Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ——f-o— PUBLISHED DAILY BXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, in own account, at 10 cents month. ‘Copies van cach. By mail—aaywhore in the Usited Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents ver Che £vening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,798. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1894—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. Am index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. SOME LIGHT ON GA Interesting Testimony Before the PRESIDENT McLEAN'S STATEMENTS. Commissioner Powell interrogated at Considerable Length. LEGISLATION NEEDED The House District committee met this morning for the puropse of giving a further hearing to any one desiring to present a Sworn statement of facts touching the gas question as applied to the District of Co- lumbia. It was but recently that the cor- mittee decided to have all testimony made under oath, and as at the former hearings the statements were not sworn to the com- mittee recalled the witnesses who testified upon those occasions and presented to them type-written copies of their testimony, to which they were required to make oath. The gas company was well represented by the presence of President Jno. R. McLean, Superintendent Leach, Mr. Jno. McIlheany and Mr. Wm. F. Hart. Mr. W. C. Dodge of the East Washington Citizens’ Association ‘Was present, as were also Capt. Powell and Mr. Ford, inspector of gas and meters. The Question of Administering Oaths. ‘When the committee was called to order Chairman Heard stated the action of the committee in determining upon administer- ing oaths. Mr. Harmer asked if the reso- lution providing for the investigation re- quired or authorized the swearing ‘of wit- nesses? Chairman Heard replied that it did not, but it seemed only fair to the com- mittee that the testimony should be put be- fore the House in the best shape possible. The rules of the House authorize the chair- | man of any committee to administer oaths = witnesses testifying before that com- mittee. Chairman Heard then read the resolution providing for the investigation, and dur- ing the reading was interrupted by Mr. Meredith, who asked what right Congress has to inquire into the dividends and busi- ness of a private corporation? Mr. Heard replied that this question has not been dis- cussed by the committee, but as the gas company has a contract with the govern- ment, and receives its charter from the government, there is probably no question fhe‘ the authority of Congress to make investigation. - f Mr. McLean's Statements. The clerk of the committee then read the statement made by President McLecn at the first hearing, which was published in The Star at the time. In reply to a ques- tion from Mr. Rusk, President McLean stated that the par value of the gas stock is $29 per share, while the market value is #47 and $48. The total receipts of the com- pany for the last year were $1,135,305.0, while the expenditures were $970,777.57. The latter sum, however, includes $200,000 paid in dividends. The bonded indebted- eas of the company is $1,200,0U0, drawing -anpum. M: ~~ Superintendent Leach of the gas said the Commissioners should be given funds to enforce the law, and held to strict accountability for it. In reply to a question from Mr. Leach, Maj. Powell explained the system of test- ing the burners which are furnished fcr the street lamps. In reply to a question from Mr. Cooper of Indiana, Maj. Powell stated that gas light is cheuper than electric light in this city under existing rates. There is no competi- tion in electric lighting here There is only one electric light compan and that is an independent cne, he thought. In New York city, said Maj. Powell, the companies furuish gas from ¥9 to %3 can- @le power, and whlie it is measured by a different standard from the Washington measurement, the comparative candle pow- er of Washington gas would be about 25 candle power. Chairman Heard asked why Maj. Powell furnished a statement of the cost of gas in small towns in comparison with the cost of gas in large cities. Maj. Powell an- swered that the list was not prepared for this investigation and does not necessarily apply. He would suggest that a compari- son be made with cities where the condi- tions are somewhat similar. No Competition Here. Mr. Cooper of Indiana asked Maj. Powell if he knew of another city the size of Washington where one gas company had a monopoly of the gas privilege. Maj. Powell said there was not, and added that this fact | 1s alone a matter of benefit to the company. “Do you think that the gas of this city | Is what it ought to be?” bluntly asked Mr. | Cobb. . “I am inclined to think not. think it a little better than the average, it might be better. It ought to be better than the average on account of the privileges granted,” replied Maj. Powell. Maj. Powell stated that his observations upon a number of occasions shi to be insufficient. peters “You are rot prepared to state, | suggested Mr. Heard, | fault of the gas or of Maj. tinction. “Can you give us any suggestions where- by we can Mr. Cobb. Poor Pipes and Poor B: ern, Maj. Powell hesitated for a while and then said he thinks that some of the trou- ble is due to poor pipes and poor burners, He thinks the city ot ght to own the elec- Although I however,” “whether it was the the service?” Powell could not make this dis- j tition in electric lighting. The Commis- sioners have recommended this. _Maj. Powell saii the city of Richmond, Va.. is a fair comparison for Washington. Richmond owns ‘ts gas works and fur- nishes light to consumers at $1.25 per thou- sand, while it lights its streets without charge. e committee The then took a recess until 2:30 o'clock, and at the afternoon session the previous statements of other witnesses were read to them for their approval. NEARLY TEN THOUSAND. Results of the Work of the Canvass- se Committee. - The collections made by the committee | canvassing for contributions to the relief fund, as reported to Chairman Truesdell up to last night, amounted to $0,613.63. it is expected that the returns made today will bring the figure up to $10,000. Dr.Schafhirt, chairman of the subcommittee for the sev- enteenth district, which includes within its bounds the government printing office, to- day repo-ted that his committee had al- }Peady collected in cash $807.47. This #0 far is the banner district. Dr. Schafhirt Says that his committee intends to make the lewis »81,000. ean" of district eleven, company says was next sworn, and his statements made| that heF committee will work until they at the former were read. These| have turned in a $1,0U0. Among the re- statements have heretofore published | turns made today was a contribution of im The Star. Mr. tt asked Mr. Leach | $66 from M>. W. H. Rapley and his brothers Capt. Péwell’s Testimony. Capt. Powell, the Engineer Commissioner, was then sworn. Chairman Heard question- ed Capt. Powell upon several points in the statement which Capt. Powell heretofore furnished the appropriation committee on the gas question. One of these was the reference made to gas in Boston, and Mr. Heard developed the fact that in Boston the city cleans and lights the city's gas — while in Washington the cost cf service comes out of a3 which the gas company. receives for each lamp. It per lamp for this servi. Mr. Heard said that it costs ‘about $5 os lamp In this city, This sum, of course, must come out of the price which the gas company receives from the government for furnishing each lamp with gas. Capt. Powell said that it is the duty of the city government and the contractor to see that a supply of about six feet per hour, is furnished to the city lamps. This some.| times falls short, due to the clogging of —_ tesa in the lamps. ‘hose duty Is it to see that these = their quota of gas?” asked | Work of the Inspectors. “fhe Commissioners’,” replied Capt. Pow-| ell. Continuing, he explained that two in-| spectors go out every night, but one to ex-| amine the lamps fp ascertain if the supply company. A hour is the result of non-illumination. The! penalty does not apply unless the lamps burn less than three feet per hour. No! penalty is applied if the amount ts between three and six feet, but the company is only} credited with the number of feet supplied. No reduction is made, however, between five and six feet. “Is there any legislation you could > gest that would enable tue caty to obtain | ‘better service?” asked Chairman Heard. | Legislation Suggested. Major Powell replied that the law here- tofore has made one appropriation for gas Hghting and another for electric lighting. He thinks the appropriation should be in one lump sum so the Commissioners could use as much for gas or electric light as they chose. The appropriation bill works another in-! Jury, in that it limits the inspectors to two | im number. We should have double that | Mr. Rusk asked if it were not to the in-| terest of company to have burners which burn 6 feet of gas. Major Powell was not so ceftain about this. It is difficult to increase the supply | on a street lamp, and if the company is» paid for 6 feet and only furnishes 5 feet | it would be to their benefit. He thinks it! @ mistake to require any specified number | of feet, but the city should require a fixed ; “Sir Heard” ha: regula- . Heard suggested that some tions should be made which would enable the inspectors to better estimate the vol- | ume of supply. Repairing Excavations. Maj. Powell, in answer to a question, ae- | fended the practice of the city repairing | the streets where excavations are made for, gas mains and requiring the company to| make a deposit to cover the cost. It is more expensive, of course, to lay mains. through concreted streets than through | biock pavements. This is not an import-_ ant matter, however, as the most of these | mains were laid before the streets were! paved. Mr. Heard recurred to a former sugges- tion that the Commissioners should insist | that six feet of gas per hour should be fur- | nished at all times. He said the law clearly | requires six feet per hour, the contract calls for it, and the Commissioners should | fnsist upon its strict fulfillment. ! More Inspectors Needed. Maj. Powell agreed with the chairman, and added that the only way to secure this fs to give the Commissioners sufficient | means to enforce the law. There should be! four inspectors of street lamps furnished. Mar. Heard concurred in <iais opinion, and | | arrival of and the employes of the National Theater | and the Academy. Funds collected in the medical division of the pension office in response to the appeals made by Chair:nan Truesdell to department employes have been turned in, but a final report has rot yet been made from that division. —_— UNCLE SAM’S INCOME > Many Millions Less Than His An- nual Expenditures, An official statement of receipts and ex- Penditures shows that since July 1, 1898, the expenditures have exceeded the receipts i $46,000,000. In the matter of receipts a fall- | Ing off in customs dyties alone in the seven | months is shown to be $40,000,000 and of internal revenue $12,000,000. A total loss of $54,000,000 in all classes of receipts as com- pared with the seven months of the last fiscal year is shown by the statement. Ex- penditures for the period covered were $8,000,000 less than for the corresponding beriod of the last fiseal year. The greatest decrease ts shown in pension payments, which have fallen off from $93,000,000 to $82,000,000. An increase of 35,000,000 is shown in army expenses and $3,000,000 in Ravy expenses. The public debt statement shows that thé net increase of the debt less cash in the treasury during January was $7,55U,064. The total value of the coinage executed at the mints during January was $11,t&7,- 400, made up of $11,131,6u0 in gold, $381,000 in silver and $124,500 in minor coins. PROTECTING THE SEALS. The Gunbeat Bennington Soon to Start for Bering Sea. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today announcing the the gunboat Bennington at Genoa, Italy, where she will be put in dry dock to have her bottom scraped and paint- ed, preparatory to her starting on her iong Voyage to San Francisco by way of the straits of Magellan. She will touch at Per- nambuco, Rio and Montevideo and possibly Callao or Valparaiso. She is destined to duty in Bering sea for the protection of the seal industries, and is due ‘at San Fran- cisco before the opening of the season, May 1 next. +2 DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The Senate Committee. The Senate District committee held a brief meeting this morning, but in the ab- sence of material from the District Com- missioners’ office little was done. Favora- | ble reports were ordered by the committee upon Senate bill 1320, for the punishment of certain frauds in the District, which is aimed at bogus commission dealings, and Senate bill 1259, amending the act regulat- ing the gale of intoxicating liquors in the District. The former report was. made to the Senate later in the day by Mr. Hunton, and the latter by Mr. Faulkner. Senator Don Cameron, who has been away from the a“ for a number of weeks in the south, has returned, and was in his seat in the Senate this morning for the first time this session. CAPITOL TOPICS. The Cnse of Dr. Wales. The Senate naval committee today decided that it has no jurisdiction over the case of Medical Director Phillip S. Wales, who recently petitioned the Senate for the re- lief from charges standing against him in the Treasury Department, amounting to forty thousand dollars, growing out of.the frauds in the bureau of medicine and surg- ery of the Navy Department, which were Giscovered ten years ago previous. The committee therefore concluded to take no action in the case. To Ponish Pension Frauds. Senator Palmer has introduced a bill providing for the punishment of persons guilty of making false affidavits concern- ing pension claims. A fine of uot exceed- ing $4 or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both, is provided for. ——__—__--e+______ The Executive Approved. The President has approved the act au- thorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in the aban- doned Fort Cummings military reservation. get better gas and light?” asked } tric wire conduits; it would enable compe- | REDS Outbreak by Hostile Indians in Arizona, TROOPS AT FORT GRANT ASKED FOR Two Parties of Settlers on the Trail. A PROSPECTOR MISSING a TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 2.—Last night news came in from Mammoth, sixty miles north- east of here, that Indians are on the war- Path. Wednesday afternoon Hualapia Clark, prospector, while at work on the Bunker Hill district was attacked by four Indians. Clark is an old Indian scout and knows the country and Indians as well as they know themselv. his assailants. They were on deviltry bent, however. Cark at once started for Mammoth, twelve miles away, for reinfotcements. Coming in he found the camp of Wm. Emerson, an- other prospector, looted clean of valuables and food. Emerson was not found, and Clark belleves him killed. He was a man fifty-five years old and unmarried. Clark got to Mammoth that night at 11 |o’clock. He at once aroused the camp and was soon at the head of a party of men bent on capturing the Indians. Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock a second party followed them. About twenty men are now on the trail of the Indians and a capture is expected. either Kid and his gang or a general out- |break of Apaches from the reservation. | Neither event wou!d surprise him. His camp is fifteen miles from the White | mountains reservation. He says the scene | of the supposed killing of Emerson is where | the Kid’s party killed John Diehl six years | ago. On receipt of the news in Tucson word | was at once telegraphed by Marshal Meade to Fort Grant of the affair, with a request | that troops be sent there. The request will doubtless be complied with. It has been the policy of the governmeht jfor the past few years to withdraw the Arizona military posts and send the sol- diers up north. This mistake was never better instanced than now. Should the outbreak be general, the Indians cannot be reached by the soldiers within twenty- four hours as soon as when Fort Lowell, rear Tucson, was garrisoned. > THE TROUBLE AT CHIHUAHUA. Reports of Fighting Exaggerated— Everything Now Peaceful. NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The following let- ter from Enrique C. Creel, at Chihuahua, | Mexico, under date of January 26, to Wal- |ter S. Logan, is made public: “Your favor of tie 20th instant duly re- |ceived in regard to the revolution in Chi- huahua. s Itis true we were troubled here tor a few days ‘Of some entety crim. inals from Tex: who came to this coun- try to steal horses and possibly with the hope of attacking and robbing one of the |“conductas” bringing silver from the min- ing camps. Of course these few men were no danger | whatever to the government, nor could they be called revolutionists, nor could they de- velop any political movement. These Texas cowboys attacked the ranches of Santa Clara, Santa Catarina and Bustillos, where they stole everything which they found and took by force some of the peons and obliged them to go as pris- oners, thus joining sixty men to the gang. These criminals were actively prosecuted by federal troops, and on the 2ist ultimo they were fought and completely destroyed. The criminals were all Killed except one, who escaped. The peons who joined them by force were taken as prisoners and will be placed at liberty. This is all the trouble we have had, and the state now is entirely at peace and as safe for life and property as the city of New York. —_—__ MANY STREET CARS BURNED. Karly This Morning. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 2.