Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1898, Page 1

gee PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEDT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 1ith St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFF MANN, Pres‘t. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, per week. count, mall—anywi heet Star, $1 per year, with sinust be patd in ad de known on. applt 1 PILGRIMS AT MECCA The Episcopal Bishops Visit Jamestown, SITE OF THE FIRST CHURCK + Reception Tendered at the Virginia Capital. CANADIAN DELEGATES WITH PARTY Guests of the Churchmen’s League of Washington. PROGRAM FOR SU Va., Oct pilgrimage of the Pro ors copal ) o'clock la -d in the Jeffers n, hey started S o'clock this morn r to com- plete the journey to t E Of co he pilgrims f the first En- The ruins of that on the banks of the lord- historic settlement of ecompa- ch in ¢ daughter to their common tions a ague of W = Le ‘Tulloch, Rev Cole. Rev. W. R. Tar- 1. Rev. Dr. Mackay- es King. short, plea tol ted Jefferson assigned roe a reception the grand he Associa- ation of Vir; dors and lo neludes some Rt. Rev. William Woodruff Nites, D.D., Kiishop of New H fu: p the hospi- he ed today, and y i for the Jamestown. On ip they will be tn men of Richmond, and lds will serve dinner ‘ oat expect to reach Washing ‘clock night. NOM A Season of Quict. No leggined bishops or black-vested clergyr copal convention hur- ad@journment for the pilgrimage te Ji own offered all a needed rest— ‘ went to orice Virginia james river, the who profiting by the hours of heir temporary home by places ts are slated for ‘w will be a day full of In Epiphany Church, was restored to its accus- . the anniversary of the after- n Sunday school of the church will be served at 4 o'clock p.m., and many dis- tinguished churchmen will Participate. At ‘30 o'clock p.m., In the same church, the meeting of the Christian Social Union will eccur, at which addresses will be made by the bishop of Washington, Rev. Dr. Maxon and Mr. Rathbone Gardner. in Ascension Church, at 3 o'cleck p.m., there will be the children’s missionary rally, and addresses will be delivered by Bishop Rowe of Alaska, the bishop of Utah and others. In the same church at 7:30 o'clock p.m. the great missionary rally will or in brief No 14,237. “WASHING D. C, SAT TON UR take place. » Rev. Dr. New York and the bishep of Tennessee will speak, Speedy, Harmonious, Conservative. Considered from nearly every point of view, the present convention is regarded by the Church leaders as the speediest, most -harmonious and unob- trusively conservative trienr meeting since 1874. The business before each house has @spatched with a celerity show- that the main subjects to be legislated pon had been fuily considered by the thinkers of the church long before the con- vention, and the conclusions then reached are now being put into definite legal form with unanimity and speed of action. Not more than a dozen bishops are new to the house, and the direction of the secret af- fairs of that body remains practically or nearly as it was in the Minneapolis ses- sions. But in the house of deputies nearly one-third the delegates are attending their first triennial session. In spite of this the house is regarded by the few who have attended half a dozen triennfals in succes- sion as being more conservative, better in- formed and containing more brilliant and learned lay delegates than have attended before for many years. There is no sensationalism to be found in either house, and the sessions are con- ducted with a gravity and regard for dig- rity befitting the great church for which they are legislaiing. Many of the young men belonging to the convention display remarkable knowledge of church history and traditions, and show their capacity for the leadership to which they are destined in the years to come. ‘The temper, or, rather, the state of mind, of the house of deputies has been clearly shown in its action upon the matters be- fore it. It is frank, Mberal, enlightened, but well held in check by and obeditnt to the conservative leaders, such as Rev. Dr. Dix, the chairman, and Mr. Joseph Pack- ard, jr., the acting chairman from time to time. There has been no complaint of @ crimination, and every delegate has been afforded a chance to be heard in the order of strict precedence. Constitutional Revision. In the house of bishops action upon cur- rent matters has been deliberate, in accord- traditions of that body. At the matter of constitutional revision indefinitely postponed, but later was taken up. The most important subject be- fore them was the consideration of the can- on of marriage and divorce. The vote of ance with the first 2 to 31, as exclusively announced in The ar, upon Bishop Potter's amendment to yposed by the joint committee even division been under the pretty entiment. The subject h: the whole week and final disposition remains to be taken. The probability {s that the Potter amendment will remain in the canon when the vote upon the latter as a whole is taken next week, although its op- ponents neir ability to defeat it. The also proposed a canon for four ‘y councils, the