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2 THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. three years ago that the wages of a work- ing man or woman, in furnace, factory, or delving mine, has ever kept pace with’ in- creased tariff rates, or indeed had any in- crease at all, on account of high pro- tective tariff legislation. * * * If the re- ward of labor had ever been increased as} an ineldent or consequence of increased | tariff duties on foreign imports, nothing Would be easier or more gracious to the ad- Vocates and beneficiaries of protection than to show that fact. The very reverse, how- ever, is true. It can never be forgotten that the enactment of the McKinley law in October, 1890, was followed almost im-| mediately by a reduction of the wages of| all workers in iron and steel, beginning at Homestead, in Pennsylvania, under | Carnegie, resulting in bloodshed and whole- sale murder, and extending to all parts of the country and to almost every branch of Manufacturing industry.” He then spoke of the ad valoem system @s substituted by the bill for the specific duties, and described the forms as plain and simple, and not calculated to deceive, as is the case with the former. | The Income Tax. | The Senator then discvssed the details of) the bill, and in regard to the income tax | he said that “the propcsition contained in } UNDER FIRE TODAY —— | (Continued from First Page.) | Blackburn then demanded the explafiation of the New York incident, and defendant declined, saying he could not make any ex- planaticn then. In that conversation the plaintiff said she was arranging to go to New York. On the next day, the 17th, the | plaintiff came to his hotel about lunch time and asked him to see her at Mrs. Thomas’, and defendant did se. There the plaintiff expressed her gratification that they had extrieated themselves from their relations with Mrs. Blackburn. Ske could, she said, | Row go to New York and gradually drop her relations with Mrs. Blackburn. She said there was one thing she wanted to ask. The defendant, she claimed, had left on Maj. Moore’s mind the impression that she was an unscrupulous woman, and some sort of improper character. She wanted him to go with her to see Maj. Moore. The defendant urged that this was unnecessary; that their secret was safe with him, etc. She wanted him to say to Maj. Moore that the pending bill to levy a tax of 2 | She was going to New York and some time ‘GU al net incomes af cocperatis can ns | after her chin was bord, axdwiien it could be done without scandal, they were to be mar- individvals in excess of $4,000 per annum 's| ried. She wanted the defendant also to | ®o just and equitable toward the hard-| working tax payers of meager resources | throughout the entire country that not a Word in its deferse or explanation would geem necessary here or anywhere els. But the narrow and ccrroding selfishness ef riches has beza aroused by this simple Mear.re of justice ir.to fierce resentment ani contention. We hear on ali hands the @ictaterial voice of irdividual and corpora- | tion wealth demanding that it shall not be disturbed by the slighiest tccch of the tax Satherer, whatever may be the demands of | the government or the oppression of the toiling masses. | In considering an income tax the most | extraordinary and startling fact we dis- cover is the very small number of people | to whom it appl: I well remember when | the able Senator from Colorado (Mr. Teller) | in 1890 declared on this floor that while the | Population of the United States would at that time reach 65,00 yet at least one- half of the entire wealth “of this, the rich- est country on the globe.” was owned by Not more than 100,00 of its inhabitants. The wealth of the world has in all ages been condensed into the hands of the privi- | thereby seek to overning class; and this fas liy true and striking dur- ing the last thirty years in this country than in any other known to history. The Namber Effected. “The commissioner of internal revenue, im a recent communication to the ways and Means committee of the House, estimates the present population of the United States at not less than 65,000,000, and the wealth of the country at $65,000,000,000, or an aver- age of $1,000 per capita, if there was an equal distribution. His further estimate, however, is that so great has been the con- densation of capital into the ownership of a small and powerful class that the tax here proposed on incomes of over $4,000 Will reach only about 85,000 individuals and corporations out of the more than 65,000,000 who now inhabit this land of boasted liber- | ty and equality. | “What shall be said of one of the leading arguments always urged against the enact- | ment of an income tax? We are gravely in- | formed that such a tax cannot be collected | because of the wholesale perjury which in-| come owners will commit in order to evade the law. I was a member of the House when the income tax law of 1862 was re- pealed. I listened to this plea of infamy at that time, and it increased the pleasure with which I voted to keep the law on our | Statute books, as it will now to vote to put it back again. If the criminal classes of the | country or those of assumed respectability can defeat the enactment of laws by threat- ening to commit crime in their violation, | then, indeed, have we reached a depth of | degradation far beyond the hand or the| Dower of resurrection.” | ns | TO BE FOUGHT ALL OVER AGAIN. The Silver Question May Be Raised by the Presiden: Veto. ‘The House has been still stumbling along today without a quorum. Until they can get a quorum and dispose of the election cases action on the seigniorage veto is de-_ layed. | There is no expectation on the part of