Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1898, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. a PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEFT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 5H RAUFSMANN, Pres't. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, the ents subseribers fn 10 ris werved te nwh account, at ts per month. Copies at the hb. By mall—anywhere in the da—postage prepaid —50 cents Sheet Star, $1 per year, witt 53.08, fd at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., ist he pald In advance. made known op applivation. No 14,239, WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. “TWO CENTS, Commemorated by the Bishops Today, REPORT ON CANONS CONSIDERED ( Deputies Further Debate Re- vision of the Constitution. —— honeine CONSIDERATION OF THE PREAMBLE pases An Important Decision of Chairman , Packard Upheld. THE CREATION OF DIOCESES Holy communion was celebrated »: t E al Church in Ame 4 = o'clock 3 of the Fea f of Porte Ric ment. Res: . Rt. Rev. Jobn Hazen White, Bishop of Indiana. Porto Rico, and therefore it was regarded by the bishops as entirely proper that it s Id occur {n connection with the exer- cises in honor of St. Luke. There was quite a large attendance of <:he general and many of the bishops Bisho: » was the celebrant, assisted terlee, Bishop Davies and an Dix. At the end of the Doane repeated a prayer <4 op Satterlee on the sub- living upon Amer. The Prayer. whose Providence ordereth all heaven and earth, and whose will nts of the life acknowledge Thy goodness, and blessed the coun- of our nation to the relief and to the victories rom the sins of self- the spirit of wisdom and of Thy y fe Humble us under the bur- den of the new with which our gov- Strengthen the hands pearts of th upon whom mn de ms of this h n the new countr and among the alien races. to which on this day and from t our rule is to extend, grant us grac > yon the best and surest foundations the ereignty of good « ove and right- seeking in all 5. y be instru- our Lord. An d Business Session, The h of b pe, fs busine: during took up the report of the com canons. They passed a o om with reference to the examination of candidates to be ordained as deacons. They also adopted certain provisions in @mendment of title 1, canon 18, section i a fit. Rev. William Ford Nichols, D.D., Bishop of California. ~ gubsection 3, as to the transfer of clergy- men from one diocese to another. ‘They passed a resolution commending the work of the Church Students’ Missi: Assocta! m. An invitation to visit the Cor- coran Art Gallery was received and ac- cepted. Divorce Canon Defeated. By a@ vote of 31 to 24 the house of bish- ops late yesterday afternoon concluded not to adopt the joint commission’s canon of marriage and divorce, as amended by oq Bishops Potter and Seymour Wednesday last, and the existing canon will continue in_force. The bishops cannot be said to be satis- fied with their own final action, but the inability to persuade efther the Doane or Potter parties to relinquish their canon led to the abandonment of the whole subject. ‘They admit that the canon in force is bad, ambiguous and easy to overcome by fraud- ulently inclined persons, as it does not re- quire a copy of the decree of a court prov- ing that the person seeking remarriage was the innocent party divorced on the ground of adultery. Bishop Doane's Proposition. ‘Phe canon proposed by the joint com- mission and advocated by Bishop Doane is as follows: Section 1. No minister shall solemnize a marriage the parties to which are within the degrees of consanguinity and affinity defined in the eighteenth chapter of the Book of Leviticus. Sec. 2. (i) It shall be the duty of minis- ters to admonish the people from time to time that the church discountenances clan- destine marriage. a Gi) No minister shall solemnize the mar- riage of any person who is a minor under a Rt. Rev. Thos. Fred*k Davies, D.D., LL.D., Bishop of Michigan. the law of the place of marriage, unless the parent or guardian of such minor is present, or shall have given written con- sent to the marriage or is permanently resi- dent in a foreign country. (ili) No minister shail solemnize a mar- riage except in the presence of at least two witnesses, himself or the witnesses be- ing personally acquainted with the parties. (iv) Every minister of the church shall, at the time of the marriage, record in the register of the parish in which the mar- riage takes place the name, birthplace, age and residence of each party, and such rec- ord shall be signed by the minister who performs the ceremony and by at least two witnesses of the marriage. Sec. 3. No minister of this church shall solemnize the marriage of either party to a aivorce during the lifetime of the other party. The Potter Amendment. Bishop Potter led the attack upon this canon Wednesday last, and succeeded in having section 1 laid on the table, section 2 reported, and the others adopted, after being amended as follows: Gi) No minister shall solemnize the mar- riage of any person who is a minor under the law of the place of marriage, unless the parent or guardian of such minor is present, or, where it is practicable, shall e given written consent to the mar- age. ili) No minister shall