The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 8, 1898, Page 4

> THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1898 CRIMES EXPIATED ON FOR A CRIME SIMILAR T0 DURRANT'S John O’Neill Pays the Penalty for Murder. He Dies on the Gallows Tremblingly Protest- ing His Innocence. ‘Weakens in the Closing Chapt‘er‘ and Freely Forgives His Enemies. STORY OF HIS FOUL DEED. Waylaid, Assaulted, Robbed and Killed Mrs. Hattie Evelyn McCloud, a Young Widow. Special Dispatch to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 7.—With the same words trembling upon his dying lips John O'Neil Jr. pald the penalty of a similar crime at the same hour which saw the hanging of Durrant. O'Neil was hanged in the Franklin County Jail at Greenfield this forenocon for the murder of Mrs. Hattie Evelyn McCloud in Buckland, Mass., a year ago to- morrow. The drop fell at 10:41 o’clock, and the execution was accomplished without accident or any unexpected in- cident save possibly the pitiable-con- dition of the condemr man, who seemed well nigh helpless and in need of much assistance from the officials who attended b 3 was particu- larly noticeable as he ded the stairs 1 ing to the , when he weakened visibly ed to miss | his footing on one of the steps, falling back to the next one. He quickly re- covered, however, resumed his walk upstairs. As h ached the floor of t affold and was assisted to the spot on the floor on which he was to | stand and T th he again | lost control of hir 1d it seemed | that all his s 1 left him. One of the deputies was compelled to hold him up while preparations were 5 made for the execution, and h ition was such to indicate that wut the offic Iy would have fall Sines Between was a small After this ivers for the dying. nd the cles pray Sheriff ring his high hat and car e of office, asked the pris bhad any statement to make. Henry, C rlied: “I am innocent. I for who have Injured me, and m | have mercy on my soul.” The [ s were spoken in a low voice, and could not be heard distinetly by the specta tors in the rear of the room. Up to this time the man had refused to for- give Willlam O’'Connell. Additiona! straps were then placed about his arms near the shoulde; also near his ankles, while Dep heriff Fowler drew down over hi d the black cap. The noose was adjusted, the spring was touched by Sheriff Richard- son and the drop fell, j five minutes after the prisoner and his guardians had entered the room. As the body fell through the drop there was a gurgle and a slight moan, but that was all. There were no writhings or contor- tions. In nineteen minutes the soul of Murderer O'Neil had gone to its re- ward. George D. Crittenden, the father of the murdered woman, was in the rear of the guardroom and wit- nessed the execution. The following letter, penned by O’'Neil this morning, was given to the press this afternoon as a statement from him: GREENFIELD, Mass., 1898 To the Editor: I see by your paper that O’Connell bhas been sending pieces to you for publication, 1 wish you to do me the same favor that you have him. In regard to the testimony of Davis, Cur- tis and Scheneck, they did not testify that I said I drank with O'Connell at 6:30 or at any other time that night. Now, what 1 should like to have O'Connell tell the public is who did-he buy that pint of whisky for at 4:30 that night, and whose money paid for it. I am sure it could not have been O'Connell’s, for he had no money. If O’Connell will tell who paid for that pint and who drank it with him 1 think the public would feel differently toward me. I want to thank Sheriff Chen- ery and Mr. Richardson for their kind- ness toward me, also all the officers con- nected with my trial and detention. JOHN NEIL JR. The crime for which O'Neil paid the penalty was the murder of Mrs. Hat- tie Evelyn McCloud, a young widow of Shelburne Falls, on the night of Jan- uary 8, 1867. The murdered woman lived about one and one-half miles from the village, on what is known as the Crittenden road. She went to the vil- lage in the afternoon, leaving her lit- tle daughter, 9 years of age, alone. Af- ter making 4 few purchases she set out for home at about 7 p. m. ‘Within a quarter of a mile of her home she was attacked by O’Neil and dragged into the woods, down an em- bankment, assaulted and choked to death. Her purse was then rifled of its contents and the murderer hastened away to the village. That night and the next day O'Neil was flush with money, and spent it with his chums for rum. Suspicion pointed strongly to O'Neil, because on the afternoon of the murder he was without money and that night, after the murder, he was flush. He was arrested three days after the murder. The inquest developed a good deal of circumstantial evidence against him, and he was indicted by the Grand Jury which reported on March 4. The defense at the trial was every way weak and almost from the start it was clear that the jury would con- ‘vict the defendant. The trial lasted nine days. O'Neil was 28 years of age. He had been drinking hard for weeks before the crime. His family are respectable Irish people, hard working and honest. CROOKS OFF T0 ALASKA. Go to Prepare for the Fleecing of the Spring Argonauts. TACOMA, Jan. 7.