Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. 1 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York Office, 49 Potiar Building. ‘The Eve city by per wee counter ‘0 subs M'COOK DECLINES ee Unwilling to Serve on the War In- quiry Commission. WOODBURY GF ae VERMONT ACCEPTS Senator Platt Willing to Get a New Yorker. CALL OF ROUGH —————— RIDERS President McKinley this morning received the declination of Gen. Anson G. McCook to serve on the war investigating commission. The declination was unexpected, as it was fully thought yesterday th: General M Cook would become a member. Ex-Repre- sentative Whiting of Ma: chusetts also declined yesterday afternoon, furnishing another surprise. The President immedi- ately wired ex-Governor Woodbury of Ver- mont an invitation to serve on the com- mission, and telegraphie di hes from Burlington say that he accepted. The dispatches are partially confirmed at White Hou He is expected to come to Washington Friday. He is the eighth man who has agreed to serve. Senator Platt's Call. Senator Piatt of New York called at the White House th morning, and it was ru- mMored that he did so to object to the ap- pointment of General McCook. T was said on good authority to be incorrect. The President toid the senator that General Me- Cook had deci said that he wanted to get a good ork man because much of the complaint during the war had come from New York. The senator said he Would return to New York today and kind of a man the iderstanding he could get th the President ted. The New York man med wili make up nine me re ator talked over in telling him of the is making toward for governor. thought to have asked to make some s tions as to the issues of the campaign. > itive Outhwaite of Ohio tor at Hoi White hat s is is not ation unl on the com- ission dec Mustering Out G The Pre ject of Ee neral Officers. dent isn tering rtie volun officers in pared Presi red ¢ eer service have dering the mat- will be mustered in to their rett nk. It those to be number mu appoin: regular army offic te il life, as the needed in the garrison duty yet e by the troops. © President's Western Trip. Representatives Ferris of Indiana, Os- borne of Wyoming Cc. W. Ste of Pennsylvania were among the President's callers today Mr. Ferris has extended + President an invitation ndiana when he g west le. ed that leave here until the secor ver. He will then go direct n there he will go te tat the big Jubii He bas re- ceived Minneapol znd St. Pa he will do The ¥ to say What work « He ma. t til his return f to get to work ¢ his rema tone h Penn sylvania Regiment recall: Port Ri of ala ness © members giving the request cons Want to Leave the Service. Requests for mustering out of indiv: oldie reaching the White Hous large numbers. Ordinarily are for- warded to the War Department, which deals with them, but there are many cases which appeal to the President directly. On these recommendations are made to the War Department. Many men who left po- sitions of trust and responsibility write to the President t they will lose their places {f they do not get back to work. Their employers write to the same effe Families which are suffering from the ab- sence of a father or son frequently write Stories which receive attention. The cases gre likely to receive favorable attention if they are from regiments which are to leave the service. It ts difficult, however, to se- cure a release if the regiment is slated to remain in service. Visited by Rough Riders. President McKinley today received a dele- gation of visiting Rough Riders and enter- tained them with a story of war time: The delegation was accompanied by Di gate Ferguson of New Mexico, and con- sted of the following, a number of whom were wounded in the fights around San- Mago: Captain Wm. H. H. Liewellyn, Cap- tain F. Muller, Captain M. Luna, Captain R C. Day, Lieutenant W. E. Danie, Lieu- tenant J. H. Carr, Lieutenant Thomas H Rynning, Lieutenant E. S. Keyes, Lieuten- ant Coleman, Dr. Masse, Corporal Liewe!- lyn, Corporal Fries, Corporal Dean, Troop- ers Knox Cotton, Carden, Keithly and Weog of this city. New Mexico furnished 440 men to the Rough Riders, and nearly al’ of them were in the fierce fights around Santiago. Captain Llewellyn, a typical westerner, has a colored boy with him here. The boy's name is Ernest Street. He is twelve years old, and was picked up at San An- tenio before the Rough Riders left there. He never left them. Just before the La Quasina fight Captain Llewellyn told the boy to go to the rear. Before the boy ration. in they ent | ¢ £vening Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS, 1 carry out the order the fight w: The youngster took refuge behind a close to the ground. and finally lay ile he was in that position Colonel Wood, now General Wood, passed along, intent on_ sc other mission, The boy wved. Col Wood thought he had got- ten into awother ambush and pulled his pistol to s the moving figure behind the tree. The boy had presence of mind ercugh to yell out: “Look out, , Cule- 1 Wood. Don’t shoot dis nigger.” Colo- nel Wood restored his pistol and turned his horse over to the boy. Street so proud of his