solemnize a mar- riage except in the presence of at least two witnesses, himself or the witnesses be- ing personally acquainted with the parties. (Gv). Every minister of the church shall, at the time of the marriage, record in the register of the parish or congregation in which the marriage takes place, or some other church register, the name, birthplace, age and residence of each party, and such record shall be signed by the minister who performs the ceremony, and by at least two witnesses of the marriage. Sec. 3. No minister of this church shall solemnize the marriage of either party to a ivorce during the lifetime of the other party, if the divorce has been granted for any cause arising after marriage. This Rt. Rev. Geo. Worthington, U.D., LL.D., Bishop of Nebraska, shall not apply to the innocent party in a divorce suit on his or her filing with the minister, as evidence of such innocence, a legally certified transcript of the record, showing a final judgment or decree of a court of record having jurisdiction on the subject matter, awarding him or her a di- vorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground of adultery. ‘The vote upon the third and last section, which was Bishop Potter's amendment as amended by Bishop Seymour, was 32 to 31, almost a tie. The Debate. Bishop Doane’s time to reveree his defeat came yesterday afterncon at 4 o'clock, when, by special order, consideration of the canon was resumed. Bishop Nelson of- fered to add to the second section as adopt- ed Wednesday the following: o minister of this church shall be obliged, under the previous section of this canon, to solemnize the marriage of any divorced person.” He argued that individually he was not In favor of divorce, and that, together with many others, he wished to be relieved from any obitgation which was repugnant to hie conscience. Other bishops advocated this view, and the addition was passed. Warm debate followed, in which Bishops McLaren, MeVickar, Seymour, Whipple, Satterlee, Rrown and Doane were foremost. Not a word came from Bishop Potter on the subject, as he had made no effort to rally voters or to influence opinion. When the amended canon was put to a vote as a whole it was defeated and fell to the ground. The impossibility of reconciling the various shades of opinion being plain to the bishops, they determined to let the present canon stand. The Present Canon. It is as follows: Canon 18—Seetion 1. If any person be Joined together otherwise than as God’s Word doth allow their marriage ts not law- ful. Sec. 2. No-minister, knowingly, after due inquiry, shall solemnize the marriage of any person who has a divorced husi wife still living, if such hushand =eltS has been put away for any cause arising after marri but this canon shall not be held to apply to the innocent party in a divorce for the cause of adultery, or to par- ties once divorced seeking to be united again. See. 3. If any minister of this church shall have reasonable cause to doubt whether a person desirous of being admit- ted to holy baptism, or to confirmation, oF to holy communion, has been married oth. erwise than as the Word of Gad and the discipline of this church allow, such minis. ter, before receiving such person to these ordinances, shall refer the case to th bishop for his godly judgment thereupoi provided, however, that no ister shall (Continued on Third” AMERICANS IN CUBA}T HE CUBAN DEBT JUBILANT AT PEACE Some Interesting Types of Our Coun- trymen in Havana. THE RIGHT SORT AND WRONG SORT Openings for Capitalists and En- ‘terprising Business Men. OVERCHARGES -- IMPOSITIONS (Copyright, 1898, by Chas. M. Pepper.) Special From a Staff Correspondent. HAVANA, October 15, 1898. He is coming up Obispo street. His slouch hat ts tilted so as to give him a mixture of the rakish cowboy and the Broadway swell in his appearance. His looks are seedy. He takes the whole of the narrow flagstone ledge, which on this fa- mous thoroughfare is called the sidewalk. The Spaniard whom he crowds off smiles and passes along. The Cuban scowls and mutters something about “El Americano.” The next man shoulders him off into the gutter, Instead of resenting it he intro- duces himself and opens up a conversation, for he has recognized a fellow countryman. He may elbow the Spaniard and irritate the Cuban, but he won't try it with any one from the states. “Bin in Kewby before?” he begins, af- fably. Then without waiting for a reply, “Good country, but I've got no use for these people. They're all gringoes. Poor cusses, I guess they mean well enough, but we'll have to run the place for ‘em. Don't have nothing to eat. I've been a week try- ing to get an American beefsteak.” He can get an American beefsteak at the French restaurant in the street with the Irish name, which ts called De O'Reilly, but it will cost $4. That amount is $3.75 beyond the capacity of his purse, so the probability is that he won't enjoy an Amer- ican beefsteak during his stay in “Ke fot “Can't get nothing to drink, either,” he continues. “Not a place in town where you can find real whisky. They said that barkeeper could) mix American drinks. Huh! He mixes nothing but dishwater.” While he may not be able to command the capital sufficient to buy a beefsteak he will always have the