Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED Dill) EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pecnsyivania Avenue, corner 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t, New York Ofce, £8 Potter Building. - ered to subscribers 10 in the s DAY QuivTerie SHEFT Stan 81.00 per year; ™ wited, 83.00, Post Office at Washington, D. C., mail matter. (Entered at as second ANI mai | Vor. 88, No 20,747. WASHINGTON, D. ‘©, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1893—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. THE APPROPRIATIONS A Siege Sadao Ove’ Those For the District. SECRETARY CARLISLES GENERAL CUT. -_—--— Money Asked For Public Buildings and Grounds. WASHINGTON MONUMENT Me eee? The House appropriations committee is paring fer a siege over the District of 1a appropriation bill. The issue has been raised between the Secretary mary and the District Commis- sioners as to the amount of money to be appropriated for the expenses of the Dis- trict for the next fiscal year and the com- mittee will have to decide whose recom- mendation to take. The Star yesterday, the Secretary of the ‘Treasury added the following statement to the District estimates: Cut Recommended. retary of the Treasury, being to indicate the several items of the ‘ates for the expenses of the District olumbla in which changes should be made, disapproves of the total amount as submitted by the Commissioners and recom- that the total appropriation for said es for the next fiscal year be limited | to the amount appropriated for the current year for that purpose.” The amount rec- ommended by the Commissioners, as here- tofore stated in The Star, was 3$6,008,163.16, while the appropriations for the current year are $5,351,475.91. For Public Grounds. Accompanying the estimates submitted yesterday is the following explanation as to the amounts requested for the public grounds of Washington: “An estimate for a captain of the watch is submitted and recommended. Such an officer is much needed in order that the park watchmen may be under proper su- pervision. An estimate is submitted for $1,000 for the ordinary care of Lincoln Park, situated in the extreme eastern section of the city and covering an area of over six acres. it is highly improved, contains the bronze “Emancipation Statue,” and is vis- ited by a large number of people; numerous important improvements have been made im the private properiy in its vicinity, and @ large number of well-built dwellings con- structed during the past two years. For painting watchman’s lodges, iron fences, vases, lamps and lamp-posts, $1,500 is re- quested. For trees, tree and plant stakes, ete., and stock for nursery, $3,000 is asked in place of the $2,0u0 last granted. The Jarger sum ‘s the amount appropriated an- nually for more than twelve years ending June 30, 1892. For removing snow and ice, the sum of $1,500 is asked. The sum usually granted, viz, $1,200, is generally sufficient, but sometimes it is not, The latter was the ease during the last fiscal year. For lay- ing asphalt walks in various reservations, %,000. It is proposed to replace with first- class asphalt walks the gravel paths in Washington circle, Mount Vernon square, Executive Mansion grounds (south side), Lincoln square, Stanton square, Folger square, Marion square, Henry and Seaton Parks, and to renew those in Farragut square. In the late fall, winter and early spring these walks are muddy, and pedes- trians seek the lawns, which are thus de- stroyed by trespassers. The amount of| these paths which it is proposed to lay is about 3,500 square yards. Each autumn it becomes necessary to put down plank walks which must again be removed in the spring. If asphalt waiks are laid the annual ex- pense incident to plank walks will be avoid- a Henry and Seaton Parks. “For improvement, care and maintenance of Henry (Armory) and Seaton Parks, $5,000. These reservations, extending from 7th Street to the Botanic Gardens, cover an area of 34 acres, with road and walk sur- faces of over 10,000 square yards. They are im an advanced state of improvement. Their | beauty has been marred by the depot and tracks of the Baltimore and Potomac rail- road. A mound has been constructed | around the depot, upon which it is intended to plant trees and shrubs, so that in time the depot will be hidden partially from view. The materiels for this mound have thus far been obtained free of expense to the United States, and it is now proposed to grade the mound and to seed and plant it. The. funds| Fequested are needed for this purpose, and| f for the care of roads, lawns, gutters, etc., and laying out additional paths. For re- Placing the old fiagging pavement of the sidewalks in the grounds north of the Ex- ecutive Mansion by a granolithic pavement, $2.00. These sidewalks lead from the en- trance gates on Pennsylvania avenue to| the north front of the Executive Mansion. ‘The old flagging at present composing them is in bad condition, and should be replaced by granolithic pavement. For lodges for park watchmen in Stanton, Mount Vernon, iowa, Dupont, Thomas, McPherson and Fol- ger reservations at $500 each, $3,500. The watchmen in these reservations are ex- Posed to the inclemency of the weather at all seasons of the year. Rain or shine, hot or cold, night or day, year in and out, submitting the annual estimates of ap-| ions to the House, as published in and renewing such portions of it as may be found unserviceable. ‘The Washington Monument. | “I recommend that the salaries of the | two steam engineers at the Washington monument be increased from $80 and $60 to $0 and $70 per month, respectively. ‘The duties of these two men are of great im- portance. Upon their efficiency and inte!