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lass 3 (@- All mail subscriptions must be paid in sdvance. Rates of atvertisine made known on application, Vor 84, No. 20,786. WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1894—TWELVE PAGES Che Zvening Star. PROF. OLESON TALKS. He Was in Honolulu During the Revolution. CORROP? CHARACTER OF THE QUEEN. What Led to the Upri ’ People. ing of the LANDING OF THE TROOPS. Long before the Senate committee on foreign relations began its session this morning in the investigation of Hawalian affairs a number of naval officers arrived and busied themselves reading the testi-| mony they had given prior to subscribing to it. Among these officers were Lieut. Com- mander Swinburne and Lieut. Kauffman. Mr. Hastings, the charge d’affairs of the Hawaiian legation, dropped into the com- mittee room early in the day, but remained only for a moment. Senators Gray and Frye were late, and shortly after they came Mr. Sherman took his departure, leaving Messrs. Morgan, Gray and Frye to proceed alone, Mr. Butler being absent. Prof. Oleson’s Testimony. | The principal witness today was Prof. Wm. B. Oleson of Worcester, Mass. Mr. Oleson was for fifteen years, from August, 1878, to July, 1893, engaged as the principal of @ manual training school on the Island | Oahu, on which the city of Honolulu is situated. Having thus been associated with | these people for so long a period prior to the | revolution, and having witnessed the over- throw of the queen, it would appear as if this witness was of opportunities for observing the sentiment of the people under favorable auspices. Prof. Oleson is an American by birth, and was born in Portland, Me. It is understood that during the course of his examination, in response | to a question as to what was the character of the queen for political integrity and per- sonal character, the witness said emphati- cally that it was as bad as it could be. After the queen came to the throne, Prof. Oleson said, she very soon sought to re- cover the absolute power that Kalakaua had surrendered in giving the constitution of 1887. To accomplish the abrogation of the old constitution and the promulgation of the new one, which she had prepared, she entered into an arrangement with members of the legislature favorable to certain schemes then before that body— one of them the chartering of the Louisiana lottery, by which she was to sign those bills, and they, in turn, were to vote out her ministry and permit her to appoint a new ministry that would assist her in promulgating the new constitution. Prof. Oleson then detailed the workings of this plan, the feature of the new con- stitution which disfranchised all but native Hawaiians, and the final failure of the queen to secure the consent of her minis- try, two of whom fied, after refusing her demands, and appealed to the citizens to support them against the queen in her de- mands. No Faith in the Queen. As soon gs the queen learned that a public mass meeting had been called on Monday afternoon, January 16, she was thoroughly frightened and promised her cabinet that if they would stand with her against the citizens she would do nothing unconstitutional thereafter. Accordingly these men and the queen signed a mani- festo to that effect and had it scattered through the city for the purpose of de- stroying the effects of the approaching mass meeting. But the citizens, said Prof. Oleson, put no faith in the queen’s prom- ises and had no confidence in the men who were her. Marshal charge of the police forces, a man by com- mon fame known in Honolulu as the queen’s paramour for years, commanded the people not to attend this mass meeting. The Mass Meeting Held. This, however, Prof. Oleson continued, did not deter the people, who gathered in the largest mass meeting ever held in Honolulu. The citizens corifirmed the ap- pointment of the committee of safety and authorized them to proceed to the secur- ing of a permanent and good government. From Saturday afternoon, when the queen attempted to promulgate her new constitu- tion, to the time when the American troops landed Monday afternoon—about two days and a half—Honolulu was in an incipient state of anarchy. During that time the queen had threatened her ministry with violence; they had fled from her presence for their lives; they had appealed to the people to rise against the queen, and Mar- shal Wilson had iliegally transformed the police station into an arsenal with three hundred stand of arms and Gatling guns, had armed the police and gathered a motley crowd of men, whom he had recruited from the streets of the city. The Landing of the Troops. At the request of many American citi- zens, who feared incendiarism and possi- bly mob violence in the high state of ex- citement, Minister Stevens landed troops from the Boston for the express purpose, as announced in his letter to Capt. Wiltse, to protect the United States legation, the United States consulate and the rights and property of American citizens. On Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, contin- ued this witness, the committee on public gafety walked to the government building and read a D goo ee abrogating the monarchy and establishing the provisional government. Immediately citizens rallied to the support of the new government from every direction, because frequent occasions during the previous years had made it nec- essary for them to hold themselves pre- pared for just such emergencies, and many of them had been members of volunteer ecmpanies. Prof. Oleson said that these American citizens were voters and partook of the life there. They were also Ha- waiians, with the exception that they could not hold office. The United States government had, he said, frequently ianded troops in the past: | and standing orders had been given by the government of the United States to protect this class of persons. With special refer- ence to the landing of the troops, Prof. Oleson said he did not think that they had the slightest influence, one way or the other, on the revolution. Marshal Wilson | imtrenched the masses in the police station | before the troops were landed. There was, | he said, no substantial difference in