price of a drink about him. His comment on this subject may be accepted as authoritative. Amert- cans who are going to be on the island for any length of time will be no worse off for their inability to procure American drinks. The interesting personage who de- the lack in this respect dwells on ingly, and it is some Ume before he drifts to other subjects. These he discusses volubly and to his own satisfaction. In Cuba “On Business. He is here, he says, ‘‘on busines it is easy to see that the business is portant. It may be to combine the rail- roads, to form a syndicate to work the sugar plantations or to introduce a new brand of soft soap. Whatever it is, his op- erations will be conducted on a grand scale. Day after tomorrow he will be around try- ing to have a check for $50 on “my bank” shed. His bank Is likely to be at some crossroads in Indiana or North Dakota. The check won't be cashed and then he will disappear from view. i A friend who has lived long in South American countries tells me that this kind of a citizen from the states must be borne with for awhile, because he is certain to be here in large numbers. ‘He used to ap pear regularly,” says my informant, “at Valparaiso, at Lima, at Buenos Ayres and at other places. Usually he had been in Mexico and had picked up a smattering of Spanish. That was his excuse for coming further south. He was always seedy, al- w: despised the country to which he came, always had a big scheme on hand and always went broke when his check wasn’t cashed. He will overrun Cuba, but while he will be a nuisance no one here need be taken in. It’s the people in the states who want to look out for him and let his schemes alone.” The Right Sort. After Hstening for half an hour to the adventurer, it was refreshing to hear the cheery “hello” of a young fellow from te southwest. “Been some time since I saw you,” he said, as though it were only yes- terday. The time was eighteen months ago. It was the period when Weyler’s SWay was at its height and the future of Cuba was black as night. Yet this young man had presuaded the firm which em- ployed him—“the house,” as he called ii— to send him to the island to look into the chance of increasing its business. The headquarters, I think, were at Galveston. He had gone out into ths country, at some peril to himself and in the face of many * and is im- difficulties. After he came back and just before sailing, he told me the result of his observations. He was not a keen polftizal observer and he did not know whether Spain would re-establish her authority or not. But he knew yeace must come some day to the island, and he knew also that the trade between the United States and Cuba was going to be increased immense- ly. What was more, he had found where “the house” would have the prospect ot opening up new markets. So he was going back to make his rep»-t and walt. “I came nearly a month ago,” he said, in answer to my question. “I’ve been out in the country three or four times. I tell you it looks bad—worse than it did the other time. But they know it's all over now and everybody wants to be doing something. I expect to be taking orders all over the ts- land by spring. This winter we won't be able to do much, excent here in Havana, and we won't ship anything till those Span- iards are shoved out of the custom house. These Havana mercnants have lots of mon- ey and they want our gcods. The house is going to do a big Cuban business.” It is a rough guess of mine, but in a few years “the house’ will have a new partner or else an enterprising young American wil) be managing a Cuban busir:ess of his own. A Cynical 014-Timer. The Philadelphia coal merchant is an old stager. He has been selling coal in Ha- vana for a dozen years. The insurrection did not entirely interrupt his trade. Being well established, he is not an enthusiast on new enterprises. His ccmment on the new- comers is a trifle cynical ‘They want to tush into everything,” he says, “and think they'll have it all their own way, but they won't. They don’t seem to understand that other people have been doing business he-e for a jong while. Some of them imagine that they'll come down with a few thous- and dollars in October and go back in May with a million. I hope they all have re- turn tickets.” But while the Philadelphia coal merchant is cynical in speaking of his fellow country- men, or of some of them he does not deny that there are many opportunities for the employment of American capital... Wis warning against expecting to realize a for- tune immediately is sound. His talk was listened to by one of the American sugar planters, who has clung desperately to a plantation through three years of wreck and ruin. “‘Yes,” said this sugar plante~, “some ewill get their fingers burned and some will have their palms scorched. What of it? That happens at home. And you won't find them raking the hot chestnuts out of the fire for somebody else the second time. I tell them all to come and take their chances.” As proof that there are chances, even now, the experience of a capitalist from one of the southern states was related to ™me. “I wanted a cigar factory,” he said, Gen. Foster Says It is Preposterous to Saddle Tt on the United States, We Have a Better Claim on Spain for the Expenses of