Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. porcuniaa de abPs PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by jo Evening Star Newspaper Company, Ss. H. AUP? MAN Pres't. OfSce, 88 Potter Building, THe Evexrve Star is Ted to et we subseribers in the tiers. on their own account, at 10 cents Copies ‘st the cor i. ¥ mail—anywhere in the United postage prepaid—30 cents per Av uDAT QuivterieSm With foreien postace added. (Entered af the B S ons must be paid advance. made known on ap} ieatioa. A COXEY OFFICE Headquarters Have Been Opened Here by Col. Redstone. HE EXPECTS 300,000 MEN exe in ates 02 advertising n What Members of Congress Say About His Army. THE MASSILLON MOVEMENT Carefully printed with a lead pencil on the top of a pasteboard box, that is tacked up against the side of the narrow doorway leading to the stairway of Rechabite Hall, at 4 1-2 street and Pennsylvania avenue, is this legend: Headquarters Coxey’s Good Roads ? Association. Upstairs in the Rechabite Hall today three gentlemen were seated on the raised platform at the end of the apartment dil!- gently engaged in reading copies of the Denver Road, an ultra organ of the popu- lists. The central figure of the trio was Col. Redstone, the Washington agent of Mr. Coxey. Col. Redstone smiled amiably upon the reporter. “I see Col. Moore has settled the whole business for us,” he remarked with an un- mistakable inflection of sarcasm. “To think of a man setting himself up to @ic- tate to peaceable American citizens and to fay that a bedy of them shall not enter the Capitol grounds.” The repgrter suggested that the superin- tendent of police had merely called atten- tion to the ordinances governing the res- ervation around the Capitel building. Col. Redstone said he knew all about the regu- lations, but said no one could prevent the —— assemblage of American citi- ms there on the Ist of May, and in reply to a direct question said that congressional action would be secured to revoke the regu- lations Col. Moore lays so much stress upon im case it would become necessary. “The men who will ass2mble here in ‘Washington on May ne said, “will not be either vicious or criminal. All ous characters will be rigidly excluded from the ranks and only peaceable and law-abid- ing citizens will come to Washington to present in person the petitions they have fo often presented .n writing and which have been as frequently ignored.” “How man’ of your friends will be here?” inquired The Star representative. Expects 300,000 Men Here. “TI expect to see at least 300,000 men here | om the Ist of May,” repiied Col. Redstone, | “There will | with measured deliberation. mot be any interference with the progress of the army by either county or state au- thorities of the territory through which it will pass. There will be no vandalism al- lowed and an efficieut commissary will be carried aleng to provide for the wants of the asscciation, and they will bring enough With them to feed for ten days all those in Washington who have notaing by reason of the injustice of congressioaal legislation. I have no docbt of the successful result of our mission, in the immediate passage by Congress of the two bills Mr. Coxey will bring with him.” The suggestion was offered that the en- @ctment of bilis appropriating money to improve public roads might be unconstitu- tional, where such roads were situated in the states, but Col. Redstone believed that this would make no difference, a§, accord: ing to his idea, Congress was or could easi- make itself supreme in the mater, He ¢ Fyening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,841. ; that the present movement will “di borning.” Representative Pearson of Ohio says the letters from his district do not mention the movement and appurently attach no | importance to it. Representative Pence of Colorado thinks | the army will not move far afoot. Those who have horses may make the journey. It will be a movement of cavalry, if any- thing. |. Representative Bell of Colorado says the | ballot can accomplish more if this army | will use it than any move on Washington. “GUYING” GEN. COXEY. ° i mae Cheeks and Offers of Aid Sent to Him, Some of the Cleveland letters received by Coxey at Massillon, Ohio, offering him men and supplies are bogus. A long search of the owners of the names signed to three of these letters from Cleveland demonstrat- ed this fact. There were no houses at two of the addresses given and at the third place the person had not written to Coxey and bore a different name. estate man, denies that he has contributed | $1,000 to the treasury of Coxey's army. He | is under the impression that some one has been playing a practical joke. Seven more recruits from Lancaster and Philadelphia, who were on their way to join Coxey’s army, were arrested in the Fort Wayne railroad yards at Tittsburg yesterday, on a charge of trespass, and | sent to jail for five days. | If all the resources of Gen, Coxey’s com- i | monweal army are like those represented by the check of George B. Cox of Cincin- nati they will be valucless. Mr. Cox was | shown a copy of the letter purporting to be sent to the general inclosing a $100 check. He promptly pronounced it a fraud. “I never sent him a check nor any ietter. I have no sympathy with his movement,” said Mr. Cox. Adjutant General Matsey of Texas has | no information of the arrival of a detach- | ment of Coxey's army on the western fron- tier, as expected. He has a company of rangers there, under Capt. Hughes, to pro- tect property if necessary, should Coxey's soldiers appear. Coxey has a sister and other relations living ‘at West Pittston, Pa. She is the wife of J. H. Ricketts, a prominent business | man, is a very intelligent lady and moves | im the highest society. In an interview | she indignantly denied the story that there was insanity in the Coxey family. She says her brother is a patriot and an honor- | able man. She has utmost contideace in | him, and believes that if his present mis- | ston’ is successful the working classes will i | | be greatly benefited. The only thing the sister does not like about the affair is the notoriety it gives the family. William Wilson of New York, an agent for Coxey, the Massillon reformer, visited East Liverpool, Ohio, and Wellsville yes- terday. He says that more than 500 men, mostly striking potters, will join the Coxey forces at Beaver Falls April 1, and that 200 «will join from Wellsville. At Fast | Liverpool John W. Hessey and