the! silver men that they will be able to pass the bill over the President's veto. The at- tempt will be made only as a formality and for the purpose of emphasizing the disap- Proval of the President's action. There is a3 much doubt as ever about what will be done in Congress in consequence of the veto. It is quite apparent that the radical silver men, who have not made any effort to stand in line with the administration, are far less concerned than are those who have heretofore tried to fit silver senti- ments to administration loyalty. The silver men who voted for the repeal of the Sherman law are the ones who now most want to get a chance to make em- iat disapproval of the veto. ‘The others ve their records in favor of free coinage made up and cannot strengthen th ly. At the same time, all the sil Congress appear to be determ| up the agitation and to get a bill through both houses If 0 Parently the only difference of opinion among them is as to the desirability of at- tempting to couple the silver and the tariff. The statement by Mr. Voorhess that panty feeling and party ties cannot be re- on by the “money classes” to secure to them the power they hold, and the further statement that the battle will come in the near future and that he will then have something to say, apparently indicates a feeling on the part of the leader of the democrats in the Senate that the financial struggle is not yet over for this Congress. There appears to be no doubt that in one form or another the whole question has got to be fought over again in both house: Entangled With the Tariff Bill. The general belief is that the tari‘f dis- eussion in the Senate begun today will be Protracted far beyond the estimate of the members of the finance committee. A good many stumbling blocks are along | its track, and it is not altogether certain that it may not be thrown into a hotzh- potch with silver. Those democrats who have openly or otherwise opposed the meas- Ure are as intent as ever upon its defeat, but not generally disposed to reveal their purposes. The bill is undoubtedly subject to subtile attacks, which may be its undoing. There is little or no doubt that the ultimate purpose of the framers of the bill is to take out of it every possible benefit to the rugar trust, and the almost universal opinion Is that before the bill becomes a law sugar will be back on the free list. The Quay free coinage amendment, de- |} signed to be the death of the bill, is sure to be pressed. It is the present intention of a number of democrats to vote for that or some similar amendment, and if the| republicans, with a design to defeat the measure, should vote pretty generally for such an amendment, it would stand a fair chance of carrying. The radical silver democrats do not want to be compelled to vote on the proposition, but if the tariff and the silver get tied together it will be @ifficult to separate them. — HAS RETURNED. i Secretary Carlisle Recéives Congratu-| Jations in New York. Secretary Carlisle returned from New York Saturday night and was at the depart- | as usual. While in New} cipient of congratula- | sand business ally on the veto of the seigniora as Mmdicative of the purpose of the department. | OVERNMENT. DISTRICT Building Permits. The following building permits have been | f fsued by the inspector of buildi Chas. Berger, to erect a private stable in| Fear of 482 L street southwest, and to im- prove No. 476 L street southwest, to cost Si00. There were five permits issued to repair buildings, amounting in all to $1,450. Railroad Petitions. The Commissioners request that all peti- tions in favor of or against the granting of charters to street railways be forwarded to them before April 10, so that answer may | be made to tne Senate resolution requesting | information“whether any considerable num- | izens of the Distric pre: sioners that the reas railway facilities t ndate the pub- Me, or to have remon ed against any | Bew lines.” | pret : | Treasury Receipts. | ional bank notes received for redemp- . eipts from in- ternal nue, 3.133; customs, $468,165; | miscellaneous, 337.276. jovernment ¥ | ble to a child born out of wedlock. This, he | She thereupon wrote him several letters tell Maj. Moore that she had never had any- thing to do with any other mun. The de- fendant, while agreeing to the marriage story, declined to say to Maj. Moore that he had seduced her. In the conversation she opened her jacket and disclosed a pis- tol. The defendant said he laughed, and said they were too near. She said that she did not intend to kill him, but herself. She finally agreed that she would go, and that they ‘would tell the story as he agreed. | ‘The Second Visit to Maj. Moore. | They, thereupon, visited Maj. Moore again | and he related the story substantially in the form they had agreed. She, thereupon, began making demands that he should promise to see her at certain times ond write to her. The defendant thought she was taking advantage of Maj. Moore’s pres- ence to enforce demands upon him. “I turned to her,” continued the defend- dant, “and said ‘You know I never seduced you. I tock liberties with you the first time 1 ever saw you and I slept with you the next night, with your full consent.’ ” To this she made no reply. She, however, took out her pistol, looked at Maj. Moore and myself, and then replaced it. Witness suggested that she should give the pistol to M i she did so. The defend- ant left the office with her. She had agreed to go to New York the next morning. As they were on their way from the office she said that the articles she had ordered at Woodward & Lothrop’s would be there be- fore she saw him again. The defendant, thereupon, gave her the money her schedule had cailed for, and offered her more. She said, however, she did not want to reach New York with any more money in her pocket than enough to pay her week's board, as, she said, she was afraid she could not resist the temptation to come back. It was understood that she should go to No. 7 Slst street, and when she needed money the defendant would remit to her. She was to make herseif comfortable and place herself under medical care. In the meantime she was to perfect herseif in some study. The study she had in mind was china painting or some form of paint- ing. | ssow She Was to Spend the Summer. | ‘There was a definite plan as to how she | was to spend the summer. The defendant | thereupon left that night for Lexington, Va. He considered then that the matter between himself and the plaintiff was solv- | ed, so far as their sexual relations were | concerned. All-that remained was that he intended that she should be cared for until the child was born, and then if he were satisfied that it was his child, he had in- formed her that he would care for it and raise it and give it all the advantages possi- said, Was understood between them. defendant said ke received at Lexington, Va., a dispatch from the plaintiff dated at Jersey City. The defendant was then hand- ed the letters and dispatches he had sent | the plaintiff during the trip he made after | he lett Washington. hese letters and tele- grams were produced while the plaintiff Was on the stand. The witness said he had gone to Lexington to arrange some trou- bles into which his younger son, who was a | student there, had fallen. The defendant | read the various letters and telegrams. He left Lexington Saturday night and went to Covington, Va., where his daughter and son-in-law were. He telegraphed Miss Pol- | lard, then at New York, not knowing that she had returned to Washington. He left Covington on the night train for his home. He had received dispatches while at Cov- ington, signed by Mrs. Thomas, asking if he were at Covington and where letters would Teach him. He answered that he was then at Covington and about to leave for Lex- ington. He suspected that the dispatches | were sent by plaintiff in Mrs. Thomas’ ame, and afterward discovered that that so. The next he heard from the plain- tiff was when he was at Lexington, Ky. He was at his breakfast when he received a dispateh from her stating that she would eave on the next train for Lexington. Then the defendant wired her to wait for a letter from him. On going to his office he found there two or three letters from her,one hav- ing been forwarded from Covington. The substance of these letters were that she could not get comfortable quarters in New York, and that she wanted to come to Ken- tucky and find some piace there where she could be comfortable. ‘These two letiers and the dispatch he re- ferred to he received within an hour. Thereupon he sat down and wrote to her the letter asking her to say where there Was any such sanitarium as she suggested, and urging that i@ was more comforta- ble where she was in Washington than she possibly could be in Cincinnati, stating that e then too much engaged to see her, and saying that after what had happened before she went to New York and what she had promised he had the right to in- sist upon her remaining there. An Objection Overruled. The defendant was about going on to state what the plaintiff had said in her letter respecting the sanitarium in Cincin- nati. Mr. Wilson objected. He asked the defendant if he had these letters from the plaintiff, and the defendant said he had destroyed them. Thereupon Mr. Wilson said that having destroyed this evidence, having put it out | of their power to confront him with them, | he had no right to state their contents. | Mr. Butterworth said there was no such | rule of law between the lids of the books. He said there had been no suggestion that | the letters had been destroyed for the pur- pose of destroying evidence. They were not letters of a character one would be likely to keep in his family records. “When were the letters destroyed ed Judge Bradley. “As I received them,” safd the defend- ant. “My habit was when I received letters from the plaintiff to destroy them at once. I would not let them lie around my house or my office.” “The objection is overruled,” said Judge Bradley. A Suggestion as to a Sanitariam. The defendant then vent on, stating that the plaintiff had suggested in a letter going | to come sort of saritarium. He went on | with his explanation respecting the tele- | grams, showing the circumstances under which he had written them, end how he was traveling about during May and June. He said he was oppesed to her going to a sanitarium. She suggested a saniiarium and the other plan of makirg herself com- fortable somewhere outside of a sanitarium. The defendant thought it would be best for her ovtside, as to go to a sanitarium would involve her remaining there for six months or n On Jupe 4, 1898, he wrote from the Galt House at Neshville stating it was his intention to do the best he could fo he * ask- | her, and urging her not by her conduct to make it impossible for him to do so. The | next letter was written June 13 at Lexing- | ton. It stated that it had been impossible | ‘or him to leave Lexington; that he thought t was best he should not be in Washing- ten, end that he was about to leave to | t engagements in several places and | uid rot be in Washington for some days. The next day he sent a dispatch stating that he would leave Lexington that night. Chere were other dispatches, and on June he wrote again stating he had written a frierd in Washington to go to see her and what she needed, and he had written had _ gone from Washington for In this he said it was impos- m to go to Charlottesville or for