Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. FUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Penzaylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Eveuing Star Ni Com; peapg, Suse Aeapaper Company, New York Ove, 49 Potter Building ‘The Erening Star is served to subscribers in the by carriers. on thetr own account, at 10 cents or 44¢. per month. Copies at the counter each. By mail—anywhere in the United da—postaze prepaid—so month. 8s mail subsertptions must be paid fp advai ex of ng Made known on application, vet | aturda: intuple Sheet Star, $1.00 year; oeelan postawe saded, $505. = a ved ot the Post Office at Washington, D. C., Che Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,877. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. | OPENING HISCANVASS Representative Breckinridge Seek- ing Renomination to Congress. MEETING AT LEXINGRON, KY, TODAY Some of the Points in the Address Delivered. WHY VOTES ARE ASKED FOR LEXINGTON, Ky., May 5.—Lexington 1s crowded today with pertisans of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge, who have gathered from all over the Ashland district to give the opening of his canvass for renomination a great spectacular send off at his own home. ‘The hotels were filled last night, and trains today have been adding to the crowds upon the streets and in the public resorts. The meeting is at the opera house at 2 o'clock, and preparations have been made to seat 2,000, Many of those who will attend are oppos- ed to the renomination of the late defend- ant at Washington, but it is not expected there will be any hostile demonstrations. Col. Breckinridge’s speech is mainly de- voted to a review of his career in Congress, beginning with the first election of Cleve- land, and he points out that no man in the democratic party has taken more advanced ground on the tariff question or done more to umify the party on economic measures. He replies to the claims of his opponents that he is a flowery orator, but not a prac- tical statesmam, by reciting with great par- ticularity his labors on committees and on the floor of Congress. ‘The concluding portion of his speech 1s devoted to the scandal and the opposition to his renomination on moral grounds. He denounces and defies those who are assail- ing him—the newspapers—and says the fu- ture will vindicate his devoted friends and confound those who now seek to destroy his usefulness. This personal address differs from other published utterances since the trial in one important feature. Responding to the charge of hypocrisy in taking a leading part in religious and moral movements while liv- ing a double life, he says he was all this time making atonement for a secret sin which he dared not confess, and doing ev- erything in his power to keep others from following in his footsteps. ecials Disclaim Responsibility. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., May 5.—The action of the federal "government. in appointing a board of experts to determine whether the government or the Richmond locomotive and machine works are responsible for the defects in the boilers of the U. S. S. Texas has created considerable concern among the officers of the latter here. One of the offi- cers of the locomotive works said to The Star correspondent today: “The bed plate of the turning engine, one of the adjunct engines of the Texas, was cracked in a trial some months ago. The Richmond locomotive works, which had made the bed plate, remedied it. During a recent trial the bed plate cracked again, and the Richmond locomotive and machine ‘works claim that the cost of both remedies should be borne by the government, because the foundation’ in the 4 which the bed plate rests was maumielent, and that the bed plate itself was ample and would not have cracked but for the defects in the Structure in the foundation, which” wes Made by the government. We have Rothe ing whatever to do with the structure of” the hull. We built the machinery upon drawings furnished by Mr. Johns, the great ship mechanical engineer of Barrow, Eng- | land. The work done by the Richmond lo- comotive and machine works has received the most unqualified commendations of the government officers supervising it. To de- termine the responsibility for the cracking of the bed plate is the question to be sub- mitted to the board.” The locomotive works’ officers seem to be greatly surprised at the action of the gov- ernment in referring the matter to a board, claiming that it was clearly the fault of the government, —_>_— FOGGY AT NEW YORK. NEW YORK, May 5.—The dense fog Which hung over the bay and rivers this morning seriously impeded navigation. Ferry boats rap regardless of schedule and were from fifteen to forty-five behind their regular time. At Sandy Hook and Quarantine nothing could made oat beyond a few feet from the ocean steamers passed either expecied that quite a num- are off the bar, waiting for the grth Persian Monarch, which was floated me gee aN, E t i | i 5 ‘The court of cassation, however, has de- Sided im favor of the newspaper and has Alexander’s ukase to be Wlegal The ukase referred to was issued a April Zi, and annulled the measures which the former regents and the Skupts- ching had adopted against ex-King Milan and Queep Natalie, on the ground that were and restored his parents to their constitutional Tights @8 members of the royal house. Laie ‘ CHIEF ARTHUR’S COMMENT. | f CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 5.