Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED pany EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THe STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor, 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ‘Stam is served to sabsertbers tn the their own account, at 10 cents Copies ‘st the coun- ¥ mail—aaywhere in the United postage prepaid—3d cents ver L¥ SHFFT STAR, $1.00 peryear; on RIFF BILL. | THE TA No Hearings to Be Held by the Sen- ate Finance Committee, — SENATOR VOORHEES FULL STATEMENT oe | 1 | | Changes That May Be Made in the| Measure. ITS PROBABLE MAJORITY) anengaiblartadoe ce committee held a ses-| enate fi tay tariff question. ‘I'nts 1s their first meeting since the bill was re- ceived. They are pretty weil advancea, | however, In the consideration of the tariff} and have a general idea of what they are going to do. There are excellent reasons for believing that in addition to preserving the income tax feature of the bill, a duty will be it is regarded as prob- &bie by those on the inside that a duty will be put back on coal, together with a decia- Tation of policy stating that this duty 1s levied for the purpose of revenue, the tn- tention being to repeal it whenever the revenue derived from it becomes unneces- sary. Wherever any degree of protection is maintained in the bill in this way, appil- cation of this declaration will be made. obuble Majority. It is understood from excellent sources ut on coal. calculating upon a majority of t six in the Senate when the bill 1s put n its passage in the shape in which it ‘this majority calculate will be made up by the three Votes, the solid democratic vote, | bossible exception of Mr. Hill and Mr. | Murphy, and the votes of Mr. ‘Teller and/| Mr. Walker of Colorado. These two ators have recently told of their f at if the bill should the i‘ an income tax | uid Vote in its favor. There are rea- & certain amount of tenderness stic opuiar just at pres- Mr. Teller, too, has long cen in favor of an income tax. Senator Voorhees’ Statement. from the committee. full text of Senator nt om behalf of the cratic members of the Senate com- on finance as to why they have de-| aut no hearings on the Wiison | Pro tariff by pt and speedy action on pending | static required at this time patriotic and business considera- rity of the finance commit- h the responsibility of the int no delay h it is possible to avoid. | ned that the business men sses shall at a very | and clear insight tariff taxation which | ke every « n is , has been made that | do so must be al-| e the finance commit- hes to us in regard to particular interest affected his claim is without limit . and if granted to one per- must be granted to all. One Sen- tor alone asks 5u0 to be heard from his nited as to the time and wre, in the hands of the op- ariff reform an instrument of nite in duration and far more efficient than the worst tr rm of filibi S on the floor of the enatz. But if these hearings, as they ere are a matter of right and cannot be | y the committee why should they ex parte in their character? to listen for the next four or five | sted in certain quarters We will be compelled to do, why should the Wanulacturers, these who plead for pro- tect for gains and profits by legisla- be heard? It seems to us that nsumers of tariff taxed goods, the er, the toiling millions throughout the ie land have the highest right of all to be heard in their necessary self-defense— self-defense against injustice and oppres- sicn. Moth Sides Ought to Be Heard. “If the cause of privilege, protection, and fiancial greed is to invade our com- mittee room to be heard during the coming ®pring aud summer, then by every prin- ciple of justice and right the cause of the | Victim, the toiling consumer, must also be | The truth is that} legislation was never accomplished by such ods and never will be under our form | overnment. The people are heard Usrough their representatives in Congress, &nud a moment's reflection will show how Simple and sufficient such hearings always | have been and will always continue to be| For instance, Should the iness of | the country be left In dow! 8 and Months w the anufactu of a ce tain state are talk the committ nator from the turer hi if, could | © same questions far mc or of the S all idle pretense that any right Is de- to anybody by the course the commit- tee has determined to take. We will report, * Senate without delay and Ss will take place. Already “0 circulars, embracing in- hing every branch of busi- Ress Known to the census of 1800, have been Addressed to ali our industries and abundant ms of information are pouring in for} nm in the Senate. In addition| his, nearly all the protected manufac- turers were heard before the committee on ways and means of the House, and the tes- timony there taken is in print and in the ssession of the Senate. The whole subject 8 very familiar to the American mind and Reeds no further elucidation than will be in- cident to a full, free debate. The country Beeds action—action.” —————_-2+—______ THE PRESIDENT’S ANXIETY About the Probability of a Renewal of the Silver Fight. Between the Quay financial amendment to the tariff bill and the Bland silver seign- | forage proposition in the House there ts| © fair prospect that the old silver fight will be renewed in Congress. This occa- fions great anxiety on the part of both the President and the democratic leaders in ne House and Senate. Their fear is that | sry addition to the disagreements and | Berplexities already upon them will cause | & revival of this controversy still further | fo plague them. ers. The total number of