James Green, both defeated candidates for city marshal on the democratic ticket, are mar- shaling the forces. They assert that over 300 men have signed the roll. John Nichol- son is agent for the Wellsville brigade. ‘A VETO EXPECTED » | Opinion of Those Who Have Interviewed | the President. Pressure Against the Bland Seignior- |* age Bill Growing Stronger—How the Cabinet Stands. | | Interviews which Congressmen have had |late yesterday and today with Mr. Cleve- |land and members of his cabinet have impressed upon his visitor the Peaceabie-| greatly strengthened the conviction that character of the proposed crusade and sured him that bad characters would not be allowed a place in the procession. Was certain, however, that if a single mem- ber of the Coxey Good Roads Association Was injured or imposed upon there might be trouble for those guilty of the offenses. Col. Redstone had received no communi- ations today from Citizen Coxey save one Short letter, which he did not deem it ad- Yisable to give out for publication. Opinions of Members of Congress. Members of Congress are watching the @ssembling of the Coxey army which is to @escend upon them with mingled astonish- ment and amusement. Most of them re- gard the army as an absurdity which will soon melt away. Others attach to it a Profound significance as an indication of a Popular uprising which is to shake the foundation stones of democratic govern- ment. No thought has yet been given to Suppressing the army. A number of Congressmen know Coxey personally and credit him with cleverness oy business ability. Representative Sib- y of Pennsylvania and other members Who like good horses have known Coxey ese meetings, as he has a fondness for igh-bred horses. Representative Ikert of Ohio, within hose district the Coxey army is organ- ing, knows nothing of him. Representa- ve Dalzell and other Pittsburgers say that Coxey does a flourishing business at Pittsburg, though they do not know him personally. Concerning the march of the army on the Capitol a number of Congressmen were interviewed today. Representative Bland said: “It is an indi- tation of the unrest and uncertainty of the ple. The Coxey army has as much right come to Washington as the lobbies who ome in behalf of protection and other pri- Wate interests. As long as they pay their ©wn expenses and commit no depredation they have a perfect right to come. But if they violate law and become a mob of pil- lagers they should be suppressed.” Representative Outhwaite (Ohio): “If Coxey’s followers will only think they will that their proposition to intimidate Ronareen and if from 10,000 to 50,000 can intimidate Congress to do one thing then other 10,000 to 50,000 can intimidate it to another thing, leads to anarchy.” Representative Hopkins (Ill): “My judg- t is that the army will never material- in Washington. It is so perfectly ab- urd that I can’t conceive how any num- r of men can be gotten together for such ® purpose.” Wisdom of Having the Capitol Here. Representative Hitt (Ill): “The wisdom ef having the national Capitol at a small city is shown by the Coxey movement. If the Capitol were at New York or Chicago these movements would be frequent. Paris _ been im the hands of Coxeys three imes."* Representative Dalzell (Pa.): “No party 4s at the bottom of it, and it would have fallen long ago if it had not been heralded in the press. It will fall of its own weight. Representative McGann (Ill.), chairman of the committee on labor: “There appears to be doubt as to what the purpose of the m is. A Chivago leader in it says ke is @oming to insist that Indians shall not be confined to reservations. Coxey’s purpose @ppears to be to have the government build Yoads and thus give work to the unem- ployed. It ts noticeable that organized labor is not identified with this movement. It is of Congress except to be let kK out i own ‘development. or has confidence In its own . which is all they ask, nmment shall not extort it xcessive taxes on the neces- ve Wheeler (Ala.): “The move- ybably die out before they on, and nothing will be ac- * Broderick (Kan): “I have oxey ne t seriously. ra for the be induced to take able number as to formidable. In any be accomplished by ak Plan, Hayes of Towa thinks © of on w crank plan and as-| Mr. Cleveland will veto the Bland seign- | forage bill. A great many who have here- tofore believed that he would sign it think | that he has now made up his mind to veto the bill. Protests Pour in. Communications of all sorts, from all the approval of the Bland seigniorage bill, continue to pour in ypon the President. It has developed that the cabinet is about evenly divided in sentiment on this im- portant question. Secretary Lamont, At- terney General Olney and Postmaster Gen- eral Bissell favor the veto of the bill, while | Secretaries Gresham, Carlisle, Herbert and | Smith advocate its approval.’ The position of Secretary Morton is not given, but he is believed to lean toward the silver side | of the question. The President Not Committed. The all-important question, however, is with regard to the President's purposes in | the matter. It is stated as a remarkable | fact that he has not committed himself | on this point to the members of his cabi- | met. If this is true it is scarcely probable that any one outside of that circle has pos itive knowledge of the President's inten- tions in the matter. Veto Sentiment Growing Stronger. Notwithstanding the fact that the Secre- tary of the Treasury has made every ar- Tagement for the prompt coinage of the | setgniorage bullion in apparent anticipation of the approval of the bill, it is evident on all sides that the veto sentiment is growing \in strength and confidence, and that the | silver men are becoming correspondingly | R. C. Givens, a prominent Chicago real | parts of the country, protesting against | WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 24. 1894—TWENTY PAGE MURDER NOT MEANT | Fredericks Claims That He Shot in Self-Defense, | THEBANK TRAGEDY AT SANFRANCISC Crime of the Convict From Folsom Prison. A FRIEND OF CHRIS EVANS | SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.