Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1893, Page 1

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Public hall meetings will be resumed NOTE. gt Woun's Hall, 721 6th st. 0. AY, ymaber 27, tnd other important de transacted. It is also requested ‘which ‘that members procure the council cards, will be ready for issue on that se23-8t BY ORDER OF SNCHT Claret Aine trulty Claret for punch. THE PARKER VINEYARD CO. OF CALIFORNIA, ¢ TO-KALON WINE CO., S14 14th st. nw. Telephone, 998. WILL YOU Warr FOR THE SNOW? Which will you do? and talk it ts casy to guess wi BARBER & Rings fF both of Bulldiag and Hardware Materia Coc. 1th and @ sts. By DR. HODGKIN, DENTIST, HAS RETURNED city. 700'10th st. aw. e223 “VOCAL LESSONS.—MISS KATIE V. WILSON. Special attention 's called to this com- "a @ per cent investment securities, sale at par and accrued interest. se20 THAD TF. Remember the scarcity of coal last winter? Remember I was well stocked and could oa at any time? Better buy this year of eal jercRant who is ta the Coal business ail the Year round. I am not = summer Coal Dealer, transacts business only in pleasant weather. J. MAURY DOVE, Main Ofice, 21st and I streets northwest. Brooches, 1206 H st. nw. 1026 Met. aw. TYPEWRITER LETTERS ‘By my process furnished at @ trifle above or- dinary printing—ctrculars become personal let- ters.—Discard the old method and try the new. Extensively used in all the larger cities. Cali and see samples. BYRON S. Printer, S12 ith st. mw. Telephone 980. 320 & DISCOUNT OF 15 PER CENT ALLO’ N ti October 1 ou Andirons, Fenders, Grates, ‘Spark Guards, f&e.. selt J. H. CORNING, Tile Shop, 520 13th st. 4 HOME FOR $10 DOWN AND $25 MONTHLY. ‘We will sell you & home on terms of $100 down and $3 moathly; just what you are Row paying woathly im reac. Cad and let us tell you about tt. 343. E WAUGH, 610 ‘ABOUT WHAT YOU WEAR OUTSIDE. In stat ‘® certain for a Suit or ree Ss soe lie ne SS ‘With any but first-class tailors. We cannot i for reptuation’s sake to use inferivr neap-dota'" tailors. We give Somentie quality cloth, Suits to order, 625 up. Trousers, $0 up. J. FRED. GATCHELL, Inte of Keen's, 418 12th st. Fr d is E uf th i Hs oF Ff if RAH! RAB? HIGH SCHOOL! RAH? HIGH SCHOOL! For you to have Coal this winter. Give us your order. Our Coal is clean. Full weight. POLLARD & BROTHER, 203m 12th st. and R. 1 ave. ALL PERSONS HAVING GOODS ON DEPOSIT with H. K. FULTON upon which interest is due ote year or more are hereby notified to call at once and pay up the interest, or the goods will be sokd at auction OCTOBER 3, 1893. eel2-15e* HK. FULTON, Pawnbroker. THE CALIGRAPH TYPEWRITER IS EASIEST learn and to operate. Brivtege: of pacchase. th ot. aw. FALL NOVELTIES IN SHIRTS ‘Now on exhibition at HaLi’S SHIRT FACTORY, etm ‘908 F st. SPECIAL OFVER_ONE-THIRD OFF Opa limited umber of Brand New No. PNEUMATIC RAMULERS. These are late sar terns, with elther smooth or corrugated G. ky. tires, 28 of 20-inch front wheels, and guaranteed for ooe year from uate of salc. Former price, $150. Now cut to. ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS! Lamps and Bells extra. Will sell ou time pay- meats to the right Kind of customers. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MPG. co. 1325 14th at. DR. J. WESLEY BOVEE Fias remored to 1404 HST. N.W. _Office hours—8 to 10; 3 to 5 and 7 p.m." se6- G_T. KEEN. Ps IANT TAILOR, Fst. 5.W. {PRINTER AND PUBLISHER. ook and job printine. (ew) "TOR 16 E st. aw. Fine Telehpons V3. prsas Auaxative. rete: fruit lozenge, ‘Very agreeable to take for CONSTIPATION, hemorrhotds, bile, Jess of appetite, gastric and intestinal troubles and. ences arsine F. GRILLON GRILLON Ut Rue des Archives, Parks ep TS-natin Bold by all Drugeiste. (WDIEN ‘tro WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATIFIED ——at the success attending the “‘commis- sion sale" of the Elegant Imported Woolens recently consigned “to us br @ “bard: Dressed tmporter. We had orlers to make {hem up low, and we marked them low. ‘We marked them too low for two or three of our patrons, for they turned to our regu- lar stock at prices, being afraid they were too to be ‘good. “Not 80, though They are equally as tine quality god 25 per cent under our regular prices. aits, $22.50 up. G. Warfield Stmpson, Tailor, 12th and F. _ se25 RETIRING FROM BUSINESS, I HAVE SOLD MY stock and fixtures to GEO. place of ¥ = my customers generally are rec- = ‘o ME WENRY HINKE, Jeweler, 025-60 425 9th st. ow. FIFTH AVENUE TAILORING. Having an extended experience as cutter in several of the leading tailoring establish ments in New York and Philadelphia and having been lately associated with Keen in the same capacity I am enabled to give sat- isfaction in every respect to all who may favor me with their patronage. EF Reasonadle prices. G J. B. SCHUTZ, 1413 G street nw. DON’? SKIP THIS. If you want paper of any kind, im small quantities or large, in the sheet or cut any size desired, come to headquarters for {t—-also for anything elso in the stationery line, ineleding Stationer’s Sundries, Blank Books, Cards and Curd Engraving. 