Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1898, Page 1

—————— THE EVENING STAR. = — z PUBLISHED 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, The Evening Sta- ts served to subscribers In the etty by carriers, cm their own account, at 10 cents pet week cr 44 cents ver mon h. Copies at the conoter, 2 cents cab By mvil-anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents er month. Saturary Quintuple Sheet Star. $1 per year,-with ferelgr postage adled, $3.08. (Entered at the Post Of as econd-clnas moll m=tter.) FAN mail subscriptions Ratec of advertising male at Wasbingtoa, D. C., st be paid in advance. 2 on application. Che Zvening Star. No. 14,214, WASHINGTON, D. GC, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1898-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to ary address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by lett Terms: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably tn advanca. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-oftice to another should give the last address as well as the new one. WOULD BE FRIENDS| "= ——— Aguinaldo’s Massage to tha Amari- can People. DENOUNCES REPORTS OF DIFFERENCES — Taking Steps to Hold the Philip- pines, if Necessary. ———— WARSHIPS AND FROOPS gee NEW YORK, September 19.— The following dispatch has been re- ceived at the office here of the Asso- ciated Press: MANILA, Philippine Islands, Sep- tember 19.—The Fihipi ment desires to inform the American government and people that the many rumors circulated regarding the between the Filipino and American forces are base, malicious slanders of the enemy to both parties, are without any truth, and are circulated for the pur- pose of prejudicing the appeal of the Filipinos for their release from the oppression and cruelty of Spain. The relations of our people and yours have been and will continue to be of the most friendly nature, and oO govern- strained relations we have withdrawn our forces from Manila as an addi- tional evidence of our confidence in the great Americ ened) the suburbs of an republic. AGUINALDO. - American peo- terest at the nt read the conveying teer any in f this govern- Is very near him spoke of the important document.” Asxuinaido’s Submissic State The cfticia and Wa at the ma Was the ly aldo upon «xis Americans and the received at the W nt from Manila came from G and while the officer ref: pited by the 1 te that he his opinion to meet t from the co of activity fresh in Department ex resh reinforce: rmy at Manila, namely that rt of a movement originally does not seem to explain the mat- ite clearly, ng W k on the Battle Ships. nt is rushing prepa- of the big battle ships > Honolulu, and orders nt to the New York navy yard hamics work overtime on is to have them by the end of ccording to the nould arrive to conceal will have a dispatch prows we are not nform| 1p of the F png is to in- at k of disposing of Islands accord- disclosed his plans respect- is outside of Luzon, the seat 1 of the group, the President s for the American peace com- to dispose of the re- nds as they may deem ourselves, but for the for fo Save the Philippines. A long line of curious incidents to which one of the great European powers has been has beyond question done much to a fe of the adm a purp ng of uneasiness on the part ration as tending to show our free action s has been only frank because the terfere an evil purpose, apparent! a4 manner cal- attention. Such, ce. as the gathering of naval ves- th of the Phitippine group, explanation of which, coming tive it is true, but still marks of genuinene S$ a pur- g either by seizure or by some ret pact with the Spanish govern- { the important Island of Palawan. ular island forms one side hrough which must puss all commerce that flows be- Micronesia and southern is narrow, and Sf the pine gToup are to be -uzon, this Island of t be kept, as forming one side It athered that it is lent therefore to enation by Spain of any of .up, and that these prep- s well as military, are but execution of his purpose. nue quietly 1 culated to avoid attract for ins tot onty of ralia, tow With the ton to his fleet of the two battleships. Admiral Dewey will have a force only second that of Great Britain In eastern waters, while on shore Gen. Otis Will have a more numerous army than that ‘@f any European power, save Russia. ciation of its | Hearing of Charges Against Super- intendent of City Post Office. Solicitor O'Connell of the Treasury De- partment, will soon render an opinion on the charges some time ago brought against Thomas C. Stewart, the superintendent of the new city post office. Along in July, as stated at the time in The Star, charges of a serious nature were made igainst Mr. Stewart to the supervis- ing architect of the treasury, who has supervision of the work. In general they were that Mr. Stewart is incompetent; that he has been in collusion with members of his family to make the government pay more for work than it otherwise wouid have to pay, and that he used his influ- erce to hinder and hurt subcontractors at work on the butiding. Mr. Taylor, the supervising architect, re- perted the charges to Assistant Secretary Spaulding, and the latter asked Solicitor O'Connell to make a thorough investiga tion of them. In accordance with these instructions, the citor began the