Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY- AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ag a ay gE corner 11th St.. by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S&S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. —— New York Office, 88 Potter Building. —_——e—.. ‘THE EVENING STAR is served to subscribers i xity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 week. of #40, per month. conts each. States or Canads—postage prepaid—50 month. Sa?TURDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET Star $1.00 per year with foreiwn postage 83.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. as second-class mail matter.) All mail sa’ mnst be paid in advance. Rates of atvertisine made zn on application IN SOUTH AND WEST. Newspaper Opinions on the New Tariff Bill GIVEN ACCORDING 70 PARTY LEANING, Views From the Most Important Cities. COMMENTS OF THE EDITORS} ‘this CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—The Tribune (rep.) says of the new tariff bill: It is question- able whether the fruit of the labors of Chairman Wilson and his colleagues will produce revenue enough to meet the needs of the government, and it is certain that by imposing duties, even though low ones, on most competitive manufactured goods some protection, though inadequate in amount, is given to the American working- man. On the other hand, this bill is a radical one. It goes further on the road toward free trade than the one for which Senator Mills was the sponsor. The continuation of the sugar bounty with gradual reduc- tions is in striking contrast with the swift reduction of the duties on northern indus- tries. This marked sectional taint will solidify the southern democrats for the bill. It ougit to provoke northern democrats, if they have self-respect, to do what they can to make this measure a little less jug- handled. The removal of the duty on lumber will be followed by increased importation from Canada, but the destruation of the Amer- iean forests, which has been progressing so Copies at the connter mail—anywhere in the United cents per Che £vening Star. No. 20,741. THE TWO SUSPECTS Who Were Arrested on Account of Jack the Slasher. iam Goodwin and Patrick Moran Today in the Police Court. William Goodwin and Patrick Henry Mo- ran, the young men who were arrested ten days ago, just after “Jack the Slasher” ceased his operations, and who have been in jail awaiting trial on a charge of va- grancy and suspicion, were brought up to the Police Court today for trial. Their case excited considerable interest, for the reason that their arrest at the particular time was jooked upon as having some bearing on “slashers.” Since their arrest no slashing has been done, but the officers have no idea, however, that they committed the depreda- tions. When the men appeared in the dock of Judge Miller's court today they showed plainly the effect of their week's confine- ment. Lawyer Williamson appeared as their counsel, while Mr. Pugh. represented the District. The wives of the prisoners were in court, as were several of their friends, who have manifested much interest in them, and the audience of spectators was much larger than usual. Sergeant Mulhall’s Testimony. Sergt. Mulhall of the fifth precinct testi- fied that last week he received information that the defendants had been dishonorabiy discharged from the seventh cavalry at Fort Myer and that they had done no work since. He also received information that they had been spending money pretty freely Witness also received word that the men lived at No. 1004 F street northeast, and late Saturday night he went with Officer Stevens to the basement of the adjoining house. About 1 o'clock in the morning Moran ap- proached, stopped on the corner and whistled twice. Then he started up the steps to enter the house. rapidly, will be checked. The tariff protec- tion of those forests has contributed to their untimely destruction. That free 1 ore a Witness told him will injure the iron ore men of the United | that he was an officer, and Moran replied, States may well be questioned. What the| “S50 am I an officer. On the way said to witness, man; its Goodwin you want.” Moran re- peated this statement several times and told witness that across the river (Fort Myer) Goodwin had tried to get him in trouble effect of the removal of the duty on coal will be time will show. Some articles have been placed on the free list which clearly should not go there, and which will pro- voke animated discussion in the House and Senate. “Genuine Democratic Tariff Bill.” CINCINNATI, Nov. 28.—The Post (ind.) this afternoon says editorially of the new tariff bill: “The country now has a genuine demo- cratic tariff bill, substantially what was promised by the party in the Chicago plat- form, and the most radical in its reduc- tion of import duties of any measure pre- sented since the war. “On the face of the bill it seems to be no respector of persons, but to be an hon- est tariff-for-revenue-only measure. “If the principles upon which it is based are right and patriotic, guaranteeing the greatest good to the greatest number, the reform bill will be accepted with rejoicing; if the principles are erroneous and unpa- triotic, time will prove them so, and the reaction will be swift and certain. “The business world now knows where it stands, for it must be remembered that the ways and means committee is expo- nential of the majority, and it has in this bill set forth tne faith of its party, which was the overwhelming majority in Novem- ber, 1802. The bill, substantially as it is, will become a law. The future is there- fore certain. Now, let business start in with a rush.” “Doubtless as Good as Could Be.” MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 28—The Mem- phis Commercial thus discusses the tariff bill: ‘The bill will be regarded as a drastic mea- Bure by protectionists and a moderate one by free traders. It is doubtless as good a/ bill as could be framed under all the cir- cumstances, but must be regarded only as step in the right direction. It will give great and substantial relief to the masses of the people and will prepare the way for the removal of every vestige of law that Stands between this country and “free com- merce with all nations.” This must be re- garded only as the beginning of the policy ‘which is to strip the mediaeval swaddling yags from the industrial energies and pro- uctive genius of a great people. Evening Scimetar: There is no subter- fuge or evasion about it. The most radical Fequirements of the democratic platform fre met by its provisions, and the issue ‘which the bill presents must be met fairly and squarely in the House and Senate. For the first time in thirty-two years the dem- ocracy is in full control of ali the legislative @nd executive departments of the govern- ment, and the party will be held to a strict &ecount for its action on this bill. Hither Jt must be passed, substantially as it stands, ‘pr the party must go on record as incapable | of accomplishing what it has explicitly un-| dertaken to do. Republican Victory in ’94 Predicted. :8T. