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The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
OBJECTED TO FACTS.
Because They Failes 90 Agree with His
= Theory Regarding Hawaii.

Washington, Novemb ber 49, 1t is ru-
mored here that Admiral Walkers re.
port on the situation in Hawaii very
much displeased the President, and
caused him to ask the Secretary of the
Navy to change the orders assigning the
Admiral to the position of superinten.
dent of the Naval Academy, which he
so much desired. There has been a grea,
deal of mystery concerning the detail OF
a new superintendent OF the Naval
Academy, and it has not been possible
thus far to get from the Secretary OIL
any one else satisfactory explanation
why the preliminary orders issued to
Rear Admiral Walker to that command
were revoked.
1t is noteworthy that not one of Ad-
miral Walkers reports from Hawaii has
ever been published, Notwithstanding
the fact that Congress was in session
when number of them were received,
and that other diplomatic correspon-
dence was promptly forwarded to the
Capitol up to the day Congress ad
jourEed. Norihas any official statement
ever been made conceTning5the purpose OF
Rear Admiral Walkers special temper.
ary assignment to the command of the
Pacific station, with headquarters at
Hawaii. While there, Admiral Walker
made reports by each mail concerning
the situation. Those who nave seen them
say they make mighty interesting
reading. AT the State Departmnt, / am
told, they are the strongest kind of an
nexation documents.
1t is for this. reason, it is said, that the
President is dspleased with Admiral
Walker From the fact that the reports
have been in the possession of the de-
partmenu for several months-some of
them before the last session OF Congress
came to a close-it is inferred that the
documents are to be kept in the secret
archives, and, even if resolution OF
Congress calling-upon the Secretary oi
TIE Navy for the papers should be adopt
ed, the department will probably decline
to forward them on the ground that it
would be detrimental to the public in
terests to do SO. 1T is rumored that in
certain of the reports references made to
intrigues on the part of some of the for
eign representatives in the interests OF
the royalists, and for this reason the de.
partment could very properly refuse to
comply with resolution of Congress.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
DISCUSSING EVOLUTION.
Moral Mon and Moral Races Live the
Longest

Boston, November 16.--In the Episcopal
Church Congress today. Rev. William NJ.
Hughes, D. D., of Morristown, n. j., said
the theory of evolution was immensely af-
fecting the life of the church and world
He declared the moral man and moral races
live longer and are stronger because they
are moral. This was the survival Of the
fittest.
Rev. f. Shoup, d. d.. rector of Oolurn bia
institute at Columbia, Tennessee, presented
paper. and E. j. E. Woodbridge of Mime
apolis, said: Mature is to be regarded as
the one great process on which everything
is dependent and nothing is independent
of another. The conpulsion must be. in
telligenoe is superior to everything else in
the universe. The theory of evolution
needs for its arguments an Argument for
design"
Rt. Rev. Davis Sessums. D. D., of
Louisiana, said the real answer to the evo-
lutionist is that we don't as he does. have
to make any lapse in track of creation,
but can declare the whole process on which
we build and all the phenomena of this uni
verse are not the sense by which we read
God. but they are God. He declared the
danger which confronts us is not the de-
struction of God, but the destruction of
man.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17

AN ALLEGED OUTRAGE.
Where an American Consul Was Cast
Into Prison.
Turns Out To Be a Mild sensation-The
Consul Popped at a Kaffr and Killed
Him.

Turns Out To Be Mild Sensation-The
Consul Popped at Kafir and Killed
Him.
Washington, Novem ber 6.-The facts
In regard to the alleged insult to the
Stars and Stripes implied in the reported
incarceration os the American Consul,
Hollis, in the dungeons of Portuguese
fortress in the Portuguese colony of
zambiQue, Africa, have been much
exaggerated in the dispatches sent from
this city. 1t is officially stated as fol-
lows: Colonel W. Stanley Hollis of
Massachusetts, shot a5 bur rigariously
inclined kaffir one night in Septembe
the wounds proving mortal. Mr.. Hollis
was tried, just as British consul in a
city of the United States would be
tried, underestimate circumstances, and
the Mozam bique judicial authorities
found the consul guilty of crime akin
20 JustIfable homicide in Anglo-Saxon
jurisprudence, but which under the Por
tugqese law appears to carry with it a
mild sentence of imprisonment. 1t is ev-
identity intended TO restrain the Kaffirs
from too much indiscriminate killing
on slight provocation. The. Mozambique
penal code has the unique provision that
the prosecution may appeal, and unless
the appeal warrants an increase of SEN
tence the convict is acquitted. The
State Department. is informed that such
an appeal has been filed, presumably in
the consul's behalf. Mr.. Hollis enioys
full liberty on his own recognizance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Reduction for Granite workers.