the lo-| cation of the United States troops in this ease and in the case of the landing in 1889, except that in Minister Merrill's time! they were in plain sight, and in the other they were under cover. In regard to the comparative forces of the | tontending factions, Prof. Oleson said the | queen had seventy men in the barracks/ and probably two hundred men without organization or drill or any unifying prin-| ciple at the police station. Against this were pitted the masses of the people to| the number of 1,300, who on the previous | day had met in mass meeting. There were uv picked men who had been under fire on previous occasions and were good| marksmen, who were obliged to be at the government building as soon after 2 o'clock as they could get there. ‘'wo companies of | these men reached the building before the reading of the proclamation was finished. When asked if he thought the queen would have been deposed if the United States troops had not landed, Prof. Olieson said | he so believed, although it might not have been done so easily. Under such condi- tions Marshal Wilson would have retained possession of the police station, which would have been besieged, and the contlict would have been with every advantage on the side of the citizens, until he would have been obliged to surrender. Character of the People. Concerning the character of the people who make up the population of the island of Chua, and the other islands, Professor Olsen said the great majority of them could read and write. A small proportion hold land now, but less than in former years. As to their fitness for citizenship, he said they were a people who were easily led and thus were the victims of dema- gogism. They were a people with strong family relations, as shown in their con- duct toward and their indifference to lep- rosy. He did not think the native popula- tion could maintain a government by them- selves, as but few among them were equip- ped for such duties. Of the best scholars of the country, many of them, he said, went into the Honolulu iron works and others followed the trade of the carpenter or kindred trades. If left to themselves, the witness believed this people would either go back to barbarism or have an absolute government. Many of the best Hawaiians were, he added, favoreble to annexation to the United States. Lieut. Kauffman was recalled, but it is understood that nothing of especial interest was deduced. +. SENATOR WALTHALL’S RESIGNATION He Has a Full Term W Relinquish Now. It is not definitely kaown when Senator Walthall, whose resignation was noted in yesterday's Star, will leave the city for his home in Mississippi. He owns a fine resi- dence here, 1714 ithode Island avenue. ite has not yet determined as to its dispesi- tion, though he will probably not seek for offers for it at present. it may be that he will retain possession or lease it wiih the view of a possible contingency of his re- turning to the Senate to till at least a part of the term for which he was elected last February, beginning March 4, 1805. The dilemma which his resignation cre- ates is curious. There is no doubt that he cannot resign his term of six years, end- ing 1901, until it nas been begun. Of course if he were of the mind to do so, he might resign that term immediately upon its commencement next March a year hence. This, however, would ve the selection of his successor to the governor, a course that is distasteful to Mr. Walthall, not from any feeling axainst the governor of the state,but from the fact that this course is unfavorably regarded ty the peovie of Mississippi. The Senator appointed fer a short temporary term to fill a vacancy is always thought to have an increased chance for the electioa when that occurs later. Mr. Walthall’s friends are urging upon | him the advisability of resumiag his seat in the Senate on March 4, 1°95. whien wi!l necessitate only a short session im the spring and his presence here from Decem- ber 1 until the legistature, which in M’s- sissippi_is biennial, meets in Jan’ 1896. This will bring him to Washington only for a short time, ana his friends Kcpe that he will by March, 1805, have recovered his health sufficiently to allow him to nish the entire term of six years, which he can- not now relinquish. ——_—_—o+______ THE BRIDGE BILL. Impression That the President Will Allow It to Become a Law. The New York and New Jersey bridge bill was one of the questions considered at today’s meeting of the cabinet. The poli- ticlans have begun to change their opinion in regard to the President's action on this measure, and it is now thought that, while he will not approve it, he will allow it to become a law without his signature. ‘To- morrow is the last day in which he can re- turn the bill to Congress with his veto, and unless he takes that action the bill will be- come a law without regard to his signa- ture. This measure has been before Congress for several years and was bitterly antag- onized in the Senate, but by hard work on the part of Ser Blackburn it was passed some days ago. The contention raised against the bill was that Congress some years ago had granted another company the right to build a bridge over the river at a point near the Battery and to give a second company the privilege to construct a bridge at a point higher up the river would interfere with the purposes of the first bridge. Senator Hill took up the cause of the second bill and succeeded in getting it through both houses. One of the reasons given for the supposition that the Presi- dent might veto the bill was that he want- ed to retaliate on Mr. Hill for defeating the Hornblower nomination, but the Presi- dent is generally conceded to be above such conduct. It is ynderstood that the chief of engineers has reported that the provisions of the bill give the Secretary of War am- ple authority over the plan of construc- tion of the bridge to protect the navigation of the river. It is this conclusion that the government will have discretion in the matter that is mainly responsible for the growing impression that the President has practically concluded to offer no objection to the execution of the project. ———_-e- Models Of the Late Senator Kenna. A number