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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06

Thomas D. Walker of the revenue cutter
service is at tie Ebbitt, from New York
Capt. r. H. Pratt of the army, who is in
charge cf the Indian school at Carlisle, and
Miss Mana Pratt. are at the Ebbitt.
Capt. F. V. Abbot of the army is at the
Ebbitt
A party of prominent buckeyes at the
Ebbitt consists of w. S. McKepnon. L. w.
Jarvis j. NJ Townsend, f. r. Morrison
and II. L. Morrison of Ashtabula and VIM.
Cummings, G. B. Mallory, A. ]. Greeniey
and r. j. Lyons of Cleveland.
A party Of sightseers from New York
at the Riggs House consists of Mrs. l.
B. Strong, Mrs. Mllard and Mrs. John
Fohes, with her child and maid.
w. ii. Baker,vice president of the Postal
Telegraph, and Miss n. Baker, his daugh-
ter, are at the Raleigh, on their way to
Florida.
Vice President A. 3. Andrews of the
Southern railway is at the Raleigh
DIR: Hugh Mcclure Of Cumberland is at
the Raleigh
]. B. Tiffany, the well-known New York
decorator is on q pleasure trip to the cap
ital, and is stopping at the Ebbitt.
Commander H. Savory of the royal navy
and Mrs. Savory are at the EDbitt.
E. c. BeEedict, President Cleveland's in
timate friend, with his wife, and L. l..
HaStings, another chum of Mr.. Cleveland's,
who is also accompanied by his wife, are at
entertainment tonight.
Miss Iaw, the soprano, is at the Arlirg-
ton.
John B. SchoeffeI of the theatrical firm
of Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau is at the
Arlington.
w. w. Peabody. the Cincinnati railroad
nnagnate, is at the Arlington.
Chas. A. Pillsbury, the Minneapolis million
aire miller, is al the Arlington.
John Russell Young, who has just return
ed from an EXTENDED trip through Mexico,
is at the Arlington.
Russell j. Wilson, the prominent San
Francisco lawyer is at the Arlington. The
Stanford case brings him to Washington
y ca blegram received in this city from
Morton Beale, formerly minister to Persia,
announces his arrival at Tifiis.
Mr.. c. H. White is lying dangerously i'll
at his home, No. SD L street northeast.
Col. c. H. Carlton, eighth cavalry,
commanding Fort Meade S. D., is in
the city on leave OF absence. He is at
the Shoreham
Col. P. c. Hainer, corps of engineers, and
Major +. II. Phipps, ordnance department,
are in the city in attendance at the meet
ing of the board of fortitications
Capt. r. H. Pratt, tenth cavalry is in
the city on business before the Indian bu-
reau.
Lieut.. Col. ]. A. Smith, corps of engineers.
is in the city under orders from the chief
of engineers.
Paymaster S. r. Calhoun of the navy is
in the city on leave Of absence.
Naval Constructor A. W. Stahl has re-
ported at the Navy Department for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
MILITARY AND PRIZE FIGHTS
Army Officers Don't Like the Bill Passed by
the House.
Yet If 1t Becomes u Law They Will
Execute It's PrOvisions-Mode
of Procedure.

Army officers on duty at the War Depart
ment and at headquarters do not relish
the idea of employing the army to sup
press the prize fighting, and even Chicken
fights, as contemplated in the Catron bill
passed by the House yesterday. How
ever, ii the bin becomes a law they say
they are prepared to do all in their power
to execute its provisions if called upon
The procedure of setting in motion the
machinery Of the army, as described at
the department, in such a case as the pro-
jected prize fight, would be for the gov
ernor Of New Mexico, or any territory Of
the United States which may be the scene
Of the unlawful gathering, to call upon
the United States marshal of the territory
to act. The marshal might then, if he
felt 1t TO be necessary, call upon the COM
this case General Wheaton at Denver, for
the assistance of the United States
troops to enforce law which it was pro-
posed to violate. General Wheaton would
ties of the demand, and upon their au-
thorization, which, of course would not
be withheld in such a case as prize
fight the troops would be detailed from
the nearest military post to accompany
the marshal to the scene of trouble and
enforce the law, acting entirely under his
direction as posse commitaIuS.
me war Department authorities say
they have an ample. force of troops in New
Mexico and adjacent to the Mexican bor-
der to take care of any number of sports
who would be likely to take chances of ar
rest on charges of felony by attending or
IN any manner participating in the project
ed night Troops are stationed SO near the
railroads as to insure their early appear
ance at any point where a gathering might
be anticipated. Just across the New Mex
tcan line, in Texas is Ft. Bliss, where there
are stationed troop A of the fifth cavalry
and companies ID and Fl of the eighteenth
infantry. Just above the border, between
New Mexico and Mexico is FIT Bayard
with full garrison, troop 1 of the first
cavalry, troop d of the seventh cavalry
and companies D. Z and G of the twenty
fourth Infantry (colored troops. Further
forth in New Mexico, at Fort Wingate
there are four troops of the second cavalry
troops e, G, H and K, altogether making
a force capable of acting speedily and eff
fecuvely against any mob that could be
assembled.
The War Department officials, however
While recognizing the probability of the
er ractment of the Catron bill, feel confident
that the services OF the troops will not be
called for, believing, that the heavy penal
ties provided for the breach of the law and
the fact that it is Of national application
ald that therefore violators may be fol-
lowed and arrested anywhere in the United
States Will operate to compel an abandon
nent OF the project to pull the fight off in
the territories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
RED LAKE PINE,
Delegation of Indians Present Their
Complaint About Its Sale.


