Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Xcrer suNpay. ich At... be Oompaay, PUBLISHED DAILY be pattin atrancy | Vor. 83, No 20.675. WASHINGTON, D. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1893. to bay sour ; ler Skates and RLING “STER Roller Skate fi 4 Extension Rell ng tended to ning al is plain in real estate and you sept REAL ESTATE. T who draw salari n terns of $100 bly, or @ building lot 4 $5 monthly. Call or AS. F 610 F st. nw. 2 Weather tomerrow—showery. THE EVE of public opinion ts— F c t B D DN OUR $1.15 LUMBER. It is 25 per cent cheaper than lumber and public opin- fon says 25 per cent better. Bf you read ft In our ad. it's so. t & MILLE ck wud Butlders ¥. ave. nw MARRY Hardware,” ‘sel? SUITS Trousers 1 “Swallow-tail”™ peacock tail (except with y= WEDDING Light OTICE-THE PUBLIC t Twill w Ta MENTING OF THE STOCKHOLDER Ma: ‘omapany ie company, 1420 AY, September 14, trustees K. President. ars sella Bue raver ¢ MPANY QUEST Atteation is called to the article im the “Financial Revfew" beaded ¢ “TRUST COMPANY QUESTION." It ts a clear and for of the various functions of trust companies and their relationship to national banks. The “Review” Will be mailed upon request. his company pays tn upon deposits, Which are subject to check without otic This com of stock any acts as a depository for funds compaates, corporations and individ 4 for the gover Unequaled storage facilities at our Fire and Proof Warehouse, 1140 15th st. AN SECURITY AND TRUST CO. CLs President. Bauking House, 1405 G st. ow selL-2t Boren axp po. 4 eobltetig “Sour” fail ’ pes,” for trouserings are a gceat go. 80 te $18.50 the pair. EISEMAN EROS n§ 7th and E NEW AMANUENSIS ‘Tee Edison Phonograph 1s the new and “ideal” amanuensis. It never gets tired—never bas a _headache—never Fa Wants a day off-never has to go out to Tuned, Dictate to it as never miss make a your let 0 talk —it wi je-and cannot by the braimiest and brightest Dusiuess men of America, Reated of sold on installments. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH Co., 627 E st. © D. EASTON, Pres. (11) RLF. C1 PRE cat prviiewe tb st ow Save TIME AND MONEY —by coming directly to us for a1 yoo may want im PAPER, STATIONERY fod BLANK BOOK line. Our supply ts the completest im the city and our prices are tnvartably right. Also full stock STA- TIONERS’ SUNDRIES at lowest prices. HASTON & RUPP, Popular-priced Stationers, $21 NTH STREET Just above the avenue). FALL NOVELTIES Ix SHIRTS Now op exhibition BALL'S “SHIKT FACTORY, 03m “Machines are purchase. NEW! TE WMA: 09 THE WASHINGION LOAN AND TRUST CO., PAID-UP CAPITAL AND SURPLUS PROFITS, $1,155,000, Executes Trants, Furnisbes Investme Pays Interest on Deposits, Loans Money, Provides Safe Deposit Boxes. Rents Ofice Rooms in tts Fireproof Building. cs BRAINARD H. WARNER, President. Becta OFren-oNF- THIRD ore Oa. Hatt er of Brasd New No. 2 FREUMATIC RAMBLERS. These are Inte pas ferns, with either smwoth or corrugated. 83. tires, 28 or Se-nch frout wheels: aad charintecd from date of sale. Former pric ut to Mtprep Bells ONE Ofice honre8 3 BR CW. wexarcntos, turned and has reopened settee OS 13th st. nw. @. T _KPEN. MERCHANT TATLOR, 132 FST. ¥.W. SILVER Goop ENOUGH FOR ME. jon of printing. Fvery deseri Beat of MS'QraoW © ADAMS. PRINTER, _Tetephone sxx aug) Sie 11th at. NOTHING BETTER As eSummer beverage thas PALMER'S BELFAST GINGER ALE, Equal to imported Ask for Mat your Grocer's, Druggist's or Restaurant Corder trom the manufacturer. SAMUEL C. PALMER S15, Dat. aw, 1086 $2a Sta. w. PRINT! E AND PUBLISHER. Depots: a EL Mqrres, ne book and job printing Telephone 73 Levi] 1108-16 Est. n. ANDIRONS, FENDERS, GHATES, Gan . s Fousliring Gan Pixtures, be. Stuimed, epttie JOH CORNING, THe Shop, 520 13th st. .., Lowest prices for sane quality I | THE rek Co, . TSE, purpose of fi OCK at 2-taw2i | SprmrTua. RANCE SPEAKING. Hell w.— Ques 2 our spirit fr 1 THIS (T ROWLAND. WONN a. Me rad Not mind EVENING Katy ite BP. MORTON POST, NO. and 7th sts.. at lia 14, tn uniform, fo Diente by post = | | WALTE | ISAAC S. HAWKINS, Adj THE ASSOCIATION OF THE D. 1d a sp butidin oRROW o'clock, at which ) p un, TUESDAY, Septem: . H. HOLT, 324 deg. TING ton ‘of Will be held ToMon at No. 1313 Hi st. nw. desired. Mrs. “M. | E. COHEN. at CLARET! WHAT VINTAGE? New York City or California? . nuke 2 It THE PARKER VINEYARD FOR SALE BOOKS OF A LARGE fine private Mbrars; lot of electro cuts ai nice cherry roller-top desk, with letter fl seen at any time except Saturday at 1: ~ Be. ‘This ts what we like to hear, and we are glad to Say we are bearing it right often this seusoa. Mr. Simpson, want a suit cut exactly Ike the | one you made for me last fall, for it fit me | beautifully. ‘ant a suit like the one you | I are turnin is clty— sure! Trouserings for $8. Tallor, t the Mnest tafloring 25 Suitings, and $10 . WARFIELD SIMPSON, 12th and F sts. sel2 DRESSMAKER. MES. BARN ormerly of Londen and late of New York, yweat 142 C st. se. sel2-fre NS_HAVENE DS ON DEPOSIT | FULTON upon which interest ts due year or Rereby notiied to call at once and pa be sold nt al sel2-15t* or the goods will 1. 1S88, LTON, Pawnbroker. “ICE CISE BOARD FOR THE DIs- triet Washington, September 12, | 1803. ns for bar room Icenses have been ain, 734 3d | legel, 1825 7th st. j Clerk Excise ‘Board. WHERE LIVE you? Are you a “suburbanist?" If so, drop in and give us « shipping order | for some of our fine wines. We ship | ere in America, packed | at hear mo outward fndi- mntents. e for price Hist. WINE CO., phone 998. Wr TO-KALON G14 14th st. nw. 7 sel? WE HAVE CONFIDENCE WE HAVE CONFIDENCE In every piece of clothing we make. It'll not only fit well, wear well, and look well, but will be.made in such a manner that we'll guarantee to keep our | in repair for one year—bindings, buttons, tris S, Hinge and so forth, YOUR BUSINESS SUTE YOUR BUSINESS SUIT Should be x vrdered soon. Our stock of cloths has just arrived from the lead- ing N. Y. woolen market. See them and see our $15 Blue and Black Cheviots. anything You cannot equal them at wear that price, MERTZ AND MEKTZ, MODERN PRICE TAILORS, seid CHANGES IN THE NAVY. Commodore Brown to Be Made Rear Admiral in the Near Future. | An important naval event of the near future is the retirement of Rear Admiral A. W. Weaver and the promotion to the | Facancy thus created of Commodore Geo. | | Brown, now in command of the Norfolk | navy