—The steamer Co- »na will land at Dyea and Skaguay | ones that are touched and influenced by | of | people for good or evil. THE ' S more dangerous characters — men known as roughs by every well-posted police official west of the Rocky Moun- tains—than any three vessels have heretofore carried. Not less than sixty hard characters embarked on her, their object being to reach the trails in time to get games of various kinds well started before the spring rush com- mences. A well-known detective stood on the dock as the Corona’s passengers made their way up the gangplank and enumerated party after party made up of the most noted of the Western ‘‘grafters,” sure thing men and more dangerous characters. There were two parties from the Golden Gate city, including about eighteen men, all “smooth” workers and men with records. One large party hailed from Denver and was noteworthy for its excellent equip- ment. This contingent is reported to be a rich one, all the members being well equipped with both cash and gambling paraphernalia and backed by sporting men of wealth in the Colo- rado metropolis. Two parties came from Portland, and several small ag- gregations were made up of men who have operated about the Sound coun- try for the past few months. Many of these men have been under surveil- lance here for days. Local police are rejoicing that they are gone and ex- pect a decrease in burglaries and thievery. SUBJECT OF JAMES GORDOWN BENNETT'S PRIZE ESSAY. “Annexation of the Hawaiian Islands ; a Com- parison of the Movement With That Which Led to the Annexation of Texas.” NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 7.—The subject for the James Gordon Bennett prize in essay writing, open to the ser- for classes in the undergraduate de- partments of Yale University for 1808 has been announced. It is the “An- nexation of the Hawaiian Islands; a Comparison of the Movement Favoring their Acquisition by the United States at the present time, with that which led to the annexation of Texas.” The prize is the income of a fund of | $1,000, and is awarded annually on com- | mencement to the member of the sen- | jor class in either academical depart- ment or the Sheffield Scientific School, who shall have pursued courses in po- | litical science and English literature, | and shall have prepared the best es- say, in English prose, upon some sub- | ject of contemporaneous interest in the | domestic or foreign policy of the United States Government, selected by | the faculty [ATEST ROMANCE OF THE BICYCLE, | During His Wheeling Trips Aged Mr. Clarke Fell in Love | With Mrs. Sylvester. | So the Couple Finally Wedded and Are Spending the Honeymoon in Florida. liam E. Clarke of Woodhaven, L. Irs. Sylvester of California, that young lives are not the only | romance through the medium of the bicycle. The wheel has been the means flecting the lives of many young In this case it has caused a marriage between a man of 70 and a widow of middle age. Mr. Clarke is one of the most widely known men in Woodhaven. He is the richest man in the place, and he is the most enthusiastic wheelman for miles around. His residence is one of the handsomest places in Woodhaven. On one of his wheeling trips Mr. Clarke met Mrs. Sylvester, who was living in Brooklyn, having lately arrived from California. The widow is a handsome woman, and Mr. Clarke felt interested in her at once. He is a tall, stalwart man with white hair and whiskers, handsome and dignified, and showing few signs of his 70 years. Many were the rides the couple had taken together on the cycle path, through the park and on the asphalt streets of Brooklyn, and for a change over the roads of Queens County. ‘Wherever they rode their fine appear- ance and evident regard for each other attracted the attention of all. Although the friendship between Mr. Clarke and Mrs. Sylvester was known to many in Woodhaven the news of their marriage came in the nature of a surprise to all. Not a hint of it was whispered outside and nothing was known of it until the ceremony was performed and the couple were on a trip to Florida. Rev. Frank 1. Wheat performed the service at the home of the bridegroom on Thursday night, in the presence of only a few relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke will return and take up thelr residence in Woodhaven in May. LOST OVERBOARD DURING 4 GALE Seaman James Hanlon of the Cambrian King Drowned at Sea. Tremendous Wave Sweeps the Decks and Carries Him Down to Death. ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 7.—“Man lost overboard” was the report made this afternoon by Captain Hancord of the British ship Cambrian King, just ar- rived in ballast from Shanghai. In speaking of the voyage Captain Han- cord said he had rough weather almost all the way. ““We passed through several heavy gales, and on December 23 encountered the only incident of the voyage. We shipped a.tremendous sea, which piled up like a pyramid, and for the moment it seemed as though our good vescal could not survive the concussion from the wall of water which crashed down upon us. The wheel was broken, and the cabin skylight was smashed into bits. There were two men at the wheel at the time, and one of them, James Hanlon, was washed overboard and never seen afterward. The other man was thrown onto the main deck and was considerably bruised. Tha boatswain’s mate was hung up by his oilskin to a pin at the mizzen back stays, but was only slightly injured. ‘“We crossed the meridian on Mon- d:z', ]t)mth ber ? The voyage was one of e most disagreeable experienced.” 4 | traced by the discovery of Zeigler's | he had | living by peddling among | negroes. | der mysteries of years ago. CAFFOL MURDERERS REMOVED BY THE HANGMAN Three Negroes Die on the Scaffold at Hahnville. They Killed and Robbed a Peddler Named Zeigler. One a Fiend Called Creole Who Confessed to Nine As- sassinations. SOME‘ OTHER EXECUTIONS. All the Men Legally Put to Death but Two, Who Fell Into the Hands Lynchers. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.—Three ne- gro murderers died on the scaffold at Hahnville, a small town in St. Charles | Parish, to-day. Louis Richards, alias | Pierre, alias Creole, by the latter name | being notorious, was one of the trio. | Together with George Washington and | “Foxy” Morris, also negroes, he was sentenced to death for murdering and robbing a Jewish peddler named Zeig- | ler, last June, on Ellington plantation, near Hahnville. The murderers were goods in the poss companions. Creole confessed, implicating the other two, and with his statement the authorities obtained conclusive evi- dence of their guilt. Creole also confessed that since 1884 murdered at least nine men and one colored woman on various plantations. His victims were prinei- pally Italians and Jews, who made a plantation Close investigation revealed | that his confession was entirely cor- rect, and it cleared up numerous mur- | ion of their female | Here is a list of given by himseif: April 2, 1884, wounded Albert White, | Smartsville, La. May, 1888, murdered and robbed Pat- tison, colored. Melville, La. In 1892, sentenced to one year in the | penitentiary for robbery. December 18, 1893, killed tramp, white, Melville, La. January 5, 1865, myrdered Mary Par- ker, Ellington plantation, St. Charles Parish. July 18, 1896, murdered and robbed | Roccina, a Spaniard, Luling, St. Charles Parish. December 14, 1896, murdered and robbed Alexander Johnson, Ellington plantation, St. Charles Parish. January, 1897, murdered and robbed another Alexander Johnson, Ellington plantation, St. Charles Parish. June 26, 1897, murdered and robbed Louis Zeigler, peddler, Eilington plan- | tation, St. Charles Parish. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 7.—Thomas Cy- rus, colored, was hanged here at 11:40 a. m. The noose slipped from behind his ear and death resulted from stran- gulation. He made no statement what- ever on the gallows. The crime for which Cyrus was hanged was the murder of Annie Johnson, & negro woman, who was em- ployed at the home of Governor Atkin- son as a domestic. The crime was com- mitted on the night of June 2 in a little cottage on Belle street in this city. Cyrus was infatuated with the woman, who had been his mistress for some time. On the evening of June 2 he went to her home and found, another negro man in her room. Cyrus asked for an explanation, and, failing to recelve a satisfactory answer, drew his pistol and shot the woman. She died the next day. . MERIDIAN, Miss., Jan. 7.—Watts and Sam Cole, colored men of Neshoba County, were lynched in Pearidge, Kemper County, a few days ago. ‘Watts and Cole went to, Pearidge to visit relatives, and became too friendly with their kinsmen’s wives. Their lynchers are said to have been colored mens ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Bainbridge, Ga., says: Simon Hopkins, colored, was hanged here at 11:30 to-day. He made a con! fon to the effect that he in- veigled a friend named Harris into a swamp and killed him. INTERESTS THE PEOPLE Creole’s crimes, unknown | the Pacific station at OFFICERS WHO MUST RETIR Changes in the Army and the Navy During the Present Year. Five Brigadier-Generals Will Soon Reach the Age Limit. Among Others to Quit Active Duty ‘Will Be Four Gray-Haired - Captains. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, D. C., Jan. T There will be a great many import- ant changes in the army during the present year, although the prospects for promotion are mot quite so good as they were at the opening of the last calendar year, during which there were mere retirements and promotions in the higher grades than any other year since the war of the rebellion. Five Brigadier-Generals wilt be trans- ferred to the retired list on account of age during the next ten months. Of these two officers of the line, General John J. Coppinger and General Wil- liam H. Graham, each in command of a military department, retire October 11 and Septemeber 28, respectively. The other three general officers who will re- linquish active service are General William H. Bell, Commissary-General of Subsistence, who only reached his present rank a few weeks ago. He will | | retire January 23, and will be followed | in turn by Quartermaster-General George H. Weeks, who retires Febru- ary &, and Adjutant-General Samuel Breck, who will retire February 25. There will be the usual scramble for appointments to these prospective va- cancies, and the friends of the numer- ous candidates are already making preliminary arrangements bring about their preféerment. it is practically settled that Colonel H. C. Corbin, the senior colonel in the Adjutant General's department, wiil succeed General Breck at the head of that department, There is consicerable uncertainty, however, in regard to the other vacancies. In addition to the gen- eral’s sixteen other officers of the army, two colonels, three lieutenant- Colonels, four majors and seven cap- tains will sever their active connection with the military service this year. Four of the captains are now nearing their sixty-fourth birthday, a state of affairs that is said to be unprecedented in the history of any foreign army. It is considered remarkable that gray- haired m who are grandfathers in several in nuces, shouid, after thirty or forty years of service, still be exer- cising no higher command than that of a company of forty or fifty men. Many prominent officers of the navy will aiso be relegated to the retired list on account of age during the present year. Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee, who recently commanded the Pacific station, and who is now duty in this city as president of the Naval Examin- ing and Retiring Boards willretireon the to first prom., and Commodore C. Nor- ton will become a rear admiral. Six days later, Rear Admiral T. O. Sel- fridge Jr.,, commanding the European squadron, will be placed on the retired list, thus presenting the unprecedented spectacle of two officers of the same name—father and son, being on the re- tired list in the highest possible grade at the same time. Rear Admiral T. O. Seifridge Sr., re- tired, is a resident of this city. He is over 90 years of age, and is in good health for his years. Other line officers who will be taken from the active list during the year, named in the order of their retirement, are: Commander S. Beiden, Rear Ad- miral W. A. Kirkland, the senior officer of the navy, commandant of the Mare Island navy yard; Rear Admiral M. Sicard, commanding the North Atlantic squadron; Rear Admiral E. O. Mathew, chief of the bureau of yards and docks; Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, commanding Honolulu, and Commodore J. N. Bunce, commanding the New York navy yard. The last named officer will have reached the grade of rear admiral before the date of his retirement. Staff officers who will retire during the year are: Medical direcfors, B. H. Kidder, E. H. Boagart, E. S. McMurtrie and G. H. Cooke; Pay Director A. J. Pritchard; Pay Inspector W. W. Wood- hull; chief engineers, . A. Wilson E. Farmer, P. Inch, A. Adamson, J. H. Chasmar and ‘W. Stivers; Professor J. F. Eastman; Naval Constructor J. B. Hoover and Civil Engineer A. G. Meno- cal. Captain F. B. Rose will be retired April 15. HER WOUND WAS SELF-INFLICTED Miss Dillard of Eugene Con- fesses That She Shot Herself. Offers No Explanation Except That She Was Suffering From OF THE PACIFIC COAST. Plans for the Establishment of Weather Bureaus to Protect the Orange Crop of Southern California. WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Represen- tative Loud to-day had a talk with Chairman Wadsworth of the House Agricultural Committee relative to the establishment of three additional weather bureau stations west of the Rocky Mountains on a direct line with Los Angeles. The purpose of this is to afford protection to the orange crop in Southern California by warning the growers in advance of the coming of cold snaps and frosts. Mr. Wads- worth assured Mr. Loud than an ap- propriation would be inserted in the agricultural bill for their establish- ment. One will be situated in Utah, another in Nevada, and a third in Northern Arizona. The weather sta- tion at Mount Tamalpais will also be made permanent. Pensions have been granted as fol- lows: California—Original—Eliakim T. Creelman, Ramona, $8. Original wid- ows, etc.