setting off of mary district in Japan, repeal- the distribution of the ranged missionary juris- ted the bishops for va- Right Rev. Henry Niles Pierce, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Arkansas. cant jurisdictions, selected San Francisco as the next place of meeting, agreed to amendments establishing the provincial sys- tem ¢ er minor measures. Special Committee Appointed. other important action of the bishops s to appoint a committee to consider at parts of the report of the joint com- ion on canon it will be wise to take up this convention. This indicates their commit the next two or at purp) not to three conventions to the consideration of a scheme of general reconstruction of the the report contemplated. In 5 will follow them, as the to prevail that the joint somewhat exceeded’ the for which it was created. soth houses will take up such of the pro- posed canons as seems necessary, but the uder, not considered, will be left in ort, to be taken up again in trien- tings to come. Canon on Church Unity. » house of deputies the subject that the warmest, the most the best orato al effort of all the J . has been the amendment, offered rticle X by Rev. Dr. Huntington, upon unity. Dr. Huntington, undaunted t his ideal met at Minneapolis ed it in a splendid address, acked and supported chureh int t by the house. The cousumed nearly two days of the and still remains to be settled ed, m hough 4 safe at present. Constitution I, adopted by both houses in 1805, was quickly rejected, as 1t was deem- ed unwise. It was a coincidence significant nd yet amusing, that at the moment the puties defeated it a me: me from the bishops saying they adopted it. The bishops then displayed their wisdom and in the same day, by resolution will be a positive prediction is cou Rt. Rey. Frederic Dan Huntington, D.D., LL.D., L.H.D., Bishop of Central New York. sending a message saying that they had re- solved to postpone indefinitely any further consid on of the report of the commis- on on revision. This meant that they in- tended to fold their hands in patience and considerately allow the deputies to com- plete their work that friction between the two houses would be avoided. Report on Bishops’ Messages. ‘The report of the committee of the house of deputies upon the messages of the house of bishops was taken up, and it was found that the house was in accord with its com- mittee. The debate on the proposal to in- sert in the constitution the existing canon which requires the consent of the s committees to the election of a bishop (Continued on Eighth Page) RETURNING CUBANS Most of Them Are of the Better Class. MR. PEPPER'S RECENT OBSERVATIONS Information Gleaned From a Bright Gallician Boatman. AGAINST ANNEXATION (Copyright, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special From a Staff Correspondent. HAVANA, October 12, 1898. “Muchos Americanos? SI, senor, much Americans. The Gallician toatman is learning En- glish. His ambition to know the langunge of the United States was kindled soon after the Maine blew up. He used to row some of the newspeper correspondents out to the wreck and sometimes across the bay to Morro and Cubana. He was never a very loyal Spaniard, anyhow. This boatman had made some progress in “talking United States” when Consul General Lee was with- drawn and the blockade of Havana begun. During that period, as he naively told ime, he had no chance to practice. Since the ar- rival of the military evacuation commis- sicn, as he says, he has had so much chance that he couldn't keep up with ‘t. Put he has not lagged, and before long he will have the advantage over many of his feliow boatmen, because he will be able to tell people from the United States all about the sights of Havana harbor in their own tongue. His grammar may be a little de- ficient, but that is immaterial. Some Interesting Questions. The Gallician, like everybody from that Part of Spain, is quick-witted and has a Yankee faculty for asking questions. So during the few minutes it took to row from the vessel's anchorage to the wharf I gleaned more information from his ques- tions than from his answers. “Was it true,” he wanted to know, “that the Amer- icans would always keep coming to Cuba?" That, he was told, depended cn circum- stances, though the indications pointed to & good many of them coming this winter. And w it so that the American commis- on would wait until tomorrow for the Spanish soldiers to leave? This was asked with a sly emphasis on the “manana” that it would be impossible to translate. Having heard in Washington what seemed to be trustworthy news that “tomorrew” would pire December 1, and that the American & would then be flying over Morro Castle, I gave that information. The boatman’s eyes snapped with pleasure as he re- sponded, “buen ood." It was not diffi- cult to see the impression which the pa- tience and forbearance shown by the United States in giving the Span ir own time to begin getting out After- ward, in talking with a 1 hant, he made the me inauiry in almost the same words. Some things arc ted on the Spaniard. Excessive courtesy is one of them. The intelligent classes in Havana tstand