Quincy. Mass. November 16.--The New
England Granite Manufacturers association
at a recent meeting, voted to adopt a uni
form standard of wages of 20 1-2 cents an
hour and nine hours per day. This is said
to be reduction in some places ard an in
crease in others. its adoption is left option
al with the local associations. The Quincy
Granite Manufacturers association voted
to continue paying 80 cents an hour and
abolish the minimum" rate of wages, re-
ducing by IL per cent the price of hammered
stone going to the polisher and ID per cent
on moulders. These reductions GO into
effect March first. next.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
"ToRCHED" HIS HOTEL.
A Hotel Keeper Who Planed to Get In
surance Money.

Vineyard Haven, Mass. November 16.
Augustus g Wesley one of most prom
inept citizens of Cottage City confessed
setting fire to the Wesley house in that
town on the. night of the 18th, for the
sole purpose of obtaining the insurance
thereon. He was the sole owner. The
insurance on the structure is said to be
SIS, 900, and the.property was taxed fol
$1,000. The city has been greatly excited
over the incendiary fires the last few
weeks. The state fire marshal arrived
Yesterday and assisted by the sheriff and
the chief of the Cottage City fire depart
ment, began work on the case. They
snsnected Mr.. Wesley, and after riuid
examinatlon he made a confession, He
was and 5sen 5ssassd tonight qndel
beenre at Cottage City for many wears
and heretofore has been highly respected
in the community.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
JEALOUSY CAUSED MURDER.
A Husband Angered at Slight, Commits
Murder and Suicide.

Elmira, N. Y, Novem ber 16.-H. v.
Straight, -four and feed dealer here,
and his wife have not lived together for
the past few weeks on account of do
mestic difficulties. This morning Mr..
Straight sent note to his wife asking
forgiveness, and requesting her to take
him back again. She failed to reply,
This angered him, and this afternoon he
saw his wife and, her sister, Mrs. Whit
ford. in the business part of the city,
and dogged them until they were within
100 feet of home, when he ran up be-
hind them to within ten feet and emp
tied the contents Of revolver at them
both. He drew another weapon and
fired again at Mrs. Whitford. Sitting
down on horse block, he then emptied
the other four cham bers into his own
body9 near the heart. Mrs. Straight
was short three times in the back, and
died this evening. Mrs. Whitford WAS
shot twice. She is still alive, but sink
ing rapidly. Straight was removed to
the hospital, and is now unconscious.
His death is but a question of few
hours.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
"HOPE LONG DEFERRED.v
President Will Not Consider Collector
ship Appointments.
Until After he has Completed his Message
to Congress-This Will Not Allow Him
to Reach the appointment Till Next
Week.
Especial to the PRESS. J

NoPOC4ol W Uuc
Washington, November 16.-When Secre-
tary Carlisle went over to the White House
this morning to attend the Cabinet meeting
he carried with him the papers in a large
number of appointment cases. including
those in the Portland, Maine. coilectorship
case, for the purpose of leaving them. With
the President for his early consideration.
When the Secretary returned in the after
noon to the Treasury Department he still
had the papers with him. and they were re-
turned to the keeping of the appointment
division. 1t was learned afterwards that
the President had refused to consider any
more of these questions of distribution of
patronage until after he has completed his
annual message to Congress.
This Ssage has been occupying the at
tention of the President almost every day
since his return from Buzzard's Bay. and it
is understood that the first draft of it will
be completed within the next few days. It
will be held subject to revision for a week
before it is sent to the government printing
office to be put into type, but it is thought
that the message will be SO far advanced
that the President will be able to take up
these other matters towards the latter part
OF next week.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
MASS. REFORM CLUB.
rendered a Dinner to Congressman
William Everett.
HIS SPEECH AN ABLE DEFENCE OF
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.