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 28.—The Globe- Wemocrat today says: In preparing their fariff bill the democrats have acted on the theory proclaimed in their platform that ties for protection are unconstitutional. ities have been cut all along the line, ind many of them have been abolished. Nothing has been spared. All, or nearly ‘ell, of the so-called raw materials have been put on the free list. This is the demo- ratic idea of “judicious tariff revision.” wo rege oa smceping republican ma- jority w iow what the people think of his sort of a policy. grams The Republic says: Every democrat who Party is on earth to pope eres what his will rejoice that the tarift bill prepared by the ways and means committer is not @ cowardly make shift, but a bold reversal of extreme protection Policy inaugurated success of ISSN. after the republican 3 'y be im the argument Whatever there ma: sed to protect Amert- the station the prisoner all he knew about Goodwin. ness to send for Mrs. Chase. Who is Mrs. Chase?” the court asked. ‘She lives at 1004 F street,” was the wit- ness’ answer. “And,” he added, “I under- } stand she lets Moran live in the house.” The court then took a recess. The Testimony of Witnesses. After recess Policeman Stevens testitied as to the arrest of the men, his testimony being similar to that of Sergt. Mulhall. Two witnesses testified that they had seen the men frequently about the corner of Yth and F streets, and another witness testified that the men had on one occasion wanted to engage in a fight with an old gentleman there. Mr. Geo. W. King, the father-in-law of Moran, testified that Moran had but re- cently married his daughter, and lived at the home of the witness ‘until but a short time before his arrest. He knew that Moran was often out late of nights, coming home after midnight. Mr. James Hogan, the keeper of a lunch room, testified that Goodwin was in his Place between midnight and 1 o'clock the morning of his arrest, and while eating his lunch suddenly dropped his knife and fork, when witness remarked that “Jack the Slasher” should be shot. Hannah Cogsdell and Sarah Hooper, serv- ants of Mrs. Chase, testified that both men boarded at the house of Mrs. Chase, but they knew nothing more of them. Charles Steuvan testified that last July Goodwin got him to take two watches and a ring out of pawn for him, and witness kept the articles until Goodwin and a man by the name of Salter made good the amount paid the pawnbroker, &35. Good- win accompanied witness to the pawn- shop, and on the way home took the watches from his pocket, but subsequently ——— them, when witness demanded em. He asked wit- —_— BOYNTON LEAVES RIO. The American Who Made an Attack on Mello’s Gunboat. Secretary Herbert has received a cable message from Capt. Picking, commanding the naval fleet at Rio, saying that Boynton sailed from Rio yesterday on the British steamer Sirius. Boynton is the American citizen who created a sensation at Rilo several weeks ago by a futile attack on Mello’s gunboat, on a tugboat flying the British flag and armed with torpedoes. He as captured by British officers before do- ing any harm and turned over to Capt. Picking by whom he has been kept in cus- tagly on the Charleston ever since. An in- vestigation showed that he was mentally irresponsible and there was no disposi- tion on the part of either Great Britain, Brazil or the United States to bring him to task for his conduct. Fourth-Class Postmasters. ‘The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was fifty-one. Of this number twenty-eight were to fill va- cancies caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. The Vir- ginia appointments were as follows: Gar- field, W. G. Moore, vice Nannie B. Grehan, removed; Jack's Mill, A. F. Poff, vice Eliza J. Sowder, resigned; Jamaica, H. L. Segar, vice J. R. Segar, resigned; Lot, J. N.-Hart, vice W. W. Keinirgham, resigned; Mount Clinton, W. E. Long, vice D. H. Landes, re- moved.’ H. E. Hannon was appointed post- master at Mason’s Springs, Md., vice J. M. C. Cox, resigned. that duties are impo: ¢an labor it has no application to this bill. In the great lines of manufacture all differ. ence between labor cost here and in Europe is more than covered by the Wilson duties. ‘The bill is admirable In theory, and is a ractical measure, carefily worked out. t will need few amendments, and only a short debate. “Built on Protective Lines.” MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 2% —The Tribune (rep.), commenting on the tarift bill, says: Indeed, the Wilson bill is bullt on pfotective lines so largely that a dis- Passionate person would consiiier it de- cidedly nearer being a republican measure than the revolutionary abolition of protec- tion demanded in the national democratic platform. Perhaps the most damaging fea- ture of the proposed democratic legisiation | is that the tariff should be tinkered at the mans vs es the : on, ing, time of financial disturbance, and| der towns: and torneo aie the business of the country kept in uncer- ’ tainty by a tariff strugsle at this juncture.) ™4kes Mr. Johann Schmidt post master more Democrats The Times (dem.) does not discuss the| Oude here you gets no measure at all. | Yotes mit ther Germans peoples: dot is vat ‘ou he is one bad mans he is no I tells y ai Maile ieiidas Seanecwew: soot for der office und is no goot for der vat is der best ting is make Mr. It was decided at yesterday's cabinet | } 1 meeting that the clerks in all the depart-| 5 und Meciae paiea ae ments shall remain at their desks tomorrow t is der matte tM the regular hour for closing the depart- tes) ments. This is an innovation, as under To Investigate Oxtest Previous administrations the employes were See, 2s granted a half holiday on the day before| The Secretary of State ———_+ e+ ____ A Naval Court of Inquiry. