Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1898, Page 1

_——— THE EVENING STAR. — = PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEIT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. {1th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFS MANN, Pres't. 5 Ps Potter Sui day Few York 071 ed to sabserth Da Star Is se -aaywhere in t prepasd 90 cents jast be pafd in advance. known on appliztion. FOUR NEW BISHOPS Custodians of Missionary District Nominated, Interesting Statistics of the Last Three Years. Desire for Peaceful Alliance With Great Britain. CZAR OF RUSSIA THANKED clergymen of the o have had a bish ir clerical bonn ention began were re ment this afternoon of the by the he ishops, for of Brazil P nd missionary bishop Sacramento, Boise and North Dakota missionary jurisdic he vacan- jurisdiction of eville, where Va it's palatial I will t 4 by nominatic Toen and election on Personal Sketches. Lee Kinsolv was born He as and Kinsolving of ated at the Epis- and gradu- being the k a coruse in & is a rs Re. Miss Alice Brown of are family. He re- in 1807 and raised New J $10,000 with much his eountry tilt, quence 2dmiration as a possessing str and the . Portsmouth, Va., . earnest C 1 was bi © Western beginning hicago mission, he three ars he er priest b He built on nce then he edifice, St. Peter's | th side of Chica Ts 1.000 commu: yman, and and | i i nh Williams nd Bishop assistant ri ISS4 to SSS Good to IS jteblished there. | which 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. CENTS, | TWO uty from Califernia in the present conven- tion. Sacrament Administered. bishops began the day with holy com- 9 o'clock in St. John’s Church. op Wilmer was the celebrant, isted Bt Doane, Tuttle and Peterkin. At 10 o’clock, in the church, the bishops went into secret session to nominate bish- but the edifice was so cold that at ave up the effort there and ad- The ¥ journed to Epiphany Church, where they completed their at 1 o'clock. They yoted to nominate a missionary Rt. Rey. Alfred Magill Randolph, D. D., Bishop of Southern Vi bishop for Asheville at 4 and resolved to ask the deputies for a com- mittee of conference with regard to the di- vision of the single three dioce They also received a report from the committee on the nomination of rand for the board of missions. The deputies’ resolution to adjourn next Tues- € s referred to the committee on di patch of business. ssioner to Brazil. Co In a few days a Spanish-speaking clerg: mai of the Epi 1 Church will be to Porto Rico, and Cuba and the Philip- pines will receive attention when the peace commission ends its labors. In addition, the church has resolved to elect a bishop for Brazil. 4 a national Episcopal church will be former eventually in that republic in connection with the mother church in America. This is to be found cfficially declared in a resolution adopted late yesterday evening » of bishops in convention. s as follows: ereas the house of bishops hd da memorial from certain presby and laymen in communion with this c’ and resident in the state of Rio known making n of a bis W of the co: scopal functions in Sul, in the foreign country of United States tion for t provided in as to exercise €} sight of certain congre gathered to be gathered in the sa Grande do Sal Brazil, id state and the ten thereto That the house of bishops grant ion, and will at once proceed. to presiding bishop ion of a bishop provided that a ishops of this chure’ seeration; and pro elected sh: . bind himself to the representing for this of bishops, to be amen- on and canons of the Chureh of America, Rt. Rev. Thomas Augustus Jagear, D. D., Bishop of Southern Ohio. sonal conduct and his episce t of the territory un- der rharge; which obligation sha!l ter- m. hen there s ted by ll be three bishops house of bishops resi- dent ! exercising jurisdiction in the Ur Brazil, and by their joint action yal church shall be estab- lished. About seven S ago four American al clergymen went to Brazil on wn hook to establish churches, but dging the spiritual oversight of an church. The presiding bish- i. Rev. John Williams, confided their te the bishop ot West iVrginia, from time to time visited them churches increased to the num- of twelve, the cther rectors being who were ordained by the bishop Virginia, or the English bishop of 1 Islands, who has the over- I the scatt>red sh churches America, although having no er these churches in particular, Some ago, acting upon the advice of friends in this country, the rectors in Bra- Ww up a@ petition, above mentioned, d that Rev. Lucian E. Kinsolving, one time