- | ligence depend, to a great extent, the lives of those who use the elevator. The in- | crease asked is small, and the men deserve it. I also recommend that the pay of the two firemen be piaced at $00 per month each. That is the rate allowed firemen in | the executive departments, and there ap- | pears to be no reason why the firemen at | the morlument should receive less. ‘The item for fuel, lights, oil, waste, repairs, etc., should be increased from $3,000 to $3,600, for the purpose of painting the ironwork in the interior of the monument, and an item is added tor a new engine for the electric light system to replace the old one, which is in bad condition and constantly break- ing down. In submitting these estimates 1 earnestly recommend that the various items under the heading of “Improvement and care of public grounds” be aggregated un- | der one head, and while each item of work shall be named, the whole shall be covered by a general sum, not a specific sum for each item. This is done in other depart- | ments of the government, particularly the quartermaster’s department of the army. It saves quite an amount of clerical labor by permitting the preparation of accounts under one heading rather than under about thirty; moreover, it permits small balances which might be saved from one item to be used in some other equally necessary and important work.” ee ON THE COMMITTEE’S LIST. The President Was Authorized in His Internal Revenue Statements. There are a great many conflicting state- ments about how the President came to make the announcement in his message that the committee on ways and means had adopted an internal revenue plan which included a tax on corporations. None of the statements thus far made have been accurate. Some of the members of the committee deny that such action has been taken by the committee, yet it has de- veloped beyond question that the announce- ment made by Mr. Cleveland was authorized by the committee. It is an extraordinary ADMIRAL STANTON. He Arrives in Washington and Re- ports to the Department. DISCREETLY SILENT ABOUT HIS CASE. The Secretary Should Make His Report Public. THE MELLO INCIDENT. Acting Admiral O. F. Stanton, late com- mander-in-chief of the United States forces in the harbor of Brazil, has come to Wash- ington in obedience to orders to make a personal explanation to the Secretary of the Navy of his action in saluting the Bra- zilian insurgent Mello. He arrived here this morning from his home in New Lon- don and registered at the Ebbitt House. He visited the Navy Department about noon, but was unable then to see Secretary Her- bert, as he had gone to the White House to attend the cabinet meeting. Reported to the Department. Admiral Stanton reported his arrival to Commodore Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, and said he would hold himself in readiness for a prompt response to a summons from the department. It is ex- pected that he will see the Secretary this atternoon. Admiral Stanton maintains the same diplomatic silence touching his conduct at Rio that has marked his utterances ever since his arrival in the United States. He informed a Star reporter in the pleasantest way imaginable that he could not talk on that subject at all, and that if there was anything to be said for publication it would more properly emanate from the Navy De- partment. He would make his report to the Secretary, and it was for him to de- thing for the President to inform Congress of what its committees are doing, but Mr. Cleveland is in the habit of doing extra- ordinary things. ‘The committee were informed last week that Mr. Cleveland wanted to close up his message and would like to know what they had done on the internal revenue question, that he might refer to it. At that time they haa done nothing on that subject, but in or- der to facilitate Mr. Cleveland's work they took action at once. A session of the demo- crats of the committee was called for that purpose and’ they decided to tax cigarettes, playing cards, inheritances and corpora- tions. A formal vote was taken and by the authority of the committee Mr. Cleveland was informed of what had been done. It was believed then that this would raise suf- ficient revenue*and it was not thought that either a whisky tax or a_ broader income tax would be necessary. They have found now that they will need more revenue, and the conflict between the democrats of the committee now is between those who desire a whisky tax and those who wish to broad- en the tax on corporations to a general In- come tax. Though some of the committee are disgruntled there is no doubt it is a fact that the committee did take formal action and that the notification to the President was authorized. +e +_______ ADMIRAL GHERARDI’S ACCOUNTS. They Are Finally Allowed by the Second Controller. - “Second Controller Mansur of the Treasury Department has passed with reluctance accounts aggregating $891 incurred by Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, U. S. N., in returning courtesies shown him by the republics of South America in December, 18v2, and January, 1893, on his trip up the Atlantic coast at the head of the United States fleet to participate in the Columbian naval review at New York. While the admiral was on his way up the coast the United States fleet was the recipient of a number of entertainments at Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and other points, and Rear Admiral Gherardi, in the name of the United States, returned the courtesies ex- tended him by giving entertainments to foreign naval officers aboard his flagship. His accounts were sent to the Navy Depart- ment, paid by the paymaster general of the navy, upon the approval of the Secre- tary of the Navy, out of the contingent fund of the Navy Department, and in course of business forwarded to the Treas- | ury Department for final settlement. | Controller Mansur, in an extensive opin- jon, holds that the contingent fund of the Navy Department is not strictly usable ich purposes as entertaining naval $ of foreign governments, but was intended to be used for purposes apper- taining to repairs, &c., of naval vessels. Naval officers, Controller Mansur holds, should not be personally taxed for return- ing courtesies shown them by a foreign government as_ representatives of the United States, but a fund for such pur- pose, in his opinion, should be provided by Congress. In the present instance he says | he will pass the account, but hopes in the | future the Secretary of the Navy will sce his way clear to provide for such accounts out of some other fund than the contingent fund of the navy, or, if he cannot, the | responsibility for paying such class of ac- counts must rest with the Navy Depart- | ment and not with the second controller they must be at their Stations and take shelter when necessary either under