Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1893, Page 2

THE EV to leave the solution of the question to Con- The message will probably go to the Benate tomorrow or Friday. Great Britian Mixing in the Affair. A new and startling phase is given to the Hawaiian question by the report that an agent of the Canadian government has been conducting secret megotiations with the provisional government under the special pilotage of Mr.Davies, the English guardian of the Princess Kaiulani. The stery is that this agent was a senger on the steamer Oceanic, which has just arrived from the islands; and that there he was the guest of Mr. Davies, and through his influence secured several con- ferences with President Dole and other members of the provisional government. The significance of this report is that the dominion government would not undertake to interfere in affairs in Honolulu unless it the sanction and authority of the British government. Great Britain has long had covetous eyes on the Hawaiian group and would gobble them up in a minute if she felt she could do so withozt offense to this government. Now that the United States has refused to accept the islands as a gift and pract! cally to treat with the de facto gov- ernment it is not at all improbable that the British government has signified its willing- ness to take its place. The United States would undoubtedly object to British suprem- acy in Hawaii, but under the conditions resulting from the administration's policy and acts it fs doubtful how much weight our objections would have. Co og aera ase ie PENSION DECISIONS. Several Important Oues Rendered by Assistant Secretary Reynolds. Assigtant Secretary Reynolds has ren- dered four decisions of interest to pension- ers and pension attorneys. The first decis- fon holds that where at the date of his death @ soldier leaves a wife from whom he has been legally divorced, and minor children over the ages of sixteen years, his mother will occupy a pensionable status. In the second {t is held that where an in- valid pensioner dies, leaving no claim for imerease or rerating of his pension pending LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Opening the Trial of Prendergast, Carter Harrison’s Slayer. ACCUSED BEGINS 10 EXHIBIT FEAR. The Prosecution Relates the Story of the Crime. PREMEDITATION IS CLAIMED. CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Assistant States At- torney Trude opened the trial of the Pren- dergast case this morning with an address to the jury in which he outlined the plan of the prosecution. The opening sentences of Mr. Trude’s speech were devoted to an elo- quent tribute to Mayor Harrison, with refer- ences to the similarity of his assassination and those of Lincoln and Garfield. In mi- nutest details Mr. Trude told the tragic in- cidents attending the murder of the mayor. Prendergast, sitting a few feet from the speaker and within arm’s length of the jury, seemed for the first time to be op- pressed by something akin to remorse. The characteristic umpudence of facial expres- sion has given way to a look of fear and he shrank under the gaze of the crowd and ill concealed his agitation when Mr. Trude told the horrible story. Mr. Trude claimed that al] of the prison- er’s acts at the time of the crime showed that he was in possession of his faculties. ‘vhe fact that he called at 7:30 and came again half an haqur later was given as evi- im the pension bureau at the time of his ,C€™Ce of premeditated action. His leveling death, his widow has no right to file an original claim for a rerating. The third holds that the terms of the act of Congress approved March 1, 1893, prohibiting payment of pension after July 1, 1898, to a non-resident who is not a cit!- zen of the United States, except for actual disabilities incurred in the service, applies to the cases of widows who are non-resi- dent aliens, ard the fourth decision holds that the commissioner of pensions has no authority to vary the terms of a contract for attorney's fees in a claim for pension, ‘where such contract has been duly made ‘4nd executed in accordance with the provis- ons of the law. nor can he refuse to issue & pension certificate to claimant for the reason that the allowance is insufficient to pay the fee contracted for. — DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Mr. MeGowan’s Sewer Plans. Mr. John C. McGowan of Georgetown has presented to the House a memorial in which he proposes a plan for the settlement of the sewerage question of the District. He claims that his plan will only cost in the neighbor- hood of $2,000,000, while the plan submitted by the board of sanitary engineers would, he Bays, exceed $5,000,000. Mr. McGowan proposes to establish a sys- tem o! intercepting sewers along the lower portions of Georgetown and West Washing- ton which would drain the sewerage into a large basin or reservoir to be established at the foot of 20th street and another system of intercepting sewers to drain the central eastern sections of the city into a simi- lar reservoir at the foot of South Capitol At each of these places he would establish large centrifugal pumps to pumr the studge and solid matter into barges, tc be then conveyed down the river thirty ot forty miles and dumped in mid-channel, so that the sewerage could never get back tc the city front on returning tides. He would construct his intercepting sew- ers of twenty-four-inch vitrified tile sewer pive. and says that they would not inter- flere with the present sewerage system. ——_—_—__.6<- To Protect Bottlers. of the revolver at the coachman to keep him from com ng into the room between the firing of the second and third shots was heid to show that his mind was sound enough to look out for his own self-preser- vation and that he recognized that he had done wrong. a LABOR DELEGATES ROBBED. Thieves Entered Their Room at Night —Federation in Sessio: CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Two of the delegates to the national convention of the American Federation of Labor have so far fallen vic- tims to the criminal element. When the couvention reassembled this morning, big, brawny Delegate Huges of Muncie, Ind., representing the amalgamated iron and steel workers, arose to a question of per- sonal privilege, and begged the assembied delegates to lock their doors when they re- tired for the night. He plaintively told how himself and Dele- gate Sam Ross of the cotton mule spinners of New Bedford, Mass., had neglected this desirable precaution last night; how, under the cover of the morning, a marauder had entered