A delegation Of Indians from the Mssis-
sippi, Red Lake and Leech Lake bands of
Chippewas in northern Minnesota are in
Washington to secure, if possible, modi-
fcatton CT the usual method of allotting
their lands. The Red Lake reservation,
one-third of which has the remarkable dis
tinction of being the last and only piece of
virgin soil in the United States, never hav-
ing been ceded or conquered, contains g.
2oO,COo acres, half of which is fertile farm
inS land on the plateau bordering the Red
RlVer valley, and the other half the finest
timber land on the continent. The Chippe-
was object to the employment of three
commissioners at their expense to allot the
eighty-acre tracts that are to so to the In
dlans and also against the force of timber
inspectors and examiners that are slowly
gong over the stumpage of 7,G00,000,O0O
feet Of first-class Norway and white pine
to be sold for the benefit of the tribe The
whole tribe numbers about 1,7U0 souls. They
are about as civilized as the white people
around them, have their schools, churches,
selI-establisned courts and similar evil
dences Of civilization. If their pine is sold
before they die the Chippewas will be the
richest Indians in the world. But at the
present rate with but twenty inspectors
at work at rate which in six years has
covered but mere beginning of their task,
there is no large prospect of immediate
wealth to theSe children Of the forest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
MIR. UHL.S NOMINATION.
Delay Simply Caused by Necessity of
the Usual FormaIitics.

While the nomination of Assistant Sec
retary Uhl to be ambassador to Germany
has been delayed longer than was expect
ed, it is said that there has been no hitch
and that the delay has been caused solely
by the necessity of submitting TO the for
malities usual in such affairs. 1t is GUS
tomary, it appears, in making such APP
pontments to first ascertain whether the
person selected viii be persona grata to the
government to which ii is proposed to ac-
credit him. In this case, the nomination Of
Mr. Uhl went directly before Emperor
William, in view of the fact that being an
ambassador he would have the right to
approach him in person. Today word came
from Berlin that Mr.. Uhfs appointment
would not only be unobjectionable, but
would be welcomed with qualification %
the emperor, SO that nothing now remains
to be done but to submit the nomination
for the action of the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
NEWS FROM COREA.
Serious Trouble Expected From Adj
NnnceS of RusSia.

News has been received here from Corea
that indicates that serious trouble may be
expected early in the approaching spring,
through the advances of Russia into the
country, which will certainly arouse the
japanese to resistance. The cabinet of Co
rea now claim to have reliable informa ton
to show that the murder of the late queen
was long premeditated, and that Count
Miura was sent to Corea for the express
purpose of making way with her. Not
withstanding this knowledge, three ignor-
ant persons were executed for the murder.
The people of Corea are greatly disturbed
by one phase of the reform movement now
in full play in their country, and that is
decree requiring them to cut off their top
knots. These topknots, known as "sangto,"
have been from earliest times s2crediy
cherished by Coreans, and no man dared
to appear in pubic without one. Only
few years ago there We're formidable riots
in Seoul growing out of the fact that some
person had cut off the topknots of a num-
Der of soldiers while the latter sept, and II
is reported that while the king sacrificed
his own topknot in order to institute the
reform, he shed bitter tears while he did SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
THE COAL COMBINE.
1t Will Not Affect the Consumer by
Increasing the Price.


