Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. EVENING 3 PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEIT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaner Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Office, 49 Potter Building _— ed to subseribera fn the tuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with > added, $32.08, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. cond-class mail matter.) All mail riptions must be pald in advance. of advertising made known on appliaation. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. BUSINESS POINTE <s. Business will be gocd this fall An advertisement in « daily Paper bears fruit quickiy amd money with which to buy things reads a ¥ paper. You eo: reach more than twiee many Washington rehasers through the col- umnsx of The Star as you can through any other me. SPARRING FOR TIME Spain’s Peace Commissioners Submit Some Counter Propositions. - MORE PAY FOR THE PHILIPPINES base Failing in That, to Retain the Island of Mindanao. MUST ANSWER BY MONDAY a ee PARIS, November 25.—It is now known ust that Spain will her time limit which expires on Mon before replying to the American offer regarding the Philip- pine Islands. In the meanwhile the Span- iards are wassing the entire field and exhausting every resource to postpone the inevitable. ex’ As cabled to the Associated Pr on Wednesday, they could not accept the American ultimatum as final without ask- ing if it really were so. That applied to the time limit. Now, the Spaniards apparently devbt the fixednes the amount the of Americans offered for the Philippines, and today they sent a communication to the American commissioners, asking if the lat- ter would accept a counter proposal Spain to cede the Philippines for $100,000,- 0 in imagines the Americans might be ling to lop off the great island of Philippines and pay nuld remain, in- ed for the en- from the 00.000 for what wi «),000 now offe © archipelago. America is in Earnest. n will learn In response to such in- tiries that Americans employ the word tum to signify ultimate conditions. crease her mone n of the Philippin compelied to know that the United States’ offer eans $20,000,000, no more and no less, and that the whole archipelago must to the United States for that sum. Spain, before giving up or turning away, will also propose some alternative bargain ef the Carolines or the Canary Islands, to held in the possession of the United tes in addition to the Philippine Islands, on condition that Spain be permitted to re- tain her sovereignty in the Philippines. In ether words, Spain would cede certain ter- ritory in the Carolines and Canaries and the rol of the Philippin the tes under 2 nominal Spanish sov- sa further imducement, e United States shall pay no money on account of the Philip- lands. A Wail From Madria. MADRID, November —The Corres- rondencia today comments upon the attl- tude “of the Americans in insisting upon a renewal of the protocol of 1877, thanks to they, without warning, censpired ain in Cuba,” and adds: ns will next plot sgainst y Islands and Bateari s she will finally be be nericz ads without Spain being able to puni a yesterday as to ad be sent to Senor at it is believed that the to an wgrecment tuday at cide whether it will or ne Spanish commiss The cabinet w its me at recourse ion when twy nations in equal positions and pre nt arguments, but never when it was merely a question of discuss- ing a single operation—that ef the con- queror.”” ee DAVIS EXCEEDS CONTRACT SPEED. Very Satisfactory Performance of the New Torpedo Boat. PORTLAND, Ore., Noyer torpedo beat I Nolf & Zw cker ir her ¢ Sh 2 knots y requireme Lieutenant ident of the patch to » boat on the » make one knot more thi Revolutions average RDON. Henry J. Mee Carthy on the Bene RRISBURG, Pa Governer Hastings the appointment of Henry J. McCarthy (demo- erat) of Phila a to succeed James Gay Gordon. judge of common pleas court of Philadelphia, v resignation on Wed- nesday created sensation throughout Pennsylvania. Jucge AlcCarthy was a judge of the su- r cow of this state as it was orig- fens cetaceans baving been appointed by Governor Hastings as the democratic member of that body. He failed, however, to secure the indorsement of his part the regular nomination and was forced to retire. a —— -_—_—. LYNCHING MOB THWARTED. Jail ard at Glassow, Ky., Were on the Alert. Ky re November Seven ht today awakened they were intend te the guards at the jal of a to lynch Re nielix charged with shots were fired by men mob of fifty and after be would do the: Jaii guarded tt the gue mpt W eyed for duty de tu take the pris jour aud then off. Brown's tri 30. He is charged with w, Louis McClelland, with having killed Mrs. Bi anes Jury in Ricser Case Disagrees. KANSAS CITY, Mo., November 25.