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has appointed @ court of inquiry to investigate the con- duct of Lieut. Richard G. Davenport while attached to the Nipsic, during the hurricane at Samoa, in March, 1880. The court was appointed at the request of Lieut. Davenport. It will meet at the navy yard in this city tomorrow. ‘The court is composed as follows: Capt. MeNeir, Commander Davis and Lieut. Commander Rush,with Lieut. Lauch- | heimer as recorder. ee One Bod Man. Postmaster General Bissell is in receipt of the following communication: “Mr. Post Master General—I tink you is Tat vat I tells you is vo otto an investigation be made of the case of P. =i id op ee C. Oglesby, an American citizen, im en, imprisoned Clearing House Certificates Not Tax- | at Havana, Cuba, on suspicion of complic- alte. a in the recent rey lution. Mr. R. OU. Attorney General Olney has rendered an {yo jms.,consul at Havana, ts @ citizen of epinion that certain notes issued by corpo- rations during the recent currency famine, ernment Receipts ‘Today. known as clearing house certificates, are The receipts from internal rev. ¥ not taxable 10 per cent under the bank cir-| 4. vag pal revenue to- audation law. | day were $919,683; from customs, $21 Sox PERI P ec = | The Gover: ment Sustained in urusy | A New Post Office Inspecte BUENOS AYRES, Nov. 2s.—The elections John E. Ashe of Fonda, N in Uruguay have resulted in a gove=! hi woveznment| appointed post office inspector majority. at New York, vice C. C. Jones, N. Y., has been in charge resigned. ‘ou’ve arrested the wrong | several times and now he was going to tell | RAIDING THE TRACK. The Police Capture a Number of Racing Touts at Benning. JUDGE KIMBALL OBSERVATIONS, No Guttenberg Congregations to Be Allowed Here. EEDING OUT SUSPECTS. ee Inspector Hollinberger, chief of detec- tives, anticipates more stealing here this winter than usual. He has given his men instguctions to arrest all suspicious per- sons and known thieves who are found loitering about the streets, saloons and places where crooks are generally found. The world’s fair attracted many promi- nent thieves from all sections of the world, and now they are spreading themselves over the country. The police think many of the crooks will come this way and en- deavor to reach here during the session of Congress. In all sections of the country thieves have been operating extensively since the close of the fair. Philadelpnia seems to have suffered more than most other cities, and the police there are mak- ing every effort to keep the facts from the public. The police in this city were satistied that there would be a great amount of stealing here this winter, and when it was announc- |ed that winter racing would be permitted here they immediately thought that an in- crease of the force would have to follow. The force is smaller than that of any other city of the same size in the United States, and with the increased number of crooks, | suspicious persons and touts, who would jnaturally be attracted here, the officer: feared they would have more work than they could properly look after. When The Star called attention to the berger took the cue and wrote a letter to Maj. Moore, plainly setting forth the dim- culties which wouid follow the holding of the races for the benefit of the pool men and gamblers generally. Maj. Moore's let- | ter to the Commissioners, which was print- ed in yesterday's Star, followed the tn- | spector’s recommendation. At the same time the department concluded to begin operations at the race track, and either lock up or drive from the city persons found on the track who were known to have no good reason for being there, in- cluding the “touts” and small gamblers. Most of these persons do not belong here, but make a business of following the races. It is known that on every race track rob- beries are committed, the principal things taken being diamond pins, pocket books and tickets on the races. Then, too, there is often trouble resulting from the dis- honesty of the “touts” and hangers on. The matter of raiding the track was dis- cussed, and Inspector Hollinberger con- cluded to make the first raid yesterday. The raid came off, but only a small haul was made, because the persons who were to have been arrested had been given no- tice of the intention of the officers through @ premature publication. Many of those of the undesirable kind were seen in the vicinity of the track, but they were afraid to venture inside, go they were not caught. A Tr went to the track, where he mi tives Boyd, Weedon, Lacy and Officer Horne, and the work of weeding out the alleged suspicious persons was begun. Before the winner of the last event had been announced eight arrests had been made. In the Police Court. Seven of the prisoners were taken to the Police Court this morning and tried as sus- picious persons. There were three white men, whose names were given as William F. Stewart, Edward Clark and Henry Lane. The colored men gave their names as Tom Jones, Edward King, William Jones and Charles Stewart. Lawyer Moss appeared as counsel for the men, and entered a plea of not guilty for them. Detectives Horne, Lacy and Weedon testified as to the arrest of the men, ex- plaining that they were known as touts, having no other means of livelihood. The men admitted that they touted, and that they made it a practice upon the New York and New Jersey tracks. Stewart stated that he had come here from the Jersey tracks with the purpose of remaining here throughout the winter racing season. He also explained that he gave but one horse to win in a race, he being enabled, from his acquaintance with the bookmakers, to know what horse would win. King was de- tected in the act of selling a pair of opera glasses for $1, but denied it. Why, your honor,” exclaimed Mr. Moss, here is nothing wrong in trying to sell a pair of glasses for $1. 