Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. eaes> ae nhenlE PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. 11th Street by The Hivening: Sise Loge Company, Yew York Ofice, 8 Potter Building, ‘The Bveing Star is served to wu 5 city by carriers, na thelf awn ‘seco Bet wreck. or 44¢. per month. cents each. States or “Gaterday_ Qaintagd a 24 ntuple Sheet Star, With forsien post added, ). pcentered at the Bost Offce ae Wi ‘scceun! hy "uall~angwaere’ tm tne Gained da—postage prepaid—S0 vents per $1.00 per year; Cana Washington, D. C., Che Lvening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,861. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. WHY THEY LAUGHED Mr. Reed and Republicans Enjoy the Situation in the House, THE EYSPEAKER AS A PROPHET Attitude of Republicans Toward the Quorum-Counting Rule. MR. REED’S CRITICISMS It was only a few months ago, hardly palf a dozen, that Mr. Reed of Maine stood in bis place on the floor of the House and warned the democrats that the day was surely coming when the principle of ascer- taining the presence of a quorum by in- cluding those present and not voting would be adupted by a democratic Congress. People who heard that prophecy well re- member the shouts of derision and the deering laughter with which it was received on the democratic side of the chamber. This afternoon recorded the fulfillment of Mr. Reed's prophecy under most interest- ing and somewhat extraordinary circum- Stances. This afternoon saw Mr. Reed re- fraining from uttering one word of jubila- tion, declining to cast one taunt at the op- Position, and yielding the time of debate belonging to him to democrats who de- sired to oppose the new rule. Mr. Reed — to Mr. Bryan, Mr. Cummings, Mr. iigore and other democrats, who spoke against the adoption of the rule. The republicans assumed the attitude of listeners entirely, and only evidenced their @pparent interest in the proceedings by vigorously applauding the democrats who most loudly declaimed against the proposi- tion. Every reference to “tyranny,” “gag law” and “the down trodden minority” was applauded by the republicans. On the republican side of the chamber it Was something of a gala day. Members Were laughing and apparently in a very | humor. The democrats appeared Somewhat subdued. The straight-outs, who opposed the rule, were very blue and the Smiles of the others, those who shut their eyes and swallowed the medicine of the {Qmmittee on rules, were grim ones at st. In the lobbies the republicans expressed keen regret that the debate had been limited. They desired the dissenting demo- crats to have ample opportunity to com- Plair of the tyranny of the rule. Mr. Catchings had offered four hours’ debate to the opposition, which they scornfully refused, and were compelled to finally vote without any debate. Mr. Reed on the Rale. Ex-Speaker Reed says, concerning the Rew quorum-counting rule introduced to- day: “It should be fully understood that there $s no objection from the republican side to the principle or substance of the rule, but only to its details. It 1s cumbersome and Jacking in that simple directness which will permit it to accomplish the purpose it seeks to accomplish. In a question of this im- portance, also, it would seem as though there should be ample time to consider the rule and fortify it in every way possible. For this reason we do not feel called upon to participate in the program of rushing throcgh the rule after an hour or so of @ebate. before the rulé has been printed, and before any one hag seen, much iess mastered, the intricacies of the ru! Still, there fs no purpose to oppose the measure further than to point out its want of sim- plicity and directness.” Representative Springer went over from the democratic side and joined Mr. Reed in the discussion of the rule. Mr. Reed proceeded: “The amendment offered by us in the rule we tried in the Fifty-first Con- sgtess and found not to be wanting. It is brief, simple and free from ambiguity.” Mr. Springer suggested that the clause of the new rule requiring two members to act as tellers and do the quorum counting from the clerk’s desk would be difficult of exe- eution. “There are few men in the House who can be found to serve as such tellers,” said Br. Reed. “Members do not know all their associates. The Speaker is about the only one who can designate every man by name. It will simply revert to relying on the clerks, and the provision for tellers will be @ naked formality.” After thus pointing out what he @s the “mussy” character of the rule, Mr. Reed again emphasized the point that there — be no factious republican opposi- n. ‘The democrats have finally indorsed the principle of a quorum-counting ruie, and <= only effort on his part would be to per- & that rule. ———-o+____ BANK TAX REPEAL. It is Proposed to Have Test Votes on the Various Plans. Representative Swanson of Virginia, who ot up the recent democratic caucus on the State bank question, is making a careful poll of the Heuse on conditional, uncondi- tional and all intermediate and compromise repeal plans. He expects the question to come before the House in about two weeks, at which time, in accordance with the reso- Tution adopted by the caucus, the Brawley bill will be amended so as to present the State bank issue. The purpose is to have Beveral amendments, embodying conditional, unconditional and other plans, so that a thorough test may be had on successive votes. In making his poll Mr. Swanson is asking members if they would compromise on a repeal of the state bank tax under the following conditions: First, state bank issues hereafter to be Wmited to 75 per cent of the unimpaired gon stockholders to be liable on their Stock, and also individually liable to an Qmount equal to their stock. ‘Third, currency issued by a state bank to be a first preferred lien on the assets of the Fourth, state bank currency to be re- deemed in full legal tender money of the United States. Mr. Swanson says this is substantially the Louisiana plan, which gave that state the t system of the old state bank days. “The strong feature of it,” sald he, “is that it relieves the federal government from Supervision of the state banks. The only @uty of the federal authorities is to see that the four conditions are in the charter of a State bank. If they are, the bank does not Pay the tax. If they are not, the tax is le."