Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1898, Page 1

= = - ‘WBLISHED DAILY, EXCERT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsyivania Ave., Cor. fith St., by spaper Company. ANN, Pres’t. ston, D. C., fd In adteance. tlon Bishops Unable toAdjoum Next Tuesday, PROPOSE A POSTPONEMENT Report Upon Increased Re- sponsibilities of the Church. THE NEW NATIONAL POSSESSIONS ———_+ Further Discussion of Marriage and Divorce Not Probable. THE PROCEEDINGS TODAY The house of bishops of the triennial co has so much busine before It t s a hu to the house of det asking posiponement of the day of adjournment sine die from Tuesday to W jay next The sointed a committee compo »wing missionary bish- ops: Har Dakota, Kendrick of ¢ Mexico and Arizona, A. R. Graves of Wells of Spokane and Morrf- | of Duluth, which is charged with the a constitution and cz for the government of missionary jurisdic- tions. Th ™ nons has been no regular form of gov- fer the custom these Wt Rev. Alexander Burgess, D.D., Bishop of Quincy and canons in use | according to his | and put it in force in his de many This pet- hops will pro bishop for the > om, con- why Asheville District. Moore Horner of Oxford be given the Ashe- was presented in nomina- ‘heshire of North Carolina of east Carolina warm- N Hopk: en asso- the Hor- scribed as nominated and Divorce. s if there s to be em} question ha ec. I think, } non on th d to my commit Rt. Rev. Edward R t Atwe D.D., Bishop of West Mississippi. that nothing will be done, chiefly be- hall report that, owing to the 1 of sentiment on the matter, to do anything now. lution to have the special committee for and report of a canon at will very likely be taken jar and passed. That's the » AN this talk about the ypycock. It is good ractical purposes, and I am eping it for the next three at least.” Bishop Potter. The Rt. F Henry Codman Potter, the wn of the great bishop of Pennsylvania, No. 14,242, Che Zvening Star. Advertisements under the classification “Wanted Help” and “Wanted Situations” are in- serted in The Star a charre of one cent per word per r tion, the minimum charge bein e coadjutor and successor of his ven- » uncle, the fifth bishop of New York, ss born in Schenectady, N. May ducated in the E Philadelphia, he entered upon a which after a few months he aban- d for a course of preparation for holy orders. He was graduated at the Virginia Theological Seminary He was ad- mitted to the diaco in St_ Luke's Chureh, Philadelphia, May 27, 1867, by father, Bishop Alenzo Potter. He received priest's orders in Trinity Church, Pittsburg, October 15, 1858, from the bishop coadjutor, Dr. Samuel Bowman. His succes torates were at Christ Church. 8; St. John’s. Tro: Seg 1859-66; Boston, as assistant on the Greene Foundation, and 1866-68, rector of Grace Church, New York, in which position he remained until his election to the eoadjutor episcopate. He was the secretary of the hi e of bishops from 1865 to 1883. He re- fused the presidency of Kenyon in 1863, and the bishopric of Iowa in 1875. He received from Untfon College the degrees of A. M. Rt. Rev. Chas. Chapman Grafton, D.D., Bishop of Fond du Lac. in 186%, D. D. in 1865, and LL. D. in 1878. He has also the D. D. from Harvard and the Univer: of Oxford, England, and an LL. D. England from the University of Cambridge, Dr. Potter was consecrated October 20, in his parish church in New York, by hops Bosworth Smith, J. Williams, ple, Stevens, Littlejohn, Doane and Huntington. He became diocesan in 1887. He has spi gnalized hi! - copate by the shment of the Cathe- dral of St. John the Divine, and the found- ing and furthering of institutions and church charities of the widest possible in- fi for good. Indefatigable in labor, cultured, tolerant and sagacious, the bish- op's efforts have been fairly divided among all ses and conditions of men. Even the “slums” of the great city over which he has the spiritual rule have received his and his residence for ew York will be re- suining abilities to the church mind. personal attention; a time in “darkest” membered even when and his abundan and state have Bishop Starkey. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Alfred bishop of Newark, was born in pria, and entering into active life as a ¢ engineer, was ordered di the Ascension, PF’ . 1847, by Bishop A in Trinity, Starkey, Philade!