perfectly why the authorities Washington wanted to avoid sending troops to this part of the island until the danger from yellow fever is past. but to their minds that does not furnish a suf. ficient reason for delaying the embarkation of the Spanish troops and for taking pos. sion of the custom houses. Judged by expressions I have already heard no s 18 SO grateful to all classes in Hava 8 the announcement that a definite day has been designated for complete Ameri- an control, though they . fey control. though they think’ the time set It was not only of the Americans the Gallician boatman talked, “The Cannes who thronged the small boats and erica Sreetings to their friends and relatives on beard the vessel which had Just anchored excited his comment. Formerly he did not care much for the Cubans, but I not today he was more tolerant and respec in Speaking of them. He could not cones his satisfaction when in answering hie question I said it was the United Stares Which freed © “But you will al! get along together,” I asked in turn. “Yes it Is necessary.” So there is one Spanish sub. ject who has already mastered the probe lem of the future government of Cubn. This Gallician told me the scénes of the ted every time a s ip the states. The Cubans are an emotional people. ‘They do not concec! the joy over the reunion of families. that have long been divided and separate. Better Class of Cubans Returning. 1 had been curious to know what classes of Cubans were returning to the fsland, and at Tampa was able to make some in- qui hey are mostiy of the better I aid the ugent of the steams company. “Nearly all are refugees came here with their families or sent ther here during the last year or two. They all have money or manage to get it. ¢ who was just in here, after buying his tic ets, said he had just $10 left out of $2, that he brought with him. But he property in Havana, and would be all right when he reached there. Others seem to have a Mitte balance. Because they ar® buying second-c passage you must not think they are used to that way of travel- ing. We have not first-cla: accommod tions for them all, and they prefer to go second-class rather than wait. I shoula say nine-tenths of the Cubans who are ping back from here are good people. The other tenth would be a nuisance in any community, and we are willing to be rid of them.” The tobacco factories around Tampa were not running full time, but enough of them at Ybor City wer: in operation to keep the majority of the tobacco workers employed a part of the time. An impression had gcne abroad that the day Cuba was opened up to the outside world all the Cuban to- bacco workers would desert th2 factories and flock back to the island. I asked one of the tobacco managers about it. “No,” he said, ‘you must give the Cuban credit for thrift in one thing. He do2s not throw up a good job for an uncertainty. Mos of the men will in time go back to Cuba, but they know better than to rush in when there is no work for them. Some will send their families back, but will stay here this inter. They are clannish, and those who can't find work will be helped back. The men who have aiready gone are mostly the fellows who organized the juntas and kept the filibustering going. They are politi- cians and they were the first to leave. The factories won't miss them.” At Key West the class of refugees re- turning was not so good. 1 was told they were mainly poor people, who kad received help either from the Cubans or from the American Red Cross during the war, and would need help after they reached Ha- vana. This class will be of no benefit, par- ticularly when so large a part of the popu- lation is still dependent on outside relief for food. It is easily understood why the proportion of poorer refugees should Le large at Key West. It was the nearest point in fleeing from Havana, and many got that far who could go no further. Now they manage to scrape together enough for a second-class passage, and they are among the first to return. They are, how- ever, a relatively small number. Some of the Cubans who were on the boat were returning from Europe, but the majority were from New York and other American cities. They were all men of means, and generally stated that they would have something to start with under the new con- ditions. Most of them held out stoutly against the idea of annexation to the United States, for a time, at least, and gave reasons for their position. They ail recognized the necessity of American mili- y occupation, and deprecated ‘the ai tion of the Cuban leaders against it. should say that the return of this class of Cubans will have a decidedly beneficial effect. Their influence, while apparently it will be exerted against annexation, will be conservative, and will be one of the guar- antees of stable government. Wants to Be an American. While most of these well-to-do Cubans are against annexation, I found one excep- tion. He was a young fellow, a member cf a well-known family, which, in spite of re- verses, is still wealthy. “It looks natural,” he said as the vessel passed Morro Castle and swung Into the harbor. “I've been away four years in Europe’and the