Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDA: AT THE STAR BUILD! GS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avexue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't Kew York Oiice, 83 Potter Building, —— ee THR Evextxa Stax is served to sn) etty by art 9 in the United postage prepaid—30 cents per T_RDAY QuINterte Sueet Sr. |-00 per year; foreicn + 3 23.0) eee Oo ed at the “y at Washington, D.C. mts each.” By mati—anywh: sof Canada—y ‘ econd-€ ase Mail magia sell sbseriy tions saust be paid in advance. known on application. Vor 84. No. 20,830, NDAY, MARCH 12, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. | _Vided for them, and settled themselves down for what’ they evidently imagined | would be @ real good time. A majority of WOMEN EXCLUDED Judge Bradley Will Not Let Them Hear the Evidence. THE POLLARD-BRECKINRIDGE TRIAL Lawyers Fighting Over the Ad- mission of Depositions. them were young women. One of the wo- men, an elderly, gray-haired one, carried a pair of field glasses, evidently determined at | to see evi age the very best advant- There was a throng of People about the doors of the court room where the trial of Miss Pollard’s suit against Representative Breckinridge of Kentucky for breach of promise was resumed this morning. However, but a small portion of those who pressed for admittance were al- lowed tn the court room. Col. Bob Christy, the proverbial philosopher, eyed the crowd and remarked, sententiously: “Where there Is scandal the wolves will be found ready to fall upon the wounded.” Of those who gained admittance half a Qcore or more were women, but immediately Bpon the assembling of the court they were grdered by Judge Bradley to leave the court | oom. Mr. Shelby for the Defense. that of Miss Pollard, about five minutes later, the women laughed and chatted, and | Seemed to be well pleased with the pros- | pect of being present during the trial. The moment the plaintiff, accompanied by. the | two ladies from the Home of Mercy who attended her Friday, arrived and took her seat beside Mr. Wilson, of her counsel, she | e the apparently unconscious target of the women’s eyes and the subject of their often audible remarks. If Miss Pol- lard at any time became aware of this she made no sign of it whatever. Indeed, she turned her back upon them, and quietly conversed with Mr. Wilson. Excladed by the Court. ‘Thus she occupied herself until the arrival of Judge Bradley, a few minutes after 10. The moment the judge stepped upon his bench his eyes fell upon the throng of women to his left. The audience did not need to be told that the sight displeased the court. Judge Bradley’s aversion to the Presence of women at such trials is well known, and when he at once called Marshal Wilson to him and conferr2d with that of- ficial for a moment or two about every one in the court room knew that the court was expressing his displeasure at the presence of the women. So there was not much sur- prise except among the women themselves when Judge Bradley, as soon as the court Was opened, turned to the marshal and said: “Mr. Marshal, I wish you to request these ladies to vacate their seats. Ladies ndt wit- nesses in the case will have to retire.”’ Thereupon the marshal, turning toward the corner of the court room where the | Women were congregated, said: “All ladies mot witnesses in this case must leave the court room.” This, of course, drew every eye In the court room upon those referred to in the court's order. Had they remained during the morning session the first hour and a half would have been exceedingly dull for them, for it was taken up with a controversy among the lawyers over the admission as evidence of Between the time of their arrival and " HE Not Likely to Be Reported Until Late Next Week. WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WILL ASK A Vain Attempt to Secure Hear- ings for Industries. —__——_ LITTE PROGRESS TODAY The prospects at the beginning of this | Week are not very bright for the Senate | finance committee closing up its work on | the tariff bill so that it can be reported to |the Senate before next week. ‘I'he demo- cratic members of this committee realize full weil that their republican colleagues are going to make an emphatic protest against any and all changes made in the revised Wilson bill from that of the McKinley bill now in force. The republican members, as is pretty well known, will make their prin- cipal fight against the change from specitic to ad valorem duties. It is understood that the revised Wilson bili ts no more satis- factory to the republican members of the finance committee than was the measure when it came from the House, Will Give a Surplus. As the Wilson bill has been changed 1t 1s | asserted that it will give a surplus of $84,- 000,000, and if this be proved to be absolute- ly true ft can be considered little else than @ protection measure. Doubtless the repub- lican members will object to any changes in the tariff schedules trom the McKiniey law. They do not expect, however, to se- cure any concessions from their demo- cratic colleagues. All their protests will not ‘mount to anything. They will be outvoted, and expect nothing else. ‘they propose, however, to show their determination in protesting against what they term the mon- rel tariff bill. Mi 5 ‘The Minority Report. The supposition now is that the minority feport of the committee will be fully as | Strong, if not stronger, than the minority report prepared by the House ways and means committee under the direction of ex-Speaker Reed. It is presumed also that the republican members of the finance com- | mittee, as well as the republican leaders certain depositions, objected to on techmteal Srounds. The depositions were not read, so t one breath of the scandal they may ive contained