- 1 eacon in the Church ad2Iphia, February Potter, who priested Pottsville, Pa., May try Was spent in Schuylkill coun- nsylvania, where he founded t burch of the Holy s at St. Clair n Troy, N. ¥., a Christ Church Albany, tor of SI aul's; in € = land, ( as rector of Trinity Church; in D. C., as rector of the Epiph- ter an interval of rest and re- from severe physical suffer n, N. J., as rector of St. Pau n which posi ration. He re remained unti! eived the doctorate andS rare mour preacher of ested In all ¢ In the Lam- beth conference of 1888 he took a most use- and credit ible part-in making more sur nd certain the relations between the moth- er Ch of England and her American Binhe pert. ‘The Rt. Rev. Mahlon } pert, the first bishop coadjutor appointed for the s>e of Minn was f rn in Laurens, Otsego ceunty, N. Y., March 2%, 1848. He received his education at Hobart, which he was compelled to leave in the junior year, in consequence of ill health. After an interval of health-seeking and ning, he resumed his studies and pre- ared for orders at the Seabury Divinity School. He was admitt2d to the diaconate a 3 GE Rt. Rev. Geo Nepsie, Bishop of West Michigan. in_the cathedral, Faribault, Minn., June 20, 1875, by Bishop Whipple. He was advanced to the priesthood in St. James’ Church, Deer Lodge, Mont., October 17, 1875, by Bishop Tuttle. His ministry was spent at Deer Lodge and Helsna, Mont., and at Christ Chureh, St. Paul, Minn., where he was rector when elected to the coadjutor bishopric. His degrees in divinity were re- ceived from Hobart, Seabury and Racine. He was consecrated in St. James’ Church, Chicago, October 17, 1886, by Bishops Alfred Lee, Bedell, Whipple, Coxe, Doane, Tuttle, Brewer, Knickerbacker and H. C. Potter. His >piscopate has been vigorous, impartial and marked with success. Bishop Vincent. The Right Rev. Boyd Vincent, the first bishop djutor of southern Ohio, was bern at Erie, Pa., May 18, 1845. Graduat- ing in the class of 1867 at Yale, and in that of 1871 at the Berkeley Divinity School, he was made a deacon in St. Paul's Church, in his native city, June 18, 1871, by Bishop foot, who ordained him a priest in the e church June After a serv- as assistant minister at he became the rector of Pittsburg, in which posi- E St. . Bi Calvary Church, tion he continued until his consecration. In 188 Trinity College conferred on him the degree of doctor of divinity. He was consecrated bishop coadjutor January 25, 1889, in St. Paul's, Cincinnati, by Bishops Spalding, Dudiey, Penick. Whitehead and Knickerbacker.” On. the day of his consecration the bishop of south. ern Ohio, Dr. Jaggar, executed a formal “demission of powers,” conveying to the bishop coadjutor “all the duties and pow- ers,” and emt ring him “to exercise all the authorities which appertain to the office of the bishop” of the diocese of (Continued on Second Page.) from Hobart College in 1 consecration place in Grace Newark, 8, 1880. His con- Ss wer Little- ALI arhorougn | 1 is deeply inter- | WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; RUSH NAVAL ORDER Spanish Commissioners May Retire and Force a Deadlock. ATTEMPT AT COMPLICATIONS This Government Fully Prepared to Resume Hostilities. A VIGOROUS PROSECUTION The Paris dispatches with relation to the peace negotiations strengthen the belief here in the possibility of a deadlock in the commission. The press dispatches from Paris are misleading in their references to Spain's relinquishment of sovereignty over Cuba. The treatment of this as a question still open for discussion ts absurd in view of the fact that Spanish sovereignty has already been relinquished by the operation of the protocol signed in Washington, and that the evacuation of the island fs In prog- ress. The fact, however, that the Spanish commissioners are trying to avoid the di- rect issue which is to be considered by the commission is apparent to the administra- tion here, and no motive for this avoidance can be imagined except an underlying pur- pose to cloud the question to give Spain an opportunity to retire from the negotiations with the peace conditions still unsettled. The expression attributed to one of the Spanish commissioners that the Spaniards might submit under compulsion to the dic- so as tates of this government, but that they could not be compelled to subscribe to them, is confirmatory of this theory of Spanish designs. The Spanish Attitude. The Spanish apparently feel that it will serve their dignity better to yield a stub- born submission to force without making any concessions in the treaty of peace, but maintaining a passive attitude of hostility. In this they may feel that they have little to risk, and that by such a course they will involve this government in complications and embarrassment. A failure of the peace negotiations would compel the United States to continue the naval and military forces on a war footing without any defin- ite prospect of a conclusion of hostilities, and would probably compel a continuous military occupation of territory which it is the design of this government to estab- lish under a local civil government. The most natural result of a retirement Spain from the peace negotiations uld be the immediate prosecution of act- hostilities against Spain herself, in- ad of her colonies; but apparently the Spaniards feel that they have little to fear b; from this. The injury to her commerce, what there is left of {t, she would prob- ably count on avoiding by transferring it to another flag, and it is known that Spain holds to the idea that for the United States to carry the war into Spain proper would excite the interference of one or more of the European powers. The Spaniards are now doing all in their