Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1894, Page 1

—=—=——_—__—_—_— THE EVENING STAR. —— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pag Seas ar Avenue, Cor. 1th Street, by TAR is nerved sthseribers in the ~ on thes M sccount, at 10 cer. n Coptes at the ec < muil—ans-w! ‘the United "y oF Cansda—postage prepaid—a) cents per 2 q Tan, $1.00 per year; Washington, D. C., | e £vening Star. wast be paid in advance. «known on application eo STILL UNSETTLED ———_+—___ Uncertain When the Tariff Bill Will | Where TH Be Reported. — ILVER FIGHT OVER AGAIN: Vor 84. No. 20,826. CONCERNING ARMOR PLATES ey Have Come From and on What Vessels Used. Information Furnished by the Navy {a5 5 Department to the House Naval Committee. A Free Coinage Amendment to the! Bland Bill. In connection with the disclosures as to defective armor plates furnished by the Carnegie comvany, Chairman Cummings |of the House naval committee has letters ‘from the bureau of ordnance of the Navy MORE COMPLICATIONS Department showing where armor plates ‘have come from and on what war vessels they were used. The bureau had an unexpected balance of $10,000,000 in February, i893, which per- mitted extensive purchases of armor plates. This balance has since been reduced to $2,433,864. The contracts with the various large concerns under which purchases have proceeded are as follows: Bethlehem Iron Company, 6,703 tons at $3,970,537; Bethie- hem Iron Company, 112 tons at $* negie Steel Company, 6,000 tons at $3, ‘The finance committee don't themselves know y when they will report their bul. The si dule is still unsettled, ard fo ts the sugar market in New York. The committee are working with great diligence to get their bill out, but the kickers in the Senate, whom they are trying to win over, don't m to want to be placated. It is quite evident that there are Senators out- side of the committee who are not yet | Carnegie Steel Company, 36 tons at 39, ready to aave the bill reported. The re- | Carnegie Steel Company, 9 tons at Sublicans are hopeful that the bill i get- | Commesie Steel. Company, @ tons at ting in such shape as will make it possible | §7\'5¢s- Bethlehem Iron Company, R712 for them to defeat it altogether. The (tons at $2,351,781. measure ie from the particular items | This armor plate has been used on war ch are bein " to | vessels as follows: Amphitrite, 6 which ar ng manipulated in order ena. Miner Secure the support of outside Senators, one TUAW; rors of lower duties than the Wilson bill. | tons at $169,117 Lower Than the Wilson Bill. Maine, 1,003 tons at It is e-@imated that in the general sched- | tons at 720, Ram, 6 ules there is an average reduction of duty New York, 538 tons at $201 tons at $361,4 of about twenty-five per cent below the s549 949." 1 Wilson bi In the textile schedules, Olympia, 175 tons at $98,20 pecially in the woolen and cotton fabrics, tons at $26,236; Montgomery, the cuts are heavy. This will make more $11,897; Detroit, 21 t tons at $11.01 apparent the in y of special items Ae Sah ab: “alanicepon 3. tons at TUS tons at $ 1,002; Monterey, tons at $255,4: Oregon, 67: Ss, 487 tons tons at $788,059 Cincinn: tons at Marble- tons at $41,133; juctant to depart from the general scheme |t $718; Castine, 20 tons at $9,800. The Iowa and Brooklyn have not, as yet, |received any armor plate. The total thus | far furnished is 8,632 tons at $4,562,345. The amount still to be furnished is 10,873 tons at 36,978,607. | The total expense thus far has been in- creased about $30,000 by premiums, Harvey- izing, and the introduction of nickel previ- | ous to the settlement rate. of their bill to secure votes, which, how- ever, they know they must have. The republicans believe that the commit- tee will be Letween the devil and a deep sea— that the kickers will vote against the bill if they do not get the protection they want, and that the populists and perhaps other: will vote against it if this Lag one jiven. The d ocrats in the louse de- | + Clare that under no circumstances will they | Of the armor yet to beadibd the storys go above three-quarters of a cent a pound | Carnegie Steel Company will furnish 4,80: am Sages aiid Chak they wil net gerratt any | ome ant the: Pethioners Tron Company 5. r efin. Tt ons. is ima ha 0 Maher duty ou the refined than on the raw. [97 tous. Te te eatimated, that the (wi The Diticult Problem. The Carnegie company has already fur- If, on the other hand, the bill cannot re-|nished 407 tons, and the Bethlehem com- cefve the approval of the Senate without pany 1,078 tons. This leaves 9,388 tons of the duty which the sugar men there de- | armor for the next sixteen months, or 586 mand, the problem seems to be the one of \tOMS per month. The bureau of ordnance orts that the new presses which are the Immovable body and of the Irresistible |Peing erected at the armor works of the force. Meanwhile there appears to be no Carnegie Steel Company will be in oper- doubt entertained that the silver question |ation in about three weeks, when their will be given precedence over the tariff in monthly output will be greatly increased. the Senate, and how long this will delay the | ee eta consideration of the tariff depends upon the | DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST. paysical bower of the republicans to con- | ‘inue the talk. The democrats hupe to hasten | the disposal of the silver question by giving | T#!