—“The report ‘# the subcommittee of the National House of Representatives judiciary committee ap- Painted to investigate the Northern Pacific strike orders is a great reflection upon Judge Jenkins,” said Chief Arthur of the Lecomottve Engineers’ Brotherhood today. “The report simply sustains our conten- tion that Judge Jenkins exceeded his au- thority, but still leaves the modified order based upon Judge Caldwell’s decision in force We are free to confer with our men, Dut still they are technically in danger of being hauled up for contempt if they should do anything contrary to the orders. I like to hear the minority report of e Stone, the republican mem- ber of the committee, if he intends MISS RICKETTS APPEARS THE SUGAR BOUNTY THE THIRD ARMY . CORPS Recommends Dyott to Have an Early Trial She Says That He Has Had His Day and That Her Turn Has Arrived. ROCKVILLE, May 5.—Samuel H. Dyott, confined in jail here, charged with marry- ing Margaret O. Ricketts in March last, when he had a wife living, has since his incarceration stoutly maintained that he’ is not the man who was married here by Rev. Father Rosensteel. Some of the per- Sons who saw the man who was married on that occasion express doubts as to Dyott being the same person. Father Rosensteel visited the jail on Thursday evening, and when he entered Dyott spoke to him familiarly, calling him by name, and when asked if he had pre- viously known the minister, said his only knowledge of him was gained in reading the newspapers, and that he expected a visit from him. Father Rosensteel says that he is not en- tirely positive that Dyott is the man he married, as he is dressed differently, and is somewhat changed otherwise. Miss Margaret O. Ricketts, the alleged second wife, has made her appearance, and after consultation with State’s Attorney B. C. Peter, visited the jail in company with that gentleman. Upon entering the pres- ence of Dyott she spoke to him in a familiar manner, and was answered in like terms. She took occasion to remind Dyott that he had had his day, and now she would enjoy hers. She also advised him to have his trial as soon as possible, so his term in the penitentiary would end at an earlier day. Dyott asked for a private con- versation with her, and this request she referred to Mr. Peter, who declined to grant it, as he considered the interview sufficiently long. Miss Ricketts says that on the day of her marriage she intrusted $700 to Dyott, and the same evening after they arrived in Washington he left her, promising to meet her in Baltimore, since which time she has not seen him. Before leaving here Miss Ricketts met Father Rosensteel at the railroad station. where they immediately recognized each other. Dyott also claims that he has no wife, and that the woman who has been passing as his first wife, both in Washing- ton and this place, is an employe in the family of his sister in Baltimore. He will Ita Repeal Likely to Carry in the House. HOW If WILL BE ACCOMP! An Amendment to the Appropriation Bill. Legislative THE WOOLEN SCHEDULE FIGHT RES eee The proposition to repeal the sugar boun- ty by an amendment to the legislative ap- Propriation bill in the House is very apt to carry. The time when the repeal is to take effect may be put forward so as to admit of the compromise on sugar proposed in the Senate being carried out if the tariff bill is passed, ‘but there is an evident in- tention on the part of the tariff reform- ers to so fix the thing that the Louisiana Senators will have nothing to gain by the defeat of tariff legislation. They are threatend with the loss of their bounty, whether the tariff bill passes or not, and they will be much better off with the duty on sugar given in the pending measure than they would be with the present law with the bounty repealed. This applies to the Loutsiana men only, as the trust would be left in pretty good shape in either event. The Fight on Woolen Goods. The fight for an increase in the duties on woolen goods is the most mysterious thing in the present situation. It is in the air, it is being whispered all about that an amendment increasing these duties is be- ing prepared and is to be submitted with the other compromise amendments. There was, however, no whisper of this in the democratic caucus where the proposed con- cessions were proposed and men most prominent in the party management deny any knowledge of it, “It is undoubtedly true that there are woolen manufacturers here working on a proposed amendment which they expect to have made a feature of the compromise, but there is no evidence that any democrat who will have to do with the preparation have a preliminary hearing before Justice Morgan on Monday. - 3 — TO TAKE MOST’S PLACE. “Common- weal” to Lead American Anarchists. NEW YORK, May 5.—Great events are promised in the near future by the inside workers of anarchy, to their outside breth- ren in this vicinity, and the first gun will be fired at a méeting which is scheduled to take place at the Thalia Theater tomor- row afternoon. This, it ts said, will be the beginning of a revival of anarchistic agi- tation. The “reds” have lain dormant during the past eight months, probably owing to the enforced retirement of their female “fire- brand,” Emma Goldman, and of the hot- headed Timmerman. Last fall the police of New York city played a trump card against the malcontents, whose fiery ut- terances became too flagrant. Recently Herr John Most has had a sort of quietus put on him by the suppression of his rabid organ, the Fretheil, but Most moves quietly around in his old stamping grounds, and his friends anxiously listen to every word which drops from his lips, | and his utterances are only whispered, It is said that Most has quieted down so much that tn the view of his colleagues he has outlived his ess, and that a more radical leader js to be put in his place. id America 1s