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contraction of the currency, and blame on the agitation and talk Mr. Coxey then spoke of the and told of the start of the . nt and of the way in which the army had been greeted. He denounced what he termed the vituperations heaped by the press on men marching peacefully to Washington to hold a meeting to peti- tion Congress. A detailed argument in favor of his two bills, which he argued would be a panacea for all the troubles of the country, followed. Men now, he said, could not buy the neces- sities of life because they were unable to sell their labor. His plan offered men work A Little Slumber. at all times. Congress, he claimed, was the authority with power to make money, Congress could make an issue of non- terest paying bonds as easily as it could gold, silver, copper or leather money. ‘This money, he said, could not be drawn away by the money lenders of Europe. Then Mr. Coxey went specifically into the details of his two bills, arguing that the road bill would give work to all who wanted it, and the bond Issue make it impossible for the country to again feel anything ap- proaching financial depression. At the close of Coxey’s speech there was a cornet solo by J. J. Thazer, the leader of the band, who has come with the army clear from Canton, near Massillon. The solo was fot badly rendered by any means. Brown and His Panorama. After the cornet performance came Brown, the sage of Caliostoga. Here was a marked jifference of man. Tall, solidly built, dress- 34 In a picturesque, fringed buckskin coat, boots and spurs, a brown beard, clear jomplexion, and with a peculiarly dreary of blue eyes, the m:n was a striking- king individual. Brown, however, did not ence his speech st once. He turned first some white paper tacked on the pano- rama and, with charcoal, drew a rapid sketch of a frog, which he explained was an briginal greenbacker. ogee of a bearded gentleman fol- low: which Brown explained was the original Uncle Sam, one of the Roths- childs of Europe. After these artistic performances the ora- tor got down to work. Brown has more of the tricks of oratory than Coxey, but does Bot impress one with the same idea of sincerity. He opened his talk with a story of ali the dogs in the country following a certain little dog. who started down to the Potomac river with a chip in his mouth in order to get rid of fleas. Some dogs, how- ever, he explained, did not go, because they rather liked to have the blood sucked | by boodle and banker fleas. The old story was then worked out and the fleas left on the chips were left to sail down the Poto- mac. Following his flea story Brown ran in an extended “ad.” for some books and a Chicago newspaper. His usual attacks on the newspapers followed and he then took up and explained the two Coxey bills. Issuing Greenbacks. He told of the issue of legal tender paper money during the war to put, as he said, guns in the hands of people to shoot down fellow-men. “If,” said Mr. Brown, “we can issue legal tender paper money io give arms to citizens | go that they may destroy other citizens, then why can’t we issue legal tender paper | money to put picks and shovels in the hands | of men so that they can obtain bread for) thetr families?” Brown then branched off and told another | story, attacking the two political parties, | who, he said, had been distracting the peo- | Die's ention from the real issue. “This movement,” he said, “had been de- nounced and ridiculed, but if there was nothing in it, if it was a farce, if it was not | fm answer to the tearful, imploring cry of starving multitudes, then why was it that the representatives of twenty-five or thirty subsidized newspapers were watching it so closely? Why was it that twenty-five argus- eyed demons of hell had been tracking 200 so-called tramps over hill and mountain?” The orator followed this up with some more stories, and then urged everybody to go to Washington on May 1, and, if that ‘were impossible, to send postal cards to their Senators and Kepresentatives. He predicted the greatest gathering around the Capitol on May 1 that the world had ever geen, and told of the receptions the army had received along the line of march. He then referred to the rumored freeze-out Which was to be accorded the army at Hagerstown, and said: “God help the money power when it finally stands face to face with the people.” ~ ‘At this point Mr. Brown was interrupted by an altercation between inebriated col- ered citizens of Williamsport on the out- skirts of the crowd, who had differed on some question of importance to themselves. “Stand firm,” said Brown to the crowd, who showed a decided inclination to watch the row; and then he proceeded to de- nounce the affair as another of the under- hand plans of the bankers and capitalists to break up his meetings. ‘The only banker in the crowd was stand- ing by me at the time, and he gave his sol- emn word that he had not given the two colored gentlemen a drink of anything since the last election. After the interruption Brown made a fur- ther attack on democracy and republican- ism, and closed with an explanation of the Prosperity that would follow the passage of | the Coxey bills. Feeling the Popular Pulse. \ During the time Brown spoke Coxey wan- @ered around among the crowd feeling the Popular pulse, as it were. What is the nature of that pulse? Does it beat faster after listening to Coxey? I have talked with dozens of men who have Ustened to both men. Some pronounce it Ronsense, with an adjective prefixed. Many More say they have been astonished. They came to see a roaring farce, and have been set thinking. They are not prepared to ac- cept Coxey’s ideas of finance, but they have had opened to them a glimpse of the seething unrest that fs rolling and rum- bling among the masses, and they have suddenly realized that Coxey and his 200 followers are of absolutely no concern to the world as J. S. Coxey of Massillon, Ohio, and a couple of hundred dusty men; but that President Coxey and his Commonweal | of Christ, with a definite plan to propose, 1s one of the bubbles on the surface of the al- ready heated liquid of social agitation. The Dubble may, and probably