fourth-class post- | Masters appointed today was forty-seven. | Of this number twenty-nine were to fill Vacancies caused by death and resignation, @nd the remainder by removals. The Vir- — appointments were as follows: len, C. Dry- Flannery, vice A. K. Debusk, Shack Mills, Jefferson Deskins, ‘ah M. Wade, removed; Wood- Clarke, vice L. E. Swann, | H. The Maryland terton. J.T. Bri Jnoved; Unionville, Peter Lot : were: Bet- | appointment lee, vice G. H. bungeel, resign 'y Post Office, ation of appli- jons in the city post office ‘was held this afternoon at the civil service —- There Were 287 candidates, and | me Wo vacancies to be filled, | gnd the list of eligibles carried forward | from the last examination numbers eighty. | The semi-annual examin: fants for positi | signers to secure speed | being ELECTION SUPERVISORS The Bill To Repeal All Statutes Relat- ing to Them Will Be Passed by the Senate Tomor- row Afternoon After a KRemark- able Debate. The Senate tomorrow will pass House bill 2351, an act to repeal ail statutes re- lating to supervisors of federal elections. ‘nis bill has been under debate since the 2uth of December, when it was originally brought into the Senate trom the committee. It Was passed by the House during the ex- tra session after the silver bill had gone to the Senate apd while the Huuse was wait- ing"to get away trom Washington. The ueoate on this bill in the Senate has beea one of the most remarkable in the history of that body, but two speeches having been made in its favor. The talking has almost without exception been done by the republi- cans, mostly by Senator Chandler, and it is a remarkable fact thal not a single mem- ber of the committee reporting the bill has seen fit to address the Senate upon its mer- its. side have been made by Senators Palmer and Turpie. ‘The voting was to begin at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the nrst vole being on amend- ments submitted by Mr. Chandler, provid- ing for the appointment of watchers at congressivnal e1ecuons. By the action of the Senute today, however, the vote has been postponed until tomorrow. he deimocrats will vote solidly in favor of the bill and will be aided by the popu- lists and Senators Stewart and Teller. The other rep icans will ail vote against the | The only speeches from the democratic | DODGING THE VOTE The Hawaiian Resolution May Be Hung Up For Some Time, DIFFICULTY OF GETTING A QUORUM —————. Republicans Will Not Help Out the Democrats. NO VOTE LIKELY TODAY The indisposition of the democrats to stand up to Cleveland's Hawaiian policy Was shown today in the small attendance | of that party in the House. It is under- Stood to be the purpose of the republicans to compel the democrats to furnish their |own quorum to pass the McCreary resolu- | tion, and though that understanding was very general yesterday, there was but a small attendance of democrats today, and the indications are that when it comes time to have a vote there will be no quoram, and it may take several days to cure one. The republicans will all vote for the substitute resolution, but after that contemplate refusing to vote on the direct resolution. There will probably be some democratic votes cast against the MeCreary resolution, but the expectation |CARLISLE AT THE CAPITOL He Talks With Mr. Bland About the Seigniorage Ooinage Bill. He Pol ts Out a Flaw in the First Section That Mr. Bland Concedes. Secretary Carlisle, accompanied by Hep- resentative Gland, appeared before tne House committee on judiciary this noon. | The cal) was informal and the Secretary | did not address the committee as a whole, | but conferred with Chairman Culberson and several of the members concerning the Bland silver seigniorage bill. As this meas- ure will probably be called up at 3:30 o'clock today, the Secretary's visit on the eve of the debate attracted much attention. It was developed later that the Secretary’s visit with Mr. Bland did not mean that the former intended to lend his influence to the passage of the seigniorage bill, ‘They had met casually at the Secretary’s office, and as Mr. Bland was going to the Capitol Mr. Carlisle accompanied him for the purpose of talking over the Bland bill with the stiver leaders. ‘hese talks brought out the fact that the Secretary was not strenuously op- posed to the coinage of the seigniorage, al- though he did not approve ot some of the Propositions in the Bland bill by which this added silver coinage was to be secured. A Flow in the First Section. It !s understood that the Secretary point- ed out a flaw in the first section of the bill, | [is that most of the opponents to the resolu-| which Mr. Bland himself conceded should } | bill and for a continuance of the federal | system of supervision over elections. Mr. Teller long ago piaced himseif on record against this system and Mr, Stewart took the same ground at the very outset of the debate. Therefore the vote on the passage of the bill will show an unusual majority against the republicans. ee TO FIGHT THE CHO: RA. The President Has $700,000 at His Dis- | posal for That Purpose. Recognition of the posibilities that the cholera wave which has been making pro- gress around the world from its Asiatic | sources the past two years may reach the United States next summer is made in the sundry civil bill. No direct apprepriation for fighting the cholera is ommended, but one clause of the bill provided for the use of the large unexpended balance remaining from year’s appropriations for this purpose. In the sundry civil bill passed last March the sum of $00,000 was provided for fight- ing cholera and other epidemic