United States, and I'm glad now to be back in Havana, But I want to be an American citizen, though I won't dare tell my family so.” CHARLES M. PEPPER. ae ees FROM TONNAGE TAXES. ta- EXEMPT American Vessels Engnged in Porto Rican Trade. Secretary Alger today issued an order which will give an impetus to American shipping. It is to take effect Tuesday, simultaneously with the hoisting of the American flag at San Juan and the com- plete and permanent occupation of Porto Rico by the military forces of the United States. The war regulations relating to Porto Rico were modified by the Secretary after consultation with General Spaulding, acting secretary of the treasury, so that hereaf- ter vessels trading between the United States and Porto Rico and vessels in the coasting trade of the iskind are exempted from tonnage taxes. This trade is confined by regulation to American vessels. It has been possible for the administra- tion to take this step to promote American shipping by virtue of war powers, and of the establishment of the fact that Porto Rico is to be wholly and permanently American. 5 It was not possible to adopt a similar course in the case of Hawali, as that arch- ipelago was acquired by treaty and not by conquest, and it is not practicable to con- sider such a course in the case of Cuba and the Philippines until the future polit- ical status of those islands has been settled by the peace commission and Congress. The effect of the order should be to in- crease over three-fold the employment of American tonnage in the Porto Rican trad in 1807, the year before the war, American tonnage from Porto Rico was only 16,000 tons Compared with 48,000 tons an shipowners are warned ters before entering the Porto Rican trade, as coasting enrollments and licenses will subject vessels to penalty under the law an their return to the United States. pee TREASURY A NTS. POINTM, Assistant Secretary Wanderlip An- nounces icy of the Department. Assistant Secretary’ Vanderlfp has an- nounced that in future appointments, the nstatements will be fewer than in the and the eligible Mst of the civil ser ice will be drawn on for the best candidates available. The policy .qutlined by the as sistant secreta is that (the best of those seeking reinstatement have been placed back in the service. + In the ‘fature the tredsury desires young, energetic and able clerks. Kew appointments, however,: are being made now. The force of temporary em- ployes engaged on the bond issue nas been re reduced, and in a short while none of the will be left in the. service.” There is still considerable wor® on the: bond issue, but clerk: t in the treasur¥ will be drawn on for the work. + @4 DEMOCRATS IN MASSACHUSETTS, Representative MeCall Says That They May Gein One District. Representative McCall of Massachusetts says that there is a pobslbflity that the democrats may gain ene district this fall in Massachusetts. He says that he holds to his opposition to a policy of territorial expansion, opposing the retention of the Philippines, and that he finds that his peo- ple seem inclined to sustain him in this po- sub- sition. He announced himself on th ject before he was renominated, yet + nominated unanimously. He cays that it looks to him as if the public sentizaent were turning from the idea of nolding such remote possessions and becoming more con- servative. He says: the’ political situation looks generally favorable to the republi- cans. oR PHELPS ILL. Collapsed Whiie Arguing in the Sa- preme Court. Mr. E. J. Phelps, former minister to Eng- land, was taken il] while arguing a case before the Supreme Court yesterday. He was removed from the court room in a state of collapse, and jater was taken to the residence of Mr. MeKenney, clerk of the court. The attack was pronounced the result of overwork. Mr. Phelps has recovered and left for New York toda: CHEERING TO REPUBLICANS. Indiana Populists Refuse to. Fuse With Democrats. “Information recelved from Indiana,” said Chalrman Babcock of the republican congressional committee to a Star reporter this afternoon, ‘to the effect that the popu- lists have declined to effect fusion wich the democrats is very cheering to republi- cans. “It means that the fight in Indiana is to be made much easier for the republicans. Jn the last campaign the popullsts and the democrats joined forees in many congres- sional districts In that state and mace the ecntest harder for us, There scems to have been a complete break betweea the populists and their former allies this ycar. The poputists have nominated candidates of their own and have eyen made a com- bination with the prohibitionists to sup. port each other wherever possible. “The republicans in Indiana are unitcd, while their opponents are all spHt up into factions, hating cach other worse than they do the republicans. We will carry Indiana all right this year.” ————E REPUBLICANS MAY SPLIT. In That Case Demoerats” Have a Chance in 12th Michigan ‘District. A letter received at the democratic head- quarters from Michigan makes the a: tounding statement that the twelfth Mich- igan district is in doubt, with a possibility of its being carried by the demoerats. This is a district which the republicams carry by something like 20,000 magority..It séems that there is a controversy between two republicans over the nomination, both claiming it, and the case-has been carried into the courts. The writer of the letter thinks that both candidates will run, and that the democratic candidate may win. ————— MRS. SHERMAN'S CONDITION, Practically No Change During the Past Twenty-Four Hours. Late this afternoon Mrs. John Sherman was reported as resting easiJy at her home, No. 1321 K street =norihwest. Not the slightest change has-been noted in her con- dition during the last twenty-four hours. Mrs. Lee Critically U1. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee telegraphed Maj. Gen. Greene today that the condition of Mrs. Lee was so critical that he could not talk business. He asked Gen. ‘Greene to take command of the Ist Division, 7th Corps, apes Gen, Greene leaves tonight for (hat RDAY, OCTOBER? 15. 189 8—TWENTY-FOUR DEATH IN SHIPWREC Steamer Mohegan Goes Ashore in Vicinity of Lizard. HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED ——— Survivors Taken Ashore in a Gale in Lifeboats. STORIES OF THE ——— WRECK FALMOUTH, England, October 15.—The British steamer Mohegan, Captain Griffiths, belonging to the Atlantic Transport Com- pany, has been wrecked in the vieinity of the Lizard, between the Manacles and the Lowlands. It is believed that a large part of her passengers and crew were drowned. The reports received as to-the number of survivors are extremely contrary, even at this hour. In fact, it is now said that the only persons rescued are those who have detailed their experiences, as already ca- bled, and those who were taken to Port Houstock In two journeys which the life: boat at that place maie to the wreck. Some of the rescued persons died of exhaustion after landing. Everytaing pcssible is being done to se- cure a correct Ist of the drowned and of the survivors. A lifeboat landed thirty-one of the pas. sengers and crew of the Mohegan. One of the former, a woman, died after she was brought ashore. Another lifebcat has landed sixteen more of the survivors of the Mohegan. Forty-Five Survivors Landea. It is announced from Port Houstock, Cernwall, that fcrty-tive survivors of the Mohegan have been landed by the lve- savers of that place. Five dead persons have 2ls> Leen recovered. Fourteen members of the crew of the Mohegan have been found alive on the rocks. All the survivors are in a pitiabi2 condi- tien, and some of them have been badly {njured by waves and rocks, and are suf- tering from bruises and torn and fractured limbs. The Mohegan le London for w York on Thursday, having on board, so far as ‘an be ascertained at present, fifty-nine Passengers and a crew of 115 officers and men. When the s.eamer was seen to be in di tress, lifeboats put off from the shore, and "Very effort possible was made to save the passengers. The coast at this point is ex- tremely dangerous, and has been the scene of numerous wrecks. The general opinion achinery of the M d during the heavy was blowing and that she foundered. A number of tu out from this port to the a nee of t Mohegan were compelled to return with being able to approach the vessel, owing to the severity of the weather prevailing. Story of the Wreck. One of the survivors of the Mohegan, M George Maule of New York, was inter- viewed after he had sufficiently recovered to be able to tell the story of the wreck. He said: “We left London on Thursday, and all went well until 7 o'clock yesterd. evening, when most of the passengers were at dinner. “The steamer was going at full speed, and suddenly we heard a loud crash, w ich seemed to denote that we had collided with some other vessel. “But when we rushed on deck we found that the Mohegan was on the rocks be- tween Manacles and the Lowlands, in the vicinity of the Lizard. “Orders were giver immediately te lower the boats. and the crew of the steamer be- haved like heroes. captain stood on the bridge, and the greatest order pre- led among the officers and crew. The ately be- Zan to settle by the he: Two boats were launched. The women were sent away in the<first boat. But whether these boats reached land or not I do not know. “I managed to secure a life belt and jumped overboard in company with the chief officer of the Mohegan, Mr. Couch He made me take off my coat and shoes Soon after that we were parted from each other. When I was leaving the vessel a little girl begged piteously that I try to ave her, as she did not want to die yet. I was powerless to help her. “Eventually I caught hold of a plank which was floating on the water, and I clung to it for seven and a half hours. At the expiration of that time I was picked up by a tug. I could not have lasted much longer. “I cannot explain how the accident oc- curred, The whole matter is not very clear to me.” A. Gresmith’s Experience. A. Gresmith, a first-cabin passenger, who says he belongs to Guilford, but had been engaged in farming in the United States for ten years past, is another of the sur- vivors. He said: During the panic I jumped overboard, swain about an hour and reached a rock. 1 tried to climb on it, but the waves were tco strong. 