Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1898, Page 1

x= PUBLISHED DAILY, EXC THE EVE 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFMA Pres’t Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Saildiny, ar, $1 per year, with at Wash ton. D.C. bist be pald in adeance. cn on applivertion EXPECTING A BREAK pee eee heres First Admission of Anxiety on Ad- ministration’s Part. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN DANGER —_- Situation Discussed at a Short Cabinet Meeting. cabinet did not hold a long session vices from Paris not being suffi- definite to precipitate a discussion of any new points. The coming of tomorrow is awaited with some interest and even anxiety. For the first time since the commencement of th negotiations there feeling in adminis tration circles that the Spaniards ma break off negotiations. This question was ked by two cabinet officers today: “What can they do? So far us this country is concerned the Fhilippines must become the property of the United States. It has long been hoped to accomplish this without more war, but ke the n administration stands ready tot i ands by peaceful acquiescence of Sp: or by the power of might. “The § rds could do nothing more than give us a little trouble in Cuba,” said one of these officials. “It looks as if they have trouble thoug nough of their own in Cuba, not anticipated that the Spanish s in the Philipp: can do any harm, and the most of them would probably sur- render without striking a blow, although they have asse da large force on on of the islan to since the « his force has been add ssation of hostilitie Unexpected Obstinaey Up to this the President's advisers have maintained that they did not believe Spain would discontinue negotiations and d resume hostilities. The chang> in opinion is believed to indicate that advices have been received from Paris showing pected obstinacy on the part of the Span- jar Th2 impre not break ion pr vails that if Spain does ations she will prefer to fighting insiead of a dramatic rope, saying that she is ove powered w pmit to the aggressions of this country. She may hope that the spectacle of a bloody sacrifice may apyeal more stro: gly to Europe than that the of throwing hi ing count said. atope gives 1 the State of affai: ngly may be preparing for a grand-stand rch wiil be her final card. ty that Spain nduce Presid. ay take this M y to pr m already outlined in It wil not induce the offer of any more money. On this hinted today that the Unit 000,000 to $25 in the Philip- ready to pay Spain from § 000,008 for the improvemen Pines, but no more. The Battle Sh sin Brazil. Regarding a story published elsewhere today that the batile are Iowa had been h: } at Rio Janeiro for the purpose ef being used in any direction if necessary, Seer y Long said the only truth was that the battle ships would hait at the Brazilian metropolis. They had been ordered to stop there to take part in a cel- ebration of the establishment of a republic in Brazil. would eral da and the Brazilian governm si t presence of the fam country. The battle ships, it is said.were not halted through a: stop at Ar country t diplomatic de various ports along the South they always do, to re- low the people of that nting machines of the n. They will rican coas Ts a nd tod the fig ! that there was no discussion » given horities may secure ne of those but it is not thought ar » than this will be done at this testi- who ran post- State OMcial’s View. It was reporte today that >w's meet © State Department expect © commission- the oth pani 1 ace s do ni of the peac leondition Still as ha aw ubst ing been a disposi will, after a al point of lwo sides. n made into the ¢ rearkable $400,000, 00%) ow that they a arcely to be been put for- nhancing the price may demand for the the Philippines. In othe the Spaniards right claim justifica- ticn fer demanding a sum as large as two hundr-d million dollars {f they could point to the ct that @ syndicate oe ready to Pay doubfe that price for the islands, A Harvest Home Invitation. B. F. Bingham, Mrs. N. G. Davis, Miss Evelyn Sims, Mrs. Marion M. Lewis, Geo. M. Rowe and Geo. W. Hazer, a committee trem the Woman's Relief Corps and Lin- coln Post, No. 3, G. A. R., invited Presi- dent McKinley today to attend the “har- vest home festival” to be given by these two organizations on Wednesday Thursday evenings of this week at tional *Rifles’ Armory, on G street. object of the entertainment is to ri money for the relief fund of the or; tions. = res UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Number of War ¥. Than Ever Before, o"™*™™ statement prepared Hichborn, chief of the c shows that November l, fifty-five ves. sels were ¥ construction, a larger num- ber than ever undertaken before in the his- tory of the country. There are eight bat- tle ps, and of these the Kearsarge, at Newport News, had advanced 71 per cent teward A Larger by Commodore nstruction bureau, on completion, while her sister ship, the Kentcky, has a percentage of 69. The lilinois is ber cent, the Alabama, at Cramps, 6, and the Wisconsin, at the Union iron works, 52 per cent completed. The sheathed cruiser Albany, which the United States bought on the stocks in England, is exactly half finished. The twenty-two tor- pedo boats contracted for show percentages ef completion ranging from nothing to 99 per cent, the latter in the case of the Rowan, at Moran Bros.’ The submarine boat Plunger, at the Columbian iron works, is advanced 85 per cent, and the training ship Cheaanaake at Bath, 35 per cent. ¢ Evening Sta 20 SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | i i} 0. 