—Wm. Fred- | ericks, who shot Cashier Herrick yesterday, is only twenty-two years old, but for years |has been a hardened criminal. Several years ago he was sent to the penitentiary for robbery and served four years. He is accused of two murders besides that of Her- rick and is suspected of another. Last night he admitted that his n; was Fred- ericks and said that he had furnished arms to George Sontag, Chris Evans’ partner, | When Sontag tried to escape from Folsom prison, In a notebook carried by Fredericks were some notes written in cipher, which, being interpreted, showed that he had been in communication with Chris Evans. Freder- icks says his plans were to bluff the bank officials into submission, lock them in the vault and quietly walk away. He says he | would not have fired at Herrick had not the cashier first wounded him. Although Fredericks has such a hard rec- ord as a desperate man the police are con- vinced that he is a coward at heart, as he weakened as soon as he thought he was wounded. Herrick fired through the win- dow at him and he was struck on the breast by a spent ball, which did not enter the flesh. Fredericks went into the bank at 9:30 o'clock, soon after it was opened, and when there was but little chance of his being interrupted. He asked Bookkeeper Meivin |to direct him to the cashier. Melvin did |so, and Fredericks went up to Herrick | and placed in front of him a bottle with a | sort of fuse attachment and a letter de- manding money and threatening in the event of refusal to blow up the bank. Her- with a crank, for he tossed the letter back without a word. As he did so Frederick: |shouted, “Stand back,” and drew an old- ‘fashioned navy revolver of the powder and ball kind. He leveled the revolver at Mr. Herrick and pulled the trigger. | fhe cap snapped and Herrick took ad- | vantage of the opportunity to grab his own revolver from the counter. As he leveled it at Fredericks he looked down the muzzle of the robber’s big revolver. Both men shot at the same Instant. Nerrick’s bullet wént wild, but Fredericks had taken better aim. The ball from his old navy revolver struck Herrick in the corner of the left eye, and the cesbier fell to the floor dead. As Herrick fell, Beokkeeper Melvin opened fire on Fredericks. The bullet went through the heavy glass panel over the counter and struck the robber in the chest. A splinter of the broken panel hit him in the eye. Relieving that he was seriously wounded and seeing a crowd gathering, Fredericks turned and fled. He got throuzh the crowd and hid under house three blocks from the bank. Th the police caught him. They took him to the city hall, and after a doctor had examined him he was sent to the hospital. He had a lot of papers bear- ing the name of Frederick Bonnemert, and |anarchistic memoranda, but as soon as he recognized him as ex-Convict Fredericks, who killed Brakeman Bruce of the South- ‘ern Pacific and Sheriff Pascoe of Nevada lcounty last June. He had just been re- | leased from Folsom prison, after a three years’ term for robbery. a A BIG DEFALCATION ALLEGED. The New York Controller's Office Said to Be $1,500,000 Short. | BUFFALO, N. Y., March 24.—State Con- | troller Roberts, who is in the city attend- |ing the funeral of a friend, this morning | | received several messages of inquiry rela- | tive to the rumors published that a defal- cation hud been discovered in the control- ler’s office. “From theeevidence now before me,” said the controller, “I have no reason to believe that there has been any defalcation in the controller's office. The rumors to which you |refer are probably based upon the investi- gation of certain rebates of taxes made to | transportation companies and large cor- perations. That investigation is not yet |ecmpleted, so that I am not prepared to express any positive opinion on the sub- ject. Any publication with reference to the | matter at this time ts premature.” ALBANY, N. Y., March 24.—The con- troller’s office refuses to give out any in- formation as to the alleged deficiency of $1,500,000 and will neither affirm or deny |the published statement. It is called to mind that during the difficulties with the | Madison Square Bank last fall the same | kind of a rumor was current and State Treasurer Danforth said that the rumor | was an old one and was first started by the \correspondent of a New York newspaper | because of the finding of a deficiency by thelr own figuring. The matter was ex- rick apparently thought he was dealing | Capt. Lee, chief of detectives, saw him | discouraged. A high official of the Treasury plained away. The controller's office ac- Department is quoted as saying that the counts must tally exactly with those of the bill will be vetoed, but he discreetly refuses state treasurer, and when Frank Campbell, to disclose the source of his information. | Possible Information Next Tuesday. It is believed that the President will not | announce his action on the bill before next | Tuesday—cabinet day—at the earliest, and {it would surprise many interested persons if he deferred action until Thursday next, the last day allowed for action on this bili | under the Constitution. ——_-e.____. THE ADY-MARTIN CONTEST. Mr. Ady Files a Second Brief With the Senate Committee. Mr. J. W. Ady, who is contesting the seat of Senator Martin of Kansas, today filed his brief with the Senate committee on privi- leges and elections, and while at the Capitol | called upon several of the republican mem- | bers of the committee for the purpose of conferring with them on points in his case. This is the second brief filed 'n the case by Mr. Ady and contains a few additional points based upon the new testimony taken under the order of the committee of last fall. | He claims that Martin received the votes of only 26 of the 104 members of the joint assembly, as recognized by the house and supreme court, while he received and that even if the votes of the members cf the Dunsmore house who received certifi- cates are counted for Martin, that he then received 77 votes, the same number cast for himself in the legisiature recognized by the court. Mr. Ady said today that he thought the contest would be taken up by the committee about April 1. Senator Vance, chairman of the committee, who has been absent from Washington for several months on account of sickness, is expected to return by that time. Senator Martin has filed neither state- ment or brief in the contest, nor has he kad any testimony taken in his behalf. He claims to be so well satisfied with the justice of his claim as to regard it annecessary to do anything further than to show the pro- ceedings of the legislature to sustain his claim to the seat. —+- + _____ | Mr. Carter Here. | Mr. James C. Carter of New York, one of the United States counsel before the | Paris Bering sea tribunal, is in the city for la few days. His visit relates to bus. }iness before the Supreme Court, and has | a to do with the Bering sea negotia- the last controller, left the office on Jan- uary 1, the books of his office tailied exactly with those of the state treasurer, Mr. Dan- forth, and copies of the balance sheets of the two offices were given to the press. —_ FOR A PARK ONLY. | Board of Trade Committee Against a Railroad on the Flats. At a meeting of the committee on parks and reservations of the board of trade, held in the office of the secretary yesterday afternoon, at which were present Col. | Henry F. Blount, chairman, and Messrs. | Charles C. Glover, Charles J. Bell, R. G. _Rutherford, H. A. Griswold, J. B. Wimer (and William H. Rapley, preambles and | resolutions offered by Mr. Charles C. Giover were unanimously adopted. The preamble set forth that, “In pursu- ance of legislation by Congress. 