Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1899, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. ‘Temporary Pusiness Office, 1109 Pennsylvania Aveaas. The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres't. New York Ofce, 52 served ¢ ae Baildiag, uh The Evening Stsr ety ‘at 10 cent Coptes at th where {0 the td—5e cents carriers r 44 cents each anada < or ¢ pret GOMEZ WILL NOT ACT > Declines to Aid in Distributing Funds to Cuban Army. NOTIFIES GEN. BROOKE TODAY pee ee Says Prominent Cuban Generals Have Formed Cabal Against Him. eS ARMS TO BE TAKEN BY FORCE —_+ HAVANA, May 15, noon.—Gen. Maximo Gomez today informed Governor General Brooke that he could no longer act as rep- resentative of the Cuban army in the dis- tribution of the $3,000,000 appropriated for the payment of the Cuban troops. Gen. Gomez added that he had arrived at this decision with great reluctance, and with the most friendly feelings toward Gen. Brooke personally and officially, but he felt he could no longer r ent the Cuban army, because a cabal, composed of many of the subordinate commanders, ex- fisted to oppose. and, !f possible, defeat, the plans for par the money. Organization Against Him. He explained that former members of the Cuban y, led by Mayia Rodri 1 Juan Gaul- other hal organ- of the officers against him, ity and though he (Gomez) might D8: carry the payment t c ion, he was disgusted, ed to wash his hands of the whole Therefore he thought that if he Brooke free the latter would be able to act with equal effectiveness alone. Gen. Gomez communicated these views to Gen. Brooke at an interview, which con- 4 for an hour and a half. The Cuban ral was attended by Col. Carlos Ces- mer Cuban president s been mentioned as a of Cuba. Sympathy. mpathy with aid he regretted the posi- but, the American com- decision was un- 1 proceed to deal with Has Gen. Brooke and ken Brooke’ Gen. expressed Gen manifesto to ument will be Will be submi ter It has been 1: may m: a deel: ion manner in which he will termined not to be trifled rolis of the privates and ers who are willing toa and this amount will be offered on ions previously laid dow Forcible Disarmament May Follow. ment of © the ultimate proc: Comment, The + y 2 rding t bu f $3,000,000 to be some ¢om- but has $a rule net members decline to give Gomez t he that if G peaceful re- will redound only to land it t and will further pos said, ewes too much to The People Not to Blame. mber of the cabinet satd no rea- ld not be- upon the island however aise been would arise: mez ainst ve overestimated his com- Spain, from this country nts in the way of With this source nd guarded i the neigh- 1 opposition views are of politicians and to be aeatats owers incline to the be- lief Cuban fox is playing ittes, 3 nt trait in the Latin char- * for his future without ow of giving this coun- = + e- af Naval Promotions. The promotion of the following officers was announced the Na partment today Lieutenant comma Lieatenants—G. W. Logan, W. H. lard, E. T. Witherspoon, C.'H. Stone, C. F Cooper, A. H. Scales and W. H. Faust. | ington today. GREAT FALLS WATER POWER It is to Be Utilized in Near Future to Produce Electricity. for Use for Ranning Street Availab) Rallroads and for Electric Light- ing im This City. The water power at Great Falls fs to be developed. Engineers are now on the ground for the purpose of determining the best plan for utilizing the force of the Po- tomac river at that place, and it 1s expect- ed that In the near future the work will have so far progressed as to make it p sible to supply electric current to this city from the Great Falls. The electricity now used here for electric lighting and street railroad purposes, as well as by small power consumers, !s now generated by a number of steam plants. When the Great Falls water power is de- veloped it is claimed it will be possible to obtain from this source electricity not only to run elevators, but street railroads as well, and to supply eleciric lights. The Great Falls are located some four- teen miles from this city. At that point a dam stretches across the river, built by the United States government for the purpos of diverting water into the city aqueduct, which begins there and extends to the city, the line of the buried aqueduct being mark- ed by what is known as the Conduit road. The the river at the Great Falls has been project that has received a good deal of tention, and some years ago the Great F Power Company was organized and was chartered under the laws of the states of Maryland and Virginia. The company also uired property on the river at that point, and it is this property and rights which are now to be developed. -_—— CERS’ QUARTERS. From Regular Appre utilization of the force in the fall of a BACHELOR OF Money Can Be Used to Build The Secretary of War has submitted to the controller of the treasury the follow- ing question by Colonel A. L. Milis, com- manding the military post and academy at West Point: I have the honor to recommend, if the funds be available, that the post of West Point be provided with a suitabie building as quarters for bachelor offic Great neces= s for such a bu.iding, both for qu and messing — purpe for bache.or officers and for the proper enter- of whom the tainment of foreign offi number visiting West Point is constantly increasing. A In answer to the question Mr. L. P. Mitchell. assistant