Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED ¥ CEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany. S. H. EAUFFMANN, Pres’ New York Office, 88 Potter Building. a THE a Star Ser weak cr S4c. per monts cents each. States or Can: month. Coptes at SATURDAY QuintTePLe Sunes 57am @1.00 per yeart with foreizn postaze added, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter. ) All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of aivertisag mad: knowa on application § ——_— erved to subscribers in the if own acconnt, at 10 cents @ connter By mail—anywhere in the United postage prepaid—50 cents per Vor 83, No. 20,745. WASHINGTON, Che Evening Star. D. ©, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1893—TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. An index to advertises ments will be fo: Page 3. NOW FOR CONGRESS. The National Legislature Will Con- vene in Regular Sesion Monday. SOME VERY IMPORTANT MEASURES That Will Have to be Considered and Acted On. A LIVELY TIME LOOKED FOR. On Monday will open the first regular ses- sion of Congress, which promises to be one of the most active and probably most ex- citing which has been held for many years. The fighting qualities developed at the extra session promise to increase during the reg- ular session, and the public interest will probably be excited at an increased ratio as the session advances. There is a feeling mong democrats extending to those high- est in authority that the chances are that’ another Congress will find the democrats out of power in the popular branch, and the policy will be to accomplish all the demo- cratic legislation which is possible during this Congress. There is @ stormy prospect ahead, and many conilicting opinions and disagreements as to certain policies. Many democrats will approach the tariff question with fear and anxiety, but a desperate sort of feeling with which many of the doubtful ones have been imbued, upon the assump- tion that the republicans will have the next House anyhow, will probably lead them to dash ahead with a spirit of recklessness. Many have a disposition to venture every- thing and run the risk of the consequences. Prepared for an Active Session. Those members of the House and Senate who availed themesives of the vacation and visited their homes indicate considerable Feluctance to get back to Washington. About 150 of the Representatives and a small proportion of Senators have spent their vacations in this vicinity,either remain- ing in Washington all the time or going away off and on. The Speaker of the House arrived in Washington this morn- ing, and probably most of the statesmen who are absent will be here by tomorrow. They will come prepared for an active ses- sion and disposed to get at their work speedily, ir one may juage from the most common expressions of opinion. The ses- sion on Monday is expected to be very brief. It is expected that the President's message Will be received on Monday, but it may be withheld until Tuesday on account of the brevity of Monday's session. This message is expected to be of unusual length, and in- teresting on account of some radical fea- tures. A great part of it will be devoted to bracing up the Wilson tariff bill, but it is expected that it will contain recommenda- tions for legislation affecting national banks. The advocates of the repeal of the state bank tax expect the favorable con- sideration of that question in the message. The impression has been that the Hawaiian question would be made the subject of a Separate message, but the extreme length of this message seems to indicate that proba- bly this question is included. Death of Mr. O'Neill. Probably almost immediately after the meeting of the House on Monday the death of Representative O'Neill of Pennsylvania will be announced and an adjournment will be taken immediately. This announcement will be received with a great deal of feel- ing by the House. Being the member of longest service he was known as Father of the House and regarded with considerable veneration by his colleagues in both parties. Being of a gentle and sympathetic nature he was the adviser and sometimes the com- forter of younger members and his per- petual amiability made him one of the most popular men in Congress. Every possible mark of respect, therefore, will be shown to his memory, and if the session on Monday is prolonged at all it will be by spontan- @ous expressions of regret which members will be impelled to without waiting for the more forma! memorial services. Measures for Immediaie Consideration The measures which are pending for im- Mediate consideration in the two Houses are not numerous, but they will necessarily accumulate very rapidly as soon as the work of the session begins. It is doubtful that the discussion of the tariff will come up earlier than the second week of the ses- sion. It is hardly possible that the ways and means committee will be ready even to Feport their bill on the first day, the in- ternal revenue features still being undecid- ed, and the statement as to the customs features not yet quite completed. The two questions before the Senate standing in the order named are the proposition reported from the finance committee to increase the national bank circulation and the House bill repealing the federal election laws. It is expected that the federal election bill will be the first taken up unless it is made evident that the taking up of this bill will block other legislation indefinitely. Its con- sideration may, as a matter of policy, be| delayed, but democrats admit of no doubt of its early passage. Mr. Hill announced upon the adjournment of the special session that immediately upon the reassembling of Congress he would endeavor to have the ules of the Senate changed so as to pro vide for the previous question form. It is understood that he is still of the ®ame mind and will make a very earnest | effort to secure the change of rules at once. The Bankruptcy Bill. The bankruptcy bill and the naturalization Dill were under consideration by the House when the extra session came to a close, and will be the regular orier, the bankruptcy bill coming first when the work is taken up again. The advocates of the bankruptcy bill were very confident during the special ses- sion that