Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Seca 0 wr ata PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. T THE STAR BUILDINGS, Ul0l Pearsylvania Aveoue, Cor. 11th Street, by Tae Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Oifice, 49 Potter Building. ee eee The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, xo their own account, at 10 cents week, or 44. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 -ente per mont). Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1.00 per year: with foreign postage added, (Entered at e Post Office at Washington, D. C., mail matter.) | | | | ¢ £Fvening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,882. TOMARCH TOMORROW The Commonwealers Will Go to : Camp in Maryland. Tt WILL ONLY BE SUMMER QUARTERS Gen. Coxey Says He Will Be Within Hailing Distance. EVERYBODY WELL PLEASED Maryland has claimed the army of the commonweal, and tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock camp will be struck and to the tune of “Maryland, My Maryland” (which the army band has been practicing zealously), the cohorts of Coxey, Browne et al. will march to the new camp between Bladens- burg and Hyattsville. This important plece of information was given out by Gen. Coxey when he appeared before the board of Commissioners this afternoon to urge an extension of the va- cating order until tomorrow merning. When he stated that through the kindness of Mr. J. H. Rodgers the army of the com- monweal had found a suitable camp, and it Was outside the District of Columbia, the District triumvirate smiled broadly. They looked positively happy, and Commisstoner Ross was visibly affected. No one was un- kind enough to suggest that the Commis- sioners were glad to get rid of the army. “Read the answer in our faces,” said Com- missioner Ross, when asked if the Commis- stoners were glad to be relieved of the re- msibility of the army. At that time the faces of the Commissioners had c! and they positively laughed. Will Move Tomorrow Morning. “Gentlemen,” said Gen. Coxey, addressing the head of the municipal machine, “I have found a place, and the army of the common- ‘weal of Christ !s ready to move. It is out- Bide of the District between Hyattsville and Bladens>urg, and located in close proximity to the Spa springs, where we hope to mots- ten our parched throats and get forever rid of Dr. Hammett’s malarial and typhoid fever germs. It is a beautiful place for a camp, with a large creek running through it, where the festive commonwealer can practice cleanliness. We are glad to go, but want until tomorrow morning to get ready. Will you give us the extension?" The answer came in chorus. “Yes. Oh, yes. Until tomorrow morning. “Thank you. Good morning.” The council of war was over, and the gen- eral of the commonwealers hastened to the camp to spread the good news, and bid the men pack up and make ready for the march. Only Summer Quarters. To @ reporter of The Star, who met the general as he was leaving the District bufld- ing, the latter said: “Are we glad to get away? I should say so. But we are within calling distance, and really have only taken up summer quarters. We purpose to es- teblish a permanent camp there, and for- mulate our plans for the future. Within a month reinforcements from all over the country will join us. The new camp will be headquarters for the army.” Marshal Browne, seated upon a beautiful fron-gray stallion, and dressed in his his- toric leather coat, rode up in front of the District building this morning before Gen. Coxey made his appearance. His broad- brimmed hat was set jauntily on the side of his head, and he dismounted with the air of a Napoleon. Throwing his bridle to “Oklahoma ‘Sam.”" who attended him, he strede ig the Commissioners’ office and asked for Capt. Fiebeger. When asked his business he replied: * “This hyar Capt. Fiebeger has got chatge of the streets. Well, I want to paradé my Fanorama wagon over the streets with a free invitation to the good citizens of Washington to inspect our camp and see how nice and clean it really it.” He was informed that the chief of police was the proper one to give the desired permit, and with a good-bye all around, the marshal of the commonweal called his horse and was of at a gallop. Made Another Inspection. This afternoon Health Officer Hammett, Chief Clerk Tracy, Mr.Peters, Medical San- {tary Inspector Osmun and Dr. Hannon, one of the physicians to the poor, visited the camp for the purpose of making another Anspection. FOR A NEW TRIAL. Set Forth by th ‘A motion for a new trial and arrest of ent in the case of Coxey, Browne and jones of the commonweal has been made |nd papers in the case have been filed. Whey were filed with the clerk of the Police Court late this afternoon. Attorney Lipscomb, in behalf of the de- fendants, filed the following: “Now come the defendants and move the to set aside the verdict heretofore dered in this case and to grant them a few trial, and that the judgment upon pe be arrested and withheld for no Yous reasons: “on mu esas the verdict is contrary’ to she evidence. “2 Because the verdict is contrary to the law. “3. Because of errors of law committed by the court in admitting and rejecting evi- @ence at the trial. “4. Because of errors of law committed by the court in refusing the instructions @sked by defendants. 5. Because of errors of law committed by the court in its instructions to the jury. 6. Because said information upon which @ defendants were convicted does not tate any offense with legal and formal cer- tainty. 