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Evening star., 1897-03-11
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
Mr.. Gary Had Quite Number of Callers at
the Department Today.
Representative Cannon Talked Over
the Project of Moving the Office
senator " Weliin&ton's Conference.

Among Postmaster General Gary's callers
today was Senator Thomas c. Plat. who
came simply TO pay his respects and took
very little tire for the ceremony Senator
w wellington. who was too late yesterday to
see the Postmaster General. was more sue
cessfui today. and had quite a talk with
his fellcw-citiZeu from Maryland Senators
Davis of Minnesota and Wilson of Wash
ington also called. Senator Cullom. Repre-
sentative Joe Cannon, Representative Per
kins of Iowa. Representative Br5wnlow of
Tennessee and Major Carter of Hartford
county, Md. We're callers.
Mr.. Cannon's errand was to talk over
with Mr. Gary his pet idea of moving the
Post Office Department into the new city
post office. There was $lnoro appropria ted
by rha sundry civil bill 10 carry out this
proposition. Notwithstanding Postmaster
General Wilson showed the House appro-
priations committee that there was not
enough room in the new post Office; that
the routine business of a great department
would he seriously interrupted. and in a
few years the department would again
have to be moved With the failure of the
sundry civil b:ll the plan of moving the
department is for time in a5eyance.
II the new Postmaster General should
take the view that il would oe inaGvisable
TO disturb his department by moving Nst
at time when he and his assistants were
iss1S lne routine OF tn1lr Work. MI
Carnon's proposition would probably be
omitted from the sundry civil bill when
presented for action by Congres IS i'm the
extra session. Mr. Gary has not express
ed an opinion on the matter Vet. but as
sured Mr.. Cannon he would take the mat
ter under careful advisement.
Mr.. Gary had no word today from Mr..
Perry 5. Heath. who is to be his first as
Sstant to when 1t would be convenient
for MIN TO qualify and enter mis- new
duties. Mr.. Frank Jones. the present first
assistant has placed his resignation at the
convenience of Mr.. Gary. Nothing there
fore is in the way of Mr.. Heath's taking
his Few office at once. AS the Senate will
be in session Monday. when the nomna-
uons OF new officials are expected il is
not likely the new first assistant will begin
work until next week
Evening star., 1897-03-11
PERIL OF THE NEW YORK.
Fire In the Cruiser Close to the Shell
Room.

NEW YORK. March 11.-According ~ a
story published here today. the shell room
of the cruiser New York received a Sc
we're scorching yesterday in this harbor
but by the timely discovery OF the danger
disaster was averted.
The cruiser was making her way from
Tompkinsville to the navy yard when
smoke was discovered issuing from the
shell room. Men sent down to investigat te
found that the steel partition separating
the shell room from the coal bunkers had
become heated from coal that had taken
fire. and the woodwork about the partition
had begun to glow.
Attempts to put out the fire with the aid
OF the water bucket created SO much steam
that .he men had to be out of the shell
room. Water was then pumped into the
bunker and shell room, and the fire ex-
tingushed.
The shell room was filled with shells, but
the heat had not become SO intense as to
explode them.
By the time the New York came off Gov
ernors Island the water pumped into her
had lowered her three feet and navigation
had to be very careful TO avoid striking
distractions
There 81 no explanation as to how the
ccal took fire. The damage TO the cruiser
Is said to be very slight.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
KANSAS MORTGAGES.
Reduction of Indebtedness I'm the
Past Seven AearS.