1 once bought a pair for 5 cents “Well,” remarked Judge Kimball, “I would like to know who stole them!” Upon the conclusion of the men’s state- ment Lawyer Moss argued that they had done nothing wrong. “Race tracks have been run here for years.” “Yes,” interrupted Judge Kimball, “and they have been a curse to the District. And they bring here a class of persons who are not desired here. We don’t want any Gut- tenberg or Gloucester congregations here.” “But, your honor,” contended Mr. Moss, “as long as the law sanctions racing here touts will come here and pursue their bus- iness. “Yes, and as long as they are brought be- fore me I will deal with them according to law,” remarked the court. “Not pne of these men {ts a decent member of society. Not one of them earns an honest penny. They add nothing to the welfare or good of this or any other community. And the sooner they and others of their character realize that they cannot come here and carry on their disgraceful and unlawful work the better it will be for them. The police did perfectly right in bringing these men before the court, and I shall do every- thing In my power to assist them in ridding the community of them. These two white |men, Wm. F. Stewart and Edw. B. Clark, are the worst of the lot, and they will have to give real estate bonds of $200 each or go down for ninety days. Thomas Jones, sixty days in default of bonds. Wm. Jones, Chas. Stewart and Henry Lane,thirty days each in default. Edw. King I will release on the condition that he leaves town before sun- down, and Thomas Jones will pay a fine of $20 on the charge of profanity or sixty days additional.” None of the men were able to give the required bonds, and they were accordingly sent down to the workhouse. —< Our Navy in the South Pacific. The Secretary of the Navy has decided | to strengthen the naval station in the South | Pacific. In anticipation of trouble in Peru |at the coming elections, the Ranger at San Francisco has been ordered to Corinto, Nicaragua, to take the place of the Alil- ance, which will proceed to Callao, Peru, to reinforce the Yorktown in protecting the interests of American citizens in Peru. The Alliance will probably not remain at |Callao more than a month, Wher voteved |she will go to New York by way of the Straits of Magellan. She is to be trans- formed into a gunnery ship for the instruc- tion of apprentices. ns ———— To Test Night Stenrling. A board consisting of Licutenant mander Dunlap and Lieuts A. Staunton land A. P. Niblack met at the Washingt navy yard today to test the new Very pr jector and cartridge case for use in night signaling. Pakiven )~ sca eereeeem What the Machias Needs. The recent “heeling” of the gunboat Machias at New York is said to have de- | monstrated that she is top-heavy and will |require extensive alterations before she jean be put into actual sea service. Com- | matter a few days ago, Inspector Hollin- | nN Col. Elwell 8 Otis Appointed by the President Today. He Was Nominated by President Harriso: —Brief Sketch of His Career. Somewhat of a Surprise, The President today appginted Col. El- well S. Otis, twentieth infantry, to be brigadier general vice Gen. W. P. Carlin, retired on the 24th instant. This selection is somewhat of a surprise. Col. Otis was nominated brigadier general by President Harrison, vice Gen. Carr. but his nomina- tion failed of action and President Cleve- land appointed Col. Carlin to the vacancy. It is an excellent appointment. Col, Otis has the reputation of being one of the best equipped men in the army. There is no politics in his promotion. He was second in seniority to Col. Shafter of the first in- fantry. Brief Sketch of His Career. The new brigadier general was born in Maryland, and appointed from New York. He served throughout the war with dis- tinction. He was captain of the 140th New York infantry from September 13, 1862, and was lieutenant colonel of the same regiment from December 2%, 1868; was honorably mustered out January 24, 1865, and was brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865, “for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Spottsylvania, Va." He served with his regiment in the Army of the Poto- mac from September, 1862, to October 1, 1864, and participated in the engagement: at Fredericksburg, Chancellorville, Getty: burg, Rappahannock, Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania, Bethesda, Petersburg, &c. He was ounded at Chapel House, Va., September 30, 1864, and was absent on sick leave from then until he was mustered out. y In the Regular Army. His record in the regular army is also ex- cellent. He was appointed lieutenant colo- {mel of the twenty-second infantry July 28, 1866, and colonel of the twentieth infantry | (his present command) February §, 1889, He was brevetted colonel March 2, 1867, for gallant services at Spottsylvania. He has since served successively in Dakota, |New York, Montana, Michigan and Texas. |In November 14, 1881, he was in command of the regular post_and the Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth. He took command of the post at Fort Assinni- boine, Mont., Nov. 9, 1887, and has remain- ed there ever since, with the exception of A NEW BRIGADIER GENERAL. | HOW CANADA SEES IT. |4N ANTESNAPPER LEADER. Friendly Feeling at Ottawa for the Wilson Tariff Bill. a EFFECT CN NOVA SCOTIAN PRODUCTS. Views of Prime Minister Fielding. WHAT LEADING MEN SAY. OTTAWA, Ont., Nov. 28.—The impression created in official circles here by the state- ment made by Chairman Wilson, respect- ing the proposed tariff bill (s that if it ever becomes a law in the United States it will give an immense impetus to United States trade and industries of all kinds, and very soon result in placing the manufactur- ing supremacy of the world in the hands of the manufacturers of the United States. It will enormously increase the trade be- tween the United States amd Canada, and at one operation accomplish all that polit- ical parties in both countries have vainly been laboring to attain for vears in the pro- motion of closer commercial relations. ‘These are the first impressions made by the bill, but further details of the measure are awaited before a judgment can be form- ed as to the effect the bill is likely to have in any one particular industry. Tn any case the new tariff scheme opens up a prospect of which the government of Canada will promptly