Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th St, by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. poco cialestrormit a Ren New York Office, 88 Potter Building. ie ie THe EVENING Stan is served to subseribers in the fity by carriers, on their own account, a° 10 cents if week. oF tc. permonth. Copies af the counter cents each. By maii—anywhere in the United tates or Canads—postaga prapaid—30 cents per Month. SaTURDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET Star $1.00 per year: with ‘oreien postage aided, 63 O08 eT 00 PF vost Office at Washington, D. C.. 1 matter. ) 2-01 mail sndseriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on AVIRTUAL BACKDOWN Employes Taken Back as Union Men by the Lehigh Valley. GREAT POINT IN DISPUTE YIELDED. Officers of the Road Say That the Strike is Ended. MEN ASK TO BE REINSTATED. NEW YORK, Nov. 27—The Evening Sun Bays: From reports made by officers of the Lehigh Valley railroad at this end of the line this morning, the strike is not on!y all over with, but brakeman have asked to be reinstated, have been taken back and pro- moted in some instances. The most interesting feature of all is that they have been taken back as union men and not as individuals. That was done on the ground that the brakemen are members of the Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association, which orgunization, according to Yardmas- ter Lamb, has no grievance with the rail- road and with which the road has had nd qifficulty whatever. Half a dozen of the switchmen were taken back this morning and two of the number were almost immediately promoted to the Positions of conductors. The rest resumed their old vlaces. ‘That is a virtual backdown for the road and a big victory for the men. if there ts any intention on the part of the railroad to live up to the terms of the ultimatum is- sued in circular form by President Wilbur of the Lehigh road last week. or if their circular, supposed to define the position of the road in the present difficulty, is any- thing more than a bluff. as the strikers have all along claimed it was. Tne men who were taken back this morning went on strike a week ago today, | pot because they had anything to complain ‘ef, but out of sympathy with the men who bad gone out before them. The Strike Collapses at Auburn. AUBURN, N. Y., Nov. 27.—David Hatch of this city, one of the striking Lehigh en- gineers, and a member of the brotherhood, went back to work last night, and took the} regular train south to Sayre, working with a “scab” fireman. Hatch said: “Gentlemen, I am sorry, but} there are too many men out of work. I've got | @ little family here, and a nice home, and if I lose this job I'd probably have to work elsewhere for ninety cents a day if I could get it. I dare not risk it any lon- "Three more striking engineers reported for duty this morning, and the strike at this point may be considered in a state of collapse. All is quiet at the yards. > - TO PREVENT THEIR WORKING. Mass Meeting at Ashland, Ky., Pro- tests Against Lmporting Laborers. ASHLAND, Ky., Nov. 27.—General Man- ager C. H. Green of the Norton iron works errived yesterday from Pittsburg with Seventy-five puddlers and rollers to take the places of the local strikers, who are asking for the Amalgamated Association scale. The new comers were hired at a lower fate,with a guarantee of six months’ work. Whis rate was refused by the local men. Public feeling is greatly against the com- pany for this action, and a mass meeting was held last night at the council chamber, in which both the home men and the vis- itors participated. No agreement was reached, but the strangers were given to understand that none of them would be allowed to enter the milis at the proffered Fate of pay. Serious difficulty will certainly ensue if} they attempt it. It is feared if a cut is permitted here, Ironton, Portsmouth and Covington mills will later suffer as weil, hence the vigorous protest. ———____ AGAIN ASKED BY CARNOT. Whe President of the Fre: Refuses to Form a C: LONDON, Nov. 27.—A dispatch to the Central News from Paris says that Presi- @ent Carnot again asked M. Poincarre to again press M. Casimir-Perier, president of the chamber of deputies. to form a cabinet. The dispatch adds that M. Casimir-Perier definitely declined to underteke the task. PARIS, Nov. 27.—After M. Casimir-Perier absolutely refused to attempt to form a cabinet President Carnot made an appeal to M. Burdeau to undertake the formation of a ministry. M. Burdeau pleaded that his health for- bids him to attempt the task. The con-| Yiction grows that the ultimate outcome of | the situation will be the fermation of a new ministry by M. Dupuy, the prime min- ister, who resigned Saturday. PARIS, No The senate met toda: and decided that It would be unconstitution. | al to legislate in the absence of the min- istry, and therefore adjourned until Thurs- —-.__ TO FORM A CABINET. Whe Task Intrusted to the President of the Italian Chamber. ROME, Nov. 27.—King Humbert has Charged Signor Giuseppe Seanardell!, pres-| Sent of the chamber of deputies, with the! formation of a cabinet. Signor Rattazzi. controller of the ro; household. has been dismissed. Hie ig°s2t cused of being one of the chief the bank corruption. os = ——-—.—__ SHOT HIS YOUNG WIFE. Heman Barrows, an Ohio Farmer, Then Blew Of His Own Hend. ELYRIA, Obio, Nov. 27.—Heman Barrows, @n aged farmer living on Case road, Ridge- Ville, In a fit of rage shot his young wife, aged thirty, twice in the head and breast. He then turned the revolver on himself and blew the top of his head off, dying at Once. Mrs. Barrows will probably recover. ws was a pioneer of this county and | had for many years been a iustice of the Peace, and his deed is a creat shock to his many friends in this county. _ petal Saas Probable Joke on the Soldiers. DUBLIN, Nov. 27.