a big country, but it seems that out of the alleged thousands of anar- chists Who are said to reside in it not one has been found fit enough to fill the bill. Europe has been scoured to find a fitting leader, and an English tailor, Wm. Mow- bray, who has made himself known in Lon- don as the editor of a sheet called the Com- monweal, has been selected as the proper person to take the place. Mowbray, like Most, has known what it is to be on the wrong side of jail walls, as he has been imprisoned in London. A sub- scription was opened some time ago to raise @ sufficient sum to bring him and family over here, and a few weeks ago a draft for fifty pounds was sent to him to defray his expenses. Commissioner of Immigration Senner and his subordinates have been anxiously on the lookout for this “hired man,” but they have not as yet discovered him on any of the incoming steamers. It is quietly hinted that Mowbray is now in this city, having successfully eluded the vigilant watch of the authorities, and that he will address the audience of anarchists and their sympa- thizers in the Thalia tomorrow. a GEN. HARRISON'S WISHES. Would Probably Accept a Presid tion if Offered. NSEND, Wash. May 65.— Judge Scott, brother-in-law of Gen. Harri- son, with whom he recently spent several weeks in California, says: “The ex-Presi- dent expressed himself as not being a can- didate on the republican ticket in 1896. Harrison said the republican nomination was equivalent to an’election, but on ac- count of family afflictions he was not anxious to enter the contest for another termi, although I believe if the nomination was tendered him he would accept it and of the compromise amendments is even thinking of incorporating this one. There is apparently not a vote in the Senate to be affected by making the changes which the woolen manufacturers desire, and Mur- phy of New York is understood to be the only one who is particularly interesting himself in the matter. Even Murphy's vote, it ts said, will not be affected by the action on this schedule. The Keystone of Tariff Reform. Moreover, the very keystone of the tariff reform bill is free wool and the woolen schedule. The democrats have been preach- ing free wocl and cheaper clothing, and blankets to keep the people warm, and “the Uttle patch of carpet on the poor man’s floor” ever since tariff reform has been an issue. Still there is some mysterious force at work which maintains the confidence of the woolen men th ‘to get what they want! An explanation of this mystery is said to be that the man who is here working for the inerease. of duty is a prominent demo- crat, @ warm si and personal friend of Mr. Cleveland’s, and is a very large cortributor to the democratic campaign fund. Whatever work is being done in the matter is kept within very narrow limits, democrats in the Senate generally knowing rothing about it. There are only two or three democrats and a number of republi- cans who assert that the changes are going to be made. j The Tart Armistice. | The Senate observed. the td eathjetice agreed upon yestef@ay between the demo- cratic and republican Jeaders by going into executive session at 12-40- v’clock today. The appointment of” WwW. W! to be collector of internal-revenue in. was promptly taken up, with a fair pros- Pect of consuming the entire day. ‘The promoters of the tariff compromise were not so busily engaged upon the new bill as yesterday, and it is understood that practically all the amendments have been put into shape and are about ready for the printer, There has been considerable discussion of the attitude of Senator Irby on the tariff question, and some people have regarded his sheenge from Friday's caucus as sig- nificant. He wag in the Senate today for the first time for about two weeks, but he said today that his absence was due to illness. When requested for an interview on the tariff he ‘Wieinted-mao.adigeuss the question. 4 Representative Tracey (N. Y.) today con- sulted Senator Jones, chairman of the tariff subcommittee, as to changing the rate on aniline dyes to 25 per cent, the proposed rate being 20 per cent. Mills and Coke Displeased. The managers of the tariff compromise are having some trouble with the more radical tariff reformer wing of the party in the Senate, who do not accept with a gcod grace the new concessions that are to be made to the manufacturers in the compromise bill under discussion, Both Senators. Mills and Coke of Texas are un- derstood to be quite displeased with these amendments. They. will both vote for the bill with the amendments included, but they will give thelr adhesion unwillingly. Senator Coke has made no secret of his opposition to the amendments, and has not failed to acquaint the compromise engin- eers with his feeling on the subject. He protested in the most vigorous terms make the campaign; but he is too shrewd and calculating to allow his friends to an- mounce his candidacy two years in ad- vance of the nominating convention, if he wanted the nomination.” a WiLL START AGAIN. Fresh Scheme to Complete the Pana- ma Canal. PARIS, May 5.—It is stated that the sev- eral million francs which Dr. Cornelius Herz, M. Eiffel and the executors of the estate of Baron De Reinach have agreed to repay to the liquidator of the Panama Canal Company, an agreement which has been approved by the courts, will be used as the basis of a fresh scheme to complete the Panama candl. — DRIVEN AWAY BY THE GIRLS. A German Baron Who Fied From San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.