record tnat he was at the front ith the regiment in all of the other fights. Captain eiewelen intends to take the boy w Mexico and keep him. : “h of the callers was presented indi- ident, who, after gree! talked with them and in an informal manner. iasm of the vic y ing them persenall. to them as a bod f He spoke with earnest ent work of the regiment in the Eantiago cam- paign ing that he was pleased to have the opportunity on hi 5 and on behalf of the country d nk the regiment through the pres tion for the work it had done. “Your record is one.” he said, “of which the entire nation is proud. I tell peop talk with me about the rough riders that you left the boats in squads of twenty or thirty, inquir- ing the way to Santiago, and that hardly stopped until you arrived there. “You have not only done we’ “but I have no doubt you would all be will- ing to again serve -ountry in an emer- gency.” The resp : that they would “ “We want our colonel to be to a man. : raise a brigade instead of a regiment next time,” said one of the younger members of the party The President also congratulated the sol- diers upon their good fortune in receiving competent offi to lead them and met with a hearty > to all that he said about Col. nd Gens. Wood and Young. PAYIN SOLDIERS. to Men Ab- ments. Order Issued Applicable sent From Their The following order was issued today: arters of the Arm: a Off Ww September 21, 1 By direction of War, when volunteer soldiers whose regiments have been ordered to be, or have been, mustered out of the service report at mili- or stati from furlough or sence from their comman¢ . the commanding offic y the adjutant general information o! pectod i in general or- from thi will no Comma ling officers such ¢ a pr and will have muster-out rolls for men with the nece which latter will be de with directions to pr to the nearest paymaster with th pay h the 1- corms y of the must lists 1 E wi anization be ts will not n of a red out By comm: H. ¢ 31N, Adjut es — TREASURY APPOINTME Osicial Anne The service nner follow! of the Appointment on certific service Mas tion by the civil ward Whitney of , %40, office of controlier of commission—I currency. Appointments by transfer—Miss I: Re - Pennsy} $660, office Gitor fer War Dep: nt, by tran Pi Jelphia mint; Tho a ES. ima, $i), office of the low of tary, by transfer from Post Office Depart- ment Promotions: Office of supervising arc te liken of M $1,400. to $1,575; izubeth Dunlop of Maryland, S120 te rp Office cf centroller of currenc Wi J. Fewler of Indiana, $2,000 to $2,200; George T. May of District of Columbia, $1,400 to $2,000; George H. Wood of Dis of Co- lumbia, $1,600 to $1.80; W Deven- port of North Carolira, $1,400 to $1,600; Mrs, Barker of Ohio, $1,200 to $1,400; Snell of Michigan, $1,000 to J. Tucker of Indiana, $1,000 $100 Lo. to $1,200; John $1,000, orge on of Distrigy of Co- lumb 0 to $1000. ‘<< of the register—Lewis Moore of » to $40; Benjamin Gant of t of Columbia, $660 to $720. on of auditer for War Department— M Rudy of Pennsy E to | $1400: Jean F. Devandc w York $1.40 to $1.60; Miss Lucie A. Brown. of North Carolina, $1,200 to $1,400. Office of the’ secretary—Charles Me- Cann of Florida, $1,600 to $1,800 R. Putnam of District of Columbia, $1,400 to $1,400; Herbert L. be Yo of Missouri, $1,200 to $1,400; Cyrus J. Hardaway of New York, $1,000 to $1,200. Marine bospital—Arthur J. 1 McElhone of Penns Coast territo: ania, $1,000 to $1,600, survey—Harlow Bacon of Indian $1,000 to $1,200. RCIA EXPECTED TO COME, of the Cuban Leader Looled For. It is expected by members of the Cuban delegation here that Gen. Calixto Garcia second in command of the Cuban fore during the war, will come to this country in the course of the next two weeks, visit- ing New York, Baltimore and Washington. His coming is looked forward to with much interest in view of the prominent part he took in the military operations around San- tiagu, and the unfortunate clash between him and Gen. Shafter following the sur- render of the city. His presence in this country is likely to raise a question regarding the old criminal proceedings pending against him. During the height of the Cuban filibustering Gar- cia was arrested and brought before the federal court at Baltimore on a charge of The Arrival directing one of the leading expeditions. He was released on bonds, and then left at the head of the expedition he had organ- ized, forfeiting his bond. At the time he made a public statement to the effect that the cause of Cuba warranted his escape from legal prosecution, and that when the war was over he would voluntarily return and give himself up to the officers of the law. It is understood that if the govern- ment intends to push the prosecution of these filibustering cases Garcia will visit Baltimore and carry out his promise to be- come amenable to the court. There has been some talk of a visit to this country by Gen. Gomez, but the Cuban officials here hardly expect it. NAVY MUST CONTROL Should Have Command of Army Transportation at Sea. VIEWS OF CAPTAIN ALFRED PAGET The Dash by Cervera’s Fleet Was Foolhardy. OUR WARSHIPS PRAISED Capt. Alfred Paget, British naval