Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENIN? STAR, | PUBLISHED DAILY. EXCEET SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1104 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8.H. KAUFFMANN, Prea’t aces New York Office, 49 Poter 3uildinz. te subscribers In the own account. a’ 10 cents ts per month. Copies at tie connte cents each. ty mail—anywheve in the Lmted States or Cansda- postage prepatd 30 cents av Quintnple Sheet Star, $1 per year, Witt ! 98. «at Washington. D. €., ) smust * © paid tn adeance. tea tion IN A WEEK — READY Work on Articles of Spanish Treaty Progresses Rapidly. NO JOINT SESSION HELD TODAY Rumors of Expected Trouble With Philippine Insurgents. —————— DISCREDITED BY MAJOR HALE soe ea PARIS, December 1.—The peac> commis- sions did not hold a joint session tody, ow- ing to the fact that it was ascertained at 2 p.m. that the preliminary clerical work was completed. It was therefore agreed by presidents to defer the next meeting o k tomorrow afternoon. work of the commissions is proceed- idly, and unless there i unex- tch the treaty will be signed a week. y Merritt, who arrived here yesterday m Lond leaving his w valescent there, was in consultation nh the American commission all this orning relative to the conditions and nec- ssary mea s in the Philippine Islands. General Merritt expects to sail for New York on Decen 10 and hopes to resume his duties in California or New York until his retirement, eighteen months hence. Major Hale of General Merritt's staff, 10 is now here, s the United States, ken ppine Islands, will no e in securing the re- the Spaniards who are held prison- Aguinaldo. MUST FIGHT INSURGENTS. Madrid Advices m Philippines Say Rebellion is Serious. MADRID, December 1.—Advices from the say the insurgents there recognize the cession the United States, and will resist to the last. It is also at the United States will require ‘0.000 troops to put down the rebellion, and d that the insurgents hold 10,000 Spanish prisoners whom they will force to it is rve against the Americans. The Philippine insurgents demand (0 pesetas for the release of the friars in 4 since the commencement of the w SPANISH MAK A SORTIE. Heavy Losses Reported In Insurgents at Hoilo. MADRID. December 1—An official dis- from Rios, the Spanish com- der at Island of Panay, Philip- 1 he Spanish troops there 1 sortie against the Ps upon the in- jcted on en. tiating with = for t r of Iloilo > December 1.—A 1 dis- patch from Madrid ys a de ion from f commerce has © queen regent, ar a petition in fa- delegation > asked to intercede for the re- sh prisoners in the Phil- dd to pardon the Filipinos been transported to Spain. + AN EXPOSITION FOR DETROIT igan City to Celebrate the Anni- versary of Its Founding. IT, M December 1.—Mayor *s office was filled last night with izens and leading busin=ss ns for the celebration in e founding of two hundred al opinion, that the best method ing of an COURTESAN BRUTA er Admirer Cut Her to Pieces in a Resort was shown to her locked the door. rd a piercing the job; just a mo- luor was thrown open by the hman, who wa ered with blood n head to foot. Waving his hand, in ch he held a dripping knife, he invil women to enter lying on the bed lite erer having di dy after lif It is said sha’ he first met the Ma. She discarded him and er sed the ean tO marry another man, who refused keep his promise, and she drifted into ays. rrier is a sailor, but is well educated is reported to belong to an aristocratic nnie Andrews w cut to pleces, the ely mutilated the 3 extinct IN PLATE MIL TO CLO: Result of Order From Officers of the New Combination. December 1 eon lers It was have te com- number y the trus Compa zation, 1 headquarters in eral offices are lo- » vice president, burg. all the mills ab- erred to the new co id that orders have al- sing down many mil er ten days prior to that date. in plate have been materially ad- 4 within the past week. age Wreeked Steamer Recovered. DULUTH, Minn., December .1—The biz Steel steamer Arthur Orr, which was wrecked last week on the north shore of been — Ghe Evening Sar. Noa 14,277. - WASHINGTON, D. 0, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1898—SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS “Every newspaper reader in @ buyer;" but some readers require much more th others, ad therefore «pend much more. Every buyer in Washington whore trade ix of material consequence to a dealer in a reader of The Sta Remember that! TYPHOID AT HONOLULU /SQME LEADERS’ VIEWS| MEASURES OF IMPORTANCE|CUBA'S COMMISSION | QUAY CASES SET FOR TRIAL|DIED UNDER WHEELS Troops Coming Home Probably Recalled on That Account. New Hospital Building in Course of Erec:ion—Demonstration to Troops for Sailing Manila. VICTORIA, B. C., December 1—The steamer Miowera has arrived here, bring- ing Honolulu advices up to the 23d. On vember 29 the steamer Australla was to leave Honolulu with 500 men of the Ist New York Regiment, bound to San Fran- cisco on the way to New York. A few days later 200 more were to follow by the Alameda. The troops are supposed to have been recalled on account of the ravages of ty- phoid fever. There are said to have been 300 cases when the Miowera left. Permis- sion has been received at Honolulu from Washington to abandon Independence Park as a hospital site as soon as other quarters can