—A jury in the United States district court ch has been trying D. V. Rieger, ex- dent, and Rebert D. Covington, ex- of the failed Missour! National on indictments charging embezzie- ment and misappropriation of that insutu- tion's funds; today disagreed and was dis- charged. VALUABLE REALTY SOLD| AT THE WHITE HOUSE RUMORS OF INCENDIARISM “OPEN DOOR” POLICY Mr. ©. C. Glover Secures Part of the Corcoran Estate. Lot Adjeins Riggs National Bank Building end Will Be Transferred to That Institution. An important sale of real estate has just been completed by the receipt in this city of a deed by which Mrs. Louise Eustis Hitchcock transfers to Mr. Charles C. Glover the property on the north side of what is known as Pennsylvania avenue just west of 15th street and adjoining on the west the building occupied by the Riggs National Bank. The lot has a frontage of 53 feet and a depth of about 130 feet, a portion of the rear opening on a 25-foot alley. It is improved in part by an old building, which is now used for office pur- poses. As the value of the improvements was not considered in the transaction, the price paid may be regarded as the value of the ground alone. The lot contains 6,758 square feet, and the consideration paid was $140,000, which is at the rate of over $20 per square foot. It is the intention of Mr. Glover, who is the president of the Riggs National Bank, to make a deed transferring this property to the bank, and then it is proposed by the latter in the near future to erect a building designed exclusively for the use of the business of the bank. The present banking house at the corner will be given up and the institution will be located in the new building. The size of the lot is exactly the same as that on which the present banking house stands. It is proposed to erect a building which will be only one story high, and which will be in every way a model busi- ness house of the character required. Matter of Policy. It is stated that the change is to he made because the bank now occupies its precent quarters only as a tenant, and that in a short time the lease will expire. It is be- lieved it will be better policy for the inst!- tution to own its own banking house, and for that reason the purchase was made, as above stated. The sale was made by Mr. J. E. MeLeran of the firm of Heiskell & McLeran, real estate brokers, in connection with Mr. W. T. Harris, the agent of Mrs. Hitchcock. The latter was a Miss Eustis, a granc- daughte= of the late W. W. Corcoran, and in the recent division of the estate among the heirs this piece of property fell to the share of Mrs. Hitchcock. Several yea ago another division was made of the en- tire plece of property, including the bank building, that above referred to, and the property adjoining the bank building on the north, and improved by the one-story stone building fronting on 15th street. Once Held by Heirs. ‘This realty was held as a whole by the heirs of the late W. W. Corcoran and Mr. E. Francis Riggs, as the heir of the late George W. Riggs. In the division the bank building was transferred to Mr. Riggs and the balance to the Corcoran heirs. Mr. Riggs is still the owner of the property and leased it to the bank for a term of years, and that period has now about expired. Mr. s is a director and one of the jarge stockholders of the bank, which suc- ceeded to the business of Riggs & Co., for miny ars private bankers. He is now traveling in Europe, but it is expected he ill return in the near future. He is the vice president of the National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, at the corner of 15th street and New York a before he went away he had his offi agers HOSPITAL STEWARD KING. He Testified Today in Regard to Sergt. Dobson's Case. Preston C. King, hospital steward, 1st District of Columbia Volunteer Regiment, was examined today by Col. Denby of the war investigating commission. Mr. King fied that h Mrs. Dobson at the ral hospital at Camp Wikoff, Montauk where she had gone to see her son, ant Dobson of Company D, who was there. He said Mrs. Dobson told him she was going to take her son away from the spital and wanted him to help her get im away, and also to see that she should be given permission to go on the transport with her son to New York. Mr. King also said that it had been stated in the press that-he had been summoned before the commission and had failed to appear. H d he had not been summon- ed to appea Surgeon commission yut had only been requested to app He had visited rooms, and, understand- th ing it was not necessary for him to testify, lg away. When he learned later that his testimony was wanted he prompt- ly volunteered to go on the stand. SUCCESS OF THE DAVIS, Than Contract Speed on Second Trial. Wolff & Zwicker, the shipbuilders of Port- land, Ore., Lave suceeded, on the second tial, in getting a speed in excess of the contract requirements from the _ tcrpedo beat Davis. Judg2 Advocate General Lem- ly has received the following dispatch from Lieut. Commander Drake, who was t president of the trial board: “EAST PORTLAND, Ore., November 2. “Davis first torpedo boat Pacific coast to make one knot mcre than contract speed. Revolutions 382 average. No undue fric- Uon of engines or exces vibradions of hull. Two heurs’ consecutive run, no turn.” The Davis was required, under the terms of the contract, to make at least twenty- two and one half knots, and Commander Drake's message indicates that she must have made more than twenty-three and one-half. —_—_—_—_+-+____ GEN, BUTLER COMING, Ordered to Keport Here for Tempor- ary Duty, Maj. Gen, Matthew €. Butler, U. 3. V., has been ordered to proceed to this city and report in person to the Secretary of War for temporary duty, and on completion Made More 189s. thereof he will