Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR i aaeninntibtineraainn PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, no. ‘THe Evextyo Stax is served to subseribers in the city by carriers. on their own account, at 10 cents RT Peek, or He month. Coptes ‘st the coyn- Jeenis exch. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—5U cents ver BDAY QUINTUPLE Seer Stan, $1.00 per year; With foreien Dostave 3 (Eutered af the Post Office at Washington, D. 0. as seco aes mail matter.) by Che Evening Star. “Von 84, No. 20,823. NO ACTION TAKEN Briefs and Arguments in the Metro- politan Railroad Case, THE ‘THREE COMPROMISE PLANS Mr. Stephenson Tells of the Rail- toads Different Efforts. CONTINUED UNTIL TUESDAY ‘The Metropolitan Railway Company hear- ing was continued before the House District committee this morning. The government Was not represented in person before the | committee, but the District Commissioners submitted an official statement which is Printed in another column. The railway company was represented by President Wm. J. Stephenson, Bir. Jere Wilson and Mr. Nathaniel Wilson. Mr. Stephenson also submitted a statement in behalf of the company, as follows: “The Metropolitan Railroad Company has spent nearly $400,000 in an honest effort to put upon its lines one of the three systems ef rapid transit prescribed by the acts of Congress of 18S9 and 1890. It has shown to the committee that neither the cable nor the storage battery systems are me- chanicaily or commercially practicable upon its crooked road. it asks a reasonable ad- ition of time within which to construct | @n underground system of propulsion, being the third system prescribed in the acts supra. erhe sole objection made in the briefs of the attorneys for the United States and for the District of Columbia is that the pro- posed extension of time will operate as a Waiver of pending forfeiture proceedings, growing out of certain disputed monied Glaims of the District against the Concisely stated, the briefs of these attor- meys concede that the District has no pend- ing or possible status in any court for the| Fecovery of those pretended claims; and they also concede that the act of Congress | of March 3, ISvi, attempting to set aside | the dectsion of the United States Supreme to finally close up all this controverted Dis- trict matter; and if that be the good judg- | ment of the committee we submitted an of- | fer to pay to the District the entire amount of the alleged cost of the work done be- tween 17th street and the Capitol, which ‘was the only portion of the road construct- ed and in operation at the time of the board of works’ existence. This proposi- tion calls for the payment of $39,993.60, and excludes only the amounts claimed for work on streets and avenues where the company had not constructed its road, and was not operating when these pavements | were laid. “The Metropolitan Railroad Company has endeavored, without evasion or conceal- ment, to submit all the facts of this case fairly for your judgment. We have en- deavored, in good faith, to meet all reason- able objections, and I am authorized to say that the company, indicating its prefer- ence for a bill without amendment, or for the amendments in the order of above statement, will accept and execute which- ever of them Congress may approve.” The Commissioners’ Brief. “A brief glance at the ‘Commissioners’ statement,” said Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, when the committee was called to order, “shows that there is nothing new in the matter—” “I think there is a great deal of new matter in the statement,” said Mr. Cogs- well, and was proceeding to explain, when [it was decided to have the Commissioners’ brief read by the clerk, which was done. “I just wish to say one word,” remarked | Mr. Stephenson, when the reading was con- | cluded. “We would be glad to pay you | nine per cent on our gross receipts if we can charge a straight five-cent fare. The dif- ference between that and the present rate of six tickets for a quarter would amount to about $56,000 a year.” Mr. Nathaniel Wilson explained that in his statement that there is nothing new in the Commissioners’ brief he meant to say that the facts detailed therein are already in documentary form or record. “This paper from the Commissioners comes rather late,” he continued. “It is hard to be called on at the last moment to answer charges, when we have tried in every way to come to an understanding, and I say that with all due respect to the Commissioners.” Wants Adjudication. Mr. Wilson said there ts no reason why a | court constituted as the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia cannot be given Jurisdiction to determine the case by this record. “Do you hold that after the bar of the statute of limitations has become effective, eny legislation can revive the action?” asked Mr. Cobb. “There might be consent on the part of Court in favor of the company, and to re- | quire the company to pay the full amount | of the rejected claim, ‘is void,’ and that! the pending forfeiture suit " thereunder | ‘cannot be maintained.” But in effect | they contend that the company justly ewed | the District the moneys in question; that | it escaped payment only through the stat- ute of limitations; and tnat Congress should use the pending application for an exten- sion of time as a club with which to extort | yment of the outlawed District claim. | es@ briefs beg the question. They erro- | neously assume that the railroad ever | justly owed the District a penny. They fail to state a single fact in support of that | &ssumption.” At this point there follows an exhaust- | ive and detailed review of the history of | the litigation, which has been heretofore | published. In conclusion, Mr. Stephenson says: His Con ions. “I have endeavored to make a frank and €oncise statement of the facts of this pre- tended District claim. Thereupon, and con- sidering the shadowy and disputed char- e@cter of the said claim; considering its an- | cient date and its rejection by the final | judgment of the highest court,of this coun- | 3 considering that Congress, by the act | of June Ll, M78, establishing a permaneat | form of District government, settled these | ¢isputed questions of policy by prescribing ‘with complete exactness the future rights and duties of the