the War. In conversation with a Star reporter this afternoon General John W. Foster talked interestingly upon the subject of the Cuban war debt, regarded from its international and legal aspect. General Foster, from his long and conspicuous service in diplomatic affairs, is well equipped to discuss such a subject in such a manner. “There is no rule or usage in interna- tional law,” said General Foster, “which warrants a demand that the debt of a na- tion or province established by force of arms should follow it, especially in cir- cumstances like those of the present case. The so-called Cuban war debt was con- tracted by Spain in her attempts to crush the struggling Cuban government. Contracted Without Permission of Cuba. “It was contracted without the permis- sion of those upon whom it would fall now if the Cuban republic, when established, should be required to pay it. There is no principle of law or equity which would countenance requiring Cuba to assume a liability incurred by Spain for Cuba’s own undoing and for which Spain is still liable. “It would be different if Cuba, in nego- tiating for her freedom, had made a pro- vision for the debt as a part of the nego- tiations; or, if the United States had in negotiations with Spain for a peaceful set- tlement of the question required those who would profit by an immediate cessation of hostilities to assume some of th had guaranteed it. But that was not the case. Spain persistently refused to nego- tiate peacefully upon any terms which in- cluded the relinguishment of Cuba. “The case’ differs also from the annexa- tion and the peaceful acquirement of a territory or province. Then the couniry which absorbs the other may assume some of the debt, because it would not be just to extinguish a nation and leave the holders of its obligations without recourse. Still Retains Her National Existence. “But Spain, the maker of the Cuban cbligations, still retains her natfonal ex- istence. She is a debtor who can be found at any time, and the change im the govern- ment in Cuba does not wipe out the Span ish government. “As for the United States betne saddled with the debt, that is preposterous. We have a great deal better ground for claim upon Spain for the expenses of restoring peace in Cuba than Spain nas against us for the Cuban debt. We spent mofe money in the task than the amount of the Cuban debt.” ee CUBANS PERISH IN STORM Eight Persons Killed in the Province of Santa Clara. -- HAVANA, October 18.—Advices received here from Trinidad, province of Santa Clara, say great damage has been caused there by the recent storm. Many houses were swept away, eight persons were killed and a number of cattle were drowned by the overflow of the river. The design for the Spanish medal com- memorating the blockade of Havana ha been selected. It bears the motto, “Chari- tas civitas.” It will be of bronze. ‘She central telephone station here was destroyed by fire last night {n the midst of a tremendous rain storm, It appears that the electric light wires came in con- tact with the telephone wires and thus caused the conflagration. For a time the flames, driven by the wind, threatened to destroy the adjoining building, which is cecupied by the newspaper La Lucha. There 1s no communication by telephone in Havana today and there will not be any for some days to come. WHO IS THE JOKE ON? Richmond Times Prints an Interview With Coin Harvey. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 18.—Coin Har- vey sent to the Richmond Times, a gold d2mocratic paper, probably by mistake, a prepared interview with himself, accom- panied by a letter signed W. H. Harvey, general manager, and dated from the office of th> ways and means committee room, 1044 Unity building, Chicago, saying: “I have a request from two newspapers for a prepared interview, and it has occurred to me that you might use it, and I have had a cepy made for you. Yours is the only paper in your city that will get it. If I have done right I wish that you would say so, as I may assist you similarly in tne futur?.” The Times prints the letter and the inter- view together. The publication created con- siderable amusement ag well as exposing th methods of the “new democracy.” CONTROVERSY OVER PASSION PLAY, Bishop Penick and Rev.:H. H. Whar- ton the Participants. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 18—A news- paper controversy is going on here between Episcopal Bishop Penick and Rev. Dr. H. M. Wharton of Baltimore, who is conduct- ing a vitascope representatiofi of the Pas- sion Play to large audiences, th this city, in the interest of his orphanages! Bishop Penick holds that it 3s sa€rilegious to reduce the Lord and our id@as df His ap- pearance and noble acts to the Mvel of a Play suggestive of the ieee ‘@nd that our conceptions of God and pésonality should not be a subject for spéctactlar pro- duetions of any kind. Dr. aren comes back at him and the commufiity § taking great interest in the controvétsy. GORMAN PLEASED aT GuT#0oK. Maryland Senator Vinits Demflecratio Headquarters With a Cofftri®ation. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening star. BALTIMORE, Md., Octobe? 