as there was thought at that time to be disense imminent danger of an invasion of the plague. While the good and eminent officers of the marine hospital service were employed through most of the summer in efforts to ward off the cholera which had gained so strong a foothold in Europe, and then the yellow fever in Georgia demanded their attention, but $200,000 of the ropria- tion was us some other funds being available, and the balance, $700,000, re- mains untouched in the treasury. | There was some discussion in the meet- ings of the subcommitice which drew the sundry civil bill as to whether this large sum should be covered back into the treas- ury or left at the disposal of the mari hospital service, or whether an entirely hew appropriation under different condi- tions should be recommended. cided to leave the balance of $700, emergency fund to be drawn upon in ¢ of need and to re it at the disposal the President, been done last y The President is empowered to draw it in case of actual or threatened cp of cholera or yellow fever « allpox, f the federal authorities to enforce the quar- antine laws or in aid of state or local boards of health which may have to handle epi- demics. urgeon Gen. Wyman cf the marine hos- Pital servi under whose ction the Tixid enforcement of the ¢ antin® laws Was carried out tast sumn says that he considered this a as financial pre so far le safeguar autions can g last | cholera. Although h for a direct appropr to start the fiscal year with, the same sum, $900,000, whieh s at his command last | year, he is well satisfied with the action | taken. TO RESTOR Who Were Bounced From the B: way Mail Servi A favorable report aoe DEMOCRATS le today by the House judiciary committee nm the bill authorizing the Post yne to re instate, without examinaticn by the civil service commission, whenever a ‘ancy may occur in a grade or class higher then that in which he was fo: y employed, any person who was dismissed from the railway mail service, and any person who was serving as a probat clerk and whose appointment was to exp! by limitation, through ro delinquency or mis- conduct of 4 between March 1 and May 15, 1591, > Was from the service after the last n. y order made prior th c The object of this bill is to re democratic postal clerks who dropped from the service just before President Har- rison’s er extending the civil service regulations to the railway mail service, THE MACHIAS AND CASTINE, Secretary Herbert Before the priation Committee. The Secretary of the Navy appeared be- fore the House appropriation committee today to ask for an allowance to make the much-talked-of alterations in the two new steel armored gunboats, Machias and Cas- tine. The crafts were built at the Bath works, Appro- were completed about a year ago, and it, has developed that in the effort of the de- the boats were eut away too much fore and aft, so that with their batteries on board they are top- heavy. Two naval boards have examined them, the last board, of which Admiral Walker was chairman, recommending that they be cut in two in the middie and twenty feet added to their length. Secretary Herbert asked for $0,000 to carry out these recommendations. The committee will probably not provide a distinct appropriation for the purpose, but will authorize the changes to be made, and the cost to be deducted from the regular appropriation for buliding new ships for the navy A deficiency appropriation of $400,000 for the expenses of United States courts, which had been asked by the Attorney General, is considered by the committee, and will probably be granted. It is mot cus- tomary to appropriate in the sundry civil bill the full sum estimated as necessary for | the United States courts, because it 1s im- possible to estimate in advance the amounts of witness fees and other variable expenses for the year. The committee usually thinks that it will tend more to enforce economy upon the judicial department to allow it to create a deficiency than to give it a large sum to draw upon. Whenever money is appropriated, say the Congressmen, officials manage to use it. —————--2+_____ ‘Treasury Cash Balance. The available cash balance in the treas- ury today is $16,056,937; national bank notes received for redemption, $303,852. Govern- ment receipts—internal revenue, $179,198; customs, $190,176, 636, tion among the democrats will merely ab- sent themselves. ‘Those in charge of the Hawaflan debate in the House ized this afternoon that th would probably fail in the effort to © a vote on the McCreary resolution at 3:30 o'clock today. 4 vass of the demo- cratic members in town showed 185, which is six more than a quorum. The small margin of six on the democratic side 1s be- lieved to be more than offset by the absence from the He number of the demo- cratic Congr who wish to avoid vot- ing on the ry resolution. Under these circun the officials of the House, who have been most ac in secur- ing a quorum, say there will not be wi ite number of demo proves correct the 1 come to a stand-still ured. of the requ estimate n que: fort If ure the quorum will be taken, n of the But ii ed for the considerath F ri bill as well as for Hawaii. there is ttle prospect for a vote on Hawa this evening. Mr. Storer's Great Speech. A somewhat unusual scene was witnessed in the House today during the debate up the § fian rhus far the speeches have been of ra’ pirited character, < livered with forensic warmth and calling forth applause from the enthused gallerve: us comm: tions from parti ne floor. Patriotism and flag have ren appealed to upon the one side and aes- thetic principles of honor ahd alleged justice