Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS. 3101 Pennsylvania Aveaus, Cor. 11th Stret, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest, Star ts served to #ty by carriers, on their own at 10 cents Bric oF He, pet month. Copies at the counter mes yma ea 2B the, United turday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; (utered at the Office at Washington, D. ry class mall matter) = All mail subscriptiocs must be msde known paid in advance. ites of advertizing Ad ‘ou application. INSTRUCTIONS ASKED Prayers Made by Both Sides in the Breckinridge-Pollard Suit. WHAT THE JUDGE 1 ASKED 10 DO Eleven Requests by Plaintiff and Eight by Defendant. THE DECISION RESERVED ‘The lawyers in the Pollard-Breckinridge —— of promise suit gathered in Judge ley's court this morning to argue on the matter of prayers for instructions to the jury. There was not a large audience t. most of those who were on hand members of the profession, who were Sttracted by the prospect of a legal battle. It was after 11 o'clock when the arguments / as the first hour of the court was ted to hearing motions on all sorts of fubjects, Saturday being the regular mo- tion day of the court. Neither Miss Pollard nor Col. Breckin- ¥idge was present, and while Messrs. Wil- gon, Carlisle, Johnson and Farrell of the Plaintiff's counsel were present, only Messrs. Shelby, Thompson and McKenney @ppeared on behal: When Judse if of the defendant. | seller 4 to hear the case, Mr. Carlisle and read the fourteen prayers whieh Set forth the instructions to the jury for by the plaintiff. The prayers of the tiff read, Mr. Shelby read those pre- pared on behalf of the defendant—eight in ber. The instructions prayed for were, Fobbed of all legal verbiage, as follows: The Instructions Prayed for by Plain- th ‘The court is prayed to instruct the jury this ts an action for breach of contract marriage, and if they find that there ‘were mutual promises; that this constitutes ® binding contract, and that a subsequent Force. ns of the defendant would be no de- neither would proof of the illicit rela-| ms on the part of the plaintiff with anoth- er, if he knew of these relations at the time ©f making the contract. ‘The defendant denies that a contract of @ was entered into by him. His mtention is that there was a mutual un- tanding between plaintiff and himself deceive others with reference to their re- tions. The burden of proof lies with de- ndant, and he must prove that she was a Partner to the understanding. On the whole evidence the verdict must be for the plaintiff, unless the jury finds that he agreed with the defendant before mak- ‘g any promises of marriage that these —. were not to be binding. The rden of proof lies with him and he must — that she was a party to the under- tanding. ‘They must find for the plaintiff whether they find that the defendant made his prom- in good faith or not, if they find tha’ ES took them in good faith and so acted on them. ‘They must find for the Plaintiff unless they find that the plaintiff did not accept the promises and knew they were not bind- ing promises. If the fury believes that the defendant made the promises in bad faith and that Plaintiff accepted them in good faith, they tnust regard this as no defense and the ve @ict must be for the plaintiff. Whether plaintiff understood the reasons of defendant in making the promises or Rot this is no defense and they must find for the plaintiff. The defendant having claimed that he had carnal knowledge before making the Tomises, this does not render the con- ct invalid. if the plaintiff did tell the defendant that she had illicit relations with Rodes and they find that he thereafter made a prom- fse, the fact of her having told him does not invalidate the contract, and they must find for the plaintiff. As to Damages. The fact that the defendant admits his Secret marriage at a date that places it before some and after other promises of Marriages made to the plaintiff is no de- fense and does not militate against the fory as: but should be considered by the ju ry as a matter of agcravation in estimat- damages. If the defendant kept his a Becret from the plaintiff! and then made, to promises of marriage to her this should be considered by the jury as aggravating dam- ages. In estimating damages, if the jury finds for the plaintiff they. should consMer all the facts @xisted between the parties up to the time of the breaking of the promises, the social and pecuniary advantages that would have issued to the plaintiff from the mar- fiage, the humiliation that came from the Felationship and the loss that will come in after life in seeking her own living, and they may also award ex-mplary damages. Ig they find for the plaintiff and also find that the defendant did announce his intentions of marrying her, to a third party, after his secret marriage to an- Other, which marriage he concealed from the plaintiff, they must consider this fact in aggravation of damages, and the ability or inability of the defendant to pay should have no effect upon their judgment. Finally, if the jury finds that the plain- f was sexually pure, save with the de- endant, and that his attempt to impeach her purity was not made in good faith, ey must consider all this in assessing \ atl which damages, however, must claimed, be in excess of the sum ot The instructions prayed for by the de- Yense were briefer than those presented by | the plaintiff. They were read by Mr. Shelby in-mediately prayers for the plaintiff. In substaace they were as follows: Before the plaintiff can recover damages the jury must believe that there was a @ontract entered into between the defend- @nt and plaintiff on they should in the future become man ard wife. If there was no such promise between parties to marry each other then no | made in the presence of another ould constitute @ contract, if these state- ents were made with the understanding at they were to be for the purpose of ceiving and misleading the parties be- | oa whom they were made. If there were illicit relations existing be- tween the plaintiff and the defendant then terms of endearment, evidences of fa- iMarity and the financial support of the Plaintiff by the defendant must be regarded growing out of these illicit relations 4 not out of any promise of