be fitted up. In obedience to instructions, Colonel Ruh- lin began November 22 the erection of a new hospital building in Huananu valley The structure will be forty-five feet wide and one hundred and sixty feet long, and will give complete accommodations for all the sick soldiers in Honolulu. The new buildings will take 120 patients, Buena Vis- ta proper about 100 and the convalescent hospital the remainder. Hawaiian planters have contracted with the American sugar refinery for the sale of the entire sugar output of the island for he next two years. Excepting only about x tons, which will be shipped to the re- ry at Crockett, Cal, an amount suffi- for the American camps at San Fran- will be held at that place. The rest will be forwarded to New York to be used there in competition with the independent refineries. A big demonstra‘ mer Newport 6. The Hawai riotic ai on took place when the iled for Manila Novem- an band played many s later another demonstration on the occasion of the transport nia sailing for Manila with the sas troops. ig batch of Galicians who were ught from Siberia to work on the Oahu ntations, under contract, struck and went to jail rather than go back to work. They were put to breaking rocks at the government quarry. Among the strikers are a number of boys under twenty years of age. Their cantracts were declared null ‘The citizens of Honolulu were prepart a big banquet for the troops on Thanksgi ing day. The board of survey, after an examina- the steamer Columbia of Seattie, tion of has condemned her, and it is unlikely will ever leave Hilo harbor. —_—_— A DRUNKEN FATHER'S CRIME. Dashed Out the Brains of His Born Child. CLAIRE, Wis., December 1.—At n, a village about thirty miles north a child was born In a poor family named Dunn. The father, in celebration of the event, became intoxicated, and on re- turning home seized the baby and dashed New- out its brains. He was on the point cf strangling his wife, when neighbors inter- fered. Word was sent to the marshal, who, with twelve men, arrested Dunn, but not before the latter fired several shots with a revolver, of which clipped off one ot the marshal’s ears. Dunn was taken tu the ccunty jail at Barron to prevent a lynch- ing. THE A CANAL, Representative Smith Thinks the Bill Should Pass This Winter. Representative Smith of Illinois, who was at the Capitol today, said to a Star reporter that he thought every possible effort should be made to pass a bill this winter for the construction of the Nicaragua canal by this government. The people in his section, he said, were strongly in favor of expansion. Ninety per nt of the people in that section, he said, nted to hold all the territory that has n into our possession by reason of the ———_—_—_+ e+ _______ REPRESENTATIVE SHERMAN, He Thinks the Nicaragua Canal Bill Should Be Passed. Representat Sherman of w York says that he does not think it will be poss ble to enact currency legislation this win- r, but that there will be such legislation the next C The Nicaragua canal bill, he should be passe winter, and the the ant Iping b He ays that it question to legisiate for the government of the Ph es until w e had more ume fe an examination of the situation, und Effect of Cutting Down the United States Army. al ons made at the War Depart- ment show that the restoration of peace will result in a saving of from $450,000 to $0,000 a month in the single item of pay listed men in the United States army. oldier receives in time of-war nth, but in time of peace it is only $13. A first sergeant’s pay is $30 dur- war and $25 in time of peace. The proportion of decrease holds in the of other non-commissioned officers. 000 men of the volunteer and regu- s receive altogether $2,600,000 a lar armt Four Vessels of the North German Lioyd Line to Transport Troops. Information has reached the War Depart- ment that the Spanish government has hired four of the steamships of the North German Lloyd line for the purpose of trans- porting Spanish troops home from Cuba by January 1, the time set by this government for the completion of the evacuation. The vessels chartered are the Fulda, Werra, Muenchen and Darmstadt. The contract was consummated three days ago, and the agents at New oYrk were yesterday noti- fled to hold the Fulda and Warren, now at New York, in order that they might be al- tered Into transports. The Muenchen and Darmstadt, now at Bremen, will go to Bal- timore to be r The four ships will be able to transpo. about 9,000 mon on one rip. + TRANSPORTATION Outline Prepared by Senator Mallory of the Industrial Commission. The subcommittee on transportation of the industrial commission met today and considered the syllabus prepared by Sen- ator Mallory. This syllabus of information to be secured regarding transportation fa- cilities of the country has called for a great deal of labor on the part of Senator Mailory, and will be adopted by the sub- ACILITIES. La Superic has be floated, and today came to Duluth, w she will be repaired. ‘The steamer Harlem, wrecked on Island Royal>, !s breaking up, and the crew is re- ported to have abandoned her. committee with but few changes, although it_will be added to from time to time. Mr. North of Massachusetts, a member o* the industrial eommission, arrived in the city today. Opposition to the Proposed Extra Session. THEY REGARD IT AS