Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. AGE re RLISHED DAILY. EXCENT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsytvaria Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Office, 49 Pot er 3aildiny, subserttere in the per week. or 44 cents oanter, 2 1 Stat ena turday Quistuple, nm pestage added, (Entered at the Port ¢ at Washington. D. C.. second-class mail matter.) FAM mati subs: ript me of IN JOINT SESSION, - _— vet Star, $1 per year, witt | 398, tion. Peace Commissioners Discuss First Three Articles of Treaty. —— THEY REFER T0 CEDED TERRITORY Other Subject of Negotiation Pre- sented by the Spaniards. > T AGITATION THE CARLI PARIS. ovember peace comm jevoted alt today. from 2 o'clock to 4:30 p.m., to draft- ing the first articles of the peace t dealing with the cession of © and the Phillippines, commissioners agreed in m reached, and the ed until tomorrow. rst at the con- which were 1 in a form : rrived at the tf r. The two mis assion of the f ems nd the I ax to Senor The Instruct MADRID, 0, cabinet’s Fractions to Senor ere Rios, which Irawn up las ing, were to re- yest th se of the Spanish prisoners i ne Islands, to nego- t 4 tariff advantages in in tion of seve avor of Spi 1 tre ‘ e with former Spanish <- and an arrangement of the debt of Philippines, and sible, of the Cu- : a v nent a » require a tification of the p oof 1877. » ministers at the meeting today alsu red the action of the Carlists and { r deliberated upon the repatriation of Spaniard= in the Philippine Isiands. It was decided that constitutional rights will, for the depon present, remain suspended. minister of the interior, Senor Cap- in interview is quoted as saying he Carlists have no chance of success. He added We are closely watching their proceedings in the Basque provinces and in Catalonia and Aragon, and we are ready to repress first sign of insurrection. i “Den hance in the mountair the peopie suffered the last Carlist: wer. The Carll Working desperately to win of some of our regiments and some rals, but these at- tempts ha ‘ot a single general has their propo: ° The ernm inces gov- and 3 an become a bur- Scope of the Treaty of ary to general expectation, a peace treaty will signed in Paris today The commissioners are now wit the negotiations with « rapidity that is ry to the President and » be simply a of the sub- closed up it is sald t impossibility for uiring adjustment ply ical jects re immedia Respecting t H to be aS 1 atters that Spain which were have ies by vsettied by the denunciation of Treaties at the beginning of the war, © present purpose to adopt the sim- ple expedient of providing for the renewal of those treaties in general articles. Noth- ing Will be said. perhaps, in the treaty itself as to the institution of negotiations in Cuba te replace these old treaties with more derate conventions. But it is not doubted ai at a convenient time such negotiations will be i, though it is not desired that the conch n Of the peace treaty be re. tarded b: barking at this time upon a discussion t complex and delicate ns. is ns, if this v is cor- that peace treaty will really be of scope than was in contemplation a ys age, for in this docu: nt jon likely to be made for a res of relations, dipl mini At War, ——— oes HEAVY CUSTOMS RECEIPTS. Largest for November Since the Cor- responding Morth in 1890. 3 re $15.26. largest Che Lvening Star. Na 14,276, WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES, TWO CENTS EXTRA SESSION NOT NEEDED Senator Teller Says That He Sees No Reason for It. Discussion of Future Government of ilippines Will Probably Go Over for a Year. Senator Teller of Colorado was cordially received by President McKinley today. The senator called to pay his respects, and was with the President only a few minutes. “Lsee no reason for an extra session of Congress,” Senator Teller said in answer to a question. “We can get through all the business to come before us except that of a government for the {sland possession: we come into. 1 think we can settle the form of a government for Hawaii and may able to dispose of Porto Rico. I jo not thing Congress would be prepared at an extra session to pass upon our rela- liens with the Philippines, and the ques- tien will probably go over a year. “None of us know what the relations of ty the Philippines to the United States ought to be. We have not information enough to knew, but in time we will arrive at a sausfactory conciusion. I take no stock in these lamentab.e predictions that we have ered on the downward read because we ted from our traditional polic: > has been made we will st republic is grea: and can sur- many mistakes. [ heard i! satd that republic would be destroyed when we annexed Hawaii, but that was ail mere Ue course w> want to go carefull we do as to making laws { pines. We ought to have plenty of information about the islands and id espec.ally as 1in Whether re capable of governing them- Probably a Philippine Commission. Senator would pro! r commi ably have to d to go appoint ty the Philippines and report to Cc S38. If such a commission is provided,” said nator, “it ought not to be composed nhers of ¢ mg “I do not believe that ¢ senator