#K of Gen the silver men of the republican side to| nd the F understand that the bill could be passed any | The widely-published statement that Gen. time they willing to have a vote taken, | roward will relinquish command of the 1 therefore be largely con- | and the talk fined <= nau eae ublicans who are opposed ‘department of the east, with headquarters Howard's Retirement ure Commander. to silver @s well as to the tariff. j at New York, on the Ist of June next, is A Free Coinage 4mendment. doubted at the War Department. The story It ts proposed to amend the seigniorage | was that Gen. Howard was to take leave of bill by adding a free coinage amendment if | absence from the date named tll the date possible, and the silver men are very hope- | of his retirement, November § next, and ful that in the present disorganized condi- | that Gen. Miles, now commanding the de- tion of the administration forces in the Sen- ate this amendment may be adopted. It is i'd that three or four republicans outside the silver ranks will vote to attach the free coinage amendment and also to pass u bul wice this amendment on it. A very publican expressed the opin- t was far from improbable t lorage bill might ultimately be passed with a free coinage amendment. | More Complication. | This would only go to still more seriously complicate the situation for the democrats, | end the republicans might look on with | nsiderable complacency. The opinion of the re na leaders is that every day the situation is becoming less favorable to the passage of the tariff bill and if the passage of a bill which would open up the silver fight again in the democratic party is going to be had to the bewilderment of that party he republicans will not be disposed to in- fere. It was ascertained this afternoon that the ate finance committee will not be called together today for the purpose of receiving the tariff bill from the democratic members. Senator Voorhees’ remark that the bill would be reported *within a few hours” is taken to have referénce to tomorrow or the next day. ——_+o+____ CHANG HIS FLAG. te But There is No Significance i miral Benham’s Action. Secretary Herbert received a cable mes- | sage from Admiral Benham at Rio today, saying that he has transferred his flag from | the New York back to the San Francisco. It is said at the Navy Department that | there ts no special significance tn this ac- tion, and that it probably means merely that the San Francisco will relieve the New | York from guard duty in the harbor so as to enable the latter to make a short cruise im the open ocean. No orders have yet been | Aa- |} been notified by the Postmaster G partment of the Missouri, with headquar- ters at Chicago, was to be transferred to New York June 1, and remain in command of that department until Gen. Schofield re- tires next year, when he will succeed to the command of the army with headquartérs at Washington. There may have been u pro- gram of this kind, but it looks now as though it would fall through. Gen. Howard has spoken of taking a leave on the Ist of June, but it is now said he has changed his mind, and that he will retain his present command up to the close of his career on the active list. At any rate, he has made no application for leave, either in the pres- ent or in the future, and has given no other official indication of a desire to be relieved of his present duties in advance of his re- tirement. It is settled that Gen. Miles will succeed Gen. Howard in command of the department of the east. He has applied for that assignment, and there is no doubt that his wishes in the matter will be respected by the President. There is considerabl speculation, however, as to who will suc- ceed to the command of the department cf the Missouri. Gen. Ruger, commanding the department of the California, can have it if he wants it, but it is understood he does not care tu make the transfer. —— 2 + _____ MAIL SUBSIDIES. The Pacific Steamship Line U Carry Out lts Contract. ble to The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has eral that the contract subsisting between it and the government for the transportation of the mails between New York and the isth- | mus of Panama and between San Francisco |and Chinese and Japanese ports has been jeanceled, and that the cancellation date from April 1. The Post Office Depart- tract. issued for the relief of any of the vessels on the Brazilian station, but the impression | 1g strong that the New York, San Francisco | and the Detroit will be brought back to the United States within a short time. The New York will probably be the first to start north. At any rate, one of the three vessels named will leave Rio for the United States within a few weeks to bring home Admiral Benham, who goes on the retired Mist April 15. —+e+____ THE GAS INVESTIGATION, ‘The House Committee Get Some Ad-— ditional There was a short but very interesting hearing on the gas question before the House District committee this morning. It lasted only a few moments, but in that time the committee obtained some information #3 to the profits of the company which it has long desire¢ Secretary EB: nformation. of the Washington Gas c Mapany appeared before the committee and was asked a few questions by Mr. Cooper of Florida. id not the $500,000 increase of stock under the act of Iss, issued to shareholders, Tepresent dividends or earnings of the gas company asked Mr. Cooper. “Yes, sir, it represented earnings,” replied Mr. Baik “Did not the $600,000 of certificates of in- @ebtedness r Of the company fo st holders be . Sir,”" was Mr. Bailey's response. resent dividends or earnings ;, and were they not issued This was the information which the com- mittee sought, and after a few minor ques- tions as to ley salary aud wage rolls Mr. Bai- Was excused. ee VANCE AND RANSOM. Mar Conditions of Affairs Regard- ing the North Carelina Senatorship. The senatorial situation in North Cero- ina has become amusing. Some of Sen Ransom’s frie to imsist that ator Vance n account « on allesed in to perform his official duties. x Vance's triends retoriel that Ra: ought to with contest 1 ctl n popula: al rer aine: us I Vance ough fraw so as to nd and restore Fe Ransom's | me expires next March and Vance’s two years later, The contract provides that for the first two years the company shall send steam- ers every ten days, and that afterward elght years to the termination of the tract they shall send steamers once a W The weekly sailings should ba menced on the Ist of January, but in reply to repeated notices the st hip company has confessed its inability to comply with the requirements. Therefore, the