1 afterward found a raft with @ sail on it and I held up the sail with one and floated toward the shore. ‘While on the raft, I was washed right over one rock. Happily, 1 had on a life belt and recovered the raft, which then struck another rock, to which I held fast for some time. Atterward I swam ashore, the land being only a short distance away from the rock to which I was clinging.” Only the smokestack and the foremast of the Mohegan can be seen above water. A dispatch from St. Keverine, a small town a little to the eastward of the Man- acles, says eighteen bodies from the Mo- hegan have been washed ashore there. They have been deposited in the parish at present onegan by that is church, Harrowing Scenes in London. LONDON, October 15.—Harrowing scenes were witnessed today at the London oftice of the Atlantic Transport Company, to which the wrecked steamer Mohegan be- longed. A number of women fainted there when the extent of the calamity became known, and there was a constant stream of telegraph boys running to and from the office, seeking for information or taking Messages to anxious inquirers. The Mohegan, it is now said, has been an ill-fated vessel from the start. It is added that she was only bought by the transport company when their own boats had been sold to the United States government during the war. She was formerly the Cleopatra of the Wilson and Furness-Leyland Line, and was brought direct from the Hull ship- yard. She never ran for the Furness line, and orly made one voyage out and home. ‘This, it is asserted, was most unsatisfactory, and friends of the crew say that her engines were defective and that her boilers leaked. She is further alleged to have arrived at New York in such a condition that she was sent home empty, and her return voyage took several weeks, during which she drift- ed a whole day and night owirg to the trouble with her engine:. It is surmised here that her engines broke down, and that the vessel, in the rough sea and heavy gales which prevailed, drifted on the rocks. The wrecked steamer was commanded by Capt. Griffiths. Her chief officer was Mr. Ccuch, her second officer Mr. Cole and her third officer Mr. Hindmarsh. ‘The officials of the Transport Company believe that most of the passengers were Americans who were returning home. Two of the Mohegan’s boats, filled with PAGES. TWO CENTS | passengers, went a news of them has the chan nee been ob: 1, but no ined. List of the Passengers. The following is of the Méheg: Blackey, W. J well, Mr. Corde a list of the passengers : R. A. Baxter, Bloomingdale, Miss a= H. F. Cowan, Miss N M. Cowan, S. C. Crane, Charles Duncan nd wife, Miss Rosa Duncan, Dr. Fallows, . Fenton, Miss O. M B. Mrs. L. S. James Bu: ; Grandin, . Grinbrecht, A. H. Harrington, Miss . John Hyslop, Rich: < a. Wes eK. Wife, son and two Kippling. J. Letach. a Lockwood, L. Luke and wif Merryweather, H. Morrison, jr., D. J. F F. R. Pemberton, wife, two sons and maid, Miss Rondebusi, Miss Saunders, Miss Shepherd, A. C. L. Smith. Mrs. Compton Swift, Miss L. H. Warner, Mrs Weiter. Of these Mr. and Mrs. Pemberton their two sons, Miss Compton Swift Miss Kondebush are known to have saved. A strong gale now prevails on the east coast of England ani + minor dis- asters to shipping have been reported. Corrected List of Saved. FALMOUTH, England, October 15.— Among other passengers known to have been saved from the wreck of the Mohegan are Miss Noble of Baltimore, Md.; A. G. L. Smith, W. Bloomingdale, R. Kelley, Mrs. Piggett and Mise Rondburn and S. Wood. following officers. of the steamer Iso been saved: Victor Lawrings, Ferguson, and Dr. Trevor and Mrs. Pig- gett, the stewardess. The saved include thirty members of the crew. Among those who are still missing are Mrs. S. C. Crane, believed to be the wife of Stephen Crane, ‘the novelist, and Mr. J. Hyslop, who is believed to be the official measurer of the New York Yacht Club. Miss Rondburg, the American operatic singer, who is professionally known as Maud Rounds, telegraphed to a relative in London today, saying: “Ship wrecked. Mother dead.” The Kipling whose name is among the lst of passengers of the Mohegan, is not the novelist, Rudyard Kipling. i DAMAGE TO THE BROOKLYN. und and been Injuries to Schley’s Flagship in the Fight of Jaly 3. It will take $11,297 and twenty-four days time to repair the damage sustained by the Brooklyn, Admiral Schley’s flagship during the battle of July 3, which resulted In the complete destruction of the entire Spantsh fleet commanded by Admiral Cer- vera. Such is the substance of the report of the special naval board recently appoint- ed to investigate the matter. According to their report the principal damage to the Brooklyn was caused by the entrance and explosion on the berth-deck of a six-inch shell; shot holes in three smokestacks and two escape-pipes; shot-hole through ham- mock-neiting, starboard side, forward; in- jury to after engine room ventilator, by ix-Inch projectile; three one-pounder shot holes in plating on starboard side and one six-pounder shot hole forwar The friends of Admiral Schley say they do not think in view cf