or repr sentative should be on it. Let the Presi- dent appoint the commission, and let it } equally divided politically. That would in- su 4 fair report, and that is w needed before a fixed step is taken is not ne and will not pay. Temporary Government. Senator Teller said that the isla a be run under or tempe ernment until fully prepare to pass upon a pe t government. Senater Teller he does not bell the republicans wia attempt currency legit: lation at this session. hey are t shrewd for that,” he says. He thin that the friends of the McUleary bill make an effort to get action, but they will be overpow e senator believes the republicans are going to play cautiously on curreney Matters. NO EXTRA Mr. Bingham Thinks There Will Be No Necessity for One. ative Bingham of Philadelphia, a member of the House committee on ap- propriations, has arrived in the city for the coming session. General Bingham is ready to begin work on the appropriation bills, the passage of which, he says, is as. sured with all reasonable haste. He sald that in his opinion at least three of the thirteen big appropriation bills would be passed by the House before the Christmas ‘Do you think there will be an extra ses- sion?” he was asked. “I do not,” he replied. “With all the appropriation bills providing for money to be expended during the fiscal year out of the way, and with the war over and the treaty agreed to, there will be no for an extra session. of Pennsylvania indorse the 3 action in demanding the Phillp- 1 Porto Rico as fruits of the war. an sovereignty over these islands be established without delay. The thing to do then will be to discharge he volunteer army. I think ft will be ne ‘Sary to increase the strength of the reg- ular army. Their services will be needed peace pines al Ameri should nex t in our new possessions. 1 think that the result of the war with Spain has assured a long period of peace for the United States in the future. The excellent showing made by our army and avy has no doubt surprised many of the foreign nations, and we will consequently be treated by them hereafter with even sr respect than at present. 1 ve that our new possessions will be of great revenue to the United fates, and within the next year I antic fite that enough money will be ¢ from them to pay our war debts.” - ree ARMY'S HEAL IMPROVES. Hospital Beds Emptted in Past Two Months. it improvement in health s tak e within the the of n the last o> FoR 4 PATING DOCK. dat the Navy Depart- ment. combined at Algier, of which is $850,000. twe bids were received. Charles L. Bradbury of New York bid the exact cost limit of wck. The Maryland Steel < imore submitted a bid of ng to the bureau. npany also position, which >au for the dock in the plans of the bureau al cost of $x Chief Endicott unounced @8 soon as th award would be bids could made. res DESECRATION OF THE FLAG. Patriotic Orders in Favor of Prohi tive Legisiation. CHICAGO, N er 230.—The flag com- = of the § d Society of Co! mms of t tte American Re nial Wars in T- Association of d “Desecrati all parts of the United S aise sent to each memb and to newly elec Fifty-sixth Congres: Gen. Randolph Prig. Gen. W. F. F Iph is at the end Navy Club on waiting orders. z wee = Seeretary Long Resames His Desk. Secretary Long ned his duties at the Navy Departme nis morning after a Week's visit to his home at Hingham, Mass. > Awaiting Orders, my pis is shown by ul from The the last re the hospitals at doand divis- Lex- on gen vitals. Park have been empt = same of the als at Camp Hamilton, le, Fla, ch field has ¢ » from 3, is now the idic here. The general hospital at Fort MePherson, Ga., has but two hundred | patients remaini eports four hun- dred and twenty-t vacant beds, ‘The Josiah Simpson Hospital at Fort Monro: bas four hundred vacant be The general hospital at Fert Myer has three hundred and fifty vacant beds and only on y-two patients remaining. The hos- pital at Fort Thomas, Ky., which recently d the sick from Camp Hamilton, re- three hundre seventy-one in done hundred and three vacant hundred Threatened Fall of the New States of Central America. No official dispatches have reached Wash- ington respecting the turbulent condition of affairs in Salvador and the presage of the dissolution of the newly-formed republic of j the “United States of Central America” as t of the reported refusal of Nicara- ;d Salvador with her troops to sup- ~ rebellion, There is a very good reason for this in the fact that at this mo- ment the United States has no minister | within the Hmits of the new government. —o Charged to the Pilot. Gencral Lee, in command of the 7th Army Corps, bas informed the War Department that in his judgment the accident to the “hester {n Savannah harbor was due to the carelessness or inefllciency of the pilot. a hree Steel Barges Ashore. SOUND, Ont., November 30,—The arges Harland, Tampa and Arthur Orr are ashore on the north coast of Lake j Superior. All the vessels, it is thought, will be total loses. The crews are believed to be safe. ow eel | THE COMING SESSION | New Members of the House to Be Sworn In, ——~——————— COMMITTEE ee VACANT PLACES Appointments That Speaker Reed Will Have to Make. THE