Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1900, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Business Office, 1109 Peaasylvania Aveaaz The Eveaing Star Newspaper Compaay. SH. KAUFEMANN, Pres’ New York Office: 126 Tridua: Building Chicago Office: Boys: Building. Longon Office: Trafalgar Buildiags, Trafalzar ‘The Evenfog Star ts served to subscribers In the eity hy carriers. on thelr own account at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter. 2 cents each. By ms!l—anywhere in the United States «r Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year; with a pestage added. $3.08. tered ac the Post Ollice at Washington, D. C., cond-class mail matter.) TS All mall subscriptions must be pald In advance. Rates of advertis ne made krown on application. WARREN IN DISGRACE ee Persistent Rumor That He Has Been Ordered Home. = ROBERTS? CRITICISMS DISCUSSED Sentiment in London That Gen. Buller Should Resign. - COLONEL DALGETTY’S LOSSES —_+—__= LONEO April 18—It 1s persistently stated in military circles that Lieut. Gen. Sir Charles Warren, the commander of the Sth Division of the South African field force, has been ordered to return home. It id that a peremptory order for n’s return was cabled to South morning. i Reberts’ criticisms of Gen. Buller, Gen. Warren and Col. Thorneycroft con- tinue acute intere All the mment at length on the stric British comm chief in South Africa, taking the lines as the morning pape isi Roberts for his frankness a om what the publication of th i Moment portenc terne u at the prese Some of them maintain there is nothin left for Buller but to resign. The St. James azette Is particularly scathing. Refer- ring te Gen. Buller’s report, {t say Gazette's Seathing Criticism tory of armies did it scribbled their con- and defeat, of useless of edit to the flag a careful se- @ jocularity of the chatter of the horsey of the smoking room in a manner which suggest for from the man, the slang I the gabble what little reputation left has been scat Buller had wind: have been devolopmer no ar in today’s South African J atch from Warrenton, dated April 17, says: the B busy lyddite lowing up the ambu' “ner Lord Robert: dispatches were r COLONEL DALGETTY'S CASUALTYE! He Had Twenty Men Killed and 100 Wounded. MASERU, April 17.—Col. Dalgetty’s easu- he has been besizged at killed and 100 Wepener have been twen The Boer k are rzported to iderably heavier. the night attack one April e fleld, where the ded. >t 12 the ere left « nburied. There i leaders. others refuse t firing and “sniping” continue. The Caledon ts rising, which alarms the Boers, who are now on both sides of the river and might be cut off if the stream should become flooaed. Five Boer guns are believed to b2 dis- abled. ict of opinion among the to attack again, while do Desultory cannon a co Some wa Relief for Kumasste. ACCRA, British Gold Coast Col April 17.—The relieving force which started re- cently for Kumassie in consequence of tribal uprising in A ti is probably well toward its destination, bi ted that the Asha will at the governor before it arrive: Commissions for Canadian: OTTAWA, Ont., April 18.—The tm: government has decided to give twenty- four out of the forty-four commissions to be grante Canadians in the regular army to officers and non-commissioned otfis cers serving In South Africa. Six comn sions will be n to C and this, with the fourteen which havé gone to the Royal Military Cx <ings- v will make forty-four in ail. Lord Re s will send the names of twent four of these in South Africa whom recommends as candidates for commis- sions. ——_~++-—___ THE PORTE IS OBDURATE. Tarkish Government Insixts on In- creasing Duty on Import CONSTANTINOPLE, Apri! 17.—The porte today replied to the third of the collective notes of the powers on the subject of inc in duty. The note announces the intention of the government to adhere to the plan of increasing the du- tes unt of the bad condition of Turkish finance The ambassadors have decided to address an ase of 3 per cent on a another note to the porte again s to such an wit previous understanding with the powers. The te have se obje: on! Increase y of porte threatens to S results, ——+++—___ STRIKE SETTLEMENT IN PROSPECT. Cleveland Machinists and the Manu- facturers in Conference. CLEVELAND, Ohio, tions point toward tion of the machinisis' strike in this city within ext few da H. tary of the Nat elatio: » York, the secre- 1 Metal Trades’ a: n conference with le: pres- nt. Informa- to the effect ence in Cleve tton from a reliable sou: Mr. Devens ave a conference rand President O'Coznell of the In- tional Association of Machinists at New York within the next few day ——_~++-__ HEAVY Loss. OF LIVE sTocK. Recent Storms in Colorado Strike Stockmen Hard. DENVER, Col., April 18—Reports from the grazing regions Indicate that heavy Kkeses of live stock will result from the Prolonged rain and snow storm. It fs esti- mated that the losses of sheep in the vicin- ity of Trinidad alone will aggregate 20,000 head. ——_~++-___ F. L. Blendiiger Appointed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 18.