* ae See ANOTHER NEW WARSHIP. led to the Whe’ Cruiser Raleigh A’ Navy Today. ‘Another new vessel was 7dded to the navy y. It is the 3,000-ton cruiser Raleigh, at the Norfolk navy yard entirely un- @er government supervision and in accord- Qnce with plans and specifications prepared &t the Navy Department. She is the sister Bhip of the cruiser Cincinnati, now under on at the New York navy yard. enjoys the distinction of being the first vessel of the new navy built by the governm She was placed in commis- sion today, under command of Capt. Merrill Miller, and will be made ready for active fea service at once. Her career will be Watched with interest, as affording a basis f comparison between the work of the gov- €fmment and the work of private ship ers. —- Capt. Wood's Death. The War Department Is informed of the @eath of Capt. Abram E. Wood, fourth cavairy, at the Presideo of in Francisco, Saturday. He served through the civil war @ad bai an excellent record. HOW REPUBLICANS FIGURE|MEN OF SCI ENCE |USELESS customs oFFices Chairman Babcock Expects His Party to Poll Its Largest Popular Vote. Necessary to Contest Every Inch of the Ground in Order to Get Control —Two Campaigns in 0: Mr. J. W. Babcock, the chairman of the republican congressional committee, when asked by a Star reporter what he thought of the outlook for a republican victory this fall, said: “I believe the people have had all they want of free trade theories, and whether the Wilson bill become< a law or not cuts but little figure in the result this fall, for the democratic party has proven to the country its utter inability to formulate leg- | islation or conduct the affairs of the gov- ernment. Every attempt it has made so far has resulted not only in disappoint- ment to the country at large, but to the best element in the democratic party. This condition of affairs, I believe, will result im the republican party polling the largest popular vote in its history.” “What will be the result in the House?” “The result of the election this fall will be of greater importance, and there is more at stake, than at any election held since the war. At present, there are twenty- five states that have been apportioned by the democrats, and eleven by the republi- cans. The remainder elect at large, having only one or two members each, and have not been apportioned.. The vote that elect- ed Benjamin Harrison President in ‘88 | Save us a majority of three in the House, but the same vote today, which was then @ decided republican victury, would give the democrats from ten to twelve majority in the House. This result is brought about by gerrymanders in large northern states, among which are New York, Michigan, Hli- nois aad Wisconsin. So you will at once see that we can win by a large popular vote and still lose the House. The demo- crats now have 120 members and the re- publicans 7 from the solid south. The democrats need only 59 more to make a ma- | jority, and have 28 northern states to elect them from, while we must secure 172 mem- bers from these same states to organize the House, or in other words, we must elect 172 members out of 229 districts—or three members to their one. And under the present gerrymanders, the problem is, can we elect 75 per cent of the members in the 28 eastern, western and northern tes? The present indications are that we can elect in over 80 per cent of these districts, but to do this we must contest every inch of ground. The race for the control of the next House, I believe, practically deter- mines the coming presidential election, for if the democrats control the Fifty-fourth Congress by a majority of states, their plan of campaign for ‘96 will be to indorse the populist ticket in enough northern and western states to prevent the republicans from securing a majority of the presiden- tlal electors, and in this way throw the election of the President into the House. So you will at once see that {f we lose the Fifty-fourth Congress we will go into the presidential campaign badly handicapped. We do not look for any great gains from the south, for I believe that the legislation so far enacted, and the pending Wilson bill, together with the income tax provision, will strengthen the democratic party in that section. They have for years demand- ed free trade and cheap labor, and no one will dispute the self-evident fact that the Price of labor has been greatly reduced since the election of Mr. Cleveland in 1892. | It is the duty of the committee to look the | facts squarely in the face, but I confidently believe that we can secure a fair working Majority in the Fifty-fourth Congress, but it will not be large, and our friends, who rashly predict that we will carry the House by anywhere from 50 to 100 majority, have entirely overlooked the conditions we have | to contend with. We will practically e to conduct the two campaigns in one, and to win will require the combined and un- | tiring efforts of every republican and citi- | zen who has the best interests of the coun- try at heart.” —_—_+-o+_____ 4S TO BERING SEA. ‘There Will Be Little Opportunity for Pelagic Sealing. ‘The modifications which have been made in the British Bering sea bill have robbed that measure of the features which were most obnoxious to our government, and it is believed here that if the act is: thoroughly administered there will be little opportunity for pelagic sealing in the closed zone. As it now stands, the result of the Paris arbi- | tration having been published in the British Columbian newspapers last fall, it would be a difficult task for the owners and mas- ters of any sealing craft to convincean im- partial court that they were “not aware” of the provisions of the award. And unless they could establish such ignorance, their vessels and cargoes are no longer free from forfeiture. The opportunities to plead igno- Trance are expected to be very few, as it is reported that the customs officers at Vic- toria notified all the sealers clearing from that port since the beginning of the year | of the provisions of the award, and warned | their masters of the dangers of seizure. ————__+- e+. ___ DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. As to Alien Ownership. |. Mr. Reilly of Pennsylvania has introduced | in the House a bill exempting Kate Fogarty | from the provisions of the