a tree or in such a dwelling or store as will offer its hospitality. The dictates of humanity call for this appropriation. The Exeew “An increase in the appropriation for care, etc., of the Executive Mansion is re- quested. The building should be repainted inside and out; much of the furniture needs to be reupholstered; new carpets are nec- essary, and it is desired to change the of- fice rooms into bed rooms and use the en- tire mansion simpiy for the home of the President of the United States. The sum of $1,500 is requested for renewing the su- erstructure of one of the green houses connected with the Executive Mansion. The present structure is Weak and should be Febuilt at the earliest opportunity. This | estimate was submitted last year, but only $1,000 was appropriated. As a proper su- Derstructure could not be built for that sum, the money will not be used, and will Fevert to the treasury. Two thousand dol- lars is requested for repair of conservatory. ‘The structure is old, in bad condition and Fequires continual repairs and patching to preserve the splendid collection of plants it contains. For portrait of ex-President | Harrison and frame for portrait, $2,5. | This sum was appropriated for the portrait | of ex-President Harrison's immediate pre- @ecessor. The Executive Mansion now} contains the portraits of all the ex-Presi- dents of the United States except President | ison. The appropriation requested for of the Treasury Department. + @ +. FUTURE STREET RAILWAYS. Sanction of Property Owners Neces- sary, Thinks Senator McMillan. Senator McMillan yesterday introduced a bill to regulate the incorporation of street railway companies in the District of Co- lumbia. It provides that the Commissioners shall not hereafter permit to be constructed in the streets or avenues of the District a railroad without the consent of a majority in interest of the owners of the property upon the streets in which the road is to be constructed. For the purpose of determin- ing what constitutes a majority in interest, reference shall be had to, the assessed value of the property. The ‘bill covers twelve Pages and provides in detai! for the method ef incorporation of companies. ——__—__+e+ GOING TO TURKEY. Sir Julian Pauncefote Knows Nothing About His Rumored Transfer. The revival today of the rumor that Sir Juan Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, was to be transferred to one of the European courts was the occa- sion of inquiry at the embassy in this city as to the truth of the story. The reply to the question was that “Sir Julian knows nothing about it now.” The post assigned lighting Executive Mansion and public grounds, and which is in excess of that} made last year, is deemed very necessary | in order to extend the electric light system | through the monument grounds, now en-| without ii urely nination, and to change | ette and Franklin parks | In the interest | as well as for the protection | visiting or ing through the | it is desired to make them | The estimaie d@ fire plugs from gas to electric lights. of morality ‘S to water pi increased fr: the United much i conne which supplie th water were >in construction ¢ the he Howard University © of the city py of Po- in dimin- | > Capitol. It ts| amount re- quested in making connection with the strongest springs in the vicinity, and =F overbauling and repairing the old ‘pipe line ti to him by the latest report that of am- bassador to Tw which, by reason of the relation between that country and y extent of British in- | is one of the most | The position | ter imp list list. w y years by Sir William | Arthur White and the saiary attached is $40,000, When the rank of Sir Julian was raised to t of ambassador it 1s under- i the ary Was increased from $20,000 to $50,000 per annum. + e+ — J Naval Deserters. Schofield has made a decision | from avy, other than Major Gen that desert those who at the t of surrender are serving in the army, aze not to be recelved at military posts. —-e- Naval Orders. Ensign H. K. Benham has been detached |port to Secretary Herbert. cide whether it should be made public or not. Admiral Stanton said his stay in Washington would depend entirely on the wishes of the Secretary. The Incident Recalled. On the 25th of September last Admiral Stanton left New York in his flagship New- ark for a three years’ cruise in South At- lantic waters. He was placed in command of the United States squadron on that sta- tion. He entered the harbor of Rio de Ja- neiro October 20. Admiral Mello, the insur- gent chief, was in the harbor at the time on his flagship, the Aquidaban, flying the national flag of Brazil. As the Newark steamed in, a salute of twenty-one guns was fired by order of Admiral Stanton. The flag of the Aquidaban was dipped in ac- knowledgment, and an aid of the rebel commander called on the American admiral. The two admirals then exchanged visits, Admiral Stanton making the first call. At this time he claimed, and many good naval authorities supported him, that he knew nothing of the revolution. He said he sim- ply saw the flag of a friendly nation in that nation’s home waters and he saluted it That is the story told by his friends, who assert that he saluted the Brazilian flag and not the insurgent leader. Senor Mendonca’s Protest. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister at Washington, was informed. by, gov- ernment of the occurrence, and he at once made formal complaint to the Secretary of State. Admiral Stanton was called on for an explanation. He cabled Secretary Her- bert that he had saluted the Brazilian flag on Mello’s ship in accordance with estab- lished custom. Thereupon, he was, sum- marily detached from command and order- ed home. The President took occasion to disavow his “unauthorized action” “in sa- luting the revolted Brazilian admiral” as being subversive of the position of this government “as an attentive but impar- in Brazil and contrary to “our fixed policy of impartial neutrality” in such affairs. In his message to Congress the President says he was “indisposed to countenance an act calculated to give gratuitous sanction to the local insurrection.” His Successor Not Selected. No one has yet been selected to succeed Admiral Stanton. Capt. H. F. Picking, commanding the U. 8. S. Charleston, by