—Catherine Fitzpatrick, San Gregorio, $8. ‘Washington: Increase—Joseph Reber, Port Madison, $6 to $12. : A postoffice was to-day established at Pittsburg, Lander County, Nev., and B. L. Hood was appointed Postmaster. Representative Barlow of California to-day introduceq a bill for the relief of Mrs. M. Louise Anderson and Charles Williams of Los Angeles, | parcels a day are lost Kingdom. Nervousness. Spacial Dispatch to The Call. PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 7.—The police at Eugene to-day unraveled the mys- tery surrounding the shooting of Miss Daisy Dillard on Tuesday evening. Finding she could not avoid exposure any longer the girl to-day made a con- fession that she did the shooting her- self. She gives no good reason for the act, only saying she was despondent and suffering from nervousness. According to Miss Diliard’s story she persuaded ber mother to go down town and when she was alone she obtained & pistol kept in the house and went outside and shot herself. Finding she had failed to Kill herself and made only a flesh wound in the arm she fired a shot through the window, to make it appear that she had been shot at from ambush, and then went screaming to a neighbor's house. The pistol was found where she threw it under the house. It is believed that Miss Dillard did not really intend to commit suicide, but only wanted to excite sympathy or gain notoriety. She is an only daughter and has been petted a great deal. She was given to despondent moods whenever crossed in her wishes. Some suspicion was cast upon two or three persons, btt all are exonerated by her confes- sion. : ¥ ————— The returns of the Rail House show that on an 'n”vmcemrllg of the United 70 S aslivegs | | FRON CIVIL SERVICE T0 CURRENCY DBBATE, SLVER MEN ARE HEARD IN THE SENATE The Talk Drifts From Civil Service to Currency. Allen Offers a Plan for Coinage at a Ratio of 16 to 1. Teller’s Speech a Feature of the Session of One Day. THAT CONSPIRACY STORY. The Colorado Statesman Arratgns the Republican Party for Its Gold Standard. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 7. The feature of the Senate session was a speech delivered by Teller of Colorado regarding the press reports that the recent efforts to make it appear that Secretary Gage had tendered his resig- nation as a member of the Cabinet to President McKinley were part of a con- spiracy of the silver men to disrupt the | Cabinet and create dissension between the President and his advisers. Teller branded the publication as an insult to the advocates of the free coinage of sllver. He was satisfied that the Presi- dent and Secretary Gage were in full accord upon the financial question. He attacked the Republican party because it was a party advocating the gold standard and expressed his intention of doing all in his power to defeat the party in 1900 and to drag the present administration from power because the policy of the party was, in his opinion, inimical to the best and highest inter- ests of the people of the United States. At the opening of the Senate to-day the reply of the Attorney General to the Senate resolution calling upon | members of the Cabinet to inform the | | | | Senate itself. i | Senate what, if any, changes should be made in the administration of the civil service law was read. The Attorney General recommended that attorneys employed by the De- partment of Justice and Deputy United States Marshals should be excepted from the operation of the law. Ceckrell said that these recommenda- tions ought to be made to the Presi- dent of the United States, as he had full power to act regarding them. Cockrell gave notice that,he would move to refer all the replies of Cabi- net officers to the Senate resolution to the President himself. Hoar of Massachusetts said that the trouble with all these communications arose from the ill-advised action of the “It seems to me,” said he, “a most extraordinary proceeding for the Senate to direct the heads of departments to give their opinions as to the wisdom of the President’s order. That is what we have done, inadvert- ently, no doubt. Had my attention been drawn to it I should have moved to rescind the order.” Allen of Nebraska offered a resolu- tion declaring that the United States should, independently, and without de- lay, begin and continue the free coin- age of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. That such coinage should be supple- mented by a safe and sound national paper money, to be issued by the Gov- ernment without intervention of banks, the notes to be full legal tender and to be issued in an amount