HOLIDAY RECESS ———— When the House of Representatives meets next Monday at noon, the first bus- iness will be a call of the roil by states to vevelop the presence of a quorum. A quo- rum being present a committee will he ap- pointed to join a similar committee from the Senate to wait upon the President and announce to him that the Congress is ting and ready to receiv nic tions from the executive. While awaiting an answer from the Pres- ident it is probable that several new mem- comm. hers of the House will be sworn in and Will take their seats. Col. Dick of the nineteenth Ohio, who succeeds Mr. North- wa ceased, is one of this number. Mr. Thomas Spight of the Mississippi district, who will succe: Su an, ed to the Senate, may not have r -eived his credentials in time, but if he has will be sworn in. Mr. FP, A. MeLanrin cf the sixth Mississippi, who was elected in place of Mr. Love, deceased, will he seated. First Day's Probable Routine. It is probable that the first ¢ ay will be devoted to receiving the President's mes : nd that when this exceutive com- munication is read the death of Mr. North- way and Mr. Love will be announesd, and the House will adjourn out of respect emory. If the President's message is delayed, the adjournment will be taken 2 rin the day. Arriving Senators and Representatives manife t an unusual interest In the forth- coming message of the President, for it Is regarded as likely to be one of the most important state papers issued fer many S, and the bope ts freely expressed that the President will find it conventent to jet Congress have his views upon the foreizn situation as soon as the House and Seni meet. The first special order of business in the House ts set for Wednesday, but it is not an irr-vocable order and may be displaced. The order provides that under the call of committees on Wednesday House bill 10,- S07 may be considered. ‘This is the bill to incorporate the International American Bank, and 1f considered fs not likely, owing to the opposition to it, to be acted upon that day. Committees to Get te Work. Tt is expected that the committees eet to work early in the week. Chairman Hull of the committee on military affairs years, will said today to a Star reporter that he in- tended to try to secure meeting of his committce next Tuesday to take up the bill for the increase of the regular army. “We are right up to that question now,” he said. “The volunteers are as anxious to get home as they were to get out, and we will have to replace them by regulars.” Mr. Hull said the bill for the increase of the army has been skeletonized, but full draft had not yet been made. The District of Columbla committee {a due to meet Wednesday, according to schedule, and will probably assemble at 11 o'clock. No word has been received from Chairman Babcock of his Intended return to Washington, but in the absence of in- formation to the contrary he is expected to reach the city early in the week. New Appointments to Be Made. yeaker Reed will have to make a number of Important committee appointments this session, two of them requiring Immediate action. Mr. Stone of Pennsyivania, who has been elected governor of that state, has resigned his seat in Congress, thereby va- cating a place on the committee on appro- priations, which will have to be filled at once. Mr. Northway’s death also made a Vacancy on the same committee, and a good worker will have to appointed in his stead. Mr. , who has been elected governor, will assume the guber- natorial chalr January 17, making a big ~p in the appropriations committee. It is not known whether Mr. Pitney, who goes to the New Jersey state senate in January will resign Immediately or not. Two other members of thi tee go out next Congres Dockery and Mr. Belden. Mr. MeMillin, who has been elected gov- ernor of Tennessee, will enter upon his new office about the middle of January, leaving av: on the committee on ways and which will be eagerly sought by noctats, and is expected to develop a contest betWeen the McMillin and Bailey factions, who will each recommend an ap- pointee to the Speaker. Holiday Recess. not until the Speaker arrives 1 has conferred with his colleagues and republican leaders of the Senate will a The Probably eccision be reached as to the proposed se fon of Congress during the holidays, when recess is usually tak There is a re- nt precedent for Congress sitting during the holidays, for President Cleveland in his last term, when the financial condition of the country appeared to b precarious, re- quested the legislative branch of the gov ernment not to spend for the usual r and a revenue bill was complet Christmas day by the ways and means committee. There has been a growing disposition in recent years to lessen the holiday rec: especially during the short session. As matter of fact, Congress really does not settle down to business until after New Year day, as many members are in the habit of leaving as soon as the House or- ganizes and remain away, attending to their private affairs, until January. Subcommittees Meet. The subcommittee on deficiencies of the EY appropriations committee met at 1 o’ciock this afternoon and considered the bill cov- ering