will, burst and Pass off harmlessly into vapor; but then, again, it may be, or the next one may be, the bubble that marks the boiling-over Point in the kettle. Experience at Hagerstown. There has not been, taking all things into consideration, a very large display of lavish hospitality accorded the army at Hagerstown. No wood was furnished, in the first place, and after that had been bought and paid for there was further trouble in getting water. Then about dark it started in to rain, with frequent flashes of lightning. The men did not mind the lightning, but the rain bothered them. Ef- forts to get shelter for the men during the night were at first unavailing, but finally permisston was obtained to use a phosphate warehouse and some sheds belonging to the Cumperland Valley railroad close by the camp. Then again the rain put an end to the meeting to be held in the public square, and to cap the climax in moving Carl Brown's panorama from its place on the street it capsized amid the cheers of numerous small boys. Will Rest Again Today. This evening the commonweal made one of its raptd ch 3 of plan. and decided to Sunday morning, and probably until Mon- | @ay morning, and the change has created @ large amount of comment and various explanaticns. Coxey and Brown cla | change was made because the army has pow two days to spare, and did not wish to neglect Hagerstown in the matter of apeeches, having been forced to abandon the evening’s speaking on account of the rain. Another explanation is to the effect that Smith, the “unknown” herb doctor, is waiting for the army somewhere in the neighborhood of Boonesboro, the next stopping point, and from the hidden re- cesses of some mountain passes proposes to swoop down on Brown, in the absence of Coxey, wrest from him his command, and turn him loose on a cold world, with only a buckskin coat to shelter him, and tri- umphantly bear off the commonweal and its $50,000 worth of horseflesh. Still another explanation ts that the army or its leaders wish to rake in some shekels from the citizens of Hagerstown, and this explanation {s borne out by the announce- ment this evening that the army tomor- row will be surrounded by canvas and an admission fee of ten cents will be charged. Mr. Coxey left this evening by the 9 o’clock train for New York to attend the sale of his horses and to try to get the rail- road companies to give a rate to Washing- ton on May 1. In his absence Brown Is left in sole command, with a paper from Coxey giving him authority over all the stock, and Jesse Coxey is to command in Brown's ab- sence. Marshal Brown in his order today, dated | from Camp Yorktown, says: “This camp has been well named, for the expected opposition on the part of the bank- ers and business men, as was forecasted in my last general order, as the situation ap- peared last night, has not materialized, for upon our entrance into the city Mayor Keedy met us and stated that we were wel- come, &c.; so, thus has been fought one battle of Yorktown and now we have the second Cornwaliis’ sword.” The order then tells of some contribu- tions, and “roasts” a local paper for its ac- counts of the army. The toll gate affair was touched on by Mr. Brown, as follows: “On our way to this camp from Camp California the American flag was again halted by a soulless corpora- tion and compelled to pay tribute to wave in_the land of Carroll of Carrollton.” ‘The order also contat: list of 110 names of persons “who cros: the mountains in the face of snow and ice, police and dissen- sion breeders. In a special order issued late tonight Brown says: “The drenching rain tonight prevented our meeting, and at the pressing invitation of the populace of this lovely place, of which every citizen is a part of a continuously ex- isting picture, which, if on canvas, would charm the eye of the most critical connois- seur of the picturesque, I have concluded to —— over until Saturday morning, at st."” The command spent the night in the rail- road sheds without discomfort. Ten — THE HALLS OF CONGRE:! Capitol Authorities Take Precautions for the Coming Coxey Crowds. The authorities of the Capitol building have perfected arrangements for maintain- ing order and quiet in and about the halls of Congress during the coming week. Fre- quent conferences have been held between th sergeant-at-arms of the Senate and House and the representatives of the city and Capitol police forces. Today Capt. Garden of the Capitol police was again con- ferring with Sergeant-at-Arms Snow of the House as to the closing details of the ar- rangements. The officials are proceeding very conservatively. They do not expect any trouble. They are proceeding on the idea that the Coxey men have the same rights as others to visit the Capitol. The efforts of the officers will be restricted to preserving order. They will be especially desirous to avoid provoking irritation. General Arrangements. For the purpose of better policing the building certain general arrangements have been made. There are fourteen entrances to the Capitol, some of them being through devious and obscure passages. These minor entrances will be closed for the time being. The matin doors, front and rear, and the basement doors in most general and constant use by Senatcrs and members, will remain open. By this arrangement the Capitol police force can be better disposed and concentrated. They will not be drawn off to police the small passages and en- trances. There are twenty-seven officers and men in the force, but the available list is down to about twenty-four owing to sickness. These are divided into watches of eight hours each, covering the twenty- four hours of the day. This gives seven privates and a lieutenant available for each watch. The regular force is likely to be augmented, as officers will be needed for the galleries, as well as for the main ro- tunda and other assembling points. No Crowding of the Galleries. The occupancy of the galleries will be looked. after, so as to prevent the over- crowding and conf:sion that has occurred at times. The admissions will be restricted to the comfortable seating capacity of the galleries. Heretofore the aisles have been filled; and the people heve sat on the