attache assigned to observe operations during the recent cxmpaign in the West Indies. is engeged here in assembling the large mass of material gathered in Cuba, and in sup- plementing this with the official data now beirg supplied by the Navy Department. He will spend most of the fall in getting together the material for his report to the British admiralty, which will be an exhaustive treatment of the naval branch of the campaign, with considerable atten- tion to the m y branch, owing to the joint operation of the two branches during several stages of the war, and particularly in the siege of Santiago. Navy Should Control Troopships. eaking informally today of some of his get said it had been rly that the n: brane of the service should have complete con- trol of all army transportation by He points out t s is the practice the world over. In the British service ail trans- ports are under the control of the admiral- ty. When troops are to be shipped the war offic ake known to the admiralty the number of the men in the expedition into infantry, cavalry and ar- » various requirements of the shown quite cle: sea. ms. It then becomes the duty val branch to provide the t carry the troops, keeping the cral divisions distinct and with their pr ev equipment and provide all supplies r quired for the A naval offic ly a lieutenant commander on th list, i ed in command of each t yort, it being impo. mere a also condu ting of troops neh in which ot until the froops are on 1: uth that » direction of ctice in general opera- > count particularly , could be country, in s much of the tion and land- r s due to nee of the mer captains r sports, and to the direction of all transportation by the rather by the navy Destruction of Cervera’s Fleet. n Paget's curing from nent complete reports of use Admiral Cervera could have made of his squadron was to ave smantled them of particularly t quick over guns and men us defending the g me hundred or more, distributed the entrenchmen und handled by tr men of the squadron, would ned a 1 deadly fire on ptain Paget ex- uch a move would ctically impregna- he Amer’ presses the mad have ntiago hie “He has no doubt starvation and disease ld have broken down the Spanish de- ein but Cervera’s guns could held the tewn ficm a defeat by sortie from the h bave 0 » view of America hat the sortie should have at night. If attempted In = nish ships should direct ttention to the American trans- hed a vulnerable point ere > could have been wrougt any event, whether transports or on F ttacked, Capt. Paget 1 ns that Spanish policy should have been to rush at our ships, tak- ing therm un: © before steam could be got up, and taking the risk of loss so long some dan age Was intlicted. Had this n adopted he thinks it might have lted in the ramming and sinking of one more of our ships. Naval Vessels Praised. t speaks highly of our new ips and cruisers, particularly those new on the stocks, which he has examined critically through the plans and specifica- tions. He says foreign naval experts long ago recognized that first-class warships could be built in the United States, al- though he does rot admit that our ships yet excel, or even equal, those of British build. Im this connection a prominent Americ.n naval officer recently told Capt. Paget that the new cruiser New Orleans, bought in England during the early stages he war, was a revelation to the author- here, In so far as her guns and arma- are concerned. e+ Personal Mention. General J. S. Parke is registered at the Ebbitt House. Captain Charles J. Barciay of the monitor Amphitrite arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and is stopping at the Raleigh Hotel. Liuet. Horace Webster, United States army, is at the Raleigh Hotel. Mr. John F. Vivian of Easton, Pa., visiting his son Fred of this city. Rear Admiral Belknap, retired, who is president of a special board on dry docks, was at the Navy Department today confer- ring with the officials in regard to the work of the board. Col. D. D. Wheeler of the quartermaster's department reported at the War Depart- ment today for duty. He is stoppingeat the Gordon. Maj. M. C. Foote of the 2ist Infantry is at the Ebbitt House on leave of absence. John V. Shea of Woodside, Md., and brother, Jas. W. Shea of this city, have just returned from a pleasant trip through the west. —EeEeEeE———— In Memory of Empress Elisabeth. The Austrian legation will observe six weeks’ mourning in memory of the late Empress Elizabeth. During this period Minister von Hengelmuller and his staff will not participate in any social function save those of a strictly official character. + e+ Surplus Medical Supplies. Brig. Gen. Boynton reports to the War Department, under date of September 15, that “the medical supply division at Camp ‘Thomas, Chickamauga, Ga., closes today with at least twenty carloads of medical and surgical supplies still on hand, suffi- ee to fit out fifty regiments with medi- cine.”” is WINNIE DAVIS’ FUNERAL Elaborate Preparations Being Made in Rich~ mond for the Event. Representative Bodies From All Parts of the South Coming —The Floral Designs. Special Dispatch to Thé Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., September 21.