Second Vice Pres dent S. NJ Williams Of
the Jersey Central railroad is at the Shore
ham, accompanied by his daughter. They
are intimate friends of the Clevelands. and
Miss Williams will be ore of the receiving
party at the Executive Mansion tonight.
Mr.. Williams was talked with by Star
reporter this morning regarding the agree
nent recently entered into by the coal
carrying roads relating to a distribution of
tonnage.
NO coal combine as it has been de-
clared, has been formed" said Mr.. Will
Jams. There has been a general demorali-
zation among the coal-carrying roads, ow-
ing TO the endeavor of some of them to Sc
cure major part CT the traffic The agree
ment meeely provides for fair and lust
distribution of the tonnage among them
The effect has not been and will not be to
raise the Price of &C al to the consumer. II
would be a good thing for the latter in
deed, If the CO al interests could be consol-
idated; but the trust law would prevent
this Under such a consolidation the bust
less OF mining and carrying coal could be
much mOre economically conducted. and
lower prices assured to the public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06

given additional luster by; using the resolu-
ton introduced yesterday in the Senate as
background. Here is what Las Nove-
dades says in it's issue Of January 81:
Our Task Accomplished.
"'With the present number of Las Move
dades we discontinue our English depart
ment. Our aim in establishing such de-
partment, six months ago, was to present
to and defend the cause Of Spain in Cuba
before the press of the United States That
our efforts in this respect have not been in
vain has been made abundantly evident by
the frequent comments of our esteemed
contemporaries, to all of which we extend
our greetings and hearty thanks for their
frequent kind remarks.
"'The recent action of the Senate COM
mittee-at Washington may be considered as
final notice served upon the Cuban insur-
gents that the United States does not pro-
pose to extend recognition to a fraudulent
and iniquitous cause; and such being the
case, we feel that we can now rest from
our labors as far as the English section of
this paper is concerned.
Vale
II think that is very amusing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
Army Orders.

Lieut.. NJ. B. Stokes, tenth infantry, has
been ordered to report to the governor of
South Carolina at Columbia, for duty with
the militia of that state.
Capt @. ON. Gilmore, eighth cavalry,
mas been granted leave of absence for
three months.
Lieut.. Carroll A. Devoe. twenty-fifth in
fantry, has been detailed to duty as military
instructor at the State University of Wis
consin at Madison
Leave of absence for forty-fve days has
been granted Lieut.. c. G. Treat, fifth ar
tlllery, with permission to go abroad
Lieut. Warren p. Newcomb, fifth artil-
lery,has been granted forty-five days leave
OF absence, with permission to &c abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
LOOKS LIKE FILIBUSTERING.
Departure of n Mysterious Schooner
From Baltimore.


BALTIMORE. Md, February Ga mys-
terious schooner, with about thirty men
aboard, left here this morning under cir
cumstances which seem to Indicate another
filibustering expedition to Cuba. The vessel
was seen by an official of the Eastern Shore
Steamboat Company, moored to the pier of
that company, at the foot of South street,
at o'clock this morning.
Upon his arrival she hurriadly cast off,
crowd of men jumped aboard, and she put
10 sea, without giving him an opportunity
to discover her identity. The schooner Is
described as being much larger than those
which ordinarily ply upon Chesapeake bay
and the men who boarded her are said to
nave been well dressed and Of decidedly
foreign appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
WHITE PAPER costs so

little nowadays that some
newspapers print a large num-
Der OF give-away copies, which
never reach the eye of readers,
but go to the junk shops, or di-
rectly back to the paper mill.
They think they can afford to
do this, assuming that on the
basis of the number of copies
printed, whether actually circu-
lated or not, they can build up
a profitable advertising patron
age. The Star never does any
thing OF this sort. 1t doesn't
need to. The truth is good
enough forit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
Resolution Approved.

The President has signed the joint reso-
luton authorizing the application of part
of the funds appropriated for the Burling-
ton Qll) post Office building, to the fire
proofing of the structure, also the act to
reconvene the United States delegates TO
the International maritime conference OF
1889.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
Naval Movements.

The battle ship Maine has Joined the
North Atlantic fleet in Hampton roads The
cruiser Columbia arrived at Tompkinsylle
n. Y, this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06
To Make Land Auo,men,.

