Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1894, Page 1

= secon THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. {2 STAR BUILDING! ania Avenas, Cor. 11th Street, by < Star Newspaper Company, H. KAUPSMANN, Pres’t. Potter Building, 01 Pen The Ev s. ew York Oe, 38 ied rved to subseribers fn the own accomnt, at 19 cents Pies at the conn- \—anywhere in the Unite! —postage prepsid—30 cents per mer Stan, $1.00 per year; Ta on™ 81-00 per Pos: Offs at Washington, D. C.. al matter.) toserintions must be paid in advance. rtising mace Kaown on application. PROVING AN ALIBI The Defense in the Breckinridge | Case Read Depositions. HIS OCCUPATIONS IN THE YEAR 1884 Judge Bradley Would Rule Out Filthy Testimony if He Could. HIS ADVICE TO NEWSPAPERS | ial The trial of Miss Pollard’s sutt against Representative Breckinridge was resumed this morning after a recess, vo far as the jury and the public ts concerned, since last Thursday. The judge and the lawyers bad @ session last Saturday in privace, when the question of the admisstbility of certain @epositions offered by the defendant was argued. Judge Bradley announced his de- umber dwindled down during the morning, Miss Pollard was not preseat today. There twas the usual crowd of spectators, but the number @windled down during the morning @s the proceedings, while of a character which ths defense regaried as important to that side of the case, were prosy and un- interesting. Judge Bradley during the morning announced that if hs could do so he would exclude some of the aepositions he had examined because of their filthiness. | He suggested to the representatives of newspapers present that when they are. Fead in court they should, for the sake of the community and the families Into which they go, withhold the details of this dis- gusting testimony from publication. The epositions in question are a number which are to be read attacking the reputation of} the plaintiff. It was thought today that the defendant would go on the stand to- Morrow or Wednesday. The depositions! yead this morning—some of which were tediously long—were submitted for the pur- Pose of showing that at certain times in the spring and summer of 1884 Mr. Breck- inridge was busily engaged in trying law suits at Versaifies, Winchester and Nicho-| lasville, Ky. There was testimony also to his whereabouts at other times. This testi- mony, it is understood, fs to be pleced to- gether in argument, and compared with the plaintiff's story. In other words, the testimony is offered to prove an alibi for Bir. Breckinridge, so far as some accusa- tions made against him by the piaintiff are | foncerned Judge Bradley's Decision. When the court was called to order Juuge| Bradley at once referred to the objections | to depesitions argued on Saturday. One|! tion, he said, went to the right of the| dant to take any depositions de bene | @sse, under the act of Congress in force in the District. That objection was based on | the language of section 863, Revised Stat- Utes of the United States, taken from the | for instance, her age, her | by a proper examination of wit! | been deluged with anonymous letters con- | cerning this trial. An inéex to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. Vor 84, No 20,842. he said, utterly unfit to Le read in tne presence of a court. Rosell’s Deposition Admitted. Referring to the objection to the deposi- tion of Rankin Kosell, tne court overruled | i it. The plaintiff, he said, had put her life in issue to a certain extent, but by her declaration and the statement of her own counsel and her own testimony, she had made certain matters material, which | otherwise would have been immeter naturity, and her ability to take care of herself. ‘the jury and defendant were entitied to whaiever light might be thrown on these questionss | esses. So he would permit the reading of the deposi- | tion of Rosell as a whole, subjept to objec- tions that might be made to certain ques- tions and answers. A Suggestion us to Disgusting Details. Judge Bradley here remarxed that he had “Anyone who writes an | anonymous letter,” he said, “ought to ex- pect to have no notice taken of it. It is! said that a person who would write an anonymous letter would do any other mean thing. There is one suggestion, however, contained in these letters—xome cf them evidently written by women and by peopl actuated by pure and proper motives—that was directed to the public press, and the publication in the newspzpers of the de- tails of evidence in this case. The court cannot exercise or presume to exereise any censorship of the press. I would, huw- ever, suggest to the correspondenis and Fepresentatives of the press that it is in the interest of this communtiy—not only of ity this community, but of every conum where these newspapers so—ihat so tar possible, and I think it és possible, all dis- gusiing details of matters that have been deemed essential and material to admit as evidence in this case be withheld from pub- lication. There are some matters that, in my judgment, would render their publica- tion sufficient to exclude the newspapers themselves from the mails. I trust, m the interest of the people, of the city, of com- munities everywhere, and of the families into which these newspapers go from day to day, that these details wi!l be withheld.” Defense Notes an Exception. | Mr. Butterworth announced that the de- | fendant noted an exception to the judge's ruling, excluding the iepositions of Drs. Green and Lewis, and said the defendant | might want to refer more particularly to | Dr. Lewis’ deposition hereatter, | | | | | Mr. Bailey's Deposition. The first deposition read was that of Joseph C. Bailey of Versailles, Ky., and clerk of the Woodbridge circuit court. He described the records of the court, and raid that he had before him the order book from April 4, 158i, to October, 1884 In| January, 1834, there was pending an in-| |Gictument for murder against O. D. and R. | P. Brown. Col. Breckinridge was present | at the trial againstUllie Brown as his coun- | sel, The charge against K. P. Brown was | not pressed, as it was seen there was no case against him. Mr. Breckinridge made @ speech on the last day of the trial. On the 19ta of April a motion was made to ad- mit to bail, and Mr. Breckinridge