14,263, & FEELING OF THE From Pittsburg to San Francisco They In- dorsed the President's Policy. bster Davis Tells of the Impres- sions Received in His Cam- peigning Tour. After a long and cessful campaign tour, Wester Divis, a ant secretary of the interior, returned to his duties ye: a. His trip commenced at Pittsburg, P: on Septem At that point he found local conditions in good shape and ever thing pointing to a sweeping republican victory. All the factions were united in Al- leghany county. He spoke there at a meet- ing of the State League convention, and deiegates from all over the state were in attendance. In conversation with a re- rerter of The Star Mr. Davis said: Feeling of the People. “It was at Pittsburg 1 first found how deeply the people were thinking of expan- sion, and from that time on I noticed in- creased sentiment in favor of this so-calied imperialism, people generally being in fa- vor of the retention of the Philippine Is- lands and indorsing the President in all of concerning Cuba, Porto Rico, » Ladrones and the Philippines And right here I want to sa never Known a man so uni- and so much a part of dent McKinley. seems to have gotten nes of the citi gre epublic, and from Pennsy a California I have heard nothing but aise for his magnificent administration, especially for his vigorous prosecution of the war. This is better illustrated, per- haps, in those districts which hitherto had been democratic, but were turned republl- can in the last election. My observation leads tae to but one conclusion, that it was enly the desire of the people to manifest their approval of the President at the polls at brought about these victories “When 1 reached the west populism was Q ality t to the heart. decidedly active, but I became convinced before leaving Kansas that this very dis- turbing political element was doomed to defeat. Take Oklahoma, for instance. A populist congressman had been returned from there, two years ago, by 1,500 majori- ty, and yet, in this last election, Dennis Flynn, the republican candidate,was elected as delegate to Congress by nearly ten thou- sand majority Free Silver is Dead. out free silver?” asked the r2- ‘will that form one of the planks of the democratic platform for 100% Mr. Davis smiled and threw himself back as he answered: think its death and burial are complete. Th democrats them- elves refused to discuss it in th> campaign. There was a peculiar political condition beth Washington and California, and likewise, but not to such a great extent, in Wyeming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas 1 Uxiahomi it was a combination of all the ‘isms’ ot jolitics under the head of ‘fusion.’ When this subject was brought to my attention, the first ume, I was convinced that the fusion combination was robbing the demo- crauc party of its identity. The results of m the eleccion showed that those rugged farm- ers, born and bred in the Jeifersonian cradle of democracy, rather than lose their entity as democrats indorsed the admin- tion of President McKinle: nd in do- o maintained their anding true ns and loyal democrats, refusing to fuse with parties of unknown political faith, character and conscience. A Remarkable Campat, “This campaign was a remarkable one to me in a great many respects. It being an off year I did not look for any enthu- siasm, but rather expected apathy in the nm ranks republican party is today well or- well equipped and under splendid ment. Chairman Babcock of the b.ican naifonal congressional commit- is entitled to the credit of the suc-ess- ful outcome of the campaign just closed. He knew the weak parts of the country. He got in touch with the local committees, acquainted himself with the local condi- tions and then met them, with tie result the President's administration has been sustained and both branches of Con- gress are in ac with him.” e+ ae republics “The ganized, man rey tee an MR. DING VIEWS. He Sees No Need an Extra Session of Congress. Representative Dingley of Maine, who is in Washington, attending th sion of the h joint the opin- ion that there will probably be no need for an extra session of Congress immediately after the 4th of March, though this Con- gress will hardly ble to dispose of the commission, expr ous questions growing out of the war nh must be ultimately dealt with. He expresses the opinion that during the lim- ve of this coming session the regular riation bill laws concerning the regu- army and ation with t to government of Hawali will consume most of the time. He does not believe that there will be any change, except perhaps in some minor matter, tn the revenue law, that the war revenue law will y continue in force, at least during ‘al year. With respect to legislation lo follow the treaty of peace, he says that the indications are that the Congress will be well advanced in its work before the is presented, and that the time will > be treaty have forma: had for the collection of in- to what needs to be done, and ary administration of the ac- quired possessions ought to continue for at least a year. — es See DISTRICT APPROPRIATIONS. Chairman Cannon Calls a Meeting of the Subcommittee. Chairman Cannon of the House commit- tee on appropriations has tssued a call of the subcommittee in charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill to meet at the Capitol on Monday, the 28th of Novem- ber, to begin the consideration of the Dis- trict appropriations. ——__—+-e+___ HEALTH AT MANILA, Gen. Otis Says the Sick Report is De- creasing. The following dispatch has been received at the War Department: “MANILA, November 15, 1898. “Secretary of War, Washington: “Health conditions improving; only six deaths in last eight days. Stick report de- creasing: five female ses of the Red Cross are doing excellent work in hospitals here. Twenty competent female nurses. who give strict