deficiencies in the War Department. The District subcommittee will meet to- morrow at 11 o'clock, and the Commission- ers have been invited to appear at 1, when the hearings will be commenced on the es- timates for local appropriations. ——- RECESS APPOINTMENTS, A Large Namber Awaiting the Action of the Senate. No more presidential appointments of postmasters will be made until Congress convenes. When the Senate meets next week there will be 299 appointment of pres- idential postmasters awaiting its confirma. tion. This number represents the cases of presidential offices acted on during the re- cess of Congress. All these appointees as- sumed their post office functions at once, but their continuance in office after the convening of Congress depends on the ac- tion of the Senate. In addition to these, four others were appointed, but their com- missions were subsequently withheld, —-e<-——_—____ Yellow Fever on oBard. The transport Mississippi, which had a case of yellow fever on board, has sailed from San Juan for New York, ANOTHER STORM BEGINS Snow Falling Again ‘at Boston and New York. It Greatly Impedes the Work of Res- cue Along the Coast — High Nertheast Winds. BOSTON, November 30.—Another heavy northeast snow storm started in here just before 7 o'clock this morning and an hour later had settled down in a way that prom- ised several inches of snow at least. A brisk wind of twenty miles an hour was blo: rs from north northeast. These conditions wili greatly interfere with the work that is being done at points where vessels were wrecked, as the sea 1s running high and the snow fs thick on the water. The weather bureau officials state at the storm will probably continue al? day, engers on the north and south shore ins report that the wind fs blowing a along the shore. At Cohasset and ' points further down the south shore tr gale othe it rained in torrents about 6 o'clock and the stree ing Ss were flooded with water and melt- This storm promises to com- ck among the shipping along snow. the y hore, Traffic NEW YORK, November which began last night with n, follow by hail and snow, blocked traffie in + suburbs today and delayed it in the civy. Blocked, 30.—The storm While the storm had none of the severity of the blow ef Sate and Sunday, com- ing so soon on the heeis of that storm it inereased the difficuities of the ituation. Even the “L” lines suffered tod many persons were obliged to ances in order to get down town. 3rooklyn, in the Bronx and in the hore of Queens there was a repetition of the on- hoyance and discomfort of Sunday. ‘ne mam dine of tne Long Isiand rail- road is again blockaded, a.. on a number of its local branches -ulso traffic is sus- pended. A train is buried in a snow bank at Mincola. The trouble was aggravated by a hgh wind, which réehued the cuts made through the drifts that resulted from Sunday's storm. Storm in the West, DENVER, Col., November a0.—Advices received here are to the effect that the storm south and west of Denver is the worst known in years. At Come the snow is between two and three feet deep, and between Como and Leadville, amd as far as Gunnison, ten feet of snow has fallen. The South Park road is tied up, and trains on the Denver and Rio Grande are.greatly de- layed. Snow slides are. reported on all roads. - —— HOAR AGAINST THE TREATY Massachusetts Senator Says it May Not Be Ratified, Declares the Constitution Gives. No Right to Anyone to Purctiase Sovereignty. WORCESTER, Mass., November 20.—Sen- ator Hoar’announced himself today as pos- ftively opposed to the acquisition of the Philippines by the United States. In a communication to the Gamette he says: “We hav3 not, so far, ‘any news which ts absolutely trustworthy of what they are doing in Paris. But if the report is true that it is proposed to buy of Spain the ‘sov- ereignty of the Philippine Islands’ and to pay $20,000,000 for it, I do mot believe that such a tggaty will be agred to, and I do not belieVé it ought to be agreed to. Spain has very little sovereignty in the Philip- pines to selt just now, and I do not think the people of tha United States are in the market to buy sovereignty just now or that the Constitution has conferyed on anybody the right to buy any such cemmodity. “The Constitution was framed upon the theory that sovereignty is not a.salable ar- ticle. The people of the United States have conferred upon nobody the pawer to make such purchases in their behalf. We hay acquired territory, either vacant or so sparsely settled that there was no people capable of governing it and no germ of a national life. W> have also, in one recent case, acquired a territory where the org- Snal germ of national iife had perished. But neither of thes» precedents applies to the Philippine archipelago, with its mil- lions of inhabitants. DECRE DEATHS. ine of Over 23 Per Cent the Past Wee The mortality in the District deciined over 23 per cent during the past week, as De compared with the week previous, The deaths numbered $2, as against 120 by the last report. Of the decedents 52 were white and 40 colored; 27 were under five years of age and 25 were over sixty years of age, averaging seventy-tive years. The