Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. iit St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Rew York Office, 49 Potter Buil ning Star Is d to subseril ¢ TWO CENTS THE FUTURE OF CUBA if they are allowed to service. time the bill for enl ting Cubans wa posed it thought that such ac- —_->—— tion would be resented by the American Subject by the | {icoBsias, the Pressure to go to Cuba among ch § i e Subjec @ | the volunteers was very great at that time, Much Study Given the Subj ‘ and the American troops had not encoun- President. ee FOR STABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE —— B tered the fevel of the tropical climates. oe DEAD HERO HERE, THE ody of Captain Allyn Capron at Fort Myer. All the immediate members of the fam- ily of Capt. Allyn Capron of Battery E, Would Welcome a Conference of ; the Leaders. — w United States Light Artillery, were at > home last night‘ adjoining Fort Myer, bere Mrs. Vinsen, Capt. Capron’s aged mother, has lived mafy years. The remains have been embalmed and clothed in his full uniform, and are at rest in the family par- GARRISONING THE ISLAND SS tion recently made in The Star a visit to t of Gomez would be opportune has been favor- is country Genel sen, Capt. ter, Mis: lor, showing a handsome, fine-looking man even after emaciation by three weeks’ il!- ness. There are present at the house Mrs. Vin- ‘apron’s mother; his wife and . aged nine and fourteen; his sis- Mary Capron; another sister, Mrs. two bi commented upon at the White 4 ouse| j 14 Capron Palazotta, and a third sister tively that should | 114 ner familys The third sister, Carrie, Gomez, Garcia or any lis the wife of Capt. Porter of the navy, other Cuban leader come here he would | he being the son of Admiral David Porter receive a cordial welcome from President | of national detown. Lieut. David Porter McKinley of the Marine Corps is the son of Capt. is said that the President could not af- | Porter and nephew of Capt. Allyn Capron, shedinet ths = : a 2 = 3 Zs nd has been in charge of the Spanish pris- ford to invite any of these leaders he joncia an Seavey stead. that would be an official recognition which aan Hedethal ciencelotered > affair: to see a! He would, how- talk with them. |S high authority | hi might complica ever, be glad the last, he dec Captain him of comiag home on the vessel that leit ago just previous to the one on which s battery was to come, but true hero to ined the offer, saying, “No, ere a friend of |y wil! return with my battery.” He ar- and that he is | mved at Moitauk Point three weeks ago a rmined to carry out the expressed will |sick man. aad asked permission to come fe < Wandandand home immediately, as he thoug! he was pons e that a “stable and indepertient | crie‘to travel. He was on the train within government” be established for the people. 2 the Presiden should Gome the: is is so certainiy inten- | ar th: here at this tim others come to their h Garcia could go back ple without a n the part of | ¢ government of the United | and with nothing but confidence in can be ed with absolute nositive- ness that the President will do all in his to assist in the establishment of an w and ha t It di an hour after permission was granted, and for his mother's arrived. went into the store, pa emaciated aud sun-burnt was he that she riving home at Fort iliren being then in to be near Montauk when he Fortunately, when he got off the in Georgetown, he saw his mothe riage in front of a store where his sister ad gore in to make some purchases. He ed by her, and so fe and ¢ te, ho} id not recognize hira. power Capt. Capron spoke to the storekeeper, ent government. If it is seen that | and his sister recognized the voice. Seeing » he will insist on only one | he was ll, she drove home imme2iately that the government of | with him, put him to bed and called the ich can at no time dis- | physician. The doctor said he was i!! from some foreign country. | malarial fever; later it developed irto ty- ot afford in years to | phoid: then pneumonia set in before the war over an isl- | fever broke. For two weeks he has heen and with which it | rnconscious, and his delirious ta!k h: the most friendly and ussing the Island's Future. ure of the island sident and his cabinet this time. The matter has | p > a point where a decision 1 ot prevent Spanish sol qu Ww abine a military ¢ adjust G able and i lependent gov- follow a great convention of the Xactly how t and or- proceed: be 1 indepe w the people jeal point which President as to the session of and make suggestions If he fina. neludes | ¢ are incapabie seif-gov- | 5 will lay his opinic bete and that body will have to de ment. At this tme d of the Cubans esident, and they will iearn uns desire to do so been most ef the the appointment of Francis M of his battery, and the last istinct words he was heard to say were: “I think my battery is a success.” es MEDICAL CORPS. Vacancy Has Just Been Filled. be r the first time in many years the uota of officers allowed the medical corps navy is now filled. The last vacu ies in the corps have just been filled by Furlong of h: ton, Wm. H. Bell of St. Louis and ‘anville L. Argeny of Massachusetts as istant surgeons. About thirty-five vol- r surgeons Ww! out rvice as the v Is upon which they stationed cease to perform naval s< NAVAL he Last ome mcces naval medical corps has recently been on, it is < rced by the appointment of twent will begin by » pharm: under authority of a aye is of Congress passed at the last se Ss ae hey rank as warrant officers a’ Provinces. He will also eir duties are