Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1893, Page 2

2 —— LATE NEWS BY WIRE, - Residents of Hawaii Appeal io the American Congress. MASS MEETING HELD AT HONOLULU. | Arrival of Steamer With News Up to December. MR. DOLE STILL PRESIDENT. VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 12—The Aus- tralian steamer Arawa, which brings Hono- lulu news up to December 4, arrived at Vic- toria at Sam. Immediately upon entering the straits she was boarded by a representa- tive of the United Press, who was informed that Queen Liluokalan! had not been restor- ed and there had been no trouble in Hono- dulu. The United Press correspondent, backed up with a permit from the dominion quarantine minister, went off in the pilot boat last night and was the first repre- sentative aboard. From the arrival of the last reports there has been but two things of a significant mature: The annexationists held a mass meeting on Saturday, November 25, and adopted resolutions in effect appealing to Congress over the address of President Cleveland, Secretary Gresham and Mr. Blount. Four days preceding the sailing of the Arawa the troops of the provisional government were busy fortifying and bar-j ricading the government house or the castle as formerly called. Work was being done; with sandbags principally. As the Arawa sailed from the harbor troops could be seen from the deck of the steamer busily engag- ed in heaping up the breastworks. Probably 1,000 people were at the mass meeting, which, on call, was stated to be for citizens favorable to annexation. ‘The royalists claim the meeting was packed by representatives of the provisional government and that all enthusiasm was of @ prearranged order. F. M. Hatch, vice president of the pro- visional government and president of the legislature, presided and made the opening speech. His delivery was excellent, dis- counting his best forensic efforts. He appealed to Congress against the ex- ecutives, held that Secretary Gresham does not know international law. He claimed that the provisional government had never submitted its right to exist to the United States and was, therefore, not bound by the Policy of President Cleveland. Mr. Castle's Ringing Speech. W. R. Castle, one of the legislation com- missioners to Washington, made an argu- ment to prove the authority of mass meet- ings. He quoted recent American opinion that the revolution of 1776 was the work of the minority. Hawaii, he said, was sure- Jy trending toward the goal of union with its mother country across the water. Can Gresham stop the onward prog- ress of Hawaii? Mr. Castle graciously admitted that Prest- dent Cleveland and Mr. Gresham were try- ing to execute justice and to do what is right, but said the enemies of annexation had stuffed their ears with lies. The speak- er claimed that the United States were against the President's Hawaiian policy. He claimed that the President of the United States is nowhere authorized to be- gin war. Mr. Castle attacked Commissioner Blount in a sneering way, charging him with twice inviting the supporters of the queen to re- volt against the provisional government. He asserted that the people of the country had established the provisional government. Mr. Castle concluded by moving the fol- Jowing resolutions, which were passed with- out dissent: “Resolved, That we have read with sur- prise and regret the recommendation of the Secretary of State of the United States to the President to restore the monarchy late- ly existing in Hawaii. “Resolved, That we condemn the assump- tion of the Secretary that the right of the Provisional government to exist was termi- Mated by his refusal to resubmit to the Senate the treaty of union pending between the two countries, and also his assumption that the provisional government at that very time submitted the question of its con- tinued existence to the arbitrament of the President or of any other power. “Resolved, That we support to the best of our ability the provisional government; and resist any attack upon it which may be made, contrary to the usage of nations.” Other Speakers. Z. 8 Spalding read a long speech in which he said he was an annexationist in 1968. He contradicted Claus Spreckels in saying that depression had resulted. here from the rule of the provisional government and threw a personal slur at A. Jaeger for hhis opposition given in San Francisco. He claimed civilization had originated and flourished here through the friendly influ- ences of the United States, even under the blighting influence of an effete monarchy.” As a planter he was willing to take his ehances of prosperity under the stars and atripes. A. F. Judd, chief Justice, said that for twenty years he had attended but one politi- eal meeting before this, and that was when he took a back seat at the demonstration against Moreno, held in oid Bethel in 187 He was Hawalian by birth, but an American in blood, and was proud of his ancestry, dating back to 1634, when the first Judd ¢ame from England and settled in America. He loved this country to which his father had devoted his life. Had the queen taken the advice of the justices of the supreme court, she would not be where she was now. He was loyal to the monarchy and support- ed the autonomy of this country until the afternoon of January 14, when the events in the palace converted him and made him feel it was impossible that that state of things should last longer. The constitution the queen tried to pro- mulgate would have destroyed the inde- pendence of the supreme court. The chiet Justice said Mr. Blount had interviewed him last in Honolulu, but never asked him if the revolution had been accomplished by the aid or Minister Stevens and the troops of the Boston. ————___ WILL HAVE A HARD FIGHT. Rivals of Representative W. C. P. Breckinridge tn His Own District. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 12.—Indications are plain that W. C. P. Breckinridge will have a hard fight to succeed himself as a member of Congress from the seventh Ken- tucky district. At least two opposing candidates are al- ready announced and one more is expected. Perhaps the most formidable of these is W. C. Owens, who was temporary chair- man of the last democratic national conven-| . Before leaving for Washington Mr. | Breckinridge was asked regarding his candi-| dacy for re-election and the fight that had already commenced against him. He stated that he could not submit to an interview | at this time. since he was satistied that the | Voters in the district that had so unani- mously honored him with the position for go many years were willing to await the Fesult of the pending Pollard breach of promise suit at Washington. —_ For a Greater New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The commissioners of municipal consolidation inqui better known as the “greater New York" commis- sion, held a meeting today at 214 Broadway and approved of the draft of a biil in fur- therance of the plans of consolidation Which will be presented to the next legis- lature. All the Andrew commissioners were present and H. Green occupied the chair. prised Races Today. At Benning today the weather was cloudy, @ttendance good. First race, one mile—Shadow, Ist; Arab, 34; Lismore, sd. Time, 1.46. THE me ING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. EXPELLING THE SUSPECTED.) Further Discoveries Regarding the Crime of Vailia: PARIS, Dec. 12.