got out into the court room, nothing but dry legal talk about sufficiency of notice, requirements of statutes, rules of (in the Senate, will fight for delay in the consideration of this measure as long as Possible. They will be able, at any rate, ac- cerding to the congressional prophets, to prevent its report to the Senate this week and to delay it until the latter end of next week, Their position wa$ a decidedly unpleasant one. That they so appreciated it was cleariy apparent from their flushed faces, their downcast eyes and embarrassed manner. They said nothing, although several of them looked beseechingly toward Judge Bradley. But the court was determined that his per- emptory order should be obeyed, instantly | A Long Debate. | obeyed, and the undoubtedly greatly disap-| ee pointed women filed out of the court room That the debate over the tariff bill, when Mr. Francis Appears. It was all very dull, indeed, until this @ontroversy was suspended for a time and Mr. Claude de La Roche Francis was called to the stand. When the name was called in all its patrician length, folks expected a ‘witness out of the common, and they were fot disappointed. Mr. Francis, or “Frawn- cis,” as he pronounced it, was a slender young man, who carried a high silk hat, having a deep black band around it, and ‘wore an overcoat with a rich fur collar. He was beardiess, wore eyeglasses and had & somewhat delicate look and manner, like one accustémed more to the society of ladies than association with rude men—such @s one is likely to encounter around a court room. But Mr. Francis was perfectly selfpossessed. His pronunciation was not that to which Washington juries are accus- | {t ts finally laid before the Senate fo - With tne best grace possible. The seats) sideration, will not be brief, is adraltted vacated by the women were instantly taken d: a : Possession of by members of the bar and | Ven by the democratic members who are others who had stood outside, and the pro-| fathering it. The plan of Senator Yoor, ceedings in the pending case went on. hees and others of his colleagues to rail- The Plaintiff and the Defendant. _ | road the tariff measure through the upper Defendant Breckinridge preceded his Tanch will fail, {t is thought. Democratic counsel in arriving at the court room, and pea ice th “ahey arty oe cigip un seated himself at the long table just back snee nat the tariff debate in the of Miss Pollard, and was an interested sone belies seas eG ee pee fpeaict spectator of the expulsion by Judge Bradley | that the final conclusion of ine fight In the of the female spectators, Then, throwing) Upper branch may extend into August. Vain Effort to Get Heart ‘The Senate committee took up the tariff bill today as amended by the democratic members, beginning with the chemical Schedule, Senator Aldrich, on behalf of the republican members, stated that there were representatives of several interests affected by the bill now in Washington asking to be tomed. This was due undoubtedly to the fact that Mr. Francis spends much of his time abroad. Mr. Francis told his story in en easy, gossipy way, just as he might have told it to some of the chappies at the club | or to a company of his lady friends. He had overheard, while standing in an entry—he was tompelied to overhear it, much to his own | Fegret—Col. Breckinridge converse with Mi: Pollard about his engagement to her. He had subsequently,when Miss Pollard, racked by jealous fears, had threatened to end her life, sought to console her by pointing out to her that there were many other good and distinguished men in the world besides Col. Breckinridge. He stood in her presence @s a living witness of that fact, but some- how Miss Pollard had refused to be con- soled. He heard other things and saw oth- er things and thought other things relating to the case, which he described in a refresh- ing and pleasing manner. It was altogether ® great relief after the dry legal contro- versy over the depositions to have Mr. Francis come on the stand. | Mr. Francis, as stated, is no common wit- mess. Now, since he has testified in the case, it has been lifted high above the vul- @ar plane. For, as Mr. Francis informed a d Mr. Wilson. himself comfortably back in his chair, vig- crously chewing a quill toothpick, he in- dustriously prompted his counsel, prepara- tory to the taking up of the case. And in the legal sparring between counsel] he busied himself in making suggestions to those on his side. Wher not doing that his eyes wandered about from one point to an- other in the court room, occasionally resting upon the plaintiff, who sat just a few feet | @way, seemingly unconscious of everything | Save what was being said by the lawyers. Dressed as she was Friday last, Miss Pol- | lard sat most of the time with folded hands and with downcast eyes. Now and then, | however, she sniffed a bottle of salts. Oc- casionally, too, she bent toward Mr. Wilson, evidently prompting him in matters con- nected with the case. She was evidently much more composed than on Friday last, | undoubtedly having profited by her experi- ence of that day. Those Books. When court opened Mr. Carlisle, rising, called attention to the question that arose on the 9th instant as to certain books the | defendant had been given notice to produce. | These were the books delivered by Sister Augustine to Mr. Stoll of defendant's coun- | |Sel. The court had directed an order to be “issued. Mr. Carlisle read from the sten- | ostaphic report of the case to show what! | heard by the committee as to the chai made, and mentioned especially a del tion of laboring men from Worcester, Mass., interested in the manufacture of firearms, who, he said, regarded the provisions relat- ing to these articles injurious to them, and who were very desirous of presenting