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Three Arraignments. Mr. Boutelle said the subject divided it- self naturally into three parts: assault upon the protector of a faithful officer, Mr. Stevens; second, Mr. Cleveland’s incon- ceivable policy of treachery and duplicity in Hawaii, and thirdly, his usurpation of the power of the American Congress. In discussing Mr. Stevens’ course at Hawaii, he declared that no matter what criticisms could be made of him, no one had ever charged that his sympathies were not with the American people—a cl he contin- ued, sarcastically, which could not be made against President Cleveland and his Secre- successive that line of acquisition of the islands, said he, which Minister Stevens had io carry out. He ibed the internal dissensions of the Hawaiian inhabitants kading up to the revolution. Liliuokalani, he said, came in- to power under auspicious circumstances, but almost immediately upon her corona- tion she began to develop a strong native hatred of the Americans and other aliens in Hawali. This tended to produce the conditions which resuited in the revolu- tion. It was impending even when Mr. Stevens wrote the letter of March 8, 181, of which there had been so much comment. A Rap at Mr. Rayner. “I regret,” said Mr. Boutelle, “with a sor- row that I can hardly express, that,the gen- tleman from Maryland (Mr. Rayner) has seen fit to bring in here that long-discarded innuendo of a partisan press that there was @ missing reply to Mr.Stevens’ letter, which, if it could be produced, would be discredit- able to some one connected with the State Department. never was any answer to that dis- he continued, “and the evidence upon that point is indisputable. All those who are familiar with the workings of the State Department, and there are many here, know the utter impossibility of abstracting documents without that fact becoming to a number of persons. I dismias subject with the words of Rich- elieu when he a@ with a profane the spot where lie the remains of a circle of a people’s love: his foot within that circle will descend the curses of (Republican applause.) ————- eee AN EMERGENCY. ‘When Atterney Thomas Thinks Over- head Wires Are Justifiable. The recommendation of Superintendent Miles of the District telegraph and tele- phore service that a line of poles be placed along 4 1-2 street for the purpose of con- veying the District wires, in lieu of the conduits which were out of repair, was sent to the attorney for report as to applies to telegraph, lighting companies and does not, in my opinion, prevent the District of Columbia from maintaining over-head wires in cases case, the underground . and the municipality '8 disposal to repair or re- them, but sufficient only to erect new tion. “Such a use of the streets is not like a private use of them by telegraph, tele- phone or electric lighting companies, but it is municipal use of the greatest importance —the protection of life and property. For these reasons I am of the opinion the emer- shown the communication of Mr. i of poles and overhead wires on 41-2 street and the maintenance of them until Congress shall provide for an underground cable.” ———>___. HARRISON AND McKINLEY. What Gen. Michener Says in Regard to a Recent Report. The report that Gen. Harrison had sent ‘word to Gov. McKinley that be did not ‘want the republican nomination in 1806 and ‘would support the Ohio governor in the con- vention has caused some comment in this eity. Mr. L. T. Michener, who managed “That was all there was in the visit, abso- lutely. Gov. McKinley could not accept the invitation because he had a previous en- gagement for that evening.” Speaking of Gen. Harrison's position con- the nomination in 186, Mr. Miche- er said: “He has not the slightest thought of seeking the nomination of the republican convention in 186, or at any other time. He is doing nothing as to the use of any man’s name in connection with the presi- dential romination or any nomination. No man observes the proprieties better than |. Harrison. He will not himself, or through his friends, make any effort to cortrol the ncmination of this convention nor ary other political convention.” While in Indiana Mr. Michener met Gen. Harriscn, Chairman Gowdy and others prominent in the politics of the state. ——_—_—_ OPPOSITION HOPELESS. ni ‘The McCreary Resolution, It is Said, WII Be Adopted. ‘The democrats who have been opposing the McCreary resolution are very despon- dent of their prospects to secure the adop- tion of a substitute. A large number of them have been doing all in their power to check what they regard as the reckless course of the party in support of the ad- ministration, and a large number of sub- stitute resolutions have been prepared and submitted to the private views of members in hopes of securing the adoption of some less objectionable than the one reported by Mr. McCreary. The administration's demand for a vicar- fous sacrifice of the party to the savage queen, they say, appears to be too exact- ing for avoidance, and it is believed that Mr. McCreary’s resolution