steps. This will not be allowed. When the seats are filled the doors will be closed. No re- strictions will be placed on the coming and going of people, but they will be expected to keep the passages open and to “move on,” so as to avoid jams. The placards an- nouncing the closing of the House restau- rant, except to members, is part of the gen- eral plan that has been adopted. Alabamians Will Not Meet There. The Alabama residents of Washington had arranged for a meeting at the rooms of the House committee. of public buildings and grounds next Tuesday night. Sergeant- at-arms Snow has decided, however, that such private use of the committee rooms at night is not authorized, and the meeting will have to be held elsewhere. The pug- pose is to keep thé Capitol closed as far possible after 6 o'clock. ~ CAR LINES. UNU: To Enforce Charter Privileges or to ‘Take Them Away. All of the street railroad companies that have abapdoned parts of their tracks will shortly be formally notified to resume op- erations. If after a reasonable time this Notice 18 not complied with, the Attorney General will be informed and proceedings looking to a forfeiture will be instituted. Lately the attention of the Commissioners has been called to these facts and they hilve discussed the matter on several occa- sions in the board room. It was finally decided to send the matter to Capt. Fiebeger to investigate and sub- mit a recommendation. The greatest com- plaint came from the residents of East Washington against the Anacostia and Potomac railroad, which had abandoned its branch line from the corner of 11th and G streets southwest to the Con~ressional Cemetery. President Griswold ot the rail- road maintained that the charter for this branch did not cagry any compulsion with it. Further, that the branch had been operated at a continual loss, and is doing so now, but his company does not feel under any legislative compulsion to con- tinue operations until there is sufficient travel to pay daily expenses. Attorney Thomas, to whom the matter was referred, today made his report, in which he says: “The franchise to use or occupy streets for railroad purposes may be lost by abandonment or non-user. But where the remedy of the public In the case of abandonment or ron-user is not pre- scribed in the statutes or charters, the re- moval of the abandoned tracks or the for- feiture of the right of the railroad com- panies to maintain them can only be en- forced by proceedings quo warranto. The Commissioners should notify each of the railway companies above named to resume operations upon the portions of their tracks in question, and that in the event of their failure to comply with such notice, the matter will be called to the attention of the Attorney General, with req that forfeiture proceedings be instituted.’ aE SE MR. BRECKINRIDGE’S MOTION. It Will Be Called Up for Argument Next Saturday. Late this afternoon the counsel for Miss Pollard filed a notice that they would call up the defendant's motion for a new trial next Saturday morning for argument. ————— The Police Cleared the Sidewalk. Today about 1 o'clock a telephone mes- sage was received by the police from a merchant near Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street, conveying the Information that some man was addressing a crowd of un- employed men on the sidewalk about the Cogswell fountain. Several policemen from the sixth precinct were sent there to see what was going on, and they found a large crowd of persons listening to a discussion between two men. There was nothing to indicate that it was in the nature of a Coxey gathering. The police, however, dispersed those who wete obstructing the sidewalk, and they went away without offering any objection. —_——.—_— More Census Clerks Dismissed. The dismissal of forty-seven census clerks was ordered today. This reduction is due to the approaching completion of the work. THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE. Kelley's Commonwealers Delay Their March East, FREEZING WEATHER COOLS HOT HEADS The Portland, Oreg., Contingent of the Industrials. MANAGER ST. JOHN’S VIEWS OMAHA, Neb., April 21.—The Kelley com- mcnwealers at Weston, Iowa, seemed rest- ing today, and the frenzied rescuers from Omeha and Council Bluffs appeared to-have disappeared completely from view. ‘The wild work of yesterday and last night seem- ed to have wearied the crowds. The continued freezing weather also had the effect of cooling the hot heads to a cer- tain extent, as did the announced determin- ation of Gen. Kelley to move his army east across lowa by means of wagons. Threatening weather caused Gen. Kelley to delay his march. PORTLAND, Ore., April 21.—The Portland contingent of the industrial army numbers about 500 men, divided into thirteen compa- nies. S. L. Hoffler, a stone mason, has been leaders and Gov. Pennoyer are conferring with the Northern Pacific officials, trying to arrange for transportation toPuget sound. It is understood that the Northern Pacific will not carry the men without compensa- tion. Efforts will therefore be made to raise sufficient money by subscription. MARSHALL, Ill, April 21.—Gen. Frye and army of commonwealers are here from the west, numbering about 160 men. A Railway Manager's Opinion, DES MOINES, Iowa, April 21.—General Manager St. John of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad, who passed through this city last night from Council Bluffs, talked differently from some o: the other railway men about the “Commonwéal Army,” its purposes and its menaces t the country. In fact, he does not think the people have anything to fear from the army in passing through. “It is made up of sober, intelligent men,” said he. “They are nine-tenths of them American-born. They are reliable, honest and remarkably well organized. There are no bums among them.” >_—_ THE REPORT CONFIRMED. Wiping Out of the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 21.—A specinl to the Republic from Perry, Oklahoma says: A battle took place Wednesday night and the marshals think Bill Dalton and Bill Doolan were both killed. Darkness pre- vented them learning this to a certainty. The Evening Times here has information sot Bill Dalton and Bill Doolan were kill ‘The latest news says that Heck Thompson of this city was also killed. ——— GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. Reports From the Scene of the Earth- quake in Greece. ATHENS, April 21.