was pres ent in court on that day. On August 5, | 184, the trial was begun, wita the parties | to the trial present. | ‘The deponent then read from the records to show what was done on each day after the trial was begun. On Saturday, August 9, 1884, the trial was in progress, with the| Parties present, and was sntinued on the lith, 12th and 13th of August, and the case Was submitted to the jury om the Ith. On fary act of 178%. That language ap-| the 15th the jury was discharged, having (some to limit the right to take such depo- failed to agree on a verilict, and’ the de- tions to parties te civil causes pending {endant was, on the following day, admitted im circuit and district courts of the United to bail From the 5th to the States. The that right i Guage. it gives the right to any party in Civil cause pending in any district in any court of the United States. The provisions ef that act remained unchanged up to the | time of the completion of the revision of | the United States statutes. It cannot be| disputed that this court and its predecessor, { the old Circuit Court of the District of Co-| judiciary act of 1739 confers, different and broader ian- lumbia, was a court of the United States. it was claimed, vever, that inasmuch, ¥ a provision fe peal embraced in the United States, that where any portion of | @m act of Con is embraced in the re-| Vision, such portion of the act as was not s0 embraced was repealed, and this ¢ase the power or authority conferred in| the statute in circuit and district courts. The fact, how- ever, that this power had been excrcised | by this court he would feel it incumbent | upon him to maintain that right until the | Question was determined by a court of authority. However, it was his Opinion that the necessary authority exist- ga. There were two grounds for this be- Nef of the court. The repeal of the judicl- ary act, he believed, would not deprive this court of the authority it and the old Cir-} guit Court of the District had exercised In Kendall agt. the United States it wa @istinetly held by the United States Su- reme Court that the power of the Circuit | ‘ourt of the District of Columbia to issue | writs of mapdamus was derived from the acts of C S$ conferring such power and also from the old laws of Maryland. The Sweeping Objection Overruled. The court was of the opinion that if the| ‘wer existed in this court prior to the evision of the statutes it was not a‘tected | by that revision. Independently of that, the fact that the power and jurisdiction of & circuit court of the United States were | expressly conferred upon this court, the ower of such courts to have depositions ken de bene esse existed im this court. he right of individuals to take such de- Positions was a right subject to his own ill. They were beyond and outside of the feontrol of the court; but when the right to d them in ev became a question of the right of the wer or duty of the court to permit them be read. med the court had not only the power, it it was the duty of the court to permit the @epositions to be read, if they were other-| The deposition of Mr. Wise unobjectionable. ‘Therefore the court Werruled the objections touching the fewer of the court to hear them. Mr. Brand’s Deposition Admitted. ‘The court then reviewed briefly objections Made to a deposition of one Brand, because he had refused to answer certain questions im cross-examination. The deponent had been asked where he first met a certain Woman, who he sail, had introduced him fo plaintiff. He had declined to answer, on the ground that the woman was married and he did not care to expose her. The Commissioner had told him he need rot Give the name. This, the court said, was onstrued by plaintiff's counsel as a direc- | tion that he should not answer the ques- | tion. Subsequently, however, Was asked the name and said he did not know it, or had forgotten it. This, the fourt thought, showed the question was nswered, or that the Jeponent was cleerly ig. He did not think the objection held. Ym another place the witness had testified to riding with the plaintiff and had been &sked as to whether he had improper rela- | question was conined to | mee was claimed, then | Now, all such power and juris- | @iction were expressly conferred upon this | fourt, and under such delegation of power it | the witness | Breckinridge was present on every day that the trial of O. D. Brown was In progress. The trial was begun a second time cn De- cember 24, 1884, and lasted through to June 10, 1885. Mr. Breckinridge was present ev- ery day. The trial was taken up July 13, | and a verdict was rendered July 22, 1885. On the following day the defendant filed a| motion for a new trial, and on the 25th it was overruled. On August 5 the attorneys for the de-| fense filed a bill of exceptions, and we-e also In court the next two days. Mr. Breck- {nridze was present all the time and every | day the case was before the circuit court | at Versailles | Cre On cross-examination the deponent stated | that Versailles was 12 1-4 miles from Lex-| ington by railroad, ard a person could| drive it in one and a half or two hours. | Deponent remembered Mr. Breckinridge’s being at the trial very distinctly. Some- times he stayed all night and sometimes he would come in a bugsy from gion. On several occasions Mrs. Breckinridge came with her hust When he was In| | Versailles Mr. Breckinridge would stay either at Mr. Rout’s house or at the hotel. | | Mr. Rout a reiative of his. At the R. | P. Brown trial Mr. Breckinridge was not in attendance. In the Ollie Brown trial pretty | much evezy attorney in Versailles took | Part, but Mr. Breckinridge was the most} most active for the defense and made the speeches. The deponent, on erces-examination of the progress of the trial, showing | Was done each day, and said that t | best of his recollectic Mr. Br was in Versailles ev day. £ jmot say what nights Mr. bre | Stayed over. Some di. done in court and it to stay very long, but usually drove n from I zy and ma He was y in the case time engaged upon its detail: | tion went at some leneth into | doings while th cut what reasons saying that Mr. whole day in Ver. . was that the deposition was rather long drawn out and devoid of any great amount of interest. Mr. Wallace's Depositio