of statuets of the late Senator Kenna of West Virginia have recently been brought to Washington by prominent sculp- tors and entered in competition for the contract of furnishing a bronze statue of Mr. Kenna to be erected by the state of West Virginia in the statuary hall of the Capitol. Almost immediately after the Senator’s death, a year ago this month, the state legislature being then in session, appropriated a sum of money for this pur- pose, an act almost unprecedented in the history of the country. The committee, of which Gov. McCorkle is chairman, was Placed in charge of the work of selecting the most appropriate design and the most faithful likeness of the dead statesman. The models now being received all repre- sent Mr. Kenna in the conventional stand- ing attitude, but with different poses and expressions. One of them, executed by Mills, has for some days past been on exhibition in the room of the committee on territor- ies, of which Senator Faulkner is chairman. It has there attracted considerable atten- tion, but it has failed to meet the approval of many of the late Senator's colleagues and associates, who do not think it a portrait. Another, by Dunbar, National Hotel, and is more favorably re- garded. It is the hope of the West. Vir- ginia Senators that the committee will be able soon to make a selection so that the statue may be placed in the hall with the least possible delay. Indian Lands. The report of the committee appointed to make a treaty with the Yankton tribe of Sioux Indians of South Dakota was laid be- | fore the Senate yesterday, accompanied by the draft of a bill intended to carry the agreement into effect. Under this agree- ment the Indians cede to the United States | all the unallotted lands in their reservation in the state of South Dakota, tho United States to pay the tribe the sum of $600,000, one-sixth to be distributed at once per cav- ita and the remainder to be held in trust for twenty-five years, provided that if the needs of the Indians require it, certain amounts shall be payable ennually, but in no case more than $20,000 in one year. The sum paid for this land is about $3.63 1-2 per acre, and the price at which the land shail be opened to settlers is recommended to be $3.75 per acre. = scree ric Ae Eleetrocution Proposed in Ohio. In the house yesterday at Columbus, Ohio, Representative Reed of Huron county intro- duced a bill which proposes to do away with hanging in Ohio and substitute electro- cution: —————-+e+ Bank Circulation. ‘The national bank note circulation has de- creased from $200,500,000 last summer to $24,000,600, and is dally growing smaller. The reduction of this character of cizcula- tion is limited by law to $3,000,000 a month. is at the) TO TEST HER SPEED. The Montgomery Goes Out for a Trial. PERFECT WEATHER ON THE SOUND. Confidence That a Good Showing Will Be Made. THE CRUISER DESCRIBED. NEW LONDON, Jan. 19.—The new cruis- er Montgomery weighed anchor at 9 o'clock this morning, and with the members of the trial board and their assistants steamed | out of the harbor on her way to the thirty- six-mile course in Long Island sound, over which the speed trial will lace today. The Dolphin, Vesuvius\dnd jfour navy yard tugs that will serve as |stakeboats | went out during the night. The rain, which had been falling during the night, ceased at sunrise, and the air became clear, with a faint breeze from | the northwest. The water was as smooth jas glass. The day promises to be a per- fect one for the trial, and the contractors are confident that the new cruiser will make a good showing. The run will be from a point off Say- brook, where the Dolphin is stationed, to a point off Startford, where the Vesuvius is at anchor, and return. The distance is sev- enty-two miles, exclusive of the turn. ‘The Montgomery is reqhired to make a speed of seventeen knots an hour. A prem- jum will be paid for a yr2ater rate of speed and a penalty will be exacted for a lower rate of speed. The Detroit and Marble- head, sister ships to the Montgomery, each exceeded her contract requirements as to speed, and there is every reason to expect the Montgomery to also earn for berself a premium for speed. The trial of this ves- sel was set for several weeks ago, but | was postponed because of an accident to | the vessel as she was on her way to the | trial course. She ran sn a lelge rear New | London, and was compelled to go back to the works at Baitimore for repairs. The board which wil conduct the trial is composed of Commodore J. G. Walker. Commanders P. H. Cooper and K. B. Brad- ford, Chief Enxineer A. W. Morley, As- | sistant Naval Constructor 8. W. Armis- | tead and Lieut. L. L. Reamer, recorder, with the following assistants: Lieuts. C. C. Bowman and A. N. Mayer and Ensigns S. S. Wood and J. L. Jayne. The horse power board is composed of Chief Engineers A. W. Morley, R. W. Milligan and Harrie Webster. The New Boat. ‘The Montgomery is of the simple cruiser type, the disposition of her coal and water- light deck, 11-16 of baat bay Sra being the only protections to her rs, engines and magazines. The hull is built of mild steel, and the rig is that Of a two-masted schooner, spreading about 6,289 square feet }of canvas. The water-tight deck extends | throughout the entire vessel, sloping to- ward the sides and ends, under which are Placed the “vitals” and the steering gear. ‘Ihe principal dimensions are: Length on water line, 257 feet; breadth, extreme, 37 feet, and draft, mean, 14 feet, 6 inches. ‘The vessel's displacement is 2,000 tons; her indicated horse power, maximum (contract), is 5,400, and her speed (contract) is 17 knots, The normal coal suppiy is 200 tons, but 435 tons of coal can be carried, and with this full supply the vessel will have a radius of action of: 8,962 knots, 37.6 days’ steaming, at 10-knot speed; 3,022 knots, ‘ST days’ steaming, at 16-knot speed, and 1,624 knots, 3.76 days’ steaming, at 18-knot speed. The motive power is furnished by two triple expansion engines, each engine work- ing one of the twin screws, and placed in a water-tight compartment separated from the other engine by a middle line bulk- head. The engines are of the vertical in- verted cylinder, direct