return to Havana, Cuba, and resume his duties with the commission for the evacuation of Cuba. Gen. It is supposed that Butler's summons to Washington re- to the auesticn of the employmeat of y military authorities pation of that territory States army, eee: Late Naval Orders, Civil Engineer A. G. Menocal, retired, has been relieved from duty in connection with the Nicaraguen canal commission and or. dered to duty at the naval station at San Juan, Porto Rico. Paymaster C, W. Littlefield has been as- signed to duty as pay office! e nay; goo oe on, Conn, ste epee cut. C. W. Haseltin and Pa . ant Engineer’ N. A. Chambers have bes henorably discharged from the navy. 2+ Consular Officers Recosaised. The President has recognized Michel Here mann as French consular agent at Louisville, PAS Christian H. Hansson, as Danish con- sul at Chicago; Hayashi Sotoktch!, = anest consul at Tacoma, Wash., and we, c British consul oe general at No News Foreshadowing Spain's De- cision at Paris. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CABINET Movement of the Troops to Cuba Discussed. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE No news foreshadowing the final action of the Spanish commissioners was received today by the administration, and when the cabinet met there was not much to talk about in connection with the negotiations pending in Paris. There is an almost unan- imous feeling, however, that the Spaniards will accept the American propositions, the only feature in doubt being that of the amount of money to be paid. The Star has already indicated that this is what the Spaniards may do. On this point the ad- ministration is ready to give the Spaniards more time, but it is somewhat doubtful if much more money than $20,000,000 can be secured from the treasury of Uncle Sam. Cabinet officials say tnat the United States does not care to establish a prece- dent in the money matter, as in future wars the defeated nation will have it in mind to obtain as much money as_ possible, knowing the liberality of this country. The Spaniards will have to show by good argu- ment and figures that they are entitled to more than the amount named. If they can do this they may succeed in their purpose. Sending Troops to Cuba. ‘The movement of troops to Cuba was talked over at the cabinet session. Secre- tary Alger announced that he is arranging to send troops to Mariel by the 15th of De- cember. Mariel is a port about thirty-five miles west of Havana, and some of the early fights of the war occurred near th2re in the attempts to land supplies for the in- surgents. The place is high and healthy, and troops can be sent there earlier than to Havana. The administration fs satisfied that th2 Spaniards are working hard to get their forces out of Cuba, and are cognizant of the fact that a large number of transports will soon reach Havana. These will carry many thousand soldiers back to Spain. ’ The President's Message. Sections of the President's message to Congress were read and discussed today. The President is putting in many hours each day on the message. Most of the werk is done in the afternoon and evening, when the flow of visitors ceases and gives th? President a chance to dictate to his stenographers. ‘There was some talk about the civil ser- vice order soon to appear. Civil service or- Sanizations throughout the country are sending protests against exemptions from the law, but thes? will be unavailing, as the President long ago decided that there must be changes in the law. Ant-expanstonists throughout the coun- try are also active, and are sending to th White Hous; petitions against annexation. Many of th2m are sending personal letters to cabinet officials protesting against a quisition of the Philippine Islands. Som of the cabinet officers have answered by asking the antis to submit propositions,-but this is not often done. The protests contain no suggestions as to what the-United States cught to do if it dogs not acquire the islands, A Protest Against Expansion. The Anti-Imperialist League, an organi- zation originating in Massachusetis, and of which ex-Gov. Boutwell is president, to- eay, through its secretary, Mr. Ew! Winslow of Boston, presented to Presider McKinley a “protest against any extensio of the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine Islands in any and over any other foreign territory with- out the free consent of the people there believing such action woule b to the republic, wasteful of its r in violation of constitutional p: fraught with moral and phy our people.” The President informed Mr. his willingness to receive from the le any plan it might offer short of surre of the islands to Spain. The President Takes an Airing. The crisp, bracing weather enticed the President into the south grounds of the Executive Mansion this morning, and he and Abner McKinley walked around for nearly half an hour, enjoying the fresh air immensely, On returning to his office the President had a conference with Messrs. Lyman and De Lend of the treasury regarding the portion of the coming civil service order which refers to the treasury. Mr. Lyman Was at one time a member of the civil rvice commission. Mr. De Land is th il service examiner of the -treasur. They were able to give the President all the Information he desired on