Extending the List was Worthy of
Praise and Tended to the Best Public
Interests-Offices Should Not be Dis
tributed as the Spoil of Political War.
Boston. November 16.-The second meet
ing of the banquet this season of the Massa-
ohusetts Retorn1club was held at Young's
hotel tonight, about two hundred being
present. The dinner was complimentary to
Congressman William Everett, a member of
the club. in consideration of his services to
the Civil Service Reform in Congress. Con-
gressman Wilson of West Virginia, was
invited. but was suddenly called home to-
day by the death of friend. President
Charles Goldman, presided and introduced
Congressman William Everett, who received
f1attering welcome. He made an address
which was pronounced by those present as
the most able defense of civil service re-
form ever listened to. He said in part ''It
seems to me l see in both parties at the
present time a temper which needs the
pressure of reform as it has never been ap-
piled. All through our public there runs a
talnt: there lies mass of old politioa al
traditions. methods and habits, many of
which were not bad in their day, perhaps,
even good, but are entirely effete now and
can only go on corrupting and tainting the
air of our political life if they are not
cleared away once for all. Among these
things is the political patronage of members
of Congress. | trust also that the Reform
club is ready to approve of the recent an
nouncement of the President hat the COM
petitive system is to be extended still deep
er down in the customs service. 1t is good
thing to extend and maintain the classified
service. but for some time to come. many
offices will not be in the classified service.
They will be open to the spokesman. 1t is a
bad thing to have those offices distributed
politically. but it will take deal of legisla-
tion to stop it,
Other speakers were Hon. Morfeld Store
and Hon. George E. Williams. Resolutions
were adopted eongratulating tie people OF
New York on their triumph over the spoils-
men and rendering their appreciation Of
his great work to Rev. DR.. Parkhurst.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Rev, R. ". Jenkyn of the Congregational
church. Rookland. died Friday morning at
East Corinth of nervous prostration. He
hod been in Rockland for five years and was
a native of Wales. He came to this country
when young man.
Schooner Nettie B. Dobbin of Jonesport.
Captain Freeman L. Keller, about which
anxiety had been felt for some time, she
being overdue from Boston, loaded with
corn, was seen at South Schoodic Point by
steamer Frank Jones. Thursday. bound east
all right.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
A MISSISSIPPI FEUD.


Lulu. Miss, November 16.-Jacob W. Har-
man. mayot of this town and Henry Law
renee. leading jeweler. were assassinated
on the street today by J.. W. Boyd. overseer
of the Van Eaton plantation and his brother
Bob. A year ago Mayor Harmon and j. W.
Boyd had dispute and several shots were
fred, since which time bad blood has existed
between them. Yesterday HaIman met
Boyd on the street and drew pistol and
beat him over the head with it. Today the
Boyd brothers came.into towL with rifles.
This noon as Harman and Lawrence were
walking up the street to dinner the Boyd
brothers confronted him and opened fire.
Hartman drew revolver and fred couple
of ineffective shots. Both he and Lawrence
were killed on the spot. j W. Boyd escaped
on horseback and Bob oa foot. They sent
word that they would surrender to the
sheriff and to no one else.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
Emperor Nicholas III. Drove Unattende d
Through st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, November l6.-Court invi-
tations to the funeral of the Gar Alexander
ILL.,, to take place Monday November 10
were issued this afternoon. St. Petersburg,
is crowded with visitors The Prince of
Wales. attended every religious ceremony
in the Cathedral since the body of the Czar
was brought here. Emperor Nicholas is very
popular. He drove through the streets in an
open Victoria unattended. yesterday eve
ming, and was cheered ON all sides. 1t is
not known whether the marriage of the
Czar to Princess Alix will be public OF
private. The coronation of Emperor Nicholas
II. will take place in Moscow next summer.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17

Boston, November l6.-The embezzement
case of the Grand Trunk railroad against
Howard B. Hollgate, assistant ticket agent
IL. the Boston office of the company, came
up in the Superior court, today. Mr.. Holi-
gate was completely exonerated and dis
charged. The complaint was mol pressed
tbe charge being based on the alleged dis.
erepancies between the sales of certain
tickets and monty returned therefor
Checks were produced in court showing
every dollar had been banked to the credit
of the company.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
POLICE OFFICERS IN COURT
To Answer the Charges of Bribery
Preferred.
Some Demurred and 9ome Plead Not
Guilty-At the Present Time Police
mans Lot is not Happy One in New
York,