the facts in the He therefore offered the following resolution: “Resolved, That five days be set apart to hear workingmen, farmers, manufacturers and all other persons interested or lesiring to be heard on the rates suggested in the bill now before the committee.” The resolution was voted down by a strict party vote, the republicans favoring and the democrats opposing the resolution. The committee did not make mush pro- gress with the bill, only about ten items being passed; all of them were left w changed. Tannic acid is one of the articles on which the republican members sousht to secure an increase, but failed. They sug- gested changes from ad valorem to specific duties in several instances, but also failed to secure any concession in this respect. Only Six Items Disposed of. It develops that the committee disposed of only six items in the bill, beginning with acetic acid and including baraci>, chromic, citric, tannic and tartaric acids. There was also some discussion of alco- holic perfumes, but this paragraph was not disposed of. There was no formal vote upon any proposition to change any of these items, but the republican members made propositions upon them which the democratic members stated they would take under consideration and upon which they would rrobably annouace their dect- sion at tomorrow's meeting. The repubil- can members also agreed to consider at the meeting tomorrow the date when the bill should be reported. They feel that they can keep the bill in committee for an indefinite length of time, but they seem disposed to allow {t to be reported within @ week or ten days if they can be assured of sufficient time to prepare speeches be- | Mr. Carlisle and the Books. Btar reporter, he is a cousin to Ward McAl- ister and a nephew of the Marquis de La Roche, who is a chamberlain to the pope. By condescending to testify for Miss Pol- lard he has given to her cause, it is held, @n evidence of the approval of the “Four Hundred,” for which the plaintiff should be &rateful. There is a huge pile of depositions in th fase. These were all in court this morn- img, but under seal. They contain, it is understcod, many statements of a sensa- | tonal character, but it is doubtful whether | many of them will ever be read to the dury or whether the conrt will ever permit | the curiosity of the prurient to be satisfied Yegarding them. These were brought into court this morning, also the four volumes | ef Washington Irving referred to on Pri- @ay, and the plaintiff's counsel scored a lit- tie victory by securing from the court per- mission to inspect them. Women in the Court Room. j For obvious reasons, the impression was! general that the trial would be one which * few, if any, members of the spectators, and Friday last S present were those called by rning {t was altogether doors of uld attr. r took poss. a were admii ession of the They. t seats pro- | been said by the court on that occa-| fore the bill shall be taken up for con- sion. The court had directed that the books | Sideration in the Senate, as they do hot in question be placed in the custody of the! fel that much is to be gain by the court. Mr. Carlisle said that on Saturday, | @iscussion of the question involved in the 10th instant, a package had been left | Committee. If an agreement should be with the clerk, sealed, and bearing a state-| ached as to when the bills shall be ment signed by C. H. Stoll, as follows: | Teported it ts not probable that the re. “These are the four volumes of Washington | Publicans will persist in the consideration Irving's books which I acreed to geal up| Of the bill item by item, as they began to and place in the hands of the clerk after | day, as that plan would consume a great the counsel for the plaintiff agreed that| @mount of time. they might be so left and sealed, and kept The democratic members of the commit- fealed after we so delivered them, and we| tee gave the republicans to understand at so desired.” ; the meeting today that if there should be Mr. Carlisle disclaimed having made such ®0Y changes In rates they would be made an agreement, and said, as he understood | by the democratic majority. There was no formal statement to this effect, but the republican members came out of the com- mittee room with thisgimpression. It was @ brief discussion of “the sugar schedule between Senators Aldrich and Mr. McPher- son, in which the latter asserted that the prctection granted to refined sugar did not | exceed 12-100 of a cent. —-e- Two Naval Cadets, The President has appointed two cadets- [at-large to the Naval Academy, which | seems to have escaped generai notice. Both | are the sons of naval officers. One is Frank | Taylor Evans, son of Capt. Evans, and the Mr. Breckinridge tens. other Murray G. Day, ae of ge late Lieut. it, the books were to be delivered to the Day of the navy. D.’ Pratt Mannix, son of clerk, and there be subject to the order ot the late Capt. Mannix of the marine corps, the court. He asked for an understanding “24 Harry E. Lackey of Clifton Station, a8 to the books. Va., were appointed alternates. The Suggestion as to Sealing. | Mr. Butterworth sald that the suggestion of sealing the books had been made by counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Stoll had accepted it as reasonable and satisfactory. He said that their Purpose had been to have the plaintiff identify these books, par- ticularly as it was in their view important. Judge Bradley's Recollection. Judge Bradley said that he had no recol- lection as to an agreement. The remarks made by the court at the time had no ref- | @rence to that. Mr. Wilson said the books were here, and She eee To Examine Medical Candidates, A board of medical officers of the army met in this city today at the Army Medical Museum for the examination of candidates for appointment in that branch of the ser- vice. There are thirty applicants and only seven vacancies. es Testing Pinte A very satisfactory test of Harveyized 10-inch plates, representing a lot intended for the battleships Oregon, Massachusetts and Iowa, was held at the Indian Head er tests of ordnance material will be mad t the same place this week, (Continued on Second Page) \ | cruise in the Phillippine Islands. TARIFF BILL|THE BRAZILIAN REEBLLION | Probably a Big Naval Fight Going On Now. The Government Notifies Foreign Ves- sels at Rio to Seek a Place of Safety. RIO JANEIRO, March 12.