attention to work, would render beneficial services. (Signed) “OTIS.” Slee sorce Department Commanding Officers’ Powers. Mej. Gen. Miles, commanding the army, has decided that commanding officers of military departments outside of the limits of the United States have ful control of the transfer from the line, the enlistment, re-enlistm=nt and discharge of members of the hospital corps of their commands, just the same as commanding officers in the United States. - WASHINGTON, D. G, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 5, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES, TWO CENTS PEOPLE/AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW Senator Morgan Talks on the Future of This Country, UNIVERSAL SENTIMENT FOR EXPANSION Effect of Acquisition of Territory on Domestic Policies. _——— NICARAGUAN > CANAL Senator Morgan takes an optimistic view of the future of this country. As a demo- erat he is not depressed by the reverses his party suffered at last week’s elections; as an American he sees a broad prospect open- ing before this government. “Iam no prophet,” he said, In conversa- tion with a Star reporter today; “I do not know what will be done at the coming ses- sion of Congress. There is much to be done, the time is all too short in which to do it. Much must remain in doubt until the peace negotiations at Paris have been concluded. Until we know about that it is impossible to tell what will be done. If a treaty of peace is signed it will have to be considered by the Senate, and if its terms are acceptable, legisiation will have to be had accordingly. If there {s no agreement this government will have to fall back upon the proposition of holding what it has. Steps will have to be taken to hold posses- sion of the territory in dispute before the on, as well as that which Spain has yielded sovereignty over in the proto- col. Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines will have to be garrisoned and put in a state of defense, and it will remain to be seen what steps Spain will take to regain their possession. She can do nothing but maintain a sullen protest, as she did when Mexico got her liberty. Her only recogni- tion of the liberty of Mexico was her evac- uation. Without acknowledging our right to the territory we claim, she would yield possession. We would then have to send soldiers to garrison the islands and main- tain a military government for a time. Probable Ratification of a Treaty. If a treaty of peace is signed its prospects of ratification by the Senate will be increas- ed by the fact that its rejection would throw us back into a state of war. A treaty that made too great concessions to Spain, that restored to her the Philippines, for in- stance, might be rejected on that ground, since the failure of the treaty would leave us in pos: ion of the territory. But if the treaty provides for the acquisition of the Vhilippines by this country or leaves those islands under the protection and domina- tion of this government, these who oppose such an order of things can have no motive for the rejection of the treaty, since by iis rejection the very acquisition which they sought to avoid would be accomplished with more complication and an uncertaint. as to how much further it would lead. The iministration now appears to have gotten round to the policy of retaining the Phil- ippines. his will, in my judgment, not lack the Ssary support in the Senate. [ suppose ere will be some opposition, but this whole country west of the Mississtppi river is absolutely solid in support of expansion in this direction. In that section it Isa popular, universal and unanimous senti- Whether the policy is wise for the or not, the sentiment exists and is tible, and senators representing the West of the Mississippi must respect it. The future of the whole western slope and the middle west relies upon the devel- opment of the Pacific commerce. What are such states as Nevada, Utah, Idaho, “Wy- oming and Colorado to look forward to if they are not to find an outlet for their in- dustry and market for their rich products? “They cannot be expected to be content to go forth into the alkali plains and dig holes for water to irrigate and make fertile ds for the production of what they al- ready have in over-abundance. Are they to enter into competition with the manu- actures of the east? It is toward the west y look for their opportunity for enter- prise and commerce. Destiny—the progress ef civilization—opers the way that could not be marked out by design. ‘The Spirit of Liberty. “This government cannot set out to gain advantages by conquest, but the spirit of Nberty advances with enlightenment. With the first awakening of a love of Itberty and an ambition among a people to govern themselves they seek our friendship and ociation and, perhaps, alliance. We ad- vance by the natural development of the institutions of free government. The w: with Spain was forced upon us. It wi not sought by us with a design to acquire territory or to extend our commerce, but by its results a peonle are lifted out of bondage and introduced to freedom, and we in t are benefited by it through the ope of new fields of enterprise. “Our power and wealth are in free gov- ernment, and as that extends our influence F side from the intrinsic value Philippine Islands, the liberation of the people opens up a new field of enter- prise gives a stimulus to trade. But these islan like Hawaii, have an im- mense intrinsic value. By the acquisition of Hawaii we got possession of territory which, had it been but a barren rock, our interests demanded no foreign government should pos and which we needed as a station and defense for our commerce. But those islands are rich in things we do not produce. The