street railroads and of the District authorities, respectively, con- cerning the pavement of the railroad spaces; considering that since that act of 1878 this y has paid the large sum h street pavements | ; considering that the com- | pany has expended the further large sum | of $400,000 in an honest but unsuccessful effort to put u; its road a storage bat- | tery system; idering that the company | 4s now of additional dollars in putting into opera- tion an underground system of propulsion, | Which will add gely to the convenience | d to the taxabie values of the District, | P respectfully submit that the credit of this company ought not to be crippled, nor its Faising of the necessary large sums be em- barrassed, by such unusual legislative | amendments as will, in effect, declare that if we do not pay a stale and rejected claim | of, at best, doubtful origin, and at the in- @tance of a defeated litigant, we shail be @enied the opportunity to make our pro- pos rapid transit improvement, and our operty shall be confiscated. The owners our 14,000 shares of stock, holding in average proportion of less than sixty g@hares to each holder, are confident that Congress will treat their application for extended time with entire fairness and | fustice. | “If, however, your honorable committee gre of the opinion that there ought to be added to our bill either of the amendments heretofore submitted by this company, and intended to meet fairly all the different views which may be reasonably anticipated | either in committee or upon the floor of the House, then I respectfully submit that, so | far,as the wishes of this company may, with becoming propriety, be suggested for your consideration, our preference for those amendments would be in the following order of sequence:” Here Mr. Stephenson quotes the three Propositions for compromise which were submitted to the committee last week and — in The Star and discussed there- Proposition One. He says: “This (the first proposition) ‘would leave the District, the United States and the company unaffected in their exact present relations to each other before the courts, with the single modification that final judgment of forfeiture could be avoid- @d by payment of the entire amount of the District claim within ninety days from the Fendition of such judgment. I am advised that this provision would not be construed as a legislative waiver, except upon the Monied payment specified, because, whilst, = right of forfelture has accrued, legis- tive acts extending franchises or confer- ¥ing new rights or privileges are construed &s evidences of legislative intent to waive yet there must be reasonable fround for presuming that the legislature tended a waiver of forfelture,and no such Presumption can exist in the face of an express legislative declaration to the con- Testing the Merits. “2% While our preference is for this | amendment and while it leaves the pend- | fing littzation wholly unaffected, I am not waniindful of the possibility that it may be claimed by some that a final judicial determination of the merits of the District claim ought to be had. If that view pre Nall then the fact should not be lost sigh: > that the statute of limitations being litled by the iaws of the land to the judg- ent of the appellate court upon the al- | Tieea errors of law in the rulings of the trial court, which left the jury no other Giscretion than to return a verdict against the company. In that possibility we have submitted to you and indicate our second prefe Which provides for such Merits bs District upon the same pleas and proofs in the former record, ex: ‘pling the statute of I am also advised that while might not lawfully impose such ¥ pon the Supreme Court of the ted States, whose jurisdiction ts of con- mal origin, no such objection obtains ef courts of purely statutory trial upon the as Money © “1. And, final Sugsestions wh rominxe. I do not wer made by different | ng the argu- < * satisfactory if | seme monied payment in the nature ofa Cumyromise Were inserted into our bill, so as Ment that it m offering to expend some millions | iminated the railroad company was en-| rence for the following amendment, | fore the Court of Appeals for the | overlook the | the defendant to waive that objection,” swered Mr. Wilson. company would consent to such a plan. Anything to get adjudication, but he does not want arbitration. One objection to the plan of the Commtis- sioners is that they insist upon trying the case on a new record, and the company could not produce a new record. Many of the persons who contributed to the record are dead. In answer to questions by the committee, Mr. Wilson explained that the pavements which were laid by the board of public works, and to which this claim applies, never did the company any material bene- fit. The pavements were not suitable for the purposes. No Action. In concluding, Mr. Wilson said that the company is willing to go more than half- way to meet any proposition trom the com- mittee to settle the question, but the com- pany begs the committee not to allow that fog bank, that mysterious cloud of an al- leged claim, company is making to perform an improvs- benefit. At the conclusion of the hearing the committee went into executive session to take final action upon the bill. The hour for adjournment arrived, however, before a decision was reached, and the matter will be taken up again next Tuesday. ge SUGGESTS NEW LAWS. Regulations Not Snfiicient to Com- pel Safety—Rallroad Gates. The attorney for the District today sub- mitted an opinion to the Commissioners |relative to the ownership of the crossings on the Metropolitan branch of the Balti- more and Ohio Railroad Company at R, S, T and 4th streets northeast, in Eckington. He says: “The question is whether the police regu- lation requiring steam railways at grade | crossings, on streets or avenues, to main- tain gates or guards can be enforced against the Baltimore and Ohio Company in ckington. The streets crossing the tracks of this railroad in the suburban di- vision known as Eckington do not appear to be legal highways so far as they are laid out across the railroad company’s right of way, if they are so laid out. The right of the railway company is that of a fee simple owner of the land within its right of way, so far as such right of way does not cross