power to arouse the compassion and sympathy of their Euro- pean neighbors, and it is felt here that every move of the Spanish commission thus far indicated has this object in view. This Government P Act. It may be stated positively, however, that the probability of such a design on the part of Spain and no considerations that can be suggested will induce this govern- ment to recede from the position assumed, and that if Spain shall defeat the peace negotiatioas she will be compelled to suffer epared to the coi uences according to the rules of war. + whole character of the war, if hostilities have to be resumed on account of the bad faith of Spain, will be changed. Since the suspensi ernment has not tablishment has be 1 of hostilities this gov- ven idle. The naval es- materially improved, and is in a better condition for aggressive operations than {t has been at any time before since the war began. A strong fleet could be sent into Sapnish waters on very short notic be Imited by the n and protectin and its operations would not as the case early in the war, y of maintaining blockades our own coast. The army, while numerically reduced, is more ef. fectively organized and better capable of evere service, and this government has not lost sight at any time of the possibility of pain’s proving her insincerity in the peace negotiations, and is prepared to act, if it es: shall become ne ¥. = NEW JAPANESE MINISTER. Mr. Jutaro Komura Studied Law at Harvard University. The Department of State was today in- formed by Mr. Buck, United States min- ister to Japan, that Mr. Jutaro Komura, vice minister of foreign affairs, has been appointed minister of Japan to the United States. Mr. Komura was born in 1533, and studied law at Harvard University. + VISIONARY A SCHEME, What is Thought of the Rumored Blanco Conspiracy. None of the officials of the administration will discuss the published report of a Span- ish plot for the retention of Cuba of which Gen. Blance is said to be the leading figure. ‘The alleged plan ts for Gen. Blanco to set up an independent sovereignty in Cuba and ure the recognition of Mexico and sev- 1 South American governments, thus giving the conspirators belligerent rights. The plan contemplated the increase of the fortifications at Havana and the use of an army of Spanish soldiers sufficiently strong to hold the place against the United States, and the theory is suid to be that the United States, rather than continue the struggle, would eventually recognize the independent sovereignty thus established—on paper. The scheme is considered too visionary for seri- ous consideration. ————_+ 0+ ________ FUNERAL OF COL. CHAS. A. WIKOF- Unusual Mark of Respect Shown by His Easton Friends. EASTON, Pa., October 21.—The funeral of Colonel Charles A. Wikoff, who fell on the field before Santiago on July 1, was held in Easton today with full military henors. The remains arrived from New York last night and were escorted to the late home of the deceased by a committee of citizens and G. A. R. men. A brief funeral service was held at the house at 1:30 this afternoon by Chaplain Swift of the regular army and Rev. Dr. H. M. Kie- fer, pastor of the Historic First Reformed Church of this city. The day was observed as a general holi- day by the people of Easton and its vi- cinity, and the streets were crowded all day, ‘stores, banks and industries being shut down. The 3d New Jersey Regiment and the military band from Governor's Island took part in the line of march. A squad from Company B, Sth Pennsylvania Volunteers; Cempany E, lth Regiment Provisional Guard of Pennsylvania; the Easton Cadets, three posts of the G. ‘A. R., and Sons of Veterans followed the remains to their last resting place in the Easton cemetery. ix of the non-commissioned officers of the 3d New Jersey Regiment were the ac- tive pallbearers, > British Admiralty Stops Repairs on the Reserve Squadror. TIME LIMIT FORTY-EIGHT HOURS Tone of London Papers, However, is Less Warlike. THE MARCHAND REPORT aes LONDON, October 21.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Ports- mouth says the British admiralty has issued orders that no dockyard repairs are to be commenced upon ships bedonging to the re- serve squadrons unless they can be com- pleted within forty-eight hours. The London morning papers have cooled down to an ex¢eedingly cautious and con- servative tone in dealing with the Fashoda question, apparently realizing tha: the pub- lic on both sides of the channel is heated to the danger point. There is a marked effort to avoid an offensive tone. The T'mes says: “Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has sone some way to persuade our neighbors that we really mean what we say. The time has come when it Is absolutely nec to dispel French dreams on’ this subject un- less very daagerous consequences are to result, but the chancellor of the exchea might have performed the operation more dexterously The Daily News, which voices the general feeling, says: “The country is determined to maintain its rights, but there is no oc- casion to provoke our opponents or to add fuel to the controversy.” Trafalgar Victory Celebrated. Exceptional interest was’ taken today in the c2lebration of the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, fought October 21, 1805, when the British itleets under Admiral Nelson gained a brillfanf victory over the filzets of France and Spain, commanded by Admiral Villeneuve. The cause of this in- creased outburst of patrigtism here is the dispute with France over the Fashoda ques- tion, which in some quattrs is looked upon 4s a matter that may pensibly bring about war between these twozeowntries. Maj. Marchand Meport. PARIS, October 21.