Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. =a: PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCERT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 1ith St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUPFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers. on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Coples at the er. 2 cents each. fy mail—anywhere In the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents turda¥ Quintuple Sheet St postage added, $3.08. Entered at the Post Otic aai! matter.) abs: riptions must de patd In advance. ising made known on applivation. ar, $1 per year, witt at Washington. D. C., Che Lvening Star. No 14,270. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO OENTS. No other paper fn the world reaches so large a percent- age of families im the city where muted as does The = Star in Wa mn adve: WILL COME TO TERMS soe ee Latest Paris Advices Indicate Spain Will Sign Treaty. -_ NEXT MEETING PROBABLY FRIDAY Some Doubt as to Individual Action of Senor Rios. ASKS SIGNIFICANT QUESTION PARIS, November 23—At the request of Spanish peace commissioners there will © no joint session today pending instruc- m Madrid. The date of the next is not fixed. postponement of today is regarded as a hopeful sign that the treaty will be signed. While the Madrid government has not yet received the text of the American ultimatum, the Spanish ministers received quite enough by telegraph on Monday night to enable them to instruct their commis- s to retire, were such their intentions. Expect Spain to Acquiesce. lef was confidently expressed by several of the American commissioners, in < tion with the correspondent of the sociated Press toi that before the ex- piration of the time fixed by the Americans, n. next, the rds will a r of the United States nes, and that ulti- mately the treaty be signed by all the comm! s Spanish » course which Senor of the Spanish com- 1es to “play to the gallery, ng member of the American com- Jieves he will sign with the In any ca ce on Il be speed . prob- + Leon y Castillo, the Spanish Ros sent a c ecmmissicrers las number of questions ant of them. and to get an an- hich the letter was undoubtedly n, was tucked away in the middle of It esked, in effect, if the Amer 7 t thet the ultimatu Monday. The Spa ured that such the int the answer bas cleared the air. Next Meeting Friday. A member of the nish commssion to- y assured the correspondent of the As- Press that the next meeting of the mmuni ners will take place on Friday or and that Spain’s answer then she will make, and that it conclusion of the natter rance is looked upon vain will sign the tre: s indi ty of peace. MUST PAY HER DEBT ing that Semi-Official Government MADRID, Novemb: a te n Note Isxaed by Spanish Todry i-official n appeal to ail is to furnish assistance to save the 1 credit, “if they do not wish foreign withdrawn from Spain.” Some people believe assume her own debt, no hands is her sovereignty, If posse the security rin the form of customs. If, er, nobody will debt, n must pay what Cuba cannot, because in made herself responsible.” Continuing t note read: “With re- spect to the debt of the Philippine Islands, Spain must await a definite treaty of pec in orde ‘at conditions America n through the Paris ins the assume the > BLANCO HAS RESIGNED. Little Surprise Manifested by State Department Officials. MADRID, November he Official Ga- zett lay publi decree accepting ation of Marshal Blanco as cap- of Cuba. cabinet counct! e prise is exp at the ne It is known eral sought general of Cuba, and he w: that pest by apper General Blanco. he part of the Madrid s concelved that his pur- to avoid what he may regard f surrendering the xem of United States. In so owing exactly the course captain generals of Port ‘lippines, who left his post vacuation was com- other before Manfla had apposed here that this action es upon Gen. Aro- nt . the unplei rrendering Spanish sovereign: island. It {s not believed that anco’s action will in any way affect the save in the possibility it con- 2 inciting trouble among the Span- ish troops. ——>. —_ THE QUAYS ASK FOR TIME. The Case of Pennsylvania Senator Came Up Today PHILADELPHIA, November 23.—United ator M. S. Quay his son Richard . Quay and ex-State Treasurer Benjamin J. Haywood were to have pleaded today in the quarter sessions court to the indict ments charging them with the misuse of the mon s of the commonwealth and of es Bank. The defendants ap- red in court at 11:30 o'clock with their and the latter at once asked for a few days’ time, claiming that the time since the i ments were presented had been t for their examination, and that ad, therefore, not determined wheth- vise their clients to plead or to en- ter a demurrer. District Attorney Graham objected to a Postponement, but after some deliberation and questioning of counsel the court or- dered a postponement until Monday next. WHAT HAWAIIANS WANT) TROOPS IN CUBA|“OPEN DOOR” POLICY|KILLED BY INDIANS Justice Frear Talks Interestingly of the People of the Islands. Self-Government— Well Fitted for Attempt to