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Evening star., 1895-04-11
PROF. GROSS STATUE.


a site SclecteU TOT 1t IN the Sm1 tn.
sOnfan Grounds.
Col. John NJ. Wilson, the engineer officer
in charge Of public buildings and grounds
has selected a site for the bronze statue of
Prof. Samuel d. Gross, late professor Of
surgery in the jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia, in the southeast corner of the
Smithsonian grounds. Congress, at its last
session. appropriated $500 for the erec-
tion of pedestal for this statue and au-
thorized its erection "in such place in the
city of Washington, District of Columbia
as shall'be designated by the superinten-
dent of public buildings and grounds" The
site selected is an open plat of ground lust
north of the Army Medical Museum and a
little east of the National Museum. 1t Is
near the main driveway leading from 7th
street and is plainly visible from all sur
rounding points.
There is now in the Smithsonian grounds
statue of Prof. Joseph Henry, and it Is
the only statue of a civilian in any of the
public parks of the District of Columbia
The physicians and surgeons of the United
States raised the fund for the construction
of a statue Of Prof. Gross, and it will be
erected under the auspices of the American
Surgical Association and the Alumni Asso-
citation of the Jefferson Meaical College In
the joint resolution authorizing the erec-
ton of the statue in this city Prof. Gross
is referred to as a man whose labors in
the cause of his profession as surgeon and
as author have caused his name to be re-
spected in the civilized world as one of the
benefactors CT his race, and have added
luster to the entire medical profession of
the United States"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
1T WOULDN'T STOP.

state Department Elevator Refused
to Take ON Board Secretary Gresham.
They have a new elevator in the State
Department.. 1t does not work like one
of the old-fashioned kind. In fact, it is a
novelty in its way. They have been tin
kering with 1t for more than three weeks
now. but apparently have not made it
success yet. Tuesday a lady and gentle
man were entering the elevator. when 1t
started off without warning. The gentle
man, who was last in, had to spring in
in order to save himself and very narrowly
escaped being cut in two as the elevator
shot upward. A few moments later Secre-
tary Gresham came out Of his office to go
sprang forward and pressed the electric
button. The elevator was somewhere in
the upper stories. 1t came down with a
rush, and before the elevator man could
stop it it was at the basement floor. The
elevator man had seen the Secretary wait
ing and he knew that 1t was a breach
of etiquette, not to say dangerous busi-
ness, not to stop for the head of the de-
partment in any of the public buildings
and carry him wherever he wanted to CO.
Besides, he had heard the Secretary growl
Here, here" as the machine went by.
Anxious to redeem himself the elevator
man made another effort and started the
machine for the second floor, where the
Secretary stood waiting. But he could not
stop 1t. The Internal thing acted like
dozen or more diplomats of foreign coun-
tries, bent upon exasperating the head of
the State Department. 1t was now on
the third floor and the constant ringing
of the bell showed that the Secretary was
not only impatient, but was getting angry,
very near the. point of Spanish rlti-
matum. The elevator again started down,
but it went by the Secretary again. By
this time the elevator man was ratified.
He would not have given much for his
position. He threw the lever far back
and let her go, and before he, was aware
of what happened he was among the sky
lights. The Secretary did not stop to try
that elevator any more. He had wasted
nearly five minutes of valuable cabinet
time, and he went over to the side of the
building occupied by the Navy Department
and patronized one of the navy elevators.
This was running smoothly, but the ex-
perience of the Secretary will probably
result in another elevator which may not
run SO fast. but which will be more in
keeping with diplomacy, as it should be,
steady and sure.
Yesterday Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, had a similar expe
rience, but as be soon observed that the
"lift" was out of order he moved quietly
away, casting furtive glances about to
see If any one had seen him.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
SULTIMATEOBJECT
To Press Her Frontier in Vepezuela 90 az
to Encompass the Gold Fields :.
Senator Morgan Thinks the United
States Should Ask the Direct Ques.
tion If This is Her Purpose.