yard. It not true, as reported, | | that President Harrison refused to promote | Commodore Brown on politi or any other grounds. Commodore Brown has never before stood in line of promotion to the grade of ar wimiral. Promotions in | the navy are based on seniority and poli- | ties ha nothing to do with the matter.) The only exception to promotions by | seniority is in the cases where it is shown that the officer naturally entitled to. pro- motion is morally, mentally or physically unfit for it. ee a WEIGHT OF THE BABY. It Tips the Scales at Just Nine Pounds and «a Quarter. | The important function of weighing the | White House baby took place yesterday | with all t furore and interest usually at-| tending such ceremonies. The scales show- | ed just nine pounds and a quarter. It was stated at the White House this afternoon | that the mother and child continue to do well, and that no unfavorable effects have resulted from the coll damp weather. -° THEY WILL ILIBUSTER. it Mr. Pugh Declares to Be the Determ of the Silver Men. | ‘Mr. Pugh at the close of his speech in| defense of silver in the Senate yesterday de- | clared that: “It is the termined and un- | alterable purpose of the opponents of repeal to stand upon their convictions of public {duty and fidelity to their pledges to the people whom they represent, and who have honored them with their confidence on this vital question, until physical strength is exhausted and the power of speech is left to no Senator to prevent the success of the conspiracy denounced by John G. Carlisle as equal in its consequence to war, pesti- | lence, or famine.” -o- Mail Contracts. Mail contracts were awarded today as follows: Hayes to Underhill, Wis., to Jos. Hall for $0; Falcon to Godwin, N. C., A. B. Strickland, $68. ane Letter Carrier Arrested. Post Office Inspectors Cochran and Wil- iams Wire the department of the arrest of George W. Gross, a letter carrier at Law- rence, Kan., on the charge of rifling regis- | tered’ mail” matter. ‘The dispatch stated | that the stolen property was found on the person of the accused. ere Presented to the President. Dr. Don Estanesiao, the new minister from the Argentine Republic, who was | Sent here specially to represent that coun- | try in the arbitration by President Cleve- |land of the boundary dispute with Brazil, | Was formally presented to the President jat ll o'clock this morning by the Secretary jof State. ‘The usual formalities were ex-| | changed. President Harrison consented to) act as arbitrator in the Argentine-Brazil matter, but it was not ready for action | during his administration, and President | Cleveland will take his place. He accepted the task early in his administration. dhenlapssteinraanatie terior Department Chenges. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary —Appointment: Cha: J. Cassavant, Pennsylvania, promoted fro 1,100 clerkship in the pension office to proof reader on the 1893 blue book, at 9125 per month. General land office—Appointments As speclal agents at $120: John Le Root Mississippi: Marsh Atkinson, Tennessee: J.-H. Seales, Texas; John B. Fay. Meng: land, and W: D. Sadier, Arkansas” seals liom Rendered. Commissioner Lamoreaux has rendered a decision in the case of McDonald and Hyde versus Emil Hartman et al. in favor of the former. Both parties asserted title under different forms of claim to mineral tracts in the Vermillion range, near Tower, A Dee! | Fruit Producers’ Association, 1E. Minn. It is understood that the decision will be appealed. ‘FOR SOUND MONEY. The Convention That Assembled at Willard Hall Today. /ABOUT 1W0 HUNDRED PRESENT. Mr. B. H. Warner's Brief Address of Welcome. DELEGATES WHO WERE THERE ———ee Although the sound money convention, composed of delegates from about every important commercial and financial asso- ciation in the country, which met at noon today in Willard Hall, this city, was not as largely attended as first believed it would be, nevertheless between one and two hundred delegates were present when the convention was called to order, and, as may be seen from the delegates repis- tered, they represented almost every branch of business and come from every section of the land. The delegates began to arrive | early yesterday morning, and all during the day, last night and this morning not a train came into the city which did not have aboard a number of additional ones. When the convention was called to order | it was the impression that the last of the delegates had not by any means put in an appearance, and it is expected that they will continue to arrive throughout today and tonight. At Conventionn Headquarters. As the delegates arrived they registered at corvention headquarters in the Glover building, 1419 F street, where President B. H. Warner and Secretary Alex. D. Ander- | son of the local board of trade and the re- ception committee appointed from the board welcomed them to the city and af- forded them every convenience and com- fort. It seemed that about the very first thing said by the delegates was to express the fact that they had but one object in view—the immediate and unconditional re- peal of the Sherman act. At a conference of the leading spirits of the convention this morning it was agreed that President B. H. Warner of the Wash- ington board of trade should be invited to act as temporary chairman of the conven- tion. It was also agreed that the invita- tion should come from the Cleveland rep- resentatives. The motion for the election ef a permanent chairman, it was arranged, should be made by one of the New York delegates. When the convention was called to order the following delegates had regis- tered: Delegates Registered. W. C. Roberson, D. T. Wade, Josiah Pen- field, and H. 3B. Herbert New York produce exchange; FF. F. Wheeler, chamber of commerce, Albany, N. et ation, Pawtucket, R. I; Ryerson Ritchte, David A. Dangler and Geo. Ely, chamber of commerce, Cleveland, Ohio; Chas. L. Adams and ‘Wilson Godfrey, "New York Lumber Trade Association; G. "Waldo Smith and Lyon, New York Wholesale Gro- cers’ Association; Edward Heyward, presi- dent of Protective Association of Cigar Manufacturers of New York, and Morris 3. Wise of the same; W.H. Parsons, New York board of trade and transportation; T. At- water Harnes and Lynde Harrison, New Haven chamber of commerce; Silas M. Gid- dings, Frank Squier and Chas. T. Dilling- hain, New York board of trade and trans- portation; Adolph Meyer, New Orleans chamber of commerce; D. 