Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1894, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR. + -— TRE Evextxe Stam is served to snbaeribers in the city by carters, 10 cents he counter the United cents per menth. Copt TMi—aaywaeen in posters 30 SATURDAT OUINTUPLE SHEET STAR $1.00 per year; with foreien postage added. $3.00. (Entered at the Yow ‘ies at Washington, D. C., ‘a8 second-class mail matter. ~ - S2-A11 mail snis-tiptions innst be paid in sdvance. Kates of alvartisin: inte known on application TH It Forms an Interesting Topic of Discussion in the Senat SEVERAL PHASES OF I? ALLUDED 70. The House is Occupied With the! Tariff Debate. —-—- 2 MR. SPRINGER’S STATEMENT. | The appearance of the Senate chamber} today while the journal was being read! would have led any stranger visiting the Capitol to suppose that the democratic | Senators were in a very small minority, for} there were only three of them in their seats, while more than a score of republican Sen- E CIVIL SERVICE. | distribution — Che Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,78 protect me from the gentleman from Iili- nols.”” Mr. Springer then a2pologized and asked | {that the gentleman from Michigan yield | him a few minutes. | “Mr. Chairman,” said Mr. Burrows, ‘laughingly, “I have no choice but to yield | when the gentleman from Illinois wants | to speak. I yield him the remainder of j my time. Mr. Springer igughed, thanked him, and went on to explain how it was better to buy than to seil. +3 COLORED DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE. Representatives Confer With President as to Appointmen: A committee of the Colored Democratic League was at the White House ths after- moon to confer with the President in re- gard to a more general recognition of col- ored men of the democratic party in the of federa! patronage. Mr. White of New York was chairman of the committee. It is said that they advocated the renomination of Mr. Taylor as minister to Bolivia and Mr. Astwcod as consul at Calais. These men were nominated at the extra session. Astwood’s nomination was re- jected and that of Taylor failed of action. It ts not developed whether they urged the appointment of a colored democrat to suc- ceed Recorder Bruce, but such a thing 1s aters were present. After the presentation of the usuai num- | ber of remonstrances against the ‘Wilson | tariff bill, a private bill for the ing | of a small amount wrongfully collected for | internal revenue tax in 1865 engaged at-| tention for nearly half an hour and was! flually placed on the calendar. Debate on the Civil Service. H ‘The resolution offered yesterday by Mr.! Call Pla.) for an examination into the con- | dition of the civil service of the United! States and as to the expediency of its re-j trenchment or its incvease, was laid before the Senate, and Mr. Berry (Ark.) expressed | his hostility to any further extension of the civil service, characterizing the whole business as a great humbug. He was told by Mr. Call that the resolution had noth- ing whatever to do with party politics. It was simply as to the question of the ap- portionment of civil employes among the! states in proportion to population. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) said that whatever; might be the difficulties In the way of a cémplete application of the principles of | civil service reform, he did not see how | anybody could desire to continue the sys- tem which has prevailed sinee the time of Andrew Jackson. if not before, of using | the offices of the United States to bribe the | beople to activity in the service of political | parties. He did not think that any ap-| plause could be got -nywhere for such | talk as that of the Senator from Arkansas, exeept from office holders or office seekers. | A Distinct Class of Officeholders. Mr. Allen (Neb.) asked Mr. Hoar whether the civil service law as now administered bad not a tendency to throw: upon the country a distinct class of office holders, entirely apart from their merit. Mr. Hoar said that he did not think so. Such a motive for political activity as the obtaining of public offices was degrading and debasing. He did not think it a good thing, when the present administration came into power, to have all the f consulships suddenly and promptly chang- ed. The newspaper expression of “looting” the consulships was hardly an extravagant statement. The Federal Elections Bill. The discussion on the resolution for a civ- il service inquiry continued until 2 o'clock, ’ when the resolution went over until to- morrow. The bill to repeal the federal election laws was then taken up as the| “unfinished business.” THE HOUSE. When the House met this morning there was a good attendance on the tloor and in the public galleries. Delegate Rawlins (Utah) asked unani- mous consent for the immediate censidera- tion of a bill fixing the amount of indebt- edness which might be ineurred by Salt Lake City. This was for the purpose of continuing certain improvemeats for which j appropriations were exhausted, and which would be damaged unless work was contin- eud. Consent was given, and the bill was passed. The Tariff Bill Again Up. | At 11:15 the House went into committee | of the whole to consider the Wiison bill. Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) took the chair, and | Mr. Morse (Mass.) was recogalzed. He predicted disaster to the conairy as a re- sult of the passage of the bill. Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio) followed and spoke in defense of the measure. The present business stagnation, he said, had been <t-| tributed by the republicans to the incoming of a democratic administration. | He had statistics which showed that this) depression had begun in July, 1892, end in| the following six monchs \fve of them previous to the election of President Cleve- land) there had been a “ailing off in ex- ports of $91,000,000. It was cnly the good luek of the republicans which enabled them to get out of power before the crash came.