+4Mfagor Marchand's report, telegraphed from Wairo, was re- ceived during the night. jt/does not men- tion the arrival at Fasheda of General Kitchener, and only giwes*an account ot the incidents of the .empe@ition, with an elaborate description oféthe*route followed, the points occupied, the=wamner of occupa- tion, the raising of the#flag, the force left at each point and the ‘tredties of submis- sion concluded with the tribes, in addition to referring to an, enegumter with the dervishes. i The report oply goes ss far as the begin- ning of September,“an@® ss that on Au- gust 20 the supplies wf "the party were #bundant. The reason for the omission of ny mention of the agrttval of Géneral Kitchener at Fashoda fs sald to be the fact that the report of Major. Marchand was not. ready when Captain Baratier left “ashoda. When the captain started from that place he did not think he would go beyond Khartoum. Major Marchand, hov ever, deemed it advisable;to send the fin- ished portion of the repert, intending to dispatch the remainder of it as soon Capt. Barratier returned. But the captain on arriving ot Omdurman found there in- structions telling him; to go on to Cairo, from which place he will proceed to France. Baraticr Carries Verbal Message. It is believed in certain quarters that Captain Baratier is the bearer of a verbal report which the French authorities were not willing to trust upon the Lritish tele- graph lines. Captain Baratier on ‘his arrival at Cairo with the report for ;the French govern- ment said the mission had not lost an offi- cer or a soldier. He added that the health of all the members of thg party was very gcod and that revictuallying on the march was easy. The drift of opinion on the Fashoda question among commercial men in Paris was shown by a fesolution adopt- ed by the municipal’ council of this city, urging the French government, ‘without sacrificing the material Interests of the ccuntry, to use its utmost efforts to avert a conflict with Great Britain over this dis- pute. ee THE PRESIDENT'S RETURN He is Expected Back at. the White House Tomorrow. White House officials have received no word of any ghange in the President's pro- gram about returning to Washington, and look for him to reach the city about noon tomorrow. The President will take lunch on the train before going to the White House. The President will immediately go to his desk and take up the unfinished work. He will probably receive no callers, unless they are merabers of the cabinet or administration leaders, Many people have already been to the White House in- quiring about the return of the chief ex- ecutive, saying they had business to talk over. Regular Fall Cleaning. While President and Mrs. McKinley have been away the White H®use “has been over- hauled and put in conéitton for the win- ter. Carpets have beer put’ down, furni- ture upholstered and arf@ngéd and the reg- alar-fall house cleaning gone"through. The oil paintings of Presidettg Ranging in the Prestdent’s room have"been’ taken down and brushed up to look#better. Old Jerry, the “official duster,” sa@ys he has to take the old Presidents déwn ofce a year to give them a rest. “I kiftewstdey gits tired hangin’ on de wall,” bh and then he polishes their faces witik his big brush of turkey feathers. Se | ‘The repainting of the Wlite House is nearly finished. Two c@ats $f white paint have been put on, makimg-tMe old building look as bright as a néw pin. Will Begin Hi#Memage. Soon after getting down té his desk the President will receive the @mnual reports of his cabinet officers and will then begin the preparation of his annual message. This will require unusual deliberation and@prob- ably more than the usual time. Conse- quently the regular dally visitors, who have been growing in umber up to” the time the President went away, will not make much progzess in securing the ear of the chief execuftve. The President will ave a great deal to do-besides preparing his message to Congress. He has not yet selected an seston pl England, and the peace commission. Will :probably | need some attention.