'P. Cruikshanks, ‘ew York board of trade; Julien Hammers- ugh and Albert I. Hochstader,New York lothiers’ Association; H. H. Sheldon, Bus- iness Men’s Association, Pawtucket, R. 1; Charles E. Adams, state board of trade, Boston; Frank S. Gardener, board of trade, New York; Edwin L. Sprague, state board of trade, Boston; Darwin R. James. board of trade, New York; Clarence P. Lovell, Boston; Jas. Randolph Anderson, board of trade, Savan- nah, Ga.; Willlam ‘Foster and Charles H. Meygands, board of trade, Newburg, N. Y. William Brookfield, board of trade an transportation, New York; C. W. Woolley ani Thomas’ Morrison” chamber — of ber of Commerce and Merchants’ Exchange, Cincinnati, Ohio; W. A. K. ‘Tenney, Wm. 3, P. Oskamp and Henry B. Michie, board of trade and Order of Cincinnatus, Cincinnati, Ohio; H. E. Paine, board of trade, Scranton, ‘a.; D. F. Dolan, board of trade, Lawrence, Mass.; Jas. F. Smith, board of trade, Low- ell, Mass.; H. K. Slayton, board of trade, Manchester, N. H.; W. C. Roberson, Dantei F. jah ‘Penfield and Henry 3. Herbert,produce exchange, New York, and Herbert Booth King, board of trade, New York; B. H. Warner, Thos. W. Smith, S. W. Woodward, C. J. Bell and Geo. ‘T. Dun- lop, Washington, D. C., Board of Trade; P.Hill and Lafe Prince, chamber of com: merce, Denver, Col.; Jas, M. Carpenter and A.O. Rule, St. Louis’ Real Estate Exchange; Stannard, Wm. T. Anderson, Chas. . Joy, F. H. Ludington and Clinton Row- eli, St. Louls Merchants’ Exchange; Jede- diah P. Jordan, Boston Paper Trade As- sociation; ex-Gov. H. W. Ladd, John W. Vernon, Providence Board of Trade; John H. Flood, Lynchburg (Va.) Board of Trade; H. G. Tombler and J. Whit Wood, Easton (Pa.) Board of Trade: Wm. M. Coates and R. Philadelphia Board of é ie, chamber of commerce, eo. KH. Leighton and i. A: ouis Chamber of Commerce; | J. G. Downtain, Huntington (W.Va.) Cham- ber of Commerce. ‘The Convention Called to Order. Just as the city bells rang the hour of noon President Darwin R. James of the New York City Board of Trade and Trans- portation called the delegates to order, the place of meeting, Willard Hall, being well filled with delegates and specta- tors. He briefly congratulated the dele- gates upon the number assembled and upon the great and varied Interests of the country, as represented by them. He ex- plained that the object of the convention was a most urgent and immediate one, the unconditional repeal of the Sherman act. The enthusiastic applause which greeted this remark left no doubt that Mr. James had correctly stated the prect: purpose of the convention. Mr. James then read the call for the convention and introduced President B. H. Warner of the local board of trade, who welcomed the delegates to the city in the following ad- dress: Mr. Warner's Welcome. Mr. President and gentlemen of the con- vention: I take pleasure as president of the Washington board of trade in welcoming you. We are assembled here today for the pur- pose of urging upon Congress the business necessity for the immediate and uncondi- tional repeal of the silver purchasing sec- tions of the Sherman law, and for the ap- peintment of a national non-partisan and expert commission to consider the future financial needs of the country. We are assembled in the interests of sound money and honest business, to urge the restoration of confidence at home the wisdom of our legislators, without regard to party lines, the security of American in- vestments and the welfare of our common country. ‘There is no political rivalry or feel- ing as we gather here in sight of the Capi. tol to impress if possible upon the Senate of this great republic the urgent demands of the whole people for promptness in deal- ing with a question of such importance, to retard the just and proper settlement of which 1s not only a blunder, but a crime. An¢ who are represented here today? I may well answer: The merchants, manu- facturers, bankers, railroad and transpor- tation lines of the whole country, every kind of business which hopes for’ future prosperity, all products and all markets, ull buyers and all sellers. You have not come here for pleasure, to be entertained, to see our avenues and streets, to examine our beautiful buildings, to attend banquets or to indulge in oratory. The purpose is to paciesre (zack pus asian Saas amano (Continued on Fifth page) >. E. Newell, Business Men's Assoct- | REPEALING ELECTION LAWS. Mr. Tucker's Bill to Be Reported Next Thursday. No Dispos! ion on the Part of the Ma- Jority to Limit Legitimate Debate— After Supervisor Davenport. The Tucker bill for the repeal of the fed- eral election laws will be reported to the House Thursday, and the debate thereon will probably begin at the next succeeding session. This action was determined upon at the meeting of the committee on election of President and Vice President and Repre- sentatives in Congress this morning. The session was comparatively brief and was devoted largely to a consideration of the report prepared by Mr. Tucker in support | of his bill. The majority adopted the report and would have voted to present it to the House today had not the republican mem- bers of the committee, under the lead of Messrs. Johnson of North Dakota and Curtis of New York, asked to be allowed to present their views simultaneously with those of the majority. ‘Thereupon it was voted to report the bill Thursday, at which time the two reports will be filed. Mr. Tucker says his report is brief, discussing first the unrighteousness of such laws, and, second, the demand and necessity for their repeal.” The minority re- port will be drawn by Mr. Johnson, after consultation with his associates on the com- mittee. The Debate. As to the length of time to be devoted to the debate, Mr. Tucker says there 1s yo dis- position on the part of the majority to re- strict It. As long as any one desires to speak on the subject no objection will be in- terposed to his doing so; “but,” he said, “we shall not permit any delay simply for the purpose of killing time. When it is appar- ent that discussion has exhausted itself there will be a quorum here to adopt an or- der from the committee on rules fixing a time when a vote shall be taken. Mr. Tucker says that in the course of the debate there will be some interesting infor- mation vouchsafed