UNNECESSARY The President Believed to Be of a Similar Opinion. QUESTIONS TO.BE SETTLED ee In the opinion of prominent men visiting the White House ft is probably too early for the republican leaders to definitely set- tle the question of an extra session of Con- gress, but they believe that one will not be necessary. Moreover, a belief is gaining ground that President MeKinley, backed by the administration, is opposed to an ex- tra session, being willing for the currency question to wait another year before a so- lution is attempted. Representative Hitt, who was at the White House today, said he did not think an extra session would be necessary. California Sentiment. Representative Barham of California de- clares that his constituents do not care for any change in currency laws at this time. With this question eliminated for another year, Mr. Barham believes that Congress can finish all the work which will be ma- tured for it. “We cannot take up the rela- tions of the Phillppines to this country at this session,” he said. “‘Neither do T be- lieve we would be ready to do so at an extra session. The question is a new and important one and we will have to secure information before we decide. The ad- dition to our territo! unlike any we have ever made and the question of its dis- position and government cannot be settled quickly. 1 do not think the people of the country want a settlement until they can study all sides and express themselves, “Porto Rico's future can also go over, 1 necessary, “Naxt to our new possessions, the ques- tion of currency reform is the most promi- nent. I think this question can go over for the present. No large number of republi- cans can agree upon any one measure. Anyhow, the business men in my s:ction demand that the question be let alone. They are satisfied with present conditions. The people are doing well and are happy. 2 “Next to this, the Nicaraguan canal is the most important question. It could be settled at the coming session. I do not see why there should be so much time in set- tling Hawaii's relations to us.” Can Finish All Necessary Work, Representative Grout of Vermont said that he could see how Congress could easily deal with all necessary work at the com- ing session and thereby avold an exira session. “The question of the relation of our new acquisitions can be held in abey- ance without injury to their interests or to ours. Extra sessions are unprofitable.” Senator Cockrell of Missouri paid his re- spects to President McKinley today. In Interest of Democrats. “Politically an extra sessi the interest of the democr “but no one yet knows what w ll be neces- sary. I do not think we could settle the Philippine question at an exira session. Representative Sayers of Texas called up- on the President today to pay his respects. Mr. Sayers will serve in the House until January, when he will resign to become governor of Texas. He will be inaugurated ernor on the 19th of January. An extra session will depend on con- "he said. ‘© man can foresee It arise. I hardly think there will enough information about the Philip- be pines to justify earl¥faction as to them.” o<— AGERS. Granted Nearly a Two Hours’ Con- ference by Secretary Hay. managers of the Panama canal en- terprise who arrived in Washington last evening nave taken steps to arrange the business with which they are charged be- fore the Secretary of State. Apparently some arrangements had been made in the nature of an appointment, for, notwith standing the fact that this was diplomat y, Secretary Hay gave up nearly two pours of his time this morning to listening to the representations of the Panama peo- ple. These were Maurice Hutin, director general of the Panama canal; Xavier Bay- ard, commercial representative of the com- pany, both of Paris, and Wm. Nelson Crom- well of New York, counsel for the company ‘The conference was Interrupted at fr quent intervals by the calls of the Ru ambassador, the French charge, the Italian The charge, the Vene » and other members of the diplomat But these terruptions were not con: 1, as the levoted but a small portion of his matic callers, which might be construed as a sign of his interest in the representations of the canal people ‘The latter were supplied with charts and a mass of documentary matter, presumably hibiting the great amoune OF ee ro complished so far on the canal proje cont the conclusion of the conference the inal men declined to make any statement as to what had taken place. But the com- mon understanding is that they are here in a general way to antagonize all of the Nicaracua projects. They will be In Wash- ington for several days, according to their own statement. —_—___—_+-e+__ BIG ORDER FOR STEEL RAILS. Secretary time to h Over 500,000 Tons to Be Made at Lead- ing Points. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 1.