Ed. M. @ lawyer of Versailles, was then read. Wallace was associated with Mr. in- ridge in the Brown case, which was tried three times in Versailles, resulting final! in a conviction for voluntary m: ter. His deposition was corrob: the one prac s to Mr. Breckinr’ Presence in V variou casions. Mr. present all throu Most of the witne for the defense. no railroad di sailles, but only part way. Mr. Breckin- ridge used his buggy and sometimes a hack, but occasionally stayed over night with his relative, Rev. Mr. Rout. Judge Rodney Haggard. The deposition of Judge Rodney Hag-! gard of Winc , Was then read. In 1884 he tl attorney for th C. and O. and the Kentucky Central rail- roads and Messrs. Breckinridge and Shelby were the general attorneys for these roads | for that section. In 1884 there were suits against both roads on the docket of the but not to stay all ard-work ing h at- t mu each Co Wallace, Mr. Breckinriig thes ses and made a At this time there wa: et from Lexington to Ve fons with her, and decliaed to answer. | court growing out of an explosion in Win. | © commissioner stated he did not think | chester. Mr. Breckinridge had a general | the witr could be yorced to answer it.! supervision of the suits and was in Win- The court could not concsive what objec-| chester much of the time of the August | ton the deponent, who was a marriel man, | term, 1884 One case, Corn vs. Donley, | had to an. i stions, as his tes-| was ‘tried by arbitrators, September 2-5, timony « visits to. di: 184, and on the latter date an award was able women, and hi 2 of life made. Mr. Breckinridge was present him to be utterly indiiferent mo! through all of this trial, One railroad fourt did not think the objections made trig) was held in November, 1336, and Mr. Were sufficient to exclude the deposition. | Breckinridge was present as attorney for se Bradley considered similar cbJec- the defense. F was also a counsel in 8 made to other Jepositions und over-| 9 will case which was tried three times “i them. He said the weight of the) before the Clark circuit court, and he took ep. sition: Yor the jury Depositions E: The deposition of John as evidence, was-a guestion | clnded. the court Lewis fons of Dr. to be read in *% B@ Would giadly do sa They were, | part fn all three. Lexington, ti redirect ¢xan questions was adopted to s . Bree ridge could have be ont In the two towns, as st rious dates. Morton. Judge Jere ton of Lexington was then before the court by means of a deposition, and stated that M age took part in a case at Ni le in the August term, 1884. It w t of Ashford vs. Hollowa rm nt eyes of pla The trial w (Continued on Second Page.) | sympathies ‘ha WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1894—TWELVE MR. DAVIES TALKS He Gives His Views of the Condition of Hawaiian Affairs, —__+-- |UPHOLDS THE FRESIDENT'S POLICY |Says a Pertect Reign of Terror Exists on the Islands. AGAINST ANNEXATION ae ela een Mr. Theodore H. Davies of Honolulu, ac- companied by his son, reached the Arlington yesterday afternoon on his way to England, where he will henceforth permanently re- side. Mr. Davies has resided in Hawail ever since 1857, and possesses enormous inter- ests there. He was the guardian of the Princess Kalulani and superintended her education, Mr. Davies was quite willing to converse with a representative of The Star this morning about affairs in the islands, ‘To Kidnap a Nation. “Two or three adventurers, whom I will not name,” he remarked, “set out to kidnap a nation. They founded a bogus company and induced Mr. Dole and a few other men of high character to give the sanction of their names as directors, and then they is- sued their prospectus and sent it to Wash- Ington. Many people in Honolulu and in this country were beguiled by the plausibil- ity of the prospectus and the respectability of the directors, but I have beeen confident from the first that whatever party was in power in the United States would reject the proposal made as soon as they realized the circumstances under which {t was which they must necessarily do befor matter could be consummated. President Cleveland and Mr. Gresham have written only what every unbiased man of nonor was bound to write when he knew the facts. “The pathetic raith of the Hawaiian na- tion today in the honor and justice of the United States, as foreshadowed in its state papers, is in strange contrast with the ab- solute distrust of and hostility of the provisional governmen Mr. Davies. today {s at the mercy of its army of alien soidiers and spies, of whom none are Ha- wallans, very few Americans and a large proportion have been imported into the country since the revolution occurred. continued every act | | “The provisional government | | monies n A proof of the utter weakness of the | provisional government may be found in | the following bill, which they introduced into their committee, which is the only legislative body the islands have known since January 17 a year ago, on the first day of this month—March—and which pass- ed its first reading, A Curious Law. “Tt provides that tf the attorney general, who introduced the bill, or the marshal, or any sheriff, or any deputy sheriff shall sus- pect any one—that is, any American or Englishman, for example—of entertaining lawless intentions toward the government or toward public or private property, that man shall be arrested and taken before a cireuit judge, who shall not admit him to bail without the consent of the attorney general. You see the attorney general is thus made supreme in the matter. the accused on whem is to rest the burden of proof shall not satisfy the judge that | Baptist Chu: | | If) the suspicions are unfounded he shall be | deported for six years, and if this American or English or any other citizen so de- ported shall return to Hawaii within the six years he shall be sent to prison with ard labor for the rest of the term. “The attorney general further stipulates that if any part of the constitution be found inconsistent with this law the con- stitution shall give way. When I left Hon- elulu the government were confident they would pass the bill. That is the present attitude of the ‘good government,” which was guaranteed to the Hawaiians by the men who kidnaped the nation and offered it on Hawaiian people to