to Lexingten, and again urged make it impossible for him to | carry eut their agreerrent While in Louisville, he said he had re- ceived a letter from his son, inclosing an extract from a Cincinnati paper, announc- ing the engagement between himself and plaintiff. He went next day to Lexington | and was met on the street by some one | who asked him if the announcement was | true. He 1 it was not, and it was im- possible that such relations could exist be- tween the Denied Their Engagement. That denial was published in the Gazette | and was largely copied in other papers. | after being notified of the arrest of Dyott, |a big army scandal |foundation for either report. jhe is expected back in Washington in asking him if he had authorized this de- nial, and threatening to make publication of all their relations, and threatening to come to Lexington. ‘The defendant safd that on June 22 he had Written Maj.Moore, stating that she had been writing, making threats, &c. There is ho reason, he sald in this letter, why she should destroy herself. H2 asked him (Maj. Moore) to seé her and induce her to so act ag to preserve her reputation. He asked Maj. Moore to see her. He inclosed in ‘his a briefer note to show Miss Pollard. The defendant said He had meanwhile re- ceived several letters from the plaintiff, one of them proposing that she would come to Lexington «nd see the defendant's daughter, tell her all and leave the matter to her arbitfament. He Wrote again to Maj. Moore a_letter similar to the first. Monday, the ith of July, he received, at Lexington, another letter from her of the same general character. He handed the letter to a friend | about the or 23d of the month, He re- | quested Maj. P. B. Johnson and W. X. Mc-| Chesney of Lexington to come to Washing- ton and see Maj. Moore and the plaintiff. He had no knowledge then, he said, that the plaintiff had suffered a miscarriage. What- | ever occurred, he thought, did not relieve him from the duty of taking care of the plaintiff until the child was born, and so he | had sent the gentlemen named to Washing- ton, and had given them a letter of intro-| duction to Maj. Moore, stating that they | | to the defendant, and then he did not do anything further. He came here the 6th of August, and then learned from the suit she had filed that she had suffered a miscar- riage, and this relieved him from further obligation to contribute to her support. When Improper Relations Ceased. The defendant was here asked by Mr. Butterworth if he had had improper rela- tions with the plaintiff. after April 29, the date of his marriage. The defendant de- nied this with emphasis. “It is absolutely false,” he said. He denied that he had ever had such relations with the plaintiff afte, he returned to Washington, March 31. He had no such relations with her on that day or even after. The arrangement made prior to his going to Mrs. Blackburn’s was that their relations should terminate; that she was to leave Washington; that her relations with Mrs. die out gradually, and that he should sup. port her until she could get some honorable employment. The only cl lations after that was that when she in- formed him that she was pregnant and charged him with being the author of her condition, he agreed that he should care for her until the child was born, and if the child was his, he would care for it. The witness was then questioned as to Miss Pollard’s government employment and told of her employment in the census bu- reau. He had, he said, given her the run of the Congressional Library. He had no recol- lection of ever giving the plaintiff any ad- vice about her studies before she came to Washington. She was singularly deficient in rudimentary education for a woman of her somewhat remarkably extensive read- ing. He had advised her to give some at- tention to these studies, to arithmetic end other rudimentary branches. He did not know, he said, what books she got from the Congressional Library. the list to him, he would give it to a page, who would get the books, and he would send them out to her without paying any particular attention to what the books were. At this point it was a few minutes fo 12 o'clock. Mr. Butterworth said he thoight he was through with the examination, but there might be two or three more questions he would like to ask after he had reviewed. He asked, therefore,that the recess be taken at that time, as he thought it would save time. So, as Mr. Wilson assented, the court took a recess until 12:45 o'clock. ait THE LAW’S GRASP, It Has Fallen Heavily on Samuel Her- bert Dyott. The law 1s tightening around Samuel Herbert Dyott. He was arrested at Chi- cago on Saturday evening, spent yesterday in a cell at the central police station, and is coming toward Washington under police escort. He will reach this city either to- night or tomorrow morning. Mr. Robert W. Moore, manager of the Washington branch of the Crawford Shoe Company, place the charge of embezzlement against Dyott before the grand jury this forenvon and an indictment will ‘ollow. The indict- ment will be found on but one charge, that of abstracting $65.61 from the cash till. He will also be indicted for bigamy, as one of the Clipper brothers told a Star man this afternoon that he had positive evi- dence that he was married to Mrs. Dyott at Baltimore in 18v1, by Rev. Mr. Har- court of Grace M. E. Church, and that he was married to one Miss Ricketts at Rock- ville, Md., about two weeks ago by Re Mr. Rosensteel. Mr. Clipper could not say that the young lady Ricketts, to whom Dy- ott was married at Rockville, was Miss Clipper. The description led him to believe | that it was. In a Chicago interview Dyott said that he was only living with Mrs. Dyott and Was not married to her. He claims