—The Iron Trade Review says: Excepting the memorable break in the rai] pool in February of last year, no such tonnage of steel rail sales has been closed in a single week as that just booked by the manufactures. It includes 50,000 tons to the Illinois Central, 75,000 tons to the Chi- cago and Northwestern, 55,000 tons to the St. Paul, 00 tons to the Burlington, and large orders to eastern and central sys- tems. What has been booked, and what is actically closed amounts to more than O00) tons, of which. the bulk has been taken by Chicago and Pittsburg. ‘The fail- ure of the rail manufacturers to agree upon the selling company scheme was followed by a conference of the Carnegie Steel Com- pany, the Ulinois Steel Company and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, as noted last week. An arrangement resulted, which promises to have better holding power than the gentlemen's agreement in forc previous to September. The prices fixed are $17 Pittsburg, $18 Chicago and $20 Pueblo. —— Hotel Proprietor Assigns. COLUMBUS, Ohio, December 1—Samuel A. Kinnear, proprietor of the Goodale Ho- tel, has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The assets are estimated at $62,000 and liabilities at $49,000. > Hantington to Build Two Ships. SAN FRANCISCO, December 1—C. P. Huntington, it is stated here, will build two magnificent steamships of 11,000 tons each for the China trade. Each will cost in the neighborhood of $2,000,000. Senator Cullom Thinks Congress Will Find Time to Act Upon Them, The Government of Hawaii and a Cable to Those Islands Among Things Needing Attention, There are several important matters which Senator Cullom thinks the coming session of Congress will find time to act upon between the intervals when appropri- ation bills will have the attention of tne Senate and House. There will naturaily be more opportunity for legislation other than in relation to fiscal matters in the Senate early in the session during the period when the House is passing the appropriation bills. For this reason it is likely that the Senate will take up such general legislation as will occupy its attention very early dur- ing the session. “I hope,” said Senator Cullom, speaking to a Star reporter today, “to get a Dill through the Senate very soon in relation to the government of the Hawaiian Islands, and there may be some legislation in rela- tion to the interstate commerce law. There are treaties to be considered, but they may not be ready to be brought before the Sen- ate before the 4th of March, when we ccuid consider them in extra session.” “How about the Nicaragua canal?’ Mr. Cullom was asked. “Senator Morgan thinks we will be able to act on that question, but I have doubted whether we could be able to do it, though 1 would be glad to see Congress take such action as would guarantee the building of the canal, the necessity for which is more fully demonstrated now than ever. There is no doubt that the government should take hold of the Nicaragua canal question and it should do so in earnest. “One thing Congress should act on as soon as possible. It should see that a cable is built between the Pacific coast and the Hawaiian Islands. Those islands are now a part of our territory, and we should have quick communication with them. We should not be obliged to depend on slow steamers to communicate with them.” “Will anything be done regarding the war revenue the reporter asked. Nothing is likely to ba done on that sub- ject. We want to know how much money We will need before we deal with that ques- tion. It may develop that the war tariff should be strengthened, but I do not ap- prahend that that will be ‘the case.” “Do you anticipate that Congress will deal liberally with the District of Colum- bia in securing the needed improvements T and water service?” com2 from the District Com- missioners’ office, where I made as strong a protest as I could about the want of water here. I am paying a pretty good rent for the house I eeeupy, and yet I have to hire a man every day to pump water in the bath rooms in order to get it. Practi- cally we have no bétter water supply here now than we had twenty-years ago, so far as I can see, though considerable sums of mony have been spent. Iam prepared to believe there is hardly a city in the United States that has not better water facilities than we have-here. J can't see what is accomplished by ths money we do spend.” GOVERNMENT. FINANCES Large Increase in Reoelpts Compared With Last Year. Official Statements for the Month of November — Grenter Amount of Bank Notes—The Coinage. The monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that during the month of November the receipts aggregated $38,900,915, as com- parc with $43,362,605 for November ast year. In that moxth, however, 1s included about $18,000,000 received on account of the Pacific railroad settlement. Independent of these payments the recelpts exceeded those for November, 1897, by about $13,500,000. The receipts from customs last month were 335,200, an Increase of about $5,500,000; from internal revenue sources, $21,836,743, an increase of nearly $8,000,000. The dis- bursemerts during last month amounted to $49,090,980, an increase on account of the War of nearly $11,000,000, Since July the receipts have aggregated $204,557,006, as compared with $148,113,875 for 1897. The monthly statement of the controller of the currency shows the total circulation of national bank notes on Novembe to have been $342,702 Se the ase} and for ation 5,757. on United States bonds w: irc se for the year of $ » month of $3,883.08" by lawful money we e for the year of $ for the month of bonds on de- sit to secure clreulating notes was 323% », and to se are public deposits 208,300. ‘The umount of the new 3 per c war loan to secure public deposits was iat and to secure circulating notes $40,- y