law restricting | alien ownership of land in the District of Columbia. ‘The Suburban R.R. Company. President George P. Davis of the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company | appeared before the House District com- mittee today to urge a change in the char- | ter of that company. He explained that the company propos:s to abandon the line cn E street, on 4th street and the square | south of Judiciary Square; also to abandon | the plan of using the Columbia Company’s | tracks, and instead of that to extend the | line upon G street from 7th to 15th street east. Mr. Davis made a brief argument in | rebuttal of the statement that the proposed ine is useless because it would paraliel one already in existence. He said that ) while the line would be geographically par- allel, it would accommodate a different | class of traffic, and would serve the people | who now use the herdic line. Suburban Railroad Charter. Senator Daniel today introduced a bill ex- actly similar to that introduced by Mr. Richardson of Tennessee in the House on the 30th of March, amending the charter of | the Suburben Railway Company of the Dis- trict. ! | Police Pension Fund. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment and Lieuts. Boyle and Amiss, members of the committee to look after the | police pension fund, called on Senators Gal- linger and Martin yesterday, and advanced | the proposition of Maj. Moore, to set aside | part of the excise fees for the fund an- | mually. The members of the committee | were very much encouraged by the recep- tion given them. —_——_——_-e—____ Breckinridge at the House. Representative Breckinridge of Ken- tucky was again on the floor of the House today. His manner was easy, and he seemed to be back in the old congressional channel. He wrote at his desk much of the time, and during the debate on the new rule went to the rear of the House and con- ferred with Chairman Sayers of the ap- propriation committee as to current com- mittee work. There was an unusually large crowd in the galleries, most of whom were ladies, to whom Mr. Breckinridge seemed to be the center of attention. Col. Phil Thompson, who Is an ex-mem- ber entitled to the floor, joined Mr. Breck- inridge, and the two sat on one of the rear lounges and chatted smilingly together. Annual Gathering of the National Academy of Sciences. SESSIONS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM Many Interesting Papers to Be Read During the Meetings. SOME OF THOSE PRESENT SS ee The members of the National Academy of Sciences gathered i ‘his city this morn- ing for the annual b ness and scientitic meeting. This is one of the most important bodies of the country, numbering in its | Membership many of the leading men in the various scientific brarches. The meet- ings are to last several days, the sessions being held in the lecture hall of the Na tional Museum. During the meeting there are to be a number of papers read at the sessions, which are opened to the public at noon. There wes a fairly large attendance of members and others when the first meet- ing was called to order by the president, Prof. Marsh of Yale University. Prior to this there was a business meeting of the council, at which a number of details of interest and importance to the academy were transacted. 1t wus decided then to hold the election for members of the coun- cil tomorrow and of members of the acad- emy on Thursday, The open sessions last until 1:30 o'clock, and then a short re- cess is taken for luncheon, after which the reading of papers {is continued. The first paper today was by Prof. Goodale of Harvard University, on a botanical subject, but the list of papers altogether cuvers a very wide range. Some of Those Present. Among those who are present for the April meeting are the following: Carl Barus, Washington; Assistant Surgeon Gen. John S. Billings, Washington; Wm. H. Brewer, New Haven; Col, Thomas L. Casey, Wash- ingon; Seth C. Chandler, Cambridge, Mass.; Prot. Edward D. Cope, University of Penn- sylvania; Samuel F. Emmons, Washington; Walcott Gibbs, Newport, R. I.; Theodore N. Gill, Washington; Prof. George L. Goodale, Cambridge, Mass.; Prof. G. Brown Goode, Washington ;Benjamin A. Gould,Cambridge, Mass.; Arnold Hague, Washington; Prof. Asaph Hall, Washington; Prof. Charles 8. Hastings, New Havén; Secretary Samuel P. Langley, Washington; Prof. 5 New Haven; Prof. T. C. Men . ington; ard §. Morse, Salem, Mass.: Prof. Simon Newcomb, Washington; Prof. ira Remsen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Prof. Henry A. Rowland, Johns Hopkins; Charles A. Schott, Washington; William Sellers, Philadelphia; Prof. Francis A, Walker, Boston; Charles A. White, Washington, and Prof. Charles A. Young, Princeton, N. J. Papers to Be Rend. Prof. O. C. Marsh of Yale University, is the president of the academy, and 1s pre- siding over this meeting. The following pa- pers have been entered to be read: ‘“Histo- logical Characteristics of Certain Alpine Plants and the Corrosions by Roots,"by Prof. George L. Goodale of Harvard University; “An Investigation of the Aberration and Refraction of Light," by Prof. George C. Comstock of Madison, Wis, ; * raphical Memoir of John Le Conte,” by ‘of. Jos. Le Conte of berkeley, Cal; ‘The Coral Reefs of the Bermudas,” by Prof, Alexan- der Agassiz of Harvard University; "The So-called Serpulae Reefs of the Bermuda: by Prof. Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University; “The Bathymetrical Extension of the Pelagic Fauna,” by Prof. Alexander Agassiz of Harvard University; “New Method of Determining the Relative Affini- tes of Certain Acids,” by Mr. M. Carey Lea of, Philadelphi, ‘On the Change of Young’s Modulus of Elasticity with Varia- tion of Temperature, as Determined by the Transverse Vibration of Bars at Various Temperatures,” by Dr. A. M. Mayer of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.; “On the Production of Beats and Beat Tones by Covibration of Two Sounds so High in Pitch that When Separately Sounded They are Inaudible,” by Dr. A. M. Mayer of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.; “On the Motions of Resonators and Other Bodies Caused by Sound Vibrations,” by Dr, A. M. Mayer of Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.; “On Late Researches on the Varia- ton of Latitude,” by Mr. S. C. Chandler of Cambridge, Mass.; “On