virtue of the fact that he is the senior ofi- cer present, has had command of the fleet since the departure of Admiral Stanton, and he will continue in command until a per- manent éommander is assigned to that sta- tion. That will not be Jone until after Ad- miral Stanton has made his final re- He arrived at New York a few days ago 2nd has been at \his home in New London ever since. nton’s Previous Unblemished Rec- ord. Up to this unfortunate occurrence, Ad- miral Stanton has had an unblemished re- cord as a seaman and an officer. He was born in Sag Harbor, N. Y., July 8, 1834, and entered the navy December 29, 1849, when he was but fifteen years of age. He ship Susquehanna, and afterward cruised in one of Commodore Perry's East Indian expeditions, In 1833 he was transferred to the sloop-of-war Saratoga, and made a year’s cruise*in Chinese waters. Gallantry During the War. During the war he served gallantly in the James river and Potomac river flotillas and in 1862 and 1863 was with the West Indian flying squadron as a lieutenant commander. In 1864 he was ordnance officer at the New York navy yard and in 1865 he was with the East Gulf blockading squadron. The next two years he was on duty at the Na- val Academy. He was made a full captain in 1879 and a commodore in 1801. He hag not yet reached the grade of admiral, and bears that title only by grace of being an acting admiral. He has been governor of the Naval Asylum off and on for many yeurs and on that duty when selected to command the South Atlantic station. eecabnac enV eaeraass aot, FREE § LVER. Mr. Bland Introduced His Free Coin- age Bill in the House. Congressman Bland today introduced his free silver coinage bill in the House. The bill repeals that section of the act of Feb- ruary 12, 1873, which prohibits the coli of the standard silver dollar and re-enacts 18, 1 providing the act of January ‘ r E standard silver dollars of red to the committee nd measures, of which Mr. Bland is chairman, ror ee Revenue Marine Orders. Hooper has been detached and of the revenue steamer Rush and ordered to tem- reasury Department, of the Bering sea 1 porary duty at the Washington. Other revenue ma e orders have been lows: Third Lieut. W. H. O. 1 to the Forward at Mobile. Assistant Engineer H. O. Slayton ordered to the Perry at Imington. econd Lieut. W. Ross is ordered to department. Second Ainsworth ts ordered to the few York. 2+ _______ temporary duty in Lieut. D. J. Manhattan at To Command the Crawford. Capt. L. N. Stodder, U.S.R.M., has been ordered to command the revenue steamer Crawford of the Baltimore, Norfolk and Washington district. He succeeds Capt. Mitchell, who 1s undergoing a year’s sus- from the training ship Monongahela and granted three months” leave.” pension because of certain questionable pec- cadiloes. tual observer of the unfortunate conflict” | first served as a midshipman on the steam- | THREE NEW _ GUNBOATS. Contracts for Their Construction Awarded by Secretary Herbert, The Newport News Ship Building Co. Will Build Them—The Bids Lower Than Was Anticipated. Secretary Herbert today awarded the contract for the construction of gunboats 7, 8 and 9 to the Newport News Ship Build- ing Company, at their bid of $280,000 for each vessel, or $840,000 for the three. The authority for the construction of these vessels is contained in the naval appro- priation act of March 3, 1893. It authorized the construction of three new vessels, these vessels to be of the class known as “light-draft protected gunboats,” of about 1,200 tons displacement, and to cost not more than $400,000 each, excluding any premiums that may be paid for increased speed and cost of armament. The act further provided that the contract for the construction of either of said gunboats shall contain such provisions as to speed, and premiums and penalties affected by speed, as, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Navy, may be deemed proper and fitting. Proposals Called for. Under authority conferred by this act sealed proposals were invited for the con- struction of these vessels, which, for the purpose of distinguishing them, were desig- nated as gunboats Nos. 7, 8 and 9, under two general classes, each class embracing all three vessels. In class 1 the “hull and |machinery, including engines, boilers and appurtenances and equipment, complete in all respects, in accordance with the draw- ings, plans and specifications provided by the Secretary of the Navy, Class 2, the “hull and machinery, including engines, boilers and appurtenances and equipments complete in ail respects, in accordance with the drawings, plans and specifications pro- vided by the bidder. Two designs were determined upon by the department, the one for No. 7 being that of a light-draft protected gunboat of about 1,200. tons displacement, having a speed of 14 knots per hour, and that for Nos. 8 and 9 being of a light-draft protected gun- boat for special service, having a speed of 13 knots per hour. These vessels are de- signed for use in Chinese waters and for river service elsewhere. The Bids Recetve. The bids received were much lower than any heretofore received for similar work, and the total bid of the successful com- pany was nearly $300,000 less than that of the next lowest, that of the Union tron works of San Francisco, The plans of the department will be followed in the con- struction of the three vessels, and the werk of the Newport News Company will be watched with considerable interest, as it is their first vénture in the fleld as a builder of war ships. They have a good plant and have constructed some fine mer- chant ships, including the Nictheroy or El Cid of the Brazilian navy. - THE CIVIL SERVICE. Appointments Made Upon tion From the Commi: During the month of November the fol- lowing appointments were made within the Classified service upon certification of the civil service commission: Charles J. Gates, Arkansag,> treagury, $vu0; George E. Cur- tis, Connectieut, agriculture, $720; Herman Theodore Holm, District of Columbia, ag- riculture, $1,000; Marcus’ J. Wright, Dis- trict of Columbia, agriculture, $720; Isaac N. Fluckey, Illinois, war, $1,000; Charles Boyd, Illinois,treasury, $900; John G. Town- send, Illinois, interior, $1,300; Walter 8. Bridges, Illinols, interior, $1,300; Harry M. Westfall, Ilinois, interior, $1,300; Owen, Indiana, interior, '$1,300;’ Henry C, Light, Iowa, interior, $720; Francis W. Clay, Kentucky, treasury, $900; John L, Anderson, Kentucky, interior, $720; Edwin P. Craig, Massachusetts, post office, $1,6U0; | Emma P. Heald, Massachusetts, interior, $720; James Robertson, Michigan, navy, 31,000; Alice M. Brazebridge, Michigan, treasury, $840; Frank R. Darling, Michi- gan, interior, $1,300; Newton G.’ Lester, | Michigan, interior, $1,000; Stephen T. Bald- win, Minnesota, navy, $1,000; George D. Skinner, Minnesota, agriculture, 0; John ©, Fank, Mississippi, interior, $720; Charies W. Freeman, Missouri, interior, $1 Sophie L. Cochran, Missouri, interior, $720; George M. Sutton, Missouri, $1,200, post of: fice inspector by transfer; Charles H. Gray, Nebrasica, interior, William H. Emery, New York, war, $1,000; John H. Luther, ew York, post office, $200; Henry C. May, ew York, war, $1,000; William R. Doores, New York, treasury, 3900; W. S. Ryan, New York, post office, $1,200, post office in- spector, transfer; Luther S. nnon, North Carolina, interior, $720; Charles A. Mansy, Ohio, war, $1,000; Charles W. Reed, Penn- sylvania, war, $1,000; Charles L. Durham, South Carolina, Interior, $720; Miss Marie L, interior, Certifica- Bailey, South Caroiina, William W. Ricketts, Tennessee, treasury e ; Arthur L. Russell, Texas, interior, ); L, N. Anderson, Washington, interior, 20: ———_—_+ e+ —______ NO BUNCOMBE. The Committee on Labor Will Be Cold to Demagogues, Mr. McGann, the chairman of the com- mittee on labor, said to a Star reporter that the plans of his committee had not been gone over much. There were a number of minor bills, he said, which would come up for consideration and some investiga- tions and requests for information, but up to date no new general measure. As for the work of the committee, he could say merely that the democrats and republicans alike in the committee were resolved that there should be no measure brought out of the committee whose purpose was bun- combe. Both the democrats and repubil- cans, he said, were determined to deal with these labor questions from a practical and honest point of view, and that he be- | lieved the leading men in labor organiza- | tions would sustain them in it. There | would be no attempt, he said, on the part of either the majority or the minority to rake political capital out of demagogical measures. es TRIAL OF THE MARBLEHEAD. It Will Take Place Tomorrow in Long Island Sound. | ‘The next event of interest to the navy | will be the speed-trial of the cruiser Mar- bleheud, which will take place tomorrow | over a course of thirty-six nautical miles in Long Island Sound, between Stratford and Saybrook. The Marblehead is a sister-ship {to the Detroit, and her builders, the Qu | 1 iron works, are confident that will make a record equally as good as the latier. The trial board is composed of Rear | Adm’ George FE. Belknap, president; | Commanders P. FH. Cooper and R. P | ford, Chief Engineer A. W. Morley, Naval | Constructor W. J. Baxter, and Lieut. L. L. Reamy. ‘he Tariff Bill Will Not Be Reportea Until Next Week. The committee on ways and means is in a snarl over the tariff and the understand- ing in the committee this morning is that the bill will not be reported until Wednes- day week. Then there will probably be two pills put in, one for the customs and one for the internal revenue. The committee appear to be greatly bewildered and there is considerable feeling in the House on ac- count of their delays and apparent inability to come to-a conclusion. Members on the floor express surprise at their inability in all the time they have had to get the bill ready for immediate consideration. HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. They Occupy Much Attention in the Senate Today. MR, DOLPH SPEAKS ON THE SUBJECT. The President's Position Sharply Criticised by Him. THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT. There was a heavy snow storm prevailing when the Senate met at noon today. The attendance of Senators was much below what would constitute a quorum. Mr. Washburn (Minn.), who was recorded yes- terday among the absentees, was present today. The Vice President laid before the Senate @ communication from Gov. Altgeld inviting the co-operation of the Senate in the cer- emony to take place tomorrow for the plac- ing in Statuary Hall of the bronze statue of Gen. James Shield, contributed by the state of Illinois, and Mr. Cullom (Ill) gave notice that he would tomorrow offer a resolution on the subject. To Investigate the Pension Bureau. Mr. Sherman (Ohio) presented a large number of petitions from soldiers of the late war, without regard to party, praying for an investigation into the pension bureau. Among the petitions presented and re- ferred were some from the state of Oregon for the maintenance of the present duty on prunes, and Mr. Dolph gave notice that he would address the Senate on tha subject, and on the tariff generally, next week. Hawaiian Information Wanted. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) offered a resolution re- questing the President (so far as may not be incompatible with the public interests) to communicate to the Senate copies of all in- structions which may have been given to any representative of the United States, or any naval officer thereof, since the 4th of M@ch, 1881, in regard to the preservation of public order in Hawaii, or the protection of the lives and property of American cit- izens, or the recognition or support of any government thereof. Mr. Sherman (Ohio) said that, while he was in favor of the resolution, he thought it should not be acted on in the absence of the chairman of the committee on foreign relations (Mr. Morgan, Ala.), and it was allowed to lie over for the presen: Mr. Dolph on Haw: Mr. Dolph (Ore) rose and addressed the Senate on the subject of Hawall. He expressed his surprise at the portion of the President's message, read yesterday, referring to it. Notwithstanding the re- port of the Secretary of State to the Presi- dent, and notwithstanding the newspaper reports as to the purpose of the adminis- tration, he had not conceived it possible that the administration would determine on the forcible overthrow of the existing gov- ernment in Hawaii