Senator Morgan, chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee, was asked
today how he regarded the situation in
Venezuela and replied by saying:
Il have no doubt that Great Britain's ul-
Innate purpose is to press her frontier
sufficiently far into the interior to en-
compass the rich gold fields of that sec
tfon, though she will, of course, not dis
close this purpose In the immediate future,
but will rather confine her demands to the
territory at the mouth Of the Orinoco
river.
DO think that the United States should
permit this aggression" he asked, repeat
ing question. Il do not 1 think the di-
rect question should be put to Great Brit
ain by our diplomats as to whether she
proposes either by purchase or conquest
to extend her domain beyond her present
claims In case of negative reply 1
should advise that the United States should
not interfere with the settlement of exist
ing disputes but do not believe that Eng
land could be brought to this definite prom
ise not to press her boundaries further in
that section, because of the rich gold mines
known to exist there. I am convinced, as
believe most men must be, who have
given attention to the question, that Eng
lands desire is to control those gold de-
posits. Such a course would be in ac-
cord with her policy in other parts of the
6iope' ana IL goes mana IN hand with her
gold monometallist policy at home. Con-
trolling the principal gold fields of the
world, England naturally desires to main
tain the gold standard, and she as nat
urally wishes to extend her gold possess
sions. 1t is to her interest to do so, and
l cannot say that 1 blame her. but that is
no reason why the United States should
stand idly by and allow her to carry this
policy into effect. Furthermore it is evil
IDENTIFY the policy of the present British
administration to acquire desirable ter
ritory when it can do so, as witness the
effort to secure Necker Island in the Ha-
waiian group and her dispute with France
over African territory 1t is most probable
that instead of making any definite reply
to this supposititious question. England
would evade it. In that event 1 think we
should invoke the Monroe doctrine forth
with"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
March of the British Troops on
Chitral.
FIELD AND MOUNTAIN GUNS CARRIED
Deep Snow and Intense Cold En-
countered.
A B A TT LIE ECTED

CALCUTTA, April ia dispatch from
Kelley, the commander of the British
forces which have been attempting to
reach Chitral from Gilgit since March IS,
has succeeded in crossing the Shandar pass
and was about sixty miles from Chitral on
April T..
The march of the troops was a most
pass is 1000 feet high and is impossible
for wheels. The pioneers had to carry the
field and mountain guns during the last
seven miles of the route. through deep
snow and with the weather intensely cold.
The troops suffered in many cases from
frost-bitten feet.
Simla the enemy was in position twenty
miles distant from the force commanded
by Col. Kelly, and an engagement was ex-
pected
1t is learned that Lieuts. Fowler and Ed
win, the two officers belonging to the Brit
ish garrison at Chitral who have been re-
ported missing for some time past, were in
vited to a polo match at Reshun, where
they were treacherously seized, and their
escort, consisting of twenty Bengals, was
overcome by sup Arior numbers and slain.
Another report says that Lieut. Fowler
was killed by a foster bi0ther of Amir VI
Mulk, the present ruler of Chitral, who
samed the rank of mshtar after having
murdered his elder brother, Nizam- u Mulk,
the late mehtar.
Another dispatch from Simla says that
the latest news from the front points
strongly to the collapse of the power of
Umra Khan, the intruder. It is added that
the fanatical gatherings upon whose help
he counted, and who have hitherto offered
the most serious resistance to the British
forces, are now dispensing.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
MAY BE A STRADDLE.


Mr.. George B. Parsons of Illinois. who
was enrolling clerk of the last House of
Representatives, and is a man well versed
in democratic politics of his native state,
is in the city today. In talk with Star
reporter Mr.. Parsons expressed the fear
that the coming democratic convention in
Illinois may possibly execute "straddle"
on the question of unlimited free coinage
of silver.
II can see certain contingencies which
might prevent the convention taking an
out and out stand for free silver said Mr..
Parsons. 1T will depend altogether upon
the makeup of the county delegations The
representation from Chicago, Cook county,
is likely to control one-third of the con-
vention. If eX-Mayor Hopkins and his
friends capture this delegation it will mean
a strong anti-sllver sentiment injected into
the proceedings of the convention. If the
labor vote is largely represented in the
delegations from the big counties it will
mean 4 conservative stand on silver.
Lower Illinois, Of course, will send
delegation whose sentiment will be strong
ly in favor of silver. but it may not be
numerically strong enough to outweigh
the representation of the northern and GEN.
trail counties. The result then might be
that the convention would declare for BIZ
metallism, and content itself with this and
a hope that an International arrangement
could be reached in behalf of silver"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
PERRY MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
The Famous Train Robber Breaks
From an Asylum.