the bill could be passed through the House, but believed that Congress would be more favorably disposed toward it dur- ing the regular se: nd consequently Fielded to let it go o 3 heir exp tior how is that the bill will pass the Hous: fore the tariff discussion comes up. however, is by no means certain, as a very hard fight ts going to be made a The naturalization bill, which co: im order, will probably be crowded out ! the tariff and go over until the Wilson hi has passed the House. The purpose of the Ways and means committee is to rush the Wilson bill through House as quickly a Possible, under wh nd spur, @ test of party loy: to vote i with- alty r Before in some} the House will take it under consideration also if they can get hold of {t in any way. It is believe@ that the administration will desire to keep this question out of the open discussions in the House and the Senate. The feeling on the subject is so intense, however, that any attempt to smother it must necessarily fail. As soon as Congress meets a number of resolutions of inquiry and some of another character relating to this subject will be thrown into both houses. These will necessarily have to go to the committees and mav be kept there for some time. But it is apparent that it will be impossible to hold the matter back for long, not only because of the fact that the republicans will press it. but because many democrats who are offended at the suggestion of the restoration of the Hawali- an queen, and others who have other rea- sons to be offended at the administration, are expected to avail themselves of this opportunity to call Mr. Cleveland to a rec! oning. The pension question is expected sconer or later to excite a great deal of discussion in both houses during the ses- sion, and considerable trouble over this question is anticipated by the democrats. The principal things which the democratic managers in Congress are ambitious to do as speedily as possible are to pass the tariff bill, to provide an incomé tax of some sort, to repeal the federal election laws and the tax on state banks and to pass some general financial measure to enlarge the currency, +e -+____. THEY ADJOURNED. The Davenport Court Examined No e Further Witnesses Today. ‘The court of inquiry into the case of Lieut. R. G. Davenport in connection with his conduct during the Samoan hurricane, in 1889, in which the U. S. 8. Nipsic was beached, was continued at the navy yard this morning. During the afternoon ses- sion yesterday Lieut. Howley continued his testimony, in general to the effect that during the mishap to the Nipsic Lieut. Davenport was cool and collected. In an- swer to a question from the court he stated that he knew of no act of miscon- duct on the part of Lieut. Davenport. The applicant, he testified, was unpopular with his junior officers, as he was a stickler for discipline and had an unfortunate rather than an aggravating manner of performing his duty. In his opinion, the dislike enjer- tained for Lieut. Davenport was intense on the part of some of his juniors. At the morning session today the records of yesterday were approved, and then the court askea if there were any witnesses to examine. The judge advocate said that witnesses had been subpoenaed, but that they had been unable to put in an appear- ance. There was no way of corroborating the impression, but it did look as though it was an arrangement by which the mem- bers of the court could go down to Annap- Naval and Military Academies, for the court adjourned at 11 o'clock after reading the record of yesterday's proceedings. + oo DEATH OF CHAS. J. HAYES. A Press Reporter of the House Passes Away. Mr. Charles J. Hayes of the United Press, who, for over fifteen years, has been the press reporter of the proceedings of the House of Répresentatives, died at his resi- dence at Anacostia this morning. Always of a nervous temperament and never ceas- ing in his application to his duties, however hard, he broke down toward the end of the extra session of Congress from an attack of “ataxia locomotor,” a form of paralysis, and, though he made heroic efforts to re- sume his duties, he practically closed his many years of arduous and excellent service on the occasion of the ajl-night session of the Senate on the silver bill. His Value as a Reporter. Mr. Hayes has been in the newspaper business since he left college, in 1872. His father was then the House reporter for the New York Associated Press and gave hia son the instruction which would enable him to succeed him in his responsible office. ‘This “Charley” did in 1876, and when the Associated Press became merged in the Unt- ted Press he entered the service of the lat- ter. He reported most of the stirring hap- penings at the Capitol during the past twenty years. He recorded the proceedings of the House through the exciting times of the Tilden-Hayes controversy; in conjunc- tion with his father he reported the Guiteau trial and he assisted at the star route trials. Throughout the memorable Fifty-first Con- gress he was constantly on the floor of the House, and to his credit it should be said that during those stormy partisan days there was never a murmur raised against the perfect impartiality of his reports. His long and large experience in the popular branch of the national legislature made him an adept in parliamentary law, and repre- sentatives frequently called upon him to decide knotty questions. Known by Every Public Mi He was a national as well as a local fig- ure. Congressmen came and went, but the curly head of “Charlie’’ Hayes was to be seen year after year at the foot of the Speaker’s desk with quick ear and active pencil, ready to catch the first breath of news and to extract the “meat” out of the | dryest speeches. He had marvelous capac- | ity for condensation without losing the | argument or the policy of the speech, and was one of the most rapid stenographers in the business. He was known to every public man who has ever been in Congress in recent years | and by all of them as well as by his news- paper associates he was loved and respect- ed. | “He was married about four years ago to the daughter of Col. Christy of Anacostia, and since the death of his wife's father, about two years ago, they have resided in the handsome home which the latter