18=Senator Arthur P. Gorman was at derficcratic head- quarters today, where he p&esed several hours in conference with finent demo- crats from the city and counties. After the conference was over the senator ex- pressed his satisfaction at the outlook, and sald that he considered the prospects ex- cellent for carrying several of tle con- gressional districts. [t was reported around democratic headquarters that Mr. Gorman brought with him a large jcontribution to the campaign fund, w! report caused much satisfaction to thé: njen gathered there. - No Meeting of §; Cabinet. MADRID, October 18.—Tie premier, Senor Ssgasta, hav:ng to prepare a long dispatch to Senor Montero Rios, president of the Spanish peace commission, the cabinet council did noc meet today. Advices received here from Porto Rico say that all the high is there have token steos to become naturalized Amer- icans. Fi Chicago's Great Celebration Opened in Presence of Thousands. PRESIDENT M’KINLEY IS PRESENT Speechmaking by Noted Orators Was the Order of the Day. PRESIDENT PECK’S ADDRESS CHICAGO, October 18.—Eight thousand people packed within the walls of the Audi- tcrium building today witnessed the formal opening exercises of the national peace jubilee. All that had preceded today’s great meeting was merely preliminary in ils nature, and mest of it in honor of the President personally. Today, how2ver, the actual jubilee began. The weather was cold, damp, with lowering skies, and a raw wind blowing off the Jake compelled p2oplo to hug the lee side of buildings and seek warm corners; but the crowd was closely packed around the building fully an hour before the doors were op2n. The people came rapidly and long before the com- mencement of the exercises the great hall was packed from pit to dome. Th2 exercises opened with a short ad- dress by Chairman Chas. Truax of the jubilee committee, at the conclusion of which he introduced the presiding officer, Geo. R. Peck. Mr. Peck's address, which was greeted with great applaus2, was as follows: George BR, Peck’s Speech. “Fellow-citizens: This great assemblage of American citizens is profoundly signifi- cant of the feeling which pervades Amer- icen hearts, here and everywhere. It means something more than the mere pride of conquest; for beneath the jeyous exultation of victory is the deeper joy that with it has come. or is coming, a just, honorable and therefore a giorious peace. The triumphal arches that span our streets, the flags blending their colors in pictures of infinite beauty, are mo oquent than words to tell us that we live in heroic days. What lessons have come to in the brief space that separates y from the spring rronths of th ntful year! We have learned that our own kindred can be trusted to Keep unsullied their heritage from the f. We have learned that ccurage and faith can still lead men up slippery f only their country’s flag and their country nor go with them. We have learned that under a tropic sun fighting against all the elements that mai up the unspeakable savagery of war in th jungle. American valor stili rests serenely upon its own aunted heart. We have learned that the American s ard volunteer, white and black—is worthy of the uniform that he wears and of the cause that was given into his keeping. “We have heard, and all the worid has heard, how Dewey saluted the morning in the far-off orient, and lighted up the hazy waters of Manilla with such a sunrise a8 they had never seen before. We ave known a Fourth of July made more glori- ous by the tidings that came telling us how Sampson and Schley and Clark and and Philip and Wainwright, and the brave sajlors behind the guns and on the desks and down where the furnace nres were fiercely burning, fcll upon the Leviathans of Spain and sent them to the‘> doom al- most in the twinkling of an eye. The army and the navy, two erms of thar mighty giant, the American nation, have in equal measure struck unceasingly for the honor of their country and for the cause of a common humanity, which, in ils highes sense, means universal justice. ‘Tribute to the President. “One name, in the midst of all this pa- geantry, is in your thoughts, and your speak out before my lips can utter William McKinley, our Presi it.’ You know him for what he is—wise, patient, Kindly, generous, calmly judging that what is right is the highest statesmanship. How surely he knows, as he meets his country- men face to face, that the people always trust the leader who trusts his own con- science and theirs. We cannot yet say tnat all dangers are passed. Some storms may come, some waves roll high avout us; but we know a brave, strong and nonest cap- tain ‘will hoid the rudder true’ “Six months ago we welcomed wear in the thoughtful, solemn spirit which befits ¢n appeal to the sword. Today we wel coine peace and all its blessings. We have & ven good lives for it, and every life makes it more precious. Victory has vome to us in fullest measure. We have won ships and cannon and forts and arsenals. Cities have opened their gates and islands in both hemispheres have welcomed the arms end the institutions of freelom. But the Sreatest prize we have won, in its conse- juchces tu us as a people, is the supreme victory which north and suuth have won over each other. Long ago all sensible and patriotic people tn both sections knew that the hour would come. Today we hail it, in the assured