7 Our prices are the lowest. EASTON & RUPP, Popular Stationers, 421 11TH ST. (Just above the avenue). se25 4 SWELL “DRESSING"— 7 A clay worsted coat and vest—the “long tay” kind—with pin-stripe trousers. We make the coats and vests from $25 up—the trousers from $8.50 up. See those nobby blue and black Scotch cheviot suitings at $30 the suit. EISEMAN BROS. Band 7th ats. ow. 225 rod -jcan be Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1893—TEN PAGES TWO CENTS. Two More Revenue Steamers Ordered to the Pacific Coast. NOT 10 PREVENT OPIUM SMUGGLING, But to Look After the Chinese and the Seal Fisheries. MORE VESSELS NEEDED. Secretary Carlisle's action in ordering the Tevenue steamers Grant and Perry to the Pacific coast has attracted considerable at- tention and is believed to have more sig- nificance than has yet been attached to it. It 1s sald that these vessels are to aid in suppressing the smuggling of oplum, but so far as known there has been no such in- crease in that traffic as would appear to justify the transfer of two vessels from ‘one side of the country to the other, es- pecially as it is a matter of complaint that there are already too few vessels on the east coast to effectually perform the serv- ices required of them. Then there is the matter of expense. Experience has shown that it costs very little more to build a revenue cutter than it does to transport her around the Horn from one aide of our coast to the other. Something More Than Opiu: sling. ‘These considerations have caused several suspicious individuals to conclude that the concentration of an increased force of rev- enue cutters on the Pacific coast means something more than the mere enforcement of the customs laws. The absence of offi- cial information on the subject has given rise to considerable speculation, the most plausible of which is that the Treasury De- partment had several good reasons for its Action outside of the matter of opium smuggling, in itself a most difficult thing to deal with. ‘The Chinese Question. It is said that the Chinese question and the seal fisheries are mainly responsible for the proposed increase of the revenue fleet on the Pacific. These are both serious Problems. Chinese are being smuggled into the United States through Puget sound in spite of strenuous efforts to prevent it. Another revenue steamer there will un- oubtedly be of great service in checking the illegal entry of Chinese and aiding in the deportation of those already here who fail to comply. with the laws as to regis- tration. The smuggling of Chinese into the United’ States from British Columbia is said to be even more profitable than the il- legal introduction of opium. To Protect the Seal Industry. Another important service that will add materially to the duties of the revenue cut- ters will be the enforcement of the regula- tions adopted by the Paris tribunal of arbi- tration for the protection of the sealing in- dustry. They will probably be put into full force and effect next season, although, as yet, the President has made no oficial an- nouncement on the subject. No explanation 1s offered for the delay in proclaiming the result of the arbitration on this question. ‘The terms of the agreement have not yet been officially promulgated in any form, notwit a copy of the de- cision has been in the possession of the Secretary of State for several months. Un- der the treaty the contracting parties are bound by the decision, so that it is hardly probable that negotiations for a modifica- tion are in progress. Why Promuigation is Delayed. The most reasonable explanation of the @pparent delay in announcing the result of the arbitration is that the President de- sires to include in hjs proclamation such regulations as are deemed essential to the Proper execution of the agreement. An ef- fective patrol of the sixty-mile zone around the Seal Islands will require many more Vessels than have heretofore been detailed to duty in Bering sea. The preparations now being made for the concentration of revenue cutters on the northwest coast are doubtless due to considerations of this kind. The Two Cutters. ‘The revenue cutter Grant has been sta- tioned at New York for ten years. Her commander is Capt. D. F. Tozier. The Perry is stationed on Lake Erie. She is deemed one of the best vessels in the reve- nue marine service. She is commanded by Capt. A. A. Fenga ; The Grant is of 33 gross tons. Her prin- cipal dimensions are: Length, 163 feet; beam, % feet; depth, 11 feet 4 inches, and draught, 9 feet 6 inches. She is a single propeller craft. Her speed is about eleven mots an hour. She carries a battery of four twenty-four-pounder howitzers gnd a complement of seven officers and thirty- four men. ‘The Perry is a topsall schooner-rigged steamer of 28 gross tons. Her principal dimensions are: Length, 16 feet; beam, 25 feet; depth, 1 feet 2 inches; draught, 9 fect 10 inches. ‘She is a single ‘screw steamer, mounting two three-inch breech-loading rifles. The complement of the Perry is seven officers and thirty-one men. Her speed is about twelve knots an hour. The Grant can carry 12) tons of coal. Her consumption under full power is about eight tons a day. The Perry can carry about ninety-five tons of coal. ‘The sailing route of the two revenue cut- ters will be left, it is understood, to the discretion of the senior captain, Capt. Fen- gar. The two vessels will proceed to the Pacific in company. It is thought likely that they will follow the track of sailing vessels to Rio de Janeiro, in order to economize fuel. In this event the ports touched at will embrace Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, Valparaiso, Callao and San Francisco. ‘The two vessels, it is calculat- ed, will make the run to San Francisco in about eighty days. The opinion is expressed by