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fleet, but the younger officers yield. It was stated at the that Admiral Benham had offered Da Gama and his officers asylum he American war ships. it of the trouble be- it the American mer- protected in every part g Admiral Benham said last night that Da Gama by his failure to surren- der, had lost an easy way out of his trou- ble. He said: “However, that is nothing to me, but we have established our principle.” NEWS IN THIS CITY. What is Said © Navy Department and the Capitol. The purpose of the administration in con- centrating a powerful fleet of wur ships at Rio is believed to be clearly disclosed in the determined action of Admiral Benham in reopening the harbor of Rio to American commerce, as stated in the latest press dis- patches from Rio. The American admiral ‘was instructed to “protect American in- terests,” and he seems th have taken posi- tive steps in that direction. Qn the theory that these interests can- not be properly protected while the mer- ehant ships cannot load or unload their cargoes without danger of destruction he bas undertaken, so the press dispatches say, to remove the source of danger. Secretary Gresham's Statement. Secretary Gresham gave out the following statement last night: “The American admiral,” he said, “has no instructions to act in the capacity of mediator between the government of Bra- zil and the insurgent forces. It is not be- lieved here that he is acting in any such capacity. If a collision has occurred in the bay between our warships and the insur- gent warships we have not been informed) of it.” ¢ Secretary added that it vas quite likely that a crisis was imminent and that news might be expected at any time. Secretary Herbert was seen this morning but when asked as to the present status of | affairs in the bay at Rio he replied, “I cannot talk to you about that at present.” At the Navy Department. A cable message has been received at the Navy Department onfirming the press re- port of the action of Admiral Benham in the case of the American bark Amy and giving a brief statement of the situation of affairs. Secretary Herbert refused to make ft pub- lic for the present. That it was of the ut- most importance is clearly indicated by the fact that it caused him to hasten over to the White House, before the cabinet met, for the purpose of submitting it to the Pres- ident at once. It formed the principal topic of discussion at the meeting of the Presi- Gent and his advisers this afternoon. It was said at the Navy Department to- @ay that word had been received from Ad- miral Benham announcing his purpose to protect American vessels from insurgent firing. Dispatches which were received to- day, it is stated, fully confirm the Asso- ciated Press dispatches from Rio. An offi- . ¢fal who made this statement added very significantly: “They (ihe press dispatches) don’t go far enough.” From this the in- ference is drawn that later developments | have been more serious. Shots Were Exchanged. There seems to be no room to doubt that the Navy Department has news of a condi- tion of affairs at Rio more inflammatory im character than anything that has yet been published regarding it. There is a manifest apprehension in that department that important happenings are taking place today and that there is no means of getting the report of them out of the city. * There is excellent authority for the asser- tion heretofore made that shots were es changed between the United States ships and the insurgent vesseis while Admiral Benham was convoying the American mer- chant vessels yesterday. That seems to be about the last information received by the department. It is clearly implied that Ad- miral Benham had instructions, or at icast m, to protect these ships. This must, of course, have included authority to attack Da Gama if he interfered. Men in ‘Washington here who know Admiral! Ken- ham well assert that if the Braziiians fired cn his ships there would be no naif way method in the course he would pursne in reply. This gives currency to an appre- hension that there has been a hot naval engagement in Rio harbor. The aggressive action of Admiral Ben- ham, if it has the approval of the govern- ment, marks a notable departure from the policy heretofore pursued in Brazil. Capt. Picking, while he was in command of the! naval forces at Rio, persisted in a strongly conservative course, and elicited more than one complaint from Americans, who urged that their interests were suffering. It has been practically asserted that the insur- gent’s forces were not bound to preserve any given portion of the harbor from the Ime of fire, so long as they gave ample warning to neutrals to avoid the line of fire. This question came up some time ago | when all ships were notified to*vacate the station usually assigned as the anchorage | for merchant vessels, as it came into a proposed line of fire. Earnest protests / against this were referred by Capt. Pick- {ng to Washington. but it was decided that fs did not lie within the province of the government to interfere at that time. Opinions at the Capitol. ‘The*news of the exchange of shots be- tween the American fleet in Rio harbor and the Brazilian insurgents, under Admiral Da Gama, proved a complete surprise to Sen- ators and members. Together with the ex- citing events in Rio harbor yesterday, con- tained in the cable dispatches, all expressed astonishment that such a situation should have arisen, and that men circumstanced as the insurgents are should have taken upon themselves this new complication, but none ‘were prepared to quote a precedent for the situation or for the action of Admiral Ben- ham. Senator Butler, who fs the second men- ber of both the Senate committee on foreign relations and naval affairs, and in the ab- sence of Senator McPherson, chairman of the latter committee, said that he would not attempt at this time to say what Congress could or would do under the circumstances, and he thought that it would be left for future developments. He had no doubt, however, that if Admiral Benham took the steps, which he seems to have taken solely for the purpose of protecting American in-! terests, he wouid be fuily sustained. Senator Frye, a prominent republican member of the committee on foreisn re-} lations, held views similar to those of Sen- ator Butler. He raid that a rule which might apply to our relations with a strong | power would not always be applied to a/ weaker one, and <eemed to be of the opin- fon that some such question as that might be involved