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THE WEATHER. Local showers. Generally oloudy weather. Northerly to easterly winds. The TIMES' cir culation last week was 226,318 tme THE LARGEST IN THE CITY. YOL. in. IxO. 1,034. WASHINGTON, D. C, FEIDAX, JANUARY 15, 1897 EIGHT PAGES ONE CENT, SANTA GUM MS FALLEN PAY FOR MARKET CLAIMS Pl&TTIlMSEiTf He Received All But Seven Votes in the Caucus. . . IDGH TALK OYER HOTHIHfi LUGKYLOGKTENDER'S SONS Two Wasliingtonians Co-heirs of McCaffery's Great Wealth. BRAYE CAPTAIN H'GIFFIN THEflETUHHOFDIUIRDSCH Senator Martin's Report From' the District Committee. Vaiidcrvoort and Rosselle Engaged in a Wordy sWar. The Chen Yuen Hero Is Now a Vio lent Madman. The Insurgents Reported to Have Taken That City. An Excellent Tenor Disclosed in Kraus as Lohengrin. It Recommends a Settlement of As certained Indebtedness 03- Issue of Drawback Certificates. The Former Chnrgesgthe Latter with Dickering with, Missouri i Democrats "for a State Office. Dire Result of the Terrible Strain to "Which He "Was Subjected at the Battle of Xalu. GOMEZ MOVING ON HAVANA GHOATE MADE A POOR SHOWING CHILDREN OF JOHN SEAMAN ALL' SOCIETY WAS PRESENT The Famous Cnban Cavalry General, Qaentlu Bandera, Killedhrthe At tack "Upon the Town A Brilliant Strategic Movement Which De ceived the Spaniards. New York, Jan. 15. A morning paper says: News which if correct is more important than any since the death of Maceo, was received in Cuban circles last night. It wah that the town of Santa Clara, sometimes called Villa Clara. 1 ad fallen to the insurgent arms, but that In the charge which resulted in victory the intrepid cavalry leader, Quentin Bandera, was slain. Gomez, it was said, is now pushing on toward Havana with an army of 18,000 men. This news was not given out atthc Cuban junta. It came from private sources It is not vet confirmed from official sources, but that is not strange consider ing that the death of Bandera is a blow to the Cubans which almost offsets the capture of Santa Clara. The first news or the death of Maceo came in the same way and it was a long time before the truth broke through the trocha of official denial. Insurgents Great Victory. The news comes with circumstantial de tail most convincing. Besides, the dis pntches from Cuba for some time have forecasted exactly such a stroke. The victory puts the insurgents in a command ing position and the eyes of the world will be upon Gomez. It cannot longer he said that they hold no important town. Santa Clara is the fourth largest city on the island. Already holding nearly all of Cuba excepting the sea coast, the capture of Santa Clara puts ttie insurgents on an entirely different basis at "Wash ington. The commander of the garrison at Santa Clara was the governor general of the province, Major General Luque. He had had a garrison of 5,000 men, but now laid only :J,O0O. Gomez had 8,000 men, 6,000 of whom were armed. Gomez decided to invest the town, wliich contained a imputation of 30,000, and was well fortified. The infantry under Gen. Rabi was H'nt to the west of the city. The cavalry, of wliich there were 4,ooo well equipped men, under Gen. Bandera, were sent to the other three sides, its main strength being concentrated immediately to the east. Luque sent out, expeditions and there were lively skir mishes on the Gth, 7th and 8th, in one of which Luque was "wounded. The whole garrison had been thrown into a panic by the wounding of their leader and by the Tact that they were surrounded. Gomez Decided to Strike. Gen. Gomez decided that the time to strike had come. He knew the fortifica tions were well nigh impregnable. He knew there "was a cannon in every redoubt and plenty of ammunition. He knew that his men would have to race a citadel at the northwest corner of the city, sixty feet high, from the top of wliich the Spaniards wouldoieratenGntlinggun as wellaskeep up a terriric rifle fire- Eabi with his infantry was to attack the town from the west at daybreak. Bandera, the dashing negro cavalryman, was to wait until the attention of the garrison was concentrated on the attack fiom the west and then hurl his 4,000 men on the works in front of him. Gen. Kabi led out his men in the gray of the morning of January 9. It was to be only a feint with him, but his men did not know that. They opened fire, and, keeping under cover as much as possible, crept closer and closer to the city. Behind stockades and earthworks the Spaniards returned the fire. But tiiose who looked to the east Just as the sun was rising saw dimly the horses of the cavalry officers galloping from bat talion to battalion. Bandera sat silent with his staff in front of the main works. There was the clatter of horses hoofs deepening into a roar. On they went, two long rows of horsemen, each striving to be first to the outworks. Spanish rifles be gan to crack here and there along the line of fortifications. Then the shots came faster and faster until a line of flame appeared in front of each works. Now tl.v! cannon belched, and up in the citadel the Gatling gan hurled its leaden rain. In the free of awlul fire not a Cuban faltered. Bandera kept in the le.d.