Introduce White Labor. Associate Justice Frear of the Hawaiian supreme court, and a member of the com- mission appvinted by President McK‘nley to provide a form of government for the recently acquired territory of Hawaii, is !n the city in attendance upon the meetings of the commission. Judg+ Frear is a native of the United States, but has been identi- fied for many years with the development of Hawaii. “The people of Hawaii,” said Judge Frear to a Star reporter, “want their form of government to be that »f an organized territory, with a governor appointed by the President, a delegate in the House of Representatives of the United States and a legislature elected by the neople. Well Fitted for Self-Government. “Hawaii is well fitted for such a govern- ment, for her citizens have cnjoyed a con- stitutional goverrment for sixty years. Even under the monarchy they had a leg- islature and the native Hawaiians part pated In the elections. The establishment of such a government, therefore, will not be in the nature of an exveriment. Amer can minds have guided eveits in the mat- ter of government. “The Hawalian system included the three lative, judicial and execu- as in the United State em. The courts were presided over by American judges in the upper branches and_ tr: were conducted much the same as in th country. There were trials by jury, there were courts of equity and courts of Jaw. The common law was law, except where changed by statutes, and they were model- ed after the statutes of this country. For these reasons the people of Hawall thinic they are entitled to a government as lib- eral as that afforded the residents of Okla- homa or Arizona. Yhat do you think will be the solving of the coolie labor problem?” Judge Frear was asked. nder the present law coolfe labor can be imported. Our people, if left to their own choice, would prefer to continue this stem: but we will not hesitate to give it up if required. We realize that the sta- bility of government will be so largely in- creased under annexation t we could afford to amend our labor laws and sacri- fice cheap labor. To Introduce White Labor. “As a matter of fact, our planters are now starting in to make 2 serious attempt to introduce white laborers. Some have already been brought in from California, and it is believed the experiment will suc- ceed. The notion seems to prevail in some quarters that white men cannot work In the tropics. It must be remembered, how- r, that there are differences in tropical 1s countries. Hawali reaily is on the edge of the tropics. Furthermore, the islands are tempered by a cool ocean current, which reduces the temperature 10 degrees below that of other countries in the same lat tude. A great proportion of the best cof- lands are located in a very temperate have found in some places in the Uni- States a wrong impression about the Hawaiians and the extent of their Hawaii has had a public school than half a century and y child was obliged to attend school between the ages of six and fifteen years. There is scarcely a child that cannot read ted nat education. system for more and write glish, and the percentage of illiteracy among the native Hawaiians 1s as small as in any other country. THE OREGON AND IOWA. They Have Resumed Their Long Cruise to Honolulu. The battle ships Oregon and Iowa have resumed their long cruise to Honolulu. ‘apt. Barker, commanding the Oregon, and the senior officer of the expedition, has notified the Navy Department that his little squadron sailed last Saturday from Rio for Montevideo, where another stop will be made for coal. After leaving that port the ships will head for Punta Arenas, in the Straits of Magellan, almost at the ex- tremity of South America, which will mark the accomplishment of about one-half of their voyage, unless they are ordered at Honolulu to proceed to Manila. Only a brief reference has been made officially to the ceremonies at Rio attending the cele- bration of anniversary of the creation of the E n government, but it Is known that the visit of our battle ships to the Brazilian capital made the most happy impression on the government and people of that great republic and will tend to culti- vate the fra al re existing between the nited States and Brazil. TAKEN. Hospital Steward King Did Not Ap- pear. Col. Denby of the war investigating com- mission expected to examine Hospital Stew- ard Preston King this morning at the rooms of the commission in the Lemon bullding in regard to the treatment given Sergeant Henry A. Dobson of Company D, 1st Dis- ict of Columbia Regiment. Mr. King had oned to appear before the com- but 1 sion, Two AMERICAN SAGLES. They Will Be Given to the Zoo by Secretary Alger. Secretary Alger teday re d by expr. from Oregon two fine young American eagles. It is not known at present who sent them. The express charges were $45. Inasmuch as the Secretary has no accom- modations for them at his residence in this city he will present them to the Zoological Park, where there are ample facilities for their care. +e +—______ Without Payment of Duty. The following circular was issued