—Baron Uecritz of Berlin, chamberlain to the emperor, of- } ficer of the Royal Lancers, was the name, { address and string of titles Inscribed on the register of the Palace Hotel here on March 8 by the tallest man who has visited San Francisco for many a day. But he has left. The Examiner prints an interview, in which the baron declares he was driven out of San Francisco by the importunities of the city’s society girls, who were anxious to exchar:ge their hearts and hands and for- tunes for his rank and his castle on the Rhine. pee See Winchester Better Than Revolvers. BALTIMORE, Md., May 5.—A special to the Sum from Welch, W. Va., says: At the head of Tug river yesterday, Tyler Harmoa met Evan B. Freeman and his brother, W. L. Freeman, in the road. Harmon carried a Winchester rifle and the others had revol- vers. A quarrel, over a feud originating twelve years ago over some land, ensued, and all three began shooting. Evan Free- man was Killed outright and William Free- man was fatally injured. Harmon was un- hurt and made his escape. William L. Fre2- tan was a member of the lest state legis- ture. against the ments, and has coupled his protest with the assertion that there were half a dozen protection Senators on the democratic side, who were shaping the bill, and who have made it necessary to make un undemocratic and protective bill in order to pass any bill at all. He tells them that he will vote for the bill as it shall be reported, but that it is not the bill he wants, andthe bill which tariff reform- ers had a right to expect from the pledges made by the democratic party. oe THE FREE ZONE. Citizens of Texas Want to Have It AboMshed. Representative Crain's resolution ¢alling on the State Department for the négotia- tion between the United States and Mexico in regard to reciprocity, and the abolition of the free zone, is the result of an agita- tion in the southwest for the removal of trade restrictions between the countries. Mr. Crain says the free zone was originally establisned by Mexico as a means of build- ing up towns on the Mexican border and retarding the settlement on the Texas side. The zone is about twenty miles wide and extends the entire length of the Mexican boundary. Within this zone the people are almost entirely exempt from the tariff | taxes of Mexico. This has proved very | beneficial to the people of the zone, but it has failed of its main object in building up Mexican’ towns along the border. On the ‘contrary the American towns have ad- vanced much faster than those south of the Rio Grande. The exemption of the zone from tariff taxes has made it a headquarters for smug- gling. Duty-free goods are imported from various foreign countries and are_then | smuggled across the border into Texas, where they compete with domestic products and with imported goods paying United States duties. Mr. Crain says the sentiment on both sides of the border is for the abolition of the free zone and the peculiar privileges its people enjoy. His resolution is with a view to assisting in bringing about the abolition, Naval Movements. The Miantonomoh has arrived at Norfolk, Va. Business Transacted at the Meeting Today. New Officers Reported and the Next Meeting Place Chosen—The Ban- quet Tonight—Other Business, At the social gathering of the Third Army Corps Union held last évening in the parlors of Willard’s Hotel music was rendered by the Farragut Post Quartet, consisting of Messrs. J. 8. Smith, H. O. Simonds, Robert Lowery and W. W. Rich. Old memories were recalled by speeches by a number of comrades, and a thor- oughly enjoyable evening spent by all present. President Murphy called the business meeting to order shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, about sixty members being pres- ent. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the last meeting the report of the treasurer was read, and, upon motion, accepted as read, and ordered on file. The report of the secretary was read, and, on motion of Maj. Plimley that the report be read in its entirety at the annual banquet in the evening, was unanimously adopted. Communications were read from select- men of Hadley, Mass. and the president stated that Hadley had been selected as the location for the next annual meeting of the corps. An amendment to the consti- tution, proposed at the last meeting, relat ing to subordinate or branch organiza- tions, brought forth remarks pro and con by Gen. Morgan, Dr. Dexter, Maj. Fassett and Maj. Richardson. L. E. Jenkins of Boston favored very strongly keeping the Third Army Corps Union just where it now stands, and showed how little benefit is to be acquired by any change in the constitution on this question. Col. Dun- ham and Mr. Charles F, Benjamin also spoke in regard to the motion, which was finally adopted. Farther Business, It was moved, and carried, that a resolu- tion offered by Col. Welling relating to the national peace jubilee. in 1895 le on the table until the next meeting. Similar action was taken in regard to a motion by Maj. Richardson that hereafter life membership fee be $10, instead of $25. A motion of Col. Welling that Gen. Dickinson be placed upon the roll upon the payment of one year’s dues was led. Gen. Morgan then asked that the Third Army Corps Union indorse a res- olution to be presented to the Secretary of War, requesting that a medal of honor be Presented to Capt. Fassett. The m agreed to do this. era Lieut. Col. Moore moved that the presi- dent, vice nt, secretary, treasurer and three other members of the union be appointed a committee to consider the ad- visability of preparing a history of the corps. Thanks were extended to Col. Bumpus for presenting to the union the original minutes of the first meeting of the union. The board of directors was authorized to transfer $150 from the permanent to the