controller, decides that the regular appropriation for buildings at military posts can be used for the erection of suitabe quarters of the kind mentioned y Colonel Mills. In view of the dec it is assumed that the building will soon be erected. ee ee = PORTER RECOVERED. He Expects to Return to His Duties in a Few Weeks. Mr. John Addison Porter, the secretary to the President, is expected to return to Washington and resume his dutles at the White House within a few weeks. He has completely recovered from his attack, his physicians have advised that Ke remain at Atlantic City for a further rest. As stated in The Star Saturday, there ts no truth in the suggestions from Atlantic City that Secretary Porter is about to re- sign. It is his present intention to return to his old post. SECRETARY ——_—_—__+-o+—___. CHANGED TO A TROOPSHIP. Transformation Being Effected in the Steamer Crook. The steamer Crook, which was recently used for the transportation home of the bodies of the United States soldiers and civilians who lost their lives by wounds or disease in the campaigns of Santiago and Porto Rico, is being transformed at the port of New York into a regular transport for the transportation of troops between this country end the West Indies. It Is ex- pected that the work upon her will be com- | pleted in time to permit her to leave New York on the 24th instant. She is under or- ders to proceed to Savannah, Ga. to em- bark the 2d United States Infantry for usportation to Havana, and she will bring back from that port discharged sol- diers and a number of horses which are no longer needed there. The V Department is informed that the troopship Kilpatrick has arrived at New York with a large number of dis- charged soldiers from Nuevitas. sel is now in quarantine SUPREME COURT. The v IN THE Decree of a District Court Reversed— Prize to Be Given Up. The United States Supreme Court today handed down a decision in the case of the Office Specialty Manufacturing Company against the Fenton Metallic Company, ap- pealed from the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The case involved a question of a patent for a book-shelf. The court today reversed, with costs, the decree the District Court of Appeals. The rt also decided a prize case grow- ing out of the late war with Spain. It re- lated to the capture of the Olinde Rog- riguez, while attempting, it was alleged, to run the blockade of San Juan harbor, Porto Rico. The capture was made by the cruiser Ni Orleans, and the prize, a French steamer, was considered one of the richest auls made by the navy during the war. The court today ordered the restitution of the steamer to her owners, without dam- for ca: . The decision was an- nounced by Chief Justice Fuller, and held that it was not proven that the steamer's officers Intended to enter the blockaded port. The court held, incidentally, that the blockade of San Juan was effective. w Eschewed Politics. Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania was in Wash- He arrived at the Arlington st night and left at 3 o'clock for a fish- | ing trip in Virginia with his brother-in-law, Mr. White. He did not care to talk about the polit.cal situation in Pennsylvania, nor | about Quay’s prospects for the Senate, nor about politics in general. He said he was on a pleasure trip and did not care to mix it with politic: +02 Personal Mention. Admiral Schley expects to leave Wednes- day for Omaha, to visit ex-Senator Man- dersen. Vice President Hobart is getting stronger daily. Yesterday, for the first time in a long while, he came downstairs and enjoy- ed luncheon with his family and friends. A dispatch received here today from Waterville, Me., says that Frank Lewis of this city, who was reported as critically ill at that place, is rallying and has passed the danger line. ‘The following Washington people will sail on the St. Paul, which will leave New York Wednesday morning for Europe: Mr. Anto- nio Duplat, Mrs. Stilson Hutchins and maid, Mr. M. Konmys, Prof. Simon Newcomb, U. S._N.; Mr. Don Jose Andrade Penn: Gen. S. S. Sumner, U. S. A., military at- tache to the United States embassy at Lon- don; Mr. T. Sulto, Mr. A. Tanahashi and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wharten. D. ©, MONDAY, MAY 45, 1899— ae BUSINESS POINTERS. Business ts growing bette all the time. To get and hold your share of it you mast keep advertin- ing righ’ ong. An advertisement in a dally Paper bears froit more ekly and abandantiy than my other form, reach more than s many Washington Purchasers through the col SIXTEEN PAGES. 4} 4 2 | ‘TWO CEN Insurgents Concealed in Brush Pay Dearly for Their Temerity. —_-_-+—____. TWENTY KILLED BY THE AMERICANS Sergeant of Utah Battery Killed by Their Fire. AGUINALDO’S MANIFESTO MANILA, May 15, 10 a.m—The “tin- clad” gunboats Laguna de Bay and Cava- donga and a launch under Capt. Grant ran Into a nest of insurgents concealed in the brush and on both sides of the Rio Grande river, three miles above Calumpit, yester- day afternoon, and were received with heavy volleys at short range. A sergeant belonging to the Utah battery was killed and one private wounded. Opening with their rapid fire guns, the Americans killed twenty of the natives and wounded several others, filling the jungle with a hail of shot for a half hour until the enemy fled. AGUINALDO'S NEW MANIFESTO. Declares the War Will Be Continued at All Cost: LONDON, May 15.