faith that henceforth we march together to the same music, under the same flag end to the same destiny. Verily, this is the year of jubilee.” After Mr. Peck had terminated his ad- dress he introduced Mayor Harrison of Chi- cago, who delivered the formal address of welcome to President McKinley and the strangers who had come to Chicago to wit- ness the ceremonies, of jubilee week. ‘Welcome to the President. The President, who received a most en- thuslastic welcome as he entered the buila- ing, made no formal reply to the addresses of welcome, notwithstanding the loud calls that were made upon him for @ speech. Following the address of Mayor Harrison came Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul. Judge Emory Speer of Georgia followed with the closing address. During the afternoon five meetings were held in different parts of the city. A large meeting at Studebaker Hall was addressed by Albert K. Beveridge of Indianapolis and President Cyrus Northrop of the Univer- sity of Minnesota. At the Columbia ‘Thea- ter General Miles, General Henry M. Duf- field of Detroit and Booker T. Washington addressed an audience limited only by the sires oe os theater. 4 je First Regiment Armory Secret: James Wilson and Mayor David S. Rose of Milwaukee comprised the list of speakers. Samuel Gompers spoke at the Second Regi- mént Armory and Charles Emory Smith Sse! an address at North Side Turner The public schools, all of which were properly decorated, devoted the day to ju- bilee exercises and to hearing addresses by prominent educators and orators, —$<<—__. LIEUT. HOBSON'S RETURN. to Philadelphia to Wrecking Apparatus. Lieut. Hobson sailed yesterday from Cai- manera for the United States by way of Jamaica. Mr. Hobson comes to Philadel- phia primarily to obtain a number of appli- ances required for the wrecking operations now going on in the vicinity of Santiago. But another purpose to be served by his visit ts to redeem a promise made by Sec- retary Long to have Hobson and the little body of men who sunk the Merrimac pres- ent in Philadelphia during the peace jubi- lee. He should arrive in Philadelphia by the beginning of next week, and it is said at the Navy Department that he will re- turn to Santiago as soon as he has obtain- Goes Obtain ed the material he wants Meanwhile it fs understood the work of attempting to raise the Colon will proceed, as will also the wrecking of the other sunken Spanish shtps, which work, according to the last reports to the department, has yielded profitable returns in the shape of ordnance and other valuable ship equipment se Representative Alexander Believes That Roosevelt Will Be Elected. Representative Alexander of New York, who was here today visiting the depart- ments, says that Roosevelt will get a very heavy vote up in the state, and that he thinks he will be elected. “Nobody knows,” he said, “what the re- sult will be, but I have no doubt of M Roosevelt's election. He will get a heavy vote ‘up-state.’ In the cities he will prob- ably be cut some, but in the country he will have a strong vote. In Buffalo he will likely be cut, and in Rochester and 2- cuse, but a great many democrats a g0- ing to vote for him, probably enough to offset any losses.” “What gains are the democrats going to make in Congress from New York?" was asked, “I do not know about that. They will make no gains up in the state, but I am told that our folks apprehend that the democrats may gain something in New York c' When asked what he thought of the situ- ation with respect to the peace nc tions at Paris Mr. Alexander repli he could judge of that situation by news- paper dispatches only. “The Spanish commissioners c: cannot be surprised at the attitude of t country. If this government insis relinquishment by Spain of the Phi that is no more than the Spanish every reason to expect. The press of this country has said hardly anything else than that Spanish sovereignty would have to be relinquished, and the expressions of pub- lic sentiment have been in that direction. The Spanish cannot have been desvived 28 to the situation on that point. As to the Cuban debt, Spain can certainly uot believe that there was ever a possibility of our suming it. It has been very clear all along that that was impossible. We have no use for this debt, and will not accept it as a re- sult of the war. Neither can there be any misunderstanding in the matter of sover- eignty over Cuba. This governmen: from the first disavowed any intention of clzim- ing sovereignty, and there is no ground for Spain to infer that when she relinquished her sovereignty by signing the protocol it Was to be assumed-by this governmen Complaints Against Immigrant In- Spector Robinson Investigated. Acting Secretary Spaulding of the treas- ury has dismissed the charges made some time ago against Lewis H. Robinson, im- migrant inspector at Baltimore. In a Jet- ter to Commissioner Hennighausen, how- ever, Gen. Spaulding censures the adminis- tration of the Baltimore office as caraless in many ways. at the same time disapproy- ing of the conduct of Inspector Robinson. The charges against Inspector Robinson were investigated by Special Agents Pow- ers and M tee. It was claimed that Mr. Robinson received presents of various kinds from immigrant ships and