—The ar- rangements for the funeral of Miss Winnie Davis are almost complete, and this even- ing the order of ceremonies will be an- nounced. It will pe one of the most re- markable funerals éver held in Richmond, where so many elaborate ceremonies of the kind have taken place. There will be large representations from organizations a!l over the south. The 2d Virginia Regiment, just errived from Camp Cuba Libre, will take part, as will the Howitzer Battery, local volunteer military, Lee and Pickett Camp, Sons of Veterans, the various memorial or- ganizations, as well as camps from Wash- ington, Baltimore and a committee of vet- erans from all over the south appointed by Grand Commander Joan B. Gordon. ‘The final details are being delayed await- ing the announcement of Gen. Gordon's committee and time of arrival of delega- tions from the south. New York confeder- ate veterans will alsa be represented. The body will arrive here Friday morn- ing at 9 o'clock on a special train and will lie in state in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where the Davis family worshipped during the war. At o'clock the funeral serv- ices will be conducted by the rector of the church, Rev. Dr. Hartley Carmichael. The floral designs will be the most elab- orate and beautiful éver seen here since the reinterment of President Jefferson Davis. There will be an immense parade, demon- strating the love and honor of the southern people for the daughter of the confederacy. Gen. Gordon will have a conspicuous place in the procession. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is also expected to be here and probably Gen. Joseph Wheeler. The active pallbearers will probably be from Lee Camp, of which Miss Davis was an honorary member. The honorary pallbearers will be: Gov. J. Hoge “yler, Gen? John B. Gordon, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Gen: G. W. GC. Lee, Col. Archer Andersen, Dr. George Ross, Dr. J. B. McCaw, J. Taylor Ellyson, William Skelton, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Burton N. Harrison, Clarence Carey, A. A. McGinnis, James Swain, Gen. Dabney H. Maury, Col. William H. Palmer, Judge George L. Chris- tian, Virginius Newton, Joseph Bryan, William D. Chesterman, Capt. W. Gordon McCabe, Col. E. L. Hobson, Walter E. Grant, Col. John B. Purcell, Maj. N. V. Randolph, Gen. Charles J. Anderson and Maj. Robert Stiles. ——_—_ FRENCH CONVICTS MUTINY Cayenne, the Capital of French Guiana, at Their Mercy. LONDON, September 21.—A special dis- patch from Paris says the deputy repre- ting French Guiawa im the chamber has ived a dispatch announcing that a mu- Uny has taken place among the conviets at ‘ayenne, the’ capital of French Guiana. T mutineers, it appears, overpowered and murdered their guards, then stormed the military storehouse and seized the arms and ammunitien there. They are now, according to the dispatch, sieging the principal prison, and it red may succeed in freeing the confined in the building. Re- inforcements have been telegraphed for to the Island of Martinique, but it is sald they will not arrive in time to suppress the mutiny. fe 4,000 convicts Devil's Island, where Albert Dreyfus, the former captain in the French artillery, is contined under sentence for having sold secrets of the war office to a foreign gov- ernment, is but a short distance from Ca- yen It ssible that the revolt of convicts may be the death knell of the prisoner, whose cdndemnation ha stirred up the French nation, for his guards are under strict orders to kill him ff any attempt is made to release him, or .f there is any possibility of his escaping. = PARTIES TO BLAME. Senor Rios’ Views About Disaster Which Overtook Spain. MADRID, September 21.—Senor Montero ALL Rics, president of the senate and president of the Spanish peace commission, in an in- terview, published today, is quoted as say- 1 painful spectacle to see politicians 1 sides trying te throw on each other the blame for disasters, the responsibility for which rested cn all parties. I, person- ally, have always favored autonomy for Cuba, Spain being unable to forcibly main- tain her sovereignty at such a great dis- tance.” Continuing, Senor Montero Rios said: “It is useless to speak of our disasters. s not the country accused all our govern- ts of exhibiting too much weakness to- rd the cnited States? What Spain wanted was a man ready to sacrifice him- self and who recognized the impossibility of war with a powerful nation, especially after years of useless conflicts with insur- gents, The Spanish government has decided upon the remuneration which. the peace commissioners of Spain will receive for their services while at Paris. ‘The president of the commission, Senor Montero Rios, will receive 12,000 francs monthly and ex- penses, and each of the commissioners will receive 8,000 francs per month and ex- penses, * a KENTUCKY BACKWOODS TRAGEDY. John Franklin Shoots His Mother-in- Law Near Glasgow. GLASGOW, Ky.,; September 21.