—The Avon- dale street railway car sheds and machine shops burned shortly after 2 o’clock this morning, entailing a loss estimated at $175,- uo, The car shed is 250 feet long and one and a half stories high, with a basement. There were 75 or 8) cars in the sheds. Of this number 30 were motor cars. Nearly all of these were new summer cars of the latest design. An effort was made to push the cars out of the building, but the blaze was too hot | and the firemen and volunteers were driven j back. In the basement were the machine shops and boiler room, and these, with their ‘tents, were entirely destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known, but it is thought it started from a defective electric wire in what is called the ofl room | in_the shed proper. The insurance is about | $150,000. —_——_—_ TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT. Subscriptions on Condition That the Wilson Bill is Ignored. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 2.—The business men of Westerville, an old college town and a suburb of Columbus, have started a move- ment which they expect to be general | throughout the country. They are each pledging $25 to be paid into the national treasury on the condition that the Senate | adjourns without passing the Wilson bill or! changing the McKinley law. They hold! that the business men of the country would almost unanimousiy contribute to such a fund. * WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Had Mr. Wilson’s Committee Known the Temper of the Ho LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 2.—Of the pass- | age of the Wilson bill by the House the. Courter-Journal says editorially this morn- ing: “The good majority of 64 in a vote of 244, | together with the z:emarbable enthusiasm which attended the passage of the meas- | ure, and the zealous earnestness of its sup- | porters throughout its discussion, is another indication of the strength which a much more radical bill would have had in the House. It is safe to say today that if,when the ways and means committee began the work of framing the bill, they had known as much about the temper of the House they know now the Wilson bill would nav. beer a much more satisfactory revenue} tariff measure than it is.” eee Secretary Butler Leaves Mexico. MEXICO, Mex., Feb. 2—E. C. Butler, secretary of the American legation, left the city today for the purpose, it is supposed, of | going to Kansas City to conduct divorce proceedings ti2re against nis wife, Linnie E. Butler. A thirty days’ leave of absence was granted by the State separiment at Washington to the secratarv. isut Minis- ter Gray today was unabie to say as to the plans of Mr. butier He easily evaded. Clark is of the opinion that the party is ! Admiral Benham Insists Upon a Notice of Bombardment. The Brazilian Situation Discussed at the Cabinet Meeting Today—Re- cent Dispatches Received. The Brazilian question again engaged the attention of the President and his cabinet at their meeting today. The main point of consideration is understood to relate to the threatened bombardment of Rio de Janeiro. Secretary Gresham received a cable mes- sage from Minister Thompson this morning, and Secretary Herbert got one from Admi- ral Benham. They formed the basis of | cabinet consideration. They undoubtedly ;Felate to the question of bombardment. The roint at issue is whether or not De Gama, the insurgent admiral, is required to give advance notice to the foreign naval commanders of such an act. ‘He contends that he is free to fire on the city at any time without specially notifying the foreign fleets. Admiral Benham holds to the con- trary, and it is understood that he has jasked the Secretary of the Navy for spe- | cific instructions for his guidance in case the insurgent admiral undertakes to ex- ecute nis threat without giving him notice. He has probably inquired whether he shall not insist, on behalf of American interests on shore, that he be given at least twenty- four hours’ notice of a bombardment. Admiral Benham’s inquiry must have been sent before the receipt of Secretary Herbert’ Ir ‘8 message of yesterday afternoon approving his course in protecting Amer- {ican commerce, and saying: “We rely on | you for further exercise of wise discretion.” In this view of the case it may not be considered necessary to send Admiral Ben- ham any further instructions, on the theory that he has already been authorized to pro- ceed on general questions according to his own best judgment and discretion. International law does not establish any exact period for notice to neutrals of a bombardment, but all civilized nations are agreed that such notice shall be given. The time usually allowed non-combatants to seek places of safety forty-eight hours. There is an impression among naval officers that Admiral Benham insists on this much notice, and that Several of the} other foreign naval commanders will make the same demand. + TREASURY VACANCIES. A Large Number in the Customs Ser- viee to Be Filled. i Now that the tariff bill has passed ‘the | House and the bond issue is under way | Secretary Carlisle is expected to devote considerable time during the present month to looking over the papers in the cases of applications for office under the Treasury Department. There will be a good deal of work in this direction. In the customs ser- vice alone there already exists a number jot vacancies in presidential offices. These ; added to those that will occur on or before March 1,by expiration of term or otherwise, will make a total of thirty-one. Included in this total age the following: Collectors of Customs—W. H. Saxton, Cooper, Philadelphia; Lewis McK. Pell, Alexandria, Va.; Richard O. Bush, George- town, 8. C.; T. F. Johnson, Savannah; Marco B. Gary, Cleveland; John M. Clark, Chicago; Chas, F. Johnson, Duluth; John R. Berry, San Diego, and Frank A, Stew- art, Coos Bay, Ore. Also the following named surveyors of customs—George W. Lyon, New York; John M. Bailey, Albany; John J. Ridgway,Philadelphia; E. W. Matt- son, Chattanooga; Amor Smoth, jr., Cin- cinnatl; George Fengler, Dubuque, lowa; William Arnd, Council Bluffs, lowa; Will- jam H. Alexander, Omaha; . C. Me- Arthur, Lincoin, Neb., and Robert Calvert, LaCrosse, Wis. Also the following named naval officers—Theodore B. Willis, New York, and Thomas J. Powers, Philadelphia. Also the following: James 8. 