resided in this city, be ccnsecrated bishop for them, and that they be allowed to enter into communion with the American church under a concordat or agreem>nt acknowledging her final author- ity. his petition was received by the bishops and referred to a committee, who later brought in a favorable report. This was antagonized very strongly, the general sen- ment being against the erection or estab- lishment of any more natioral churches. It was pointed out that the expertment with such a church in Mexico had been a 1ilure and that Bishop Riley had to be eposed, and it Was shown that the similar church in Hait! was not a source of pride to its American mother. Other bishops de- clared that it was dangerous to erect such organizations without retaining an imme- diate and absolute control of them, such as was not contemplated by the petition, and that the young Brazilian rectors were try- ing to jump before they could walk. Finally the whole matter went to a sub- committee to consider a preposition to elect shop as for a foreign country or a mis- ary bishop for a jurisdiction to be es- y reported mentioned, 7 yesterday the resolution which was adopted. It to elect a missionary to discourage the Bra- anxlous for self-govern- iso would throw the election irto the house of deputies for concurrence, the bishops did not desire. On the ner hand, to send them a bishop es for a fereign country would please them nd en- age them to put themselves soon into p could claim recognition - 48 a national church. Be- section would be made by the ly. Therefore the last proposi- > would ser zilian churches ment, and esterday adopted the church it passed the deputies. (Continued on Third Page) Questions of Taxation and Customs for the Annexed Islands. SAME BASIS AS THE UNITED STATES Some Figures Presented by Assist- ant Secretary Howell. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS The problem Congress will have to wres- tle with tn the annexation of Hawaii and Porto Rico, and probably of the Philippines, is going to be one which officials in the various departments recognize as a big one. The short session of Congress will be una- ble to dispose of this and all other im- portant and necessary business, it is thought by many, thereby necessitating an extra ion after the 4th of March. Porto Rico's finances will be no more dif- ficult to deal with than the questions of taxation—customs, internal revenve, etc. The same problem will apply to Hawai and with much more seriousness to the Philippines, if they come permanently un- der the flag. The Case of Porte Rico. The Constitution provides that all im- , duties and taxes shall be uniform throughout the United States. This was commented upon today by a prominent administration official. He said that if the new acquisitions of Uncle Sam are to be treated as different from home territory the Constitution will have to be amended by Congress. lf there is no amendment to the Constitution Porto Rico, for example, wiil share the same customs and internal revenue laws as the balance ot the country. Exports from the United States to Porto Rico will go to that country Without customs duties and imports from there to the United States will come in without duty. As to Hawaii, Congress provided that those islands should rematn under their old form of government until a change was made by tne legislative body of this coun- try. Porto Rico wili temporarily remain under a military form of government. As a matter of fact, Porto Rico is not legally territory of the United States. Only Con- gress bas the power to annex territory. the annexation of the island will be pro- Vided by Congress, which must also provide Jaws and government. Imports and Exports. Assistant Secretary Howell of the treas- ury some figures of the imports and exports of Porto Rico. These figures show that the total revenues collected by the island in 1803-'94 were $3,614,608, of which $2,129,800 were from customs. The ex- penses the seme year were $3,592,707. Heretofore Spain has sent to Porto Rico the bulk of her goods. In 1805, for imstance, the imports to Porto Rico were $16,156,000. Spain sent 50 per cent of this, the United i 15 per cent and Great Britain 10 per cent. The imports from the United States consisted largely of flour and pickled pork, other things being lard, corn meal, vegetabl butter, cheese, bread and } cotton goods and machinery. Many of these items, however, did not aggre- gate much over $10,000, The value of the flour sent in was $734,000 and of pickled pork, $30,000, ‘The tables will naturally be turned in the future and the United