had built at the southern end of the Anacostia brides. Mr. Hayes was about thirty-eight years old. ‘The Funeral on Monday. ‘The funeral will take place on Monday morning at 10 o'clock and the interment | will be at Mt. Olivet cemetery. It is a curious fact that Charlie Hayes will be buried on the very day when he had hoped to recommence his labors at the Capitol, the one day of the year when he was in his glory in the midst of the commotion of the first day of the session. Mrs. Hayes h been visiting relatives in England for some months and was un- | al » reach these shores until last Satur- y She hurried at once to Washington and has been by the bedside of her husband since then. | — > Defective Postal Cards. The new contractor for furnishing the Post Office Department with postal cards, | Mr. C. C. Woolworth of Castleton, N. Y., is @ut important amendment. that | in trouble. All the cards which he has sup- —- is taken up, how ay = plied to the department have been below a ated oe Pigeon Be ‘S sc | Standard. At first he made the claim that which have gone into. the government experts were unfair. Other ceiver. Pending th ut from the department, tariff in the House, th Preparing a large number consideration. The Appropriation Bills. The appropriations committee is now at work, and it 1s their expectation that they will have one or two bi @uring the first week of the ses early @very appropriation bill reported from the appropriations committee will show a v heavy cut, and there may be conside: lls when they get into sts to be able al bill, which he . very soon after Con- Sress meets; and a bill to repeal the state bank tax will also be reported early from his committee. The Hawai o The Hawai mee ata be a| , rhe following transfers in the artillery 5 arm are ordered: Second Lieut. Gordon @ matter of very great inter in both) Heiner, from the second artillery to the | houses of Congress, but it is not certain artillery—light battery F; Second yet wh it will com con Otho W. “arr, trom the fourth Sideration. tion will doubtiess be | #ftillery to the se a artiliery—battery M. lou a sy the direction of the President Cs taken up by the committee on foreign re-| Chas. L. Davis, tenth infantry, ge lations in the Senate almost immediately | as professor of military ence and tactics @nd the committee on forcien aifairs of| at Bingham School, Asheville, N. C. ble | and the decision of th ified. Mr. Woolworth h tension of time i paper up r predecessors ver- as asked for an ex- vernment standard. h should have begun to Ist of October, since en supplied by Mr. Al. or under the last ad- ministration. ———_—_-e- Army Orders. | Lieut. George F. Landers, recently pro- moted, fs as: ned to the fourth artillery, battery L, to d Additional Second Lieut. | Farr, second artillery vacancy of second lieu | artillery, light battery | 1806. Otho W. B. is assigned to a nt in the fourth F, November 14, olis to see the foot ball game between the | h he may bring the | late from November 14, 1893. | For a New Government Printing Office Without Delay. ONE BELIEVED T0 HAVE BEEN CHOSEN. Col. Casey to Probably Supervise the Building's Construction. A MEETING NEXT WEEK. It is expected that the joint subcommit- tee of the House and Senate committees on public buildings and grounds, will hold a meeting early next week and will take up for final action the selection of a site for a new government printing office. As stat- ed in The Star at the time, the joint com- mittee received a large number of proposals for furnishing a site before the end of the extra session of Congress. These proposals were carefully gone over by the commit- tee, the most available lots were visited by the members in person and the prices pro- posed for the sites were carefully compared with the prevailing prices of real estate in the several sections. All of this work was practically completed by the time the silver bil! passed the Senate, but it was decided that final action should be postponed until the members should come back from the recess. The belief is current that the committee has about made up its mind, however, as to the location of the new printing office and that they will not spend very much time in acting upon the matter. One of the sites which has received con- siderable attention by the committee and which was thoroughly gone over and dis- cussed is the one offered by the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, being the portion of the square now occupied by the abandoned car sheds, corner of B and Ist streets, at the southwest edge of the Capitol grounds. The proposition is now advanced to give supreme control of the new building to Gen. Casey. It is argued that the conspicuous success of the work on the new library building demonstrates the wisdom of plac- ing large undertakings like that in the charge of one man, who is to remain in charge, and many Congressmen favor plac- ing an army engineer of rank and responsi- bility over the work. It is &he wish of the committee on public buildings and groun to provide for a structure which will be a lasting ornament as well as of enduring usefulness to the government, and it is stated that the question of expense is to be relegated to the rear in this case, so that Congress may get what it wants in the construction of this building. a AN ICY COATING. Somebody hed the Capitol Today With Curte Results. The north wing of the Capitol building looked like the ice palace of St. Petersburg this morning. Early in the morning, while the thermometer was still suffering from the knock-down blow given it by the north- west wind last night, somebody conceived the idea of washing off the outside of the building. A fire engine was sent for and walls and porticos were thoroughly drench- ed. Of course the water froze as it fell, and the walls and steps were soon covered with a nice coating of ice. The water ran down and covered the terraces and approaches to the building with ice also, and the whole place resembled a skating rink. It was necessary to sprinkle sawdust around the approaches, and with the slush, sawdust d water the north front was in a pretty te of mess. Navigation was difficult, and several Senators, after vainly attempt- ing to make port on different tacks, were finally compelled to stand away