upon the other side, amid the tumultuous plaudits of the sympathizers. The eagles have screamed, the oracular owls have de- livered themselves of their wisdom and the spectators have had a real good old-fash- joned tin n¢ But today the it of the occasion changed. Mr. Bellamy Storer of Ohio (re- publican) took the floor and made an argu- ment against the course of the administra- tion. It Was not a campaign speech, there was nothing brililant or soul-stirring in it, no thunderous bursts of app! from an overheated gallery punctuated its para- graphs, but it was a very cold-blooded and complete dissection of the case which the administration hus presented to the House in the Hawa‘ Mr. Storer sed the House in the tone and manner of a man arguing a case a smail court room. His voice was not i above a conversativunal tone, and he ade No appeal Whatever fo! use, but simply proceeded with knife and pincers and in probe to tear the covermg from the demo- cratic position, sirip the mc flesh from the bone, and reach the ce of the trouble. His e n gathe ut him, tting and staidin so as to be within reach of his voice, and paid close attention to every word. ‘It was such an ual departure from th » of similar ales that it attracted the noti practically gave Mr. attention of the whole House. +e: TIAL NOMINATIONS. Quite a Nember of Post Offices Filled by the President. of every PRESID The President today sent the following reminations to the s Postmasters— |Wm 0. Gontroe, Futaw, Nathaniel B. Stevens, Winsted, Conn. L. Moore, ML: Clarence Coulter, Blue Rap- s a. Wm. ©. Cuseck, Newburyport, Mass.; James Murphy, Hyannt: Wm. J. Davrt, Bay City, Mich.; Ch , Cassopolis, Mic R. Mertz, Glad- Mich.; M. R. Redmond, Hancock, Ermest J. Dube, Houghton, Mich.; ides, Iron Mountain, Mic Rede Minn.; Haze John » Saint Charl A. Skelle ver City, N. M.; Jobn Hogan, wood, N. D.; Josephus Ci 2 Ohio; Mich F. Bow Se ‘own, Tenn.; Turner, Yex.; Seymour Manning, Col- L. W. Merris, Morr Fert Worth, fax, Wash. BRAZIL CABINET. e+ AND THE Further Instructions to Benham §. to Have Been Discussed Today. All the members were present at today’s regular cabinet meeting. That important matters were discussed is indicated by the statement that the meeting prevented the President and Secretary Gresham from at tending Mr. Childs’ funeral in Philadelphia. The Brazilian affair undoubtedly one of the matters considered, and it is said that as a result additional instructions to Admiral Benham for his guidance in case | the insurgent admiral attempts to close the harbor of Rio to American ships or opens fire on the capital without giving due | notice. +e The District Attorney Bill, The House judiciary committee today laid upon the table the Senate bill authorizing the attorney and assistant attorney for the District of Columbia to administer oaths to witnesses. A similar bill introduced in the House was recently reported adversely by \the judiciary committee. There is strong (objection to conferring this power upon the officials named for the reason, as explained, that it affords the officials an opportunity of examining witnesses out of court and rendering them lable to prosecution for per- jury if their subsequent examination should disclose differing testimony. The Bond 5: Assistant Secretary C New York to confer with the bankers in regard to the payment of the bond sub- scriptions. Treasury Department officials attribute the dissatisfaction of the New York sub- seribers to Secretary Carlisle's instructions as to payment for the bonds more to a mis- understanding than to any other cause. Mr. Jordan, the assistant treasurer at New York, wired the Secretary for certain in- structions regarding the matter yesterday, and reply had already been sent to him which, it is believed, will be satisfactory to the bankers and others buying bonds. The statement that the money for the bonds “may be” paid within ten days after the issue of the bonds, February 20, is not precisely correct, the treasury officials say. They state that such money “must be” paid within ten days after such issue, be modified. The section provides: “That the Secretary of the Treasury shall | immediately issue silver certificates in the | amount equal to the seigniorage of the sil- | ver bullion, to wit., $55,156,681."" | Such certificates are made available for | the payment of the current expenses of the | government. Mr. Carlisle pointed out that | the mandatory provision that the Secretary hall immediately issue § 1” of sil- ver cerulicates was hardly ne ssary, as the current expenses might not require the compulsory issue of such a large amount | Of silver certincates at a single stroke, Mr. Bland said that he had appreciated this point and was ready to offer an amend- ment when the bill was taken up, by which | the Secretary would be given’ authority | to issue the silver certificates as circum- | stances demanded instead of being com- pelled to issue them in blocks immediately, Some question was also raised as to the propriety of issuing the certificates ah of the coinage of the bullion, Mr. Carlisle evidently believing that the certiicates, representing coined seigniorage, ought not to be circulated ahead of the’ coins they represented. Mr. Bland’s View: As to this, however, Mr. Bland was not ready to make concessions. He says the | bill will pass beyond any dou»t with the moditication suggested, but without the limitation that the coinage of the sliver will keep pace with the issue of the certiti- cates. } ss of the House, which satisfied him that the seigntorage bill would be de- feated by eight or ten votes if a full mem- bership could