1. Because the information is based upon & law which {is unconstitutional and vold, because in violation of the letter and spirit of the first amendment to the Constitution bf the United States, In Behalf of Browne. Attorney Hyman filed an additional mo- ion in the case of Browne. In addition to reciting the grounds set forth in the above petition, he attacks the legality of the ver- g@ict and claims that there is no legal ver- dict upon which to predicate a judgment. He also claims that the information alleges fn offense over which the Police Court has jo jurisdiction. The refusal of the court to it Browne to read his letter in the g@hape of an argument is also attacked as a Piolation of Browne's constitutional rights. Attorney Hyman was in court early this morning conversing with Judge Miller about the case. Later in the day Representative Hudson and Attorney Lipscomb appeared @nd spent some time in the judge's room. , The motion having been filed, the matter ‘Will come up before Judge Miller tomorrow for argument. It {is generally supposed at the motion will be overruled and ntence imposed. "The question the nature of the sen- tence is puzzling counsel for the convicted fen, who are hoping that the court will Rot do any mor n impose a fine. The ever, impose a sentence of d fine. Under the from the Police es there is Court, but co: fy event of the alty the case n all probability, go fore the Court of Appeals on a writ OF habeas corpus. ——— th of Pay Director Canningham. ‘The Navy ment {s informed that ¥ Director John S. Cunningham, U. S. N. Gfed at his residence at 118 West Gith stri general debil- ™m was appointed to the ina in March, for age iss, | spent most of his time in nber 23, id since then ew York. TO PROTECT LIFE AND LIMB/REMOVE THE DEPOT|D!StRICT Senator Gallinger’s Resolution on the Subject of Street Car Fenders. He Made Some Pertinent and Force- fal Remarks Before the Resolu- tion Was Adopted. In the Senate this morning Mr. Gallinger presented a resolution which, he said, had the full approval of the District committee, looking to the abatement of the nuisance that has resulted from the failure of the rapid transit street car companies of this city to supply their cars with proper fen- ders. The resolution is as follows: ‘That the Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia be directed to communicate to the Sen- ate without unnecessary delay whether, in their opinion and judgment, the street rail- ways of the District propelled by cable and electric power should not be required to immediately equip their cars with the best available fenders, with a view to the pro- tection of human life and limb on the pub- lic streets and avenues.” Before the resolution was acted upon Sen- ator Gallinger secured the floor to make a few remarks on the subject of fenders. “On the 20th of March,” he sald, “I offered a resolution which passed the Senate asking the committee on the District of Columbia to investigate this subject of fenders on the street railways. But that committee, Uke all other committees of the Senate at present, is overwhelmed with work, and it is not desirable to enter upon such a wide investigation at this time. Therefore the resolution called upon the Commissioners for their best judgment on the matter on the presumption that they have paid some attention to it. “Since my first resolution was adopted a child has been killed, and by being run over by an electric car near the city which vas running at about the rate of tour miles an hour. Had that car been equipped with any kind of fender—and I understand that there are several practicai, working fend- ers on the market today—that child’s hfe would have been saved, because the car could have easily been stopped before the wheels reached her body. This is a very important question, and its solution should not be longer delayed. The street railway companies of this city have valuable fran- chises, I might say of fabulous value, and ernually reap enormous profits. Yet they are too penurious to even undertake, by ap- pliances at hand, to protect the life and limb of those people who have a right to oc- cupy the streets, and who are daily en- dangered by this neglect of the companies. I give notice that unless this effort shall productive of practical results very soon I shall endeavor to find some other remedy to reach this evil.” ‘The resolution was unanimously agreed to. ——_-e- --- — A COXEY INVESTIGATION, Favorable Report a Joint Com- mittee of Senate and House. Chairman McGann of the House commit- tee on labor has completed the report favor- able to an investigation by a special joint committee of the Senate and the House of the depressed condition of labor and of the Coxey movement. ‘The favorable action of the committee was taken after accord- ing “General” Coxey a hearing. ‘The report says: ‘Phe resolution explains itself. The reasons prompting it are plain. ‘This country, the richest and most pro- ductive on earth, should have no citizen, | who, being willing to work, can find no work to do. We may differ widely as to the reasons for the condition that confronts us, but there Is no excuse for denying the condition. This enforced idleness and want of employment on the part of thousands of our deserying countrymen calls for our i} te action. It is not thought or ex- that a special committee appointed | under "the resolution will try to ride any | Partisan hobby, or to advance the inter-| ests of any political party. | “Many propositicns honestly intended to | relieve the distress have been made. They | have indefinite form in bills scattered | through various committees. If they can be | brought together in a committee whose sole | business it shall be for thirty days to con- sider all propositions and outline and report a definite plan, something may come of them. “That Congress should endeavor to alle- visite this condition of affairs cannot rea- be questioned, and the cause of financial and industrial depression as thg committee may find will more thor- ly enlighten and aid Congress as to the course to pursue. It cannot be denied that the influx of pauper labor into our country and the use of convict labor against the skilled American workmen, as well as the employment of women and children, in factories and industries of all kinds, are among the many causes which have tended not only to lessen the value