mans Lot is not Happy One in New
York.
New York, November 16.-Pojics officers
and ex-police officers crowded the Court of
Oyer and Terminer this morning. Among
them were Capt. .SchmittbsIge ger, ex-Captains
DoheIty and Stephenson, ex-Seregants
Parkerson. McKenna, Clark, Jordan and
Liehers, ex-Wardmen. .Hocke, Burns, Meehan
and Smith. All except Doherty and
Stephenson and Schmittberger are down for
a pleading on charges of bribery Smith was
first called to the bar. His lawyer. Mr..
Hess. asked and was granted leave to file
demurrer. Lawyer Endome for Hooke,
was given until Monday to plead as the at
torney said that he had not had time to ex-
anime the indictment.
Leave to demur was granted in the cases
of McKenna. Clark. Parkersol-, Giennon,
Jordan, Meehan and Leibers. All the Wit
nesses against the accused were instructed
to be in court Monday morning at ten
O'Clock.
Lawyer John Vincent argued a demurrer
to the indictments against Ex-Capt.
Stephenson. The Indictment charges him
with accepting bribery by taking four
baskets of peaches and barrel of apples.
Mr.. Vincent argued that a police captain
was not public officer. Lawyers Howe,
House and Fromme also made arguments.
District attorney Fellows interrupted at
various times on technical points.
Demurrers in the cases Of Doherty and
Stephenson were overruled. Judge lngra-
ham held by the provisions Of the consolida-
ton act the term Of a police officer was
made perpetual, being subject to removal
for such cause, to be determined by public
charges hence police official was manifest
ly public officer.
The demurrer of Capt. Schmittberger was
overruled, and Col. Fellows moved the
prisoners be called for pleading. All put in
plea of not guilty.
The case of ex-Wardman Samuel Campbell
was called and he pleaded not uilty.
The district attorney said he would be
ready to go on with Stephenson's case a
week from Monday. Lawyer Ira Sohafer
objected strongly. He said in the present
state of public feeling it would be impossible
to get a fair trial here at this time
Judge Ingraham said he believed that q
fair trail could be had and would not CON-
sent TO delay.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Weather Observations.

The following are the observations for the
Agricultural Department Weather Bureau
for yesterday, Nov. 16, taken at p. nj.
18th meridian time, the observations for
each station being given in this order
Temperature. direction OF the wind. state OF
the weather:
Eoston, SO degrees. SW, clear; New York,
81 degrees. SW. clear; Philadelphia, 80 de-
grees. SW, clear; Washington. 81 degrees, S,
clear; Albany. 4S degrees, S, clear; Buffalo.
As degI ees. NV, rain; Detroit, SO degrees,
NV. rain; Chicago. 30 degrees, NV. cloudy;
st. Vincent, 8 degrees, S. clear; Huron.
Dak.. 20 degrees, W, clear; Bismarck. 22 de-
grees. SW. cloudy; Jacksonville, 70 degrees
Sc, clear.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Committee on Contested Elections
Has No Sineeure.
THERE WILL BE TWENTY SIX CON-
TESTED SEATS.
To Be Decided Upon When the New Com
gress Meets-In All But Three of These
Fraud is Alleged-A List of Districts
That Have Given Notice of Such Inten-
tions.

Washington. November l6.-The members
of the committee on elections of the House
of Representatives in the 54th Congress will
find their positions no sinecure. Notwith-
standing a large majority is secured by the
Republicans upon the face of the returns
there will be an unusually large number of
contests for seats made before the commit
tee. It is stated at the Republican head
quarters that the size of the Republican
majority will have no weight in determining
the consideration of cases. In all cases
where fraud is clearly proven of sufficient
extent OF where the majority of voters in
the district were prevented by undue means
from expressing their will, the seats will be
given to the man legally and morally en-
titled to it. The contests on mere techni-
calities, it lie stated will not be encoura ged
In any way. The Republican campaign COM
mittee are advised of the intention sof de-
feated candidates to institute contests on
the following 26 districts. the contests in
every case but one being. Democrat: Ala
bama- Fourth district. ". F. Aldrich VS..
Robbins; eighth. Crandall. Pop., VS.. Wheeler;
ninth. T. Fl. Aldrich VS.. Underwood.
Arkansas sixth. Myers VS.. Neal, Kentucky,
seventh, Denny vs.. Owens: tenth, Hopkins
VS.. Kendall. Louisiana, first. KeInocLen
vs.. Myer: third, Beattie VS.. Price; fifth,
Benoit. Pop. VS.. Boatner. Missouri third,
h. g. Ort on, Rep, VS.. Dockery; fifth, Van
Horne VS.. Tarshey. Nebraska, sixth,
Doughty VS.. Camp. North Carolina, second,
Cheatham VS.. Woodward. third. Spears VS..
Shaw. South Carolina, first. Murray VS..
Elliott. Texas. tenth. RosenthaI VS.. Crow
ley. Virginia. first. Mcdonald VS.. Jones;
second. Garland vs.. Tyler; third, South
ward VS.. Elett; fourth, Thorpe VS.. Nc
Kenney; fifth, Cornett VS.. Swanson; sixth,
Hoge VS.. ORGY: seventh, r. J. Walker VS..
Turner; eighth. McCaullN VS.. Merideth !;
tenth, Yost VS.. Tucker. Thescontestants
from the tenth Kentucky, fifth Louisiana,
third Missouri and sixth Nebraska districts
have not informed the committee of the
grounds upon which they intend to make a
contests. In all others districts fraud will
be alleged
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
The Kansas City.