- His horse leaped over the nearest earthworks. Hclashed at te fleeing garrison with his machete, nis men were right behind hira. Horses fell alljibout him, wounded and killed, throwing their rider, headlong Suddenly Bandera's macnete fell from bis hani. He leaned forward on the horse. He swayed for a moment and then toppled over. Members of his staff topped and dismounted. 3ihey groped their way in the smoke to their chieftain end found him wounded in the ahdont?s. His burgeon was among the first at his tide. Tearing open the duck suit, he saw In an instant that the wound was mortal. So they propped up his head and made him as comfortable as possible. A Furious Charge. Earthworks, fortifications, barricades, pave way under the furious charge of the 4,000. Many Cubans dropped on the way, but the ranks were instantly closed and the onslaught continued. In ftrteen min utes after Bandera fell the victorious Cubans passed the last obstruction. Every Spaniard who had his legs leftVas fleeing west, only to come under the murderous lire of Rabi's men. Twenty minutes after Bandera fell a messenger came back. The negro chief tain had asked for a cigarette and was smoking with his last breath. "Santa Clara lias fallen, sir,' cried the messenger. "The enemy has been routed.'' There was a puff of cigarette binoke, a Eliiver ran through Bandera's body and he was dead. Host of the Spanish garrison and Gen. Luque escaped to the south. Many fell at the hands of Gen. Babi's men. The sun was not far up when the ictcrious Cubans were in possession. Gomez took the quar ters Luque had occupied and received reports of the battle. The news received last night said that "" the losses were: Spanish, estimated killed and wounded, BOO; prisoners, 700; cannon captuied, IS; battle standards, 4; rifles In the Spanish arsenal, 5,000, with plenty of ammuni tion. Culians killed and wounded, 1,300, -which is GOO more than the Spanish loss. Gomez gave his men only a night's rest, t end then, leaving a garrison of 1,500 men, iofi n tn the westward. Senator Martin's report from the Dis trict of Columbia Committee, providing for the payment of the old "Washington Market claims by drawback certificates, gives a full account of the origin of the market, and its removal, September 3, 1S72. The old market stood at the inter section of Seventh btreet and New York avenue. Its removal was ordered under the ad ministrations or Gov. Shepherd. It was moved at night, and without previous information. The report says that great injury was done to the stalls, the Imple ments, the tools and provisions and sup plies of the stallholders. It was so hastily ami clumsily done that the death of two unoffending citizens was rallied. The committee says: ' Whatever may have been the justification in the eyes of tlw board ot public works for this sudden and unexpected ami heroic manner or remov ing this market, there is no question that just compensation should be made to those citizens whose property was thus sacri ficed. Not only should they receive com pensation for the property actually de stroyed or injured, but they should also re ceive repayment for any sums of money which they had, in accordance with law, paid for the lights and privileges of con ducting their business in the market house, to the extent of the unexpired term Tor which they had paid and of which they had been deprived. These two matters alone are covered by the bill. At least one party had paid for his license to do business there tor twelve months, while the building was destroyed three weeks after the amount was paid." In a letter upon this subject, Gov. Shep herd, who was at that time the head of the board or public works, has said: T take the liberty nf saying that I sincerely hope the claims of these citizens will be adjusted and paid." BOMBAY'S AWFUL PLAGUE 3Iore Than One-Half the City's Population Have Fled. Doctors Are Afraid of the Scourge and Relatives of the Dead He fuse to Handle Their Remains. Tonibay, Jan. 14. It is estimated that over CCO.000 persons, comprising more than half the population of the city, have fled to the country to ocapc the plague. The streets are practically deterred, shops and bazars are closed and business is prac tically at a standstill. Thedojtor.sare beginning to fear treating plague patients lest they c ontract the dis ease and many of the native doctors have fled. ALoutfc00,(.0uper.