today: WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, November 23, 1808. By direction of the President, it is hereby ordered that all articles the product or manufacture of Cuba may be brought into any port or place in the Island of Cuba in the possession of the military forces of the United States, from any other port or place in said island, without payment of duty “hereon. (Signed.) G. D. MEIKLEJOHN, Assistant Secretary of War. —_—_——_e-+___ Personal Mention. Among those who spoke last evening at the magnificent banquet of the Society of the Mayflower Descendants at the Waldorf- Astoria Hotel In New York was Thos. &. Hopkins of Washington. Mr. W. Galt Burns, who has been con- fined to his residence since the 1st of Sep- tember, is convalescent and able to be out again. * ——— The Cal et and Thanksgiving. Secretary Hay and Secretary Alger will spend Thanksgiving day in this city and will eat dinner with their families. Secretary Long and his daughter and niece have gone to Hingham, Mass., where they will spend Thanksgiving day with Mrs. Long and the other members of the family. Secretary Gage will spend Thanksgiving at his home and will be without company. First General Order Looking to the Occupation of the Island. EARLY BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT Stations of the Troops Designated and Their Landings. ARRIVE BY DECEMBER 1ST =. —— The War Department today issued the first of the general orders looking to the occupation of the central and western prov- inces of Cuba by United States troops. The order contemplates the early beginning of the movement, as the Spanish troops are expected to have progressed with the evac- uation movement early in December. The text of the order is as follows: “Comman , 2d Army Corps, Augusta, “With the approval of the Secretary of War, the Ist Brigade, 3d Division, of your corps will proceed, fully equipped for field service, and take station in Cuba, as fol- lows: Headquarters and one regiment of infantry at Pinar del Rio; one regiment of infantry at Mariel and one regiment of in- fantry at Guanajay. The troops will em- bark at Savannah and the movements will be so regulated that no regiment will reach Savannah more than twenty-four hours prior to sailing. “The regiment for Maricl should land at that point. The other two should land at Havana and proceed to destination by ratl. It is not necessary that the entire brigad: lea at the same time, but regiments may move in succession as transports can be provided. The evacuation of Pinar del Rio by the Spanish will be completed by De- cember 3, and the troops above designated should res or earlier. “The brigade will take as much of its wagon transportation as {s possible, and camp and garrison equipage, including tent floors. The quartermaster’s department will provide the necessary transportation and thirty days’ forage for animals, the subsistence department make provision for thirty days’ suitable rations, and the medi- cal department provide proper medical at- tendance and stores. “Acknowledge receipt and direct that commanding general of brigade report to the adjutant of the army hours of depart- ch destina nber 1 ions by Dece ure of each regiment, and upon arrival at de nation report direct to the adjutant general of the army for duty. “By command of Major General Miles. “(Signed) H.C. CORBIN, “Adjutant General.” Commanded by Gen. Oates, The Ist Brigade is commanded by Rrig. Gen. Wm C. Oates, and censists of the 15th Pennsylvania, 34 New Jersey and 1021 New York regiments. They are now all at Athens, Ga., having recently arrived at that place from Camp Meade, Pa. Mariel is the seaport of Pinar del Rio province on the north side. It lies about thirty miles west of Hava and lying inland fifteen miles is Guanajay, the nearest point to the railroad line running from Havana to the city of Pinar del Rio, the capital of the province of the same name, which is about 120 miles west of Havana, and is to be the headquarters of the American army of oc- cupation in the province. The railroad can be reached from Guanajay by a short march. Fifteenth Infantry Ordered. Subsequently another order was issued directing the 15th United States Infantry to proceed from Huntsville, fully armed and equipped for field service, to Nuevitas, Cuba, reporting upon arrival to Brig. Gen. ¢ for duty. The regiment should vannah in time to catch the Ch ter, which left New York last night. = + e+ THE PRESIDENI’S TURKEY. Be Eaten It Has Arrived and Will Tomorrow. The White House steward has received the customary Thanksgiving turkey from H. Vose of Westerly, R. I. It was sent cleaned and prepared this time. Mr, Vose often sends a live one. For many years Mr. Vose has picked the finest turkey in Rhode Island to send the President for Thanksgiving dinner. He occasionally sends one for Christmas. The White House will be clcsed tomor- row, and President McKinley will spend most of the with Mrs, McKinley and with Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley, who re coming for the purpose of sharing the ‘Thanksgiving turkey with the White House