States will furnish the bulk of the good geing to the island. Porto Rico exported less goods than she imported. Her total exports in 1805 were StH, pain getting #0 per cent of uba 25 per cent, the United States sent and Great Britain, Germany and 10 per cent each. Coffee, sugar, tobacco and honey are the largest items of export, coffee making up over half the amount. The value of the coffee sent out of Porto Rico in 1895 was $8,789,788. Sugar was valued at $047,401, tobacco at $645,- 000 and honey at $517,000. Situation Expected to Improve. omparatively the business of the island small and insignificant, but under the guidance of Uncle Sam the situation will guickly improve. The exports and im- ports will both increase. Assistant Secretary Howell may make a trip to Porto Rico this winter to investi- gate the customs business of the Island. He is one of the best posted men on cus- toms matters in the United States, and handles all business of this kind in the treasury. He has not yet decided whether it will be necessary to make the trip. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip some time ago decided, as then announced in The Star, that he would visit Porto Rico this fall to look into the financial situation. He may get away next month after Secretary Gage returns to the city. ‘All of the treasury officials are posting themselves on Porto Rican affairs, as the business of the island will come largely under that department in the future. + 0+____—— SITUATION IN PORTO RICO. Ministers of the Former Government Tender Their Resignations. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, October 20.—The city remains orderly and all is quiet else- where. Major General Brooke 1s installed in the palace and Brigadier General Henry remains as commander of the district of Ponce. Brigadier General Grant has been appointed commander of the district of San Juan. Senors Rivera, Blanco, Lopez and Car- bonnel, ministers of the insular govern- ment, have tendered their resignations to General Brooke, stating that they will per- form their functions, if desired, until their uccessors are appointed. “vphe first general orders issued by General Brooke has been well received by the eople. PThe post office here under American aus- pices is being established with all possible haste. United States Special Commissioner Car- roll arrived here yesterday on board the steamer Panama. —— YELLOW FEVER SITUATION. Some New Cases Daily, but General Trend is Better. JACKSON, Miss., October 20.—The yellow fever situation in Mississippi 1s improving, though reports from infected points still show quite a number of new cases daily. It ia confidently expected, however, that it will gradually decrease and the epidemic will soon be a thing of the past. The weather is somewhat warmer, but it is believed another frost will come before new op. test x"new cases developed in Jackson yes- tera ometal report of the stat® board of health shows eighteen new cases and three deaths in the balance of the state. ————— Klondike Output $8,000,000. SEATTLE, October 20.—The receipts of the Seattle assay office and the San Fran- cisco mint of the clean-up of the season's output of Klondike gold are $8,000,000. Su- perintendent Wing of the former said that his office had taken in $4,400,000 and the San Francisco mint $3,800,000. Bestdes this it 1s estimated that dust equaling $500,000 was sent to Philadelphia, Denver and Hele- na. The local assay office has advices of a single consignment of $663,000 now en route A WEIGHTY PROBLEMIALL A CHINESE JOKE Reported Marriage of Li Hung Chang to Empress Dowager. ————_+-—_—_ MANCHURIAN RAILWAY'S TROUBLES Storms in the Orient Destroy Life and Property. JAPAN WORST SUFFERER eee VANCOUVER, B. C., October 20.—Re- garding the rumor2d marriage of Li Hung Chang and the empress dowager, the China Mail, which arrived on the steamer Em- press of Japan, says: “Li Hung Chang and the empress dowager are reported to have be2n married at Sinfa Temple on the morn- ing of September 22. They at once proceed- ed to Tien Tsin, destroying the railroad track behind them as the traveled, to prevent pursuit. The smperor was furious. The happy pair will, {t is surmised, spend the honeymoon at Fort Arthur. Paviloft is jubilant.” The very wording of the supposed dis- patch proves that it ts a joke and a poor one at that. W. C. Jack of the Hong Kong ana Whampoa Dock Company has left Hong Kong for Manila, for the purpose of report- ing on the possibility ‘of raising some of the Spanish vessels sunk by the American fleet on May 1. Great Britain is strengthening her