tak- ing of testimony against Mr. Ste The case would have been finishe but for the fact that the solicitor w ed to New York ard remained there other business for several week: 3 It is stated that he recently concluded taking the testimony against Mr. Ste on and is now waiting for the presenti of Mr. Stewart's side of th will be made the last of this week, On this de Stewart will decision will soon follow. will depend whether Mr. be dismissed from his position. General Spaulding id tod that he would accept the decision of the solicitor and act according! and affidavits were filed against him, sworn to by men making the charges. One of these affidavits was by Joseph F. Hurdle member of a firm of uperintendent of the building succeeded in causing him to lose his contract. Hurdle charges that Ern- -wart, a son of the ntendent, - Tepresentative here of D. § - York firm which obained the contract to finish the post office. He then makes serious charges against Ernest Stew- art. _——— INCREASE OF THE NAVY. nz Said to Be Favo able to Doubling the Enlisted Fore It is reported that Secretary Long will reccmmend to Congress that the enl strength of the navy, now 10,600, be Secretary in- crez sed to 20,000, In erder to meet the grow- ing needs of the 3 The naval bureau chiefs are preparing their estimates of expenses for the next fiscal year. Estimates aggregating $20,000.- O4 have been already submitted by th bureaus of ordnance, construction and re- pair, yards and docks and steam enginer- ing. The bureau of ordrance asks for $6,475 ». This sum includes the ordinary penses of his department and the amount necessary to pay for armor and ment of Lattle ships under construction and those for whose construction contracts have just | been let. bu The au of construction and repair of engineering ask for $6,000,- Qc to meet the expenses to be incurred under the head of increase of the nav Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn also asks 490,000 to enable epairs on ships in chief cnstructor’s estimate made of the expenses of the air work during the present “The Although {t authorities that vy will be on a peace footing dur- rext fiscal year, the chief tor believes that such a large force kept in commission as to necessi- making of many repairs. Engin¢er-in-chief Melville b r $1,140,000 for rep of ships. expectation of the ing th stru will be also asked rs to the machinery timates submitted by Civil Engi- neer Endicott include an item for a new dock to be built at the Norfolk navy yard. dock is to cost about $1,500,000, and ; will be one of the finest docks along the ntic coast New docks were author- at Port 1outh, Boston, League Island, and Mare Isiand. ree INSPECTING THE TRAIS Endeavoring to Check the Spread of Yellow Fever. The surgeon general of the marine hos- pital service has about completed a system for the Inspection of trains on all railroads in the district in the stace of Mississippi in- fected with yellow fever. Inspectors have been placed upon all the roads with one exception, and this line will pe supplied at an early date. The system has been es- tablished for the purp: 5 spread of fever as far as pr: s the purpose of th effective in this direction 23 possible. ass- istant Surgeon Stuapeon is in charge service. ——_—_—+-9-< Naval Orders. The following velunteer naval have been honorably discharged: Lieut. Commander J. W. Miller, Lieuts. F. R. Cohen, F. B. Anéerson, A. B. Denny, J. B. Potter, C. H. Parker, H. M. Bigelow, C. L. Bermingham, J. S. Brewn, Pasigns W. G. Cohn, W. F. Purdy, W. T. Camp, L. Root L. F. Burrough, Assistant Paymasters Carter and A. R. Pardington, Assistant gineer J. W. Gilmore, Naval Cadet L. Johnson. Commander G. C. Reiter has been detach- ed from the commend of the Panther and ordered to the thirteenth Ight house dt: trict at Chicago. Lient. G. C. H. . frcm command of the Apache to the Chicago hydrographic offlee. officers Lieut. Comnarder J. C. Wilson, from command of the Viking home on waiting orders. Lieut. A. Ward, from command of the Wasp home on waiting orders. Lieut. H. C. Poundstone, from the New- ark to the ordnance bureau. —————— Personal Mention. Mrs Electa E. Smith is going to Ster- ling, IIL, to attend a reception to be tender- ed Companies E, G and I of the 6th Illinois Volunteers. She has been specially invited by the executive committee in recognition of her attention to the soldiers when they were at Camp Alger. Mr. Robert Gibson has gone to Europe, where he will spend a month. Senator Charles J. Faulkner of West Vir- ginia is registered at the Shoreham. — ee Chaplain McIntyre’s Judges. ‘The detail for the court-martial to con- vene at Denver, Col., for the trial of Chap- | lain J. P. McIntyre of the navy for his al- leged unjust criticisms of Admiral Sampson and Capt. Evans {s as follows: Commo- dore W. P. McCann, retired, president; Chaplains D. H. Tribou and J. A. Gill, Lieutenant Commanders J. D. J. Kelley, C. K. Curtis and W. H. Driggs, Lieutenant Nathan H. Barnes, retired, members, and cps C. H. Lauchheimer, judge advo- cate. ++ _____ Admiral Schie. New Duties. It is generally understood that when the Perto Rican evacuation commission com- pletes {ts mission and is dissolved, Rear Admiral W. S. Schley will be assigned to duty In this city as chairman of the light hevse board. He held that office