons: William F. Wolfe of New York, clerk, $1,400 to $1,600; William A. Paul of Ohio. William W. McCary of Mississippi, DeWitt C. Cook of New York, clerk, $1,260 to $1.400; Erastus C. Johnston of Vermont, Franklin J. Robinsen of New York, Ernest A. Short of Missouri, clerk, $1,000 to $1,200; Daniel E. Barrett of Vermont, Albert H. C. Jewett of New Hampshire, Charies F. Mc- Gill of District of Columbia, William H. Woodward of Nebraska, copyist, $900 to clerk, $1,000, Kesignations: Arthur 8. Dud- ley of Wisconsin, special examiner, $1,300; Costello N. Holford of Arkansas, clerk, $1,000. Death: Alexander McC. Wilson oF Pennsylvania, clerk, $1,600. - Patent office—Resignations: Charles 8. Jones of Pennsylvania, principal examiner, $2,500; Michaei J. Lyden of Massachusetts, George R. Baldwin of Mlinois, fourth as- sistant examiner, $1,200; Raphael A. Ed- monsion of Maryland, copyist. $720. Pro- motions: Millard J. Moore of Virginia, first assistant examiner, $1,860, to principal ex- aminer, $2,500; Elida C. Haugh of New York, second assistant examiner, $1,600 to first assisiant examiner, $1,800; Samuel B. Roane of New York, third assistant ex- amincer. $1,400, to second assistant exam- iner, $1,600; Ralph N. Flint of New York, fourth assistant examiner, $1,200, to third’ assistant examiner, $1,400. SPAIN'S ALLEGED PROTEST No Communication Received by the French Embassy, Significance ‘of the Objection to the Claim to Manila by Conquest After the Protocol Was Signed. It is believed at the State Department that some of the data being prepared in Madrid for the guidance of the Spanish members of the peace commission in the presentation of tireir case has been erroneously assumed to involve a direct protest to the Washington government, through M. Cambon, the French Ambassa- dor, as reported from English sources yes- terday. At any rate, no such communica- tion has reached either the State Depart- ment or the French embassy as that de- scribed in the London dispatches as form- ing the basis of the protest touching the American occupation of Manila. Some communications have recently been exchanged between the State Department and the French ambassador respecting the condition of Spanish prisoners held at Cavite and near there. It was represented to the State Department that the Spanis! ners were being oppressively and i y treated. Our military authori Manila were called upon to look into matter, and their report showed t there was little foundation for the alle, tion, and that such hardships as were suf- fered by the Spanish prisoners were only those shared by the insurgents themselv when the latter lacked supplies. It not known here that Admiral Dewey is respon- sible for turning any Aguinaldo. The Occupation of Manila. Inasmuch as there seems to be a deter- mined disposition on the part of the Span- ish authorities to regard as illegal and un- Warranted by international law the Ameri- can claim to Manila by virtue of the sur- render @i the Spanish forces, on the ground that this surrender took place two days after the signature of the protocol su: ing hostilities, it may be of inter learn the mot! for this opposition. prisoners over to As the protocol provides that the United States shall immediatey seize and and vicinity, it would not at first appear to be material under what tenure this oc- cupation is maintained—whether by capitu- lation or by the formal relinquishm noted in the protocol. It is said here that as far as the present conditions are con- cerned there is reaily no material difference in the form of tenure. There may be, how- ever, a very important difference when the future of Manila is regarded, for the peace ion, which is charged’ to deal with the whole Philippines question, will proba- bly make a very substantial distinction in disposing of territories actually conquered and occupied by military forces of the United States and those relinquished under the terms of the protocol. These are all questions which may promptly come before the commission, and therefore it is assumed that they will not be presented to the United States government in advance of the meeting of that commission. There will be no meeting of the United States branch of the commission until the middle of next week. It is said t the cabinet meeting next Tuesday will be large ly given up to a consideration of the final instructions to be given to the Americ ommissioners, so that likely to hold their meeting until after the cabinet session. That meeting will be in- formal and, in fact, there {s no intention io hoid a formal meeting on this side of the Aulantic. hold Manila n the latter are not 2 +—___ THE GEORGIA VOLUNTE Reconsidering the Decixion Regard- ing the Muster Out. Orders mustering out Georgia trocps have not yet been issued. After the conference with the