civil service affairs as applied to the treasury, —- ——-+ e+ —___—. GOOD PROGRESS MADE, t Winslow of The Bering Sea Question Considered by the Joint Commission The Bering sea question was again taken up by the Arglo-Amerfcan commission to- day, and such progiess was made wich t hearing of the exrerts that it is expected this branch of the subject will be out of the way today. The examinaiion of Capt. Thayer, the American expert who appraised the Canadian fleet of sealers, proceeded through the morning, and Capt, Cox, the Canadian wno more particularly represents the sealers, will be examined and cross-ex- amined this afterncon. This, with the testimony of Capt, Taylor, the Canadian appraiser heretofore heard, places the commission in possession of every shade of opinion as to the value of the sealing fleet, and it remains now only to reconcile the differences between the Amer- ican and Canadian experts, Tomorrow the commissioners go to Mar- tinsburg, W, Va., as the guests of Senator Faulkner, Soneeepnnennehah themed Capt. Macklin Ordered Here. Capt. James E, Mackiin, th United States Infantry, has been ordered, upot the completion of his duties at Mobile, Ala., to repair to this city and report in person for conference to the quartermaster gen- eval of the army, and then proceed to his proper station in Porto Rico. —_+«+—____. Honorably Discharged. First Lieut. W. K. Brice, 8d Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers, and B; C. Woodall, Ist North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, haye been honorably discharged the service of the United States, —_-e.______. Col. Borup Ordered Here, Lieut. Col. Henry D. Borup, chief ord- nance officer, United States Volunteers, has as chief or¢nance Discharged Employe of Baldwin Hotel Had Made Threats, Another Report That Fire Was Start- ed Through a Debauch of ® Hotel Employes, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 25.— So far as now known the victims of the Baldwin Hotel fire number five, as follows: J. L. White, Lewis Meyers, J. M. Leight- head, Tate Pryor, J. J. Carter. The bodies of Leighthead and Pryor have been recovered. That of Racing Judge Carter has not yet been found, though his remains are doubtless among the ruins. The body of Pryor will be forwarded to St. Louis, where his wife resides. It was found under a mass of timber and debris. It was badly burned, but was identified by the peculiar gold filling of the teeth. There are undoubtedly other bodies yet to be found. Manager Lake of the burned hotel says that many of his recent guests have not called on him since the fire for their mail or to inquire about their per- sonal effects, and it is believed that some of the persons occupying rooms were not registered at the office. There are rumors of incendiarism in con- nection with the fire, the crime being at- tributed to a discharged employe who, it is said, had made threats to burn the place. Two fires were discovered inthe hotel, and its annex on Friday night of k week, but both were extinguished without doing any damage. Another theory of the origin of the blaze is that it was the result of the carelessness of the cooks and waiters, who are alleged to have indulged in a revel in the kitchen on the night before the building was burned. The fire wardens will investi- gate the matter today. W. B. Sink, the horseman who stopped at the Baldwin, is in bed at the Hotel Lang- ham with the soles of both feet blisiered and his lungs severely burned. His wife is also prostrated from the shock she re- ceived. Chas. McCarthy, a travéler for an east- ern whisky firm may also have perished in the fire. He went to the. hotel Tuesday night, and has not been seén since by his friends. ee TWO KILLED, MANY INJURED Result of the Riots at’ Adniston Last Night. The Town is Reporteé Quiet Today— Investigation Or@eréd by Gen. Fratk. ANNISTON, Ala., Novetitber 25.—The city has quieted down after last night's rioting and it is belfeved that the fill extent of the shooting has been, leatnéd. Two negro soldiers were killed and three wounded and six or eight white enlisted mén were more or less seriously hurt. The two members of the white provest gigrd who were mi: ing last night reported for duty today. The dead are. Private Ed. Caperton, 3d Alabama, A member of the same regiment unidenti- fied. Wounded: Wm. Bowie, $d Alabama, shot through the body; will die. The names of the other wounded negroes will not be known until night, as the com- mander of their regiment has not made up the list, Among the whites wounded were: Private Gildbait, Company B, 2d Arkan- sas, shot in head and stabbed in back; dan- gerously hurt. g Sergeant Frank Dodson, 3d Tennessee, shot in arm. P Private in stomach. Private Will Bisson, 4th Kentu in shoulder. It is reported that several members of the 4th Kentucky and dth Wisconsin were wounded, but this could not be confirmed at their headquarte General I Camp Shipp, tion. ack Graham, 3d Tennessee, shot » Shot Frank, commanding at instituted an investiga- ce ee BURGLARS AT BERWYN, Loot Railroad Station and Post Office, but Get Little. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 25.