Topeka. Kan. November l6.-Chairmaa
Breidenthal of the Peoples party state
central committee. has compiled reports
from all the counties in the state with the
exception of five smaller ones in the ex-
treme western part on vote on woman
suffrage. His figures show a majority
against the amendment of 81, ,0uG. The COM
plete return will probably not alter these
figures much
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Local weather Report.

Portland, Me-. Nov. 16-The local Weather
Bureau office records as to the weather the
following:
sam-Barometer 2987l: thermometer
l.O; dew point. SO; humidity. "a; wind. SW;
velocity. s; clear.
Sp. m.-Barometer. 29.S04; thermometer,
4.85; dew point; 36 humidity. 63: wind. SW
velocity IL; weather. cloudy.
Mean daily thermometer. 46.0: maximum
thermometer. $40; minimum thermometer,
$50: maximum velocity of wind, Is SW ;
total precipitation. 0. inches.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Liquor Laws Enforced as Well as Other
Laws.

Washington. Pa, Novem ber .16.-The
NTH annual convention of the Non-Par-
hsan W: i. U adjourned at noon today,
after selecting Kansas City as the place
for holding the convention in Novem Der,
1925. Resolutions were adopted pledging
loaylty to non-partisan work, and rec
ognlzlng the Importance of impRrting
temperance instruction in public schools
and expressing the belief that the laws
against the traffic in liquor are as well
enforced as other laws.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
Yesterdays Session,

New Orleans. La. November 16.-The
knights of Labor met at Q O'clock today
and,adjourned to 1880 y. m. Report of the
finance committee of the executive board
and of the recording and financial secre-
taries were read and referred. report of
the special committee with Grand Master
Sovereign at the head. which called the
convention of national labor leaders at st.
Louis, June 18, was referred. No further in
formation concerning the session is given
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
skipped His Bond.

New York, November.16.-Whent the name
of Benjamin Welnkoop was called in part
one of the general sessions at noon to plead
to the charge of forging the name Of 0. N.
Shepard. superintendent of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad to passes
on that road, there was no response. The
bond for $500 signed by Peter O.. Asten, 45s
Lexington avenue, was declared forfeited.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
NO VERDICT YET,
The jury in the Ouilette Trial Seems Un-
decided.

Pennington, November 16-The Supreme
Judicial Court was densely PACKED all day
listening to the closing arguments in the
ouilette murder trial. Mayor f. Il. Noble
OF Lewiston. occupied all the forenoon. clos
Ing for the defense, making very eloquent
plea. Attorney General Powers occupied
about two hours ably closing for the govern
ment. Judge Strout's charge was called
very fair and impartial. The case was given
to the jury at four-thirty this afternoon and
at eight no verdict was rendered. The gem
eral Impression is that either disagreement
or verdict of manslaughter will be re-
ported.
Just as the clock struck midnight the Jury
announced that they had agreed on a ver-
dict. Judge Strout, the clerk, the attorneys
and few spectators had remained in the
court room waiting for it. and the prisoner
was soon brought in to learn his fate. Re-
spending to the customary question, the
foreman reported the jury had found the
prisoner at the bar guilty of manslaughter,
The court then adjourned to $50 a. m.
A Sudden Death.
Norway. November l6-John B, Rand.
prominent merchant of North Waterford,
Maine, died of heart disease today, aged
seventy-fiye.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
An Expensive Fire.

Havre, November 16.-About one hundred
bales of cotton of the cargo of the steamer
Breckenold. Capt. Ferguson, at this port
from Galveston in forehold of which fire
was discovered November IA, after she was
partly discharged, were damaged by flames.
Five hundred bales more are found to have
been damaged by water.
The Portland daily press., 1894-11-17
hydraulic power for War Ships.

New York. November l6.-The second
days session of the convention of the
Society of Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers opened with rather light attend
ance. Naval Constructor Albert W. Stanley
read a paper entitled Hydraulic Power for
Warships. 1t was an laborate plea for the
use of hydraulic power instead of steam or
compressed air in actuating warships and
all auxiliary machinery not diretcly con-
nected with the running of the main en-
gineS,