in this case. He said explicitly, however, that he had no doubt that if American interests were imperiled they would be protected, and that if Admiral Benham had acted with that end in view he would be sustained. Senator Teller was of the opinion that the incident would hasten the intervention of this government to bring the war between the Brazilian government and the rebels to a close, and repeated the opinions out- lined in his speech to this effect in the Senate yesterday. Senators But and Frye did not think the United States could interfere in such a matter unless requested to do so by the parties engaged in the war. Foreign and Naval Committees. Both the Senate committee on for-| ations and naval affairs will meet . and it is possible that the sub- ject will receive some attention, which will | necessarily be informal, however, as there | is nothing before either committee upon | which to base action. Senator Dolph expressed opinion that as the situation at Sesent presents itself the case was one for diplomatic action. It is considered probable that Congress will be | officially informed of the circumstances by | President, and that if congressional action should be necessary the executive} will make the request and indicate what is | heeded. Senator Sherman, the senior republican | member of the Senate committee on for- | eigu relations, said: “As Admiral Da Gama is the head of a band of insurgents and represents no organized government, . it | will not be necessary to declare war at all, | but he and his followers can be treated as pirates. I don't court war,” continued the Senator, “but when we get into it, [| ‘A war on, and added, | ‘shall have to protect our interests in Bra. | sitien waters at any rate.” hope,” said Senator Cullom, “that the warship will knock them into American the deep blue sea.” Upon reading the dispatches Senator of the foreign relations commi have great confidence in discretion his a@ strong and yet kind face, and Iam sure he will protect) American inter- | ests. I think he has done the proper thing will be such as to ings of the House naval committee said that the action of the ad- miral presented some serious questions and might involve grave consequences, but he would not discuss the question until more fully informed. Chai ‘McCreary of the foreign affairs commit! had just come from the State Department, where he heard no news of an unusual character. Mr. McCreary said that the foreign com- mittee would not take up the Rio pli- | cation unless a resolution was introduced | and referred to it. Representatives Stirred. A patriotic thrill ran through the House of Representatives when, about 1 o'clock, word came through Associated Press ad- vices that Admiral De Gama had surren- dered to the American naval commander. “War with Brazil,” said Mr. Doliver, as he passed among his associatesy When Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee, heard of the sur- render he remarked that De Gama nad probably shown discretion in surrendering to the American commander instead of to the Piexoto government. Mr. Doliver of Iowa, one of the leading members of the naval committee, said con- cerning the questions of naval precedent which might arise, Admiral Benham has a wide discretion in taking such action as seems to him best for the protection of | American interests. When it comes to a question of such protection there is no time for appealing to Congress for author- | even if the offender occupies the | ity to act, attitade of a belligerent, which the Rio in- surgents do not. A Case tn Point, There are precedents which fully sustain raval commanders in using force to pro- tect American interests, without waiting for instructions. The case of the surrender of Da Costa is one in point. Da Costa was an Austrian, who had taken out first cit- izenship papers in this country. He was seized by Austrians and taken aboard one of their gunboats. The American naval commander thereupon trained his guns on the Austrian gunboat and gave one hour! for the surrender of Da Costa. The sur- render was made, and the American com- mander was upheld for his war-like step in sustaining American interests. In other cases Admiral Jouett has threat- ened to open fire on rebellious factions in South America who have tried to blockade rivers, set up unlawful custom houses and otherwise impeded commerce. Admiral Benham could go even fur-her in protecting American interests as agaiast the insurgents than he could against a recognized power. De Gama's forces have not even been recognized-as belligerents ty any power, so that De Gama could be treated as little more than a pirate.” Coal as atraband. It was learned this afternoon that the Brazilian insurgents had undertaken to treat coal as contraband of war, and that their objection to the entry of several American merchant ships was mainly be- cause they carried coal as a part of their) cargo. Admiral Benham refused to recognize the right of the insurgents to decide a ques- tion ‘of this kind as applied to American ships and that the controversy between | tnem arose over this question. No official coniirmation is obtainable of the report that Admiral Gama had surrendered to the American forces. COMMENT IN LONDON. An Official of the Foreign Office on the Surrender at Rio. LONDON, Jan. 30.—A high official of the British foreign office, on being told that Da Gama had surrendered to the United States admiral at Rio, expressed the opiaion that it might be true, as it would be the evsiest way out of a great difficulty. But the official remarked he did not see what the United States admiral would do with Da Gama and the insurgents who sur- rendered with him. Admiral Benham, he added, could not very well surrender the insurgents to President Peixoto, who would undoubtedly shoot them, and it was hard- ly probable that the United States govern- ment would care to assume the care of a mass of Brazilian insurgents for an indefi- nite period. if it was true that the insurgents had surrendered to the U. S. admiral, the lat- ter would seem to have a white elephant of the biggest description on his hand. In conclusion, the official said that he could not believe that Admiral da Gama would be mad enough to deliberately fire upon the American ships, although the strained relations, foreshadowed in the re- cent dispatches, showed that Admiral Ben- ham undoubtedly, while protecting Ameri- can shipping, was likely to come within the line of Admiral da Gama’'s fire. BALTIMORE, Jan. 30.