Past Seven Years.
TOPEKA, March 1.-THE Topeka Capital
publishes an elaborate statement of the re-
duction of the mortgage Indebtedness in
Kansas during the past seven years, show
ing decrease of II per cent. or over s1O5
Hn.oo0. since January l. 1890.
The comparison IS drawn between the
figures of the federal census of 1880 and
reports to the Capital from the registrars
Of deeds of thirty-eight counties, showing
the recorded mortgage Indebtedness on Jan
Uary |. 1897. In 1890 these counties had a
mortgage Indebtedness of s63 lbs 631 and in
1891, on the same basis, $;4.62o.1:;S a
ret reduction in the seven years of SIS
as, l!E'-over rs per cent. Ii the same per
centage holds good for the entire state the
tC jal reduction in Kansas for the seven
years amounts 10 slo5.96S, Dos.
Careful estimates of the same figures
show that only Si0,HUHD of land mortgage
debt is held by persons outside the state.
OF this Sl5.0oo.t0 is held by insurance
companies doing business in Kansas, and
therefore but s2o.ED, 900 by individual for
eign creditors, as compared with SSJoOo,U
in 1870
In 1870 the total mortgage debt of the
state on farms and lots was reported by
the census to be 81 Per cent of the actual
value of all taxed real estate Today It
does not exceed Il per cent The statement
shows that Kar sas has been diligently AMI
successfully paying out, and IS today prob
ably freer of debt than any other western
state 1t could pay its present foreign oh
legations Cf $2j.UO0,oOO from the proceeds of
a single crop,
Evening star., 1897-03-11
ADVICES FROM THE ORIENT.
Leading Topics In China, japan and
the Philippines.

VANCOUVER. B. c., March 1.-THE
steamer Empress of India has arrived from
the orient. She brings the following a,i-
Vices:
Smallpox is not so prevalent in Hong
Kong as few months ago, but in Japan i.
Is still raging fiercely, and the Hong Kong
board of health recommended that the gov
ernment declare Hogo and Kobe infected
ports.
There is no authentic information to hand
regarding the rebellion in the Philippines.
with the exception of a telegram February
u that the governor general had left Ma
n!lla to personally conduct operations
against the rebels at Cavite. Manila pa
pers still continue to publish reports of the
so-cal!ed successes of the Spanish troops,
but the numbers of killed and wounded on
the rebel side, as recorded in the Spanish
press since the beginning of the outbreak,
are either grossly exaggerated or the orig
NAL strength of the rebels is far greater
than the Spanish authorities willing TO
admit. Sugar growing districts are not
seriously affected by the rebellion, and tbs.
hemp district not at all.
Director Sheng has now obtained control
over all the Chinese RAILWAYS at present
in eXistefCe and those about to he con-
structed in the northern half of China
The reason given by l.. A. Satow. her
maJestys minister at Toxic, for Mrs. Ca
rev S reprieVe is that as the Japanese en-
peror was granting remission of sentence
to native criminals on the occasion of the
death of the empress dowager, it was fit
ting that Mrs. Carew should be reprievei
and her sentence commu,ed to one of penal
servitude for life. 1t is rumored that Mrs
Carew wrote to the minister asking that
the law take its course. as she preferred
death tc Imprisonment for life.
General alarm has been caused among
the rural population in the neighborhood OF
Sulsak bay, near Foo Chow, by the extra
ordinary bcldness of tigers prowling about
there night and day. Two men have been
carried off by the animals.
February ) the British bark Mary Curry
of Windsor, n. s., was destroyed by fire
while loading sugar at Ioto harbor. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
FOUR LIVES LOST.
Latest Reports Regarding the Rail.
way Disaster Near HnzIetOn. Pa.

EVANSVILLE, Ird.. March 11.-If cor
roborative testimony is worth anything.
only four lives We're lost in the Evansville
and Terre Haute wreck near HaZleton yes
terday. The dead: Geo. A. Sears of Terre
Haute, conductor; Joseph Boleman of
Evansville. fireman. Herbert Allen of
Evansville, late doorkeeper of the Indiana
legislature: one passenger. name unknown,
supposed to be a drummer.
The fact that some business cards were
given rise to a report that two passengers
were missing. One of the cards bore the
name of j. +. Phillips, Fort Wayne, and
the other the name of book firm at Chi
cago. Neither had the line presented by
filled out.
The injured: John K. McCutcheon of
ed but not seriously; Baldwin Hauesein of
Evansville. brakeman. foot horribly mash
ed and otherwise bruised; w. +. Hender-
son of the Henderson Comedy Company,
leg broken.
HaueSein and Henderson are in the hos
pital in this city receiving every attention.
Delayed passengers came in from Nincen-
mes via the Evansville and Indiana polls
road at = o'clock this morning The
Evansville and Terre Haute began this
morning conducting local business as far
rorth HaZleton on its main line Chi
cago and eastern business will oe sent via
the Evansville and Indianapolis and Balti-
more and Ohio Southwestern to Vincennes,
and thence on the Evansville and Terre
Haute main line.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
MADAME RUIZ IN THE CITY
The Widow of a Rutchered American Will
Claim Damages From Spain.
Report That the Spanish Representa-
tive Here Is EndenxOrfng to Set
tie the Matter Privately.