a public highway, in which case it merely has an easement over such high- way, under such conditions as the public authorities may impose to secure public safety. It results that if the crossing of the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company at R, 8, T and 4th streets northeast, in Eckington, have not Been dedicated, by the railroad, to public | uses, or have not been acquired by the pub- | Me by condemnation proceedings, that they are not grade crossings within the meaning | of the police regulations, and hence a failure on the part of the railroad company, after notice, to erect gates or guards at these erossings could not be punished in the Po- lice Court. The condemnation of the right of way by the railroad company antedates | the laying out of Eckington, and it follows | that the proprietor of that subdivision had no legal right to lay out streets across the company’s right of way without its consent, if such a thing was attempted. I would suggest therefore that in the present situa- tion of affairs with reference to grade crossings, there being one condition of | things within the city limits, and another | without, and the doubt existing with ref- | sioners over grade crossings outside the city, other than established legal highways, that a bill be prepared and submitted to Congress authorizing the Commissioners to compel the erection of gates or guards along the line of the steam railroads in the District of Columbia whenever in their judgment the public safety or convenience may require it. ———_——— Treasury Changes. The following changes have been made in the classified service: Appointed—John H. Steiner, Md., $720, bu- Teau of statistics. i Promotions—Mrs. T. B. Lyons, Va., and Miss Georgia H. Willams, Conn.,” from $1,000 to $1,200 in supervising architect's | office; Warren W. Rich. N. Y., from $000 to | $1,000, Warren D. Fales. Ill.,’ from $800 to $900 in fourth auditor's office: S. F. Thomas, Neb., from $1,000 to $1,200 in second audi- tor’s office. ————+e+___ Knives the Arms. Hereafter the artillerymen of the army | will be equipped with a knife, instead of a pistol and a saber, as at present. The theory for the change is that the men will | stand by their guns longer if not so neavily armed. The drivers, however, will be allowed to retain their pistols. The design of the knife is under consideration at the | War Department. —_—+-e+______ | Struck a Hurricane. The Navy Department has been informed | by a telegram from Commander Charles | E. Gridley that the Marion, which started from Yokohama February 29, under orders | to safl to San Francisco, encountered a | severe gale in the Chinese sea when three | days out, and was compelled to return to Yokohama to have damages repaired. No lives were iost. ne Women as School Trustees. Mr. Heard has irtroduced in the House, by request, a bill authorizing the District Com- missioners to appoint three women on the board of school trustees in addition to the | presen: membership of the board. an- | He added that the to obscure efforts which the | ment of services which is to be a public | erence to the jurisdiction of the Commis- | WASHINGTON D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1894—TWENTY PAGE TWO Cc AGAINST TAMMANY Representative Dunphy’s With- drawal to Be Followed by Others. A GENERAL DISINTEGRATION EXPECTED What the Result Will Be in New York State. REASONS FOR RESIGNING — There is considerable talk in the House about Dunphy’s letter withdrawing from Tammany, but it has not created much surprise. It is doubtful how much in- fluence Mr. Dunphy curries, but it has been understood for a long time among those familiar with the situation of affairs in New York that there was a spread- ing revolt’ against Tammany rule and there @ very general expec- | tation that is going to be a very |serlous matter to Tammany, not that Dunphy has withdrawn, but that the revolt |has gone far enough to make such with- drawal easy. It is believed that Sickles | and Campbell and Cummings are the only New York men in Congress whe will stand up for Tammany straight through, taking orders from the Tammany boss, A General Disintegration Expected. A general disintegration of the organiza- tion has been expected for some time and the bolters and original anti-Tammany peo- ple expect to see the power of Tammany transferred to the new organization. It has been obvious to every one that the rela- tions between the two democratic factions were greatly strained and there has been a growing antagonism between Tammany and the southern and western democracy. The matter took definite shape from this end of the line, when Mr. Croker came down and established himself here for the | Durpose of defeating the Wilson bill. The j orders were given out then and made im- perative that the New York members should jendeavor to kill that bill Orders to Kill “Wilson BIL. They were given to understand that they might make the income tax or any other feature of the bill their excuse, but regard- less of everything their object should be to kill the bill. Dunphy then announced to Croker that he would not obey orders, and, as afterward developed, others refused to do so. The resentment of Croker’s action then hastened matters. The action of Dun- phy is regarded as merely an incident to a revolt which has been in progress some time and which has been developing very rapidly of late. The expectation of demo- crats outside of New York politics is that the outcome of the situation is going to be is it that the republicans will control the state | and that an anti-Tammany combination will control the clty. Expressions of grati- fication are’ not at all uncommon among southern and western democrats, who have been chafing under what they term the dictation of Tammany, and many of them are willing to take the risk of an alliance | between the south and west with New York left out of the deal. | Mr. Dunphy’s Letter. The following is the essence of Mr. Dun- phy’s letter to Nicholas ‘T. Brown resign- ing from the Tammany Hall general com- mittee: After referring «to the ¢lection frauds in the second assembly district |leading to the indictment of twenty elec- | tion officers he says: { “For some time past I have seen our |district committee drifting away from | proper methods of organization. The re- | spected, well-meaning