of man's labor, but to greatly diminish the field of indus- tries in which he could find opportunity for @ profitable use of his energy and skill.” ee THE PENSION LAWS. Bills to Codify Them HKeported in Both Houses of Congress. The, bills to codify and arrange the laws to pensions have now been reported faygrably by committees from both houses of Congress. The report from the Senate committee was made some time ago. Mr. Ellis of Kentucky, chairman of the House committee on the revision of the laws, has the ‘following to say in submitting the bill from his committee: “In view of the hearty commendation and assurance of the accuracy of the bill, both by the present and the preceding officers charged with the administration of the pen- sion laws, and assuming, then, that the ob- jects aimed at—accuracy and completeness— have been attained, a few words only need be said as to the desirability of enacting such a code of pension laws. ‘It is within the knowledge of every per- son who has ever sought to inform himself on any particular question arising out of the pension system that the laws on this sub- ject are so hetergeneous, fragmentary and} scattered (many provisions of vital import-| ance being found obscurely placed in long and cumbersome appropriation acts), and yet so mutually interdependent, as to be ex- tremely difficult of access and comprehen- sion without some authoritative systematic | grouping.” —_—__—_-e--—_—_ WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. Col. Elliot Report of Operations During Last Month. Col. G. H. Elliot has made a report to the chief of engineers of the operations on | the Washington aqueduct during the month of April. The work of lining the tunnel and shaft was carried on day and night during the entire month. The total | depth of lining of the shaft at the end of | the month was 44.4 feet. The lining of the tunnel has been completed for a distance | of 505 feet. For a distance of ten feet from the shaft the tunnel is constructed entirely of vitrified brick. It is proposed to com- plete the lining of the tunnel and shaft dur- ing May. | Small repairs were made to the macadam | vement of the Conduit road and the immer road along the macadam road on the east side of the distributing reser- voir was filled up. The grounds at the high service reservoir were cleaned up and the fence was repaired. A survey for the purpose of measuring the capacity of the distributing reservoir was commenced dur- ing the month. By direction of the Secretary of War no- tices were served on the following property owners to remove their encroachments on government land: Heirs of Mrs. R. Bob- binger, E. and E. Baltzley, Ignatius Belt, Benjamin Newman and Thomas Tuohy. During May it is proposed to repair the | Conduit road, clean up around reservoirs and at Great Falls and whitewash fences and buildings. Di | im | Dany makes no ‘aiygmeuh The Government Needs the Ground Occupied by the Pennsylvania R. R. TT HAS ONLY TEMPORARY PRIVILEGE Restrictions Imposed That Have Been Entirely Disregarded. COMMITTEE'S EXAMINATION p Rated The House committee on public buildings and grounds is today engaged in examining the public reservations of this city with a view to a selection of one of them as a site for a public printing office, in accordance with the instructions of the House, The com- mittee is considering a proposition to re- move the Baltimore and Potomac depot and tracks from the Mall, where they exist up- on government property only by sufferance, and to use the property as a site for the printing office. The citizens of Washington have been trying for a number of years to secure the removal of the railroad from this govern- ment reservation. The power to accom- plish the removal rests exclugively with Congress, and is adequate for the purpose. The present location upon the Mall was given by Congress in 1872 without any con- sideration whatsoever from the railroad company. Only a Temporary Location, At the time the company was given the privilege of occupying this property of the government it was well understood that the grant was but a temporary one, subject to repeal and amendment at any time. When the bill Was under consideration in the Senate, Senator Camefon of Pennsylvania, the leading representative of the Pennsyl- vania railroad company, sald: “I desire to say, also, that the bill con- tains a proviso allowing Congress to remove the depot at any future time When they desire the ground for a park or any other Purpose. The bill gives Congress the power to do it and leaves it entirely in the con- trol of Congress.” In the House Representative Potter said: In the bill itself we have reserved the right to repeal or amend the law at any time. Therefore, when the Dublic park shall be butit, as I heartily hope it may be at some time, we may make such amend- ments of the law and enact such require- ments as may be deemed necessary.” At that time the improvements of the mall had not taken definite shape, but the fact that they were contemplated jhown in the careful safeguards thrown around the bill, reservis the right to repeal or modify the act, the government expressly reserving the right to claim its own when it ae become necessary or advisable to do Restrictions Disregarded. The original privilege of occupying the mall carried with it several restrictions, which, however, have been entirely disre- | warded by the company. For instance, it was provided that only two tracks, close together, should be laid on 6th street, the purpose being not to interfere with other travel by vehicle along and across the street, but the present track occupation of 6th street is such as to exclude all other traffic on tl thoroughfare. It was pro- vided that the company should use flat rails, so that the passage of Sorat 3 the tracks would not aS age nor ° rae Seeg-on this portion of the road. en the com) wasmaking its efforts to secure this ‘depot site Beer property all sorts of