Madame Ruiz, the widow of the young
American doctor who was alleged to have
been recently murdered by the Spaniards
In Guanabacoa, Cuba, is now in Washing
ton and stopping with her five children,
three girls and two boys. at the house of
Mrs. Modjeska. No. l114 Corcoran street.
Madame Ruiz. who is about thirty years
of aSe, plainly shows the terrible effects
Of the intense suffering she has undergone.
and has scarcely recovered her self-posses-
sion sufficiently to he interviewed.
She does not speak English, but through
an Interpreter she said she was very glad
she was in this country. as she never
thought she would get out OF Cuba alive
as Major Fondeviea. the Spanish officer
Wfo ordered the hutChery of her husband
and who, she claimed. struck him thu. first
blow. told her, when she refused 10 siga
an affidavit stating that her husband had
NOT be satisfied until he had her and hsr
TWO daughters put in prison devoted 20
common women and her little sons place !!
in an orphan asylum.
As TO her movements in Washington
Madame Ruiz said she was in the hands of
her friends. who wish her to file a cia I'm
against Spain for exemplary dana ges for
her husbands death, and to secure the as
slStanoe of the State Department in proper
Madrid
1t is currently reported that the Spanish
minister. Senor Dupuy de LONE, is trying TO
privately arrange the affair so that it will
not become matter for international set
tlemcnt between the United States and
Spain.
Madame Ruiz is in very poor circum-
stances. having absolutely nothing to de-
pend upon for the support of herself and
children except the kindness of ner friends.
Some of the senators who haze seen the
correspondence in the Ruiz case are of the
opinion that the widow of Ruiz has a good
claim for damages. One of the reasons Civ
en- for not making the entire record public
Is that it might prejudice the case of the
Ruiz claim.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales regular call i2 O'Clock m. Capital TrAc,
c@%s: % 3 Is at 80 ssniI Merr%ntalr % ari Inoiyr
a, Al isG;- I,anston Monotype. 10 at .; 80 at ga;
District fo Columbia Bonds-- eo-year fund Is. Io3
bid :ioyear fund 6s, gold, lio bid Water sto,k
currency. ill. lid 3Gss. fnn,linr. carren:y. IH
Miscellaneous Bonds etroTolitan Railroad ..s
ll4l2 asked. Metropolitan Railroad rertidrai"s of
W asked Columbia liailr"ad lis, liz bid. Wash
"s'sn s'Sn Gas Gas Company s &C. sr. er. & IL IL I'D nd %
peake and Potomac Telephone 5s. 100 bid Amrri-
Ann ameicsn sry scary aa4 rit 5 .r s T. and Al and iS G i
bid Washington Market Company LIST 6s. lps hid
Mske ext mp J. @ b a M
sonic liall Association 5s, lot bid. Washington
National Bank sto,ks. Bank Of Washington. 275
bid Eank Of the Republic; 40 bid. 2lo ask"d.
sIs asked Farmers and eclani,s'. IL? bid: scs;
on. "nd iSs bid &C. Citizens iia bid coumtia i26
bid. Iosis asked Traders. - bid, rs asked! La
coin. lO2 bid 104 asked.
safe Depcsi, and Trust Companies, National Safe
ton Loan and Trust. 1888. bid. Ie3 asked Amcri-
ington safe Deposit, 81 hid.
Gas and Electric Light stocks. Washington Gas.
$. Electric Light, 81 bid. 30 asked
% Insa5anes s stocks Is bid Franklin
American. lSS bid. National tnion lOi. bid, IL
asked ColumSia. il9 hid, IL asked. Riggs. "a
bid, 50 asked. Peoples. 81 bid. asked. lincoln.
81 bid 9la asked. Commercial. Az hid 5L asked
Title Insurance stocks;-Rsal Estate Title, ~
Washington Title, asked District Title asked.
Telephone Stocks. s.-rennsylvania. 3sls bid. chesa-
peake and Potomac. 81 bid. 90 asked American
Graphophone. s5s bid. 9Is asked. American s;rapl-
ophone. preferred. 10 bid, II asked. Pneumatic
Gun Carriage, .S3 bid, .Ss asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks. - Mergentlai.r I.Inotvrr
l25ts bid. l2l asked. lanston Monotype, az bid
9% asked Washington Market, IL bid, l3 asked.
Great Falls lee, Us asked
Evening star., 1897-03-11
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Anniversary Exercises Of the Carlisle
School.
GREAT PROGRESS OF THE INDIANS
WeII-Known Friends of the Race
Present at the Ceremonies.
GENERAL EATON'S ADDRESS