and on the establish- ment of a native monarchy. He had be- Heved that even if such had been the pur- pose of the administration the expression of public opinion by the newspaper press, almost unanimous against such a coursé, would have changed its pi and have caused the President to Is instruc- tions to the present minister to Hawati. Exception to Mr. Blount’s Report. Mr. Dolph quoted a paragraph from the President's message, and took exception to the assertion that Mr. Blount's report showed, beyond all question, that the con- stitutional government of Hawaii had been subverted with the active aid of the Amer- ican minister and by the presence of an armed force of the United States landed for that purpose. The message placed the re- port of the personal representative of the President—acting under secret instructions and conducting an ex parte examination— as entitled to more credence than the offi- cial report of the former minister to Ha- waii, the reports of naval officers and of the representatives of the Hawalian gov- ernment and the information received from the Christian and intelligent people of Ha- waii since the revolution. It would have been more satisfactory to him (Mr. Dolph) und to the country if the President had been a little more explicit as to how it was proposed to undo the alleged wrong and as to how the administration was to proceed to restore the status existing at the time of the alleged forcible interven- tion. More Thi He thought that he was warranted by the President's message in assuming that some- thing more than moral suasion was to be used to change the government of Hawail. He considered the utterances of the Pres- ident as most remarkable, in view of the facts. A dissipated and corrupt native queen had been deposed and a provisional government established which represented the intelligence, the wealth, the business in- terests and the educational, moral and Christian elements of the islands; and if the policy of the administration should re- sult in restoring the queen a greater crime against civilization could not be committed, As to the course of the administration, there was room for a wide difference of opinion as to how far it had been caused by a desire of the present administration to discredit the action and policy of its pre- decessor. The prompt withdrawal of the treaty from the Senate, the sending/of a personal representative to Hawaii under secret instructions, the secrecy under which the whole proceeding had been conducted, all gave color to the idea that the purpose of the administration had been early form- ed, and that all which had been since done had been done for the purpose of preparing for the announcement of the policy of the administration. As to Annexation. In the course of the speech Mr. Vest (Mo.) asked Mr, Dolph whether he was arguing in favor of the policy of securing the Hawaiian Isiands and holding them as a colony under what was known as the continental system of Europe. “I will come to that directly said Mr. Dolph. “I am in favor of the annexation of the islands. I am in favor of giving them a suitable government and exercising control over them. Forcible intervention to restore the native government would be so flagrant a violation of the principles of ternational law and justice that foreign vernments would be justified in interfer- ing for the pre! ation of the existing governngent and for the protection of per- mal ahd property righ: The United ates siwald rot be perm.tted to act ‘the dog in the manger;’ and ‘f we will not in- terfere to give the Hawaiian Islands a good government and to protect American in- terests there we should get cut of the way and leave the intelligent people of t ands to appiy elsewhere for he moral sentime y the United S ter right to the annexation of the is or to a protection over them than 5 other foreign government has, and even in interfering, on 2 proper occasion, to give the islands good gov=rnment. The Present Government. Mr. Gray (Del.)—Does the Senator from Oregon infer that the present government of Hawail is a republic? Mr. Dolph—It comes as near being a re- public as anything else. Mr. Gray—How near? Mr. Dolph—It is a government established by the people. It is not a monarchy, that is certain, Mr. Gray—It is not a republic, that ts certain. Mr. White (La.)—How many of the peo- ple established that government? t of the w © |ury Department Mr. Dolph—As many as ever established a government in those islands—fifteen hun- dred people—the men who pay the taxes, who own the property and who represent the moral and Christian element of the islands. If force is to be used to overthrow the present government there it will be Worse than piracy, as stated by Mr. John A. Kasson in an interview published in the Washington Post. What the Country Needs. The Hawatian Islands were so near the coast of the United States as to be of great commercial and naval importance. The country needed an aggressive policy for the purpose of extending and strength- ening its commerce and effecting closer relations with the South American repub- lics. It needed a policy that extended be- yond its own boundaries. It needed, in fact, a policy that would go with its citi- zens and its flag wherever they might law- fully go. It needed a policy that would give it a commanding position among the great powers of the world. The question of the future control of the Hawaiian Islands was one of national importance, affecting the national safety, the interests of commerce, the requirements of the navy and the pro- tection of American citizens, — + re PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Mr. Hornblower Again Named for the Supreme Court. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: (Failed of confirmation at last session.) Wm. B. Hornblower of New York, to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. John B. Riley of New York to be consul general of the United States at Ottawa, Candda. To be consuls of the United States: H. Clay Armstrong, jr., of Alabama gt Greno- ble, France; Newton B. Ashby of lowa at Dublin, Ireland; Marcellus L. Davis of Arkansas at Merida, Spain; Benjamin Len- thier of Massachusetts at Sherbrooke, Que- bec; Frank W. Roberts of Maine at Barze- Jona, Spain. Recess Appointments. Frank H. Dabney of Louisiana to be con- suiting engineer of the United States on the international boundary commission provided for in the convention with Mexico, March 1, 1888; John R. Proctor*of Kentucky to be civil service commissioner; William A. Poucher of New York to be attorney of the United States for the northern district of New York. New No ations. Col. Elwell 8. Otis, twentieth infantry, to be brigadier general; Col. Geo. D. Ruggles, assistant adjutant general, to be adjutant general with rank of brigadier general Capt. Geo. S. Wilson, twelfth infantry, to be major and assistant adjutant general. Capt. Wm. H. Hall, fifth cavalry, to be major and assistant adjutant general. First Lieut. J. E. Sawyer, fifth artillery, to be captain and assistant quartermaster. Capt. Charles E. Kilbourne, signal corps, to be major and paymaster. Lieut. Col.’ Henry C. Wood, assistant adjutant general, to be colonel and assistant adjutant general. Maj. Wm. J. Volkmar, assistant adjutant general, to be lieutenant colonel and assist- ant adjutant general. Lieut. Col. Charles Cc. Byrne, deputy surgeon general, to be col- onel end assistant surgeon general. Maj. Samuel M. Horton, surgeon, to be lieuten- ant colonel and deputy surgeon general. Capt. Walter Reed, assistant surgeon, to be major and surgeon. Second Lieut. George F. Landers, fourth artillery, to be first Heutenant. Lieut. Col. Wm. H. Pen- rose, sixteenth infantry, to be colonel. Maj. Edwin M. Coates, nineteenth infantry, to el. Capt. C. E. Bennett, seven’ infantry, to be major. First Lieut. Charles J. Chubb, seventeenth iIn- fantry, to be captain. Second Lieut. Arthur Johnson, eleventh infantry, to be first lieu- tenant. OMITTED ESTIMATES. No Provision for the Bureau of Amert- can Re cs or Experiment Sta retary Grésham failed to include in the bureau of American republics. An esti- mate of this amount was incorporated in the State Department estimates for the current year, and its absence now is looked upon as indicative of the purpose of the Secretary to disintegrate or abolish the bureau, at least so far as the United States is interested in its maintenance. suggestion contained in his annual report, for forty-eight agricultural experiment stations, one for each state and territory. Ever since 1588, it is stated, an item for this service has been found in the Agricultural Department estimates. ——_-o—____. PRINTING OFFICE SITE. Likely That It Will Come Up at an Early Date. Chairman Bankhead of the House com- mittee on public buildings and grounds has returned to the city and is awaiting the re- turn of all the members of the joint sub- committee on the printing office site in for final action the selection of a site. “I would like to have this matter disposed of before the House gets into the tariff discussion,” said Mr. Bankhead today to a Star reporter. “It is necessary that some- thing should be done in this matter, and, as it is a question of considerable importance and likely to attract the attention of the whole House, I hope to be able to get it before them prior to the advent of other business which might exclude this.” ——$ +2 ____ Libraries for Officers. The Secretary of War has approved the following views of Maj. Gen. Schofield in regard to the responsibility for text books: “Every officer should provide himse¥ with the necessary technical books to enable him to discharge his duties. This principle is established at the very beginning of a young officer's career when he becomes a cadet at West Point. He is there required to purchase and pay for his own books. “The books issued by the War Depart- ment to company organizations are in- tended, at least, primarily, for the use of the enlisted men, though there is, of course, no objection to their use by officers when necessary; but such use by officers should not be the rule, because the books are re- quired for the non-commissioned officers and are no greater in number than neces- | sary for that purpose. “I approve the suggestion that any loss of | this kind of public property, arising from the action of any officer, be supplied by stoppage against his pay. —_—___—_-. Sugar Bounty Claims. ‘The internal revenue bureau of the Treas- is beginning to rec |claims for sugar bounty on this year's lcrop, and first payments have been made at the treasury. The sugar season in Cali- |fornta began in September and one firm has already filed ciaims for 15,000,000 pounds jof beet sugar, a considerably increased pro- | duction over that of last season. The Louis- \fana sugar season began in October. Commissioner Miller estimates that It | will require $11,000,000 to pay this season’s bounty. So far $400,000 has been paid. 3 Corinto, Nicaragua, for target practice in Fonseca gulf, not far away. The gunboat Bennington arrived at Genoa today. + e+ Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today Were $226,343; from customs, $296,692, order to have a full meeting and take up| State Department estimates $30,000 for the Secretary Morton, in accordance with the | failed to incorporate in the Agricultural | Department estimates the sum of $720,000 | An Index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. STILL IN ABEYANCE. No Change Has Yet Been Made at Honolulu. MINISTER WILLIS AWAITING ORDERS Unforeseen Contingencies Arose to Prevent Action. LATEST NEWS FROM HAWAIL PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Dec. 5.