marriage. The burden of proof of the existence of & contract lies with the plaintiff. The defendant having been married on April 29, 189s, any —<e to marry made thereafter is vol If the jury finds that a contract to marry was entered into between the parties, and {€ they further belleve that the plaintiff was @ullty of lewd and lascivious conduct with Qther men, such a fact being unknown to the defendant, he was by this released from Bis obligation to carry out the contract; and is is so whether at the time of his re- he knew of such conditions or not. If the jury finds that there was a con- tract, but believes that the plaintiff, by _ or conduct, made the defendant ink that his life was in jeopardy from her he ts excused from fulfilling the contract. If the jury believes that sere was a con- tract, but find that the plaintiff was not by th other men, the verdict he defendant, even if he knew of her fault. The Arguments. Mr. Johnson made the first argument for the plaintiff in support of their prayers, al documents. Mr. defense and was in t when the court After re le Bradley announced that he| in the case and the relations that | after the conclusion of the) d and the judge =) Vor 84. No. 20,853. WASHINGTON, D. © ’ SATURDAY. Che Evening Star. APRIL 7, 1894-TWENTY PAGES TWO CENT An index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. [AN L STREET PROTEST Many Property Owners Obje ot to Bailroa Tracks There. They Say the Street is Too Narrow and That No Public Need for the Line Exists. A protest from owners of property along L street against the running of the Belt line tracks along that street has been filed with the House District committee and with Senator Aldrich, chairman of the se- lect committee on corporations in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Among the signers of the protest are Henry A. Willard,D. Laugh- ran, W. I. Sibley, F. J. Lewis, James N. | Green, Chas. Worthington, B. W. Frazier, O. L. Pitney, W. J. Morris, Raleigh Sher- man, P. BE. Dye, R. K. Helphenstine, Mrs. and Miss Lenman, Mrs. N. H. Cartler, C. M. Hendley, E. C. Dufield, W. H. Trescot, Fred Scoutta, Isabella Higgins, Thos. M. Gale, Edward J. Stellwagen, Mrs. Carey Gwynne, Miss M. E. Patterson, Frank N. Carver, Mrs. H. B. Cooledge, Helen EB Cooledge, Patrick Diggins, W. Crossfield, R. J. Corcoran, L. J. Grieb, A. Krull, C. Albert White, Walter C. Johnsoa, R. B. J. D. Morey, C. H. BE. Richard- . Marshall, Francis Miller, J. P. | Morgan, A. G. Herrick, M. F. Morris, L. D. | Aldin, George E. Emmons, R. R. Shippen, . L. Hodge, L. L. Hodge, L. C. Graham, | Mrs. H. N. Wadsworth, Mrs. M. L. Norton, | A M. Adams, H. Clay Stewart and W. F. Downey. No Necessity f. the Line. The petition says that the owners of | Property on L street and vicinity north- | west, this city, whose signatures appear, most respectfully protest against the grant- ing of a street railroad franchise on L street to the Belt Line Railway Company, or to any other railway company, existing or proposed. The petitioners say that they do not ask that their interests or comfort be considered at the expense of the public rights and necessities, but make this pro- test specifically upon the ground that now there is no public exigency which re- | quires that their interests should be sac- rificed. They assert that the urgency of the demand is only on the part of the cor- porations which are seeking to pre-empt | terri in the northwest, and incidentally unprofitable territory and “To give up a narrow street such as L street,” the petition says, “to a single or | double track amounts practically to de- | stroying the street for residential purposes, | and thereby greatly depreciating the value | of property.”” The Street Too Narrow. “The street is so narrow that there would not be room to back up a wagon to the |curb without its having to move every |time a car passed. Then the next step | Would be, as now propesed on G street, to | take the parking away and widen the road- way. That is to say: First, give the road , the rcom it wants; then proceed to make room for the general public—if that be pos- There is a large distributing water | main on L street. It would be directly un- | der one of the tracks. In case of a break (as_is not infrequent) repairs would be | Most costly. Should not that fact be con- | sidered? If any cross-town line is needed we assert, with positiveness, that it is not needed so far south as L street. The Belt |line already occupies O and P streets for more than half a mile east from 11th street. ; Why should not any extension that is to |be granted be allowed westwardly on P Street from lith? That would be about the center of the territory now occupied. An | extension of the Belt line west from llth street on P street would afford much-need- |ed transportation for the residents of a | large part of the northwest section to and from the market houses situated at 7th and O and on P street between lith and | 15tb_ streets. | “These are considerations of great im- t when taking into account the public benefit. It is a case ofthe greatest good to the greatest number,and the propo- sition should be viewed upon that basis.” | It is further suggested that the proper | source for such an application to come from is the people for whose benefit and convenience it is alleged to be asked. This is followed by an earnest protest, | signed by those whose names are given | above and by others, against the tracks | being put on L street. As evidenced by their protest, the prop- | erty owners on L street are much stirred up over the proposal to permit the occu- pancy of the street by the Belt line, es- Pecially so as the Belt line is in the hands of the men generally regarded striving introduce the trolley system. One of | the signers of the petition said to a Star | Teporter: “It is stated that the House D! | trict committee have agreed to report the | bill favorably. No hearing was granted the property owners, though one was promised. it is feared that the bill will be railroaded through the House.” ——>—__ COL. AINSWORTH’S CASE. Am Assignment for Its Trial to Made Next Week. The unexpected arraignment today of the case of Col. Fred C. Ainsworth, indicted a | few days ago for manslaughter in connec- | om with the Ford's Theater disaster of the | 9th