that he and the other officials at the immigration office drank wines and ligvors given to them by: officials of these ships. Commissioner Powderly was in favor of mor radical action, and believed that the investigation of the charges made was not thorough. ———_—__+o+_______ GEN. YOUNG IN THE CITY. In Conference Over the Movement of His Division to Augusta. Major General M. R. Young, recently as- signed to the command of the Ist Division of the 2d Army Corps, now in camp at Middletown, Pa., was at the War Depart- ment today, accompanied by Major W. K. Wright, commissary of subsistence, of his staff, for a confer2nce with the officials in regard to the proposed movement of his division to Augusta, Ga. ————_+2+ 3 ____ THE CAMP AT SAVANNAH. It Will Be Made as Nearly Perfect as Possible. The probabilities are that the 7th Army Corps will not move from Jacksonville to Savannah just at present, nor until com- plete arrangements have been made for the new camp. At prerent the army author- {ties are looking to the construction of sewers, increased water supply and ma‘- ing the camp as absolutely perfect as pos- sible fer occupation by the troops. So far as known there is no intention to delay the embarkation of troops to Cuba, and although the 7th Corps may not remain leng at Savannah, it is the desire of the authorities to have a good camp at Savan- nah, as that place has been selected as the place of embarkaticn for Cuba SS COMMISSIONER JONES SUCCESSFUL. All the Indians buat One Will Sar- render. The following dispatch from Indian Com- missioner Jones was received here this am: WALKER, Minn., October 17. Secretary of Interior:. Held a final council with the Indians at Bear Camp today. All but one will sur- render Wednesday. They will assist the marshal in capturing this renegade. Be- lieve that the trouble is all over. Have agreed to attend the court at Duluth with the prisoners. I am not likely to be home for a week. ——- + e+ SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADR The Navy Department Decides to Re- Establish It. The gunboat Wilmington will shortly start for Rio de Janeiro for duty on the south Atlantic station. The United States has had no naval representation on that station since the withdrawal of the cruiser Cincinnati and the gunboat Castine at the outbreak of the Spanish war. The Navy Department has decided to re-establish the south Atlantic squadron, and other vessels will follow the Wilmington to that station. ++ 0 + TO PROTECT THE KAISER. Police Detective Commissioner Witt- mer Starts for the Orient. BERLIN, October 18.—Police Detective Commissioner Wittmer has been dispatched to the orient for the special protection of Emperor William of Germany. A number of the German newspapers demand that special measures be taken against anarchiste in Germany, in conse- quence of the discovery at Alexandria of the plot to assassinate Emperor William and King Humbert of Italy. ee FISHER'’S CONDITION SERIOUS. Richmond Street Railway Manager Who Was Assaulted Yesterday. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 18.—The con- ition of Geo. B. Fisher, general manager of the Richmond Reilway and Electric ‘Company, who was assaulted yesterday by former Conductor 8. L. Hobson, is more se- rious than at firet thought. Dr. Michaux, surgeon for the company, made a more careful examination this morning and dis- covered indications of a fracture of the skull at the base of the brain. Hobson was arraigned in the police court this morning. Intense interest was mani- tested in the case, the court room being filled by a large crowd of people, who came oie teaert ren postponed to await the 0 a re- sult of Mr. Fisher’s injuries. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star in Washington is more than double that of any other paper, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands uncqualed and un- approachable. Peace Commissions in Paris Divide on Cuban Debt Question. SPAIN'S POINT OF > SOVEREIGNTY relates Claims the Debt Must Pass With Right to Rule. JUDGE DAY’SSPIRITED REPLY PARIS, October reviews 18.—The Gaulots esterdey's session of the joint peace commissions, and, referring to :he delay caused by the difference in the Jan- guage spoken by the commissioners, adds; today “But, according to the Spantards, the main cause of the difficulty encountered in the negotiations comes from the lack of concilfation in tbe attitude of the American commission. Rico a It ts known in regard to Porto d Cuba that the articles of the pro- tocol are absolutely positive—Spain rto Rico to the United States and relin- quishes (abandons) sovereignty over These two points are definitely weit! ies uba. a and are not open to discussion. Besides, the Spaniards make it a polat of honor to scrupulously abide by their engagements toward their conquerors. he question of the Cuban dobt remains, Upon which power should the onerous oblie gation of guarantecing the debt rest? Here 1s where the two commissions differ in their views, and neither is inciined to yield, The Spaniards agree on the following lince: When a power annexes territory it is im- plied that it assumes all the obligations previously of such territory. It is inter- national law, sanctioned by usage und Which has always been complied