citizens of our dis- trict are no longer consulted or stened to. “Weight is now given to the opinions, desires, demands of the lodging house con- troller. to those who can register and vote lodgers in large numbers. “In the present aims and objects of the district general committee I have no in- terest. To its methods and practices I am altogether opposed.” With reference to the Wilson bill the letter says: “My vote on that bill was not in accord with the judgment or advice of the gentle- man whom we in New York city have recognized as the leader of Tammany Hall. | His views on the tariff do not at ali agree with mine. I do not consider the tariff a local issue. He was opposed to the Wil- son bill and he was opposed to it whether the income tax feature was a part of it or not. If his views on this important sub- st are the views of that great body of voters who for years have affiliated with Tammany Hall then I have been and am entirely mistaken. “I am, however, firm in the belief that his views are not only not the views of the | people of our city, but they have not and | will not have the approval of that great body of thinking, observant men who are now prominent in ‘Tammany Hall. While I possess the same high personal regard as ever for the gentleman to whom I refer I have lost faith in his judgment and wisdom and on the greatest public question of the day I cannot follow him The Senate Subcommittee Expect to Complete the Tariff Bill. The democratic majority of the Senate ccn. mittee on finance resumed its sitting learly this morning with the intention, as one of the members expressed it, of con- tinuing the day’s session until the bill should be perfected, so far as the com- mittee can perfect it. Senator Proctor was given a hearing by the members of the committee this morn- ing in the interest of Vermont industries. The members of the committee say today that they have agreed upon some of the schedules, but decline to give out any fig- ures, as any conclusions reached may be subsequently changed on account of the bearing that the rates in one schedule may have upon another. They still have in mind the idea of formulating what shall be in most respects a revenue bill. Some Senators who have been before the comimit- tee express the belief that their requests for higher rates of duties will be granted. 2 A Special Officer's Authority, Judge Miller today fined Special Officer Morgan $20 or thirty days for an assault upon Arthur Pilling at the Academy of Music Thursday night. Pilling had paid for a seat. There was some disturbance, and the special officer called to him to sit down, and then, according to rilling’s statement, grabbed him, shook him vio- lently and jammed him into the seat. Morgan claims that he used no unneces- sary violence, but admitted that he put his hands on Pilling, and that it was not for the purpose of arresting him. Judge Miller said the special officer had no right to put his hand on a person for any pur- pose other than to make an arrest. ————— To Be Suppressed. The commissioner of education has taken steps to suppress the objectionable parts of the monograph upon the public schools of Tennessee, recently issued by the bureau of education, and which provoked many pro- |tests from Tennesseeans, because of its | reflections on their state. Representative | Enloe of Tennessee introduced a resolution | in Congress, a few days ago, calling upon | the commissioner to explain’ by what au- thority he issued at government expense, a | slander upon a state. Commissioner Harris jin a letter to Representative Richardson, | says the monograph was written at the re- | quest of his predecessor, and that he never |read it until his attention was called to it | by the recent publication. At Bridgeport, Ohio, Mrs. Jennie Steele, a well-known woman, assaulted and horse- whipped Mrs. Lily Lyle for trying to lead her husband astray. Position and honor are now given | "MONG HATTERAS FOLKS The President Lands On the North Oaro- lina Oape. A Ran Through Pamlico Sound—Shoot- ing in a Country Rich in Game and Abounding in Fish ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., March 8.—The President has gone still further south and is probably at the end of his trip, and may even now be on his homeward way. Early yesterday morning the Violet hoisted an- chor in Croaton sound, and heading south and east, passed into the largest of the North Carolina inland seas, Pamlico sound. The weather was thick in the morning, but the clouds rolled away and the steamer was soon dipping and nodding in the ground swell caused by a stiff northerly | breeze. The vessel stood along the east coast, passing Bodies Island light house, a conspicuous object for many miles, with its alternate black and white stripes, and soon came in sight of Hatteras light. The trip down from Roanoke Island con- sumed about eight hours and early in the afternoon the Violet again dropped anchor behind the liveoak-clad dunes of the cape. After dinner a landing was made and the party made another attempt upon the game which at this point presented a Greater | variety than had yet been encountered, for in addition to the water fowl, which had been met in the upper sounds, the Hatter- | as country boasts of rabbits, red deer, and other land game. The President was much interested in the country, which differs widely from the | upper coast. Just before Hatteras is reach- |ed the low narrow sand spit, varied by a |few dunes almost barren of’ any trace of vegetation, spreads out to the width of a few miles and is luxuriantly clothed in | vegetation, with many live oaks, sand cac- tus, thickets and canebrakes. Many fresh-water ponds lie hidden in the Jungle connected by deep but narrow streams abounding with fish. i After trying their luck at shooting, the party found their way to the east shore and inspected the great light house, which, though of the first order, still lights insuffi- _ the most dreaded cape in all Amer- ica. Lying near the light house is a little vil- lage, and for the first time the President’ found himself among Cape Hatteras folks, and, likewise, for the first time the Hat- | teras community saw a President of their country, for the little place is so lgplated that no one ever visits it except am ucca- sional fisherman or an employe of the light | house service, and few people living at Hat- | teras ever get further away from home than the nearest post office on the main- land. The place is out of the way of all trafic, and little news of the doings of the | | Party 1s likely to reach the outside world | as long as it remains there. | When the President returns to the White; House a handsome bearskin will adorn the interior of the Executive Mansion as a tro- phy of his marksmanship. | There are good reasons for the belief that | the President and party will return to Washington Monday evening or early Tues- day morning. Before they left here it was | understood that the cabinet would meet as | usual next Tuesday. | + DAMAGES FROM MEXICO. An American Imprissoned Four Years on a Charge of Murder. | EL PASO, Tex., March 3.