annua. death rate for each thousand of the whole population was 17.07; that:for the whites being 14.12 and for ihe colored 23.43. The deciine wa neral asto the range of dis- Deaths from heart affections creased 5; from those of the ” tem 8; from those of the kldneys consumption 2, while those from pneumonia increased from 6 to 9, Of the zymotic class there were 7 fatal cases ef diphtheria and 4 of typhoid fever, At the close of last repart there were 110 cases of diphtheria under treatmen?. Dar- ing the week 55 new cases developed and 38 were discharged from quarantine, leav- ing 127 cases in isolation in 1@1 premises. Of scarlet fever there were 16 cases in isolation at the close of igst report. Dur- ing the week 36 new cases were reported and 35 were released from quarantine, leaving 137 cases under treatment in 90 premises. The mean weather conditions prevaiiing during the week were: Barometric pres- sure, 30.03; temperature of the atmosphere, 87 degrees and relative humidity, 72. The rainfall was .19 of an inch, with brisk northwesterly winds av: ing nine miles per hour, and reaching 1] ~two miles on the 20th instant. The thermometer regis- tered 57 degrees on the Md and fell to 22 degrees on the 26th instant. ——~—_ Defendants Deman@ Jury Trial. Thomas M. Jenkins, late member of the fire department, and Gilbert N. Jenkins, who were arrested early Saturday morn- ing on @ charge of assaulting Policeman Housel, ss published in Saturday's Star, were arraigned im the Police Court this morning. The chargé agalnst them was simple assault, instead of assault with in- tent to kill, aa was preferfed by the police at the time of the-arrest. Attorneys Webb and Poulton appeared as counsel for the defendants. A jury trial was demanded and the case went over. This is the case in which the officer, who was off duty, met the defendants in an al- leged disreputable house, and had some words, Later they came together on the street, and the polleeman was cut about the face and bedy. Both defendants were also injured. It is Ukely that the case will be heard next week, poe ee ver 200 Persons Known to Have Been Drowned. oo os LIST OF WRECKS STILL GROWS Believed Now That 150 Went Down on Portland. ea et GATE CITY PROBABLY SAFE BOSTON, November 30.—News of the los of the Boston and Portland Steam Packet Company's steamer Portland off Cape Cod and the death of more than 150 persons, comprising the passengers and crew of the steamer, and news from hitherto unheard- of ports in Cape Cod showing that at least a score and a half of vessels were wrecked along that shore with the loss of twelve lives, has come as a dire climax to the pre- vious reports of disasters resulting from Saturday night's storm. There are. still other plac to be heard from on both sides of the cape, which have not been reached by train on account of washouts and which ¢ cut off from other means of communica- tion by broken w blocked highways ind shuttered bridges. Up to this morning, of life cannot gree of aceurac while the total ated with any de- is knewn that mor hed. This estimate i only one from eacit reported missing and each of which include at least three, while the would have seven or eight loss be est eat pe on is of crew would larger schooners nancial Loss. Atiempt to estimate the financlal los es su. ed by shipping interesis 1s equaily diff cult from facts in hand, but it appears that the bull of the one between Cape Ann, where a score or more of ves- sels were lost, to Cutty Hunk, where the steamer Warwick is on the rocks. From present reports it is known that fifty-six vessels have been totally wrecked, while forty-nine are ashore with hardly a chance of being saved. Of the fifty-six to- tal wre barges not included, forty-three craft aggregate 12.202 gross tonnage. Of those in perilous positions twenty-eight gregate 7,159 tons. The stranding of the big English liner Ohio and the ocean tug Tamaqua are not included in the estimate given, nor many of the big coal barges ashore in Boston harbor. The position of these Jatter craft is now dangerous, for they are exposed to the northeast storm, which began this morning. The number of schoo been driven ashore in fairly safe berths or damaged by collision or dismasted can be reckoned by the scores, and many ef them are likely to be included in the list of toza! wrecks before the day ends. Gate City Probably Safe. There appears to be little basis for appre- hension to the safety of the steamer fate City, of the Savannah Line, in spite of the report which reached here last night that a life preserver bearing the name of the steamer had been picked up on Cape Cod. The steamer Chattahoochee, which arrived here last night, reports having passed the Gate City off Montauk Point Long Island, at 3:30 o'clock Monday after. noon, and that there was nothing amiss with the Savannah liner as far as could be observed. The storm was over at the time the Gate Clty was seen by the Chattahoo. chee, and in all probability she is safe and rs which have near her destination—Sayannah, Ga.—at this tim: Long Island Strewn With Wrecks. NEW YORK, November 30.