of last June, did not take place, owing | to the other engagements of his counsel, Maj. Ben Butterworth. The arraignment | will probably be had next Saturday, per- haps earlier in next week, and it is the in- tention of the district attorney to secure as early @ trial of the case as possible. SE Treasury Department Changes. ‘The following promotions have been made in the Treasury Department: Indiana, from $1,000 to $1,200. Office of second auditor—M. A. Dillon, New Hampshire, from $1,200 to 31.400; J. W. Whitaker, Delaware, from $1,200 to $1,400 Miss Nannie White, Illinois, from $540 to $1,000; Miss J. W. Sommers, West Virginia, | $720 to $340; Mrs. L. Runnion, Indiana, from $660 to $840; Miss B. A. Coleman, Dis- trict of Columbia, $680 to $720. Office of third auditom—J. H. Cox, New York, from $1,000 to $1,800; H. Govern, jr., | New York, from $1,400 to $1,600; G. D. Ells- | worth, rth Carolina, from $1,400 to $1,600; Geo. Wallace, ‘Massachusetts, from $1,2U0 to | $1,400; Eugene Goiden, Maryland, from $1,- | 200 to $1,400; H. L. Erskine, Nebraska, from $1,400 to $1,600; Miss J. F. Rugg, Massachu- | setts, from $1,000 to $1,200; L. H. Le Fever, Minnesota, from $4) to $1,000. ——— -e-__ ___. Accident at the Torpedo Station. An ofticial report to the Navy Department from Capt. Bunce, commanding the New- port naval station, gives the details of an accideat at the torpedo station there about three weeks ago, by which two sailors lost their lives and another was badly injured. It appears that a badly plugged tube in one of the steam launch boilers blew out, and | the escaping steam caused the death and \injury of the crew. Steps have been taken to have these boats placed directly in | charge of the naval engineers to prevent a recurrence of such accidents. Offices to Be Abolished. The Indian affairs subcommittee on ap- full committee next week. A member of the subcommittee said today that a recom- mendation would be made that the oflices of three of the five Indian inspectors, two of the five traveling Indian agents and of the superintendent of Indian schools be abol- ished. —___- => —__. Investigating Committees to Depart. Representatives Boatner, Terry and C. W. Stone leave for Milwaukee tonight to con- | duct the investigation of the anti-strike de- elsions of Judge Jenkins. At the same time | Representative Bankhe: ommit- tee to examine the condi chicago | post office leaves for Chi . Both com- mittees will begin their investigations on Monday. | Office of Secretary—Miss J. W. Tannahill, "Minnesota, from $00 to $1,200; S. M. Chase, | propriations expects to complete the annual | appropriation bill in time to report to the | BERING SEA CASE The British Parliament Bill Dis- cussed in the Senate. SENATOR MORGAN THINKS IT A MISTAKE That an Amended Bill Has Been Prepared. AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ee RE This is the first Saturday session that the Senate has held since the regular session | Qf Congress convened. | There was some expectancy in the Sen- ate that the opposificn to the tariff bill might be manifested in a manner similar to that of yesterday, but the journal was |read and approved and routine morning | business progressed without interruption. | Bills Acted On. Senator Gallinger, from the committee | on the District of Columbia, reported a bill for the construction of a bridge across the | Zastern branch of the Potomac river at | the foot of South Capitol street in the city | of Washington. It was passed. Senator Blanchard of Louisiana.called up | the House bill, authorizing the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railroad Company to bridge the Sulphur river in the state of | Arkansas or Texas, and it was passed. House bill authorizing the West Brad- dock Bridge Company to construct a bridge over the Monongahela river from the bor- ough of Rankin to Mifflin township, Pa. was called up by Senator Quay, and passed. The Senate also passed House bill to ex- tend the time authorizing the St. Louis and Birmingham Railroad Company to build a bridge across the Ten: i at Clifton, Tenn. Rares) The Bering Sea Matter. Senator Hoar (Mass.) called the attention of Senator Morgan to a dispatch in the morning papers, saying that the British Parliament had passed an act intended to carry out the provisions of the award of the Bering sea tribunal, but according to which ships which might have sailed with- out receiving notice of the passage of the bill should not be Mable to selaure or con- fiscation. He thought if the dispateh cor- rectly reported the text of the act of par- liament it was simply an evasion of the pro- visions of the award of tribunal and would allow Canadian vessels to destroy hundreds of thousands of seals without fear of ar- rest by simply claiming that they did not know the act of parliament has actually He asked Mr. Morgan as to the truth of the dispatch and believed that if it was true some supplemental legislation should be passed by Congress. Mr. Morgan, who was one of the Ameri- can arbitrators at the Paris tribunal and is now chairman of the committee on for- eign relations, agreed that the Senator from Massachusetts was quite right as to his interpretation of the dispaich and the! danger of the extermination of the Alaskan | seal herd which would follow the opera- tions of the reported act of parliament. He explained, however, that some two weeks or more ago Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, had submitted to the State Department the draft of an act of parliament, which, to the best of his recollection, corresponded exactly with the language of that quoted in the dispatch. The —_ pos features of tne pro- posed act which were oppaaed: uged the word advisedly) to the fi aod {nats inter- pretation of the provisions of award, | and those provisions of the proposed act | were firmly and emphatically rejected by the Secretary of State and that the Brit- ish ambassador was so informed. About the same time he learned from the newspapers that a bill had been intro- duced into parliament for the purpose of | giving effect to the award of the Paris tribunal, but whether it corresponded with that submitted by Sir Julian Pauncefote to the State Department he did not know. Hoped It Was a Mistake. Shortly afterward he learned that the bill had