—A tin box, filled with Wome sort of saturated material resem- Che £vening Star. Vor. 83, No. 20,740. STREET RAILWAY BILL. The Commissioners Have Had a Model Bill Drawn. To Be Used in Fixing Future Railway Propositions—New Matters—Bills Loosely Drawn. —__# With the advent of a new Congress come innumerable bills to the Commissioners praying for charters for street railroads. In a large majority of cases the bills when they reach the Commissioners’ office are very unsatisfactory. In the first place they have been loosely drawn, and then again the terms of the bill are such that the in- corporators would have practically their own way as to construction and other de- tails incident to the building of the road. Some time ago the Commissioners resolv- ed upon @ policy whereby all objectionable bills would ve adversely reported and an entire new bill substituted. The object of this new bill was to place all construction, ete. more under the supervision of the Commissioners and to insure to the District better results than could otherwise have been obtained. So with this in view the Commissioners decided to frame a model bill which would contain in specific terms all of the require- ments sought on the part of the District both as to right of way and construction. For several months the engineer depart- ment with the assistance of the attorney for the District has been at work on this model bill. Recently it was completed and today presented to the Commissioners for adoption. This new model bill contains several im- portant provisions. For instance, it is pro- vided that where a railroad proposes to run along a street that is narrow, and should be widened before it can be used, one-half the expenses incident to such widening shall be borne by the railroad company. Then again there is a clause which reads as follow: “All paving material removed from the streets is the property of the Dis- trict of Columbia and shall be delivered at one of its property yards, unless other- wise directed by the Commissioners of the District. If the railway be operated by overhead electric wires, the said railway company shall furnish and maintain such lights upon the streets or roads through which it passes as the Commissioners may deem advisable and without expense to the District of Co- Jumbia.” While this clause provides for a case where overhead wires are used outside the city it may be said authoritatively that the Commissioners are unanimously opposed to any overhead electric system within the city limits. Another new section is that which provides that the railwav “company before commencing operations shall deposit with the collector of taxes an amount of money to be agreed upon by the Commis- sioners, as a guarantee of good faith that the road will be built. Failure to begin operations within the time specified and complete the same when agreed to work a forfeiture of the deposit. which shall go to the credit of the District and United States jointly. This clause is to prevent dealing in char- ters. —_—_—__- INSPECTING BIG GUNS. —— Secretary Lamont Looks Over the Waterviiet 4 mal Plan Secretary Lamont made an inspection of the Watervliet arsenal at Troy, N. Y., Sat- urday, in company with Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance. The special purpose of the vis- it, it is said, was to arrange for the con- struction of a number of sixteen-inch guns for use im protecting our seacoast. Gen. Flagler is a firm believer in the sixteen- inch gun, and as the Watervliet factory capacity is three of these big guns per an- num, Secretary Lamont has taken this op- portunity of making a visit to the arsenal and satisfying himself from personal ob- servation. The largest type of gun now built in this country ts the thirteen-inch naval gun. The Watervliet arsenal has turned out eight twelve-inch and completed twenty ten-inch guns. The sixteen-inch guns are intended solely for the protection of the cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco. It is believed the Secretary of War will devote a long chapter of his annual report to the necessity of strengthening our coast defenses. 4 NEW TREATY. One Will Probably Be Made With the Chinese Government. The Chinese question will undoubtedly re- ceive serious consideration in the Presi- Gent's message, and it is said that it will clearly indicate the President's purpose of concluding a new treaty with the Chinese government. The object of the new treaty is to define in unmistakable language the rights and privileges of the citizens of each country within the territory of the other. It will also, it is said, place the regulations of Chinese immigration into the United States upon a treaty basis. There is a probability that citizens of the United States may be given the right to live in any part of the Chinese empire, or at least that the limits open to them will be considerably enlarged. This modilication of the present treaty relations is especially advocated by American missionaries in China, who find the field of their iabor greatly circumscribed by the present treaty. The negotiation of a@ new treaty was one of the duties with which the present Chinese minister was specially charged when he was accredited to this country. Work upon it would have been commenced already but for the tact that the time of Secretary Gresham has been completely taken up with the Hawalt- an matter. He has not been able to meet the Chinese minister for the necessary con- ference on the subject. +e May Get the Gan. An effort is being made to secure the big Krupp gun exhibited at the world’s fair, as a part of the defense of New York harbor. It is stated that many of the most promi- nent army officers who have inspected the gun have pronounced it the most deadly piece of ordnance in the world. The agents of Krupp are willing to dis- pose of the gun to the government rather than take it back to Germany, and have fixed its valuation at $223,000, inclusive of turret and other mountings. Authority for its purchase would have to be given by Con- gress, and an effort will be made to Induce favorable action on the pact of that body. ee o- Naval Orders. Passed Assistant Surgeon J. S. Sayre bling gunpowder, was found yesterday morn-| ing inside the Aldborough barracks. A fuse @ttached to a cap was covered with the| Powder. This fuse had the appearance of having been lit and extinguished. ‘rhe con- tents of the box are being analyzed. Mr. John Malione, chief superintendent of metropolitan police, 1s investigating the matter. The box weighed a pound. It could have been dropped over the seven-foot wall surrounding the barracks into the where it was found. ———-___ | Below Zero in Central LITTLE FALLS. N. Y.. thermometer was two degrees below zero last night and the Mohawk river is frozen over from bank to bank. | WHITEHALL, N. Y¥.. Nov. tion of the Delaware and Hudson canal is closed here. Ice formed an inch thick Sat- ee | Chauncey Depew at Rome. | ROME, Nov. 27.