glittering promises and assurances were made, For instance, in the Senate, while the bill was under discussion, nator Frelinghuysen, who was recognized as a staunch friend ‘of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, suid: “This idea of having trains of cars with their smoke and noise running into this d pot is all imagination. No engines will so into that depot. The engines will switch off and the cars will go that S00 feet into the depot with the passengers by the momen- tum they have received.” In making this glowing promise he did not explain, how- ever, how the cars which were run into the station by momentum were to get out again. No Acquiesence by the District. Every set of District Commissioners since 1878, except in ‘SS and ‘86, when hope deferred and a long series of disappoint- ments quieted for a time the demand, has requested the removal of the railroad from the mall. There has been, therefore, no scautesoeice by the District in its occupa- tion, When the bill was passed in 1872 there were many prophesies that the city would have trouble in getting rid of the railroad when {t warted to. Charles Sumner, in the Senate in 1872, bitterly opposed the grant- ing of the privilege, and made an eloquent speech against it. Senators Thurman, Mor- rill and others opposed it, and all voiced Et. fears that difficulty weuld grow out of it. + Their phophegies have been fulfilled, and the raflroad company has steadily resisted all efforts to oust {t, the resistence having thus far proven successful. The Government Needs the Gro le Some members of the committee on public buildings and grounds are now of the opinion that the time has arrived when the government needs the property oc- eupied by the railroad company for a “park or othe> purposes,” and deem that the “other purposes” are to furnish a site for a@ new printing office, inasmuch as the House insists upon locating it upon a pub- Me reservation. ——-___+e+_______ FARMERS’ ALLIANCE COMMITTEE. Projects Discussed and Acted on at Today's Session. Representatives of a number of large ci- ties and ratlroad trunk lines appeared be- fore the executive committee of the farm- ers’ alliance at its meeting today and urged the claims of various places for the national encampments of the farmers, which the eccmmittee has decided to hold yearly. Among the cities suggested were New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago and Lou- isville, Ky. A delegation from the National Typo- graphical Union called on the committee and gained the latter's assurance that the farmers of the country were in full sym- pathy with the movement for government ownership of telegraphs. It was decided to establish a newspaper | | a8 a national organ of the alliance, and also to establish organs of the farmers in vari- ous states. The committee today presented to Congress a memorial urging the appoint- ment of a joint committee of the Senate and House to consider the “causes of the pres- ent depressed condition of the industrial in- terests of the country.” The secret service bureau, Treasury De- partment, is informed of the arrest, at ‘Trenton, N. J., of three Greeks, named Beothe, Geergosoni and Floras, for pass- ing counterfeit 50-cent coins. They are said to be of the Stillman gang of nine ar- rested in April last. Only three of the geng are at large. William Carrier and Harry Williams have also been arrested in Indianapoiis for pass- irg counterfeit silver dollars. The Colambia’s Final Trial Trip. Arrangements have been made for the triple-screw cruiser Columbia to leave the League Island, Pa., navy yard on the 17th instant for her final forty-eight-hour trial at sea, during which time she will be thor- oughly inspected preparatory to her final acceptance. “On government} WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. Measures of Local Importance and Their Disposition Today. Meetings of the Senate and House District Committees—A Number of Bills Acted Upon. The Senate District committee met this morning, with Senators Harris, Hunton, Faulkner, Proctor, McMillan and Gallinger present. Senator Proctor was directed to make a favorable report On Senate bill 1359, to increase the water supply of the District, with amendments Mr. Proctor was also Girected to report favorably Senate bill 1766, to prevent future interments in Graceland cemetery in this city. Mr. Hunton was dl- rected to make a favorable report on Senate bill 1958, relating to the Incorporation of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Founda- tion Association of the District. Mr. Faulk- her was directed to make a favorable re- port on Senate bill 1855, closing part of an alley in square #22, and for the relief of president and trustees of Gonzaga Col- lege. Mr. MeMillan was ordered to report fa- vorably, with amendments, Senate bill 1952, amending the charter of the Washington and Great Falls electric railway. ‘These amendments are intended to preserve the Conduit road absolutely, as was designed by the original charter. Nothing will be al- lowed to interfere with driving or to en- danger the safety of the eg! pipes. Yet the rights of the railroad will be pre- served. Senator McMillan was also directed to pre- pare and submit to the Senate a resolutlon directing the Commissioners to require the “olumbia Street Railroad Company to com- ply with the provisions of its charter by re- placing its present old cars with cars of rew pattern, The House Committee. The House District committee this morn- ing authorized a favorable report on the bill to promote anatomical science in the Dis- trict. This bill, which has passed the Sen- ate, has been published heretofore in The Star. The committee authorized the subcommit- tee to favorably report the bill exempting the property of the Colored Y. M. C. A. from taxation, if it should be found that the bill carries the same provisions of the law relating to the white Y.M.C.A. The subcommittee was also directed to ex- amine the