coffee grown there is the best in the world. I have not visited the Philippines, but we are told that they are rich in a productive soil, in forests, in min- erals and even in jewels. There is gold and silver and coal to be dug out of the earth, forests to be converted into valuable lum- ber, products to be got from the soil and manufactures to be developed. As to the people, the average, taking the whole eight or ten million of all classes, is said to be above the Japanese. “There will be no difficulty about the gov- ernment of the islands. An example of the eese with which the people who come to us in the progress of free government to the west take on the garb of freemen and adapt themselves to our institutions will be found in our absorption of Hawaii. The change of government there will be accomplished with as much ease as a babe is lifted from the cradle to 4 There will be absolute- ly no embarrassment nor difficulty about dealing with Hawaii, and there is no rea- sen to anticipate difficulty in dealing with the Philippines, either as a part of this country or as a government under our in- fluence and direction.” Influence of New Territory. “What influence do you think this acqui- sition of remote territory will have upon our domestic affairs?” was asked of the senator. “With territorial expansion and develop- ment of commerce will come a quickening of enterprise, an opening up of opportuni- ties, a stimulus to ingenuity, an expansion of manufacture and of trade, an extension and liberalizing of customs, revenue and shipping laws, and an expansion: of our whole financial system. Instead of a con- traction, there will be an expansion of cur. rency, and all our domestic policies will ad- just themselves to the new conditions, The course of events will accomplish what Party contentions have failed to accomplish.” “The expulsion of Spanish money. which is silver, from Porto Rico and the Philip- pines, and its replacement by American money, together with the vastly increased demands of trade, will, in my judgment. in- crease the value of silver bullion to such a an extent that there will be no more con- tention over the coinage question.” “Do you think the Nicaragua canal wil! be constructed?” “Beyond a doubt I am satisfied that fully 80 per cant of the people of this country demand that this canal be built under the control of the United States. ‘The necessity for it has been demonstrated, and the peo- ple of this country: will not be content that th work should -be left umdone nor that any foreign government be permitted to do it. As chairman of the committee I shall call the bill up immediately on the as- sembling of Congress and ask for a vote on consideration. I think there will be « lerg2 majority of the Senate in favor of it.” COL. GELLISS’ FUNERAL. His Remains Will Be Brougbt Here for Interment at Arfington. Colonel James Gilliss, assistant quarter- master general, U. S. A., who died sudden- ly on a ferry boat on his way to Governor's Island, New Ycrk harbor, Sunday night, will be buried in Arlington cemetery. Fun- eral services will be held at the military post on Governor's Island tomorrow, at the conclusion of which the remains will be brought to this city. Couonel Gilliss passed many years of his life in this city and had many friends here, both tm and> out of official circles. He was born in this city July 8, 154, and entered the army without passing through the military acad- emy. At the outbreak of the civil war, in May, 1861, he was appointed second lieu- tenant in the Sth Artillery, and was made a first Heutenant two years later. He re- ceived brevet rank of first lieutenant for gallant conduct in the battle of Malvern Hill, Va., and was brevetted captain in May, 1864, for gallant and meritorious con- duct in the battle of Spottsyivania Court House. He was with the Artillery Reserve and the 2d and 9th Corps, Army.of the Po- tomac, until August, 1864, in the field of Virginia and the Middle Military Division until October of the game year. At the battle of Cedar Creek he was taken prison- er by the confederates. After the war he served for some months in the office of General Rucker, chief quartermaster of the depot at Washington, and after that in Oregon, Idaho and Iowa. He was sta- tioned at Chicago from 1870 to 1875, and then for five years at Cheyenne depot, Wy- oming. After three years’ servieé at Fort Monroe, Va., he was appointed chief of the quartermaster’s department at St. Louis. In January, 1888, he was trans- ferred to this city for duty in the quarter- master general's e, and several years later was transfefréd to New York city, where he was stationed at the time of his death. He reached the le of colonel and assistant quartermaster‘general in Oc- tober, 1897, and was one of the senior of- ficers of the corps. REGIMENTAL MOSPIFALS. A Statement Explanatory of the Pur- Tones for Whiel l¢.in Intended. The Secretary of Wur has issued the fol- lowing statement égbiamatory of the pur- pose of certain military hospitals: “The purpose of’ tHe, regimental hospital in field service 18 tb‘ tarnish pratection and care to the sick of the command while on a march or im the field, er to those tempo- rarily sick wife im camp of instruction. it is an emergenty hospital in the one case and a detention hospital In the other, but is not intended! the treatment of the very ill, who in. she eveng of a move would prove to be an ineombsance to the regi- ment. When cages.are found to be serious in nature they Should romptly trans- ferred to brigade or Givislph Hospitals, ex- cept where reginients.are ifdlated, in which vent the bed capacity may be increased as necessary, all of thé sick Deing=eared for and transfers * ude | tow eral hospitals when