sufficient to meet the business demandsof the coun- try; that any increase of the interest- bearing debt should be prohibited, and that no Government bonds should be issued or sold except by specific act of Congress, and then only in cases of pressing necessity; that the Govern- ment, in the discharge of its obliga- tions, shouid use its option as to the kind of lawful money in which they should be paid; and that such options shouid never be surrendered. Allet spoke briefly in favor of the adoption of the proposition set forth in his resolution, concluding with the statement that he would at some sub- sequent time go more fully into the details of his resolutions and the reso- lutions of the Populist party in favor of the plan he had set forth. At the conclusion of Allen’s remarks Teller of Colorado said that he did not often give heed to publications. con- cerning himself or the convictions of thosge who believed as he believed upon the financial or other guestions, but he felt that a statement recently pub- lished—which is, in fact, now going the rounds of the press—was a* tuitous insult to those whb believed upon the financial question as he be- lieved. “This statement shows,” said he, “that many of those who attempt to deal with this question have no nearer comprehension of it. They re- gard it as merely a local matter to be considered and discussed from the standpoint of their selfish or local in- terests.” Teller then read from a newspaper the article of which he complained. In brief it charged that the recent re- ports to the effect that the Secretary of the Treasury had tendered his res- ignaton were the resuit of a conspira- ¢y to create trouble between the Presi- dent and his Secretary of the Treas- ur{. and perhaps to disrupt the Cabi- ne “I resent this charge,” said Teller, with great emphasis. “I do not be- lieve that it comes from the Secretary of the Treasury, or that he believe any such thing, We—those who believe on the financlal questions as I do—differ from the Secretary of the Treasury and the great Republican organization which s now in power in this country. The rightful or wrongful solution of this great question will not only af- fect the people of the United States, but the people of the whole world. I resent most emphatically the imputa- tion that any other but the broadest consideration and reasons have in- fluenced me or molded my sentiments, I ought not to be charged with such a dirty insinuation as is contained in this article. It is perfectly plain that to-day the Repl-xbucau party is the rty of the gold standard, and it is g:ua’{ly plain that there is no distinc- tion between the sentiments of the President and the Secrie&ary of the Treasury upon this question.” Teller then discussed at length the efforts that have been made to obtain an interpational agreement upon the silver question. He declared that ev- ery intelligent person knew when the message of the President was laid be- fore Congress, on the 24th day of last July asking for a monetary commis- sion, there was no possibility of an in- ternational agreement. i Teller quoted from Secretary Gage’s statement before the House Banking and Currency Committee. indicating that it was the desire of the Secretary to commit the country thoroughly to the gold standard. He referred in terms of high respect to the Secretary personally, and ex- pressed his gratification that Mr. Gage had the courage of his convictions and was willing to stand squarely on his opinions. The Secretary was, in the opinion of Mr. Teller, an exception in this respect to many other prominent Republicans. Chandler of New Hampshire said he desired to call the attention of the Sen- ator from Colorado to a matter which he was evidently overlooking. “The point I make,” said-Chandler, “is that the President speaks for him- self either through State papers or in such other manner as he may deem wise, and he is not to be judged by what his Secretary of the Treasury may say upon any question. Neither is he to be judged by the utterances of the Senator from Indiana, made in the full flush of enthusiasm of his en- trance into the Senate of the United States before an audience of his con- stituents in Indianapolis. The Presi- dent, as I said, must of course speak for himself, and we cannot fairly judge him or his opinions by the ut- terances of anybody else.” Chandler maintained that the Sena- tor from Colorado (Teller) was doing much to prevent the successful frui- tion of the efforts to bring about in- ternational bimetallism. He thought that such efforts as the Colorado Senator was making were not only unfair, but unwise in view of his (Teller’s) heretofore expressed desire to bring about international bimetallism. He hoped, therefore, that he would do nothing to paralyze the efforts now making in favor of an international agreement