—The search of the police in the northern section of Paris will prob- ably result in the expulsion from France of thirty foreigners, who are believed to be relatives af anarchists. Marchal, the husband of the mistress of Vaillant, the bomb thrower, has vanished and the police can find no trace of him. They have discovered, however, that Mad- ame Marchal was an accomplice of her paramour in his dynamite plan and she has been placed under arrest. The police learn- ed from papers that they discovered, that the woman was fully aware of Vaillant’s pian to throw the bomb in the chamber of deputies, and that her seeming surprise when informed of the crime was assumed to throw off the authorities from the scent they were following. M. Guezede, a socialist of the chamber, has received a letter signed “One of the Bour- geolsie,” in which the writer says that he has condemned M. Guezede to death. The letter continues: “I will kill you like a dog at the exaet moment that sults me. Re- member that you are number one on the condemned list.” M. Dupuy, president of the chamber of deputies, has received from the Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel, speaker of the Brit- ish house of commons, a formal letter ex- pressing the sympathy of the house with the chamber because of the dynamite out- — perpetrated in the chamber on Satur- y. The president of the chamber has also aren @ personal letter from the speaker ing: “The speaker of the house of commons | Presents his compliments to the president of the chamber of deputies, and, speaking in his private capacity, is desirous of add- ing to the unanimous expression of feeling on the part of the house of commons his own personal sympathy with the president of the chamber. He ventures to offer his admiration of the coolness and courage with which the danger was met, and is anxious to express his detestation of the dastardly crime, which has aroused universal indig- nation in Great Britain.” The Journal des Debats, commenting on the adoption of the press bill by the -hamber of deputies, says that the government did an_ excellent day’s work. The moderate republican journals approve of the adoption of the bill, while the radical organs reproach the government for inter- fering with the liberty of the press. The Gualois says that the measures of the gov- ernment will not convert anarchists, but they will prevent the manufacture of bombs. The conservative papers declare that it would be wrong to think that the chamber of deputies saves society. They argue that the government measures will not bring about the results expected. LEE’S FRIENDS ACTIVE. Rigid Investigation to Be Made at Richmond. Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. RICHMOND, V: Dec. 12—The Martin senatorial caucus nomination is reaching interesting proportions and a rigid investi- gation will be made. Letters are coming in zrom many sections of the state demanding an inquiry by the legislature now in ses- sion, and that body will have to succumb. The dissatisfaction at the action of Rep- resentative Alston Cébell of this city in voting for Martin is increasing. A number of the residents of his ward have come forward with the statement that they sup- ported Mr. Cable for the legislature in the Primary election with the distinct under- standing that he would support Gen. Lee for the senatorship. Resolutions are being adopted in a num- ber of strong Lee counties demanding an investigation. It was expected that Mr. Withers of Dan- ville would introduce a resolution in the House this morning demanding an investi- gation of the senatorial caucus nomination, but that gentleman informed The Star correspondent that he would not introduce the resolution today. Governor's Special Message. Gov. McKinney submitted to the legisla- ture today his special message on taxation. It provides for a-more general income tax in the state, as forecasted in The Star last Wednesday, and is prefaced by the follow- ing: “The constitution of Virginia requires that all property within the state shall be taxed according to its value. is concaled that some is taxed above its value and some below it, and much ts not taxed at all.” The governor advocates a graduated in- come tax, and urges that great care be given to provide means for an honest return to the state officers. In concluding the governor says: “Many of the states are now moving in this impor- tant matter of a special tax commission. We should secure the services of our best and ablest men to investigate these ques- tions in all of their phases and to report to the assembly the result of their 'abors, and @ bill should be prepared relieving the state of the difficulties, if possible, which the Present system of tax laws has produced. With this action in view, I would advise the selection of a committee comprised of five, taken from the different parts of the siate, to be called a ‘special tax commission.’ “They should be instructed specially to inquire into the systems adopted by the other states to raise revenue for the state, county and municipal expenses, and to pro- vide for a more just, equal and equitable system of taxation cf all kinds of property and to provide for a more effectual system of assessments and collection of taxes. The Road to Falls Church. A bill was introduced in the House today by Mr. Willard of Fairfax, and after much discussion, was allowed to go on the cul- endar, to incorporate the Potomac and Great Falls Railroad Company, which is to connect Washington with Falls Church, Fairfax Court House and other ovints in Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William. After introducing the bill, Mr. Willard Stated the provisions of the bill, and moved the House to suspend its rules and place the, bill on the calendar. This motion was op- posed by Mr. Withrow of Bath. Mr. Wil- lard’s motion was advocatad by Messrs. Nicol of Prince William and Ryan of Lou- doun. After several votes, the rules of the House were suspended and the bill placed on the calendar. — GAMA ASSUMES COMMAND. At the Head of the Rebel Squadron Off Rio Janeiro. LONDON, Dec. 12.