acting, triple expan- sion type. each with a high pressure cyl- inder of 26 1-2 inches, an intermediate pres- sure cylinder of 30 inches and a low pres- sure cylinder of 63 inches in diameter, the stroke of all being 16 inches. The collective indicated horse power of the propelling en- gines, air pump and circulating pump is to be 5,400, at 185 revolutions per minute. There are three double-ended steel boilers of the horizontal, return fire, tube type, and two single ended steel boilers. All built for a working pressure of 160 pounds. Each of the three double ended boilers has four and each single ended boiler two corrugated furnace flues of 3 feet 6 inches diameter. The total heating surface is 10,- 66 square feet and the total grate surface 386 square feet. Steam reversing gear, ash hoists, turning engines, auxiliary pumps, fans, engines for working machinery in workshop and windlass and steering gear are supplied. There ts a distilling appara- tus and a refrigerating plant capable of making 200 pounds of ice a day, besides supplying ample cold water and keeping @ meat room at a temperature of 34 de- grees F. ‘There are three torpedo launching outfits. One in the stem for Howell torpedoes and | two on the main deck forward for White- head vorpedoes. a Her main battery consists of eight 5-inch and two 6-inch rapid-fire guns, and her sec- ondary battery cf six 6-pounder and two 1-pounder rapid-fire guns and two gatlings. — EX-GOV. GASTON DEAD. He Wi Repeatedly Chosen Mayor of Boston, BOSTON, Jan. 19.—Ex-Gov. William Gas- ton died this morning. William Gaston was born at South Kill- ingly, Coan., October 3, 1820. He is of Huguenot ancestry, and is descended from |John Gaston, who settled in New England jabout 1730. He was educated at Brooklyn and Plainfield Academy, and at Brown, | where he was graduated in 1840. He stud- ied law and began practice at Roxbury, Mass., in 1846, was the city solicitor from | 1856 till 1860, and mayor in 1861 and "62. |e was a member of the Massachusetts }legislature in 1853, "54 and ‘56, and of the state senate in 1868, He was mayor of Bos- | ton in i871, 'T2, and was elected governor ot Massachusetts in 1 being the only | democrat that had enjoyed that honor in |many years. On retiring from the guberna- ‘torial chair he resumed his professional jlabor in Boston. SiS ee MR. CHILDS MUCH BETTER. H No Serto Result Apprehended From His Miness, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.—The condition of Mr. George W. Childs, who was seized with an attack of vertigo in his office yes- terday, was improved this morning. Mr. | Childs rested well last night and no serious | result_is apprehended. At Mr. Childs’ house this afternoon it was stated that he was resting easily, and that his condition was much improved. a Resigns From the Utah Commission. CHICAGO, Jan. 19.—A special to the Tribune from DesMoines, Iowa, says: Col. G. L. Godfrey, member of the United States Utah commission, yesterday forwarded his resignation to Secretary Smith. A few days ago the colonel received a letter from the Secretary of the interior stating that the | President had decided to appoint citizens of | Utah on the commission and asking him what he thought of ft. Col Godfrey couched his thoughts of it in a resignation. THE LONG BRIDGE. Piles and Trestle Placed There by the B. and P, BR. B. Oo, Were to Have Beem Removed by De- cember 15, but the Permit Has Been Extended Until February 15. As was predicted by The Star at the time, the Baltimore and Potomac RailroadCompa- ny has taken advantage of the action of the Secretary of War in allowing it to make certain necessary nepairs to the Long bridge. The company got an opening for its wedge, and is pressing it in further and further until there is no certainty where the pressure will stop. It is only another in- stance of getting an inch and wanting an ell. The story is a short one. On September 29, 1893, the Secretary of War authorized the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company to drive piles under the Long bridge for the purpose of repairing the same, with the proviso that all piling should be removed before December 15, 1893. An examination of the bridge was made on the | expiration of this permit by Major Davis of the engineer corps and it was found that there were forty-six piles and four trestle bents which had not been removed. A let- ter was thereupon addressed by Major Da- vis to the chief engineer of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, calling his attention to the matter. He stated in reply that the company was building arches in the bridge, that it was necessary to trestle to make these repairs, and that as soon as one span was done the piles under it would be removed. He said that he did not think it possible to complete the work before the middle of February, but promised that the work should be finished before the “ice flows in the river.” Maj. Davis reported the facts to the chief of engineers, and by’ him they were laid before Secretary Lamont. The engineer of- ficers reported that no interests were likely to suffer by a continuation of the work, and Secretary Lamont extended the time for the completion of the work until February 15, with the distinct understanding that the public interests should be fully protect- ed in the matter. —_—-———___-e+—______ WITH MANY NAMES, An Alleged Pen: Fraud Brought Here From Chicago. This morning John 8. Dodge, alias Henry Lyman Abbott, alias Heber W. Smythe, alias Chas. E. Leslie, alias John E. Dodge, alias Robt. 8S. Dane, indicted here for vio- lating section 5892, Revised Statutes, United States, arrived here from Chicago in charge of Deputy Marshal Shanahan of that city and was delivered to Marshal Wilson. He was taken before Justice Cole for commit- ment, but he having presented the case and filed the indictment as district attor- ney, declined to act, and Justice Cox took cognizance of the case and ordered the commitment and fixed the bail at $2,000. The indictment was found here in October, 1892, and charged that in his application for an increase of pension he, on October 4, 1889, made an affidavit that he had served Jn_the war.of the rebellion in the second District of