analogous to those per- citizens of the island be|fcrmed by the hospital stewards of the £ the cities. In this way | army. The names of the naval pharinaci monstrate their ability | 274 their assignments are as follows Cornelius O'L L. torpedo station. y yard, New York. ‘al Academy. Supply. G. Lou S. Leuchart Mite Robert P. Ne . the Texas. and how the delegates will | John Cowan, hospital, New York. » be deter- | JH. Graham, hospital, Boston. conven- | Samuel Englander, navy yard, Mare Is- bf the | tand. wie the ant | J. H. McGuigan, naval dispensary, Wash- ne tHe Ore Fington In the meaa- FT Ow. t Aeadenry. Joseph M on, the Solace. W. H. Huntington, the Constellation. E. Reynolds, the Vermont. < the Fern. Newport. Wood, navy ‘yard, Was Hammar, the Olympia. tephen St. John, hospital, Mare Island. Edwin T. Morse, navy yard, Boston. J. D. Milligan, Miantonomoh. I. N. Hurd, hospital, Portsmouth, N Richard Waggener, hospital, ington. H. Pensa la, Martin, naval dispensary, Washing- Guise, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. Douglas, Naval Hospital, Forts N.H UPPLY OF It ix Sufficient for Arms of 45 Cali- ber. An order issued by the War Department states that the ordnance department has a sufficient supply of smokeless powder car- tridges for the arms of 45 caiiber. These rites Sent intention of the admin- | cartridges are to be used in actual opera- ao to Cuba, as a garrison | tions only. The black-powder cartridges force for the island, about 40,000 tre in| are to be used in target practice. adit force now in Santiago un-| yt js also directed that when generals mand of General Lawton. commanding troops in foreign departments ganizations which are to c Geem it advisable to exchange the 45-cali ri 1 have not all be ber arm for the %-caliter magazine are ssured the eae requisitions should be forwarded to the be cohen ent at least halt | riet of ordnance: Asal resiments/cannbe have their arms exchanged the department weeks orders will be issued t to Cuba of the first 10,- ent garrison: and it is | ¢! wo that they will sail | ir States about October 10. be followed quickiy by force of 40,000) has land, the m administaa- the island ne Unites wath © tr especially for new troop: mmander is directed to confine requisi- ns to troops that have had such experi- as fit them for taking care and mak- ng efficient use of the magazine arm. It 0 stated that the black-powder car- idge in action was the principal and only material objection to the 45-caliber arm. nd that in some respects it is preferable, and that the use f sm powder generally avoids the sity for exchange. ee ge monte we | ARRIVAL OF THE AMPHITRITE. ers compiete Saas table |The Monitor Reaches Fort Monroe, remain on nts for the sh sovereignty over | oncluded. \ is nearly at ful season of | to M ter enjoyabi care as will Department Cuban troops connection with the loying them upon vari- ous works of the United es at Santi- ci by emp ago. General Lawton has not recommended that they be used to police the province of Santiago, but directly contrary. Last winter an attempt was made to pass a bill allowing the recruiting of Cubane In the army of the United States, either in the volunteer or regular service, limiting the number to 10,000, but the bill was changed s0 as to allow only fifty to each regiment, | 1 and to be enlisted as scouts and guides. It is probable that the bill for recruiting regiments from Cubans will meet with | i mere favor in the future, as these men will be available for garrison duty in the is-| evening from Camp Meade, It is also thought that a large num- | registered at the Ebbitt House. land. ber of Cubans who have been serving in some capacity with the Cuban army will | t decome better satisfied with the changed mington will and the Bancroft and Wasp will go out of States Infantry, city OF | leave for rest and recuperation after the Santiago campaign. ment at Jefferson barracks, Mo., to which place it has just been ordered. seum is il Towed by the Yosemite. The monitor Amphitrite arrived at Fort fonroe in tow of the cruiser Yo- me from Porto Rico by way icholas. She broke down in Mole St. D ler machinery at the latter port and was, therefore, ordered in tow of the Yosemite. | The two ves pposed to have pass- d through the hurricane which swept over Stationcl sq the West Indies, and the officials were Fiment have | Much relieved to Fecelve news of thelr safe pape cin | arrival today rine wah ™en | Three more vessels were detached from Sond the North Atlantic squadron today, the Bancroft, at Boston, and the Wilmington and the Wasp, at Fort Monroe. The Wil- be overhauled and repaired -ommission. ———_ +. Personal Mention. Lieutenant Alfred T. Smith, 12th United is at 18i4 K street on He will join his regi- Dr. G. R. Brown, No. 812 Connecticut avenue, after an extended trip through the north, has returned to the city. Dr. W. D. Gray of the army medical mu- with typhoid fever, and is be- ing treated at Garfield Hospital. Gen. Nelson Cole arrived in the city last Pa., and is Robert Bruce Maxwell has returned to he city after spending a pleasant vacation at Covington, Va. CHANGE IN ATTITUDE Spanish Authorities Adopt a Con- ciliatory Policy. FOOD 10 BE ADMITTED INTO CUBA Deliberations of the Paris Commis- sion Not to Be Delayed. DOUBT ABOUT PHILIPPINES Confirmation has been received of the report that the Spanish authorities in Cuba have changed their attitude regarding food supplies from the United States. They are now seeking to facilitate an arrangement whereby their troops will embark at first frem two points outside of Havana