—Mrs. Wil- liam Boles, 2 widow Hving several miles from here, was murdered by John Frank- lin, her son-in-law. Owing to the remote- ness of the scene of the tragedy, only meager details are obtainable. It appears that Franklin and “his wife, who is Mrs. Boles’ daughter, had separa- ted. Franklin went to Mrs. Boles’ house to try and persuade his wife to return to him, but her mother strongly objected to her doing so. Franklin left the house in a rage, but returned shortly afterward and shot his mother-in-law {through a window. Bioodhounds haye been teiegraphed for to track the assassin. Kyle Still. an Independent. Special Dispatch to ‘The isvening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Septdmber 21.—Sen- ator Kyle expects*to go home Friday. He admits that he has no friendship for the South Dakota fusionists, but insists that he is still an independent. He has been flood- ed with telegrams of ccngratulations on his alleged change of political faith. —>—-- Fire at Appomattox. Special Dispatch to The Evening Stat. RICHMOND, Vaj, September 21.—Fire at Appomattox it.1 p’clock this morning de- stroyed the storegpf W. A. Moses and ad- jacent storehouses, the furniture store of T. A. Smith and the confectionery store of LC. Smith. A favorable wind saved the Cee building and the balance of the vil- ROCKEFELLER IN IT Said to Have Beccme Associated in the B. and 0. Deal. MONEY 10 BUY MORGAN'S INTEREST Hill the Representative of the New York Banker. Ooty a Tier GoOossiP — A rumor prevailed in Baltimore late last evening that John D. Rockefeller had, in addition to Messrs. Armour, Field and Ream, become interested in Baltimore and Chio affairs, and that these gentlemen, with cther heavy capitalists, have raised a suf- ficient sum to purchase Mr. Morgan's inter- st in the road, which, as heretofore stated in The Star, amounts to about $40,000,000. If this proves to be true there is no doub* that Mr. Morgan will retire as soon as the necessary formalities are complied with, and the road will continue, so far as the management is concerned, as at present for probably the next five years. That the investment of even so large a sum as $40,000,000 by perscns able to carry it and to await their dividends for an in- definite period is a good one there is no doubt, for by the investment they get ac- tual control of a property worth almost $250,000,000. ‘The advent of Mr. Rockefeller into the syndicate, if he has really become a member of it, will emphasize the reports that Mr. Hill will be the real director of Baltimore and Ohio affairs. Mr. Morgan's Influence. Some friends of the new syndicate are making statements to the effect that by + western capitalists coming into the more and Ohio they will be able to nega’ entirely the influence of Mr. Morgan in road, but such stories may be set down as absurd, because Mr. Morgan, as the owner of the consolidated mortgage bonds, the de- fault of interest on whicn has led to the request by Mr. Morgan for the apna ment of other receivers instead of Messrs. Cowen and Murray, is in a positioa where he can demand, and it is said has demand- ed that either he be paid for his bonds at 10 per cent premium and acc amounting in all to about $40." Baltimore and Ohio be reorga: cordance with his plans. Suits of various kinds, instituted either for the purpose of selling the road by fore- closure or for injunctions to prevent fore- cicsure, or for the recovery of interest long past due, follow each other in such rapid succession that it is next to impossible to keep the run of proceedings or to tell what the condition of the Faltimore and Ohio really is. The suggestion has been made in some quarters, in view of the fact that foreclosure proceedings have been taken by the trustees of the consolidated mortgage of the Baltimore and Ohio com- pany and a decree for its sale asked for, and the filing of a petition by the first preferred stockholders asking for an in- Junction to prevent foreciosure, that now seems an opportune time for the managers of the Baltimore and Ohio reorganization plan and the first preferred stockholders’ committee to get together and effect a com- prom Comment on Cowen's Interview. Much stress is laid in some quarters on an interview which was given out yester- day by Mr. John K. Cowen, cne of the re- ceivers of the Baltimore and Ohio, in which he admitted that Me Armour, Ream and Field, and he added others, had se- cured a dominating influence in the af- fairs of the Baitimore and Ohio. It was stated last evening by a Baltimore and Ohio official to a Star reporter that the amount invested by the western capitalists was $16,900,000, but that it was expressly understood that the investors would have no voice in the management of the road. In other quarters this statement was char- acterized as ridiculous, and those who e3 pressed themselves that way said they were convinced that the Speyer syndicate, which it is now conceded sold this large block of securities to the western men, did so because they were unable to longer re- tain all the holdings in the Baltimore and Ohio which they have been keeping for al- most two years, besides which they have expended several millions to meet increased interest on stock of the company held by others, and some men who have been connected with the