« Taking charge.of Cuban affairs will eng&&e some of his time. The President will also be called upon:to review the court-martial findings in the cases of Capt. Carter and Chaplain McIntyre. It is understood that Paymaster General Stan- ton has asked for the appointment of some additional paymasters. These will not be the only appointments to make. THE WAR BOND ISSUE SS Pleas for Injunction and Mandamus Refused by Judge Cox. SECRETARY GAGE’S ACTION SUSTAINED Decision in the Suit of Wightman and Wharton. MR. VANDERLIP’S COMMENT ——s Judge Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, today announced his opinion in the war bond issue case. The court sustains the course of Secretary Gage, and declines to issue the mandamus and the injunction against him, as prayed. It will be remembered that September 30 last George B. Wightman filed a bill in equity against Lyman J. Gage, as Secretary of the Treasury, alleging that in the neigh- borhood of 600 subscribers to the bonds had assigned their subscriptions to Wightman, and executed powers of attor- ney in connection therewith, and that he had authorized the Produce Exchange and Trust Company of New York to act as his agent in forwarding the subscriptions and receiving the bonds. Although the Secretary of the Treasury had made an allotment to all these sub- scribers, Mr. Wightman stated, he later an- nounced that the allotment was canceled and refused to deliver the bonds. There- fore, he asked of the court an injunction restraining the Secretary from delivering the bonds to any qne but the subscribers referred to. On the law side of the court, the same day, William H. Wharton, one of the sub- scribers mentioned in Mr. Wightman’s bill, filed a petition for a mandamus to compel the Secretary to deliver to him the bonds subscribed for by him. One case practical- ly embraced the other, so they were merged into one hearing that occurred recently in Equity Court No. 1 before Judge Cox. Ex-Secretary of the ‘Treas John G. Carlisle appeared for Wightman & Whar- ton, while the interests of Secretary Gage were looked after by Mr. Henry E. Dav United States attorney for the District Columbia. Secretary Gage’s Answer. ‘The answer of Secietary Gage was brief- ly that the receipt from one source of so many individual subscriptions for so large an aggregate excited n. Many of the notices of allotment, which had been sent to the indiviiuals mentioned by mail, were returned to the Treasury Department “not found.” An investigation followed, and the department was convinced that the subscriptions had not been made in good faith, and therefore declined to issue the bonds. Mr. Vanderlip’s Comment. In the course of an interview with F. A. Vanderlip, assistant secretary of the treas- ury, concerning the decision of Judge Cox in the petition for mandamus of William H. Wharton, and the petition for an injunc- tion of George B. Wightman against L. J Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Van- derlip said “The dec ion of Judge Cox in favor of ary of the Treasury in both not surprise me in the least. The officers of the Treasury Department have had every confidence that they were in the right in declining to issue the bonds to these people, satisfied as they were that the subscriptions were not made bona fide aid in the interest of the subscribe and fully expected to be able, as they have done, to maintain their acts before the courts in cancelling the subscriptions and not issu- ing bonds on such fraudulent applications. I understand that Judge Cox held that the Secretary of the Treasury had not e: hausted the discretion vested in him under the act of Congress authorizing the war bonds by simply fssuing notices of allot- Irent. and such discretion was not ex- haus’ or could not be exhausted, until the last act of issuing the bonds had been done. and at any time prior thereto he might recall such allotment notices an: bring the cases into review by himself any time prior to the actual issue of the bend “It would scem to me that this would tn- Gicate that the allotment notices, being sent out by the department, have no sig- nificance until the bonds have been actually issued therefor; or ‘f such allotment no- tices mean anything whatever, they would be construed in the nature of a@ contract between the government and the subscriber to perform certain acts which a court of law or equity would take no cognizance of whatever. “This decision prevents the accumulation of large blocks of bonds in the hands of corporations and individuals, and will give to small subscribers the benefit of about $500,000 worth of bonds affected by this de- cision, This amount having been canceled will be allotted to the next subscribers in order as rapidly as they can be gotten out by the department.” ———— ARMY IN MANILA. Some Features of Its Condition Given in a Private Letter. A private letter has been received by an officer in the War, Bepartment trom an offi- cer in Manila, giving some features of the condition of the army in Manila. It was time ago, when there w 17,000 troops in Manila. At that time there were about 600 sick in the hospital. The climate, he says, makes exertion very dif- ficult, and every one ts slow. The troops are scattered about the city in companies and hold all the streets to keep out the insurgents, “This is a beautiful country,” he says, “and neyer should be returned to Spain— brutal, old, mediaeval country—who has butchered these docile people wholesale for ages. “Since the rain ceased, warm weather has been very oppressive and sickness has increased. Typhold, dysentery and malaria have prevailed, but not more so than one should expect in the troops.” The writer says Gen. Otis works too hard, and looks into every detail of the army under his command. 