the House respecting the method of Chief Supervisor John I. Daven- port of New York, and the cost of enfore- ing the laws, Exact figures, he says, cannot be secured from the Treasury Department for the reason that many payments have been made to Davenport without vouchers; but it is estimated that the payments on account of the supervisors and deputy mar- shals have amounted to from a million to | @ million and a half dollars at each con- gressional election since the laws were passed. The republicans will oppose the passage of the Tucker bill to the utmost of their power. One scheme suggested, and which finds some support, 1s for the republicaas who Voted to report the silver purchasing clause of the Sherman law to join with the demo- rats who voted against 1t whea the Voor- hees substitute comes back from the Sen- ate, and thus defeat it, If the election re- peal law is forced upon them. But the probabilities are that the republicans will not, at least in a body, go back thus on the record they made last month, but content themselves with a vigorous presentation of the reasons why the election laws should not be repealed. For this debate at least a month, according to one of the prominent members of the minority, will be required, and no arrangement that reduces this per- fod of time will be accepted by them. ‘The debate will begin, said Mr. ‘Tucker, at the next se of the House after Thur: day, when the bill and reports will be pre- sented. CHUNKS OF TAFFY. Representative Morse Squaring Hi self With the Newspaper Men. Representative Morse of Massachusetts thinks that he has squared himself with the newspaper men. In the House this morning he arose to a personal explanation, during which he bestowed large and saccharine chunks of taffy upon the newspaper profes- sion, and upon the representatives of the New England press in particular. Some time ago a morning paper quoted Mr. Morse as saying that he objected to the admission of newspaper correspondents to the lobby back of the Speaker's chair, because there Were some young men among them who might spit tobacco juice on the floor and blow cigarette smoke in the nostrils of the members. This morning Mr. Morse indignantly de- nied having ever uttered such sentiments, On the contrary, he said, he was delighted to have the newspaper men come into the lobby. Then he proceeded to acknowledge the universal treatment which he had recetved at the hands of the newspaper men. ‘Then Mr. Morse proceeded to mention the New England correspondents by name, 4s if in the belief that the appearance of their names in the Congressional Record might be esteemed a great honor for the newspa- er men, not only wiping out any possible old scores, but paving the way for future peace. He named all of the Boston repre- sentatives except one poor unlucky fellow who happens to represent a journal differ- ing with Mr. Morse’s polities. This unfor- tunaté correspondent was entirely ignored. To all intents and purposes he does not live nor does his journal flourish, in Mr. Morse’s estimation, at least. Mr.’ Morse’s explanation created considerable amuse- ment in the House. —————_-o.+__ THE GUNBOAT CASTINE. e Wi Have Her Speed T: ‘Time This Week. ‘The gunboat Castine, sister ship to the Machias, will have her speed trial over the forty-mile course on Long Island sound this | week. The exact day of the trial will depend on conditions of wind and tide. The Machias and Castine are Maine's first contributions to the new navy. The speed achieved by the Machias earned her a premium, and there is reason to expect a similar result from the trial of her sister ship. The naval board of inspection, of which Commodore ‘Walker is president, convened at New Lon- don today and completed arrangements for the trial. ‘The Castine ts built of steel, and has a length on load line of 190 feet, an extreme breadth of 82, a mean draught of 12, a dis placement of 1,050 tons, and an aggregate horse power which is’ expected to reach 1,600. She is propelled by vertical, triple- expansion engines, and has a coal capacity sufficient for steaming 2,452 knots at her maximum, while at 10 knots an hour she could go 4,668 knots. Her rig is that of a two-masted schooner, spreading about 6,500 square feet of canvas. Her battery is quite adequate, as it contains eight four-inch rapid-fire guns. These are now exceedingly effective on account of the great rapidity with which they can be served and the high range and penetration given by im- proved powders. The secondary battery con- sists of four six-pounder and two one- pounder and rapid-fire guns and two Gat- lings. Pains have been taken to secure comfortable quarters for officers and men, and the complement is 150. After the Castine has had her trial and has been duly accepted, she will tained, as is customary, in home for several months. Then she may to some f ‘Watchmen Discharged. Two Interior lent watchmen were Uberated from overeat serfdom today. The unfortunates were Jeremiah Enright, courtesy and fair-minded | i AGAINST THE REPEAL. Senator Mitchell Makes a Speech From a Silver Standpoint. NOT MUCH ELSE IN THE SENATE The Session of the House Was Very Brief AND THE ATTENDANCE LIGHT. See THE SENATE. A letter from the Treasury Department in response to a resolution inquiring as to the redemption of treasury notes in silver, &c., was presented and read. It states that $1,473,874 of treasury notes issued under the Sherman act have been redeemed in silver coin in August and September; that $36,- 087,185 silver coinage has been minted, with a gain or selgnorage of $6,691,109, and that the remainder of the bullion purchased under the Sherman act had not been coined, because no further coinage had been neces- eary to provide for the redemption of the notes fn silver. The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Stewart of Nevada as to Senators being stockholders in national banks having been laid before the Senate, Mr. Stewart offered to yield to Mr. Mitchell of Oregon, who de- sired to address the Senate on the repeal bill, and his resolution, by unanimous con- sent, went over until tomorrow. Mr. White (Cal.) gave notice of a post- ponement of the Stanford eulogies until Saturday next and also that he would ad- ress the Senate on the repeal bill next Tuesday. The repeal bill was then, at 12:20, taken up, and Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) addressed