1, ap- praiser, at Cincinnati. Assistant apprais- C. Joslin, Boston; J. C. Biglin, John F. Henry, jr., and C. A. Stevens, New York, and Daniel C. Clarke, Philadephia. In all the above-named cases the incum- bents have resigned or their terms of office have expired. In the Philadelphia, San Francisco and Carson City mints there are a dozen posi- tions, some of which are now yagant, in others the terms of the incumbent expire on or before March 1. They include the following: At Phila- delphia—O. C. Bosbyshell, superintendent; | D. K. Tuttle, melter and refiner; C. E. Bar- ber, engraver; W. B. Eekfeldt, assayer. At San Francisco— H. H. Lawrence, assayer; C. M. Gosham, coiner, and Alexander Martin, melter and refiner. And Carson City, Nev.—P. B. Ellis, assayer; , coiner; E. B. Zabrinskie, melter and refiner, and J. R. Hofa, superintendent. ———-e—______ ANOTHER HAWAIIAN MESSAGE, cluded in the Letters Sent. The President today transmitted to Con- gress the dispatch received from Minister Willis on last Saturday. The letter of President Dole is not included from lack of time to transcribe it after Mr. Willis received it. Dispatches 25, 26 and 27, which are withheld, are merely statements of ac- counts, legation requisitions, &c. The dis- patch of Minister Willis is as follows: (Confidential.) No. 271-2. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, HONOLULU, H. L,, Jan. 12, 1894. Hon. W. Q. Gresham, Secretary of State. Sir: On yesterday at 6:30 p.m. I received the Hon. 8. B. Dole’s answer to my letter of | January 1, requesting him “at his earliest conventence” to give me the specifications | His answer | contained in a prior letter. is about fifty pages of closely written ofh- cial paper, and has been delivered to me too late to either copy or reply to in time for the steamer leaving at 2 p.m. today. There is one extract, however, to which I think your attention should be called, wherein it is stated “this government has been, and ‘now is,’ subjected to the neces- sity of increased watchfulnesa, and a large additional expense, which, but for such at- titude, would have been unnecessary.” The emphasis above is mine. In a previous let- ter of December 27, Minister Dole had stated, “the government offices have been , placed and still continue in a condition of defense and preparation for siege, and the community has been put into a state of mind bordering on terrorism.” The emphia- sis above is mine. Some portions of che letters from which these extracts are mode confirm the above statements, while other: seem to negative them. With this exp! eae I submit them for your considera- tlon. The next steamer leaves here February 3, which would place you in possession cf Mr. Dole’s letter and my purposed reply thereto, = poeta # ae ery respec 2 ALBERT 8S. WILLIS. The President's Letter. The following is the letter of the Presi- dent transmitting the Hawaiian corre- spondence: “To Congress: I hereby transmit a com- munication from the Secretary of §tate, accompanied by a dispatch received a few days ago from our minister to Hawaii. “GROVER CLEVELAND.” The message. with accompanying com- munications, was referred to the committee on foreign relations. §. Steel, coiner, and J. | IN WARPAINT|THE INSURGENTS’ THREATS/THE SCENE CHANGES But the Tariff Struggle Will Go On \ in the New Arena. PROBABLE PROGRAM IN THE SENATE Senator Quay Offers a Radical Amendment. THE SITUATION OUTLINED It is the purpose of Senator Voorhees and the democrats of the finance commitiee of the Senate to dispose of the tariff bill in the committee as speedily as possible, and to hasten action on it in the Senate. The bill is expected to reach the committee to- morrow. A brief time will probably be given to hearings. The million letters which the committee started out to send to manufacturers and business men through- out the country asking certain questions | concerning the revision of the tariff will | probably never amount to anything, since | the undertaking is such a tremendous one | that it would take fifty clerks to compile | and arrange the answers, and it would be at least six months before the material thus secured would be available. A tremendous fight will be made before the committee,by democrats in the Senate to make radical changes in the bill. The contest between democrats in the House will be repeated on the Senate side, but the expectation is that the differences will be settled in the committee before the bill is | reported to the Senate. The fight against the income tax will run through the whole business, directly and indirectly affecting every other question of the bill. The pre- | diction is made that the bill will not be recognizable when it comes tack from the Senate, but there are many things not taken into consideration by those who make this prediction. The -most probable thing appears to be that whatever changes the finance commit- | tee may make in the measure, and however hard the fight by democratic Senators may be, the character of the bill will not be changed. No Change Predicted. It will probably be substantially the House bill when it passes the Senate, and on finally going through conference will be as long a step toward free trade as is the present bill. In a general way the republicam Sen- ators expect to follow the policy similar to that followed by the republicans in the House. The result of this will prabably be about as it was in the House, tat those democrats who seek to improve the bill from their point of view by increasing the duties on particular items will be disap- pointed in their hope of aid from republl- cans and will fail of their efforts. The iron and coal men and those who want to take | Wool and lumber from the free list will prob- ably fail of any assistance from republicans and have their efforts for their pains. The sugar schedule will be pitted egainst the income tax, but it is estiMated that the income tax proposition is probably stronger in the Senate than is the customs bill, and if a duty is added to sugar #p the Sena’ hw Lonly by agreemen' p ‘of the ry Unat inierTe with the in other reductions in the bill. It appears that the decree has gone forth that this bill shall be passed and all opposition is to be ridden down. The timidity of the opposition among democrats