Postmas- | ter General has ordered the contract cancel- ed. The Pacifi i steamers will to carry the mails, but will be regular sea postage $i a mile traveled. ) Only two Ame under the subsidy act—th Ward line run- ning between New York, ¢ uba and Mexico, and the Red line from ntinue d only the instead of a subsidy of New York to the north coast of South Ame he United States and Brazil Mail S: hip Company went under, and now the pany finds it un; contract. ‘acitic Mail Com- protitable to carry out its gn | THE MosaUrre COUN TRY. | Offictal Confirmation of the British | | Protectorate Over {t. Official confirmation of the report that Great Britain has established a protect over the mosquito country, Nicaragua, is | Contained in a telegram from United States Minister Baker received by Secretary Gresham this morning. It says that sul Braida reports that fifty Britis! diers have iendeg a ‘i wey the advantage of having ship in that vicinity The telegram is } conveyed is meager. yond the land | That event occurre according to press | thrown on the pre tion of 4 at Bluefleld in particular and the isthmus in general. The inference is that affairs are quiet. Con- sol- Te rol the Are A telegram was re partment today announc Ranger sailed today from r je Guatemala. The fact that this Lis slowly mak r corrobera way to San Francis service in Bering rr r out for W. J. Turner of Alabama has applied for appointment as chief cler! immigration, Treasury Department will | ment alleges that the steamship company | has not carried out the terms of its con- | ‘an companies are now | WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS The Latest Correspondence Received in Regard to Them SENT 70 CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT Changes Proposed in the Provis- iona! Government. A CHINESE MEETING a The President today sent to Congress the latest correspondence in relation to Ha- wali, being three letters with inclosures from Minister Willis, covering a period from February 10 to February 15, inclusive. The first letter is merely an acknowledg- ment of the receipt of dispatches. The sec- ond, under date of Honolulu, February 14, describes the situation in Hawaii during the past month as having been unusually qutet. The minister says that the action of Con- gress is awaited with great interest as in- dicating the future policy of the United | States towards Hawall. Several days pre- vious to the date of the letter a number of government soldiers were affected itt a pe- \culiar way, which gave rise to a rumor of poisoning. There has seemed, however, to [be little cause for such suspicion. A re- | port was current of a Chinese uprising based upon a call for a mass meeting to ‘consider certain proposed changes in the law affecting them. The minister says that in his judgment there is no foundation for the rumor, but that the country is in a state of unrest and excitement, making it easy to originate these sensational reports. Government Changes Proposed. Minister Willis mentions the changes in | the executive councll which have already | been noted; the report that Mr. Dole will prepare a new constitution and says that a spirited contest is now in progress looking to the introduction of the “representative system" into the councils of the provisional government. In this connection ne men- tions a resolution passed at a mass meet- ing February 13,> favoring the enactment of a law increasing the membership of the advisory council from fourteen to twenty- | four, the new members to “be selected by | the suffrages of loyal citizens in a manner | to be hereafter provided.” The reasons for the demand are that the council is not now | representative; that the legisiative depart- | ment is too compact and smail; that it has | | been made objectionable by the action of jretiring members in practically selecting | | thelr own successors; that the personnel | has been changed and that in these changes | | the mass of the supporters of the provis- | ional government have had no voice. The | letter closes with a statement that the Chi- nese question has given rise to considera- ble discussion in the press and in the coun- | cils. | A number of newspaper clippings are in- closed, some criticising the domination of affairs by the American League and its machine-like methods. | For a Permanent Form of Government | The third and last letter is dated Hono- lulu, February 15. It is as follows: “At the regular meeting this afternoon of the government councils Hon, F, M. Hatch read the report of the judiciary committee on the petition for the enlargement of the advisory council, recommending, as report- ed in the newspapers, ‘that there be chosen dejegates te sit with the councils and to prepare a constitution for a permanent form of government.’ The report was adopted and a committee appointed by the president to prepare an act for the holding of the constitutional convention. At the same meeting Mr. Hatch was elected and took his seat as minister of forixn affairs. NOVEL INVESTIGATIONS Determining Great Lake Ourrents by Means of Floating Bottles, Interesting Report From the Weather Burenu—How Information Was Received—Three Currents, An interesting report on the currents of the great lakes has been submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture by Mark W. Harrington, chief of the weather bureau, The Investigation which resulted in this report was suggested by observation of the accumulation of wrecks and wreckage at certain points and along certain por- tions of the shores of the lakes. ‘The in- vestigation was made by means of bottles containing instructions from the bureau and constructed so as to float in the water for an indefinite period. These bottles were sent to masters of vessels cnzaged in traf- fic in the great lakes, light house keepers, &e., with the request that they be thrown into the water after the paper in the bottles had been marked with the time and place of floating and with the name of the per- son who consigned each to the