will be adopted tomorrow. In the debate the administra- tion forces have been overwhelmed, but this is not expected to count for anything ‘on the vote. THE TAX PENALTY. ‘The Assessor Recommends a Reduc- tion to 1 Per Cent. Assessor Trimble forwarded to the Com- missioners today a draft of a bill amending mection 1 of the act of March 3, 1887, so s to make the penalty for delinquent tax- Payers 1 per cent a month instead of 2 per cent, as at present provided. In his letter accompanying the bill Mr. Trimble says he recognizes the fact that a 2 per cent penalty is extremely oppressive, and he trusts the same may receive the ap- troval of the Commissioners. NORFOLK TOO LATE. So a Delegation is Informed Today at the Navy Department. Representative Tyler of Virginia headed @ delegation of business men from Norfolk, Va., in a visit to Assistant Secretary Mc- Adoo at the Navy Department today. They asked that the Castine and Machias be re- Paired at the Norfolk navy yard. Mr. Mc- Adoo informed them that arrangements had been made to have this work performed at the Brooklyn navy yard and that it was too late now to reconsider the matter. He romised, however, that the interests of Norfolk will receive full consideration in this regard in the future. ————-e+______ The Saratoga’s Cruise. The school ship Saratoga sailed from Philadelphia today for a cruise in the West Indies. She will return to Philadel- Phia May 1 ———+ @ + To Be Retired. Lieut. C. D. Gallaway having been re- ported unfit for further active service, will be put on the retired list of the navy. . po-|reach a departing train. justifies the erection by the District | of THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1894-TWELVE PAGES Rights of the New York Senate De- fined. inhi MEANING OF THE LATE INJUNCTION A Decision Favorable to the Re- publicans. WHAT WILL BE DONE NOW. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 5.—Senator Saxton, president pro tem. of the state senate, said today that the injunction ordered by county Judge Clute restraining the clerk of that body from calling the roll with the name of Senator Wolfert substituted for Senator Mc- Carthy would be entirely ignored, and the clerk will be ordered tonight to call the roll. Judge Clute this afternoon made a state- ment which practically solves the problem as far as the legal proceedings growing out of the injunction issued by him are con- cerned. He was told of the statement which Sen- ator Saxton made that the senate would order the clerk to do what the injunction forbade him doing. The judge smiled and said: “Well, they have a perfect right to do it, and no judi- cial power in this state can prevent such an action. My position in this affair has been misunderstood by the newspapers. I never attempted to enjoin the senate of the state from doing anything. I at least know enough law to understand that the legislative branch of the state govern- ment convention can make and interpret its own rules of procedure and can do any act consistent with the powers vested in it by the constitution and that no judicial tribunal can interfere with it. My injunc- tion was granted upon application to John McCarthy, a state senator, not enjoining the senate from doing anything or ordering, but restraining John 8S. Kenyon, the clerk of the senate, from disobeying the rules of the senate.” This practically decides the position which the majority will take tonight of the future in effect of the Clute injunction. The senate may order the clerk to call the roll containing Senator Wolfert’s name and the clerk may do so without the injunction. ——- STABBING AT PERTH AMBOY. A Fierce Duel Between Hungarians This Morning. PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Feb. 5.—A stab- bing affray, in which two Hungarians nam- ed Joseph Bielowzky and Mike Bielowzky were seriously cut, occurred at a Hungar- jan boarding house in Fayette street, this city, at 11 o'clock this morning. Mike received a blow in the right cheek, which cut through into the mouth and ex- tended to the lips, leaving the flesh hang- ing in threads. Joseph was stabbed in the left breast, jest above the heart, and it is doubtful whether he will recover consciousness. Mike Hrizak, who did the stabbing, es- caped from the house and ran toward the Lehigh Vailey depot, but was overtaken and captured by officers before he could On account of their meager knowledge of the English language but few details can be obtained, but it has been learned that the parties began quarreling at a mixed ale party on the evening before which was stopped by other boarders. This morning Hrizak lay in wait for the victims and when they appeared he stabbed taem without warning. Six witnesses have been arrested by Chief Police Burke. ae CONNECTING GREAT CITIES. An Electric Line to Run From Phila- delphia e Hudson. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—The Herald this morning contains the lengthy details of the proposed connection of this city with Philadelphia by means of a trolley system, reports of which have been prevalent for some time past. After declaring that the great system of through trolley lines be- tween New York and Philadelphia, which was once prophesied, is by no means the chimera it was then declared to be, but a substantial fact, and reviewing the traffic situation prevalent in Jersey City, by which the Pennsylvania railroad had control of the principal street franchises, and the efforts of a wealthy Philadelphia syndicate to gairl a foothold with the ostensible pur- | ag of gridironing Jersey City with trol- y lines, the Herald says that the real 13 | Purpose of this enterprising syndicate was to push its lines clear across the state of New Jersey, tapping the business of both the great steam railroads that also cross the state, and not satisfied with that to penetrate Pennsylvania and push down into Philadelphia. Two very important moves have been made in the scheme in the last few weeks. At this end arrangements have been made to extend the line from Newark to Eliza- beth, and just lately from Elizabeth to Plainfield. At the other end franchises have been secured for lines from Philadel- phia to Trenton. a “PONY” MOORE’S TROUBLES. Conductor Cohen's Case Postponed—A Civil Suit Brought. NEW YORK, Feb.-5.—The case of Con- ductor Cohen against George Washington Moore, who is better known by the sobri- quet of “Pony” was called in special ses- sions this morning. Shortly after 10 o'clock Charles Mitchell and father-in-law, Moore, accompanied by Lawyer O'Reilly, entered the court and took seats behind Police Cap- tain Price, in the rear of the lawyers’ chairs, within the inclosure. The party was soon joined by Lawyer Louis J. Grant, who has been retained to defend the aged min- strel. As soon as the motions for adjournment were heard Lawyers Otto J. Wise and Max D. Quitman, who represent the complain- ant, asked for an adjournment until Wed- nesday next, and produced a postal card from a Mr. H. G. Thomas of Philadelphia, who, they said, would be a very important witness for the complainant. They claimed that Mr. Thomas, who is the son of a mer- chant in Philadelphia, was an occupant of the Broadway cable car at the time the al- a ag assault took place on Thursday night Lawyer Grant opposed the motion, but Police Justices Grandy, Ryan and Meade granted an adjournment until Wednesday morning, when the complainant’s witness = appear, for the case will positively be There was more trouble for Moore, how- ever, than the postponement of the case or the anxiety as to its outcome. He was served with a gimmons today from the su- berior court, signed by Judge Dugro, in a civil suit for $10,000, which was brought by Cohen through Lawyer Quitman. Lawyer Quitman says that he will apply to Judge Dugro for acivil order of arrest, and it is quite possible that “Pony” may be arrested for the third time within five days, -——.___ Baltimore Papers Joint the Associat- ed Press. BALTIMORE, Md., Feb. 5.—The Sun and the Morning Herald of this city Saturday signed ninety-year contracts with the Asso- ciated Press, and at the same time have given notice of the discontinuance of all relations with the United Press. In view of this action all of the English morning papers of the city of Baltimore, namely, the American, the Sun and the Herald, to- gether with the Evéning News, in the af- ternoon field, are now allied exclusively with the Associated Press. — Russo-German Treaty Signed. BERLIN, Feb. 5.—The National Zeitung says that the Russian treaty was signed today. ——._——_ Prospective Northern Pacific Strike. TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 5.—The chiefs of the Northern Pacific Federated Trades at St. Paul have wired the local union men here to prepare for a strike on the Northern Pacific system. If there is no change satis- factory to the employes in the situation be- fore tomorrow it is expected the men will be cailed out and that the strike will be made general among the roads that have cut wages and have attempted to enforce new schedules that do not recognize unjon | workmen. It May Be Affected by Representative Money's Resolution. Privileges and Dignity Which the ‘Thanks of Congress Carry to an Oficer. Admiral Benham’s future may be much af- fected by the recent incident in Rio harbor, and the resolution introduced by Represen- tative Money complimenting the admiral. The thanks of Congress is an honor very highly prized in military and naval circles, and it carries with it not only dignity and honor, but also several important official advantages, One of them is that the time of an officer’s retirement is put off. In the case of Admiral Benham, he will be retired in April next, but should Congress give him a resolution of thanks his period of active service would be extended ten years fur- ther. This would be the most signal dig- nity at the present time, as there are few in the naval service who enjoy the honor. It would also carry the pay of an officer on the active list, which is considerably above the pay of the retired rank. Unusual Privileges. In another respect the vote of thanks would give Admiral Benham unusual privi- leges. Rule 