—Mr. Chauncey M. De-| Dew of New York is in this city. 27 ordered to the Michigan December 5, reliev- ing Surgeon L. B. Baldwin, who is ordered to duty at the Pensacola yard. Su John W. Ross relieved from the Pen yard and placed on waiting orders. Assist- ant Surgeon Jas. T. Ley ehed from the naval laboratory and ordered to the Vermont, ed Assistant Surgeon T. A. He to the Aja and other monitors, ‘relieving Passed As- sistant Surgeon Geo. P. P. Lumsden, who is ordered to the Kearsarge, relieving Passed Assistant Surgeon G. Cabell, granted three months’ leave ostmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was thirty-se Of these seventeen to fll vacancies caused by death and resignation, and the remainder by removals oe : Paying for the lowa. s ne Navy has made the fourth payment of $0,800 to Cramp & Co. on account of the construction of the battle ship Iowa. - | here. y ey WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1893—-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS INFLUX OF RASCALS Would Result From Winter Racing in the District. — MAJOR MOORES SENSIBLE LETTER. —_——<- Shows a Way to Prevent the Mi- gration of Jersey Toughs. ;REFUSE RACING LICENSES. In all probability there will be no racing this winter at IvyCity—that is if Maj. Moore has anything to do with it. Reports from his detective force during the past few days call attention to the number of thieves and suspicious characters in attendance at the races. If the Ivy City meeting is allowed to continue throughout the winter a great many more suspicious characters will as- semble in this city. Major Moore called the attention of the Commissioners to this matter today in the following letter: Already gathered in this city are many suspicious persons, and, as will be seen by the accompanying morning report of De- tective Lucy, a considerable number of bad characters, drawn hither by the races at 18th ultimo. that these roughs and toughs will then seek “other fields and pastures new,” for the very next day racing is to begin on the Ivy City track, and their ranks will be swelled | by an influx of “gamblers, thieves and ruf- flans,” followers of a racing enterprise, | which, driven from the soil of New Jersey, proposes to transfer to the national capital, during the three succeeding months, their questionable dperations. This can only be accomplished through a license, to be ob- tained under clause 32 of the license regu- lations, viz: ‘Proprietors of grounds used for horse racing or tournaments shall be required to pay a weekly tax of $25, or $5 per day, when so used.” I recommend, for the protection of this community, that no such license be granted. The police, insufficient in numbers, now have more than ample work in atténding to the hordes of thieves who, finding their occupation in Chicago gone, with the close lof the worid’s fair are thronging eastward jin pursuit of prey. To their numbers may |be added a fair proportion of the unem- ployed, who, by reason of hard times, come |here vainly to seek work from the gov- jernment, which they cannot find elsewhere, |Some of whom, growing desperate at fail- |ure, may become dangerous. I emphasize my recommendations by ap- | pending an editorial which I have taken |from the columns of The Evening Star of the 24th instant, a RERATED PENSION CASES, A Suspicion That an Investigation Will Result Suspensions. There was a telephonic conversation Saturday between the miscellaneous division of the Interior Department and the room of the first deputy commissioner of pensions, which may be the forerunner toan import- ant sequel. Mr. Murphy,the deputy commis- sioner, expressed a burning desire to get hold of a copy of Secretary Noble's report on the invest! ting cases of the Raum ‘ had a copy of this report about one month ago, and about two weeks ago returned it to the miscellaneous division of the department. He wanted it the first time for the informa- tion which it contained concerning the re- rating of the pension of John Palmer. The tale then rife and generally accepted was that the pension oftice had been re- quested by the state democratic committee of New York through Senator Edward Murphy to look up the military record and the pension status of Mr. Palmer, that this might be used as democratic campaign capital in the New York fight. The report was upon Mr. Murphys desk and the vol- ume was open at the page where the case of Mr. Palmer Is to be found. There was a rumor that Mr. Palmer was to be suspend- ed until his case could be investigated, as the report of Mr. Noble says that it was one of those reratings which were railroad- ed through without proper consideration. Mr. Murphy repudiated all this and said that he had been asked by a private and personal friend to look the matter up. He denied that there was any politics in it. There is now a suspicion in the department | that the pension authorities are after that ‘set of cases said to have been railroaded, and that suspensions will follow. —+ 2+ STATUS OF COURTS-MARTIAL. An Important Decision to Army Of- cers Just Rendered. A legal question of great interest to the army has just been settled in the case of | Lieut. B. B. Buck, sixteenth infantry, sta- | tioned at Fort Douglas, Utah. One day in | June last that officer ordered a civilian to halt while crossing the government reser- |vation at the post. The civilian, a man ] named Thomas, paid