po- sition. The China Mafl learns that four new gunboats will soon be sent out to Hong Hong in sections to be fitted up in the dock yards. The names of the gunboats are the Woodlark, Woodcock, Sandpiper and Snipe. One boat will make her headquar- ters at Shanghai and one at Canton, while the remaining two will be retained in the fleet reserve at Hong Kong. Amur Miners in Revolt. Two thousand Amur gold miners who were reported by the la§t mail as being in active opposition to the Manchurian rail- way being built by Rusgians have been re- inforced by 5,000 disbamded soldiers, and a rising appears imminent! A dispatch from Talgeh says that on the night of September 25-abeut 400 rebels at- tacked a district office wt Sankakuyu, but were repulsed after a desperate fight. Sep- tember 26, 300 rebels adwamced to Dojo, with a view of attacking Bangho, but Japanese troops having already prrived at Bansho the rebels began to r t. The Japanese soldiers advanced fromall directions and attacked the Anzo headquarters of the reb- els and burned a num @f villagés. Many rebels were killed. Tokio was recently invaded by a hungry army of 6,000 distressed farmers from the Ashio copper mine distriet, who petitioned for an extension of the period of tax ex- emption and for a national subsidy to eke their village exchequers, Prince Henry of Prussia is being well re- eS | ceived in Siberia. Disastrous Stormp iff Orient. Disastrous typhoons, sand storms and ficcds have caused a fearful loss of life and property in the orient. In the district watered by the river Feng in Japan, hun- dreds of villages have been swept away and 2,000 people have been drowned. An- other report says 280 towns are under water. Thousands ef refugees are flock- ing to the cities. The Ishikari river has also overflowed, drowning over 1,000 peo- ple. Seven prefectures were destroyed. In a terrible typhcon off Formosa, hap- pening the same time as the floods, great damage to shipping was done. At Temani eight junks were wrecked and a hundred lives lost. Twelve junks were driven to sea and lost. The steamer Renso Maru was piled up on shore. Among the ships wrecked was the Amer- ican bark Comet. The crew were saved. The steamer Cowrie is partially wrecked. The French steamer Hoihow is wrecked on the beach near Amoy. The German steam- Trinidad, formerly of the Cunard Line, was abandoned in the open sea. Homeward-bound passengers state that they passed through twenty miles of abandoned wrecks, chiefly Chinese junks. The loss of life must have been enormous. A dispatch from Vancouver, B. C., ye: terday says: Newspapers received here by the steamer Empress of Japan, which ar- rived this morning trom Hong Kong#and Yokohama, publish the amazing statement that Li Hung Chang and the Dowager Empress of China have been secretly mar- ried. ——~— BUTLER’S NOMINATION INVALID. Judge Simonton Decides Contention in Sixth Pennsylvania District. HARRISBURG, Pa., Qetober 20.—Judge Simonton of the Dauphin county court has filed an opinion, in which he holds that the certificate of nomination: of Representative. ‘Thomas 8. Butler, who claims the republi- can nomination in the sixth district, is in- valid, because he was not regularly nom!- nated. Butler's certificate was objected to by ex-Representative John B, Robinson ot Delaware county, who has filed nomination papers as an independent candidate. Butler has also filed nomination papers, and the Dauphin county court will now decide whose name snall be placed on the officla: ballot. Representative Builer’s certificate was ebjected to.on the ground that the three Delaware county conferees were not pres- ent when the nomination was made, one having resigned before the conference was held. The court holds that Delaware county was not given the proper represen- tation. and that the momimation is there- fore invalid. The sixth congressional dis- trict 1s composed of Chester and Delaware counties. and the present contention be- tween Representative Butler and ex-Rep- resentative Robinson pens up the thrce- cornered fight of two years ago. with the same candidates in the feNi—Butler, Rob- inson and Berry. The datter is a free silver democrat. and while the, Bresent fight in- creases Berry's changes fet being elected, it 18 not believed he cam cary the district. BRILLIANT WEDDING aT DETROIT. — Ethel Rust Hay Magwies Heirs Stew- ard ee DETROIT, ‘Mich., Oetober 20.