water. Within the bottle ¥ velope addres to the weather bureau and instructions requesting the finder to indicate the time and place of tinding and send the blank filled out to the bureau. The report, with a number of valuable maps, showing the lake currents, was made up from such of these blauks as were re- turned. The investigation covered the summer seasons of 1802 and 1893. It was found impossible to make any valuable deducUons from bottles floated in the autumn and picked up in the spring. it was ascertained that there were four general currents to be observed in all the lakes. The outflow, toward the outlet of the lakes, a continuous current effecting the entire mass of water and proceeding siowly, with a perceptible reactionary tlow, resulting in more or less of a circular cur- rent around the lakes; a surface current due to prevailing winds and consisting cf a mass of water driven before the wiad and including aiso a return or reactionary current caused by the flow into depths made vacant by the action of the winds; return currents, and finally, surf motion. The most important current is the sur- face flow caused by the wind. It is a maxim along the lakes that the wind will blow in the direction in which the current was running from six to twelve hours before the wind begins, This maxim is an old one, dating long before any investigation, but it is fully explained by the result of the observations taken, The report includes exhaustive tables con- cerning the prevailing winds over the great lakes, Much difficulty was encountered in at- tempting to discover the velocity of the various lake currents, but in general they are supposed to run at a rate of from tour to twelve miles a day. There are certain currents which have, at special seasons of the year, been observed to run at a much greater velocity, but no general law ern- cerning these have as yet been discovered. he number of blanks returned was only about 10 per cent of the total number sent out. Many cf the blanks were returned with great care, some from the shores of Can- ada, as well as from the states, All were promptly acknowledged with a view to in- creasing, by every means possible, the per cent of blanks returned to the bureau. PRESIDENT: IAN NOMINATIONS, Many Postmasters and Army and Navy Officers on the List. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Charles J. Conn.; John C. Dealy, Grand Crossing, Ill.; James M. Thomas, jr., Wyoming, IL; Robert D. Ellegood, Salisbury, Md.; Wm. Porter, Bethel, | constitutional convention Messrs. Hatch, Bolte, V W. O. Smith. ‘The Chinese Mass Meeting. In describing the Chinese mass meeting v mposed of Nott and der, by the fact that the use of a man-of-war was more than hinted at. The statement| was also made that the Chinese paid more | taxes than any other class; that but for | them Honolulu’s trade would die and that \they had ohly to unite and stand firm to gain their ends. The first speaker recom- | | mended that if the councils would not listen | \ to the Chinese they should instruct the Chi- nese minister at Washington to write to the home government about their troubles, Another charged that it was the purpose of the government to place Chinese under the} and favor the Portuguese. The pro-| ed act was denounced as worse than the | y act. It appears that the act com- ed of is one proposing to require Chi-| ke out a special license as a pre requisite to conducting business in Hawail. —__—_+»2— DESIGNING BUILDINGS, Secretary Carliste on Public Competi- tion for Planning Structures. The views of Secretary Carlisle in regard | to the Tarsney law providing for open com- petition in the designing and planning of public buildings are briefly outlined m a | letter written to Mr. D, H. Burnham, pre: dent of the Institute of American Archi- tects, In reply to a memorial that the law \be enforced in the construction of the pub- building at Buffalo, N. Y. In this let- the Secretary says: The memorial submitted by you has re- careful nsideraGon, and Iam « sd to say that it does not contain uch suggestions as will enable the depart- to overcome the dilliculties briefly sted to your committee by Assistant Sec- Curtis, as specified on the eighth L Furthermore, the memoria} ts contined exclusevely to elucidating plan for the competition only, and leaves without dis- cussion, and unsolved, ail the principal ob- n the way of putting the act re- | rerred to in force | the experiment may be tried with | some other building quite as well as v | the alo building, and as the Depa: ment is now ready to pr 1 with the workin w that building, it seems un- | | necessary and inexpedient to delay its con- struction pending the further consideration | {of the matter, especially as it is evident that additional lesislation will be required lto enable the department to proceed with ail proper safeguards of the interests of the yvernment, t has the 1 with th efo » been determined to pro- worl 2 in accordance with t design prepared by the supervising areni- tect, which is satisfactory to the depact- d which it is belie i, will, when 9 execution, meet ision the approval must not be accepte indicating i sition of this depart- | of the aet of contrary, L will | by which the f of competition ont of the buildings. afford me pleasure to have another interview with th membe [reached in the pending matter, I suggest i 2 ssary to have another con- prepared to sug- 2s Will ac- cu desire,” the newspaper says its tenor may be judged | G™ “The mass meeting of the Chinese last| Provin, West Field, Mass.; Haskell E. night was very largely attended. The news-| Knowland, Marblehead, Mass.; John C. | papers report the posse epi of oa et Bracken, Allegan, Mich.; Wm. A. Strong, orous resolutions against the proposed leBis-| freed City. Mic = Z lation of the government were pussed, 1] [eel City, Mich; Abram G. Walk, Sag: ad, aewepnpee clapinas jinaw, East Side, Mich.; Chauncey EF. above subjects | Baker, Plymouth, Mich.; Henry D. Wilber, The clippings referred to show that the | !'owell, Mich; Frank W. Cornell, Kala. cabinet propose to make answer to th 3 Mich.; John W.” Gentaler, Con- resolution adopted at the Annexation Club cntine, Mich.; Thomas F, Carroll, Grand mass meeting, looking to the enlargement kk Geo. E. Trent, Wadena, jof the council, believing, as Mr. Smith| Minn.; Hart, Sedalia, Mo.; Lowery said, that they contained an intimation that | Hay, ‘Ch ton, Mo.; Aaron 3B.’ Conrow, the provisional government was not favora-| Richmond, Mv.; Ira’ 'G. Foster, | ble to annexation, The committze named | Neb.; Bridget Lane, Summitt, by President Dole to prepare an act for a] C. Dater, Ballston Spa, N. Murray J. Bement, Clifton’ Springs, N. Y.; Wm. H. Cotter, Union Sptings, N. Y.; Norman 4 mour, Mount Morris, N. ¥ George Rogers, Millerton, N. Y.; Wm. M. Bullis, Sherburne, N. Y.; John T. Fallup, N. Y.; Henry G. Crouch, Mung- ‘orma W. Rose, Gene N. avis, Alfred Center, N. gE rlain, Belmont, N. Y Philip umburg, N. Y.; Wm. C. Warner, Hugh L. McDowell, Ottawa, John KE. Monnot, Canton, Ohio; Peter rding, Detiance, Ohio; Clinton J. Gitt, Hanover, Pa.; Robert M.' Eliott, Gettys- burg, Pa.; John Eagans, Franklin, Pa. W. E. Lancaster, hail, Tex.; Frederick Brattleboro’, Vt. Lieut. Alfred_T. Chamt Ww. Juergens, F Bellaire, Ohi: Obi Smith, eighth infantry, to be colonel; Maj. Geo. M. Ran- dall, fourth infantry, to be Heutenant col- onel; Capt. Gilbert S. Carpenter, fourteenth infantry, to be m. ch, fourth Infantry, to be first Heuten ond Lieut. Frank Owens, eighth in- to be first lieutenant; Capt. Henry assistant surgeon, to be major Commander Henry Glass to. be captain; Lieut. Commander James H. Day- ton to be commander; Lieut. T. B. M. Mason at. Guntor S. Knapp to be Heutenant; Lieut. ») Wm. L. Rogers to be fie sistant Paymaster Cha > be paymaster; Assi nk T. Arms to be passed to be lieutenant commander; Li grade) H +e The Committee to Investigate Into Ju- dical Actions. It is expected that a subcommittee from the House committee on judiciary will go to Milwaukee to investigate the labor de- cision of Judge Jenkins of the United es circuit court for the eastern district of Wis- {consin. The resolution of investigation pass- ed by the House yesterday provides for an inquiry by tke full committee, but it ts xpected that Chairman Culberson will on riday next designate a subcommittee, | with Representative Boatner of Loui, a a chair: n. The resolution as adopted directs the committee to Investigate and re- port “whether the Hon. J. + ns has | exceeded his jurisdiction in s writs | of injunction, abused the powers or process id court or oppressiv reised the or has used his office as ju to intimidate or restrain the -mployes of the Northern Pacitie Railroad Company ot officers of the labor « ation with y | said employes or any of them were at in the exercise of their rig | leges under the laws of the and, if so, what action should | this Hov or by Cong tee is empowered to sum | papers and to spend &% expen | While the trip to Milwaukee has not f | officially decided on, it is looked upon as | the best of tting at tne books and | papers of the court and examining the court officers, +. A BUS | Many People 0: py the Attention of the President. The President has a ver; today. busy time of it His callers were so numerous that ‘as unable to make much prog with | business that accumu- } Was hunting the festive duck olina. He held lic re- on in the east room at 1:15 o'clock and shook hands with about # bundred people, econd Lieut. Geo. E. | ALL THEY WANTED Metropolitan Bill to Be Reported With a Company Amendment. AVOIDS MOTIVE POWER FORFEITURE The Question of the Judgments Left in Abeyance. THE BILL IN FULL The House District comraittee today acted upon the Metropolitan railway bill and gave the railway company what it asked. The proposition to compromise the debt of $147,- 507.05 for $50,000 having been declined by the Commissioners, the committee this morning decided to report the bill with the following amendment: “Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to invalidate or in any wise affect the suit now pending in any court of the District of Columbia against the said company for the forfeiture of its charter for non-performance of its duty in respect of having the spaces between its tracks and two feet beyond its exterior rails and the non-payment of the cost thereof, but the said proceedings may be prosecuted to final Judgment as though this act had not been passed, and this act shail not be taken or held to be a waiver of any existing right or cause of forfeiture asserted in the said proceedings; and provided further, that if in said proceeding it shall be adjudged that the charter of said company be forfeited, then such judgment may and shall be fully canceled and vacated by the payment by said company to_the District of Columbia of the sum of $147,507.05 within ninety days from the rendition of said judgment, and thereupon the said company shall be vested with all the corporate rights, powers, and ferred or imposed upon it by its original charter and the amendments thereof.” This proposition was submitted by the railway company to the committee last week, as reported in The Star, and was the company’s cholce of three alternative prop- ositions then submitted. The nin, The bill to which the amendment was offered is as follows: pany, incorporated under the act of Con- gress approved the Ist day of July, 1864, be, along all the streets and avenues of the citles of Washington and Georgetown, with- in the District of Columbia, where the lines of their road or any part thereof are now laid and operated, except as hereinafter provided, with the underground electric sys- tem for propulsion of such cars: Provided, that said change to said underground sys- tem shall be first made on the streets, ave- nues and at the places following, to wit Beginning at 4 1-2 street and P street soutl west; running thence north on 41-2 street to Missouri avenue; thence west on Missouri avenue to 6th street; thence north on 6th street to B