—The Baltimore and Ohio railroad office at Ber- wyn, Md., was entered by thieves last even- ing and the plate ransacked. The burglars obtained only 22 cents from the Baltimore and Ohio money drawer and 38 cents from the post offic A number of stamps in the post office drawer were overlooked in the same building. The thieves effected an entrance by fore- ing the north window of the office with tools obtained from the Baltimore and Qhio tool house at Branchville, about a quarter of a mile north of Berwyn, which was also broken open the same night. ‘The description of the robbers furnished by J, F. Kefauver, the Baltimore and Ohio agent and postmaster at Berwyn, tallies ex- actly with U.at of two men who were seen by several citizens a day or two previous to similar robberies which occurred at this place about eight months ago. He describ- ed them as cne heavy-set, dark-compicxion- ed man about thirty or thirty-five years old, with a heavy black mustache. He wore brown checked clothes and a slouch hat. whe other was short, heavy set, clean shaven, and wore a derby hat and large black storm overcoat. He appeared to be about thirty years olé and to weigh about 150 pounds, g ‘The men were also séén at Branchville Wednesday evening by Track Foreman Duyal loitering about the store near the depot, The men are tly profession- als, and seem to be making arrangements to commence burglarizing on the Washing- ton branch, as was doné last year about tus time; a, Detective Browning of the B, and O. and Deputy Sheriff Barr of this place are dili- gently at work on the case im quest of a clue. The merchants of, the town, owing to previous visits of this hgtuge. have been prepared for some time to come these intruders, watchmen being employed to sleep on the premises. MD. MOTION OVERRUBED, Action of Court in Cage Agninst Tele- phone Compan; The motion of the plaintife in the pro- ceedings for mandamus instituted by Orren G, Staples against the Chegapeake and Po- tomac ‘Telephone Company to have the is- sues brought to trial before a jury was this afternoon overruled by Judge Cole in Cir- cuit Court No, 1, ne The mandamus proceedings are t0 compel the telephone company tg place telephone instruments. in hotel establishments Min. “Stayt conducted by jes, an annual rental of $50, under the terms of the act of June 30 last, The motion o led today Staples for the purpose GF habs the met e tery decided Dy ‘a fury fustead Of by the It is Explained as Applied to the Philippine Islands, REPRESENTATIVE DINGLEY TALKS Difference if a Territorial Form of « Government Existed. GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA ———E Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee, in an interview with a Star re- porter today, explained the term “open door” policy, as applied to the future com- merce of the Philippines in case they should be acquired by the United States. “The phrase ‘open door policy,’ which is now being talked about so much in the 1 ewspaper: uid Mr. Dingle “mea simply equality of treatment and not free trade. As applied to the dependency of a country it simply means that imports from all countries are to be admitted on the same terms as imports from the mother country. As applied to the Philippines it would mean that imports from Great Britain and all other foreign countries are to be admitted at the same rates of duty as imports from the United States. if a Territorial Form of Government. “Of course, this policy could not be ap- plied to the Philippines if they should be admitted into the Union with a territo: form of government, because the Constitu- tion provides that duties all be uniform within the United States, uniess there should be an amendment to the Constitution per- miiting this. “Whether it would be possible to apply this policy to the Philippines after the should become a part of the territory of th United States under that provision of the Constitution which authorizes Congress to ‘make needful rules and regulations respect- ing the territory or other property of the United States’ I am not prepared to say. It is noticeable, however, that in the reso- lution providing for the annexation of Ha- wai!, passed at the last session of the pres- ent Congress, it was provided that the Ha- Waiian tariff should continue in force until Congress should otherwise determine. “It is to be borne in mind, however, that the present talk about an open door policy for the Philippines is intended to apply en- tirely to those islands while under 2 mili- tary administration, which would be per- missible, and not to apply to those islands after they shall have been formally recog- nized by Congress as a part of the United States. “Of Course, it would be competent for the Paris commmissioners to incorporate in the treaty with Spain a provision granting to Spanish imports into the Philippines equali- ty of treatment wiih imports from the United States for a term of years, and that provision in the treaty, when ratified by the Senate and projected into law by Con- gress, would be the law of the land. Great Britain and Canada. “In the discussion of the ‘open door’ poli- cy I notice that many papers assume that it is the uniform policy of Great Britain in her relations with her colonies. It should be borne in mind, however, that there is a conspicuous exception to this in the case of nada, her most -important colony, which admits imports from Great Britain at 25 per