family. The President will attend church tomor- row, as he always does on Thanksgiving da ———————— NAVAL HOSPITAL CHANGE, Ferebee to Relieve Dr. Cleborne at the Norfoik Station. There is soon to be a change in the com- manding officers of the Norfolk naval hos- pital, Dr. Ferebee of the navy relieving Dr. Cleborne. The latter has had two terms of at this station, covering a period of rly ten years. During this time his two younger dzughters have married and be- come identified with Norfolk and Ports- mouth society. There is now a grandson in Dr. Cleborne’s family, who, it is ex- pected, may some day develop in a measure seme of his grandfather's qualities and per- haps continue the naval history of the family. Dr. + 0+ -______ NEW JAPANESE MINISTER. Mr. Komura Formally Presented to the President. Secretary Hay today presented formally to President McKinley the newly appointed Japanese minister, Mr. Komura, who suc- ceeds Mr. Hoshi, who has retired to enter the Japanese parliament. The ceremony took piace shortly after 10 o'clock in the blue room, and was attended by the usual felicitous exchange of speeches between the President and the new minister. a Buffalo Ordered to Sail Friday. ‘The naval court of inquiry which was ap- pointed to investigate the causes of deten- tion of the cruiser Buffalo has reported to the Navy Department that no blame for the series of mishaps to the ship fs to be attached either to Commander Hemphill or to Chief Engineer Beig. Three of the subor- dinate mechanics have been dropped from the service, and the ship is ordered to sail from New York Friday for Manila by way of the Suez route. = + 4 ___ Arrived at Manila. The Navy Department is informed that the ccilier Nero arrived at Manila yester- day, on her way home to San Farncisco. The Vulcan and the Potomac left Cat Island on the 20th instant for Norfolk. The Southery has sailed from Port Antonio for Caimanera. ————_+ e+ _______ Ne Denths at Porto Rico. General Brooke, commanding at Porto Rico, telegraphed the War Department this morning that there were no deaths among the troops yesterday. , Grave Questions of State in Connec- tion With It, STATEMENT OF ISSUES INVOLVED Suggestion Touching American Sovereignty Over Philippines. POINTS IN DISCUSSION a If there is no mistake about the “open door” proposition reported to have been made by the American commissioners at Paris, a very interesting question is raised as to the policy of the administration upon the acquisition of the Philippines. The statement of this “open door” propo- sition in the Paris dispatches was that Spain should for a term of years enjoy the same privileges for her ships and merchan- dise at the Philippine ports as ts enjoyed by ships and merchandise of the United States. It is pointed out by those who haye been looking into this subject with care :hat if such a proposition has been made it could have been suggested only with an under- standing that the sovereignty of the*Phil- ippinés in passing away frem Spain would not rest with the United States, Some of the Argaments. If the sovereignty passed to the United States it would not be possible to extend to Spain such privileges except, perhaps, dur- ing the period of military government pend- ing the formal annexation of the isiands. Under such conditions If the islands become a part of the territory of the Union there can be no tariff duties on goods shipped from the Untted States to the Philippines. nor here from those islands. ‘The giving to Spain of equal privileges with the United States in the n.atter of shipping and mer- chandise would mean free trade for Span- ish goods, and there could be no discrimi- nation between goods landed at Manila and at New York. : ‘The inference drawn. therefor; alleged proposition is that a pla) tempiation which does not go far as\to annex the Philippine gropp of islands to the United States, but whith vests the sov- nity of those islands nomjnally wita their inhabitants, while the government would be under the actual direction of the federal authorities of the United States. The Consequences. If such a plan is in contemplation, as is surmised, a very heated controversy may be expected and a lively political issue may grow out of it. The effect of such a course would be to enable the enforcement of tar- iff duties upon products brought to this country from the Philippines, and would meet one of the serious objections of the Home Market Club to the “expansion” pol- icy. It would also admit of duties being col- lected on merchandise from the United States landed at Manila or any other port of the Philippine: Jn other word: it 18 asserted that the United States would have the responsibil- ity for the government of the islands with- out their possession, which would be s rificed in order to maintain a practical tariff against Philippine products. The public assumption has been that the policy of “expansion” contemplated the es- tablishment of Ameriean sovereignty. over the Philippines, as it is over Hawaii, but this “open-door’”’ suggestion is thought to point to a different cours3. Evasion of