street; thence west on B street to 9th street; thence north on 9th street to Florida avenue; thence northwesterly on Florida avenue to 10th street. Sec. 2. That said change so required to be first made, as designated in the proviso of the first section of this act, shall be commenced by said company without #n- reasonable delay after the approval of this act, and shall be fully completed within one year after sald approval. And in the event that said substituted mode of propulsion by electric underground system shall, upon and after sufficient test and trial by actual use at the places aforesaid, prove to be a practicable and sufficient mode of propul- sion of the cars of said company, then and in that case the said company ‘shall pro- ceed, within one year thereafter, to Place the said electric underground system of propulsion of their said lines of cars upon every other part and portion of their lines as now existing within said District, in- cluding an extension therof on East Cap- itol street from th street east to 13th street east, around both sides of Lincoin Square. Se That the sald company is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, secured by a mortgage on its fran- chises and other property, to such amount as may be necessary to pay the cost of the work to be done and of the materials re- quired and the expenses incident to the change to be made as provided in this act, but not in excess of such cost.” Trouble Over Conclusion, The committee was almost an hour in reaching the final decision, and it is un- derstood that some opposition was at first manifested to the amendment. President Stephenson of the railway company was at the Capitol all the morning, and was in the committee room before the session began. No representatives of the government were present. Mr. Richardson of the committee, who with Mr. Cooper of Florida,tormed the sub- committee having charge of the negotic tions for a settlement, in speaking of the committee's action, 5 “The committee has devoted Itself as- siduously to efforts to reach a just settle- ment_and protect the interests of the pub- Mc. Some members had a desire to make the railway pay something to the Distric: and 1 was of that number. The proposal for the payment of $50,000 would have gone through but for the opposition of the Com- missioners. The attorneys for the District and the government were willing, but the Commissioners were not. The Effect. “The amendment proposed by the com- mittee does not vacate the District's suit for $147,507; it does, however, vacate the first ground upon which the District brings suit for forfeiture of charter on the ground that the company failed to change tts mo- tive power within the required time. The committee thought that 'nasmuch as the company has spent $354,000 in experiments on the storage battery system, which has proven a failure, and that no other method of motive power is available, the company should be permitted to use the system in- dicated by the bill.” —___ se An Oyster Case in the Supreme Court. The case of Robert L. Wharton and others against the sheriff of Accomack county, Va., which involves the right of the Virginia authgrities to arrest citizens of Maryland fishing for oysters in waters under ‘Virginia jurisdiction againse its laws, is on hearing in the Supreme Court. The plaintiffs were arrested for fishing in Pocomoke sound, sentenced to impr ment and applied for a writ of hab corpus to the United States uit ©ou which was refused. Attorney General Pos of Maryland and B. T. Johnson are rej senting the fishermen and Attorn eral Scott of Virginia and W. R. the Virginia authoritie: ><—____—__ Personal Mention, , private secretary of the Sec- y Gi Staple Mr. Land a short v! sIt to Chicago on private bust- Sanders Garland will accompany Mr. Traupt of Baltimore to Old Polat te ow evening, and thence to Boston by steamer. ‘elary Hoke Smith returned to the city this morning. So eee Cash Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion, $218,490. rnment receipts—From internal revenue, 949; customs, $446,009; miscellaneous, $2 Gove bul. —— Appointed Interpreter. The President today appointed Charles a citizen of the United s r to the consulate of the United interpre States at Tien Tsin, China subject to all duties and obligations con- | That the Metropolitan Railroad Com- | and the same is hereby required to equip | and operate the lines of their cars upon and | its pre- | retary of State, left here this afternoon for | TWO CENTS. An index to advertise: ments will be found on Page 3. WARDEN OF THE JAIL Thought the Court Will Take Some Ac- tion Tomorrow, Maj. Burke’s Removal Not Yet Decided Upon—Judges Said to Be Divid- ed — No Politics, For the past few days it is understood that the six members of the District Supreme Court have endeavored to meet together for consultation in the matter of this recent investigation of Warden Burke's management of the District jail, but they have been so busily occupied in their re- spective courts that a full meeting of the court has been impossible. It was thought } that a meeting would have been held at 12:30 | today, but none was held. It is sald, how- ever, that the meeting will be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when it is | believed that the matter of Warden Burke’ | removal or retention will be finally di. of. A report has been circulated that the court, which, under existing law, controls the appointment of the warden and officers, had determined upon the removal of Maj. Burke and the ap; tment to his position of Deputy Marshal John R. Leonard. The report Was denied today by the members of the court, and also by Mr. Leonard. Nevertheless, it was stated this afternoon that should Warden Burke's re- | moval be deemed advisable by the court that Mr. Leonard would be urged upon the court as a man most competent to jill the position. It was also said that the appoint- ment of Mr. Leonard would be recom- mended by two or more members of the court, should the court finally