take advantage for the readjustment of the fiscal arrangements } | Wm. A. Poucher Appointed United States | District Attorney. He Had Been Mentioned for Two Off- ces in the © m House at New York City. The President today appointed Wm. A. Poucher of New York to be United States attorney for the northern district of New York. He is tne leader of the anti-snappers of Oswego and vicinity, and has been promi- rently mentioned for the New York col- lectorship, and afterward was slated for the naval office and the surveyorship of that | port successively. He stands well at the Oswego bar. His appointment at this time | is said to be for the purpose of having him in office before the meeting of Congress, a decided advantage to him in the considera- tion of his nomination. He succeeds Judge | D. S. Alexander, formerly fifth auditor of | the treasury, and a man of great personal popularity in this city. a <) ee eal A CENTRAL AMERICAN byron. The Guatemalan Mi! er Does Not Think Much of Its Revival. Senor Antonio L. Arriaga, the Guate- malan minister, does not appear. to think An index to ndvertises ments will be found om Page 3. TOGET IT THROUGH. Democrats Will Have a Hard Fight Over the Tariff Bill. OPPOSITION FROM VARIOUS The Party Whip to be Used to Pass It. THE REPUBLICAN POSITION. The democrats are prepared now for @ hard fight to get their tariff bill through. While, generally speaking, the great mass of democrats are throwing their hats in the air and approving the bill with loud ac- claim, the constituents of many of them are very seriously uffected by some of the heavy cuts, and a great many threats of | Opposition are heard. Nearly every mem- ber finds some item in the bill which will cause some trouble in his district, and, while approving the bill as a whole, many | of these are anxious to have a change as to | Some particular item. The principle of the | bill is approved by democrats; they are | dubious about some of its details. much of the scheme of reviving the union of the five republics of Central America— Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Salva- dor and Costa Rico--under the presidency of Barrior. He is credited with the fol- lowing remarks on this subject “There have been no conferencés looking to the return to the union of the five re- The Feeling of Republicans. | The republicans condemn the bill without | qualification, but express satisfaction at its | being so radical as to unmask any pretense |on the part of the democrats of a purpose to preserve the protection of American in- terests. They regard the bill as making a j Square issue between protection and free of the Dominion, with the view of meeting | publics, as has been reported. Some years . United States. | ago a movement to restore the single gov- the changes preposed by the Jernment which formeriy existed over the The recommendations of the committee are regarded in official circles here as framed in such manner as to insure the masses in the United States cheaper neces- saries of life and at the same time open bet- ter markets for their finished products. Effect on Coal and Lumber. HALIFAX, N. S. Nov. 28.—The an- nouncement that the congressional tariff committee have placed coal. lumber and iron ore on the free list, though not unex- pected, created a great deal of interest in Nova Scotia. It !s a source of great satis- faction to Canadian free traders and tariff reformers and is regarded. if the law passes two years on recruiting service in New York city. + e+ _______ LAMONT’S REPORT. Recommendations Which He Will Make to Congress. The annual report of the Secretary of War will be given out for publication next Thursday. It is an important document, and will treat military matters in an inter- esting way. He will urge the absolute ne- cessity for strengthening our coast defenses and will recommend increased activity at our armories and arsenals in the manu- facture of modern guns and smokeless pow- der. He will undoubtedly recommend the abrogation of the obnoxious ten-year serv- ice law and suggest other remedial legisla- tion in the intercst of enlisted men. It is expected that he will also urge an addition- al appropriation for completing the project of marking and preserving the lines of bat- tle at Gettysburg and other battle fields, THE CABINET MEETING. The Presiden: Message Not Quite Ready. Today's meeting of the cabinet was de voted almost entirely to the consideration of executive communications to Congress. The President's message and the reports of the cabinet officers are practically fin- ished and will certainly be ready for trans- mission to Congress on the first day of the regular session. It is understood that the report of the Secretary of the Treasury was submited to the cabinet today. The President's message is well under way and will probably be ready for submission to the cabinet at its next meeting, on Friday. If it is not ready by that time it is prob- able a special meeting will be called for Saturday. All the members were present at today’s meeting except Secretary Smith. —__—__+ e -____ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, Miscellaneous, The attention of the Commissioners has in square 288. The Women’s Christian Union, through its corr has petitioned the Commissioners to put more light in Willow Tree alley, where the union conducts a mission for poor children day and night. The Standpipe. Herman D. Walbridge has written a let- ter to the Commissioners urging the imme- diate removal of the 16th street standpfpe. Capt. Powell today notified the property clerk of the District to advertise proposals | to remove the pipe, it being the intention of the Commissioners to remove the pipe within a few days. Placed on the Retired Lint. The Commissioners this afternoon placed on the retired list F. W. Rietz, No. 8 com- pany, and appointed R. 8. Reed to fill the vacancy. Temperance —— CALLED ON THE AMBASSADOR, And the Latter Promptly Called in the Police. About noon today an Irishman, about fifty years old, who gave his name as Michael Berry, called at the residence of the British ambassador and asked for an audience. He imagines that he is a victim of a railroad conspiracy and says that the railroad officials are keeping him out of work. Policeman Goucher was called and he arrested Berry, whom he locked