svigres the House will be repeated in the , in all proba- bility. A number of conferences between democratic leaders of the Senate and mem- bers of the ways and means committee have been held, the result of which is that the advocates of the income tax declare that that proposition will have four more votes in the Senate than any other propo- | sition raising revenue. Senator Quay’s Move. Evidence of a hot fight, which is to be precipitated in the Senate on the appear- ance of the tariff billy) was given today when Senator Quay introduced an amend- ment which he preposes to offer to the bill at the proper time, providing for the free coinage of silver and the issue of treasury notes. This amendment insures a reopening of the silver fight, and compli- cates the situation very much. It is barely possible that such an amendment might come near passage, for it is undeniable that sentiment in the Senate has been somewhat changed on the silver question since the repeal of the Sherman law last autumn. ‘he introduction of the amendment at this time, even before the bill has been | Sent from the House to the Senate, shows, | it is thought, that the republicans are not | going to neglect any possibility for debate ,and mildly obstructive tactics. The bill will, of course, be referred at once to the | committee on finance when it is received from the House, and there it will be sub- jected to an overhauling process by the ena- tors Jones of Arkansas, Vest and McPher- son. It is expected that this subcommittee will report to the full committee a number of amendments, but the full committee will be left to decide the broad questions in- volving the duty on coal, iron and sugar, and the income tax, which, it is gener- ally expected, will be most likely to be chenged in the upper house. Two Weeks in Committee. Few look for the return of the bill from the committee to the Senate for a fortnight at the earliest, while many predict that it will be held by the committee for a month. At all events the debate in the Senate after the bill has been reported cannot now be estimated. It is not likely that the bill will suffer the same fate as far as speeches go at the hands of the democrats as has the elections bill, the affirmative mezits of which have really been unpresented by its friends. A great deal of tariff oratory and argument may be expected from both sides, and some of the republican Senators are said to be preparing for long speeches | that will occupy several days each in de- livery. The Quay Amendment. The amendment to the tariff bill offered | by Mr. Quay provides for the free coinage of silver, for the repeal of the tax on state banks, for the purchase of only the Ameri- j can product of gold and for the repeal of the law authorizing the issue of bonds. | The amendment provides that the owner | of silver bullion may deposit the same at any mint of the United States to be coined | for his benefit, and it is made the duty of the proper officers, upon the terms and conditions which are provided by law for the deposit and coinage of gold, to coin such silver bullion into the standard dollars egal all debts and dues, public and private. The | Secretary of the Treasury is also directed : roceed to have coined all the silver bul. to {Mon in the treasury purchased with = or coin certificates. The law finposing a tax of 10 per cent | upon the amount of notes of any person or of any state buak or state banking asso- claticn used for circulation and paid out by them is repealed so far as the same appiles | to banks which shail secure their circula- tion by a deposit of state or national bonds, approved by the proper authority of the state in which the banks may be located. Issue of Gold Notes, The next section directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase, from time to time, gold bullion to the amount of 145,125 ounces of fine gold in each month, at the market price, and to issue in payment of such purchase of gold bullion treasury notes of the United States in such forms and of such denominations, not less than' ten dollars or more than one thousand dol- lars, as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe. The treasury notes issued in accordance with the provisions of this bill are to be | dated upon the last day of the year in which they are issued and be payable in coin on demand forty years after date, with interest at the rate of one-tenth of one per cent per annum, and shall be a le- | gal tender for all debts and dues, public and private, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt. The gold bullion the purchase of which is herein provided for is not to be coined until other- wise provided by law. All laws authorizing the issue of interest- bearing bonds of the United States for any purpose whatsoever are to be repealed by the provisions of the amendment. READY FOR ISSUE. The New Bo Will Be Deliverea Next Week. Subscriptions to the amount of $58,002,- 250 for the new bond issue have been re- ceived at the Treasury Department. Few, if any, further subscriptions are now ex- pected, as most of the offers, of which no- tice was sent by telegraph, are now in. The bureau of engraving and printing be- | gan this morning the printing of the new bunds. They will be completed by Tuesday or Wednesday and sent to the treasury for the proper signatures to be placed on them. The new series will contain the name of J. Fount Tillman, register of the treasury, on the bottom’ of the bond. The schedule of | bonds was completed this morning, and be- tween now and Monday Secretary Carlisle the schedule and make the proper allot- ment. This morning about $800,000 in offers were thrown out as being informal in cha: acter, leaving the total as stated; and abo: | Some others telegraphic inquiries were made. When all the details are completed, the new bonds will be forwarded to the several subtreasurers, with the name of the sub- scriber, the amount allotted him and the de- nomination of the bond that he desires. The subscriber will be notified, and the transfer | of the bond or bonds for gold will be made | by the subtreasurer. This final act in the | bond issue will be about completed in all | the subtreasury offices, except San Fran- | cisco, by the middle of next week. The gold | received for the bonds, amounting to about $67,000,000, will then begin to show in the treasury gold balance. The President Gratifed. A detailed statement of the 5 per cent |bond subscriptions was prepared at the | Treasury Department for the benefit of the President, and was submitted to him by | Secretary Carlisle at the cabinet meeting. | It is understood that the President is grat- jified at the amount and rates of the offer. 