no attention to the de- mand, except to quicken his pace. There | was suspicion against the fugitive, and the | officer ordered two enlisted men to shoot. The civilian fell fatally wounded. Gen. McCook ordered Buck and the men before a court-martial, and they were ac- quitted. Then the civil authorities took the matter up. Great preparations were made for defending the accused officer and sol- diers. The defense raised the point that, having been tried once for killing a man, \there could be no second trial. This view was acceptable to the court, which held |that it is not necessary that a judgment to be a bar should be that of a court of | common law or equity. The judgment of a court-martial may likewise establish res judicata.” The decision is of great interest to all army officers. It is of importance in military law as establishing a precedent in | the jurisdiction of civil courts in the case of an army officer who has been tried by | court-martial. +— as ne ne A MEDAL OF HONOR Awarded to Col. Guy V. Henry, Com- manding at Fort Myer. The Secretary of War has awarded a | bronze medal of honor to Col. Guy V. Hen- ry, seventh cavalry, “for noteworthy and conspicuous gallantry in at Cold Harbor, Va., June 1 and 3, 1NG4." At this time Henry commanded the |forieth Massachusetts volunteers. His | brigade suffered severely in these eng: | ments, losing in killed and wounded 46) | officers and men. Col. Henry had several hair-breadth escapes. Two horses were shot | while leaping into the enemy’s works. Henry also mentioned in general or. for conspi at the battle Oiuste di te the war record as spicuous figure in at Rosebud and was ca dead. He now commands the cava | at Fort Myer and has made man Col, Col friends ee ee Silver Movements. The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices for the week lended November 25 was $635,071; for the | corresponding period last year was ¥6S, The shipment of fractional silver coins $795,372. Benning, which are to continue until the | It is not probable, however, | leading the as-} saults of his brigade on the enemy's works | from under him, one of which was killed | from the Ist to the 25th instant aggregated | city. | Woman the amount of the bill. THE LOSS OF REVENUE By the New Tariff Bill Put at $50,000,000. Statement Made by Mr. C. R. Breckin- ridge, One of the Members of the Ways and Means Committee. The following statement explaining the provisions of the new tariff bill was made by Hon. Clifton R. Breckinridge of Arkan- sas, one of the leading members of the ways and means committee: “The new tariff bill, it is proposed, shall go into effect on the Ist day of March. It is, in most of its schedules, a very sub- stantial reduction from the present law. The general average cannot be precisely stated until the elaborate tables which are being prepared are completed. Some $50,- 000,000 of objectionable taxes are taken off, and of this amount about $13,000,000 pertain to raw materials placed upon the free list. The Deficiency. “The revenue deficiency caused by the re- cent panic and present deficiency is a tem- porary deficiency, and it will doubtless be provided for by a temporary expedient, We | cannot generalize upon this, and some pro- vision is contemplated to meet such emerg- encies as they arise. But, taking matters at a normal state, it may be said that we must provide for $50,000,000, or possibly less, in Ways not expressed in the new tariff. This will follow very soon, in time to be incorporated with the present bill. But as this is not expected to be of a character to materially affect manufacturing or trade, and as the people were extremely anxious to know what we propose doing in regard to the tariff, we concluded to make the new bill public as soon as it was finally com- pleted. “To a very great extent we have substi- tuted ad valorem for specific duties. This seems indispensable if we are to equalize the tariff and the burdens of the people. Many irregularities which are corrected are astonishing. In some cases this change of form is not necessary, nor even desirable, as in the case of articles taxed under our internal revenue system. But it makes plain to the people the taxes they pay and the rates of protection they are called upon to maintain. Nor is the claim considered good that specific taxes are the best pre- ventive of fraud. It is as easy to under- welgh and undercount as it is to under- value, and when we consider the jndifferent capacity that would be required to count and weigh we can safe!y expect under such a system a@ steady growth of official weak- ness. Sake ecalnisizetive laws have found ap- proval more than was first expected, and it is believed that pages’ Posed are in accord with experience and will meet with general support All Combine Features Struck Out. “We have struck out from the tariff all those features that distinguished it as a “combine,” and placed what are usually known as ‘raw materials,’ such as wool, coal, iron ore, wood and the like, on the free list. A few chemicals are added to the free list, and the cruder forms of manu- factures, such as pig iron and similar arti- cles, are greatly reduced from their pres- ent extremely high duties. We refuse the extraordinary protection that is now given to transportation, That is, we do not grant rates that will enable article, especially a crude or a bulky article, that is produced in one part of our vast country, to overcome the great cost of such articles oppressive to both the remoté and reasonably near-by localities, while a less rate will relieve both peoples, and as consumption increases when extortion 1s prevented the trade will be maintained if, indeed, it be not greatly improved. With free raw materials, and the tariff stripped of its most odious and oppressive features, we give to consumers and producers alike a larger field for the employment of labor, better returns and a more abundant partici- pation in the rewards and comforts of life. ————__+- 2+ ______ CURIOUS INCIDENT, A Good Twenty-Dollar Bill Declared a Counterfet A little incident