their room in the hotel, and how nearly a hundred dollars in greenbacks had gone out with him. As if to add insult to injury, moreover, the visitor had abstracted the kty and locked the door on the outside. The delegate congratulated himself, how- ever, upon the fact that the thief had fail- ed to find the hiding places of the watches and other articles of jewelry of himself and colleague, and had also neglected to take the manuscript of various resolutions to be considered by the gathering. Many Resolutions. The introduction of resolutions was the special order of the morning session, and they came down upon President Gompers like an avalanche. Some of the delegates had no less than a dozen for which they de- manded consideration. All were referred to approproate committees without reading and without debate. Twenty or thirty re- Several members of the Bottlers’ Associa-| lated to proposed boycotts upon various tion of the District, including Messrs. S. C. Palmer, Charles Jacobson, H. L. Daut- District committee today to discuss the bill Telating to the use and sale of bottles for medicines and other liquids. After some general discussion of the subject it was suggested by the subcommittee that the bottlers frame 2 somewhat less radical bill, one that would rot place such stringent re- Strictions upon the use of bottles by the citizens, but which would protect the own- ers of registered bottles from fraud on tie part of junkmen and rag dealers. The report of the Fairchild commission on the New York custom house has been re- ceived at the Treasury Department. It is an exceedingly voluminous document and deals thoroughly with the subject of custom changes at New York for the betterment of the service. Numerous recommendations are made. It is withheld from the press for the present. ———-o+____. Representative Henderson Improving. Representative D. B. Henderson of Iowa writes to a friend in this city that he is slowly recovering his health at Hot Springs, SD. An old wound, from which Mr. Henderson has suffered since the war, and which resulted in the amputation of one of his legs, has recently given him so much trouble that a second amputation was feared to be necessary. Col. Henderson now he- lieves that this will be unnecessary. He hopes to begin his congressional duties after the holiday recess. 9 Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today Were $461,510; from custoins, $441,934. ————+o+—_____ Martial Law Proclaimed. Martial law has been declared in Pernam- buco, Brazil, but all is quiet there. This ews came to the Navy Department today from Capt. Picking, commanding the United States naval forces at Rio Janeiro, who also said in his cablegram that the Ameri- ¢an consul at Pernambuco has asked him, 4&3 a precautionary measure, to send a ves- gel to that port to protect American inter- ests. —___.¢.___. Se ecetary Curt’ Visit to New York. It is stated officially at the Treasury De- partment that the visit of Assistant Sec- Fetary Curtis to New York at this time is on purely private business. His appearance in Wall street was in connection with that business, and was not for any purpose of consulting New York financiers on treasury matters, or for the purpose of obtaining in- formation for Secretary Carlisle's report. _——— Fairchild Commission to End. ‘The Fairchild commission will officially @ease to exist at the end ox this week, or, fm other words, its members will cease to @raw pay. Its report, covering its opera- tions, is its official valedictory. The mem- bers have informed Secretary Carlisle if he wants any reports on special subjects they ‘will make them without any charge. Since the commission was appointed, in April last, its members have been drawing $25 a day @ach as salary. eo Masonic Election. At the last stated communication of Fed- @ral Lodge, F. A. A. M., held last evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Wm. S. Knox, W. M.; S. Ed. Tomlinson, S. W.; Walter A. Brown, Wm. H. Proctor (re-election), Wm. H. Goods (re-election), treasurer; MM. Dorian, S. D.; Wm. Andrew Ko: as Frank Dorian, Sr. S.; Henry H. McDade, Jr. D.; P. M. Goodwin Y¥. AtLee, M. of C.: proxies to the Grand Lodge, Past Masters G@. Y. AtLee, W. S. Jenks and Wm. H. Proctor; delegate to Masonic board of re- Nef, Jas. F. Lewis; trustee to St. John’s Mite Association, P. M. R. B. Donaldson: trustee of life membership fund, P. M. John Lockie; trustee of the lodge, Wm. Bryan. piiiowien ata Yale Association Election. The annual election of the Yale Univer- sity Association was held yesterday even- ing at the Board of Trade rooms. Follow- ing is the result: President, Mr. Justice David J. Brewer; first vice president, Mr. Wilson S. Bissell; second vice president, Mr. —— Izell; secretary and treasurer, E. A. sowe! committee, W. Alexander D. Anderson, James H. Hayden, Herbert Fisher and FE. B. Whitney. Messrs. nn D. Jackson, Alexander D. Anderson and James H. Hayden were appointed C. Whittemore, Willard. The annual banquet of the asso- Giation will be held in January. historian, I. E. Clarke; executive | manufacturers and business men in various parts of the country. Others related to mu- nicipal employment for the unemployed, to the organization of municipal work, to the tem, to the initiation of legislation for bet- ter food on board American ships, for a protest against involuntary servitude as ap- plied to seamen, for legisiation giving the government the same jurisdiction over the lakes as over the territories, for an appeal to Congress for an increase in the wages ot United States navy seamen, for the organi- zation and elevation of the colored people of the south, for legislation giving union labels the same standing in court as trademarks, for the indorsement of private efforts for the relief of existing distress and kindred subjects. When the resolutions were all in and had been referred it developed that nearly every member of the convention was a member of one committee or another, and in order that some of them might be able to get down to work the convention, at 10:45, adjourned until 3 p.m, —_———.—_. RUMORED CABINET CHANGES. Postmaster General Bissell Denies Re- ports in Circulation. BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Postmaster General Bissell, who is spending a short vacation in this city, denies the story from Washington that he would take Attorney General Olney’s place in the Cleveland cabi- net, and that Secretary Morton would suc- ceed him as Postmaster General. He had heard nothing of the reported probable change in the cabinet and thought better ground than Mr. Olney’s present health would be n: sary to force such a change, The Attorney General, Mr. Bissell declared, is in the best of health. —__—__ IT WAS A CLOUDBURST. Cause of the Sudden and Disastrous Flood in Washington. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 13.—Passengers arriving in the city yesterday from the scene of the flood at Colfax and other points along the north fork of the Palouse river report that the country along the river is in a devastated condition. It is now reliably known that a cloud-burst was the cause of the sudden rise of water. At some points the rives was a mile wide and in the low- lands hundreds of stock were caught in the flood and drowned. The river was full of floating logs, hay and cattle. The water has receded almost as fast as the flood came. —_——-.—_ GUNPOWDER FACTORY EXPLOSION. One Person Killed and Eight Serious- ly Injured. LONDON, Dee. 13.—The government gun- powder factory at Waltham Abbey, thirteen miles northeast of London, blew up today. One man was killed and eight men were seriously injured. The wreck of the build- ing caught fire and was completely de- stroyed. ——.—- GRESHAM CONTRADICTED. A Letter From Ex-Com: ter of Hawaii. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13.—The steamer Oceanic, which arrived last night, brought an open letter from Charles L. Carter, ex- commissioner of the provisional government of Hawaii, to Secretary Gresham in which he denies the statements made by the latter to the President, and answers them in de- tail. Mr. Carter also gives statements in support of Minister Stevens and the pro- visional government. Mr. Carter visited the United States in the interest of the provisional government shortly after the revolution last January. > Zella Gives Up and Departs. NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—The Herald says that Mrs. Zella Nicolaus, who recently loner Car- | brought suft against George Gould to re- cover a $10,000 check, has abandoned the suit and left for Naples, accompanied by “Al Ruhman, who nas named in her com- plaint against Mr. Gould as her guardian. eee Waco to Build a Cotton Palace. WACO, Texas, Dec. 13.—At a meeeting of the Waco Commercial Club last night it was resolved to build a cotton palace upon an elaborate scale, to be opened October 16, 1894. os , Orders. Lieut. Lucien Young has been ordered a committee to | to duty in the library of the Navy Depart- Graft resolutions on the death of Walter J. | ment; Assistant Paymaster T. H. Hicks has been detached from the Castine and ordered to the Essex. PERSONNEL OF THE NAVY.| The Investigating Resolution Sent to the Faval Oommittee. the Lower Braneh of the National Legislature —The Utah Statehood Bill. After the reading of the journal of yes- terday’s proceedings, Mr. Hudson (Kans.), from the committee on railways and canals, called up from the Speaker’s table the Senate bill granting a right of way to the Kansas, Oklahoma Central and Southwes- tern Railway Company through the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory. Mr. Hudson asked for its immediate considera- tion, and, no objection being made, the matter was taken up, and after a brief dis- cussion the bill was passed. 2 Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), chairman of the committee on printing, reported a resolu- tion providing for the printing of 8,000 copies of the eulogies on the Hon. J. Logan Chipman, late Representative from Michi- gan. The resolution was agreed to. Premiums on Warsbip: Mr. Holman (1nd.) asked unanimous con- sent for the present consideration of a reso- lution. The resolution set forth that over $1,000,000 have been paid out as premiums for extra speed in the new warships, which should not have been aliowed. Mr. Holman (ind.) asked unanimous con- sent for the consideration of the resolu- tion. The resolution set forth that over one million dollars had been paid out as premiums for extra speed in the new war vessel which should not have been allowed. It was allegd that the designs for the ships and engines were so drawn that the ships were easily able to exceed the speed speci- fied in the contracts and that the trials were conducted under peculiarly favorable circumstances and the vessel was thus enabled to attain a speed never attained in the service. It was also alleged that the contractors were aided and abetted by of- ficers of the navy, who designed the ship to attain a greater speed than would be required by the contract. Up to this time, he stated, no deductions for fatiure to come up to the contract had been made. Mr. Dingley Objects. Mr. Dingley objected to the consideration of the resolution on the grounds that there were statements in the resolution which were controverted by facts. If Mr. Holman would withdraw his preamble and simply ask that the resolution be referred to the committee on naval affairs for investiga- tion he would withdraw his objection. Af- ter some discussion and after further ob- jection had been made to the present con- sideration of the resolution it was referred to the committee on naval affairs. After Mr, Holman’s resolution had thus been satisfactorly disposed of Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) endeavored to take time by the fore- lock and bring up the Utah statehood bill without further delay. To this end he first moved that the call of committees for report be dispensed with. This motion was defeated, and after the committees had been called without pro- ducing any results in the shape of reports, Mr. Wheeler moved that the second morn- ing hour be dispensed with. To vestigate the Navy. This was also voted down, and then the bill to investigate the personnel of the navy came up unfinished business, and Mr. Meyer (La.), from the committee on naval affairs, moved that the House go into committee of the whole for consideration of the bill. Mr. Kilgore began filibustering, and called for tellers, but Mr. Cummings of New York, hoping to save time, called for the yeas and nays, and the clerk began to call the roll. The motion was finally agreed to, and the House went into committee of the whole with Mr. Bailey of Texas in the chair. The thread of the proceedings was taken up where it was dropped yesterday, and Mr. Kilgore and Mr. Myers took places as tellers on the question of the committee rising and reporting the resolution favora- bly to the House. The motion was carried, and the resolution was, with an amend- ment, to. ‘The Utah Statehood Bill. The House then went into committee of the whole on motion of Mr. Wheeler of Alabama for further