—The Filipino junta here has received the following message from Aguinaldo, cabled from Hong Kong under date of May 12: “The Filipino government, in accordance with the general feeling of the country, decided to continue the war, at all costs, until independence is secured. “The Filipinos energetically refuse the American peace overtures, based on re- stricted autonomy coupled with promises of subsequent self-government. “The Filipinos demand a strict fulfillment of the articles of the American Constitution and treaties contracted by the American representatives when imploring a Filipino alliance in combating the Spaniards. Supported by Filipino Generals. “All the Filipino generals support Aguin- aldo. Gen. Luna’s reported overtures for peace are untrue. Our army is near Ma- nila, simultaneously attacking the whole American line. “The heat and rains are causing many sualties in the American army. All the hospitals are crowded with sick and wound- ed. Four hundred of the Cincinnati regi- ment have been imprisoned by Gen. Otis for insubordination in refusing to fight. The regular troops quartered in Manila and other towns are quiet. The volunteers are abused and are always at the front, with scanty rations. “The discontent between the Americans and Europeans 1s general.” OTIS DESCRIBES THE SITUATION. Aguinaldo Reopens Negotiations in Regard to Pence. The following dispatch trom Major Gen- eral Otis, giving the status of the military campaign in the Philippines, was received @t the War Department yesterday: MANILA, May 14, 1899. Adjutant General, Washingtor Situation is as follows: Lawton from Baliuag has taken Ildefonso and San Miguel ‘to north with slight loss, and driving c siderable force of enemy; gunboats and ca- noes accompany fifteen hundred men under Kobbe up Rio Grande river from Calumpit, depart 16th; MacArthur remains at San Fernando, covering country. * * * Ye terday messenger from Aguinaldo expreas- ing wish to send commission to Manila for conference with United States commission to arrange terms of peace; directions given to pass body representative insurgents to Manila should it present itself. OTIS. Later in the day the following dispatch was received from General Ot MANILA, May 14. It is reported that at Zamboanga insur- gents attacked Spanish troops 11th instant, using quick-firing guns and arms captured from Spanish gunbos panish general id two offi wounded. Few casualties among troops. Spanish garrison now be- sieged. Water suppl. off and troops calling for relief. oTis. Likely to Send Troops. It is expected at the War Department that Gen. Otis will take steps at onca to replace the Spanish garrison at Zamboanga with United States troops. The Indications are that a comparatively small force will suffice, provided it is supported by one or two gunboats. The place is one of great strategie importance, being the capital of the Island of Mindanao, the second largest in the Philippin? group, and a good sea- port. It was to this point that the Spanish forces retreated from Iloilo when that town was evacuated without notice to the Ameri- can forces, The town is easily detensit with a small artillery fore. The fact that the insurgents are in possession of rapld- fire guns makes the situation at Zamloanga more serious, but tt is not by 1 here that they have a large supply of ammuni- tion necessary to operate the weapons. They will consequently soon become useless to the insurgents, May Subsidize a Sultan. Through unofficial agents, the govern- ment here has been quietly making iny2sti- ations Into the state of affairs in the Sulu group, just to the south of t Visayas Islands, with a view to determining wheth- er, by good management, the Inhabitants cannot b3 brought into allegiance to the United States without the use of force. The natives are g2nerally Mohammedans, and owe allegiance to a sultan whom the Span- jards have never been able to bring into more than nominal submission. He main- tains a harem and lives in state, and it is probable that an annuity will hav; to be provided for him out of the revenues of the islands after the United States takes pos- session. a RETURN OF THE DOLPHT Again at the Navy Yard—Movements of Other Warships. The Dolphin has arrived at the Washine- ton navy yard. The Marblehead has ar- rived at Pernambuco en route to the Pacific. The Peoria has arrived at Port Royal. The Nashville, which has been making a cruise up the Mississippi river, sailed this morning from St. Louis on her return to the sea. She is bound for Cairo, and will touch at Crystal City en route. Stops will also be made at Chester, Grand Towers, Cape Girardeau and perhaps Evansville. The Lancaster and the Amphitrite have sailed from Port Royal for Hampton Roads for another supply of ammunition. ss THE PROPOSED EXTRA SESSION. Consideration of the Matter Being Given by the President. A cabinet member who is in a position to know what he is talking about says that the President has by no means decided on an early session of Congress. The Presi- dent cannot even be said to be inclined that way. He simply has the matter under con- sideration. If he has any leaning at all it is against calling Congress together. Russia’s Latest Demand Arouses the Government at Pekin, OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO INTERESTED Troops Ordered to Oppose Occu- pation Beyond Hong Kong, ——+ CONFLICT IS EXPECTED — PEKIN, May 15.