Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Perdis seinen PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, me hes a Cor, 1ith con by ‘he Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. BKAUPPMANN © Prest. : New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, pcre. 4 arent The Evening Star is served to subscribers im the eity by carriers, 10 thelr own account, at 10 cents er week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepa rents per nth. sturday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1.00 per year; foreien postage added, $3.00. i d at the Post Office at Wasbington, D. C., s$ mail matter.) nbsertptions must be pald fm advance. ine made known oD application. Che £vening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,883. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1894~TWENTY PAGES: TWO CENTS. THE SUGAR TAX No Effect on the Pending Bill From the Meeting Yesterday. DEMOCRATS TROUBLED OVER HILL Have to Stand and Take the Re- publicans’ Ridicule. FREE TRADERS DISGUSTED It is not thought that the meeting of the Sugar men in Louisiana yesterday will have any influence upon the fate of the tariff bill. The Louisiana delegation have got much more for sugar in the present tariff bill than they thought they would when’ the fight was made on them in the House. They have not got all they want, but are Pretty well satisfied. There appears to be nothing in the talk of the Louisiana Sena- tors voting with Hill against the bill. If the defeat of all tariff legislation would in- sure the retention of the bounty of 2 cents @ pound they might be tempted to demand ™ore protection than the pending bill af- fords or else join in an effort to defeat legislation. It is quite evident, however, that if the tariff bill were beaten an effort ‘would at once be made to repeal the bounty clause in the McKinley law, with almost @ certainty of success. Therefore it is only through the new bill that the Louisiana Sugar men can look for any protection whatever. Troubled Over Hill. The democrats are utterly unable to figure out where Hill is going to get the following mong democrats which would be necessary to the success of his effort to kill the bill. Whey are greatly troubled, all the same, because of the inference that he would not take the position he has with such confi- dence if he had no support except on the republican side. Murphy is so well pleased with the concessions that have been made to him, especially as to collars and cuffs, that it is thought he will not follow Hill. It is believed that the fear of being regarded @3 @ mere puppet in the hands of Hill ‘would make him reluctant to yleld compla- t obedience to his colleague. Where else fia can command democratic votes does not Repablicans Satisfied. The republicans find the greatest satisfac- tion In the situation, feeling that they will have won a victory in the growth of pro- tection in the bill, whether they succeed in defeating the bill or not. They profess confi- dence that the bill will be beaten, and the democrats are undoubtedly anxious. The tone of jocularity with which the republicans are now conducting the discussion of the bill is extremely irritating and depressing to the is friends of the measure, if it has any true friends. In attacking the democratic position the free use of ridicule and the patronizing manner assumed is very effective in dis- comforting the democrats, who are con- scious of the awkwardness of the position fn which they have been placed by the protectionists in their own party. Yesterday’s Extraordinary Scene. ‘The scene in the Senate yesterday, when Chandler and others’ welcomed Jones into the party of protection and extended a gen- eral invitation to democrats to come in and make themselves at home, which was fol- lowed by the republicans, to a man, voting for the compromise amendments, was one of the most extraordinary in the history of legislation. The democrats were perfectly helpless before the shafts of ridicule, and could only sit there in sullen silence while being made sport of. Hill alone stood out in defiance of all policy and placed himself beyond the taunts which his colleagues were compelled to yield to. The result of the roll calis made it appear as {f all the Test of the Senators belonged to one party @nd he the solitary minority. The Protective Amendments. This action on the part of the republi- tans in voting for the compromise amend- ments that came up disclosed their policy, indicating that they propose to recognize these amendments as steps toward pro- tection and to aid in their adoption, though, of course, not voting for the bill finally. Whe fact that these amendments are so table to the republicans is doubly ir- tating to the free traders, who are forced jo propose them and vote for them, as if ey enjeyed doing so. Out of this situation is developing a disgust ba the