up as an alleged crank. The officers consider him harmless. Michael will be examined by the police surgeons. coe Ee Army Ordnance Transfers. The following named officers will report to the board of officers appointed to meet at New York city on Monday, December ll, for examination with view to selection for transfer to the ordnance department: Second Lieut. Alfred M. Hunter, fourth ar- tillery; Second Lieut. William L. Kenly, ji fourth artillery; Second Lieut. Colden L’H. Ruggles, third artillery; Second Lieut. Frank G. Mauldin, third artillery; Second Lieut. Odus C. Horney, seventh infantry. ersonnl Mention. Chief Clerk Josephus Daniels of the De- partment of the Interior left this morning for North Carolina to attend to private business. Mr. Paul F. Mohr, one of the prominent men of Tacoma, Washington, was at the Department of the Interior today in refer- ence to appointments in his state. He had interviews with Mr. De Lacy and Appoint- ment Clerk Holcombe. ee ee Ordered to Washington, Passed Assistant Paymaster J. S. Car- Penter has been ordered to temporary duty under the general storekeeper, navy yard, Washington, D. C. oe Anxious for Official Information. A letter received today by the fourth assistant postmaster general Says: “Dear Sir-has We are reporing the store for holly days We would like to know if we are going to have our post oftice so as to | make it deferent and that is why we would been called to the bad condition of the alley | onding secretary, | Congress, as certain to lead to much freer commercial relations between Canada’s At- lantic provinces and the New England states and to vastly increase trade. Canadian protectionists, however, profess to believe that though free raw materials would be of enormous advantage to the New England states it will be of very little benefit to the lower provinces, if indeed it is not a positive injury, as they say no country can prosper or be developed which gives away its raw materials, and that for these lower provinces to supply New England with cheap coal, iron ore and lumber is simply to exhaust their re- sources, prevent the development of their manufacturing industries and make the people of the provinces mere hewers of wood and drawers of water for New Eng- jand. ‘Wm. Chisholm, the largest lumber oper- ator in this part of Nova Scotia, z “The principal lumber output of time provinces is spruce, and Eu: best market. The province of Nj exports 100,000,000 feet of deals annua! to Europe and f# not much interested in the American market. Even with free lum- ber in the United States it would pay us better to continue exporting to Europe. “The demand from there is almost un- limited. We understand their wants and are accustomed to supplying them, Eu- rope takes our three-inch deals of any width and length, whereas for the New England market we have to saw to direc- tions. This means more waste of wood and greater cost of manufacture, while the net returns would be smaller. The New Eng- land market is, therefore, not nearly so important to us as the British, and if the Americans admit our lumber free tomorrow I should find it more profitable to continue to ship to England.” Isaac H. Methers, who handles the great- er portion of Nova Scotia’s lumber export to Europe, said he regarded a free United States market as a most desirable thing, as New England would take a large quan- tity of our lumber, which is more suitable for that market than for Europe. He thought that large quantities would be shipped from all along the Nova Scotia coast to New England ports and that both countries would profit by the trade. It_is understood that for some time past B. F. Parson, who engineered the Whitney coal deal, has been engaged bonding mari- time lumber property on behalf of an American syndicate and that he has se- cured an option on many valuable tracts of woodland. J. J. Stewart, editor of the Halifax Her- ald, thinks if these tariff proposals are en- acted into law there may be a large devel- opment of trade, but he has no faith in the permanency of such a tariff. James R. Lithgow, the leading Nova Scotia exporter in the coal trade, has hith- erto strongly argued that Nova Scotia coal, even if admitted free, could not compete in the New England market with the Ameri- can product. But he now says that the changed conditions of the trade had chang- ed his mind. He now believes that the im- provements introduced by the Whitney syndicate for mining coal and the greater facilities for handling and transportation will reduce the cost of production in Cape Breton and enable Nova Scotia to supply New Engiand with cheap coal in competi- tion with Virginia. If the United States takes the duty from Canadian coal he thinks the Canadian gov- ernment will be obliged to admit American free, so that while New England will greatly benefit by cheaper Nova Scotia coal the western provinces of Canada will bene- fit to the extent of the duty they now pay on American coal. Mr. Lithgow thinks the southern men will not abandon the New England market with- out a desperate struggle. They will not be fighting with a foreign competitor, however, but merely competing with their own peo- ple, as the Cape Breton mines are now almost exclusively owned by Americans. Premter Fielding’s Opinion. Wm. 8. Fielding, the prime miister of Nova Scotia, said: “I have always believed the free admission of our coal into the United States would be of great benefit to Nova Scotia and also to New England. This coal question has become more or less a question of politics here. While at one time the free admission of Nova Scotia coal into the United States was the general desire of our people, in recent years a protectionist party has grown up and ite advocates have urged that it was of more importance to protect our home market than to develop a foreign one, hence the duty on American coal was maintained in Canada. I and most of my political friends held that the New England states formed the natural market for our coal; and it was this conviction, coupled with the knowledge that cheap coal was of the utmost importance to New Eng- land manufacturing Interests, that led my government to promote the movement which resulted in the formation of what is known as the Whitney syndicate. “If coal should be made free on both sides, there