the United States. “IT venture to say that if any one had told Mr. Dole and his associates eighteen months ago that they such a measure plained to y on as a madman. Jf that law had been in force under the monarchy Mr. Dole and his cabinet and envoys would have been either deported or in prison today. Mr. Davies said there was no truth what- ever in the allegation that the queen was ecing upon the lecture platform and re- gerded it as merely another of the rn- mers startet fer the purpose of bringing her into disrepute. A Reign of Terror. “No one can understand the perfect reign of terror that exists In Honolulu,” he remarked. “The army, which has been heralded as being so loyal and devoted to as the one I have ex- the provisional government, is composed largely of Germans broken-down Por- tuguese, wh ame to the country after the revolution, attracted by the salary of- fered, which is $40 per E the ‘part of the | death is received from the Senate. mittee, consisting of Representatives Liv- | Subsequently copied and sent to the inspzc- | ee ee PERRET oS SORT) The Long Struggle of Senator Colquitt | Ended This Morning. Surrounded by Members of His Family —Funeral Services Tomorrow Morn- ing—Who Will Succeed Him. Senator Colquitt died at his residence at 220 A street southeast at 7:10 o'clock this morning. The end was quiet and peaceful, and death came as if the Senator were drop- ping into sleep. He had been sinking gradu- ally all nicht. At 3 o'clock this morning the entire right side became totally paralyzed, and after that it was evident to all that death was at best a question of hours only. Around the bedside when he passed away were Senator Gordon and his daughter, Mr. Jones, Senator Colquitt{s private secretary; his nephew, Mr. Bunn; his son, Mrs. Col- quitt, daughter, Mrs. Marshall of Chicago. As the end approached the Senator's breathing be- came very heavy, but he relapsed into un- consciousness and suffered no pain. The Senate will meet at 9 o'clock tomor- row morning for the purpose of conducting | the funeral of the late nator Colquitt. This early hour is unusual in such mat- | ters, but it is necessitated by the fact that the funeral party Is to leave for Atlanta, Ga., on the 11 o'clock train, which reaches Atlanta on Wednesday morning. ‘The serv- tees will be conducted by Mr. Mjiburn, the blind chaplain of the Senate, who is to- day in New York, where he preached yes- terday. He has been telegraphed for and will return to the city at once. The cere- the Senate will probably be simple. The services will follow those of the Methodist Church, of which Senator Colgaitt was a leading member. For many years he has been recognized as the la} man leader of that church in the state of Georgia, as his late colicague, Senator Joe Brown, was and fs still the leader of the ch. The members of the Sen- ate and of the House will attend the cere- monies, The President and cabinet and Supreme Court have also been invited to be present. Immediately after the services in the Sen- ate chamber the remains will be taken to the Pennsylvania railroad station in time for the 11 o'clock southern express. To this train will be attached a private car for the use of the members of the family and the Senate congressional committee. There will probably be about twenty-five persons in the party. Senator Gordon of Georgia, the ‘ate Senator's colleague, has. general charge of the arrangements, and is as- sisted by Col. Bright, the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, and Messrs. Leighton and Jonas, his assistants. All three will ac- company the party to Atlanta. The com- | mittee appointed by the Vice President to | attend the funeral on behalf of the Sei \ ler, i} ould ever enact | u he would have been looked | | dutie: ard | ate consist of Senators Gordop, Morgan, But- Ransom, Gray, Hoar, Proctor, Carey, Pérkins and Allen. 4 ‘The remains will be taken to Macon, Ga., for interment. A meeting of the Georgia delegation in the House was held in Speaker Crisp’s room to- jay to take action respecting the death of Senator Colquitt. Representative Turner was authorized to make formal reference to the loss sustained by Georgia in the death of the Senator when the announcement of his A com- ingston, Cabaniss and Maddox of the dele- gation was appointed to accompany the remains to the home of the deceased in Georgia. A Sufferer for Two Yeurs. Senator Colquitt was stricken with par- alysis in July, 1892, and since that time has been unable to walk without assistance. He has been able, however, to continue in a large degree his attendance on his Senate He has been wheeled in and out of the Senate chamber in an invalid chair, has attended the meetings of committees of which he was a member, but has not! made a speech or been able to take part in debate on the Senate floor, He has been present to vote on ali important occasions, and guring the prolonged silver struggle ng the re- cent extra session was daily in his place. Senator Colquitt le.ves wile, cone son, | Waker T Colquitt, and tour daughters, Mrs. Ma 1, wite of Capt. Marshall of the (United States arm Misses Laura, Hattie and Dorothy Coimuitt. Hix Possible Successor. Gossip as to Senator Colquitt’s succes- for each soldier. All) Ha ve left | it because they would not promise to fire on American soldiers in case they were landed. "i Don't Want Annexation, “It is m He pure and simple that the ves or even a small proportion of them in favor of e annexition or the of m sovernment,”” e provisional 1 with th» natives in annexatior wf losing th ten of th rather th national continued govera ir places, m hav: thrown r national i, for tance out of eve their hono! was posed of forty native mu: Every one of them refuse! to annexation roll and they were discha: in a be H filled with a rurabe n icians ported from “I do not believ ment is preps nt rep the provisio to establi ate giving stlon of public nt that. If the could only affairs in Hon- ve how their sed upon.” the Siate Department, Mr. Davies spent most cf today at the State Department awaitiag a chance to confer with Secretary ¢ 1am about the st cause.” The Secretary was very busy with other callers today and was obliged to excuse himself to Mr. Davies, = RHEUMATIC GOUT. Mr. Cleveland is Suffering From an Attack of