-onsare encamped at Andhen, but they will not be alle to remain there long owing to scarcity of water and the unsanitary conditions pre vailing. The cemeteries of the city are filled with the dead and it is becoming very difficult to bury the corpses owing to the refusal or even friends and relatives to handle them, dreading contagion. Up to last night the official statistics showed that there were 3,384 eases or the plague and 2,3CG deaths fiom the disease. MR. WILBER SAWmS WIFE He "Was Trying to Secure an Inter view With Hiss Edith. She Refused to Allow Her Husband to Talk to the Young Lady. Miss Edith "Wilber, daughter of the New York Congressman, whose wife has Bued him for maintenance, as told In The Times, is still with her mother, at No. 2024 It street. "While Mr. Wilber hhs takeu no legal steps to secur',' possession "of his child, he has tried to see her, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Learning the whereabouts of the ladies he called at the house and rang the bell. A few moments later a window in an upper story was opened ami his wife looked out. "Hello; is that you," she said. "It is," answered Mr. Wilber, "I want to see Edith for a few minutes." ' "Well, you can't sec her," and the window was closed. These were the first words that had passed between hsbauJ and wife for over a year. The "writ served upon Mr. Wilber is returnable on the 20th instant, and he says he will be prepaied to meet it. "I made a mistake in my statement yesterday," said Mr. Wilber to a Times reporter last' night. "I stated that the suit begun by my wife in New York had been dropped. I find that this is not the case, and that that suit is still before the courts." In speaking of his daughter's hurried departure from college, Mr. Wilber &aid: "I have no doubt she "went with her mother of her own will, but I believe she was influenced to do so by threats." STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC CAR 'Thomas Doyle Serionsly Injured Neur Ills Home. James L. Doyle, No. 032 East Capitol 6treet, was struck by an electric car im mediately in front of his home shortly be fore noon yesterday and seriously injured. Mr. Hoyle had just stepped out of a heroic when an electric car came bowling along. Accounts dirfer as to whether or not the motonnan rang his gong. At any rate Mr. Doyle saw the car too late to make his escape, and was struck squarely by the fender. He was thrown to the pavement and his nose "was broken, his left arm badly bruised, there were several contusions of the head and shoulders, and serious Internal injuries. Friends immediately enrried him into his house and Dr. L. L. Friedrich was sum moned and rendered the necessary assis tance. At 8 o'clock this morning he re ported that his patient was getting on favorably. Ivy Institute Business College, 8th and K. The Xow York Lender Was Not Placed in domination, bnfc Ills Supporters Voted for Dim Never thelessMadden Withdraws in Illinois In Other States. Albany, N.Y., Jan. 14. Thomas Collier IMatt, the most prominent and influential Republican In the State or New York, was tonight nominated for United States Sena tor by the Republican members of the legislature iu Joint caucus. His name was not presented, the only candidate formally placed in nomination being Joseph U. Chonte of New York city. The nomination was made Just a half nour after the caucus convened, Of the 149 Republican votes cast, Mr. Piatt re ceived 142, although his name was nut mentioned until after the roll had begun. Such a condition has never before been presented in party politics in New York State. Mr. Piatt has steadfastly said that he was not a candidate and the program carried out by the party leaders tonight was In deference to his wishes. ArterMr. Choate's name had been placed in nomination the roll ot members was called, each one voting for his choice. The result was announced as above. Later the nomination was made unanimous. Mr. Chester S. Lord was nominated for regent of the State University. Madden Out of It. Springfield, 111., Jan. 14. The Cook county caucus tonight Instructed for Con gressman Wililain Lorimer, or the Second district, ror United States Senator. The delegation is not a unit and those opposed to Lorltner, twelve In number, bolted the caucus. Madden said to his friends tonight that lie had been betrayed. He asserted that Tanner, Hertz, Jamieton and Lorimer have never been sincere in his supi ort and that they have usrd him as a jlaj thing for the puri.ou' of overthrowing him In the eleventh hour for Lorimer. Atthisaften.ODn'smeetingOfthemnchiiie men Madden was urged to withdraw in Lorin.er's favor. He left the meeting and and In an hour had withdrawn in Main's faor. Masoiihasnotenough votcstomake him the caucus i.ominec, but he is strong in the" country districts and his friends aver tonight that he will yet win. Radly Mixed in South Dakota. Pierre, S. D., Jan. 14 The Senatorial situation is becoming more complicated. Yesterday it was reported Plowman hud little chance or success. He appears to have gained considerable, strength today and is sanguine. Kyle's friends estimate his strength at about 2D on thf first ballot, but think him th choice of enough members after the first lew ballots to elect him. Louck's friends claim that Kyle is counting on support that will go to Louck, whom they say will lead from the first. It is not known what the silver Democrats will do. They ha ve been caucus ing almost every night without result. They hold the balance or power. Dnbols Gains Votes. Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 14. The ballot today in the Idaho legislature for United States Senator resulted as follows: Clag gett, Populist, 31; Dubois, tllver Repub lican, 20; Cooper, Populist, C; Wcslcr, Populist, 3; Angell, Cook and Nelson, Populists, 1 each: Budlong, Republican, 1 . Necessary to choice, 30. The Democrats scattered their votes among the Topulists, and Dubois, regain ed the entire silver Republican vote. The Dubois men say that Claggett, having failed of election today, will lose his fol lowing rapidly. Pritchnrd in the Lead. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 14 There Is no change whatever in the Senatorial situa tion tonight. Unless sotnethingunexpected happens Pritchard will be re-elected next Tuesday. THE RIGHT OP WOMEN. A Suit Involving This Question Be fore a Connecticut Court. Hartford, Conn.. Jan 14. A suit in volving the right of a married woman to make a money contract was argued in the supreme court today. The First National Bank of Chicago sued Mrs. II. Drusilla Mitchell or Bristol to recover $28,000. Before her husband's death she guar anteed by signature that amount to sus tain the real estate firm of Morse, Mitchell & Williams, of Chicago. The contention of her counsel is that under Connecticut law a married woman "cannot make such a con tract. In Illinois she could. The contract was executed in this State. SOMEILLAN'S AWFUL PATE. An American Citizen Doomed to Im prisonment for Life in Chains. Havana, Jan. 14. At 12:30 p. m. today the sentence was read in the case of Luis Someillan, the naturalized American citizen who has been found guilty or conspiring against the Spanish government. The sentence of the tribunal before which he was tried is that he he imprisoned for life in chains. Someillan's lawyer will appeal to the supreme court at Madrid against the de cision of the Havana tribunal. Stockholders Meeting. The stockholders of the National Base ball Club, of Washington, will hold their annual meeting in Alexandria today for the purpose of electing officers. Tliu organ ization is chartered under the laws of the State of Virginia. In November last pro ceedings were instituted in the corporation couit, and one share of stock, owned by J. Earl Wagner, valued at $500, was at tached by the H. C. Miner Lithographic Company. Mr. Wagner has not visited Alexa&driasincetheattachmcntwaslevied, as his friends feared that he might be ar rested on a Capias and put to considerable an noyance. It isintimatedthatMr. "Wagner's stock will be voted by proxy. Federation nendqunrters Located. Vice President James Duncan, of the American Federation of Labor, a member of the committee appointed at the last national convention of that organization to locate headquarters In Washington, yester day leased from Mr. J. F. "Waggaman three rooms In the building corner of G and Fourteenth streets. 12-Inch Stock Boards $1 Per 100 Ft. ;y & Co., Gth st. and New York avc. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 14. Paul Vandervoort, prcsldentor the National Reform Press As sociation, was seen last evening and shown the St. Louis Uispatch relating to the strained relations between the officers of the association. He noted the fact that Secretary Rosselle called a convention at Kansas City in opposition to the regular one to be held ut Memphis, February 22, and then dictated thia reply; The executive committee, with one dis senting oice, decided to hold the ansual meeting at Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Rosselle also took a vote with the same result. "We also polled the officers of the associa tion, and all but Mr. Rof-selle voted for Memphis. Ileprotcstcd and wanted tohold the meeting at St. Lo'uis or Kansas City. Mr. Rosselle went in with the Democratic party in Missouri andiis seeking an office at the hands of the Democratio governor. He is seeking to disrupt the party and turn it over to the Democrats. In accordance with our conf titutlon we have taken a vote of the executive committee and its mem bers have decided to suspend .Mr. Rosf-elle fiom his position and membership, which I hereby announce. He can held an side show he pleases. During the campaign we were all willing to support Mr. Bryan ir the agreement to withdraw Sewall waskpt. Ithavlngbeen broken by trie Democratic party, we were under no obligations to support him who dlil ioz, represent one single principle ot ojr party except silver, and as only a recent convert to that. I hereby Ifmic a rail for a general con ference or the People's party at Memphis on the lines laid down in George F. Wash burn's circular. A FREE RIDE TO THE GDARD Pennsylvania Regiments Will Come to the Inauguration in Style. The Railroads Have Agreed to Fur nish Trnnsportat ion General Stewart Is in the City. A well attended meeting of the commit tee on military organizations was held laht wenlng at inaugural headquarters, pie sided oer by its chairman. Col. Cecil Clay, who ieuowed the "work' or the committee thus far and outlined itstluties. The special purpose of the committee Col. Clay stated to be to keep a record