part of the tariff reform Senators, ‘which is shown in their countenances and @ indifference they show as to the fate if the mutilated measure. ——_—__+- e+ —______ GEN. SCHOFIELD ESCAPED CAPTURE. Sle Fished in Canadian Waters, but Under a Permit. Gen, Schofield returned to Washington this morning, after a week's visit to Point- Bu-Pelee Island, Lake Erie. He was the ®uest of the Pelee Club, and had a splen- @id time. He fished nearly every day in the vicinity where the American steamers ere seized, but he stood in no danger of pture by the dominion officers, for the Nery good reason that he had a permit ‘to ish in Canadian waters. The fishing club whose guest he was pays a good sum for this privilege, and its members are never molested. It so happened that Gen. Selio- Sela left the fishing ground only the day fore the selzures were made, and when the news of that affair first reached here it was feared that the general commanding the army might have been made a prisoner by the Canadian navy. It did not take - however, to demonstrate the ground- Jessness of that fear. Gen. Schofield is a shrewd and careful man, and it is not at @ll likely that he would violate the laws of @nother country, even in so imp! a waatter as bass fishing. —— e+ ____ i CHOLERA INCREASING. he Russian Fronticr Pronounced te Be Dangerous. Surgeon Fairfax Irwin of the marine hos- pital service has sent the following cable- gram to Surgeon General Wyman: “BERLIN, May 12.—Cholera at Kovno, Russia; twenty-one cases; twelve deaths in the last two weeks. Russian frontier dan- @erous.” .Within the last six weeks upward of eighty cases of cholera and more than fifty leaths have been reported to the bureau m the Russian frontier, a considerable Pumber for so early in the season. The a has two surgeons in Europe closely jatching the progress of the disease. ——_-2—____ Troops for Protection. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong, acting commis- loner of Indian affairs, today received the following important dispatch from Agent Wisdom of the Union agency, Indian terri- tory: “In order to avoid bloodshed and to pro- fect miners who are at work, I ask that a company of soldiers be ordered to Alderson, i. T., to keep the peace. There are two thousand miners who have struck, and they are exceedingly boisterous and threatening. My police force, suported by a squad of marshals, is inadequate to meet the crisis, and I regard the presence of the military @s absolutely essential. Prompt action alone will prevent serious trouble. Answer.” Acting Commissioner Armstrong has rec- ommended to the Secretary of the Interior that the Secretary of War be requested to allow the use of troops, as desired by the has been done. PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT SOME. SHARP TALK! He Tells Why Reductions in the Force Are Necessary. Will Make No New Appointments Now —Need of a New Building Set Forth. ‘There is general consternation in the gov- ernment printing office over the report that about one thousand members of the office force are to be dropped, owing to the fact that the force is too large. A number of the employes take what satisfaction they can out of the statement of the government printer that he intends to make all changes in the office based on the principle of efil- ciency. A large number, however, are re- lying upon the political influence which they can bring to bear upon the head of the of- fice, and the result is that from early morn to dewy eve Mr. Benedict is besieged by a steady and unremitting line of members of Congress who come to say a good word for their constituents who are employed in the office. The changes and appointments announced in The Star yesterday and the day before are practically all that wi!l be made at the present time among the heads of the di- vision. With the exception of the statutory offices of foremen of binding and printing all the heads of divisions have been re- moved and supplanted, with the exception of one. Not all of the appointees have as yet accepted the offices tendered to them, but Mr. Benedict is not lying awake of nights in fear that he will have any trouble in getting the men to accept. The reason given for the large number of dismissals contemplated is that the present force is far larger than the law allows or the re- quirements of the office make necessary. Fleoded With Callers. When a Star reporter called at the gov- ernment printing office this morning Mr. Benedict was simply flooded with callers, most of them being from the Capitol. With- out exception, they had favors to ask and reasons in plenty why their requests should receive more consideration than any others. The government printer received each one of them courteously, but assured them that there was really very little that he could do in their behalf. To one Representative he said that he did not think it at all proper