—The govern- ment has notfied the representatives of the foreign powers that operations against the insurgents in the Bay of Rio Janeiro would be resumed after the expiration of forty-eight hours. The government fleet is off the entrance of the bay. A portion of the fleet, consist- ing of the Nictheroy, Piratiny and Aurora, have taken up a position in a bight at the entrance, between Fort St. John and the Sugar Loaf Port, preparatory, it is be- lieved, to bombarding Fort Villegaignon, The remainder of the government fleet, consisting of the America, Parnahyba and the torpedo boats purchased in Germany are further outside the entrance of the harbor. United States Minister Thompson has ad- vised the Department of State that prepa- rations have been made at Rio for a gen- eral engagement, and it is believed that even now it may be in progress. The fleet of government vessels was outside of Rio harbor at the date of the minister's dis- patch, cleared for action afd making ready to attempt to force an entraace, The’ in- surgent fleet had made every possible ef- fort to repel the attack, and the prospects were that a bloody engagemeat would fol- low. A Fire From Three Sources, Heretofore the insurgent ships have been attacked only by the loyal forts, but now they will receive the fire from three quar- ters. First, from the government feet at the entrance of the harbor; second, from the loyal forts, and, third, from the city batteries. Heretofore these batteries, erect- ed at heavy expense, and containing some The Pirating, Formerly the Destroyer. powerful ordnance, have not been used against the insurgent fleet, in pursuance of jan understanding brought about by the commanders of the fofeign fleets in the |harbor, and for their part the insurgeats | have refrained from firing upon the town. Now, however, the arrangement has been terminated by the government an notice has been given of an intention to use the city batteries. Time to Get Into Safety. Forty-eight hours’ time has been given to foreign vessels to get into piaces of safety and away from the wharfage front, For it is certain that the ‘ire of the elty batteries will draw a return fire from hea- vy rifles and machine guns upon the city of Rio itself. ——_~+--e._____ MAJ. ROSE RETIRED. He Was the Hero of Libby Prison and Had a Great Career. One of the historic figures of the war was Placed on the retired list of the army today by operation of law on account of age. The officer referred to {s Maj. Thomas E. Rose of the eighteenth infantry, stationed at Fort Clark, Texas. Maj. Rose enlisted in the volunteer service as a private in company I, twelfth Pennsylvania infantry, April 25, 1861, and rose to the grade of ‘colonel of volunteers February 1, 1863. He gained special distinction by leading the movement for the escape of prisoners in Libby prison by means of a tunnel. He has since been known as the “hero of Libby prison.” July 22, 1885, he was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers for meritorious services dur- ing the war. He entered the regular army infantry and reached his present grade of major April 2, 1892. THE BLUEFIELDS INCIDENT. It Has Passed the Acute Stage and Gone Into That of Diplomacy. The Bluefields incident has passed the acute phase and if anything further shall result it will probably be nothing more than the exchange of a few diplomatic notes between the governments of the United States and Great Britain. The Depariment of State has received advices from United States Consul Braida at San Juan del Norte, the United States offictal nearest to Bluefields, confirming the report of the landing of British troops at Bluefelds. He also mentions the fact that these troops have been withdrawn. The Department of State is walting for a formal explana- tion from United States Minister Baker of the reasons for landing the troops, and until this is received no answer can be re- turned to the Senate resolution calling for Information relative to the incident. The delay in hearing from the minister is ac- counted for by the fact that he is at Mana- gua, a considerable distance from Blue- fields, and must himself get his informa- tion at second hand. ——_—_- e+ —_+.__ Feeding Whent to Cattle. Reports received at the Agricultural De- partment so far this month from correspon- dents in the great wheat surplus states indi- cate that wheat is now being fed to hogs and other stock, for the reason that there is no profit in its sale for human consumption, owing to the prevailing unprecedented low market price for that cereal, 2+ —___ Death of Capt. Floyd. The War Department has been informed ter's department died at Indianapolis on the 10th instant. The vecancy will be filled by the President by transfer from the line. —- res — The Gunboat Concord. A cable message was received at the Navy Department this morning saying that the Sunboat Concord left Amoy, China, for a Alleged Counterfeiters. The Treasury Department {is informed of the arrest of Thomas Cain, James O'Brien and Charles Beir at Cleveland, Ohio, for passing counterfeit silver dollar : Naw In a Candidate. Dr. Miller of Omaha, Neb., is on a visit to Washington, in connection with the ya- eancy on the interstate commerce commis- sion, caused by the death of Judge MecDill. Mr. Tobias Castor of Nebraska had an in- terview with the President in his interest Saturday afternoon. +e Has Been Disbarred. Charles D. G. McKay of Port Allegh=ny, proving grounds Saturday afternoon. Oth- | Pa., has been disbarred from practice before the Department of the Interior for having, is alleged, accepted an illegal pension fee. it July 28, 1866, as captain in the eleventh | that Capt. D. H. Floyd of the quartermas- | MARKS A NEW EPOCH The Assembling of the British Par- liament. MATTERS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED Lord Rosebery on the House of Peers. MEETING OF McCARTHYITES LONDON, March ~ 12.