statement of the director of the mint shows the total coinage at the United States mints during November, 18y8, was $7,345,910, of which $5,006,700 was gold, .250 silver and $83,060 minor coins. The standard dollars coined amounted to $1,402,000. +04 IGLESIAS AT THE CAPITOL, The Costa Rican President Uncertain When He Will Leave the City. President Iglesias of Costa Rica and party, escorted by Col. Carter, visited the Capitol today and were shown through the building by a guide, who explained the various subjects of interest. The visitors seemed much interested by what they saw, and gave expecial attention to the paintings In the rotmnda. Arriving at the chamber of the Supreme Court of the United States, the president was admitted withimthe rail as a mark of respect, and witnesged the proceedings of the court a short time. When the party arrived in the Senate end ef the Capitol the Vice President was in his room and re- ceived them, going-with the party to the Senate chamber. President Iglesias ex- vressed his gratification mpon seeing the historic building. President Igtesias has not decided when he will leave Washington. He is enjoying his visit very much, and may ‘remain here until some time next week. If he does he will attend the banquet of the Gridiron Club Saturday night. His intention all along has been to leave here for New York en Saturday. Yesterday President Iglesias and party, accompanied by a number of the ministers ef South and Central American states, went to Mt. Vernon/and Indian Head: They went down in the converted vacht Syiph. He also visited the fish commis- sion. = Z When the presifent Jeft the Arlington this morning iis program was, after vistt- ing the Capitol, to go to the top of the Washington monument. oe 's Death im Porto Rico. Gen. Brooke, at San Juan de Porto Rico, has telegraphed the War Department that Private Fred, H. Holden, Company L, 19th Infantry, died yesterday of dysentery. Purposes of Its Visit to the Capital of the Nation. WHAT IT HOPES 10 a ACCOMPLISH The Disbandment and Remunera- tion of the Troops. GEN. GARCIA’S eg VIEWS The commission representing the assem- bly of Cuba, a body which stands in the same relation to the people of the island as the Continental Congress did to the patriots of the American revolution, ar- rived in Washington last night from New York. The party comprised Gen. Calixto Garcia, Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez, Col. Man- uel Sanguilly, Jose Antonio Gonzalez Lanu- za and Jose R. Villalon, members of the commission; Horatio S. Rubens, counselor of the commission; Capt. Richard Kohly, an aid, and a colored Cuban attendant. At the depot the travelers were greeted by Gonzalo de Quesada and Ricardo Diaz Al- bertini of the Cuban legation here, and Senor Casanova, a member of the Cuban assembly, now in Washington. A warm welcome awaited the Cubans at the Raleigh, where they are quartered, and up- on their arrival they were introduced to and refreshed by glasses of the concoction known as the Cuba libre cocktail. This liquid was served in frosted glasses decorated with small American and Cuban flags, with a sprig of mint between them. The visitors warmly greeted Senora Que da and her interesting little daughter, who already regarded as the daughter of the r public, and held quite a levee in the par- lors on the second floor, overlooking Penn- sylvania avenue, which were assigned to them. Newspaper men were thick as the leaves of Vallambrosa, and an amiable re- ception was accorded all who came. Gen- erals Garcia and Gomez and Senor Lanuza and Captain Kohly w uffering from se- vere colds contracted in New York, and the entire party retired early. Men of Standing. The members of the commission are men of distinguished appearance. Gare tall and commanding, is not a master of En- glish to even a conversational extent, and the same is true of General Gomez. The latter has a strong face, accented by a coal-black mustache and under-lip tuft, and is most amiable in disposition, as most great fighters usually are. As has been said in The Star, he has participated in many battles, although he is in no way re- lated to the great Gomez. All the Cubans were early astir this morning, and one of the earliest callers upon them was Senator Mason of Mlin He received a cordial welcome. Purposes of the Commission. The members of the commission are nat- urally very anxious to discover just what the rea! sentiment of the American people is toward the Cubans and the future of their island. They are fully and regret- fully aware of the many misrepresentations that have been made regarding these im- portant subjects. They are aware that a good many people in Cuba regard the administration as opposed to the real pa- triots and their aims and purposes, and it was mainly to dispel this fallacious impres sion, if possible, that the commission sent to this country to state actual condi- tions in Cuba and the precise situation there to the administration, and to ascertain, if possible, the policy to be pursued by the United States toward the island. At the same time such suggestions be made by the commission as will ter avoid ail possible Ganger tion in the future between the $s and the Cubans tn the tinal settiement of the qu tions. Maintaining as the Cubans do, that the object of the United States a 2 pressed in the