That Discuse, Out of consideration for the President's well-known antipathy to publications about his heaith, The Star has so far refrained from using Information on that subject that has been in its possession for several days. The matter has now become so well known, however, that there is no longer any necessity for’ keeping it secret. The fact is that ever since his return from his expedition against the water fowl abiding in the Dismal Swamp and the sounds of North Carolina, the President has been badly crippled with a painful attack of rheumatic gout. His right foot and ankle are swollen to twice their normal size, and he moves about with difficulty. He has stuck bra been in his office every day transact- ing business as usual. He vses the elevator constantly in going down. stairs meals, but has been compelled to abandon | motic ‘state In the Senate. sor, as might naturally be expected, from the fact that his death has been anticipated for many days, is quietly in circulation at » Capitol today. While Mr. Coiquitt has himself as a candidate for re. few belleved that he had the jlitieal or physical, to another campaign. In St stroke of paralysis, s of rivals for his e been actively issed, and in one or two cases candi- dates have announced themselves. Inter- of course, centers in Speaker Crisp, who sarded as the most sninent man ja, and the m ible for pro- the upper house. Representa- 0 is a strong senatorial px ‘orthern, the present execu- evection, on act, ever § months cat nee ago, the in the Sen ti tive is known to have sena- torial a s, and even ex-Representa- tive-ex-Paramount Blount has been men- tioned a: eye. having a senatorial cast in one asserted that the Secretary of the ror harbors senatorial aspirations, and uid, on competent authority, that just the senatorial bee is serenading the Secretary with the song of his ambition. It is not known that the S aken anybody into hi tter, but it is perfectly proper to say that he is not averse to representing his wne of these candi- dates, cr to speak more properly, possibili- ties, for Speaker Crisp has in no sense as- sumed the attitude of a candidate yet, are now thought of as likely to be appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Colquitt, which would have ended naturally on the 4th of March, 1895, The governor, of cours2, would not appoint himself nor could he well adopt the ingenious but ques- tionable method of ning and accepting an appointment from his lieutenant gov- ernor, nor would he be likely, it is said, to run the risk of compromising himseif’ by appointing Mr. Blount after the latter's un- popular course in Hawaii. It 1s almost cer- tain that Speaker Crisp as well as his col- league, Mr. Turner, would decline to ac- cept an appointment to the vacancy for @ period of less than a year. With an Eye to the Future, Therefore, it is thought that the gov- ernor, with an eye to the future, will se- lect for his appointee some personal friend, | who is willing to take the position for a to his work, however, and | to his | his tri-weekly afternoon receptions to the | public altogether for the present, because of his inabi to wali to and from the east room without ageravating his malady. He is undergoing a severe dietary regim and his physician predicts that he will be @l right weuia in a short time year and then step aside to let the best man win in the fight that is sure to come next fall and winter. Rumors have already reached Washington that the governo! choice is likely to fall on a legal friend of Macon, Ga., by the name of Anderson, who is ng to accede to the conditions imposed by the governor. Mr. Black of the strict ts also id to be one of ich Gov. North- y nd his name is mentioned. It is probable that the appointment will not be made for some days, as the funeral carnot well take place until Wednesday, and governor is not likely to make the appointment for at least a day or two after the interment three unmarried daughters and his | PAGES. On the Armor Plate Frauds at the Carnegie Works, THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION How-the Information Was First Obtained. |THE PRESIDENTS DECISION Secretary Herbert today sent to the House an answer to the Cummings resolution call- ing for a statement of the details of the re- cent alleged violation by Carnegie, Phipps & Co, of the contracts with the United States for the manufacture of armor plate for the navy. The Secretary's answer is long and very interesting, giving in detail the history of the progress and discovery of the frauds. A sketch of the most interesting portions of the Secretary's com- munication is here given. Some time last September Secretary Her- bert received from James H. Smith of Pitts- burg, an attorney representing certain per- sons in the employ of the Carnegie Steel Company, limited, of Pittsburg, notice that these employes had in their possession in- |formation which would be valuable to the government, relating to frauds then being | perpetrated by certain employes of che com- | pany, which they would give to the govern- |ment for a sufficient consideration. The | Secretary agreed, if the information shouid | lead to the recovery of moneys from the company, to remunerate the informers from the sum recovered, but not to pay any ex- penses. Three of the employes and the at- torney were carefully examined by the Sec- retary, who was satisfied that their state- ments were not without foundation, and de- [termined upon a thorough investig ution. | They discovered no feeling of hostility to- | ward the company; had not been engaged |in the strike, and Seemed to be iniluenced | only by a desire to realize money. ‘The At- | torney General found that the deparzment | might contract with these men, and a con- | tract was made agreeing to give them 25 per cent of the money recovered, in consid- eration of the fact that they’ would, of course, be discharged, be blacklisted, ‘and | that other employes from whom they would | Procure information would also lose their places. ‘The Secretary says at this point: Some Allegations Made. “These men had been gathering informa- tion for a long time, and this they submit- ted to the department in great detail. The |allegations were that the company’s em- |ployes had failed to temper armor evenly |and properly; had plugged and concealed | blow-holes, which would have probably caused a rejection of plates by the govern- | ment inspectors, and had retreated without the knowledge of the inspectors plates | which had been selected for ballistic test, so as to make these plates better and tougher | thaa the group of plates represented by them.” a | The informants stated that some of these plates, after they were selected by the in- | Spector at the works, had been secretly, and inspector, retreated at night—that is, re- annealed and retempered, so as to make |them better and tougher than the group of plates of which th were supposed to be | the least resisting. It was the duty of the Carnegie Steel Company aiso to submit to the inspectars at the works, to be for- | warded to the department, statements show- ing the length of time each plate had been subjected to the heating and annealing pro- ‘cesses. It was the custom of the heaters at the Carnegie works to hand in statements |showing that upon little slips of paper, marked in pencil. These statements were tor to be forwarded. The informants stated that under the direction of Superin- tendents Schwab, Corey and Cline the | Statements furnished to the government in- spector were in many cases false, and they [submitted many original memoranda, handed in by the heaters, which showed on their face in pencil marks that they had been altered. It was from these altered and false statements, the informants said, that |the statements were made up that vere |sent to the inspector. These original mem- |oranda were supposed to have been de- stroyed, but they had been preserved, and | were sent to the department. Capt. Samp- son, chief of the bureau of ordnance, was acquainted with the facts developed, and, calling to his aid Prof. Alger and Lieut. Ackerman of the ordnance bureau, pro- ceeded to make a thorough investigation. What an Investigation Disclosed. ‘This investigation showed that the test plates had been pluggef and retreated, and sustained the charges of the informants. In a report to the Secretary the chief of ordnance and his associates assessed dam- ‘ages sustained by the government at 15 per | cent upon the amount of armor delivered to |the government and upon all premiums re- ceived. The remainder of the Secretary's an- |swer here follows in full: S$ soon as the report of Captain Samp- son, assessing pe: had been received, | the department telegraphed for Mr. H. C. Frick, chairman the Carnegie Steel of Company, limited, to come to Washington to see the secretary on important business, suggesting that he bring with him Mr. Hunsiker, who was moze directly than Mr. Frick in charge of the manufacture of armor plates. The interview with Messrs. | Frick and Hunsiker was in the presence of | Assistant Secretary McAdoo and Captain Sampson. I explained to them fully the | whole transaction, stating who the in- | formants were, the nature of the informa- tion acted en by the department and placed in their hands the report made by the chief of the bureau of ordnance, assessing the damages, as well as cectain written state- |ments by the informants. They were also ‘informed that Lieutenant Ackerman, who had for a short time been on special duty at the works, while this investigation was going on, had reported that his suspicions were aroused by certain evidences which he observed, tending to show that the opera- tives were concealing facts from the ob- servation of the inspectors, and that Lieu- tenant Ackerman’s observations — were made without any knowledge of the in- formation received by the department from the employ as heretofore stated. “After fully acquainting Messrs. Frick and Hunsiker with the facts, I demanded satisfaction for the damages resulting from these irregularities, and that they would only be allowed to proceed with the contract on condition of making full reparation. Messrs. Frick and Hunsiker’s Dis- claime “Messrs. Frick and Hunsiker both seemed greatly astonished at the statements made |to them, and Mr. Frick thanked me for the jeare and fairness with which the investiga- tion had been conducted, and asked time himself to investigate and consider. Mr. Frick not only earnestly disclaimed, as did Mr. Hunsiker, any knowledge of the trans- actions, but mentioned the fact that he had been in some manner upon his guard as to |{rregularities that were being committed by | the men employed on the armor, and that he had thereupon written a letter to Mr. Schwab, who superintended the heating and tempering, cautioning him to the utmost |care and diligence in faithfully fulfil the contracts. | pears in the correspondence.) |the matter of these charges, to return, as |they did a few days afterward, bringing with them written statements made by Frick, Mr. Schwab. |and they were also accompanied by Mr. Knox, attorney for the company. Mr. Car- | negie was also heam at some length. These igentlemen then left, and the several state- without the knowledge of the government | informed them | 8 | bility of fulfillment of the cont (A copy of this letter ap- | Messrs. Frick | and Hunsiker promised, after looking into Mr. | Hunsiker and Superintendent | Mr. Carnegie returned with them, | a ments were turned over to Capt. who subsequently made a report t 5 “A few days afterward Messrs. Frick and Hunsiker again returned, and in an inter- | View with them I informed them that the department intended to approve the report of Capt. Sampson, assessing penalties at the rate of fifteen per cent upon the armor they had manufactured for the government and | premiums. Mr. Frick inquired whether they had the right to appeal to the President, and s informed that they had, and that the department would be giad, in a matter of so much moment, to have the President revise its decision. An Appeal to the President. “On the 20th day of December, 1393, Messrs. Carnegie, Frick, Hunsiker, Knox, attorney for the company, aad the Secre- tary of the Navy, appeared before the President. Mr. Carnegie and Mr, Knox argued the question involved at length. |The President took the matter under ad- | visement, considered the questions at great length, and upon a careful consideration cf all the facts, decided that the damnag! lought not to begin until the 34 day of No-| ), |Yember, 