been withdrawn by Sir Charles Russell (who was one of the arbitrators | for Great Britain) for the purpose of re- | modeling it, and he still hoped that such | was a fact, and the text contained in the dispatch was that of the unamended bill, | which had been sent out by mistake. The United States had clearly defined its at- | titude by bill, which had recently passed | | both houses of Congress and was in the | hands of the President. It was esteemed by every one concerned to be a matter of propriety and duty that the government of the United States with- out equivocation should manifest its pur- pose of carrying out the provisions of the award in perfect good faith and that Great Britain should be required to act in the same good fuith. Our [legislation on the subject of seal fish- jing in “Bering sea antecedent to the meet | ing’of the tribunal of arbitration was predi- cated on the assumption that we had a ‘right to exercise exclusive jurisdiction in | Bering sea derived from our purchase of | Alaska, and in the exercise of that power ‘and right of legislation Congress had en- | acted laws and prescribed penalties for any who should go into those waters and cap- | ture seals in violation of those statutes. The act of 1893 submitted all those ques- tions to the tribunal of arbitration and it became necessary to pass acts to carry the award of that tribunal into effect. Tt was certain, he continued, that the leg- \islation proposed by Great Britain, us out- lied in the dispatch just read, was not in cordance with the provisions of the award | e Paris tribunal. we have no doubt,” he declared, “that the government of the United States will find itself in a full state of preparation and a full determination that all the benefits and advantages of this award shall be realized by our government. It may be that we did not get in that award every principle of law tor which we contended decided in our favor, but we got all the necessary regula- tions which are requisite for the protection of seal herds which belong to us. Good faith on the part of Great Britain requires that she shall come forward and insist as strenuously and as honestly as we intend to insist upon the carrying out of all the | provisions of that award.” ! This, he concluded, was all he could say on the subject at this time. Aw Evasion of Obligations, Senator Hoar repeated his belief that the alleged act of parliament allowed an entire | evasion of the obligations of the law, and subjected our sealing interests to great dan- ger, if not entire destruction. If the dis- patch was true and contained all the legis- lation the British parliament intended to enact at this time he should be very sorry | to feel that it was not in the power of the | administration to protect the country against those sealers. If there was any doubt in the mind of the President or of the Secretary of State or the | Attorney General that the existing legtsla- jtion was sufficient, he thought that steps \should be taken in Congress to make clear | the duty of the President in the premis: / If this legislation should pass the houses} | of parliament or had already done so, he | would himself Uf no one elise did so) in- | troduce a bill giving the President ample powers to deal with the question. The incident closed with an indorsement by Senator Gray of the belief expressed by | Mr. Morgan that the bill mentioned in the dispatch was the original bill, which had been withdrawn for alteration. An Executive Session. At 1:20 p. m. the Senate went into execu- | tive session, on motion of Senator Morgan. | At 2:15 p. m., after a short time spent |upon the routine business in the executive | session, Senator Morgan of the committee on foreign relations called up the Chinese treaty, and made a speech explaining its! provisions and objects. | | | | th THE TAYLOR NOMINATION A Foregone Oonclusion That it Will Be Rejected. | Western Senators Particularly Favor Home Rule—Much Documentary ‘Testimony Against Taylor. It was generally accepted around the Capitol today as a foregone conclusion that Candidate Taylor of Kansas will eventually be rejected by the Senate. The affirmative vote on his nomination in the District committee is not likely to be in- creased by more than one, if that, when the full vote of the committee has been re- corded. It is understood that the friends of Mr. Taylor in the Senate have now given up all hope of securing a favorable report from the committee, and, indeed, of secur- ing his confirmation. An adverse report from the committee to which a nomination is referred is accepted generally as equiva- lent to a subsequent rejection by the Sen- ate, and in this case it is felt that, even with a favorable report from the commit- tee, this nomination, so odious to both democrats and republicans, would stand very little’ chance of approval by the full y. The attitude of the five Senators who were absent from yesterday’s meeting of committee is not now considered very blematic, and if, as the republican Sen- ators believe, all five will be cast for re- Jection, the vote will stand 9 to 2, which will make so emphatic an effect upon the Senate that It is expected rejection of the nomination will follow almost immediately and by a very decisive vote. Strong Home Rule Sentiments. Indeed there are few who claim more than fifteen votes for Taylor in the entire Senate, so strong is the sentiment among Senators from all sections of the country in favor of the home rule principle. The western men, particularly, are staunch in their support of this idea, which they de- fended valiantly and successfully last win- ter in the matter of appointments to the territcries. The southern men are, as a Tule, averse to the selection of colored “car- bet-baggers” for lucrative and important offices, and most of them would be glad of a chance to defeat this nominee, especially after the record of President Cleveland in the cases of Matthews and Trotter. Documentary Evidence. There has been received at the District committee rooms a large collection of doc- uments on the subject of Taylor's nomina- tion and the attitude of the District people toward him, which, however, have not been given out for publication. They in- clude clippings from The Star and expres- sions of opinions, petitions and