Constitution. It is intimated that the objection to such @ plan, 1f propcsed, will be that it is an evasion of the constitutional provision which insures equality of taxation, etc., and that it wculd burden this government with responsibilities and expense without acaing to its possessiens. It is sald that it will be insisted that the isiands be either annexed or else given ab- solute independence, without responsibility upon this government tarough a federal protectorate, If a currency and tariff system distinct from that of the United States could be adopted for the Philippines, and Congres: have no authority in the matter of the government of the islands, while the main- taining of a federal protectorate made the United States responsible to the rest of the world for the conduct and credit of the avasi-independent government, it is pointed out that infinite embarrassment would be brought upon the United States, without much compensatory advantage, except to the industrial interests witich enjoyed the continuance of protection or might control the financial affairs of the islands. ————++ Sick List in Honolulu. The Secretary of War ias received a tel- egram from General Merriam at San Fran- cisco, as follows: “Reports from Honolulu to November 14: Arizona sailed for Manila with Gen. from the is in con- J. King’s detachment ‘November 10, leaving about 160 men in the hospital. Statement of sick in general hospital as follows phoid cases—Ist New York Regiment, 63, and expeditionary troops, 48; total typhoid, Ui. Malarial fever an@ others, including convalescents—Ist New York Regiment, 99, and expediticnary troops, 102: total, ‘201 Total patients, Deaths since last r port—Privates William Hayden, Company I, 18th Infantry; Burton Woodbeck, Com- pany G; George H. Cowles, Company H, and Robert E. Wands, Company C, all of the Ist New York. —————+- 2+ _____—_ LIVE STOCK IN. FRANCE. Regulations as to Importation» From the United States. According to Consul Generg] Gowdy at Paris, there are no laws or regulations which prohibit the importation of live hogs into France from the Unfted States; but the-importation of lye cattle, such as cows, bulls or steers, from the latter sountry ts absolutely prohibited. [he animals, upon arrival, are subjected to aesanitary exami- nation by one of’ the official veterinary Surgeons detailed for the pugpose, and if found healthy are all fo enter the country; but if any coRiaetans disease ts detected the animal is Hifled-at once and others ag under strict syrvéillance. The production and the econspmptipn of all live animals in France this re ly balanced, with the exception of sheep. There is more demand for these animals than for any other live stock. eRe ak ee MORE TROUBLE AT BUDA PEST. — Police Dispe: Riotous Students— Ept in the Diet. BUDA PBST, November 28.—The students made a demonstestion Cae the police this morning; an¢the were obliged ij of business in the lower diet today the members of the ‘ppositicn refused to sit there, alleging thet. rumors were afloat. The hous®*then adjourned until it was ascertained that the rumors were groundless. The minister of the interior, Siesaey Sas promised to make an alleged excesses upon the part of the police, Eighteen Alaskan Prospectors Foully Murdered While Asleep. REPORTED THEY WERE DROWNED Survived Shipwreck to Meet Death From Their Rescuers. QUARREL OVER SALVAGE aa PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., November 23.—The number of lives lost in the rush to Alaska in the search for gold will probably never be known, and the manner in which hundreds of persons who have met death in the wilds of Alaska will ever remain the subject of speculation among friends and relatives. The latest reports tell of the fate of eighteen persons who are said to have been killed while trying to enter the mouth of the Kuskokwim river last June on ihe little steamer Jesse. The story has just been brought from that section in a letter to Bar1eson and Chilcott, who were part owners in the wrecked steamer. The letter was written by a hunter and trader on Nunivak Island, 100 miles from the mouth of the Kuskokwim, and in it he claims to have positive information that all hands were rescued from the steamer and the barge when they went ashore in the breakers only to meet death at the hands of savages. His Wife Got the News. Accord:ng to Marsten’s letter, his wife, who is an Indian, ‘paid a visit to her rela- tives at the mouth of the Kuskokwim river shortly after the wreck of the Jesse. While there she attended a feast given by the Indians, during the progress of which the Indians got drunk on a kind of liquor made by themselves. While indulging in the ge! eral debauch they quarreled over the pos- session of certain articles taken from the shipwrecked Her suspic were aroused by seeing them in po: mcf many valuable art cles of wearing apparel, watches, breech- loading rifles and an abundant supply of provisions. She made inquiries of her Srandmoth>r, an aged squaw, who related to her how, when the Jesse and the barge Minerva went ashore, the Indians ted in saving the