750 acres of land, constituting what are known as the | Potomac flats, have been reclaimed, at a cost to the government of about $2,000,000, and that a wise and enlightened public policy would dictate that this land, the | value of which ts now millions of dollars, shculd be forever reserved, in its entirety, for a national park, which would greatly enhance the beauty and grandeur of the | national capital, and promote the comfort, health and happiness of its own people, as well as of those from distant places, who | would view the attractions of the federal | eity, and which may, at such time and in |such manner as Congress may prescribe, be congected with the existing National | Rock Creek Park.” It was therefore resolved that the com- | mittee on parks and reservations of the | Washington board of trade is unalterably | opposed to the use of sald Potomac flats or any part thereof for any purpose what- soever, except that hereinbefore set forth; that this committee is especially opposed to the proposition now pending before Coin- gress to permit the Washington, Alexan- | dria and Mount Vernon railway to cross with its tracks the entire northern bound- ary of said Potomac flats and to otherwise secure privileges and vested rights therein, and that therefore this committee, as repre- senting the board of trade, most’ carnestly protests against granting to any person, persons or corporations authority in any form to use or occupy said flats or any part thereof for any private purpose whatsozver and will strenuously resist any measure tending to impair the value or fitness of said flats for a national park. |PLAGUED WITH WIRES Massachusetts Studying the Methods in Vogue Here. Committees From the Legislature Sent to This City—The Railroad Committee Here Today. The movement against the overhead-wire nuisance has reached a rather acute stage, especially in the Massachusetts legislature. During the early part of the week the mem- bers of what is known as the mercantile committee of that body came to this city and inspected the methods in vogue here of placing electric wires of all kinds be- neath the surface. They visited the Rock Creek road and saw the underground sys- tem in operation and also learned what the electric light and telephone companies had done in that direction. On their re- turn to Boston it was stated by the Boston Globe that their inspection of the under- ground trolley in operation in this city | proved something of a revelation to the committee, and “opened the eyes of all to the practicability at least of applying in Boston a system which would answer oll needful purposes, while disposing of every objection now urged against the harassi overhead trolley, After a thorough ingpe: tion of the underground trolley in Washing- ton the consensus of opmion on tae part of the mercantile committee seems to be that it is the best solution thus far afforded ot trolley electric street railways.” The committee also got valuable points in regard to underground conduits, and alto- gether they were very much pleased with what they saw and heard in this city. They also visited Brooklyn, Philadeiphia and New York. Last night another com- mittee from the Massachusetts legislature arrived in this citf and are quartered at the Riggs House. They are the members of the joint railroad committee of the iegis- lature, and the committee is composed of three Senators and eight Representatives. | After an early breakfast this morning the |entire party left the Riggs House in car- riages as the guests of Mr. A. G. Whecler, | the manager of the Love underground sys- tem which is in operation on the U street line of the Rock Creek road. The ty were driven directly to 18th street and Flori- da avenue, where the junction is made be- | tween the overhead and the underground |system. They saw how the change was made from the overhead to the under- ground, and the members of the committee took turns in going down into the vault to see exactly how the underground trolley was attached and detached from the cars. Asking Questions. Mr. Wheeler was the target of quite a fusillade of questions. There seemed to be two principal points in regard to the sys- tem about which some of the visitors | seemed to feel doubtful. One was whether | the conduit, filling up with water or snow, | there would not be a great loss in the cur- |rent, and the second point was in regard to the readiness with which access could be gained to the wires. Mr. Wheeler gave €x- planations on both these poinis. A car was in waiting, and the visitors rode along U street, examined the crossing of the cable road at 14th, and then continued to the end of the line. Upon thelr return they ac- |cepted an invitation from the superinten- dent of the road and went out to Chevy | Chase. The chairman of the committee, Senator |Samuel L. Sawyer of Danville, Mass., in | talking with a Star reporter who was with |the party, expressed himself as being very {much pleased with what he had seen of | this system, and especially as it appeared |that the objections which had been raised | to the practicability of underground wires: had been met in this road. He said that {there is no doubt that overhead wires of every kind and description were loomed, especially in the business seetions of cities, In fact, he said that the only question now jis to get some practical substitute. The success which this system had achieved in the time that it had been in cperation here, he thought, was greatly in its favor, and it seemed to him that that fact went a great Ways