resolutions cf Congre to establish a stable and independent go’ ernment in Cuba and permanent peac they claim that these were the same ol jects for which they fought. milar Conditions. As to the question of the disbandment of troops, a similar problem is prescnted to that the Congress of the United States nad to consider in 1783. It will be remembered by close students of history that the Amer- ican troops refused to disband without pa: znd sent several memorials and committ to Congress, in which they protested against the injustice of -riminat ng against the very individuals who had wen independence for their country. To cast 30,000 men on the commun without resources of any kind, which w result from the imn te disbandment of the Cuban army, and run the consequent risks of the acts of individuals driven by their necessities to desperation, is a respon- sibility which the Cubans have been loath to ussume without consulting the United States. It is suggested that if only a smal! pert of the pay due the Cuban troops could be provided for, just sufficient to enable the men to return to their peaceful pur- suits, leaving the remainaer for future set- tlement, every Cuban soldier would hav a pel nal interest in the maintenance of peace and the establishment of that gov- ernment to which they would look for # settlement of their ducs. Gen. Garcia on the Flag. Gen. Garcia, in conversation with a Star reporter today, in reply to a question whether the occupation of Cuba by the American army would cause any friction, said the Cubans had no objection whate to such occupancy. “The Cubans have complete faith in the United States and its promises,” said Ge: eral Garcia. “The American flag in Cub is all that is necessary to preserve peace. If a large army of occupancy is designed to keep the Cubans quiet it will be unneces- sary, I assure you. The Cubans are entirely satisfied with the American flag and ail the promise that its stars and stripes mean to them.”” Senor Quesada, charge d'affairs of the Cuban legation in this city, called at the White House today to arrange for a visit of Gen. Garcia and the distinguished party here with him. The President was busy and Senor Quesada did not remain. As the President will probably desire a long tall with Gen. Garcia it is probable that the call will be deferred until some time next week, after the message has gone to Con- gress. a AT WORK ON DISTRICT BILL. The Commisstoners Give Their Views on Its Features. The subcommittee of the House appro- priations committee having charge of the District of Columbia appropriation bill met at the Capitol at 11 o'clock today, with Mr. Grout, Mr. Bingham and Mr. Allen present. Clerk Courts of the committee supplied the subcommittee with the first drafts of the bill, printed for their use. After looking over the estimates a recess was taken mntil 1 o'clock, when the Com- missioners appeared and were heard upon the principal features of the bill. The for- mal hearings were thus commenced and will be continued until every department of the District government is permitted to explain the estimates for its particular branch. Judge Finletter Overruled All Motions of Objection. Declared the Case Must Take Its Tarn on Docket as Any Other, PHILADELPHIA, December 1. — Judge Finletter, in the court of quarter sessions, today overruled all the motions of objec- tion entered by defendants’ counsel to the five indictments found by the grand jury against United States Senator M. S. Quay, his son, Richard R. Quay, and ex-State Treasurer Benjamin J. Haywood. The de- fendants were not in court, but R. F. Shap- ley, their senfor counsel, on announcement of the judge’s decision, moved to instruct the clerk to enter pleas of not guilty. This being done, District Attorney Gra- ham stated that the commonwealth was ready to proceed to trial at once, and asked the court to fix an early date for the trial. Mr. Shapley stated that the books and accounts presented at the magistrate’s hearing were voluminous. These matters of evidence he and his colleague had not had an opportunity to examine. They de- sired to have an expert go over these ac- counts carefully before they would be ready to combat the allegations of the common- wealth, and he asked that a date not earlier than December 12 be fix. He said, fur- thermore, that his colleague, 8. L. Shields, had an important se in the United States court on Monday next, which would probably occupy his time several days. He would, therefore, be obliged to conduct this trial alone should the date be fixed for next week. Judge Finletter in reply to Mr. Shapley j Stated that he would treat this case a that of any other ordi i : nary cri 1 pro- ceeding on the docket, and he could not, therefore, grant the time asked for by de- fendan a counsel. He ad intended fixing Monday next as the date for t but in deference to Mr. Shic professional en- gagement on that d. he would appoint the following day, Tuesday for the opening of the tri He stated that he considered t ample time for counsel to prepare their defense. Judge Finletter later in the day reconsid- ered his decision fixing the date of the Quay trial for December 6, and fixed Mon- , December 12, as the day. Four of the five bills of indictment found the grand jury charged the defendants with conspiracy to misuse the funds of the te on