and leave the way open for early occupancy by the American troops. This arrangement also contemplates letting in the food sup- plies on the Comal and other vessels which are under the control of the War Depart- ment. This avoids the issue raised at Ha- vana over the payment of duties. The points selected are, as reported from Ha- vana, Bahia Honda on the west and Juca- ron on the east. This will enable the food to be got out among the insurgents in both the western and the central part of the island, where there is said to be the greatest suffering, and where the insur- gents are reedy to disband as soon as pro- visions can be issued to them. It is stated that Ambassador Cambon has made these representations to the Presi- dent on behalf of the Madrid government, and that when Captain General Blanco re- ported to Madrid the difficulties at Havana this plan was suggested. It was approved by both the military commissions in Ha- yana, but in order that there should be no further irritating questions raised the Mad- rid authorities officially sanctioned the plan and requested the French ambassador, as their diplomatic representative in Wash- ington, to make the proper representations to the State Department. Under this ar- rangement no further question can be raised about the power of the captain gen- eral or of the autonomist cabinet. Hoping for Concessions. It is intimated that Premier Sagasta, by this action, hoped to show that Spain was going to put no obstacles in the way of the United States carrying out its own Polley in Cuba. By this conciliatory atti- tude it is hoped to pave the way for other concessions which Spain desires after the of the island by her troops. te to the Cuban debt, compensa- tion for government property and similar matters growing out of the conditions un- der which Spain yields her sovercignty. The statement is made that the Spanish military commission at Havana will not press these matters upon the American military commission, but that direct repre- sentations will be made to Washington through Ambassador Cambon. The implied understanding i that Spain will hence- forth co-operate with the United States in securing the evacuation of the island as rapidly as can be accomplished, and that the other matters will be made the basis of regular diplomatic negotiation. Yo Hurry Work at Paris. A further intimation is given that instead of prolonging the work of a peace commis- sion in Paris with reference to the Philip- pines Sagasta intends to have its labors concluded as,speedily as possible. This is with a view to having the treaty of peace gned by the commi and ratified by the cortes before thi States Senate acts upon it. This is on th that the quicker Spain acts the easier it will be to secure assent to whatever is done. This was shown in the promptness with which the cortes was induced to grant authority to cede Spanish territory as provided in the protocol between Spain and the United States. Leon € illo, the Spanish amba Paris, since the signing of the proto been engaged in seeking to determine just what the ultimate demands of the United ates will be. He has not been able to earn much, because the policy of the ad- It is presumed that when the peace commis- sion meets Spain will have a series of coun- ter propositions to set against those pre- sented by the United States, but as she is onquered country, what the United demands will be in the nature of an ultimatum, while what Spain presents will be simply a statement of what she desires. It is still an undecided question whether Sagasta will make trong fight to retain nything in the Philippines. Ambassador Castillo has been ascertaining the feeling of the continental powers on that subject, but it is with the knowledge that this coun- try will not be governed by the wishes of the European powers. The movement among Spanish statesmen in favor of with- drawing entirely from the Philippines is said to be gaining headway, but nothing definite is known on this point. ——_—__> 0+ ______ LIEUT. COL. BLACK RETURNS. Will Not, for a While at Least, Return to the Commissioners’ Office. Lieut. Col. W. M. Black, who was re- lieved from duty as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia to serve with Maj. Gen. Miles as chief engineer in the vampaigns of Santiago and Porto Rico, ar- rived in Washington this morning under orders to report to the major general com- managing the army. It is said at the War Department that no change will be made in Col. Black's duties, at least, before the return to Washington of the Secretary of War, and that in the mean time no consid- eration will be given to the question of whether that officer shall be restored to tormer position on the District Commission, or whether Capiain L. H. Beach, the in. cumbent, shall continue to exercise the du- ties and functions of Engineer Commis- sioner. The President will say whether Capt. Bi h shall be retained %r whether he shall give way to Lieut. Col. Black in pur- suance of the understanding at the time of the latter's voluntering for active si vice, and resume his former position as assist- ant to the Engineer Commissioner. The Pp ibility is suggested at the War Depari- ment that there may be no change in the District Commission in spite of the under- standing, and that Lieut. Col. Black may be selected for some other important duty under the direction of the chief of engineers of the army. a SPAIN'S PEACE COMMISSIONERS. Ambassador Cambon's Announce- ment to the State Department. Through the French ambassador, M. Cambon, Acting Secretary Adee of the De- partment