| He almost regretted that the republicans | had not remained in power, so that the people could see the iniquity of the Mc-! Kinley bill. ‘Mr. Burrows (Mich.) then read from sta-| tistics to show that our foreign trade and| exportations had increased under the full operations of the MeKiniey iaw. Mr. Springer's Statement. Mr. Springer (ill.) jumped to his feet with the statement that the balance of irade between 1850 and 1860 under a low tariff was In favor of this country. +epublicans were alert at the t, aud all were eager to contra- it, when Mr. Springer went on to explain that what he meant was that this country had bought more than it had sold, und he thought the country was so much wetter off by the excess of importations. «Derisive laughter among the republicans.) “Then the gentleman believes that it would be to the interest of the country to go abroad for everything we want?” asked Mr. Burrows (amid the laughter of the re- publicans). ‘Mr. Springer explained that goods were a source of wealth more desirable than money, and that that was the view held vy Great Britain. The balance of trade! had been asairst Great Britain, according | to the understanding of the republican members, by $500,000,000 and the country must be getting poorer every vear. The fact was, however, as was well known, that England was getting richer every ar. | ‘The people of the world were indebted to} Great Britain to the extent of $10,000,000,- | oe), and it took $500,000,000 a year to pay the interest on this debt. That was what the republicans called the balance of trade! being aguinst the country, said Mr. Sprin-| ger, triumphantly. | Some Questions by Mr. Halick. | Mr. Hulick (Ohio) inquired whether Mr. | Springer intended to vote for the bill for | the reason that it would produce a balance | of trade against us. } “I hope the time will come when our im- ports shall exceed our exports,” said Mr. Springer, in reply, “and as our income ex- ceeds our outgo, we will grow richer.” | ‘Will the adoption of this tariff law result im the balance of trade going against us?” persisted Mr. Hulick. “No; not against this country; in favor of | reiterated Mr. Springer. 1 “We will get more into this country then! goes out.” | An ing Incide: An amusing incident occurred in the} early part of this colloquy, participated in by Mr. Burrows and Mr. Springer. The former had been speaking when Mr. Spring- er broke tn, and when Mr. Burrows called attention to this the chairman said he had | been under the impression that the gentle- man from Michigan had yielded his time, and apologized for not protecting him het- ter. “Oh.” said Mr. Burrows,, good turedly, “I do not think the chair could regarded as not at ail improbable. ca ~o— REMARKABLE ESCAPE. A Terrific Railroad Oollision Without Fatal Result, ‘The limited train No. 35 from New York for Florida, on the Richmond and Danville, was run into by @ Georgia, Carolina and Northern train at the crossing here early this morning. Twenty-five people were reported either killed or injured. Details of the Disaster. A telegram was received in the city by General Manager W. H. Green this morn- ing from General Superintendent McBee of the Richmond and Danville railroad which shows that the accident at the crossing near Chester, S. C., early this morning was fortunately not so serious as was at first reported. It appears there were only ten Passengers. on the wrecked Pullman and only five of these were injured. Mr. F. H. Spears of Pittsburg received a scalp wound: J. H. Hoffman of New York, wrist burned; Mrs. M. E. McCarty of Washington, D.C., elbow cut; G. D. McCarty of Washington, D.C., received several bruises; J. T. Wilson, Pittsburg, back hurt; Pullman Conductor Davis was bruised about the head and ear cut. No other persons were injured. Dr. Davega, the company’s surgeon, has charge of the injured persons and says that he does not consider any of them seriously hurt. The accident occurred at 12:38 this morn- ing. The Richmond and Danville fast mail, number 35 was crossing the Georgia, Caro- lina and Northern tracks and was run in- to by a freight train on the latter road which struck the Pullman on the front trucks. The sleeper was overturned with the results as stated. It is intimated that the freight at the time of the collision had become unmanageabl THE CITY'S HEALTH. Prevalence of the Grip Among Citi- ‘ sens.and Odicials. For several weeks past the grip or ca- tarrhal influenza has been claiming many victims, and last week the number reached seventeen. Many policemen and firemen have suffered attacks of the disease and at one time the fire department was so badly crippled that there were scarcely enough of them left to fight fires. At present there are no firemen down with the grip, al- though there are more than the average number of policemen on the sick list, and a number of them are suffering from the grip. Although the number of deaths from the grip was larger last week than during any other week this winter, the physi- cians report a decrease in the number of cases, and the reports thus far this week show a decrease in the number of deaths. Health Officer Hammett, in his report for last week, says: “The mortality returns for the week ended on Saturday show an increase of six deaths over those of the week before. There were nineteen fatal cases of con- sumption, most of which were chronic, and catarrhal influenza ciaimed seventeen | victims. This latter exceeded by three the deaths therefrom as by the last report. Subsequent returns indicate a descending of the influenza invasion sutticient to found a strong belief that this malady has passed its climax in this city. There were twelve new cases of scariatina, or scarlet rash, accompanied by no fatal result. ight new cases of diphtheria and five deatns therefrom were reported. ‘Three of these deaths were in one family. “The acute lung diseases present no new feature, not exceeding the normal for this season of the year, and the same may be said in relation to typhoid fever and malar- ial diseases generally. Infant mortality con- tinues at the same jow rate at which it has | stood all this winter up to the present re- port. The death rate for the total popu- lation being 21.7 is nigh 2 per thousand of pepulation less than the annual average for the past eighteen years, and represents a saving of life equal to near 600 individuals. There were 119 deaths during the week. Death rate per 1,000 per annum: Whi colored, 27.16. Total population, 21. ‘The principal causes of death were: Croup, 2; diphtheria, 5: consumption, 19; erysipe las, 1; typhoid fever, pneumonia, con