toward showing that it was practical. He said that the people of Boston were de- termined to get rid of the overhead wires, and this committee had been authorized to make a thorough investigation, lans of the Committee. In addition to the subject of a better mo- | tive power for street railroads than the over- head trolley furnishes the committee is also engaged in investigating the subject of transfers on street railroads, of safety appliarices for street cars and of methods of heating cars in winter. The committee will remain in this city until Tuesday. It \is probable that a subcommittee wil! be | sent to Chicago to Investigate the subject of transfers in that city and it is possible that some members of the committee will visit Philadelphia, but the real object of the trip is to see the underground electric road in operation in this city. The visitors were accompanied today by Representatives O'Neil and Randall of the Massachusetts delegation, and Representa- tive White of Cleveland, Ohio. The mem- bers of the committee are Senators Samuel | L. Sawyer, Denver; Elisha H. Shaw,Chelms- ford, and John Kerrick, jr., Orleans; Rep- resentatives W. D. Dennis, Salem, chair- j;man; Frank C. Wood, Boston; Wm. H. ‘Sprague, Bridgewater; | James 'H. Flint, | Weymouth; J. J. Hoar, Boston; F. H. Bates, | Sterling; D. P. Toomey, Boston, and C, D. | Davis, Boston. ee ANOTHER INVASION PROPOSED. This Will Be Composed of Working- men Opposed to the Tariff Bill. Washington is to have another invasion, according to an announcement made in Philadelphia today. This one is to be from the east, and pretty mill girls from Phila- delphia will be among the crusaders who will come to protest against the Senate's passage of the Wilson tariff bill. Fully one- half of the employes in the great textile mills around Philadelphia are women. Today E. Rigg, president of the German- town (PhiladelpRia) Workingmen’s Protect- ive Tariff League, will go to New York for the purpose, it is said, of laying the project before Wilbur F. Wakeman, secretary cf the American Protective Tariff League, and endeavor to enlist him in the cause. a dS. \THE NEW TREATY Proposed Between the United States and China. A COMMERCIAL TREATY 10 FOLLOW China’s View as to the Restriction Laws Passed. TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT Touching the new treaty which has been | Megotiated between the governments of this country and China, it is learned that for several years past the Chinese govern- ment has been earnestly pressing upon our government the desirability of such an agreement, as their subjects have been very much displeased with the laws enacted by | the United States for the exclusion of the | Chinese. They have made representations through their ministers here of the ap- | parent discrimination of these laws against the people of that country, and have shown that, while the Chinese government was desirous of maintaining friendly relations with the United States, it would be difficult | to do so in the present spirit of the Chinese if some concession was not made. They j have also complained that the Scott and Geary laws were in controvention of the | treaties heretofre negotiated. Forerunner of a Commercial Treaty. The present treaty is generally consid- ered as the forerunner of a commercial treaty, the draft of which is believed to have been made and forwarded to China | for the inspection of the Chinese govern- ment. Secretary Gresham is known to be anxious to signalize his administration of the State Department by perfecting an agreement which will increase the com- mercial interests of the United States in China, but has found the existing laws concerning the Chinese to act as a barrier to a proceeding in this direction, and it is inferred from the few intimations that have been received that the Chinese gov- ernment is inclined to make the ratifica- | tion of the immigration treaty a condition jin the Chinese acceptance of the commer- cial treaty, which is still in suspense. It is known that Mr. Gresham has been in conference with members of the Senate upon the entire Chinese question. He spent three hours with the committee on foreign relations discussing the question a few weeks since. It is presumed that he gave the commit- tee full information as to his plans, end stated the difficulties in the way of secu ing an extension of commercial relations ;Without a modification of the immigration laws, or a mutual understanding on this question. Senator Morgan’s Views. Senator Morgan, chairman of the fcreign relations committee, is believed to coincide with Mr. Gresham as to the importance of | freer commercial intercourse between the | countries, but he is suspectec of entertain- ing =he opinion that very little can be done jin that direction as iong as this country insists upon maintaining the gold standard, China being a silver using country, he seems inclined to the opinion that if this | country would control rhe trade of China, | it should recognize their currency in a | more substantial way chan at present. Text of the New Treaty. The following is a copy of the new Chinese treaty which has been negotiated ; With China. It was sent to the Senate on March 19, with a simple note of transmis- sion saying that it had been concluded at | Washington on the ifth. It is accompanied iby nothing in the way of communication |from Secretary Gresham. The treaty is as follows: Whereas, on the 17th lay of November, A. D, 1880, and of Kwanghsil, the sixth year, tenth moon, fifteenth day, a treaty Was concluded between the United States and China for the purpose of regulating, limiting or suspending the coming of Chi- nese laborers to and their residence in the United States; and, Whereas, the government of China, in view of the antagonism and much depre- cated and serious disorders to which the presence of Chinese laborers has given rise in certain parca of the United States, de- {sires tc prohibit the emigration of such boners from China to the United States; an Whereas the two governments desire to co-operate in prohibiting such emigration and to strengthen in other ways the bonds =) Sees between the two countries, an Whereas the two governments are de- sirous of adopting reciprocal measures for the better protection of the citizens or sub- oe of each within the juristiction of the other; Now, therefore, the President of the United States has appointed Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State of the United