—A dispatch from Rio Janciro states that Admiral Da Gama, whose defection from the government forces hgs already been announced, has formally notified the several foreign lega- tions in Rio Janeiro that he has assumed command of the insurgent squadron now before that city. ——_.____. REPORTED TO BE SUNK. A Steamer With a Load of Insane Patients. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.—A report reached this city shortly after 9 o'clock this morning to the effect that the steamer Leader had been sunk near the town of Antioch, Contra Costa county. The Leader left Stockton last night with a load of in- sane patients, which were being transfer- red from the state asylum there to the one at Ukiah, Mendocino county. RRR a STRIKE UNAUTHORIZED. Eight Train Crews on the L. and N. Quit Work. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 12-—The Louis- ville and Nashville officials do not antict- pate any crippling results from last night's strike at Earlington. Eight train crews, each numbering six men, went out. When the news of the Earlington strike came in the chairmen were prompt to assure Gen- eral Manager Metcalf that it was alto- gether unauthorized. ———_— MURDER AND ARSON. A Double Crime Committed in a Long nd Hamlet. NEW YORK, Dec. 12—A special from Green Point, L. 1, to an afternoon paper, says: A case, the circumstances of which point to the double crime of murder and arson, was discovered this morning at Farming- ton, a small hamlet near Ronkonkoma, Suf- folk county. The victim was Mrs. Mary Ann Jackson, who is known as a professional nurse, and who lived alone in a small cottage at Farm- ington. —_—~—_—_. A Noted Orientalist Dead. BERLIN, Dec. 12—Prof. Hans Gorges Conon von Gabelentz, the well-known Ger- man orientalist, died in this city today. i AN IMPORTANT DECISION. It is the Type of a Number of Claims Against the District, Reasoning of the Court of Appeals in Reaching a Conclusion Reversing the Former Judgment. The case of Edwin N. Gray agt. District of Columbia, recently decided, as men- tioned in The Star at the time, by the Court of Appeals, is one of unusual interest to the people of the District. By the court's decision the judgment of $8,604.94, which Gray had secured against the District, was reversed, and the case remanded to the court below, with direction to the trial court to grant a new trial. Mr. Gray, a foundryman and machinist engaged in business on Maine avenue between 3d and 4 1-2 streets in this city, sued the District to recover damages for loss and injury alleged to have been sustained by him on the first days of July and August, 1889, in consequence of filthy water backing up from the public sewers into and upon his premises, damaging his engines, machinery patterns, &c. The plain- tiff, Mr. Gray, alleged that the flooding com- Plained of was due to the fact that the pub- lic sewers in the vicinity of his shops were negligently allowed to become choked up and obstructed by accumulations of sand, filth and gravel. The District, on the other hand, claimed that the damage done Mr. Gray was not due to any obstruction in the sewers, but was the result of sudden and extraordinary rain storms, combined with tide water, which taxed Tiber sewer beyond its ca- pacity, thereby causing the water to back up out of the Maine avenue tributary sewer into and upon the plaintiff's premises. Testimony tending to support the allega- tions of each side was respectively given, and a verdict was returned by the jury — Mr. Gray damages against the istrict to the amount of $8,604.94. The District’s Appena Thereupon the District appealed to the Court in General Term, and, under the operations of the act creating the Court of Appeals, the case came before the latter court. Judge Montgomery presided at the trial of the case in the court below, and to his action in granting and refusing several instructions to the jury the District ex- cepted and based its eppeal upon such ac- tion of the trial judge. The decision of the Court of Appeals, written by Mr. Justice Morris, recites at length the history of the case, and declares that two of the instruc- tions were properly refused because they restricted the right of recovery to the | flood of July 1, 1889, when the claim of the plaintiff was for damages from both that flood and the one of August 1, 1889. “While,” says the court, “the defense struggled resolutely to disprove the exist- ence of any obstruction in the sewers at the time of the storms, its main contention was that the disaster was a providential visitation, or ‘act of God,’ against which the defendant could not have guarded by the exercise of any ordinary prudence and care; and there was testimony strongly tending to support this theory. It is con- ceded that the rainfall was an extraor- dinary and most unusual one; and it is ap- rent also that it came about the time of igh tide, when it was most liable to cause an overflow.” Therefore, the court declares that Judge Montgomery erred in refusing to instruct the jury, as prayed by the Dis- trict, to that effect, unless the judge cover- ed that matter at some point in his charge. No Case and Cannot Recover. “It is very true,” says Mr. Justice Morris, in announcing the decision of the court, “that in one part of his charge the judge says: ‘If this injury was caused by the faulty construction of the sewer, or by its want of capacity, or was caused in any other way in the world except by the sewer being obstructed, the plaintiff has got no case and cannot recover.’ And it might be assumed that this very general and sweep- ing expression, ‘or was caused in any way in the world except by the sewer being ob- tructed,” is sufficient to cover the case of @ providential visitation or any other pos- sible case. And so probably in one case it is. But vague generalities addressed to a jury cannot supply the place of specific in- structions. The very ‘purpose of instruc- tions is to direct the attention of the jury specifically to the matters relied on by the parties, and to remove the subject of con- pees J from the domain of vague general- ity.”