consideration of the Utah bill. Mr. Newlands, silverite, of Texas spoke in favor of the admission of Utah and rec- ommended thaf the arid government lands be given to the new state. The government at Washington knew little of the arid re- sions of the west and knew but little how to deal with them and he thought these sands should be given into the keeping of the states within which they lie. Mr. New- lands drifted naturally into silver and de- livered a eulogy on Senator Stewart. Mr. Jerry Simpson, the populist of Kan- sas, followed Mr. Newlands in support of the bill. He thought the strongest opposi- tion came from those who feared that there would be two more Senators and two more Representatives who might favor silver. As ail roads lead to Rome so does every ques- uon broached in Congress seem to lead to sliver. Mr. Simpson, like tie preceding speaker, drifted into a silver Jiscussion and attributed nearly all of the ijis of the coun- try to the recent anti-silver legislation. Mr. Arnold (Mo.) said that as polygamy, which was the chief objection to the ad. mission of Utah, no longer existed, the ter- ritory should be given statehood. There was no more danger, he said, of Utah re- turning to polygamy than there was of aeeecenettE returning to religious big- otry. Mr. Washington (Tenn.) favored the bill. Utah possessed all the requisites of a state and he could see no reason for longer re- fusing her request for admission. Utah, | Arizona and New Mexico had been refused statehood, while unripe territories like Idaho and Wyoming had been admitted for political reasons. ————————+o.____ CAPITOL TOPICs. The Indian School at Fort Lewis. Representative Bell of Colorado and J. J. Noah, ex-chief of the Indian division of the Interior Department, made an argument be- fore the House public lands committee this morning in opposition to the proposed jallot- ment of 5,000 acres of land to the Fort Lewis, Col., Indiaa school.-They agreed that the school was a failure, and that the allotment, if made, should not exceed iv acres. The Hornblower Nomination. It is the intention of the Senate commit- tee on the judiciary to meet tomorrow to consider the nomination of Wm. B. Horn- blower to be associate justice of the Su- preme Court of the United States, and in the event Senators Mitchell of Oregon and Teller of Colorado arrive the case may be reported. It is the desire of the committee to have a full membership present, and it is stated upon the authority of members of the committee that a favorable report will be made to the Senate, so that confirmation can follow before the holiday recess, The nomination of Mr. Poucher to be United States attorney for the northern dis- trict of New York has not been considered at all. Further Investigation Necessary. The Senate committee on railroads has Postponed until January 10 next the fur- ther consideration of the bill to regulate the passage of railway trains through lands recently opened to settlement, and compel- ling them to stop at the townsites estab- lished by the government. The necessity for further information was the cause of the postponement. ‘The Bland Free Coinage Bill. The House committee on coinage, weights and measures today voted to begin the con- sideration of the Bland bill re-enacting the free silver coinage law of 1837 on the sec- ond Wednesday in January. The purpose of extending the date 1s to permit all the absent members to be pres- ent and participate in the discussion. It was made evident that some of the mem- bers of the committee who represented mix- ed constituencies did not relish the idea of being again obliged to take sides in the con- troversy which caused so much feeling in the first session of this Congress. Believing that every one realized the futility of fur- ther effort in behalf of free silver coinage at this time, they resented somewhat tie reopening of the issue, asserting that the bill would share the fate of its predecessors. Still, they made no material opposition to ING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. SAVED BY WILLIS], What Congressmen Think of the ; Hawaiian Affair Now. INSTRUCTIONS 10 THE MINISTER. It May Never be Known How Far} He Was to Go. MR. HITT’S- RESOLUTION. ———— The news from Hawaii leaves no further doubt in the minis of members of the House and Senate that Mr. Cleveland's de- signs upon the government of Hawali have faiied utterly, and it is believed that the whole truth in this matter will never come out. Among many democrats who believe that the policy of the administration was vicious and unlawful, and that this country was saved from disgrace only by the dis- cretion of Mr. Willis in not carrying out in- structions, there is a feeling of regret that Possibly the administration may be screen- ed by a concealment from the censure and condemnation of Congress which its pur- poses deserve. The opinion is very widely expressed that Mr. Willis alone saved the administration from being placed in a po- sition from which it could not be extricated. If there are any written instructions to Mr. Willis which bear the unmis. ble con- struction of an order to use for. ‘restore the ueen the administration wii! ubted- ly be officially condemned by C. igress, though the instructions were not carried out; but the belief at the Capitol now 1s that the instructions which would bring condemnation upon the administration were not put in writing, The Question to Be Pressed. However this may turn out the question raised by Senator Hoar as to the legality of Mr. Blount’s appointment as “paramount commissioner” without the consent of the Senate will be pressed and presents a ques- tion serious enough in itself to embarrass the administration. The only way that Mr. McCreary, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the House, has got his demo- cratic colleagues to stand by him in deal- ing with the Hitt resolution has been by the declaration, assumed to be upon posi- tive knowledge, that when Mr. Willis’ in- structions are received, they will be found not to contemplate any act of war against Hawaii. This is considered by some mem- bers as contradictory of the declarations of Mr. Cleveland himszif in his message. ‘ To Fight lt Out Today. Mr. Hitt has forced the Hose committee on foreign affairs to the consideration of his resolution today, instead of postponing it until tomorrow, and the matter will come up this afternoon by general agreement. Mr. McCreary has assumed the champion- ship of the administration. He has seen the President and the Secretary of State since the meetin gof the committee