occurred at the Benning race track last week which illustrated how easily it is for even experts to be mistaken. A woman from New York complained to Detective Quinlan that one of the messen- ger boys at the track had, In cashing a bet for her the day before, rung a counterfeit $20 bill on her, When questioned by De- tective Quinlan the boy stated that the bet, $60 \o $20, had been made with the “St. Paul Club,” and that the bill was handed to him by the cashier of that bookmaking | firm. This was at first emphaticaily de- | nied by the cashier, but he subsequently stated to Mr. Quinlan that it was rather dark in the betting ring when the bet was cashed, and he may have, unknowingly, paid it out, although to the best of his Knowledge he had never seen the bill until shown to him by the detective. The woman stated that she had supposed the bill was genuine until parties in the city had re- fused to accept it, declaring it to be a coun- terfeit, and a poorly executed one at that. So the note appeared to the cashier, al- though he made it good by handing the The officer was first inclined to hold the boy and the cashier, but afterward decided to have the note passed upon first by the treasury offi- clals. To them he handed it, inquiring if it worth anything. After a second’s in- igation they astonished the detective by replying that {t was worth just $2), and a brand new $20 bill was handed to him in re- turn for the supposed counterfeit, the offi- cials explaining that its suspicious appear- ance was due to the fact that It had been washed, the fibers having been washed out of the paper in the operation. The new bill was then returned to the “bookie,” and, in the Innguage of diplo- macy, the “incident was closed.” > PLEASANT, IF TRUE. . Police Think the Slasher Has Depart- ed for Pastures New. The police are now satisfied that the mys- terious vandal known as “Jack the Slasher” has left the District of Columbia, and it is generally supposed that his van- dalism will soon be shown in some other | Jurisdiction. Wiitle tt was at first thought to be the work of a local crook, the police are now reasonably certain that the man who caused so much alarm beiongs some distance from here. Some days ago In- spector Hollinberger learned that some slashing had been done in Waltham, Mass., and in response to inquiries a letter was re- ceived from the chief of police of that city yesterday, together with a newspaper clip- pins, vandal in Andrew Bennett's grocery store in r, several weeks before “Jack's” operations in this city. It appears that Mr. Bennett closed his store one night and went home only to return and find that he had loss of fully $1 says the Waltham king of grocer, “his foot in a puddl f molasses. At first he thought the hogshead had sprung a leak, t further inspection revealed matters in a te of chaos, pl indicating that some one who had no right in the store had been about, had ed on the of two hoy ds. entire floor ered with molasses to the depth of three inches. Into th dumped flour, tea, |" butter, eggs, the miscreants had pples, s and to- Sweet potatos The show case in the st re Was wrecked and smeared with ink, as were many ar- about the store.” A can of milk left at the store before daybreak was also emptied into the mixture, showing that the work of the vandals was done in the early hours of the morning, the same as in this All that was taken was some smoking material. the few changes pro- | giving an account of the work of the | A NEW COMMISSIONER Mr. E. T. Chamberlain to Be Head of the Navigation Bureau. ANEWSPAPER MAN AND ANTI-SNAPPER The Present Incumbent Surprised at the Sudden Change. ae HE COMMENDS THE NEW MAN. See Time has been firmly grasped by the forelock by the President and Secretary Carlisle in the appointment of a commis- sioner of navigation of the Treasury De- partment. Mr. Eugene T. Chamberlain of Albany, managing editor of the Argus, was on Saturday named by the President |for this important post. The sequence of jevents will be interesting. Mr, Chamber- lain is an anti-snapper, who owes his selec- tion to Representative Tracey. Senator Murphy is chairman of the Senate commit- tee on commerce, which will have the con- | sideration of this nomination. He does not like anti-snappers and he is not fond of | Representative Tracey. The moral, espe- | cially in the light of the fate of the Horn- blower nomination, is evident. But, unlike |Mr. Hornblower, Mr. Chamberlain wilf have what may be inelegantly but aptly termed the “dots” on the Senate. He is to take his office on Friday, three days before Congress meets, It is a small margin, but it goes. Mr. O’Brien Surprised. Mr. E. P. O'Brien, the incumbent, was considerably surprised by the sud-| den descent of the official guillo- tine. As a delegate to the last republican | | national convention and as treasurer of the | national committee, he felt himself to be |very much of a marked man last March, | |and verbally offered to step out whenever | | the administration so desired. He did not | | file a formal document to this effect, and | | the shock came without warning. He had just completed his annual report and was feeling rather proud of the achievement. He is personally acquainted with his su cessor, who, he says, is a bright, capable man, and a capital fellow. He predicts that Mr. Chamberlain will be very successful in the office, though he has never had any | experience in that line. A Pencetul Term of Office. Mr. O'Brien has had a peaceful and hap- py term of office. Mr. Bates, his predeces- | sor, was almost constantly at war with the Secretary, but there are no legacies of war- | fare to be left to the newcomer. Several of | the most important steamship lines of New York during the summe: inaugurated a | movement to have Mr. O'Brien retained in office, but the political pressure was too great. He will return to New York to re- sume his business, leaving the office finally on Wednesday. misma ee at wee eae MIXED UP AFFAIR. An American Consular Agent Held by Brazilian Insurgents. ‘The Department of State knows