Baltimore and Obio company for many years ventured to assert that Mr. Morgan had got his oppo- nents, the Speyer people, into a hole from which they would be unable to extricate themselves without serious financial loss. ‘They further believed, they said, that the day was not far distant when Mr. Morgan would step in and become the actual owner of the Baltimore and Ohio road. Hill Morgan’n Representative. The fact seems to be lost sight-of by a large number of well-informed people that it was but a short time since when the Pullman Palace Car Company divided its surpIns, amounting to 500,000, among its stockholders. Among the heaviest of these stockholders were the gentlemen whose names are now so frequentiy men- tioned in connection with the Baitimore and Ohio, while in addition Mr. Ream repre- sents the Pullman estate, and that it was under the belief that the Ealtimore and Ohio can be brought up to become a good dividend payer that they put such a large sum of money in its securities. It is worthy of remark that nearly all of the western capitalists referred to are. con- nected with railroads that pay big inter- est on the amount invested in them, and that Mr. Armour is particularly interested in the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, to which the Great Northern, of which Mr. J. J. Hill is president, is a great feeder. ‘The universal discussion of 7 re en io affairs has brought out the that while Mr. Hill has admittedly, sect plished wonders in building up the Great Northern rcad, he is the personal repre. sentative in the road of Mr. J. P. Mersan and it is believed to be the fact that the interest apparently about to he taken by Mr. Hill in Baltimore and Ohio affairs iv because it is Mr. Morgun’s wish that he should do so. hile, as stated above, a Baltimore Ohio official declared to a Star renoene that the western men would have no voice or vote in the management of the coin. pany, the following statement was given cut by a member of the Sposer syndicate, who said: A Speyer Syndicate Statement. “It is well known that the Baltimore and Onto is not ylelding the, retuzn which it should. and it was this fact, together with the conviction entertained by Mr. Hill that the net returns would be mazerially in- creased, which led to his investment pur- chase. Whatever action follows will be taken in co-operatiou with the other large interests, such as those of Morgan in New York, Frick in Pittsburg, Speyer & Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the reorganization trustees. It may be put down as a fact that the control of the Baltimore and Ohio has not passed into new hands. It is row where it was, and where it will be for the next five years at least.” The statement was sade by another prominent party that while the absolute control ef the Baitimore ana Ohio would require a holding of nearer $40,000,000 than $16,800,000, the amount said to have been invested by the Chicago syndicate, the iatter figure will unquestionably give a material influence in ~je manayement of | noon. the property. Just whai percentage of the $16,800,000 in stock and bonds was ucquired by Mr. Hill personally not as yet been certained, but { is known that his hol ings were purchased with the distinct un- dcistanding that he should have a voice in the menazement. a NEEDED AT MANILA. Orders for Return of Three Paymas- ters Revoked. A few days ago orders were issued di- recting the return to San Francisco from Manila of three paymasters, as was thought they were not needed in the Phil- ippines longer. The order was revoked t day, upon the receipt of a telegram Gen. Otis saying that the men could be spared. He said that four of the p: masters in Manila were employed in du- ties outside of the regular duties of paying troops. Major Whipple, chief paymasier, was auditor of the corporation of Manila; Major Kelliher was provost marshal and in charge of finances; Major Lord was in charge of the cusioms of Manila, and Ma- por Kilbourne wes employed in another financial capacity. This made it Impossi- bie to send the three paymasters home as at_first_ determined. The San Francisco mint recently coined half a million five-dollar gold pieces, which were turned over to the pay department for the payment of troops in Manila. T have been sent to the Philippines at differ- ent times, Col. Glenn, secoad officer in the pay corps and chief paymaster of the department of the gulf, was in Washington today on his way to New York. He will return to At- lanta in a short time and resume charge of the payment of tro in the southern camps. Col. Glenn says that the hard work and hot weather in the guif department have caused considerable ill-heaith among the officers of his corps. res THE FARRAGUT. it from not MISHAP TO Vessel Broke Down on the Builder's Trial Trip. The Navy Department 1s beginnins to lealize some of the difficulties in the way of obtaining the extremely high spree? of thirty knots an hour with so small a croft as a torpedo boat. Several vessels of this character have been contracted for, but none of them has yet been obtained. T! first to be completed was the Farrseut, and news has just come to the Navy Mx partment that that vessel broke down y: terday on the contractor's trial trip in San Francisco harbor. ‘The accident was of curious character, resulting almost in sinking of the yet Its cause js not perceptible. Atl the detalls th: known are contained in the followir s- patch from Constructor Snow, who has been waiching the construction of the boat tor the Navy Department: SAN FRANCISCO, Sepiember 2°. “Farragut went trial board. out this morning with When running eight Knots the outer plat pac on frame ped on two was bent out and aft making a gular rent. After room flr Strut and connection n disturbed. ably docked tomorrow.’ The matter of moment to the naval con- structor is whether this accident reveals an inherent weakness in the craft, or whether the hole was torn in the plate by a piece of drift tossed by the propeller. — PATION OF oc CUBA, It Will Follow on the Heets of Sp ish Evacuation. It is stated at the War Department to- dey that no determination had yet bee reached as to whether the evacuation Cuba by the Spanish should begin a of west or east end of the island, althoug the inclination now seemed to be that the evacuation should proceed from west to east. It is known that active pre; are being made for the occupatio by the United States tro 2 ot the War Depariment shaping that end. The trcops destined for will be paid before embarkation, an subsistence and quaritermaster’s ‘fi arations of Cuba Cub are making ready to supply transportation and food for them. Just when the occu- | pation will begin, it is said, will depend vpon the evacuation by the Spanish. This is indefinite, but the department ms to be under the impression that it will begin very soon. No further information has been received in regard to the Cumal, with supplies for the starving Cubaus, but it is belfeved that with but little m delay her cargo will be unloaded on Cuban ground. er ooo ODRICH CAPT, N COMMAND, He Reports That the Maria Teresa Will Re Saved. The Navy Department has been informed by Captain Goodrich of the Newark at Guantanamo that Commodore Watson sail- ed yesterday from that place for New York, turning over the command of the naval ships on the station to Captain Goodrich, who is the senior officer. The captain say that the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, on which the wreckers are working, did not come off yesterday as was expected, but that she surely will be raised successfully. No word has come to the Navy Department of late respecting the result of Cons ctor Hobson's efforts to float the Colon, and } some apprehension is expressed that the ship will go to pieces in the heavy weather that is now due along the south coast of Cuba. HE WANTS KRAG-JORGENSENS. Application of Gen. Milier, Comman- der of Next Manila Expedition. Gen. Miller, now in command at San Francisco, will command the next expedi- tion going to Manila. Batteries A and D of the California Artillery will go with the expedition. Gen. Miller has made applica- tion to have the troops which accompany him armed with the Krag-Jorgensen rifles. The department will stand upon the order recently issued respecting arms, and the | commanding general at Manila will decide } what regiments, if any, should be armed with the Krag-Jorg>nsen rifle. Gen. Merriam, who returned yesierday | from Honolulu, has telegraphed the War Department his arrival, and says he will | send his report by mail. This report is | upon the subject of a camping ground and military matters in g2neral at Honolulu. ————$——_+-2+—_______ COMBINE AT ST. THOMAS. Prices Charged for Supplies for Gur Warship: The Navy Deyartment has not yet seen the end of the complications resulting from the refusal of the equipment bureau to ac- cept a hcavy consignment of coal landed at St. ‘Thomas during the war. It was said that United Siates Ccrsul Van Horne had pledged the government to take this coal from a local merchant, and as his draft had been allowea to go to protest the navai pay officers on United States ships in the ‘West Indies are feeling the effects in the refusal by native merchants to accept their Grafts, causing them much embarrassment. Ic is reported to the department that at St Thomas the merchants seem leaguéd to- gether to extort double prices for all goods and supplies furnished to the United States warships, and the department is about to meet this conduct by keeping our ships sirictly away from the inhospitabie port. ———+o+_____. Senator Platt’. Visit. 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, letter. Terms: 13 cents per week: 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-ofice to another should give the last address as well as new one SPANISH START HOME Four Hundred Suiled Pie: Porto Rico Yesterday. in person or by cents GENERAL MACIAS GIVES GODSPEED tokeld ‘ Notice Given for the Evacuation of Several Garrison Towns. ont dpnemananesies VOLUNTEER DISBANDED SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, September 20 d in transmission).