—President Roberts cf the Erie railroad has appointed ¥. L.. Blendilger to be superintendent of tel- hae egraph, with offices in New York, in place Of W. J. Holmes, deceazed. —6 Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1900—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. A BUSINESS AXIOM. From Prister's Money spent in continu- ous advertising in the daily press draws interest that is compounded daily. THE ADMIRAL'S CANDIDACY TALK ABOUT IT AMONG DEMOCRATS AT THE CAPITOL. His Personal Characteristics Not Fa- yorable to Popularity—A Pertinent Story. , In the talk around the Capitol among democrats now, in connection with the can- of Admiral Dewey, the fact is grad- ually becoming apparent that even if Ad- miral Dewey had a policy which was ac- ceptable to the party, there are some in- superable objections to putting him at the head of the ticket or In second place. In discussing this subject, democrats point out the fact that opposition to militarisra {s to be one of the strong planks in the democratic platform. Ho: then, they Y, can they consistently rally around a man who is the persenification of militarism rampant? In Admiral Dewey's case, it is claimed, it would not be the elevation of a military hero from the volunteer ranks, but the piacing in power of 2 man who was bred to mmilitarism, whe whole life has been spent in its atmosphere, and who knows no law but the ity of the a r-deck and the subservience of the forecastie. The Admirals Personal Character- istics. In this connection, there is a great deal of talk about Admiral Dewey's personal char- actert Stories are going around of a high temper, and a pronounced disposition ard unreasonable exclusiveness. Habits which in the admiral would be overlooked as the peculiarities of the old scadog are in the candidate for civil offic: brought into conspicuousness and erittel It is alleged that the admi quarter-deck manners into civil among people who resent them. Px say that he would be “impossible toy lif when it came to dealing with men as the head of a political party. While democratic politicians of influence are by no means inclined to take his ¢ eriously, his projection of himself political ring has brought him ion, which up to 2 inly of the character of unfavorable criticism. A Pertinent Story. dmiral Dewey's scif-sppointed candi- dacy for the presidency reminds me of littie incident which occurred ia one of my aid a rn representative te a Star reporter today. “I had stopped for supper at the house of a constituent, s Brother Jones was carving the fried g out the ham I no- little boys en to hy em c Tommy, Hitle who'd have been her: been ‘er, Jim wouldn't er, and I know durn well 1 a’ been ‘er. t know who don't want ul Dewey, Id republic the demo- he is a gold r the spirit of ft is been "er." of ‘I dunno who’ —_——__-e-. OLEOMARGARINE BILL. Efforts of the Bogus Butter Men to Prevent Action. When the House committee on agricul- ture met this morning Mr. Neville of braska served notice that he proposes at next Wednesday's meeting to offer a mo- tion fixing a date when the oleomargarine hearings shall cease and a vote taken on reporting the bill. Mr. Williams of M ppi gave notice that he would oppos? the motion to suspend the nearings and report the bill. Today's occurrence was the Initial move in the effort which the friends of the pro- ducers and consumers of butter will make to get the bill b-fore the House at an early date. The dairymen are convinced, it is id, that the oleomargarine manufacturers are playing for delay. hoping to drag the bill along in committee until the session draws near a close and th: pressure for other legislation will aid them in keeping the bill from being called up for action. It is alleged that after the bi been pulled out of the committee on agricultur> the oleomargarine men will demand tha be referred to the committee on inte: nd foreign commerc>, because of clause of the bill relating to inte traffic In oleomargarine. If such a motion were carried it would mean another vexa- uous delay and more hearings. The advocates of th bill, however, think that they can muster a safe mijority In the House for the bill if they can only suc- ceed In getting it out of committee. Naval Orders Commissions have been !ssued to Lieu- tenant Commander W. 8. Hogg, Lieutenant Gunior grade) W. S. Turpin and Lieutenant H. Hough. Lieutenant Commander D, H. Mahan has been detached from the Brooklyn and or- dered to the Yokohama hospital. Lieutenant Commander E. F. Qualtrough, from special duty at Elizabethport, N. J., to the Chicago, relieving Lieutenant Com- nder W. F. Low, who is ordered home on walting orders Lieutenant A. Gleaves, from the Wash- ington navy yard to duty with the Ala- a, at Cramp's yard. utenant J. P. McGuinness, to the In- 3 to the Kearsarge. Cadet C. W. Ferman, to the Iowa. istant Naval Constructor W. G. Du from bureau of construction and r to the Portsmouth navy yard. », ant Paymaster H. R. Insley, to"tiie ation. n W. R. Morrison, from the Mo- nongahela to the Richmond. Warrant Machinist A. T. Percival, from Pensacola 2 Solace. ee Sullivan M. Cutcheon Dead. DETROIT, Mich., April 18—Sullivan M. Cutcheon, ex-speaker of the Michigan house of representatives, and prominent in local business circles, died at his residence here early this morning, aged sixty-seven years. Mr. Cutcheon was born in Pembroke, N. H. —_+<<+___ Students Drowned in the Rhine. BINGEN, April 18—A boat, on board of which were twenty members of the Catholic Students’ Association, while crossing the river Rhine yesterday from this place to Ruedesheim, was capsized and thirteen of its occupants were drowned. 