officially that Robert Grant, United States co agent at Desterro, was taken pri! the insurgents in Brazil, and confined on board of a man-of-war. Moreover, Mr. Grant is likely to remain a prisoner for sume time to come, if the attainment of his liberty is conditional upon any action of this government. The consular agent, unfortunately for himself, is not an Ameri- can citizen, so that it is difficult to see any reasonable pretext for interference by our government. The immunities of a consu- lar agent are even less than those of a consul, which do not compare with the im- munities of diplomatic officers, and even | were Mr. Grant an American citizen, it would not be easy to secure his release, if it should appear that he had been meddling without warrant and unofficially in Brazil- jan affairs. lt further complicates the situation and diminishes the consular agent's chances of speedy release that any peaceful move made by this government in that direction might be regarded as a recognition of the | belligerency of Mello, while if the attempt was made to deal forcibly with the rebel admiral, he must first be denounced as a pirate, and it is not expedient to commit the United States government to either of these courses at present. When the status of affairs in Hrazil becomes more clearly @efined, however, it is probable that our government will take some action in Grant's behalf, if he ts not sooner released. Sela ne NEW WARSHIPS. THE Gossip as to Who Will Be Placed in Command of Them, The naval gossips have begun to specu- |late as to the details for the new ships |that will be put in commission inside of | the next twelve months. They have as- |signed Capt. F. J. Higginson, recently de- | | tached from the Atlanta, to the command lot the triple screw cruiser Minneapolis, [sister ship to the Columbia, and of which | leven greater things are expected. Capt. G. |W. Coffin, late naval secretary to the light ‘house board, is popularly accredited to the \eruiser Olympia, distinguished for break- ing the record of speed in excess of con- | | wact requirements, ingineer in Chief Mel- | ville is credited with the prediction that the Minneapoiis will make 25 knots, patent log | Measurement. | ‘The armored cruiser Maine, the battle- ship Texas and the cruisers Cincinnati and Raleigh will also soon be ready for their commanders if Secretary Herbert desires | to carry out the plan of his predecessor in | selecting their commanding officers in ad- vance of their completion. The following lis a list of the captains available for sea |duty from which selections will probably | be made for all the vessels named: Capts. |T. F. Kane, F. J. Higginson, B. F. Day, J. Bartlett, J.J. Read, Henry Glass and G. . Coffin ‘and Commander P. H. Cooper, |who will be shortly promoted to a cap. taincy. —_—_—_o+—______. Finding the Carlin Party. Acting Adjutant General Vincent has re- ceived the following telegram from Assist- jant Adjutant General Ward at Van Couvre barracks, Wash.: “Tbe party of snow- \bound hunters were found by Lieut. Elliott, |fourth cavalry, on Middle Fork Clearwater | |on the 22d instant. Are working down river | by boat. Cariin, Pierce, Himmelwright and Spencer (guide) are weil. Colgate (cook) | lost. Gen. Carlin returns heartfelt thanks | to major general commanding for assist- ance rendered.” Secretary Lamont’s Report. Secretary Lamont has returned to Wash- lington and was at the War Department today. Much to the surprise of his news- per friends he has considered his origi- plan of giving his annual report to the press today and is now disposed to with- \hold it until after the publication of the President's message. a Action Postponed, Action on the cas of Paymaster J. ©. Sullivan, United States navy, sentenced to dismissal by a court-martial on account of | | financial irregularities, has been deferred by | the President until he has disposed of other | | more important matters claiming his at- | | tention. } | es Bennington's Movements, | The gunboat Bennington left Adjaccio to- | day for Cittaveechi, Italy. | | nctified that the request \granted without an order from the Sec- ot | Port “that it was a question of grave im- | thirds of the increased revenue. He thought SMALL-BORE DISCRIMINATION. Public Documents and Information a Pri- vate Trust, To Be Distributed in Accordance W! a Policy of Petty Favoriteism—The State Department's View. It is stated that the Department of State “gave out” on Saturday another volume of the Blount report on Hawaiian affairs. This is true only so far as it applies to the | congressional committees on foreign affairs, | the two press associations and those few |newspapers which have been conspicuous {by thew support of the administration's |Star and other newspapers which have | ventured to question the wisdom and pro- |priety of that policy were purposely omitted \from the carefully prepared list of papers |to which copies of the report were to be | mailed, and explicit instructions were given | by Secretary Gresham that no copies should | be given to any person or paper not includ- | ed in the list. His instructions were obey- ed to the letter, so far as The Star is con- cerned. The Secretary evidently intended that The Star should be disciplined for dar- | ing to differ with him on the Hawaiian | question, and, that so far as he is able, it should be. seriously curtailed in its news-| getting privileges at the State Department, | especially in regard to information bearing on the Hawaiian entanglement. A Star reporter applied at the office of the chief clerk of the State Department Sat-| urday afternoon for a copy of the Blount) report annex and was politely informed | that there weré mone to spar unless he could get an order from the Secretary, who, by the way, left the department early in/ the morning with the remark that he was not coming back that day. At the very time that The Star reporter was denied the sweet privilege of secing a copy of the| report for the benefit of the readers of The | Star the clerks of the department were put-| ting a lot of