contingent fund. New Officers. The nominating committee recommended the following for officers of the union for the ensuing year: President, Maj. William Plimley; vice president, Capt.Isaac P.Gragg, and secretary, Col. Edward L. Welling; board of directors, Maj. John P. Fassett, Capt. Christopher W. Wilson, Capt. Thomas R. Mathews, Col. A. Judson Clark, Maj. Lovell Purdy, Maj. Joseph F. Denniston, Capt. Benjamin Murphy, Col. Blankston T. Morgan and Col. Henry L. Potter; trus- tees, Maj. Willard Bullard and Capt. Wm. ay. I. Ki On motion of Gen. Sickles, the secretary was Instructed to send telegrams of sym- pathy to Gen. Carr and Maj. Bullard, who | are confined to their homes illness, The meeting then adjourned, members pro- ceeding to the Executive Mansion to meet President Cleveland. The reunion is to end with a banquet at the hotel this evening. Called the President. About‘seventy-five members of the ‘army corps called at the White House afternoon and paid their respects. were received in the east room and on thelr departure the President shook hands with about 150 other callers. HEAVY EXPENSES. e What the Coxey Movement ta Costing the Government. The Coxey movement in the northwest is already putting the government to heavy expense. The Treasury Department has submitted to the House an estimate of a prospective deficiency of $50,000 for fees and expenses of United States marshals, In ask- ing the treasury to submit the deficiency Attorney General Olney says: “At present an extraordinary kind of expense arises from bands of restless men in various sec- tions of the country seizing upon property in the custody of the United States courts. Authorized expenses are already going on In Washington at the rate of $1,000 per day; an indefinite amount of expenses has been in- curred and fs growing in Montana,and other expenses may be expected for’ which pro- vision has been made. It is better to have an appropriation ready to meet these cur- rent expenses than to make application for the amount after the expenses have been in- curred, because with money in hand the marshal can more readily secure the ser- vices of faithful posses for the protection of | property. Assistance in such cases might be of little value if those employed to assist were not assured of speedy payment. You are notified of the probable necessity of this appropriation that action may be taken by Congress in due time.” The reference to an expense of $1,000 per day at Washington undoubtedly refers to the state of Washington, and not the na- 0 The Treasury De\ tment pal | estimates for deficiencies for the | States courts for the current year, viz: Fees | of witnesses, $150,000; fees of jurors, $50,000; | fees and expenses of marshals, $5,000; legal service to the United States, $2,000, + 2+ SECRETARY HERBERT’S TRIP. He Has Gone on an Extended Tour of Inspection. Secretary Herbert left Washington this morning on a trip of inspection of the Mare Island, Cal, navy yard, and the naval station on Puget Sound, Washington. With the Secretary were his daughters, | Miss Herbert and Mrs. Micou; his niece, | Miss Edith Buell, and his naval aid, Lieut. Reamey. The party will probably be ab-_ sent frcm Washington about a month, | and on the way to the Pacific slope will | visit the Yellowstone Park and other | points of interest. The start was made via | the Baltimore and Ohio at 11:20 o'clock | this morning. Arriving at Chicago at 11:55 tomorrow, the party will depart at 6:32 o'clock via the Chicago, Burlington and | Quincy ratiroad for Omaha, and from that | rill proceed Monday at 2 p. m. over Tnion Pacific railroad for San Fran- which will be reached Thursday cisco, morning. BURROWS WON'T ACCEPT. He Will Not Sacrifice Assured Pros- pects in the House. It can be stated that Representative Bur- rows of Michigan will not accept an ap- pointment by the governor of Michigan to the place in the United States Senate made vacant by the death of Senator Stockbridge. Mr. Burrows 1s reasonably certain of reé- nomination end re-election in his congres- sional district, and as the gubernatorial ap- pointment to the Senate would run only until next December, when the state legis- lature assembles, and a contest for the va- cancy will be Inevitable, it would scarcely be worth while for Mr. Burrows to sacri- fice assured prospects in the House for an WORLD'S FAIROPENED The Great Exhibition at Antwerp Has Begun. OVER THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PRESENT King Leopold Presided Over the Ceremonies. VISITING THE EXHIBITS ANTWERP, May 5.—King Leopold, ac- companied by the Queen of Belgium, the princesses of the royal family, the Count- ess of Flanders, Prince Von Hohenzollern, the cabinet ministers, and a host of promi- nent persons, opened the world’s exhibi- tions here today with appropriate cere- monies. There were over 35,000 people pres- ent. The route from the railroad station to the exhibition was beautifully decorated, and many thousands of people enthusiastically cheered the king and queen, and with her distinguished personages, while the latter were omtheir way to the opening cere- monies. The royal party was received at the en- ‘trance of the main building by the Arch- bishop of Mechlin, and King Leopold, in a brief speech, declared the exhibition open. The kirg then visited the various sections of the exhibition, the president of the ex- ecutive committee presenting all the for- eign delegates to his majesty. King Leopold spent much time in the Congo state section, and expressed gratification with the design of the section. The entrance is through rocky defiles, lead- ing: to @ realistic representation of an Afri- can village, with a lake, and canoes filled with. fishermen upon it. Another section which was much ad- mired, was a reproduction of Antwerp in the sixteenth century, where mediaeval fetes will be produced during the exhibition. Leopold has premised to be present @t one of these fetes. —— TROUBLE FEARED IN INDIA. Mysterious Smearing of Trees Believ- ed to Denote Conspiracy. LONDON, May 5.