—Hugh Bryce, who has arrived from Mexico, tells a story of wrong and suffering that almost paral- lJels that of Edmund Dantes in Dumas’ Count of Monte Cristo. Bryce is a mechan-' fe, who passed through this city nearly | four years ago from Pueblo, Col., where he jhad been a foreman of the raflroad shops ; jof Stearns & Rogers. When he arrived in Pueblo, a city west of the City of Mexico, he says he was arrested on the charge of |having murdered a prominent Mexican, whose name he has never known. The murder occurred nearly two years be- fore, when he was foreman of the factory above mentioned. He was thrown into pris- on and his feet chained. He has never been allowed to speak to an American, and | \he could not speak Spanish. He wrote let- ters to the Mexican consuls at Mexico and San Luis, but never got a reply. To his frequent letters to his wife and oth- er friends he had no reply. This convinced him that his letters were intercepted. He never was called out for trial. At last he obtained his 'berty, he says, by paying to the mayor of the town $8,000 and to the chief of police another $1,000, He was lib-| erated on Washington's birthday, and reached here yesterday. When he passed through, going to Mex- ico, Bryce deposited $6,000'in a bank, and with that he hopes to go to Washington and press a claim against the Mexican gov- ernment for damages. He is known to Mascns here as being a 88d degree Mason and a member of the Brotherhood of Loco- motive Engineers. He says that his father was a brother of Senator Brice of Ohio, and that the Sena- tor's branch of the family changed the Spelling of the name. { Bryce appears almost crazed with joy at being again on American soil, and his enly desire seems to be to find his’ wife, who he | expects to arrive today from Omaha, Neb. a ANS } Failed to Take Observatt the Day the Kearsarge Was Wrecked. BROOKLYN, N. Y., March 3.—The sixth day of the Kearsarge court of inquiry was opened this morning at 10%30 o'clock. Lieut. Lyman was recalled, and asked if he had taken the observations on the morn- ing of February 2. He answered that he had not, nor did he take the afternoon sights or the sight of the star polaris. Judge Advocate Kelly announced that be had no more evidence to offer, but that Commander Heyerman and Navigator Ly- man wished to call Commander Crownin- sheid, formerly in command of the Kear- sarge; Lieut. Pillsbury, an expert in the matter of currents, and Capt. Lockwood and First Officer Sourensen of the steamship City of Para. The court took into consid- eration the request of Commander Heyer- man and Navigator Lyman as to whether their testimony was needed and will render a decision on Monday morning at 10:80, when it will reconvene. i The City of Para sailed Thursday, and if, the court believes the testimony of its offi- | cers is essential an adjournment will have! to be taken until the 21st, when the steamer is expected back in New York. The statement made by Lieut. Lyman as to his failure to take the sights is con- sidered to be damaging to him. Judge Ad- vocate Kelly says this was contrary to the rules of the navy, as they require the morn- ing sight must be taken by the navigator, and not by any one else. —_—.—__- Not Miss Madeline Pollard. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 3.—Yesterday | Sister Agnes Regina of the Norwood | Foundling Asylum was examined by the, attorneys in the Pollard-Breckinrldge case. | Her testimony was that the supposed | Miss Pollard who was in the asylum from January to May, 1854, was not Miss Pol- | lard, but altogether ‘a different Derson, | whose family Sister Agnes knew perfectly well. EGLIGENCE. LIEUT. LYM { ee Mr. Manogue a Candidate. The name “Wm. H. Manogue” of Wash- ington, D.C., was today added to the treas- | |ury list of applicants for appointment as, collector of customs at Georgetown. His | claims were personally presented to Secre- tary Carlisle Thursday by Mr. H. E. Davis, but his papers were not filed until today. —— May Not Accept. | Admiral P/alker has been offered the! superintendency of the Naval Academy, to| succeed Capt. Phythian, whose term will expire in June. He has not yet accepted | the offer and is not likely to do so. ROSEBERY 1S CALLED Gladstone Leaves and His Associate Goes to Windsor. AN EPOCH MARKED IN HISTORY Gossip Regarding Changes in the Cabinet. WHAT THE JOURNALS SAY —SS LONDON, March 3.—Lord Rosebery was summoned to Windsor Castle by the queen this afternoon. The following semt-official statement has been issued: “Mr. Gladstone has tendered his resig- nation, but it has not yet been formally accepted. Probably the queen will write on Monday signifying her acceptance of the premier’s resignation.” : Mr. Gladstone arose early this morning and took a long walk in the grounds of Windsor Castle, where he had been the guest of the queen over night. The morn- ing was fine and Mr. Gladstone, who was accompanied by Gen. the Right Hon. Sir Henry Frederick Ponsonby, private secre- Mr. Gladstone. tary to her majesty, enjoyed his walk greatly. The premier looked in the best of health and was certainly in the best of spirits. After his morning walk Mr. Gladstone visited his old friend, the Dean of Windsor, the Very Rev. Phillip Frank Eliot, D.D. During the morning Mr. Gladstone at- tended divine service at St. George's Chapel and the queen’s council this after- noon. Numbers of telegraphic messages reach- ed Mr. Gladstone during the morning, many of them being from Ireland, asking the premier to reconsider his determination to retire from office, and recording resofutions adopted at meetings last night expressing sympathy with the great lMberal leade: urging him to continue at the head of the liberal party. Among the towns which sent such messages are Belfast, London- derry, Cavan and Monaghan. The cabinet ministers upon arrival here were driven to the castle, and the council Meeting took place. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone left Windsor at 8 o'clock this afternoon on the same train the returning cabinet ministers. The route from the castle to the railroad sta- tion was thronged with people, who hearti- ed Mr. Gladstone. It is.stated that Mr. Gladstone will short- ly leave England for the continent, and that he will remain abroad until the end | of spring. After Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone and the | cabinet ministers had left Windsor it be- came known that the queen had sent her rivate secretary, the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Penscnty: to London, summoning Lord Rosebery to Windsor castle. Sir Henry, at 4 o'clock, had delivered his essage to Lord Rosebery, and the latter Started for Windsor. Among those who called upon Lord Rose- bery previous to leaving for Windsor were the Right Hon. James Bryce, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; the Right Hon. A. H. Dyke Achland, vice president of the committee of council, and the Right Hon. Sir James Fergusson. Lord Rosebery’s Movements. The movements of Lord Rosebery, the next premier, were watched with the great- est care. His house, 38 Berkely square, W., where Lord Rosebery arrived yesterday evening, is surrounded this morning by a crowd of curious people anxious to catch a glimpse of the man who now occupies such a great share of —_— attention. Messengers, bearing dispatch boxes, were to be seen constantly coming in and going out of Lord Rosebery’s house, and it was evident that the secretary of state for for- eign affairs was in active communication with the first lord of the admiralty, Earl Spencer, and with other cabinet ministers. During the morning the Earl Spencer and the Right Hon. Henry H. Asquith, secretary of state for home affairs, and other minis- ters called upon Lord Rosebery and re- mained in consultation with him. The consultation ended toward noon, when the Earl Spencer left for Paddington sta- tion, where Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lord Rosebery. chancellor of the exchequer, and the Earl of Kimberly joined him and they started on their way to Windsor. Lord Rosebery and Mr.Asquith then drove | to Mr. John Morley’s, where another con- sultation was held previous to the depart- ure of other members of the cabinet for Windsor. Cabinet Changes. There is considerable diversity of opinion as to who will be the next secretary of state for foreign affairs. The general opin- jon seems to be that the Earl of Kimberly, who is now lord president of the council and secretaryof state for India,is the coming man for this position. Lord Kimberly has had a great deal of experience, having already filled the positions of under secretary of | state for foreign affairs and for India, and has been minister to St. Petersburg, lord leutenant of Ireland, lord privy seal, twice secretary of state for the colonies and sec- retary of state for India. The Earl of Kimberly was born in 1826. Among the other cabinet cussed is the probability that Morley, now chief secretary fo will succeed the Earl of Kimber! retary of state for India. If current rumor in official circles is to be believed these are the only two cabinet changes which will be made. The Standard says it is understood that Mr. Gladstone will retain his seat in par- Mament. ° It is regarded as certain that the Earl of Kimberley will have the forsign office,\ hile Mr. John Morley will succeed him as sec- retary for India. Mr. Gladstone is strongly against ary extensive shifting of the portfolios. The changes dis- Mr. John ireland, 'Y uS Bec- |Earl of Kimberley and the lit al peers generally cordially approve Mr. Gladstone’ desire to mit the powers of the upper house. Attitude of the Irish Party. The newspapers are praising the attitude, in this state of cabinet upheaval, of the Irish parliamentary party. In this con- nection, 2s already cabled, the Chronicle Says that the attitude of the Irish has been both uncompromising and strictly |proper, adding: They have made it quite (Plain that they regard the leadership of | the liberal party as a matter for the de- cision of that party alone. ‘The Irish lead- ers have scrupulously declined urgent so- licitations to join the radical “cabal The Westminster Gazette says t Mr. Henry Labouchere’s “cabal” of radicals numbers, at the most, ten members. As a matter of fact, the McCarthyites do not take an active part in the agitation of the leadership, as the pledges they have already received are most emphatic and, moreover, they feel confident of the efficacy of their own voting strength. The Labouchere section of the radic: on the other hand, say that unless the ex- treme Irish demands are promptly satis- fied the Parnellites may co-operate h them and imperil the “peer-led” adminis- tration. The Standard say: The Parnellite mem- bers regard the retirement of Mr. Glad- stone as a betrayal of the Irish cause and are inclined to oppose any ministry of which Mr. Gladstone is not a member. The Radicals, a bitter opposition to the selection of a peer for the premiership, are loud in their expressions of delight at the fact that Mr. Gladstone yesterday again refused the queen's offer of a peerage. The Chronicle, in an editorial, roundly condemns Mr. Labouchere’s action of yes- terday, and says further: If we are to have a republic, organized on the blessed principles that make for happiness of mankind in the United States, Mr. Labou- marching a corporal’s guard into the whip's office and calling it a democratic demon- stration. “We only do justice,” the Chronicle says, “to Mr. Labouchere’s ingenuity when we say that as he begun in this parliament, so he proposes to end in it. He early com- menced the work of smashing the liberal party, and in the process he has alienated the confidence of every man who knows a steady conception of what liberalism can be made to mea: The ministers believe that the bark of the radicals is worse than their bite. It is extremely doubtful whether the thirty will