for the central entrance, where the channel was clearer. ———————— An Army Appointment. Lieut. J. E. Sawyer, fifth artillery, who was yesterday appointed to the last vacan- cy in the list of captains in the quarter- master’s department of the army, was born in Washington, D. C., and was ap- pointed to the army from New Jersey in 1867 without passing through the Military Academy. He served seven years as sec- ond lieutenant and nineteen years as a first lieutenart. Capt. Sawyer 13 reputed to be wealthy. He is now stationed with his regiment at the Presidio of San Francisco. Medals of Honor. ‘The Secretary of War has awarded bronze medals of honor to ex-Scrator F. E. War- ren of Wyomirg, Capt. H. T. Johns of this city, and Lieut. J. N. Brooks of lowa for “distinguished gallantry in action at Port | Hudson, La., May 27, 1863." These gentle- men were all members of company C, forty- ninth Massachusetts veluntvers, which had the fost of honor in the forlorn hope on that occasion, at which assault they lost two-fifths of their number in the brief space of ten minutes. a This is Curious. The Navy Department has been com- pelled to advertise in the “Want” column to supply vacancies at the Washington navy yard, caused by the recent dismissal of two engine fire tenders on account of frequent intoxication on duty. There are no applications on file for this class of position and the department has been obliged to resort to public advertisement, a course almost aliogether unprecedented in the matter of filling public office. The va- cant places pay $2.24 a day and are not | Subject to civil service examination. —_—_——_+«+ — War Department Promotions. John B. Foote of New York, promoted from class $1,000 to class one, adjutant | general's office; Edgar W. Crawford of | Kentucky, promoted from class $1,000 to class 1, adjutant general's office A. Smith of Connecticut, jcopyist $900 pension office. promoted from to class $1,00U, record and see ‘To Relieve the Adama, Word comes from San Francisco that the U. S. S. Mohican, late flagsnip of the Ber- jing sea flect, is being put in condition at relieve the U.S. S.A to be in need of repairs ; Mare Island for that purpo: gt ee Died in Philadelphia. Francis M. Dougherty, secretary of the commissioners of Fairmount Park, died at his home in Philadelphia yesterday. Mr. | Dougherty was formerly a clerk in the War | Department, and was well known in this city. which is said d is going to ee =e Naval Orders. Ensign R. E. Coontz has been ordered to the Michigan; Assistant Engineer Kenneth | McAlpine, to examination Ensign Creighton Churchill has been de- | tached from the Michigan and ordered to duty in the office of naval intelligence. Naval Movements. The Navy Department is informed of the | arrival of the flag ship Chicago at Nice to- |day, and the departure of the flagship Baltimore from Colombo, Ceylon, yesterday | for Singapore, India. 2+ His Assignment. Maj. W. C. Hall, recently appointed as- sistant adjutant general, has reported at the War Department for duty and has been assigned to Col. Corbin’s division of the adjutant general's office. Robert | Mare Island for a cruise to Honolulu to| for promotion; | TO SELECT A SITE|#'S LATEST MOVE./THEY DON'T CARE. Admiral Mello Escapes From Rio and Steams South. Probably Needs Repairs—Great Inter- est in Tests of New Ordnance on Brasilian Ships. The situation in Brazil has assumed a new and important phase and startling developments nfay be expected in the near future. Late yesterday afternoon the Sec- retary of State received a cable message from Minister Thompson at Rio, as follows: “Admiral Mello left the bay this morning on the Aquidaban, going south.” Similar information was also received at the Navy Department from Capt. Picking, commanding the naval forces at Rio. The high tariff on cable messages probably ac- counts for the meager information contain- ed in the official dispatches. The officials here are, therefore, ignorant of the reasons for Mello’s departure and the strength of the Insurgent fleet remaining in the harbor of Rio. Probably Needs Repairs. It is, however, surmised that he has taken his flagship toward Desterro to join the forces with the revolutionists in that vicinity, leaving the partial siege of Rio to be prosecuted by the vessels remaining in that port. There has been a supposi- tion ertertained here that the admiral when he left Rio, which movement was expected by the officials, would steam to the north with the intention of meeting the Nicthe- roy, lately El Cid. It was thought proba- ble in that case that the light unarmored cruiser would fall an easy prey to the ironclad with her heavy rifled guns. But the fact that Mello has gone south gives color to the story that his vessel is in bad condition and unfit to cope with the fleet cruiser. It {s probable also that the hull of the warship is so foul from long ex- posure to the quiet tropical waters of Rio bay that the commander has found it abso- lutely necessary to go to some safe place where her bottom may be cleaned. Mean- while the further movements of the Aquidaban are the object of great solici- tude in official circles here, and it is ex- pected that when she next appears in port the nearest United States diplomatic or — officer will promptly report the fact. Ran the Forts, Although the method of the departure of Mello from the harbor of Rio is a matter for conjecture in the absence of authentic news, naval officers do not think that it Was necessarily attended with hard fighting. The two loyal forts at the mouth of the bay of Rio, which fs at that point a mile wide, are located on each side of the channel. Naval officers say it would not be a difficult matter tor a vessel to steam past these forts wfthout injury, the chance that she would be seriously crippled by a shot from the forts being very small. The departure of the Aquidaban has not been unlooked for by officers who have been students of the situation. Could Run Away. ‘The Aquidaban is a powerful ironclad of 4,500 tons displacement and carries 8-inch and 10-inch rifles. She is in a more or less disabled condition, | , Minister Mendonca-ts not alarmed for the safety of the two steamers America and Nictheroy, which are now en route from New York to aid the Peixoto government. Both