them in envelopes for mailing to persons an@ newspapers counted on to| use them in the interest of the administra-| tion or not at all. There were several hun-} dred of these reports at the department! when The Star reporter was informed that there were none to spare, and, indeed, cop- ies were afterward given to persons not on the favored list upon the presentation of | an order from the chief clerk. The representative of The Star person- ally applied to the chief clerk for a similar | privilege and was informed that it could not be granted. He then asked if he could not have a copy of the Blount volume | previously given out, and was once again | could not be retary. Secretary Gresham cannot possibly pre- vent The Star from publishing the facts concerning the business of the State De- partment, no matter how hard he tries, and the sooner he realizes this truth the better for him. The public and the whole of the public are entitled to information concerning the doings and official opinions of the public servants, and the facilities of The Star for obtaining information about the business of the government, which is the business of the people, are entirely above and beyond the power of control by him or any other official. : POSTAL TELEGRAPH. Anxiety Felt as to the Postmaster eral’s Stand on the Question. topic in postal circles today telegraph. Officials are in the dark as to what the Postmaster General will say on this subject. They are eager for light. Mr. Bisseli seems to have taken mo one into his confidence. He has been strangely reticent on this theme, on which nearly all his predecessors have written, talked and thought. In 1846 Hon. Cave Johnson, who was postmaster gen-| eral under President Polk, said in his re-| | portance as to how far the government | should allow individuals to divide with it the business of transmitting intelligence, | an important duty, committed to the gov- ernment by the Constitution.” The use of an instrument, said Mr. Johnson, so powerful for good or evil cannot, with | safety to the people, be left in the hands of | private individuals. Nearly all Postmaster Generals from Johnson down have sought to impress similar ideas on Congress. Mr. Wanamaker urged its consideration, as he said, “not for revenue to the department, but for the public good.” He thought that | the fast express train was a mighty ad- vance over the mail pony, but a telegraph | line which would carry a letier from New York to Chicago in un instant, rather than a day, would be even a greater stride in| progress. Mr. Wanamaker was convinced | that the government could never properly do the postal work committed to it till it) should adopt electricity in some form. He) urged the adoption of the telephone and the | telegraph by the department at the earliest practicable day. ‘To receive letters and then store them away for shipment in bulk once a day, or even oftener, seemed to Mr. | Wanamaker an antique business method. | A large part of the mails must always go! by locomotive vehicle, but a considerabie | part of them needed quicker transit. The telegraph monopoly seemed to get further | away from the people as time went by. | Many telegraph companies had been es- tablished from lime to time, but today there were but two independent telegrapn or- ganizations. The electric telegraph was a| growing rival to the Post Office Department | in the message-carrying business. The cost of electric messages might be indefinitely decreased, because it had been shown by the statement of the companies that the increased expenses were less than two- that a company ight make money by sending a twent¥-word message to any | part of the country for twenty-five cents. | ‘The increase of business would be so large. that the profits would be great as now. Mr. Wanamaker did not advocate the pur- chase or construction of telegraph lines by | the government. His proposition was to} make a contract with some company to con- | nect post offices by telegraph or telephone, commencing with the most important offices and proceeding in the order of probable usefulness. He would reduce the cost of telegrams by the use of post office build- ings, and in collateral ways. In this plan there was no government ownership, or in-| creased civil list. He favored the use of a telegraph stamp after the order of the spe- cial delivery stamp, and then the message would be hastened to its destination by wire. In Ist4 Henry Clay advocated the government ownership of the telegraph, saying that such an engine should be ex-, clusively under the control of the govern- | ment. ————2+—____. Army Orders. The leave of absence granted Second Lieut. Nathaniel F. McClure, fourth cav- airy, is extended three months. Post Chaplain George W. Simpson, U. 8. jarmy, having been found by an army re-_ tiring board incapacitated for active service,” is granted leave of absence until further | orders on account of disability. First Lieut. Alexander N. Stark, assistant surgeon, is relieved from duty at Clark, will report at Fort Sam Hou x., for duty Le of absence for fifteen days is granted First Lieut. Gonzalez S. Bingham, ninth cavalry ee ae Next Retirement. The next important retirement in the! jarmy is that of Col. Charles Page, the ranking colonel in melical department, | which occurs by operation of law on ac- count of age-on the 4th proximo. This re- tiren:ent will” re Lieut. Col. ros Horton and Capt. t_in the promotion of Byrne, Major Samuel M. Walter Reed. | policy of restoring Queen Liliuokalani. The | Am index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. THE TARIFF BILL. That Long-Expected Measure is at Last Completed. __——_ A GREATLY ENLARGED FREE LST, | Chairman Wilson's Statement of the Committee's Aims, THE MAIN FEATURES. } The tariff bill was reported to the re- Publican members of the ways and means | comittee today and given to the Public. It is complete, with the exception of the internal revenue features. The average | @uty in the bill has not yet been figured out accurately, and the bill as reported, | Consisting of 138 