to make any appointments at the same time that he was making such large reductions on the ground that the force was too large. He intended, at least, to keep the respect of the men who were discharged, and he did not intend to put them out of the froat door at the same time that he let others in at the back door. ¥ Reduction is Necessary. Speaking to The Star man, Mr. Benedict said that he was going to make these re- ductions not at all for political reasons, but solely and only that he might obey the spirit and letter of the law governing his office. i a statute,” said Mr. Benedict, “prescril in strict words that the force in this office shall at no time be larger than needed for the proper conduct of ihe government's printing. The force now num- bers 3,594, and it is my intention to reduce this by about a thousand in order to carry the office through the present fiscal year and get rid of the surplusage.” Vhen I was here before in Mr. land's first administration, the ottice force Was only about two-thirds as large as it is row, and on my return to office I do not see that the needs of the government have increased to any considerable extent, or that any more work is being turned out in of time. The present force and there is not room in this to accommodate so many.” ” 4 The Need of a New Building. “What about the new government print- ing office, Mr. Benedict?” asked The Star man. “I think that it is simply an outrage that @ government like this should compel near- ly four thousand of its best citizens to work in a place where they are in constant dan- ger, as well as amid such unsuitable sur- roundings. In my report for 1888 I made an earnest plea to Congress for a new showing clearly the important and immediate demands for one. Nearly six years have elapsed since then, and I don’t see that this present building is any bettér or more suitable than it was then. Prititers are admittedly among the bright- est and ae it intelligent of all skilled work- men, | it is wrong beyond question to compel them to labor in such a trap as this, My own idea for a new building is simply to rebuild this present structure, securing sufficient adjacent property to erect necessary additions to take the place of the present dangerous portions. It is not the best scheme to talk about putting up a new building in the way they do it Five years ago when I left the city they were beginning a new city post office, and where is it now?” “Why, it is on the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue. A Business Proposition. “Yes, and just up to the level of the street. Now, this office is a workshop, a business office, and my idea would be to take any changes in it just as a man ‘would do in his own business. Plans could be drawn up for a building that could be completed within eight months, and that would be in every way suitable for the purpose. The present location is an ad- mirable one in my opinion, from every point of view, and has as many advantages as any other site that has been proposed, with the possible exception that some of these are a little nearer the Capitol. At any rate a new building of some sort is most urgently needed, and the sooner it is provided for the better it will be for the government and the people generally.” os PRINTING OFFICE SITE. All the Parks and Reservations Ex- amined by the House Committee. ‘The House committee on public build- irgs and grounds, in company with Col. John M. Wilson, the superintendent of public buildings and grounds, spent yester- day afternoon visiting the several public reservations of the city. The object of the committee is to decide upon a square or pertion of a square owned by the govern- ment, which can be recommended to the House, in accordance with the direction of that body, as a possible site for a new government printing office. ‘rhe committee started at the navy yard and visited every park and piece of gov- ernment land in the city, discussing the eligibility of each for the purpose named. The B. and O. Depot Site. Especial attention was paid to that por- tion of the mall now occupied by the Bal- timore and Potomac depot and the commit- tee looked over the premises thoroughly. ‘Those members who are not familiar with the status of the railroad’s occupancy of the land were enlightened. It was explain- ed that the railroad company is only there by sufferance, that the temporary character of its tenure ts prescribed by law and that the buildings of the company are con- structed with a view of being easily re- moved. it is understood that the Proposition to utilize this tract of land now monopolized by the railroad company met with consider- able favor and that the ground was ex- amined thoroughly and its availability as a site admitted. Probable Recommendation. Chairman Bankhead said this afternoon to a Star reporter that the committee had not decided which public