—The Russiam demand for a new concession connecting Pekin with Russia’s present railroad system in Man- churia is still exciting the gravest anxiety here. The chief Chinese officials are hav- ing constant consultations With the dow- ager empress. It appears to be the general opinion that it is intended the line should start from Kirin or Mukden, and run di- rect to Pekin. The Germans and Japanese are Lurticularly uneasy on the subject of this unexpected move upon the part of the R ns, and it is said there fs a feeling among prominent Chinese that the moment has come to make every effort to secure sympathy and aid. LONDON, May 15.—The government was questioned in the house of commons today regarding the Russian demand for a rail- road concession connect Pekin with Russia's present tem in Man- churla. The cretary of the foreign offi Mr. Wm. John Brodrick, replied that the British charge d'affaires at Pekin had reported that Russia had made such a demand, and it was understood that, up to the present, the Chinese foreign of- fice had declined to grant a full concession. Mr. Brodrick added that her majesty’s goy- ernment would be unable to make a pro- nouncement on che subject of Great Britain's attitude in the matter until all the facts were known, The government was then asked whether, in view of the foregoing, her majesty’s gov- ernment would take steps to have the basin of the Yang-Tse-Kiang clearly defined. In reply Mr. Brodrick said ‘the proposed railroad did not affect the Yang-Tse-Kiang basin, regarding which the government had entered into an agreement with Russia. HONG KONG, May 15.—The native oppo- sition to the occupation by the British forces of the new territory, Kow Loon, op- posite Hong Kong, has suddenly. been re- newed. About nine hundred men of the Hong Kong regiment with machine guns are leaving here today and tenlght, while the volunteers have been warned to be in readiness for any emergency, The Brit- ish second-class gunboat Swift an@ three other gunboats are proceeding to ee under sealed orders. These warships have five hundred men on board. z The territory back of the Hinterland ts also disturbed and Chinese troop$ have been sent there. Sea ae IES RUMOR OF HIS DEATH. to railroad parliamentary 8 DE Ex-President Cleveland Declares the Report “Is Simply Absurd.” TOLEDO, Ohio, May 19.—The special tug sent to Middle Bass Island last night to confirm or deny the rumors of the death of ex-President Cleveland, reached San- dusky a few minutes before 2 o’clock. Mr. Cleveland is alive and very well indeed. When informed of the rumors of his death he was much provoked and sald: “It 1s simply absurd.” : He turned around and walked into the club house. Capt. Robley Evans. Cleveland at Middle Bass, said; ‘leveland has been exceedingly well since he has been here, and I am at a loss to know how such a story could have gain- ed cireujation. He has not even had the slightest sickn:ss since he has been here. —- INVESTIGATING RATES who is with Mr. TO BAsT. Interstate Commerce Commission Be- kins Sexxion in New York. NEW YORK, May 16.—The interstate commerce commission today began an In- vestigation in this clty of the export rate situation and the alleged manipulation of lew export grain tariffs, of which com- plaints have been made by New York mer- chants against the east-bound lines to New- port News, Baltimore, Philadelphia and other North Atlantic seaboard points. It is asserted that tarlffs for export trade are lower than those on domestic shipments and that domestic grain has been carrted at the low export rates on the representation that it was destined to a foreign port. The com- mission is to hold sesstons in all the prin- cipal cities of the east and west. It is proposed to secure evidence showing al! the important changes that have taken place in rates (o the Atlantic seaboard on shipments of grain and grain products and the reason therefor. — TRIAL OF JOHN BERRY BEG Prince George's County Negro Charg- ed With Murder of Miss Clarke. Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta BALTIMORE, Md., May 15.—The case of John Berry, colored, charged with the mur- der of Miss Amanda Clarke, committed near Bowie, Prince George's county, March 18, was taken up today In the oriminal court of Baltimore city, to which the trial had been transferred. Judge D. G. Wright pre- sided. The state was represented by State’s Attorney Roger Bellis of Prince George’s county and Deputy State's attorney Wm. C. Smith of Baltimore city. ‘The defendant's counsel were Megsrs. C. C, Magruder and Charles H. §.afley of Prince George's. A large number of resi- dents of Prince George’s county were pres- ent as witnesses, among whdm were Dr. M. A. Ryon and Mr. Norman ‘Porter. The time of the court from the opening until 12:30 p.m. was taken up with securing six of the twelve jurors, at which hour the reg- ular panel was exhausted an@ the* sheriff directed to summon twenty-five adéftional jurymen to fill out the requisité twelve men to try the case. A recess of an hour was then taken to en- able the sheriff to get the jurymen required by the order. At the beginning of the proceedings Berry objected to going to trial at this time on account of the absence of two golored law- yers whom he said he had employed to de- fend him. Messrs. wt and Stanley having been