—The storm of Saturday night and Sunday has literally strewn the Long Island coast with wreck- age. Altogether about fifty vessels, not counting small yachts and scow: were wrecked or rendered useless, and the nu- merous harbors where vessels sought shel- ter from the fury of the storm are filled with wreckage of ali kinds. The damage in Greenport harbor a cinlty were estimated to be over § The small steamer Niantic is reported to be ashore near Montauk. It was reported today that there is a three-masted schooner ashore near Wading river, fourteen miles east of Port Jefferson. It is impossible to learn anything about her, as communica- tion with Wading river has been cut off. Not Aboard the Portland. PORTLAND, Me., November 30.—It was learned today that L. F. Strout, first pilot, and E. B. D>ering, mate, previously re- ported aboard the steamer Portland, were not with her when she was wrecked. Little Damage at Nantucket. WOODS HOLL, Mass., November 30.—The ntucket steamer, which has arrived here on her first trip since the storm, reports that very little damage was done at Nan- tucket. The steamer could make no land- ing at Vineyard Haven, ng to the wrecks which obstructed the channel. More Bodies Come Ash ANS, Mass., Novem! bodies have been recovered here from the Portland. Th el was wrecked just north of Cape Cod. The wreckage and great many bodies are dri sibly as far as Nantucket. that the northeast gale ’ bodies in. The entire cape is patrolled The body of Dudley Freeman is the on one identified as yet. It will be shipped to Portland tomorrow. SALEM, Mass., November 30.—Word has been_receiv here from Ipswich that Mr. and Mrs. Julian A. Fogg, who were report- ed on the steamship Portland, did not tak the steamer on Saturday, being afraid of the storm, when they arrived in Boston. pee ee EX-QUEEN LILIVOKALANI. She Reaches This City Before the Meeting of Congress. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii arrived in the city this afternoon. She had come directly from San Francisco, and when she reached her apartments at the Ebbitt she admitted that she felt tired. For this rea- son she denied herself to all callers. She was accompanied by Miss Myra Hele- luho and Mies McGuire. It ts stated that the business which calls the ex-queen to this city at this time is to present her claim for some allowance owing to her loss of royal powers, and especially her interest in the-crown lands, ——— SERIOUS CHARGE. re. ORL 30.—Five =f ting south, pos- It is thought toc will bring: ON Broker Accused of Larceny of Val- ble Package. _ Edward McCowan, broker, whose office is at 1419 F street northwest, was arrested late this afternoon by Detectives Helan and McNamee on a warrant sworn out by Wm. 3B. Matthews, a broker in the same build- ing, charging the larceny of a sealed pa~k- age containing $140, the property of Mr. Matthews. The complainant states that a few days ago he gave Mr. McCowan the package to place in his safe, and that yos- terday when he called for it it was missing. Mr. McCowan was taken to headquarters to await further action. ———— Thousands of situations have been ob- ined through the want columns of The = President McKinley Had a Long List of Callers. ax Not Able to Devote Any Time to His Message—Conferring With Secretaries, President McKinley had a long list of visitors today. He was not able to give any time to his messege or to public busi- ness, and it ts sald that for the remainder of the week on! ling on the most urgent business will be admitted. The President stin has much work to do on his message. He has not written the chapter relating to the Paris negotiations and has yet to decide on will present this chapter. that he will refer briefly to the nege and their successful completion, and will leave the details to be covered in a special message transmitting the treaty signed by the representatives of the two countries the manner he thought It is Annual Reports. Secretary Long has completed his annu. and report submitted it to the Preside today, remaining more than an hour to talk with the Presid about the report and about the President's message. Secretary Wilson was also with the President during the da A is also believed to have sub- mitted his report. Secretary Hay visited ine Wresident for a short time, but said that nothing additional waa come from the commussioners at Secretary Aiger Was at the White » twice during the aay His forces in the Philippi will soon have io begin arr cements the anish seidiers out of the Phil s. It 1s understood that this will be conducted in the same manner as in Porto Kico and uba. The Spanish Dines is not much was th force in much ume will bene in making it ready to go away. Th sreatest time will be in getting transports from Spain to the islands, Other Callers, Senators Hale, t, Lodge, Teller, Chandler, Mason Fairbanks, Repre- sentatives Tawney, Lond and Hillborn ana Sol. Smith Russell were among the other tors during the day, all of them seeing the The President $s President. sald to be nearly ready to promuigate the long-expected civil ser- vice order. The head of cach department has passed upon the exemptions to be in his department made REGULARS FOR MANILA, Commissary Long Has Orde: pare 6,000 Rations. SAN FRANCISCO, November 30.