the Infra Red Spectrum,” by Prof. S. P. Langley, Smith- sonian Institution; “The Bacteria of River Water” and “The Influence of Light Upon the Bacillus of Typhoid and the Colon Bacillus,” by Dr. John 8. Billings, Army Medical Museum. —>_—_. OCEAN DERELICTS, The English Go: ly Assist United States. The British governrgent has at last yield- ed to the pressure of commercial interests and has given evidence of a disposition to co-operate with the United States in the re- porting and destruction of ocean derelicts. International co-operation in this werk, so important to commerce, was strongly recommonded by the international mari- time conference, but so far it has fallen to the lot of the United States to hunt up and destroy the hulks and wrecks that le off our coasts and in the line of ocean trafic. Capt. Sigsbee, chief of the naval hydro- graphic office, has received a communica- tion from Otto Jaffe, a member of the Bel- fast chamber of commerce, stating that a etition had been presented to Lord Rose- ry, signed by 939 merchants, represent- ing more than two mililion tons of shipring, urging the government to engage in the work of reporting and destroying derelicts. The correspondent adds that the British momo = Leto to oven @ commis- sion to deal wi e subject, and Capt. Sigsbee has little doubt that the result will be favorable to co-operation between the United States and Great Britain in this work, each, perhaps, undertaki to pro- tect certain’ zones in the sea Oo CAPT. SHEPARD’S REPRIMAND. It is Given by Secretary Herbert in Very Mild La: we. Secretary Herbert today issued a general order reprimanding Capt. Edwin M. Shep- ard in accordance with the sentence ofa court-martial for having impugned the mo- tives of his superior officer, Capt. F. M. Bunce, in an official transaction. His of- fense was in saying in an official communi- cation that he “was under the impression that Capt. Bunce is acquiring, either con- sciously or unconsciously, a reputation for thoroughness at the expense of his brother officers.” The Secretary’ very mild and is as follows “In carrying out the sentence of the court the department, while not desirin, in any degree to condone the offense o} which Capt. Shepard has been found guilty, which offense is clearly prejudicial to the good order and discipline of the naval serv- ice, deems the publication of the findings and sentence of the court and the action of the department thereon, in general orders, to be a sufficient compliance with the re- quirement of the sentence that he be pub- licly reprimanded. e+ Fourth-Class Postmasters, The total number of fourth-class postmas- ters appointed today was fifty-one. Of this number thirty-five were to fill vacancies by death and resignation and the remainder by removals. Robert Warden was appointed at Crab Orchard, Va., vice J. K. Legg, re- moved. H. C, Elgin was appointed at Grimes, Md., vice W. H. Nunamaker, re- signed. A Proposition to Disconiinue the Col- lector at Many Ports. Assistant Secretary Hamlin Favors the Consolidation of Some Districts in th Interest of Economy, Some legislation is probable during the present Congress looking to the abolition of the offices of collectors of customs at a number of the smaller ports, and the trans- ferring of the business transacted by them to the larger offices. It is asserted that the expense of maintaining the smaller cus- tom houses is unnecessary and may at times result in actual loss of revenue on ac- count of the inexperience of officials at the ports where they are employed. A bill on this subject ts now before the House com- mittee on expenditures in the Treasury De- partment, and has been given some consid- eration by the committee. It propose# to discontinue the office of collector of customs at the’ following ports, to wit: Albemarle (Edenton), North Carolina; Alexandria, Vir- ginia; Annapolis, Maryland; Barnstable, Massachusetts; Brazoa (Brownville), Texas; Burlington, Iowa; Burlington (Trenton), New Jersey; Castine, Maine; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Beaufort, North Carolina; Bris- tol and Warren, Rhode Island; Cherrystone (Cape Charles City), Virginia; Corpus Christi, Texas; Eastern (Crisfieid), Mary- land; Edgartown, Massachusetts; French- man’s Bay (Elisworth), Maine; Galena, Illi- nols; Georgetown, South Carolina; Great Eeg Harbor (Somers Point), New Jersey; | Humboldt (Eureka), California; Kennebuni, | Maine; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Little Bg¢ Harbor (Tuckerton), New Jersey; Machias, Maine; Michigan (Grand Haven), Michigan: Nantucket, Massachusetts; Natchez, Mis- sissipp!; Paducah, Kentucky; Pamlico (New Bern), North Carolina; Rock Island, Mt nois; Saco, Maine; Sag Harbor, New Yorl Saint Mark’s (Cedar Keys), Florida; Saint Mary's, Georgia; Southern Oregon Bay), Oregon; Tappahannock, Teche (Brashears), Louisiana; Vicksburg, Mississippi; Wiscasset, Maine; Yaquina, Oregon, and York, Maine. The bill was referred to the Treasury De- partment for opinion, and Assistant Secre- tary Hamlin, in a letter to Chairman Bar- wig, reports that, with the exception of Brownville and Corpus Christi, Tex., there appears no objection to the discontinuance of the ports named. The assistant secre- tary also favors a more comprehensive measure, authorizing the consolidation of some of the districts in the interest of economy. The total receipts for the fiscal year 1893 at al! the ports named in the bill, excepting Brownville and Corpus Christi, were $5,007, and the expenditures $60,601, an excess of expenses over receipts of $55,504. The following extract from the annual re- port of A. K. Tingle, then supervising spe- celal agent of the Treasury Department, for the fisca) vear 1893, Is interesting in con- nection with the bill under consideration: “The extension of the immediate trans- portation system by the creation of new in- terior p. gress {s a subject worthy of serious consid- eration. When an interior city or town is thus made a port It is usually done at the instance of one or more merchants for their convenience in the entry of imported mer- chandise, and is not of especial benefit to the people who buy and consume the good: “The customs system differs in this re- epect from the postal service, which is for the benefit of all people, and for that rea- gon must be extended to all towns and