revenue ma- rine officers that the Treasury Department will furnish the Grant and the Perry with rapid-fire batteries before dispatching them to the Pacific. The present battery of the Grant is antiquated and of little service. The Perry possesses two good main battery rifles. = ——_+e+__.. Stenographers and Typewriters. There is a greater demand for male stenog- raphers and typewriters than the civil service commission can supply from its register of eligibles. These examinations taken at any of the times and places indicated in the schedules for departmental examinations, nd SPECIAL NOTICES. ATTENTION, VETERAN FIREMEN. THERE Mul be a meoting of the assoctation on THIS, ‘25th tustant, $ p.m. All who cannot attend this meeting are revuested to meet at B. and. 0. depot, fully equipped, at 9:30 sharp, TUESDAY, Sth “instant, to. tact the Canale See By order JNO. J. PEABODY, ‘Socretary. ALL_YEMBERS OF UNIO: 1963. G. U. 0. of 0. at their bail. on 28th at. bet. 1 o'clock TUESDAY, Sept. 26, funeral of thelr, late’ brother, B. N. G. . Thompson. Sister lodges 1 % Figo eae : ‘are’ fraternally’ tn: feet for the ful i reine ae, SUES) Bent fetal Monday By order of N. G. E,W. MOREE ate __8. 6 BURNETT (. s. THE PUBLIC 18 HERERY NOTIFIED THAT 1 have severed my official relutions with the Co lumbia Industrial Insurance Co. Sept. 25, 1898. (t*) BENS. M. BEALL, M.D. MY WIFE HAVING LEFT MY BED AND BOARD ‘und having refused to live with me I. herhy forbid any and all persons from trusting ber on my account, and I refuse to pay apy bills of her barca JOSHUA THOMPSON. ate FFICE OF THE EXCISE BOARD FOR THE Puatct ot ‘Columbia, Wasblogton, ‘September 23, 18U3.—Applications for licenses have heen received as follows: Bar room. Jno. Eller, 21-0 st. ow.; M. F. Moran, 3011 M st. n.w.; Fred J. Melvin, ‘601 7th ‘st. n.w. Wholesale. Geo. Nally, 1625 12th st. me. ROGER WILLIAMS, Clerk! to attend "the Excise Board, it LIGHT LODGE, NO, | G. Henson | Inthe Vicinity of Rio for the Protection of American Interest, The Newark Left Today and the De- troit Will Be Ready soon— ot © Vessels There. After many weeks of preparation the cruiser Newark finally started today on her long voyage to the South Atlantic. She is the flagship of that station, and Is fitted out for a three years’ cruise. Acting Rear Ad- miral Stanton, who is in command of the naval forces in the South Atlantic, flies his pennant from the Newark. ‘The Charleston and the Yanfic will be subject to his orders. ‘The first named vessel belongs to the Pa- cific station, but she will be retained on the east side until the present small force on that station can be reinforced with at least another vessel. It is not improbable that the gunboat Concord, now in Muropean waters, may be ordered to the South At- lantic, in accordance with the original pro- gram of the department. The Detroit wil undoubtedly go there as soon as she has fulfilled her contract requirements. The gunboats Machias and Castine and the cruisers Montgomery and Marblehead will also be available for foreign service in a few months. It ts likely, however, that four ships will be regarded as sufficient for the South Atlantic station for some time to come, in which event none of those just named will go there. Ready if Needed. In case of great emergency the crack cruiser New York can also be utilized for service on the South Atlantic, but there is very small probability of her leaving home waters for many months yet, and the San Francisco and Kearsarge would undoubt- edly be called into requisition for foreign service before the New York. According to present indications the New- ark and the Detroit are the only vessels at all likely to join the Charleston and Yantic in Brazil within the next month. ‘The Newark is under orders to procesd to Rio with all posstble dispatch and will un- dovbtedly make a quick trip. She 1s one of the largest and fastest cruisers ow In com- mission and will unquestionably acquit her- self with credit. Her main battery con- sists of twelve six-inch breech-loading rifles, which throw an armor-plercing projectile weighing 10) pounds. In addition to the main battery she has a number of rapid fire guns of the six-pounder and one-pound- er Hotchkiss type and also Gatling guns. ‘The Newark will proceed under full speed, {t is announced, for Barbadoes, where ad- ditional coal will be taken on board. and then the crutser will steam straightaway for Rio de Janeiro. The run :o Barbadoes will be made in about four days from New York. The cruiser will stay at Barbadoes not more than thirty-six hours. ‘The pas- Sage thence to Rio de Janeiro will, it is calculated, not occupy over ten or twelve days. At this rate of steaming the Newark should reach Rio de Janeiro about the 10th or 16th proximo. + The Detroit Getting Ready. The Navy Department took active steps today toward getting the cruiser Detroit started for Brazil, or to. whatever place the department desire to send her. “It will be remem! that the Detroit started for Rio Janetro trom Norfolk week before last, ‘and was signaled ut Cape Henry to return starting place, 90 that a regulation which provides that’ a vessel must Have a forty-eight-hour trial trip preliminary to final acceptance by the government might be complied with. The Detroit had not been given this final trial, and as it must take place within four months from the time she was turned over to the Navy De- partment by hey builders, and two months only