reservation to recommend to the House. The matter will be taken under further advisement and will probably be acted upon at the next meeting. It is understood, however, that those mem- bers who yesterday visited the reservations will recommend to the full committee, in the event of not deciding upon the Balti- more and Potomac site, a selection of Ju- diciary square as the most available one. Mr. Hale’s Sensational Announce- ment as to the Tariff Bill. CONDEFIONS 10 INSURE IT3 DEFEAT Mr. Brice Denies Any Agreement as to. the Amendments. STILL NAGGING DEMOCRATS There were only four Senators in the chamber when the Senate met at 11 o’clock today, and Senator Harris, who was tem- porarily in the chair in the absence of the Vice President, instructed the clerk to call the roll. The bells brought twenty-eight Senators into the chamber, fifteen less than @ quorum, and steps were immediately taken to secure the attendance of absen- tees. On-motion of Mr. Allen (Neb.), Sergeant- at-Arms Bright and his deputies were sent after delinquents. They searched the cor- r.dors and committee rooms of the Capitol, but it was twenty-five minutes before enough abseniees could be found to make up the coveted quorum. Mr. Dolph (Oreg.) ‘made a niotion to ad- journ, but withdrew it upon the estion of Mr. Chandler that such a motion vio- lated the agreement entered into just before adjournment last night, by which it was decided to take up the tariff bill at 12 o'clock each day. Mr. Dolph withdrew his motion and a quorum soon afterward developed. Some Routine Business. Some routine business preceded the re- stmption of the tariff debate. On motion of Mr. Frye (Meé.), @ bill to pay Charles T. Russell, late consul at Liverpool, $3,100 in remuneration of moneys paid by him in providing for destitute American sailors was passed. A bill to compel the Columbia Street Ratl- road Company of the District of Columbia to comply with section 10 of its charter was passed on motion of Mr, McMillan. On motion of Mr. Hawley & bill was pass- ed to place Maj. . George 8S. Green on the retired list of the regular army as a first lieutenant. This was the rank held by Gen, Green when he resigned from the army in 1866. ‘The Tariff Bill. At 12 o'clock, under the agreement made yesterday afternoon, the tariff bill was taken up, the pending question being on the amendment of the finance committee to increase the duty on tannic acid or tan- nin from 35 to 75 cents per pound. The re- publicans, in opposing the 75-cent duty yes- terday, got more than they bargained for, as Mr. Jones offered today to substitute 6 for 7 cents. oe Mr. Manderson called attention to the document which was issued from the gov- ernment printing office today, containing the replies to the finance ittee’s cir- culars with to the chemtcal schedule. His remarks out a somewhat lengthy statement from Mr. Voorhees, chairman of the finance committee. He explained that at the outset of the consideration of the tariff bill his committee Ww it it was thought that with, might be consu ening” to from industries intexested, an committee reluctantly degided to deny +h ings. But tt wag not the intention of ‘the committee to cut off information or state- ments from interested sources, and so circulars Were addressed to firms all over the country. He knew the answers would be mainly in the interest of protection. The testimony which had poured back on the committee in response to these circulars had’ not. surprised him. Yet he wanted to give them a chance to speak; their replies were welcome; they were received and read sometimes—when the committee had time. But it was manifestly impossible for one man to read, sift and master all this mass of testimony. ‘That was why he had re- plie@ to Mr. Hoar’s lecture on good man- ners that his question’ the other day was absurd. Mr. Hoar on Lecturing. “If the Senator will pardon me,” inter- rupted Mr. Hoar, “I will say that I never attempted to lecture the Senator from In- diana, He is too hopeless a subject.” “When I recall the lecture given the Senator frdm Massachusetts by a former member of this body,” replied Mr. Voorhees, the bitter speech of David Davis during the eleetoral count contest of 1876, big gr can say can disturb me.” Mr. + returning to the question of hearings, said that during his long career at both ends of the Capitol he had never known a time, tariff changes being under discussion, when hearings had not. been given both by the ways and means commit- tee and the finance committee. Messrs. Aldrich, Allison and Sherman took the same view of the case, eotenting that they had never advocated. extended hearings, but thought absolute justice demanded that hearings should have been given on dis- puted points. While the debate was proceeding Mr. Voorhees interrupted to say that the proofs of another volume of the replies on the chemical schedule had just been laid