vil- lages, regardless of expense. Economy and good administration would seem to demand that the custom business be confined to the great distributing centers, where the volume of importations Fastines the employment of & corps of expertenced officers, competent to protect the Interests of the revenue in the appraisement of foreign merchandise.” = + e+ THE CENSUS WoRK. (Coos Virginia; Col. Wright Tells of th Progress Made and the Future. Superintendent of Census Wright, in peaking with a reporter for The Star, sald: “The census act originally provided for the publication of the names of all surviving Soldiers and the widows of deceased sol- diers. At my suggestion Congress has au- thorized the transfer of all these names to the pension office, where they will be of @reat service. This will save to the govern- ment nearly $250,000 and will enable the census office to complete almost all the clerical work by the Ist of July, as con- templated by the law of last’ October, There will thea remain small portions of three volumes only to be completed, so far as copy is concerned. The extension of time provided for by the recent act is for the purpose of allowing proper proof reading by those most familiar with census volumes. Discharges are being made rapidly, but in all cases week's notice is allowed, and the discharged employe is given all the leave due by law. The statements that have been made to the effect that census reports are being doctored is absurd. They are being brought out in all the integrity of Mr. Porter's plans. Wherever matter has been eliminated it has been because such matter was not in accord with his approved plans. No facts collected for the eleventh census have been suppressed or changed in any way.” —_——_---—______ HIS DIGNITY OFFENDED. Lieut Hawthorne and t Technology. First Lieut. H. L. Hawthorne, fourth ar- tilery, who has served as professor of military science and tactics at the Massa- chiretts Institute of Technology for nearly three years, has applied to the War Depart- ment to be relieved from that duty and sent back to his regiment. There is a story of offended dignity in this case. Lieut. Hawthorne is from Kentucky and is somewhat sensitive. In the battle of Wounded Knee a bullet from a Sioux rifle drove the works of his watch far into his body, one of the wheels lodging near his spine, whence it was subsequently remov- ed by the surgeons. The fact was made the subject of considerable good-natured raillery by the students of the Massachusetts In- stitute and their magazine has contained many humorous and satirical references to their military instructor and his Indian ex- perlences. The editors mocked his style of examination and answered the question, “What are the three greatest battles of history?” in this way: aterloo, Gettys- burg and Wounded Knee.” Then followed kindred questions with “Wounded Knee” as the principal part of the answer. The publication most offensive, however, to the officer was: “If a lieutenant in the regular army should have a watch shot into him, what would you call “time flies’ or ‘the watch on the spine’ Lieut. Hawthorne took it all in good part for a long time, but the attacks finally became so personal and so offensive that he asked to be re- lieved from further duty at the institute. His request will undoubtedly be granted, but no one will be detailed to take his place until the adjutant general of the army has heard from Gen. F. A. Walker, president of the institute, on the subject. en ai STATE DEPARTMENT CHANGES. All That Have Been Indicated in The Star Were Made Today. All the changes at the State Department, indicated in yesterday's Star, were made today. Mr. Rockhill took the oath of office erd qualified as third assistant secretary, succeeding Mr. Strobel, who has, been made United States minister to Ecuador. Mr. Renick cucceeded Mr. Rockhill as chief clerk of the department, and Mr. Emery of the bureat of American republics suc- ceeded Mr. Renick as chief of the bureau jute of of statistics in the State Department. ee The Tenleytown Reservoir. Bids ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 have been received by the engineer department for furnishing boilers and engines for the preposed reservoir at Fort Reno, Tenley- town. The contract will not be awarded for some time, AMNESTY GRANTED| Rebel Sailors to Be Pardoned by Brazil. VESSELS ARRIVE AT BUENOS AYRES Nothing Known About Mello or Salgado, GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS Special Buenos Ayres Dispatch, Copyrighted, 1804, wy" Amociated Press eet BUENOS AYRES, April 17.—The remains of the Brazilian rebel fleet commanded by Admiral Mello, which arrived off this port last night, are the subject of extensive exchanges of telegraphic messages between the authorities of this place and the Bra- | zillan government, through, the Brazilian minister here. The rebel ships are the Republica, Me- teoro, Iris, Urano and Esperanza. They are in a very dilapidated condition and the | | rebels on board of them are suffering from | | sickness, wounds and lack of proper food | supplies. Their temporary wants have | been supplied, with the consent of the Bra- | zilian minister, who has recelved advices from Rio de Janeiro saying that a general | amnesty will be granted to the insurgent | rank and file and that the Brazilian gov- ernment will pay the quarantine expenses of the ships if they are surrendered to the Brazilian minister. Consequently the Argentine government, with the consent of the rebel leaders, is now superintending the delivery of the five | war vessels to the Brazilian minister, and this will have been accomplished by the | time this dispatch reaches the United States. The crews of the rebel ships are being | disembarked at the lazaretto here and will | be cared for until further orders are re- | ceived from Fio de Janeiro. It is believed | that when the men and ships are in a proper condition they will rejoin the Brazil- |jan vessels under government officers and return to Rio de Janeiro. President Peixoto’s government has noti- fied the government of Uruguay that the expenses and passage money home of the insurgents who landed in the department of Rocha, Uruguay, will be paid by the Bra- zilian government, and that they may all, with the exception of the leaders, return to Brazil with no fear of being severely punished