ordered by preper authofity.” OLUN i Mt MANILA. ERS ——. the Regimeats Want to Come o“* Baek, Home, Great pressure is being brought upon the War Department to have the voiunteer. troops now in the Philippines return to this country. Nearly every state that has troops stationed at Manila has asked through its governor oF representatives in Congress that these troops be brought home. This pressure comes through the relatives and friends of the yolunteers and is started by theytrogps Who have been writing home. Some of thése letters pub- lished in the state‘Papérs at the homes of the enlisted men have created a wave of sympathy for the volunteers in far-off Ma- nila. While they do mot recount very great hardships, exeept among those who are ill, they do show that garrison life is very obnoxious and the duty of policing the city of Manila is very disagreeable. It i at the War Department that there is no way of relieving these troops from duty in the Philippines at the present ime. The uncertain conditions that exist a island maké@ it utterly impossible to get along with a smaller force than is now stationed there. Gen, Otis has been asked i of kfS troops can be spared s in the negative. sreat demand that has been made for muster out of volunteer regiments, and Volunteer régiments have been re- in the service, of individual mem- 's of such regiments, will form the basis of a strong recommendation in the message resident ‘for an increase in th regular army. This inereased force will be needed to take the place of the volunteers who desire to return home and leave the service. ——_——_+ e+____—_ INDUSTRIAL (COMMISSION. A Meeting Today to Perfect an Or- cenization. The United States industrial commission assembled in its rooms at the Bliss build- ing, 85 B street horthwest, today to at- tempt to perfect an organization. The members present were Senator Mallory, Senator Daniel, Representative Gardner of New Jersey, Repr2sentative Lorimer of Illinois, Me A. L. Harris: of @hio, Mr. 8. N. D. North of Massachmsetts, Mr. Ellison A. Smyth of South Carelina, Mr. John M. Farquhar of New York, Mr. Thomas W. Phillips of Pennsylyanja, Mr. M. D. Ratch- ford of Indiana and Mr. John L. Kennedy of Washington, D.C. 3 The absentees were Senators Kyle, Pen- Tcse and Mantle; Rsapresentatives Living- ston, Bell and Otjen, aiid Messrs. Conger of Michigan and Charles-J. Harris of North Carolina. Senator Kyle ts sic& at his home in Aberdeen, S. D., and Mepresentative Liv- ingston of Georgia’ is c@nfine@ to his resi- dence in this city, 2021 O street, by an a tack of pneumonia. fe has passed the critical stage, however, “and #% thought to be -recovering. The commission went ‘to executive ses- sion about 11:30 and immediately proceed=d to discuss the rufes of procadure, which had been prepared by a subcommittee. After perfecting them, tte commission will appoint a secrstary, a chief clerk and dis- bursing officer and a sergeant-at-arms. There are about fourteen applicants for the secretaryship, and a number for each of the other positions. At 1:15 o'clock the commission took a recess until 8 o'élock, rot Baving concluded censideration offthe rules of procedure. Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander 8. C. Paine of the navy has been on the retired list. Medical Inspector R. C. Persons has been detached from duty at the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., and ordered to tempo- rary Kags at the naval laboratory,Washing- ton, D. 2 Lieut, W. N. Lieut. George W. Mason have been hay discharged. | ay INTO OPEN SWITCH Many Lives Lost in Accident to Grand Trunk Express. eee MANY MORE SERIOUSLY INJURED ————— Disaster Occurred Early This Morn- ing Near Trenton, Canada. LIST OF CASUALTIES KINGSTON, Ont. November 15.—The Grand Trunk railway express from Mon- treal for Toronto collided with a freight train near Murray Hill last night. Several passengers were killed and many injured. The dead are. W. H. Bredy of Belleville, engineer of ex- press. John MacDcnald, Belleville, fireman of express. ‘Lhe ureman of the freight train, name not known, and two passengers, names un- known. John Riley, engineer, of Brockville. George Paulin, cattle dealer, of Toronto. A. Carey of Coburg. Albert Tracey of Prescott. A woman and child en route from Hol- land to the western states. William Lunness of Toronto. Among the injured are: John McNamara of Brockville, L. Labance of Montreal. W. Kenner of Prescott. A. P. Walker of Belleville. Fred Cain of Wickland. james Newman of Toronto. Three passengers, names unknown, were fatally injured. Twenty passengers, most of them being in the Pullman cars, were more or less seri- ously hurt. Nine or ten of the wounded are in the Belleville Hospital under treatment. The accident occurred at a place called the Diamond Crossing, about two miles from Trenton. The express, which was due at Trenton at 3:35 a.m., ran into an open switch and dashed into the freight train. As told by a passenger on the express train, the accident was caused by the ex- press crashing into a train made up of an engine and three freight cars, which was trying to get into a siding some distance to the east of the station. The express struck the rear van, knock- ing it into splinters. The second van was set on fire and burned &p, while the other one was overturned. The shock to the express train was se- vere, the passengers being hurled from their seats with great force, the momentum being sufficient to break off the backs of seats against which the passengers were leaning. —_—— AFTER MURDERER FUNK. Alleged That He is in Hiding in New York. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK CITY, November 15.