would perhaps be some disar- rangement of our present coal business We might lose some yf the market we now have in Montreal Lawrence ports, where it is claimed free coal wouid admit a larger quantity from the United States mines, but T believe any loss from that quarter would probably be made up by our gain in the other direction. “The free admission of tron ore into the United States is another case on which both the New England states and our pro- vince would be benefited. There is no doubt that much ore would be shipped from Nova Scotia, which would be to our ad- the mari- (main, &c.". |like to know Please answer soon 1 22) vantage, but no less to the advantage of New England, whose manufactures would be stimulated by cheaper raw material.” and other St. | |Whole of Central America was projected and carried forward in frequent conte ences at the old Capitol building in San Jose. The inadequate means of communi- cation between the various countries of Centra! Amertca hindered the movement, and it stopped. Since then there has been no resumpUon of negotiations that 1 have heard of. Ultimately the project of consoli- dation may be carried into effect, but not | in the immediate future.” | Mr. Arriaga, speaking of Guatemalan j affairs, said that they had been misunder- stood in this country. “The president of the |republic,” he said, “has not declared him- |self a dictator nor attempted to do so. The jcountry is at peace and the constitution is in full force. What did occur was this: We suffered, as did the United States, through the enormous depreciation in the Value of silver. The government was un- able fo meet its foreign obligations in gold. |The president, in the interim of congress, |declared that 25 per cent of customs duties should be paid in gold, and that the inter- est on the national debt should also be paid jin gold. The constitutional body which rep- resents the Guatemalan congress when not in session—a body which does not exist in the United States—thought that the presi- dent had exceeded his powers under the constitution, and issued a call for an extra session of congress. The minority party, however, réalized that the president had not exceeded his constitutional powers, and that his purpdse was a patriotic one. The result is that the scheme did not material- ize, and congress will not meet unless call- ed by the president himself. car LET THEIR HAIR GROW. the Cadet Foot Ball Players Are at a Disadvantage. The chrysanthemum coiffure of the foot ball field has been given an official standing | through its opposition to regulations of the Military Academy and the Naval Academy providing that cadets shall keep their hair close-cropped in military style. Next Satur- day the West Pionters and the “middies” trade, and it is very satisfactory to them to have the issue come in this form. The republican members of the committee will have no bill of their own to bring in, but will merely write a report, analyzing and criticising the Wilson bill. They will be particularly earnest in their denunciation of the ad valorem system, and will spro- claim a square fight between protection ahd free trade. The Pennsylvania democrats are greatly disturbed over the heavy cut in the iron and steel and glass schedules, and the committee apprehend some trouble from that quarter. Lout: People and Sugar. The Louisiana people are greatly dissat- istied with what has been done to sugar, and a fight is threatened on this item in both House and Senate if they don't succeed in getting a duty restored. From Michi- gan a fight is expected against the free raw material feature of the bill, and opposition is feared from New England members. The committee are relying, however, with great confidence upon the support they are prom- ised from the administration, and believe that they will be able to smother out all op- position, or nearly all, in the democratic ranks. They believe that when the party whip is cracked over the backs of the kick- ers they will all hurry into line, and that the bill will go through both the House and the Senate practically as reported. Not Acceptable to Iowa People. Congressman Gear of Iowa, a republican member of the ways and means commit- tee, has just arrived in the city. Speaking of the tariff bill, he says: “It is a very drastic measure, and it will not be accepta- bie to the People of Iowa. The cut in the schedule relating to agricultura] products will hurt Iowa’as well as all other states contiguous to the Canadian border by sub- jecting their farmers with competition with the agricultural products of Canada. The people of lowa understand the situation and appreciate fully what competition with Canadian products means. Irrespective of this fact, lowa is a protection state just as much as Ohio is, for while we are not @ will line up at Annapolis, and army and naval circles are considerably agitated over | the contest. The interest in the game is| shown by the fact that a special train will | take a number of prominent officials and | officers of the military and naval services| from Washington to Annapolis. When the cadet elevens at both academies began | practicing for the contest, they were seri-_ ously perturbed because the regulations | | Prevented them from wearing their hair in| the approved foot ball method, and no amount of importunity could persuade the | powers that be to change the rules. It has been repo-ted to the Navy Department that | one of the best men on the Annapolis team has been badly injured in the head, so badly. injured, in fact, that he will be unable to| play on Saturday, and it is said that the wound would have been very slight if the| unfortunate cadet had been protected by chrysanthemum locks. It is now too late| to suspend the operation of the regulation | with reference to this week’s game in order to pe-mit the players to acquire sufficient | hirsute protection, but an effort is being made to induce Secretary Herbert and Sec-| retary Lamont to go to Annapolis Saturday in the hope that they will see the necessity for allowing cadets on the elevens the pri ileges which belong to “rushers” and “half backs” in other educational institutions. The question will probably be brought to the attention of the War and Navy De- partments before next year’s foot ball con- test between