gestion of the lungs, 3; bronchitis. diseases, 3; meningitis, 1; cancers, tarrhal influenza, ————— SERIOUS RUNAWAY. Two Vehicles Smashed and Several Persons Badly Injured. A serious runaway took piace this after- noon at about 1:30 o'clock, in which one of the parties sustained a serious an@ what for a time was thought a fatal injury. Mr. A. D. Gaegle> was driving a meat and provision wagon along Q street near 7th street northwest, in which were his mother and himself, when the three-year-old colt, which he was driving, became frightened at the cable cars and broke into a run down Q street. The terrified horse, entirely un- controlled by Mr. Gaegler, rushed westward along Q street for more than two blocks, when at the corner of Rhode Island avenue and Col mbia street she collided the vehicle with a wagon driven by Mr. H. C. Fitz- hugh, overthrowing them both in a heap and throwing ail three persons to the | ground. The box on Mr. H. C. Fitzhugh’s wagon | was torn off the truck, and the whole thing demolished, although he escaped with only slight bruises. Mr. Gaegler also was con- siderably scratched, but Mrs. Gaegler was seen at once to be in a dangerous condi- | t Blood was coming from her left arm diately carried into the office of Dr. Pool, just across the street. There it was found that her arm was broken and her head injured. Her wounds were dressed by Dr. Pool and Dr. Van | Rensselaer, and she was taken home in the wagon of Mr. F. J. Simmonds. A large crowd had gathered around the, seene by this time, and the street was filled with people and wagons. Mrs. Gae- gler’s arm will heal, and if the injury to her head is not of a serious nature she is expected to recover. >. Receiver Appointed. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com- pany has, by Mr. George FE. Hamilton, file a bill against the People’s Dispatch Com- pany. to declare respondent insolvent, for the appointment of a receiver, ete.’ and Justice Cox appointed Wm. Hopps the re- ceiver, on vivine a bond of $20,000. and from her head, and she was imme- | ¢ ‘SILVER MEN'S PLANS) | To Prevent Secretary Carlisle From Issuing Any Bonds. ; ———_.____ WANT HIM T0 COIN THE SILVER BULLION Meaning of Mr. Bailey's Resolution on the Subject: CAN’T PASS IN TIME. maewe ts i | There {is a disposition on the part of th | Populists and a considerable number of | radical silver men ir Congress to procure |Some expression of opinion by Congress, | oF by one of the houses of Congress, antag- onistic to the purpose of Mr. Carlisle to issue bonds under the provisions of the re- sumption act. There appears to be no possi- bility whatever of the passage within the limits of time essential under the circum- stances ‘providing for an issue of bonds in | any form. The positive and authoritative | announcement that Mr. Carlisle will issue bonds without further authority by the first of February has aroused considerable feeling on the part of those men in Con- gress who hoped that the exigencies of the case would compel the secretary to come to their terms and increase the volume of silver currency by the coinage of the silver bullion and the issuance of certificates against the surplu End of the Silver Meu’s Hopes. Mr. Carlisle's taking the matter in his own hands and issuing bonds without fur- ther authority from Congress will put an end to their hopes in this direction. Mr. Bailey's resolution declaring that there is no warrant in the resumption act for the issue of bonds for any other purpose than the redemption of the greenbacks has a considerable support in the House, and it is the belief of Mr. Bailey that he may suc- ceed in securing its adoption. The object of the resolution, of course, is to prevent Carlisle's issuing the bonds until after he has exausted the resources of the treasury by the use of the surplus silver. After this is done, the silver men say, they will be willing to vote any measure of relief which is necessary to preserve the government from default of payments on its obliga- tions, but it is their desire to maintain the present situation to coerce the government into the further use of silver. Can't Act in Time. The expectation is that the committee on the judiciary will approve of the Bailey resolution and report it favorably to the House about Friday. Under the special rule providing for the consideration of the tariff this resolution cannot be brought up, however, until after the 29th, and the House will probably have no opportunity to act on It, whatever the majority senti- ment may be, before Mr. Carlisle has act- ually issued the bonds. But ft is’ hardly probable that the House, even if a vote on this proposition could be had at once, would embarrass the department by its adoption. Both Mr. Carlisle und Mr. Cleve- land have taken the broad view of the sit- uation that the first and most important duty of the government fs to meet its obligations and preserve its.credit and ‘that this must be done regardless of every. thing. Mr. Carlisle's Justification. It Is known, of course, that Mr. Carlisle has had grave doubts as to the extent of his authority to Issue bonds under the re- sumption act and to use the money for cur- rent expenses, but his purpose is to waive this whole matter and, replenishing the de- ficit in the redemption fund as rapidly as necessary by the sale of bonds, to use that fund or any other fund in the treasury to meet the current obligations of the gov- ernment and to depend upon the necessity and wisdom of his action to justify any technical violation of the law or action exceeding his authority. Bond Issue to Be Announced Today. Secretary Carlisie during the day will officially announce a bond issue. What form the announcement will take cannot be positively stated until the official statement i$ made. It is believed, however, that the announcement will be in the form of an advertisement inviting bids for 5 per | cent bonds at a figure that will make the rate of interest 3 per cent a year. The bonds will be issued under the re- sumption act of 1875, but what amount will be issued cannot now be stated. Under the resumption act the three class- es of bonds run as follo 4 per cents, | thirty years; 41-2 per cents, fifteen years; | 5 per cents, ten years. { a SPECTORS. STEAM VESSEL |whe Meeting Today at the Maltby Building