—A special. to the Journal from Sagitiaw, Mich., says: A brilliant society weiding toox place last evening, when Ethel Rust Hay, daughter of Mrs. Martha Hay A, ‘was married to Henry Stewart McKee of ‘Los Aageles, Cal. The ceremony was solemnized at the Court Street Presbyterian Churoh by Fev. Charles B. Bronson, after which x reception, large- ly attended, was tendered the bride and icp i nee hae aeeratae son of Mr, an E. McKee, formerly well ‘know: in Wash- ington, D. C., ae. circles. Miss Hay's father was the late James Htiy, a well- known Saginaw Valley multi-ml! ee ——_.+—— Return of Postmaster Kempner. Louis Kempner, postmaster a: Sentiago, arrived in Washingtcn today cm a farlough, Mr. Kempner went to Cuba in thé early days of ths campaign and rend¢ted the de- partment valuable se! post office. He Minted, savers! ai apa in Cuba ‘and will embody. his views in a re- port to the Postmaster General in @ short ‘ume. 2 SITUATION IN LUZON General Otis Reports That It Has Somewhat Improved. DEWEY’S REPORTED NAVAL FIGHT The Report Received With Abso- lute Incredulity. NO INSURGENT NAVY ————— LONDON, October 20.—The Madrid cor- respondent of the Times says: “Captain Aunon, the minister of marine, hes received a dispatch from Manila an- nouncing a naval ergugement between the Americans and the rebels, in consequence of Admiral Dewey forbidding the latter to fly the rebel flag from their ships. The dispatch adds that there were on both sides, but that the Americuns captured the rebel ships. “The scene of the engagement stated, but it is supposed to have Manila bay.” MADRID, October 20.—The cabinet has decided te forward to the Spanish peacc been commissioners at Paris the ofiieial di Tecelved yesierday ftcm Manila. reporting an engagement between the American and insurgent warships growing out of the re- fusal of Admiral Dewey to allow the in- surgents to fly their flag from their ships. The dispatch says that Admiral Dewey having forbidden the Ts to hoist the Philippine flag apon their vessels, a serie of fights ensued, resulting in | on both sides, General Otis has cabled the War Depart- ment quite a long dispatch regarding the conditions in Manila and the Philippines. The dispatch contains matter which bear on the negotlaticns pending in Paris, and will be cabled to the United States peace commissioners today. The Secretary of War made public the following extract from the report: “Situation In Luzon somewhat improved. Influence of Filipinos of education and Property not desiring indepencent govern- ment, but hostile to Spain, gaining ascend- ency in revolutionary councils. Promising nothing but enforcing the law. Complica- ticns seriously affect interisiand commerce and diminish revenue. Affairs progressing favorably, though sick report increasin: owing mostly to carelessness of enliste: men. Health of officers good. Condit mn of city and facilities for quartering troops improving. Fever decreasing. Intestinal troubles about the same. Many slight ail- ments; smallpox apparently arrested. Dur ing the month twenty-eight dea hs—eight smallpox, eight typhoid fever, five malarial and intestinal complaints, three acci- dental.” Gen. Otis Freely Expresses Himself. There was much more in General Otis’ dispatch, but the depariment did not con- sider it prudent to make it public just at this time, pending the settlement of the question of the disposition of the Philip- pines by the peace commissioners at Paris It is understood that General Otis expre: es himself freely in regard to the present political condition of the tslands and the best course to follow for their future gov- ernment. The Reported Na Battle. The sensational Spanish report in the morning papers of a naval battle between Admiral Dewey's vessels and the insurgent navy in the Philippin, received with ab- solute incredulity in the State, War Departments. If there ha recent action Admiral Dewey ha failed 10 mention it, and neither Gen. Otis nor United States Consul Wildmann has regarded it as worthy of notice. It ts believed at the Navy Department that the Spanish authorities refer to the seizure of the little steamer Abby by the McCulloch, on September 23 last. | This steamer of American register, though formerly known as the Pasig. It was re- ported to Admiral Dewey that she was bringing arms and supplies of war to the insurgents. He sent the McCulloch to stop this movement, but when the cutter found the Abby in Batanzas bay the latter vessel had landed her cargo of arms, and the in- surgents refused to give them up. There- upon the Abby was seized and taken by the McCulloch tc Manila. This affair could not be dignified with the name of a naval en- gagement, ¢nd Admiral Dewey in reporting the seizure to the Navy Department made Aittle of it, Possibly Some Unimportant Affair. It 1s just possible