deposit in the People’s Bank for their own benefit and profit, and the fifth indictment charged Benjamin J. Haywood with illegally loaning $100,000 of the state funds, over which he had control. Demurrers were entered by defendants’ counsel last week to the first four indict- ments, but Judge Finletter today declared these demurrers not sustained. .A motion to quash the fifth indictment was also 0: ruled by the judge. December 6, —_—-—_—_ CANNOT LET THEM Go. Representative Grout for Ho to the Philippines. Representative Grout of Vermont, who has arrived in Washington to take up his official duties, is an advocate of the ad- ministration’s policy of expansion and be- Neves In holding the Philippines. “Let the crokers and scolds say what they please,” said Gen. Grout to a Star reporter today, “we are going to hold on to those islands. I don’t know yet how We are going to manage them, but every dictate of conscience, of humanitarianism and of good business should tell us not to let them go. “I do not have any patience with the dark forebodings of those who would haye us believe that the country will be swamp- ed by taking hold of the Philippines. Why the sam2 thing was said about the Loui ana purchase. were Josiah Quincy Senator Plumer of New Hampshire and many others who went so far as to declan that dismemberment of the Union wa: threatened by taking over the Louisiana t itory. the Philippines have come to us and We must assume the responsibility 1 upon us. We will do it and will wor the problem. ding on out Hee TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY. Representative Allen Troubled by the Acquisition of the Philippines. “If Admiral Dewey had only sailed away after he smashed the Spanish fleet at M nila,” said Representative Allen of Missis sippi to a Star reporter today, “my, my! what a load would have been lifted from our minds. “Jam kind of conser pansion busines ative about this ex You know, when you stop and think about the trouble we are having in this country with an infer race that has had the benefit of this years of civilization and education, it sort of appalls me to consider what we are going to do with the people of some of our new porsessions, who “are not even up to the average of the lowest of our infecior r hen there is the question of self-gov- ernment, which kind of bothers me. We have been proceeding upon the theory of allowing people to govern themselves and I don’t know what we are going to do with a million or two of people who are not qualified for self-government.” —_——+-0<+______ oH OF THE PATHFINDER. A New Vessel for the Coast and Geo- detic Survey. December 7 will be a gala day at the ship yard of Lewis Nixon in Elizabeth, N. J., when Miss Ruth Crandall, a niece of the Secretary of the Treasury, will christen the Pathfinder. The Pathfinder is not armor-clad nor does she carry frowning guns. Her mission will be one of peace and good will. The “Pathfinder,” as her name implies, is to search the coastwise paths followed by mariners to seek out and chart hidden dangers, to map the shores and thus to render inestimable service to the world at large. She is being built for the coast and geo- detic survey and will be by far the largest surveying ship ever built for that service. Among her predecessors was the Hassler, which carried Agassiz around the Horn, on her maiden trip, and the Patterson, whose surveying operations are indelibly engraved on the charts of the survey. Both of these vessels were name@ after former superin- tendents of the survey, but Secretary Gage has chosen the impersonal, but suggestive, name of the new ship, under which her work will doubtless become known to cartographers the world over. Personal Mention. | Representative B. W. Layton, Ohio, is a guest at the Riggs House. Mr. Q. A. Pearson of Morgan City, La., is registered at the Wellington. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gotwals of Gardens- ville, Pa., who have been spending their honeymoon in Wasbington with their cous- ins, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jenkins, of 2912 Brightwood avenue northwest, have return- ed to their home in Gardensville, Pa. Mr. Peter J. Giovannoni of Newman, Cal., passed through the city yesterday, return- ing from Locarno, Switzerland, where he has been visiting friends. Representative Hull, wife and daughter are at the Portner for the winter, LAU es, Lives of Two Children Crushed Out by the Cars. A THIRD RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES — ee The Three Were Victims of Rail- : way Grade Crossing. ee een INQUEST TO BE HELD > Two little school children, Fannie Bell Harris, aged nine years, and George Her- bert Gray, aged six, were in ly killed shortly before 9 ock morning by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad express train at the county road crossing, Ivy City. Har- ry McDonough, aged seventeen year was with the children in a two-seated buck- board wagon at the time of their tragic death, was badly injured in the accident and Hes at the Emergency Hospital suffer- ing from a compound fracture of the leg, which will doubtless necessitate amputation, Another little boy, Oliver Gra er of one of the children killed, was tn the ill- fated vehicle also, but escaped injury by leaping out just befo: uck death to his little 5 The horse was thrown some down