determine that it would be to the best interests of all concerned that Maj. Burke should step down and out. The Judges Divided. It is understood that the Department of Justice, at whose instigation the court recent investigation of Warden Burke's | management of the jail was made, is ex- | tremely desirous that the change should |take place. That is, the department be- lieves, it is said, that Warden Burke's re- moval would be a wise move, but whether the court will take such a view of the mat- |ter has not yet transpired. It is said that | three of the judges believe that Maj. Burke |shculd go, that two others are of the opin- ion that no change should be made, while the Sixth member of the court is, so far, non-committal on the subject. It is explained that politics will not en- ter into the matter, the court believing that their action should not be partisan in any [sense of the word. And it is said that | Should Maj. Burke’s removal be determin- }ed upon, that the action of the court will jbe voiced in an unanimous request for his resignation. Mr. Leonard is a republican, and while he is not an applicant for the | position in the sense of seeking it, he would accept it should the place become vacant | and he should be appointed by the court. [It is also said that his appointment would | be agreeable to the Department of Justice. But, as the matter now stands, Warden Burke's removal his not yet been detei- mined upon by the court. —— AGAINST BUCKET SHOPS, Mr. Hatch and the Brokers Come to a Better Underst ims. The board of trade and exchange inter- \ests had their final hearing on the Hatch |anti-option bill before the House agricul- tural committee today. It developed a bet- ter feeling between them and Mr. Hatch, the author of the bill. Mr. Hatch made it \clear in frequent statements that he de- |sired to suppress the illegitimate branches {of trading—bucket shops, puts and calls and options—and not to affect the legitimate trading in properly organized boards and exchanges. The representatives of the lat- ter agreed with Mr. Hatch that bucket | shops’ options were not proper, and said the jonly exception they asked was in the line jof legitimate trading. The Chicago board of trade was heard to- |day through Mr. Arthur Orr and ex-Repre- | sentative Abner Taylor. A. C. Raymond, in behalf of Detroit board f trade, argued against the bill on the sround that it would cut off the farmers as Well as the traders from one of the most fective means.of trade and exchange. 8. R. Smith of Toledo submitted a written argument against the bill in behalf of the | Teledo board of trade. +--+ —_______ CAPITOL TOPICS, The Mississippi Levee. Two delegates from the Vicksburg levee district, Judge H. F. Simrall of Vicksburg and John F. Jenkins of Natchez, Miss, ap- (rane before the House committee on levees of the Mississippi river today to ask | government afd for their d j Tesented that there is gre on the east bank of the Vicksburg to the Red ropriation of The greatest heretofore, they | had been given country between Memphis and ¥ burg. strict. They rep- t need for le Mississippi fr nd they aske Greater New York. The House committee on commerce voted today to make a favorable report on a to extend the limits of the port of New| | York to embrace the city of Yonkers. vorable reports will be made on a bill to] ablish a life saving station at Greenaill, on the South Kingston coast, Rhode Island. = Farnishing Supplies. Representatives of all the executive de- partinents and the District government met at the Treasury Department this aft to fix dates for the opening of proy furni: government supplies provisions of the act of January ——+e+ Mr. Truesd mmission Signed. The President signed the commission of | Col. George Truesdell as a Commissioner of the District of Columbia this afternoon and he will probably qualify tomorrow. ———_—_-e- —— acon als for under the 27, Ise4, Acting Chief. Mr. A. E. Merritt, chief clerk of the bu- reau of yards and docks, is acting chief ef | the bureau pending a permanent appoint- ment by the Presiden The Vesuvius Goes to Yorktow! The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius left. Nor- folk today for Yorktown, Va., where she | will spend a few days testing her small arms. ard’s Condition. tion of Mr. Joseph C, Willard, whose critical illness was mentioned in yesterday's Star, 4s reported today to be about the same. He is said to have had | t night two sinking spells, both of which it was feared might terminate fatally, a Grand Jury tod The grand jury eturned | ments the Criminal Court, s ‘Unesis. indict- division 1, } | What the | with the law in the case TRIAL OF BEN WHITE The Manassas Court Again Pro- tected by Military, STUEBORN FIGHT FCR THE DEFENSE A Number of Motions Overruled by the Court. FEELING OF THE PEOPLE a Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, MANASSAS, Va., March 7.—Manassas te once more in a state of pent-up excitement. Since early morning crowds of people from all over the county, from other counties and from Washington and Alexandria have been gathering. It ts a crowd made up of white men and colored men of all ages, the for- mer of a class plainly showing that if a bold leader suggested lynching all would partici- pate. Because of an error in ruling made by Judge Lipscomb at the beginning of the former trial the negro, Ben White, had been sranted a new trial, and this is the day set for hearing. White, it will be remembered, Was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by the court for criminally assaulting Mrs. Elliott at her home, about two miles from this place, on the night of January 13 last. At the time he was_in company with Jim Robinson, who had been declared guilty of a similar crime against Mrs. Hefflin, @ widow and the sister-in-law of Mrs. Elliott. Judge Lipscomb, on February 13, sentented both men to be hanged on March 30. Since the trial the prisoners have been contined in the Alexandria jail. ‘The reason for granting the new trial was an unusual one. Under