memorials from representative citizens of the Dis- trict expressing their opinion of this vio- lation of the home rule doctrine. So far, not a single voice has reached the Senate committee in defense of the nomination, except that of Senator Martin, himself a member of the committee, who yesterday | quoted as an authority for the democratic citizens of Washington a newspaper of the existence of which the members of the committee and the members of the del- egation of representative citizens then be- fore the committee were not aware. oo THE DISTRICT BILL. Senate Committee Going Over the Local Appropriation Me: ire. The subcommittee of the appropriations committee of the Senate, Messrs. Gorman, Proctor and Allison, who have charge of the District appropriation bill, were in session all of yesterday afternoon and devoted the greater part of today to their work upon the bill, The District Commissioners were be- fore the subcommittee yesterday and again today busily engaged in going over the bill amended by the House, comparing it with their estimates and explaining the lat- ter. A delegation of ejtizens from the north- east, headed by Messrs. Frizzell and Tuck- er, were to have had an audience with the subcommittee, but Secretary Carlisle call- ing during the middle of the day, the Sena- tors were unable to hear them. Their mis- sion was to secure an amendment to the bill making appropriation for a fire engine and house in the northeast section. This was recommended by the Commissioners upon the recommendation of the fire chief, but the House committee struck out the bo cco from the estimate, Commissioner received the delegation, who explained their purpose to him, and he promised to bring the matter before the subcommittee in their behalf and urge the amendment. At present, there is no fire engine im the northeast section except that at the corner of Delaware avenue and C street, which is thus obliged to cover an immense amount of territory, much of which is unpaved and therefore very difficult of access. a DISASTER VICTIMS. The Medical Board te Consider the Ford's Theater Injured. Senator Harris, chairman of the Senate select committee to investigate the Ford's Theater disaster, has been notified by Sur- geon General Wyman of the marine hospi- tal service of the appointment of Surgeon F. W. Mead of that service to act as a mem- | ber of the board of surgeons who are to ex- amine the physical condition of those who claim damages in consequence of the dis- aster. This completes the board, the other two members of which, Drs. Hoehling and Edie, have been appointed for some time. The board will meet on Monday morning at 10 o'clock, in the District committee room | in the Senate wing of the Capitol, for the | purpose of organizing and fixing a pro- gram and determining upon a place of meeting. ‘These surgeons are appointed by the heads of the three departments, Navy, War and Treasury, with the understanding that they are to devote their entire time to the consideration of the medical aspect of the claims that are now filed before a select committee. As there are 120 of these claims now on file, the board will probably be in session from now to the Ist of May. ae HIS SENTEN COMMUTED. The President Exercises Clemency in George Barber's Case. On the 6th of April, 1891, George Barber was indicted for violation of policy laws. He was tried and convicted February 1894, and sentenced to five months’ impris- onment in the United States jail in the Dis- trict. The President today commuted his sentence to ninety days’ actual imprison- ment. He says he “deems this punishment, under the circumstances, sufficient to an- swer the purposes of justice.” The petition for clemency in this case was indorsed favorably by District Attorney Birney and Messrs. P. J. McHenry, Wm. N. Helm and J. H. Shelton, but was reported upon ad- versely by Judge McComas, the trial judge. It was shown that Barber was conscien- tiously trying to reform, and that his ser- vices are needed by his famil; New Chief Clerk. Mr. Frank H. Thomas of Michigan, dis- bursing officer of the Post Office Depart- ment, has been appointed chief clerk, vice George A. Howard of Tennessee, resigned. W. R. Milliken of Tennessee has been ap- pointed law clerk in the office of the assist- @nt attorney general, vice Ralph Haynes, resigned. ++ Cadet Appointments. Cadet appointments to West Point have been issued during the past week as fol- lows: Joseph Hall, Delphi, Ind.; Arthur E. Hoxie, Everett, Mass.; ward W. Klein alternate), Marquette, Mich.; Henry B. Farras, St. Joseph, Mo.; Edward J. Davis, Sumter, S C.; Joseph E. Bowman alter- nat Jacksonboro’, 8. C. 14, | |@ condition exists, viewed in the cold, calm | description of the status of affairs today A TRUCE NOT PEACE Affairs in South Carolina Still ina Critical State. THE LIQUOR LAW THE CAUSE OF I? Domiciliary Search by Constables to Be Resisted. WHAT THE LEADERS SAY Special Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 7.—It is difficult to convey to a person beyond the atmos- phere of South Carolina an adequate im- pression of the condition of affairs in this state. It seems almost incredible, but such light of social conditions further north. Some of the reports sent from here may seem exaggerated, but it is an absolute fact that the statement of the condition of af- fairs has been understated, not overdrawn. It is the purpose of this dispatch to pre- sent an absolutely impartial and accurate without dealing with any of the causes leading thereto, and to also give the opinion of responsible people on both sides of the controversy as to the probable outcome in the near future. The Star correspondent was engaged last evening and this morning in talking with representative citizens upon both sides to obtain a consensus of opinion and an au- thoritative statement from a leader on each side summing up the situation from the two points of view. Gov. Tillman, of course, is the man whose opinion comes first, because upon his action all results hang. Gov. Tillman said last night that he intends to insist upon the right of search of private houses for viola- tion of the dispensary law. “To say that private houses cannot be searched,” he added, “is to say that the law cannot be enforced. Wherever there is good ground for