—Gen. Merriam, in charge of the Department of the Pacific, was questioned yesterday in regard to the reported orders for sending reguiars to the Phiilppines to relieve yol- unteers. He said: “The reports based on a dispatch sent to Commissary L ng io provide a full tropical equipment fr 6.0.0 trocps. Nothing official has come, how- ever, to show the pldns of the army de- partment, but the interence is thai a large force of regulars will scon be sent Manila.” to Pre- to Substituting Regulars for Voluntecrs 1f Congress shall early in the session make provision for an increase of the reg- war army, it {s quite probable that none of the volunicer reg.ments now in the service will be sent to Co garrison duty in Cuba. The troops first to be sent to Cuba wiil be composed largely of regular regiment far as they are available. Plans are being matured for the muster out of as many volunteers now in servic: as is possible. The demand of the enisted men to go home and leave the service is growing sreater and greater every day. This is true of nearly every garrison, and the arrival here of senators and represen- tauves with requests for the muster cut cf , 50 regiments o> men in the regiments has largely increased during the past three days. It is well known that the volun- teers at Manila desire to come home, and the War Department is considering the Subject of send.ng regular regiments to re- place them as soon as arrangements can be made. The regulars who ure uvailabte for this service are those segiments on the western ccasts, which saw service at Santiago. There is a disposition, however, to have them recuperated and récru.ted to their full strength beiore sending :hem to Manila. Some time ago orders were issued to have these regiments recruited io their full strength, but at that time it was not for the purpose of sending them to the Philippines. Now that peace is assured, these regimenis of regulars are not 1eeced at home and can be sent to Manila to re- place at least a portion of the volunteers. reops to Go to Manila. Arrangements are being made to regular troops to the Philippines to the places of the volunteers who served there from the beginning of the military invasion in or 9 allow the muster out of the latter as soon as po: sible. It is understood that 6,00) troops will be dispatched from San Fr Manila within the next few place an equal or greater num teers now on t ‘ar distant station. troops selected for foreign service, it said, include the 3d, 4th, 3th, 13th and h’ regim are on the F this plan, Depot San Francisco ts of infantry, acific coust. of which rtherance of Quartermaster Long at has been instructed to pro- vide full tropical equipment for 6,000 troops, All the voknteer troops tn the Phi pines will be brought home and discharged aS Soon as arrangements can be made to stpply their places, but the government has no more than 6,000 soldiers available for that service at the present time. Future plans will depend upon the action of Con- gress on the proposition for an increase of the regular army. ———+ e + —___- A SERIOUS DISCUSSION. Claims That Postmaster Willett is Hoodooing the New Building. A grave discussion was precipitated to- day over @ most important matter. Shortly after the noon hour passersby on Pennsyl- vania avenue who looked over at the new city post office tower to see if the clock was running or not saw a brown something, ike a piece of rusty iron, working along the top of the cornice of the structure In the section immediately east of the tower under the window of the eighth story. It soon developed that the object was a section of the gutter which the- wind had loosened. Superstitious people who won't Hsten to any true recitals of the numerous instances of faulty construction which have marked the building since its commence- ment began to say that the clock stopped Sunday morning just after postmaster V lett had moved in, snd that this Jatest freak pointed to the probability that the geniai postmaster was reaily exerting a koodoo influence on the building, This, of course, is untrue to an emphatic degree, but there is little doubt felt that it will be eagerly grasped by the authoritics of the supervising architect's office, and Postmaster Willett need not be surprised if the authorities of that office pull rab- bits’ feet on him when they meet him again. The fact remains, however, that the gutter In question Is out of its bearings, and it is currently believed to be only a question of time when the wind and weath- er will have the roof in ribbons, too, l advertincment The Question Likely to Vome Up in the Next Congress, a QUALIFICATIONS IN —LOUISIANY Restrictions Deemed by Some to Be Unconstitutional. SUBJECT > —- TO BE DISCUSSED The recent racial difficulties in North Cxr olina have caused considerable speculation in relaticn to the attitude of the Fifty-stath Congress toward r Seats may be contested on claims o idation or upon the ground that erning their election were unconstitutio: This question has brought forward th sentatives whos inti laws gov- sit uation in Lo d the probability at Several other southern states ma dept the methods in vogi tion to the ballet. In