the Sen- ate in opposition to it. Senator Mitchell Against Repeal. Senator Mitchell said that the funda- mental problem to be solved was: Are we to become a nation of monometalists, and if so, whether gold or silver monometalists? It could not be dented that the absolute demonetization of silver, as proposed by the unconditional repeal ‘of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, the perpetuation of the gold standard and the establishment of a policy that gold, and gold alone, shall be the sole medium of ultimate redemption are to be completely and absolutely over- turned and destroy the policy of the found- ers of the government, and contine silver as a money metal to indefinite overthrow. Was the Senate prepared to abandon the policy plainly outlined in the Constitution and avowed by every political party that has existed since the foundation of the government? If it was prepared to do that, upon what authority? By what com- mand? Under whose direction and by what inspiration? any state memorialized in favor of {t? Not one. Had the people of any political party in any state convention declared in favor of the demonetization of silver and of a single gold standard? No declaration of any such policy could be found in the plat- form of any political party. He denied that the Sherman act had been the cause of a panic. The causes leading up to it were in part world wide, and had their origin not in this country, but in speculative dealings between London bankers and the people of South Americ: which resulted—through the Argentine bankruptcies and the fall of securities— in bringing ruin to the doors of the Bar- ings and other moneyed institutions. The fear of tart revision and of the in- auguration of a free trade policy had also much to do with the panic. Senators, he said, had been told that it was lack of con- fidence that precipitated the recent panic. | Lack of confidence in whom or in what? The trouble was in a very large measure started by the banks. The bank- ers of England early in the spring nudged the bankers in Wall street and intimated | now {s a good time to forever set the seal on bimetallism under the pretense of re- pealing the Sherman act. The howl was started. The New York bankers nudged the chamber of commerce of the city of New York and the metro- politan press. The chamber of commerce in turn gave the cue to boards of trade and chambers of commerce throughout the coun- try. The howl started in perfect unison— all inspired across the seas—and finally the thing got away from them, proved a boome- rang, and the banks suffered along with the rest. It was expected that Senator Mill8 would follow on the conclusion of Mr. Mitchell's speech. THE HOUSE. If the attendance in the House yesterday ‘was a small one it was a smaller one today. Yesterday there were about one hundred members present. Today not more than fifty stood up when the Speaker's gavel fell and the chaplain offered prayer. The regu- lar chaplain of the House, Dr. Haddaway, who has been ill for some time, officiated. The Speaker laid before the House a com- munication from the Postmaster General (in response to a law relative to the dispo- sition of useless papers in the executive de- partments), setting forth that in his depart- ment there was an accumulation of old pa- pers that had no permanent value nor his- toric interest. In accordance with the law referred to, the Speaker appointed Mr. Hen- derson (N. C.) and Mr. Caldwell (Ohio) as a committee to inquire into the matter. Newspaper Men and the Lobby. Mr Morse (Mass.), rising to a ques- tion of personal explanation, sent to the clerk's desk and had read a newspaper ex- tract charging him with having opposed the proposition to permit newspaper men to have the privilege of the lobby back of the Speaker's chair, and further stating that he had made derogatory remarks relative to the press fraternity. The statement in this extract Mr. Morse decidedly and vigorously denied the truth of. From beginning to end it was a silly fable. He had tele- graphed a denial of the paragraph, but a He always traveled faster than a denial. So far from desiring to keep newspaper men from the lobby, he was in favor of admitting them there. It would be a great convenience both to newspaper men and to the Representatives. The newspaper men whom he had met in Washington, with few exceptions, had been gentlemen and men of ability. Mr. Richardson (Tenp.), from the commtt- tee on printing, reported a bill to provide for the public printing and binding and for the distribution of public documents. He asked that the bill be printed and recom- mitted and that the committee have leave to report at any time. To the latter part of this request Mr. McMillin (Tenn.) objected, and the report was ordered printed and re- committed. Mr. Hepburn (iowa) asked for the imme- diate consideration of a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor- mation as to the amount of merchandise in bond or duty paid and products or manu- factures of the United States which were transported from one port of the United States to another port therein over the ter- ritory of the Dominion of Canada by rail- road routes or partly by railroad and partly by water routes during the fiscal year ended “Mir, Geary (Cal) objected and the resol r. or . tion ‘was referred. a ‘The Capitol Centennial. The Speaker laid before the House a communnication from the chairman of the committee having in charge the con- duct of the centennial celebration of. the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol inviting the House to be present as a body oo, ceremonies. . Cogswell (Mass.) thereipon a resolution the a on gto accepting pro that at 2 o'clock om Septem! Bhe House would be present as?a bear Had the legislature of | DISTRICTINCONGRESS. Bills Introduced That Are of Positive Local Interest. Change Proposed in the Suburban Railway C! arter—The Tax Certifi- cate Bill—Other Measures, The Payment of Special Assessments. Senator Harris introduced in the Senate today and Mr. Heard in the House the bill prepared by the Commissioners, and printed in The Star yesterday, authorizing them to receive payment of the special assessments for improvements made by the board of public works, without penalties or interest in ail cases where, in the judgment of the Commissioners, the equities justify the abatement of the