* The opinion concludes by declaring that while the trial judge was not bound to give the instructions requested by the District in their precise terms, a judge should, where the prayer is sound in law and ap- plicable to the testimony, instruct the jury in some sufficient form specifically, and not by vague generalities, upon the precise point to which the instruction is directed, if it be a material matter. Not to do so, the court says, is error, and it was not done in the case at bar. Several other questions were raised by the record in the case which the court did not deem necessary to de- termine, but for the reasons given in the opinion the judgment below is reversed and the case remanded, with instructions to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. Other Claims Affected. The great importance of the decision in this case arises from the fact that the case is but one of thirty-one similar suits against the District now on the dockets of the courts, In which the damages claimed ag- gregate $300,000, and by some the ruling of the Court of Appeals virtually means an end of ail of them. —— AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY, Mr. Dabney Will Relieve Mr. Willets of the Agricultural Department. The President today appointed Chas. J. Dabney, jr., of Tennessee to be assistant secretary of agriculture, vice Mr. Willets, resigned. This completes the changes in all the offices of assistant secretaries and cor- responding offices, ———+ e+ -____—. THE TARIFF QUESTION, The Bill Not to Come Up Before the Holidays. The committee on ways and means went into session this morning for the purpose of continuing their work all day and late into the night, if necessary, to get through with the bill, so as to be able to report it tomor- row. Nothing has yet been done on the internal revenue question, and the belief of some of the members of the committee is, though no action on the subject has been taken, that the consideration of the whole question will be delayed in the House until the internal revenue features have been decided on. It is expected, therefore, that the bill will not come up in the House before the holidays. <_eE SeES For a Free Coinage. A meeting of the committee on coinage, weights and measures of the House has been called for tomorrow for the purpose of considering a free coinage bill. Some of the silver men of this committee dis- courage the idea of agitating the question at this time, but if it is pressed will vote to report a free coinage bill. A majority of the committee are in favor of free coinage, and it is believed that such a bill will be reported. No action on the subject is ex- pected in the House. ———_e——______. Changes Among Messengers. A vacancy was caused this morning in the messenger force of the general lan@ office. | Benjamin 8. Stewart, colored, was notified | that his resignation would be accepted if tendered. Leander G. Wilson, messenger at $840, was reduced to $720. Mr. Stewart was | appointed in 1880 from the District of Co- lumbia at the small salary of $25 per month; he was raised to $30; then to $55, and finally Promoted to the position from which dis- missed. The vacancy has been filled, it is said, by the appointment of a Tennesse2:n. Mr. Wilson was appointed from the District of Columbia in 1881. He is a veteran of the late war. Commissioner Lamareaux ex- pressed regret at the necessity which com- pelled him to make these changes, but said that it was the order of the Secretary. The President has approved the joint reso- lution permitting Col. Anson Mills, third cavalry, United States army, to accept and exercise the functions of Mexican boundary commissioner without prejudice to his army commission, and the act amending the act in regard to aiding in the construction of railroads approved September 29, 1890. Winter Racers Will Have the Law to Work Against, INSTRUCTICNS 10: THE POLICE The Track is Within the Mile Limit According to Surveys. DAY TO DAY PROSECUTIONS. ee The survey requested by District Attorney Birney in connection with the proposed winter race meeting at the Ivy City track ras been made by the engineer department of the District and in a map submitted this afternoon to the district attorney the sur- vey shows that the greater part of the track and grounds are within one mile of the city limits, the line running from about the first quarter pole to a point near the five-eighth pole. This includes, of course, the grand stand, quarter stretch, betting ring, and, indeed, very nearly all of the infield. It is said that the betting ring will be placed in the infield near the half-mile pole, which would place it just beyond the mile limit. But, nevertheless, it would still be within the track, and if it is placed theft the dis- trict attorney will prosecute those engaged in betting or promoting betting there on the ground that part of the track, being in the one-mile limit, the law prohibits gambling on any other part of it. The district attorney does not intend to rest with the prosecution of any one viola- tion of the law, but will prosecute to the utmost each and every’ violation, and will not confine himself to any one day’s in- fringement of the law, but will continue the prosecution each and every day the law is violated. Hence, there will be no cessa- tion of prosecution, so long as the law is violated. In connection with his purpose to prevent any violation of the law and to prosecute to the fullest extent should it be violated, the district attorney this afternoon address- ed the following letter to the chief of police, and has received assurances that the police department will render him every assistance in their power: To the Police. “I learn through the daily press that it is the purpose of the lessees of the Ivy City race track to hold a meeting for horse racing, to begin on Thursday, December 14, 1898, and that in connection therewith bet- ting or bookmaking booths are to be set up nd conducted in close proximity to the grand stand. “Your attention is directed in this connec- tion to the act of Congress, approved March 2, 1801, (Rich. Sup. to Rev. Stat. U. S., p. 900,), which makes it unlawful for any per- son or association of persons within the District of Columbia, within one mile of the boundaries of the citfes of Washington and Georgetown, to bet, gamble or make books or pools on the result of any trotting or running race of horses, &c. “Under the provisions of this statute not only will they be Mable to the penalty pro- vided who may sell pools and make books on horse races, within the limits fixed by the statute, but their patrons will also be liable to arrest and punishment. I am ad- vised that the rand stand and the betting ring now constructed at the Ivy City race course are both within one mile of the boundary of the city of Washigton, and I shall be prepared to prove that fact should occasion require It. The line is marked by tall posts, planted on the Bladensburg road and on the fences inclosing the grounds, and readily seen on the grounds. It is my purpose, with your assistance, to enforce this statute according to its terms. “TI request that special instructions be given police officers touching this matter, and that they be directed to promptly arrest any violators of this law.’ _ BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE. Great Deal to Show for It. After routine morning business in the House, Mr. Barthold (Mo.) made a personal explanation in regard to hts position on the bankruptcy bill. He was not recorded as having voted, and the inference was that he had dodged the question. He stated that he had been present while the bill was being discussed and voted on every question in committee of the whole and in the House. He voted against the amendment striking out the enacting clause, as he was in favor of a uniform bankruptcy bill that would be just to the honest debtor and creditor alike. Mr. Geary (Cal.), one of the conferees on the New York and New Jersey bridge bill, reported that the conferees were unable to agree, and asked for a further conference, which was ordered. A Protest Against the Wilson Bill. Mr. Harmer (Pa.) presented a memorial from workingmen and other citizens of Frankford, Philadelphia, protesting against the passage of the Wilson tariff bill. Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio) introduced a bill cre- ating a retired list for enlisted men and petty officers of the navy, which was re- ferred to the committee on naval affairs. Mr. Dingley (Maine), from the joint com- mission to investigate the departments, re- ported a bill to amend section 407 of the Revised Statutes, requiring deposits of re- ceipts with the auditor of the treasury for the Post Office Department. The amend- ment provides that accounts shall be sent directly to the sixth auditor instead of through the Post Office Department, as at present. The amendment was adopted and the bill passed. Representative Batley of Texas reported from the judiciary committee his substi- tute for the Oates bankruptcy bill. To Investigate the Navy. Mr. Meyer of Louisiana, from the commit- tee on naval affairs, called up the concur- rent resolution for the appointment of a special committee to investigate and con- sider the personnel of the navy, and asked that the House go into committee of the whole for its consideration. A division be- ing called for, M>. Kilgore (Texas) made the point of no quorum, and tellers were ap- pointed. A quorum appeared, and the mo- tion was agreed to after about half an hour had been consumed, and the House went into committee of the whole to consider the resolution. Mr. Meyer addressed the com- mittee in favor of the resolution, and sent to the clerk's desk a letter from the Secre- tary of the Navy advocating the cause championed by him, and giving a statement showing the ages at which the various grades are reached, beginning with rear ad- miral at sixty-one years and running to Heutenant at twenty-five. Mr.Kilgore obtained five minutes from Mr, Meyer, and addressed the committee. He was opposed, he said, to congressional in- vestigating committees when the matter could be dealt with satisfactorily by the regular House or Senate committees. —_____. HAWAII AND FINANCES. The Topics Under C deration by the Cabinet Today. The cabinet meeting today was shorter than usual, probably because of the absence of Secretaries Herbert and Smith and Post- master General Bissell. The Hawaiian ques- tion was considered and the President and Secretary Carlisle had a long conference in regard to the latter's report to Congress. It is understood that he will submit a plan for the increase of revenue by an increase of internal revenue taxation. He will also, it is sald, advocate legislation giving the Secretary of the Treasury discretion in the issue of bonds when necessary for the bro- tection of the national credit. +o+——____ Appointments Strengthened. Among the nominations sent to the Sen- ate today were Mr. Robert E. Preston of the District of Columbia to be director of the mint and Mr. Eugene T. Chamberlain of New York to be commissioner of navi- | gation, Treasury Department. ‘These ofti- cers are now serving under temporary com- missions issued during the recess. ———————---2+—___. ‘Treasury Changes. The Secretary of the Treasury has called for the resignation of Dennis Egan as col- lector of internal revenue for the district of Florida. J. F. Fogg of Maine has been appointed immigrant inspector at Portland, Me., vice EB. A. Elliot. removed. * TO BE PROSECUTED, |SEMOCRATS AND Hawai Tired of the Mauling They Are Getting From the Republicans. Allegea Minister | Willis—The Hitt Resolutions of In- auiry Modified and Adopted. Instructions to The democrats of both the House and the | Senate and especially of the Senate are _ getting very weary of the mauling, which they are getting from Mr. Hoar and other | republicans on the Hawaiian question. | Aside from the two or three men, who are | willing to run the risk of sacrificing them- selves by defending the administration | while they themselves are being kept in the dark, the democrats are keeping very quiet. | The general disposition among them is not | to take any responsibility in this matter | and not attempt to aid the administration — unless Mr. Cleveland and himself can sat- | isfy them and the country that the im- | pression given in his message and in Mr. Gresham's letter of the intention as to the | restoration of the queen was erroneous. | It is said by those who pretend to have in- formation on the subject that there is no | question that Mr. Cleveland has modified his policy and that the written instruc- | tions to Mr. Willis will be found to be quite different from what the public has reason | to believe his full instructions amounted | to, After the meeting of the foreign affairs | committee in the House today it was de- cided that the chairman of the committee | should see Mr. Cleveiand and try #o induce | him to send in to Corgress a copy of the instructions to Willis before the Hitt reso- lution ts adoptéd by the House and before the genera! correspondence is transmitted to Congress. Mr. Willis’ Instructions. A gentleman who is in a position to know | about these matters stated today that the | Instructions to Minister Willis would be found to encompass the following propo- sitions merely: That he informed the queen that the United States withdrew from the Provisional government any support which it might be supposed to exercise, ami that if she resumed her throne the United States | government wouid recognize her, and would try to preserve order for the time being, but Would use no force. The queen declined | this offer outright stating (notwithstanding Mr. Blount’s theories on the subject) that she could not preserve herself in power without the aid of the United States. The committee today decided to report favor- ably the resolution calling for information .