2 eS ORDERS TO SCHLEY. written some He Will Come Home on the Newark and Report. Secretary Long this morning received a telegram from Rear Admiral Schley at San Juan, Porto Rico, saying that the evacua- tion commission, of which he is a member, has concluded its work, and that unless oth- erwise ordered he will come home, starting the latter part of the month. In response to this telegram the Secretary df the Nav. telegraphed Admiral Schley to proceed with his clerks and a copy of the report of ‘the commission to Tompkinsvilie, N. Y., on the cruiser Newark, and to report his arival to the departinent. - ‘The Newark has ivst arrived at San Juan. She went tlere from Caimanera, Cuba, as the relief of Admiral Schley's flagship, New Orleans, which was ordered to Philadelphia to take part in the peace jubilee next week. It was originally in- tended that Admiral Schley should come home on a merciant vessel, in order that the Newark might remain’ on the naval station at Porto Rico, but it was finally concluded that it would be best for him to make the trip on his flagship, as there are special reasons for the return of the vessel to the United States. TWO CENTS CHIEF ENGINEER BAIRD His Annual Report on the State, War and Navy Department Buildings, Benefit Gained by Using lectric Motors—Recommendations Made. There are some interesting details in the annual report of Chief Engineer Baird, su- perintendent of the State, War and Navy Departments building. It states that the mean load on ‘he dyramos was 54 per cent of the output of one plant, while for the same period of 1897 the load was 23.4 per cent. Notwithstanding the great increase in the consumptioa of electric current, less coal was used. This, the superintendent Says, was largely due to the substitution of electric motors for steam engines in the two printing presses. There is no means of ascertaining the ccnsumption of steam by the different engines in the building, but the engine which runs the dynamos is of very superior quality, while those which ran the printing presses were not only of inferior de ke, but had very long steam pip: hey were formerly run eight hours a day whether a press ran or not. Now cach press has its individial motor, which stops when the press stops Before electricity was introduced int» the building the average number of sixteen candle power gas lamps was 144; now thi average number of sixteen candle p electric lamps is 428. The great increase in the que y of light used by the clerks is an indi ilities for work. is Nghted from the dynamos in the State, War and Navy The lamps in the tw buildings gate 3,400, and the motors aggregate horse ‘power. All the aph and telephone wires have been removed -from the roof of the great building and placed under ground. Two improved "phone systems have be examined; one requires no “hello girl,” but is not on the general exchange: the other is on the general exchange, but requires the girl and switchboard. There are now more than 2,000 clerks, etc., in the bulld- ing and it is badly crowded. To Pave the Roadway. The superintendent makes another ap- peal for funds to pave the roadway on the east and south sides of the building. “The aust from this road is blown upon the east and south fronts; the easterly rains of win- ter and the southerly rains of summer have made mud all over those fronts; be- sides this, dust is blown into the windows, end is effacing records of great value.” In the Department of State there are the treaties between this republic and al! civ- Mized ations of the world, and there are the signatures of all the crowned heads of Europe since our existence 2s a nation. “An appropriation to pave the road,” says the superintendent, “has been asked for each year of my ‘incumbe: passed the Senate at one ion, but has received no favor in the House. have to again recommend,” says the perintendent, “the purchase of the prop- erty on 17th street. opposite this building. for file and storage rooms. The property can now be had at a reasonable price, and the buildings are good enough for the pur- pore. I belfeve that had this property been pure! 1 be the war and utilized there would have been room enough left in the War Department for all its officers and clerks. I carried a letter from the commis- sion to Senator Allison and Representative Cannon. chairmen of the appropriations committecs, last January, urging this pur- chase. The ceilings in these buildings are low, but will admit of file cases as high can be managed by a man standing on the ficor. “A high ceiling is a great loss of