appointed by thé ¢ireuit court for Prince George’s county, J re Wright, however, overruled the objection, as no rea- son was given in explanation of the absence of the colored lawyers, and then Berry pleaded “not guilty,” and demanded a jury trial. It is expected that the Impaneljing of the jury will be completed this afternoon and trial proceed at the opening of court tomorrow morning. The jury case was completed at 2:20 p.m, and the opening statement for the prose- cution was made by State’s Attorney Bellis of Prince George's county, As the court will adjourn at 3 p.m. it is not expected that any evidence will be taken before to- morrow morning. FIRED ON GUNBOAT|CHINA IS EXCITED|THE WHISKY TRUST|4 Gen. Nulta’s Testimony Before the Industrial Commission. gee EXPERIENCE AS A RECEIVER Best Place in the Country for Dis- tillation Purposes. METHODS OF MANUFACTURE SS The industrial commission met this morning and examined Gen. John McNulta, the receiver of the whisky trust. The name of Gen. McNulta {is familiar throughout the United States, and in the west he is known as “The Great American Receiver,"’ because of his extensive connec- tion with trusts which he has had as a lawyer by appointment of courts for many years. He entered the Union army as a captain, served under Gen. Grant, and came out of the service with the rank of briga- dier general. He has tong practiced law in Bloomington, Il, and was for twenty years a partner of Judge Weldon of the Court of Claims. He served in the state senate of Illinois and was a member of the Forty-third Congress as a republican. He was defeated for re-election by ex-Vice President Stevenson, whose intimate friend he has al been. He was a candidate for governor of IIl- nois, and was a warm supporter of Mr. Gresham throughout his political career. He lost the nomination for the governor- ship of Mlinois by but a few v He has been the receiver of the Toledo and Kansas City railroad, the Wabash railway, and in 1895 was appointed by the court receiver of the whisky trust, afterward known as the Distilling and Cattie ing Company. He is also receiver of the First National Bank of Illinois, the American Brewery Com- pany of Chicago and many other large con- cerns. He is frequently referred to as hav- ing acted as receiver of more large inter- ests than any other man in the country Receivership of the Whisky Trust. Gen. MeNulta began his testimony by giving some of the details regarding his re- ceivership for the so-called whisky trust. Much of this information w covered in the testimony of Mr. C. C. Clarke, who was before the commission on Saturday. When he took charge of the papers in the receiv- ership he failed to find the trust papers. A safe known to contain papers was found, and he prepared to blow it open in order to wet at the contents, but finally an expert succeeded in ing it, and some import- ant papers were found. It was found that one distillery at Ne- braska City, Neb., had been sold for $10,000 at private sale, and later was bought by the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Co, for $410,- 000. There was another case in which one who was later an officer of the company had purchased a distillery and sold it to the company for $280,000 more than he gave for it. These and other things resulted in the witness filing a bill against a number of in- dividuals, including some officers, to re- cover $800,000. There were other items to make up this total growing out of stock speculations In New York by officers of the company. The examination of the accounts of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Com- pany was made in its offices at Peoria, Ill. Best Place for Distillation. Peorfa, Ill., he said, is estimated to be a better place than any other in the country for purposes of distilling. It is in the cen- ter of the corn belt and cheap corn ts se- cured. It is in the vicinity of coal mines and coal is furnished at very cheap rates. More than anything else, it has an unlimit- ed supply of cold water of about 54 degrees, which does not vary in temperature more than two degrees in the entire year. This water is from an underground river, and the cold water supplies what conld be had in many other places only by the use of foe. All the distilleries along the bank of the river have the use of this water. There were no patents that he knew of owned by the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Trust or Company, but it had secret pro- es that were of valu He had been by experts that there are 359 to 360 different rieties of germs in the yeast used in distilling, and that by experlment they discovered the yeast that had the best germs for their purposes. When these germs were secured they were carefully guarded for the purpose of mu!tiplying them, and he had heard that distillers had given $500 for a little jug of the most fa- vored yeast. “Labor,” Gen. MecNulta said, “is a com- paratively small part of the cost of the production of spirits and alcohol. The prin- cipal cost is in corn, barley, rye and other malt. The proportion of spirits produced from a given quantity of raw material had not increased except very slightly during the past five years, and such Increases as there were were not owing to important methods that had been devised by the combination. “Rotgut” the Purest Whisky. “The cheap, common rotgut whisky,” he said, ‘is the