—Eugene Levering & Company, who are largely interested in the American barks at Rio Janeiro, last night received a cablegram from Rio, dated yesterday, t the effect that the American bark Amy, from Baltimore, would attempt during the day to discharge her cargo. Mr. Levering believed that such action would lead to serious trouble. He kAew the bark Good News had been in Rio almost a month without being able to reach her pier, because of insurgent threats to sink her if the effort to unload was made. Mr. Levering was greatly relieved when showr the dispatch from Rio Janeiro this morning stating that Admiral Benham had succeeded in thwarting Admiral Da Gama's plan of destruction. Mr. Levering con- firmed the statement that the Julia Rollins was fired on last week. — THE DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY. Some Think That Geographical Loca- tion Should Enter Into the Selection It is said that the uncertainty in the se- lection of a secretary for the democratic congressional campaign committee arises from the fact that there is a feeling on the part of some members that both the secre- tary and the chairman should not be chos- en from the east. It is claimed by these members that in case Mr. Stevens of Mas- sachusetts is made chairman the secretary should be selected from the west. It is not understood that there.is any per- sonal contest between Mr. Kerr and Mr. Gardner, but that the friends of Mr. Gardner point out that he has made and would undoubtedly continue to make an efficient and valuable secretary, and while this fact is not contrcverted there is a feeling on the part of some others that Mr. Gardner’s geographical location alone points to the wisdom of selecting some one else, if an eastern chairman is chosen. It is hardly believed, however, that there will be a division of those offices on sectional lunes, ——_+-2+__ CONTROLLER ECKELS OBJECTS The Secretary of the Treasury has asked for the resignation of Mr. Eldridge, chief of a division in the office of the controller of the currency. Controller Eckels prizes Mr. Eldridge as a good official and has entered a protest against his enforced res- ignation. He has informed Secretary Car- lisle, so it is said, that inasmuch as he gives a large bond for the faithful per- formance of his duties and as he must | necessarily rely in a large measure on tne | efficiency and integrity of his subordinates he does not consider it proper to substitute an entire stranger for one of his expe- rienced associates, bi + THE BAILEY RESOL@ION, Republican Members Who Voted for It Give Their Views. Representative W. A. Stone of Pennsyl- ‘ania has prepared a report giving the views of the republican members of the ju- diciary committee who voted for the Batley resolution. It goes at length into the fiscal policy of the government when the re- sumption act was passed and discusses the authority the Secretary possesses. In the course of the report it says that the pro- posed action of the Secretary will have a more pernicious effect on the business and credit of the country than any temporary embarrassment that may arise from the failure of Congress to provide a sufficient | revenue to meet the expenses of the gov- e | ernment. tice sd How the Rebellion in Honduras reminds one of Farragut. I am giad he is there, as so far, and believe his course will continue; the support of [LATE NEWS BY WIRE.|T¥E Tt Is Discussed at Length in the House Today. Progresses. —_——>——_ THE PEOPLE GENERALLY WITH BONILLA Courtesies Between the Rival Com- manders. Arguments in Favor of the Adoption of the Bill and Those Against Its Passage. The call of committees for reports was dispensed with this n.orning and the House went immediately into committee of the whole and the tariff debate was resumed. Mr. Covert (N. Y.), who was speaking when the House took a recess last night, was given unanimous consent to compiete his speech. He contirued his attack upon NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 30.—Andras/the bill, which he insisted was a sectional Amaya and Santiago de Vincent, office Measure, whose burdéns would fall on the holders in San Salvador, reached the city | east and north. It had been urged, he said, last night from Honduras on board the | that an income tax had operated with suc- |PRES’T LEISA DISAPPEARS steamehip Breakwater. On the 3d of Jan-/cess in Great Britain, Did gentlemen not uary they narrowly escaped assassination know that the conditions there were dis- at the hands of a corporal’s guard of Pres- | ident Ezeta’s soldiers while at their home | English people were a creditor people, with in the capital city. They made their way investments of millions upon millions in to Honduras on horseback, and came all quarters of the civilized globe. The through to the coast at Puerto Cruz. only manner in which this wealth could be In speaking of the revolution in Hondu-| reached was by an income tax. - = they stated that it looks very much as An Appeal to the South. | though Bonilla would triumph. About 500! “When the south was threatened with a |men in Olanchito have turned against Vas-! force bill,” he concluded, “we of the north quez, and are now siding with Bontila, and | stood shoulder to shoulder with the south ee cae oy maga treed aS against that bill because we believed its e of Ir departure | o; was in Tegu (th gettin ~ nt heagivrgsan oe be sectional. I ask you Bonilla, with a much larger force, was svr-|f the south now to join with us in de- rounding the city and was preparing to|ouncing this measure, which {s sectional boa ag serge = it. eee some days |and which will not bear on all sections nt word to Vasquez that if he (Bon-! alike. ila) captured the city he will have Vasquez | at sections tate see Yonder flag float over shot. Vasquez sent back word that! ke |#l sections, but not over two classes, one would return the compliment should he be | ¥ law forced to bear more burdens than victorious. Vasquez has placed about 300|the other. I want to see eich man in this men at Puerto, Truxillo and Coiba to pro-|COUMtry on perfect equality under the law, tect the coast from any invasion. with the same rights, paying the same Guatemalan May Intervene. tributes to a common country.” (Applause). It ts expected daily now that Guatemala|, Mr. Cox Supports the Income Tax. will take a hand in the affair. Ever since!’ Mr. Cox (Tenn.) followed in support of the outbreak between Honduras and Bo-| the income tax and argued that If it did nilla Guatemala has been furnishing all | bear more heavily on the east and north the money to the allies to carry out the than the south it was because the pro- warfare against Honduras. Vasquez has |tective system dictated by the north jand been aware of thig, and about a week ago east had concentrated the wealth of the sent John Drummond with a large force of | country in those sections. men to Copan, a city.on the border of! Mr, W, A. Stone (Pa.) opposed the in- | Guatemala, to make war on the Guatemal-| = ieee ans should they send a force af men to/ Come tax in a brief but vigorous speech. help Bonilla. | He read from the platform declarations of San Salvador has not openly sided with the democratic party from its foundation Vasquez, although three of her military to the present time to show that nothing leaders have been placed on Vasquez’s|in its history could be found in advocacy of staff. They are Gens. Juan J. Canos, Car-|this tax, which was to be resorted to be- los Lepedro and Felix Mohrin. San Sal- | cause the democratic House of Representa- vader will remain in the background until | tives had failed to redeem its pledges of a such time as Guatemala should take a tariff for revenue only. hand in the fracas openly. ry dd to an Income Tax. The people of Honduras seem to be in peunmeitays, | Sympathy with Bonilla ever since the out-| Mr. Bartlett (N: Y.) declared that he was break of the revolution, but were not able | opposed to the income tax at any time and bod = age a for fear S — | in any form, whether as a rider on the tar- rown in) prison. e cause of their. | dislike for Vasquez dated back to about’! bill or as a separate measure. He was | two years ago, when he ordered the execu- | especially opposed to this kind of an in- , tion of Gen. Leonardo Nuilla, who was | come tax, which proposed to confiscate ihe { Bonilla's chief ally. Vasquez at that time |property of a limited class of citizens and | dent Levers tease atins Senerals on Presi- | jcave another class exempt; which proposed President Léiva since that time has dis-| to tax 85,000 of 67,000,000 of American citi- appeared. He went to Puerto Cruz to take| zens. Men had been quick to read New sea baths for his health, and it was report-| York out of the democratic party, to de-| ed that he was dying. He sent a courier} nounce New York democrats as traitors. to Vasquez, in which he stated that Who were the real traitors? Those who wanted him to take the presidency. Some | purposed by their mad folly to deliver the say Leiva is dead, but they cannot be veri- | democratic party over to the enemy. The fied, but it is believed by some that he fs! geutleman from Missouri (Mr. Hall), who now passing his remaining days in peace | wanted to read New York out of the demo- in British Honduras. At present Vasquez | cratic party, was not a member of that | fears an attempt on his life. Since the rev-| party in 1888. He met with the popuiists olutién business has suffered ereatly. The| ai Omaha. Later, beaten on free silver, he |similar from those prevailing here? The | Mr. Sherman Severely Scores Those Who Attack the Proposition. NO QUESTION AS 10 THE AUTHORITY Necessity for Preserving the Gold Reserve in the Treasury. PROVISIONS OF THE LAW A petition to “represent 10,000 wool growers of California, irrespective of political party,” praying against the reduc- tion bf the duty on wool, was presented b; Senator Perkins of California. Senator Washburn of Minnesota presented a petition of 6,000 citizens of St. Louis coun- ty, Minn., protesting against putting iron ore on the free list. Stewart Against the Bond Issue. The resolution of Senator Stewart of Nevada declaring the proposed issue cf bonds to be without authority of law was taken up, and Mr. Stewart addressed the Senate in its favor. Senator Sherman Rep! Senator Sherman followed Senator Stew- art, and criticised severely the attack upon the credit of the nation in the resolution proposed by Senator Stewart, and .so in the speech of Senator Allen. He said that he was surprised that no one had risen to sustain the administration in its attempt to maintain the credit of the country. These attacks, just as the bonds were about to be issued, were serious, as it was apparent that they would either prevent the sale of the bonds or, if sold, compel sale at a greatly reduced rate of interest. Senator Sherman said that the Secretary of the Treasury had full authority to issue the bonds. “The Secretary of the Treas- ury,” said he, “has full power to sell bonds to maintalit the gold reserve. It is his duty to do so. This is the first time in fifteen long years that any one has denied that power. It never has been disputed before. it is almost unpatriotic to question this power at a time when the revenues of the government are Insufficient to meet the ex- Penditures. It is a question that should be above partisan discussion. I feel lke stand- ing up for the honor of the country and for the power of the Secretary of the Treasury. The power to issue bonds in just such a contingency as has now arisen was given by law in the strongest, clearest and most direct language that could be used. “That law and that power have stood un- challenged and uncontradicted from that day until a few days since, when ~esolutions were introduced in this body denying ihe authority of the Secretary of the Treasury at a time when bids were about to be is- sued.” The Provisions of the Law. Senator Sherman then proceeded to read in detail the provisions of law og the sub- ject in dispute, and argued that their le- gitimate construction was favorable and even mandatory of the power now «bout to be exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury. To the fine distinctions that had been drawn by some, he alleged that if is not necessary to segregate a certain sum of money from the great mass of the money in the treasury. It is expressly provided that if the reserve should fall below $100,- 000,000 then the government should issue no more gold certificates. So that this “THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1894—TWELVE. PAGES. INCOME TAX.ITHE BOND ISSUE,|THE GOLD RESERVE FINANCE AND. TRADE. The Bond Issue Occupies the Atter. tion of Wall Street. | CAPITALISTS PREFER A 3 PER CENT BOND The Senate has suddenly taken a very serious attitude on the bond question. The republican side has been united, despite the | Attack on It. old division over the silver bill, and there | Tt Oan Bo Maintained by the Issue of Bonds. But No Authority to Sell Them to Meet Current Expenses — Administra- tiom Friends Worried. is a prospect that the Senate may possibly | Sa Pass a resolution restricting the Secretary | of the Treasury in the use of the money ae. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. rived from the sale of bonds to the preser-| - eae Tot vation of the gold reserve. The question came up today when Senator Stewart cailed | Sci! Dispatch to The Evening Star. up the resolution introduced yesterday de-| NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Today’s market claring that the Secretary has no authority Opened at fractional concessions from yes- to issue bonds. Mr. Stewart made a brief ‘¢Tay’s closing, with no important business and characteristic speech. Then Senator |i" Sight. Outside of the industrials trans- Sherman took the floor, and the democrats generally moved closer to him to listen to every word that the great republican leader uttered. In effect he told the democratic side that he would fight and vote for meas- ures enabling the treasury reserve to be maintained, but that he would not lift a finger to devise means to help the adminis- tration to provide funds for current ex- penses. He indicated very clearly that the republicans are not going to aid the gov- ernment in breaking down the revenue sys- tem now established. Sliver a: An liver Men. The fact is, silver and anti-silver wings of the republican side are now united in this, that they will vote for a resolution admit- ting the authority of the Secretary to issue bonds for the purpose of maintaining the re- serve. Behind this agreement there is a determination to “put the administration in a hole,” and there are many grave possibil- ities in the situation The silver men are most anxious to force the treasury into coining the seigniorage, and so are opposed to the issue of bonds asa temporary make- shift to raise money. The anti-silver repub- licans are eager to prevent the administra- tion from devising means to meet expenses will not produce sufficient revenue to run the government. It ts likely, therefore, that | the entire republican vote and that of the populists will be cast for a resolution sim- House, which was acted upon favorably the other day by the judiciary committee of that body. Mr. Dubois’ Resolutio: same resolution as a substitute to Mr. Stewart's resolution. The question is whether the silver republicans will be en- abled to keep their friends of the south sufficiently together on the seigniorage Proposition to draw from them enough votes to break down the very narrow mar-- gin that remains after the republican and populist votes are combined. Senators Pugh, Coke and Berry are thought to be possibilities in this line. They are all in- Senators Sherman and Teller had to say [on the question. Mr. Hill, too, it is rumor- | ed, may vote for the Dubois substitute. Of course the silver democrats will find them- | selves between two fires. They will have the main object in view of the coinage of | the seigniorage, which they hope will be tive in case his authority to issue bonds is denied. Yet the party whip is undoubtedly going to be applied as far as possible on | the democratic side to keep these Sena- tors.in line in support of the administra- tion. under the Wilson bill, which, they claim, | ilar to that introduced by Mr. Bailey in the | . Senator Dubois today introduced the | tensely interested this morning in what | | adopted by the Secretary as an alterna-| soldiers of Honduras are getting their ra- tions largely from San Salvador, while Lo- nilla’s men are given al! they want by both Nicaragua and Guatemala. At present there is a likelihood of a revo- came back to betray the party with a plank in the socialistic labor platform. He yielded to no one in party fealty, but it was beyond the power of any coterie of men or of a party caucus to bind him to fund, this reserve, trom the passaze of the law until this hour been in the nature of a reserve fund. “I shall not now,” said he, “go into the question as to whether the Secretary of the ‘Treasury had any )ower ried. The friends of the President on the floor Friends of the Administration Wor- | hi" | actions were too restricted to be significant, and require no analysis, London was slightly lower and did not influence | trading. || The government bond issue is again the | leading topic of discussion among Tegaitty of the insue aay sages y of the are | skeptical as to its | In case of failure ues would oniy be | banks are known scribe to an issue | par double the | ent proposed. While of their own, take this question the more | predict that with low aad go ay will | selves o opporte. | idle funds. The withholding | device to force a larger issue bonds, which bankers consider | sirable than a 5 per cent issue on | cent basis. Should the device fall will be immediately absorbed. | Yesterday's drive at Chicago Gas to have been made with the view of | up some cheap stock. The stituted against the company may annoy them temporarily, but can jn no wey, for | the present at least, affect the company’s clined to bull the property this and forced the price up 1 5-8 per cent on lmited buying. S@gar was improved 1 1-4 per cent on re- ported favorable termination of the suit in the Philadelphia courts. The closing out of | small bull pool yesterday throws | Stock back on its own | side interests are too busily H & it t g ; i i 2 2 | Ra risk i i aT 1-4 limited wg 27 1-4 on buying Decreased earnings on all western roads are predicted for the fourth week this month, due in part to the recent heavy storms in that section, which have ly interefered. with traffic. Some activity just before delivery hour resulted in higher prices throughout the list, and in many instances the highest prices of the were recorded. H —__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. & The following are the opening, the the lowest and the closing prices of A’ ff f i Stock market today, as ) nf of i Pe c., M olM. 8 Bes and St. Pani St Pan pt L Pa-ife. lution in Gautumala. To aid Nicaragua | and oBnilla, and in the fight against Hon- duras, it seems that Barrios Vote for any measure clearly outside the party creed and declared for by no party to use this money for the current expendi- tures of the treasury. That is a question that should be taken up later and discussed heavy tax on the people. This they bit- terly opposed, and Barrios’ political ene- mies began to incite a revolution against the present government. Their efforts will likely prove successful, for already a num- ber of towns and cities have announced that they were all ready to take up arms imposed a} { t platform. He went on to discuss the plat- form declaration at Chicago, Mr. Cleve- land’s