—Information from the places which have suffered from the earth- quake shows that in some districts there has been great loss of life in addition to terrible destruction of property. The inhabitants everywhere have™ been alarmed today by fresh shocks, and it is feared that the worst has not yet happened as the weather continues close and misty. The shocks today injured the northern wing of the palace here in several places. A large stone fell out of the Gate of Ha- drian, but the general damage to this city and Piraes, the port of Athens, is slight, and there has been no loss of life. , racer teas EX-GOV. THROCKMORTON. Death of a Prominent Citizen of Texas. McKINNEY, Texas, April 21.—Ex-Gov. James W. Throckmorton died here morning, in his seventieth year. He went to Texas from Tennessee before the war, was a member of the convention that passed the ordinance of secession, but strongly opposed that measure. He was a colonel in the confederate army, and after the war was elected governor, but was re- moved by Gen. Sheridan. Later he served four terms in Congress, being part of the time chairman of the Indian and Pacific railroads committee. At the time of his death he was receiver of the Chickasaw and and Choctaw Railroad and Hotel Company. ——e——— “BLAMES HIS ASSOCIATES. this Mello Claims That He Was Not Prop- erly Supported. BUENOS AYRES, April 21.—Admiral Mel- lo has issued a manifesto declaring that the insurgent territorial army did not support the insurgent squadron. Mello accuses Gen- erals Salgado and Laurentino of abandon- ing the struggle at the decisive moment. He adds that he relinquished the contest in con- sequence of absolute lack of means to con- tinue it. —_——_> — TILLMAN GIVES UP. The Liquor Dispensaries in South Carolina Ordered Closed. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 21.—At an in- formal meeting of the dispensary state board of control, held today, orders were sent out closing all dispensaries in the state. The meaning of this is that for the pres- ent the state authorities give up the fight and bows to the decision of the supreme court. . All the state constables have been ordered to report here, and will probably. be dis- charged from service. WAR DEPARTMENT DISMISSALS. Said to Be a Part of a Policy of Re- trenchment. There are fifty-four clerks of all grades in the office of the Secretary of War. This morning twenty-two of them received word that their services were no longer required by the government. Out of consideration, it is stated, for the feelings of the clerks thus summarily dismissed, the Secretary will not give out their names for publi- cation. His action is explained in the fol- lowing order, copies of which were fur- nished to all persons directly affected: “Having satisfied myself that the work of this office can be as efficiently performed by a less "number of clerks than are now em- ployed, the services of the following em- ployes will not be required after this date. Leaves of absence will be granted to May 15, 1804."" This order will’apply to eighteen regular clerks and four clerks who are detailed from other offices. The present force of the Sec- retary’s office consists of seven clerks at $1,800, five at $1,600, nine at $1,400, twenty- one at $1,200, seven at $1,000. The force af- ter the order is carried out will consist of six clerks at $1,800, five at $1,600, eight at $1,400, twelve at $1,200, and four at $1,000. The dismissals will result in an annual saving in salaries of about $25,000, and is raturally a matter of considerable signifi- cance to the employes of the War Depart- ment in general, when it is understood that the same policy of retrenchment and econ- omy is to be appl§ed to all the bureaus of the War Department. Some additional changes in the Secretary's office have been already determined upon, and will be put into execution in a few days. The offices of disbursing clerk and requisition and al- lotment clerk will be consolidated, thus saving the salary of one of them. eins adel Disappeared From Home. Jacob N. Thomas, a justice of the peace of Boyd's, M4., aged about fifty-five years, has suddenly disappeared. He left Boyd's on Tuesday evening about 2 o'clock on a | train for Rockville, Md., but did not get off at that station. He came through to this city. It was thought that he had come to see his son, who resides here, but he has not been seen by him or any of his friends in this city. He is a highly esteemed cit- izen of Montgomery county. No motive is known for his leaving. His family are [deeply grieved. elected colonel, and J. M. Shinn, major. ‘The/ 4 A KNOWN QUANTITY. It is the practice of The Star to print on Saturday a sworn statement of its circulation day by day for the preceding week. It would seem self- evident that the advertiser is entitled to this protection, but The Star is alone in this custom as far as Wash- ington is concerned. Below will be found ghe statement for the week just Past. @ . The average circulation exhibited is believed to be nearly, if not quite, double the combined circulation of the other Washington dailies, and fully five times that of its afternoon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, Aprit 14, 1894. 50,212 MONDAY, April 17, 1894 .. 36,301 TUESDAY, April §7. 1894... WEDNESDAY, April 18, 1894. THURSDAY, April 19, 1894. FRIDAY, April 20, 1804. ‘Total....0. 