Annapolis and West Point. seats oe Why Census Clerks Are M: The belles of the census are mad. The, ukase has gone forth that they shall | work tomorrow, just as though Thanks- giving was twenty miles away. It has been a census custom to grant the cen-| susors a half holiday on the day naniees Christmas and on that before Thanks- giving. This precedent has been smashed | by an administration that has always posed | as a stickler for precedent. Chief Clerk Wardle told The Star man that he thought | this practice of giving a half holiday be- fore a legal holiday was bad form from a/ | | busiress standpoint. He said that the girls had hurled some very malicious glances at him because of his opinion, but with him it was duty before sentiment. The ladies | would have to hold on to their desks. till | 4 p.m. tomorrow, but the next day might | all be theirs to eat turkey and give thanks. | ‘The Cigarette Must Go. | A reform is to be instituted in Interior Department life. Bad manners to some extent will have to go. The smoke nuis- ance is the question of the hour, and a fiat has gone forth that the infantile clerk | who infests the department with his cigar- ette Is to be crushed. He will be called upon to decide whether his smoke or his job is the more valuable to him. Smoking by the official force during office hours is to be squelched. It is said that it is not the intention of the Secretary to placard the walls with polite signs inscribed"! : do not smoke.” It is simply to be hinte that it will be more conducive to the per- manency of government employment 1i | the tobacco appetite ts controlled. ‘The hint is expected to be received with proper ap- preciation. a Secretary Smith Resumes Duty. | Secretary Hoke Smith, who for the last | n-anufacturing state in the sense that Ohio and Illinois may be said to be, we manu- facture $120,000,000 a year, and believe im the protection theory.” Representative Boatner's Objection. Representative Boatner of Louisiana, @ democrat, said: “My objection to the bill is that it falis below the point of raising revenue. If they had put a small revenue duty on some of the things which are on the free list under this bill, which would not have affected the cost of the articles to the consumers, but would have added to the revenues of the bill, it would have been @ measure entirely unobjectionable.” Effect on Revenues. Speaking of the effect on the revenues, Mr. Tarsney said: “Under the McKinley bill, particularly in the woolen, cotton and iron schedules, many of the cheapest commodities were covered by specific duties, the ad valorem equivalents of which were very high, amounting in many instances fo from three to four hundred per cent, absolutely prohib- itive. These duties under this bili being re- duced to a very low ad valorem, it is fair to presume such reductions will stimulate importations and greatly increase the rev- enues upon all such articles. 1 am inclined to the belief that from this source from tem to fifteen millions of dollars of the deficiency will be made up, leaving not exceeding from forty to forty millions of dollars, which will have to be supplied from other sources of taxation. But there has been a demorall- zation of business, owing to other causes, which have interfered with the revenues during the past year. Had business re- mained in a sound condition and the McKin- ley bill not have been changed, the revenues would have exceeded the requirements of the government by from five to ten millions of dollars, As it may be safely predicted that business will resume its usual condi+ tion during the next fiscal year, that amount may also be added as against the apparent deficiency created by this measure. It may, therefore, safely be predicted that not more than thirty-five millions of dollars will have to be provided by the changes in the rev- enue system yet to be completed by the committee.” To Raise Revenue, Not Class Benefit Mr. McMillin said that the bill was made to raise revenue for the support of the gov- ernment, and not for the benefit of any class of individuals. Free raw materials, he said, were given to cheapen the cost of man- ufactures and a reduction was made in the duty on the manufactured article to give the consumers the benefit of the reductions, He said that the present law took three or four dollars out of the ppckets of the con- sumers for every one dollar put in the treasury, and the reductions made in this bill were vastly beneficial to the people. “In the main,” he added, “ad valorem duties have been adopted instead of specttic, be- cause under specific duties, the coarser grades of goods pay the higher rate of duty. “Under present system agriculture has languis! many of the more important ‘al implements were placed on the free list. In addition to. this, duty on iron products—upon which modern agriculture so much depends has been greatly reduced. The duty on refined sugar was cut one-half. It was con- trolled by a trust which was able to exert too great an influence on pric 4 which, I am informed, was able to pay 22 per cent profit last year ten days has been confined to his home Jn sine, it may be y stated that by reason of the illness of his son with | the bill reduced heav: jen goods, tron scarlet fever, was at his desk in the In- | and steel pr ton goots, chemical terior Department today. The son is en- | ond many other things casentit! to ee | irely out of danger. and the Secretary has | Prot! So Ss Ore. prove a great henent |the assurance of the health officers th the conte : there can be ‘no possible risk to others in | t® the ae = his resuming work at the department. Confident It Will Become a Law. ee ae M>. Bynum said that he felt confident A Payment on the Massachusetts, | that the bill would become a law substan- The battle ship Massachusetts is rapidiy | tially as reported from the committee. Me approaching completion. The Secretary of | *#!4) “A careful analvsis of the mensure the Navy today made the twenty-fourth | Will disclose the facts that selfish influences payment of $91,400 to Cramp & Son on ac. | 4! not operate to control the actions of the count k already accomplished. leaving but six more installments to be paid. committee. There may, and no doubt will, be some disappointments and some erit- icisms, but these will be short lived. The