letter, the report of the ways and means committee, all of which, he said. must be taken as authoritative definitions | of the party's position. He condemned the radical tendencies shown by some of the democrats in the House, who wanted to without feeling. “None but the wild theorist would main- tain or insist that the maintenance of this reserve is not of value to the government of the United States, The Gold Reserve. against the government. Barrios is busy plans against the men leading ition, and is now organizing an carry tariff reform far beyond the limits set by the declarations of party platform preparing the revolu and party leaders, army. ; y: Ungonstitationality of the Tax. He also devoted some time to the ques- tion of the constitutionality of an income tax, which, ne declared, could fairly be held | to be a capitation tax and therefore un- ——_ CONFESSION OF A WRECKER. Gullty of Causing the Norfolk nnd Western Disaster. “That fulcrum of $95,000,000 of gold upon which our whole money structure rested has been benelicial in every respect in which it may be used. Until that fulcrum was laid down upon the solid foundation the United States notes, although the prom- ise of the people to pay money, were below par, The democratic party, now in control of all branches of the government, believed ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 30.—Norfolk end Western Railroad Detective W. G. Baldwin left here yesterday morning for the scene of the wreck near Dublin and within ten minutes after his arrival arrested John Dolan, colored, charging him with wreck- ing the train. He was brought to this city late last night for safe keeping, as the feel- ing was running high at that place. On his way, Dolan confessed to the crime. He and two others, colored, supposed to be implicated in the wreck, are known as a bad lot, and lynching was being talked of, | So the detective states, if the others were caught. et ae NEW JERSEY’S MUDDLE. No Plan Adopted for Reaching tion. TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 30.—Gov. Werts held a short conference with Attorney Gen. Stockton this morning, and the latter went over a number of plans by which’ proceed- irgs could be brought in the supreme court to settle the senatorial difficulty. The at- torney general gave no advice, and the | governor departed, saying he would con- | sider the propositions made. The governor subsequently stafed that he had not yet arrived at any decision, but expected to do so during the day. The republican senate held only a short session today, as Senator Voorhees was still unable to be present, owing to illness, and there was consequently no quorum. The house had nothing on the calendar, and after receiving a favorable report on bills repealing the act appointing a com- mission to revise and consolidate the bor- ough laws and repealing the act relative to the election of assessors and collectors in borough gommissions, adjourned until this afternoon. —_---— TO DISSOLVE THE GAS TRUST. Proceedings May Be Begun in Illinois by the Attorney General. CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—The Inter Ocean to- day publishes a story declaring that infor- mation has been filed with Attorney Gen- eral Maloney to enable him to begin pro- ceedings for the dissolution of the Chicago Gas Trust. The story recites at great length the his- tory of the consolidation of the gas com- panies, the payment of $7,700,000 for bonds, the check for the amount, however, not be- ing sent through the clearing house. The information filed with the attorney general declares that the bonded indebtedness of the gas trust 1s about $58,000,000, and that the larger part of this debt was accrued without necessity. The attorney general, the Inter Ocean says, will be asked to pro- ceed against the trust on the ground that & is a trust and has stifled lawful competi- ion. Attorney General Maloney, when seen at his home in Ottawa, Ill, last night, and asked whether he intended to proceed against the trust on the ground that it was an unlaw/ul organization, said that he did not desire to talk upon the subject either as to the legality of the so-called trust, or as to his intentions. ———__. Passenger Rate War Likely. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 30.—A morning paper says: Pressure is being brought to bear on the Burlington to withdraw its second-class rates between St. Louis and St. Paul, and the Burlington still “stands pat’ at the double rate. At solicitation of the rdads doing business between St. Louis and St. Paul via Chicago the first-class rate from St. Louis to St. Paul was advanced to $16, | While the second-class remained at $13.50. | This allows a big scalp on St. Louis, Chi- | cago and St. Paul business and the lines engaged in it are complaining. Uniess an agreement is soon reached a triangular warjis sure to result. een The Fire at Lynn, Mass. LYNN, Mas: Jan. 30.—The fire in the Osborne block, which started abot mid- night, and which at one time threatened to be very serious, was extinguished at 3 o'clock this morning. The total loss is about $40,600. constitutional. As a matter of equity, too, the bill violated all principles of political economy in Imposing a t@x on savings and tpon the earnings of the _ professions. There were also objections to the manner in which it had been drawn, permitting any kind of evidence and making the arhi- trary decision of a collector absolutely final. It outraged all the rules of evidence. Mr. Pence (Col.) followed in support of the income tax. The gentleman from New York had denominated this tax as a popu- Ust proposition. His idea was to frighten some democrats on this floor from its sup- pert. The populist party, he explained, had declared for a graduated income tax | and he gave notice that tomorrow he would move an amendment to make the tax 1 per cent on incomes from $2,500 to $10,000; 2 per cent from $10,000 to $30,000; 3 per cent from $30,000 to $60,000; 4 per cent from $60,000 to $100,000, and 5 per cent for all} over $100,000, | The graduation character of the tax in his opinion was its chief virtue. But on be- half of the ten populist members he desired to extend to the 169 democrats who favor- ed an income tax his sincerest congratu- lations for the courage they had displayed in bringing in this tax as an amendment to the tariff bill. The democratic party j could now go home with some justification for the issue of bonds, some extenuation for the crime of last August. Some Sarcastic Remarks. No citizens of the south