space. The price of the property as it stands is $117,000, The War Department is paying 000 a year for the Lemon building, and $1,500 for the Grant building, which, at 3 per cent (th? interest the government pays for money), would represent a principal of $250,000. ‘The repairs and changes made in the rented houses will be all loss, which would not be the cas> if the government owned them. A paper could be had from the 17th street buildings in a few seconds and without sending a man; but it takes a man about twenty minutes to go to the Lemon building and return. The econom: of owning the storage rooms seems appar- ent. In the block referred to the govern- ment owns the Winder and Spieden build- ings, and the stables in the rear. Acquir- ing the houses referred to there would be space enough for immediate demands, and, eventually, afford proper space for a hall of records for the State, War and Navy De- partments.” The superintendent says that thi amount of water used in the “house” a day was 39 gallons; in the steam boilers, 094 gallons, making an aggregate of 869 gallons per day used in th entire build. ing. Dividing this by the number of em- ployes in the building a total consumption of 198 gallons per capita is shown. ‘This statement is of interest, as it is the first record that has been procured from any of th2 public buildings. + ++ 0+ PROTOCOL COVERS THE C Mansion total SE. Spanish Attempts to Show There is a Verbal Understanding. PARIS, October 21.—The United States and Spanish peace commissions held sepa- rate sessions this morning, and when the joint s2ssicn opened this afternoon it was belleved the Cuban question would not be decided today, but would be taken up again at the joint session of Monday next. An effort is being made here to create the impression that there is some understand- ing between the United States and Spuin regarding the Philippin2 Islands, outside of the statements contained in the third arti- cle of the protocol. That article embodies the only agree- ment between the United States and Spain in regard to the Philippine Islands, and it clearly sets forth that the United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and har- bor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippine Islands. Beyond this protocol agreement, it can be asserted with confidence, there is no other understanding on the subject between the United States and Spain. The purpose of the United States and the agreement arriy- ed at with Spain was that the control and government of the Philippine Islands should be decided by the commissions now sitting here, and Spain understood that the protocol did not determine anything as to Spain's ultimate sovereignty in the Philip- pine Tsiands. It was understood by both powers that the protocol was a compact by which it was agreed that the peace commissions should determine the future disposition of the Philippine Isiands. This will be done when the Cuban question is settled and af- ter the points relating to Porto Rico and the Ladrones have been passed upon. a Death of Thomas Potts. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 21.—Thomas Potts, one of Richmond's most prominent and wealthy business men, died today at St. Luke’s Hospital, where an operation had been performed on him. He was a leading wholesale grocer and active in Episcopal Church work. —_— Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are segk- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted jn The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fitteen words. 15 cents. TALKS TO HOOSIERS - President Makes Several on His Journey Through Indiana, FATAL ACCIDENT AT KOKOKG Logansport and Indianapolis Peo- ple Extend Hearty Greeting. —— ATTENDED BY GOV. MOL - NOBLESVILLE, Ind., October 21.—Presi- dent McKinley today before he had break- fast addresse. wo imniase audiences. The meetings were at Logansport and Kokomo. At the latter place the scene was the most inspiring of any during the entire t mississippi tour. In spite of dampness and the cold wind that swept down from th north, the crowd was enormous. Hundreds of school schildren were in evidence, each provided with a flag and all giving lu cheers for the President. The booming of cznnon and shrieking of steam whistl rovsed the President from sleep shortly afte o'clock, and at 7 he spoke to 5,000 at Logarsport. Kokomo was reached at a.m., and here the I dent was warmly be od by « gather ns that seemed wholly cut of pre 2 the size of the town. At Tipton, whic! the next stop, the President spoke in part as follows: “My Fellow Citizens: We have lately had such a revival of patric try as we have never hi days of our history tism in this coun since th» earliest North and south are now together brought; the own the same electric thought; in peace a common flag salute, and in war follow a common flag. ling to die beneath its folds That is what th> war has don ple of the United States. (Applause. for the peo- What it has done for other people is yet to be determined, and as I