bill to construe the act amend- ing the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral foundation of the District so as to confer certain stipulated powers on the board of trustee: The subcommittee on railways was en- gaged during the morning in reconsidering the bill to incorporate the Washington Traction Company. The subcommittee is not taking up the matter of the route, that having been passed upon by the full’ com- mittee, but is examining the general form of the bill. One feature which the sub- committee will correct is the provision that failure to comply with the stipulations of the charter would not forfeit the charter, but only subject the company to a fine cf $2,000. Another feature is the provision as to the paid-up stock. The subcommittee will recommend inserting the same pro- vision to which other companies are sub- Jected, that 50 per cent shall be paid in within a year. The bill will be reported to the full com- mittee next week, when the opponents of the measure will renew their fight against Sranting the right of way on ith street. The committee favorably reported a bill amending the act authorizing the Commis- sioners to open alleys so as to provide that the Commissioners may open minor streets not than forty feet nor more than sixty feet wide through the several squares when they deem it necessary. . BRECKINRIDGE'S ASSOCIATES Opposition Expressed to His Having Charge of the Deficiency Bill. The question of whether Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky is to take charge of the gen- eral deficiency bill has got to be a burning issue in the House. There is a very strong sertiment against his taking this prominent part In so important a matter of legislation, members having to apply to him for allot- ments of time and in other ways recogniz- ing his leadership. The sentiment is so strong that it is believed in the House his taking charge of the bill might endanger it, as many demo- crats declare that they would refuse to come to his support if the republicans rade a determined effort to amend tt.. In view of this state of affairs it is extremely probable that the appropriation committee will take the bill from him. In fact, it 1s reported that they have practically decided to do so. + e+ - AID FOR EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS. Where Subscriptions dl Contribu- tions Will Be Received. The Department of State has received in- formation to the effect that subscriptions in aid of the earthquake sufferers in Greece have been opened in New York city in the office of the mayor, in the: Greek ¢dnsulate general and in the office of the Greek news- paper, Atlantis. Appeals have been made to the leading cities of the ne oe ee for gon- tributions. Money or provisions received will be sent directly to United States Min- ister Alexander at Athens for distribution, ee Naval Movements, The flagship Baltimore sailed from Shang- hai today for Nagasaki. The Monocacy left Shangha! today for Nanking. The Vesuvius arrived at Boston yesterday from Norfolk. The Monterey arrived at San Francisco and the Adams at Port Townfend yesterday. In pursuance of recent special ordérs from the Navy Department, the cruiser Charleston sailed from Montevideo, Uru- guay, yesterday for Callao, Peru, and the gunboat Bennington sailed from Mare Isl- and, € yesterday for San Salvador, Sal- vador, for the protection of American tn- terests, which are said to be jeopardized by the revolutionary state of the countzy. Other naval movements are reported to the Navy Department as follows: The monitor Miantonomoh has left Norfolk for a cruise in Hampton Roads; the Michigan arrived yesterday at Amherstburg, Ont., from Erie, Pa., to assist in a marine survey of the Detroit river; the fish commission steamer Albatross arzived at Port Town- send, Washington, on her way to Bering sea for patrol duty; the torpedo boat Cush- ing arrived at Trenton, N. J., yesterday en route from Washington to Newport, B. I., via the inland water route; the gun- boat Petrel sailed from Yokohama today for Unalaska, for duty with the Bering sea fleet. Capt. Sampson, chief of ordnance; Prof. Alger and Lieut. Ackerman, the board ap- pointed by Secretary Herbert to investigate the McLuckie armor plate charges, returned to Washingten this morning. Capt. Samp- son says the board has worked very hard, examining about a dozen witnesses and many papers, and the task fs still incom. plete. The board will go back to Homestead next Monday and resume the inquiry, which was suspended in order to permit Attorney Wallace to collect additional evidence. ————————— West Point Appointments, Cadet appointments to West Point have been issued to Walter Seely, fourteenth dis- trict, New York; Wallis Clearman (alter- nate), fourteenth New York district, and T. B. Curran of Rhinelander, Wis. TWO CENTS. | Fishing Without License in Cana- dian Waters. LATE SEIZORE OF AMERICAN BOATS Sir Charles Tupper Expresses His Views. NO TROUBLE EXPECTED pees eee oe OTTAWA, Ont., May 11.—The report from the commander of the cruiser Curlew, which seized two American vessels for violating fishery regulations in Lake Erie, will reach Ottawa today. In an interview Sir Charles Tupper says: “Canadian fishermen must take out a li- cense to fish, but these pot hunters took all the fish they wanted without having to pay for a license. This state of affairs I am determined to prevent in the future. The Canadian government has adopted a sys- tem of granting licenses which the United States has declined so far to do. As for in- ternational complications arising out of these seizures, I have no fear, as the com- mander of the Canadian cruiser has only followed out his instructions to seize Cana- dian as well as Ameri vessels found fishing without license, and the case of the Canadian government is further strength- ened by the knowledge that the American vessels were poaching in Canadian terri- tory waters.” THE CANADIAN SEIZURES. No Significance, It