CARLISLE. Pa, March 1.-THE ami
yersary exercises of the InGian school in
this town arr atterded 10y the largest num-
ber Of persons that hgv" come here since
the school was instituted. The chief inter
est is centered upon The eluca tiondl d.
partment. wher- the younger girls and
boys are taIent
Besides Coy. Hastings ara party there
are number Of visitors here from various
parts of The country, including Gen. John
Eaton. former coynmiss oner Of education
President Reed ef Dickinson College. Presi-
Gent Dick OF Metzg|r College. Gov. .Iohn
II. Brady of Alaska. rr. Sheldon Jackson.
commissioner of education of Alaska, Capt.
Beck. United States army. acting Indian
agent at omaha agency. Eeb.; X. V. Bel,,
former assistant Indian commissioner:
Miss Ella c. Abbott of Sterling. Mass.
Mrs g X. Agnew of New York, Miss
Agnew. Gov. Burke of North Dakota, An
tonic Apache Of Cambridge. Mass. Mrs.
Marian Jennings of Lafayette. IND. Mrs.
Y NJ. Allen of st. Louis. Mrs. Guy Leroy
Stevick Of Denver. Mr.. Mcsher and part:
of Usage Indians from Oklahoma. Mr.
Field and party of kickapoo Indians frCm
Oklahoma. Mrs Capt. Newton of Marietta
Ohio. and representatives of the various
divisions of the Indian office at Washing
ton.
The report of Capt. Pratt the superIn-
tendent of the school. SAYS the children
ent tribes. and the whole number of pupils
under care for some portion of last year
was SsS. the average attendance I22.
one hundred ana fifty-fve of the students
attended public schools during the winter
and had the continuous benefits of family
life. The total earnings from the scholars
who during the vacation mouths of July
and August were hired to farmers and
others amounted to Sl92::sS. of which the
girls earned 81, iSb and the boys $l2 15S.
The expenditures were mostly for cloth
ing: their total savings on hand at the
end of June. 1S.6. Were S15.y4. the larger
part OF which ths students have on inter
est at q per cent.
EX-tfoV. Burke of North Dakota in an
address. directed his remarks to the IN
dians, telling them of his life as a waif
the streets of New York as a farm
lahOrer. and finally to his position as d
governor He was followed ny John G..
Brady. governor of Alaska, whose stcry
was similar.
General Eaton conducted the inspection
Of the schools this morning. He examined.
ali the grades from the graduates down TO
the primary department and highly COM
Tended the work that has been done in the
past year.
At noon the band. composed of Indian
boys. gave open air concert on the pa
vilion that has been erected near the school
building
The commencement exercises were held
in the armory at O'Clock this afternoon.
The orators were Frank .. Jones' Mary
Miller. Edward Rogers Robert Depoe.
Clarence Whitethunder. The diplomas;
we're presented by General Eaton TO tn.
class OF tw"ntv-sIx graduates fourteen
boys and twelve girls. This is one of the
largest classes ever graduated from the
Institution.
a reception rendered by Captain Pratt to
the graduates.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
HAD STORMY WEATHER.
Experience of the Lake Winnipeg
other Marine Notes.