cent less duty than they are ad- mitted from the United ates and other countries. It is understood that this policy was adopted by Canada, if not on the sug- gestion, at least with the approval, of Mr. Chambeflain, British secretary for the col- onies, and that he is urging other colonies of Great Britain to give a similar prefer- ence to that country. “It should be borne ; in mind that a very vital point as to revenue is involved in the possible admission of Porto Rico, Cuba and the Philippines into the Union as territo- ries or states. These tropical islands are capable of producing every pound of sugar nd many other tropical products that the ited States consumes. If they should be admitted into the Union in such a manner as to extend our tariff over them and the! by allow the free importation of their , we should probably lose not less 000,000 of revenue annually, which would be a very serious situation under ex- isting conditions, Continue the Military Administration “All of these difficulties only serve to em- phasize the soundness of the sugg that the true policy for the next year is to continue the military administration of whatever islands fal! into our hands, and in the meantime make such a thorough in- vestigation of every phase of the serious probiems which must be met, which will properly prepare us to meet them with legislation.” + e+ —_____ FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ‘TQ RIOS, Spanish Minister Decides on an An- swer Regarding Philippines. MADRID, November —After visitiag the queen regent today in oruer t@ condoie with her majesty on the death of her hus- band, King Alfonso XII, who died on No- vember 25, 1885, the ministers met in coun- cil, They were occupied exclusively with the consideration of the peace question, Eventually the ministers unanimot ap- Froved the instructions to Senor Montero Rios, president of the Spanish peace com- mission, drawn up by the foreign and colo- nial ministers, which will be telegraphed to Paris tonight. While the cabinet ministers were most reserved regarding the instructions sent to the Spanish commissioners, it is betieved the Philippine question will be settled on Monday next. ‘. The prem:er, Senor Sagasta, was asked if Monday's session would see the close of the Paris conference and the signature of the treaty of peace. He replied: “Who knows? Muybe a fresh incident will arise or further consultations or exchanges of views will be necessary.”’ ————— TRIAL ANTED, NEW Memorandum of Sale by Auctioneer Held to Be Binding. Judge Cole today granted a new trial in the case of Charles H. Cragin and others, trustees, against James E. Connelly. The case involved the questicn of the right of trustees to hold a defaulting purchaser for loss incurred by resale. Upon the trial of the suit it was contended by the defendant that, although he made the deposit and gave his name to the auctioneer as pur- chaser, he subsequentiy notified one of the trustees that he was ucting as agent for another. This was denied by the trusiee, and upon the case being submitted to the jury a verdict for the defendant resulted. Judge Cole, in his opinion given today, held that the case should not have been submitted to the jury, as the memorandum made by the auctioneer at the instance of the defendant was binding and could not be avoided by statements made afierward to one trustee, Messrs. Lambert & Lam- bert represented the trusices and Messrs, Hamilton & Colbert the defendant, Se Sent te Fort Menroe Hospital, Acting Assistant Surgeon Ralph L. Tay- lor, U. 8S. A., has been ordered to proceed from this city to Fort Monroe, .Va., for aa- aigne nt to Guty in the gereral hospital at oo ON A ROUND OF viISITS}|MENACE TO HEALTH: The Cold Weather Does Not Deter Presi- dent Iglesias, Saw the Congressional Library Yes- terday and Was Shown Through the Treasury Today. The cold weather does not deter President Iglesias from a round of visiting, which he began yesterday afternoon by going to the Congressional Library and other buildings. Today his program included a visit to the treasury and to Georgetown College, in hich institution a brother rgatriculated some time ago. At the treasury President Iglesias was shcwn every uttention. | Offi- cials explained every feature which inter- ested him. President Iglesias speaks Eng- lish fairly well. He never studied the lan- gvage, but-picked it up when in this coun- try about fifteen years ago. Despite the unofficial character of visit he is receiving unusual attention. Sec- retary Hay has called upon him, and his visitors yesterday and today included Vice President Hobart, Senator Morgan, Sir Ju- lian Pauncefote and many other amba: dors, ministers and public men of promi- nence. Senators and representatives will call upon him. President Iglesias is the guest of the United States. How long he will remain in Washington is not known. After going to Europe he will return to this country and will again visit Washing‘on before re- turning to his heme. It is sald to be probable that President Iglesias is on his way to Europe to obtain a loan to complete a railroad which Costa Rica is building. The country is greati interested in this road, which is expect to develop the resources of the country. President Iglesias will probabiy have a conference