of State has been officially noti- fied of the appointment by the Spanish gov- ernment of peace commissioners to repre- sent Spain in the approaching conference in Paris. The commision is as follows: Senor Mentero Rios, president of the Spanian senate; Senor Abarzuza, a senator, former- ly ambassador to Paris under the republic of 1873; Senor de la Villa Urrutia, Spanish minister at Brussels: Gen. Cerero and Seror Garnica, a senator, 0 + Government Receipts. Government receipts—From internal reve- nue today, $517,305; customs, $423,677; “nis- cellaneous, $51,905; expenditures, $2,169,000. PRESENT PLANS INADEQUATE Board of Army Officers Considering Sea Transportation. Gen. Ludlow Consulting With Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, Gen. Miles and Gen. Corbin, Maj. Gen. Ludlow was in Washington to- day consulting with Acting Secretary Meiklejohn, Gen. Miles, Gen. Corbin and the quartermaster’s department ‘relative to the work of the board which he is presi- dent. Gen. Ludlow, Col. Hecker and Lieut. Rivers were some time since created a board to inquire into and report upon a system of sea transportation for troops. It is expected that there will be added to this board one or two civilian transportation men. The War Department has found that present methods for the transportation of troops at sea are wholly inadequate to the needs of the army. The ships are not ar- ranged so as to carry with comfort and satisfaction large bodies of men. The sleeping accommodaticns are not satisfac- tory, while there is no provision for the cooking of food such as soldiers should have, necessitating the issuance of travel rations, which do not meet the needs of troops on long voyages. The board of which Gen. Ludlow is president has been making a thorough examination of the mat- ter, and has held several meetings in the army building, in New York, and have consulted steamship men with a view of having the transports of the United St altered so as to better accommodate tro Present Inefficient Service. The attention of the War Department was called to the matter particularly by a re- port of Lieut. Rivers of the quartermaster department, in which he pointed out the utter inefficiency of the present transporta- tion service at sea. From the time the goy- ernment was organized until the Spanish war there was no demand for transporta- tion of troops by sea except for a small number of troops in the Mexican war and for short distances during the civil war. The War Department had no provision for transporting large bodies of troops, and when the time came for long trips and a large number of transports it was found that this branch of the service was very deficient. Matters to Be Considered. The Ludlow board will report upon every feature of sea transportation, including the remodeling of transports, the status of captains and officers of transports in the and especially with reference to health and comfort of the troops in matter of space, sleeping accommoda- ns und medical and food supplies. The War Department is aware that sea transpertation is to become a very import= ant feature of the army in the future. Troops must be sent to and from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. Thoes in the islands will have to be relieved at frequent intervals, and transports will be necessary to transfer the troops. It is ex- pected that the army transports will be re- modeled upon plans adopted by the Ludlow board. the READY TO INSULT CERVERA Bilbao Workmen Decide to Meet the De- feated Spanish Admiral. MADRID, September 20.—The workmen of Bilbao, where the cruisers which belonged to Admiral Cervera’s fleet were built, have decided to go to Santander in order to make a demonstration against the defeated Spanish admiral on his return to Spain. The government, however, has taken meas- ures to prevent the plan being carried out, and the ministry has forbidden demonstra- tions welcoming Cervera home. Capt. Gen. Blanco cables from Havana that he is not in accord with the Cuban colonial ministry, to which the government here replied that while Spanish sovereign- ty existed in Cuba he must apply autonomy, and, therefore, he could not turn out the colonial government now in oifice and ap- point a new one. The Duke of Tetuan, who was minister for soreign affairs in the cabinet of the late Premier Canovas Del Castillo, is ying in an interview: if he had lived, would epted war with the’ United self were con- r would lead inevitably to the ruin of Spain.” Continuing, the duke blamed the liberal who, he said, could have averted wa either by accepting the proffered good o fices of the United States minister, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, or by treating with the insurgents on the basis of Cuban inde- pendence, or by sellirg Cuba. “Senor Sagasta,” the Duke of Tetuan de- clared, “is responsible for all our disasters and must be ejected from power.” eee eet TO REACH RICHMOND FRIDAY. Miss Winnie Davis’ Remains Will Leave Narragansett Thursday. NARRAGANSETT PIER, R. L., Septem- ber 20.—It has been decided that the body of Miss Winnie Davis, after a brief serv here, will be forwarded to Richmond, Va. on the train leaving here at 10:10 o’cloz Thursday moraing, and scheduled to reacn Richmond at 9:05 a.m. Friday. Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief United Confederate Veterans, yesterday i ed the followirg order at Reynolds, a. “To the United Confederate Veterans: The commanding general, with a sorrow which no words can express, announces the death of Miss Wivnie Davis, the idolized ‘Daughter of the Confederacy.’ The bound- less enthusiasm which was evoked by her every appearance at our reunions indicated the depth of affection and the unfeigned admiration which all confederates felt for her. It is not too much to say that the evations with which she has everywhere been greeted by the ex-soldiers of che southern armies were such as have rarely been accorded any woman. Their grief at her untimely death will be as profound and poignant as their love for her while living Was universal and sineere, and their most affectionate sympathies are with the grief- stricken mother. “The commanding general directs that the department and division commanders select delegations and escorts of honor as they may deem proper to represent the United Confederate Veterans, and to ac- company the remains to their final resting Place. By order of “J. B. GORDON, “General Commanding. “GEORGE MOORMAN, “Adjutant General.’ — Mr. Bayard at Death’s Door. DEDHAM, Mass., September 20.—Mr. Thomas F. Bayard was reported as being considerably weaker today after an uncom- fortable night. It was thought that he would not survive longer than thr2e or four days. SIE aS President Invited to ‘Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 20.— The most influential and commercial bodies in California have united in sending Pres- ident McKinley a telegraphic invitation to visit this state and this city immediately after his contemplated visit to Omaha next month. + MR. MORGAN'S’ HAND The Real Meaning of the Foreclo- sure Suit Brought Yesterday. TO OUST THE PRESENT RECEIVERS Effect of the Move on Improve- ments Promised Here. NO MONEY FOR THEM The fact that Mr. J. P. Morgan was about to show his hard in the affairs of the Ealtimore and Ohio Reilroad Company was foreshadowed in an article printed in The Star of iast evening, and a special dis- patch to The Star from Baltimore stated that the Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of Baltimore, as trustees of the consolidated mertgaze, yesterday brought suit in the United States circuit court of Baltimore for the foreclosure of that mort- gage. the reason given being that the com- pany had defaulted or the inter since the 1st instant. This proceeding has struck some persons as being rather unusual, as most mort- gages issued by the Baltimore ani Ohio Railroad Company ccntain a provision that suit may not be entered for f2reclosure until after there shall have been a default in interest of at least three months. This consolidated mortgage, which, as her fore stated in The Star, amounts te 600,000, wa ued under peculiar cireum- stances, and contains unusual provisions. Previous to the date of the mortgage pre: road found that the road was in rerate straits for money that un large sum was raised immediate! would be forced into jhe hands of receiv- a very ers. In this dilemma ident of the company appealed Morgan & Co., who had on come to the company’ cially, to again help to bridge over the Cifficulties. Mr. Morgan responded favor- ably. the threatened disaster was averted and the consolidaied mortgage was issued. ‘The entire amount was taken, as hereto- fore stated in The Star, by J. P. Morgan & Co., and the proceeds were used to pay off a vast amount of accrued in- debtedness, which t ened the destruc tion of the Baltimore Ohio 53 Effect of Foreclosure. This mortgage was executed during De- cember. 1887, and covered the entire line of railroad of the Baltimore and Obio, with all lands and tenements on the line of the railroad. excej these occupied Balti- more as gen 1 offices, and which lo not belong to the Baltimore and Ghio pany. It also covered the tools and implements of tl Ohio, also t: : Wheeling, Pittsburg and Baltimore Rail- rcad Company. and rent tolls and profits to be derived. While the object of the suit filed yesterday was to author the foreclosure of the road, it is not_be- lieved that foreclosure will be resorted to except as the last resort. In the event of foreclosure, the Laitimore and Ohio com- I will by existing law Le compelled to surrender the old charter, which centains a tax exemption which of itself is esti- nated to be worth at least $5,100,000. The amount claimed to be due and fer which suit for foreclosure was brought is but $470,900, a mere trifle to men with the money at their command that the Speyer syndicate are known to have, and it is believed in some quarters that the object is more to demonstrate the power of Mr. Morgan in the matter than a desire to collect the ov=rdue interest at this time. Those entering the suit asked for the appointment of receivers, which, if granted by Judge Morris, will cause the re- moval of th> present rec Messrs. Cowen and Murray, and this, it is believed in some quarters, is but another evidence that the day is not far distant when Mr. Morgan's will be the guiding spirit in Bal- timore and Ohio affairs. Already there is talk in influential and usually well-informed quarters that there is to be formed a great combination, com- pesed of the Southern railway, the Balti- more and Ohio, Reading, Jersey Central and Great Northern. All these roads, with the exception of th> Baltimore and Ohio, have been reorganized by Mr. Morgan, and through them his trains reach almost évery important city on the shores of the great lakes, several equally important citizs on the Pacific coast, and every large city along the Atlantic seaboard from the southern point of Florida to Boston. Mr. Morgan is at this time largely interested in the Great Northern road, of which Mr. J. Hill is pr2sident, and who, it is believe: in