when as- signed to the command of the flying squad- ron at the outbreak of the Spanish war. rewant unvemoaviors TWILL SUCCEED GRAY | Senator Faulkner to Go on the Cana- dian-American Commission. SAW THE PRESIDENT THIS MORNING General Bates at the Executive Mansion. OTHER CALLERS TODAY Senator Faulkner of West Virginia has been appointed a member of the Canadian- Arerican commission to fill the vacancy caused by the transfer of Senator Gray to the Spanisa-American peace commission. Senator Faulkner saw the President thls morning by appeintment, and accepted the pesition. The President has not yet decided when he will go away on 4 vacation. Unless he changes his mind, he will not go out of the city until he goes to the Omaha exposition, early in October Presidential Appointments. The President today made the follo-ving appointments: George H. Pickerell of Ohio, the United States at Azores. Fred Page Tustin of Oregon, commission- er in and for Alaska, to reside at Wrangle. Thomas Ling, interpreter to consulate of the United States at Fuchan, China. The President has appomted the follow- ing postmasters: vy Jersey—Burlington, consul of Nathan W. C. New York— ooperstown, Albert S. Pott Dansville, Frank J. McNeil; Delhi, Jam M. Preston: Moravia, William J. H. Parker; wego, John B. Alexander; Silver Creek, narles C. Horton; Smithville, F. R. Bab- cock alton, Henry S. White; Watkins, Levi M. Gano. North Carolina—High Point, W Penns; ivania—€ = Maryland—Laurel, achusetts—Gr HH. Snow. ral Bates, one of the heroes of the ago campaign, called on President Mc- » accompanied by Major John A. Logan, son of the late General Logan. The President was glad to see the two soldiers and chatted with them some time about the fighting around Santiago. The Pri dent said that he had talked with so many vidiers who took part in the glorious achievements at Santiago that he felt that he knew the story pretty weil now. Charles A. Schieren of New York, treas- urer of the Cuban relief fund, talked with the President today about the work cf his org: n. Governor Johnson of Alabama other of the President's visitors today. was accompanied by Colonel Youngblood. nk Came of Fighting Stock. Virgil Blue, an old colored from Fauquier Court House, Va., was at the White House and War Department today inquiring about two sons who were wound- ed in the Santlago fights. One was in the lwth Cavalry and the other in an infantry regiment. The old man rejoiced when he found that both boys were well and with their regiments. “I'm proud ob dem boys,” sald the old man. “I dun had one son die fn de army ‘Then the old man said that he has thir- ty-five nephews in the colored regular and volunteer regiments of the army. He had ten brothers and these rephews are sons of the brothers “Sort ob er fiteing crowd,” sald the old man, “but I used ter enjoy a brisk bout myself.” The Wer Inquiry Commission. President McKinley has not yet completed the commission to inyestigate several de- partments of the War Department. He has sent iavitations to a number of prominent msn to become members of the commission and is waiting to hear from them. Among those who now have invitations under con- sideration are Charles Stewart Smith, pres- ident of the chamber of commerce of New York, and Gen. Stephen D. Lee of Missis- sippi. Should Mr. Smith not accept Col. Waring of New York may be invited. Ste- phen M. Weld of Boston is said to have been asked, but had to decline owing to the condition of his health. It is said that Gen. Granville M. Dodge wiil probably be made chairman of the commission. Generals Bates and Sumner Report at the War Department. Major Generals Bates and Sumner, who were prominent in the Santiago campaign, reported ai the War Department today. They are expecting new assignments under the arrangement which is under contempla- tion for the reorganization of the army. They conferred with Gen. Miles regarding new duties. They have been at Montauk. ‘The breaking up of the camp there leaves many officers unassigned and without duty. Gen. Miles has been very busy on the plan of rearrangement, but it has not yet reached a point which enables any definite information to be given as to where troops or officers will go. It is almost settled that Gen. Shafter will return to San Francisco and resume command of the department of California. Such is his desire, and it will no doubt be complied with. The probability that a number of general and staff volunteer officers will be dis- charged has caused considerable discussion among those who may be among the num- ber. Most of these officers desire to re- main in the service, and influence is al- ready being brought to bear to keep them from being dropped. 