belief that the law is being violated in private houses the state constables shall enter.” Gov. Tillman made a further highly sig- nificant statement: “Within two weeks I will have organized a body of 2,500 men, upon whom I can depend to enforce the laws of the state.” Upon these two resolutions of the gover- nor hang all subsequent events. It is a fact beyond the shadow of a doubt that the right to search private houses will be disputed by force of arms and the reorganization of the disbanded citizen militia is progressing equally fast as the mobilization of the governor’s new guards. Since yésterday afternoon The Star cor- | respondent has asked thirty leading citizens | of Columbla—calm, conservative, cool- headed business men, with money at stake—| what will follow an effort to enforce the | law of searching private houses. Without | a single exception the answer was, “It will | never be submitted to.” The answer was never given in a bragga-| docio spirit, but with the quiet determina- | tion of men who mean what they say. This | morning The Star correspondent was re- | ferred to Col. Jas. Norton, assistant con- troller general of the state and Gov. Till- man’s right-hand man, as a person fied to express an opinion from the Tillman side of the controversy. He was asked what the immediate outcome of the recent trouble would be, “It is possible that there may be further trouble,” he said. “It may require more bloodshed to clear the political situation. There is one thing certain—the laws will be enforced and the late troubles have only strengthened the governor's intention to do so. They have also strengthened his sup- | port from the masses of the people in en- | forcing that determination. There is no question that the two classes are arrayed against each other in this state, country against town—the oligarchy against the peo: ple. For years South Carolina was ruled by | a select coterie of people, remnants of the old estate-holding class, to the absolute ex- clusion of the masses. That has galled the | people, and now affairs are reversed. I could lead from my county 2,000 farmer veterans of the late war to Columbia to en- force Gov. Tillman’s commands, and every other section could do likewise in propor- tion. I am not prepared to say that affairs are peaceable.” The correspondent then saw Dr. .Tally, president of the Central National Bank of Columbia, and a leader of the ultra-con- servative element. “We are a law-abiding people,” he said, “and the trouble has arisen only from an unwise administration of an obnoxious law, bunglingly drawn, and containing many crudities. The execution of it has irritated the people because of the manner of carrying cut the provisions. The trou- ble at Darlington was the direct result of a brutal order given by Gov. Tillman to shoot any man who should jeer at them or show contempt for the execution of the law. I do not thiak there will be a repeti- tion of that affair. We hope for a decision of the supreme court scon, which may in a measure con:pose matters.” The situation which this outlines is the true one. The opinion of all classes is that South Carolina today is a powder mine. What the spark will be to set it off and when it will be fired no one foresees. ee SE TROLLEY WON THE FIGHT. Holes Dug and Poles Put Up in the Dead of Night. TRENTON, N.J., April 7.—The fight of the Trenton Passenger Railway Company during the past four or five years to sup- plant its horse car system on West State | street with electric cars was accomplished last night after physical resistance on the part of several property owners, who tried | to prevent the putting in of poles and stringing of wires. This morning electric cars were running where only yesterday there was not the slightest indication of such a result, ex- cept the fact that the board of works had a month ago passed an ordinance granting | the ecmpany the right to do so. The com- | pany had accepted the ordinance, and res- idents were waiting the first move to carry | the matter to court. Last night men ap- | peared on the scene and began digging | holes for the poles. People objected, and some property owners planted themselves in holes and refused to move, but were dragged out, and the work went on. At 5 o'clock this morning Justice Van Syckle granted a writ of certiorari on ap- | plication of Mrs. Roebling, who was one of those who tried to prevent the poles be- | ing put up.’ The writ was served at 6 o'clock, but the work weat on until 10 o'clock, when the men were arrested on | complaint of Street Commissioner Rulon. | Meanwhile poles had been put up and one wire strung. Cars are now being run, amid the cheers of the crowd, the op- ponents of the road being a few residents of West State street. The arrested men gave bail. erste tem ao Received by the President. The President received the Methodist ministers in conference in this city today. | way to Washington and thirteen had made | With the work of the joint committee,which | ANOTHER DAY WASTED! Filibustering Fills Out the Time in the | House. The Democrats Were Unable to Secure a Quorum and Adjourn- ment Was Had. There was an echo of the fight over the contested election cases when the House met today. Two weeks ago the House adopted an order instructing the sergeant- at-arms to arrest absentees. Immediately after the reading of the journal today his report was submitted, showing that all absentees, except such as were known to be in the city, had been summoned by tel- egraph. The report stated that seven of the abcentees had appeared in their seats | since the order was made, six were absent on account of sickness, two were On their no reply to the summons. A Point of No Quorum. Mr. Springer (ill.) moved to discharge the warrant issued by the sergeant-at-arms to arrest absentees. | The republicans declined to vote, and, the | democrats mustering only eighty-five votes | in favor of the motion, Mr. Reed made the point of no quorum. During the progress of the roll call Mr. Caldwell, who was last Tuesday elected mayor of Cincinnati, entered the hall, and was given an ovation. . The Speaker bowed to him from the ros- trum, and on both sides of the House the members applauded cordially. The repub- Means did not vote on the roll call, and, the announcement 157—7 developing