yester- day, and is prepared with a long speech to attempt to show that Minister Stevens was for a long time in an intrigue to overthrow the queen. It is said that he will produce correspondence and documents in his speech to discredit Stevens. He will at- tempt to justify the administration in every act in the Hawaiian business, and will dis- close what the administration wants known as the instructions to Mr. Willis. Mr. Hitt will reply, claiming that the course of the administration has been, even without a further act of hostility than that the country has been already informed of, guilty of an act of hostility to a friendly government; that if the instructions to Mr. Willis were of a character indicated in Mr. Cleveland's message then the ad- ministration ts guilty of an act of war, and that if the instructions were of a dif- fer:@. character, then the policy of the ad- mintration is that of deception and in- trigue, designed for the injury of the Hawatian government. Want to Annex. Mr. Wilson of Washington presented to the House today a joint resolution of the legislature of his state in favor of annex- ing the Hawaiian Islands and calling on Senators and Representatives in Congress aig) the state to use their influence to this en A preamble to the resolution recites the advantages which would arise from an- nexation. ————- 2 AN EMBARRASSING CAUCUS. Democrats the House in Some Per- plexity Over the Call. The democrats of the House are greatly embarrassed by the call which has been signed for a caucus. The question has been agitated for some time and it was supposed yesterday that the opposition had been strong enough to smother it, but later the requisite number of names were secured and the caucus now will be held. The party managers are, it is said, considerably em- barrassed by the call, as a caucus opens up the possibility of a good deal of trouble. Just what may be the effect no one can tell in advance. Should the sugar question be the only one considered, it probably would not cause much trouble, as there is some degree of indifference on that question in the committee. The fact that the committee have themselves changed the bill since they first gave it to the pubiie Mas, however, encouraged members of the House in a hope that they may be able to force still other changes, and it is feared by the ad- vocates of the measure, that there will be a general assault in the caucus on the bill, with an attempt to add a large number of amendments. Should such a move be made and be successful, it would complicate the whole question, requiring a general review of the bill, and delay action. It {s probable that Mr. Wilson will not be ready with his report on the bill till the last of this week. —__—_—_~-e—_. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Wading in Mud. A mother has called the attention of the Commissioners to the condition of the Streets leading to the Lovejoy school bulld- ing. She says it is impossible for her chil- dren to get there without wading in mud almost ankle deep. To Test a Guard. The Robins Life Guard Company has re- quested permission of the Commissioners to attach a life guard or fender to one of the cars in this city for the purpose of Proving its efficieacy. Removed a Firem: The Commissioners have removed Fire- man John W. Lynch of the fire department for neglect of duty and appointed George W. Kettler to fill the vacancy. —_——— ‘The mail train on the Concord and Montre- al railroad was thrown from the track and badly wrecked near Bethlehem Hollow, N. H. Andrew F. Pike, engineer, of Woods- ville, was injured internally. No passenger was injured. Mr. Jerome Buck, a New York lawyer, appealed to the New York board of health | for relief from a perpetually played piano | next door, but was told there was no rem- edy that the health office could apply. Much dissatisfaction exists among ‘the striking Lehigh employes at Sayre, Pa., and Waverly N. Y., because of the reduction in wages and the refusal of the company to re- engage engineers over forty-five years old. The case of C. Barnum Seeley, grandson of the late P.T.Barnum, against the executors of the showman’s estate for $5,000 was be- gun yesterday in the superior court at Bridgeport, Conn., but unexpectedly con- cluded and taken direct to the supreme court for decision by agreement of counsel. The commissioners of municipal consoliia- tion have approved a bill to be presented to the New York legislature providing for a vote on the question of inclujing New York city, Long Island City, Kings county, Richmond county and several towns in New York city. Chairman Henry M. Putney of the New Hampshire railroad commission dismissed for want of jurisdiction the petition of Sen- ator William E, Chandler to fix ‘he charges to be made by railroads within the state for all kinds of traffic. Mayor Faulkner, republican,was re-elected fixing a day for the consideration of the Bland bill by the committee. It was agreed, however, that the bill should not be called up in the House until after the tariff biil had been disposed of. in Keene, N. H., for a third term. Of the aldermen in the new city council four are republicans and one democrat. There are twelve republican coun en and three democrats. =i MR. FRYE’S SPEECH. (Continued from First Page.) o'clock consent was given to Mr. Vest to conclude his remarks. He declared that it was the policy of the republicans to have, not a compact continental republic, as the fathers established, but to have a great, expansive extending to the islands of the ocean, and to the uttermost parts of the earth. He dis- sented from the views ascribed to Mr, Gresham, the Secretary of State, and as- serted that the provisional government of Hawaii was a de facto government, and that a de facto government had the rights | of a de jure government, so far as other nations were concerned. And he added that any assault upon that de facto government by armed forces of the United States would be an act of war which could alone be brought about by an act of Congress. An Act of W: Mr. Vest declared in conclusion that, if he had the power, he would withdraw every shadow of United States authority from the Hawaiian Islands and would leave the opposing factions to settle the question of sovereignty for themselves. For the United States government to put the queen back on her throne would be an act of war and he did not believe that the President con- templated any such thing. Mr. Frye expressed his full concurrence in this conclusion of Mr. Vest, and so did | Mr. Hoar (Mass.). Mr. Gray (Del.) then cited numerous