of Officials. The board of supervising inspectors of steam vessels of the Treasury Department _ met at noon today in annual session at the Maltby bullding. Gen. Dumont, the head of the service, presided. The board is com- posed of the following-named officials: First district, John Bermingham, San Francisco, Cal; second district, George H. Starbuck, New York, N. ¥.; third district, John W. | Oast, Norfolk, Va.; fourth district, Frank | Burnett, St. Louis, Mo.; fifth district, John | D. Sloane, St. Paul, Minn.; sixth dist-ict, | ; John Ingle, Evansville, Ind.; seventh dis- | trict, John Fehrenbatch, Cincinnati, Ohio: leighth district, Charles H. Westcott, De- troit, Mich.; ninth district, Alexander Mc- | : Master. Buffalo, Y.; tenth district, Matt O'Brien, New Orleans, La. |. Mr. Bermingham was late in attending, | having been delayed on his way east. | Nothing was done-beyond the orgamiza- | tion and the receipt of reports from various localities as to the happenings of the year. ‘The board will continue in session for a | fortnight in orde> to consider many matters | that have accumulated since the last an- | nual meeting. The most important event _ will be the hearing granted for Tuesday next to the representatives of the canal | boat and large interests of New York and its vicinity, who will appear to protest against the enforcement of a system of reg- wiations for lights on such craft adopted at the last annual meeting. There is now and has been for some years a similar system, which calls for the customary red and green lights on moving barges, in vogue on the western rivers, the Great Lakes and some parts of the Atlantic coast. The New York men have, however, heretofore succeeded in preventing the extension of the riles to those waters, and have urged that if any light were to be adopted a white light would suffice. The board has resisted this proposi- tion, because a white light is an anchor signal. The matter is to be definitely set- tled at this meeting. - ee Fourth-Class Postmasters, The total number of fourth-class post- | masters appointed today was twenty-four. | 02 this number four were to fill va- cancies caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removal. The Virginia appointments were as {ol- lows: Floyd, S. W. Thompkins, vice J. D. Martin, removed; Lee, Rosa A. Corr, vice H. W. Corr, dead; New Castle, J. P. 'Cald- well, vice C. W. Elmore, removed. S. EF. Merrick was appointed postmaster | at Hambleton, Md., vice A. H. Vallitant, | resigned. | } ' | 2-4 ! New York Applications, | The applications of H. C. Butcher of New York for collector of internal revenue for the first district of New York and of Henry Crandall of New York for assistant ap- praiser of merchandise at New York were filed in the treasury today. | WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 17, 1894 POSTSCRIPT A BOND Secretary Oarlisle alls for Proposals for $50.000.000 Of the Five Per Cent Bonds Author- ized Under the Resw Act of 1875. Late this afternoon Secretary Carlisle issued a circular inviting proposals for 5 per cent bonds, under the authority of the resumption act of January 14, 1875. He in- vites public subscriptions for an issue of bonds to the amount of $50,000,000, either registered or coupon, in denominations of $50 and upward, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the government after ten years from the date of issue. Proposals are to be received up th Feb- ruary 1. No proposal will be considered at | a lower price than 117.223, which is the equivalent of a 3 per cent bond at par. 1SS U E , | Command of the American Forces at Honolulu. COMMANDER SWINBURNE A WITNESS. The Senate Committee Hears His Story of the Revolution. i AN IMPORTANT WITNESS. EE aa The Senate committee on foreign relations, sumed its work this morning, the only wit- ness being Lieut. Commander Swinburne. It is understood that the committee is de- voting considerable time to inquiry into the legal propositions incorporated in Mr. Hoar’s resolution ard referred to this com- DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Meeting of the House Committee and Its Action, Two Bills Considered and Referred— To Investigate the Gas Company— Other Matters of Local Interest. The House District committee held a meeting this morning and briefly consider- ed two local bills, one a bill to provide a tract index in the office of the recorder of deeds, which was referred to a subcom- | mittee consisting of Messrs. Abbott, Cobb, Cooper (Ind.), Cogswell and Hilborn, and the other a bill to promote anatomical science, which was referred to a subcom- mittee composed of Messrs. Cadmus, Coop- er (Fla.), Abbott, Belden and Hilborn, Both of these bills have been published at length in The Star. To Investigate the Gas Company. The resolution for an investigation of the gas question in the District, which was introduced at the extra session last sum- mer, is to be acted upon by the committee. A large amount of statistical information concerning the cost and quality of gas in other cities has been collected by the com- mittee. Chairman Heard will appoint a subcommittee during the day, which will meet tomorrow and tabulate the infirma- tion for the use of the committee. To Confirm Title. Mr. Crawford has introduced a bill in the House, by request, to confirm, in the pret ent legal owners, the title to lots 4, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28, in square 1041, and lots 5 and 6 in square 1113. The cause for this bill is stated in the preamble to be the fact that by a decree of the Circuit Court of March 31, 1831, were ordered to be recon- veyed to the District, by a certain day, and in ‘default of such conveyance to be re- ‘ithout ir ‘este i. Ning Suera Seaton aitiaget Pee jecree was overlooked. The. lots ve since been sold for taxes, and con- veyed as the property of Gilles Groenveldt and others, and the purchasers have held the lots and paid taxes thereon. Land for a Hall of Records. Mr. Bankhead has introduced a bill in the House, by request, to purchase or ac- quire, by condemnation, lots 5, 6, 7 and 8 in square 260, lying west of 13th street and between Ohio avenue and B street, for the erection thereon of a hall of records. The lots contain 41,870 square feet, and with the improvements are to be acquired for a sum not in