upon his desk. He presented it, and it was or- dered printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Lodge then took up the consideration of the’ proposed duty on tannic acid and supporting it with the replies of manufac- turing chemists contained in the document laid before the Senate today. _Prodding the Democrats. The debate was continued in a desultory manner, Mr. Chandler, as on yesterday, in- dulging in some fine sarcasm at the expense of his political adversaries. The democrats of the Senate reminded him of some labor agitators up in New England who were trying to break into public office. They were arranging for their campaign, when one of them suggested that they had not enunciated any principles. “Oh, never mind principles,” replied the chief agitator, “‘we will fix up some prin- ciples after we get into office.” ‘This appeared to be the condition of af- fairs on the democratic side, Mr. Chandler suggested, making application of the story. The democrats just now were trying to urge through a bill that had no principle at its base. After they got it through he presumed their ingenuity would suffice to fix up some principles that would be about right. What was the democratic theory of the tariff anyway? The Bellet of the Democrats. “The democratic party,” interrupted Mr. Harris, “believes in a tariff for revenue with such fneldental protection as revenue duties afford. The republican party believes in a tariff for protection with such revenue to the government as is incidental to pro- tection.” “That was the position of the democratic party up to 1802,” said Mr. Aldrich in reply | to Mr, Harris, ut the Chicago platform declared protection to be a fraud and un- constitutional.” The colloquy between Mr. Harris and Mr. Aldrich continued for several minutes, grow- ing more and more one sided. At last Mr. Harris refused to continue further. Being taunted, he declared with some temper, that if the other side would agree to a day upon which the final vote should be taken on the bill the democrats would be glad to debate it item by item, but in view of the weeks already consumed and the slow progress being made, his side would refuse to join the republicans in interminable debate for pure “time-killing’’ purposes. Mr. Hale’s Seusational Announcement The fencing continued for some time. At last Mr. Hale concluded an ironical char- acterization of the democratic side with a rather sensational announcement. It was time for a few plain words, he said. ‘Inti- mations had been received on the republican side of the chamber, not only from the other side, but from the high pricsts of pfotec- tion in other quarters, that the program in- volved in the presentation of the last series of amendments from the finance commit- tee, making the bill an entirely new one, was for the purpose of forcing its way through the Senate. Then, after it has gone out of the supervision of the Senate, it Is to be thrown into a conference committee—a committee ostensibly representing . both houses of Congress—but in reality a com- mittee having autocratic powers. There the intimations.tell. us.it is the scheme to give away all the Senate amend- ments and the Wilson bill, with all its in- congruities, is to be returned for the ap- proval of the Senate. If this last bill of the finance committee was to be given up in conference, if the country had been éh- couraged by a false evidence of repentance, then he notified the democrats on the other side (Mr. Hale said this with impressive emphasis) the bill would never go through the Senate. The spirit now exhibited on the republican side would change, he sald, and the minority would find some means to de- feat the bill. yj What Mr. Aldrich Has Heard. Mr. Aldrich thought Mr. Hale had given undue credit to the reports he had heard. “I have seen a statereht in the newspa- pers,” said he, calling back Mr. Brice, who was about to leave the chamber; “I have seen in the newspapers, and the Senator from Ohio knows how unreliable the news- papers are, a statement to the effect that the so-called conservative ocratic Sena- ors have succeeded in effétting an under- standing with the mani at the ther end of the Capitol, by ich the tariff bill is to be passed without goitig to conference, in other words, the House is to, accept:the Senate amendments. If this is true, the prebensions of the Senator from Maine (M>. Hale) are groundless. “I ask for the testimony of the chief of the so-called ‘conservatives’ on this point.” Mr. Brice’s Statement. “I know nothing of any such understand- ing or agreement,” replied Mr. Brice, lacon- ically. “Does the Senator’s reply apply as well to the inquiry of Mr. Hale as myself?” ask- ed Mr. Aldrich. “It does,” replied Mr. Brice. “I will say, further, that I have no understanding or agreement with anyone concerning this bill as a whole or any of the amendments. Mr. Hale said