|and to call it up in the House for consid- eration on Thursday. The republicans moved to make the report immediately, but this was defeated by a party vote. ——_—___-e. IN CASE OF BANKRUPTCY. A Bill Regulating What Shall Be Done | in Such Circumstances. Another bankruptcy bill was reported by the House judiciary committee today. This | bill, which was introduced by Mr. Bailey of Te: provides for voluntary bank- Tuptcy, differing in that respect from the bill which was defeated last week. It is c'aimed that this bill has fair prospect of passage, as it has been prepared to meet | the objections raised against the other bill. | It provides that a debtor owing $200 or more may execute an assignment and ob- tain the benefits of the act, being the di: charge from the payment of the debts in ac- cordance with the provisions of the act. j For the control of citizens of the District of Columbia, the bill provides that any such debtor, after the expiration of four months from the date of the execution of the deed of assignment and the acceptance of the trust by the trustees, may file his petition | in the Supreme Court of the District, asking for a discharge from the debts. The peti- tion shall contain a true copy of the deed of assignment, and shall be verified by the oath of the petitioner. The creditors of the debtor shall be made parties defendant, and shall have thirty days’ notice of the filing of the same, no- tice to be given as in sults fn the courts of the United States, and shall have thirty days thereafter in which to, answer the pe- tition. Upon hearing of the petition, if it shal’.ppear that the debtor did make an as- 1 signment as authorized by this act, and/ that it contained a full and complete con- veyance of all his unexempt property, and that after the passage of this act no credi- tor of such debtor had been preferred in any manner except as authorized by this act, and during the time no other act was done or suffered to be done by the debtor respect- ing his business or estate to prevent an equal distribution of his estate among his creditors, or to give one creditor an advan- tage over another, or to defraud his credi- tors, and that no attachment has been lev- fed upon the property of the debtor within three months before the passage of this bill: Provided, however, That if, within four months after the levy of an attachment. the debtor shall execute an assignment and file a petition for discharge as herein pro- vided for, the execution of assignment and the filing of the petition shall vacate the levy of attachment, and the debtor shall be then entitled to the benefit of the provisions of this act, the court shall order and ad- judge that the debtor be forever discharged from the payment of the debts mentioned and set forth in the petition: and the order and adjudication shall be a full, complete, and final discharge of the debtor from the payment of the debts. —————_-e.____ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. The Joint Committee Fails to Agree on a Site. The joint subcommittee on public build- ings and grounds held a meeting yesterday afternoon and discussed the selection of a site for the new government printing office. The committee was unable to ar. | rive at any conclusion, however, and the | meeting adjourned without definite action being taken. It is proposed to have an. other meeting of the joint committee some time this week. ——————+-@<—_____ A NEW ADMIRAL IN COMMAND. While Mello is Scouring the Seas for Peixoto’s New Vessels. Acting Secretary McAdoo has received a cable message from Capt. Picking, at Rio, | saying that Admiral Da Gama has assumed | command of the insurgent forces in the harbor of Rio in the absence of Admiral Mello. The latter has evidently gone out to sea to watch for Peixoto’s New York fleet | for the purpose either of destruction or cap- ture. ———_-+-»-__. Personal Mention. T. J. Cowie, assistant paymaster of WU. 8. N., who has been ordered to China, is stopping at the Ebbitt. | F. T. Bowles, naval constructor of Ports- mouth, Va., who is in the city in regard to the battleship, that is near completion, is at the Ebbitt. Judge J. W. Graham of Hillsboro, N. C., | is at the Ebbitt. Clarence E. Young of Chicago, one of the | secretaries to the world’s fair commission, is at the Ebbitt with his brother. | Mr. Ernest Gray of Aspen, Colo., is vis- iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ww. | Gray, at 923 I street. } gi Patents to Local Inventors. Patents were issued today to Washing- ton inventors as follows: Joseph C. Fowler, machine for producing type bars; Charles | 8. Tainter, reproducer for graphophones. | The Maryland patentees are as follows: L. | R. Behlert, Baltimore, coal-dumping wagon; | Charles FE, Cunningham and F. W. Dank- | meyer, Baltimore, combined stool and ta- | ble; James B. Mahaffey, Baltimore, wood- planing machine; Albert Rosenberg, Balti- more, shutter worker. The Virginia patentees are as follows: William R. Bright, Bower's Hill, ventilated barrel; Enoch K. Bodine, Bristoe, grain scourer; Ashby S. Wilkinson, Richmond, | trunk. —-o-______ Statehood for Territories. The House is to have up the question of the admission of Utah as a state during | today and tomorrow, and it is regarded as | practically certain that the bill will be. adopted. The expectation is to follow this with bills admitting Arizona and New! Mexico. The democrats in the Senate, how- ever, are afraid of the admission of these territories, lest they should turn out to be | republican, and sending republicans to the | Senate should change the complexion of | that body. It is likely, therefore, that the matter will be hung up in the Senate, ve | that there will be a consolidation of parts of these territories with other states. | has been found that there are on | policeman in reference to this matter. THE CAPITOL POLICE. Senator Brice’ Resolu te In- crease the Force by Twelve. Senator Brice today introduced a Joint resolution, which was referred to the com- mittee on contingent expenses of the Senate, providing for the appointment of twelve ad- ditional policemen for service in the Capitol building and grounds, to be paid $1,100 a year apiece. One-half of this is to be paid by the secretary of the Senate and one-half by the clerk of the House out of appropri. ations for miscellaneous items of the re- spective houses until permanent provision: can be made for the salaries. The presen Police force of the Capitol consists of twenty privates, divided