of the various organizations which had signified their intention or participating in the big parade, together with their numerical strength, their commanders, quarters while here, comfort, their time or arrival and departure, and finally, at the proper time, turn the whole matter oer to the grand marshal, Gen. Horace Potter Last night's meeting was the Hist time the committee has gotten together, and the results were most gratifying. Assistant Adjutant' ucncral Stewart or Pennsylvania, who is a member of the committee, was present and made an ad dress. As heretofore Mated in The Times, it is definitely settled t,hat the Pennsjl vanla Nauo'ual Guard will attend the in auguration in full foK-e. Gen. Stewart suited that the trip would not cost the State anything at all. The rallioads have agreed to furnish free transportation, the committee will piovide quarters, and the men Will supply the'r own provisions. The whole of the trip it Is estimated need not cost the men more than $5 each, and is not compulsory, while to the members of political clubs the expense will be fiom S.c0 to $T0 each The members of the guard are riot paid for their time, and the sentiment among them is that over 90 per cent desire to participate. The governor and his entire staff will also participate. Accompanying Gen. Stewart are Asst. Adjt. Gen. G. H. North, or Gen. Snowden's division, and Col. C. II. Howell, or the governor's Starr, who are here for the Purpose or completing arrangements. The banquet committee also met last evening -and adopted a form of ticket for admission to the banquet, the contract Tor the printing of 10,000 of which has been let to the Andrew Bojd Printing Company. The ticket Is about Tour inches long and upon one side Is a handsome vignette of Major McKinlcy. The sub-committee reported and was directed to proceed with its arrangements Tor erecting and equipping the big kitchen where the banquet meal will be pre pared, as well as provision for heating the room. The kitchen, which will be 200x23" feet, will be erected on the G street side of the Pension building ease, of the entrance, and admittance will be "had to the building proper through the windows. The contract for tbje erection of the structure will be let In a few days. Pro prietor Essner of the Bourse restaurant iu Philadelphia, who will prepare the re past, is already making arrangements to bring his dining.equipments to Washington and will charter rour cars for the purpose. HOWARD GOULD ENGAGED. The Mother of Katherine Clcmtnons Said the Report Was True. San Francisco, Jan, 14. Mrs. J. W. Dayan, mother of Katherine Clenimons, who has just returned from u visit to her daughter, said today: ' "My daughterisengagedto marry Howard Gould, and has been for a long time. It would be foolish to deny it, but wo dislike tho notoriety which the announcement brings. In deference to the wishes of Mr. Gould she has given up her profes sional engagements. Not because Mr. Gould has any prejudice against the theat rical profession, but only because he feels It to be unnecessary for her to continue at work. "No date has been set for the marriage, and I- am not at liberty to give an opin ion as to whether it' will be celebrated here.' ' , Smith's Trial JEnded. The trial of Frederick Smith, alias Hu bert Smith, for obtaining money from cer tain Naval orficials under alleged false pretenses, was concluded yesterday after neon in criminal court No. 1. The "Wife of the Dead Millionaire Now in the City Her Daughter, Sarah, Was Mother of the Local Beneficiaries Status of the Case In the Conrts'of Illinois. The children of John Seaman, a lrrk tender on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, were btated last night to be co-heirs or the vast estate ot the late John McCaffery, the litigation for the settlement of which is nearing a close in Chicago. These chil dren are two sons now living in Washington and a daughter, Mrs. Whelan, who lives in Baltimore. The estate Is said to have a minimum value of $1,000,000. It has not yet been divided, but there is enough or it to make the Washington heirs very wealthy. Mrs. Mary Dawson McCarrery,the widow or John McCatrery, is now in Washington, where she spends the winter prererably to her homes In Chicago and New York. Her visits here are also on account, it Is said, or the heirs In this city. A dispatch to The Evening Times of yesterday stated that a Mrs. John Kellar, or Chicago, had put In a claim to a share in the estate. Mrs. McCarfery was called on by a reporter for The Times with this information, but she said that she did not di'cuss the affairs ot the estate other than through Mr. Charles Heale, or this city, her attorney. MeCafferyV, Lawfnl "Wife. Mr. Bealc baid that the status or the easels blrnply that the probate court and the circuit court or Illinois have estab lished the fact that Mrs. Mary Dawson, the lady iu Washington now, was the lawful wile of John McCuffery. Mrs. Kellar claims to, be a daughter or Mrs. Mary Dawson McCafieiy, in fact, a daughter who was left In Ireland when Mr. and Mrs. McCafiery came to tills country from Irelund, in 16-10. Mrs. McCarfery re pudiates this Mrs. Kellar, who alleges that she is the ilaugnter, "Naticy." Mr. Bcale, however, spent last summer in Ireland, and he, ror obvious reasons, does not give the mimes of places visited, lie said last night that he traced the missing (laughter to thus country, and has positive proor that she died iu Pennsylvania, iu 1879. At.other daughter wnsnamed Sarah. She was I orn in this country and married John Seaman, v.