LIVERPOOL. March 1.-THE Beaver
Line steamer Lake Winnipeg. Captain Tay-
lOr. twenty-five days out from ST. John
y. r. from which port she sailed February
/. for Liverpool. arrived safely in the river
MerSey today Captain Taylor reports hav-
ing had a terrible voyage during which
his vessel had such large quantity of
water in her engine room that the pas
Sensers had to he called upon to assist in
clearing her and in righting her cargo,
y hIch had shifted during the heavy wealth
or Inc fires of the Lake Winnipeg Were
out for over fortnight. and :.3I head of
cattle, twenty-five horses. and seventy
four sheep had 10 be thrown OYER board,
owing 10 The scarcity of drinking water on
board and the inability of the engineers 10
sscrk the coniensing apparatus.
HALIFAX, y. :. March 1.-THE steamer
Vancouver from, Liverpool. arrived today
Tour da"s behind time. She met with ter
rihle head gales and high seas on the pas
sage. mad two HfebCats smashed and re-
ce.ved other slight damage. She also met
With a slight accident TO her machinery
Oil was used during the storm with great
effect
QUEENSTOWN. March 1.-THE Red
Star Line steamer Peniland. Captain AL
iir' chf, which sailed for Philadelphia from
Liverpool YESTERDAY Via this port. touched
here today and reported having sighted
last night the British steamer West Indian,
ap'a4i4 'dHpotli. from New orleans. FEB
rCary II. for Liverpool about ten miles
northwest Of Tuscar light. AS the West
Indian was throwing up rockets Captain
Alhrecht of the Penulani hea led hear
enough 10 the former vessel to b.. sibl. to
speak heT- The commander of the West
Indian. on being hailed. reported that the
ships fires had been extiuguI5ned and tina /
her engines mad been stoupe1 owing TO tho
rising water IN her engine. room. 1t was
apparent that the West Indian mad been
IN collision. possibly with one of two
steamers which We're standing 10y her at
the time the fennland arriI I'd on the scene.
one of the steamers near the Vest Indian
was the British steamer J,roInan, ca GptaiIi
James. which sailed from Liverpool yester-
day for Boston. As the West Indian vas
IN no immediate dang.@ and had the two
vessels referred TO ready 70 assist her in
case Of necessity. the Pcnnlind proceeded
OH her voyage and reported her eXpe-
rience here previous 20 continuing on her
WY to Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
No Warships for Cuba.

Tha; the administration has no present
intention of. sending A warsh:p to Cuba
is partially indicated by the departure OF
the tattle ships Maine and Texas from
New Orleans today 70" Port Royal, S. C.,
on their way to Hampton Roads and New
York. These ships have been very near
the Queen Of the Antilles fer several
weeks. and could very conveniently be
sent to Havana in case such course was
decided upon. Either one of them would
undoubtedly have been selected in prefer
ence to other vessels of the North Atlantic
squadron. not excepting those engaged in
patrol duty in Florida waters Other naval
movements today was the departure of the
Cincinnati from Genoa fer Leghorn and
the arrival of the Detroit at Colombo on
her way home through the Suez canal
Evening star., 1897-03-11
SERIOUS TROUBLE FEARED.
Gold Hunters Unlnwfuliy Digging OF
Indian Lands.

kansas CITY, Mo. March IA spe-
cial 20 the Times from Perry, OkI says
pecrie now arriving here from the Wichita
mountains report that excitement is grow
ing more intense every day. The soldiers
ana Incian police. under directions of Mai
Baldwin. the Indian agent are determined
TO drive the gold seekers out of the Indian
reservations Recent assays have given the
people the gold fever
Numerous conflicts between soldiers and
miners and several killings are reDorted A
hundred men were arrested and driven
from the reservation, but many returned
10 the mountains as soon as the soldiers
had disappeared. Serious trouble is feared
Maj. Baldwin is determined TO eject all in
truders ana the miners are equally deter
mined to hunt for the precious stuff.
Evening star., 1897-03-11