penalties. The bill was/ ccompanied by a letter from the Commis- sioners giving the history of these assess- ments. The Suburban Railway. A memorial from the directors of the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company was presented in the Senate to- day by Senator Harris, together with a bill for the amendment of the charter of the company. ‘The memorial, which is signed by G. Moyer as president, and George P. asks for an extension of the time for the completion of the road, stating that the hard winter of 1892 and 1893 delayed the work and the hard times of the spring and summer prevented its active prosecution. The memorial was accompanied by a bill amending the act of July 5, 1892, in- corporating the company, by changing the Toute somewhat, substituting G for H will be out Maryland avenue northeast, to Street, to Sth street. The road will then reach the Mt. Olivet road, and the bill pro- vides for the erection of a suitable viaduct over the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. The penalty for non-completion within a year is stricken out. The bill was referred to the District committ The Old Armory Building. Speaker Crisp today laid before the House @ communication from the acting secre- tary of the treasury, calling attention to the unsafe condition of the old armory building, now used by the fish commission, and asking for an appropriation to render the building fit and safe for habitation. It is estimated that $12.00 will be necessar to put the building in the proper condition, and $3,00 is asked for rental of another building while the improvements are under way. The communication is by letters from the architect of the and from Mr. Von Bayer, an archit both bearing witness to the unsafe tion of the building. It is said that the measure arises from the bulging of the up- per part of the main walls, from the poor construction of the third floor, from the weakened condition of the atti¢ floor, from the fact that the trusses of the ri are weak and decayed. It Is said that even after these repairs are made at an expense of $12,000 the building will not be in suitable = for the purpose for which it is us + e+ THE POTOMAC FLAT: Maj. Davis’ Report on the Work Dur- ing Last Mont The chief of engineers today received the report of Maj. C. E. L. B. Davis in regard | to the operations for the improvement of the Potomac river during August. Dredg- ing in the Washington channel, under the contract with the San Francisco Bridge Company, has been continued with one hydraulic dredge. The dredge has been at work on the twelve-foot channel west of the navigating channel, and the shoal bank t by the Alabama Dredging and Jetty | Company when their contract was annulled } now been removed. This affords rreat relief to the river steamers, which are now able to turn on entering or leaving their vharves without danger of grounding. ‘he amount of dregding during the month was 20,692 cubic yards, making a total un- der the contract of 74.235 cubic yards. The total estimated amount of dredging under the con ct is 8W,0® cubic yards, leaving about S cubic yards yet to be dredged. The boilers of the dredge have been repair- ed and it is now in fair condition for work. Good Progre: on the Sen Wall. Good progress was made with the con- struction of the seawall on the Virginia channel front of section 111 and 1140 linear feet were built during the month, leaving about 1860 feet to be built on this front to reach the Long bridge. The cementing and pointing of the top courses of the wall on Section 11 has been continued and about 1,700 linear feet completed. Twelve hundred and forty-three cubic yards of building received for the wall during the month. ‘The construction of the training dike on the right of the Virginia channel was con- tinued, and 691 cubic yards of rip rap stone were placed in the dike. A severe wind and rain storm, amounting to a hurricane, swept over the elty on the night of August 28 last. The tide rose to a height of over six feet and came over the top of the wall. Some damage was done to the wall by scows and logs which drifted against it. These damages have since been repaired. The United States steamer Neva, while moored at the government wharf at Eas- "s Point, was struck by a sand dredge, which had dragged her anchor and gone adrift. The steamer was somewhat jured at the deck ne, and has since been repaired. A water-logged barge, aban- doned in the Potomac river, was towed be- hind the training dike on west side of chan- nel above Long bridge and sunk where it could not be an obstruction to navigation. It ts proposed to continue dredging in the Washington channel and the work on the sea wall during September. —_——__-o-_ THE CHINESE «QUESTION. It Was Discussed at the Cabinet Meet- ing Today. ‘The Chinese question was one of the principal topics considered at today’s cab- inet meeting. As already announced in The Star it is practically settled that no further steps for the deportation of unregistered Chinese will be taken pending the settle- ment of Chinese legilation before Congress. Other questions sald to have been consid- ered at the meeting were the prospects of financial legislation and the political troubles in Brazil. The State Department has as yet recelved no confirmation of the reported battle near Rio de Janeiro, in which many lives were lost. Another Chinese bill is mow in course of preparation by Mr. McCreary (Ky.), chair- man of the foreign affairs comulttee of the House, who recognizes the necessity for some prompt action by Congress. The government has suspended the epforcement of the Geary law by declining to make fur- ther arrests. In any city of Callfornia 500 | Chinamen could be arrested within an hour for being in this country in violation of the Geary law. But United States officers are instructed not to disturb them for the present. In the Los Angeles case, where private citi- zens made complaint to United States Judge Ross, that certain Chinamen were in the United States in violation of the law, Judge Ross held that Chinamen could be arrested and deported on the com- nited States government must deport such Chinamen so found here. In doing this he construed that the law of September 13, 11888, was in force. Acting under a decision of the solicitor the ‘Treasury Department, tn carcaner bee ie a jet- ter of instructions, held that “the Chinese act of