whites and the cargo of the barge, and after the whites had >stablishe a camp the Indians demanded pay for their services.. They wanted nearly everything the whites had, not leaving them enough to last the party through the winter. The whites offered a reasonable amount, which did not satisfy the Indians, who immediate- ly commenced planning to take possession of everything. Decided to Kill the Whites. A council was held, and it was decided to kill all the whites, which was done th> next night whil2 they were aslcep. The bodies were takgn to the sea In canoes and thrown overboard. Nothing was known of the fat2 of the unfortunate prospectors for nearly a month after the wreck, when several bodies came ashore badly decom- posed. The Indians then reported that Jesse and the barge had been wrecked and all lost. Report was made to an agent of the Alas- ka Commercial Company, who visited the scene and identified the bodies of Capt. Murphy and the Rev. Mr. Webber, a Mo- ravian missionary, who, with his wife and child, joined the expedition at Dutch har- bor and was going to establish a mission among the savages who murdered him. It 1s further stated that the Kuskokwim In- di threaten to stop the whites from prospecting in the Kuskokwim country, as they claim it as their hunting and fishing reserve. ANOTHER HIGH ‘DER VICTIM. Mysterious Murder of a Chinaman in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, November 23—An- other mystericus Lighbinder murder has been committed in Chinatown. Wong Ah Jung, wao belongs to the Suey Yi fac- tion of Chinese, was walking up Clay street on his way bome, end bad just passed the entrance of a lodging house, when iwo shots were fired at him. One bullet enter. ed his head end caused almost instant Geath. The murdered man is the fourth victim of the Suzy Yings since the existing fued began. A Chinese giving the name of Hon Me has been “rrested on suspicion of havin; fived the facal shot. m:panies are determined to re- store peace ia Chinatown. Touay they of- fered a revard for the arrest of Poy, who is accused of slaying Chung Yet Den re- cently, and wili do the same in other cases of Mongolian crime. eee FOR LONDON, IRON PIPE First Shipment of the Kind Ever Sent From America. PHILADELPHIA, November 23.—A char- ter was effected yesterday of the British bark Highlands to load 2,000 tons of cast iron pipes for London direct. This will be the first full cargo of the kind ever shipped to Engiand from this or any other American port. A large quan- tity of this material, however, has been exported to Glasgow by the Alan hne steamships, a contract to supply that city with American dramage and water pipe having been secured by Philadeiphia deal- ers. —_.>___ MICHIGAN STARTS HOME. Transport Will Pick Up Troops at Porto Rican Ports. SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO, November 23.—The United States transport Michigan left here yesterday to collect troops from inland ports. The artillery homeward- bound co:sists of Lemley’s and Thorp’s Batteries. The Michigan is due in New York in about ten days. The steamer Relief of the hospital ger- vice, sailed today for home, with 253 sick and convalescent soldiers. The transport Mississippi arrived here this moraing, and was quarantine? for three days because a passenger on board is suspected of having yellow fever. The Passenge:, who came from Santiago de Cuba, has been removed to the lazaretto. The efforts of the military authorities to collect arrears of taxes, dating back to the Spanish regime, are unpopular, and will prove difficult. Se Emperor William at Austria. POLA, Austria, November 23.—The impe- rial yacht Hohenzollern, with the Emperor and Empress of Germany on board, arrived here today. She was saluted by the forts and Austrian warships. The latter were decorated with flags. —__ Another Trial for the Farragut. SAN FRANCISCO, November 23.—The torpedo boat destroyer Farragut is to have another chance to show her ability to travel according to the contract under which she was built, and November 30 has. been set for the trial, COSTA RICA'S PRESIDENT He is Expected to Arrive Here This Afternoon. Will Be Met at the Station by Secre- tary Porter and Colonel Secretary Porter and Col. Theodore Bing- ham, representing President McKinley, have completed airangements for the recep- tion of President Iglesias of Costa Rica. The Ccsta Rican will arrive here from New York at 4:10 o'clock this afternoon. He will come in a snécial car. He is ac- companied by members of his staff and by Colonel Carter of the adjutant general office. Colonel Carter was sent to New York as the representative of the adminis- tration. The reception to President Iglesias will not be as elaborate as if he were travelin officially. He ts incognito, and consequently is not here as chief executive of Costa Ric: He is on his way to Europe, and is travel- ing for health and pleasure. Colonel Bingham will meet President Iglesias at the depot and escort him to the Arlington Hotel, from which the Costa Rican flag has been flying ail day. Secre- tary Porter will later visit the hotel and find out what hour will be suitable for President McKinley to call. When the hour is fixed President MeKinley will pay a formal call, which will be followed by Presi- dent Iglesias calling at the White Hous When President Dole came here i met at the depot by Secretary S nting the government. however, was traveling officially. Carter of the adjutant general's de- partmert, who went to New York as the representative of the President to assist in the reception of President Iglesias of Costa Rica, telegraphed the War Department this morning as follow “President Iglesias will leave this morn- ing at 11:14 o'clock and arrive at the Penn- sylvania station, W p.m."" EW YORK, November 28.