that there have been some similar incidents not deemed worthy of report in the tslands of Cebu or Pana as it has been reported that some insur- gent vessels have been carrying arms to spread the insurrection in those islands and Dewey would have repressed them. But the reports to the Navy Department show that it 1s absurd to speak of an insurgent navy seriously, for the entire force ¢ sists of a few schooners, and one or wwe little coasting steamers, ‘altogether not a match for the least of the vessels under Dewey's command. The explanation of the admiral's interference with these ve in their operations in a desire on his part maintain the status quo in the Philippines pending the conclusion of the peace com. mission's work in Parts. It is said here ther it is not surprising that the Spanish cabinet is trying to make much of any in- cident that can be twisted into a demon- stration of actual hostilities between the occupying American forces in the Philip- pines and the insurgents, for that would tend to sustain the contention they are sure to put forward when the Philippines ques- tion comes up for consideration before the Paris commission, that the United States forces have never been able to take Posses- sion of and hold territory outside of Ma- nila proper. Under the rules of interna- tional law, such a point would be entitled to serious consideration in determining what disposition should be made of terri- tory in dispute. Spanish Officers to Be Paroled. ‘The Secretary of War sent a cable mes- ‘Sage this afternoon to Major General Otis, in command of the military forces at Ma- nila, authorizing him to parole twenty Spanish officers, now in his custody as pris- oners of war. Application for the parole of these officers was made by the Spanish authorities to General Otis and he referred the question to the War Department. It 43 understood that the prisoners desire to return to Spain. + 2+ HILARITY AT AN EXECUTION. Children Play With Headless Tranks of Decapitated Chinese. VANCOUVER, B. C., October 20.—Ac- cording to the latest advices by mail from China, eight subordinate leaders of the Kwangski rebellion have been beheaded at Wu Chow. They were carried in baskets through the principal streets as a warning pectacle, amidst laughter and jeers of men, women and children. ‘Ten thousand people witnessed the de- capitation and made it a gala day. Little children copied their parents, who joked at the dying rebels a second before the ax fell. When all was over the children played among the headless, bleeding corpses and made sport with the black, disfigured heads. Mandarins and headsmen improvised a 4 | sort of May pole, and of the the h | rebels were placed on top in t the chil- aren dancing around them. The governor advised mandarins to make the be! festive as pos t for the re ple. A banquet was after The Japan Mail says a petition has by sent to the government by foreign consuls requesting that beheading be discontinued. nen ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 11. ading n Another Sesston of the Labor Com- mittee on Procedure. ‘The committee on procedure of the indus- trial commission met w o'clock at the Capitol, fter a n lasting a couple of hours adjourned it November 1, when they will meet to com- plete their recommendations regarding the scope and plan of the work to be c: on by the commission. The com signed work under different heads this morning at nd among its members, who will report at the next meeting of the committee. Carroil D. Wright bure superintendent of th u of labor, wa morning for so’ committee their homes except Mr. rary secretary, who w the com: ion's building in order for begiy when the commission month, me will prob. CHAPLAIN McINTY REDS 8 TENCE. It Has Reen Approved by the Secre- tary of th Navy. The Secretary of the Navy has approved the action of the and convicted Chz which MeIntyre for publicly eriticising uet of Admical Sampson and Captain Evans at the batt of Santiago. The chaplain w entenced to dis vy. The case will now go to jent, and it rests him to exec ndify the sentence. ———— SLOAN RIDES A DEAD HEAT. The Race Wax for 1,000 Sovereigns at Sandown Vark. LONDON, October 20.