—The barkentine Klickitat, Capt. Cutler, arrived yesterday from Honolulu with advices to November 20, four days after the steamer Alameda sailed for San Francisco. In an interview published in The Evening. Star, Minister Willis is reported to have said: ou are authorized to state that no change in the present situation will take place for several weeks. I brought with me certain instructions from the United States government on the Hawaiian situation, but since my arrival contingencies have arisen, about which neither the United States government nor myself were aware when I left home. I have thought best to submit those matters to Washington before Proceeding further to carry out the original instructions. No one need fear trouble, and Bo lawlessness will be permitted.” This statement gave the annexationists much satisfaction, and the royalists were much displeased. On accbunt of the many rumors current of the contemplated action of the queen’s supporters the provisional government found it necessary to keep two companies of soldiers under arms for sev- eral nights after the Alameda sailed. Continuing, Minister Willis said: “I mean that until the time comes for me to carry out my instructions the peace and good order of this community will be kept un- disturbed in the interests of humanity; that any attempt made by any person or persons to make trouble ‘will be promptly checked and punished. You may put the matter more plainly and say that, even if the pro- visional government discharged all its troops today, no lawlessness would be allowed for one moment under the present situation of affairs. The whole Hawalian question is now in abeyance, and nothing that news- papers can say or do will alter the state- ment one iota. I make this statement on my own responsibility and in hope that it will allay present excitement. No one nee@ fear trouble, and no lawlessness will be per- mitted.” After this statement, rumors began to fly about that the queen's supporters would make a final rally in her behalf. The crews of the United States men-of-war Philadel- phia and Adams were held in readiness to be landed at a moment's notice. The queen's advocate came out next day with a denial Willis’ Interview, saying he was misquoted, and by inference gave en- couragement to the idea that Willis had or would receive an imperative order to re- store the queen. The newspapers containing Mr. Biount's report had not reached the island when the Klickitat sailed. The Corwin Sails. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.—The United States revenue cutter Corwin sailed morning. Her destination was not known, but it is believed that she carries important dispatches to Minister Willis at Honolulu. Instract for Minister Willis. While the news from Honolulu, brought to Port Townsend this morning by the barkentine Klickitat, cannot be confirmed ‘*| at the State Department or elsewhere im Two omissions regarded as significant) omcial quarters, ‘there is mo doubt ex- have been noticed by the treasury officials | pressed of its authenticity, and the inter in the estimates submitted to the Secretary | by the heads of the various departments | and by him transmitted to Congress. Sec? view with Minister Willis is generally be- lieved. The statement of Mr. Willis that contingencies have arisen that make it necessary for him to communicate with Washington before acting on his original instructions is in line with predictions free- ly made since the arrival of the Alameda, two weeks ago that Mr. Willis had struck a snag and would await specific instruc- tions before carrying out the policy of the administration. Additional credence is given to this be- lief by the assignment of the revenue cutter Corwin for duty as a dispatch vessel be- tween San Francisco and Honolulu, and it is believed that the cutter will sail in @ few days on the arrival of a State Depart- ment messenger with dispatches from the President and Secretary Gresham contain- ing final and positive instructions for the guidance of the minister. The nature of the difficulty which has de- Tayed Mr. Willis from attempting to restore the queen can only be surmised and among government officials only two opinions have been advanced on the subject. One of these, and it finds a greater number of believers than the other. is that Mr. Willis has dis- covered that the provisional government is determined to prevent the enthronement of the ex-queen at all hazards and that the policy of the administration can be accom- Plished by force alone. The other view, advanced by a strong supporter of the annexation idea, is that Mr. Willis is not satisfied that Mr. Blount was strictly accurate in some of his state- ments concerning the action of the United | States marines and sailors when the mon- | archy was overthrown, and has therefore asked permission to make further investi- gation. Surprised at Minister Willis. ‘The language of Minister Willis, as given in the interview published in the Hawatian Star, is viewed with surprise and even as- tonishment by some officials, His an- nouncement of his intention to preserve order under any circumstances is worded in such @ way as to causé many inter- ested parties to take it as a practical declaration of dictatorship. The tone of Mr. Willis is so widely a& variance with the mildness of the Presi- Gent's expressions on the Hawalian situa- tion, contained in his message to that interest in the final outcome is in- tensified to a degree even greater than that which has heretofore existed. The selection of the Corwin for special duty at Honolulu is due to the special desire of the President to communicate with Min- ister Willis as soon as possible. The com- munication is so important in its nature that it could not wait for the next mail steamer, notwithstanding the use of the Corwin will not advance the dispatches more than two or three days. The President's message to Congress yes- terday showed no indication of a change in the policy of re-establishing the mon- archy, so it is not likely that the instruc- tions to Minister Willis contemplate any change on that point. They relate, so it is | said, wholly to the use of the naval forces in accomplishing the overthrow of the pro- visional government in the anticipated event of their refusal to yield peacefully te the logic of Mr. Blount and Secretary Gresham in favor of the monarchs. It is understood that the President desires to amend Mr. Willis’ original instructions so as to avoid all criticism of a possible use of unconstitutional powers in enforcing his contentions, bills in the House was put :to operation for the first time yesterday. A deficiency bill passed by the House furnished the first subject. ne old method of encrossing with a pen was abolished and the first draft of the bill was rushed down to the government print- ing office, where it was set up in type. One copy only was printed and it was sent back to the House as the official engrossed Dill The promoters of the new pian were very much pleased with its successful operation. It may be found necessary, however, as the session draws to a close, to estah ha printing press in the Capitol to save tims in the printing.