—Parliament as- sembled today and it is probable that more interest is taken in this meeting of the lords and commons than in any other pre- vious gathering of the two bodies for some years past. The cause of this unusual in- terest in parliamentary proceedings was the fact that the retirement of the great Mberal leader, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad- stone, from active participation in political warfare has necessitated a reorganization of the different political parties, and thus today with the queen's speech a new chap- ter in the history of England was opened. Only a few peers were present in the house of lords when parliament opened and many ladies occupied seats in the body of the house. In the galleries there were also a number of ladies and the United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, Was among those present in the diplomats’ allery, When the Marquis of Ripon, Earl ee and the Marquis of Breadelbane took their places on benches in front of the throne, the lord high chancellor, Lord Herschell, directed the yeoman usher of the black rod to summon the commons, but only the latter attempted to hear the qQueen’s speech. The Queen’s Speech. Her majesty, after referring to the sat- isfactory relatidns existing with foreign powers, say: “Negotiations are in progress with the United States for the purpose of execut- ing the award of the court of arbitration in the question of the seal fisheries of the Bering sea. “Two collisions, accompanied by lament- able loss of life, lately occurred with the French colonial forces in West Africa. I await the result of the inquiry in regard to these deplorable occurrences with full confidence that they will be examined in a calm and dignified temper, as befits two great nations upon such an occasion. “Gentlemen of the house of commons: The estimates for the service will be laid before you. They will be found to make full and adequate provision for the de- fense of the empire. “My lords and gentlemen: The recent |improvement in the state of Ireland has been continuous and marked. “Agrarian crime has been reduced, under the administration of recent laws, to the lowest point that has be2a reached for the last fifteen years. The condition, aowever, the enemy flattered |Presence of the Rt. Hon. John Moriey of the exchequer, followed. He said that themselves that the, liberal party was going to drop home rule. | But the language of the premier and the | as | chief secretary for ireland, were the best | answer they could give this supposition. Contiruing, Sir William remarked that Gladstone’s last speech in regard to the| house of lords was one inheritance for the | party, and asserted that the question would | prove to be the greatest subject of the | future. The McCarthyites. The McCarthyites assembled at 1 p.m. in committee room No. 15 of the house of com- mons, and engaged in an animated discus- sion of Irish parliamentary matters. Mr. Thomas Sexton, M. P. for North Kerry, in- formed the Associated #ress correspondent that the meeting was devoted entirely to the internal arrangements of the Irish par- Mamentary party, and that though the meeting was still in session at 3 p.m. those in attendance did not know of Lora Hose- bery’s address or the contents of the queen's speech. Later, it was announced that Mr. Justin McCarthy had been re-elected chairman of the Irish parliamentary party. ation. JUSTICE W E SWORN IN, He Takes the Oath in‘the Presence of a Large Gathering. The induction into office of the new zsso- ciate justice, ex-Senator White of Louisiana, attracted a large attendance to the Suprene Court room this morning, as this ceremony always does. There has been an unusually large number of opportunities to witness it in the last few years. Not for many years have there been so many vacancies and consequent induction of successors to seats on the bench in so short a period as in the last and present administrations. Jus- tices Brewer, Brown, Shiras and Jackson have all taken their seats since President Cleveland's former term of office. The cere- mony of induction is very simple, but very impressive, as are all the proceedings of this court, which has been called the -nost august tribunal on earth. The spectators involuntarily ‘maintain an air of strict de- corum and there is never any unsee nliness or impropriety to mar the impressiveness of the proceedings, There is usually some preliminary bustle about the induction of a justice into office in the matter of robing him in the long black gown which all those ou the bench wear. It is sometimes necessary to bor- Tow a gown from some one of the justices to enable the new justice to appear prop- erly among his colleagues. But Justice White had taken advantage of the slight delay in taking his seat after his appoint- ment to provide himself with his own robe of office. A Large Crowd Present. As the hour of noon approached there Was no standing room to be had in the court room, afid the corridor outside was filled with the disappointed ones. A large number of distinguished men were in the court room. The seats