1802, at which time our proofs of | expectations, |the irregularities began, and that they ters of people's party men of this Cught not to be assessed upon armor manu. | 34 re aria eee “0 factured after the 16th day of September, | HY, did not turn up at the camp grounds 1su3, the date upon which Mr. Frick cau- Of the commonweal army, on account of tioned the superintendent w exira care. | the weather, and as consequently the men When the ultimate dec: made, I called to mind and stated to the | President that our own proof tended to 5 how that the irregularities at tne works |% ©'¢lock in the morning the camp was ceased about the time Mr. Frick bad writ- | turned into a veritable Valley Forge. Small | ten his letter to Mr, Schwab. That about | groups of men could be seen shivering | thls time the department had selected, ac-| every limb, trying to obtain | cording to agreement with the ¢ formants, | |@ skilled and trusty steel worker, who was sad cae J blasts which came |to go to the Carnegie works and be shown | the oe in the ehege Sane it pro-| Two-thirds of the men who gressed. After this workman had been se-| the arm lofgings |lected and Instructed now to proceed, word | prison bat ae genet nd came from the informants that it would be | et an earty hour they |useless to send him, as the irregularities | S@ther at the grounds to get their rations, | had ceased, or, at least, they were no longer |apparent. The President, having hi:nself first examined the question with great care, after a long conference with ‘he Secretary of the Navy, made the following decision. The President's Decision. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, January 10, 1894. “Hon. H. A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy. ‘Dear Sir: I have examined with care THEY HAD TO HUSTLE Otherwise Coxey’s Men Would Have Been Breakfastless. “A VERITABLE VALLEY FORGE IN OHIO Grumbling at Their Leaders Taking , Comfort. tent gasoline suoves were set up morning meal commenced. The consisted of one dozen boiled hams, hundred loaves of bread, five bushels of everybody was his stomach Many of the about Mr. ‘Cox age J |the report of the board appointed by you | best hotel in there city and woe the _— jto investigate the alleged Irregularities in | fon that he should take @ dose of his sen meticine. Several were interviewed at the prison last eveningyas to what tended to do in case the provisions | furnished en route, and each and | of them said they would make « | the farm houses. At the grounds this morning Roticeable thing was the absen the construction of steel armor at the Car- |negie steel and iron mills and their assess- |ment of the damage sustained by the gov- | jernment on account of deficiencies in the quality of the armor which was aifected by |such irregularities, I have also examined the evidence and the documents which |form the basis of the government's ciaum for damages. | body to command the much “il em satisfied that a large portion of | forces. the armor supplied was not of the quality} Carl Brown, the chief marshal, did which would have been produced if all pos-| Tive upon the scene until 10:30 0’ sible care and skill had been exercised in its also having taken a room in one construction. I am of the opinion that | Prominent hotels. Once upon the the terms of the contract between the gov-| his orders to the men were after ernment and the company this constituted | of @ circus tent man. a default entitling the government to dam- Coming From Deaver. ages. SVE si weit is, ‘however, an exceedingty aimcuit |, DENY ~ Se Soe ee matter to extract from the facts developed to Who is organizing an army to go to a satisfactory basis for the assessment of Washington, last night appointed 100 offi- such damages; sad, Inasmuch as my decis-| ion of the matter is final, I am naturally! janxious to do justice to the company and |to avoid presuinptions against it not fully warranted. “The award of the board, although ex- Am Attachment Against Coxey. |hibiting an honest desire to meet the case | |fairly, does not satisty my inclination to| PITTSBURG, Pa., March 26—A foreign give the company all reasonable benetit of | @ttachment was issued today by B.M. | the indefiniteness of the proofs obtained. son of this city against Gen. J. | “ ‘dt appears that the first irregularities of commander of the commonweal army. |construction were discovered avout the $4 claim is for $600 for mill supplies. day of November, 18v2. On the i6th day of September, 18, some Inumation of such | Richards will send deputies to the where irregularities reached the managers of the the county to meet Gen. |company and a letter is produced, written him to the sheriff's office, by one of the superintendents, enjoining nee weet! i ee bail in the sum reater in the preparation of the ar- . Leg care preparation oi The ~ 7 tn the | wi . | of this city to meet Coxey if 82e3 Hi % § aft $25 i i ty i | ‘I am willing to assume that the faulty construction began on the 3d day of No- vember, 1502, and was corrected on the 1léth eee day of September, 1503. On all the armor AFTER MR. PALMER’S SCALP, |manufactured by the government between these dates 1 think 10 per cent from the| Democratic Employes of the Govern- price snould be deducted. ment Printing Office Organise and | "Phe amount so manufactured is reported ry asi | to be 2,647,987 tons, and its value $1,404,504. (Ten per cent of this value is $140,4s¥, and| Politicians around the Capitol are watch- this amount, in my opinion, shouid be for-| ing quite closely the operations of a felted by the company to the government, | organization known as the Interstate Wigned) ““GROVER CLEVELAND,’ AS * ocratic Association of the District of enpement Mates. lumbia. The ostensible object of the “Mr. Frick was notified and came again to! ciation is to aid in the approaching Washington, and a settlement was effected | gressional elections, but the gossips | according to the terms of the agreement. claim to know more than appears on The Carnegie Steel Company, Limited, paid | surface insist that the association jinto the Bank of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, |into being and exists for the | to the credit of the informants $35,121, and | bringing about the removal | it credited vouchers for armor