be secured, but this | Tracey does not expect. ife is ready, | ever, ‘to raise the point uf consider: against the bill, and this may delay bate on it. } i - THERE 18 STILL WORK, But the Appropriations for New War Vessels Linble to Fall on. raval establishment is being made grad- tally as the work upon which the employes are engaged reaches completion. There are nearly perso: on this roil, cluding clerks, experts, typewriters, ste- nographers, &c., none of whom are subj, to civil service rules. They are employe altogether on work in connection with the construction of new s and they are paid out of the general fund, known as 3 “the appropriation for the > of the navy.” Heretofore the appropriation for this special purpose has “4 about 40,000 a year, but as the work of this | character is gradually growing less the | appropriation is correspondin smaller and the we ing force is red ed in mua | ber. Out the total force on the tempor- ¥ about 150 are employal in this cit yat the Navy Department a mairder at the Washington nav: Although it evident that the fore will have to be reduced as the work upc which it is engaged is completed the will so gradual and slow th u to be affected will have ample op- portunity to prepare for it. The reduction is based solely Congre! not likely constrt of very ma shi in present low state of the public ex- chequer and that the appropriations will Le confined to the work previously author- feed. The extent of the reduction in the n 1 the re- yard. to authorize etion or future will depend altogether on the a tion of Congress in this matter at th present session. In the event that it decided to make no further increase in the navy the nt tempor roll will be gradually ed until it is entire extinct. The work now in progress i cient, however, to keep an force busy for many months to c out regard to the action of Con present session, so far as new ships are concerned. Se MINISTER THURSTON, Why He Did Not Testify Before the Senate Committee. It is stated today that the plan of hav- ing Mr. Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, testify before the special Senate committee \ investigating Hawaiian effairs was blocked by Secretary Gresham. The committee wanted to hear from Mr. Thurston, and, it is said, the chairman, Mr. Morgan, request- ed the Secretary of State to write him to appear before the committee. This is the usual diplomatic way of summoning the representative of a foreign government. it is understood that the committee desired to get Minister Thurston to make a state- ment in regard to the circumstances im- mediately preceding and attending the de- thronement of Queen Liliuokalani. He is said to have endeavored unsuccessfully to lay this information before the State De- | partment some time in advance of the ar- rival of Paramount Commissioner Blount’s report. In his prepared statement he flatly contradicts most of the essential aver- | ments of Mr. Blount in regard to the revo- lution. According to the story current today, Secretary Gresham was very much perplex. jed over Senator Morgan’s request,and with- out acting upon it, visited him and per- suaded him to withdraw it. One of the most potent arguments used in bringing about this result was that Minister Thur- ston could not testify before the Senate committee in his official capacity as the diplomatic representative of the provisional | government of Hawaii without rendering himself persona non grata to the admin- istration to an extent that would practic- ally end his usefulness in Washington, The Secretary argued that while the President might be willing to overlook his private utterances in criticism of his policy toward Hawaii he could hardly be expected to con- tinue friendly relations with the represen- tative of a foreign government who should do the same thing in his official capacity before a committee of the Senate. The re- sult of this conference was that Mr. Thur- ston was not invited before the committee. ——_—_—_—__2< Extremely cold weather i in parts of New York state. At Saranac lake the thermometer was 41 degrees below zero, the coldest on record in that region. Mr. Tracey (N. Y.) has made a preli-ni- | A decrease in the temporary roll of the | ‘MR. CHILDS’ FUNERAL. Remains of the Philanthropist Laid | to Rest at Woodlands, CHURCH SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON |A Notable Delegation Attends From New York. |BRIEF PRIVATE SERVICES) — a. | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6—The remains | of George W. Childs were today laid at rest | in the Drexel mausoleum, in the Woodlands | cemetery, beside those of his closest friend and business companion,Anthony J. Drexel, | who died but a few months ago. Almost in- | separable in life, it was deemed fitting that | they should rest together in death, although | it was not known that any request to that | effect had ever been made by Mr. Childs. The regret at the death of Mr. Childs which is felt by prominent New Yorkers was displayed by a large delegation of well- known men who left Jersey City on two special trains this morning to attend the funeral. A special car was attached to the 9 o'clock train and placed at the disposal of the mem- bers of the New York Press Club. Among those who went on this were Col. A. D Defreece, Col. John A. Cockerill, Julius Chambers, George W. Turner, R. E. Dor- sey, J. Hanway, 8, 8. Pratt, Mr. Marsh, G. H. Hinman, George F. Williams @nd about forty other members of the Press Club. A special train left at 10 o’cluck and was |Made up of six passenger cars. About one |hundred and fifty persons were on board. Among the most