that she legally acknowledged this for $150. ‘The lady's friends repudiate this charge. While under lock at Chicago, Mr. Dyott talked a great deal about his iMustriog family conections in this country and in England, and said that the charxe of em- bezzlement®was trumped up by the lover of Miss Clipper and Mr. Robert W. Moore, who succeeded him as manager of the Washington stores. Mr. Moore, in an in- terview this afternoon with a ieporter for The Star, said: “Mr. Dyott may sider his allegation that the embezzlement charge ts a trumped up one when the evi- dence is in. The jury must decide the worthiness of the charge and not Dyott. Dyott never was the manager of our Washington branch, but was simply the chief clerk of one store and was respon- sible to me for cash and stock.” Mr. Clipper left for Chicago immediately and has not been heard from by the fam. ily. No information as to the whereabouts of Miss May family. It is said that Dyott declares that he has not married her. This statement, like many others he has made, is not pelteved. The friends of the young lady, believe with reason, they say, that Dyott and Miss Clipper had a love affair, and she was in- duced to run away and wed him, not knowing that he was either a married man or a defaulter. They think that when all the facts come out the young lady will be found to be absolutely blameless, seems to have reached the SOUTHERN METHODISTS, Delegates to the General Conference Chosen, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 2.—The following delegates to the general confer. ence were chosen by the Baltimore con- ference of the M. E. Church South today conference then College. sited Randolph-Macon a EFFORT TO ESCAPE. Attempt of Three Convicts at Rich- mond Frustrated, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 2.—Frank Cole, a | Noted burglar and desperado, serving a ten- years’ sentence in the state penitentiary here,attempted to escape prison at 3 o'clock this morning with two fellow-prisoners by cutting through the roof, then letting him- self down by means of a rope made of bits of twine, which he had secreted in his cell. A guard discovered Cole as he was about to descend and fired upon him without etfect, but prevented further escape. The othors crawled back through the hole into their cell. Cole hid upon the roof, where he was captured at daylight. a BISHOP O’FARRELL DEAD. He Was the Head of the Catholic Dio- cese of Trenton. TRENTON, N.J., April —Right Rev. Michael J. O'Farrell, bishop of the Catholic liocese of Trentoa, died early this morning at the episcopal residerce. Vicar General McFaul was with him in his last moments. setieiiineataseis Gen. Schofield’s Trip. Gen. Schofield has gone to San Francisco with a party of frierds. It was rumored by some that he had gone there on a special mission connected with the establishment of fortifications at Pearl river, Hawaii, and by others that he had gone to investigate at the Presidio. In- quiry shows that there is not the slightest Gen. Scho- about ten days, Blackburn should , nge in their re- | She used to send IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS Mr. Thomas E. Benedict to Again Be Public Printer. Mr. Chas. H. J, Taylor 6f Kansas to Be Recorder of Deeds of the Dii trict of Columbia. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: State—Thomas E. Benedict of New York, to be public printer; James D. Yeomans of Iowa, to be interstate commerce commis- sioner. Justice—Andrew Jackson Sawyer of Ne- braska, to be attorney of the United States for the district of Nebraska. interior—Charles H. J. Taylor of Kansas, recorder of deeds in the District of Co- lumbia. Joseph F. Heiner of Colorado, register of land office at Gunnison, Col.; Louis Gras- muck of Colorado, receiver of public tmon- eys at Gunnison, Col. Jas. A. Munday of Washington, receiver of public moneys at Vancouver, Wash. ‘To be consuls of the United States—Rich- ard M. Burk of Illinois, at Chihuihua; John Bidlake of North Dakota, at Barranquilla; Jas. H. Dinsmore of Texas, at Cienfuegos, Cuba; George R. Renst of Wisconsin, at Reichenberg, Bohemia; William C. Foster of Arizona, at Trinidad, W. 1.; Walter R. Henry of North Carolina, at Curacoa,W. L; Clifford Smyth of New York, at Cartagena, Colombia. ‘To be collectors of customs—Charles R. Bisbee of Florida, for district of Saint | could be trusted, and also saying it was/ their desire to avoid a public scandal. He placed in their hands a check for $160, to be used by them in providing for the comfort of the plaintiif. The check was returned John’s, Fla.; Emil Olund of Minnesota, dis- | trict of Duluth, Minn.; John A. Wilson of New Jersey, for district of Burlington, N. J.; John D.’ Davis of North Carolina, ‘dis- | trict of Beaufort, N. C. i} vw Recorder of Deeds. | Mr. Charles H. J. Taylor of Kansas, who | | was teday appointed recorder of deeds for | the District of Columbia, is well known in | thie city. In his appointment the President |Tecognized the part taken by colored men on bebkalf of the demecratic ticket at the last national election. Mr. Taylor is pres- ident of the National Democratic League, and vas strongly indorsed by all the prom- inent colored democrats of the country. He ts an educated man, and is the editor of the Ameri at Kansas City in the interests of the col- ored race. He was recently nominated by President Cleveland as United States minister to Colombia, but failed of confirmation. Recorder Bruce had an interview with the President today, in the course of which his resignation was accepted. MR. BENEDICT’S NOMINATION, Senator Hill Says There Will Be No Trouble About Confirmation. The nomination of Mr. Benedict for public printer was sent in this afternoon. Mr. Hill expresses satisfaction with the selection, and is of the opinion that th: re will be no trouble about prompt confirma- | tion, ————_+e.