—The Spectator today publishes an alarmist article in regard to India and the possibility of serious trouble in that country. i ‘The Spectator refers to the dispatch from Calcutta, published in the Times on April 1%, announcing that much excitement pre- vailed in North Behar, owing to the fact that all the mango trees in several districts had been found smeared with a mixture of mud and of the hairs of some animal. The officials were perplexed, some considering that the smearing of the trees was a secret sign connected with the cow protection movement, and this and other movements going of in North Behar disturbed and puz- aled the government. ¥ In its references to the Times dispatch the Spectator recalls that next Thursday is the anniversary of the India mutiny, and that this anniversary has been preceded by ® mysterious distribution of cakes through- out Behar and the northwest. According to the Spectator there is some- thing stirring among the Nepaulese priests, and it is feared that it portends another serious rising in India, It seys that the rising, if it takes place, wil}. be due to the disaffection which exists on account of the rulings of the opium commission, increased taxes, the cow question and other matters, which have caused deep mutterings among the populace. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Safety Gates at Grade Crossings. ‘SéubtéF Harris, this morning, by the re- quest of the District Commissioners, intro- duced a bill similar to those introduced in the House yesterday,providing for the erec- tion of safety gates at railroad crossings in. the District. A New Printing Office Site. Senator Martin added to the literature of the printing office building question by taking a new proposition for a site for that much-needed structure. He introduced & bill, which was referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to secure the title, by purchase or condemnation, to the wholé of square 862, bounded by D, E, 6th and 7th streets and Maryland avenue north- east, containing 220,183 square feet. For this purchase the sum of $275,300 is appro- priated. The bill provides in section three that as’ soon as the site has been acquired the chief of engineers of the army, shall, with the advice of the public printer, pre- pare plans for a fireproof building, suffi- cient for the prompt and proper perform- ance of the work now required by the gov- ernment, and so designed as to admit of future enlargement, as increasing demands upon the establishment may from time to time require. He shall also make contracts for, and, shall supervise and control their execution, for the construction of such por- tion of the plans as shall be deemed neces- sary for present use. The appropriation of $250,000 contained in the sundry civil bill of 1800, and suspended by the sundry civil bill of the following year, is made available for the erection of this first Installment of the building. —__--e-— Treasury Changes. The following promotions have been made in the classified service of the Treasury De- partment: Sixth auditor’s office—R. C. Williams, Pennsylvania, $720 to $840; N. E. Webster, Michigan, $720 to $840; Miss J. E. Robinson, Pennsylvania, $720 to $840; M. C. Flohr, Pennsylvania, $720 to $840; J. M. Rausch, New Jersey, $840 to $900; Miss S. M. Talla- fero, Tennessee, $900 to $1,000; Miss M. M. Bostick, South Carolina, $1,000 to $1,200; Mrs. K. Smalley, Wisconsin, $1,000 to $1,200. Secretary's office—Mrs. L. Van Dachen- hausen, Virginia, $900 to $1,000; Mrs. J. L. Waddill, South Carolina, $840 to $000. Second auditor's office.—B, F. Blye, jr, New York, $900 to $1,200. ‘Treasurer's office—Geo. Wallace, Massa- chusetts, $1,400 to $1,600; Chas. Atkinson, Ohio, $1,400 to $1,600; Frank Wolfe, New York, $1,200 to $1,400; Geo. M. Fisher, Geor- gia, $000 to $1,400; C. R. Porterfield, Illinois, $1,000 to $1,200; Miss Ella Jarvis, District of Columbia, $900 to $1,000. Mint bureau—Mrs. E. J. Scott, Montana, $1,000 to $1,200. Register’s office—Albert C. Floyd, Massa- chusetts, $1,600 to $1,800. Bureau of navigation—Miss Lucie Bern- hard, Michigan, $840 to $900. ——_—__+©+____ Approved by the President. The President has approved the joint reso- lution providing for partial payments for work on vessels constructed for the Treas- ury Department, and the joint resolution di- recting the Secretary of War to cause an examination to be made of the space divid- ing the Mississippi river from the St. Francis river in the vicinity of Wainut Bend, Ark., to determine the probability of danger of the former cutting through. ——__-e-—__. Visited Mt. Vernon. Mrs. Cleveland and a party of friends, including ex-Representative Russell of Massachusetts, Miss Leiter and Mr. Endi- ectt, paid a visit to Mount Vernon this af- terncon. They made the trip on a govern- ment vessel, + 0+ — Assistant Attorneys. Charles T. Greve and John E. Bruce have been appointed assistant attorneys of the eight months’ tenure in the Senate, without certainty of election for the full term, United States for the southern district of Ohio. THE NEW LIQUOR LAW| An Agreement Reached by the Conferees of the Two Houses. Those Hotels Established to Be Al- lowed to Continuc—Prokibition as to the Future. The conferees of the two houses of Con- gress upon the new Hquor license bill came > together today and agreed upon a report to be made to their respective houses later. The conferees on the part of the House were Messrs.