Columbia infantry and as second lieutenant in the eleventh Maine and com- pany F, fifth Massachusetts; that he was disc! for paralysis and became nearly ‘entirely helpless, requiring for thirteen years his wife's care, when, in truth, he was not so attacked. When the case was called by Justice Cox, Mr. T. C. Taylor appeared for him, and the district attorney for the government. The latter submitted that the theory of the pen- sion office was that he had been, since the indictment had been found, evading arrest, having about that time left Boston, and when arrested in Chicago the ball was fixed at $5,000. Mr. Taylor denied that he had evaded ar- rest, stating that for two years he had been a police inspector at the world’s fair, after he had left Boston; and said that the same facts had been sworn to by thirty people, and it would be shown that at the time they were true, although he now appears in health. He submitted that $5,000 was too much bail and suggested $1,000. Mr. Birney agreed that $5,000 was too much and $1,000 too little. Justice Cox fixed the bail at $2,000. —_—-_— STRAIGHT OUT FREE TRADE. That Appears to Be the Strongest Sen- timent Im the Democratic Party. The democrats of the ways and means committee are greatly depressed over the in- subordination of members in the House, and are both surprised and perplexed at the tremenduus strength which the free trade sentiment has among democratic mem- bers. They are perfectly well satisfied now that while they are supported by a majority of the democrats in a spirit of loyalty to the committee and ‘with a purpose of se- curing harmonious action, the sentiment in the party is overwhelmingly radical and a bill much more nearly approaching free trade would have come nearer having the united support of the party in the House. The democrats of the committee, except- ing one, themselves are practicaily free traders, and in forming the bill “with a discriminating element of protec in it” they were influenced by the idea that mod- erate protectionists would accept it some- what in the spirit of a compromise meas- ure. Their experience, however, has dem- onstrated that they are not able to inspire for this measure hearty support by either element. They are so far disconcerted by the situation that they are even prepared for the possible failure of their bill or for the destruction of its symmetry to the point of making it unrecognizable. A member of the committee said today that it was very evident that the strongest sentiment within the democratic ranks was for a much more radical bill and that the moderate protectionists are not willing to accept graciously the measure of protection which the committee's bill contains. “The result wili be,” he said, “that if this bill is defeated or its character destroyed, that a bill amounting practically to free trade will be brought in. And whether any tariff bill be passed or not, the issue after this will be drawn strictly between protection and straightout free trade.” George Bidwell, an English ticket-of-leave man, is in the city for the purpose of secur- ing the assistance of the President and Secretary of State in his efforts to obtain a full and free pardon from the British gov- ernment. Bidwell, his brother and two other Americans were convicted in England of forging Bank of England notes, aggre- gating £1,000,000, and the four were sen- tenced to life imprisonment. Afte> serving fifteen years, George Bidwell was released on ticket-of-leave, and five years later se- cured the release of the others. + 2+—___—. Personal Mention. Theo. F. Gatchell, formerly president of the metropolitan police board, and since a resident of Des Moines, Iowa, for thirteen years, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. Street, 1102 9th street, for a few days. Assistant Secretary Curtis of the Treas- ury Department left last night for New York. Capt. Frank PD. Baldwin of Gen. Miles’ staff is in Washington for the first time in more than ten years, and stopping at the Cochran. Capt. Baldwin leaves for Chica- go tomorrow. The Secretary of the Treasury has called for the resignation of Mr. Frank W. Pease, chief computers’ division, office of the super- vising architect. AS TO STEEL RAILS. Some Sharp Talk on the Subject in the House. CHARGES MADE BY MR. DALZELL Of Misstatements Made by Mr. Johnson of Ohio. THE LATTER’S REPLY. —_-—____ There was a targer number of members present when the House me: this morring than for some ‘ime past. The usual crowd was in the gallery. At 11:10 the Mouse went into committee of the whole to consid with Mr, Richardson Tenn.) in the chair An agreement was then entered into | whereby three hours, immediately after the | House goes into committee of the whole next Monday, wiil be given to debate on the sugar scheduie, and the vote will then be taken on any amendments which might be offered. Mr. Di Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) then took up the line which he was engased when the Hou: took a recess yesterday evening. He és- serted that Mr. committee intd the belief that he was a |manufacturer of steel rails in general, whereas he was a manufacturer of a par- ticular style, and a monopolist in that class, Mr. Dalzell summarized his charges against Mr. Johnson as being: First. That he had misstated the facts before the committee. Second. That he was anxious to have steel rails put on the free list, while be was still protected by 102 United States patents. Third. That he forced his employes into receiving their wages ir one-third cash and two-thirds scrip. Fourth. That he had made a statement on the floor of the House in regard to the redemption of those certificates which was untrue. Fifth. That he privately altered the ste- nographer’s notes and inserted in the Record a staiement he did not make on the floor which was true and eliminated a statement he did make oa the floor which was untrue. Again, referring to the question of scrip, he asserted this scrip was hawked about bought up by a relative of Mr. Johnson at a discount. The statement of Mr. John- son that he paid better wages than the other mills, Mr. Dalzell characterized a: untrue. He had direct evidence from a person, who was in a