and west in the years to come would fail to remember with grateful sentiments, McMillin, Bryan, Tars- ney, Hall and the brave member from IIli- nois (Mr Fithian), who had never failed to flaunt his defiance in the face of the New York democracy, which knew no emotion save selfishness, no patriotism save greed. He proceeded with much sarcasm to re- late how last August New York had joined hands with .the republicans against the south and west to protect Wall street and the money changers. He appealed to the democrats not to surrender to the New York democracy. Referring to Gen. Sickles’ char- acterization of the income tax as a war tax, he said: “I glory in the great serv- ices he rendered to the cause of the Union, and I am _ willing that he should be paid not only one salary as a retired major general, but a salary as a Con- gressman and another as a pensioner. We do not shirk the burdens of the pension Ust, which are war burde: and we are not afraid of this tax as a war tax.” (Ap- lause. Mr. Pickett (Conn.) advocated the income tax, as did Mr. Williams (111.). His Idol Was Broken. Mr. Dunn (Dem.),who was the next speak- er, said that when he came to Congress he thought he was coming to a body where the trick of the politician had no place in legislation. He had set up the gentleman from Tennessee, McMillin, as his ideal of democracy, but when the income tax meas- ure was spurred through the caucus his ideal was broken. The gentleman from ‘Tennessee now sought to force democrits ve undemocratic income tax or Sate neainat democratic tariff bill. “If you cheat me onct said he, emphatically, “you are a rogue; if you cheat me twice I am a fool.” He went on to say that the Jemocratic free traders had at last gone into the camp of Jerry Simpson, their political status was uncertain. Like the fly leaves between the Old and New Testaments, they were a little of both and not much of either. (Laugnhter.) Theories Out of Place. Mr. Walker (Mass.) maintained that theor- jes were out of place in the discussion of economic questions. They were purely busi- ness questions. It was proposed now to tax the captains of industry because they had accumulated wealth. ‘The attempt to strike the rich “manufact- urers of the north would be unsuccessful. It would be like striking a bar o§ steel at the end of which was the laboring man. You might strike the steel, but it brought death to the laborers. Revival services are in progress at Ply- mouth Congregat.onal Church, 17th end P streets. The Engiish evangelist, Mr. James that a different form of tariff law is a wise | public policy. They therefore seek to brea down ‘the law as it stands, which, whatever else may be said of it, has fur- nished until recently enough money to carry on the operations of the government. You cannot impair and attack this pleige, this reserve for the redemption of United | States notes for the PWpose tem } dericiency. S teabeeers| “I greard the credit of the United States government as safe in v Clevelartd and John G. Cartisiens “tee wee in the hands of a republi bring about a situation of change of you are boui $20,000,000 Already Subscribed. Secretary Carlisle this afternoon received a dispatch from New York saying that subscribed for. The Secretary is confident that the whole issue of $50,000,000 will be subscribed for at 117.223 or higher. The name of the firm offering today to take the a as well as the price offered is with- rs n. When you, despair by a whole revenue system then | eee Eo not I, to provide the 2 nec to result of this legislation.» ‘° Meet the “But in the question that is now I feel that we ought to defeat th tions and that we o1 THE FERERAL ELECTIONS DEBATE. A Vote to Be Taken on Next Tuesday Afternoo: ese resolu- ught to go further! The end of the federal elections debate and vote affirmatively that the Secretary | Senate is i hi of the Treasury has unquestionable powarsalen aig are wngeotheatryy fiat issue any of the kinds of bo! provi for in the funding act in order to mate, fm Senator Chandler, who is leading the tain that solid reserve upon the security Opposition to the bill, an agreement to of which all our resources and all our take a vote on the measure next Tuesday money rests.” . - At the conclusion of Senator Sherman's *ii¢TROon ‘at 4 o'clock. At that hour a vote remarks Senator Quay (Pa.) and Dubois (idaho) introduced resolutions which kept up the discussion, Senators Sherman and Teller taking the leading part. The reso- Measure pending submitted by Mr. Chardier and then the geaeral debate on the bill will close and amendments may be proposed and debated under _ five-minute rule and the bill will any lutions went over without action, and the n election bill was taken up. | fore: ‘asec pipanrneicias at ——+o+_____ EERE ELEN OR an SO DISTRICT GOVERNMENT, LETTERS FROM HAWAII. The Protest of the Eckington Road— Other Matters of Interest. Manager Schoepf of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad has written a let- ter to the Commissioners protesting against a@ revocation of the permit granted the company some days ago to pave between its tracks from Florida avenue and Eck'ng- ton place to 4th street extended und the Bunker Hill road with cobble stone, He gives the following as his reasons for Pro- testing: “That under the legislation upon the sub- ject, as stated by your attorney, the Com- missioners have no authority to require a railway company to lay asphalt pave- ments between its tracks, nor to require a railway company to change from une kind of pavement to another. “2d. Because experience has demonstrat- ed conclusively that asphalt pavement be- tween railway tracks is not desirable, for the reason among others that it is not dur- able; the inconvenience to the public re- lting from frequent repairs that are ne- cessary is far greater than could possibly result to it from the use of cobble stone pavement, which is stated to be .sne of the most durable forms of pavement known. As a satisfactory solution of the whole matter he suggests that a modified permit be issued to said railway company, author- izing it to pave between its tracks and for two feet exterior thereto on each side, with cobble stone, and requiring it to pave cil street intersections, including sidewalks, with vitrified brick on concrete base. Food Condemned. Last week the food inspectors condemned 184 pounds of meat, 403 birds, 60 bunches of celery and small amounts of various fruits and vegetables, Permission Not Granted. . In the matter of the application of the Cross Manufacturing Company for