the official records of the Santiago engagemeni, that it ts at all necessary to make any answer to the recent systematic efforts on the part of the enemies of that officer to minimize the performances of his flagship, the Brooklyn, in that great naval victory 8+ AID WILL BE GIVE Army Rations to Be Distributed to Sufferers From Floods. Government aid in the shape of army ra- tions will be given to the sufferers from the recent floods in Georgia, who are in need of the barest necessities of life. The application for this assistance came to the War Department from Wm. Clifton, sec- retary of state of Georgia, and Representa- tive Livingston. Secretary Alger referred the matter to the President, recommending favorable action, and the former suggested that a conference be had with the officials of the Department of Justice before any- thing was done. This was held this morn- ing, and Solicitor General Richards, who is acting attorney general, holds that while there is no direct statutofy authority for extending such relief, there is no statutory prohibition, and in view of the fact that the government has given assistance in such emergencies as the present, he thought that the executive power gener- ally would authorize the relief asked for. Representative De Graffenreid of Texas says that there are two districts in Tex: where the democratic candidates are hav- ing a considerable fight for re-election, but that they will be elect2d, and that a demo- crat will pe elected in the place of Mr. Hawley, republican, the democrats thus having a solid delegation from the state. He says that Repr>sentative Sayers will pe elected governor by an overwhelming ma- jcrity. —————————— Personal Mention. Col. J. A. Corby, 4th Missouri Infantry, and Col. L. M. Openheimer, 24 Texas In- fantry, are at the Ebbitt on leave of rb- sence. Mr. Frank W. Clancy of New Mexico, for- merly of Washington, is on a short visit to his cld home. W. H. Coggin and F. W. Ring, two ;rom- inent young business men of Boston, are a the Ebbitt. They are on a combined bus- iress and pleasure’trip to Washington and the south. Mr. C. E. Darling, sergeant of the dete tive force of Woonsocket, R. 1, was a vi itor to Inspector Mattingly today. Mr. Dar- ling is a prominent Knight Templar, and is on his way home from tke triennial con- clave at Pittsburg. Mr. James W. Whelply, the treasurer © the American Security and Trust Compan has returned from the woods of Mai Where he camped out. He was located n Moosehead lake, and shot a couple of deer and caught lots of fish. Mr. Henry Peck of London, England, is registered at the Arlington. Mr. B. A Mathers has been home for a visit to his femily at Good Hope, D.C., but has returned to Mexico again. Mr. John Baninger entered the second- year (sophomore) class of the university at Columbus, Obio. His brother, Mr. Law rence E. Baninger, has been elected pres- ident of the Ceramics Association of (he same institrticn. Among the guests attending the luncheon given aboard the flagboat by Capt. E. H. Parker, on the third annual regatta day in Honolulu, September was Dr. Charlies H. English of this city, who went to Ha- waii last spring with the party accompany- ing Queen Liliuekalani. B. and 0. to Be Investigated. The interstate commerce commission has instituted a formal investigation of alleged violations of the interstate commerce act claimed to result from secret rate cutting and unjust discriminations by John K. Cowen and Oscar G. Murray, receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, and by the Baltimore and Ohio Southwest. ern Railway Company on freights carried by them from Philadelphia, Balttmore and Cincinnati to East St. Louis and Chicago, and destined to points in Texas and other states west of the Mississippi. The investi- gation relates to shipments carried since the Ist of Auguet. The case is set down for hearing on the Ist day of November before the commission in this city, The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. THE MILITARY PLOT Anti-Dreyfus Papers Say It is Pure Invention. OTHERS STICK 10 THEIR STORY es Government Received Warning From Ten Different Sources. HIGH OFFICIALS INVOLVED PARIS, October 15.—The anti-revisionist papers regard the reported discovery of @ military plot against the government as being pure invention. The Figaro says it is informed that the French generais agree in declaring that their duty is to show absolute obediens to the government The Gaulois classes the affair as “a cone spiracy without conspirators.” But, in spite of this, the announced the conspiracy insist exactness of their information. The Petite Repu Francais cut that there has been no official di the reported conspiracy. The Aurore asserts that the government received warning of the plot from ten dife ferent sources, and possesses importaat documentary evidence and statements of witnesses. According to the Petit Bleu, the generale engaged in the plot met at Versailles and sent emissaries to Prince Victor Bonaparte, The hesitation of Prince Victor, however, obliged them to turn in another directioa, The government, the Petit Bleu adds, ree ceived a number of reports in regard to the plot, one of them calling attention to the bsence of a certain commander of an army corps from his headquarters The Paix states that Prince Victor Bona. parte left Turin on October § and arrived in Brussels on October 12. The paper that during thie interval Prince V: crossed the French frontier several times. LONDON, October 15.