governor and Senator Bacon yes- terday, it was practically decided to mus- ter out the Ist and 3d Regiments. Today, however, Representative Maddox appeared at the department saying that such action would be an injustice to the 24 Regiment. He says that this regiment was really the first in the service and was in Florida ready to go to the front when the muster of the ist was completed. Th2 regiment had been or- dered abroad, and the orders countermand- ed, and it has been moved about from place to place until the soldiers were tired of s2r- vice. This representation caused a delay tn issuing orders until further consideration could be given to the Georgia troops. ————__+ 0+_____ AUGUST COTTON RETURNS. ERS, A Decline of Eleven Points in the Average Condition. The returns for cotton to the statistician of the Department of Agriculture indicate an average condition of 79.8 on September 1, as compared with 91.2 on August 1, a de- cline of eleven points during the month. The average condition on September 1, 1897, was 783; on September 1, 1896, 64.2, and the mean of the September averages for the last ten years is 79. The decline during August as follow: Carolina, sissippi, ‘1 y states was North Carolina, 6 points; South Georgia, 11; Alabama, 15; Mis- Louisiana, 14; Texas, 16; Ar- kansas, 4; Tennessee, 2; Oklahoma, 8. ————+«+— CAMP THOMAS’ CONDITION. Report of the Generals Who Have Been Investigating It. CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA NA- TIONAL MILITARY .PARK, Tenn, Sep- tember 10.—No regiments left Camp Thomas today and none will go out until Monday. The 2d Kentucky and the 2d Arkansas, the orly two yet to go, will leave Monday instead of today and tomorrow as at first Intended. With the departure of these only the 6th United States Volunteers and the hospitals will remain at Csickamauga. Grigsby’s Rough Riaers, who are now at liberty and can go us they please, are returning home by the hundreds today. The 2d Kentucky Regiment engaged in a sham battle on Snodgrass Hill this morning. The regi- ment was formed in two sections, one on the nill and the other in the woods at the foot of the hill. The battle represented minutely the famous fight on Snodgrass Hill during the civil war. The report of Generals Sanger, Mattocks and Roe, giving in detail the result of their investigations of camp hospitals, has been made public by Gensral Breckinridge. The three generals, who worked some time as a hospital and camp examining corps, report that the conditions in the various hospitais were found very unsatisfactory. They state that the hospitals were not provided with the proper necessilies, that they did not hav? a sufficient number of attend- ants, that they were badly located and that they were in every way inadequate. es STEAMER WINGFOOT MISSING. Unlucky Dispateh Carrier is Suppos- ed to Be Lost at Sea. SAN FRANCISOO, September 10.—The steamer Coptic, which arrived here from the orient yesterday brings the news from Hong Kong that the American steamer Wingfoot, Captain Sherman, is supposed to have gon2 down with all hands. During the war, United States Consul General Wildman’ chartered the Wingfoot to earry dispatches to Admiral Dewey at Manila. The little vessel met with several { THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star mailed to them to ary eddress in the United States or Canada, by ordering tt a this office, in person or by Terms: 18 cents per week- 25 « for two weeks, or 30 per month. Invariably tn advance. Sub- Scribers changing their address {rom one Post-oftice to Sive the last address as well as new one ——L———————————e ACCIDENTAL OEATH Verdict of Jury in Case of Mise Catharine Thomas, ; cents another she che KILLED BY METR ae OPOLITAN R. R CAR Trainmen Regarded as Not Respon- sible for the Occurrence. ee THE EVIDENCE TAKEN Coroner Carr held an inquest this after- nooa at the sixth precinct station in the case of Miss Catharine Th mas, who was killed by a Metropolitan electric car on 4ty ftreet Thursday night. Railroad officials and Mr. Thomas, father of the young iady, Were present at the hearing. Miss Dever. eaux, who wa bieyele riding with Miss Thomas at the time the fatal accident hap- pened, was among ihe witnesses. After hearing the evidence the jury returned a Verdict of accidental death. No blame was attached to the men in charge Of the train. The Trainmen Testity, W. F. Berry, who was motorman in charge of the train when the accident oc- curred, was the first witness examined. He told the jury that about 10:47 o'clock Thurs ht when on 4ty et southwest bs aryland avenue and C street bh saw two ladies rid yeles, They were coming in the dire his car and he rang his bell a numb them to get off the tr of t but t y warn id no attention. Then, he 1, he slowed down and his train was going at between five