upon the silver question. “I should like to bring about inter- national bimetallism,” said Teller, “and I think I have done as much to bring it about as any man in_this chamber, if T except the Senator who sits in front of me (Allison). When he returned from Europe, however, without success, I felt that it was practically useless to proceed further in that direction.” Incidentally, Teller drifted into a dis- cussion of the forelgn relations of the United States. He maintained that the money power held the cquntry so firmly within its grasp that the Government was unable to take such action on for- eign questions as the people desired should be taken. He hoped that the time would soon come when we would say to a fifth rate power like Spain: “Take your hands off that bountiful island—an island which you have near- ly depopulated,” and say it, too, with- out fear of the opinion of the money power. “I do not believe,” said Teller, “that war would result if we should put our hands out to support Cuba. It would be a humane thing for us to do—a rea- sonable and just act. The French came to us at a time when we were strug- | gling as are the Cubans, and it is doubtful whether we could have achieved our independence without their aid.” At the conclusion of Teller's speech, Turner of Washington called up the im- migration bill, saying that as he was about to leave the city, he desired to| submit some remarks upon the pend- ing measure. He strongly opposed the bill. He was not in favor of an edu- catfonal qualification and insisted that | the enactment of that feature of the bill into the law would falsify the en- | tire record of this country. His speech | was mainly directed against what he termed the transportation monopoly | and other trusts. | Fairbanks of Indiana gave notice of | a speech in support of the immigration bill next Tuesday. Butler of North Carolina presented a Jjoint resolution proposing an amend- ment to the constitution providing for the election of a Federal judiciary by the people. The resolution went to the table to permit Butler to make a speech on it. A message from the President in- formed the Senate that the sale of the Kansas Pacific Railroad had been post- poned to February 16-19, and also sub- mitted the agricultural department re- port on experimental stations. At 2:45 o'clock the Senate went into executive session and at 3:10 adjourned until Monday. GERMANY NOW SEEKS RECIPROCITY Indicates a Willingness Negotiate a New Treaty. to Proposes a Conference of European Powers to Secure the Aboli- tion of Bounties. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—The Herald's ‘Washington correspondent telegraphs: Germany has indicated to the United States Government her willingness to negotiate a treaty of reciprocity. I un- derstand the German Government has taken the initiative in proposing a con- ference of the representatives of all Eu- ropean powers to secure the abolition of bounties on sugar and other prod- ucts. When the Dingley bill was un- der discussion Baron Von Thielmann, jhe -German Embassador, made an earnest effort to have omitted from the bill the provision which imposes an ad- ditional duty on all goods imported to the United States upon which an ex- port bounty had been paid. This pro- vision was intended especially to cover sugar brought in from Germany anq other European countries, The effect of this provision has been to discourage the importation of Ger- man beet sugars into the United States, and it is believed in administratio o cles that it is largely upon this account that the German Government is seek- ing the abolition of al bounties on common products. Besides Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, ‘the Nethey. lands, Denmark, Russia and Spain pay bounties, most of them on beet sugar. I understand on von Holleben, the new German. Embas “has called at the State Dey dl-cmurt:;r: with Mr. spec! p) co! 1 not likely any w:ee-::;’:‘:v‘fill‘e;é ‘}:;el:‘ on sugafls nor on anything, I was told to-dn:e.. %nul 3; Berlin Government remo estrictio Fomnvee NS on American beef e el g o e ——— signature of Zot iz is on every wrdpper _of CASTORIA. ARGUMENTY ON THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW Members of the House Yet in the Throes of Debate. Gillette Arraigns Those ‘Who Favor the Spoils System. Personalities Indulged In by Several Opposing Statesmen. TAMMANY HALL FIGURES. Vandiver of Missouri Refers to Ex- President Cleveland as “His Fat Witted Excellency.” Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 7. Before the debate on the Civil Service question was resumed in the House to- day an ineffectual attempt was made to agree upon a time for the termina- tion of it. Gillette (R.) of Massachu- setts then took the floor in support of the law. 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