vessels, the minister says, could easily run away from the Aquidaban. which is a slow saller. Senor Mendonca thinks that the rebel flagship, if ghe really be on the ocean, will probably put in at some of the large cities on the coast where the friends of the insurgents may furnish the crew with food and supplies. He does not be- Meve that the rebel admiral will bombard these cities, as he would gain nothing by such a course and only arouse the enmity of the inhabitants. Interesting Tests. The operations of the Brazilian fleet re- cently fitted out at New York will be watch- ed with deep interest by the ordnance officers of the army and navy. They involve the practical test of four different American de- vices for use in the discharge of high tor- pedo explosives, possibly for the first time in actual warfare. Gun cotton. the high explosive used in our own navy, will prob- ably be the material employed in all four devices. The steamship Nictheroy carries a pneu- matic gun. This weapon can, beyond ques- tion, throw with perfect safety charges of several hundred pounds of high explosive. It is regularly adopted by our army as an auxillary defense for the harbors of New York, Boston and San Francisco. Three such guns, also, are found on the Vesuvius; and although their trial at Port Royal proved a failure from defective fuses, and also was conducted in very smooth water instead of a seaway, yet the conclusion of the Sicard board was that “the pneumatic system as installed on board the Vesuvius is, on the whole, of decided value in naval warfare.” Although Capt. Sampson, the present chief of naval ordnance, takes a less fa- vorable view of the gun for naval purposes, ordnance experts generally will await a practical trial of the great torpedo with in- tense interest. Submarine Guns. The submarine gun mounted on the De- stroyer, as invented by Ericsson and ren- dered more efficient by Lassol, is a second invention of great interest. In trials at Newport it has shown its ability to shoot through steel torpedo nets. Its range is only about 200 yards, and in this respect it is far inferfor to the marine torpedo and still more to the pneumatic gun. The De- stroyer, too, is an unarmored vessel, and would therefore be exposed to destruction before getting up to the range of its gun. Ordnance officers, nowever, appreciate the value of the submarine gun when used on an armor-clad ram, which could thus discharge its projectile before striking the hostile ship with its prow, and give the lat- ter less chance of escaping by+ speed or a quick maneuver. Should the Destroyer be accompanied and protected by an armor- clad like the Riachuelo it would have a better chance of showing its capabilities in battle. A third American device is the Howell torpedo, which, like the Whitehead, has been adopted in our navy. A leading point of difference between the two systems is | that, while the motive power of the White- | head is compressed air, that of the Howell is the energy stored in a heavy fly wheel | previously spun up to high revolving speed by a steam turbine motor attached |which it Is sent out.. The Howell torpedo has always been accurate and now its speed and range have been improved until |they are very satisfactory. A favorable report has just been made on its recent | trials at Newport, but a demonstration of its efficiency in actual warfare, such as the Whitehead torpedo has had, 1s now awaited. Another Torpe ‘The fourth device that may now, for the first time, be put to a practical test is the | Sims-Edison torpedo. This is a dirigible tor- | pedo, whereas the Howell torpedo is of the | auto-mobile class. The Sims-Edison tor- pedo is moved and guided from the ship or |from shore by electricity through a coiled | wire uncoiling and paid out from the tor- pedo as it advances, and experiments have | shown that {t can be sent in any direction and be made to double on its track, | speed has been Increased and its launching | apparatus improved. There are other Ameri- |can weapons in the armament of the Bra- |zillan fleet, such as the Hotchkiss rapid- |fire guns, but the four devices mentioned |have a similarity in purpose and in the | bursting charge of thelr projectiles that render them conspicuous In the art of war, |so that their practical employment will be watched with especial interest. to the launching tube of the vessel from | Its | Winter Racers Said to be Indifferent About Getting a License. THEY WOULD RACE ANYWAY. If No Admission Was Charged the Law Would Be Evaded. THE LEGISLATIVE ACT. That the projectors of the proposed win- ter racing meeting at the Ivy City track care little, if anything, as to whether the District Commissioners grant them a license or not, is very probable, if the friends of the management are to be believed. A con- ference between the Commissioners and the managers of the Ivy City track has been ar- ranged for Wednesday next, when the ques- tion of granting the license for the winter meeting will be considered. But it is now very apparent that the question is giving the management of the proposed meeting practically no uneasiness whatever, and it is said that a refusal to grant them the li- cense will, in not the slightest manner, in- terfere with the inauguration of the meet- ing, or, indeed, with its continuance from the opening day, the 14th instant, to the time racing may be resumed on the New Jersey track, March 1. Of course, every person the least bit fa- miliar with winter racing in such a climate as this knows perfectly well that the gate receipts form an infinitesimal part of the revenues of such concerns, the great part, if not, indeed, the whole part of the profits being obtained from the revenues derived from the betting ring, through the leasing of stanis thersin to the bookmakers, and from the royalty which the hundreds of pool rooms scattered throughout the coun- try pay for the cntries, betting rates, re- sults and other similar information tele- graphed directly to them from the track previous and subsequent to each race. The exteat of the revenue derived from the bet- ting ring depends, of course, upon the ex- tent of the attendance at the track, the number of the bookmakers varying with the number of speculators at the track. Hence, the one great object of the management