-:oe children, as above stated, will come in for a large share of the in heritance. The moiher or the children Is dead. Mr.Bcale and Mr. Bond of the Faltlrnoro and Oh o Railroad counsel represent the heirs or Nancy and Sarah, and, or course, Mrs. McCarfery, whose claims to the es tate are c ontcsted by Mrs. Marion Hooper, iow living in Baltimore. The litigation has been very long and complicated bj the number ot illegitimate children who are figuring In the case. Mr. Heale, however, asserts that it has been shown to the satis faction of the courts that McCaffery was married to Mary Dawson, the present Mrs. John McCaffery, in Scotland, and that Nancy, lorn in Ireland, was left there at the time her parents removed to this country, the child being ill at the time. Trouf of Her Movements. Mr. Hcnle was able to obtain proof of all her moveinentsfrumfhc time her parents came to this country until her death. In 1879, in Pennsylvania. He has also been able to establish the Inheritance or Sarah, the mother or the children in Washington. Mrs. McCaffery is living" at No. 3213 PiospecL avenue, Georgetown, In a quiet, unpretentious way, with friend. She is olghty-four years of age and apj.ears to be still young enough to yet have abundant years to enjoy the estate, when it shall have been established us her own and that of her children. The attorney here has no doubt that even If an appeal be taken to the supreme court of Illinois, the result will be in favor of Mrs. McCaffery. After this final hearing will be had the partition of the estate. FIRED ON BY THE DOLPHIN. A Clyde Line Steamship Taken for a Filibuster. Newl'ork, Jan 14. A Jacksonville special to the Journal says: A large steamer has Just been fired upon by (he "United States ship Dolphin. Officers have been placed on board. It is charged that she was fili bustering. She was believed to Intend delivering arms and ammunition to the Cuban insurgents. The seized vessel is the Clyde Line steamer Delaware. A large launch was also seized. The name and owner of the launch are unknown. It is said this after noon that nothing suspicious was found ou either vessel. MINISTER WILLIS DEAD. no Expired at Honolulu, Pneu monia Beiny the Cause. Honolulu, Jan. 7, via San Francisco, Jan. 15. U. S. Minister Willis died yes terday morning with pneumonia. His familj expected to start for the United States with the remains on the 13 th. ARRESTED FOR ASSADLT. Mr. Louis Goldsoll Charged with At tacking Mr. J. W. Boteler. Louis II. Goldsoll, proprietor of the Dia mond Talace, was arrested by Patrolman Goss, last evening, on the charge of as sault and battery on Mr. J. W. Boteler. He left $20 collateral at the Twelfth street station-house for his appearance in answer to the charge this morning in the police court. Mr. Goldsoll is said to have quarreled with Mr. Boteler over the placing of signs for advertisement on a store front on the Avenue. The laJter accuses him of strik ing him as a result of the quarrel. The Ethics of Christianity. The ethics of Christianity will be pre sented in the light of the New Church in thelccturc otthe Rev. JulianK. Smyth, of Eoxbury, Mass., on "A Perfect Standard," at the New Church, corner Sixteenth and Corcoran streets, Sunday evening. Mr. Smyth tsoncofthcmostpopularpreachers ot Boston and vicinity, the author of the widely-read hooks, "The Footprints of the Saviour," and "Holy Names. He preaches also in the morning on the sub- 1 Jcct "The New York, Jan. 14.-Capt. Phllo Mc Giffin, the former officer of the United States Navy and afterward of the Chinese Imperial navy, whofoughttheflagshipChen Yuen against the combined attack of the entire Japanese fleet in the memorable battle of the Yalu river on the afternoon ot September 17, 1894, has been taken to the Post Graduate Hospital in this city, a violent madman. His ravings grew so violent toward the last that It became necessary to ask the assistance ot the police to subdue him. The police failed, owing to the fact that Capt. McGlffin stood at the head or the stairway with a 44-calibcr navy revolver in each hand, threatening to shoot the first man who approached. It was only when John McGUfin, the captain's brother, arrived In haste from his home at Little' Washington, Pa., that the raving man could be induced to listen to a rational word. He was placed in the care of the expert, Dr. Graeme Ham mond. The complete wrecking of this brilllaut naval officer and tactician is the dire result of the terrific st rain to which he was subjected during the battle or the