remained to complete the limit, it wa: decided to call her back after she had left Norfolk, in view of the probability that the service in Brazil might extend over a larger Perlod than was expected. Some surprise ‘Was expressed over the delay of the depart- ment in appointing the trial board, so that the vessel might not be obliged to remain in this country more than a few days, but at was not until this afternoon that action was taken in the matter by the appoint- ment of a board of officers, with Rear Ad- miral Belknap as president, to conduct the final trial trip. Other members of the board are Capt. Philip and Lieut. Com- mander Hemphill. The Detroit will leave Norfolk Wednes- day and proceed outside Capes Henry and Charles for the forty-eight hours’ sea run, and on her return to Norfolk will be order- ed to proceed immediately to sea, if she is in good condition. While there is a possi- bility that the Detroit may be ordered to Nicaragua or to Argentina, the present dis- position of the Navy Department is to send her to Brazil as soon as possible to protect American interests there. NEW RULES FOR INSPECTION. Coming Trials of the Cruisers Marble- head, Montgomery and Colu New rules have been formulated by the Navy Department for the guidance of in- spection boards in the official trial of the cruisers Marblehead, Montgomery and Co- lumbla during the next few weeks. It is said a change has been made necessary by the large premiums earned by the contract- ors for ships recently tried. The premiums already paid out have amounted to nearly $500,000 and are likely to be increased to near- ly $1,000,000. Cramps carried off $200,000 on the New York alone and the Columbian Iron Works $150,000 for the Detroit, while the Machias, Castine and Bancroft won bonuses. Should the Montgomery come up to the per- formance of her sister ship, her contractors would gain $300,000 for the two vessels in premiums, and if the Columbia should do as well as the Cramps expect they will have another $200,000 clear gain. The Union Iron Works people are confi- dent of getting 21 knots out of the cruiser Olympia and expect to carry off the same amount as was won by the New York, and the builders of the Marblehead are equally confident of a large reward. The Steam Pressure. Under the new rules the steam pressure will not be allowed to exceed that which the engines were designed to generate, plus 6 per cent. This will result in some disad- vantages to contractors and may reduce the premiums earned by the limitation placed on the pressure, but the effect will be to prevent further wrecking of vessels on their trials and severe and undue strains on the engines by the attempts of bullders to pile on all the steam the boilers are capable of generating in attempts to carry off large premiums. ‘The first vessel to which the new instruc- tions will apply will be the cruiser Mont- gomery, at Baltimore, which will have her official ‘trial trip in'a few days. The greatest pressure to be allowed her con- tractors will be 168, or 5 per cent in addition to the 16) she is designed for. The Detroit, her sister ship, built on the same designs and with the same boller capacity, when tried, ran up her pressure to 18) and dropped it to the normal of 160, but at the high pres- sure one of her safety valve heads was blown off, and toward the end of the trip (she was ‘compelled to finish with steam | blowing off at a great rate. The Effect on the Colum The effect the new system will have on the Columbia will be watched here with special Interest. There are only a few en- gineer officers who think it will make any appreciable difference in her trial speed, | but the general question whether the Iimita- | tion of steam pressure will result in decreas- | ing the premiums and still allow the ships to fulfill all requirements for speed remains [to be seen. Failures and Resumptions. A table prepared at the Treasury Depart- ment shows that from January to Septem- | ber of this year 560 state and private banks in the United States failed and that seventy- two have resumed business. In the same time 155 national banks failed, -* which seventy have resumed. He Attacks the President for Some Expressions He Has Used. RESOLUTION BEFORE THE SENATE. He Claims the Law Was Vio- lated by Secretary Carlisle. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE. THE SENATE. The eighth week of the present extraor- dinary session and the sixth of the debate on the repeal biil was begun this morning, with the Senate meeting at 11 o'clock. The attendance of Senators was :musually small. A resolution was offered by Mr. Petfer (Kan.), and went over till tomorrow, call- ing for information as to the anticipation of interest on United States bonds. The resolution offered last Saturday by Mr. Stewart (Nev.) as to the co-ordinate departments of the government was laid before the Senate. Here is its tex! Mr. Stewart's Resolutio: Resolved, That the independence of the co-ordinate departments of the government —the legislative, the executive and the ju- dictat—must be maintained, and that the use of the power and influence of one de- partment to control the action of another is in violation of the Constitution and de- structive of our form of government. Mr. Stewart began to address the Senate on the resolution, but had not spoken more than a few sentences when he was inter- rupted by Mr. Manderson (Neb.) with the remark that the resolution was a most