join the cabal when Mr. Gladstone’s views are known. The “round robin” of Thurs- day has fallen flat. Only twenty-five sig- natures were attached to it, and it will not be presented. A Turning Point in History. The Times, in an editorial,says: Mr. Glad- stone’s retirement, in some sense, is a turning point in the history of the king- dom. The house of commons will be pro- public life. He has been the watchful guar- dian of the dignity and authority of the house, even when the habit of autocratic power has rendered his imperious temper | difficult to control. The house will sadly jmiss the restraining influences, which is |More than ever required now, when man- ners are degenerating and respect: for con- stituted authorities is regarded by many as a@ mark of weakness. In an editotal the Standard says: Neither dignity nor grace has been con- sulted in the arrangement for the close of Mr. Gladstone’s career. Up to the last moment those persons possessing a pri- mary claim on his confidence were quite obviously under a false impression as to his intentions, The autocratic obstinacy which attempted to cram into one year legislation that should have occupied two culminates in a pitiable scene of confusion, tion and frantic haste. The News in an editorial says: We deeply and earnestly deplore the fact that Mr. Gladstone has felt it incumbent upon himself to retire. Nobody is able to see from his outward demeanor and his con- duct of business any necessity for it. The liberals would have preferred to retain him upon whatever terms were dictated by a perfectly curable malady, but of course |he must be his own judge. We see no | ground for the statement that his resig- |nation was sprung upon the party. | Elsewhere the News says it is probable |that any communication Mr. Gladstone has to make will be by letter to the chairman of his election committee. “We under- stand,” the News says, “that there is no reason whatever why in the course of a few months Mr. Gladstone should not en- tirely recover his eyesight. The Decision to Retire. The lobby correspondent of the Times writes as follows. Mr. Gladstone's determination to retire |{s final and Irrevocable. Inasmuch as every |precaution has been taken to keep the pub- \Ne in the dark, it is obvious that a dramat- ie coup was intended. The frustration of the plan through the indiscretion of some one in the secret is said to have greatly an- noyed Mr. Gladstone, A medical examination prior to Mr. Glad- stone's visit to Biarritz demonstrated the existence of a cataract in his eye beyond the shadow of a doubt, and that after a cer- tain period an operation was imperative. This confirmed him im an already formed resolve to retire. Since then his trouble has increased. He is still able to read bold writing, and to master the con- tents of most books, but newspaper and blue book writing proves for him a labor- fous task. His hearing is also defective. An ordinary conversation imposes no strain, but he cannot follow a general discussion, and intimate friends state that two-thirds of the debate in parliament never reaches his ears. The Associated Press learns from one of the guests at the queen's dinner party last night that it was an informal affair, and that Mr. Gladstone appeared to be in good health and spirits, and conversed during the meal with great animation. —<>— PREPARING AMMUNITION. Democratic Congressional Committee Getting Ready for Work. The national democratic congressional committee met this noon and talked over general plans of organization and future campaign work. Senator Faulkner, chair- man of the committee, was authorized to select headquarters in Washington. The purpose is to make the headquarters something more than a workshop and to provide reception rooms which will make them a rendezvous for Congressmen and rerty leaders when in WaShington. It is | proposed also to adopt a new plan in |circulating documents. Heretofore con- ressional speeches have been sent out in the various forms and sizes suiting the tastes of the men who deltved them. Bids will now be secured from printing firms for getting out the speeches, documents, &c., in uniform size. | The executive committee will meet at Serator Faulkner's office next Tuesfay to further consider plans of work. Each mem- ber of the full committee will advise the executive committee as to doubtful dis- tricts to which attention can best be given. As the full committee has a representative from every state and territory, the sugges- tions submitted will make a comprehensive list of doubtful districts, The distribution of documents will be con- fined mainly to these districts. The ques- tions of funds to carry on the committee work came up today and was satisfactorily arranged. Subscriptions to an ample amount were assured. | Owing to the unsettled state of tariff and financ les ation, it is not probable that the mailing of documents will begin until definite legislative results are secured. ears Forfeited Bonds. Assistant Attorney Pugh today had a rule issued from the Police Court against Bar- ney Cole, who was bondsman in the sum of $50 in the case of Lottie May, charged with vagrarcy, whose bond was forfeited in the Police Court yesterda The rule requires Cole to show cause why he should not pay |the amount of the bond. This, it is said, is jthe first step toward collecting the thou- sands of dollars dus the District in cases of ‘vagrancy bonds forfeited. The radicals, who have been making such | chere is not likely to bring it about by) foundly changed by his withdrawal from | An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. MR. QUINCY’S LOANS How He Assisted in Getting the Patent Office Contract. AIDED MR. KENNEY WITH MONEY The Ex-Assistant Secretary of State a Witness. s SOME SHARP QUESTIONS | The Senate committee on printing this |Morning resumed the investigation of the ‘alleged irregularities in letting the contract for printing the Patent Office Gazetté. Mr. | Seymour, commissioner of pateyts, sought to have some corrections made in the offi- cial report of his testimony, to conform to Stenographic notes by his own stenogra- pher. Objection was raised to this by mem- bers of the committee. | It had been arranged that ex-Assistant Secretary of State Quincy should testify |this morning. That gentleman sought to |have the taking of his testimony