to the left of the bench were reserved for the ladies of the Supreme Court and their guests. Among those who occupied them were Miss White, sister of the new justice; Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Harlan,’ Mrs. Shires, Mrs, Brewer, Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Bissell, Miss Strong, Mrs. Prouty and a large number of others. Senator Vilas, be- tween whom and Senator White a cordial intimacy has existed, was @ spectator, as| of a considerable body of the evicted tenants of that country requires early attention. | A measure will be submitted to you with the tion, deeply affecting the well-being of Ire- land. “Bills will be submitted for the amend- ment of the registration, the abolition of plural voting, dealing with the ecclasiastical establishments of Wales and Scotland, the equalization of rates in London, local gov- ernment for Scotland on the same basis as recently accorded to England and Wales and the exercise of direct locdl control of the. liquor traffic. “You will be asked to consider measures for the promotion of conciliation in labor disputes, for the amendment of the factory and mines act and for the reform of the method of conducting inquiries into fatal accidents in Scotland.” Lord Rosebery States His Policy. A large crowd of people gathered in the vicinity of the foreign office this morning to witness the arrival of the celebrities who were to attend the great meeting of the liberals, which had been ccnvened for noon. Lord Rosebery, the new premier, upon his arrival, was loudly cheered, and a warm re- ception was extended to the other distin- guished liberal leaders as soon as they were recognized by the expectant crowd. Lord Rosebery also received an ovation as he took the chair in order to preside at the meeting. Sir Willlam Vernon Harcourt, who was the last member of the cabinet to arrive, was greeted with great enthusiasm. The prime minister, Lord Rosebery, in addressing the party, referred with consid- erable feeling to the retirement of Mr. Gladstone, saying that they would “greatly miss that sublime and pathetic figure,which enriched and ennobled not merely the treas- ury bench, but the house itself.”* Continuing, Lord Rosebery said: “It was thought that in the high office to which I have been called there should be a declara- tion of policy. That is not necessary, as Wwe stand where we did. (Cheers.) “There will be no change of measures; and, although there has been a disastrous change of men, they are all pledged to the fame policy. (Cheers.) “The same measures remain as they are, the program of the liberal party, and it is not intended to ‘recede from any one of them. The honor of England and the peace of Europe are safe in the hands of the pres- ent government. The Welsh church ques- tion will be pressed to a definite and suc- cessful conclusion. (Cheers.) Standing by Irish Home Rule. “In regard to the Irish question, we are bound to it by ties of honor and affection. My speech in the house of lords in 1893 seem$ to have raised some doubt as to my own position in regard to home rule. Those who have their doubts can only have read the speech in a cursory manner. The policy of home rule will not be less definitely pur- sued. If this is the only doubt on this sub- ject, one pledge which the government has given in this connection is the continuance in his present office of the Rt. Hon. John Morley, chief secretary for (Cheers.) “Mr. Morley has been offered a higher office, but he thought it his duty not to sever his sphere of action in the cause of Ireland. (Cheers.) Our late illustrious leader, in his last speech delivered in the house of commons, made a declaration with which the present government have entirely identified themselves. (Cheers.) The Lords. “The conviction has long been forcing itself upon me that with the democratic suffrage which we now enjoy a second chamber, constituted like the house of |lords, is an anomaly. This conviction has been strengthened by the unhappy chapter of accidents which has turned the house of jlords from a body of hereditary law givers, ;More or less qualified, into the great tory | view of a reasonable settle neht of this ques- | were also Senators Stewart, White of Cali- | fornia, Lindsay, Mitchell ‘of Oregon and | | quite a number of members of the House. The ceremony of installation was soon | over. Promptly at noon the court filed into | the room and took their places, all being present but Justice Jackson, who is still de- tained in the south by illness. The new |Justice had previously been sworn in by | the chief justice in the clerk's office. When | the court’had been seated and opened with | the usual announcement, Chief Justice Ful- ler announced that Justice White was pres- ent and ready to take the cath of office. | The candidate was seated just behind Clerk | McKenney, who thereupon arose and read |the commission signed by the President. | Justice White then arose and read the oath of office in a deliberate tone and with clear- ness and distinctness, every one in the court room standing meanwhile. SSS >>> THE SUGAR QUESTION Senator Peffer’s Resolution of Inves- tigation Laid on the Table MR. GORMAN'S VIGOROUS SPEECH He Intimates a Conspiracy to Dis credit the Senate. THE VOTE IN DETAIL . — The Senate came very near acquiescing today in Senator Peffer’s request for an in- quiry into the rumors that have resently attached the names of certain Senators to the fluctuations in the sugar market. The resolution was tabled after a brief but spirit- ed debate between Senators Peffer and Gor- man, but the margin was so slight that the result of the roll call was in doubt until the last moment. The resolution came up after the routine business, and belligerent Mr. Quay immediately moved that it be tabled, and Mr. Hoar