34 of the House rules provides that among the few to be accorded the privilege of admission to the floor are “such persons as have, by name, received the thanks of Congress.” Owing to the jealous care with which the floors of Con- gress are guarded, this privilege is looked upon as a very marked honor. There is no extra emolument made to Officers receiving the thanks of Congress, further than the added pay which naturally accrues to an officer on the active list. The law is careful to provide that in case a naval officer is kept on the active list as a result of a resolution of thanks by Con- gress, it shall not prevent the regular pro- motion of other officers. Mr. Money’s Object. Mr. Money has been alive to the fact of these honors attached to a vote of thanks and he has sought to so frame his compli- mentary resolution as not to carry these legal privileges. Mr. Money is a strong ad- mirer of Admiral Benham’s promptness and Americanism, but he thinks the Rio incident hardly notable enough to extend the ad- miral’s service ten years and to give nim the privileges of the floors of Congress. The resolution is quite broad, however, and the opinion prevails that it is the vote of thanks contemplated in the law as the for special privileges dignities. -— ——_+ e+ _____— BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. Terrible Dynamite Explosicn om the Canal Works Near Chicago, CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—By two accidental ex- plosions of a dynamite cartridge in a cut on section 13 of the drainage canal, near Romeo, Saturday noon two men were killed and three injured. One of the two men killed was horribly mangled and died in- stantly. The other, Contractor Comer, deid at 11:15 last night. The killed are: W. B. Comer, a partner in the contracting firm of Woodfolk, Johnson & Comer, injured internally by being struck by a large piece of rock. Christopher Te- savi, an Italian laborer, frightfully man- gled. The injured are: Christopher Tesavi, cou- sin of the dead man of the same name; Dominick Tesavi and an unknown Italian. Contractor Comer was watching a gang of a dozen laborers engaged in gathering up the rock loosened by the blast and load- ing it into large buckets that hold a ton, which are hojsted up from the ditch and off to one side and dumped. Tesavi, the laborer who was killed, was using a pick, the others were using crow- bars or picking up the pieces and tossing them into the bucket. Tesavi aimed a blow at a point in the debris near which there had been a charge. As the pick struck the rock there was a deafening explosion that filled the air with fragments of rock. Tevasi and the half dozen men standing nearest him were hurled a dozen feet away and the others of the squad of laborers were thrown violently to the ground. Five of them failed to rise when the smoke and dust of the explosion had cleared away. There were forty men at work in the pit when the explosion occurred. For a mo- ment they were too frightened to do any- thing, but they quickly recovered and hur- ried to the rescue of the injured. _ ONCE WEALTHY,,DIED AN OUTCAST. Uneontroliable Craving for Liquor Brought About His F: CHICAGO, Feb. 5.—The Tribune says this morning: Robert Ratgerber, formerly of prominence in New York, but lately a homeless, penni- less outcast, yesterday morning took poison and last night died at the county hospital. It was learned that Ratgerber’s mother lived on Groveland avenue. ‘Then the whole story of the once wealthy and prosperous man’s fall came to light. His mother, who is a well preserved woman of ninety-one years, is known as one of the wealthiest women on the south side, hav- ing large property said to be valued at near- ly $1,000,000. A brother-in-law, who lives on Cottage Grove avenue, is rated at nearly the same sum. The father of the dead man, who died only three years ago, was reputed one of the richest men in the city, having made a fortune in the real estate business. Robert Ratgerber himself was once a mil- Honaire, with large business interests in New York. He had a beautiful daughter and one son. An uncontroilable thirst for liquor, it is said, led him to neglect his wife and business, until the former, it is said, —— a divorce, and the latter went to ruin, From that time until his death he ap- —_ to have lived for one thing only— jquor. piste NEW YORK’S NEW SPEEDWAY. Mayer Gilroy Digs the First Shovel- fal of Dirt. NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—Promptly at 9 o’clock this morning Mayor Gilroy lifted up a very bright, new shovel at the corner of 155th street and St. Nicholas place, and turned up a spadeful of earth. This mark- ed the beginning of the speedway work. Then followed a brief address, while the spectators applauded, and the national and city flags were unfurled to the breeze which swept the Harlem. After the exercises the real work began. About 100 men fell to, and in half an hour were busy at doing the preliminaries. Pile- driving apparatus was quickly got in place, preparations were made for blasting some spots, and for filling in others. Wednesday 1,200 men will be put to work. They will be kept at it continually until April, 1805, when the work must be finished. In all, the work will cost about $630,0v0. —>___ AN INTERSTATE QUARREL. A Dispute That Ended in a Deadly Fight. ASHEVILLE, N. C., Feb. 5.