—President lesias of the republic of Costa Rica left this city fer Washington today. He was accompanied by his family and official staff and by Col. Wm. H. Carter, U. 8, A., rep- resenting President JicKinley. ——____+ 0+ —______ WILL ARRIVE TOMORROW. Gen. Calixto refa and the Cuban Commission Coming to Washington. The Cuban commission, consisting of Gen. Calixto Garcia, Jose Miguel Gomez, Col. Louis Sanguilly, Jose Gonzalez La- nuza and Ramon Enrique Villaton, will rive in Washington tomorrow for the pur- pese of conferring with President McKin- ley and his advisers over the conditions in Cuba, both present and to come. The com- issioners will be accompanied by a num- of aids and seerctaries, and it ts ex- ed many cf the representative Cubans in New York will also be in the part ——-——-+ e+ Quinine Exempt From Duty. By direction of the President, Assistant | Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Depart- ment today issued an order “that sulphate and bisulphate of quinine and all alkaloids or saits of cinchona bark shall be admitted at all ports in the Island of Porto Rico free of duty A similar order was issued in the case of Cuba, providing that “upon the occupation and possession of any ports and places in the Island of Cuba by the forces of the United States,” quinine skall be similarly eee to such ports and places free of duty. + e+ Readmitied to the Mails. The Danish Pioneer, a newspaper whose publishers , Neb., were excluded from the use of the mails ten years ago at the instance of the Danish government, can be admitted again in the mails for Den- mark, according to notification that gov- ernment has sent here. At the time the taken as usual courtesy to n government no reason for the desired exciusion was given, and none is now officially known, nor is it known whether the paper is still issued. 7 Fourth-Class Postmasters. The following fourth-class postm: were appointed today: Virginia—Aylmer, John P. Hughes; Sua- beam, E. F. Drake. ————_ + 0+ —____ Doubts as to Grafton'’s Death. Dr. Salmon, the chief of the bureau of animal industry of the Agricultural De- partment, today d grave doubts s to the probability of the death of George Grafton, government inspector at the Chi- cago stock yards, having occurred from lumpy jaw, though admitting he has re- ceived no reports on the subject from Chi- cago. There have been cases reported in which it is sald human beings contracted the disease from animals, but Dr. Salmon Says none has come under his direct obser- vation or of persons in the government service. sters ex --<—_—______ Dr. Stephen Tyng’s Funeral. PARIS, November 23.—The funeral of Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, the former president of the American chamber of commerce, whose ; 500 persons, including fema death was announced on November 17, took place today in the American Church in the Rue D’Aguesseau. Among these present were the United States ambassador, Gen. Horace Porter, the staff of the United States embassy and many prominent mem- bers of the American colony. B. and 0. Makés Settlement. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 23.—The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company to- day, as a further basis of the reorganiza- tion plan, made a settlement with the Co- l_mbus and Cincinnati! Midland on a basis of 92 cents on the dollar of the bonds amounting to over $2,000,000. The Colum- bus and Cincinnati Midland has been oper- ated as a part of the Baltimore and Ohio system. —_—— Resignation of Judge Gordon, HARRISBURG, Pa., Novemb2r 23—Judge Gordon of Philadelphia hag resigned and Governor Hastings has accepted his resig- nation. ———_— it pays to read the want columns of The star Hundreds of situations are. filled through them. AGAINST A REGENCY England Opposed to Deposition of the Chinese Emperor. FORTHCOMING NOTE 10 POWELS nance: India Merchants Pleased at Growth of Tea Trade. ORIENTAL NEWS BUDGET spinal TACOMA, Wash., November 23.