Yalu. Ills eagerness to work the warship Chen Yuen to the best possible advantage led him to expose himself to the fire of the enemy, and while he could walk about niter the battle he was a dangcrously wounded man Hoth hl.s ear drums were ruptured, his eyes permanently afrected, and his head and body filled with splinters or wood work and steel. Dr. Hammond thinks that a splinter or bone or or extraneous matter is impinging upon Capt. McGIffin's brain. It is only by operations that the true cause nf the officer's insanity can be determined. SHERMAN GONE TO CANTON He Will Surely Be McKiuley's Sec retary of State. Tnnumirnble Messages Sent to the Dresldetit-elect Congratulating Him Upon His Choice. Senator Sherman left over the Penn sylvania Road tonight for Canton. Senator Sherman has been tendered and has accepted the portfolio ot Stnte. This announcement may be, considered conclusive. There is no room for doubt or further discussion of the subject except as an established and accepted fact. The mails have brought Major McKinley a flood or messages, felicitating hlni upon the choice or Senator Sherman for the highest office within his girt. Major Mc Kinley appointed Senator Sherman without any thought as to his successor, assuming, of course, that lie would be a Republican. There was no arrangement or agree ment with Gov. Bushncll of Ohio, con sidering the appointment or a Senator to serve during Mr. Sherman's unexplied term, and no one was communicated with on the subject. The belier is widespread that Chairman M. A. Hanna will be ap pointed to succeed Mr. Sherman In the Senate. BLISS NOT FOR THE CABINET The New Yorker Is No Longer a Possibility. He Declined to Say "Whether or Not Mr. McKinley Offered Him a Dortfolio. Now York, Jan. 14. "I am not to be a member pf Major McKinley's Cabinet," said Cornelius N. Eliss to a. reporter to day. - "It is said on tiie highest authority that yon were orTered a 'portroho and declined it, Mr. Bliss." "I have iiulhing to say," was the reply. "Have you not recently written to Ma jr McKinley, declining a position?" "I can only say that 1 shall not be in McKinley's Cabinet." Mr. Bliss' rerasal or the Secretaryship or the Navy makes it extremely probable, it is said, that Gen. Horace Porter will now be made Secretary or War. THE TRIAL OF JUDGE REESE. The Testimony Given Is of a Con flicting Nature. A tlanta, Ga., Jan. 1 4. The chargea gainst Judge Seaborne Reese of being drunk on the bsnea was taken up today by the house committee. All the testimony related to the September term of court, m Madison county, last year. Several witnesses swore that the judge's charge to the grand jury was unusual more in the nature of a temperance lecture than a regular charge. Some witnesses stated that J udge Reese was drunk. Others declared he was not drunk. Tho investiga tion will be resumed tomorrow. Cardinal Gibbons Likes the Treaty. Baltimore, Jan. 14. Cardinal Gibbons today expressed His approval ot the arbi tration treaty between England and the United States In unqualified terms. His, eminence has upon every suitable occasion advocated the settlement of International disputes by this method because, in his opinion, it reduces to a minimum the dread alternative of war. Telegraphic Brevities. George Lacey, a well-known politician oc Trenton, N. J-, committed suicide yes terday, lie cut his throat, inhaled gas, and swallowed laudanum. There Is every prospect that New England is on the verge or another mill curtail ment, although not to as large an extent probably as occurred during last summer. Three prisoners escaped rrom Ludlow Street Jail, New York, last night. They got out by sawing their cell Dars. One ot the men was caught by the police. Tho north works ot tho Lackawanna iron and Steel Company, at Scranton, Pa., resumed work yesterday after several months' Idleness. No. 1 Celling ?1.25 Per 100 Feet, Frank Llbbey & Co., Gth st and N. Y.ave. 3ongress Heights. The First Night of German Opera at the Lafayette was "Witnessed by a Large Gathering "Who En Joyed the Prodnetion Lilli Leh manu in the Brice Box. Once m ore the opera! Washington Is only vouchsafed the opportunity to sit within hearing of the melodies of rne masters at annual Intervals, but it rises to the oc casion with a generosity which is indic ative of a determined appreciation ot the efforts of the impresarios to furnish this expensive 1 usury. .The Lafayette was last night well filled to hear Walter Danirosch's German com pany. Notonly was the lower floor abloom with fashion, but the top-gallery was alive with the faithrui who are most appreciative or the real beauties of the operatic works. The short season did not-open with any particular eclat from the bright side of therontlights. Theopera was"Lohengrin," a standard work that it Isalways pleasant to hear, but It came eccond-handed last night without a great cast and as a substi tute ror a French opera of greater popu larity and the greatest hvmg prima donna. But the disaptomtment. If not rhagrtn.ior the Inevitable change of Mr. Xamrusch's