some quarters, is to have a voice in the future management of the Baltimore and Obio. The Great Northern extends from Seattle, on the Pacific coast, to St. Paul, Minn., and from the latter city its trains r2ach Chicago over lines with which it en- joys leased privileges. In some quarters there seems to be an opinion that there is a sort of gap in the operations of the Great Northern betwe2n Chicago and St. Paul, but the fact is that the Wisconsin Central, which not long since was also reorganized by Mr. Morgan, and in which it is said both Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan are largely interested, is prepared to,accommodate all the traffic which the Great North2rn could give it for a long time to come. A combination of the Southern, Jersey Central, Reading, Baltimore and Ohio and Great Northerr, connected with which the Wisconsin Central would stand, to some extent, in the relation of a leased line, would afford an outlet for the traffic of tne great northwest whose benefits are almost inconceivable, and, it is believed, would re- sult in benefiting the export and import trade at Newport News and New York, with the possibility of aiding Baltimore to some extent. Mr. Morgan’s Probable Intention. The action of Mr. Morgan, as indicated in the suit filed yesterday, is also taken in some quarters to mean that he not only intends to force the present receivers out ef office if it be possible for him to do so, but to bring abcut the retirement of Mr. Cowen from the presidency of the company. It is an open secret that shortly before the Baltimore and Ohio went into the hands of receivers application was made to Mr. Mor- gan for financial assistance for the com- pany. A very thorough examinativa w made of all the Baltimore and Ohio com pany's affairs by parties in whom Mr. Mor- gan had confidence, and as @ result Mr. Morgan declined to come to the rescite un- less four men. then prominently connected with the Baltimore and Ohio snoult re= tire from executive control. These were Thomas M. King, second vice president; Wm. F. Frick, a member of the board of directors and father-in-law of Robert Gar- rett, now deceased; John K. Cowen, then general counsel of the road, and E. R. Bacon, a member of the board of directors and now president of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company. The change of circumstances in the Baltimore and Ohio company’s affairs months ago retired Messrs. King and Frick; Mr. E. R Bacon is still a member of the board, which, however, has no duties to perform, and Mr. Cowen is, as everybody knows. president and one of the receivers. It is | | Baltimore to sue for separate receiverships in the United State courts of Ohio. In- diana and Illinois for that portion of the itimore and Ohto which lies within those respectiv sh. it Morgan takes this step and his applica requires no prophet to foretell that if Mr is granted the appointment of receivers ether than Messrs. Cowen and Mu: would mean the practical dismemberment of the Baltimore and Ohio system. Effect in This City. The question is being asked by many per- sons in Washington what is to become of the improvements in this city which were so earnestly promised by the receivers som+ months ago now that the affairs of the ccmpany are torn with the dissensions of capitalists who are contesting with each other for the control of the road. The rea ers of The Star will recall that the rece ers promised that within one year after obtaining the consent of Congress the work of building a great viaduct upon which the road would enter the city would be begun, and after its completion all grade crossings would be abolished, while they even went so far as to buy some land in the suburt which was considered necessary to have in order to carry out the proposed improve- ments. One of the highest officials of the B. and O. told a Star reporter that the only way that it would be possible fdr the Baltimore and Ohio to make the improvements needed and promised to this city would be by the THE STAR BY 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 it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 month. Invariably in advance. MAIL. cents per Sub- scribers changing their address from One Post-oftice to another should give the last address as well as new one ACCEPTED BY SEVEN The War Inquiry Commission About Completed, FIRST MEETING T0 BE BELD SATURDAY Hopes of Obtaining Nine Compe- tent Men. PRESIDENTIAL SELECTIONS Secretary Gage and Attorney General Griggs are the only two cabinet offi in the city, and they went to the White House today for an informal cabinet session with the President, this being the day for a regular meeting of the President's advis- ers. The two officials did not remain long With the President, and no serious matters were taken up for discussion In view of the absence of six other members. organization of a company especially for = 7 e Preside eI joned is visitors the purpose and with a capital of at least | Th President mentioned to his vi $5,000,000. No one will dispute the asser, | uring the day that he had about com- tion that so far as the public have been | pleted the commission to investigate the : aware no steps whatever have been | conduct of the war. He also said that he t to form this company, nor does there seem to be any probability that any action will soon be taken in the matter. There does not seem to be much probability of had called a meeting of the « be held in this city Saturday. the first meeting of the mmission to This will be commission, which anything being done to improve