is to attract to the track the greatest num- ber of people possible. No Admission. The seventeenth clause of section 21 of the act of the legislative assembly of Aug- ust 23, 1871, reads as follows: “The mana- gers of concerts, @xhibitions and balls for gain, not otherwise enumerated. or games of any kind, where an admission fee is charged, shail pay for each day $5.” This is the particular clause of the license act junder which, under the construction of the District authorities, race tracks are and have been licensed. It will be observed, from an examination of the law, that a Meense is required only when an admis- sion is charged. and while the refusal of a license to a race meeting where an admis- sion was charged would subject the man- agement to a fine of $250 in each Instance for carrying on the meeting, it appears that in the event of the management failing to obtain a license no law would be violated, no penalty incurred. should the manage- ment throw open its gates to the public and grant free admission to all that desired to visit the track. Little Revenue Lost. So, if the friends of the proposed Ivy City winter meeting have been correctly informed, and that they have been ts not seriously doubted, the management intend, in the event of the Commissioners refus- ing them a license, to dispense with an admission fee and throw wide open the gates, granting free admission to all who may desire to enter. That iittle, if really any, revenue will thereby be lost by the projectors of the meeting is fully apparent to those ac- quainted with the management of winter |meetings in this part of the country, for local race goers would form but an in- finitely small part of the attendance in the jevent of an admission fee being charged, jand the horsemen, gamblers, thieves, touts \and others expected from other sections of |the country usually have little difficulty in securing badges of admission from other winter tracks. Their failure to be as suc- successful here would prove an exception. Hence it is for these reasons that the Ivy City management are said to care very lit- tle whether they are granted a license or not. ee THE RECENT COLLISION. Between the Steamers Mattano an and Harry Randall. The blame for the recent collision on the lower Potomac between the steamers Mat tano and Harry Randall is officially upon Capt. Nowell of the Harry Randall. The steamboat inspectors who have been mak- ing an investigation have reported their findings to Supervising Inspector General Dumont as follows: ‘We have the honor to report that we commenced November 16 and concluded November 25, 1893, at Washington, D. C., the investiga- tion of the case of collision that occurred tion of the case of collission that occurred November 8, 1893, in Matawoman creek, a tributary of the Potomac river, between the steamers Harry Randall and Mattano respectively. Twelve witnesses were ex- amined on the case, seven on the part of the steamer Harry Randall and five on the part of the steamer Mattano, from which the following facts were obtained: The Facts Obtained. collision, ‘Ihe Mattano then being in the Harry Randall entered Matawoman Creek for the purpose of making their usual land- ing. The Harry Randall was about seventy jor eighty feet astern of the steamer Mat- tano and about a point on her starboard quarter. The Harry Randall came up astern of the Mattano without blowing any signal from her steam whistle until she was abeam, and within a distance of fifty or sixty feet from the Mattane on the star- board side. She then blew one blast of a steain whistle which was immediately an- swerel by the Mattano. The captain of the Mattano stopped and reversed nis en- gines at once in order to avoid a serious collision, the Mattano then being in the suction of the steamer Harry Randail javould not anrwer ter helm and was drawn jinto the Harry Randall's port side, dam- aging the Mattan» considerably. Capt. Nowell Suspended. “We are of the opinion from the evidence | taken in the case that Capt. Wm. D. No- well, master and pilot in charge of the steamer Harry Randall. was at fault in at- tempting to pass the steamer Mattano in a narrow channel without giving the steamer ahead the proper signal when astern of her, and under no circumstances jshould he have attempted to pass the |steamer until such a time when they reach- ed a point where it was safe to do so. “We hereby suspend the lcense of Wm. D. Nowell as master and pilot of steam vessels for a period of twenty days from date, for reckless navigation on the occa- sion of the collision above stated.” The re- port is signed by Inspectors Cooper and White. ieee ‘The will of the late M. A. McGowan, filed yesterday, leaves his estate to his wife. At 4:30 o'clock this morting a fire took he Hope and Help Mission, No. orthwest, cwned by A. Eb- It was cause] by a defective flue and the damage was about $50. | against the contractor, WILL BE ISSUED. A Permit to Reb the Garbage Fac- tory Cannot Be Refused. The destruction of the garbage factory yesterday morning has caused a return to | the old method of transporting garbage down the river, and the Commissioners this morning after a discussion of the affair ordered J. Maury Dove to clear the G street wharf of all Obstructions so as to allow the transportation of garbage from that point down the river. Manager Bayly of the Sanitary Company called upon the Commis- sioners this morning and made a formal report of the destruction of the plant and applied fo: permission to use the G street wharf as a depot for -emoving garbage down the river. An inspection of the wharf showed it to be occupied by J. Maury Dove as a wood wharf and the harbor master was directed to cause it to be immediately cleared. The Sanitary Company has en- gaged several scows and the work of trans- portation will begin tomorrow. In conversation with a reporter of The Star this morning, Manager Bayly said he could not estimate with any degree of cer- tainty the loss sustained by the company The plant had originally cost in the neigh- borhood of $70,000 ar insurance of about $35,000. There was to be a meeting of the directors of the Sani- tary Company in Baltimore on Tuesday next, and he had no doubt that they would authorize the rebuilding of the plant. They Prot The South Washington