—A special to the Citizen trom Hot Springs, N. C., gives a few additional particulars of the reported fight last week on the state line between North Carolina and Tennessee between road workmen from the two states. The special says that one of the men en- gaged in the affair, named Philip Rice, was brought to the county seat of Madison county yesterday. Rice says that the men engaged in the fight were all from Madison county, N. C., and were working a road under Abe Hensley. They became involved in a quarrel, which resulted in Alfred Rice, brother of Philip Rice, being shot dead. Clarence Ray and William Norton are not expected to live, Philip Rice was shot through the leg. Dan Morton and Haigh Morton are in jail. —__. Quick Capture of a Robber. GUTHRIE, Okla., Feb. 5.—At 10 o'clock last night a negro entered the Santa Fe depot, and, compelling the agent and wait- ing passengers to stand in line with their hands up, took $8 out of the money drawer. An hour later he boarded the south-bound passenger train at that place, was promptly arrested and brought here to jail. It is be- Meved he was a member of a gang who in- a holding up the train north of this city. Tt Oansed Much Surprise to the Po- | “=e * lice and Court Officials. THE PAST RECORD OF THE SHEAS The Alleged Assault on Mrs. Shea Considered by the Jury, THE COURT PROCEEDINGS anaes The action of the President in pardoning John Shea, announced in The Star Satur- day, caused much surprise in police circies and among those familiar with the case. Shea was convicted of the illicit seiling of liquor and was sentenced August 2¥, 15u3, to six months’ imprisonment in the work- house, to pay $500 fine, and fn default, six months’ additional imprisonment. The President’s pardon is conditional on the convict’s paying a fine of $100 within ten days after the date of the pardon. The case of Shea attracted much attention at the time of its trial, As shown in The Star, the pardon was granted despite an adverse re- port of the U. 8. district attorney on the application for a pardon. The action of the executive appears to have been based on a report on the case made by the pardon clerk C, F. Scott.* This report was as fol- lows: “Col. Wood on the 22d instant filed in this department the affidavit of Mrs. Shea, wife of the applicant, which is dated No- vember 7, 1803, and which was used before the Commissioners, in order to obtain re- lief through that body for her husband. “If one-half of what is stated in said affidavit be true, then John Shea and his family have been brutally treated without and the officers so maltreating him and family ought to be punished. “Four of the daughters of John Shea have appeared before me (C. F. Scott, attorney in charge of pardons) in this office and have confirmed the statements made in the affidavit of their mother, have exhibited the dress waist worn by the mother, which still bears the evidence of the inhuman treatment of said ofticer (Police Sergt. John C. Daly), being stained with blood; the daughter Annie, spoken of in the affidavit, also appeared and stated that her dress was torn from her neck to her waist by the officer who arrested her and dragged her to the patrol wagon, and the other sisters, two of whom were present, gave in detail an account of the manner in which they were clubbed and beaten, which, as I have stated before, if true, is a to the police force of the District. “Of course, these facts may not be deem- ed pertinent to the application for the re- lease of John Shea, but they do show that some regard should be had for him and his family, and I know of no better way of expressing the same at this time and re- buking the action of said officers than by granting to him at this opportune time a fuil and unconditional pardon, and there- fore recommend the same.” President Cleveland wrote on the back of Mr. Scott's report the following indorse- ment: “Granted on condition that the convict pay a fine of $100 within ten days after the date of his pardon. G. Cc” The Police Surprised. The action of the President Saturday came as a matter of surprise, because of Shea's notoriousiy bad record, and as a wratter of regret because it will be taken as a reflection, not only upon the police, but also upon all connected with the trial and conviction of the man. It is doubtful if any other family has so frequently appeared as defendants in the Police Court of this District, and it was stated today by one of the clerks of that court that he would be almost willing to swear that not a year in the history of the court has passed that John Shea or his wife Maria has not been brought before the court on one charge or other, and, further, stated the clerk, seldom has it happened that they were not convicted. ‘The police of the fourth precinct, in which Shea lives, in South