-Cobb and Babcock, and on the | part of the Senate Messrs. Faulkner and Hansbroogh. The report of the conference THE TRIAL TODAY Further Testimony in the Case of the Commonwealers. CONSTANT OBJECTION IS MANE OORIAE Soe By Some of the Attorneys for the Defendants. THE PROSECUTION committee in effect permits hotels, whole- sale houses and’retail establishments that | were established prior to the passage of the present ‘aw, March, 1803, to take out licenses within the discretion of the excise board. There are about seventeen places rew doing business within the 400 feet Imit that would have been closed had the bill in its original form become law. These establishments represented rights which the metiae destroyed by a retroactive enact- ment. Prohibiton as to Retail Houses. As agreed upon the bill prohibits the es- tablishment of any retail houses within 400 feet of churches and schools and provides that no hotel of less than twenty-five guest chambers shall be entitled to licenses within the 400 feet limit. The bill makes it the duty of the district attorney to proceed against violaters of the law on information individual, instead of Bug 4 reputable citizens.” The district attorney to judge as to the credibility of the in- former, and in case he should be a man without reputation, the district attorney will be authorized to withhold action. The conferees thought that it would be better to reduce the requisite number of inform- ants from two to one, as in many cases it is | difficult, and even impossible, to obtain two — witnesses to a violation of the law. The conferees agreed to reduce the salary of the clerk to the excise board provided for in the original bill from $1,200 to $1,000. ° NO TARIFF TODAY. The Senate Gives Most of Its Time to Executive Business. Owing to the fact that the major portion of the day in the Senate was to be held be- hind closed doors in the consideration of executive business, Mr. Harris decided to make no attempt to take up the tariff bill. Immediately after the reading of the jour- nal the Senate proceeded to the considera- tion of bills on the calendar. A bill for the relief of citizens of Oregon, Idaho and Washington who served with the United States troops in the war against the Nez Perces and Bannock and Shoshone Indians and the heirs of those killed in that service was passed on motion of Mr. Shoup (Idaho). One or two unimportant private bills were passed, after which Mr. Hunton (Va.) again called up the bill to remit the penalties on the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, which he has made ineffectual efforts to have passed for several days. Mr. Chandler opposed it as a “one-sided and losing business for the government,” but it was passed. Then at 11:35, on motion of Mr. Harris, the doors were closed and the Senate pro- ceeded to the consideration of executive business. CAPITOL TOPICS. New Torpedo Boats. Senator McPherson, chairman of the com- | mittee on naval affairs, has favorably re- ported from that committee the amendment to the naval appropriation bill authorizing re. cor of twelve new torpedo its, The amendment provides that the ‘cost of the boats shall not exceed $200,000 each, and they are to be capable of making @ speed of twenty-five knots per hour. A premium of $8,000 per knot is to be added for speed in excess of twenty-five knots, and a penalty of that amount in case of the speed of the boats falling below twenty- five knots. Hight of the boats are to be con- structed east of the Rocky mountains and four on the Pacific coast. River and Harbor Bill Passed. The river and harbor appropriation bill passed the House yesterday. It was con- sidered by paragraphs for amendment dur- ing almost the entire day’s session, but no amendments of any importance were adopted. The appfopriation for the harbor at Oswego, N. Y., was increased from $27,000 to $37,000. At 6:07 the House took a recess until 8 p. m., when private pension bills were considered. Withholding Pay. Messrs. Stone, Updegraff and Childs of the judiciary committee have made a mi- nority report, declaring that “the sergeant- at-arms has no legal authority to withhold from the members any portion of their sai- ery on account of absence.” The minority report is upon a resolution recently re- ported from the judiciary committee declar- ing that the old law is still in force which provides that members shall not receive pay for the time they are absent from the House. Postal Telegraphy. Mr. Gardiner G. Hubbard, the well-known advocate of postal telegraphy, spoke before the House committee on post offices and Post roads today in support of bills on that subject. The speaker referred at some length to the fact that in other countries the telegraph business was managed by the government, and he thought that a similar course Should be taken here. If the business were in the hands of the gov- ernment its efficiency would be increased and the service improved. Anti-Option Report. Chairman Hatch of the House commit- tee on agriculture has finished his report on the anti-option bill agreed on by the com- mittee, and will report it to the House probably early next week. It will be called up for consideration when an opportunity offers, and Mr. Hatch hopes to see it en- acted into law before Congress adjourns, For New Bridges. Senator Vest, from the Senate committee on commerce, today reported favorably the bill authorizing the Pennsylvania and New bridge over the Delaware river. Mr. Ves' Vorable report on the bill authorizing a bridge across the