—Cen- tral office detectives are assisting a Wash- ington detective, who is here looking for a” fugitive murderer named Frank Funk, charged with killing an old man there for his money in July last. The horrible mur- der, which was followed by a brutal as- sault on the wife of the victim, was com- mitted for money It is said that a large amount of cash Was taken from the house in which the crime was committed. Considerable attention was attracted to the crime at the time it was committed, be- cause of the man’s expressed friendship for the family of his victim. He had known the members of the family intimately and had always called the old people “mammy” and “Pappy” Brooks. His escape from the capital caused quite a stir in police cir- eles, and the department in this city did all in its power to apprehend the fugitive. It was learned by the Washington officer, who is here, that the fugitive was caught in a raid on a disreputable house in Alle- gheny City, Pa., about a month ago and was identified. According to the statement of a member of the police force here the fugitive received a sum-of money from relatives or friends in Washington to as- sist him to another city, and it is believed that he is now in hiding in this city. At police headquarters in this city noth- ing could be learned this afternoon con- cerning the visit of a Washington detective to New York. Detective Weedon, who was interested in the investigation of the charge of murder against Funk is out of the city. Ii was learned that he had been away for several days, but the officers did not seem willing to give any information con- cerning his whereabouts. —__+—_—_ DREYFUS WILL TESTIFY. Court of Cassation Notifies Prepare Hix Defense. PARIS, November 15.—The court of ca sation has informed the minister of col- onies, M. Guillain, that it has decided that Dreyfus be informed by telegraph that the revision proceedings have commenced and that he prepare his defense. The ministry of the colonies has received a sable dispatch saying Dreyfus is in good health. nf The decision of the court of’cassation to inform the prisoner that the revision pro- ceedings have commenced and notifying him to prepare his defense, is very signifi- cant, as it has hitherto been generally ad- mitted that no innovation should be intro- duced in the Dreyfus proceedings. Questions will now be drafted and posted to Dreyfus, who will formulate his replies. — WILL OPEN HEADQUARTERS HERE. Him to Republican Natlonal Committee Get- ting Ready for 1900. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 15.—The republican national headquarters, according to Secretary Charles F. Dick, will be open- ed in Washington as soon as Congress con- venes and preparations for the campaign of 1900 will go forward rapidly. Discussing the subject, Col. Dick said: “The national republican headquarters will be opened by time Congress convenes, and will continue until after the presidential election in 1900. “We will go on keeping in close touch with our different state and district organ- izations and keep them together. Our idea is to always have them -in good working order, ready for any kind of work, and not to depend upon organization at the last moment. The day after the nomination for President we shall have literature. It was after Mr. McKinley was nominated in 1896 that we commenced to think of literature. This time we intend to be ready.” ——_+—__ KNIGHTS OF LABOR CONVENTIO: Sitting Behind Closed Doors in Chicago. CHICAGO, November 15.—The annual ecnvention of the Knights of Labor began here today. Over 100 delegates were in at- tendanc2 when General Master Workman Hicks of New York called the convention to order. The proceedings will probably last a woek or ten days. The meetings are held behind closed doors. It is said that the knigths will pass reso- lutions combating the assertion attributed to Presigent Samuel Gompers of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor that organized labor is against the acquisition of conquer- ed territory. : Delegates NEED To Legislate for the United States’ New Possessions. Senator Foraker States His Opinio Concerning It and Other Im- portant Matters, Senator Foraker of Ohio, who was in Washington yesterday, is of the opinion that there will have to be an ext of the Fifty-sixth Congress to le regard to the new possessions of the United States. In talking, yesterday mor said it was his opinion that the com - sion of Congress would be taken up chiefly with the appropriations and legisiation regard to Hawaii, and perhaps Porto Rico. would certainly take the peaceciac He said from the outlook it would tainly take the peace commissioners ¢ or ten days longer to settle the Ph question, and this would bring it to ber 2ist or the 25th, and, after the more to draft, sign and complete it delivery tu the President. commission could not reach the States before Congress assembles again. It was his opinion, therefore, could reach the Senate, because the would have to be presented to the dent and by him sent to Congress. treaty sion before the 4th of Marc “I do not think, however,” he said, the treaty will be rejected, because, it a treaty of peace, the Senate would ha vare to deal with such a s they would with one simply negotiated betwe: two nations at peace. This, of cour: assuming that the treaty be ill consummated by such eminent as are on the commission.” Senator Foraker said that he though that the Senate would consider Hawaii and Porto Rico early this session, because there their being United was no dispute about States possessions, and that the commis sions appointed for Hawaii and Porto Rico were both ready to make their reports to the President. ‘Sul on pert to the Senate, e Hawaii Porto Rico, while Chairman Davis and the two other members of the commitiee, § ators Frye