with President McKinley to- iorrow. Tuesday evening he will attend a dinner in his honor at the White House. ++ NAVAL PROMOTIONS. Capt. H. F. Picking Elevated to Rank of Commodore. The following promotions in the navy have been announced at the White House: pt. Henry F. Picking, to be a commo- dore, vice Commodor2 H. L. Howison, pro- moted. Ccmmander Charles J. Train, to be cap- tain, vice Capt. Picking, promoted. Lieutenant Commander Daniel Delehanty, to be commander, vice Commander Train. Lreuts. Georg: L. Dyer, Dennis H. Mahan, William F. Low, Neilson T. Houston, Clay- ton S. Richman, Samuel P. Comly, Hawley O. Rittenhouse, Robert G. Peck, John Hmb- bard and Alexander McCrackin, to be lieu- tenant commanders. Lieuts. Gunior grade) Chester M. Knep- per,, Clarence S. Williams, Albert M. Beech- er, Frank K. Hill and Roger Welles, jr., to be lieutenants. Ensigns Henry S. Wiley, James H. Reid, Frederic B. Bassett, Herbert G. Gates and Richard H. Jackson, to be lieutenants Gunior grade). Assistant Paymaster John Irwin, to be : assistant paymaster. Acting Gunner Thomas J. Shuttleworth, to be a gunner. + e+_____ DEATHS IN THE ARMY. Victims of Disease at Santiage and in Porto Rico. Geazral Wood, commanding at Santiago, has informed the War Department of the death of Private D. Ff. Ruhl, Company C, 5th Infantry, of heart disease, and Private J. J. Cox, Company D, 4th United States Volunteers, of acute congestion of the brain. Three deaths among the troops in Porto 5 are reported to the War Department today by Gereral Brooke at Ponce, as fol- lows: Private Charles D. Palmer of the 16th Pennsylvania Volunteers and Civil Employe John B. Amos, the former of typhoid fever and the latter of gastro en- teritis. Private Neal Ratrien of Company E, lith Infanuy, died of tuberculosis on the 23d instant. es Se CONSTRUCTOR HANSCOM'S TRIAL. Announcement of the Detail of the Court-Martial. The detail for the naval court-martial which is to try Naval Constructor Hans com on charges growing out of violations of the labor emp:cyment regulations at the League Island navy yard, was announced today at the Navy Department. The court will consist of Commodore H. L. Howison, Capt. J. J. Read, Capt. J. H. Sands, Capt. R. P. Leary, Capt. Theodore F. Jewell, Commender C. J. Train, Commander J. E Ide, Constructor W. H. Varney, Constru: tor W. J. Mintony: with Lieut. J. J. Knapp as judge advecate. The court is ordered to meet at the League Island navy yard at 1 p.m. on the 29th Instant. Ses aes SHOLLD WEAR BADGES, The Secretary of War Holds That They Are Part of a Soldier's Uniform. ‘The Secretary of War has madeva ruling that army corps badges are a part of the uniform of the army, and serve as marks of identification, the same as the symbols of the various arms of the service and the Gifferent staff corps. “The proper badge," he says, “should be habitually worn as prescribed by all officers end enlisted men attached to an army corp: To wear the badges of two or more army corps at the same time would defeat the object of their use, and be as incongruous as for a man transferred from one regiment to another to wear the numbers and sym- bols of both. “Upon occasions of ceremony, however, the badges to which officers and soldiers aré properly entiled m. be worn as preserib- ed in paragraph 1551, army regulations, the badge designating ‘the wearer's proper corps to be worn separately above the line.” + 0 + Passed the Medical Examination. ‘The examination of acting assistant sur~ geons at the United States general hospital, Fort McPherson, Ga., has just been com- pieted, and among those who successfully pessed were Drs. Ernest W. Fowler and Victor E. Watkins of this city, both having been transferred to this post after the clos: of Sternberg Hospital, Chickamauga Park, where they had been on duty during the summer. —_—___-e-______ The Issue of Passports, The Department of State has issued a Sewer Deposits Removed and Carried Uncovered Through the City. DANGEROUS AND —DISGRACEFUL Operation Now in Progress Near the Botanical Gardens. VIGOROUS VIEWS EXPRESSED es Primitive methods in the management eff municipal affairs are popularly supposed te be things of the past in the capital city of the United States, and it is everywhere held up as @ model for other communities to follow. The most ardent champion of this idea, however, would be compelled {0 hang his head in humiliation if he should pay a visit to 3d street whore it makes the. eastern boundary of the Bota sical Gardense On the south side of that thoroughfare, @ few feet north of Maine avenue, a gang of! workmen are engaged in filling corts with ck, reeking filthy eposits which have accumulated In the big sewer underground, The slimy mass is brought to the surfac@{ in tin buckets, raised by a windiass s ported by a tripod of wooden scantlings. Ke is placed in the bucket by men work down in the sewer. As cach cart is. load it is driven off through the streets withoug covering to prevent its stench and malariae breeding germs from filling whe atmospher@ and the lungs of the people who happen to breathe it. Within fifty yards of this pest-breeding. spot is the office of Superintendent W. Re Smith of the Botanical Gardens, and with= in less than a hundred yards his residences In the immediate vicinity are