—At the first day's racing of the Sandown Park Club autumn meeting today H. E. Beddington’s four- year-old chestnut colt Bucksfoot won Hermitage plate. The Lerillard-E ford stabl.s thre -year old bay gelding Bayard Ii, ridden by Tod Sloan, finished third. Nine horses ran. The Lorillard-Beresford stables’ chestnut filly Myakka, ridden by Sloan, and Mr. D. J. Jardine’s Heart's Kase colt ran a dead heat in the Twentieth Year” of the Great Sapling plate T. R. Dewar's Fifeshire was third. This event is o} 1gNS bY subscription of one Lieven horses ran over the ¢ five furlongs. The betting was 11 to 5 against Myakka. CAMPAIGN AS MATERIAL, Democrats Circulating Republican Criticism of the War Departmen The democratic congressional committce is sending out a series of bulletins coniain- ing all sorts of campaign press matter to Cditors of democratic newspapers throu cut the country. Recently they sent a bulletin enumerating the close relatives of men in high political position given com- missions in the army under this adminis- tration with an ex: ation Who ca the appointees is. latest byil gives a whole page of extra from publican py the War De- partment. letin gives a a col- umn leng taken trom the Philadelpaia Ledger of newspaj ers of some prominence which have critic arument, It also contains ns from the New Yerk Evening ‘ger, Omaha ew York Herald papers. delp Week Harper's nd a number of other COMMUTATION OF RATIONS, Gen, Miles Ixscex an Order Doing Justice to Female Nurses. Gen. Miles has issued an order saying that: Inasmuch s female nu e, by section entitled to commut s ordered that commute will hereafter be allowed nurses, whether male or femaie, employed in general or ot when they are granted leav. by the sur; general of the army, rate to be ame as that of enl men on furlough, that is, 25 cen day.” in genera! Revised of ra- ion of to all ther 12; ion or wh: —+ e+ NO ORDERS FROM MADKID, Spanish Peace Commissioners Wait- ing to Hear From Home. PARIS, Octcter 20.—The Spanish peace commissioners have not yet received from Madrid either instruction or permission to bid adiez to Cuban sovereignty without farther seeking to attach to this sovereign- some condition providing for tne sumption of the Cuban debt by the United States. If the siructed, row e as at present disposed Spaniards will not at ng recegnize affirmatiy United States position, and will stop on the point of results. Should they flatly reject rsistence, the white the physical wil against unaided Spain, paims upward and They regard eat- vation as pitiable, and are not averse to it may excite. aflirm that the American answer to debt propositior very long and bad time to m thus far appar- and will tomor- written presentment, ded discussion thereon. any sympath The their upon it. ently intend not to row make another and expect an ex Whether they wil orrow be t with or at the ne Session re as to Cuba the American ultimatum of terms and time must be then developed. While this~is possible, it is now not quite prob- able. _ TO REORGANIZE THE B. AND 0. A Meeting WUll Be Held in Baltimore November 21. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 20.—It was cfficially announced today that the meeting to further the reorganization of the B. and O. railroad will take place in Baltimore on November 21, when an entirely new board of directors will be chosen. ‘The western interests will be allowed to name two of the directors, and it is under- stood that Messrs. Hill and Rheen will be chosen, and that Mr. John K. Cowen will be re-elected. © vice presidents will be chosen, one of whom will be Mr. Oscar G. Murray, one of the receivers. By the time that meeting is held it is expected that the road will be turned over to the new organization by the United States court. a Nominated for Congre: BOSTON, October 20.—Henry F. Naphen was nominated for Corgress by the demo- crats in the tenth district convention to- day, after a deadlock of fifteen hours and a pares He was nomirated on the 6th val- jot. Se Gone Home to Register. Ellis H. Roberts, United States treas- urer, has gone to New York to remain until Monday. He will register so as to vote for Roosevelt in November. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star in Washington is more than double that of any other paper, whether published in the marn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands uncqualed and un- approachable, RICH HAUL BY ROGUES Diamonds and Jewelry Stolen From a Local Hotel. POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING Value of Property Estimated at Several Thousand Dollars. ee ee LIST OF THE ARTICLES Een ree ne News of a hotel robbery as daring as any ever perpet din this city and as great in the v ae of diamon and jewelry olen leaked out this afternoon after being kept | ret by the police for more thn t is understood to have oceurr t ington H on lay, Oct ber 8, and the tim of thief’s deft work is believed to be ex-Gov. Rufus B Bullock of Atlanta, Ga., who arrived at the hostelry October 4 and, with his