4. Daily average. a ae ceeees - 38,475 I solemaly swear that the above statement rep- Tesents only the number of copies of Taz EvEN- ING Star circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, April 20, 1894—that {s, the num- berof copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copieg 60 counted were returned to or remainia the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspayer Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-first day of April, A. D. 1804. CHAS. W. DARR, Notary Public, D.C. TOILERS AND TARIFF (Continued from First Page.) certainly did not correspond to the de- scriptions given of Coxey’s cohorts, for the men were all well dressed, and silk hats and iking sticks were not at us rare. If ome wanted to hear an indignant denial and have a chance for an argument all that was necessary was to mention the name of Coxey and he could have all he wanted. These men have not the slight- est feeling in common with the army up at Hagerstown; they paid their own fares on the railroad and are paying their own hotel bills. The Calls Upon Senators. When they arrived at the hall it was seen that there were just about enough people in the crowd to fill it comfortgbly, a pretty large crowd for a representative body. Little time was lost in getting down to business. President Welsh ruled the meeting, and after it was called to order the minutes of yesterday were read in or- der that the recent arrivals could know what had been done already. Then the committees delegated to wait upon va- rious Senators made their-reports. Ephriam Rigg reported that Senator Voorhees, the chairman of the finaace com- mittee, in charge of the bill, had been written to, and had been called for at his home and at the Senate, but could not be found. Jeers greeted this announcement. Delegates who had called upon Senators Brice, Smith and Murphy reported that those Senators could not be found. Senator Hill had promised to meet the delegates at noog, and Senators Cameron and Quay had promised to do all in their power to bring the memorial of the convention to the at- tention of the Senate. The chairman of the committee to call upon Senators McPherson and Smith re- ported that those two gentlemen were out of town. Then he remarked rather caus- tically, “This was about what we expected. It was to be supposed that they would leave Hint as soon as they heard we were com- ing.” The Start for the Capitol. Mr. M. J. Kelly, the secretary of the league, read the report of the special com- mittee on resolutions, and their memorial and protest were adopted amid wild ap- plause. There was some question as to whether the committee should leave at ence to see the Senators, but it was finally decided that their appeal would have more weight if they went in @ body to the Capt- tol, or as near as the edge of the grounds, there to break up into little irregular squads and enter the building in that way in the hope that their presence would be recog- nized as a potent objection to any change in the tariff system. With this end in view they left the hall about noon in a long line heaced again by the Wanamaker flag. At the Capitol, The prospective visit to the Capitol today of the large contingent of Pennsylvania wage earners created an air of expectancy among the executive officials of the Senate, but no precautions were taken on their ac- count, except those usually taken when a crowd is expected. The men at the doors of the Senate galleries were instructed to see that there was no crowding of the gal- leries and that the corridors were not blocked, but beyond this nothing was done, as no trouble was anticipated. It was gen- erally understood that the Pennsylvania crowd was composed of law-abiding and peaceable citizens. The workingmen were to be seen in all parts of the Capitol throughout the after- noon. They exhibited the greatest curiosity and insisted upon going upon the Senate floor, being prevented only by the skillful resistance of the watchmen. As soon as the committee of twelve had succeeded in plac- ing the petition in the hands of Senators Quay and Cameron, the workingmen made a break for the public galleries of the Se ate, and soon filled every available seat The new rules concerning crowds in the gal- leries were applied, however, and only a few of the delegates secured seats, the others forming long lines down the corridors. Those in the galleries listened attentively while Mr. Quay read the petition and ex- hibited a tendency to applaud the Senator. They could be easily distinguished from the ordinary spectators by their small badges of red, white and blue ribbon and their medals, which decorated their lapels. They preserved the best of order throughout the day and the policemen had no cause for com- plaint against any of the delegates. Will Return Tonight. The members of the league remain in Washington sight-seeing today and their trains leave for home at 7 o'clock. A com- mittee of three, Messrs. Ephraim Rigg, Paul Wallace and Jesse Rowland, will stay behind for a conference with the populist Senators on Monday. The populists have expressed a desire to. meet them. The workingmen will endeavor to secure from the third-party Senators a pledge to an- nize the Wilson bill. —_—_——— DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. The Columbia Ratlway Extension. The Commissioners have before them for report House bill 6724 to authorize the ex- tension of the Columbia railway of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The route proposed is as follows: H Beginning at the present terminus of its read at the intersection of H street north- east and 15th street east; thence along the Bladensburg road to the dividing line be- tween the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, so that the outer rail shall not be more than five feet from the eastern boundary of said Bladensburg road; and beginning also at the intersection of H street northeast and 12th street east; thence along said 12th street east and 12th street extended to the line of the Balttmore and Ohio railroad; and beginning also at the said present terminus of its road at the inter- section of H street northeast and 15th street east; thence along the Benning road to Benning station, with authority to con- struct a trestle bridge across the Eastern branch. The extensions and maintenance of the read are subject to all the provisions and re- quirements of the act of incorporation. Miscellaneous. The Commissioners have received from the board of trade a copy of the report of the committee on parks and reservation which was adopted by the board at a recent meeting. Also a copy of a section of a for- mer report of the same committee, both of which have been printed heretofore in The — Appointed on the Watch. L. W. Gifford of Pennsylvania has been appointed a lieutenant in the watch