residences and dwellings. In the cold weather as now prevailing the stench is but in warna Weather, a Smith ané nue; merous other residents hood, it is unbearable. in the netyhbore Confluence of Big Sewers. The great Tiber sewer, which runs undem{ a portion of the Botanical Gardens, meet! at the point where this filth is being ex= posed two or three other sewers, and pe= riodically at the point of contluence there| accumulates a great mass of posit. There is no neces sewer de= y for describing ite character. Suffice it to say that estimatem of an official character are to the effect that the sewers converging at the point im tion carry the refuse of about 60,008 le. In the main sewet, formed of alll e at a_point near Maryland avenue, there is a depression which fills up when- | ever a heavy rain comes, and the conse= quence is the sewer becomes choked with the deposit mentioned. In removing it the men below ground work in scows. Th scows are brought to the point of work from the mouth of the sewer. No Notice of Protests. A Star reporter after watch'ng the oper- ations as described, this morn ng called om Mr. Smith at the Botanical Gardens-and@} had an interesting talk with him. “The removal of that sewer there on 3d street is an outra; filth cut Smith. “I was wade sick by the stench and given chills and fever by the mtasm-1 arising from it, and since then when the work fs in progress I keep all the windows down. I wrote @ letier to the Distr Commissioners on the subject a year ae but no notice was ever taken of it or ac: tion either. That letter is now in the pos~ ion of Senator McMillan of he Senate rict committee. It was a Vigorous iet~ because the conditions demand: lan~ guage of that sort. It has been a source of trouble for years. A Remedy Suggested. “Once, at the request of the committee om public buildings and grounds, the practice was discontinued, but it was besun again. It would be just as easy in my opinion to remove the accumulations through the mouth of tho sewer instead of lifting up through that manhole and carrying tt fm, open carts through the streets. I know this n be done because I have been through the sewers, once with Lieut. Hoxie and them, with Mr. Harries of The Star. Everything: r about he wro nd published in The § that investigation was true. “If it’s a question of expense to take the deposits out through the mouth of the sewer tt would be eminently wise to pu& the chain gang at it. Common sense would suggest that the work should begin at the mouth and continue pp to the cons of the other sewers and the Tiber sewer. The present practice is a disgr: to modern progress and a menace to health, “In warm weather the steuch is simply awful.” Several resdents in the vicinity made the same statements regarding the stench, and Mr. Benjamin Mades, the son of the pro~ sewer" fluence prietor of Mades’ Hotel, at the corner of 3d street and Pennsylvania avenuc, state@ that in warm weather when the deposit were being removed the stench was plainly noticeable at the hotel. This is two blocka from the point of removal. — TWO KILLED BY A TRAIN. Fatal Accident to Pleasare Party Near Elkhart, Ind. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 25.--A spe~ cial to the Dispatch from Elkhart, Ind, While 2 party of twelve people were returning from a ball at Otis carly thiq morning on two hand cars they were strucig by the Lake Shore fast mail east of Chess terton, Wm. Zabinski and Wm. Kempler being killed outright, while Zabinski’s two daughters, aged thirteen and fifteen, res spectively, were probably fatally injured, Others of the party jumped and escaped injury, says: ee ‘THE FLORIDA REACHES HAVANA, American Troops She Carricd Landca at Marianae Beach, HAVANA, November 25.—The United States transport Florida arrived in front ef Morro Castle at 6 o'clock this morning, took a pilot en board and proceeded. At % o'clock she arrived in front of Marlanaa, Peach, Gen. Greene and his staff left the Bote, Inglaterra at 6 o'clock this morning fer Marianao, in order to superintend the tan@s’ ing of the American troops there. i Marshal Blanco, whese resignation as) ptain general of Cuba has just been ee-| cepted, sails for Spain on Sunday next. He will be succeeded by Gen. Jimincz Castels! volume in regard to the issue of passports | #08. @ division commander, to citizens of the United States, containing in a convenient and digested form the laws, rulings and decisions made en that subject in the past, and giving a complete history of the subject of passports in the Upited States from the administration of President Washington to the present time, ‘The prin- cipal aim of the publication is te secure uni- formity in the practice of the government in the matter of the issue of passparts to its citizens traveling cr temporarily resid= ing in foreign countries. ————_++—_____ Gen, Lixeum’s Leave Extended, ‘The extension of leave of absence grante@ Brig. Gen. E, H, Liscum, United States Volunteers, October 20, has been further extenéed che month on account of sick- nese a Recruits for the . CHICAGO, November 23.—The pamene | States naval recruiting office toda orders from Washington to crust sixty apprentice boys, twenty lande::cn and file teen seamen at once. —— Ordered tu Santiago. Lteut, Arthur M. Dunn, 8¢ Volunceer In-