position to know, that the wages paid at the Johnson mill were not higher than at the other mill In Sympathy He asserted that Mr. sympathy with English manufacturers; that he had at his mill an English engine, made in Manchester, and imported from there, together with the workmen to run it. And the presiding spirit of the mill was Johnson was in an Englishman named Moxam, who had ; never been naturalized, and who openly announced his intention of returning to England to live. He read an extract from a Pittsburg paper purporting to be an in- terview with Mr. Moxam, in which he made to say that he favored the passage of the Wilson bill, even though it did not go far enough. “So it seems,” said Mr. Dalzell, “that while the gentleman (Mr. Johnson) is un- willing to vote money into the pockets of his stockholders, he has no objection to voting money out of the pockets of his em- Ployes.” (Republican laughter and ap- plause.) Mr. Johnson had made charges agairst trusts, said Mr. Dalzell, which he would Mke to reply to at some length. He was unable to do so at this time, but he knew there was a trust composed of English and Belgian manufacturers formed for the pur- Pose of seizing the American market. Mr. Dalzell commented upon Mr. John- son's antagonism to steel rail trusts, and to Mr. Carnegie‘in particular, and said that the platform of the free traders was “‘any- thing to abuse Carnegie.” (Republican laughter). And the gentleman from Ohio, said Mr. Dalzell, had hurled abuse at the robber barons and at Mr. Carnegie. But Mr. Dailzell thought Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Johnson were very much alike in several respects; they were both robber barons,and both had got rich in the same way; but there the resemblance ccased. (Laughter). The philanthropic robber baron who would not vote to put money in the pockets of his stockholders, took advantage of the rigors of winter to drive a dicker with his employes about wages and had paid them one-third in cash and two-thirds in serip. (Republican laughter and applause). And that while Johnstown had scarcely recover- ed from the awful calamity which had re- cently overtaken her. (Republican ap- plause). Mr. Johnson's Innings. Mr. Johnson disclaimed any intention of posing as a philanthropist, but he had urg- ed that steel rails should be placed on the free list, because there was a pool to raise the price of steel rails. (Democratic ap- plause.) He had notified the champion of the steel rail trusts (Mr. Dalzell) that he proposed to offer this amendment putting rails on the free list, so that he might be prepared to speak against it; and he (Mr. Dalzell) had come here armed with pins to stick into him; but he would have to bring heavier cannon to bear to make any im- pression on him. (Democratic applause and laughter.) He deprecated the fact that per- sonal charges had been brought into the In reply to the charge that he was a monopolist, Mr. Johnson laughingly plead- ed guilty. As to the charge that he was steel rails which would not be affected by putting steel rails on the free list—that he would still be procected by his patents— Mr. Johnson said that all the patents he held were not on the manufacture of steel rails, but many of them were on machin- ery. He did have twenty or thirty patents on steel rail manufacture, but the remain- tents issued to sustain other patents. He acknowledged that he had tried to monopo- lize the business by means of his patent: but the courts had not sustained them. As to the Scrip. On the subject of scrip Mr. Johnson said it was a question of closing the mills al- together or paying partly in scrip, and he chose the latter. In his opinion it was better to do that than to close the mill, as was done at Sparrows Point, and as was advocated by the steel rail trust. It would be time enough to complain of that issue of scrip when his company failed to redeem it. In regard to his alteration was being discussed before he replied to Mr. Dalzeil’s question without being pre- looked up the matter he found that the scrip had been redeemed that day instead of a week ago, as he had stated under a misapprehension, posed, but at par. He had then made the change required in the Record. Mr. Dalzell said: “You changed the rec- crd in that respect without asking the con- sent of the House. I say now that you did | it _clandestinel: Mr. Johnson replied that he had told him (Mr, Dalzell) of his intention to correct the record. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, Two Bills Referred. The Senate District committee had a brief meeting this morning, with seven of its the Wilson. bitt, | of attack against Mr. Johnson (Ohio), on | Johnson had mislead the | the streets of Johnstown, and that it was | debate, but he would answer them briefly. | engaged in the manufacture of a class of | irg seventy or eighty were. “bluffs” —pa-: of the. Record he explained that when the subject ! pared, and when he hed gone home and/ and that it was not re-/ deemed at a small premium, as he sup-| TWO CENTS. members present. In the absence of re-| ports from the District Commissioners there was no business on hand that could be transacted beyond referring two bills that have been introduced since last Friday to subcommittees. It is probable that by next Friday the Commissioners will have report- ed on several of the measures now awaiting their opinion, and that the Senators in charge of the bill will be directed to report the action of the committee to the Senate. | Life Estate Association, Mr. Berry of Kentucky has introduced a bill in the House to incorporate the Colum- bia Life Estate Association of the District of Columbia. ‘The incorporaters are C. B. Hemingway, Edwin Gladmon and E. B. Olmstead. The object of the association is stated to be “through the accumulation of certain sums paid as premiumr and princi- pal sums to establish a fund, the invest- ment of which shall constitute an estate, from the net profits of which those who purchase life interests may receive periodic- ally sums for their support.” Brightwood Rallway Reports. | ‘The annual report of the Brightwood | Railway Company was submitted to the | House today. It shows the capital stock | of the company to be $108,560 with a bond- ed indebtedness of $350,000, | ‘The gross receipts of the company for the year was $36,007.45 and the expenses, inter- est and cost of maintenance was. $47,868.09. parE eS SRE CAPITOL TOPICS. | Protest From the Harlem River Pi 4t this morning’s session of the Ameri- can Association of Master Pilots of Steam Vessels a resolution was adopted protesting | against the closing, during certain hours | of the day, of the Harlem river as a viola- tion of law, and callint upon the Secretary | of War to remedy the evil. i i Smithsonian Institution, | The House judiciary committee today | favorably reported a bill adding the heads | of the executive departments and the chief justice of the Court of Appeals of the Dis- trict of Columbia to the list of persons who are classed by law as members of the! Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Cartisie jto Explain. | The resolution denying the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue | bonds for any other purpose than the re- demption of the greenbacks, introduced by Mr. Bailey and reportpd favorably by the subcommittee, was dischssed in the House Judiciary committ®® totlay at some length, | and further consideration was then post-| poned until next’ Wednesday, the regular) ;meeting day of the committee. Mr. Car-| ‘lisle is to be invited before the committee | ‘at that time to explain his decision. There | is little doubt that a majority of the com-! mittee disbelieve in Mr. Carlisle's authority | to issue bonds, bu‘ there is no probability | of action by the House on the subject even | should the committee report the resolution favorably, a thing which in itself is doubt- | ful. The Stark Statue. Senator Gallinger yesterday afternoon | succeeded in getting through the Senate the | bill for the erection of a statue of Gen. John | Stark at Manchester, N. H. This bill has already passed the Senate twice before, and it was yesterday opposed seriously by sev-/| eral Senators. At the first vote there were 28 in favor of it and 13 opposed. As this vote did not constitute a quorum, a second call was ordered, and had after some de- bate. This call showed 32 yeas and 15 nays, and so the bill was passed. . The Removal of Letter Carriers. Representative Maguire of California has introduced in the House a bill to regulate the removal of letter carriers. The object of the bill is to change the present method | of their dismissal and provide for a hearing | such as is accorded all uniformed municipal | bodies. ‘The letter carriers of the United States have for man: of Letter Carriers declared teem ory | for it at a recent annual convention Kansas City. Hansbrough and ‘the Russian Thist The Senate committee on agriculture has appointed as a subcommittee on the Russian thistle Messrs, Hansbrough, Roach and Peffer. The subcommittee has already gath-| ered together much information concerning: the Russian thistle and will ask to have it! printed as a document. The committee hopes to be able to bring to the support of the bill appropriating a million dollars to | suppress this pest sufficient testimony to/ prove to Congress the immediate need of action on the part of the general fovern- ment. In Favor of Settle. The House committee on elections at a meeting last night decided the contested | election case of North Carolina between | Williams and Settle in favor of Settle, the | republican, who is the sitting member. The committee was almost unanimous in its de- cision. Contested Election . The minority members (republicans) of | the House election committee met this | morning and agreed upon their report in } the contested election cases of O'Neill | against Joy from the eleventh Missouri district. The report takes the ground that under the construction that should be given to the statutes of Missouri relating to the election of 1892 Joy is elected; that none of the votes should be rejected because they were not numbered or because they did not have the initials of the two election judges upon them, The election of 1892 was held under the Australian system which being new could not naturally be understood by all the! voters. j The speakers at this evening's session of | the House will be Representatives Bell of | Colorado and Morgan of Missouri in favor | of the Wilson bill | Shore of Wisconsin and Childs of Lilinois | against it. } -— MINISTER THURSTON'S RETURN. | He is Expected to Reach This City } Tomorrow. Mr. Lorin A. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, who is on his way back from | Honolulu, is expected to arrive in this city | some time tomorrow. In an interview with | him in Omaha yesterdey Mr. Thurston said that when he left Honolulu every-| thing on the islands was in a comparative-| ly satisfactory condition. It was evident that the provisional government had come to stay and was gaining more adherents | every day. Mr. Frank P. Hastings, the secretary of | the Hawaiian legation, was seen by a Star {reporter today. He said that he had re- ceived no further advices from Honolulu | than were contained in the press dispatches | which came by the steamer that brought Mr. Thurston to San Francisco. All the news he had direct from the minister was a brief telegram announcing his arrival and stating that he would proceed at once to Washington. It is presumed thet he will come through direct, although he may stop, for a day or two in Chicago. Mr. ‘Thurs- ton’s telegram to Mr. Hastings said that he had no more information to send than would be contained in the press dispatches. | +e | THE BOND POLICY. It Was Discussed at the Ca ing Today. The bond policy of the government was the principal subject of discussion at the |.cabinet meeting today. The success of Secretary Carlisle's plan of replenishing the gold reserve by the issue of $50,000,000 |5 per cent bonds on a basis of 3 per cent | is regarded as already determined. The | | subscriptions already received are much above the limit and many more are ex- pected. There is no longer any question et Meet- of floating the loan, but there is considera ble question as to how it shall be appor- tioned. ‘The only things settled are that the highest bids will receive the first