7. —__. Steamship Arrival. At New York—Amsterdam, from Rotter- dam. At Moville—Ethiopia, from New York for Glasgow. At Glasgow—Sarmatian, from New York; Grecian, from Philadelphia, At Bremen—Kaiser Withelm der Groose, from New York via Cherbourg and South- ampton. At Rotterdam—Rotterdam, from New York. +--+ E. F. Acheson Nominated. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 18.—The twenty- fourth Pennsylvania congressional district convention met here today and unanimous- ly nominated E. F. Acheson. WANT BUSINESS MEN|WAR = SEEMS Sev asee People of Honolulu Object to Presi- dent Dole’s Appointments. ALL HIS SELECTIONS} LAWYERS Court to Adjust Claims Arising From Burning Chinatown. JAPANESE LABORERS STRIKE ee ee HONOLULY, April 10, via San Francisco, April 18.—By an executive order dated April 2 President Dole has, by authority of President McKinley, appointed a court of commissioners to take evidence of losses caused by the burning of Chinatown in Honolulu, and to make awards and judg- ments of such losses. The members of the court are J. Alfred Magoon, George A. Davis, Lorrin Andrews, A. Nao Kepokat and Alfred A. Judd, jr., all members of the bar. The announcement of their appointment was not received with general satisfaction by the communit: it is considered that business men should be represented on the board. ‘The chamber of commerce has protested against the court. The Japanese and Chi- nese residents, in mass meeting, have de- nounced it, and finally the council of state has refused to appropriate the money neces sary for the court to carry on ils work. Discussed at Cabinet Meeting. At the mecting of the cabinet today the matter of the court y ed at length, following which Mr. bon was sent for. Mr, Dole stated to nim that the council of state having assumed responsibility of stop- ping the operations of the court the execu- tive considered that the remaining re- sponsibility should rest with that body, and would advise adjournment subject to the call of President Magoon, and that there should be no expense incurred pending the appropriation to meet obligatio ‘Three ms had been filed and others were ex- ed. About 1440) blanks had been dis- pec! tributed. Mr. Dole stated that it was the wish of the executive that all operations be discon- tinued. Mr. answered that this would be satisfac to the commissioners. “L will certainly <k the members of the court of claims to resign.” said Pres dent Dele. But notwithstanding the pre dent's desire not to change the court, it is pelicved that public opinion will compel him to change his mind. Strike Among Japanese Laborers. A strike, involving 2.000 Japanese labor- ers, in progr on the Pioneer planta- tion at La Haina. The cause of the trouble is said to have ling impr sion among the Japanese that the authori- s did not make sufficient investigation into the cause of the deaths of three Jap- se recently killed in the Pioneer mill. So far there has been no violence, the men simply refusing to work. Two influential men have gone from here to pacify the laborers. Robert Hoapli Kekaipukala Baker of the royal family of Leliua of Hawaii died April 4, aud was buried y been a DECLINES TO OPINION, Ex-President Harrison Will Not Dis- cuss Change in Creed. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 18.—Ex-Pres- ident Harrison will leave here today for New York to preside over the ecumenical council which opens Saturday. Gen. Har- rison will deliver the opening address, but his private secretary said Mr. Harrison would not discuss in his address as to the proposed change in the Presbyterian creed, but would coufine himself to the ggneral work of the council. Gen. Harrison declined to express his views upon the creed ques- tion. + BOY KILLED BY D AMITE. He Was Playing With the Stuff When It Explode: Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICK, Md., April 18.—The eleven- year-old son of Mr. Edward Fogle of Woods- boro’, Frederick county, was instantly killed yesterday afternoon by the explosion of a stick of dynamite with which he was play- ing. Mr. Fogle had been blowing out stumps, and had left a stick of the explo- sive lying on a stump, where the little fel- low found it and began throwing it into the air. The employes were startled by the re- port of the explosion, and when they looked around the boy was lying some distance away, literally torn to pieces. A part of his face, an arm and a leg were torn off. Another boy who was standing near had his fingers torn off by the trunk of @ tree which Was hurled over his head. —_++< HAD A PLEASANT CRUISE. Training Ship Monongahela Arrives at Fort Monroe. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FORT MONROE, Va., April 18—The training ship Monongahela arrived at noon, returning from her West Indian cruise with the gunnery class of naval apprentices aboard. The ship has a clean bill of health, and will not be detained. She had a pleas- ant voyage—quite different from her last summer's cruise with the naval cadets aboard. —++<___ MES. ELIZA CHRISMAN'S WILL. Greater Part of a Large Fortune Left to Colleen. TOPEKA, Kan,, April 18—The will of Mrs. Eliza Chrisman, who dled in Topeka recently, has been filed in the probate court. She bequeaths the greater part of a fortune, estimated at $250,000, for the founding of the University of Topeka. The bequest is ccntingent on the Methodist churches of Kansas raising an equal amount within ten years. Mrs. Chrisman leaves .$35,000 cash to the Ohio Wesleyan University, $5,000 for a New parsonage for the First Methodist Church of Topeka and $3,000 to the Wo- men's Missionary Society. The will pro- vides that the Rev. A. S. Embree, her former pastor, shall be administrator of the estate, ata salary of $5,000 per year. ——_+< 2 __ Laylin Has a Walkover. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 18—John R. Malloy, who is managing the interests of L. C. Laylin, candidate for the nomination for secretary of state, says Laylin will have not less than 600 votes on the first ballot, if a ballot is necessary. It is gen- erally thought here now, however, that Howard Mannington’s name Will not be presented to the convention. —__++<—__ More Reports of Bubonie Plague. CAIRO, April 18—The bubonic plague is reported to have made its appearance at several ports on th®Red sea. SIMLA, April 18.—The deaths from plague throughout Indla during the past week slightly decreased in number, but the aggre- gate is still upward of 4,000, RUSSIA AND JAPAN ON BRINK OF RUPTURE, Differences Are in the Last Stage of a Hard Diplomatic Fight at Seoul. YOKOHAMA, March 31, via San Fran- cisco, April 18—If the quick and steady dispatch of telegrams from Korea mean aught of a really serious nature, the in- ference would be that Japan and Russia are on the verge of war. Outwardly, how- ever, there is absolute calm and the tone of the press is but slightly bellicose. The present opinion of the community seems to be that, as the conflict is inevitable, the sooner it occurs the better It will be for Japan. The latter, with her great ficet, far superior to that of the enemy fn those waters, would make short work of Russia's naval force, and command the situation for the time at least, with all the advan- tages which an added prestige would con- fer. But as in all such crises, in view of what modern war is now known to entail, there is extreme reluctance on the part of either government to take the decisive step. Ru ia demands a concession of territory near Masampo, or. as_an alternative, the nd of Kotokuk. Either would be a standing menace to Japan, and one of the hardest diplomatic fights {s now on at Seoul. It is deemed by many to be signifi- cant that the where: and movements are veiled s That they will be triking distance of the “scene of war” may easily be surmised, The report of the Yokohama foreign chamber of commerce just made public is notable, inasmuch as it calls attention in a very forcible way to the causes of the de- cline of Japan attributing it largely to the dishonesty of the native business methods and uttering a warning note against entailing a further loss of the nation’s credit if they are persisted in. In native business circles there fs a no- ticeably strong tendency toward the for- mation of trusts. For a nation which has heretofore done business on the smallest and on an almost purely individual basis, this movement, if carried out, means noth- ing less than’ an economic revolution of enormous significance. — SURVEY OF THE ISTHMUS G } MORRISON TALKS OF THE COMMISSION'S WORK. NEW YORK, April 18.—George S. Morri- son of New York, the last of the isthmian al commissioners to return to the United States, wa: enger on the steamship Finance, whieh arrived today. Mr. Mor- rison remained in order to complete the survey of the Isthmus of Darien. Mr. Mor- rison said today that he had Inspected the entire Atlantic side of the isthmus and that the result of his work would be embodied in the report of the commission. He said: “There remains a great deal of work to be done by the commission down there, and though perhay the entire commission might not go back to Central America, it is probable that some of the members may go down again. SWwhen asked’ as to the report that the surveying party on the isthmus had had trouble with the natives, Commissioner Mor- rison laughed and said: “I knew that such a report had reached this country and this Is the way it hap- pened to get in circulation. The head of one of the surveying parties had an idea that the party was going to have trouble with the natives before he went Into Da- rien, and so he went in looking for trouble. It was reported that the natives caused the party much annoyance and alarm by bom- barding the camp at night. Well, I have some of the bombs with me now. They are the nuts which grow In clusters on the palm trees down there. They dropped off the strees on the tenis at night and that accounts for the story that there was trouble with the natives.” ——_+++—__ COLSON FIRED FIRST SHOT. Testimony of Captain Golden in the Trial at Frankfort. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 18—The tak- ing of testimony in the trial of Col. Colson, charged with Killing Lieut. Scott and L. W. Demaree at the Capital Hotel here, commenced today in the circuit court. The first witness introduced by the common- wealth was Capt. B. B. Golden, who was badly wounded during the duel, and who ts supposed to have entered the hotel office with Scott. Golden testified at length as to his whereabouts before the shooting. Golden said he left Scott at the cigar stand and started across the office to the main entrance. Witness did not know whether Scott was following him or not. When near the door he saw Colson arise from his chair and heard some one moving rapidly behind him. “Colson took steady aim and fired the first shot,” said the witness, “but I don’t know who fired the second. I was shot in the back while trying to get out of the room.” In the cross-examination nothing new was brought out, and after two hours on the stand Captain Golden was excused. Finley Will Return to Kentucky. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 18.—Charles Finley, ex-secretary of the state of Ken- tucky, who has been in this city for sev- eral weeks, and who was recently indicted in Kentucky for alleged complicity in the Goebel shooting, said today: “I intend to return to Kentucky and face the indictment against me. I am not will- ing to go back now and be thrown into jail, but when the time for the trial comes 1 shall go back and defend myself against the unjust charges they have brought against m ———++-____ Awheel Through the Black Forest. Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee will leave Washington tonight for a two months’ tour in northern Eurone. He sajls from New York tomorrow on the Columbia for Cherbourg. He purposes mak- ing a tour awheel in northern France; along the Rhine and throu; the .Black Forest, returning to Washington abort July 1. Mr. Adee is in search of recreation and pleasure, and goes to Europe absolutely free from any diplomatic mission. State Department Proihotions. ‘The recent death of Mr. Wilf#am C. Mayo of Virginia, a $1,400 clerk in the State De- partment, has caused the following promo- tions in that department: Edwin Tarrisse of the District of Columbia, from $1,200 to $1,400; Mrs. Louisa A. Pratt of Massachu- setts, from $1,000 to $1,200; Miss Mary Letterman of New York, from $900 to $1,000. ——~_e-___ To Speak at Guilford, N. C. Gen. H. V. Boynton has an invi- tation to attend the annual Fourth of July celebration at the Guilford battjefield, @uil- ford Court House, N. C., and deliver the address of the occasion. Gen. Joseph Wheeler has also been invited and is ex- pected to attend. The invitations were ex- tended through Col. James E, Boyd, assist- ant attorney general. Col. Boyd ta one of the officials of the corporation which keeps the famous battlefield 3 ee of the revolution in WORKINGON THE DAM|MR ALLEN’s successor Guard Men Who Places of Strikers. LATTER MADE NO OPPOSITION Situation at New York City's Water Supply Quieting Down. Troops Took GENERAL ROE IN COMMAND CROTON LANDING, N. Y., April 18.—In accordance with the promise made last night by Gen. Roe, in command of the troops, work was resumed today at the Cornell dam. The strikers made no oppo- sition. About 200 men reported for duty. Of this number about 50 were stonemasons, while the others were laborers and men who work on the little quarry trains. None of the men who reported for duty were strikers, and there still remain out between 400 and 500, mostly Italians. Of the 80 stonemasons who returned to work 16 were Italians. As the men were assembling at the works Separate Companies A and B made a dem- onstration on the hill, ‘his was done to assure the strikers that the soldiers were ready for any emergency. Escort for the Teams. After a consultation with Superintendent Gouldborough Gen. Roe detailed a platoon of ‘Troop C of Brooklyn to act as a convoy to the teams which were set to work carting cement fuem the wharf to the Cornell dam, a distance of about three miles. Gen. Roe gave special attention to watching the pro- gress of this work, 2s the strikers had an- nounced that they would not permit any cement to be carted from the wharf to the works. About thirty tears loaded with cement started from the wharf, escorted by the rymen. The journey to the works was made without the strikers attempting to interfere. Up to 10 o'clock the platoons of the 7th Regiment which were stalled yes a