The President has appointed Jas. Fl Kin
name of Michigan to be special agent IN
make allotments of lands in severalty to
Indians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-06

If you want today's
news today you can find
1t only in The Star.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Marks the Opening Of the Sessions at
Victoria, B. c.
An Explosion Occurs in a Utah Mine,
Resulting i'm the Death of Two or
Three r1en and the Serious Injury
of Several Others-The Wife of a
Washington Rancher Cuts the
ThrOats of Her Three Children and
Attempts Suicide.

VICTORIA B. CO, Nov. 24.-The
opening of the Behring Sea Claims
Commission witnessed some prelimi-
nary fencing between Hon. F. Peters,
senior British counsel, and Hon. Den
NJ. Dickinson, senior counsel for the
United States.
Formal proceedings We're opened, and
Chandler =. Anderson of New York
was chosen Secretary. The rules OF
procedure were then taken up. Both
sides agreed on all but one, and here
they were diametrically opposed Mr.
Peters wanted the Canadian claims
dealt with singly, but to this Mr.. Dick
1nson strongly objected, arguing that
the British SealerS should put in all
their claims, and then the United States
authorities would submit their defense
at San Francisco.
Mr.. Peters replied that it might not
be necessary to sit in San Francisco.
The point was finally settled in favor of
the British contention.
Sixteen British claims totaling S459,-
6O0, and with interest added from the
time of seizure, We're filed to-day, and
ten more will follow tomorrow.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED.
Joe Souza, the Little Boy Who Killed
His Stepfather.

RED BLUFF, Nov. 24-The Grand
jury of this county, which adjourned
this morning, states in its report that
the District Attorney had submitted to
it the testimony taken at the prelimi-
nary examination in the case OF the
People VS.. Joe Souza, the eleven-year-
old boy charged with the murder of his
stepfather, a. c. Nunes.
The District Attorney had asked the
advice of the Grand Jury as to what
further action he should take in the
case. and the Grand Jury, after a full
examination of all the circumstances
connected with the affair, and consid-
ering the tender age of the defendant
Gid not believe that a jury would con-
Wet
The Grand Jury therefore recon-
mended that the District Attorney take
steps toward dismissing the case. Dis
trict Attorney Andrews states that he
will probably comply with the recon-
mendation of the Grand Jury in the
near future
Nunes was killed by young Souza at
Battle Creek, in this county, October
18th, while in the act of beating his
Wife, Souza's mother, with a stick of
wood. and the boy claimed that he
killed Nunes to save his mothers life.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
PROBABLY LYNCHED.
A Man Who CriminalIy Assaulted a
Five-Year- old Girl.

KNOXVILLE CTenn.), Nov. PA
lynching has probably occurred tonight
on the State line between North Caro-
lima and Tennessee, near Zionsville, N.
Z. Friday a man named Mitchell, 80
years old, criminally assaulted the five
year-old daughter of John Eggars. The
man caught the girl while she was play
ing in a vacant house, and after ac-
complishing his deed, escaped, going to
Johnsonville, where officers arrested
him to-day. They left with Mitchell for
louisville late this evening and he was
taken from the train at Allentown, but
nothing further can be learned, as the
telegraph offices are closed
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Roswell p. Flower Banqueted.