excess of $210,000. The bill pro- vides for the appointment of a commission consisting of the supervising architect of the treasury, the Secretary of the Treas- ury, the Postmaster General and the Sec- retary of the Interior, to prepare the plans for a hall of records. The Georgetown Terminal R.R. Co. Mr. Rusk has introduced in the House a bill which was offered in the last Congress to incorporate the Georgetown Terminal | Railway Company. An effort will be made to get this bill through in the present ses- sion. Its provisions have been heretofore published in The Star. THE Some Do There is some question as to the future of the Naval War College. It depends on the favorable action of Congress on the esti- mates submitted by the Secretary of the Navy for its maintenance for the next fiscal year. Several members of the House naval committee are said to be opposed to its maintenance as a separate institution, and favor the transfer of the college building to the naval training station for use in the training of naval apprentices. Secretary Herbert believes that the college, if proper- ly, managed and given the support it de- serves, will be of great benefit to the naval service. Under his direction Commander ‘Taylor is now engaged in the preparation of a program for a course of instruction at the college during the coming year. The pro- gram includes a six months’ period of in- struction to a class of officers in interna- ional law in addition to a large umount of practical work in tactics, maneuvers and | exercises. The Secretary also hopes to car- | ry out the long contemplated purpose of | utilizing some of the ships in connection with the college. He is therefore anxious | that Congress should include in the neval appropriation bill the usual item of $5,000 — for the support of the college during the coming year. MASTERS AND PILOTS. The Grand Harbor Meets Here Tomor- row at Elks’ Hall. ‘The Grand Harbor of Steam Masters and Pilots of the United States meets at Kiks* Hall tomorrow. The thirty-three harbors composing the association will be repre- sented and about 100 delegates will be pres- ent. The length of the session cannot be stated. Much that is tmportant to water- farers will be discussed. Such recommen- dations as to rules of navigation, lights, whistles, &c., will be made to Congress. ‘Washington harbor will be represented by Capt. E. 8. Randall, Capt. Davis and Capt. Parker. They will report that the home harbor is in a flourishing condition, and that its membership numbers fort; and embraces a large majority of the licensed masters and pilots of the Potomac river. Death of Ex-Representative Forney. General regret was expressed at the House today at the receipt of inteiligence of the death this morning of ex-Repre- sentative Forney of Alabama, at his home in Jacksonville, Ala., where he has been dangerously il] for some time. Gen, Forney was born in North Carolina in 1828, served in the war with Mexico, and with the confederate army during the war of the rebellion. He was a member of the state senate of Alabama for several years, and represented the seventh Alabama dis- trict from the Forty-fourth to and includ- ing the Fifty-second Congress. He declin- ed re-election and was appointed a member of the Gettysburg battlefield commission, ip eae hf aoe eenes Se Hurrying Up Gold Coinage. Mint Director Preston has gone to Phila- delphia to arrange to hasten gold coinage in the mint in that city. | tillery, 40 men, Lieut. Lucien Youn; | mittee. It involves the question of the lezal- ity of Mr, Blount’s appointment as commis- sioner paramount, and, consequently there- fore the legality of his acts as such com- missioner. Commander Swinburne gave testimony in common with other naval officers concern; ing the importance of the Hawaiian Islands from a commercial and strategic point of view and then proceeded to detail the events attending the revolution. As the officer in charge of the troops that landed on the 16th those exciting days, Commander Swinburne’s testimony was important. All of the events attending the establishment of the provis- fonal government and the participation therein of the United States troops were given by him in detail. It was on the 16th that Lieut. Commander Swinburne received an order from Capt. Wiltse directing him to take command of the battalion to land in Honolulu, for the purpose of protecting the American legation, consulate and the lives and property of American citizens, and to assist in preserving order. He was cau- tioned that “great prudence must be exer- cised by both officers and men, and no ac- ton taken that is not fully warranted by the condition of affairs and by the conduct of those who may be inimical to the treaty rights of American citizens.” He Saw It 4 By virtue of this order this naval officer Was put in a position where he could not fail to see all that was going on and be- come cognizant of much that was done and vaid by the citizens of Honolulu. His recital was of great interest and cor- roborated much that had been told the committee by previous witnesses who were in Honolulu at the time. Commander Swinburne stated that the |total number of men under his command |was 153, not including 11 officers. They were divided as follows: Company A, ar- com- manding; company B, infantry, 35 men, Lieut. Chas. Laird; company C, infantry. marines, 30 men, Lieut. Draper: color guard, hospital corps, &c., 14 men. This battalion, fully equipped for active work, was formed, and in accordance with the verbal instructions of Capt. Wiltse, marched from the U. S. consulate, where the Heutenant commander with his com- pany was detached with orders to proceed to the legation and leave half of his com- mand, returning with the remainder to the consulate himself, and remain there until further orders. The remainder of the battalion, he said, marched down King street, one of the lead- ing thoroughfares of the city. In passing the palace the battalion gave a marching salute, the trumpeters sounding four “ruf- fies” in honor of the royal standard which was flying there. The battalion, he went on, was marched out to the residence of Mr. J. B. Atherton, an American, where, after permission was obtained, the men were marched on the grounds, arms stack- ed and ranks broken, to wait further ord- ers from