furnished to | Publig Printer Palmer, who, the government with $105,360, which yvouch- | publican, is objectionable to ers are now on file in the department. No bers of the body that Is zi money whatever assed through the hands | Sotlp. It was, sald Se ome of the | of the department. ciation is persistently demanding of “Throughout this whole transaction it| cratic Senators and Representatives the will be seen that every step was taken with | of their influence with the President care and deliberation, and the department make the change, and that some of the was very much graigtied to find that it was more active members of the association the opinion of the officers engaged in mak-| have even gone to the length of threat- |ing these investigations that, although a/ ening to defeat the renomination of a dem- portion of the armor delivered by this com- ocratic member from Tennessee, who some pany was not in all respects equal to the time ago expressed the opinion on the floor Very best armor that could be manufactur- of the House that Mr, Palmer's administra- ed, under the new and improved processes tion of affairs in the government which have been adopted, yet that the ar- office was all that could be desired by any {imor was all good, and in all cases the fair-minded man. | Steel was of the best quality, the nickel uy 3 An interesting phase the discussion, | thoroughly and equally distributed througn | which was precipitated by knowledge of the |the mass, and that the defects resulting | threat before mentioned is the statement by | from blow holes, and the failure to anneai several democratic members that | and temper in all respects as it should have the more prominent agitators for | been done, to have it the best that it was | in the government printing office j Possible to make, nevertheless left the ar- | Selves beneficiaries, who should mor at least 5 per cent better than the low- | Satisfied with things as they are, est limit of tolerance. the leaders having been appointed “The department ts gratified to be able to | moted while the | state that all these irregularities occurred | Dower. while the company was still engaged upon —_—————"- oe ; Nght armor and before their heavy forging DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, ;blant was placed in operation for thi ; Manufacture of the heavy armor of the bate ships. What the Contractor Must Do. ‘ heeled 3 reil oittiee: the rules, and Chairman Heard was on “As the object of the contract be| hand to ctaim it, but the death of Senator the production of first-class armor plates, | Colquitt and the adjcurnment of the House the contractor must furnish snd maintain | prevented the cons‘deration of District bus- the most improved modern plant for such | iness. The next District day will occur on work, which must be conducted according | the second Tuesday in April, and the Met- o> the best methods. Fie ie\to ue: every | ewan seteey sen Se See endeavor and incur all expense necessary | Dil! Will probably occupy the House, to produce the most resisting and endur-| Chairman Heard will leave for Missourl ing plates, and he is \o regard the test | tomorrow to take vag 4 ye the re- R mains of his father, who this* city pees forth merely as miatmum lim! in the winter. Mr. Heard to be ab- fete ngnide |sent but a short time, however. |much as practicable, by the | a aan Os = The House District committee will give a hearing tomorrow mcrring at 10:30 to the advocetes of the bill tr corporating the Na- tional Light and Fuel Company. The in- corporators of the bill are W. R. Knapp, F. G. Hallett, Daniel C. Thompson, R. J. Ferris, Frederick Tappenbeck, Bridget M. — John Harriman and Theodore F. cks. s which he is bound to excel, as use of the means which should be within the reach of | a ona pred establishment.” “The department deems it proper to state | that throughout the whole of this transac- | tion nothing occurred to show that any of- ficer of the navy had been gulity of con- | niving at any of these irregularities. Neither is there anything whatever to show that any director of the company had any knowledge of the transactions herein set forth. “The department has redoubled its vig- flance at all points, and wherever it work is being done for the goverament, ie | spectors are required to be on duty night and day ————-e+______ BROOKLYN DRY DOCK. +e CAPTOL TOPICS, The Bankraptey Bill. The Senate committee on the judiciary at its meeting today had the bankruptcy bill under consideration, and, while no decision was reached, the discussion was quite thor- ough and developed a general disposition to report a bankruptcy bill. There was @ difference of opinion as to whether the bill to be reported should provide for both vol- untary and involuntary bankruptcy, oF simply for voluntary bankruptcy. There was also discussion as to what act on the part of @ person should constitute bank- ruptey. The bill before the committee provides that failure to meet a note due shall be sufficient, but some of the members of the The Trouble Over the Completion of the Big Affair. The large naval dry dock at Brooklyn is the subject of a controversy between Secretary Herbert and Mr. Gillis, who bas | the contract for its construction. The dock was to cost $450,000 and was to be com- | pleted in two years from September next. | The work is very much behind hand, how | ever, and it is said that there ts no possi et require- ments as to time of completion. It is | SUMCCAY DME e not satisfied with this defe therefore probable that the contract will | Committee were not satiafied with this oct: be annulled and the work com: by | 5 sting : mittee, consisting of Senators George, Vilas, Hoar and Mitchell, was appointed to tn- vestigate this question and report to the full committee at a future meeting. +o+— Last evening a fire took place in the sheds of 651, 653 and 655 Ith street northeast, belonging to B. Schwartz and J. H. Jumg- the unk qr government or a new contract made, Mr. Gillis can convince the d that he should be allowed to The recently asked for powers of the Secret tract, and he has replied that the latter has ample authority to act he deems best for the interests of the government nt tinue the work. con- Attorney General was n ary opinion as to the to annul the con-