tm- portant one, and that undoubtedly the speech about to be made was one that should be heard by a full Senate. He sug- gested that there was no quorum present. The roll was called and forty-four Sena- tors (one more than a quorum) responded. Mr. Stewart then went on with his speech. He began with a citation from President Cleveland's speech last Monday on the oc- casion of commemorating the hundredth an- niversary of the laying of the corner stone of the Capitol. This speech had been made by a President having more than 100,000 federal offices to dispose of, and with a veto power which had been designed only for extraordinary occasions, backed by con- centrated capital and encouraged and jfiat- tered by a venal press. i He described Mr. Cleveland on that occa- sion as turning his face toward the Senate wing of the Capitol, and, in angry and menacing tones, using the following lan- guage: 3 “If the Representatives who here: semble to make laws for their fellow coun- tryn.en forget the duty of broad and dis- interested patriotism and legislate in preju- ice and in passion, or in behalf of sectional or selfish interests, the time when the cor- ner stone of the Capitol was laid and the circumstances surrounding {t will not be worthy of commemorating. Construed by a Venal Press. ‘This declaration, Mr.. Stewart said, had been cheered and encouraged By @ thought- Jess multitude and construed by a venal press as a rebuke from the President of the United States to the Senate. The struggle for constitutional lberty (he continued) of the Anglo-Saxon race, which had been long, arduous and attended with many sacritices, had lasted now for nearly a thousand years. He went on to quote at great length from Macaulay's history of England as to the parliamentary struggle with the Stuart es. ‘Coming back to the present, Mr. Stewart charged that the President—in disregard of his oath of office to execute the laws—had permitted the Secretary of the Treasury to violate the law of January 14, 1890, which made the purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of sil- ver bullion per month mandatory. In proof of ‘this charge he presented a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury showing that in the month of July last 6,068,000 ounces of silver bullion had been offered and only 2,392,618 ounces purchased, and in August 4,783,000 ounces offered and only 3,887,500 purchased. He had not yet the statement for this month, but he under- stood that the purchases are still less, al- though silver bullion was offered far below the cost of production, He could not con- celve how this could be justified, in view of the scarcity of currency which should have been increased by the issue of treas- ury certificates for silver bullion. He knew that an excuse was made that silver bul- lon was not purchased because the holders asked more than the market price, but he insisted that the market price of property was that at which the owner was willing to sell. However much, he said, some Sen- ators might deprecate ‘the law of July 14, 189—as King James had deprecated laws on the English statute book—all (both high and low) had to obey the law if civil liberty was to be maintained and !f constitutional government was to exist. He undertook to say that at no time since the execution of Charles I had any king or president, either in England or in the United States, defiantly disobeyed a stat- ute which he himself had declared manda- tory, or had allowed his subordinates to disobey it. The President's oath of office commanded him to see that the laws were faithfully executed, but here was a plain mandatory law that had been disregarded. Was it not time, he asked, to sound the alarm? If constitutional Hberty was of any value, it seemed to him that all, friends and foes, should stand up and say to the President of the United States: “You have overstepped the mark. We cannot afford to have the laws of Congress disregarded.” The Market Value. Mr. McPherson (N. J.) asked whether Mr. Stewart held that a price demanded by a seller fixed the market price. Mr. Stewart replied in the affirmative. “That is a very strange idea,” said Mr. McPherson. I always supposed that the market value of an article was the price which it would sell for in the market, and that in order to quote a price there must be a purchaser as well as a seller. Mr. Stewart said that he had reliable in- formation that at the time the Secretary of the Treasury was refusing to buy silver bullion in this country millions of tt were being bought in New York and shipped to England at prices higher than the treasury refused to pay. Mr. Stewart then drifted to the anti- Chinese bill, and asked whethe> the ex- ecutive had enforced it. Whatever might be thought of that law, it was in force: and if the executive might violate one law, he might violate another. Was the President, he asked, to have the option to obey or to refuse to obey enactments? Congress on His Hands. He went on to remark that the Presi- dent had no very exalted opinion of the house of commons; and in that connection he read the President's letter of June % last, accepting an invita- tion to be present at the centenary of the Williams University, but saying that he ex- pected to have a session of Congress on his hands at that time. “That is the idea,” said Mr. Stewart in a dolerul tone, “that he has of Congress. That incidental remark speaks volumes in inter- preting the regard