railroad wreck at Ardsley had not reached Cornell dam. It was reported that the men of the 7th would go to Croton dam to await further orders. Sentry Fires on Three Men. Corporal James O'Brien of Troop C, who was on guard at the cable anchorage, chi lenged three men at dayllght this morning. They ran away and O'Brien fired at them, but did not tind a target. The fire was not returned. Whether the men were strikers is not known. ———++-—___ SIONISTS' HOPES SHATTERED. Candidates N Two nated in the eventh Kanxas District. GREAT BEND, Kansas, April 1 The hope of the fusfonists in the “Big $ hn” congressional district have been shattered by the action of the democratic and popu- list congressional conventions. Both con- ventions adjourned at 12:30 this (Wednes- day) morning, after rival candidates had been named. The democratic convention nominated Calude Duval of Hutchinson, a well-known commercial traveling man. The pepulists, nominated I. P, Campbell of Wichita. This action was taken after both conventions had appointed conference com- mittees and these committees had failed to agree Lpon the terms for fusion. Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson_was not a candidete for the nomination. His poilti- cal associates were active workers in be- half of Duval as a fusion candidate, with an understanding that he should have the populist support and that in return the democratic vote in the next legislature should be cast for Simpson for United States senator. The populist convention empowered its executive committee to effect a fusion later, with the consent of the convention's candidate, and upon this action some hope of fusion ts still based. ——+++—__ WIRE MILLS RESUME WORK. Nail Mills at Pittsburg Are Still Shut Down. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 18.—Suspension of the wire mills of the steel and wire company mills in this district, over which there was much anxiety, has been brief. The wire department of the works are in operation again, while the nail mills will probably be {dle for some time. Orders have been issued for the resumption of the 9th street Braddock’ wire plant. AN the wire drawing and rod departments are to begin at once. The nail mill is not expected to resume for several weeks, as it is claimed the nail market is stagnated. The Rankin mill will not close. It is reported at Brad- dock that the other mills would resume in a short time. ——_+«-—__. FLOODS IN MISSISSIPPI. First Estimates of Losses Prove Alto- gether Too Low. JACKSON, Miss. April 18—Damage in the state by floods during the past three days will, it is believed, greatly exceed first estimates. Many truck plantations are still submerged, and will be almost completely destroyed unless-the waters soon recede. ‘Traffic on the Tinois Central, the Alabama and Vicksburg and the Yazoo and Missis- sippi Valley is almost at a standstill, owing to Washouts and missing bridges. ———— +2 >—__ HAVE LIGHT PASSENGER LISTS. Steamers for Europe Going Out With Half of Capacity. NEW YORK, April 18. —The passenger list of European steamships show that, in spite of the reports of the scarcity of accommo- dations, few of them carried anything like a full quota of passengers. In many in- stances steamships which have sailed this week have carried less than half of their full capacity of first-cabir passengers. The serious overcrowding is expected to occur on vessels on the return trip. It is said that there are few unreserved berths on any of the liners between June 1 and Oc- tober 1. coming this way. —++--—__ PORTRAITS OF THE DEWEYS. Charles M. Schwab Makes Offer to Ad- miral and Wife. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 18.—Admiral George Dewey and his wife have been tendered magnificent portraits in ofl of themselves by President Charles M. Schwab of the Carnegie company, and M. Chartian, the famous French portrait painter, has been commissioned by Mr. Schwab to do the work. The sittings, it is said, will com- mence at once. The price to be paid for the portraits could not be learned, but is estimated by local artists famillar with the figures ob- tained by the Frenchman on work he has done in this country to be not under $5,000 apiece, —_++<___ N. A. Mosely Nominated. ST. LOUIS, April 18.—The republicans of the fourteenth congressional district yes- terday nominated N. A. Mosely for Con- gress. > SELECTED FOR RETARY OF ASSISTANT THE NAVY. SEC- Frank W. Hackett, Who Has Prac- ticed Law for Years Here, Chosen on Secretary Long's Wixh. e The vacancy in the office of assistant s2c- retary of the navy caused by the appoint- ment of Mr. Charles H. Alien as civil gov- ernor of Porto Rico will be filled by the appointment of Mr. Frank W. Hackett, for- merly of Portsmouth, N. H., and for twen- ty-five years a resident of this city. Mr. Hackett ts an intimate friend of Secretary Mr. Frank W. Hackett. Photograph by Rice. Long of many years’ standing, and bis an- pointment is mainly due to their clos friendship and the Secretary's knowleige of his suitability fof the office. It is und2r- stood that the