0 The Rebellion Records. Advance priats of volume 7, series 1, of the Official Records of the Union and Con- federate Navies in the War of the Rebel- Mon have been furnished the Navy De- partment by the government printing office. The volume comprises the operations of the north Atlantic blockading squadron from Merch 8 to September 4, 1862. The distri- bution of the work ts a congressional and not a departmental one. ——____+«+___—_. Removed to the Suburbs. The War Department today received a cablegram from Major Clous, the secretary of the American military commission, dated Havana, today, stating that the commis- sion has removed to Vedado, a suburb of Havana, and that all of the party, as well as the people on the steamer Resolute, are well, notwithstanding newspaper reports to the contrary. + 0+______ Montauk’s Postal Service. Postmaster Van Cott of New York city has transmitted to the first assistant post- master general a report stating that the postal service at Montauk is in excellent condition; that there 1s no conjestion what- ever, and the work is being performed in a systematic and expeditious manner. a Detached From Navy Yard. Lieutenant T. C. Fenton has been de- tached from duty at the Washington navy yard and ordered to duty in the bureau of ordnance. ALLEGED MAIt. ROBBERY William W. Horton of the Railway Mail Service in Custody. Taken From a Street Railway Car by Post Office Inspectors—Held for a Hearing. William W. Horton; a railway mail clerk, was arresied shortly before 4 o'clock Sat- urday afternoon by Post Office Inspectors Little and Owings on a charge of robbing the mails. Horten was at the time of his arrest on a street railway mail ear on the Capital Traction railway near the corner of 5th street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. He was taken before United States Commissioner Samuel C. Mills and formally charged as stated, and was held in $1,000 bonds for appearance before Com- missioner Mills at 10 o'clock this morning. Horton was placed in charge of the police authorities and was taken to the first pre- cinct station house and locked up. He was visited there Saturday night by several of his relatives and numerous friends. When the time for the hearing before Commis- sicner Mills was reached this morning AS- sistant 1 ct Attorney Sims was pre: ent to represent the government and Post t Office Inspectors Little and Owings to give the evidence they had collected against Horton. Friends of the latter eppeared and stated that he desired to be represented by counsel, but had not yet secured one, and requested a postponement of the hearing until Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. This was granted. An effort was then made at the district attorney’s office to have the bail reduced to $#0, but this was unsuccessful. Horton was brought from the first precinct station and turned over to the United States mar- shal. He remained at the marshal’s office several hours, awaiting the result of his relatives’ efforts to secure bail. At 1 o'clock Commissioner Mills made out his commit- ment to jail. He declined to talk for publi- cation, it is understood that Horton made a confession to the inspectors when ar- rested and that he stated in response to a question of one of the officials as to what prompted him to do such a thing as rob letters, that he “couldn't get along on his salar, > FATAL MADMAN’S WORK. Rum-Crazed C. Amuck . Camningham Runs at Pendieton, Ore. PENDLETON, Ore., September 19.—C. C. Cunningham of Milton, this county, shot and killed O. C. Young and_ serious!y wounded Mrs. Julius J. Worcester at the Oregon Railway and Navigation depot. Cunningham, with cocked revolver, chased Miss Effie Worcester for a block, firing three shots at her, but the young woman ran into a saloon and eluded the murderer. He ran through the saloon into the Great Eastern Hotel, where he his revolver twice at Mrs. proprietor's wif Young, who is an empleye of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Compe talking th M Worcester fe m, ¢! the group. napped Johnson, the her and le at the depot, Wien Cunning- er azed by drink, commenced firing at Young was shot through the heart. Mrs. Worcester was shot in the smalll of the back. She is the wife of a vell-known mining man. Cunningham was arrested. ——— \. MILLER FAVORS BARRACKS. G Thinks His Men's Health Would Im prove Under Better Shelter. SAN FRANCISCO, September 19.—Gen. Miller, in command of the Pri Htar post, is strongly in favor of substituting substantial barracks for the tents now in use, but he will not act in the matter until the return of Gen. Merriam from Honolulu. The necessity of more careful housing of troops during the coming winter is made apparent by the increase in the sick list at Camp Merriam. There have been nin new cases reported at the division fie'd hospital, making 318 in all, as against 300 whea the camp was moved. new cases are twe Among the of measles and a sus- pected typhoid fever case. All of the pa- tients are progressing faverably, and none are reported to be in immediate danger. —— HAMLIN GARLAND'S CLOSE CALL, Novelist Narrowly Escapes Death Whliie Prospecting in Alaska. SAN FRANCISCO, September 19.