is Claimed, in the Presence of the Michigan. More interest has been added to the situa- tion at Amherstburg, Ontario, where the American fishing steamers are in captivity, by the arrival there of the Michigan, the only war ship the United States is per- mitted to keep on the great lakes under its treaty with Great Britain. An attempt has been made to make an international sensation out of that event, but it is not at all likely to succeed. It is said the Navy Department that the Michigan's presence at Amherstburg at this juncture has no bearing whatever on the seizure of the American vessels for fishing in Canadian waters without a permit. It is a mere co- incidence and nothing more. Admiral Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, said today that orders were ts- sued to the Michigan's commander about a month ago, to proceed to the mouth of the Detroit river for survey work, and that he had no special instructions to stop at Am- herstburg, although he was perfectly free to do so, as it was on the direct route to the Detroit river. A telegram received at the Navy Depart- ment yesterday from Lieut. Commander Berry reported that the Michigan had satl- ed from Erie, Pa., and he named Amherst- burg as his destination. He has since re- ported his arrival there, and as it is the best place near the mouth of the river, where the surveying is to be prosecuted, it is more than likely that will make it his headquarters for a short time at least. ‘The Michigan is a wooden vessel of the old type. and her battery consists of four old- style guns. No Protest Received. So far no complaint has been lodged with the State Department touching the seizure of the American steamers Visitor and Brooks. About a month ago some Americ can fishermen on the lakes wrote the State Department inquiring as to their rights in Canadian waters, but so far as can be learned no answer was returned. If the facts connected with this last seiz- ure are as originally reported, it is improb- able that any protest will be lodged by our government, so long as the owners of the vessels have a fair chance to establish their case and are not unduly punished. There can be little doubt that the Cana- dians would very willingly consent to re- move all restrictions on their side of the boundary line in the iakes if the United States would do likewise. But as this coun- try has much the best of the lake fishing, and the privileges to be enjoyed would not therefore be reciprocally valuable, the*Unit- ed States is not likely to assume any posi- tion that would jeopardize our exclusive rights. —_———_-2+_____ The English Sparrow. According to the ornithologist of the Agri- cultural Department, the best way to fight the English sparrow pest is to destroy the nest and young of the bird by thoroughly dousing the nests with water at night, when the birds are asleep. By systematic action of this description he thinks many million sparrows would be cut off in thelr infaney. He adds that the sparrow 1s a toothsome, nutritious article of food, not to be distin- guished from the rice bird. The Portsmouth Navy Yard. Orders have been issued for the closing of the navy yard at Portsmouth, N. H. This action Is due to the lack of funds for its further maintenance. It will result in the discharge of about 150 men and the reas- signment to other stations of a large num- ber of officers. As there is no construction work of importance in progress at this yard its reopening very soon is regarded as ex- tremely Improbable unless Congress makes an appropriation for its especial benefit. o i . 1 Orders, Passed Assistant Surgeon C. S. Williams has been ordered to the Detroit; Lieut. Wm. Kilborn to the Naval War College; Lieut. J. J, Hunker from the Minnesota to the Naval War College; Surg. H. G. Baird from the Naval Academy to the Bancroft; Surg. J. M. Steele from the St. Louls to League Island navy yard; Passed A: tant Surg. Clement Biddle from League Island to the marine rendezvous, Philadelphia. ————-e- Treasury Distinctive Paper. The contract for furnishing the Treasury Department with distinctive paper has been awarded to Crane & Co. of Dalton, Mass. They were the only bidders, and the prices are che same as those for the present fiscal year, viz., 43 1-2 cents per pound for bank note paper and 38 1-2 cents per pound for chegk paper. The contract usually amounts to between $60,000 and $80,000 yearly. ————-o+______ Mr. Maury’s Appointment. William A. Maury has been appointed by the Supreme Court of the United States as commissioner to take testimony in the case of the state of California agt. the Southern Pacific Company. The ownership of the Oakland, Cal, water front is inVolved in the case, 2 A Combined Test Next Thursday. The combined test of thirteen-inch gun, elghteen-inch armor plate and heavy pro- Jectiie will take place at the Indian Head proving grounds next Thursday, and not tomorrow, as originally intended. The plate will be taken down tomorrow and placed in position a Navy Department © con. Samuel G. Zimmerman of Ohio Has been | appointed a bookkeeper at $900 In the bu- reau of supplies and accounts, and Kirk Holmes has been promoted from the $00 to the $1,000 class in the same office. The- ovhilus G. Wrenn of Fluvana county, Va., has been appointed a laborer at the naval observatory. ——+2+_ An Appointment. John L. Green of North Dakota has been appointed Chinese inspector, vice George W. Baker, resigned. IN CONGRESS|BOUND TO STOP IT|THE PUBLIC PRINTER MORE TARIFF TALK He is so Busy That He Can't See News- paper Men. Some Positions That Have Been Of- fered to Their Former Holders— Rumors of Reductions. Since his appointment as government printer Mr. T. E. Benedict has been the busiest man in Washington. According to the reports that leak out of his most pri- vate of offices he has so much work on his hands that if he could only share it he would benefit many of the unemployed, All callers at the government printing office