the lack of a quorum, a call of the House was ordered. The call developed the presence of 223 members. Further proceedings were dis- pensed with, and the vote recurred on the motion to discharge the warrant of the sergeant-at-arms. Again the republicans refused to vote, and again the democratic quorum failed; this time they were 23 short. A Motion to Adjourn. Mr. Sayers (Tex.) then moved to adjourn, and upon this motion Mr. Reed forced the ayes and nays. ! The motion was carried, 95—90, and the House then, at 2:10 p.m., adjourned. FINANCIAL RELIEF. Authorities Not Satisfied With Condi- tion of the Gold Reserve. It is said that the President and Secre- tary Carlisle are not at all satisfied with the present financial condition of the treas- ury, and that they are considering meas- ures for its relief snd improvement. The | gold balance of the treasury is now but | $5,000,000 above the legal tender reserve, and | it will not take long at the present rate of | excess of expenditures over receipts to en-| urely exhaust the free gold and encroach upon the resefve in meeting the ordinary expenses of the government. The Presi- dent is known to hold the belief that the gold reserve cannot be impaired without danger to the financial interests of the | country. The plan said to be under consid- eration contemplates the protection of the | government's gold holdings by the issue of | bonds bearing a low rate of interest. in_ order to secure legislation to that end a compromise will be suggested whereby the bond bill will also provide for the coinage of the silver seigniorage on the lines laid down by the President in his recent veto message. It is not stated how the matter | will be brought to the attention of Con- gress, whether by a special message by the President or by a bill drawn up by the Sec- | retary of the Treasury and offered in one house or the other by a financial friend of the administration. ———_-20—————— EULOGIES IGNORED. Result of There Being No Quorum in the House Today. Mr. Reed overreached himself in the House today in his persistence fo force the counting of a quorum. At 2 o'clock were to be held eulogies to the late Senator Gib- | son of Louisiana. Mr, Reed, of course, had po desire to interfere with the eulogies, but in his eagerness to press, in season and out ef season, for the counting of a quorum, he made the point of no quorum on an im- portant question. This left the only mo- tions in order one for a call of the House and one for an adjournment. It was then nearly 2 o'clock, and the call of the House would have prevented the proceeding with the eulogies. The only thing left, there- | fore was to adjourn, and an adjournment was taken, the order for the eulogies being ignored. —————-(.—__ CAPITOL TOPICS. Senator McLaurin and Silver. Senator McLaurin has been somewhat annoyed over the confusion of his name with that of Representative McLaurin, in connection with the publication of the plan of the latter to form a silver party. He said today that being a new Senator, it would seem presumption in him to inau- gurate so important a movement, and fur- | thermore, that he was opposed to anything | of the kind. “I am,” he added, “a silver man, but I believe in the mission and the success of the democratic party, and I think that we can settie these disputed | questions within our party organization.” Personnel of the Navy. Representative U. of Missouri made an argument before the joint Senate and House committee on the personnel of | the navy this morning in behalf of the | staff officers of the navy. He objected to the word “relative” in the Navy Depart- ment bill now before the committee, as | applying to the rank of staff officers, and advocated an amendment giving them ab-| solute rank. | Commodore Ramsay was again before the committee and closed his testimony. He also desires to have the bill amended go as | to retain the offices now provided for. The | bill abolishes the rank of commodore and also that of Heutenant commander. Com- | modore Ramsay thinks this a mistake, as | the more grades there are the more fre- | quent the examinations will be, and he be- heves that frequent examinations promote eiliciency. Secretary Carlisle at the Capitol. Secretary Carlisle was at the Capitol for @ short time today, and was in conference with Senators Gorman and Cockrell. His visit is supposed to have been connected has in hand the bill for the reorganization of the Treasury Department. It is under- stood that he also conferred with the demo- cratic Senators briefly as to the progress of the tariff bill, and the future plans for its | presentation in the Senate. | The Jenkins Investigation. | Representative Boatner, chairman of the congressional committee to investigate the famous anti-strike mjunction of Judge Jen- kins, says the modified decision made by Judge Caldwell Wednesday will not alter the plans of the committee. They ceed to Milwaukee on Saturday. ————+e-—_____ Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- will pro- | masters appointed today was forty-six. Of this number twenty-nine were to fill vacan- cles caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. Rosa G. El- more was appointed at Judd, Va., vice G. L. Harrison, resigned. a Bering Sea Bill Approved. The prediction in yesterday's Star in re- gard to the Bering sea bill was quickly verl- | fied, as it received the President's approval almost immediately after it was submitted to him yesterday afternoon. A proclama- tion will be issued on the subject in a few days explaining fully the policy of the gov- ernment in regard to the seal fisheries. \ |and good will among men THE ADVANCE GUARD Coxey's Skirmishers Are Close to the City Limits. IN POSSESSION OF BRUNSWICK Some Sixty of the Army Expected Here Tomorrow. COL. REDSTONE EXPLAINS —_——o—___. The advance guard of the army is expected here from the west evening, and the police are making the necessary preparations to meet the early arrivals, This information was received at police headquarters this afternoon in the nature of a dispatch from E. E. Grannon, chief of the Baltimore and Ohio detective corps. His dispatch reads: “A crowd of about sixty men, who claim to be a part of the Coxey army, have tres- passed on our freight trains from Cincin- nati, Ohio, and are now