pre- cedents for the appointment of Mr. Blount | as commissioner. Mr. Morrill on the Tariff. The Hoar resolution went over till to~ morrow without action, and Mr. Morrill (Vt.) addressed the Senate on the tari | question. ————_-e—___ THE ROBBER ROBBED. Experiences of the Alleged Diamond Thief in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Times gives the follow- ing interesting account of the short career in Philadelphia of young Prentiss, who is charged with stealing diamonds from Mr. Horning. On Thursday last, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a young man about twenty-three years of age, nattily dressed and of very good appearance, asked at detective head- quarters to see Captain Miller. officer the stranger announced himself as Luther A. Prentice and unfolded a tale of woe. He said tnat he had arrived in this city on December 5 and had taken a room at Kelly's lodging house, No. 12 North 9th street. He was, so he stated, a traveling salesman for a jewelry firm and had a satchel with him containing $1,000 worth of set diamonds. This he was fearful of having siolen from his room, so he depos- ited it with Night Clerk Harry Smith, Diamonds and Smith Gone. The next morning he arose late, and after luncheon went to the office to get his bag from Proprietor Kelly. Kelly was there, and so was the office, but the bag was not, and a hurried search disclosed the fact that Smith was not in his room. Further in- vestigation showed, moreover, tnat nobody bad seen Smith since he went off duty. Prentice then posted off and saw a law- yer, who, after hearing the facts, logically adduced the conclusion that Smith had stolen the gems. “it quite upset my faith in human nature to be told that such a nice looking man would do such a thing,” atlerward explained Prentice. “The lawyer advised Ine to at once see the police,” con- tinued he to the captain, so here 1 am.” Captain Miller assigned Detectives Me- Kinty and Alexander to the case, and they cross-examined the young man, eliciting the further information that ail the diamonas he had were in that satchel. Then the de- tectives went to Kelly's house, and found that young Prentice had had enough dia- monds exclusive of the contents of the satchel to present a couple of diamond rings lo as many new found friends who lived at the lodging house. This convinced them that there was something queer about the case, as traveling salesmen do not, as a rule, give away samples of such a char- acter. So they asked Prentice what his future movements would be, and he replied that he would stay at Keliy’s unul he re- ceived word from the perfidious Smith. Gifts to His Landlady’s Daughter. The next day, when McKinty and Alex- ander called at the house, Prentice had flown, and they started in to search for him just as hard as they did for Smith, Yes- terday they locatea him in a furnished room at 327 North 7th street. were congratulating themselves on this a telegram was received from the superin- tendent of police at Washington, D. questing the arrest of Prentice, as he was under indictment for embezzling $1,000 worth of diamonds. The detectives went at once to the 7th street house and arrested the man. They found that he had given four dia- mond rings and a pair of diamond earrings to his landlady's pretty daughter, who was greatly grieved wen informed that such a nice young man was a thief and would go to a nasty cell. Then she turned over all the jewelry to the officers. When Prentice was searched a lot of pawn tickets for diamonds were found in his pockets. He had a real good time for three days, and Smith, who has not as yet been heard from, is having the rest of the fun. A BIG NAVAL BATTLE. It Has Started in the Harbor of Rio Janeiro. This afternoon the Navy Department re- ceived the following cable message from Capt. Picking: RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 13.—Cohas Island and Enchadas in the possession of Admiral Da Gama (the insurgent commander). For- mer is well fortified and is continually fir- ing upon the custom house and naval ar- — with small arms. It is dangerous to nd. —_—_——_+ e+ ____. WITHHELD THEIR APPROVAL. Action of the Standing Committee of T Diocese in the Case of Bishop- Elect Hall. The standing committee of the diocese of Maryland of the Protestant Episcopal Church at its meeting yesterday declined to sign the testimonials of the Rev. A. C. A. Hall, bishop-elect of Vermont. The major number of the standing committees, however, have consented to his consecra- tion. The consent of the bishops is now asked. It is stated that opposition has been ex- pressed in this diocese to the choice of Rev. Mr. Hall on the ground that he holds orders as an English priest. Also that he belongs to the English religious order of St. John the Evangelist. aes TWENTY BELOW ZERO. Intense Cold Prevail Throughout Northern New York. UTICA, N, Y., Dec. 13.—It was intensely cold throughout central and northern New York last night, although the night was very still and clea: It is reported by men arriving here on trains from the north this morning that at Watertown the mercury reachea twenty degrees below zero this morning, at Low- | vite fourteen degrees below and at Holland Patent eight degrees below. In this city, at 6 o'clock, the mercury was six below zero. <—__ A Mexican neral Hung by Rebels. CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—A_ special from El Paso, Texas, says Gén. Vincente Vilada of the Mexican federal army was recently captured by the insurgents and hung. —— Torpedo Testa, Acting under orders from the Navy De- partment, Commander Converse, in charge of the torpedo station at Newport, will soon | institute a series of experiments to deter- mine the probable effect on the crew of a submarine boat of the detonation of high explosives under water and near by. The department desires this information in ad- vance of accepting bids for the construction of submarine boats. Precautio: will be taken to see that no one is injured in the experiments. A Lay torpedo boat will be used. It will be submerged in twelve feet of water. Four hundred feet away 100 pounds of gun cotton will be detonated, and this amount moved nearer and nearer the boat and detonated till the subme-ged ves- sel collapses. In this way will be de- monstrated the shortest range of safety on | common carriers to bring liquor into the | institution, am the boat. territory-acquiring government | To that) While they { | dispatch SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE. The Kansas Senatorial Case Comsider- ed and Proof Wanted. ‘The