__. PRAY BE SEATED. A Bill to Provide Chairs for All Shop Gir! | If @ bill introduced by Senator McMillan today ever becomes a law the genial ex- chairman of the Senate District ccmmit- tee will probably become the patron saint of the shop girls of the District. In effect the bill says to these young women: “Pray be seated.” In terms it provides that all persons who employ females in stores, shops, offices or manufactories as clerks, assistants, operatives or helpers in any business shall be required to provide proper and suitable seats for all such females and shall permit their use as may be necessary, and shall not make any rules, regulations or orders preventing the use of such seats when such female employes are not actual- ly employed in their work. Section 2 of the bill provides that any neglect or re- fusal to provide seats In this manner shall be considered a misdemeanor, and each offense shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding $25, with costs. The bill was referred to the District committee. $$$ THE BERING SEA BILL. It Will Come Up in the Senate After Mr. Voorhees’ Speech. The Bering sea bill, reported today by Senator Morgan, was about to pass the Senate this afternoon, when several Sena- tors asked some time to consider the bill and see it printed with the Senate amend- ments. Senator Morgan asked unanimous ‘consent that the bill be considered after Senator Voorhees’ speech,which was agreed to. The amendments made by the committee | consist in the recital of the articles of the | treaty from 1 to 9 as a preamble and the adding in line 3 of the first section after the word stat “or person avoiding the duty of obedience to the terms of the trea- ties of the United States,” and a few other | verbal amendments. 3+ __ THE SUPREME COURT. A Fall Bench for the First Time Since | | Justice Lamar’s Death. | ‘The Supreme Court sat today with a full bench for the first time since the death of Justice Lamar, in January, 1893. The re- turn of Justice Jackson from his trip in the sOuth made up the full bench, for which | several important cases have been waiting for a decision. Chief Justice Fuller announced the follow- ing reassignments of justices to circuits: Justice Brown to the second circuit; Justice White to the fifth circuit, and Justice Jack- | son to the sixth circuit. In the case of Henry Herrman et al. agt. W. H. Robertson, collector of the port of New York, from the circuit court for the southern district of New York, a decision affirming the judgment of the court below was read by Chief Justice Fuller. Duties had been paid under protest by the plaintiff, importer. The protest was held to be suffi- cient. Solicitor General Maxwell filed a motion to advance the case to upset the sugar/ trust under the Sherman anti-trust law. sce epee Cruiser Columbin. The triple-screw cruiser Columbia was to have been put in commission at Cramp’s | shipyard today, but it has been found ne- |day next. Capt. Charles W. Sumner will el and she will be put in condition for ac- tive sea service. 9. —_____—. An Appointment. Robert Magruder, M. L. Walton, J. A.| Mr. James B. Cook, an employe of the | Robinson, G. L. evens, George R. Hill railway mail service, has been appointed and J. P. Hancle, lay delegates; Rev. Dr.! chief clerk of the weather bureau under | Smithson and Rev. FE. Denny, clerical.’ The | the Agricultural Department. Chicago ae GO, April High. Lo Sule 59 Cc. | Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., April 2.—Flour_dull—western sniper, 01.90: do. extra, 2.0042. 2.60n2.90; winter Wheat, patent, patent, 3.6543. spring wheat, B18 barrel els, M: 1083.35; xpring straight, 3.250 shipments, 120 bar- Wheat easy shipments, S000 m grade, Sa3SN4: a4, Xo. 2’ mixed western, 35 els; stock, 91,801 bushels, —stock, "25.850 bushels. Hay cholce timothy, — $14.50a$15.00. ghts steady. Sugar dull and unchanged. : steady—fancy creamery, 22; do. imitation, ; do, ladle, 14015; od ladle, 12413; store 1, 910. Eggs | steadier—fresh, 1)a11%. aa Citizen, a paper published | | cessary to postpone the event until Mon- | | then assume formal command of the ves- | ain and Provision Markets, | %., bankers aud brokers, | % | asked. @8| 75 bid. Arlington, 155 bid, 162 asked. 2.45; do. family, | FINANCE AND TRADE|The Armor of Spring Foreign Selling in Wall Street To- day. EFFECT OF THE TARIFF DISCUSSION ‘Industrials” Likely to Be Influ- enced Most. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 2.—In sympathy with the tenor of early London cables, prices opened off from 1-4 to 5-S per cent this morning, and tmmediately relapsed into dullness. Foreign houses were moderate sellers around initial figures, a circumstance wholly unexpected by the room. Prices became steady under the influence of the professional element, who are still bullish for a quick turn. Considering the | recent advance in nearly all of the low- priced stocks, many of which are bankrupt and selling ve their intrinsic worth, a reaction at this time would be beneficial to the general character of speculation. The market {is not broad enough to war- rant any sustained advance in stocks of the non-dividend paying class, and must react whenever present holders attempt to 1ar- ket them. The reopening of the tariff debate will have a depressing effect on the industrial group and prices, as usual, will be made to reflect Wall street's estimate of the various speeches on the subject. Railroad earnings reported today were not ‘calculated to sustain prevailing opinions as to the rapid improvement in this important financial item. 4vuisviiie and Nashville, for example, re- ports a gross decrease