eight hours each. There are seven stations in the building that should be guarded by one policeman each all the time. It age only five men on duty at once. is caused by necessary absences on leave or account of sickness. No Guardianship of the Grounds. There is absolutely no guardianship over the grounds outside of the building, and it is a notorious fact that the grounds have be- come the rendezvous of disreputable char- acters at night, and many complaints have been made by persons who have had to pass through the grounds, and the walks ard paths are frequented by noisy and boister- ous groups of men and women. The metro. politan police have no jurisdiction over th territory, and there is a great deal of con- fusion and misapprehension in regard to the duties of the city policeman and the Capitol It is thought that with twelve additional privates there will be enough men to fill all of the seven stations in the building and to put at least two men on duty in the «rounds. Pending action on the resolution, Col. Bright, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, h: had twelve of his messengers sworn in special policemen of the metropolitan force. They are provided with badges, but no uni- forms, and have the power to make arrests. It is probable that if the resolution increa: ing the force should be obtained, these twelve specials will be retained on duty for emergency. 2 COLD WAVE COMING. A Fall of Twenty-Five Degrees in the ‘Temperature by Tomorrow. Wraps and heavy overcoats will be in de- | mand tomorrow, for, according to a bulletin which was issued today from the weathe> bureau, the temperature will fall by noon | tomorrow about twenty-five degrees. The order was sent today to hoist the cold wave flag, and as far as the weather bureau is concerned everything is in readiness for the icy snap. It is going to be a daisy for a cold wave, and people who have been in the | habit the last day or so of wearing their lighter wraps had better leave home tomor- row prepared for sharp weather. For those who have no heavier clothing and rather un- certain supply of fuel and food the coming cold wave means a good deal of suffering. The members of The Evening Star Christmas | Club are getting ready to relieve as many | as they can reach, and through other organ- ized agencies the cold wave wili be temper- ed to the poor and the unfortunate, — MRS. CLEVELAND'S PET DOG. It Was Lost, but Afterward Found, | and All is Lovely. There was consternation in the domestic | Portion of the White House for a short time yesterday afternoon. discovery that Mrs. Cleveland's pet beagie was lost, strayed or stolen. The aid of the Police was resorted to and telephonic mes- sages of inquiry were sent in every direc- tion. These efforts met with prompt suc- cess. The dog was located in the Treasury | Department, and waq promptly restored to its executive quarters. It seems that it had mistaken one of the ladles employed in the Hi treasurer’s office for its mistress and had | 2 followed her from the White House g>ounds into her office. MR. DOCKERY’S BILL. The First of the Joint Commission Goes in Today. The department joint commission today submitted to the House a bill, which it has recommended and which has been approved by the Postmaster General, designed to shorten the time of settlement of post- masters’ accounts. The bill provides that “the postal revenues and all debts due the Post Office Depart- ment shail, when collected, be paid into the treasury of the United States, under the direction of the Postmaster General, ind the treasurer, assistant treasurer, or designated depository receiving such payment, shall give the depositor a duplicate receipt there- for, to be retained by him in his office as voucher, and shall forward the original to the auditor of the treasury for *he Post Office Department, to be placed to the credit of the depositor in audit of his accounts.” Upon motion of Mr. Dingley of Maine the bill was passed without division. o——________. A CLAIM DISALLOWED. Lieut. Commander Rhoades’ W we Cannot Receive the Pay She Secks. Second Controller Mansur has disallowed a claim made by the widow of Lieut. Com- mander W. W. Rhoades, U. 8. N., who was Promoted to the grade of commander May 5 last, but was not confirmed by the Sen- ate until September 30, 1893, twenty days after his death. The claim is for an allow- ance of pay at the higher rank from the time of his promotion to the date of his confirmation. In disallowing the claim the controller says there was no evidence that Rhoades was appointed and commissioned as commander during his lifetime, and he | knows of no law whereby a nomination by the President and the commission, there- after issued, will entitle an heir of a de- ceased officer of the navy to the higher rate of pay. Tra fers of Real Estate. Abbie W. Gillett to Sarah W. Bradley, pts. 12 and 14, bik. 5, Belair Heights; s—. Ella C. Middleton to Fannie C. Bradley, Pt. 7, Woodley; $1,500. S. C. Mills, assignee, to Isaac Levy, sub 15, sq. 545, ete.; $— S. Oppenheimer to C. F. Norment et al., pt. 6, | 766; $— 8q. 766; . W. Wheatley to J. E. Beall, pt. 5, B. and H.’s add. to Georgetown; $4,000). | Julia Bowlder to Louise Bowlder, pt. Long Meadow Louise Bowlder to Julia Rowlder, do.: 3. W. S. Taylor to G. B. Cooke, sub 169, sq., 621; $—. E. Loffler to J. E. Reever, pt. 37, sq. 500: $1,325. W. H. Lawson to M. A. Ballinger, sub 52, blk. 30, Columbia Heights; §—. ——— Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued by the | clerk of the court to the following: Lewis Browning and Edith A. Simmonds; James W. Davis and Imogene L. Davis of Fau- auier county, Va.; Charles Young and Ella Hamilton; Charles T. Green and Magdelina Aberly of New. York city; David Lukins- land of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Lillian Louise of Baltimore, Md.; John H. Johnson and Mary Brent; W. G. Flurry and Maggie Griffith; James Weems and Josie Baylor. W. Charles Heitmuller and Minnie Spen. gler; Frank H. Gaskins and Sarah R. Hernmond; John Franz Haina and Anna Maria Grosskurth; Chas. Minor and Nannie | Miller, BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.Flour dull, un- changed—receipts, 7 rrels; | ship- |ments, 156 barrels; sal barrels, | Wheat quiet and easy—No. 2 red, spot, $554265%; December, 655sa65%; January. GCYaGits; May, 714aTI%4; steamer No. 2 red, 62\4a62',—receipts, 5 bushels; stock, 1,270,511 bushels; sales, 61,000 bushels: till ing wheat by sample, 6a67. Corn easy mixed, spot, 43%a4314; y and old De- cember, 42%a43\4; January, 4250423; Feb- ruary, 33; May, 454; steamer mixed, 42 bid—receipts, 51, 122 bushels; sales, corn by sample, 40a4 bushels; stock, 495, 65,000 bushels; ‘white yellow corn by sam- ple, 40a44. Oats firm—No. 2 white western, s5tga36; No. 2 mixed western, 34 asked. stock, 165,443 bushels. Rye quiet—No. 2, 52—stock, 66,585 bushels. Hay steady—cood to choice timothy, $14.50a$I5, freights active, unchanged. —middling, %. fancy, 2a30; fair to choice, tation, 24a25; ladle, fancy, choice, 1%a20; rolls, fine, ; do. fair to good, 20; store packed, 16a17. Other arti- cles unchanged. BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.