plans had cooled off and the audience twk the substitution philosophically. It listened attentively and applauded discreetly, hue the enthusiasm was tempered to the merits of the production. Theperforioanee was good and everyone appreciated it, or affected to, but ex cepting the response to the dramatic finale to the second act, the barste ot splendid rapture which seize upon the auditors of well-presented Italian and French opera was not forthcoming, for there was no in spiration to call It rorth. As is always the fait with Mr. Dam rosch, the orchestra was the brilliant Teature. The balance ot the band is ad mirable, their esprit de corp excellently responsive to the leader, and he displays wonderful sensitivem-ss, in interpretation and fine command ot his resources. It was a discriminating wag who placed "Bam rosch" instead or "Lohengria" in fiery letters on the outside of the theater. Triumph for Kraus. Ernst Kraus sang the role of the mystic knight. It was his first appearance in this city, and tuts apparently young man may congratulate himself upon having, at a bouud, reached the highest point in the esteem of his critical auditors. He unites two rare raculties, a sweet and flexible tenor voice with tne power and endurance to compass thetryingpassages of Wagner. Early in the fit'st ace, when he attaeked andsustamed high notes, ir became evident that the new tenor wjis a singer of real distinction. Tfcis was confirmed in the short passages of the second acs, and the famous chamber scene and finale in the third. He is, moreover, a man of dramatic ability, and is handsome and striking in repose. The other success ot the evening was Eiza Eibenschuetz, as Ortrud. AH through the first act. in which she does not sing a half dozen bars, she made her presence felt on the stage by tactful and expressive imntonime. "When she did have her op lortunity, in the duet at the beginning of the second act, she gave utterance to a rMi, fluent, and finely finished contralto. Johanna Gadski sang Elsa. She was not more than witldn the limits of satis faction. Without showing weakness, there was an absence of iower or color in her singing. No others distinguished them selves. Lehman Tonight. Tonight will doubtless prove the great night of the season. The only dtsttnctioa given last night was the reflected glory vt being the opening. For the second per formance there is, however, a promise of real feasting. "Die Walkure," which is easy to write, Imt seems hard to pronounce, unless translated to "The Valkyrie," will be given for the first time in "Washington. Added to this is the reappearance of Lillie Lehmann, her first appe'arance In opera in America for seven years. She will sing Brannhilde, a part in which she is unexcelled and unequalled, according to the German writers. Then there is Emll Fischer, dear to the heart of every lover of a go.d robuto basso, and he will slug Wotan. Added to these there will be in the cast the prima, soprano and prima contralto of last night. Society in the Mezzanines. Socially, the opera touched the high water mark of success. Fashion gowned with a magnificence that Sheba's. queen never dreamed cf held court in the boxes and beauty reigned supreme. The house was a sea or opalscent. coloring, billowed with lace. Roses at $5 each, were as plentlfiil as daisies in a summer field, and oh, the diamonds, the diamonds! At the end oC the first act a number i-f box parties left to attend the diplomatic reception at the "iVhite House, amonciueui Mrs. Leiter, who swept arounG the curved alle In a superb toilet of crimson velvet with a satin and velvet etbak trimmed and lined with fur. Madame Lilli Lehmann, who will sing Brunhllde this evening, in "Die "Walkure." was the guest of Mrs. Brice during the evening, and it seenied as if every lorg nette in the audience was leveled at her as she left with her hostess for a brief call at the Executive Mansion. She was well worth the trouble the audience gave itself on her account, but she followed her hostess witha charming unconsciousness as though the only thing she considered really handsome about her slender, dark eyed self was her cream colored brocade gown. Occupants of Boxes. Among those occupying boxes were: Col. and Mrs. John Hay,- Mrs. Leiter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Townsend, Senator and Mrs. Brice, Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson, Mr. and Mrs- It. R. Hitt, Senator McMillan, Senator and Mrs. Hale, Mrs. George "West ingliouse, Mrs. Stanley Matthews. Mrs. Hearst, who entertained a large party li adjoining boxes; Mrs. Ffoalke, Mrs. Leo McLachlen, Mrs- John S. "Ward. Mrs. Bally Myers, Mrs. Henry May the Frenclt Ambassador and Mnie. Patenotre. Mrs. N. Anderson and Gen. and Mrs. Draper. The President and Mrs. Cleveland will occupy box C at tonight's performance, and box 13 tomorrow. Senator Shernmn's Brother In Town. Mr Hoyt Sherman, of Dps Moines, la., is at "VVlllard's. He Is a bio;her ot the Senator from, Ohio and bears a strong resemblance to hie distinguished relative.