Capt. Wiltse. The Troops in Readiness. It appeared from Commander Swinburne’s story that night (January 16) orders came to march the battalion to Arion Hall and camp there, which order was obeyed. Arion Hall, Commander Swinburne says, is a long one-story building, containing a long ;room, and having verandas on the two long sides, separated from the street by a nar- row yard and fence, but with a moderately large yard in the rear. It fronts the side of the government building, from which it is separated only by a narrow street. During that night, this officer says, the men were Kept ready for an instant's cal, but there was no disturbance of any kind. The next day was not, however, devoid of incident. It appears from the evidence of this wit- ness that about 2:30 the next day, January 14, a civilian, armed, reported to him that a policeman had been shot while attempt- ing to stop a wagon load of ammunition that was being conveyed to the armory, where the civilian forces enrolled by the committee of safety were then assembling and that a large crowd was collecting on the street. Upon hearing this, Commander Swin- burne said he assembled his battalion un- der arms in the yard in the rear of the building and very shortly after Ca Wiltse arrived. During the time (: Wiltse was at camp—until almost 6 o'clock —witness said, the men leading the citizens’ movement has assumed charge of the gov- ernment building without opposition of any kind. The civilian companies under « had, during this time, marched in and es- tablished guards about the government buildings. While this was going on, Com- mander Swinburne stated that he kept his battalion in the rear of their camp with arms stacked. The Government Recognized. When Capt. Wiltse left the camp, about 6 o'clock, he notified Commander Swin- burne that a provisional government, of which S. B. Dole was at the head, was in cemplete possession, and showed the wit- jess a letter from the United States minis- ter recognizing it as the defacto govern- ment of the Hawaiian Islands, and directed him to consider it as such. During that night the troops Were azain kept ready for action, byt the eity was perfectly quiet. The next day, January 1S, this officer said, the royal standard was hauled down from over the palace, and the household troops were disbanded, except a small guard of henor who accompanied the ex-queen to her residence. After having been in the immediate vicin- ity of the government building since the night of the 16th, new quarters were pro- vided at an unoccupied house on King street into which the troops moved early in the afternoon. The battalion here a week or more. when the events hap- pened that led to the hoisting of the Ameri- ean flag. In accordance with orders frora Capt. Wiltse, Commander Swinburne put his command in light marching order, on the morning of February 1, when orders were received by him from Capt. Wilise to take possession of the government building and the American flag will be hoisted at 9 o'clock. The Flag Raised, In obedience to these orders, he said, the battalion marched to the government build- ing, where they were received by the civil- they entered. Commander Swinburn= de- scribed this scene in detail. He said that President Dole and cabinet and the ad- viso: council were present. The order of Capt. Wiltse was shown to the com- mander of the provisional troops, who, wit- ness said, at once turned over to him the custody of the building. Then by order of Capt. Wiltse a proclamation from Minister Stevens, establishing a protectorate in the nume of the United States pending nego- tiations with the Hawaiian commissioners at Washington, was read, and ai 1 o'clock the United States ensign was hoisted over the building, the troops of the United TWELVE PAGES. NAVAL OFFICER’ which is investigating Hawaiian affairs, re- | of January and remained on shore during | 34 men, Lieut. D. Cofferman; company D, | L remained?! jan troops in line, who presented agms as | TWO CENTS. | An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. States and the provisional government pre- | | senting arms. The civilian forces of the provisional zov- ernment were then withdrawn, and the | custody of the building turned over to Lieut. | Draper with his company of marines. Com- | |mander Swinburne said that during the | three nights preceding February 1 the town | | Was full of rumors of a threatened attack | on the government building by sympa-| thizers with ihe late monarchy, and all the! troops of the provisional government were | Kept in the government building, with pa- trols about the place. The hoisting of the United States flag, this officer said, had the effect at once of stopping these rumors and | restoring confidence, and appeared to be/ approved ‘by everybody. Commander Swin- burne said he issued orders to Lieut. Dra-| per to consider himself responsible for the | custody and safety of the building, to con-/ sult freely with the officers of the provis-| fonal government, and carry out their! wishes as to who should be admitted to the| building, and to do everything to facilitate public business. On the morning of Feb- ruary 4, at the request of President Dole, the gates of the grounds were thrown open | and ‘everybody allowed access between 1 a. m. and 4 p. m. Subsequently Comman-| der Swinburne was relieved from duty on shore. | When Commander Swinburne had finish- ed his testimony the full committee met in regular session, during which time Ha- waiian affairs in general were considered, | and the work of the subcommittee up to the present time discussed. THE INCOME TAX. What Representative Tarsney Has to Bay of This Measure, Representative John C. Tarsney of Mis-| souri is one of the democratic members of the ways and means committee of the House. Mr. Tarsney is an enthusiastic ad- | | Vocate of the proposition to tax incomes. | Conversely he opposed the suggestion of re-| porting the income tax as a measure separ-| | ate and distinct from the tariff bill. | Mr. Tarsney stated this morning that an | effort would probably be made before the | tariff bill is disposed of to add the income | | tax as an amendment. | | “Do you think,” Mr. Tarsney was asked, “that the House will adopt that motion?” “L think,” said Mr. Tarsney, speaking with unusual deliberation, “that a large ma- jority of the House is favorable to an in- come tax. If the test were made by a | square vote, uninfluenced by other consider- | ations, the proposition would carry handily.” “What was the purpose of reporting the bill separately?” “I could not with propriety discuss the | purposes of the committee or the motives or views of its members. Personally, I was in favor of reporting it and offering it as an ‘amendment to the tariff bill, in order that we might present to the Senate a complete | revenue measure; one that will not only reduce taxation upon the consumption of the people, as we are commanded to do, | but also to provide the revenues to keep the machinery of the government running. 