who try to send their cards to Mr. Bene- dict are told with some politeness and much firmness that he is so busy that it is utterly impossible to see him, lest he should made more busy thereby. Impending Changes. Already during his incumbency there have been many rumors of impending changes nd numerous dismissals likely to occur In the near future. Yellow envelopes are flying around as thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. Newspaper men, however, who have sought more definite information as to the course Mr. Benedict is likely to pursue are “turned down” with freqyency and dispatch. Last evening Mr. Benedict appointed P. S. Wallace foreman of the War Department branch of the government printing office. The followi positions have been tendered by Mr. Benedict: Foreman of the specifica- tion room, Mr. E. W. Oyster of this city; foreman of foundry, P. M. Furlong of New York; foreman of the Interior Department tendent of building, H. O. Homan of Indi- ana. All these gentlemen occupied the post- tions now tendered them under Mr. Bene- dict during his former term of office as pub- lic printer. None of them have accepted as et. 3 Vain Attempt to See Him. printing office to inquire whether any more changes were contemplated in the immedi- ate future. He was met at the head of the stairs by a colored messenger. “May I see Mr. Benedict?” “But I am from The Evening Star and would like to speak to him a moment on business. I am not applying for any posi- tion in the office.” “That don’t make no difference. He won't see you and he won't see unybody. He’ only been here a few days and he's got more work than he can attend without DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. New Gas Light Company. Senator Harris, by request, today intro- duced a bill to incorporate the National Gas Light, Heat and Power Company in the District of Columbia, similar to a bill introduced the other day in the House of Representatives. It was referred to the District committee. The Ford's Theater Claimants. Senator Harris, chairman of the select committee on the Ford’s Theater disaster, will early next week examine the following claimants for “a 2g as result of that accident: Francis ‘. Test, Morton E. Rose, John Z. Gunton, William L. Wright, Scmuel L. Hilton and Ri H. Gillian. Favor It. In House bill 6884 to com- mente the congtruction of Mount Vernon avenue the Commissioners say that they |are in favor of the public work named whenever the funds at the disposal of the £ neral government may be available there- for. En cates te sar Seon . CAPITOL TOPICS. To Remove a Military Post. Representative Gorman of Michigan has reported to the House the bill agreed on by the military affairs committee to remove the military post known Fort Mcintosh from its present site to a more desirable and larger one near Laredo, Texas. Trade Marks. Senator Cockrell today introduced a bill to authorize the registration of trade marks. The bill provides that to procure registra- tion the applicant must pay Into the treas- ury a fee of $25 and fie in the patent office @ written application of the registry and comply with other regulations, which are specified at lengt DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Site Offered. Robert Stead has offered the Commission- erg the north half of square 1085, containing about 25,000 square feet, as a site for the Contagious Hospital, at 40 cents per square foot. The tot is situated on Pennsylvania avenue southeast. A Bill Approved. The Commissioners have approved the bill from 224 street to the river. The object of the bill is to allow the Mount Vernon Rail- |way Company to lay its tracks along this street. An appropriation of $10,000 is asked to do the work. ie Can Telegraph Companies Be Taxed. The case of the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, plaintiff in error, agt. the state of Alabama has been docketed in the Su- preme Court of the United States. It is an appeal from a decision of the cireuit court for the middle district of Alabama, and in- volves the question of the right of the state to impose on the company a privilege tax of $500, together with a further sum of $i for each mile of railroad track on or along the lines of which the company operates. The company contends that the tax is a testraint on the use of post roads of the United States and an infringement on the legislative domain of Congress. ——____—+. Worl Fair Medals. The treasury secret service has begun an octive crusade against persons who are using counterfeit reproductions of world’s fair medals and diplomas for advertising purposes. The government intends to pros- ecute offenders of this character, and pro- ceedings will begin as soon as proof of guilt is obtained. —o-——_____. Complain of Delaware Politics. A delegation from the state of Delaware called at the Treasury Department today and complained that the life-saving service in that state was being run in.the interest of the republican party. The delegates had a conference with General Superintendent Kimball and Assistant Secretary Wike. = Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $248,331. Government receipts from internal revenue, $00,474.92; custom: $422,407.51, and miscellaneous, $84,388.68. ———_+o+—_____ Distilleries Sh Down. CHICAGO, May 11.—The output of spirits in the Chicago district has been reduced lately to the lowest point it has reached in the history of the whisky trust. feldt and the Riverdale distilleries are the only ones now running. ee Ohio River Steamer. DERSON, Ky., May 11.