look into your faces I know that you would have ttis nation help the op- pressed people who have by the war been brought within the sphere of our influence. (Great applause.) Disaster at Kokomo. The firing of cannon in honor of the Py idential visit to Kokomo was attended wi disastrous results, James Jones being in- stantly killed by its premature explosion. Another was seriously injured and may die. More than twenty stops are scheduled for today, including Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus. The President will probably e his last address during the trip at Newark, Ohio, tonight. A special car at- tached to the presidential train is carrying Gov. Mount and his staff through Indiana. Speech at Logansport. At Logansport the President was intro- duced by Senator Fairbanks. He said: “My fellow citizens, about a week ago I entered your state at 8 o'clock In the morning and was greeted by tens of thou- sands of people in the Oity of Terre Haute. An hour earlier I met this great throng of my fellow countrymen. But since Dewey entered Manila bay On that early morning in May there has béen no hour too early for the people of the United States to as- semble to rejoice over our national victories and to manifest their desire for an honor- able and triumphant peace. (Applause.) “The flag never seemed so dear to us at it does now, and it never floated over s¢ many places as {t does now. (Applause, A voice in the crowd, ‘It will stay there.”) I have rejoiced as I have journeyed through the country at the patriotism of the peo: ple. The flag of our country ts in every man’s hands and patriotism is in every man’s heart. (Applause.) hat is a good omen for our country, Our army and our navy have done brilliant service; have added new honors to thd American name; given a new meaning ta American valor, and it only remains for us, the people, who in a country like ourd are masterful when they speak, to do the rest and write into honorable treaty the just fruitage of this war. I thank you for this call and bid you all good morning.’ Governor Mount was introduced ana saidy “There are ‘times when to forbear is ter than to be heard. There are times when silence is golden Standing this mors ing in the presence of the chief executiv of the United States, who is in the affec: tions of all our people, it seems to me this is an opportune time for me to keep silent.” —__—_ A CIVIL SERVICE CIRCULAR. Examiners Admonished Against Un- due Political Activit The civil service commission has issued a circular which ts being sent to the mem. bers of the 700 boards of examiners throughout the country on the “political activity of federal offi and employes." it calls attention to extracts from the ex+ ecutive instructions of July 14, 1886, which the circular says are still in force, and which are republished for the informatioy and guidance of all officers and employes in the executive civil service. The circulur then says “The Postmaster General, in a cated August 8, NWS, stated that th of the President above quoted had beer ither revoked or modified. Those who enter the classified civil scr vice upon the ground of ascertained m: os established by the civil service ru end are protected therein, should be qui te recognize the reciprocal obligations thereby imposed, and avoid any actior which now or at any time could reasonably be subject to adverse political criticism. “The commission believes that the bes interests of the service will be promoted b: the non-participation of al lmembers of it boards of examiners in political conven tions or in the work of political commit tee: “While attendance at a political conven tion as a delegate, or membership upon ‘ political committee, is not in itself a viola tion of the civil service rules, the commis sion holds that all partisan activity, sufficient. to impair usefulness as a repre- sentative of the civil service commission, is sufficient cause for removal from mem- bership on any of its board of examiners. “Section 2 of the civil service act of Jan- uary 16, 1883, provides that no person in the public service “has any right to use his official authority or influence to coerce the political action of any person or body. ————— MAY START HOME TOMORROW. Col. Harries Still Confined to His Room by Sickness. Special Dispatch ta The Evening Star. ASHEVILLE, N. C., October 21 -—-Col. Geo. H. Harries, though yet a sick man, greatly desires to get home. If his physi- cians consent he may leave for Washing- ton tomorrow. The colonel is not making rapid progres: toward recovery. He has not left his room for a week, but was able during the past two days to sit up a few hours. j—eantnenienge Troops for Manila. The War Department is informed that the Valencia has sailed from San Francisca carrying troops to Manila. The Mississ!pp is at San Juan loading the 6th Massachu setts Infantry. The Chester, Relicf Missouri arrived at Ponce. SOE Sis Mrs. John Ritchie, widow of Chief Judg John Ritchie, died at the family home ( Frederick, Md., yesterday morning.