deferred juntil after the testimony of the accusers |had been taken. Senator Manderson asked whether he did not put nimself by that in the position of the Irishman who said whea asked to plead that he could not tell wheth- er he was guilty until he heard the evi- Gence. | Mr. Quiney Acted \videat. Mr. Quincy took the oath, and testified as to what he had done to secure the award | of the printing contract to the National | Lithographing Company. This contract, he said, had nothing to do with the State Department, with which he was connected. Hie considered that he was acting as an in- vidual, and not as an official. He en- tered a gemeral denial of charges that he was interested benelicially in the National Lithographic Company; that he knew be- forehand that Mr. Seymour was to be pointed commissioner; that he had pought to secure work in the department for the | National Company in April of last year. | Mr. Horace Kenney, a personal and po- litical friend of his, had discussed the work of lithographing for the patent office with him. He asked him (Quincy) to se- cure some information for him as to the work, with a view to underbidding and securing the work from the present com- rany. Mr. Quincy related circumstances | of several conversations he had with Com- missioher Seymour on the subject, and his introduction of Mr. Kenney to the com- missioner. It had not occurred to him that it was inconsistent with his position in the State | Department to make such a recommenda- tion to an official in another department. He related the facts of his former acquaint- enceship with men connected with the Na- tional Company. The commissioner had furnished Mr. Kenney in his (Quincy's) presence with a copy of the contract for the preceding year. Talk With Co: issioner Seymour. In reply to Senator Manderson, Mr. Quincy said he had talked previously with the commissioner relative to the inviting of proposals from other companies, He had known from Mr. Seymour that the Nor- ris Peters Company had told him (the com- missioner) that they thought the rates for the past year were fair rates. Senator Manderson in thought it was in a ethics that one competitor formed of what the other ye would bid. Mr. Quincy thought the Peters Company knew that another was the field, but made their statement to Mr. Seymour before they knew this. not say that it was not from sioner that he learned that Norris Peters Company knew of another bid ing made. Loaned Money to Mr. Kenney. Mr. Quincy went on to relate that at one time he had loaned money to Mr. Kenney, He felt bound to do this on account of @ personal interest in him, and because he had recommended him to the commission- er. The greater part of this money had been paid, but a part still remained unpaid, In October again he had indorsed Kenney'’s paper, which obligation had been since paid, without witness’ assistance. He also had seen Controller Bowler re- | garding the vouchers of the lithograph jcompany. He had not sought to influence | the controller. He had also seen Secretary | Smith relative to the bond of the company. Mr. Quincy said that there were certain financial relations between Mr. Kenney and himself which are well known to certain members of this committee, but he did not think these matters relevant to this in- quiry. Senator Manderson said he supposed this meant him. Senators Ransom and Gorman said they knew nothing of it. Mr. Quincy explained that he had been informed that a man formeriy concerned in these financial relations had been fur- nishing material for U tack and that this ha@ come to certain members of this committee. Why Speak in Parables. Senator Manderson asked the witness: “Why speak in parables?” Senator Ransom intervened to say that he thought Mr. Quincy intended to indicate his willingness to go into this matter if it was desired. He thought it unnecessary to go into that matter. Senator Gorman said he wanted to say he had no knowledge of relations between Mr. Kenney and Mr. Quincy, political or otherwise. He thought Mr. Quincy ought to specify. Senator Manderson asserted that he was not seeking the political secret of an ed- versary, but thought the matter bore on the credibility of the witness. Mr. Quincy said he had dictated this Statement just before he came up, and he meant to make no accusation against any member of the committee. He had under- stood that a certain person was furnish- ing material as to the matter of his former political and firancial transactions with ikenney, and this statement was meant to provide for the contingency of such testi- mony being brought up. He did not mean to say, he explained, in reply to Senator Gorman, that either Senator Gorman or Senator Ranscm had been present at any ccnference with Mr. Kenney and himself. Mr. Seymour had never known that he (Quincy) had loaned money to Mr. Kenney. Under examination by the committee Mr. Quincy said his talks with Kenney im April as to securing the patent office print ing did not have in view the securing of the contract for the corporation with which Kenney (the National Economist Pubit ing Company) was then connected, but con- templated the formation of an entirely new company, a new plant to be secured. It Was proposed to obtain the plant of the Bell Lithographic Company. It was known that the Bell plant was not adequate to do the proposed work, but it was intended to secure other presses. When the contract was let he did not know that Mr. Kenney had an option on the Bell plant, but he | understood from him that the Bell people were anxtous for him to take the plant, The Kernel of the Statement, Senator Gorman said, at this point, that the kernel of this statement was that this contract was secured through his (Mr, Quincy's) influence for a company that did jnot have fi which the next | few months 1 did not have facilities \to do the work. The witness, understand- ing tifis, Senator Gorman said, should make full and c ment as he pleased, Quincy said he had 4 his recom- mendation on his personal belief in Mr, “'s capacity, and the probability of further increase in the plant. At a meet- y Smith's house after the bid had been made there was an exhaustive inquiry into Mr. Kenney's ability to per- form the contract. Mr. Quincy next testified that he had not had any part in securing \the acceptance of a change in the process