4 More than one-half of the total subscrip- tions of $58,002,250 are at the minimum rate of $117.228, and the bulk of the remainder are at prices between that rate and $118. |rate are small in amount. It is settled that jall offers above $117.223 will be accepted, jand that the allotments required to limit the issue of bonds of §50,000,000 will be con- fined to the subscriptions at the lowest rate. PULLING THE WIRES. Senator Hill's y Activity in | posing the Peckham the It is understood that wires are being pull- ed in behalf of Lawyer Peckham by Fred- erick R. Coudert and Joseph H. Choate and other New York lawyers, who have come down to Washington from Gotham for the purpose of persuading the Senate to change its mind in the matter of confirmation. Mr. Hill's friends are not at all disturbed by this-announeement, and are even more Op- Probable that it will be postponed the ‘sec- ond time, as it is the custom of Senate committees to grant but one delay to the friends or opponents of a nominee under consideration. Mr. Hill's activity in the matter is undi- of the Senate buttonholing his friends and his political enemies, arguing earnestly and apparently endeavoring to win them over to his way of thinking. His in the matter was shown this morning when he made a bee line for Senator Don pnd the moment that quiet statesman from vania appeared in his seat! after an absence of many weeks. Mr. Hill leaned over Mr. Cameron’s desk and for five minutes held his confidentiai ear, while he presumably told the story of the fate oe and of the naming of Peck- m. Controls Himself. Mr. Cameron is not a man who gives way to his emotions and so it wae not apparent from his countenance just what progress Mr. Hill was making. It may be remem- bered that Mr. Cameron was counted upon by the friends of Hornblower to vote for his confirmation, but the ex-Secretary of War did not see fit to return from his southern resort in time to take part in the fight. He was supposed to be friendly to Mr. Horn- blower on account of a relationship between them, a relationship by marriage to be sure, but yet something more than a mere ac- sanguinary or matrimonial affiliations be- tween Mr. Cameron and Mr. Peckham, nor, indeed, between any of the members of the upper house and Mr. Cleveland's. second choice for the supreme bench. It is thought that the action of the Ken- tucky legislature the other day im resolving that the Senators from that state should oppose Mr. Peckham's nomination is hav- ing great weight with Judge Lindsey, who is peculiarly placed by the circumstance of being a member of the judiciary committee, and with Mr. Vilas being relied upon by the administration to cast a confirming vote, both in the committee and in the Sen- ate. Mr. Hill is particularly attentive to Judge Lindsey during these days, and it is said that he is endeavoring to woo him from his allegiance to the President. Everything Now Points to a Speedy and Full Recovery. The physicians and family of Commis- sioner Parker are delighted with the results of the treatment which he is now undergo- ing. Within a day or two his health has taken a notable change for the better. His | Stomach and nerves are coming under con- trol, he sleeps well, eats well, assimilates his food, end is gaining flesh, and every- thing now points to his speedy and full re- covery. +g Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was seventy-four. | Of this number thirty-one were to till va- cancies caused by death urd resignation |and the remainder by removals. The Vir- |ginia arpointments,were as follows:Banner, Cc. K. Counts, vice G. W. Kennedy, re- |Moved: Bessemer, M. W. Collins, vice W. G. Pettigrew, resigned; Dido, C. K. Davis, | vice J. A. Arnold, resigned; Upal, G. J. L. Price, vice L. R. Buchanna, removed. L. Ogie, ound iage, vice iJ. A. 8. Benville, vice J. D. Dunbar, removed. Miller, Sea Treasury (1 Bal ce. The available cash balance in the treac- ury today is $84,082,099; national bank notes received for redemption, $358,834. Govern- ment receipts—Internal revenue, $430,1 customs, $286,977; miscellaneous, $126,57: iil peqneqeiescannicn. The Only Casualty Reported. Paymaster G. W. Simpson is the oflicer who was injured on the cruiser Detroit at Rio last week, as mentioned in The Star of Wednesday last. His injuries are the re- sult of his own carelessness in handling a revolver and had no connection with the exchange of shots between the Detroit a’ the insurgent war ship. He shot him: in the leg while cleaning his revolver. 1 ‘wound is said to be not serious, and Assistant Secretary Curtis will go over | * |The subscriptions above the last named | quaintance. Nobody has yet discovered any | ‘astie, vice Cornelius Brown, | 4 | both swift and it SOME HOT TALK | Indulged in by Members on the Floor | of the House. THE HAWAIIAN RESOLUTION THE CAUSE Mr. Boutelle and His Privileged Res- olution interposed. CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION Before the reading of the journal this morning Mr. Morse (Mass.), rising to @ parliamentary inquiry, asked if it would be in order for him to offer his amendment to the title of the tariff bill. The Speaker stated it would not. The amendment which Mr. Morse desired to offer would have made it read as follows: “A bill to increase taxation, reduce the reverue of the goverrment and to piace at disadvantage honest men who make truthful returns, and for other purposes.” The Committee on Rules Report. As soon as the journal was read the Speaker recognized Mr. Catchings, from