—A Chronicle spectal from Seattle says: Hamlin Garland, the novelist, has reached Pine creek, the wewest gold camp in Alaska, after a narrow ‘ape from death by starvation on the terrible Spo- kane route. He has been months on a thousand-mile journey, and owes his life to good luck rather than anything else. He started for Dawson from Ashcroft, expecting to make a quick trip into the jn- terior. With every mile that he put he- hind kimeelf and Ashcroft the trail grew worse. until at last it was impassable. At last the tra completely from view. For days party wandered on through swamps and timber land. After being on short rations for several days they stumbled into a Hudson bay post. They replenished their outfits and started again for the Stickeen. The tance was misrepresented, and their grub began to run short, while the end of the Journey seemed no nearer. Garland put his men on short rations and kept moving cn, At last they reached the Glenora, very much exhausted. From there Garland tock a steamer to the Pine creek country. ae eS ROOPS TQ RETURN. SPANISH Official Order as to Those in West Indies—Correa Scores Toral. MADRID, September 19,—The minister of war, Gen. Correa, has issued instructions for the return of the Spanish troops in the West Indies. The sick are to leave first, and the archives, especially those relating to the war, will be brought to Spain with the arms, ammunition, 3 and material stored in Cuba and Porto Ries. The minister is greatly incemsed at Gen. Toral for having sent him a dispatch on the latter's arrival at Vigo, ‘Spain, from Santiago de Cuba, and said Toral ought to be court-martialed for his conduct as gov- ernor of Santiago. patie SS BLAME RESTS ON 'TENNESSEEANS. Report of Board of Survey in the Thomas Outrage Case. SAN FRANCISCO, September 10.—The board of survey appointed to discover the responsible of the Tennessee volunteers for the outrage on the Thomas family has made its report to General Miller. The board reports that it has been unable to discover the names of y of the pdar- ticipants in the riot exe those of the four Tennesseeans who have been tried al- ready by court-martial—Agderson, Davis, Clark and Scruggs. In ‘the report the board states its belief that members of the Kansas, New York and Iowa regiments and the California Heavy Artillery were a part of the mob, but that the greater part of it was from Tennessee. There is no evidence to show that injury to the property of ‘Thomas was committed by any other than the Tennesseeans, and it is the be- lief of the board that most of the members of other commands that joined themselves to the Tennesseeans were attracted as spectators, TRANSFER NOT MADE Armour, Field and Ream Do Not Control the B. and 0. STATEMENT OF BALTIMORE BANKER J. P. Morgan & Co. Still in Con- trol of Situation. —_—_+ PROBABLE OUTCOME ee gees, THE The Star is in a position to state that the Baltimore and Ohio Ratiroad Company has not passed to the control of Mes Philip D. Armour, Marshall Field and Norman Ream of Chicago, notwithstanding the em- phatic statements to that effect sent out from Chicago and Cincinnati Saturday, ye: terday and today und published in the pa- pers of the country. There are many more reascis for believ- ing that when the Baltimore and Uhio road gets out of the hands of receivers it be controiied by v. P. Morgan & Co practically, if not nominaily, incorporated in a great system, of wich the Southern wil £ a part, than that it 1s to become the preperty of the western men referred to. These statements are made on the au- thority of a banker, who, with two or three other leading men of Baltimo holdings amounting to about value in tie Baltimore and Onis Compan znd in conversition today With * repor er, the banker mentioned said: “The Me . Armour, Field and Keam have s cured some sort of an interest in the Bal- limore and Ohio rvad 1 nave no doubt, but that the holding: equired by them give them control 1 ao not for cne moment be- lie for several @: ai was in contempla- i ble to get hold thereto in eny 0 but it hi sor. 0 on, of any of the only tho s immediately in- terested in that York have been permitted to kno 5 ubout the pending transactio} timore Was concerned, aithoug tains the chief offic: of tne and the yresident resides Uzer juch the citizens are interesccd to Ure extent of mil- jions of dollars, the most extreme pa: were taken these lo prevent any « about it. Fact Lost Sight Of. “It seems singular to me that in th ha irge of the ¢ m kuowing a long aceounts telegraphed abrowd from Chicago the fact has be t that J. P. Mergan & Co. absolu rol certain Vital portions of the Baltimere und Ohi system, and that nothing can be done ¢ the transfer of the property without their consent. It will be recailed that there was lfor a long time a bitter between Mr. Mergan and the Speyer « ate 28 10 which should reorganize the Baltimore and Ohio Comp: and to the public it looked as though § r had won, because bis plan was adopted. It has now been developed, however, that Mr. Morgan effectually held up the adoption of the S| of re- organization until the agreed to from him the cor to at par, which’ were taken whea issued by the firm . Morgan & Co., and for Which the ate agreed to pay Mr. Morgan 110 rued interest. Just when this op- iven the syndicate expires is not known, but to take uy the mortgage will require that the syndicate shall raise $4( 0u0,000. In order to further protect his i terest in the Baltimore and Ohio, Mr. Mor- gan insisted, and his demand was complied with, to have a representative in what ts Known as the voting trust of the roa which corresponds in roads not in th hands of rec to a membership in the rd of dire t is absurd to think that men such as Armour, Field and Ream would care any thing about owning what some people are pleas:d to term a transcontinental Mne with a terminus at Baltimore, for Mr. Morgan could, if those gentlemen were an- tagonistic to him, throw serious obstacles in the way of their trains carrying traffic beyond that point. It is it true that the B. and O. has a line to Philadelphia, but