September 12, 1888, never went into operation, and is of no binding force, for dependent on the rati- fication of a treaty with China which was never ratified.” Various interpretations have been put on this act by various United States judges sitting in sections Davis as vice president and superintendent, | street northeast. The route as changed | stone and 28 cubic yards of gravel were | int of a private citizen, and that the | |ROBBED AN EXPRESS. A Lake Shore Train Held Up by Masked Men. ENGINEER SHOT FOR NOP YIELDING. Safe Blown Open by a Dynamite Explosion. URSUIT OF THE BANDITS. _ -__! IP | CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—Twenty masked men held up a Lake Shore train 120 miles fro | Chicago near midnight and, after wounding the engineer, biew open the safe in the ex press car and stole its contents. ‘The train was the one which drew out of the 12th street depot of the | road at 745 last evening, Minois Centr It reached Ken | dallvitie, a small station in Indiana, Mtth | short of four hours later. It went past the town and had hardly gone a mile through @ stretch of timber land when the eng slowed up near a curve. As the engin | rattled round the turn the engineer saw a er red light ahead When the train came to a stop a dozen men sprang into the cab and leveled rifles at the heads of the engineer and fireman. |The two railroad men stood stupefied as |the rifles gleamed in the flickering ght and the robbers said: “Throw up your hands.’ The fireman was lifted his arms at once But the engineer was not so timid paid no heed to the men nor to their ar aceful enough and } jand, with a cry of warning on bis lips, turned toward the passenger coaches. A n rifles were quickly turned toward the shots startled wakene plucky fellow and a di the passengers who had been the sudden stopping of the cars any of the shots struck the poor was not determined, but he fell with the blood gushing from'an immense wound. Dynamite Under the Express Ca: As the train came to a pause there a terribi plosion, The robbers had put dynamite under the train, and as the sttll- ness of the lonely place was broken the press car cracked and split and showed The conductor and was y would shoot to kill | if a move were made. The railroad men became motion! |dumb. A guard was put at the car and the express car was attacked. ‘The messenger behind the barricaded door r fused to obey the command of the robt to open the express car entrance, Shot after shot was fired at the car, but the n bers soon saw they could gain no entrance by intimidation, this resistance. The messenger, pouring shot after shot at the robbers through the opening, was soon disarmed and with a blow on the head leveled on the floor senseless. Half a dozen of the twenty men looted the express car, namite was again used in opening the jsafe and the thieves used their own time in taking everything they thought worth carrying awa; The guards at the | doors of the passenger coaches were called off, a few parting shots w fired—perhi | in the ailr—to warn those on the train that | pursuit meant death, and the band of rob- bers disappeared in the wooded stretch of land that skirts the railroad. Alarming the Country. | As fast as legs could carry them, mes- sengers ran to Kendallville to spread the ‘alarm. The sheriff of the county, aroused | from bed, called on all near him for help, | and soon’ a posse of residents of Kendall- j ville were speeding along the highway to the scene of the hold-up. They scoured the vicinity, beat thi eled miles through the woods, could find nothing. Guessing that the robbers had come from | Chicago, the sheriff routed out a telegraph operator and telegraphed to the Chicago police the story of the robbery The train held up was the New York ex- | Press on the Lake Shore road, which reac! Kendallville about midnight. It was ma up last night of ten coaches, two express jcars and one bage car. The dynamiu |having wrecked only the express ear, the robbers contented themselves with looting this alone and made no effort to force an entrance to ihe seco it was 3:3) this morning when the special officer at the Lake Shore depot rushed into the Harrison street station and told the lieutenant in charge that No. 14 had been but they 8. Lieut. Shepai t once pt th ago. The | Indiana marshe: |sent half a dozen officers to inte | bandits if they came toward Ch | officers were gtven orders to go to South Chicago and wait there until daybreak The sheriff of the county in which the train was held up telegraphed Sheriff Gilbert of Cook county to be on the lookout for the robbers, as they were coming this way. Details of the Robbery. A tramp who was stealing a ride on the express car of the train said there must have been twenty or twenty-five men in the gang. came to a standstill the men ran along the train to the rear end, and when the train- men came out on the platform to see what was the matter they were confronted by Winchesters. It is said that none of the passengers were robbed. Engineer Knapp and his fireman were ordered to throw up their hands by the men who climbed on the engine. Knapp had o hand on the throttle and he attempted to start the train. One of the desperadoes pushed a big revolver against his shoulder ing a hole in which a lead-pencil could be laid. The noise caused by the crashing of the express door when the dynamite bomb was hurled against it was the first intima- tion that the passengers had that the train was in the hands of robbers. There was a lively scramble among the passengers to crawl under seats and secrete what valua- bles they had in sight, such as watches and other Jewelry. The express car robbed was one used by the United States. Company and is supposed to have contained a large sum of money. At 4 o'clock this morning the officials of the road had not heard the details of the robbery. The only information had been the mere announcement that the train had been robbed. One of the Lake Shore off- clals hastened to the home of Manager Wy- gant, who started at once for the train special train was being made up for the officials of the railroad. At 5 o'clock this train left the 12th strect depot to make a quick trip to Kendallville. ‘The Amount of the Spotts. It is sald that the safe of the Unite? States Express Company containet $250,000 in gold, being shipped east by a Chicago bank. It is not known how much of