the per- A Fresh Batch is Expected Soon to Be Sent to Congress, Another batch of dispatches from Minister Willis at Honolulu has been in the Presi- dent's possession for several days, and it is believed that the correspondence will be transmitted to Congress in a few days. A rumor that the @resident meant to withhold ted. It is understood that Minister Willis has | forwarded another “extraordinary from President Dole in the form of a de- tailed response to his request for a bill of particulars as to how and when he had given the people of Hawaii to understand that he would use force, if necessary, for the restoration of Queen Lilluokalani. It is believed that the President will make some remarks to Congress in regard to this letter and that his next message will be longer than his last two. It may go in tomorrow or next day. sn apr Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary—Appointment: Charles N. Spencer of Indiana, a lieutenant of the watch, $540. Patent office—Appointment: Horace D. Glover of Pennsylvania, ma#el attendant, $800. Office of commissioner of railroads—Ap- pointment: Lewis W. Haskell of South Carolina, assistant bookkeeper, $1,800. Maloney of Ohio, Matthew Tierney of Texas, Henry A. Beach of Georgia, and John W. Bennett of Missouri, copyists, $yvu. Resignation: Howard L. Dumbie of Ohio, clerk, $1,200. Death: Henry C. May of New York, medical examiner, $1,800. — Baltimore Markets. (with wooden frame), eighteen by twenty 2.75a8.15; winter wheat, patent, 8.2088.50; | ~~ hiay feet, on the rear corner of the West Wash- pon ee eS rece 213 barrels; ship- barrels; i G00 barrels, "Woest January, Gia64 teamer No, hels; stock, is milling ington Hotel yard, about twenty feet from any building, the attorney for the District says that he does not believe the applica- tion is one the Commisioners have the power to grant, as the regulation stands. sales, acne Mr. Cook Concludes, In the Leon trial after recess today Mr. Cook continued his argument on behalf of | the defendant, concluding at 2:20, when he was followed by District Attorney Birney, who was speaking when The Star’s report of the case closed. It is expected that the case will go to the jury before the court adjourns for the day. > Josef Hoffman, the musical prodigy, has gone to Berlin to study. Once a week he goes to Dresden, where he receives lessons 28.64.: Cork for orders, pe + cotton per 100 Ibs., ROe.; Sugar tirm-cranuinted. '$: Butter firm-tanc on, 18020: tai ‘tore packed, 12a: imitacio sald, esh, : . Cheese Wharton, preaches. cold ‘storage, nominal: firmer—| 13% on the piano from Rubenstein. $20,000,000 of the 5 per cent bonds had been | Gray this afternoon managed to secure | will be taken on the pending amendment | letter” | Pension office—Appointments: Mark 3.| today were very much agitated and were in | CM almost constant consultation during Sena- | pe is” ike tor Sherman’s speech. It was very evident |} that they are intensely worried over the situation. In fact, as some one remarked, | j!iin< sexe the more brains they have the more worried | Ene adil they are. They see the moral effect of the | }ouis Tickindied passage by the Senate of a resolution simi- | L.. X. ie lar to the Bailey resolution in the House. | Winns Gi Of course, these resolutions being merely | Missour: expressions of the opinion of the two > #tonal houses, have not the effect of law or of | }atlone’ congressional direction to the Secretary. In | New pe case, however, that it should be found that | isis the houses gre able to pass practically the |} same resolution of sentiment, it is urged | Nori * that it will be very easy to secure the pas- | N. sage of a joint resolution or of a bill, more 1 ies 4 probably the former, declaring that exist- ing laws grant to the Secretary of the Treas- ‘Read ury authority to issue bonds for resump- Palimen P. Ce- Co tion or redemption purposes only, but that Hciwond Te sninal the money so derived cannot be applied for yas Paciie. current expenses. a. Cowl & Silver... | w | Bal es—regular call—12 Georgetown Railroad. 41 Y at 47% Washington Loan Anericau Security and Trust, “3 . Government’ Unt | 1907, 114 bid, 115 asked. | pon,” 1007, 114 Did, 11 asked. Konds 106 bid. Water stock eu Bo-yeur Funding | currency Ts, 1908, "2 | rency, 109% bid. 3 Misceli town Katiread conv. Gs, 1 shington and 135 bid, 150 asked. | 103 bid, 120 asked. pany 2 | I F 4 d if lf a is 3 a) | st Gs, 105 bid. 112 | ket Company tmp. G4, 105 bid. | Company ext, Gs, 105 bid, 110 asked. | curity and Trast 1905. American Security end Trust 100 bid. American Security a1 A. & O, luv bid. Washington | 6s, 100 "bid. Washington Light YS bid. Wasbington Gas Company 116 bid, 122 Wasbinzton series B, 117 4 asked. Company’ conv. Gs, 100 asked. Chesapeake hone Se, 95 bid, 101 asked. Rath conv. bid. 9 ited States Electric Light conv. Ss, a ‘ational Bank Stocks.—Rank of W: Bank of Republic, 200 bid, 289 i Hh ® rey te frrrr i i i | | bet. tropolitan, 260 bid. 296 asked. | ! bid, 205 asked. | lombia, 100 bid, iu3 asked. | 90 bid, 100 asked. | _ Railroad Stocks.-—Wi and | 280 Mid, 302 asked. Metropolitan, | Cotumbia, 55 bid, 67 csked. People’s, 5 bid, *s. gre asked. Commercial, *! Title Insurance Stocks._Real Estate Title, Did. 125 asked. Columbia Title, 6% bid, Ti asked. Washington Title, Te asked. fas and Electric Light Stocks. Gas. 7 bid, 48% asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 Did, oo 150 bid. Was. in, 7% bid, & sked. asked. United States Electete Light, 119 bid, "122 a Telephone Stocks.Penneylvania, 46 — nsked. Sraptopiene, 2 Wa 24 seas zr be vid, CMtheceliapeons Storks. “Washington Market, 13 04, Great Falls Ice, 118 bid, Ball Rao Panorama, sf id. Pneumatic Gun Carriace. 30 L LAneois | Hail, 100 asked. Inter+)cean Rutldine, 100 anked. Safe Dersit and Trost Companies. Nation=t Safe it and Trost Company. *12ph, 132 asked. shington Taan and Trust. *114iy Wid. 120 asked. American Security and Trust, 127% Vid, 128% asked. *Ex, Dividend. | — Chicago Grat rovision Markets. Reported by Silsby & Co., bankers and brokers, Metropolitan Bank buliding, 1 Wheat—May duly Connor New York Cotten, j Highest. 1 Auzast Range of the Thermometer, The following were the readings of the thor. mometer at the weatber bureau to lar: 5 a. 35:2 p.m., 37; maximum, 37; mm — In the Criminal Court, division 1, in case of Gariand Sellers, cha>ge4 with vicia ing the policy law, a nolle pros. has been entered ‘The will of the late Michael Keily, filed to- | day, leaves his estate to his wife, Mary | Kelly, and names her as executrix.