this 1s controlled by Mr. Morgan as the owner of its securities, and the only way by which the B. and O. can get into New York is by way of the Jersey Central and Reading roads, both of which are not only controlled, but owned by J. P. Morgan. Used as a Foot Ball. “For some time past the Baltimore and Ohio has been used by many leading brokers in Wall street and other cities as a foot ball, and those who are kicking the stock about now are doing so with the hopes of making money out of it. No one is verdant enough to believe that either the Speyer syndicate or Mr. Morgan is actu- ated by philanthropic motives in what they are doing in reference to Baltimore and Ohio affairs, and if the reports are to be believed, colossal fortunes will come to some leading concerns when the Baltimore and Ohio is successfully reorganized. “While I do not know posiuvely, 1 am in- clined to believe that Messrs. Armour, Field and Ream have put considerable money into the B. and O., first, because they may have been invited to do so by the Speyer syndicate, and, second, because they believe it will eventually be a good in- vestment. As for Mr. James J. Hill, the president of the Great Northern railroad, becoming the dominating factor in the so- called transcontinental system, it is be- lieved that he may represent Messrs. Ar- mour, Field and Ream to the extent of looking after their interests in the B. and O., but farther than that, it is thought, he is not likely to go for some time to come. “The receivers of the B. and O. are being hampered with suits to which the Speyer syndicate is made a party by various per- sons who have large holdings in the Balti- more and Ohio company. Principal among these, as has been stated in The Star on previous occasions, are the state of Mary- land, the Johns Hopkins University and others. It was a bold piece of work when the representatives of the state and those of the university refused to pay the as- sessment placed upon their respective hold- ings by the syndicate, but there is no rea- son to doubt that in the near future these suits will be settled by the payment to the Johns Hopkins people the million dollars’ worth of stock held by it, and the state of Maryland and the others who have sued, as stated, will be paid for their holdings also. A Mr. Cowen as General Counsel. “It is perhaps too soon to talk about who will be president of the B. and O. company after it is reorganized, but my impression is that it will be neither Mr. J. kK. Cowen nor Mr. Arthur P. Gorman. Of course, very much depends as to whether the road is reorganized by the syndicate now in con- trol or whether other great financiers shall perform the work. “I believe that in almost any event, how- ever, Mr. Cowen will eventually resume his former position of general counsel of the company, and that some other prominent railroad man will be selected as the prest- dent of the reorganized B. and O. com- pany.” ~ Ancther problem which has arisen to con- front those interested in Baltimore and Ohio effairs is the fact, as universally co! ceded, that the time is rapidly approachir when the Baltimore and Ohio Southw: era Railroad Company, whi-* is owned by the Baltimore and Ohio company, but which has not been in the hands of re- ceivers, must be reorganized. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad is the successor of the Ohio and Mis: Railway Company. and its entire c stock of 400,000 Shares is owned Baltimore and Ohio Company. The mere and Ohio Southwestern exte by Balti- ” ds from Belpre, Ohio, opposite Parkersburg, W. Va the to East St. Louis, Til, a distanc> of miles. It has a number of important branches, the principal of which are the Springfield division, from Beardstown to Shawneetown, Ill, a distance of 228 miles; a branch to Jeffersonville, Ind., of about sixty-one miles, and another from Hamden to Portsmouth, Ohio, about fifty-fiv> miles, and it has other branches which give it a total trackage of about $25 miles. Ti secures an entrance into Cincinnati over the Chesa- Peake and Ohio railroad, which it uses for a short distance. B. and 0. as Guarantor. In addition to owning all of the stock of this road, the Baltimore and Ohio is guar- antor of an immense amount of its bonds— mere than $50,000,000—the greater part of which bear from 4% to 7 per cent interest. It is conceded that this inter>st will have to be scaled down, as the road ts unable to earn such high fixed charges, and the Bal- timore and Ohio is unavle at present to give it any assistance. : Be and Ohio Rallros rante> is en d « d reads as follow Baltimor? and Ohio c eeS uncondit t of the princiy terest of the within bond at the time and in the manner therein specified, and coven- arts, in default of payment of any part thereof by the obligor, to pay the sald principal and interest of the within bond as the same shall become due upon the de- mand of the holder her2of.” Se ARY MORTON On His Way to Invite Mr. Cleveland to Omaha. Mr. Julius Sterling Morton, ex-Secretary of Agriculture, passed through Washin ton yesterday on his way to Gray Gables for the purpose of Inviting ex-President Cleveland to attend the exposition at Om: ha. Mr. Morton will stop over a day or two in New York and there meet the other members of a committee appointed by the citizens of ‘braska Mr. Morton has just received