the coin the robbers carried away. Engineer Knapp made a plucky fight when the robbers climbed into the cab. He struck one with the coal pick and knocked him senseless. Another openel fire and shot the engineer in the chest, seriously | wounding him. The fireman saw a chance to make his escape, and, jumping through the cab window, ran for his life. ALBION, Ind., Sept. 12—The bandits who @ynamited and robbed the Lake Shore ex- Press, succeeded in getting about $31,000 of @ consignment that was being shipped from cago. At 4 o'clock this morning a telegram was sent to Sheriff Shauck at this place, re- questing him to report immediately ith an armed posse, and capture the robbers. [le is in hot pursuit of the thieves. The men (rho did the work are members of a well- throughout 12—United M. Weist of by | x- | They were prepared for | wh the brush and trav-| held up and robbed while rolling over the | He says that as soon as the train | and fired. The bullet passed through, tear- | dispatcher’s office at the depot, where a| TWENTY RES HORI oven, mher Yard of the | ew t c ' P st nis he . are A : ANGRY AT | Why Sweden ts Abs ihe ‘Tripte au k “ ne Alles > It says that King Osca RECOVERING, © Alarmist Reporte tine Irable Postt J topic of Interest tn the | ent ts the vacancy in the Ist in the adjutant general's depart- ment. It is an office by all officers |i the arn w the grade of major. The pay and wances amount to $4.07 and the ch: t tion are much better than in the line, There are over one hum | dred active candidates for the office. Th selection, however, is said to be confined te five officers, towit | mes 1. ank, third artil- Wilson, tw ntry | Hail, fifth cavalry: Charles B | cond cavalry, and Alexander fourth « ¥. The social con ndvlates named t Filack- f the late P. Rodgers amarrie’ ator Cameron. of the present c the army. It the question will be settled in naw « Rodgers & few da anted a parfon tn r, sentenced in Jan- # imprisonment te imbta re ool fot laws tn granted on ac ot D ¥, 188, to two District of C | 1 rdon ts rs youth. din the ease of Cathe te Sheridan, convict lumbia of lurceny in the case Dunbar, ected in Kentucky of violating internal revenue laws, nd in the case of J. B, Kolb, convicted the District of Colum! se ons Assaflants. ment has received re ! 1 States minister et . showing that the persone Suspected of bene concerned in the recent assault on Miss Melion of Towa, a Presby- terian missionary in the province of Mosul, ied tow The hav 1 urkish @ he en ar nd taken 1 assurance ited States that the gaflty Justice. The ma- s of Mosul are Chris ns, aS Was sup. posed, there being very few of the lattes outside of the government service. | e- | The Cherokee Owth The following order inv been ty | parties will t tians and n the run- ning of reilroad trains into the Cherokee outlet n the day of opening has been issued by Secretary Hoke Su I hereby a th r permitted to enter said outlet during the six hours before said time of opening. | After said time of ing for three hours trains will be allowed to enter said outlet jonly under the following regulations 1. ‘They must be for general use, ana not sed or chartered to any favored passen- | eer oF passengers 2. The trains must be stationed at the edge of said land at least thirty minu before the hour of opening, and shall not be entered by passengers earlier than |thirty minutes before the time of opening | 3. No one shall enter either of said trains asa passenger unless he holds a certificate from one of the booths 4. The trains may start upon seid land at y time after the hour of opening, The trains must stop at every station, jand at intermediate points, nut more than | five miles apart. |_& The trains will be limited in speed te fifteen miles an hour. 7. The regular local rates of passenger charges shall not be exceeied. 8. No px shall be allowed to board | said trains after they enter the strip The United States officer in charge will give effect to this order. ‘The secretary of state for Oklahoma has been directed by the department to see that the law ageinst the carrying of deadly | weapons is strictly enforced. - +e: Death of Paymaster McMahon, | _A telegram was recelved this afternoon at the Navy Department stating that Pay- | master John McMahon diel suddenly & | Boston yesterday of heart diseay Condition of the Cruisers. When the crut: ark leaves the Norfolk navy yard to assume her duties as flagship of the South Atlantic station, the neglected cruiser Atlanta will be the only | vessel undergoing repairs and requiring any special attention at the government navy yards. As every ship which took part tn the {naval view has had a thorough overhaul- jing, there is little prospect that the yards | will be as busy as th ere this summer |for years to come. Every ship is now in fine order, and well prepared for three-year | cruises. Ali of the stations have modern flaxships, some for the first time. The Baltimore will be the first new steel ship of | the navy to fly the flag of a rear admtral jon the Asiatic station, and the Newark the first on the South Atlantic. The Chicago is also the only modern vessel we have ever had attached to the Furopean station, | and the Philadetphts ts the finest craft from which our admirals on the Pacific haw ever flown their pennants, -o- ‘The Hot Springs Reservation. Lieut. Kobert R. Stevens, first Heutenant | sixth United States infantry, in charge of Hot Springs reservation improvements, has submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior. It is largely technical. It con- tains a resume of the work performed dur- ing the year and estimates for the work to jbe done. It outlines the general method of procedure, preliminary surveys and general | scheme for improvement. It ts a full and comprehensive paper and is replete wit) Hot Springs facts and figures. The The gunboat Concord left Colombo, Cey- lon, today for Singapore, en route to China. 2+ main Receipts Today. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today were $160,871; from customs, $12,478. -—— A Bogus M. V. Gannon of Omaha, president of the Irish National League of America, repudi- ates the manifesto purpor.ing to come from the executive committes of the Irish-Arer- jean League of America, which wae sent out from New York city Sunday night, denouncing the home rule bill and Mr. Glad- stone. He never saw it and never signed it. a.