the law White had the right md elect to be tried in either the county or circuit courts. He cl on Feb- ruary 9%, the latter. The Perm ang had received information that the law im Question had been repealed, and, therefore, compelled the accused to go to trial in the county court. In fact, the law was not re- pealed until February 12, the point was raised. On learning of this Judge Lipscomb, of his own volition, immediately ordered a new trial. The announcement was not re- ceived with favor by the vengeful and angry residents of the county. Bright and early this morning the Alex- andria Light Infantry marched to the jell in that city and escorted Deputy Sheriff Wm. M. Longwell and the prisoners to the depot, where all boarded two cars in wait- ing. When the Lynchburg local train from Washington rolled in the cars were attach- ed, and on reaching Manassas were side- tracked. Capt. Mushbach had eighty-one men under his command, every member of the company, except one, sick in bed, being out. They were attired in regular uni- forms, overcoats and leggins, with loaded rifles, and bayonets fixed. Scores of per- Sons were at the station and also lined the railroad track, and peered from doorways and windows of houses as the train slowed up at Manassas at 9 o'clock. The militia disembarked and formed company front. “Right forward, fours* right, march,” commanded Capt. Mushbach, and, guarding the two trembling wretches, with down- cast eyes, the march to jail was begun. A surging surrounded the small on the way, but no violence was att The Court Reom Packed. By this time the court room was packed, every inch of standing room being occupied, even the window sills and the stoves. A platoon ef militia separated the pectators from the Lar. It was a few minutes before 11 o'clock when Judge Lipscomb took his seat and said: “Bring the prisoner White.” Under a strong guard the cowed and handcuffed negro entered the room and tcok a seat beside his counsel. Throughout the day he did not raise his eyes from the floor. While waiting for the prisoner to come in a dog in the hallway below suddenly uttered @ howl, Every one started, thinking prob- abiy an effort was being made to harm White. The sound, however, was ed, and the excitement soon’ subsided. In opening the proceedings Mr. Robert R. Campbell, one of White's counsel, made a motion that if allowed would release White, and thereby have much to 40 with an attempt, at least, to lynch him. Fighting for the Prisoner's Life. Mr. Campbell in opening said that this Was not a very pleasant case to appear in, It was a fight not for acquittal, but for the life of a person under age. Then he made a motion to quash the in- dictment because, he claimed, the county court had no jurisdiction. According to Mr. Campbell the case against White is really now pending in the circuit court. . Commonwealth's Attorneys Thornton and Jeffries argued that this was an entirely new case from the one becun February & the prisoner having been reindicted by an- other grand jury, Judge Lipscomb over- ruled the motion and an exception was noted. Next Mr. Campbell moved for a change of venue to Alexandria or any other county, on the ground that_the feeling in Prince William county was’such Uhat it would be improper to try White here, adding that irs looked very bad when it became ry to call out the militla to protect a “He claimed that it would be ab- solutely impossible to secure an un! jury. The motion was promptly overruled. Thereupon a scene of pandemonium @m- 2 the sued. Each of the four lawyers at paneer time be; talking and gesticulating, and for a few moments it seemed as though it would be necessary to call in the a to restore order. aunty During a lull in the application of sar- casm by counsel to each other it was agreed to cail witnesses in an endeavor to w whether « ot feeling against White existed in the county. existed in the cou! ou ee pt. Mushbach testified heard general rumors that mob violence would be attempted, and Commonwealth's A ney Thornton stated that everybody had heard that if the prisoners should be ; ode Judge Lipscomb would be hanged and counsel skinned alive. Lawyer Campbell was then sworn, He stated that he believed that popular opin- jon would be satisfied with a veniict of twenty years in the penitentiary instead of one of death. The witness made several other statements, but owing to the rapid fire of personalities indulged fn by every- body in the case the spectators were kept laughing continually, and it was impos- sit’ to follow the testimony. Burlesque Rather Than Tragedy. In fact, the proceedings up to this point resembled a burlesque trial at a minstrel entertainment rather than the real article, inion of individuals bad to @o s hot apparent. the county tes- Several other residents of tified to general rumor, and several sharp retorts between the court and counsel for the de »wed in connection with the » whether or not White should Judge McComas, as follows senheimer, assault with int Samuel nt to ki w guilt and Miller tor up gaming Win. Hol larceny from the United States | nored. with e - were > Patrick Greave: The will of the late rick Greav today, leaves $100 in trust for his ¥ | Greaves; his tools and the | the Washin as 1 ciation to his son J [his money Bn deposi children. W. E. Swann wi mon si B. « S282 mamed execu ie Lor. | ne stand and give his opinion in re- rd to having a fair trial. point was settled by removing the m in order to take his prisoner from the rm avit was Mm ly nop tiem: ible to row at th nearly 2 o'clock, and prac- + had bee made toward the it will be impos- » the matter before tomon It _ Wreck op the Southern Pacifie. HOUSTON, Tex., March 6.--A Sunset spe cial on the Southern Pacific was wrecked near Alleyton this morning. Conductor th received a severe p wound; Will br Uy burned; two tr fatally injured; Jot or Jackson, Mich., had am cut « nd F. Eart of Steabenville, was injured inte all Two tramps vere also badly hurt. The injured were taken Ww Kagle Lake for teatuemt