and six miles hour when the bicycle struck the homas, he d, was thrown ag and was tossed over the fender. “Did you say you rang your bell?” in- quired uror, did, nswered witn: “and I also yelled at her.” Witness said when he saw the ; made no effort to turn of the track he started to bring his train to a full stop, and had almost succeeded when the acedunt happened Cenductor A DeMontifredy testifie that just before the car reached € stree he saw some one on a bic the car. He could not tell :f a gentieman or la¢ The ri Ay proaching ler was Ts made no effort to get out of the way, he said, and the motorman made an effort to stop his car. “Was the lady riding very fast?” the con- ductor was asked. “I couldn't tell.” “About what rate was your car makin “When accident occurred,” wered he car had most to a you sure the motorman rang the sir.” d you hear the motorman screa . sir, but J heard the | seres m. Wit Said thet wheelmen frequently ride on the tracks near the car to frighten the men in charge. A Passenger's Evidence. C. L. Skinner, a resident of South Wash- ington, A passenger on the car, explain what he saw of the sad affair. He said he Was sitting on the second seat of front car. The motorman rang the bell, and wit- ness looked out but saw nobody. Soon after the ringing of the bell was commenced th motorman started to reduce the speed, and just before the car came t a stop t dent occurred. When witness heard th crash, which was followed by the break- ing of glass, he got out and picked the young lady up from under the running board. After the accident happened the car ran ahead about six feet Another Eye-Witnens. James J. Hayre testified that he was passenger on the car at the time of the cident. The young lady was riding in the center of the track. Witness heard the motorman’ when he rang the bell and alsc heard him call to the young lady. He thought the car was going at an unusual slow rate of speed. Witness thought the young lady did not have time to get out of the way after she saw the car was so close to her. Dr. Ruffin testified that he « body at the hospital yesterday and found a severe fracture of the base of the brain. Shock and hemorrhage resulting from the fracture caused her death Her injuri mined the were necessarily fatal. An yeration, he said, could not have saved her life. W. O. Brown, colored, testified that he heard the motorman yell to the young lady on the bicycle. Witness assisted the young lady all he could after she was injured. Requests for Additional Testimony. This closed the testimony, and the case was submitted to the jury. Mr. Thomas, father of the deceased, was present, and, at his request, additional testimony was heard. Miss Mary Devereux, who was with Miss Thomas, testified that when she saw the car coming she was ut fifteen feet from it. They were not talking. Witness de- clared that there was no bell sounded. “Did you hear the motorman when he yelled?” asked the coroner. “There was not a sound uttered until I called to my friend.” Witness said she was riding behind a northbound car at the time of the accident. Miss Thomas wore glasses. When questioned by Mr. Coleman of the railroad company, witness said she had been at the arsenal with friends. Some of them were on the car going north, behind which she was riding. Witness said she thought Miss Thomas was watching the slot upon which she was riding. There were two cars close together, id witness, and Miss Thomas had just gotten out of the way of one car when she rode in front of the other. She thought the cars were at least half a square Mr. Thomas told the jury that hi ter was nearsighted. This w wore glasses. There were no other wit- nesses present. Pearre Names His Deleszution. Special Dispatch to The vealag Star, CUMBERLAND, M4., September 10.—Col. George A. Pearre last night named the delegation to represent Allegany county at the republican congressional convention at Frederick. It 1s composed of sixty-two per- sons, all enthusiastic workers in Coloncl Pearre’s bebalf, and will leave here for Frederick Tuesday morning. Col. Pearre is confident of winning. Allegany’s six votes will be cast solidly for him. It ts claimed by his friends that he is the second choice of Frederick and Montgomery coun- ues. Delegates Lei for Home. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 10.—Al! the delegates from the Department of the Potomac, Women's Relief Corps, who had not previously done so left for home at noon today by the C. and 0. railway, and are due to arrive in Washington early Sun- day morning. panna Bayard Grows Weaker. DEDHAM, Mass., Septefiber 10.—The mishaps and was obliged to return to port. | condition of Mr. Thomas F. Bayard was Since her last departure fer Maniia has not been heard from. she} rnehanged this morning. ae however, than cn Friday