Senate committee on privileges and elections this morning discussed, in an in- | formal way, the bill to repeal the federal | elections leW, but, owing to other engage- | ments of Senators on the committee, no ,action was taken, and the bill was laid jover until tomorrow. The discussion show- | |ed a disposition on the part of the demo- crats to push the bill through committee and send it back to the Senate with a fa-| vorabie report with all possible speed. The republicans counseled delay and said more time ought to be given to a mater of this aaa The tumpression, however, pre- e te ed fomorrow . Will be favorably report- A order was issued in the M. ~ case GSansas) for the submission of pant and bowery om A = Lond sides. Senator Mertin when told of the action | the committee on privileges and ‘cisetions said he had no further proofs and testi- | |mony to submit to the committee. “1 am | here as the duly and legally elected Senator from Kansas,” he said, “and have hereto- | fore presented to the | mony to refute the claims of | case rests with the committee no concern.” Mr. Ady. My | and gives ~<A AN ABLER MAN, The Brazilian Minister Thinks More Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, has a good opinion of Admiral Gama, who is now in command of the insurgent fleet | | in the harbor of Rio, as announced in yes- terday’s Star. “De Gama is a much abler man,” he said, “than Mello in every way, and after his adhesion to the cause of the revolu- Uonists I should imagine he would take the lead. He is a man of more resources than | Mello, and ready to take more desperate measures, Mello is a dashing fighter, but De Gama is more persistent and compre- hensive. The report that he is fortifying the island of Las Cobras with the heaviest guns in Fort Villegagnon satisfies me,” continued the minister, “that he means | business—serious business. Las Cobras is jonly sixty or eighty rods off shore, di-| rectly opposite the arsenal and custom house, and its guns can rake tle business | portion of the city. The fact that the gov- | erument has notified consuls to request the vessels of their respective countries to! move their anchorage, as reported yester- day, was doubtless due to this movement by De Gama. “Will he capture Rio? No, I do not be- lieve he will profit any by an attack upon jthe city. He has not suflicient force to meke any stand against the army. He can ‘only destroy the city. That } fear most of /all; for if ne has made up his mind to fire upon it he will do so. Should that unfortu- |mate experience be in store for Rio, how ever, the chief sufferers will be the sym- pathizers with the monarchical movement. ''Phe Portuguese colony, 80,000 strong, own, |probabiy, naif of the property in the busi- ness section of the city, and they are all | monarchists. So, generally speakirg, are |the other foreigners, and they are also | suffer most from a bombardment. So, say, De Gama’s friends and sympathi: | would be the first and should “Do ‘ | ers | greatest sufferers | he open fire from Las Cobras.” | you fear any dissatisfaction in the | * was asked the minister. } he promptly replied. “While | De Gama’s accession solidified the navy in | favor of the revolutionists, 1 am sure that | | his pronunclamento benefited the admin- | istration of President Piexoto in two wa: j First, it made .he army a unit in support of the present government; second, and more important, it consolidated the senti- | ment tn favor of a republican form of gov- ernment. There were those who did not support Piexoto for the reason that they were not satisfied with his administration. They said: ‘We are for a republican form of |government, but want a better one than | Piexoto gives us.’ Now that they are face to face with the fact that revolutionary success undoubtedly means restoration of the monarchy, they will say: ‘As between @ monarchy and a republic, we are for a re- public, good or bad." * ee Going to Pera. A dispatch received at the Navy Depart- ment announces the arrival of the U. 8. 5. Alliance at La Union, Salvador, on the stn instant. She is under orders to proceed to Cailao, Peru, and is probably there by this ume. ‘Tne length of ner stay al Cailao Wil depend on tne state or aftairs in veru. ‘The sunboai Yorktown is aiso at Cailes. it 18 not lukely tat any more vessels wii be oruerea Unere Lor Me present, HOUWIUI- standing the reportea immunence of war | betWeen Peru anu Bcuaaor. ane Yorstown and Aluance @re regarued as sulmm@eni Lo | insure the protecuon of american interests 4m that region, even in the event of an OUL- break of war yeen the countries named. pn —s Athletic Exhibition, | The Athletic exhibition of the Young Men's Christian Association takes place vo- | nignt in their gymnasium on New York avenue. This 1s toeir mrst exnibitien of the year. fhe program wii be mteresting. pileenit atu Sk Funeral of the Late H. Murphy. The remains of the late ex-Representative J. H. Murphy were taken yesteraay from | his late residence,zl4 A street southeastana placed on the train for the journey to tne | jate home of the deceased, Davenport, lowa. ‘the pali-bearers were Kepresentative Tho- mas J. Henderson of lilinois, Represenuative and ex-Gov. John H. Gear of lowa, ex-Kep- resentative E. O. White of lowa, ex-Repre- sentative Thomas Bowman of Iowa, ex- Representative A. H. A. Williams of North Carolina and House Postmaster Lycurgus Dalton, — eons Dawson Lodge Election. Dawson Lodge, No. 16, F. A. A. M., has elected officers as follows: Jesse F. Grant, 3; A. C. Jenkins, 8S. W.; C. F. King, + Robert Bail, t, S. D.; Ed. S. Holmes, jr., J. D.; W. A, Caldwell, 8. 