prominent passengers | were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chauncey M. | Depew, Gen. Horace Porter, J. Pierpont | Morgan, Bisaop Potter, Col. and Mrs. Fred |Grant, & ayor Abram S. Hewitt, Mr. and | Mrs. Godwin, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. Bigelow, Hiram Hitchcock, Col. ¢ U. 8. A.; James Bayne Stewart, Judge ward. Patterson, orge R. Preston, John | | clerk, CAPT. MANNIX DEAD His Death This Morning at the Marine Barracks Here. A Long a Service of ornble areer in the = Countey—Home and Foreign Honors. Capt. Daniel Pratt Mannix of the marine corps died at the marine barracks about 7 o'clock this morning from ¢ r of the} stomach. He had been ailin months and had received freq ment at the seriously ill until death came. in New York and was marine corps from Ohio. United States and performed ¢ Rattler of the Mississ divisional officer during the re up the Yazoo river. He was in of Arkansas Post, January Pemberton in the following M tcok part in the various engag Vicksburg during the siege ital. He was t y and sank « savy, y on Ase a ; panied Admiral Porter on the Red rive pedition and commanded the first div of great guns. In 1864 he took command ot f the naval rendezvous at Cincinnati, and in February, IM, he was transferred from the volun- teer navy to the marine corps. Guarding Hooth’s Body. he was ordered to the Washington the navy monitor Saugus, at yard,with a detachn in guarding the bedy ofmarine for duty ators and to asp! removed th’s until the Washington nied Admiral Shufeldt on hi two years’ cruise aro world on th Ticonderoga in the interest of American commerce. He accepted post of tor- pedo instructor from th hese KOVer nh Iss a de ion of the third class, second rank, of the Order of the Inn perial Double-Dragon, was tend him by the Emperor of a. He re ed to | the Uni © Same r Was commissic as captain December He was fi Brooklyn, on th . since Which t atic station, ° has been on duty |W. Kelier, president New York Press Club; Washington. He | Geo. pinney, C. R. Miller, W.M. Laffan, | ™ » Guty at the marine bar- Augustine Smith, Gilbert E. Jones and | ™ and has been there eve Henry L. Dyer. is time of h he A delegation from Ty | No. 6, consisting of Pre: and ex-I t John J. Dumar, E. ographical Union, A z Beseley, Killeen also came on the train, as we! aoe |Messrs. Charles B. Smith and W. J an, Who represented the National U. The Services at the Chare’ was at first intended It to have the funeral services private, but, ylelding to (the request of many friends, Mrs. Childs |finally consented to a public funeral, and |the services were held at 1 o'clock today James’ Protestant Episcopal Church, | which 1s directly opposite the residence of the dead philanthropist, at Walnut and 224 | Streets, and of which Mr. Childs had been [an honored member and vestryman for |many years. A brief service for the family and im- | mediate friends was held at the house be- |fore the public service at the church. At lits conclusion those present were given an opportunity to take a last look at the face of the one they loved, and from which jdeath had not effaced that generous, kind |look, one of the characteristic marks \the ‘man of whom everybody said: ‘o |know him was to love him.” | Then the casket was tenderly borne out} |from the white marble mansion and across} the street to the church, ere it Was placed } on a bier in front of the neel rail. | |_ ‘The services in the ei well as those at the house, were ted | Potter of New York, Whitaker of Philadelphia, Rev. iP: nchard, rector of St. James’ Chu: | Dr. Wm, 8. Bodine, ‘tor of the Caur | the Savior, which the late Mr. Drexel | tended, | Long before noon the vicinity was thronged with pwd eager to gi sion into the later edifice. has a seating cay of the greater the was re served for family, ammediate friends, : loves of the Public Ledger nd rious deiega When the n seatel the public was church wax quickly crow Several thousand pers in vain for admissio e had i, and uh 8 clamore content with v ing cortege as it wended its way to the funeral processio: at the church en ce by the bishops i clergy 1 choir of twenty: n boys: With the clergymen in the arborough inton. t the simple upon which was born May . died February The pall-bearers who followed the bier were: J. Pierpont Morgan, John R Cornel ¢, Gen. Hor: Patterson, Ce ow, Enoch n. Felix Agnus, r P. Wilbur, Dr. Jam: m, Judy orge C. Thomas, Clark Davis, Richard ¢ Griscom, William V. McKean, \Delano, Isaac H. Clothier, ¢ | Warburton, Joseph M. Wilson, Richard M. Cadwalader, Joseph Rosengarten, John |Russell Young, Cc 1. Richard Muckle and Col. William Wayne. The casket was placed in front of the chancel and the choir chanted the burial anthem, after which Rev. Dr. Blanchard jread the lesson beginning with “Now is Christ risen from the dead,” the hymn “Jesus Lives" was sung with solemn effect and then Bishop Potter delivered an ad- dress upon the manifold virtues of the de- parted. When the choir had sung the hymn “My God, My Father.” the creed and prayer were intoned by Rev. Dr. Rodine. “In the Hour of Trial” was the next hymn and Bishop Whitaker closed the services by offering a pathetic prayer and pronounc- ing the benediction. “Hark, Hark, My Soul,” was the recessional. The cortege then proceeded to the Wood- lands cemetery, where interment was made in the Drexel mausoleum. The brief services at the grave were conducted by Bishop Potter and Whitaker and Rev. Dr. Blanc’: ari. The interment was announced to } private, but over 2.000 persons entered the cemetery and crowded around the vault. The Ledger employes and many of the