States, his plenipotentiary, and his imperial majesty, the Emperor of China, has appointed Yang Yu, officer of the second rank, subdirector of the court of sacrificial worship and envoy extraordinary and min- ister plenipotentiary, and the said pleni- potentiaries having exhibited the respective full powers found to be in due form ard articles: The Articles of Agreement. Art. 1. The high contracting parties agree that for a period of ten years,begianing with convention, the coming, except under con- ditiqns hereinafter specified, of Chinese laborers shall be absolutely prohibited. Art. 2, The preceding article shall not ap- | ply to the return to the United States of any | registered Chinese iaborer who nas a law- ful wife, child or parent in the United States, or property therein of the value of $1,000, or debts of Mke amount due him and pending settlement. Nevertheless, every such Chinese laborer shall, before | leaving the United States, deposit as a con- TWO CEN TS. and China, signed at Peking on the 17th day of November, 1880, it is hereby under- stood and agreed, that Chinese laborers, or | Chinese of any other class, either perma- nently or temporarily residing in the United States, shall have for the protection of their persons and property all the rights that are given by the laws of the United | States to citizens of the most favored na- tions, excepting the right to become citi- zens. And the government of the United States reaffirms its obligations, as stated in said article III, to exert all its power to secure protection to the persons and |property of all Chinese subject in the United States. Article 5. The government of the United States having by act of Congress approved May 5, 1882, as amended by. act approved May 5, 1898, required ull Chinese ijaborers lawfully within the fimits of the United States before the first-named act, to be reg- istered as in said acts provided, with a view of affording them better protection, the Chinese government will not object to the enforcement of such acts, and reciprocally the government of the United States recug- nizes the right of the government of China | to enact and enforce similar laws or regu- lations for the registration, free of charge, of laborers, skilled, or unskilled (not mer- chants as defined by said acts of Congress), citizens of the United States in China, | whether residing within or without tweaty ports. And the government of the United States | agrees that within twelve months from the date of the exchange and ratification of | this convention and annually thereafter it | will furnish to the government of China | registers and reports showing the full name, | age, occupation and number or place of | residence of all other citizens of the United | States, including missionaries, residing both within and without the treaty ports of | China, not including, however, diplomatic and other officers of the United States re- siding in China upon official business, to- | Sether with their body and household serv- | ents. | Article 6. ‘This convention shall remain in force for a period of ten years, beginning with the date of the exchange of ratifica- tion; and if, six morfths before the expira- tion of the said period of ten years, neither government shall formally have given no- tice of its termination to the other, it shall | remain in full force for another like period of ten years. | (Signed in duplicate this 17th day of March, 1894, the signatures of Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State, and of Yang | Yu, Chinese minister, following.) DON’T INTEND TO WAIT) England's Tardiness Won't Save the Bering Sea Pirates. Our Navy Will Go Ahead Protecting The naval bureaus whose business it is to fit out our men-of-war for service are very busy just now in getting together the vup- | plies necessary for the Bering sea fleet. The repairs required by some of the vessels are being made under difficulties, owing to the |low state of the appropriations available | for reconstruction and repair. | The dispatches from Canada intimating | that the results of the Bering sea arbitra- | tion are likely to fail of consummation, for | this season at least, owing to the dilatory policy pursued by the British government, has produced no effect here, afd the State, Treasury and Navy departments are mak- | ing their arrangements for the execution of | the laws in the seal waters in the assump- given to the decision of the arbitrators, is no chance of a misunderstanding. The thoroughness of the instructions that will be issued to the naval commanders of our vessels bode ill to the fortunes of any | craft, American or Canadian, ¢hat may go into the seal waters with the intention of the arbitrators. Surely Be Seized. It is, of course, desirable that these find- |ings take the form of statutes in each of the countries concerned, and to that end the McCreary bill was submitted to the House of Representatives. But regardless | ¢, ‘tion that full force and effect is to be! which was fo clearly expressed that there taking seals in violation of the findings of | An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 8. HEARD IN SECRET Arguments Before Judge Bradley as “to Certain Depositions, |THE = POLLARD-BRECKINRIDGE CASE Three That the Plaintitf Especially Objects to. SOME GENERAL GOSSIP There were a number of arguments pre- sented by the counsel in the Bri | Potard case this morning before Judge Bradley, but, much to the disappointment of @ small audience that had gathered to hear as much ag possible of this famous case in all its details, the hearing was held | behind closed doors. Even the newspaper men who were present were not allowed to enter the sacred precincts of the consul- tation room where the talking was done. As stated in The Star yesterday, the ar- | Suments presented were as to the admissi- bility of certain depositions which the de- fense are anxious to get before the jury in some form or other. As is usual in such cases, the depositions were submitted to the lawyers for the plaintiff, and they at once objected to the admission of these docu- ments. They asked the opportunity to ar- gue the point before the judge in the ab- sence of the jury, so that the twelve men Who will finally decide the sult should not know what the nature of the testimony unless Judge Bradley decides that it properly go before them. This for the fact that the newspaper excluded from the room. it was known that certain of the depositions