Citizens’ Associa- tion, however, will do all in its power to prevent the rebuilding of the factory. Last night there was a meeting of the committee having charge of this factory and it was unanimously decided to fight its recon- struction to the bitter end. Lawyer Flem- ming, who has represented the association on several occasions before the Commis- sioners, was intrusted with the following letter, which he delivered in person to the Commissioners this mor: irg: “The comm:ttee of ten of the South Wash- ington Citizeas’ Association enters its most respectful protest against the rebuilding of the garbage factory at ihe foot of South Capitol street; feeling confident, however, that you will not entertain an application for permission to rebuild such faciory. “We also enter our most solemn protest against the shipment of garbage or d animals from the foot of South street and trust that you will authorize such shipment only at such point or points | where the same will not constitute a nuisance affecting our section or any other populated section.” Permit to Be Issued. Shortly after this petition was presented the Commissioners went into board meet- ing and took up as the principal business of the session the subject of allowing the Sanitary Company to rebuild its plant. It was stated that Manager Bayly had said earlier in the day that the machinery was not hurt, and that if the Commissioners would authorize the rebuilding of the plant, and the board of directors of the Sanitary Company was willing, the whole plant could be restored within six weeks. The discus- sion was general. It was, however, decided that the Commissioners did not have the power to refuse a permit for a building, even though it were charged its occupancy would be a nuisance. If the owners of the building conformed to the requirements as laid down in the building regulations, the permit would issue. If, after it had been occupied, there existed a nuisance, then action could be taken. The owners of the building ran the risk of having the building condemned as a nuisance after it was erected, but the Commissioners could not anticipate that, and if application were made for a permit, the same would, un- doubtedly, issue. It is understood that the South Washing- ton Citizens’ Association will go into court and ask for an injunction to prevent the issuance of the permit. ——__ OLYMPIA’S TRIALS. She Has Been rtunate Through No Fault of Hers. It is expected at the Navy Department that the Olympia will make another effort to run off her trial trip early next week. The vessel has been unfortunate in this respect, having made three attempts to achieve a successful trial. In one case the breaking of a bolt when the trial was half over prevented the completion of the trip, although the ship had developed a speed that was almost phenomenal for one of her class. In the case of the two other trials, the trip was cut short by fog, which prevented the navigators from seeing the buoys marking the course. These trials have made it clear that the vessel can easi- ly make a much higher speed than the twenty knots required by the contract, yet officially they are inconclusive, for they did Pot comply with the rigid requirement of a fcur hours’ run over a measured course. The trials are very expensive, not only in high wag@s to the army of machinists and firemen and other employes, but also in coal, which in the case of the Olympia is hand-picked Nixon navigation coal, im- | ported specially from England. As the two trials interrupted by fog cannot be charged the government must foot the bills, which will run well up into the thousands of dollars. This fact has strongly reinforced the recommendation of Engineer Chief Melville, that the whole system of speed trials be abandoned in fa- vor of standarized screw trials. Under this | system, the number of revolutions of the screws’ being counted, the speed can be easily ascertained. A‘ measured course 1s unnecessary, and had this system been adopted in the case of the Olympia, the fog would not have interfered, the first trial would have been a success, and the gov- ernment would have saved much money. eee to... f PERFECT HARMONY. Mr. Gardner Denies Stories of Dissen- sions Between Democratic Committees Mr. Lawrence Gardner, secretary of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, said to a Star reporter today that he was a little at loss to understand the cause of all the talk about the national and congres- sional committees and the National Asso- ciation of Democratic Clubs which 1s go- ing about. “I do not believe,” he said. “that any effort will be made on the part of either committee to step outside of their proper sphere to encroach upon the pre- rogatives of the other. I think the whole trouble arose from a disposition on the part of somebody to attribute motives to others. This is the most dangerous thing in the world to do, and causes trouble and sus- picion. My own judgment is that every- body concerned is anxious to do the best he can for the democratic party and that the motives of all are good. The officers of several committees and gentlemen interest- ed in the election of the next House have had several conversations as to the best mode of reaching certain results, and it strikes me that they will be derelict in the duty to the Party if they allowed an: portunity to pass without consulting as to the best means of serving the party. The work of the other committees, I suppose, will be taken up in good time, and I can speak for the Association of Democratic Clubs. They have had headquarters here in Washington for two years, open all the time, from which they have been sending out much literature on the tariff reform question, the promotion of which brought the association into existence.” “What are your plans for the comiag campaign?” The Star reporter asked. “I do not think it wise at present to give all the plans we have under consideration, for they are not complete until we ha submitted them to the respective commit- tees for approval. One thing, however, you can rest assured of is that our committees when they do get to work will find them- selves in perfect harmony.” ——— An Appointment. Mr. Frederick Ely of this city has been appointed engraver’s apprentice in the hy- drographic office, Navy Department. was covered by an | | Capitol THE ITALIAN CABINET. There Must be Reforms in the Army Pledged. “THE PORPOSE OF SIGNOR ZANARDELLL A Reduction in the Navy Budget is Demanded. ———— PRECAUTIONS ADOPTED; a ITALIAN ARMY REFORMS dition by Signor Zanare n Forming a Cabinet. ROME, Dec. 2.