an invit tion from the president of the Argentine Republic to spend the next year in Buenos Ayres as the advisor of the government on matters relating to its agriculturai deve: opment and the organizauion of a depari- ment of agriculture similar to that of this country. ‘the Argentine Republic has just d a constitutional convention which gave uthority for the additicn of anuther Gi partment to the government, to be called a department of agriculture and industry, EX-SECRE HERE. # Morton has been asked to take the responsibility of organizing this de- r + and they want him to go Argentina before the Ist of Janu- The people of that country have been devoting themselves exclusively wo three crops—catt! heey and wheat, an:l of late years the: ve produced a great sugar in the northern provinc men of the country have a and Mr. Mo down and make of the soil and tell the farmers wh eught to do to insure their own prosperit He has taken the matter under considera- tion and has cabled the president of the Argeatine Republic that he will give him a definite answer in a few d Mr. Morton is very much inclined to accept. ———__+e+_______ GOOD TIMES IN THE WEST. Observations of Assistant Secretary Howell on His Recent Trip. Assistant Secretary Howell has just re- turned from a tour of Inspection of the customs ports along the lakes and in the “middle west.” In speaking today of his trip he said he found the conditions in the west extremely favorable. The crops 2re large, the farmers are 1eceiving good prices for their cattle and other stock, the banks have an abundance of mency, labor is well employed and the people generaily are con- tented and feel that they are entering upon an era of prosperity that promises to be lasting. Mr. Howell attended the trans exposition, which he says is a great suc- cess from every point oi View. The expos! tion is one of which the people cf Gmaha may justly be proud, ana it will certainly be @ financial success. He says that the average daily attendance is about 16,000. The government exhibit 1s particularly fine and is favorably commeated upon by every one who attends the expositioa. The naval and war exhibits are espec attractive at this time, and every day x2 crowds are seen in the governm:at building exam- ing these exhibits. CAPT. lississippi ———— LUSK'S RETURN. Will Be an Assistant to Gen. Wilson in the Engineer's Office. Capt. James L. Lusk, colonel of volun- teers, reported at the War Department to- day for duty as an assistant to Gen. Wil- son, chief of engineers. He succeeds to the duties previously performed by Capt. Geo. W. Goethals, corps of engineers, now on duty with the army of occupation of Porto Rico. Capt. Lusk 1s well and favorably known in this city through his service as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District several years ago. Since that time he has served fi years on duty at the West Point Military Academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish war he was ap- pointed a Heutenant colonel in the volun- teer establishment, since which time he has served as chief engineer of the army corps at Tampa, Camp Alger, Fails Church, and at Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa. SS SECRETARY TAIGNY PRESENTED. Will Be in Charge of the French Em- bassy. M. Cambon, the French ambassadcr, cal! €d at the State Department today to pre- sent the second secretary of the embassy, Olivier Taigny, who will be left in charge during the absence of the ambassador in Europe and of M. Thicbaut, the first secre- tary, on a leave of absence in this country The ambassador was given a copy of the large photograph of the principals in the making of the peace protocol, and has just obtained the signatures of the persons por- trayed in the pictvre. a TO BE FLOATED TODAY. Ten Six-Inch Guns Recovered From the Maria Teresa. Commodore Watson reports to the Navy Department from Gtertanamo that the wreckers hav2 recovered ten six-inch guns from the Spanish flagship Maria Teresa, sunk in the battle of July 3, and placed them on the collier Leonidas. The commo- WINNIE DAVIS DEAD ss Daughter of President of the Con federacy Passes Away. ital encenctts DIED AT NARRAGANSETT PIEN Arrangements for the Funeral No! Yet Completed. — INTERMENT IN THE SOUTH —e < NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. 1, Septera | ber 19.—Arrangeme funeral of Miss Winnie Davi been com- pleted. The da funeral will not be decided upon until Mrs. James A. Hayes of Colorado, daughter of Mrs, Jefferson Davy is heard from. Mrs. Davis ts still pr trated and unable to read the many mes- sages of condolence which have arrived from all parts of the country. Telegrams from the southern states have been « ‘ in rapidly all the forenoon. The interment will occur in the south Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs Jefferson Davis, died ‘at noon yesterday ai the Reckingham Hotel. She been 1) for several weeks, and a fortnight ago her ailment was diagnosed as malarial gastritis At times her condition became very ®« rious, so that consultations of ph were deemed necessary, but fre gave renewed hope t she wo mately recover. During the past pecially was her condition consi vorable, and it thought that her moval from the hotel would be possitle in a few days Saturday night, however, a Mies Davis’ condition was notic