force at the Treasury Department. THE BOSTON FATHERS They Inspect the Underground Eleo- trio System Here. OPPOSED 20 THE OVERHEAD TROLLEY What is Being Done to Rid Boston of Deadly Wires. FRANKLIN’S BEQUEST. The city was honored today with the presence of the entire membership, with one exception, of the board of aldermen of the city of Boston. The city fathers came here in accordance with the custom which seems to prevail in the bay state, and which has this season so far brought two commit- tees of the state legislature to the capital city on a tour for information. They have visited New York and Philadelphia and this evening they will go down the river to Hampton, Va., for the purpose of seeing the great industrial school located there. Their object in coming to this city was to examine the underground electric rail- road system which is in operation on U street. They took a trip over the road this morning as the guests of Mr. Albert G. Wheeler, who is the manager of the Love system. As might be expected, the visitors were very much interested in witnessing the practical operations of such a road. They recognize the evils of the overhead trolley, and not long ago they an ordinance directing that the feed and re- turn wires of the overhead trolley system be placed under ground. The street rail- rcad corporations are allowed time to make this change. The trolley wire will still be strung along the poles, but it is expected that a beginning having been made with the system of burying the wires that the roads will find it to their interest to carry it out. At any rate, this legislation is looked upon as the beginning of the end in the career of the overhead trolley in the crowded sections, at least, of cities. Alsy Trade Schools, The Boston aldermen fully appreciate the perils to life and property of the deadly trolley, and they are anxious to see it done away with in the streets of their city. They inspected the road here with great care, and were gratified to hear of its suc- soe. tt igi dered ge tape to make any on this as the real purpose of the trip is to learn something of trade schools, Benj. Franklin left a bequest of £1,000 to selectmen of the city of Boston. ‘This fund was directed to be accumulated and at the end of one hundred years, which period terminated a year or #0 ago, the money was to be used in establishing a trade school. The aldermen, as the suc- cessors of the selectmen, together with two ministers representing different denomina- tions, constitute a board of managers for the administration of this trust. The visit- ors are as follows: John Lee, Jacob Fottler, John F. Dever, Chas. W. Hallstram, a _ wae as ae W. Presho, rl 4 tt, Barry, Charles H. Bryant, Bordman Hall, Rev. Charles W. Duane and Rev. John Hood. ——_._-—_ Died at the Shoreham. ‘Thom: 8. Morrison, the millionaire manufacturer of Norwalk, died at the Shoreham Hotel this morning. He was twenty-nine years of age and leaves a widow and two daughters. He was a prom- inent member of the Mystic Shrine and was largely interested in shirt manufac- tures in Bridgeport and Norwalk. He is @ son of the late Thomas H. Morrison. ———>—_ Recommended Withholding the Order. The Commissioners received the followitg letter from Senators Gibson, Blackburn and Daniel: “‘We recommend that the enforce- ment of the order relating to the closing of hotels and public saloons on Thursday next be withheld until legislation now pending before Congress amendatory to the license Drill at Fort Myer. The cavalry drill at Fort Myer yesterday was witnessed by a large and enthusias:ic audience. Over six hundred persons were present, crowding the galleries, doors and windows. Better seating and seeing facili- ties should be provided before another sea- son, to accommodate visitors anxious to see the drill. Several members of the Metropoli- tan Club, with Major Sanger, were present. >_— Mast Work Until 5 O'Clock. Owing to the fact that the work in the recording and inspecting divisions of the sixth auditor’s office is very much behind and to that extent affects the current oper- ations of the force of the Treasury Depart- ment en in the settlement of the ac- counts of postmasters, the Secretary of the Treasury has directed that the officials and employes of the two divisicns named be re- quired to work an extra hour every after- noon until the work is brought up to date. The Baron’s Letter Box, Some thief visited the front of the resi- dence of Baron de Fava, the Italian minis- ter, and carried off the letter box, on which was an inscription in Italian. Complaint of the theft has been made to the authorities, and the affair will, perhaps, be reported to the State Department. ———-—2—_____. In Favor of Mr. Enloe. The House committee on elections has re- ported in favor of Mr. Enloe in the contest- ed election case of Enloe vs. Thrasher. Mr. Enloe is the sitting member. and a demo- crat. Three republicans and ‘six democrats voted for Mr. Enloe. The other republicans will submit a minority report. One of them, Mr. Waugh, thinks that neither Mr. Enloe or Mr. Thrasher is entitled to a geat and that a new election should be held. ina acd iiade Taylor's Nomination. Senator Proctor yesterday afternoon re- ported the Taylor nomination to the Senate in executive session, with the adverse rec- ommendation of the District committee, but bo action was taken upon it, 3 ———-_e-—__—_. To Meet Confederate Veterans, Two members of the National Military Park commission will be at Chattanooga to meet the excursion of confederate veterans who contemplate visiting the field of Chick- amauga st the close of their forthcoming reunion at Birmingham, Ala, ee Gen. Schofield’s Return. Gen. Schofield has resumed his duties at army headquarters, War Department, after a four weeks’ tour of inspection of the military posts on the Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver barracks, Washington. ——_——+-e+—____ Treasury Appointments, The Secretary of the Treasury has ap- pointed Thomas O'Meara of New York to be Chinese inspector and J. E. Ziebach of South Dakota to be assistant agent at the Seal Islands, Alaska. en A Compliment to the College. The Secretary of the Navy has complied with requests from