and Gray, are away in Par! This might delay the question of Hawaii ng until the peace and any foreign que: ccmmissioners return, and therefore it altogether likely that the appropriation bil will consume the larger portion of this session. “Certainly this Congress cannot finish the legislation required for our new pe sessions, and an extra session is absolutely necessa: What Congress will do in ry to Cuba depends upon the President's rec- This subject the Philip- pines and Hawall, and Congress will treat ommendations in his message. is different from Porte Rico, it differently.” e+ TEMPLE STILL IN JAI Government Try Him Soon. Mexica: Consul Darnall, at Nogales, Mexico, has made a written report to the State Depart- ment summarizing briefly the facts in the casé of the American, Temple, who is held in jail by the Mexicans on a charge of mur- The der committed in the United States. consul says that the man is still in jail, and his protest has not so far been heeded, though there are indi¢ations that the Mex- ican government is arranging to try him very soon. result might be an evasion, after all, of the point which the United States government is trying to establish, namely cannot exercise extra-territorial jurisdi within the United States. — TO HONOR MERRIMAC HERO. Effort to Secure Him Appointment to Naval Academy. DES MOINES, Iowa, November 15.—Con- gressman A. L. Hager of the ninth Iows district, will introduce a Dill in Congress to admit Osborne Diegnan, one of the Merri- Naval The city council of Stuart passed a resolutton some weeks go requesting the Secretary of the Navy to mac heroes, to the United Academy at Annapolis. State. dmit Diegnan to the Naval Academ: Secretary Long declined to do so be Diegnan was a trifle over age, and the Si retery was opposed to cstablishing such a >recedent. A special act of Congress is necessary to get him in. a MAY MEAN EUROPEAN WAR. jajor Merriam Discusses the Future of the Philippines. SAN FRANCISCO, November 15.—Major Merriam is quoted es saying: “It would rot surprise me to sce that the negotiations between the United States and Spain have been broken off. if the work of the commission proves fruitiess it means a renewal of the war. If Spain re- fuses to accede to our demands it will show that she has secured substantial hop. of assistance or European interventi Should Germany take a hand in this mat ter England will follow suit, and then I look for France to put her finger in the pie. ————E CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. Number of Visitors During the Mouth of October. “The opening of the Library of Congress at night is a great boon to students, clerks and all others who, previous to October J, were unable to avail themselves of its storehouse of literature. On that date the library was open for the first time until 10 p.m. The figures for the number of visit- ors to see and read for the month of Oc- tober are startling. The number of visit- crs to the building during the month was 71,623, an average of 5 of this m5 a day number ¢8,753 were between the hours of § a.m. and 6 p.m. and 32,870 from 6 to 10 p.m. This shows that from 8 in the morn- ing to 4 in the afternoon, the old hours, the uverage was 1,192, while the visitors who took advantage of the night opening aver- aged 1,562. There was an average of 370 more at night than during the day. The reading room during the month of October supplied 23,767 books, an average of 766 a day, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. This is an increase of 366 over the month of September, when the reading room was open from 9 to 4. During the month of Oc- teber the largest number of readers in one day was 612, en increase of 397 over any one day in September. The average num- ber of readers was 463, or an increase of 409, or nearly twice the number present on any day during September. The figures show that twice as many books were served during the month ef Oc- tober as in September, and also that dur- ing the evening hours the many students took advantage of the opening. The class of books called for shows that study and research rather than amusement was sought during the new hours of access to the library treasures. i Thousanés of situations have been ob- tained through the want columns of The Star. AN EXTRA SESSION in agree- nent was made, it would take a week or for This could not be done before the Ist of December, and the Unitea that it would be after the holiday recess before it Presi- This would give a very short time for discus- “that reason- able, and this is altogether probable, being Americans added Senator Foreker, “the for- eign relations may hesHtate making the re- and en- Arranging to If this should be the case, the that Mexico een | THE WASHINGTON EVENING STAI Has a larger home a houschold cire ion in the in proportion other newspaper in ¢ is, it is regal y delivered by car- riers to permanc’ bscribers to the largest per centage of residences in the city. This tx a pointer of we to adver- tisers. Houschoiders and members of family circles are the people who t things and pay tor them, eo WAR INVESTIGATION ees. Gen. Breckinridge Continues His Testimony This Morning. -- SOME © CRITICISMS «= ARE = MADE Dr. Magruder Tells of His Visits to Camp Alger. Se CAPT. DOWDY A_ WI’ 8 ep Major General Breckinridge again went on the stand this morning before the war investigating commission. The witness had gone to Cuba as inspector general, arriving Tampa June 5. He said the prepara- for embarkation of troops appeared e inadequate to him. He said he had no report because General Miles was nd and could see for himself re $ no preparation for landing an army in the presence of a hostile force except such as the navy might afford. “They had