President deferred enitrely to the wishes of Secretary Long in this matter, The nomination of Mr. Hackett was sent to the Senate today. Practiced Law Here for Years. Having practiced law in thi: past twenty-five y ‘s, Mr. ett naturally very well known to the r dents of Washington. He was born in Is4l, and is consequently nearly sixty years of ag>. He was graduated from } University in 1861 and i. of the lo Alumni Association. He has a good war record, having entered th navy in 1852 as an acting a is master and serving creditably during ar of the rebellion until 1864, when he r signed to engage in the study and practic of law at Boston. Most of his naval servi was on the North Atlantic stati most of the sea fighting was done. as with Lieut2nant Commander Flusser when the latter was Killed on the U. S. S. Miami in the engagement with the ram Albemarle at Plymouth, N. C. Secretary to Caleb Cashing. When Caleb Cushing was senior counsel to the Geneva tribunal fn 1872 Mr. Hac served as his private secretary until i- health compelled him to relinquish that of- fice and return to the United States. Al- though he has always maintained his legal residence at Newcastle, N.H., where he has a house, he has spent the greater part of the past quarter of a century in this elty, engaged in the practice of his profession before the courts and the departments. In 1877 he represented Portsmouth in the New Hampshire legislature. He is a man of high Uterary and legal ability, and is the author of several works. Although his experience in the navy has been somewhat limited, he has always shown a great interest in that arm of the service, and is probably as well informed in regard to its condition and needs as any other civilian in the country. Mr. Hackett has accepted the appoint- ment with the understanding that his term will expire on the 4th of March next. He has declared that he could not afford to give any more time to public business, as he has considerable private work to look after which would brave to be sacrificed by a longer continuance in the government's service. Tie appointment came as a com- plete surprise to him. ——___+2+_____ THE ARMY TRANSPORT SERVICE. Notice Received of the Samner's Ar- rival at Malta. The transport Kilpatrick has arrived at Havana, and the transport Sedgwick reached New York this morning. Orders have been given to turn the trans- ports Tartar and Westminster over to their owners, as the government has no longer need of their services. These vesseis have been used by the quartermaster’s de- partment in the transportation of troops and supplies between San Francisco and Manila. ° A telegram was received at the War De- partment this morning saying that the transport Sumner arrived at Malta this morning in good condition. She Js carrying a large number of officers and recruits to Manila. ee TAFT COMMISSION DEPARTS. No Appointment to the Office of See- retary Has Been Made. A brief telegram was received at the War Department this morning announcing the departure of the members of the Philippine commission party from San Francisco yes- terday on the transport Hancock. Inas- much as the vacancy in the oftice of the secretary of the commission has not yet been filled, it is the impression of Secretary Root and other officials that the commis- sion has decided to make the appointment from among the American residents of the Philippines. There is-abundant material in the Philippines from which the selection may be made, and it 1s not probable that the commission will have much difficulty in filling the office soon after its arrival in Manila. ee House District Committee. The House District committee held a brief session today, with Mr. Jenkins of Wisconsin in the chair. Mr. Otey called up a resolution asking the Commissioners if it would be in the interests of humanity to double the force of guards at the workhouse and reduce the houfs of labor, and what would be the cost of the Increase. The resolution was favorably reported, and the committee then adjourned. —————_+ 0+ Plague Dying Out at Honolula. Consul General Haywood, at Honolulu, has informed the State Department, under date of April 10, that there have been no eases or deaths from bubonic plague at that port since March 31. - e+ Seeretary Hay in New York. Secretary and Mrs. Hay are in New York on private business which will occupy them for a day or two. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Pressure for Candidates for District Commissioner, SEVERAL DELEGATIONS CALL Recommendations Filed for Others Already Named. —__-+__—__. ACTS APPROVED Nearly all the candidates in the field for District. Commissioner are continuing a more or less active fight at the White House, or at least their friends are doing so. The Presid2nt will leave tomorrow, to be absent at least a week, and unless there is some sudden change in his intentions be tween now and tomorrow morning he will make no selections until after his return, Citizens of the District may, therefore, ex- pect no official determination of the con- test for ten days or two weeks, The President this morning reczived a delegation of prominent colored men who added their influence to that which has al- ready been exerted so strongly for Judge ott. These men were H. C. Hawkins, GC. . Curtis, A. C. Bryan, J, Edwards, R. R. vie, J. B. Edelin, McKenzie Scott and H. Rider. The President likewise received a delega- representing labor organizations, urged the selection of R. I. F present were E, J. Dakin, n, J.T. Barkman, John Mii dC, A. Maidens. tives of labor the Pri n told of Mr. x would be men, as to the of said he would what had be Barry Bulkie e of the earnest sup- porters of W. 8S. Knox, filed additional | recommer s candidate. Among these were the indorsements of the follow- ing local clergymen: Rev. R. P. Williams, | Rev. Gustav Facius, Rev. W. G. Daven~ , port. Rev. A. Homrighaus, Rev. P. AL | Menzel, Rev. G. Maydwell, Rev. N. H. Miller, Rev. J. T. Heisse and Kev. H, Schroeder. Delegations and Callers. Several hundred strangers visiting Wash » received by the President at of congressmen interested in the request them. team of Harvard, accom- Repre: , hada sant introduction to the Pri t. nators Shoup, Deboe, Fairbanks, Fos- . Davis and Bard d with the Prest- z Hend President a conditions pe son was in conference : . pastor of the church, ced to the Presie Rev. Mr. Robertson of Dublin, pastor of the church of which the lord mayor of the city is a member. D. R. Hobart of New York, a brother of the late V t, was with the Pres- ident a few minu A. E. Randi John D. Li ter, Miss F! Presi- wat es introduced Btate Senator kamp of Montana and daugh- vrence Losekarmp. Actn Signed. The President has signed the following aprepriations for the legis- and judicial expenses of the government for the fiscal year 101; for the relief of Clare M. Ashby, widow of W. W. Ashby, late United States consul at Colon; authorizing the printing of a special edition of the yearbook of the Department of Agriculture; to set apart a portion of the Arlington estate for experimental agricul- tural purposes. Tolbert to Be Dismissed. It is understood today that President Me- on the recommendation of Secre- tary Gage, will in a few days dismiss John R. Tolbert as collector of customs at and appoint Robert M. S.C. in his place. The dismissal of Tolbert, who has been one of the leaders of South Carolina republicans for yea the result of the recent in- vestigation into charges that contraband whisky was stored in the customs house in Charleston, in violation of the dispensary laws of the state The state constables believed that whisky was being kept in the customs house and so charged. When they reported the mat- ter, and prior to the arrival of a special agent in Charleston, a number of kegs which are thought’ to have contained whisky and rum were poured into the har- bor, but the kegs could not be gotten out before the arrival of the special agents from the treasury, and furnished strong evidenc! Today's Nomination: The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Frank W. Hackett of New Hampshire, to be assistant secretary of the navy. Robert M. Wallace, to be collector of cus- toms at Charleston, 8. C. First Lieut. D. S. Sturgis, 6th Artillery, to be a captain, Se Movements of Naval Vessels. The Potomac, 2s to whose whereabouts some doubt was felt, arrived safely at Bos- ton this morning from Nipe, Cuba, | The Wilmington, which has been under- going extensive repairs at Montevideo, salls ed yesterday for Rio on her way to join Admiral Schley’s squadron. The tug Osceolz will be put in commission at Boston today. ———_—_+e Personal Mention. Charles Moore, clerk of the Senate Dis- trict committee, was called to Detroit to- day by the death of his brother-in-law, Sullivan M. Cutcheon of that city. + For an Isolation Ward. The House committee on appropriations tuday favorably reported the Senate resolu- tion appropriating $1,000 for the isolation ward of Garfield Hospital. Sees If He Runs for Congress. Representative Cowherd of Missouri was asked today about the rumor that Mr. Webster Davis may run for Congress in Mr. Cowherd’s district. “I rather imagine,” replied Mr. Cowherd, “that if he does he will be “between the devil and the decp sea’ with his policy of sympathy for the Boers and bullets for the Fillpinos.” —_—+e+_____ Army Orders, Capt. J. H. Culver, 32d Volunteer In- fantry, now in this city on sick leave of absence, has been ordered to appear before & special board of medical officers, of which Maj. Walter Reed, surgeon, is presi- dent, for examination as to his fitness to perform the duties of bis rank. Capt. William A. Burnside, assistant quartermaster, U. 5. V. (first ‘licutenant,, 14th Infantry), has been honorably dis- charged from the volunteer service. Lieut. C. W. Otwell, 7th Infantry, has been ordered to Seattle for duty with Com- pany G, 7th Infantry, under orders to take Station in Alaska. Lieut. C. C. Todd, 20th Infantry, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, has been ordered to the United States Generali Hospital, at Washington barracks, for surgical treat- ment.