would have to and in order to decide as to the eligibility of evidence. Prompily at 10 o'clock this lawyers in the case were on Criminal Court, where the held. There they learned would go on in the Circuit on the other side of the corridor. wes a small group of there for the case to go on. or them were reporters and there Score or more of lawyers and were attracted simply by cui Breckinridge was on hand, bu lard did not, of course, scene, a8 there was no need ence at all. The white-haired this sensational case looked and as though he were not slightest degree the ordeal has been subjected. The reporters had their paper and all ready to note every turn, and | them, who has a predilection for | succeeded in putting the contents | tle of it all over himself. No | that Judge Bradley and the lawyers given them the sp and had gone adjoining room. One of the bailiffs announced in | torian tone that no motions would | this morning in this court, and tipped the newspaper men the in: | that the door leading into the little | which is used as a consultation | was locked, and that no persuasion (open it—nothing but a key. content themselves with the the arguments were not value anyway. The deposi! admitted will be presented in open court in good time and in proper order, that are rejected are probably and unimportant. The Three Depositions Objected to. There are understood to be three deposie tions to which Miss Pollard’s attorneys make their principal objections, the point involved being the relevancy of testimony bearing upon Miss Pollard’s character. One of these depositions was made by Alex. Julian, the young blind man to whom Miss | Pollard alluded in her letter to Wessie | Brown as her “blind Barnabas.” He as- \serts in the affidavit taken in Kentucky | that a mock marriage was performed be- ween Miss Pollard and himself at Squire i Fe i SF F i ial i “l eoae “ Fa i i i Bt : F agit i i Hi ek Hf Hi hi of this, the contention of the United States Tinsley’s, in Bridgeport, on Christmas day, good form, have agreed upon the following | is, and has been, that the findings of the | arbitrators is binding upon the two parties to the treaty of arbitration, and that they | | have even greater force than statutory law. | | The United States government proposes to act upon this theory too, and offending craft in forbidden waters’ will surely seized and the masters subjected to the| penalties of the law. Our government! would be glad to have and fully expects the co-operation of the Writish war vessels in its Police duty, but the program outlined | will be carried out to the letter in any event. No Further Notice. There appears to be an impression in the | Canadian mind that the modus vivendi, vn-| der which sealing was regulated last year, | has expired. The United States government, | on the contrary, takes the ground that it! remains in force until all of the findings of | the arbitrators have been given effect, which is not yet the case; and it proposes to act upon that theory also.. It will be useless for piratical sealers to clear hastily for the | seal waters, hoping to profit by a large catch before they can be served with notices | of the new regulations, for gaged ja student at Wesleyan Seminary, Is83; that afver drinking egg nog freely he Suggested that married couples usually went to bed, and that th went upstairs and got into bed together, Miss Pollard testified on : | tion that her uncle accompanied | Squire Tinsley’s on that day, and 4 8 be | the incident of the mock marriage. £ The second deposition was made by W. Rossell, to whom Miss Pollard to be married in 1884, when tH Ses which time she was intimate wi Breckinridge. Rossell has deposed took liberties with Miss Pollard in the ry of Wesleyan Seminary, and that he left that town for Chicago Miss Pollard begged him to take her with him. When asked about this matter on cross-examina- tion Miss Pollard denied that Rossell had done more than kiss her, and denied that asked him to take her to Chicago. In one @f the most characteristically spicy dialogues between herself and Attorney Butterworth she attributed Rossell'’s mo- tive in opposing her to the fact that = 2 iit | @ candidate for the position of collector internal revenue in Representative Breck- inridge’s district. The other deposition to which the tiff is particularly opposed was by per eo yerament, | Dr. Lewis of Lexington, who affirms that Col. Swope once approached him with a re- quest that he perform a criminal it is said, takes the ground that :hey have | aready had ample notice of che illegality | the date of exchange or ratification of this | of their proposed operations throuzh the de- | cision of the arbitrators and the continu- | ance of the modus vivendi, and they will be seized without hesitation if found in the jclosed zone. Meanwhile the two govern. | ments concerned are actively engaged in the effort to arrange the details of a pian by which their naval forces can work in har- mony to carry out the results of the erbi- tration; and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Prit- |ish ambassador, had another long confer- j ence today on the subject with Secretary Gresham, who also had a consultation with Senator Morgan, one of the Bering sea arbi- trators. on a woman, whom he called “ er lard.” The doctor did not see the woman, nor could he identify her with the So the objection was made that there is nothing to connect the deposition with the principal in this case, Col. Swope was the republican candidate for Congress ageinst Col. Breckinridge in | the Lexington district, and was killed tn ducl with Cash Goodloe, which resulted ‘atally to both men. Parts of other deposi- tions are also objected to. One Reason for Exclusion. It was stated that one reason Judge Bradley has decided to exclude the public , | dition of his return, with che collector of It is proposed to have representatives of | | y all delegations meet in convention in Wash- | Customs Fy 3 district from which he de- ington on Friday, April 20, and adopt Abe a@ full deser‘ption in writing of his memorial to be presented to the Senate. A aa ae at ig , or debts, as aforesaid, committee will also be chosen at this con- sha! e ished by said collector yention to present the memorial. On the With such certificates of his right to return following day the bulk of workingmen and | UMder this treaty ax the laws of the United women will appear in Washington and es-; Haired may now or hereafter prescribe and ————--e THE CHEROKEE BONDs. Was that some newspapers had made the Statement that the judge himself had said that he had no right to exclude repre- | sentatives of the from the trial, | What Judge Bradley actually did say was ‘ir reference to the full reports that all papers contain of the details of the case, Wilson & Co. to Make Their Pay: Next Week. NEW YORK, March 24.