8.; H. M. Pearson, J. 8.; J. N. Birckhead, representative to Masonic Board of Relier; jJames Trimble and J. N H Election of Officers. | Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 2142, Knights of Honor, meeting at O. F. Hall, 8th street | southeast, elected the following officers for the year 1894: Dictator, H. T. Brian; vice | dictator, Jared Mundell; assistant dictator, | Levi M. Hummel; reporter, John H. King: financial reporter, Wm. P. Allan; treasurer Geo. W. McKee; chaplain, Matthew Jarboe: | guide, Abner Burgess; inside guardian, | Romeo Paul Tommasek; sentinel, Alois is. Jama; representative ‘to Grand Lodge, | Edmund Cotterill; alternate, James F. Kui ; Sore; trustees, John E. Herrell, Edmund Cotterill and James H. Dony. | i oli Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the ther- moweter at the weather bureau today: 8 a. m., 32; 2p.m., 32; maximum, 33; minimum, 28. — A Statue to Stanton, Mr. Boutelle of Maine has introduced a bill in the House to provide a statue of the }late Edwin M. Stanton to be erected in | front of the War Department. The statue | is to be of bronze made from captured ean- non or cannon used by the forces of the | United States, and $50,000 is appropriated | for it. | __A commission of three Senators and three | | Representatives is authorized to contract | for the monument. The bill was referred to the committee on brary. etter A Bill to Regulate Jerry Crunchers. Mr. Cadmus of New Jersey today in- | troduced a bill for the promotion of ana-| tomical science and surgery in this city by providing that the bodies of certain classes of friendless paupers who die in the Dis- | trict shall be delivered to medical colleges |for dissection. The bill provides regulo tions to prevent the bodies of unknown | people, of travelers and of people who ob- ject to being dissected after death from go- , ing to the colleges. A similar bill was be- fore Congress several years ago, but was overwhelmingly defeated after an acrimo- | nious debate in the House. ————_—_-e——____ The Georgia legislature declared Mon- day for the coinage of both goid and silver without discrimination, and for state banks. | A decision was rendered Monday at! Charleston, S. C., in the case of the State vs. J. E. Edgerton, agent of Clyde Line | steamships, discharging Edgerton from ar- jrest for vioiation of the state dispensary law. The court decides that it is lawful for | state. large owners of the property that would | as I committee the testi- | Nat. Cor, jesti- | Rat. District of Columbia Bovds.—20-year Did. Water stock 7s, lye, currency, . year fond Gs, gold, 115 bid. Water stock Ts, 1903, GRE, LIS bid. 8.656, funding, “currency, ut Security and ‘Trust Ss, and 0. 100 bid. Awericun Security and Trost Ss, 1905, F. and A. 100 bid. Americap Securit and Trost Ss, 1906, A. wg Washington Light Infantry Ist ‘ashington Light Infant . 101 asked. Washington Gas Company Gs, series A, 116 bid. Vashi Company fs, series BL 117 Company, 4 Ma. Gs, 100 asked. and Potomac bid, 108 asked. Capitol 5, 100 asked. Metropolis bid. 108 janked. U.S. Electric Ligh bid. Natioual Bank Storks.—Bank of Washinetun. 300 bid. Rank of the . 2) make’. 260 tid. Farmers : 138 bid, 175 I wid. Weet 105 ake 0 vid. Lin coin, 91 bid." 100 asked. ‘Ohio, 70 Hid, SS asked. ieorgetowa, Metropolitan. 0 ofd. 9% asked. Columbia, 70 asked. Capital and North O Rtreet. asked. Eckington sud Soldiers’ Home, 27 asked. r 4 . 52 asked. National Union, 18 ‘kod. Arlington, 150 Wid, 100 avked. Columbia. 14% Wid, 14% asked. Germon-American, 150 Potomac, &5 asked. Riges, 7 asked. Tie Insnrance ocks.- Real Estate id, 125 asked Columbia Title, 7 bid, Washington Title, ® asked. and Electric Licht Stocks.—Washington Gas eked. oreetown Gas, 50 bid, . TU. 8 Blectric Licht. 114 Did, 122 asked. dephone Stocks, 47 asked. Chee apeake and Potomac, 46% bid. 47 asked. Amert- “Suncrlia enon Saahinet Market, Miscellaneons “Washington 110 bid. 140 asked. al ast Te Wid. Groat Palle Tee, Ren Panorama, 27 50 asked. Buflding, 100 Safe Deposit #1 arked. nd ‘Trust Companies. National Sete asked Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank building. CHICAGO, Dee. 13, 1971 BALTIMORE, Dec. 13.—Plour dull, snchanged— receipts, 8,196 go shi ~ ign ies, G66 barrels. Vheat = Gorgas: De Ganuary, Sse camer No. 2 red, GlaG2q— 96.000 Lusbels salen, 47.000 bustle: ‘ : spt, B2e78 ; sales, 100,000 bush- om bs sample, ey yellow corp 42043, dull lower—No. 2 er tee 2 ype dake SBS od — K, 163.536 bosbels. j—} oencipes Oat bushels: stock, 64,111 bushels. Hay quiet—good to choice timothy, $14.500$5.50. Grain frei ts wt . ‘Cotton —_ middling, . Butter tamer. 4 do. fair to choice, 27a27; do. imitation, 24025 Indie, fancy, 22; wood to cholee, 10820; rolls tine. ZiazZ: do. flr to good, 1a30; store, pack iaats. Cotter Orme Rio canpers,, tale. ie) nged. Opal Tm MRE. Dee. 13.—Baltimere and Ohio stock, 73 asked; Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern firets, 104; firet Incomes, G0\4: third incomes, 6 bid; Consolidated Gas bonds, 1158115%; do. S45. ——— A DUMPING GROUND, The District Has t pport IHegeti- mate Children From Outside. Two young colored women, Ida Gray and Jane Carter, each the mother of an illegiti- mate child, appeared in Judge Miller's court this morning carrying the young children in their arms. Ida came here eight months i about Their shildren were born Hospital, where the mothers were as paupers, and now they claim that are unable to care for their children. Gray said to Judge Miller that a resident of Culpepper is the father of child, while Jane accused @ named Berry, who lives here and whom met at the springs, near her home in V ginia. The young women said they had ! aa reek | seen their betrayers since the birth of their offspring. Judge Miller said he wished there was some way to send the Culpepper child to its father. Fe “Make him a good Christmas present, remarked Mr. Mullowny The judge said he thought it about time o get come tow bere Bt ae SEaS of such children. ety to the District being made or any other state,” the judge. “There 1s probabiy a law in Virginia to cover such cases. At what rate are these exotics coming in here?” Agent Lewis of the board of guardians answered the question. He said that there were only two cases in court today. Such women, he said, are continually coming here, and last month a number of them have been sent back to their homes. Judge Miller said he was opposed to the District's ——— being used on chil- from the ig wonder if this is one of the cases in which Congressman De Armond thinks the District should pay all the expenses?” quer- . Mullowny. oe Miller said he thought the law of Virginia probably makes provision for the care of suhe children. If this city Is to be made the dumping ground for them it will only encourage illegitimacy. What will the re of a child cost? “Tren, ‘Gollars a month for about ten years,” replied Agent Lewis, The judge said that with these facts star- ing the government officers in the face he thought it was their duty to go to Congress and make an effort to secure the enactment of a bastardy law, so stringent that it will stop some of this business, The prosecu: tions of such persons, the judge said, would not only reveal a a but would de uperism an: teracy. “Se, Mullowny. promised to call District Attorney Birney’s attention to the matter, and he knew the latter would give it proper consider tion. The child of Jane Carter was turned over to Agent Lewis to be provided for in som: 4 Ida Gray's child was turn- ed over temporarily.