con- | sideration and that the allotments will be- gin from the top. and Representatives | 3 TALKING OF PEACE. Tt May Be That Admiral Benham May Act as Arbitrator. MR. MENDONCA HAS HEARD Peace Between the Warring Fac- tions Desired. THE SITUATION AT RIO, Nothing new or important in the situa- | tion at Rio Janeiro has come to the Btate Department or the Navy Department within the past few days. There has apparently been no change in the condition of affairs, although some decisive happening or in- cident is looked for ver soon. The talk of arbitration in Rio has not been brought to the attention of the State Department by Minister Thompson. It was expected that the arrival of the cruiser New York at Rio, thus completing the full quota of the United States ves- | Sels assigned to duty there, would be fol- lowed by the development of some definite policy concerning the revolution, but so far Rear Admiral Benham has done nothing to irdicate a change in the manner of con- duct observed toward the fac- tions. It is learned at the Navy Department that the expected policy will not develop for the reason that Admira! Benham has in- structions simtflar to those given command- ing officers sent to protect American inter- ests in a-scountry where hostilities are in progress, He is merely to protect the life and property of United States citizens and j to see that this government does net get involved in the trouble between the Peixoto and Mello forces. Minister Mendonca’s Views. Minister Mendonca of Brazil wes asked today if he had any information regarding the report from Rio, published this morn- ing, that an arbitration of the differences between Piexoto and the insurgents had “I have heard at all on the subject,” he answered. “A. cablegram from President Piexoto was ré- ceived by me Cay before yesterday, con- taining a confirmation of the de- feat of the revolutionists in the south, whereby they were prevented from Mello on his ships, and being conveyed by them to Rio to reinforce Da Gama. no hint was given of such a proposition was printed this morning. = “I should think it quite improbable,” tinued the minister, “that just at this when everything seems to be favor of the government, that an tion of differences should be had. The arbitration I can conceive possible that proceeds upon the basis of the materials of the rebels, the they carried off and gives the the rebellion over to punishment. Mello’s Movement. ing on the island. “For two reasons that scem improbable: First, Mello has not been north of Rio Ja- neiro with the Aquidaban. Second, if had gone so far north as the convict which lies off Pernambuco, he would have at least dropped into the harbor there, to take a look at the Nictheroy and Americe, or sought to meet one or both of them, they were making for that Aquideban would easily have been the occasion, and Mello could not have sisted the temptation to seek a meeting he been in the vicinity of the vessels.” The minister said the defeats surgents at Itajahy and Bage greatest importance to both the and the revolutionists, for they failure of the land forces of the reach Mello on the coast, a fact, proved the return of his ship to Rio without rein- forcements, and disposed of the possibility of a movement against Rio from the inte- rior, which had been so frequently adv ised. Admiral Benham’s Part. g the Peixoto government to arbitration,tends to confirm the theory advanced by The Star several days ago that Admiral Benham was sent to Rio with a large fleet for the special purpose of bringing the war to a close as Soon as possible. It is said at the Navy Department that he was vested with no authority to arbitrate the differences be- tween the contending parties, but there would be no special objection to his ac- cepting a joint invitation to act in that capacity. His instructions were general in thelr character and comprehended simply that he should conserve and protect the interests of the United States in every respect, amd as those interests will be best subserved by the establishment of peace, it is not unrea- sonable to assume that he will exert his best offices to securing that result, if it can be done without aiding or interfering in any yay with the plans of either party to the struggle. +e +________ SENATORS SHOCKED. Exception Taken to the World's Fate | Award Medal. There is a tempest in the teapot of the medal of awards for the World's Fair for the design of which $5,000 was paid. The proofs of the medal received from the mint shocked the sensibilties of some of the Senators and other gentlemen interested in the matter. It was stated that these procfs did not correctly represent the med- al end an authorized cast w secured, Yesterday the original of the medal was taken to the Senate committee for exhibi- tion to the Senators, who were greatiy shocked by the realism in the figure. Senator Wilson said he was against itz Senator Pugh expressed the opinion that the artist ought to be fined, Senator Cullom expressed the opinion that it was unfi for exhibiion and Senator Vilas said that he would protest to Secretary Carlisle agains® its being isued, and that if the Secretar# did not interfere he would introduce a reso- lution In the Senate condeming the use of the design. One side of the medal is historical and represents Columbus just stepping on the shore of America with his head raised on high, giving thanks to the Almighty, the | beat’ which brought him from his vessel behind him. The reverse side is embja- matical and supposed to typify Am on the left of the shield, bearing the words = Pluribus Unum, to the right is @ tall, stalwart, full-grown man with @ full front in a@ state of perfect nudity. ee 2 Search for a Missing Schooner. Secretary Carlisle today ordered the reve- nue cutter Wolcott, stationed at Port Town- send, Wash., to proceed to the west coast of Vancouver Island, Alaska, and institute a search in the waters thereabouts for the schooner Mary Brown, owned, it is said, in San Francisco. ‘The Mary Mrown left Sand Point, Alaska, on October %, bound south, since which date nothing has been heard of her. Littie hope is entertained that she is afloat.

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