wife, was assigned to the ments known as No. 240. At the hotel this afternoon, in th ri 1d be stri f the Mr vt I sile T. in Roe clerk when interr P ution 7 all maintaining gated by a Star The work was very rat lice are of the « on that some hotel sneak thief is the © official report of the r om the books , the matter was r of the stolen articles given ice is list has been printed and ough, coun yperty t of i nt of t ry to have been very large, the value the stolen diamonds and articles of jew- it is estimated, to several lo serve te The following is the circular issued by the police department: Stolen from a room in a hotel in this city on October 8, 18s, the following described personal property | One ¢ hion enameled H stem- winder ch; ‘ourvolcer, 251%: John Chovier, One diamond leaf . in velvet ©; one mond sunburst or brooch with pendants, in blue case lined with white satin, bought in © ne pair old style solitaire dia- mond earrings, long one large cluster diamond ring. tting; one crown set ring with large straw- ed diamond in cen surrounded by white diamonds (one missing), set by Tiffany; one large emerald surrounded with di ne from Tiffany, marked inside “M. B R. B. B.,"" with date; one solitaire diamond ming, black enamel, side of ring much worn; 1 ring set with diamonds; marked = insid — Marie; one Mexican « pin or scarf pin, pear shaped and very brilliant, set by ‘Tiffany; one Mexican 1 stick pin, set with dia- nonds, by aay: one large double lish violet aid ener jad ach or pin, with diamond nter, marked 8B. B—M. E ® ate, a crim velvet « open lace pin, set with diamend and surreunded with pearls, rked “R. B. B.—M B. with date, ta white satin case; one brooch, in sha ot beetle, topaz, amethyst and ruby, mark«d R. B. B—M. E. B.,” tn brown’ morocco case, With date; one heart-shaped pendant f moonstones, set in gold with pearls, pendant set with pearls (tae ome is loose in set n SQaa silk cas. me black enamel cross with diamonds; also one small black ¢ In a box with rings we terfly pia (d erald wings), Particulars Hard to Obtain. of the theft could afternoon of the reticent over Particula t be ob- offic, affair and poli the ve rould give out no information for publ tion. The fact that the theft was committ:d at the was not denied there ihe em es would not ay whether Govern Ballock was or was got th tim. § - markings on several svolen art f jewelry, and the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Bullock were only the hotel at the time whose initia ynd with the marking: t they Were the police are working case, and have been ever since the commission of the theft, but far have secured no trace of the missing who successfully got away with t haul. = o~ wm the t day of ju was even worse, that of the preceding three and a cold breeze blew cor the chief event, the railroad em- reception to the President, Mr, Me- spent the time quietly at the home of Capt. McWilliams, receiving only a few nd being en: princi with t Seer Cortelyou p.m. the President was driven to Regiment Armory, where yor Harrison, he was receiv guthering of ral After the reception the Pre at the railroad men, eliciting from them the Phe railrc ption 'y s President McKinley's pearance in Chicago during wet weather having necessi- postpon: nt of the bicycle parade. The presidential party will leave at 11 o'clock tonight * —— NAVAL ACTIVITY EXCITES PAR! General Opinion That France ix Pre- paring for a War. PARIS, October 20.—The alleged preparations of France are the subject of discussion here at present. cording to the French papers, there were important nava! experiments at Toulon last war evening. A flotilla of torpedo boats was detailed to make an endeavor to force the entrance of the harbor, and the whule gar- rison was called to arms and the forts and batteries were manned, ready for instant action, The result of the experiments has not been made public Vice Admiral Barrera presided yesterday at a secret council of war at Brest, in which the chiefs of the maritime forces took part. Confidential orders were subsequently is- sved to the garrison. The Aurore asserts that five classes of the naval reserves around Brest have b ordered to hold themselves in readiness for active service. —— Personal Mention, Acting Asristcnt Surgeon Raphael A. Rd- monston is in the city on leave of absence He is visiting his brother, 8. S. Edmonston, No. 3012 Dumbarton avenue. Mr. Harry Ncrment and Mr. F. M. Clea- ver have returned from Burope. Mr. Alfred Cammack of the Department of State left New York on the steamer St. Paul this morning for a few weeks’ visit to bis relatives