Washington, give him, and, indeed, his family, a most unenviable reputation. During the past twenty-five or thirty years, the officers state, the family has been a never-ending source of trouble and annoyance, forever engaged in wrong- doing. About twenty years ago Mrs. Shea. the wife of the pardoned man, shot and killed Policeman Doyle, who attempted to enter her house for the purpose of arresting her. A warrant had been issued, it is said, for her arrest, but the officer, having left it at the station house, attempted to enter the house without it, when she shot him. | leaving She was tried, but secured an acquittal. Since that time, it is said, the family have seemingly grown bolder and more deter- mined in their disregard of the law, and Shea's court, formerly known as Louse alley, mostly owned by Shea, enjoys to this day, it is said, the reputation of being about the most lawless and disreputable section in the District. For many years Shea ran a saloon at 325 Maryland avenue. About two years ago his license was revoked at the request of the officers of the Colored Children’s Insti- tute, at 4 1-2 street and Maryland avenue, but it is said that the sale of liquor has continued there almost uninterruptedly. Last spring Shea was fined $250 for selling liquor there without a license, and on the night of August 1 last Sergt. Daley and a number of the fourth precinct officers again raided the place. The officers, twelve of them, found the place filled with men and Nquor being sold. The Sheas, men and women, and some of their friends, desperately fought the offi- cers, and the officers were compelled to use their cluos in self-defense. Mrs. Shea, it transpired, fought Officer Kimpfer desper- ately, and, falling, struck her head, cutting it some. Her dress was also partly torn. Shea's Trial. She was tried in the Poiice Court a few days later before Judge Miller and a jury, and in a trial lasting several days, in which he was ably and stoutly defended, was con- victed. In his defense his fainily testified, and the alleged bloody dresswaist, said to have been worn by Mrs. Shea at the time of the raid, and which Pardon Clerk Scott, in his report to the President, stated bore the “evidence of Sergt. Daly's inhuman treatment,” was duly exhibited to the jury. That officer and his companions denied any ill treatment, and the jury, judging by their verdict, apparently took little, if any stock in it. Subsequent Proceedings. A motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial was promptly made, and as promptly denied by Judge Miller, who, after remarking that Shea had received a fair and impartial trial, and had, in the court's opinion, been most properly convicted, im- Posed the sentence. Shea was sent to the workhouse, and last fall his counsel en- deavored to secure his discharge from cus- tody through a writ of habeas corpus, but Judge Cole, before whom it was argued at great length, dismissed the writ. A few days ago Shea completed his term of imprisonment, and then sought to evade the payment of the fine of $500 and the tm- prisonment in default by applying for a on. The Application for Pardon. The application was referred by the De- partment of Justice to District Attorney Birney. Mr. Birney referred it to Mr. 8, T. Thomas, the attorney for the District, who referred it to his assistant, Mr. Mason N. Richardson, who prosecuted Shea. Mr. Richardson and Mr. Birney reported ad- versely on the application, as stated in The Star Saturday. It is understood that Mr. Birney ac- quainted the department with Shea's past record. Judge Mills also reported upon the application, but refused to recommend a pardon, explaining, it is said, that the man had been fairly tried and rightly convicted. As Shea is a man of considerable wealth it was supposed that he would promptly pay his fine at the expiration of the six months imprisonment in the workhouse, which his second conviction under the Mquor law of March 3, 1893, made neces- sary, and his pardon seems all the more inexplicable to the authorities. The general impression prevailing in Dis- trict official circles is that the President acted under a mistaken idea of all the facts in the case, and, while the authorities de- cline to talk upon the subject, they do not conceal their regret for the President's ac- tion. ——_e-—____ Treasury Messengers Dismissed. Three messengers in the United States treasurer's office have been dismissed, viz: Daniel B. Shea, Wm. Thompson and James Anderson. The last named is the lad who pilfered from the silver vault. Investigation of Judge Perkins Fer His Action in Regard to the Strikers on the Northern Pacifie Railroad. The resolution which Representative Mc- Gann, chairman of the labor committee of the House, tried to secure consideration for this morning has been printed. The resolu- tion itself is short, but the preamble is of unusual length. It recites, first, that all employes, when employed by private or upon public works, when not held in actual slavery, have the right to sever their con- nection without reference to the effect upon