Total Loss Caused by the Flames
Probably Reaches xI25,UpO

BtFFALO. y. Y. March 1.-THE Ryan
elevator at the foot of Ferry street was
burned early today. II was an old struc-
ture. with Z capacity OF about 14o0cp bush
els. and contained last night about 5000
bushels each Of wheat and oats The loss
on IN" elevator is probably $1,000 and on
contents sl"."O Ryan * Clark were the
owners. BY the stationary elevator was a
hoatins elevator, also owned by Ryan Il
Clark. and valued at $4,000. This too.
was destroyed. The fire reached the Man
ming Malt House, where il caught in the
cupola. Ii burned that part of the building
and scorched the roof, but was extinguisheSi
before much Of the grain in the building
vas wet by the water turned on the blaze
TWO schOoncrS-the Thomas Robbie and
the A. j. Rogers-lying at the end of the
elevator. Were also burned.
This makes the total loss from the fire
probably $4,000
Evening star., 1897-03-11
,lLEGED ORDERS TO wEYLER.
End the War Even If Necessary Ia
sell GuIn.

CHICAGO. March 1i.-Crittenden Mar
riott. the Records correspondent in Ha-
vana. declares Gen WeyIer has received
positive orders from Madrid TO end the Gu
ban war at once. even 10y going to the ex-
Tent Of selling the island 20 the Insurgents
4 need BE- To accomplish that object Gen
NeSIer. therefore. set out for Villa Clara
to md Gomez and to undertake ncgotia-
tons Weyler himself has said the war
viii snd within three weeks
cen Neyler's orders are. il is claimed to
secure peace at any terms and he is in
struct"d TO offer Gomez bribes. autonomy
or the island itself
Fear as 20 President Mckiney's position
IS given as a leading cause for the Spanish
change Of policy
Evening star., 1897-03-11
BISHOP NEWMAN'S DEPOSITION.
1t is Offered as Evidence in the Stet-
son Will Case.

BOSTON. March 1l.-Upon the opening
of the Stetson will case in the supreme
court today Lawyer CASTOR offered a de-
position of Bishop John F. Newman. taken
at Washington on March g.
In effect the bishop states that on Feo-
ruafy ~. 1867, while pastor OF the church
in New Orleans, now known as The St.
Charles Abbey, he performed a marriage
ceremony between John Schaefer and Ada n
Amarln. The marriage was perform "a in
the presence of Mrs. Newman and was
entered in the church record book This
book was also introduced as evidence. 1t
is claimed that Adah Richmond WAS the
Adan Amarin OF this marriage
Evening star., 1897-03-11
MUST PAY THE INSURANCE.
4 Decision Affecting the knights of
Pythias.

SPRINGFIELD Ill, March 11.--Judye
Shirley, in the Sangamon circait court
has made an important decision in an in
surarce case. The case was that of Mrs
Louisa Henry, who sued the Supreme
Lodge. Knights of Pythas of the World
for 5000 Insurance on the life of her hus-
band, Charles Henry. The defense was
that bylaw of the Supreme Lodge ex-
empted suicides from beEefits from the in
surance, hut the plaintiff proved that the
bylaw was not made by the Supreme
Lodge, but only by the board IF corftr
and then ratified by tne Supreme Lodge.
Judge Shirley held the bylaw was not
Lodge made it, and instructed he jury 20
find for Mrs. Henry.
Evening star., 1897-03-11
baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. March 1l.-Flour firm but quiet.
unchanged 5,I26 barrels: exports, i99
barrels; sales, $50 barrels Wheat dun llspot. sss.
bid: May, Sl1sasl H-receipts. 26,5!4 bushels;
ports, none. stock 533, i27 busels-southern wheat
by sample. 0oa9l; do grade. s+has3I Corn
Iuiet-sRot and month"; 261aa26A.: April. 26s. a267s
lss 252 bushels; exports, 133Sfs bushels; stock.
iiS.66s bushels; sales, 13l 900 bushes-southern
No. 2 white, 2ia25; No. mixed. s2a23-recetpts.
Z. .si bushels exports. 10000 bushels stock. 3Sl,
S6t bushels. hye dull and steady-NO. nearby.
S9iaa40; western. receipts. 10.O05 bushels:
exports. S57 bushels; stock. 50, 773 bushels Hay
Grain freights dull demand slow. unchanged. Su-
gar s:cady-granuated, Las per Zoe pounds. But
ter steady. unchanged. Eggs weak-fresl, 1OalOL,.
Cheese steady, unchanged. Whisky unchanged.