—King Humbert has had @ lengthy conference with Generals Cosenz, Riceotti and Primerano on the subject of (army reforms. Signor Zanardelli, president of the chamber of deputies, who is trying to form a cabinet, imposes as a condition | of his acceptance of the premiership that | the military budget be reduced 20,000,000 lire and the naval budget 10,000,000 lire. Extra police measures have been taken to guard against disturbances at the reopem- ing of the chamber of deputies. >_> - A TOWN THREATENED With Destruction by Fire, the Result of a Collision Between Freight Trains WHITE HAVEN, Pa., Dec. 2—Early this morning two freight trains collided on the Lehigh Valley road in the heart of town. Fire followed, burning the cars, and, it is thought, at least three men are burned to death. The flames communicated to the Ruhnke Hotel, and one of the worst con- f{agrations which has visited here in many years took place, The trains were manned by non-union men, and no one knows them {| here. The wreck was deserted for the time, and all energies directed to saving the hotel guests. This, it is believed, was accom- plished. The fury of the flames could not be checked, and T. W. Ricker’s store was next burning fiercely. From there the fire spread to the large livery stable owned by Edward Cramer of Easton. For a time it looked as if the town was doomed, but a fortunate change in the wind gave the firemen an advantage and the flames were then gotten under control. The total loss by fire will reach $20,000. Both tracks are torn up and traffic cannot be resumed be- fore noon. —__ END OF THE STRIKE. This is the Claim Made by the Lehigh v ey Officials. JERSEY CITY, Dec. 2—The Lehigh Val- ley officials at this end of the line claim that trains are moving as usual, and that the strike is a thing of the past, so far as they are concerned. The strikers, on the other hand, are holding out firmly, and re- fuse to go back until taken back as one man. They are receiving their wages week- ly from the brotherhood, and can hold for some time. They claim that the business of the company is paralyzed, and that the road cannot afford to keep up the strike. The numerous wrecks, caused in most cases | by green hands, and the dropping off in the freight and passenger traffic will, they say, bring the company to terms at an early | day. Both sides are equally confident of winning. a Private Bankers Under Arrest. PITTSBURG, Dec. 2—C. Webster Pool, late president of the Pool Coal and Coke Company, the office of which was in Pitts- burg, for whom there has been a warrant out since Monday evening, surrendered yes- terday and entered ball before Justice 8. C. Remsberg of Irwin. On Tuesday evening his father, Peter S. Pool, was arrested at Irwin and entered bail in $1,000. It is un- derstood that S. Elmer Pool, a brother of Webster"Pool, and who is now at Dubois, | Clearfield county, will also surrender him- self and enter bail. The charges against the three Pools are for embezzlement and false pretenses, and they all grow out of the failure two years ago of the Farmers’ and | Miners’ Bank of Irwin, owned by the de- fendants under the firm name of P. 8. Pool & Sons. The total claims are about $100- uuu, a Many Degrees Below Zero. ST. PAUL, Dec. 2—The weather in St | Paul and the rest of Minnesota yesterday | was all the way from 2) to 38 degrees be- low zero. In Manitoba the thermometer is | 24 degrees below. > - The Earl of Warwick Dead. LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Earl of Warwick | died today at his seat, Warwick Castle. > DELIVERING THE MESSAGE. How the President's Thoughts Will Be Sent to the Country. The President's first annual message to Congress will be submitted to both houses Monday afternoon. It will be distributed to the newspapers of the country in the usual way, by the two press associations, which will be furnished with advance copies | in confidence, in time to supply every paper |in the country Monday morning. Although | the papers will have a complete copy of | the message early on the morning of that | day, they will each be required to give a | pledge not to issue a single paper contain- ing it until they receive word from the Capitol that the official copies have been delivered to Congress. The message will then be released for publication. One of the clerks of the White House, probably Mr. Crook, will act as a messen- ger in taking coples of the Baltimore, Philadelphia and N. distribution to the press. © for the newspapers of Baltimore and Phila- deiphia will be delivered to the postmasters of those cities in person tomorrow, by them to be delivered to the newspapers at a cer- ain hour Monday morning, probably 10 o'clock. a The copies for New York will be put in the custody of the collector of customs, and distributed by him. The White House mes- senger will in person deliver the copies to the agents of the press associations in New York in time to place it on the telegraph wires for distribution to news points in the east and west. The papers in the southern circuit will be supplied by telegraph from Washington. The citizens of Washington and vicinity will get their first knowledge of the con- tents of the message through the columns of The Star of Monday. The total number of fourt masters appointed today was number 22 were fo fill vacancies caused by death and resignations and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointments were: Ramsey, L. Hurd, vice Lucy C. Brown, resigned; Roark, W. F._ Phillips, vice AS. Rosenberg, resigned. The Maryland appointments w Deals Island, N. W, Webst . T. Evans, rem " Mitche R. Wickam, vice W. R. Smith, removed. | Pers Attorney General from a flying visit to Boston, Assistant Secretary Wike has returned from Illinois and resumed his duties at the Treasury Department. Commodore Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, is confined to his house with a severe cold and Commander Cook is im charge of the work of the bufeau, Olney has retmrned