the Russian and Swe- dish ministers at Washington to permit a junior naval officer from each of those coun- tries to take the regular course of instruction at the Naval War College at Newport this summer. Naval officers are gratified at this recognition of the meri if the college. Personal Mention. Mr. Andrew Lewis of Whitinsville, Mass., is in the city, the guest of his daughter, Mrs, B. J. Edwards, 2006 17th street north- west. Wm. E, Austin resigned his position here to go into business in California. He left Monday night. + e+_______ Denth of W. S. McFarland. Mr. Walter 5S. McFarland, an old and trusted clerk in the war records office, died suddenly last night at his home, No. 436 New Jersey avenue southeast, from an at- tack of heart disease. He was the father ef Engineer McI*arland of the navy. _— Violations of the Pension Laws. The pension bureau has been advised that Arthur H. Ezeklel was convicted at Charleston, 8. C., for violation of the pen- sion laws and sentenced to two years’ im- prisonment in the Beaufort county jail | J ard to pay a fine of $200. APPROPRIATIONS FOR CHARITY. A Senate Amendment to Restore the Board of-Guardians’ Appropriation. Senator McMillan today introduced into the Senate some important amendments to the District appropriation bill, covering the appropriations for charitable purposes. The item for the care of feeble-minded, etc., un- der the general head of board of children’s guardians, was increased from $19,100 to $46,569. The amendment strikes out the following appropriations to charitable insti- tutions: Church Orphanage of St. John’s parish, $1,181; the German Orphan Asylum, $1,181; National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children,7,680 St. Ann's Infant Asylum, $3,810; St. Joseph's Asylum, $1,181; House of the Good Shepherd, $1,773; industrial Home school, $7,680, and St. Rose’s Industrial School, $2,953. The reason for these changes is amply set forth in a letter to Senator McMillan from Mr. J. McGowan, a member of the board of children’s guardians, which was submitted to the Senate along with the amendment, and states the following: “You will note in the report of the House committee that the appropriation recom- mended by the board is $50,700. You will also note that the total appropriation for the board is $24,100. Now if we add to- coer the separate appropriations made for the various private institutions which I have stricken out (the same that are stricken out in the amendment), it will be found to aggregate $27,469. This amount added to $24,100 makes $51,569. What the House did was to divide up the appropriation as recommended by the com- mittee, giving about @ per cent to the private institutions and 40 per cent to the beard. The board of children’s guardians is doing the work for the indigent and helpless children of this District that the state public school is doing for our state of Michigan. It is a great matter to crip- ple them for want of means, and, in my judgment, a much greater one to make direct appropriations to private institu- tions for the care of children over which the municipal authorities have no control whatever, either to determine what chil- dren shall be admitted or what shall be done with them after admittance. It is a dangerous use of public funds.” ‘The amendments were also accompanied by a long and careful report from Agent ee ed Sa ees arguing vor oj ns to the board for the care of children rather than a division of the funds among the in- stitutions. Th¢ amendments and papers were referred to the committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia. ———_—_+.- DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Gas, Electric and Heating Company. A bill to incorporate the National Gas and Electric Light and Heat Company of the District of Columbia has been introduced in the House by Mr. Campbell. The incorpora- tors are J. Wesley Bovee, George W. Har- vey, John F. Chamberlain, John W. Chil- ders, Davies Murdoch, S. Sterrett McKim, Charles C. Lancaster, George B. Cowlam, William F. Mason McCarty. The capital stock of the company is fixed at $2,000,000, and the price of gas is fixed at sixty cents per thousand feet for street lighting and seventy-five cents to private consumers, the gas to be of twenty-four candle power, free from carbon monoxide, carbonic acid, sul- phurated hydrogen or ammonia. Wharf Privileges. Mr. Meredith has introduced a bill in the House authorizing the District Commission- ers to lease the ends of streets projecting into the Potomac river and the Eastern branch, and that part of Canal street lying between the south line of G street and the branch of the Potomac river. Dolly Madison's Portrait. The amendment offered to the sundry civil bill by Senator Voorhees appropriating $5,000 for an oil painting of Dolly Madison by E. F. Andrews has been introduced in the form of a separate bill and referred to the committee on library. Women School Trustees. Mr. Davis of Kansas has introduced a bill in the House directing the Commissioners, within thirty Gays, to appoint three women as members of the board of school trustees of the District, in addition to the present membership. ——____- e+ —_—__—__ REGAINING HOPE. Democrats Think They Can Surely Pass Some Sort of a Tariff Bill. It is evident that the advocates of the tariff bill are regaining hope that they will be able to pass that megsure through the Senate at a comparatively early day. They have quite recovered from the despondency whjch held them in fear that the bill would not be passed at all. It is asserted by demo- crats of all shades of opinion that some sort of a bill will go through both houses of Congress and be signed by the President. They do not go into particulars as to what sort of a bill it will be, but insist that “the bill” is sure to pass. In some quarters it is said that a new tariff law will be put on the statute books before the 15th of June. Democrats Getting Together. There are quite marked indications that, having fought and defied each other suffi- ciently, the democrats on both sides real- ize that they *cannot afford to have all tariff legislation fall and are now getting into a more accommodating and concilia- tory mood. It