—Virginia consols, | | threes, 69% bid; Baltimore and Ohio Sout’ western firsts, 101% bid; third Incomes, 9 asked; Consolidated Gas bonds, 1114 bid: do. stock, 545855. —_—. Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today Ltwere $168,301; customs, §208,53. It was caused by the | FINANCE AND TRADE. Covering of Shorts Causes Values to Improve. LONDON AGAIN A BUYER OF STOCKS. Tariff Rumors Cause Whisky Trust to Fluctuate. | into three reliefs, working | ] GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. | watonnavndibiacaimanns | | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Prices were slight~ |ly improved at the opening of today's mar- jet as the result of considerable covering of yesterday's contracts. It is estimated that the short interest has been Increased at least 75,00 shares on the @ecline and the bulls are confident that in the present Stringeacy of floating stock it cannot be covered without a general rise in values. | London was fractionally higher an j bought quite a variety of American stocks and bonds, noticeably St. Paul, Erie, Atchi- fon and Nashville. Today was the first of |4ondon’s “making up” days and rates for j™money carried to the new account were ad- vanced slightly to 3 and 31-2 per cent. General Electric was quite a favorite with |traders on some very encouraging official advices showing the company to be making creditable strides in favor of improvement in its general business. Opening at an ad- vance of 5-8 per cent, it advanced en ad- ditional 3-4 to 36 and wes Steady in the neighborhood of that price. Distillers was bought by the room, pre- sumably on advance information from Washington relative to the proposed tax on the foreign product. By ee ae pwn 11 on real a fessional operators SMR ede Gugal e railway list was st Tauy from the low acuren ea cconston ousd oy | Yesterday hammering, but was dull and featureless. Commission houses continue to lament the scarcity | tically out of the market. The executive committee of Western nion has recommended the declaration of cont eulee, Wuarterty yy AK per J e January 15, to stockholéers of | pool in fats arenes di it ‘preds edict jhigher prices in the near fates * -2 per cent to ra Husourt Pacitc, vonal Lead at. Cordage Co —_—_— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Electric Light conv. 5s, $200 at 110%. Lin- coln Fire Insurance, 30 at 7%. Wi Loan and°Trust, 8 at 104%. eT ay Government Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 1907, 113% bid, 114% asked. U. 8 4s, cou- pon, 115 bid, 115% asked, District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Ss, 106 bid. Water stock 7s, 1001, currency, 114% bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 115 bid. 3.658, funding. currency, 107 bid. Miscelieneous Borés.—Washington and Georgetown R. R. couy. 6s, Ist, 140 bid, 150 asked. Washington aud R. R. | conv. Gs, 24, 140 bid, 150 asked. Masonic | Hall Association Ss, Wz, bid, 108 asked. | Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 105 bid, 112 asked. Washington Market Com- | pany imp. 6s, 105 bid. Washington Market | Company ext. 6s, 100 bid, 105 asked. Amer- |fean Security and Trust 5s, 1905, A. and O., | 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s. 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security | and Trust 5s, 196, A. and O., 100 bid. Wash- ington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 100 bid. Wash- | ington Light Infantry 2d 7s, 97 bid. Wash- | ington Gas Company 6s, series A, 117 bid. | Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, 118 | bid. Washoington Gas Company conv. 6s, 135 bid. Eckington R. R. 68, 100 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 148 |asked. Capitol and North O Street R. R. 5s, 109 asked. Metropolitan R. R. conv. 6s, 100 bid, 105 asked. U. 8. Electric Light cony. 5s, 110 bid. ThNational Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wash- ington, 300 bid. Rank of the Republic, 230 bid. Metropolitan, 260 bid. Central, 270 bid. Second, 132 bid. Farmers and Me- chanics’, 175 bid. Citizens’, 138 bid, 175 asked. Columbia, 112 bid. Capital, 110 bid. est End, ® bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 90 bid, 119 asked. Lincoln, 88% bid, 100 asked. Ohio, 90 asked. Railroad Stocks—Washington and town, 280 bid. Metropolitan, 90 asked. |lumbia, 70 asked. Capitol’ and North O Street, 28 asked. Eckington and Soldiers’ | Home, 28 asked. Georgetown and Tenally- | town, 82 asked. | Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 39 bid, 45 asked. Franklin, 46 bid, 53 asked. Na- tional Union, 18 asked. Arlington, 150 bid, 165 asked. Columbia, 14 bid, 15 asked. Ger- man-American, 150 bid. Potomac, 8 asked. Riges, 7 bid, 7% asked. People’s, 5 bid, 5% asked. | Lincoln, 7% bid, 7% asked. Com- | mercial, 5%. asked. | Title Insurance Stocks.-—-Real Estate Title, | 114 bid, 125 asked. Columbia Title, 7 bid, 7™ asked. Washington Title, 6 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washing- ton Gas, 30 bid, 50% asked. Georgetown Ges, 52 bid, aS asued. U. 8. Electric Light, 110 bid, 125 asked. x Telephone Stocks,—Pennsylvania, 47 ask- ed. Chesapeake and Potomac, 45 bid, 47 ‘ked. American Graphophone, 2 bid, 8 asked. Miscellaneous. Stocke.—Washington Mar- jket, 13 bid. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 140 jasked. Bull Run Panorama, 25 asked Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .80 asked. Lin- coln Hall, 100 asked. Inter Ocean Buildin, 100 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Na- tional Safe Deposit and [rust Company, 1140 asked. Washington Loan and Trust. | 1033, bid. Washington Safe Deposit, 10% jasked. American Security and Trust, 127 bid, 135 asked. —_————_ Chicage Grain Provision Markets. rted by Silsby & Co. bankers and arenes Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Deo. 18. 1871 Wheat—Dec. wai. pans) In Justice Cole’s court, Criminal, division John Hawkins, a young col- mvicted of housebreaking the penitentiary for three s to aad ee Left to His Nephews » Meee. ‘The will of Samuel H. Lind has been filed He leaves his estate to his nephew, Henry Adler, in trust, to divide between his two [nephews and niece. .