—The Northern Pagific liner Olympia brings the following oriental advices: A telegram published by the Chuwo states that Sir Claude MacDonald, the British min- ister at Pekin, will probably make the fol- lowing representations to the Chinese gov- ernment on the subjoined points at an early date: First. The treaty powers will not recog- nize the restoration of the r ney on 80 flimsy a pretext as the fll health of the emperor, which is not sufficient to justify a change in the sovereignty Second. The work of reform started by the emperor must not be suspended, not only in the interests of peace in the east but for the sake also of the maintenance of the Chinese empire Third. It is contrary to principles of 1 manity to ital punishment upon political sts, and this practice must be discontinued in future, Fourth. Tha Chinese governmer take greater | utions to pre aults 1 natives on foreign residents in in broad daylight. British minister is now conducting ations wi the minisi¢ of other on the subject, but no de om ha t been arrived at. Chinaman Desires Passports. claiming to have come from Manila, applied to the American minister at Bangkok for passports to travel in Siam After the glorious exploit of . Admiral Dewey, he explained, he had no alternative but to become an American cit n, Mr Hamilton King performed a naturalization ceremony on the spot and applied for pass- ports in due form, but Prince Devawongse objected to lestial’s standing. The United States minister rejoined that Amer- ican protection was claimed for him “by right of conquest.” There the matter stands for the present. English papers in India are rejoicing over the increasing American market for tea For several years past the Assam tea planters have subscribed to maintain a rep- resentative in the United States whose sole duty is to push the sale of India teas, « the result so far has been The by North America in pounds in 1896 to 11,250,000 pounds in 1897. apan 1s the rival in the field, and is show- ing great energy. The Japanese govern- ment has _recen: to be spent in thre |, and its example is commended by papers to the attention of the g of India, whi on the struge’ sted. An tmperial edict has been is ing the destruction of Kang Yu wherever found, also the burning of the blocks from which any of his writings have been printed. mount of India and ¢ rea eylon t d from ¥ An Irreligious Man. Th> reasons given are that Kang was not only a dangerous intriguer, but a most irre- ligious man, having open! essed him- self as an enemy of Confucianism and the ancient religions of the empire. America is said to be t concession from the Chine ruct a railway betwe anghal, with a branch | hould this report turn out to be correct, the Japanese government will probably lodge a protest with the Chinese govern- ment. According to a telegram received by tha Osaka Shosen Kwaisha of Osaka from its branch office at Hankow, the houses de- stroyed by fire at Hankow on Oy 1 numbered more than 18,000 altoget 2s, having be: ing to obtain a @ government to mn Canton and to Fu K burned to death. > MASS MEPTING OF NEGROB! Resolutions Adopted at Ruffalo Con- demning Southern Outrages. BUFFALO,N. Y., November —The ne- groes of Buffalo have held a mass meeting to protest against the treatment of their race in some of the southern s After addresses by Mayor Diehl, ex-Mayor Jew- ett, Edward W. Crosby and others resolu- ates. tions were adopted appealing to the na- tiona! administration “to interfere in be- half of the oppressed negroes of North and South Carolina; to right the wrongs done their race in those two states; to punish those responsible for the recent outrages and to enact the legisiation necessary to insure to the negro citizens of the south- land the rights to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the Untted States.” ‘The appeal will be forwarded to Presi- dent McKinley and to Congress at its next session. —— TYPHOID AT HONOLULU. Gen. Merriam Thinks It Was Import- cd With Troops. SAN FRANCISCO, November 23.—Major General Merriam has completed his report of the administration of the department of the Hawali. He gives it as his opinion that the city of Honolulu is thoroughly infected with typhoid fever. He thinks that in a measure this is possibly due to the men that were sent from here with the disease, who were taken off the transports at Hono- lulu and put in hospitals there. General King’s departure abandons Camp Otis, and General Merriam says it will not be again occupied by troops. Camp McKinley has also been moved to new ground and every possible sanitary precaution taken to insure the good health of the men. MORE RACE TROUBLE THREATENED Pitched Battle Between Negroes and White Caps in Arkansas, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 23.— While a band of white caps at Black Rock, Lawrence county, had Henry White, a negro, in custody accused of hog stealing, they were fired upon by the negro’s friends, 4 hundred shots were exchanged. Henry Hale was shot and killed; Chubby Spades mortally wounded and George Warner dan- gerously injured. All are white. The ca- Sualties on the negroes’ side are not known. The alleged thief escaped. A coroner's jury —— him with mur- der, and he is being hunced by a mob. Many negroes in the vicinity have been by white caps recently, and a race war is threatened. Sie ere Big Stock Barn Burned. DUBOIS, Pa, November 23.—The big barn on the stock farm of John E. Dubois, near here, was burned this morning. gattle, several horses and many ‘Twent Joss ie $40,000,