a naval cadet on each of these transports, but he had no authority,” said General Breckinridge. “I thought it would have been better had there been a responsi- ble naval officer on board the transports.” The witness said there appeared to be a pian of campaign in Cuba, but he didn’t know its deta He continued: A Talk With Gen. Miles. have no doubt there was a definite n. It looked like it. I had a sonversa~ on with Gen, Miles before I left for Cuba and I believe he had definite suggestions of his own.” The witness said that the papers had +0 loudly proclaimed that Santiago was the t of the campaga that many cf those the transports did not believe it was Speaking of the campaign the wit- said: Je on true think it would have been very different gen. Miles 1 been in command. I consider Gen. Miles a much more dashing officer than ayy other man in the field, I think he has the genus of command.” lid not say the pian was although he had a p) 3 id, “wish to any thing that vould derogate for a moment from the credit of that contest, but I do not think it wes a miracle. It was the finest army America has eve Phere was no demand met It was a compa The witness ssid when he was arked on board the transport why he had such con- fidenc that the American army we a win he quoted the words of an English com- mander ““T have led you into a devil of a fix, and it is your duty to get me out of it.’ " Gen Dodze—"“Have you ever known of a great battle Ubat was not criticised saben it was over The witness-;“There ts always criticism. You cannot have « great venture wiilout leaving some fly specks that some one will agnify. The Transports, Speaking of the transports, he said they were not in the best condition. “I believe,” he said, “no army has had better. I felt then and feel now, however, that the gover? ment should have done bei- ter for its soldie The steamers were built for travsport duty. They were made for a different purpose. I do not know, but I should think that other steamers might e been secured. I sympathize with the feeling that all the men possible should be sent on the nsports. It was regarded as bette: d the men than it would hive bee 1 Sinaller ermy & or. Gen. suggested that Gen. Lawton bad complimcried Gen. Breckinridge In the terms for his service at Santiago. ness—“You know, Gen. Lawton yself bad very kindly relations, and When it came out that the inspector gen eral’s department had been emasculated by this war I saw tkat the only way for the inspector geueral to share the dangers of the campaign was to get out with the troops. “4 found that Gen. Lawton was the man that G Shafter relied upon chiefly for the success ign. Th ore, on the di e fight 1 went with Gen ton’s division, which had the right Lawton many times was kind enough to ask my judgment-.on various ers, bu. that was merely voluntary service and I suppose anyching said about it should have come from Gen. Lawton.” His Department E Denby—"You say the inspector gen- department was ‘emasculated.’ Do Ce eral’s you mean its efficlency was interfered ad The witness—“The efficiency that would have been possible under such an organt- zation as the chief of the corps, would have liked, Was interiered with. When f left thought t Ary Was gOiNE to assign Ge ral Sanger as inspector gene ie was a Michigan man and hoped to see him in that place. The wits 2id the trouble with the in- spection system, as it existed after the war commenced, was that there was no way « getting a Knowledge of the existing condi- entral authority. General Sanger asked if tne witness knew the reports had uot been made. He replied that when he got back from Cuba he wanted to get some material for his annual report, and when he inquired in his office he was told there was nothing of the kind in the office. The Sinks at Camp Thoma: Dr. Conner called the attention of the witness to the statement that had come to the commission that 2,175 sinks had been left uncovered when his command left Camp Thomas, which had been filled in since that time The witness said that when he was ready to leave he represented to the department that the sinks should be filled in, and $1, was allowed him for that purpose. But he was ordered to turn the money over to Gen. Boynton, who was in charge of the park. The witness said the diseases that had occurred during the war among the soldiers were such as always trouble green troops. All soldiers have to go through such dis- eases, he said, just as children have to go throug the trials of teething. Gen. Breckinridge said that the law was responsible for a great deal of the difficulty that had been experienced. He recommend- ed strongly that action be taken in the near future to have the army kept in a condi- tion of readiness for emergencies. He said that in one case a company of cavalry had not been given {ts carbines until a few days before it was mustcred out. He said that if members of Congress will insist upon de- clining to provide necessary equipment the people who send them to Congress must take the consequences when trouble arises. “They will fight through their enthusi- asm,” he said, “but they must take the lit- ue hell they have prepared for themselves.” Lack of Preparatio: ‘The lack of preparations was the cause of much suffering. They had 250,000 men with- out 250,000 suits of clothes for them at the beginning of the war, and the same condi- tion existed in regard to everything that was needed. But alihough the condition was so far from desirable, the army was better prepared than it had been for twenty years. ir. Woodbury—“Then you think the army, under the conditions that faced tt, did _as well as could be expected?” The witness—“It did far better than any- body hed 4 right to expect, but not a (ourta