The Famous Train Robber Breaks
From an Asylum.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, April 11.-Five
inmates of the state asylum for insane
criminals at Matteawan. including Oliver
Curtis Perry of Syracuse. train robber,
made their escape from the institution last
night and are still at large. Those who
made the attempt with Perry are Patrick
Mcclure. a very dangerous man. who once
before broke out of the asylum; Michael
oDonnsll and Frank Davis of New York
city and John Quigley of Astoria, Staten
Island.
Night Watchman Carmody was making
his rounds at IL o'clock and had passed
from the main building into the isolation
annex, where the more dangerous of the
prisoners are kept when he was attacked
by the five men, overpowered and deprived
of his keys before he could make an out
cry. Then the convicts fed toward the
chapel.
AS they ran Keeper Carmody raised an
alarm, which quickly brought out Superin-
tendent Allison and the guards. Perry and
his companions, however, reached the
chapel without being intercepted and
through that room made their way to the
roof through the scuttle. Then Perry slid
down the roof to the caves, from which he
dropped to the ground, the fall being about
twenty-five feet. AS the others We're fol-
lowing his example they were discovered
and one shot was fired at them. Four Of
the prisoners followed Perry's lead and es-
capped. The fifth was too late, but he
scrambled back into the darkness where
he remained until daybreal, when he made
his escape.
large force of guards was sent to scour
tie country for the escaped convicts, and
word was sent to all points where IL was
thought they might appear
Evening star., 1895-04-11
TO EXTEND THE CLOSED ZONE.
The Proposition Now Said to Hny
Originated With Russia.

Originated With Russia.
The proposition made by our State De-
partment to extend the closed zone in the
North Pacific from the Both degree Of longi-
tude, as defined by the Paris arbitration.
westward to the shore of Asia, it now ap-
pears, really originated with Russia, which
country was the first to perceive the in
efficiency of the present regulations to pro-
tect the seal herds. Russia has always as
serted as a right with the United States
secured under the arbitration the priv
ilege of protecting seals in Bering sea
opposite her own coasts. But the waters
arbitration. and the figures gathered by
Collector Milne at Victoria last fall show
that the number of seals killed on the
Asiatic and unprotected side far exceeded
the number killed in the defiEed zone east
of the 35th degree in the open season.
When Secretary Gresham last August ad-
dressed a note to the Russian minister here
inviting his government to adhere to the
agreement for the protection of the seals
in force between the United States and
Great Britain he promptly replied as fol-
lows: Il think that can, however, at once
inform you that Russia having to the same
degree as the United States an interest and
imperative duty to equally assure in her
imperial government could not give its ad-
hesion to the Paris regulations and to the
legislative measures adopted in consequence
thereof at Washington and London unless
the totality of these measures be applied
likewise to all the waters of the Pacific
situated to the north of the 35th degree of
north latitude"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
DIED WITHOUT CONFEssINa.
"COyote DiclS," Charged With the
DennisOn, Tex, Murders.

DENNISON. Texas. April 1l.-Dick Ed
wards. alias Billy Leroy. convicted Of the
murder of Mrs. Hattie Haynes. committed
here on the night of May II. 1892 and sem
fenced to life imprisonment is dead In
Huntsville prison. 1t was believed that
Edwards killed three of the women and
wounded the fourth on that eyentful night.
He maintained his innocence to the last
and when approached for confession re-
piled that he had nothing to say. and died
sumption UNI was the cause Of death after two
months confinement. In the west Ed
wards was known as Coyote Dick. He
was we'll known in Salt Lake, where he
was charged with the murder of a man
named Callahan in 1891. He was also
credited with the murder of a woman in
Chicago.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
"wHERE THE NEW WOMAN ISL
California Waiter Girls Object to Dis
c0r1inE Frizxes.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11-wfth fash
ing eye and arms akimbo, the waiter girls
in Dennet's coffee house are discussing the
latest order from the proprietor Of the
many coffee houses In the Union This
order emanated from headquarters at
Brooklyn. N. Y, and is causing his ten
walters in this city no end of worry.
1t is to the effect that all frizzes on the
side of young women's heads must be
combed out straight and plastered down
and held by combs if inclined TO be fluffy,
and the hair at the back of the head must
be braided. Puff sleeves must be aban-
doned.
To all this one of the mattresses in this
city replied follows on behalf of herself
and her companions: ITS like this. We
don't take off the curls-not on our lives
we don't. l want to see the men thatu
tell me how to dress myself. You know
we ARE in uniform now. We don't mind a
good, long prayer in the morning; we don't
mind uniform dresses and that sort Of
thing. But plaster our hair down on our
heads and split it in the middle, ugh, rot
on his life. 1t takes an eastern girl to
give in to such a freak as that. This is
California. where the new woman is. We
don't stand no such nonsense. Bangs and
fluffy hair go here for three meals. You'll
not see me without my curis-not on your
life"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
THE CASE OF Mr.. WALLER
The Gunboat Oastine Will Soon Be at Mad
agascar.
A Trial by Civil Tribunal to BE Sc.
cured for the Ex-COnsul
General.