the B and | will be pxpected to get down to work im- ©. modes of ingress and egress from this | mediately. ae Sete There So pre: It is understood from official sources that official connected with any of the js | Seven men have accepted places on the vhich enter Washington who does not con- | Commission. The President is assured of cede that every road here is at a disadvan- | this number. He has, however, invi tage in the handling of its traffic, but the | Stficient number of good men to difficulty seems to be that so far, with the | Bite, the number he has desired fr exception of the Southern, Chesapeake and | first. If he has not secured a Ohio and Pennsylvania, they are unable to | ftom nine men by Saturday the devise plans acceptable to the District government and to each other. In a con- versation some time ago with a Star re- porter Mr. Henry Fink, president of the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, said that he would like to have a better station for his road in Washington than the one now used by it, which is the FE and O. station at New Jersey avenue and C street, and he favored the construction of a union depot near Georgetown by the who have accepted will meet here any- how, and begin work. Should one man be lacking he can be secured after the com- mission opens business. It is learned today that General Anson G, McCook of New York and Mr. Whiting of Massachusetts have been invited to go on the commission, and the President ex- pects both to ept. Mr. Whiting is a big paper manufacturer. The President is especially anxious to have General McCook N. and W. and the B. and O. As the Nor- | & serve. No formal ac > has folk and Western is now owned by Mr. | Teceived, but one is look, It is Morgan, who also owns the Southern, and to be probable that General W President Spencer of the Southern is a | J@¢kson of Tennessee will accept the pe member of the company which has beca | tion tendered him. This will make organized to build a great union station | Members. General Jackson's health is not for the joint use of the Southern, C. and O. best, but he may consent to s« and Pennsylvania, it is ‘more tik hak inister Charles Denby saw President a scheme will be devised which will eventu- this morning and notified iin ally give the Norfolk and Western depot | PeTSnaliy that he would acer positiy privileges with the three others, and that | The President never saw Mr. Denby unsil the B. and O. will also be accommodated + cee may poy when re former minister there if the latter passes to's Organry | t¢ China calied to pay his respects, control, Ree $0 sore ars) President was impr with the appear- It has been found necessary er | ance of his catler, and without consulting cities for several railroads whe eoRtrs ary ome offered Mr. Denby a pla reach the center of the city as near as pos- | _It is believed now tha n sible, and whose interests did not contiet, | Will be made up as fotlows: Gen. Grauvil to use the same station, and it is believed | M- Dodge, Col. James Sexton, ot such an arrangement could be made effec of the G. A. R.; President Gilman tive here. This is notably the case in Cin. | ° s Hopkins University, Dr. W. W cinnati Chicago. In the former city | Keen of Philadelphia, Char Denby of the C. and O., Big Four and B. and 0. a, Capt. Evan P. Howell of Atlanta, Southwestern use one depot for passen: on G. McCook of New York, Mr the Pennsylvania and Louisville and N: of Massachusetts, Gen. W. H. ville another, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton | Jackson of Tenne and Dayton and several other ‘roads an-| ¢ Jackson is the owner of the big other. To have the Baltimore and Ohio do | Stock farm near Nashville, and is a man this would, of course, require it to make somewhat of a circuit of the city, but it would not consume more than seven or eight minutes more of time than it now re- quires to come from the Boundary to New Jersey avenue and C street, and it would away with the dangerous grade crossings Which now are a constant me ace to the lives of those who have to cross its tracks. do No Money for Improvements. There are a few people, however, who be- lieve that -the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio company will carry out their promise to abolish grade crossings. No doubt the representatives of the isaltimore and Ohio railroad acted in good faith when of ability and wealth Messrs. Gilman, Denby, Howell and Ja°k- scn are democrats. » others are repub- lica The President feels, however, tha few of them can be partisans, and fied the investigation will cor Without any regard to politics. Secretary Alger Has Not Resigned. It is said by officials at the Wh that there is no truth in @ stc retary Alger verbally tendered i tion to President McKinley before leavi the city. Cabinet officials ridic story. They say that Secretary Alger not the man to offer his resignation while under fire. He would prefer to remain un- they made their last promises in this regard | til an invest on of charges. to the District Commissione: but they It is said that if Secretary Alger ever certainly cannot be expected to make im- | said anything to the President on the sub- provements if they have not the money to make them with, and there is no one who is at all conversant with Baltimore and Ohio affairs rash enough to claim that the com- pany has,money to spend for improvements that would cost at least $5,000,000, and at the same time default on interest in the piuful sum of only @ little in excess of $470,- ject it was to th et that if b had t come embarrassing in any way he w ready to step down and out. Every cabinet official has at some time or other intimated this to the P! ident. Secretary Gage did so last y when there was difference of opinion between himself and certain mem- ber E Picked Gut for the Regulars. J. K. COWEN ON B. AND 0. DEAL. Rev. Henry A. Brown, the chaplain the Rough Riders, called on President Mc- He Says the New Investors Will Help | Kiniey today. He made such a good im- tne eb pression on the President that he went BALTIMORE, September 20.