which the President has for a co-ordinate branch of the government. Could @ man who fully appreciated the re- sponsibility of his office make such a re- mark, even by accident? “Congress on the hands of the President! How would such a remark have sounded from the lips of a Washington, a Jackson, or a Lincoln? How would it sound if the houses of Congress had said that they had the President on thelr hands?” Mr. Stewart went on to say that he had read many interviews with the President, and they were all of the same tendency. He had one such interview in his hands—tele- | graphed from Washington on March 11, 1893, | to the Cincinnati Times-Star; and he read WHY IT WAS DONE. MASSING OUR VESSELS MR. STEWART'S TURN THE TARIFF QUESTION. No Apparent Hurry to Frame a Bill by Chairman Wilson. ‘What Other Democrats Think on the ject—Its Ii Elections—There May Be Trouble. juence on Next Fall's Having finished their hearings the com- mittee on ways and means appear to have lost some of their eagerness to go on with the work of preparing a tariff bill. The committee adjourned, subject to call by the chairman, but no call has yet been is- sued. Whether there will be a meeting to- morrow or any day this week is uncertain. There 1s undoubtedly a determination on the part of the leaders of the House and the majority of the democrats that there shall be @ radical bill drawn up and re- Ported to the House by the Ist of Novem- ber. It was understood some time ago that Mr. Wilson, the chairman of .the commit- tee, did not regard favorably the idea of reporting the bill too early, but it was sup- Posed that he would acquiesce in deference to popular sentiment in the House. He is ‘quoted this morning, however, as express- ing @ doubt that the bill can be reported as early as the Ist of November, and it ts intimated, probably from the same source, that the bill framed should not be put in operation until January, 18%, which would be after the congressional elections. Inti- mations of this sort excite the suspicion that In some quarters of the democratic party there is a feeling of apprehension about tackling this question. How Others Feel. The position taken by those democrats who want to live up to the declarations of their platform and their campaign speeches is that the bill should be framed and taken up in the House for consideration in No- vember, with a view to have it become a law and go into operation before the end of next spring, if a filibuster in the Senate doesn’t kill it altogether. Their idea is to have the law in operation long enough to make it an issue in the next congressional campaign. The opposing idea, which does not seem to have a very great numerical support, but is possibly pressed insidiously, is to delay action on the bill for awhile yet, 80 as to have it go over !ate enough to go into effect after the congressional cam- paign, having as little effect on that elec- tion as possible. There is undoubtedly con- siderable timidity somewhere in the demo- cratic ranks, and some of the talk that is going on indicates that there may be some trouble over the bill in the House. —__-e- -—___ INDIAN AFFAIRS. Facts Stated in the Annual Report of the Commissioner. The report of the commissioner of Indian affairs has been received at the Department | of the Interior. Of the fifty-seven Indian agencies twenty-six are now under the charge of army officers pursuant to the or- der of June 17, 1893. Of the practical effect of the innovation it is, states the report, too soon to speak. Every effort is being made to reduce the cost of the Indian service. ‘Thé estimates submitted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, are $6,981,454.70, which 1s $195,639.83 less than the appropriation and $1,191,457 less than the estimate submit- ted for the current fiscal year. Attendance at Indian schools is stated as follows: Gov- ernment schools, 11,229; contract schools, 4,016; increase, 1,163. The Cheyennes and Arapahoes of Seger colony have redeemed their promises as to what they would do if given a school of their own. There have been delegations of fourteen Indian schools at work in the Indian boarding schools at the Columbian exposition. The number of visitors at the Indian exhibit at the world’s fair now averages 110,000 per week. There was paid in cash to Indians other than to the five civilized tribes during last year in fulfillment of treaty stipulations, interest on funds held in trust for them on account of lands relinquished to the government, and for other debts due them and for labor, &c., $3,071,211. The Walker shooting inci- dent is spoken of, and affairs at the Leech Lake subagency ‘are said to have quieted down. The sale of liquor has been respon- sible for much of the trouble that has arisen at reservations in the vicinity of military posts. The department’ permitted Buffalo Bill and Nate Salisbury and Pawneé Bill to take Indians from reservations for show purposes, by giving heavy bond to pay them well, to look after their health and to pro- tect’ them from immoral influence. Up to March 3, 1801, there had been filed in the Indian office 7,978 claims arising from In- dian depredations. Pursuant to the act of March 3, 1885, 1,454 of these claims had been presented to’ Congress, teaving 6,519 in the files, with additions making in all 6,202 claims transferable to the Court of Claims. ‘The Indian bureau has adopted the new seai approved by the President October 28, 1802. Considerable space is given to election trou- bles in the Choctaw nation. Authority is asked to issue patents in fee to the allottees of the several tracts or to those assigns whose conveyances have been approved by the department in behalf of the Chippewa and Munsee Indians in Kansas. The suit of the United States in the circuit court for the western district of North Carolina to establish title to lands claimed by the East- ern Cherokees 1s still unsettled. Day and boerding schools should be pro- vided upon the reservations. The appro- priations for Indian schools are insufficient to keep them in repair. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL. Effort Being Made to Work Up Parti- san Feeling on the Subject. The discussion of the federal elections question in the House begins tomorrow and ten days of pretty lively debate are ex- pected. By the time this discussion ts ended and the bill passed through the House party feeling will have been worked up to a pretty high pitch, and it is believed that this Congress, starting out with the non- partisan consideration of the financial ques- tion, will develop into one of the most bit- terly partisan Congresses assembled in some years. Every effort is being made to work up partisanship in the Senate and there is @ good deal of mysterious by-play going on. jamin sty To Prevent Smuggling on the Pacific Coa The inadequate facilities of the Treas- ury Department in dealing with violators of the law on the Pacifle coast is empha- sized in a bill introduced by Mr. Mitchell of Oregon providing for the construction of two new revenue cutters for use in those waters. The Pacifle coast line, extending as it does from the northern boundary of Lower California to Vancouver Island, pre- sents an immense stretch of territory, re- quiring constant policing by revenue off clals. Mr. Mitchell's bill provides for two vessels at a total cost of $375,000, and is rec- ommended by the Treasury De} The great extent to which Chi opium smuggling has prevailed re: said to be due largely to the inability of the revenue officials to patrol the coast. ——_ Bank Receiver Appoint The controller of the currency has pointed Arthur C. Fuller receiver of the D tional Granite Bank of Exeter, N. H. ——+0+ - The Raxsian Exhibit Trouble. Acting Secretary Curtis has tnformed Col- \Gtor Clark, at Chicago, that his uction in assessing duty on certain xoods, stolen from the Russian exhibit at Chicago, is approved, as the facts and law fully war- action on his part. —-e- stant Attorney Gener: Miss Ella Knowles, the assistant attor- ney general of Montana, has had a confer- ence with Secretary Hoke Smith and As- sistant Attorney General Hall in regani to (Continued on Sixth page.) Montana school lands and other state mat- ters before the department. ROBBERS BEATEN OFF They Had Counted on an Easy Victory. TRIED T0 HOLD UP A TRAIN. But an Armed Body was Waiting For Them. TWO OF THE BANDITS DEAD. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 5.—The Kansas, St. Joe and Council Bluffs road foiled an attempt to rob one of its passenger trains, killed two of the bandits and captured three others at Francis, one and a half miles from this city last night. Higo Indall and Ed. Kohler were killed. The names of those captured are Fred- erick, Hersch and Harvey. Train No. 3 was the intended victim. It left Kansas City at 9:6 last night and ar- rived here at 12:80 this @fonday) morning. The officials of the road had been that the robbery of the road had planned and they notified the the train arrived here a dummy made up and sixteen police officers under command of chief of police were put aboard. In order to thoroughly decetve the robbers the ‘train was made an extra duplicate of train No. 3. When the dummy reached a point two miles north of St. Joseph the en- gineer’s attention was attracted by a lght- ed lantern moving to and fro between rails. He obeyed the signal and six men suddenly bourded the engine. One of the men mounted the engine ani resenting @ revolver al engineer's head End another at the Areman’s Meld them in subjection while the other five men hastened messenger to open the door, which he aid. Three of the bandits at once entered the car, leaving two without to keep guard. The policemen who were guarding the train were distributed in the various cars, the majority of them being concealed in the express car. Immediately the three bandits who had undertaken the work of robbing the car entered the door, the police ordered hem to surrender. The robbers were taken completely by surprise, but they opened fire upon the police. The police returned the fire and a general fusilade followed. About twenty-five shots were fired on both sides. When the smoke cleared away the Lfeless bodies of Kohler and Indall were found on the floor of the car. Both had been shot through the head. The which pierced Kohler’s head produced in- stant death. He never stirred after he hit. Indall was still breathing, but he shortly after he was brought here. Frederick, the third robber engaged tn the fight in the car, was uninjured, and was placed under arrest. None of the officers were injured. While the fight was going on in the car the eight police not it were looking after the two robbers who Had been left outside to keep watch. The Police quickly took them in and placed | them under arrest. The bandit who had been detailed to guard the engineer and fireman quickly realized the sttuation when. he heard the battle going on in the ex- = car and promptly made his escape. detail of officers was put on his track ; and quickly took up the pursuit with every of catching the fugitive before wn. A feature of the 5 f i and used them freely, but still they did no damage. The bodies of Kohler and Indall were brought here on the train, which returned to the city. All of thc train robbers lived here. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Sept. 2%.—Henry Gleitze, the train robber who escaped, was captured here this morning. KILLED BY A DRUNKEN SERGEANT. The Tragic Death of Two Men im the Berlin Garrison. BERLIN, Sept. 25.—Considerable excite- the Fusiliers was drunk this morning, and knowledge of the fact coming to his su- perior officers it was ordered that he be placed under arrest. Sergeant Kambousky was detailed to guard him after he was taken into custody. Wagemann was ugly and made many threats, but lttle or no attention was paid to them. Through carelessness, when Wage- mann was errested, his revolver was not taken from him, and when opportunity offered he shot Sergeant Kambousky, kill- ing him almost instantly. ‘Wagemann then shot and killed himself. > AT WORK AGAIN. Factories and Mills Where the Wheels Are Again Busy. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., Sept. %5.--The Newburyport Car Company's works, which have been closed for two months, resumed operations this morning. FALL RIVER, Mass., Sept. 25.—All of the mills are running today except the Ameri- can Linen and Fall River. The former will start next Monday, or as soon as certain muprovements now under Way ‘are com- pleted. TAUNTON, Mass., Sept. 25.—The Oakland mill started up this morning. KOKOMO, Ind., Sept. 25.—Six factories in this city, working 1,20 people, resumed es last week after a long -cicse own. Today the Diamond Plate Glass Company, with plants in this city and Elwood, started their fires, giving work to 1400 operati on half time. ge —_ BIG FIRE aT sT. JOE. The Water Works Exhausted and the Business Section in Peril. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Sept. 25.—Fire started at 9:30 o'clock this morning in Townsend & Wyatt's great department store and soon spread to the Regnier Shoup Crockery Com- pany’s huge store. The Commercial Bank block, the Carbrey block and the C. B. France building are in flames. Loss so far, $1,000,000, The water works have given out and the whole business section is in peril ieee THE SAN FRANCISCO TRAGEDY. Revised List of the Killed and Injured in Yesterday's Explosion. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. %.—A revised list of those killed and injured in yester- day’s water front explosion is as follows: Killed—George S. Holmes, pile river, | aged twenty-seven; William T. Mackcnsie, boxmaker, aged twenty-two; Edward Murphy, sailor, aged twenty-eight; Andrew McGuiness, sailor, aged twenty-five. Charles Bernard, who was reported dcad, Still lives, but has no chance of recovery. ——_— ANK ELLISON ON TRIAL, Fr ‘The Assailant of Broker Henriques ef New York. NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The trial of Frank Ellison for an assault upon William H. Henriques, the broker, was begun this morning before Recorder Smythe in part Ill of the court of general sessions. If convicted of the crime tn the first de- gree the fact that it Is a second offense Will leave the recorder no option except to condemn the defendant to state's prison for ten years. Conviction in the second degree will carry with it a sentence of five ears. **The selection of @ jury is now in prog- ress. Mr. ‘occupied his holiday at Black Craig in his fa pursuft of transe lating the odes of Horace af ; in fi TSE AMERICA’S CUP Preliminaries Will Be Arranged by the Committee Tomorrow. ‘ NEW YORK, Sept. %.—Lord Dunraven has notified the New York Yacht Club of his intention to be present ut the dinner @t Delmonico's, to be given in his honor on the even! i i i i i | ; Hi (i ag i I ti i i hi in aif i i i eh it it A : i ! : E | Se b d Hl if and William in the harbor, which answered before an: in the river. The squadron is command This Country Passes Away. ROME, Sept. %.—The representative im this city of the United Press jearns from a most reliable authority that tican has received advices from the Uhited States showing that the dissensions among Cath- olics there have ceased, and that those whe ‘were opposed to Mer. Satolli have submit- ted to his authority. ‘The Vatican is especially pleased to learn that calm has been re-established im the MADE FROM Woop. >= TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 2—A pattern maker of this city has invented a machine for making gas from wood. Beside 27,000 cubic feet of gas, It will produce from a cord of firewood, worth $2 here, thirteen sacks of charcoal and two gallons of tar, worth altogether $48. A patent has been “The machine is very simple, consisting of mi a retort and purifying chamber, with tank to hold the gas. Cowls claims that poses by attaching it t9 « stove, and al Sufficient gas can be obtained during cooking of three meals to last all day. He claims that the machine will revolutionize the production of gas where wood is cheaper than coal. He ts putting a ma- chine in one of the largest buildings here. There were 39,000 ounces of silver offered fob sale to the Treasury Department arrival of the gun boat Concord pore and saying that she would for Bangkes