The gunboat Castine will probably be at
Madagascar within few weeks, and the
1ew Americans sojourning on that distant
island will then be reasonably sure of pro-
lection during the progress of hostilities be-
tween the French and the Hovas. The
Castine left Alden, Arabia, yesterday for
Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa, a
run of 1,720 miles. She will next make a
short visit to Mozambique and then proceed
direct to Madagascar. The length of her
stay in that country will depend entirely
upon the progress Of events At any rate,
she will remain there SO long as necessary
for the protection Of American interests
from foreign Interference.
To Protect American Interests.
She was ordered there for that express
purpose weeks before news was received of
the alleged outrage perpetrated upon ex-
Consul Waller by the French authorities.
That case is now being investigated by
the consular officers in the vicinity, and
the action Of the State Department will be
based upon their reports. Waller is un-
questionably an American citizen and en-
titled to full protection as such. The main
question to be determined by the Secretary
OF State is whether he will quietly acqui-
esce in the action of the French authorities
trial by military tribunal on charges of
conspiring with the Hovas against the
French protectorate.
The Policy of the Department..
The policy Of the department has been
invariably to insist that Americans Offend
ing against foreign authorities shall be
given fair legal trial before a civil tri-
bunal. This stand was taken in the case
of Americans arrested in Cuba. whom the
authorities wanted to try by military court
martial. 1t is said at the State Depart
ment that no special instructions have been
sent to the commander of the Castine with
respect to the Waller case, but that he will
be communicated with later on the subject
In case 1t becomes necessary to do SO. He
would naturally act in cooperation with
the resident consular officers in such a case
without specific Instructions.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
A SUIT FOR INTEREST.
Senator Hill Argues for the State of
New YOrk's Claim.

Senator Hill Argues for the State of
New YOrk's Claim.
The United States Supreme Court is en-
gagged today In hearing arguments in the
suit of the state Of New York agt. the
United States far s13l, 1877 interest on money
advanced ty the state in equipping troops
sent to the war in 1851. The original sum
amounted to $3,OOO.0OO, a part of which,
81, 2250, 600, was raised as public state loan,
while the remainder was borrowed from
the state canal fund. The national govern
nsent refunded the principal. but refused
to 1ecoup the state for the interest paid by
it on the borrowed money. The claim was
submitted to the Court of Claims, which
allowed the part Of it based on the interest
paid en- the money raised on the public
bonds, amounting to $91 800, but declined to
allow the remainder. $50 s67, paid on the
canal fund This decision was alike unsatis
factory to the state and to the federal gov
ernment, and 10th appealed to the Supreme
Court. Senate. Hill argued the case today
for New York, and Assistant Attorney
General Whitney for the United States.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
TOO MUCH LIKE LOTTERY.
The Post Office Authorities Discover q
Questionable Prize Business.