—During a gale here yesterday the steamer Eugene Was overturned just in front of Mount Vernon and sunk. The crew escaped, but the captain was rescued with difficulty just as the boat sunk out of sight. branch, R. B. Hastie of New York; superin- | This morning a Star reporter called at the | to open and regulate E street northwest | The Shu- | First an Attempt to Consume a Good Deal of Time. QUAY'S BLAND SUGGESTION REFUSED Lively Discussion on Borax in the Chemical Schedule. NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS Dr. Sunderland, the pastor of | Cleveland's church, made the appeal to throne of grace at the opening of the ses- sion of the Senate today. The fight against time began immediately afterward. Some twenty minutes were occupied in the read- | ing of a long, dry document from the Treas- |ury Department because Mr. Quay (Pa) | refused to allow it to be printed unless it | was read. A few minutes later during the | call for bills and resolutions Mr. Quay | arose and blandly offerd a bill entitled “A | Dill to establish a code of. law in the Dis- ‘trict of Columbia.” As he handed the bill to the page boy to take to the clerk’s desk ‘he remarked, as if it were the most ordi- | nary occurrence: ‘The Reading in Full Asked. “I ask for the reading of the bill in full” The little pages shoulderd the bill to the | clerk’s desk. The democrats looked aghast. | The bill wes as big as an octavo volume, Its reading would consume at least a day. | “Do I understand the Senator to ask for the reading of that bill in full?” asked, in amazement, Mr. who is in charge of the tariff bill. “That was the suggestion of the Senator from Pennsylvania,” replied Mr. Quay, qui- ee the Senator think,” said Mr. Har- ris, “in the midst of the present depression that the day would be well and profitably spent in the reading of that bill?” “T believe,” responded Mr. Quay ically, “that so far as the welfare of n= sylvania and the country is concerned the reading of that bill would be more ble than the consideration of the tariff bill.” Democrats Panicky. “Your purpose is to consume time,” said Mr. Harris. He evidently, however, did not see any parliamentary way of foiling Mr. Quay’s purpose. Meantime the other democrats were in a panicky condition. “What bill is that?” asked a half dozen of them at once. ane Rak Sor the canting ut eo Rey” cee r. shouted Mr. Vest. Ser. . Quay. “T object,” “That was the invisible logic of what he aid 7 ™ retorted Mr. Vest. | morrow,” said he, sotto voce. Mr, Harris then offered his resolution | compel the Senate to meet | o'clock. He made no effort protect Hife was motion of Mr. Gaillinger (N. H.) The Coxey Resolution, Mr. Allen (Neb.) at this point asked unan- Mr. Hawley objected. Mr. Allen tried to move to take it up, but was helpless to do so until the morning business was over. Mean- time Mr. Peffer calied up his resolution to investigate the present industrial depression, and after a few remarks thereon it was re- ferred to the committee on rules. When Mr. Allen again sought to make his motion, Mr. Harris took him off the floor with a motion to take up the tariff bill. Mr. Allen appealed to him in vain. Mr. Harris regretted, he said, that the urgency of the situation compelled him to refuse to yield for any purpose. The Tarif’ Bin. The pending amendment was that of Mr. Perkins (Cal.) to the amendment of Mr. Jones (Ark.) to change the duty on boracte acid. Mr. Jones’ amendment increased the | duty from 20 per cent ad valorem to 2 cents per pound. Mr. Perkins’ amendment was to increase it to the present rate, 5 cents. Something said by Mr. Dolph yesterday was rankling in the breast of Mr. Stewart, and he precipitated a long debate with the Oregon Senator on tHe subject of After it died out Mr. Gallinger took the floor in suport of Mr. Perkins’ amendment. In the course of a running discussion be- | tween Mr. Aldrich (R. 1) and Mr. White (Cal) the latter declared that he had a@- vocated and had secured the increase of the duty on boracic acid from the finance com- mittee. He had done so not to protect the borax industry of his state, but because the higher duty would yield a larger reve- nue. He had a regard for both the sumer and the producer. “The Senator claims he wants to the price of borax to the increase it for the producer,” said Mr. drich. “Will he kindly tell me by process he intends to accomplish this feat’ “I made no such contrast,” White. Mr. McPherson (N. J.) thought 2 was a very high duty on borax. Borax @ natural product, and the only on which a duty could be levied upon Save for revenue, was to help pay the of transportation. Mr. Gallinger contended that borax nished one of the illustrations of the cent effects of a protective tariff, the operation of a high ive price had steadily fallen ahd, at time, the importation had in ‘was now double what it was in 1887, In the Interest of Importers. Mr. Manderson (Neb.), while this item, referred to the recent Cooper Union meeting in New York, at which resolutions were speedy passage of the tariff bill, | eg”? tie tel ih ; signed the call for this meeting, he said, he recognized the men who four years ago were clamoring at the doors of the finance committee against the passage of the Mc- Kinley bill. showed that Seventy-one were direct importers of for- eign goods. They had no interest in the manufactories of this country. Not a single one of them was an American man- ufacturer. Mr. Strauss, the chairman, was down in the New York business directory as a man- ufacturer, a manufacturer of crockery aha earthen But he manufactured his wares abroad, not here. That was the secret of his activity. Mr. Teller called attention to the fact that these same men were holding meetings t summer demanding the speedy pasage of the bill to repeal the Sherman law, in or- der that national prosperity might be re- store Mr. Chandler @: jes a Hy Mr. Chandier said in his opinion it was unwise to go ahead with the consideration | for the tariff bill until the Senate and the ccintry wer informed upon what principle the bill was framed, Everybody was at sea. It had been changed, torn and patched with protective tariff, free trade and rev- enue tariff duties until it was neither fish, fielsh, fowl nor good erring. Upon what theory was it proposed to advance the duty on boracic acid 18 per cent? He thought it was time the democrats of the g