raised the point in behalf of Mr. Peffer that the mover of the resolution usually had the Privilege of addressing the Senate in expla- ration of {t. Senator Harris, who is in the chair, called attention to the fact that as the resolution involved an expenditure for Stenographer hire and other matters it | Would have to go to the committee on con- | tingent expenses, under the rule. A, | upon Mr. Hoar’s advice, Mr. Peffer enenpel | his resolution by taking out all provision for expenditures and so avoiding the neces- sity for its reference, and spoke for about | fifteen or twenty minutes about the neces- sity for the Senate taking some official notice of the rumors which he said have | filled the public prints for a fortnight past, j Mr. Peffer’s Explanation. The Senator made a characteristic in which he alluded to “the groundlings,” as he called them, who, he said, met in their lttle organizations and discussed these rumors which found their way from the metropolitan to the ru- Tal press, and, not hearing them denied of- ficially, they were prone to believe them. about from them, ‘speech, the common people, Personally he did not know anything the charges. He purposely refrained expressing any belief or disbelief in He would neither accept nor reject them. | He alluded to the case of Senator though not by name, as furnishing an ex- ample of where public rumor and newspa- per charges had eventually become so ve- hement that the Senate was obliged to take notice of the matter in an official way. Sen: Gorman’s Speech. It was somewhat of a sarprise wheh Sen- ator Gorman sprang to his feet instanciy after Mr. Peffer had finished. Folks were Watching Senator Quay and not his silent counterpart on the democratic side of the chamber. Mr. Gorman’s opinion of Senator Peffer and his resolution revealed itself very pointedly in his speech. He character- ized the charges themselves as outrageous and false and the attempt to investigate — as heedless, needless and almost scan- jalous. He was not altogether @iplomatic in his phrases in referring to the resolution or its author, and expressed his surprise that a Senator should arise in his place and give yoice to such groundless and malicious lies. It seemed, he said, almost as though an or- €anized conspiracy, and very well at that, to bring discredit and belittie it the eyes of the public. in the past months, he went on, not @ chance had lost by certain people, both in and out the Senate, to call attention to the scandals and unfounded assertions that were | The quiet in the court room was then Should the Senate take up these rumors, he broken by the rustle of garments as every | OS ust tt would find tts time so shoreusaay one was reseated and Justice White passed Occupied that there wou! ohectenely SS around behind the bench to the left-hand flternative for transacting legitimate bus- jend, where Justice Shiras, his neighbor on |{"¢s®. He went on to speak of the clamor the bench, shook hands with him. -o--—__ AN AGRICULTURAL TROUBLE. Secretary Morton Some Societies | Differ Once More. | Secretary Morton has created another stir | |in the administration of the Agricultural Department, that is not popular with the farmers, and which has resulted in some caustic correspondence between the Secre- tary and the officers of agricultural socie- ties throughout the country. One of the Practices of the department, which has been | followed for years, was to send the experts and scientific men of the department to the meetings and conventions of agricultural | bodies, in order that the latter might re- ceive the,benefit of papers by experts or ed- dresses from men who have made a life study of subjects germane to the objects of the convention. The assignment of these experts to address the meetings of agricul- tural men was appreciated by the farmers, and, it was thought, resulted in benefit, not only to them, but also, from an interchange of views, to the department. But soon af- ter Secretary Morton took charge of the de- partment a request was made by the officers of an agricultural society for one of the experts to address a convention that | was shortly to assemble. The Secretary was amazed at the request, and refused to en- tertain the proposition. In a letter refus- ing to permit any of the employes of the department to address this or other con- ventions the Secretary said that “econo- my” was the watchword of the administr: tion, but that if the society wished to de- fray the expenses of the trip of the repre- sentative of the department, and the latter was willing to deduct the time so consumed from his annual leave, he had no objection. The officials. of the department explained that it had been the practice of the depart- ment for a number of years to send its representatives to address important gath- erings of agricultural men, but the Secre- tary insisted that the department was not established for such purposes, and has con- sistently denied all such requests except under the stipulations made in che frst case. This view of the mission of the Ag- ricultural Department is not shared by the eMicers of agricultural societies, and has) resulted in some spicy correspondence, now on file in the department, —2-—_____ Asked No Assistance. Gov. O’Ferrall of Virginia was among the President's callers today. There is no viola- | tion of confidence in stating that he did pot! ask the assistance of the United States | nayy in putting down the “bold oyster | pirates of Chesapeake bay.” | i 2 Silver Dollar Movement. The movement of silver dollars during the organization, entirely at the beck and call of a single party leader. (Cheers.) When | the tories were in office the power of veto was not exercised, but when the liberals | are in power the veto is exercised at the | dictates of the