is quite probable that some sort of measure will be patched up to go through both houses before many weeks more. As to Hill and Murghy. Senators Hill and Murphy are quoted as stating positively that they will certainly vote against the tariff bill if the income tax feature is retained. Dentes a Tariff Compromise. Senator Jones of Arkansas, a member of the finance committee, pronounces as ab- solutely and unqualifiedly false the report telegraphed here from New York that the democratic Senators had upon a compromise on the tariff. $0 | REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION. Ex-Senator Palmer Disposes of His Residence on McPherson Square. A large transaction, aggregating about $200,000, has just been closed through J. V. N. Huyck and E. C. Baumgras, real estate brokers. Ex-Senator Palmer of Michigan transfers his fine residence fronting on Mc- Pherson Square between Vermont avenue and 15th street to Mf. W. E. Schneider of this city, receiving in exchange four res- idences on Q street between 17th and 18th street and $52,000 in cash. It is the inten- tion of the new owner to add two stories to the height of the present building and to build an addition covering the vacant ground on the west, which wiil give an en- tire frontage of fifty-six feet. The butiding will be fitted up for use as an apartment house. ne Nominati by the President. The Presldent today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Justice—Warren N. Dusenberry of Utah to be judge of probate in the county of Utah, Territory of Utah, Navy—Assistant Engineer Solon Arnold to be a passed assistant engineer. ——<—$$——o.—___ The Vaults Not to Be Opened. As a measure of extra precaution, Assist- ant Treasurer Meline, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, has ordered that “beginning Monday, the 23d instant, and until further notice, the rooms and vaults of the Treasurer's office, where mon- eys and securities are kept, will not be opened to visitors or other persons not em- ployed in the office of the treasurer.” This action is in line with the additional safe- guards placed about the cash room, ref: to in yesterday's Star. . —___-o—__— Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. Month. Ly HI , Close. May. 32 Te 732 1.34 139 741 7.39 741 75 146 145 7.46 750 7.52 7.50 7.52 FINANCE AND TRADE New England Becomes the Center of A af REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE REPORT Chicago Gas Most Active of the Industrials, GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 21.—The stock market had scarcely opened this morning before it became apparent that New England was to be the center of attraction. The published report of the reorganization committee was the occasion of much dissatisfaction on the part of stockholders owing to the tion therein contained that on assessment of S20 Der share should be levied to mest e requirements cr St SSaihiee "Sr aaa ee Bee roads in the seme territory. Traders sold i. — in —— of considerable qui mn, and successfull price off 15-8 per cent to 83-8, os At this price 18 § é rg ment was on an extensive scale, action of the committee had in’ as measure been discounted and large of stock put out at much higher than those recorded today. Notwithstand- ing present low bearish and re In the industrial group Chicago Gas and reacted 1 cent to 681-2, On the assurances that he coseny can- not be deprived of any of its , the street has become indifferent to the over- estimated the Attorney General, and has settled down to the conviction that no matter what the result the intrinsic value of the property must remain unim- paired. The significance attached to this decision has hung as a pall over speculation during the week, and was effective merely speculative for lack of more worthy terlal. In a dull and narrow market Aa and ignorance masquerade as legitimate poo poe sold down & per cent on early trad- ing, but rallied sharply during the hour and closed at a net loss of %& per cent General Electric was weak st a reduction of 1 per cent, and Distillers lost % on moderate business. The banks have gained nearly $2,750,000 in i lawful money and have ‘their, Joans over $2,000,000. The cash increase is entirely in legals and comes from crease. in loans is ascribed "shlety in is to purchases of city tax warrants by. the banks. With today’s items added the sur- plus reserve is now $82,000,000. a etsy os detail shows: nee creased, $1,177,025; loans increased, $2,130, 000; specie $1,178,900; legals in- creased, $3,854,100; deposits increased, $4- 082,700; circulation decreased, $369,000. | ———__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. 23%; 10 . rermment bonds.—United States 4s, registered, % did. United States 4s, coupon, 1, United Mates 5s, 118 bid. District of Columbia Bonds, 108 bid. 0-year ss “ts, stock currency 7s, 19vl, 118 rency 7s, 193, 120 vid. Bis, LAL "bid, "219 aied. 9 cous town Kaliread copy. E Washinwton and Georgetown Hatiroad 135 hid, 139 asked. Metropolitan Reilroad Ge, 102 "did, 108 asked. Belt Railroad F asked. Eckington Railroad 6s, #0 ington Gas Company €s, series A, 115 bid. ington Gas Company 6s, series 16 bid iugton Gas Company conv. Gs, United States Electric Light asked. Ch Ww Wash- Wash meeapeake, and’ Formac te ke a romac 97% bid, 102 asked. American Securit; Se, 1305, F_ & A., 100 bid. American Trost Ss, 1805, 205 bid, 815 asked. Columbia, 60 bid, jon, ‘and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 47 asked. eorgetow United States Biectric Light, Insurance Stocks. .—Firemeti's, 43. bid. Corcoran, asked. | Ari Wasting ¥ ington ‘Telephowe Baltimore Markets. TIMORE, April 21.—Fiour Bal’ receipts, 17,382 barrels; sales, 500 “barrels. Wheat So. 2 wit do., 37) receipts, 4.000’ bushels: 948 Viaanele Rye sxtendy—receipta, 1, » 17,604 busbeis. "3 st to choice timothy, $14.50u$i5.00. Grain dal and unchanged. Sagar steady and Butter dull _and weak—fai ers, 28: do. imitation. 17018; do, ledie. 15416: good ladie. 138 3 store ‘pay Bas fresh, 1 Cheese steady and unchanged. palace menace Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermcmeter at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 56; 2 p.m. 54; maximum, 67; min- imum, 54.