for the part which they have taken in the rebellion. | It is understood that President Peixoto | in adopting this wise and lenient policy | has acted under the advice of a foreign } at almost every session of Con- | bower which has the interests of the re- public of Brazil at heart. Nothing seems to be known of the ulti- | nate destination of Admiral Mello and Gen. Salgado, though it is believed that the | former will take the earliest opportunity | of escaping to some foreign country, where he can hide himself for the rest of his life. On all sides the utmost contempt is ex- | Pressed for Admiral Mello, whose base de-| | Sertion of Admiral Da Gama is looked upon | jas being a piece of cowardly treachery, [which even the admiral’s most intimate supporters condemn. To such an extent (does this feeling prevail that it is openly | Stated that Gama proposes to seek out Ad- | miral Mello and compel him to meet him in | |mortal combat. Those who should know | sion, but objection was made by Mr. Sher- man. | be taken up and Admiral Mello the best, believe that he will take caregto avold any such meeting. If |the rebel admiral falls into the hands of Presiderit Peixoto, there is little doubt that he will be promptly tried by court- an NO GERMAN PROTECTORATE, Denial at Berlin That It Has Been Suggested With Reference to Samon. BERLIN, April 17.—Inquiries made at the foreign office here resulted in a statement being made by a high officer to the effect that Germany has not made any suggestion of a German protectorate over the Samoan Islands, as intimated in dispatches received here from Washington. It is also stated that there was absolutely no truth in a message sent from this city by @ news agency, saying that the foreign office here was prepared to claim a protec- torate over Samoa “as the best solution of the present complications in case the Ameri- can Senate first approved a resolution that the United States withdraw from the Sa- moan agreement.” LONDON, .April 17.—It is stated at the foreign office that no negotiations are in progress or contemplated looking to a modi- fication of the existing arrangements in re- gard to the Samoan Islands. THE GHOSTS WERE BOGUS. Not Those of Robsart, Varn Foster as Stipulated. LONDON, April 17.—The action of Scott Hall against the Earl of Abingdon, the former asking the courts to cancel the con- tract for the purchase by the plaintiff of Cumner place, was corftinued today. Mr. Hall's contention is that the earl's agent represented to him that Cumner place was the house in which Amy Robsart died, and that the ghosts of Amy Robsart, Varney and Anthony Foster often appeared there. Visitors, it is claimed, came from all parts | of the world, and especially from the United States, to see the place. Scott Hall added that he afterward dis- covered that Cumner place was not the house in which Amy Robsart was killed, and that the original of Cumner place was in ruins and situated some distance away from the place Mr. Hall had contracted to purchase. y and English Sporting Circles. LONDON, April 17.—The Epsom spring meeting opened today. The chief event was the great Metropolitan stakes (handi- | cap) of 1,000 sovereigns, for three-year-olds | and upward; distance about two and a/ quarter miles. Sir J. Thursby's b.g. Paddy, five years old, carrying seven stone thirteen pounds, was first; Mr. J. H. Houldsworth's Bushey Park, five years old, carrying eight stone four pounds, was second, and Mr. Durward’s Medici, four years old, carrying | six stone ten pounds, was third. There were | twenty-six entries. Mr. Tankerville Chamberlain offers fot competition in English waters the queen's | cup, won by the Arrow in 1851, The Prince | of Wales has decided to race his cutter, Britannia, this season against all comers. ROUND ABOUT EUROPE. BUDA PESTH, April 17.—The lower house of the diet today passed the remaining | clause of the civil marriage bill amid cheers. ‘The bill will be read for the third time tomorrow. LONDON, April 17.—It is announced that Sir Charles Russell, the attorney general, has accepted the post of lord justice of wp- peal, made vacant by the death of Lord Bowen. ST. PETERSBURG, April 17.—The antl- tontine insurance law goes into operation today. VIENNA, April 17.—The proposed strike lof 10,000 joiners of this city and neighbor- hood ‘has not taken place. LONDON, April 17.—A special from Ber- lin says that the bundesrath is almost cer- tain to reject the proposal for the read- mission of the Jesuits into Germany. LONDON, April 17.—A special from Cal- cutta says that excitement has been caused in North Bahar by the smearing of the mango trees with a mixture of mud and hair. It is feared that it portends a re- newal of the trouble between the Hindoos and the Mohammedans. | corps of engineers, to be captain; Second SENATE TARIFF TALK An Agreement That General Debate Shall Close Next Tuesday. It Was Reached Only After Quite a Long Discussion, Participated in by Many Senators. There was a very slim attendance of vis- itors In the galleries when the Senate met today. Senator Hoar (Mass.) asked that all pe- litions protesting agaifist the ratification of the Chinese treaty might be presented in open session, instead of in executive session, as is customary, and his motion beng agreed to he and Senators Lodge and Gallinger presented several such petitions. Senator Coke, from the committee on the judiciary, reported a bill to create the southern judicial district of Texas and to fix the time and place for holding courts in the southern, eastern and western dis- tricts. The bill was passed. Tarif’ BILL Talk. Senator Voorhees,chairman of the finance committee, reported to the Senate a sched- ule showing the changes in the test and | rates of duty of the tariff bill of 189 and the administrative act of 189 as it passed the House, and as it was reported to the Senate by the finance committee, and the rates proposed by the Mills bill, Senator HIN of New York inguired wheth- er it was proposed to print the Mills bill in its entirety, and stated that he would like to have this done, and it was so or- dered. Senator Lodge offered a proposed amend- ment to the pending tariff bill, for the im- position of retaliatory rates of duty against Great Britain, providing that, when not in | contravention of any existing treaty, any article not a-imitted