purest whisky.” The whisky in the beginning of its manu- facture is unpalatable, but its treatment makes it palatable. He explained the dif- ferent methods of distillation, saying alco- hol is the basis of all the spirit He was asked as to the quality of the commissary whisky during the civil war. He replied that he was not an expert on the subject at that time, but he thought it Was a “cheap eye water,” though it seem- ed, under the conditions at the front, to be a Very comfortable thing at the ume. Those who went into the trust sold their certificates of stock, and many of them built other distilleries, and they finally built so many distilleries that the trust could not buy them. The high prices creat- ed by the trust attracted competitors in the field. He explained the rebate system of the oid trust and sald he did not think that system would ever again be attempted, and it is not now used by the whisky com bination. “When they tried to control the market they tried to hold up prices where they ought not to be, and that brought in the competition,” he said. “In the future they will seek to control the market by cheap- ening the cost of production. That is the only way they can hold the market in my opinion. Had the trust cheapened the product they would have retained the con- trol of the market.”” When he assumed the control of the trust as receiver he cut the prices on whisky in order to get rid of the stock of whisky on hand. After a recess of one hour Gen, McNulta again went on the stand. He presented several prepared statements in the form of exhibits to his testimony giving cost of production, cost of the product, &c., during a series Of years. These statistics had never been published, and -were made up from data taken from the books of the trust, whieh came into the hands of the witness when he became receiver. Gen. McNulta was on the stand when The Star's report was closed. Se Appointed a Second Lieutenant. The President has appointed Roger Stan- ley Fitch of Buffalo, N. ¥., a second leu- tenant in the army. ——————— The Quarantine Removed. United States Consul Ayme at Pointe a Petre, Island of Guadaloupe, has cabled the State Department that the quarantine has ‘been removed ag against Porto Rico. FOR HOME Chairman Vanderlip Hopes the Subscription Will Be Large, A Meeting of the Committee Held To- dny—A Realdence Sug- gmested, The friends of Assistant Secretary Van- derlip of the Treasury Department rejoice in the honor which has been conferred upon him of the chairmanship of the national committee to provide a handsome home for Admiral Dewey. Mr. Vanderlip has re- ceived many congratulations and assur- ances of support in the plan which has been proposed. Mr. Vanderlip said today that the move- ment would undoubtedly result in the pur- chase of a handsome home in Washington for the hero of Manila bay. He thought this city the appropriate place for such a home, and believed that Admiral Dewey would prefer its location here, having ai- ways lived in Washington when not on active duty. Mr. Vanderlip does not believe in limiting the subscriptions, and hopes that those of all sizes will be sent in. He thinks the fund should be at least $100,000, and hopes it will be much greater. ‘United States Treasurer Roberts, having been made treas- urér of the fund. will have ali subscriptions turned over to him as fast as they are re- ceived. Mr. Roberts desires that the sub- scription shall be a big one. Mr. Vanderlip said that the governors of al the states will be members of the com- mittee. So will General Corbin, Perry 8. Heath of the Post Office Department and Assistant Secretary Allen of the Navy De- partment. he matter of a site and the construction of a building will not be decided upon until Admiral Dewey has been consulted by the committee. The deed of trust to the ad- miral will contain the name of every sub- scriber. The list of subscriptions will prob- ably be published as they are received, al- though this will be decided later. The hon- or of being the first subscriber is now open. Subscription Books Opened. The members ef the Dewey committ with the exception of G2n. Corbin, held a meeting at the Treasury Department today, those present being Messrs. Vanderlip, Rob- erts, Heatheand Allen. It was decided to op2n books for subscriptions at once. The Baltimore American has made a subscrip- tion of $250. Handsome receipts will be printed to send to contributors, and each subscription will be appropriately honored. At the meeting of the committee today it was unanimously agre2d that the testimonial proposed was the proper one. Assistant Secretary Allen recalled the fact that after Admiral Wor- den, with the Monitor, whipped the Merri- mac, he was hailed as the savior of the nation, but no testimonial was given him,. the result being that his widow is now in straltened_ circumstances. Mrs. Kate Chase was at the Treasury De- partment today to suggest that the former home of Chief Justice Chase, which is to be sold at auction Thursday, would bs a magnificent place for Admiral Dewey. ——_—___+« NOP ENCUGH T® CONTROL. Amount of Gas Stock Deposited Falls Short of Majority. It is now stated that there have not been enough shares of the Washington Gas Light Company deposited in the Fourth Strezt National Bank of Philadelphia, in accordance with the circular of April 24 addressed to the stockholders and offering