the | committee on rules, to present from that | committee a report setting aside today, | Saturday and Monday for the coasideration of the McCreary Hawalian resolution. That the favorable report of the com- mittee on foreign affairs on the Hawaiian | Question shall be taken up forthwith and be considered today and the next two legis- lative days—Saturday and Monday. The vote is to be taken at 4 o'clock Monday jafternoon, at which time no intervening motions shall be in order. The rule fur- ther provides that immediately after vot- ing on the majority report the House shall | take up the minority report on Hawaii | for consideration until it is disposed of. | Mr. Boutelle Again. Mr. Bouteile (Me.) was on his feet, clam- | oring for recognition to call up his Ha- | walian resolution, but the Speaker declined to recognize him until the report was read. | Then, being recognized, Mr. Boutelle said that he raised the point of order that the | report of the committee on rules could not displace a privileged resolution affecting the rights, nay, the very existence of the | House itself. The very wording of the re- port, he urged, ought to demonstrate the incongruity of this proceeding. have a question of privilege,” said he, “af- fecting the existence and rights of the Mouse, delayed for six weeks from consid- eration, and now it is proposed that a re- port from a committee shall take pre- cedence over a question vital to the con- stitutional functions of the House. For six weeks my resolution reciting that the executive had invaded the privileges of the House hes been pending, and it seems to j me every rule of orderly procedure and j common sense demand that the validity of those charges shall be investigated. If | all the allegations made are true that the | President has infringed upon the functions of the House the proceedings of the House are to that extent invalidated. It cannot be possible that Congress can go on in this an i- on way. If so, the future looms up im privilege be submitted the determination of the House. The Speaker's Ruling. The Speaker in making his ruling state that beyond question the ordinary pro- | Ceedings of the House could be interrupted by a question of privilege or a privileged question. But under the rule under which | the House had been operating for the past four weeks all extraneous proceedings under an order which had superseded the ordinary rules of the House were not in order. If there was any impropricty in this it Was the action of the House, not the action of the Speaker. Yesterday ‘that order ex- hausted itself. Today wher the House met &@ report was presented from the committee on rules, which the rules provide shall al- | Ways be in order. This report was to con- | sider the very subject dealt with by the resolution of the gentleman from Maine. The House was now to be given an op- | Portunity to decide by a vote whether it | should proceed with the consideration of | the resolution from the committee on for- | eign affairs, of the resolution of the gen- | eran from Maine. The report could work jno hardship; the whole matter was in the hands of the House. As the Speaker was concluding his rul- ing Mr. Boutelle sought to interrupt htm, | but the chair declined to hear him on the | ground that he had given him full time to make his statement “I suppose the Speaker cannot prevent me from makimg my statement after the previous question is ordered,” declared Mr, | Boutelle, hotly. | “Phe chair has no doubt that the gen- jtleman will have full time,” replied the er. ve no doubt he will have,” returned Mr. Boutelle as he took his seat. | ‘The previous question was then ordered without division and fifteen minutes allowed on each side for debate. Mr. Boutelie Gets an Opportunity. Mr. Reed, who controlled the time of the minority, yielded three minutes to Mr. Bou- telle. As the chair seemed strongly in- @isposed to allow him to call his attention to matters affecting his rulings, sald he, sarcastically, he would take this opportum- ity to do so. He was proceeding to discuss the tof the adoption of chis special or- der. In reply to some ironical semark from Mr. Catchings of Mississippi, he said he | presumed if the gentleman (Mr. Catchings) | had known him ai a more remove period he would have supposed him a fit subject for a lunatic asylum or a military prison. (Dem- ocratic jeers.) He went on to criticise the democratic triumvirate which he said dominated the proceedings of the House, and in the course of his remarks asked what the House would | do on occasions when the “master” (refer- ring to the Speaker) was absent at a ban- quet given in honor of the memory of Gen. Robert 3. Lee. “What will the democratic majority do then to sneak away from its responsibility?” Messrs. Burrows and Reed Protest. Mr. Burrows, in a few words, protested against what he deemed the growing power of the committee on rules, and especially its power to set a limit to subjects which the House was to consider. Mr. Reed called attention to the fact that there wes a much easier way out of this matter than that adopted by the democratic side. Mr. Bou- | telle’s resolution could have been disposed y raising the question of consideration against it. | But, instead, sald he, by slow degrees this | House is definitely getting Itself in a posi- | tion which will deprive it of the power to consider a question of privilege; in other words, of the power to supervise its own ex- istence. He charactert: the successive rulings of the chair as an utter absurdity. | Some Lively Words Uttered. | Mr. Catchings then rose to explain the purpose of bringing in the special order. By | this time the House was on a strain and tension. Mr. Catchings said that the com- | mittee thought the submission of the special | order the quickest and most effective way to give the House an opportunity to determine | what it would do. | “It is the same sort of proceeding that characterizes the lync | interjected Mr. minished, and he is daily seen on the fioor | “That remark, ad Mr. Catchinga, f nan from Maine. le belittiles his own greatness when he de