—Special dispatches from Paris say t the sole con uence of the abortive attempt at a military coup d'etat will be the early displacement of sev= eral officers of high rank. aes WANTS ARBITRATION. apers which upon the que points pial of PAIN The Usual Whine About Uncompros mising Attitude of America. MADRID, October 15.—The semi-official Correspondencia attaches much importance to yesterday's meeting of th> peace com- missions. It says it believes that besides discussing the Cuban debt and the evacua- tion of Cuba, the Philippine question was under discussion, which thig paper claims to regard as incredible, “as all unprejudiced pcople must think that, after the signature of the prctocol, the rights and sovereignty of Spain would be unquestioned Continuing, the Correspondencla says: “The Americans are uncompromising and Cisposed to only yield on points of unim- pcrtant detail. They are not disposed to agree to arbitration, while Spain 1s willing to accept Russia or Germany. The public is anxious, but we cannot immediately ree assure it, the telegraph not ing, under the present circumstances, the best means of information.” a acer, MacCORKLE 1S FOR GEN. His Nomination an Important Facto® im Virginian Senatorial Fight. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 15.—As was expected, the senatorial convention at Cuf= ton Forge last night was # red-hot contest between the Martin and Lee forces, and, a8 predicted in yesterday's Star, C. A, Mac- Corkle of Rockbridge, a strong Lee man, Was nominated. The Alleghany county mass meeting to clect delegates to the sene atorial convention was held first, and the supporters of McAllister, Martin's candi- date, realized that it was absolutely nec- ary to secure the delegates from Alle- ghany county, or they would be badly de- feated in the convention. They consequent- ly brought a lary following with them from Covington, which, with about an evenly divided local sentiment, gave them the convention by a large majority. While the committees of the senatorial convention were out it became evident to Mr. McAllister's friends that it was im- possible ‘to elect him, and efforts were then made to defeat Mr. C. A. MacCorkle, over- tures being made by them to J. S. Craig, who positively declined to allow his name to go before the convention, and they then concluded not to present Mr. McAllister's name. Highland county was represented, ‘The committee on resolutions presented a resolution, which read: That the nominee of the convention is instructed te v« for no man for United ates s wor whe does not unequivocally stand on and indorse the Chicago platform, nor fc any min for United States senator who has not de- clared his indorsements of the democratic policy and principles as set forth and enun- ciated in the platform adopted by the na- tional democracy at Chicago in 1N% The latter part of the resolution was considered not only ambiguous, but as a direct hit at Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the men- tion of whose name called forth loud and continued applause. The resolution was amended by inserting the words “At the time of the om of Inited States senator” between “not” and “declared.” The resolution was then udopt- ed. Mr. Allister then secured the floor and suggested that MacCorkle be nominat- ed by acclamation, which was done, and the convention adjourned. Mr. MacCorkle is an avowed Lee man, and he will have a vote in the senate when a successor to Senator Thos. 8. Martin is chosen, i REPUBLICAN PROSPECT IN OHIO. Chariman Dougherty Predicts Almost a Clean Sweep. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October —Chaire man Dougherty of the Ohio republican state executive committee, in an interview here, predicts the election of fifteen out of twenty-one Ohio congressmen. He thinks the republicans may also defeat Lentz in the Columbus district and Brenner in the Dayton district. He predicts the election of the republican state ticket by a safe ma- jority. ——— Barron to Be Tried at Rockville, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., October 15.—Owing to a refusal of the circult court of Prince George's county to grant a continuance in the case of Guy C. Barron, who is charged with the killing of Howard Keyworth in Bladensburg, July 6 last, he has been re- moved to Montgomery county for trial. —— ee jackburn Has a Clear Track. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 15.—Ex-Sen- ator Blackburn seems to have a clear track for United States senator so far as opposi- tion in his own party -is concerned. Two men who had been considered full-fledged - candidates are out of the race. Bx-Coen- gressmen Ellis of Owensboro’ states that he will not oppose Blackburn, and friends state the report circulated yester- day that P. Wat. Hardin will run for sen-/ ator is untrue. i