free, if it is the manu- facture of Great Britain or any of its colo- nies, should pay double the duty heretofore imposed; and if admitted free, a duty of 35 ber cent be imposed, except on wool, which should be admitted under the duties of the act of 189, and that these retaliatory and | discriminating duties should remain in| force until Great Britain consented to take | part in an agreement with the United States for the coinage and use of silver, and when such an agreement was made, the discriminating duties should cease. Senator Mitchell of Oregon sought to have the Chinese treaty considered in open ses- General Debate Unttl Next Tuesday. A Jong discussion was Precipitated by a Statement by Mr. Harris that the unani-| mous consent agreement under which the Senate operated last week having expired, | @ further agreement had been reached by him and Senator Aldrich, and he asked the unanimous consent of the Senate that for the present week. and until Tuesday next, the agreement of last week should continue, namely, that the Senate should meet each Gay at 12 o'clock, take up the tariff bill premptly at 1 o'clock, and continue with it until 5 o'clock without interruption, and that on Tuesday next at 5 o'clock general | debate should cease = the bill after that considered by hi for amendments, the committee amend. = _ be considered first. e also suggested that before the close of the general debate one democratic Senator ay — k a ee a3 the bill, making st reply to those who had agai it tod he chose. ae = nator Aldrich, as spokesman of the re- publicans, said there would be no objection to the extension of agreement to next Tues- day, nor to any one speaking in defense of al Many, of the republicans objected to the words “general debate,” holding that there was no such thing In the custom of the pee po _ ay & question was always de- fable in al its features until it Passed its third reading. ‘ Mr. Harris Explains. Senator Harris -explained, with some | acerbity, that he had advisediy said “what | is called general debate,” because separate | paragraphs had been considered, and he ad-| mitted regretfully that after taking up the | bill by paragraphs any Senator might take up @ paragraph and speak from now until) doomsday on any subject on the face of the| globe or beyond. The question was debated | by several Senators on both sides of the chamber, none making any objection to the salient features of the proposition. At 2 o'clock the Senate went into execu- tive session. The Debate Resumea. At 2:15 p.m. the Senate resumed !ts open session. Senator Quay, who had the floor, yielded to Mr. McLaurin of Mississippi, who would be followed, he said, by Senator Smith of New Jersey. Before Mr. Mc- Laurin began, Mr. Mitchell of Oregon ask- ed that the resolution introduced by him today to consider the Chinese treaty in open session be laid on the table until May 8, indicating that the consideration of the treaty had been fixed for that date by the executive session. Senator McLaurin then ‘on it day for two hours, or, he | 7 thetically, for two weeks, if ne A POINTER. The circulation of The Star is greater than that of all the other ‘Washington dailies combined, and is believed to be five times that of a Sworn detailed statement of circu- A.tion is printed each Saturday. its afternoon contemporary. \COUNTING A QUORUM A Rule Providing for That Passed by the House. END OF THE LONG STRUGGLE Republicans Make No Opposi but Vote For It. OVATION TO MR. —_——__. There was a very large attendance on both sides of the House when that body met to- day in anticipation of the fight over the adoption of the new quorum counting rule, and the galleries were also unusually weil filled. In order to prevent parliamentary compli- cations, Mr. Catchings, from the committee on rules, secured recognition before the journal was read, and after withdrawing the rule reported from that committee last Thursday, he immediately presented the re- Port agreed upon just before the House con- vened. The report was read from the clerk's desk as follow: The Commitiee on Rules’ Report. “Amend rule 15 by inserting between clauses 1 and 2 the following as clause 2, and change the number of clause 2 to clause 3. “Upon every roll call and before the be- ginning thereof the Speaker shall name two members, one from each side of the pend- ing question, if practicable, who shall take their places at the clerk's desk, to tell the names of at least enough members who are in the hall of the House during the roll call who do not respond, when added to those responding, to make a quorum. If a quorum does not respond on the roll call, then the names of those 80 noted as present shall be reported to the Speaker, who shall cause the list to be called from the clerk's desk and recorded in the journal, and in determining the presence of a quorum to do business, those who voted, those who answered pres- ent and those so reported present shall be considered. Members noted may, when their names are called, record thelr votes, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1 of this rule. “Amend clause 1 of rule 8 by adding thereto the following words: ‘And on a roll call, should he not vote, be shall answer present,’ so as to read. ‘Every member shall be present within the hall of the House during its sittirgs, unless excused or neces- |sarily prevented, and shall vote on each | question put, unless he has a direct per- sonal or pecuniary interest in the event of such question, and on a roll call, should he not vote, he shall answer present.’ ” The Limit of Debate. Mr. Catchings suggested an hour and a half as a limit for the debate, but Mr.Wells (Wis.), one of the democratis oppo- nents of any quorum-countig rule, ob- jected strenuously to such a brief opportu- nity for debate. He thought, considering the great importance of the question, thet at least a day should be given. When Mr. Catchings shook his head at this, he appealed to the committee on rules not to gag democrats who did not agree with them. Mr. Bynum (ind.) proposed two hours on 8 side. and Mr. McMillin (Tenn.) expressed himself in opposition to rushing the new rule through with undue haste. He was quite vehement in tone and gesture. The republican leaders, Reed and Bur- rows, did not atempt to put if their oars. hey watched every point, however, vig- lantly. Finally Mr. Catehings yielded, and agreed to allow two hours’ debate on a side, a vote to be taken at 4 o'clock. The Republican Substit Mr. Burrows, one of the republican mem- bers of the rules committee, offered on be- half of himself and Mr. Reed, as a sub- stitute for the proposed rule, the quorum- counting rule of the Fifty-first That rule was as follows: “On the demand of any member, or at the suggestion of the Speaker, the names of mem! sufficient to make a quorum in the hall of the House who @o not vote shall be noted by the clerk and recorded in the journal and reported to the Speaker with the names of the members voting and be counted and announced in determining the presence of a quorum to do business.” The Speaker then submitted the request for unanimous consent to close the debate at 4 o'clock. Mr. Wells Objected. To the great surprise of all, Mr. Wells (Wis.) objected. This ended the attempt to reach a peaceful agreement. Mr. Catchings appealed to the Héuse to witness the fact that he had made an hon- est attempt to afford a reasonable oppor- tunity for debate. Nothing was left but to apply the gag. He demanded the previous question. The vote was taken by ayes and nays. The republicans made no effort to fili- buster, but voted in the negative, as did many democrats, who were opposed either began his speech. ——_—_+e-_______ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. lamy Post Offices Filled and a Few Other Appointm. =. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—George Roe, Vallejo, Cal. Felix G. Cockrell, East St. Louis, Mo. F. K. Threlkeld, Higginsville, Mo.; James B. Rich, er, Mo.; William E. Cole, La Plata, 1 = William H. McEwen, Albion, Ind.; T. 1. Armstrong, Augusta, Ky.; Ed- ward J. Slattery, South Framingham, Mass.; Simeon A. Jacobs, Chicopee, Mass.; Theodore M. Helinski, Duluth, Minn.; Geo. D. Wetherill, Burlington,N.J.; J.S.Kintner, Newton, N.J.; Amanda E. Morris, Hender- sonville, N. C.; George P. Garred, Wahpe- ton, North Dakota; Henry Holiberg, Jack- son, Ohio; W. Shipley, Piqua, Ohi W, Patton, Bristol, Pa.; Martin J. Ryan, Susquehanna, Pa.; Hugh H. Gouchenour, Greeneville, Tenn.; Missouri A. Cameron, McKinney, Tex.: Hugh R. Smith, Petersburg, Va.; John T Laraway, Centralia, Washington; W. H. Van Lew, Dayton, Washington; Ralston Cox, Van- couver, W: ington. Interior—To be receivers of public mon- eys: William H. Turbett of Iowa, at Des Moines, Ia.; John F. Asbury of Montana, at Bozeman, Mon. War—First Lieut. $ 3 James G. Warren, Lieut. E. E. Winslow, corps of engineers, to be first leutenant. ————_-o-____ Can't Write Pieces for the Papers. The Secretary of the Treasury hes issued an order that officers of the revenue ma- rine service shall not act as correspondents for newspapers without the express permis- sion of the department. It is understood that the order is directed particularly against an officer attached to the Grant, which has made a voyage from New York to San Francisco, who has been corre- sponding with a newspaper in New York for years. a ‘o Fill Perry Heath's Place. | A vacancy having been created in the! standing committee of correspondents by the resignation of Mr. Perry S. Heath, all correspondents entitled to the privileges of | the press galleries are requested to attend a| Meeting on tomorrow, at 12 o'clock noon, in | the room of the House committee on pat-| ents, for the election of a successor to Mr. Heath, ————_+ eo + Naval Movements. The Lancaster arrived at Naples today on} her way to New York. The Chicago left Algiers yesterday for Gibraltar. The fish} commission steamer Albatross, which be-| longs to the naval Bering sea fleet, has left San Francisco for Port Townsend, \ to the proposed rule or io driving it through under the lash. The demand for the previous question was sustained; 140—120. Under the rule fifteen minutes were al- lowed on a side for debate. Mr. Hatch attempted to ask unanimous consent for further time, but Mr. Bynum nd.) emphatically objected. Some question followed as to the manner in which the time should be divided. Mr. Reed Satisfied. In the course of this controversy, Mr. Reed stated that so far as the republican minority was concerned the rule reported from the committee on rules embodied the principle for which they had been contend- ing. There might, perhaps, be some objec- tion to the details of the rule, but the principle was the correct one. Mr. Burrows, after stating that since the Proposed rule was substantially the rule for the Fifty-first Congress, he would with- draw the substitute he had offered. Before the debate prope> began Mr. Catch- ings asked unanimous consent that those who desired should have an opportunity to print remarks in the Record. “Oh, I object,” shouted Mr. Boutelle (Me, with a smile; “such remarks would make but a melancholy contribution to congres- sional literature.” The debate then began. The Debate Begins. Mr. Catchings was first recognized, and made a brief two-minute speech. The pro- posed rule, he said, had been brought in in pursuance of the demand of the demo- cratic caucus last Friday. That caucus had decided that the time had arrived when members who were present but who refused to vote should be taken into consideration in determining the presence of @ quorum to do business. Many plans had been suggested. The proposed rule, the method of which,he explained, he believed would easily and ex- Pedigntly determine whether a quorum was biesent. was simple and in the nature of things was fair because its execution would be left to two members on opposite sides of any pending question. Mr. Catchings then yielded one minute to Gen. Wheeler (Ala.), who had just enough time to protest against it as antagonistic to the deliberation which ought to be main- tained in legisiative bodies like the House of Representatives, when the gavel dropped and he was summarily taken of the floor. Mr. Bryan's Opposition. Mr. Reed, who controlled fifteen minutes for the republicans, at this juncture yielded five minutes to Mr. Bryan (Neb.). Mr. Bry- an was very earnest in his opposition to the proposed rule. The Rule Adopted. At 2 p. m. the quorum-counting rule was adopted by the House by a vote of 212-47; the republicans voting for it. An Ovation to Mr. Reed. The announcement of the vote was areet- ed with thunders of republican applause, and Mr, Reed was given an ovation.