for February of $340,661 and a net decrease of $112,702, mak- ing a total decrease for eight months of $769,925. Missouri Pacific, it is estimated, will show a decrease of nearly half a mil- lion for March. | The dividend paying roads are showing | encouraging improvement and will soon re- port increased earnings if present expecta- tions are realized. The bear party kept up a persistent ham- mering during the afternoon, but were only moderately successful in their efforts to depress prices. Western Union was an easy mark, and sold off 1 per cent on the renewed operations of a long-time bear. Chicago Gas succumbed to the selling, in- duced by fears of an adverse decision in their anti-trust suit, losing 1 per cent to 63 1-4. Atchison lost 1-2 per cent and Mis- sourl Pacific gained 3-4. Cordage was again quite active at an advance of 3-4 per cent to 23 1-4. The mar- ket for sterling and continental bills opened steady, with prices fractionally lower for short sterling. There was a noticeable falling off both in the demand for and supply of conti- nental bills. London's selling of our se- curities naturally curtai'ed the supply of bankers’ bills. The last hour's trading presented no new features. The market rallied slightly from the lowest, but closed dull and irregular. ——— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the hi the lowest and the clost-g prices of the New York stock market today, as reported oy Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 30 Broadway: Stocks. American Sugar. American Sugar, American Tobacco. American Cotton 0} Atchison Canada Southern Canada Pacitic Chesapeake and C. C. C. and St. L. Chicago. B. and Chic. and Northwestern. Chicago Gas . . M. and St. Paul _M. and St Pani, pfd. GR. 1. and Pacific... Del., Lack. and W.. Delaware and Hudson... Denver and Rio Grande, Dis. and Cattle Feeding. General Electric . “ Tihnois Central. Lake Shore. Erie.... . Louisville and Nashville. Long Islana L. N. A. and Chicago. Maniattan Elevated. Mienigan Central issouri Pacific ional Lead Co ‘ational Cordage Co National Cordage, P New Jersey Central New Ye N.Y est and fa. ork Central. 1... giand: . ¥.. C, and St. Louts.. jorthern Pacific... . | Northern Pacitic, pfd | North American’. \d New Fi il. . Phila. and Reading . Pullman P. C ; Richmond z Texas Pacitic. Tenn. Coal and Iron: Union Pacitie Wabash Wabash, pf Wheeling & Lake Erie.. | Wheeling & 1 6 pfd... Western Union Tel. Wisconsin Central. VEE 93505 os —___ Washington Stock Exchange. Government Bonds.—U. S. 4s, reg., 1134 bid. U. .» 114% did, 115% asked. U.S. 5s, 117% District of Columbia Bonds.—20-y1 5s, 108 bid. 30-year fund. gold Gs, 11 Water Stock currency ter Stock currency currency 3.658, 11 2-10s, 3438, 100 bid. r fund. bid. 1908, 120 bid. “Fund. 1% bid, 113% asked. Reg. Miscellaneous Bonds. — Washington and Georgetown Railroad cony. 6s, Ist, 125 bid, | 140 asked. Washington and Georgetown | Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 125 bid, 140 asked. | Metropolitan Railroad ‘conv. 6s, 101 bid, 106 jasked, Belt Railroad 5s, 80 bid, 90 asked. | Eckington Railroad 6s, 80 bid, 100 asked. | | Washington Gas Company, ser. A, 6s, 115, | bid, 125 asked. Washington Gas Company, | (ser. B, 6s, 115 bid, 125 asked. Washington | Gas Company conv. 6s, 127 bid. Uniled States Electric Light conv. 5s, 122 bid, 125 asked, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Ss, 0 bid, 101 asked. American Security and Trust 5s, F. & A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. & O., 100 bid. | Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 105 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 105 bid. Washington Market Company ext. | 6s, 104 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 108 bid. Washington Light Infantry 2d 7s, | 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washing- ton, 300 bid. Bank of Republic, 220 Lid, Metropolitan, 270 bid. Central, 280 bid, “00 asked. Farmers and Mechanics’, 1)’ bid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 130’ bid, 140 | asked.’ Columbia, 130 bid. Capital, 115 bid. West End, 106 bid, 110 asked. ‘Traders’, 104 | bid. Lincoln, 98 bid, 98 asked, : | Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—N: | tional Safe Deposit and Trust, 130 bid, 134 Washington Loan and Trust, 121 bid, 126 asked. American Security’ and Trust, *133 bid, 135 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 105 asked. Railroad Stocks,—Washington and George- town, 205 bid, 305 asked. Metropolitan, 0 bid, 100 asked. Columbia, 68 bid, 68 asked. Belt, 21 bid, 31 asked. Eckington, 26 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washi ton Gas, 46 bid, 46% asked, Georgetown Gas, 48 bid. United States Electric Light, *116 bid, 121 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 40 bid, 45 asked. Franklin, 43 bid, 50 asked. ro- politan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 60 bid. Potomac, Ger- man American, 162 bid. National Union, 11 bid, Columbia, 13 bid, 14 asked. Riggs,’ 61% bid, 7% asked.’ People’s, 5% bid, 5! asked. Lincoln, 7% bid, 8% asked. Commercial, 5 bid. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 112 bid, 120 asked. Columbia Title, *6! bid, | ig asked. Washington Title, 8 asked. | ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pennsylvania,47 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 47% bid, 48 asked. | American Graphophone, 3 bid. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .25 bid, .30 asked. Miscellaneo: Stocks.—Washington Mar- ket, 13 bid, 15 asked. Great Falls Ice, 139 bid, 150 asked. Bull Run Panorama, 15 bid. Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, :) bid. Lincoln Hall, 80 bid. 100 asked. *Ex. dividend. ——. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: $ a.m., 42; 2 p.m., 47; maximum, 49; mini- jmaum, 40, Inter-Ocean Building, —aT— PERRY'S. OMPORT is clamoring for the less _j*eighty UNDERGARMENTS. There is no dodge in the call. Must have is everybody's coadilion. Where to tmy? is the qtestion. Where will the least money go fartbest? Where is the best va- riety? HERE—wfMl assume all these “wheres*— to your profit and satisfaction. We are extremely cautious what we put Into stock 0 that we shall not be compromised in our declarations of goodness. Some makers use good enough quality—but they don't know how to shape up the garments. Others are Strong in fushioning—and weak im value. Just a few have mastered the art com- Dining both—and here is the result: Ladies’ Underwear. LADIES’ RICELIEU RIBBED WHITB COTTON VESTS—with low cut neck and no sleeves—tape im neck and arms—12%c.—2 for 2e. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED COTTON VESTS, in White and Ecra, with low neck and no sleeves—silk taped—19c. LADIES’ PLAIN GAUZE VESTS, with high or low neck—long and short sleeves— Be. LADIES’ RICHELIEU RIBBED WHITE LISLE THREAD VESTS—with low cut neck, no sleeves and silk tape—25e. LADIES’ RICELIEU RIRBED WHITE COTTON VESTS, with low neck and no sleeves or ribbed arms—25c, LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED WHITE LISLE THREAD VESTS—low neck and short sleeves —plain or with silk crochet work around neck and arms—te, LADIES’ RICHELIEU RIBBED FAST BLACK LISLE THREAD VESTS—low neck and no sleeves—S0ec. LADIES’ SILK and COTTON MIXED VESTS, with low neck and no sleeves—in White and Colors—50c. LADIES' PLAIN GOSSAMER WEIGHT VESTS, with bigh neck. long and short sleeves and ribbed arms—50r. K LADIES' PLAIN GOSSAMER WEIGHT KNEE PANTS—28 to 40-Inch—50e. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED KNEE PANTS, made with yoke band and to button side— Boe. LADIES’ EXTRA SIZE VESTS—Swiss Ribbed, with high or low neck and short sleeves—0e. WHITE GAUZE RICHELIEU RIBED LISLE THREAD VESTS, with low neck and no sleeves—T5e. Lab SWISS RIBBED WHITE LISLE THREAD KNEE PANTS—T5c. LADIES’ SWISS RIBBED BLACK LISLE THREAD TIGHTS—knee and ankle lengths Hosiery. A contemporaneous need with UNDER- WEAR. Our sharp eyes select the best— ‘and our enterprise Keeps the prices croppad short. “s Ladies’ Hose. LADIES’ FAST BLACK CCTTON HOSE, With double soles and toes and extra high spliced hecls—25c. a pair. LADIES’ BOOT PATTERNS, with fast Black feet and fast ‘colored tops—25c. a patr. LADIES’ RICHELIEU and FINE RIBBED RUSSET COTTON HOSE, with double heels and toes—25e. a patr, LADIES’ EXTRA SIZE BALBRIGGAN HOSE, with double heels and toes—25e. and 35c. a pair. LADIES’ PLAIN and RICHELIEU RIB- BED FAST BLACK LISLE THREAD HOSE— 35c. a pair—3 for $1. LADIES’ LISLE THREAD BOOT PAT- TERNS—warranted fast colors—35c. a pair— 3 for $1. LADIES’ BLACK COTTON HOSE, with solid white feet—50c. a pair. LADIES’ PLAIN BLACK LISLE THREAD HOSE, with double soles, heels and toes— Boe. a pair. LADIES’ PAST BLACK LISLE THREAD HOSE, in four styles of dropped stitcb— SOc. a pair. LADIES’ PLAIN, RICHELIEU and FINE RIBBED, WHITE LISLE THREAD HOSE— with double heels and toes—0c. a pair. LADIES’ BLACK and ECRU GAUZE LISLE THREAD HOSE, with double heels: and tocs—50c. ® pair. LADIES’ PLAIN and RIBBED RUSSET LISLE THREAD HOSE—S0c. a pair. Children’s Hose. CHILDREN’S FINE RIBBED FAST BLACK HOSE, with three thread, heels and toes—12%gc. a pair—2 for 2c. CHILDREN’S FINE HOSE, with double Knees, heels and toes—medium and light weights—25c. a pair. CHILDREN’S THREAD HOSE-S6c. grade—25c. a pair. CHILDREN’S — PLAIN sTIncH HOSE, with double heels and toes—25c. a pair. CHILDREN’S PLAIN RUSSET LISLE THREAD HOSE, in assorted shades—25c. pair. CHILDREN’S HALF SOCKS—White, Rus- set and Fast Black—sizes 4 to 6 inches— 25e. a pair. BOYS' BICYCLE HOSE, with double knees, heels and toes—25c. and 50c. a pair. ‘We shall maintain these grades all the season. There is nothing spasmodic about our value offerings. But we suggest selec- tion now simply because you may be wait- ing for the word that our lines are com- plete. And they are. PERRY’S, Ninth And The Avenue. Established 1840, ay *Member Your Experience Last time you laid carpets ‘Telephone 995. our Spring Needs April showers bring forth the grass and awake all sleeping verdure. You'll soon need a Lawn Mower, We want you to know that fou camot do better anywhere else im this city than bere. The prices are lower this spring than ete? before. tden Hose. 25-foot, complete — combination oo 61.65. ter Hose for $2. , $8. $3.50, 0, S, $8.25, $4.25, 84. ‘ | fling a 475 and Hose Reels, 75e. each. C7 Your old hose sent for, se Paired and deltvered for 250, Lawn Mowers. 10m. Fully Guaranteed Mowers, $3. — Others—the best made—trom $6 to $18. “The Favorite” Mower ts priced at 10 per cent Jess than marked price: i2-in. Were $5.50. Now 84. i+in. Were 6, Now won 16-in. Were $6.50. Now $5.50. tden Implements, rr ge tagh lean Hoes, 20c. to 400. each. ‘The celebrated — ““Searifying* Lawn Rake—keeps the lagn in con: dition without watering, 60c. each, Poultry Netting. 50e. per 100 ft. by the roll, ‘Toe. per 100 ft. cut, Ranges, “Fire King” Gas knowledged the best. a fs almost Indispensable use. Heat off and on Sight, $16. light, $18, Barber & Ross, uth and G Sts. N.W. Sorerrrresereeeseeeeeees are ao. Gas Range for summer | $4.50 DRESS SUIT CASES, NOW $3.50. ‘We got $4.50 for them all last scason. ‘The manufacturer found be could make them Up 60 a8 to enable us to offer them at $3.50. Ilere they are—and mighty handy when you waat to take « short trip. Kneessi, 425 7th St. Grandest, Largest, Most Superb Of All Art Portfolios. “Glimpses Of ? 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