the work. The act of June 29, 1886, is cited as making labor combinations lawful. One} long paragraph is devoted to explaining the rights of employes and the hours of labor. It is asserted that the Northern Pacific adopted a scale of wages satisfactory to its 12,000 employes, but when placed in the hands of receivers the latter, acting under tion of the United States circuit court. Sudse Jenkins presiding, annulled previous contracts and put in force a lower scale of; wag@), “And, with the aid of the court, in! a star chamber proceeding to carry the same into effect and to make them per- petual, sought to effect this reduction by obtaining an order from said court restrain- | l said employes from exercising their rights of consulting and advising with each other or with other persons in to ded to prevent the employes from pening in A otrike; that it invades the rights of freemen; that the injunction does not assume that a strike was threatened; that the injunction threatens persons with punishment in case they advise or even ep- prove a cessation of work with the corpora- tion: “And wrongfully puts them in terror of the oppressive and tyrannical — of judicial process, and this, too, despite further recognition of the right of labor in organization or otherwise, when employed on railways engaged in interstate com- merce, to enter into disputes with the rail- way corporation, assert their rights and act upon them, which is contained in the pro- visions of the law of Congress commonly termed the arbitration act. It is therefore, “Resolved, That the com- mittee on the judiciary of the House be, and is hereby, directed to make eas herein alleged and to report to this House whether or not the Hon. J. G. Jenkins, judge of the United States circuit court for the seventh circuit, has therein abused the} powers of process of said court, or oppress- ively exercised the same, or has used his office as such judge to intimidate or re- strain the employes of the Northern Pacific railroad, or the officers of the labor organizations to which said employes, or any of them, were affiliated, in the exercise of their rights and privileges under the laws of the United States; and if the committee shall find that said judge has abused the process of said court, as alleged, or oppress- ively exercised the powers of his office as judge of said court to the injury of the employes of said railroad and others, then to report whether such acts and doings of sald judge, in the opinion of said commit- tee, warrant the presentment of articles of impeachment therefor; and to further re- port what action, if any, should be taken by Congress tu prevent a recurrence of the conditions now laid by said order and in- junction upon railway employes on the said Northern Pacific road, those engaged upon other roads, officers and members of labor organizations throughout the country, and all persons generally.” When unanimous consent was refused for the consideration of the resolution it was referred to the judiciary committee. Mr. McGann says he will endeavor to have that committee report back the resolution at Senn He would have secured immediate consideration of the resolution today had it not been for the objection of Mr. Outh- waite. The latter explained later to Mr. McGann that the attendance in the House was too small for the consideration of such an important subject. There is little doubt of a favcrable report on it, with a provision that a subcommittee of the judiciary committee be authorized to prosecute the investigation and to send for persons and papers. ———_e-____ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. The Leiter Fence. Commander Dickens, writing from the U. S. 8. Essex to the Commissioners con- cerning the Leiter fence, requests that Mr. Leiter be directed, in addition to lowering his fence, to move the same back from the building line six and a half inches, thereby space for a party wall. Notes of Interest. During the month of January, according to the report of Chief Parris, there were twenty-one fires, entailing a loss of $14,120, covered by an insurance of $6,450. Attorney Thomas holds, in the complaint of a property owner against excessive as- sessments for alley improvements, that he should not be assessed for any portion of the cost of paving the wider part of the ron ae the same square on which his lots al A Large Apartment House. Mr. T. Frank Schneider today made for- mal application for a permit to construct an apartment house on the rorth side of Q street between 16th and 17th streets northwest, A description of this house has heretofore appeared in The Star. It will Manipulating the Industrials Occu- pied Wall Street. LISTENING 0 WASHINGTON RUMORS All Sorts of Devices to Prices. Influence GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. marked up 80 as to catch large blocks of stop-orders and force a general covering movement. All known devices have been sult, and the variety of rumors in regard to legislative changes at Washington have been used to further the scheme and produce extreme nervousness in the