—The return of antsh soldiers n today. Four hundred men, of whom 200 ‘were sick and 200 b longed to the engin: corps, sa for Spain board the French steamer Chateau Lafitte. Eight hundred infantr belonging to the Asturias Battalion, witl sail tomorrow on board the steamer San er front was crowded with thou- sands of people when the Spanish engineers marched down to the music of the Spanish quickstep to the wharf, where they were received by General Macias and Gen. Orte tain general did not make a speech, but he shook hands with the officers and men. There was no demon- station made by th »ple. Question About Ordnance. Some Spanish field pieces are ready on rd the San Francisco, but a question has arisen in the commission ncerning the disposition of some of the guns and tt aS not settled when this dispatch was filed. The captain general today gave notice to the Spanish troops to retire from Abenito, Baranqguiias and Barros on Su and trom Humacao, Guamani and Cay a Monday. Our troops will move up and oc- cupy these towns as soon as they are eva uated, and the Spanish troops in posi lion Lear Uke capital enter the city, ir order to be ready to embark on the arrival } of the transports here. The residents of Porto Rico and some of the Americans here are alarmed of the Spanish ships returning from stopping at this port. They belicve there is t of the intreduction yellow fever into the island from Ui anish steamer City of Cadiz, as sume of the men sick on board of her were tuo fll Lo proceed and were brought a re. Our col Hissloners Will protest if there is a repetition of U Volunteers Haye Dish a. The volunteers have now all been disband- ed and the Spanish soldiers are engaged in Cismantling the arn and barracks and in boxing the guns « mmunition. They are rejoicing over the prospect of an early return to their homes Rear Admiral Schley has refused to pur- chase the coal storea here and it may be purchased for the use of the United States army. So. CHAUNCEY Special Dispa NEW YORK, Septemt 1.—It is prac- | He Hy seitled « ney M. De- | pew wi Ke ch nominating Col | Theodore Roosevelt at the republican state convention at next week, Mr epew has been the | rider fro: time when he left > j Harvard College tered the lists as | Tepublican candidate for the assembly from j the old “Diamond Back” twenty-tirst dis- j trict in I8s2. dt is conceded that Mr. De- | Pew will make the effort of his life in mak- ang this address. ‘Uh roof the rough rider has in it enough of the element of ine manuc to sur even an nary orator, d no ene has ever accused Dr. Depew of being an ord ary 4 Many old-time repubiicans will make the jtrip to Saratoga eapressiy for the purpose of listening to the speech of Depew nomi- hating the rough rider. Mr. Koosevelt's frienus are also anxious to have him at Saratoga during the convention, but it is now thought that he will quietly await result at his ¢ untry home at Osster Bay ee SERS FORK ADMIRAL CERVERA, i City of Rome Arrives at Santander Ofice With Spanisi SANTANDER Anchor line tered by J Spain s: steam: tured at th » were recently released States authorities, arrived here to: day from Portsmouth, N. H., whence sii sailed on September ain Eulate, the former commander cruiser Vizcaya, and the naval officers landed, and were for a party of which Admiral Cerve a member. tt ever, was on board the City of F but a i people followed the officers and ered for Admir ‘ervera. = Captain Eulate r to make any = ment for pupiication, deciar-ng he res what he had to say for the court-ma FOUND A VALUABLE PURS Gripman Donahue Picked Up One Containing 861,000, SAN FRANCISCO, September 21.— George Mulliga m| recently returned from the Klondike, lost a purse containing $61,000 on a street car a few days age. It has been found and returned by John Don- ahue, the gripmar. of the cer With the exception of $0 in currency, the money wes im checks, one of Which was a draf: for $7, wsoa City on 2 city to recov at the car house for the nonest gripman NO NEWS FROM KITCHENER. pected, Howeser, That He Has Reached Fashoda. LONDON, Sepicmber Inq 's made at the British foreign office toduy show that nc news has been re d there from Fashoda and that nothing has en re- ceived in the shape of news from Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener since he left Omdu wan. News from the British commander is mo- mentarily expected, however, and it will dcubtiess be in the nature of the guesses made, namely, that the Egyptian flag is new flying over Fast.oda. —_—_- THE FARRAGUT IS A FLYER. New Torpedo Boat Destroyer Makes Nearly Thirty Knots. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 21 The new torpedo boat destroyer Farragut has almost demonstrated that she can make the speed of thirty knots an hour required by the government. She has made one mile in 1 minute and 504% seconds, and sev- Senator Thomas C. Platt of New York was engaged in making the round of the executive departments today and said that the object of his trip was to discharge some errands. He will leave for home this after- eral miles in a fraction over 2 minutes. A slight accident, caused by something getting between her propeller and hull, will necessitate some delay before her officia) trial ts made, but it is believed by her builders that she will easily make the con- tract speed.