1 am not willing that we should send a meas- ure to the Senate properly revising the | |customs schedules and omitting to provide | the required revenues for the support of | the government rendered necessary by such revision. “One of the objections to the income tax | |is that it is alleged to come under the head | of class legislation. What have you to say | ,to that argument?” | “I don’t think,” said Mr. Tarsney, “it is jopen to that objection. On the contrary, 1| | believe it to be the most equitable system | yet devised-for raising revenue. 1 have not based my support of it upon the theory | that it will simply relieve the Ts. ‘place the burden upon the rich. It dots ‘mot | (embrace any such element of communism, jwhatever. It is designed simply to adjust |the burdens of supporting the government | |so as to place upon the wealth of the country its just share of that burden. Go' ernment,” continued Mr. Tarsney, “is in- stituted to protect the Iffe, liberty and) property of its citizens. Each citizen should contribute to the support of the government in proportion to the protection | he receives and in proportion to the cost | his protection entails upon the government, j | while it might be said, although not with | accuracy, that each citizen receives an! equal degree of protection from govern. |ment, relating to life and liberty, and |should therefore contribute equally to the ‘support of government. “This is certainly not true with relation to property or the cost or benetits of gov- ernmental protection when applied thereto. The benefits of government which each citizen derives by the protection of his |property are accurately measured by the Proportion of his undivided wealth to the ageregate wealth of the country, and his contributions to the support of government should be measured by the benefits he re- ceives and the cost which his protection | recessitates.” “We further favor an income tax because | it will provide a part of our system for ob- | | taining revenues which enables us at any time to adjust our fiscal affairs to meet the | changed condition of business, which affect directly the revenues of the government, and to provide for deticiencies or any injur- ious surplus of revenues, without disturb- ing the industries of the country, as we ecessarily do when we change our cus- ems laws. If, in times of depression like the present, the revenues ate not adequate | to our support, and we desire to provide for any impending deficiency, we need only | to make a slight Increase in the rate of the | income tax. If, on the other hand, the commerce of the world is prosperous, and | our revenue is larger than we desire, we | wake a corresponding decrease in the in- | come ta And so, we meet the changed | conditions of business affecting the r quirements of the government, in cither | se without disturbing Ube industrial or mercial affairs*of the country. For this | son, principally, { advocate an income x. I am noi so particular, however, re- gurding the rate to be tixed, or the scope and extent to which it may be applied. I simply believe if we have it extensive | nough to use as a lever of equilibrium be- | tween our revenues and the wants of the | government, in the manner which I have | indicated, we will have no more such in- | dustrial disturbances as every threatened | change in the tariff rates have produced.” | | and lost control of his team gompletely. They ran two blocks further east on and then turned north on Holmes street. An attempt to follow was made by the | | j | Went out to Woodland avenue to the house The issue of Columbian stamps from Jan- uary 2, 186, to December 31, the period as- | signed to their distribution, is the subject of a statement which has been prepared | | by the Post Office Department. | ‘The aggregate number issued to postmas. ters was 1,09,83,200 officials. By classes | the issue is given as follo One cent, 429,252,200; two cent, 1,461,289, | 700; three cent, 11,227,800; four cent, 19,- | i five cent, 00; six cent, 4,- | eight cent, 10,649,600: ten cent, 16} | 384,210; fifteen cent, 1,546,740; thirty cent 0: fitty cent 70: two dollar, 23,129; i four dollar, 17,419, and five dollar, 17,585. "| The total value of the ips issued prior : 238; up to Sep- | luring the last | Declared a Port of Entry. Secretary Gresham is officially advised that the English government has declared Manchester, England, a port of entry, thu: enabling people in this country to shij direct to that city. This is a result of the recent opening of the Manchester ship canal. ee The Stanford Eulogtes. j | At the request of Representative Loud \(Cal.), Saturday, February 10, 1894, at 2 jc'clock, has been set aside for eulogies in | the House in honor of the late Leland Stanford, Senator from California. A day | had been fixed in this month, but the spe-| cial order adopted for the consideration of the tariff bill interfered with it. ———e+—____. Tariff Speakers for Tonight. At the evening session of the House to- night the following Representatives will Bower, North Carolina; Hunter, and Sperry. | Father Littis nor | just | crowd lined up fe building in a stamped RIOT IN KANSAS CITY An Anti-Catholic Agitator Creates Excitement. ATTEMPS MADE T0 MOB HIM. An Angry Crowd Outside the Leo- ture Hall, HE APPEARS HEAVILY ARMED - KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 17.