bear circles, a invite new 4 Sraiaet Sie ears ie QF ese Bt Hay have a frontage of 120 feet by a depth of | ie’ 100 feet, and will cost, when completed, about $350,000. The front will be of light stone, with buff brick, in yle of architecture, and handsomely carved. The house will have 250 rooms. Each floor will have including a bath room. The building will be fire-proof, and the interior decorations will be of carved wood. The cafe will be located in the tenth story. Above this will be a roof garden, with two electric foun- tains. The house will be heated by steam. In Behalf of Mr. Tilt. Representatives for the Master Plumber Association, consisting of Joseph R. Quinter, president; James Cunningham, treasurer, and Edward Mallett, jr., appeared before the Commissioners this afternoon in the in- terest of Frederick Tilt, the plumber whose Ucense was revoked some time ago by the Commissioners for his failure to comply with the plumbing regulations. The com- | Ame! mittee presented affidavits from Mr. Tilt and one of his workmen to the effect that the regulations had been fully complied with. ‘The Commissioners took the case under ad- visement. eatin THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Chief Justice Alvey and Today Clayto ie Emig admitted the yton itted to bar. Luchs agt. Skehan; dismissed. appeal bond fixed at $500. Thomson agt. Pickrell and Johnson agt. B. and P. R.R. Co.; continued. Twin City National Bank agt. Nebeker and Lumbermen’s National Bank agt. Huston; assigned for hearing February 15. Barbour agt. Page Hotel Co.; motion for rehearing submitted. Moran agt. Nicholson; do. Circuit Court, division 1—Justice Bradley. Today—Willoughby agt. Mackall; motion for judgment overruled. Lawson agt. Cost & Co.; motion for new trial. Waller et al. agt. Slater; do. Block agt. Ryan; do. and overruled. Offutt agt. De Atley; judgment by default. State of Maryland, use of, etc., agt. Jones; juror withdrawn, cause contin- ued. Staffan Shoemaker et al; on hearing. Circuit Court, — 2-Chief Justice sham. ‘Today—U. 8. agt. Partello; on trial. Equity Court, division 2—Justice Hagner: Today—Smith agt. "Raub; rule to cause. Hackman agt. Hackman; order ex- tending time, etc. Page agt. Vermillion; order allowing bill of review to be filed, etc. ——>__— A Soldier Drowned. About 11 o’ciock today the body of a sol- dier belonging to the artillery branch of the service was found in the James Creek canal, between L and M streets southwest, and it was taken to the morgue. The body had not been identified up to 3 o’clock this afternoon. Ee Mrs, Bernard’s Will. The will of Clemence P. Bernard, filed today, leaves to her daughier, Annette C. Stinzing, property 514 7th street northeast during life and then to her children. The rest of the estate is left to Mrs. Stinzing, and her husband, John P. Stinzing, is named as executor. Bruehl | £2 agt. Bruehl et al.; do. Patten agt. Glover; | Sst. ‘ 3 iF § F ¥ ag ‘Chesay bid, ‘bid. & asked. Miscellaneous: Washington Market, 13 bid. Great Falls Ice, 120 bid. 142 Bull Rua bia. "Poeamatic Gun Gx receipts, 7,; So Ser ss Se 236 bushels: stock, F1,228,148 bushels; Soe, ie. ‘mi it by nample, form to eases Caetaee Seger ge et —__- Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. bankers and brokers, GO, Feb. High. lew, By 6 aa\ 1277 12.51 747 cers 742 787 647 6.37 Cotton. High. Low. Close. me Tas Pts OPS rm T74 T 78 F81 TA Te Tat TR 8 Ts 797 & 798 8.04 803 8.05 Made an Assignment. George H. DuBois and wife have made an assignment for the benefit of creditors to ‘Weolman Gibson of the stock of dry goods and shoes at 803 Market place. The assets foot up $25,121.68, and liabilities, $15,963.83. tf zi t ra i i Hh eile if lal! i ee i= if | g it i Fl 2 8 & ‘ g, E g rT ri : H shard anh 3 3 fs ii Z E E f at ae - = . 5 if Edward L. Hedden compelled to pay a higher rate of 4) cotton goods, at three i 3 ‘ite th make the pa’ 5 held that the cloth, not being hom: was dutiable under the clause for ul manufactures of cotton,” Court 4 f He Was Badly Burned. James Drummond limped into the Central Union Mission last night and fell on the floor, and when some of ants raised him it was found badly burned from one of his He was sent to the Emergency He stated that, having no went to the flats on Frida another man, built a fire w! he was asleep and set fire he being badly burned, as sta other in attempting to extinguish burning his hands. After Gees BG could bear it no longer, he made to the city and the mission. | i z i i i i rh i its | ; F ini alleges that in May, 1890, he bought of Mr. Clapp, the manager of the Washington and Chesapeake Beach Railway @ one-tenth interest in the He states that the real estate and the fran- chise were sold in 1891 to T. W. Taylor, and subsequently its capital increased to $1,500,000, and he surrendered his for the appointment 5 if | : i i HT iivet mga tt it i was found dead in his bed at 123 street. His relatives are were t to last Harvey's body taken to undertaking es- C. P. Crandell to Cecilia M. 9 and 24, 81 to 36, 39 to 45, 47, 3s J. W. Lainbart iH. Giaa- James Reet F aeeie