the track and torn to pieces E- ments of the buggy, which once contained the happy youthful party, are lying along the rushing engine ” yards Fr the stretch of track just south of the road crossing, a portion of the running gear be- ing the only recognizable object. On the Way to School. The children were on their way to the Merris School, on the Bladensburg rv driving from their homes on Fenwick street in a buggy, as was their custom. Leaving Ivy City teams pass over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at the county r ing; the road continuing leads into H stre northea: its terminus. They approa ed the tracks therefore from a westerly ¢ rection just about the time the expre train No. 149 ts scheduled This train arrives in W ashing! o'clock, and runs through Ivy City without stepping about five minutes earlier. The train this morning was drawn by engine No. 1318, in charge of Engineer ©. - Peters. conductor was Capt. John Both have long been in the > railroad. was in charge of the s. grade ty e county road crossing, and di he performed his duty this morning before the approach of the death-4 train had lowered the safety guards, al. According to Gateman story of ti air, he noticed t . in which Harris and y_were rid hing at a rapid galt. The driver, McDonough, the in- jured ¥ seemed tobe unable to check ran down th » railroad tracks. incline to- At this time the train was hardly 500 yards from grade crossing, running rapidly, proba- lV ata sp s8 than forty miles an hour. Young McDonough endeavored in vain to stop the horse. Gateman * says the animal for way under lowered guies, and an instant later struck by the engin vehicle was well upon the tracks wh by the train, and was completely ished. George Gray and Fannie Were mangled and crushed. The young driver's escape from Instant death was marvelou: Air Brakes Applied. When Engineer Peters realized what had happened he put on the air brakes with a will, the train stopping so suddeniy many of the passengers were thrown from their A hasty examination by the train and a number of the yard employes working in the vicinity, devel- ct that the little boy and girl ‘ond all earthly aid. The elder lad, McDonough, was picked up and placed upon the train and brought imme- diately into the city, the train arriving only about ten minutes late. The station ter here in Washington had been informed of the accident while, and when the injured young man reached the New Jersey avenue station he was met by Drs. Hickling and Merriam and the Eme Hospital ambulance He was at once conve to that institution and given eve ible attention. The bodies of the ¢ children w brought into the cit and placed in the morg where they will remain until a coron: inquest m ad and the responsibil for the Little Fanni a and pretty ¢ este her schoolmate was the of Mrs. § ow, who is « at the Cap’ Herbert ¢ of Mr No. 10S Fenwick straet vo the old race track Coroner's Jary to Decide. @ coroner's Jury will be called upon to determine whether or not nan Keys, who lives at the corner of Sth and I strecis northeast, did his whole duty. A number of school children who were near at when the accident occurred de safety gates were not properly lowered when Harry McDonough drove the children upon the tracks. One version of the affair is that the gate on the opposite side of the tracks was lowered just as the buckboard reached the first of the two lines of steel rails. Secing this, they say, young M Donough checked his horse whil tracks. Had he driven on acr upon the which would seem an impossibility with the gate lowered, the vehicle might have escaped the passing train. Sin, ate on Either Side. There is a single gate on either side of the tracks at the county road crossing, beth being operated by levers from the gateman’s house on the west side. They are counter-balanced, and might easily be raised in the manner described by Mr, Keys—being violently struck by the hoi The actident created much excitement in Ivy City, and people thronged to the scene of the tragedy. During recess hour chil- dren from nearby schools crowded upon the tracks with dangerous recki. ss, when fast express trains are constantly passing at lightning speed. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are both ill, pros- trated with grief. Mrs. Harris was in the city at the time her ‘little girl was killed. She, too, is completely overcome with grie: The railroad company at once began an investigation of the accident aud sent men to the Ivy City crossing without delay. Gateman Keys was questioned and put uirough a rigid examination. He told hs story to the railroad officials practically the same as related above. McDonough’s Story. The story of Harry McDonough, the driver of the carriage, was obtained from him by a Star reporter at the Emergency Hospital this afternoon. He is about seven- teen years of age, and has that sharp in- telligence that comes from acquaintance with race tracks and race horses. Fully clothed, but covered by a blanket, he lay on a cot and readily replied to ques- tions. y folks live at Hamilton, Ontario. For a year and a half I've been with Mr. Jas, O. Gray, the father of two of the children. He's a racing man, you know. We were here last May, but since then were racing at Port Erie and other places until October, when we came here. Mr. Gray left his fam-