The Post Office Authorities Discover n
Questionable Prize Business.
The post office officials have lately been
Investigating the status Of a local business
firm and the methods 1t pursues, with the
result that the company has been ordered
to make change in its advertisements, or
else the duty would devolve upon the post
office of stopping its mails.
For some time past the National Seed
Company, 91S F street, has been printing
extensive advertisements in newspapers re-
mote from Washington. offering to sell
seeds cheap, and at the same time furnish
ing particular inducements to readers to
deal with this company. The circulars Of
the company contain an offer of money
prizes, which the post office has construed
as in the nature of lottery. Each circular
contains rough cut of mans face, with
the statement that there are three hidden
faces about it. They are very apparent
one in the beard, one behind the neck and
one in the forehead Of the old mans face.
The circular states that every one who cor
rectly locates the three faces is entitled to
seven handsome art pictures" suitable
for framing and decorative purposes. Fur
ther, the National Seed Company offers to
sell seed in packages Of nineteen varieties,
and $15 Is to be given in premiums with
every 100 purchases. According to the cir
cular the mail of the company is received
unopened and assorted into packages of
100 The letters are numbered up to 1OO
end the last letter in each series, being
numbered 100, entities the writer to- a
prize of s1O and the ninety-ninth to a
premium of IS in gold.
In it's letters to newspapers throughout
the country authorizing the insertion of
extensive advertisements no names are
signed, but in the letter heads are printed
the names of several local concerns to
which reference is made by permission
Among these is the firm Of Bell & Co., but
oI,iv, lrv1av lodi nf fho
National Seed Company, and declines to
stand sponsor for its financial standing.
The matter was placed in the hands of
Inspector Smith of the Post Office Depart
ment, it having been decided that the Of
fers of the company partook too largely
of the nature of a lottery. He visited the
Office of the company and saw the sup
posed head of the concern. He warned the
company that unless this style of adver-
tisements and these offers were discontin-
ued the company would be debarred the
privileges Of the mails, and that all It's let
ters would. be held up. The company saw
the situation in which it was placed, and
promised to conform more closely to the
rules of the department There the mat
ter rests and up to the present the mail
of this company is still being delivered,
but the officials of the department insist
that If the promises to give money prizes
are lived up to the machinery of the law
governing lotteries will be put in motion.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
HAWAIIAN VESSELS.
A Circular Issued by the Commits
sfoner of Navigation.

Circular Issued Dy INC CoMMIs-
sioner of Navigation.
Mr.. Chamberlain, commissioner Of navi-
Cation, has issued the following circular in
regard to the admission of Hawaiian YES
sells:
This office being satisfied that the rules
concerning the admeasurement for ton
mage of vessels of the United States have
been substantially adopted by the govern
ment of Hawaii, Hawaiian vessels arriving
in the United States shall hereafter be
deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in
their certificates of registry or other ma
ticpal papers, and it shall not be necessary
for such vessels, when furnished with such
certificates, to be readmeasured in any
port of the United States. The amount of
any deductions and omissions, however,
not authorized by the admeasurement laws
of the United States must be added to the
register tonnage of such vessels"
Evening star., 1895-04-11
BURGLARS GANG CAPTURED.
The Robbers Run Down I'm Stafford
County. Va.

FREDERICKSBURG,V Va, April 11.-Sher-
If Kennedy of Stafford county has arrest
ed five men charged with burglary and rob-
berry. For several months the upper part
of Stafford county has been terrorized by
systematic burglaries and rohberies. The
five men caught are members of regular
gang. with a hiding place and rendezvous
In the woods, where hundreds of dollars
worth of goods were found.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
A Certificate of Merit.

The Sailing Club of London. England,
has awarded a certificate of merit to Mr..
Arthur B. Cassidy, principal draughtsman
in the bureau of construction and repair,
Navy Department, for an exhibit of a de-
sign and model for a single handed cruiser,
with an average length Of thirty feet.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
Admiral Meade's Fleet.

Admiral Meade's fleet, consisting of the
New York, Minneapolis and Columbia, ar
rived at Port au Prince, Hayti. yesterday
1t is expected that they will next visit
Colon. Assistant Secretary McAdoo is
passenger on the Columbia.
Evening star., 1895-04-11
STILL AT WOODLEY.
The President Did Not Come to the
White House Today

White House Today.
The President did not come into the city
today. 1t was said at the White House
that he remained at Woedley because he
could do more work there. and would not
be subject to as much interruption from
congressional visitors as if he spent the
day in his office at the White House. He
will undoubtedly come into town tomorrow
be accessible to visitors. Mrs. Cleveland
was at the White House for a short time
this morning, and accompanied Mrs. Bene-
diet of New York, who has been her guest
say goodbye