tory leader. That ts a |danger to the constitution to which the lib- eral government is not blind, and they will not lose sight of any measure which {s con- |stitutionally presented to the country in |this great peril to which it is exposed. (Cheers.) | “I will not go so far as some of my friends. I do not think that the peers | should be treated as pariahs. I do not think | that the fact that a man was born in a | Particular position shculd debar him from | the higher opportunities of serving the state, and I do not sympathize with the views of a certain deputation which recent- ly visited the Rt. Hon. Edward Majoribanks (Baron Tweedmouth), although I agree that | jthere is great inconvenience when the} premier is not in the house of commons. | “I am not one of those who think that the peerage should be corsidered a stigma | anda bar. But while I rerain premier you may be assured that no liberal in the ranks will endeavor more steadfastly to do his duty to the party.” (Loud cheering.) Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chancellor |mational bank notes for redemption was week ended March 10, 1894, was $313,280 against $422,900 during the corresponding | period last year. The shipments of fraction- al silver coin during the week aggregated | $208,709, For the same week the amount of $1,751,182. ——____. Bids for Paper. Bids will be opened at the Treasury De- partment on the 5th proximo for a supply of 840,000 pounds of paper of various colors for use in printing Internal revenue stamps | for the next fiscal year. The successful bidder wili be required to give bond in the sum of $10,000 for the faithful execution of the contract. ————_-+ oe —+____. Seed Distribution. The annual distribution of seeds by the| Agricultural Department will be compiet- ed at the end of this month. Practica!ly all of the 100 temporary employes engaged in the work will be dropped fr ils | at that time. The total packa, sent out from the time th tion was commenced late last year until brought to a close will aggregate 9,000,000. | that has been raised for a speedy pas- Sage of the tariff bill, and he declared that these demands would not influence the sen- ate a particle, but that the Senators respon. sible for its passage would take their ume to perfect the measure and to pass It when the time was ripe. Incidentally he let arop 4 hint to the finance committee. He indi- cated that in his opinion the bill would have to be amended in the Senate. He par- ticularized the matter of the insufficient revenue raised by the bill. At the close of his speech Mr. Gorman moved that the resolution be laid upon the table, and in & moment Senator Mills was on his feet to demand the yeas and nays. Laid on the Table. ‘The roll call was a considerable surprise to both sides of the chamber. At first it was apparent that the vote would be close, and indeed it almost seemed as thoagh the resolution would not be tabied. The result was—yeas 33, nays 27. Those voting to ta- ble the resolution were Senators Allison, Blackburn, Butler, Caffery, Camden, Carey, Cockrell, Cullom, Faulkner, Gallinger, Gib- son, Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hawley, Hun- ton, Irby, Lindsay, McMillin, Manderson, Martin, Mitchell of Wiscoarin, Morriit, Palmer, Pascoe, Proctor, Quay, Rai Smith, Stockbridge, Teller, Vilas, and Wel- cott. Those voting in the negative on this question were Senators Aidrich, Allen,Rate, Berry, Call, Coke. Daniel, Dubois, Frye, George, Hansbrough, Hoar, Kyle, Mills, Mitchell of Oregon, Peffer, Per- Pettigrew, piney Naas een Pugh, Stewart, Turpie and Voorhees, it was noticeable that none of the three Senators mentioned in the articles that charged that Senators were engaged in su- gar speculations voted on <his motion. Senators Brice and McPherson were out of the chamber and Mr. Vest, the other Sena- tor, was paired with Mr. Washburn. Mr. Vest, however, announced that if Mr.Wash- burn were present he (Mn, Vest) would vote in the negative, ——_—_—-o+_____. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Hearing on Trolleys, A very important hearing is to Be given by the House District committee tomor row morning at 10 o'clock. The afvo- cates and opponents of the proposed 17th street underground trolley railway, the trunk line for the entrance of all electric railways to the city, will be given oppor- 'y to express their views. It is the of the committee that each side shall select their speakers, have them present and that no others attend, eas the com- mittee room cannot furnish accommoda- tions for a crowd of persons merely listen- ers. Labor on inday. Mr, Morse of Massachusetts has intro- duced a bill in the House providing that on Sunday it shall be unlawful to perform any labor, except works of necessity and mercy and work by those who religiously observe Saturday, if performed in such a way as not to involve or disturb others; also to open places of business or traffic, except in the case of drug stores for the dispensing of medicines; also to make con- tracts or transact other comme! bust- ness; also to engage in noisy amusements or amusements for gain, or entertainments for which admittance fees are charged; also to join in public processions, except funerals, which last shall not use music; lso to perform any court service, except in connection with arrests of criminals and service of process to prevent fraud. The penalty for violation shall be $10 for the first offense, and $30 or thirty days for the second offense, with forfeiture of M- tense, if any is held. Heirs and Deeds. Mr. Culberson has introduced a till in the House providing that the term “heirs” or other words of like import shall not be requisite in any deed or will hereafter made of land in the District of Colambia to eom- vey or create an estate in fee simple.