—R. T. Wilson & |Co., bankers of this city, will pay into the | United States subtreasury next week $6 cort the committee to the Capitol. It is expected that 3,000 people from Phil- adelphia will be in line. In the textile mills books are being circulated among the em- ployes, who are subscribing 15 or 20 cents each to send men and women who Will rep- resent them. Mr.’ Rigg, speaking of thé crusade last |night at his home, said: “I believe fully 10,000 men and women will join in this movement, which is entirely distinct from that of Mr. Coxey of Ohio. one purpose, and that is to urge the Sena- tors to defeat the Wilson bill in toto. We shall appear, not as a body of home- men, but as men with fixed domiciles, of us being heads of families. Already mo: we have asked the chief of police in Wash- ington for protection, and we do not want any bums to join our ranks. ed Naval Movements, The flagship Chicago arrived at Alex- jandria, Egypt, today. The dispatch boat Fern sailed from Nor- | folk yesterday for Wasnington. +e- The First Gunner Retired. Gunner Andrew Harman of Brooklyn, N. ¥., enjoys the distinction of being the first | Sunner in the navy to be placed on the re- tired list, after forty years’ service. cabin act A Rumor Dented. Inquiry amorz the scieatifc bureaus of the government fails to disclose any pro- ject for an arctic expedition under gov- ernmental auspices, such as is reported from St. Johus to be under way, We have but) | treaty; and should the written description | aforesaid be proved to be false the right of | return thereunder or of continued residerce after return shall in each case be forfeited. And such right of return to the United States shall be exercised within one ye: from the date of leaving the United States. | but such right of return to the United States may be extended for an additional | period, not exceeding one year, in cases | Where by reason of sickness or other cause jot disability beyond his control such Chi. nese laborer shall be rendered unable soon- er to return—which facts shalb be fully re- | ported to the Chinese consul at the port of ; departure, and by him certified to the sat- |isfaction of the collector of the port at which such Chinese subject shail land in the Uffited States, And no such Chinese laborer shall be permitted to enter the United States by land or sea without pro- ducing to the proper officer of the customs the return certificate herein required. ARTICLE IIL. The provisions of this convention shall rot affect the right at present enjoyed of Chinese subjects, being officials, teachers, students, merchants or travelers for curios- j {ty or pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to the United States and residing therein. To entitle such Chinese subjects, as are above described, to admission into the United States, they may produce a certifi- cate from their government or the govern- ment where they last resided, vised by the diplomatic or consular representative of the United States in the country or port whence they depart. ARTICLE Iv. | In pursuance of article III of the immi- gration treaty between the United States consistent with the provisions of this | | 740,000, for the assignment of the claim of | the Cherokee nation, bearing 4 per cent in- terest. The issue of the bonds is $6,640,:»0, jand the firm pays $100,000 premium. ‘Th: bonds will be paid off in four equal in- stallments in the years 1897, 95, 99 and 1900. —_— Mr. Croker at San Francisco. 8. FRANCISCO, March 24.—Richand | Croker, the Tammany boss, arrived here }last night from southern California. Mr. Croker refused to talk on political subjects, bat evinced considerable interest when he was told that there was a number of Tam- manyites Lere from New York. Rece; Suspended. The President has practically discontin- ued his tri-weekly afternoon receptions to the public. No receptions have been held this week ond it is an unsettied question whether any will be held next week. It is believed, however, that the suspension is merely temporary, and that the receptions will be resumed When the President is not sv mtch disturbed by pubiie business as at present. ————_+ os Tre ¥ Promotions. The following promotions have been made in the classified service, Treasury Depart- E. 8S. Lowe, Virginia, from $660 to $700; W P. Mangum, Arkansas, from $720 to S00; Mrs. Pauline Thornton, District of Colum- bia, from $620 to $660. Office director of the mint—E. E. Richmond, New York, from $1,200 to $1,500. ment: Office United States treasurer—Miss | | A number of lawyers were discussing in his presence the question of the propriety of going at such length into the testimony and he remarked that as the press had a perfect right to be represented at the trial he did not see how their reports could be limited as to length. This was a matter | for the papers themselves to settle and | he supposed that if one paper went at | length into the case all others would have to do the same. The only thing wo was to get them to make an agreement al themselves that no one would go beyond a certain point. This, of course, was out of the quesdon, He had his own views as | to the merits of the question, however, and | these he expressed quite freely. | A good deal of interest is taken in the | course the prosecution will take in rebut. ting the depositions of the defense to prove that Miss ard was not an inmate of the Norwood Foundling Asylum, and in other w tu doubt upon her story. he course they will follow, so one of the lawyers for the plaintiff told a Star re- porter this moraing, is a simple and natural ene. They will simply meet these Geposi- tions with others which they have in their possession. Much of the evidence of the defense, so far, has been of a negative sort, t is to say, the wit that they did n a woman who was at the asy and did not remember ever hav | before. The plainti?, so her | will introduce positive testimony who did recognize and remember her. > — Appointed Watchman. W. B. Holland of Mississippi has been ap. pointed a watchman at the naval observa- tory, vice J. P. Curran, dismissed, tw c