to purchase the stock, to constitute a con- trol. Under the terms of that agreement, stockholders were given until the close of business today to deposit thelr stock, and In the event that 87,000 shares had been deposited by that date the purchasers are required to exercise the right of pur- chase on or before June 1, 1890. The pur- chaser, however, has the right to buy on the same terms any less number than 87,000 shares that may have be2n deposited on or before the Ist of June, 1890, “provided that such less number shall be equal to a majority of a whole of the shares of the gas company." It is stated that, including the amount of stock deposited in this city and in Phila- dzlphia, the total does not amount to a control of the company. It is also stated that those who are working in the interest of the purchasers are holding out special inducements to owners of stock to sell, but !t is not known with what results. As far as known this afternoon, the close of business today will find that a sufficient number of shares has not been deposited, and that the deal has not been carried out. It is alleged that, in addition to the 30,000 shares represented at the meeting Satur- day, there are stockholders who are oppos- ed to the sale and will not deposit their stock. It {s also understood that today the gas company received notics from a large number of stockholders that had agreed to deposit their stock under the agreement that such action was rescind>d and that they would withdraw their hold- ings. ——— INCUMBENT ON WHARF OWNERS. The Removal of Wrecked Schooner Petrel at Colonial Beach. Application was recently made to the War Department by the mayor and common council of Colonial Beach, Va., for the re- moval of the wreck of the schooner Petrel, owned by Herman Janzen of Colonial Beach, which lies at the pier of the freight wharf at tue foot of Hawthorn street, Co- lonial Beach. The wreck is a small two- masted schooner and was crushed in the ice in the blizzard of February last. It lies in water from seven to nine feet deep at low tide, at the outer end of the wharf, at which most of the steamers land. Its lo- cation prevents the landing of steamers on the outer end, and on the down-stream side of the wharf, while it makes’ a landing on the up-stream side quite difficult. Col. Allen, the engineer officer in charge of the improvement of the Potomac river, to whom the application was referred, has made a report adverse to the granting of the application. He says that the Potomac river at that locality is about three miles wide and its navigable chan@-I Is about two miles wide, so that the wreck, which is close to the bank, does not Interfere In any way with the general navigation of the riv- er. It does, however, interfere with the landing of steamers at the wharf. The owners of wharves on the Potomac, Col Allen says, charge wharfage for landing freight and passengers, and in a case where a vessel has been Ued to a wharf and al- lowed to sink it would appear to be the duty of the owner of the wharf or the par- ties In interest to remove it, as It prevents the use of the wharf. In his judgment, the work does not appear to come within the purview ef the act of Congress authorizing the removal of wrecks, as the hulk is so far removed from the main channel, besides ly- ing at the head of a private wharf. The Secretary of War has sent a copy of this report to the mayor of Colonial Beach with the request to be informed of the prob- able cost of removing the obstruction. peste Rees s COMMANDANT AT FT, WASHINGTON, Lieat. Black Transferred to Battery B, 4th Artillery, at Fort Riley. Second Licut. Hanson B. Black, Battery A, 4th Artillery, whe has been stationed at Fort Washington, Md., has been trans- ferred to Battery B of the same regiment, at Fort Riley, Kansas, and leaves this af- ternoon for that place. Lieut, Black has been in command at Fort Washington sev- eral montgs. Capt. Howe of Battery A has resumed command at Fort Washington. umns of The Star as you can through any other mediu' TRACING HIS STEPS The Man Wanted for Montgomery County Murder Still at Large. Seen eee ONE OF HIS VICTIMS DEAD SRE E a Suspected Accomplices Arrested and Taken to Rockville. LOCAL POLICE ARE ACTIVE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOYD'S, Md., May 15.—Mrs. Rosenstein, the second victim of the murder near Boyd's, in Montgomery county, is in dying condition at the hospital here. There is no hope of her recovery. ONE VICTIM DEAD, Excitement itn Montgomery County Over Rosenstein Murders, Gorespondence of The Evening Star, BOYD'S, Md., May 14, 18%. ‘The suspected murderer of the Rosensteins, who boarded an east-bound train here at 8:20 Saturday morning with a pair of new number 10 shoes under his arm, made an exchange of shoes on board the train be- low Germantown station and threw the shoes from the train that he had stolen from the victims’ store, and they were found yesterday afternoon and turned over to Sheriff Horion G. Thompson, who brought them to the scene of the murder last night. They were identified as the shoes from this store. It is ag that the crime was a weil. anned affair, as the mundere led Rosensiein from his bed under th stense of buying a pair of shoes, and when he came down wait on him and turned his back on the murderer he dealt him one crushing blow on the side of the head and followed it with other