pages, presents a confus- | ing mass of items without there being in | it any guidance for comparison. As near €s can be got at at this time, it is believed that the average duty in the whole bill is about 3-5 of the average duty of the Mc- Kinley tariff bill. It may turn out to be considerably less. The average duty in the cotton, woolen and metal schedules, which are the most important in the bill, is about 35 per cent. Change to Ad Valorem. A very important feature of the bill is the change in almost every instance of the form of duty from specific to ad va- lorem, and this feature of the bill will prob- ably be criticised on account of the op- | Portunity offered in ad valorem duties for undervaluation of goods imported; but the committee have revised the administrative features—the laws regulating the methoas of assessing and collecting the revenues— which they believe wi guard against = the bill was accurately described in The Star on Saturday. Knocked Out Protection. Wherever any protective features of the McKinley tariff bill presented itself, the committee have knocked it on the’ head, and if the measure fails to furnish reve- nue enough for the government, it is suc- cessful as @ direct repudiation of protec- tion. There is too much of the bill for even those most interested to get a com- prehensive idea of it in this short ume, but it is recognized at first glance as radical measure, very closely following the declarations of the democratic Which declares protection to be tutional. unconsti- Added to the Free List. The following items are added to the free Uist in the new tariff bill: Ammonia, carbonate of. muriate of, or sal-ammoniac and sulphate of. Apples, green or ripe. Apples, dried. desiccated, evaporated or prepared in any manner, not otherwise provided for in this act. Ar- ticles for the use of the United States. Ba- con and hams, beef, mutton. and meats of all kinds, prepared or not specially provided for binding twine manufactured in whole or in part from istle or Tampico fiber, sisal grass, or sunn, of single uring not exceeding 600 Blue vitriol or sulphate of gare! “Borax, crude ‘or gars. or borate of lime. Bristies. bages. Cider. Chromate of ore. Clays or earths, unwrought ufactured, not specially act. Coal, bituminous and shale slack or culm. Coke. Copper the form of ores. Old manufacture, clipping and all compcsition metal is a componeat material specially provided for in of copper and black or coarse copper cement. Copper E 5 tured, not specially provided for Copperas or sulphate of tron. of iron or steel cut to lengths, not punched, with or without buckles, for baling cotton. Feathers and downs of all kinds, crude or not dressed. colored or man- ufactured, not specially provided for in this act. Iron ore, including manganiferous iron ore, also the dross or residium from burnt pyrites, and sulphur ore, as pyrites or sul- phuret of iron its Magnesia, sulphate of, or Mica, and metallic mineral substances in @ crude state and metals unwrought, not es- pecially provided for in this act. Milk, tresh. Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy of any kind in which nickel is the component ma- terial of chief value. Ocher and ochery earths, sienna and sienna earths, umber : water colors, and statuary, provided for im Unis act, but the term “‘stat~ wary” as herein used shail be understood te amclude oniy such proressional produc- UOnS 4 Marvie, Stone, alabaster or metal of @ statuary oF sculptor only, Pease, green, al UUIK OF 1D burreis, sacks or suuuar ages. PioWs, Woown ang aise barrows, mar Veslers, reapers, drilis, mowers, norse cwUvalors, Larasuing machines and Bins. Fiush, Liacx, KNOWN Commercially as MULLErS pIUSh, COMpOSed OL SUK OF OL uu colluR aud used exclusively ior max~ sug Meus Lats. quicksuver, malt in bulk, ana sait in bags, barrels or ower packages, but Une covermgs shall pay the same rate of duly as if imported wep- rately; provided, that if the salt ls up- pertea couected upon such salt the rate of duty now provided by law. Silk, partially man ufactured from cocoons or from waste and not farther advanced or manufac- carded or combed silk. Soap, ack F all not otherwise provided for in this Seeds of all kinds not provided in this act. Straw, tallow and wool grease, including that known commercially gras or brown wool Spars and in building wharves. Timber, squared or sided. Sawed boards, deals and other lumber. Pine Hubs for sage ie mg mm blocks, oar gun and ail like blocks or sticks, rough . or sawed only, Laths, pickets and palingsy Shingles. Staves of wood of all Wood unmanufactured; provided that if any export duty is laid upon the above men. tioned articles, or either of them, all said articles imported from said country shall be subject to duty as now provided by law. Chair cane or 8, Wrought or unmanu- factured from rattans or reeds. All wool of the sheep, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca nd other like animals, and all wool and hair on the skin, noils, yarn waste, card waste, bur waste, rags and flocks, including all waste, or rags composed wholly or in part of wool. The Woolen Schedule. The woolen schedule, which is one of th® most important fn the bill, puts all wool, hair of the camel, goat, &c., on the free list. This was divided into three classes in the McKinley bill at rates equivalent to 47, 46 and 31 per cent. The woolen and worst- ed yarns made wholly or in part of wool, worsted, the hair of the camel, &c., valued at not more than forty cents per pound, the present bill puts the duty at 30 per cent ad valorem; valued at more than forty cents per pound, at 35 per cent ad valorem, 5 Hi | Under the McKinley bill, the rates in this | section were such as to be equivalent in the year 1802 to 103 per cent. On woolen and worsted cloths, shawls, knit fabrics, and all fabrics made in knitting machines or frames, made wholly or in part of wool, hair of the camel, &c., the rate ts 40 per cent ad valorem. The rate in the McKiniey bill was equivalent to from 92 to 86 per cent. On blankets, hats of wool, flannels for