dis- tinguished attendants marched in a body to the church from the Ledger office. The lat- ter was closed from noon until 3 p.m. The Floral Tributes. ‘The floral tributes, of which scores were sent to the church, were of rarest blooms and in many instances of most ornate de- sign. By mid-day and before the doors of the church were opened, the florists in charge had dispersed them with noteworthy taste about the altar and the chancel, so that to the Tight and to the left there was a bank of heliotrope, while the center of the chancel was a pure white. The pulpit to the right was hung with three immense wreaths, the front panel being entirely concealed. After the services all these flowers were distributed among the city hospitals. Bondholders Withdraw Their Petition MACON, Ga., Feb. 6—Hearing on the pe- tition for the removal of W. B. Sparks as receiver of the Georgia Southern and Fior- {da railroad came up in the superior court here today, and after a short time in court the Georgia Southern and Florida raiiroad found it impossible to sustain at this time | | made | ing letter from Mr. Friedric! | exploration and roffice of o mmandi THE CHILDS TRAL Those Who Went to the Philanthro- pists Funeral, in of t The spe up ingtonians © Pennsylvania roaa the accommodation of W intending to the ¢ funeral in Philadelphia drew out of th timore and mac depot at s. The party ab moprise orre Bal- this morn. i 3 rson, Washington iger: Miss Butler of t Richard Watson Gilder Century il, New York Times: C. M. Pepper. ribune; Au, ath, represent- ne Childs ¢ ty; HC. M Farland, repre inters of thi city, and ©, the Louisville en cars, includ- ing a priva r in the rear, occupied by the Washin rity. Engineer therby was at the thro tle of the en; i4, and Conductor C. i Foster had charge of the train only stops made were at Baltimore and Wilming- ton, A SOLTHERN DEPARTMENT ' Of the United States Army is Strongty | Advocated. hment of the milita Fartment of the south, with headquarters at Atlanta, . already referred to in The Star, is thought to be one of the probabili- ties of the near future. The southern Sena-! tors and Rep entatives are ting the proposition. They 1 the indorsement of Secretary hofield and now need only the approval of the President to put the plan into effect. Many army officers believe that the establishment of a department of the south would result in incre on the part of thern m The re-estabi de- | vember is the it of 1, in whose command, the depart- f the east. is now included the geo- grephical division out of which it is in- terded to make the department of the It is not thought proper to_ de e the size or importance of Gen. How ara’s command while he is on the active list. ———+e—____ STEINS ARCTIC PROJECT. Indersed by the Geographic Society of Hamburg. Mr. Robert Stein ef the United States! geological survey has received the follow-| sen, first sec- | retary of the Geographic Society of Ham-| burg: “Dear Sir: The council of the Geographic | Society of Hamburg received your letter | submitting your plan of continuous polar asking for an opinion thereon. Corfplying with your request, the council appointed one of its members, Mr. Koldewey, councillor to the admiraity, to report on the matter, and this expert par excellence made a detailed communication on your plan before the society at its last meeting. Mr. Koldewey is of opinion that your project, which is well planned in every detail, deserves to be received with interest by all friends of polar exploration, In bringing this to your notice the council desires to express the wish that you may | soon succeed in realizing your plans in | America.” Capt. Karl Koldewey is the foremost are- tic authority in Germany. He commanded the two German polar expeditions of 186s and 1869, which made important contribu- tions to our knowledge of the east coast of Greenland und the adjoining sea. In the first of these he reached Sl degrees 5 min- utes north latitude, the highest ever at- tained in that sea. icles Eqaitable Promotions. The @mmittee, consisting of Chief Clerk Daniels, Appointment Clerk Holcomb, Sam- uel E. Barby, then chief clerk of the patent | office; Chief Clerk Wardle of the census of- | fice, and Appointment Clerk Anthony of the pension office, appointed by Secretary Smith to discuss the question of records of efficiency of employes and the methods of promotion in the Interior Department, and make recommendations, has been supersed- | ed by various heads of bureaus, who have been designated as a commission to consider | the matter. | At a meeting of these officials yesterday, the majority objected to the pian, but it | was finally decided to refer the matter to Dr. W. T. Harris, the commissioner of edu- cation, who will submit his report next Monday morning. It is doubtful if Dr. Har- ris will recommend the plan, but should the recommendation be: made, it is hardly probable that it will be adopted by the commission, ——$—$—_——_—_2 The Chicago at Genon. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today announcing the arival of the flagship Chicago 2t Genoa, Italy, where she will be put into dry dock to be scraped and painted. | justice HAWAIIAN DEBATE The McCreary Resolutions Further Discussed in the House, PRESIDENT ATTACKED AND DEFENDED Some Strong Speeches Made on Both Sides, si - ;BUT NO VOTE TAKEN re? - At the opening House this morni asked unanimous irr a ati servation in bill was passed ttees for w king 28 Pesum Outhwaite the ft port of the MeCreary re ition that Minister ing the troops ashore at had been guilty of an act of war; traying the gov t to which eek accredited he had been eu of treachery, and th scheming with th sugar int sts to tt bh a view t ywardice w 4 weak mon- arc w been ¢ He dev proot Ity of ¢ Ista © Hawaiian As ii * said, Were marked 1k alu and mock triotism in Washington. He 4 when entleman from Indiana hnsony his opera he would not forget. to on the banners of the chorus girls include your speech,” interrupt- ed Mr Johnson, amid rile of amus “It would certainly prove a laugh- able feature « mic oF Mr. Guthwai hallenged the production of a single scintilla of evidence to pre that Mr. Cleveland, tn the inauguration o! & policy which had for Sts purpose the r p ! hting of a national wrong, ever contem- ted the use of force. Calberson Defends Clew Mr. Culberson of Texas, chairman of the judiciary committe ‘ollowed Mr. Guth- waite and was listened to with great at- tention rated, When Mr, Cleveland was inaugu- sald he, an extraordinary condition of a rs with reference to Hawall existed, A treaty of annexation had been negotiat- ed and sent to the 5 a The transaction was incomplete. fhe treaty w based upon th rt of Secretary Foster. It was Mr. land's rig! and duty to Investi- gate that report, already questioned All the sideration f national honor demanded that he exercise that right and dischar his duty. The main question be- fore t House was whether the evidence furnished d: report monstrated the falsity of that if it was false and the facts could to appear that the revolution w mplished by the lawless act of our ter then the negotiation of that treaty n inexcusable blunder and Mr. Ste- m Was a crime against the United All the evidence, he went on, show- ates, ed that Secretary Foster's report roneous and unreliable; that Mr. St Was a revolutionist and a conspirator, and that the landing of the troops to protect American life and property was a mere pretext and disguige to make possible the Success of the projected usurpation. Long after the defamers of the President shail have been forgotten the courage, patriotism and devotion of a democratic administra- tion will stand as a monument to the honor of the United States and the enlightened of the world. (Democratic ap- plause.) The Presidents Stretch of Power. Mr. Storer of Ohio, a republican member of the committee on foreign affairs, said that what occurred in Hawali on January IS, 1888, was a small matter compared wit® what bad occurred in Washington since March 4, 18u3. Mr, Storer made am argument against the President’s power to confer upon Mr, Biount diplomatic authority without nomi- rating him for confirmation by the Senate in the regular way. Mr. Blount’s mission, he said, was purely a ical one. He was sent to make # case against the last administration (re- publican applause), and he made it, added Mr. Storer, but he would have made a bet- ter case it he had not made #o good @ case; | if he had been more careful about express- ing his own opinion. Think of taking tes- timony, be continued, upon a question im volving the life of a government, and not asking the head of that government for his evidence. the only evidence in the whole case tn- disputable to a lawyer, he said, was th power of attorney given by the ex-queen when she wanted not power, but money. That power of attorney empowered {ts hold- er to come to the United States and sell all of her outstanding ttle, either for cash or on the instaliment plan. that pa- per,” said he, impressively, “the queen | Stated that she had surrendered her author- ity, not to the United States, but to the provisional government.” (Applause.) Dr. Everett Defen: ¢ President. Mr. Everett (Mass.), also a member of the foreign affairs committee, in common with other democrats of the committee, took the position that the Hawatian revo- lution was accomplished through the sympa- thy of Mr. Stevens and the intimidation produced by the landing of the American troops. He warmly indorsed the course of Mr. Cleveland, who, he declared, was as true an American as any one on the floor, and who had no sympathy with monarchy. In future time, said he, Mr. Cleveland's Hawaiian policy would add another proof of his loyalty and fidelity to the courage ef his convictions. The American Interest Paramount. Mr. Loud (Cal.), who followed, contended that partisanship should have no place in the determination of a question where pa- triotism alone should reign. The American interest in Hawaii was paramount. Down to Mr. Cleveland's second administration the policy of the United States had always looked to ultimate annexatiun, Even Mr. Merrill, Mr. Cleveland's first minister to Hawaii, received instructions, both written and verbal, to court the most friendly re- lations with Hawaii with a view to ultimate annexation. He said that the annexation scheme instead of being supported by the sugar men Was opposed by them. A Trivute to Mr. Bh Mr. Turner (Ga.) made an impassioned Speech, The revolution of our country- men in Hawaii, said he, was not against oppression. It was a conspiracy which overthrew and trampled under foot a con- stitutional form of government, under which our countrymen there had flourished and prospered. And what was the condi- tion there now? The constitytion was suspended, the queen was dethroned, even the writ of habeas corpus, that palladium of Anglo- Saxon liberty, was suspended. and every resident in the islands was disfranchised. What sort of spirit of liberty was it invoked on this floor, ask, the House to stand up for such defiance of iberty and constitutional prerogative, because it was the work of our countrymen, (Democratic applause.) Mr. Turner paid a-high tribute, in the course of his remarkgate the ability and tn-