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.--It was a no.
table gathering that assembled at the
clubhouse of the Democratic Club to-
night to honor former Governor Ros-
well p. Flower for the good work he did
personally in the cause of honest money
and national probity.
Robert b. Roosevelt presided at the
guests table. and on his right was Gov
eror Flower. At either side sat Perry
Belmont, William d. Bynum of Indiana,
Senator John Fox, Governor Waller,
Surrogate Arnold and Isador Strauss.
Three cheers greeted the former Gov
eronr as he rose to speak. Governor
Flower bowed a moment, and then talk
ing up the thread of Mr.. Roosevelt s
toast, said: II would rather be ten
dered such banquet as this than be
President" Governor Flower spoke at
length. congratulating the people upon
the election of Mckinley and the pres
ervation of the Nations honor
The record-union., 1896-11-25
ALCOHOL FOR MANUFACTURES.
Hatmakers Want Congress to Remove
the Tax.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.-The Con-
gressional joint committee investigating
the subject of the use of free alcohol in
the arts and manufactures and in
medicinal compounds, with view to
devising and reporting a scheme of reg
ulations by which that use may be Sc
cured without detriment to the reve-
nues of the Government, resumed it's
sessions to-day at the Capitol. All the
members were present except Senator
Aldrich.
Charles H. Merritt, accompanied by S.
c. Holly, j. c. Millard, Frank M. Storr
and Nelson Booth, appeared as repre-
sentatives of the National Association
of Hatmakers, and addressed the COM
mittee. He explained the modus oper-
andi of making stiff hats to show where
in alcohol was used in the construction
of the article. It's office is to dissolve
gum shellac and thereby fit it for intro
duction in the hat body to stiffen it.
Wood alcohol is almost entirely used
although the general consensus of opin-
ION OF manufacturers was that grain
alcohol was superior to wood alcohol
The competition in the trade is so close
Mr.. Merritt said, that the makers of felt
mats were entitled to whatever aid the
Government could give them. Wood al
cohol pays no internal revenue tax so
that 1T cuts no figure to the Government
But the trade wants to use grain alco-
hol, and would do so if 1t were free from
tax.
Mr. Holly, also a member of the Hat
makers Committee, confirmed the
statement that if manufacturers use
grain alcohol in their business the peo-
pie would get better hat for the same
money.
Mr.. Bates Of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau. who was present with two or three
associates, expressed the opinion that
the removal of the tax upon alcohol used
in manufactures would be tremendous
temptation to commit frauds upon the
revenues.
The hearing at this point drifted into
an informal discussion of methods by
which frauds could be prevented, if at
all. Mr.. Bates said the least objection
albe method probably would be to re-
quire the manufacturers to pay the
cost OF extra precaution.
Frank Storr and Nelson. Booth. oper-
atives, gave to the committee the results
of their experience as to the effects Of
wood alcohol upon employees who work
with 1t. These are generally bad pro-
ducing headaches Inflammation of the
eyes and a catarrhal-like condition Of
the throat.
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
informally addressed the committee
He said that three propositions could
not be denied: Filst-That alcohol used
as beverage and to make men drunk
should be taxed 800 per cent. Second
That alcohol used in the arts and medf-
cines should not be taxed at all. or at
most only enough to save the Govern
ment In the matter of expenditure for
extra precaution. Third-That il
should not be taxed more when used in
beneficial medicines. To say that such
a law could not b. passed and success
fully administered was to impeach the
ability of the American people to organ
lZe a proper revenue bureau 1t had
been done in other countries, and could
be done here
After an executive session, the COM
mittee adjourned to meet Monday
morning next in New York City.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
A Pioneer Gone.

The death is announced of Leland
Howe. the pioneer house raiser, who
passed away in this city yesterday at
the age of 75 years.
Deceased came here in very early
days and was a member of the Pho
neers' Association. His health had been
poor for some time past. His wife's
death occurred couple of years ago
she was an active worker in the tenn
perance cause
The record-union., 1896-11-25
nL-FATED SAN BENITO.
The Vessel Abandoned to the Iiercy
of the Waves.

POINA ARENA, Nov. 24.-The wreck
of the San Benito has been abandoned
to the waves, it being found impossip.e
to save any portion of the machinery
or hull. The list of drowned as prlnteo
in last nights dispatches needs no re-
vision. and there is nothing TO aod tC
the story of the disaster. The steam
shin Point Arena, having on board
twenty-nine survivors of the ill-fated
collier. will sail from Mendocino to-
morrow for San Francisco, calling at
tbss mort for the eight seaman landed
here
The record-union., 1896-11-25
Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: E. Kennedy, Sam Thall, Jo-
seph jacobson, New York; A. T.. Win
ship. w McMullen, Boston; Frank Mat
tison, Santa Cruz: e. Carl Bank and
wife, lone; w. f. Gilbert and wife, A
w. Hine, George c. Putnam, Melville
Dinkelspiel. c. w. Hodgson, Julius
Loebel, II. c. Reck, Alfred s. Rix, s. F.
Booth, W. r. Norway, Z. J. Lawton,
San Francisco.
The record-union., 1896-11-25
PRAIRIE FIRE IN OKLAHOMA.
Sixteen Persons Reported Burned to
Death by the Raging Flames.

GUTHRIE (Oka.), Nov. PA dense
prairie fire swept over the Seminole
country this morning. near Rochelle
Sixteen persons. it is reported were
burned to death by the raging flames.
A Catholic mission was saved by the
heroic work of Sisters Freda and Kirk.
These two sisters fought the flames for
two hours with blankets, and saved the
lives of twenty Indian pupils.
The fire was started by outlaws who
were fleeing from a posse of deputies
Most of the people burned were half
breed Indians