—J. V. Me- Namara, who styles himself cn ex-priest of Rome, marched on the stage at Turner | Hall last night with a loaded rifle in his hands. “I'm taking my life in my hagAs,” he shricked, as he raised the rifle to take aim. “But let the hoodiums and blackguards of Rome come on. My life is not my own. It belongs to God and the A. P. A. I know there is a plot to murder me in Kansas City this very night, but there will be other blood spilled before mine. I fear neither Bishop Hogan nor Father Dalton nor any of the church's gang of blackzuards and hoodiums and ruf- fiang; but let them come. I am ready.” Then he advanced to the foouights and dramatically declared that there was mur- der in the air. “I want loyal men and brothers to stand by me,” he shouted. “I want twenty-four volunteers, men who have Protestant hearts, stout arms, strong nerves and quick eyes. Stand up, those who are willing.” A dozen men stood up. McNamara told them to go to the galer$, range themselves at equal distances and be ready uiek, action. oe “Forward, march,” twelve men went up t The hall was crowd: being at least 1,200 5 he cailed, and the ‘© the guliery. led at the time, there people packed into it. There wes not the slightest disoréer — where when McNamara appeared and net & suggestion of trouble. His bold i: for a riot was gratified before ni quite half over, but there was of consequence in the hall ture. When the audience Guickly seen that a good m side had been Catholics, 4 what ehurch. Another proportion was of A. P. A. ‘men. They joined the mob outsile, until fuily 3,000 men were about the hail. It was a Perfectly sonderiy crowd, ma: sly quiet ‘or one that was waiting a chaac z outbreak. si er eet The hall is on the second floor. ‘The lights were turned out, and McNamara ar his wife were left alone in the darkaess, For forty-five minutes the crowd waited quietly on the outside. Then che pohce be- came satisfied that there woald be no out- break, and a carriage was called. It was compelled to wait for five minutes and in this interval a goodly portion of the 12th and Oak, uncertain which way McNamara would depart. He came down the steps, rifle in one hand, re- volver in the other. His wife followed, wit er arm across her breasi. holding a revolver. They quickly stepped into the carriage. As it started up 12th street, one of the doors flew open. A man ran up, as if to shut it for those inside, but instead broke the glass with a cane he carried. A moment later McNamara stuck his pis- tol out of ihe window and fired point blank at the people on the south side of the street. Then a yell of direful anger went up from the crowd. Canes, siones, bricks, anything upon which hands could be laid, were thrown at the rapidly moving carriage. A dozen shots were fired at it. The driver madly whipped up his horses in an attempt to escape. EV. vitauon ight was no Cisorder during the lec- dismissed it was nany of those in- letermined to hear McNamara charged of their ery glass in the carriage was broken in inkling and its sides threatened to give way under the shower of stones. McNam- ara and ‘his wife crouched in the bottom of the vehicle and did not even attempt to fire a second shot. Two blocks east a stone hit the driver and at the same instant a bullet went through his clothing and grazed his left side. He slipped down on the footboard crowd, but it wes soon distanced. The driver regained his seat after half a dozen blocks and by a circuitous route took the couple to the Midland. The carriage badiy wrecked. McNamara and his wife refused to be | seen by any one, but the driver says neither were seriously injured and were not hit by any of the twenty or more shots fired. The wildest excitement prevailed in that entire section of the city. where the couple No one knew positiv was stopping, and one portion of the mob of a man named McNamara, reported a relative of the ex-priest. They found ot he had been stopping there, and proceed to stone the house, breaking many win- dows. Only an old man was at home, the others having gone to the lecture. He tood on the porch, threatening to kill any man who entered the yard, with a loaded Winchester in his hand. He affected the crowd so the bombardment was kept up only from a distance. A large number of people flying missiles on all were spirited hree arrests were made. Riet Narrewly Averted. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan. 17. ous riot was averted narrowly in this city yesterday at Grand Army Hall, where G. H. Hile, A. editor and organizer, was addressing a meeting. He was speak- ing on the objects of the A. P. A., and bit- terly denouncing the Catholic Church, when he was interrupted ma times and fre- quently branded a liar. His audience seemed equally divided between Catholics and Protestant nd in a short time was worked up to a high pitch. Those in sympathy with the speaker made an effort to put out « man who was inter- rupting the address, when blows followed. Canes and chairs were used, and the two men were knocked down. ‘Then Hile drew a large re pocket and placed it on the ta’ him. It had a quieting effe: ble was going on peop! were hurt by ¥ While the trou- shed from the nd ran over one at. ——_ THE TREASURY DEFICIENCY, Reductions Will Be ™: the Line. It is intimated that the deficiency in the treasury from the present outlook may amount to as large as $40,000,000 or $16 000,00) at the end of the year. This is being held before the jous committees of the House having charge of expendi- tures with # view to inducing economy, and it is believed that there will be con. siderable reductions in the aggregate of appropriations. It is the expectation of he committee on appropriations to have eady to report to the House immediately after the tariff question is disposed of all the bills in their charg: To Hold Down Twe Committees. A particular effort is being»made to hold down the naval and the river and harbor committees. It is believed that no pro- vision will be mode at this session for new vessels in the navy and that the river and harbor bill will aggregate below $10,000,000 and probably be as low as $8,000,000. By legislation proposed by the departmental commission it is believed that nearly $L- nother on the w: | 000,000 a year will be saved in the expendi= tures of departments at Washington. In all the general appropriations heavy reduc- tions are being urged and are expected and the hope of the managers of the House ig that there will be a cut of $30,900,000 oF $40,000,000 in the aggregate of sg-wopria- tions at this session