Tu people of the state have ab of government affairs, which j them on the basis that they ple. The tests which decide whether « man may vote are so regulated that 1 tically every white man in th t exercise the right of franchis oug may be illiterate, while under th Quali fons of a Voter, In the first place, th is ar \ test; but another provisio ‘ at any man whage father voted previons to 1868, may vote. This allows nearly all the white people to vote. There ts a property ‘ation, but there Is also a provis that @ woman owning property may desig- hate Some man to vote as her proxy, an‘ another which provides that 1! her of a son who owns property may vote. The effect of ali these provisions is that about every white man in the state may vote Members of the Fifty-sixth Congress were the first to be elected under this election law, so that the first opportunity to test the validity of the iaw will occur when the new Congress ass or in oxtra, When nbies in De ession next spring he law was passed it ix said that ember, 18th) a number of the best constitutional lawyers in Louisiana cpposed it and said that If members of Congress, whether senators or represeniaiives, wore lected under such a Jaw they would Lae to sit on the steps of the Capitol when they came to Washing- ton, as they would never be admitted to their sea North Carolina May © The election law of Louisiana will doui.i- less be carefuliy studied in framing a law to keep North Carolina under white con- troi, and some of its peculiar features will be embodied in the North Carolina Jaw. The question that will be of vast unters< to the southern states relates to what Cun- gress will do regarding these m. There are southern representatives think it is quite prObable that this wi matter will be discussed with the resuit that in some way Congress will outline *!-« extent to which election laws can be forced, wiih the purpose of limiting ters frage. The educational and property quni- jification is quite generaily admitted to be | constitutional, but whether a state may say jthat a man can vote because his fathy voted prior to a certain year is another matter. Some southerners who are well informs upon the situation in their states as relates to the race question they fear that tempts of colored men to obtain politica! control in certain sections may oper against the race generally as far as their educational opportunities are concerned. In Loutsiana, for insiance, 10 is stated that there is a strong sentimer, in favor of having taxes collected for educational pur- poses applied to white or black schools cording to the race of the mz 1 or woman paying the tax. Louisi now supports two state colleges for the colored people and makes a very liberal provision for col. ored primary schools. Should the idea be adopted of applying taxes paid by white ple to white schools only the colored hools would be practically ‘oved, for 5 per cent of the taxes of the state of Lou- siana are paid by white people While the coming session of Congress wil i not deal with this question, zs it will natur= ally come up in a serious Way only in con- nection with contested election cases, tt is likely that the subject wilt be disc ome extent among members in prepare for some action later. i +° BLANCO SAILS FOR HOW Captain Leaves Havana HAVANA, November mail steamer Viliav Blanco, the former captain gener and his suite on board, left this yx a.m. today. The departu: to to order Former Gene e of Mars the pomp r events In previo fro accompa marking On returni to his life ul o'clock neral fou als Cas M roto, nd civil officials, Marshal Blar with Marshal Bla vn the Vil- laverde are Generals Bernal and da, Colonels Cevallos, Pagliery, Tusser and Do- menicio and several other officers of lesser rank belonging to his personal st f E Te DID NOT MAKE CONTRACT SPE Torpedo Boat Mackenzic to Be Given Another Tr! PHILADELPHIA, November 30.—The cf- ficial trial of the torpedo boat Mackenzio, which took place yesterday over the g>y- ernment official course at Deepwater Point, below Wilmington, Del., was not a succes., and another trial will be made sbout Do- cember 10. The contract speed of the Mackenzie ts twenty knots an dour, but the highest speed attained on her full speed trial was only eighteen knots. Several progressive tests were given of six, twelve, fifteor eighteen and twenty knots, running the length of the course, both with and aguinst the tide. Then a trip to Ship John Light was made, for the two hours’ fall-specd trial. On this the vessel made eighteen knots an hour. The fact that full steam was not kept up is given as the cause of the failure to make the required speed of twenty knots. One of the blowers brok down about ten minutes before the trial. Representatives of the navy on hoard wer, Commander Emory, Lieuts. Winterhalter and Sargent, Dr. Uish, Naval Consirucier Smith and Engineer Hall. Their Scheme to Assnaest: Ferdinand Discovered. LONDON, November 30.8pecial dis- patches from Budapest published here this afternoon say that a plot to assassinate Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has been @is- covered at Sofia. It is added that numer- ous arrests have been made.