in our yard at Brunswick station, Maryland, a point fifty miles west of Washington. They are mak- ing their way to your city, and are travel- ing in a body and will reach there tonight. I send you this information and will see you in person this evening.” As stated in the dispatch, Brunswick is about fifty miles from this city, on the Metropolitan branch of the Baltimore end Ohio railroad. There the railroad shops are located, and on account of the many ratl- road tracks at this point trains of coal cars and freights are often sidetracked there and held there. The railroad shops from Martinsburg were removed to this place about two years ago, and the town, which is known as Brazil, is made up entirely of railroad people, and there is not a single drinking saloon there. There are seventy- three miles of track in the town, besides machine shops, round houses and other sheds. The first information received of strang- ers or tramps being there was this morning when two men, arraigned in the Police Court for vagrancy, said that they had tramped here from Brunswick. These men, as stated elsewhere in The Star, were arrested in the vicinity of Ana- costia yesterday. Their appearance indi- cated that they had been sleeping in a barn, for when the officer met them they were brushing hayseed from their rough gar- ments. Preparing a Reception. As soon as the dispatch was received this afternoon Maj. Moore had a conference with Inspector Hollinberger and agreed up- on a plan of action. Soon afterward a telephone message was sent to the various police stations, espe- clally those embracing portions of the coun- ty through which Coxey’s cohorts would be most likely to pass, notifying them of the receipt of the information and directing that the officers be on the lookout for them. The mounted officers were especially no- tified to patrol the county, and send to headquarters any information concerning the approach of the advance guard. Maj. Moore said to a Star reporter this afternoon that the officers would do theif duty in the matter. The county end of the District, he said, will be looked after by the mou3ted police, and the men will be re- ceived by them. He said that in addition to the wan from Chief Crannon he had been told by 2n official of the massing of these men in Cincinnati, and they expected to reach here saat - er it is thougbt by the police that the men will probably not reach here morning if they are faring well in Mary- land, for late Saturday night or Sunday morning would not be a good time for them to reach a large city. Coxey's Loaf of Bread. There was delivered at the White House, by the expressman this morning, a small loaf of very stale, bread, bound with strings and addressed “To the Commissary Gen- eral, Coxey’s Army, Washington, D. C, care of Grover Cleveland.” The label was stamped “D. H., account of charity,” an@ showed that the package came from Arkansas. The expressman said he had taken the package to Mr. Redstone as the local representative of Gen. Coxey, but that he would not receive it, and told him to take it to the President, as it had been sent in his care. A receipt was given for the bread and it was taken into the mansion, but the President will not be made acquainted with the fact of its arrival until he reads of it in The Star. At the commonweal headquarters Col. Redstone was very much exercised about the loaf, maybe on account of its sugges- Uveness of the confirmed habit followed by the great majority of Coxey’s army. “I'd like to get that loaf of bread,” he re- marked earnestly. “It would be worth $500 to the cause. Raffle it? No, I'd have it photographed and sell the pictures. I | Wouldn't receive it yesterday because it was addressed in care of Grover Cleveland, Col. Crook was very much put out, appar- ently, when I saw him today, about the effrontery of any one sending such an ar- ticle in care of the President. I told him it showed that Mr. Cleveland had not r% lost the sympathies of all the people. I don’t think he liked that, either. The Local End. “There is very little that is new,” he continued, in response to The Star’s in- terrogatories. “I have received reports | which conclusively prove to me that the Statements in the press about the move- ments of the commonweal are altogether inaccurate. The army, as it is erroneously called, is receiving recruits as rapidly as they can be handied and taken care of. “It will be here on time and will perform the duties for which it set out. I would not like to state the number of men who will come. Three hundred thousand? Yes, I believe more than that. They are on @ mission of peace. You can tell som of the character of the men in the move- ment when all who have recruited in Penn- sylvania nave brought their temperance pledges with them. Immoral men do not carry those sort of documents, “Things are moving quietly and success- fully in Washington. About 250 numbering five or more men in each have been formed, and a week from tomorrow night we will hold an open meeting in this hall. I am more than encouraged the progress of the movement so far.” The Objects. “I am asked many times daily,” he con- tinued, “‘What is the object of Coxey’s movement? My answer is to secure the passage of measures that will employ the now enforced idle, improve the public roads, circulate money, make a demand for the product of the farm, the revival of trade with the merchant and manufacturer; re- sult, a prosperous country, ‘Peace on earth * And now, if any ftatesman can and will propose a measure of more speedy relief to a destitute people, | and Congress will pass it, than the bills pre- sented by Mr. Coxey, they will be accepted readily. If they cannot do this, why should they not pass Mr. C 's bills, which none can deny will accomplish the producti from the natural resources, as all means of advancement and comfort come from de- veloped natural resources by the operation of labor.” sissies Jefferson's Birthday, The secretary of the National Association of Democratic Clubs has reports from ail parts of the country to the effect that the customary celebration of Jefferson's birth- day will be very general this year. It is suggested that all clubs observe it at this time and that those which have not done so in the past shall join in the common prac- uce.