Missouri at Jefferson, Mo. Light House at New Bedford. Senator Lodge today gave notice of an amendment to the sundry civil appropria- tion bill appropriating $45,000 for the erec- tion of a light house on Butler flats at New Bedford, Mass. —————+-o+—______ THE SEAL FISHERIES, Regulations Governing Vessels Is- sued by the Navy Department. The Navy Department today issued the regulations for the government of vessels employed in fur-seal fishing in the Pacific and in Bering sea. There are nine articles. The first requires the masters of sealers to employ only competent hunters. The other articles ‘provide in brief: Against the use of firearms in sealing; for placing under a customs seal firearms and sealing equip- ments when versels desire to pass through jthe closed zone homeward bound; for the | issue of special licenses to hunt seal in Bering sea by United States customs or | consular officers; for the exemption from selzure of veesels now at sea without Kcense or distinciive flag if they have Volated the law in reference to sealii flag for sealers of bia onally joined, and for the exercise by British officers of the authority granted to our own ni , customs and consular officers. The regulations apply only to the season of 1804. Jersey Railroad Company to construct a | jfrom the same committee, also made a fa: | 4 ie a He said that he first met Coxey at the of the District Commissioners on the | oon of April 30, and at their request up @ permit for parading. Mr. Coxey he would not enter the grounds with army. ers that he had a constitutional right to enter the grounds?” asked Mr. Pence. “He started to say something like that” replied the witness, “but the Commission- ers told him that he was in no place for “Have you arrested anyone else for tres- on the grounds?” asked Mr. “Have you given orders for the arrest of auy one?” “No, sir.” Afver some further questions of minor importance had been answered the court adjourned until this morning at 10 0% Oficer Law's Testimony. The first witness placed on the stand day .was Officer Law of the who was with the parade on told of the positions of Coxey and in line. When the line halted at the of the Capitol Coxey, who was ina | kissed his wife good-bye. Then, in company | with Browne, he started for the Capitol. | Browne jumped over the wall or around the grounds and Coxey him. They jumped onto the grass. He saw them both there, and Browne was carrying rbd j ; i Hi Judge Miller. a club with a little banner on the The: re was no flag on the stick. time he was within twenty-five the Capitol. In the struggle that between Browne and the officers who trying to put him off the witness | away the club or staff. This he prod in court today. Coxey did not have | thing in his hand. Surveyor Forsythe. ‘Officer Law was excused for a few min- utes, and James H. Forsythe of the Diss Lt the Capitol grounds in order to locate pre- cisely where the offenses alleged were com- mitted. Mr. Lipscomb objected to this form of testimony on the ground that there must | be somewhere an act or deed which would, in legal terms, set forth the precise locality of the grounds by metes and bounds. Judge Miller, however, insisted that there could | mot be better proof on the point than the map of the District, a copy of which the witness had spread cut over the judge's desk. With the aid of this surveyor’s map the witness pointed out the grounds as beunded by B streets north and south, and ist streets east and west. The streets of the city leave off when they reach the grounds, and the roads inside are laid off arbitrarily. The lawyers for the defense fought brave- ly against letting this testimony go in as finally settling the point. They wanted it proved beyond a doubt whether or not the offenses hed been committed on public Streets, according to the original maps of Maj. L’Enfant, or on land that had been called by some one at some time the Capi- tol grounds. They were not successful in Ubeir contention, however. Continuing, the witness was asked what grounds were cared for by the architect of the Capitol, and he answered “the Capitol | grounds.” The defense objected to this an- swer and to his describing the extent of the grounds which the architect cares for Judge Miller overruled the objection on the posi- | tion that grounds known, used and occu- pied as the Capitol grounds would legally | | Carl Browne Poses. be known as such. Every day there are cases in the Police Court of offenses com- mitted on the public streets of the city, and it is not necessary to bring in witnesses and experts to show by metes and bounds the extent and location of the streets. Over- ruling alll objections, he allowed the witness | to describe the grounds as generally admit- | ted to be such and so known to the public | generally. OMcer Law Recalled. Officer Law was recalled to the stand an@ questioned by Judge Miller. He said that the head of the procession, when it stopped, was about at ist and B streets southeast, slightly east of the Capitol. Browne dis- mounted there. Coxey was thirty or forty yards behind the head of the column when he got out of the carriage. The two men started directly on a line for the Capitol. There were no policemen stationed at the point where Browne and Coxey leaped the fence. A Lesson for Mr. Pence. Representative Pence objected to Judge Miller's line of questions as jeading and ir- relevant. Judge Miller called him down and gave him a Jesson as to the rights an@ sworn duties of a police judge in the Dis- trict of Columbia. He told the young peo- pie’s lawyer from the Was going to be pert in preventing the case from going out of its proper channels. This case was going to Be