with, Thus, when France annexed Savoy, she assumed all the debts contracted by the latter while still an Italian provinc Cuba a Strategic Point. “Lastly, they remind their opponents that Cube is virtually the key of the Gulf of Mexico, @ strategic position of the first! order to the United States and an immense advantage, which calls for some sacrifice pon the part of the Americans. “To this the latter replied at first that they could not Nsten to any discus of thé matter of the debt, being under formal in- structions from their government. Lut on the Spanish commisston insisting, and in the presence of its very firm attitude, the Americans nave taken @ more conciliatory attitude; not that they entertain the tne tention of yielding to Spain's injunctions, but they consent to argue against the Span- ish position. These arguments may be briofly summed up as follow “The Americans instst upon the fact that the money raised by the Cuban loans was not applied to the requirements or ests of the island, but was chiefly borrowed to the end of improving the financial con@{- tion of Spain, and to procure funds she could no longer raise in the peninsula, ana that the debt, therefore, is personal to Spain. “On the other hand, the Americans say that America has no intention of annexing Cuba. and could not, therefore, assume such obligations. Talk of Arbitration. “Finally, it ts held that, owing to the fabulous cost of the late war, the American people would not concede the right to thus assume such obligations. “These are, approximately, the grounds on which the present discussions are con- ducted. What will the outcome be? ‘Certain newspapers have considered the possibility of referring the difference to the arbitration of a continental power. Neither commission has yet suggested such a solu- tion; but. on the other hand, we have good grounds to belfeve that, even were the sug- gestion acceptable to Spain, it would Fave no chance of being agreed to by the Americans.” Conference Reaches a Cri A dispatch to a London news from Paris yesterday sa; “Today the peace conference reached @ crisis for the first time. Judge Day pre- sented the demands of the American com- mission in threatening words. He said that delay was the only possible object attaina- ble by the persistent efforts of the Spanish commissioners to saddle the United States with the Cuban debt, and would be toler- ated no longer, as the United States would neither assume nor guarantee any part of the debt. “The Spaniards replied that this placed Spain in @ position of repudiating or of re- ducing the face value of the Cuban bonds from 560 to 60 per cent, paying only half the stipulated interest on the reduced value. Before they would adopt either al- ternative they would surrender to the United States Xne entire Philippines. Will Demand Philippines, Too. “Judge Day responded that the surrender of the Philippines would probably be de- manded, irrespective of the Cuban or any other debt. “This, to the Spaniards the first intima- tion of the intentions of the United States as to the Philippines, resulted in a whis- pered conference, followed by a request for an adjournment in order to communicate with Madrid. : “Judge Day said that President McKinley had instructed him to demand the entire surrender of Porto Rico tomorrow (Tues- day) and the delivery of every town to the United States officers before midnight, to- gether with the evacuation of Havana on or before November 1, when the United States would be at the gates of the city ready to take possession. “There was no alternative offered in the case of either of these demands, and the session conseguentiy was very brief. The American commissioners have received, dis- patches from Washington indicating that the administration is irritated and indig- nant over the delay of the Spanish commis- stoners.” Rejected Sovereignty Over Cuba. The Paris correspondent of the Times says: “At the sitting of the peace commission this (Monday) efternoon the American com- missioners ofMficially—and it would seem Gefinitely—rejected the idea of accepting sovereignty over Cuba for the United States. The Spanish commissioners there- upon remarked that Spain having aban- doned such sovereignty under pressure from the United States, and the United States having denied that sovereignty henceforth belongs to them, Cuba is de facto in e@ state of anarchy, as an inter- mission of sovereignty cannot be viewed in any other light. 3 nats without sccepting soverelguty, tne that, it accepting so" y, the Untted States considered themsecives de- puted and bound to maintain security for all the inhabitants, that they would not fafl to introduce and uphold order, and, in short, that they would do all thet was necessary to put the island as speedily as possible in a state of normal organization, to be transformed at the earliest moment inte a =p oy eeaeced satisfactory for the security 0: “Upon this the Spanish commissioners, with what seemed logic. promptly replied that by the fact of the declaration just made them, and the United States un- dertaking to restore legality, order and se- curity, the United States were invested with veritable sovereignty, and consequent- ly could not refuse to accept the conses quences of such seeing that agency