blows. } His wife, hearing the struggle, made an at- tempt to come down from her room, when she was met by the negro who struck her and felled her to the floor. There is # strong suspicion that this man had accomplices, and suspicion points to John Alfred Brown and his common-law wife, Nellie Turner, who were Saturday night arrested by Sher- iff Thompson and committed to Rockville jail through the information furnished by The Star correspondent It appears that the murderer, Brown, allas Taylor, is a relative of John Brown, and bas been stopping with him since V nes y last. And it is claimed there that he made threats against the people attacked and asked John to awaken him early in the morning. Brown's wife states that her hus- ersiept himself, and th him to account for not calling him promised. Humphrey left the house about 4:30 a.m., and as it is only a distance to the scene of the tragedy t Humphrey from this house, It took but a short space of | time to reach there. Citizens Excited. Great excitement prevails in the neigh- borhood today and groups of people from all parts of the county are coming in, dis- cussing the crime, expressing hope of catch- ing the murderer and swearing swift ven- in denunciation of the crime and the pers petrators. A sad gloom prev r the entire community. The Rosenstein family moved to Sifdell about six or seven years ago and have been known as thrifty sfe- brews. Boyd's ts their regular station from which they ship and get shipments of goods from Washington, Frederick and Baltimore, and they are well known throughout this section of the county Evidence Found. Last night a searching party found the watch and keys that were taken woods back of the store, and also the boots of the negro that he wore during hix work of murder. Today the undershirt was found in the woods about half a mile from the scene of the murder. In his hurry to discard this garment the wearer tore ft in half and also tore off the wristbands, that are supposed to have been stained with blood spots. In exam= ination of the shirt where anbuts toned stains of blood from the hands were vistble. The rod with which the murderer committed the deed was found by Jno. W. Williams at Boyd's, and is in his possess sion. It presents a ghastly sight, stained with blood. It has the appearance of once having been used as a drill, and where it had been struck with a hammer the end had been meshed down and flattened out, making sharp, jagged edges around the rod, which inflicted the rough and ragged cuts in the victims’ heads. Money in the House. It was said today by Abe Goldstein, a close friend of the Rosensteins, who visited the store every Saturday for family devo- tion, that Louis made a confidant of him, and that he told him that he had the sum of five hundred or more dollars saved up,* and that as he never used the banks he supposed he kept it in the house. As he ng doubt had accumulated some money since then, the murderer probably secured $600. Among the money missing are several gold pieces. There are also some pieces of clothing missing from the store. The checks that were in the pocketbooks, to the amount of nearly fifty dclars, were care lessly thrown aside by the murderer, and also the jewel box wae left untouched, he evidently wanting nothing of such an’ in- criminating character on his person. Taken to Raltimore. Medical aid to the victims was rendered by Drs. J. H. Stonestrest of Barnesville and J. E. Deets of Clarksburg, but they were convinced that there was no hope for re- covery. Relatives from Baltimore came to take charge of the victims, and they de- cided to remove them to the Maryland University Hospital in Baltimore, which was done by a late train Saturday night. This afternoon a message was received from Moses, brother of Louls Rosenstein, that there was no hope for either of them, and when the contents of the telegram be- came known in the neighborhood the sup- posed peaceful-looking crowds of men were loud in their denunciation of the murderer, Benjamin Vermillion, an engineer on train 69, B. and O., westbound, that left Washington at o'clock Saturday night, says that he saw a negro answering the description of the murderer sitting under em overhead bridge along the B. and O. tracks near Stott’s station, who made an effort while the train passed to cover his face by throwing his head between his kness. He was counting money at the time, but Vermillion’s description does not compare with that of the man who com- mitted the deed. Suspected Accomplice. Today in an interview with a young man by the name of Thomas Knott, near Sli- dell, the scene of the tragedy, Knott say® he was working in the woods with Johy Alfred Brown, one of the suspected acoorme Plices, and that Brown had arvived at work later than usual, and gave the light raty that had fallen about 4:30 or 5 o'clock 48 his reason. While working there at the hour of 10 o'clock the day of the Vir- gie Knott, his sister, appeai and called to her brother that Louts Rosenstein and wife were murdered, and John was attention and to!d the young girl that “ wasn't and couldn't be so.” The girl re- plied that it was. He then piled her with geance. The crowd seems to be qulet on! the outer surface, but there is no doubt a strong undercurrent working. and tt would be an easy task to throw it into a state of frenzy. Women, as well as men, are loud in the!