—Receiver | away with an autograph order to the War John K. Cowen arrived in Baltimore from | Department. This order instructed Gen Chicago early this morning. questions, Mr. Cowen said: It is true that a large interest, a very large interest, n the Baltimore and Ohio has been purchased by Messrs. Field, Hill, Ream and Armour, as well as other influ- ential interests. As to those concerned and the amount of their purchase the reorgan- ization managers can only answer. “It is difficult to define a control. The class of men who have become interested in the property ts of a character that would exercise a dominating influence. With them the stock of the Baltimore and Ohto In rep'y to Corbin to appoint Mr. Brown a chapiain the regular army just as n as there is Mr. Brown is from Prescott, The President Drives to Art Without an escort President drove to Arlington cemetery at this afternoon, to be present at the in ment of the remains of Brigadier General 2 oe! Haskell, who died suddenly at Columbus, Ohio, a few days after the Santiago fight : ell went to e White House on crutches to see the ident. The tribute to his memory paid is in stronger hands than ever before in its the President this afternoon will be one history. They are strong factors in the | ever to be remembered by the general's business world, and their interest in the | friends and by all. soldiers. road will be a decided advantage to the Departmental Reports. roperty. % a peated to y PiAnything that will improve the Balii-| The President suggested A eth aee, more and Ohio railroad will, by the very | Gage and Attorney General Griggs today nature of the case, benefit Baltimore, as |the necessity of giving early attention to this city is its chief terminus. The talk of | annual departmental reports, saying that moving the general offices and Mount Clare | #U°Y2. 63° ta besin the aration of his shops from Baltimore is all moonshine. pica Congress as soon as practicable, “The progress of the reorganization of ) jj. witn Secretary Gage at some the property will not b> affected in the |jength as to the lines of his report, but no slightest. Foreclosure proceedings and the | information was given out concerning ics legal formalities will be pushed, and as | |MONNN pe soon as these are settled the organization | * of the new company will b> completed. The say aces new interests went into the property on the basis of the plan of reorganization. They looked carefully over the field, and, believ- ing the interest in the road to be a first- class investment, purchased it. The ques- tion as to the personnel of the new dinec- tory will be settled hereafter, and the new The temporary appointment of Mr. Fre eric Emory as director of the bureau of American republics will expire the Ist proximo, and it is reported that he will be thet office by Mr. Charles on sveceeded in int2rests will be largely represented. Locke of New York, formerly president of “Their purchase of the stock does not | the American Manuf: ’ Association. mean any railroad combination. It does | The appointment is subject to the approval not mean a transcontinental system in con- nection with the Great Northern. What it does mean is the fullest development of th» Baltimere and Ghio railroad. The road will not be tied to any road in the north- west, but will continue to deal with ail roads and take business wherever it is found. Th2 policy of betterments will be carried out and the maximum traffic aimed after by providing the best facilities for handling the business.” = — Queen of the Lakes Burned. GLEN HAVEN, Mich., September 20.— The steamer Queen of the Lakes, while lying in the harbor at South Manitou Island for shelter Sunday evening, caught fire and burned to the water’s edge. Nothing was left but the iron hull, which is still afloat. No lives were losi, but the crew could not save their effects. The captain and crew arrived here this morning, having been un- able to come across before on account of the heavy sea. Loss, $10,0v. - Representative E.J. Hill Renominated BRIDGEPORT, Conn., September 20.—At the republican congressional convention of committee of the burea ief of the bureau of for- ewn commerce of the State Department and will retain that office in case he is not regularly appointed chief of the bureau of American republics. ———_+-o+ N Orders. Commander J. C. Morong, retired, has been detached from duty as inspector of the 13th lighthouse district, Chicago, and ordered home. Commander W. H. Brownson has be detached fron command of the Yankee a. ordered home. —__——__+.____ The Marbichead Ordered to Quebec. The U. 8. 8. Marblehead has been ordered to Quebec upon the request of the mayor of that city and the president of the Cham- plain monument committee, to be present and take part in the inauguration of a monument erected to Samuel de Champlain tomorrow. ————_+ 2+ _____ Gen. Hains Reports. Brig. Gen. Peter C. Hains, who was with Gen. Miles in Porto Rico, reported at the War Department today for duty with the board of ordnance and fortifications, of the executive Mr. Emory is ¢