throughout the night she lost strength per- ceptibly, and at noon death came to end the suffering, which at times had been ii tense. A Native of Richmond. Miss Wi Davis, the “Daughter of the Confederacy,” was born in the confederate executive mansion at Richn:ond, ny 1863. She was educated principally at home, owing to the trouble surround! father and the publicity which a movements of the is family Davis aitained her m Mi Here she assist rious ways and took her place in the social functiors of the neighborhood She was her father’s constant compa fon. She assisted him in all his work, and much of the information which was re ed by Mr. Davis in his writings was cured for him by his daughter. Her str character was marked from youth was engaged to Mr. Wilkerson of but shortly after her fath the engagement was broken off. no public explanation of the rupture given out, it is well known that tt the purpose of maintaining her father's name. She received the name “‘ Confederacy” in 1886. wh his famous trip ug Davis being unable to appear, Mi ni was brought before the thousands at {he different points along the route and in duced as the daughter of the conf, Rescmbled Her Mother. In personal appearance she resembled hor mother, but intellectually resembled her fath She had a genius for literary work, and a few years ago it was thoug’ would make for herself a name in the na- tion’s literature. She was more fortunate than many Iterary women in keeping touch with the world about her and in b: ing at home in every circle, loved by yo: and old, but failing health preventc living up to the prediction of the critics. If she had cared for it, she would been thrust into prominence tional society favorite, for s ular with distinguished fore the people of the south. } nothing for the frivolities of cared only for her mother, with whom was enough for her to share the glorious memories of the past and the many dences of tender loyalty of those wi So true to them through all the vici of fortune. She delighted to help those of her fa- ther's friends and followers less fyrtuna:e than herself, and counted as the happiest moment of her life her ption from the veterans of the confederacy at Hc on, where she was introduced th eneral John B. Gordon to 10,000 of them as the “daugh- ter of Jefferson Davis of the confedera-y, and our daughter.” During the Spanish war she owed events closely, and once, in speaking of Ensign Bagley’s death and Hobson's work awn at Santiago, expressed delight at Ube of an era of good feeling. am fur as my father would have wished it, said; “one country and one people at last.” Miss Davis appeared in public for time, it is believed, in Atlanta, July 2 the occasion was the pa’ of ex-confec ates, whe held their annual reunion this year in Atlanta. Miss Davis was est of honor and occupied a carriage with Mrs. Stonewall Jack: and Miss (arg Lewis Gordon, a daughter of a Gordon. SECRETARY ALGER AT Will Begin a Series of Inspections of INCENNA Western Camps. CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 19.—Sec- retary Alger arrived from Detroit today accompanied by his aid, Maj. Hopkins. He found awaiting him here Surgeon Genera Sternberg and Gen. M. P. Ludington, quar- termaster general of the United State army. The Secretary's visit here is to be- gin a series of iaspections of camps and hospitals in the west. His attention will b given to the camp and hospital at Thomas today. His next visit will be to Lexington, Ky. Expected at Camp Shipp. ANNISTON, Ala., September 19.—Al though Secretary Alger will not redch Camp Shipp until Friday, arrangements for his reception have already b-en made. The Ccmmercial Club and the city council will appoint committees to receive the Secre- tary on his arrival in the city, and Brig. Gen. Frank will order a review of the mon now in camp here, numbering seven thous- nd. “The oMoers are highly pleased with water supply from Cold Water spring. spring sends forth 42,000,000 gallons ter per day. The camp is now well sury with pipes, and water is carried parts of it. wa- a a dore said that the Maria Teresa will prob- ably be floated today. Towing the Amphitrite North. The monitor Amphitrite, which recently broke down at Mole St. Nicholas, Haiti, is now on her way to Norfolk in tow of the cruiser Yosemite. She left the Mole on the 1lth and is due at Norfolk in a few days. ———____+0+—______ Naval Militia Signal Corps. If the recommendations of Capt. J. H. Bartlett, retired, chief of the naval auxtl- lary fleet and superintendent of the coast —s system, are adopted the naval militia the country will include a signal corps ie ite organization, The health of the camp is excellent, there being but three deaths in two weeks. pees ses LAST TRIBUTE TO GEN. HASKEL*.. His Remains Now “En Route to the Cemetery at Arlington. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 10.--The last tribute to the memory of Brigadier General J. T. Haskell was paid by Colum- bus this morning, and the body shipped to the national cemetery at Arlington for in- terment. ‘The funeral was held at Trinity Episcopal Church. The church was packed with citi- zens and the streets were lined. The escort consisted of local military and secret or- Gers and the 17th Infantry. ‘The remains left here over the Pennsyl- vania at 11:45 a.m. with e military escort,