that instead of relieving his apprehensions the reply of Mr. Brice, who kept a bright lookout-on things pros- pective, only increased them. His reply gave no assurance at all that these rumors, which came from democratic sources, would prove eventually to be correct. ‘The Naguing Renewed. Mr. Chandler then again took up the work of nagging the democratic side. He re- viewed certin changes proposed by the compromise amendments. He dwelt par- ticularly on the ample protection given to collars and cuffs, and declared in conclusion (oh Bate bill bg upon borg apis’ and e e would guarantee its passage in thirty days. Mr. Aldrich moved to substitute 75 cents on tannic acid for Mr. Jones’ modified amendment to reduce the increase proposed originally of 75 cents to 60 cents per pound. ie motion of Mr. Aldrich to make the duty 75 cents per pound resulted in yeas, 16; nays, 25; no quorum. The roll call de- veloped a quorum, but when the vote re- curred on the motion it had run down again to yeas, 12; nays, 28. Senators Peffer and Irby both voted nay. THE HOUSE. The prayer at the opening of the House Proceedings today was offered by Rev. ‘J. C. Jones, pastor of the Epworth M. E. Church of Washington, D.C, : Mr. Robertson of Louisiana presented the tiajs of H. W. Ogden, recently elected at d special election tn Louisiana to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr. Td to the Senate, and he was sworn" in. Senator Blanchard was in the House and was the first to congratulate his ‘suc- cessor. Mr. Cox (Tenn.) asked unanimous consent for consideration of. a Senate joint fesolu- tion providing for the adjustment of certain claims of the United States against the state of Tennessee and of counter claims of the state of Tennessee aguinst the United States. Objection was made and the resolu- tion went over. Mr. Baker (N. H.) sought to have a bill for the relief of Francis L. Abbott con- sidered, but Mr. Stallings (Ala.) called for the regular order and the committees were called for reports. Among the bills and resolutions repotted and appropriately referred) was a resolu- tion reported by Mr. McGann (lll.), chair- man of the committee on labor, in leu of one heretofore offered for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the business depression; to give employment to idle labor; to restrict immigration, and for other purpcses, It was placed on the cal- endar. Naval Appropriation Bilt, ‘The donsideration of the naval appropria- tion bill was then resumed, and Mr. Rich- ardsofi of Tennessee was called to the chair as chairman of the committee of the whole, Mr. Hermann (Ore.) offered an amend- ment providing for the restoration to the active list of officers below sixty-two. years of age, who have been retired for disability, whenever an examination shall show that the disability no longer exists. ~ Mr. Cummings made the point of order that the amendment affected the per- sonnel of the navy, which was under the control of a special committee, and that the question ould be referred to that committee. The chair sustained the point of order, and ruled the amendment out. Mr. Black (Ga.) made the point of order against the reappropriation of the $200,000 contained in the act of March 3, 1803, for the construction of a submarine boat, the construction of a torpedo boat. He based his point of order on the ground that it changed existing laws, and the chairman sustained the point, thus striking out the provision for the construction of the four torpedo boats authorized by the bill. Mr. McAleer (Pa.) offered an amendment, which was agreed to, appropriating $3,150 for reconstructing the bulkhead at the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Bingham.(Pa.) sought to increase the appropriation for the League Island navy yard at Philadelphia by raising the appro- priation for continuing the wall from ‘gh.000 for the $20,000 to $30,000, and adding erection of two new offiters’ quarters. Both amendments were disagreed to. Mr. English (Cal.) secured the adoption of an amendment, appropriating $50,000 for the construction of a tug at Mare Island navy yard, California. The Naval Academy. A discussion was precipitated by an amendment to the paragraph providing for the support of the Naval Academy, which was offered by Mr. Maddox of Georgia and provides that no part of the appropriations provided for in the bill should in any way be expended or used in the course of study or support of any naval cadet who was not an actual resident of the district which he represented. Tne statutes which Mr. Mad- dox had read provides that each member of Congress shall be notitled of any vacancy which may exist in the Naval Academy in the representation of each district, and if the Representative fails to make an ap- pointment by July 1, the Secretary of the Navy should fill the vacancy. It vides that All cadets, except cadets-at-large appointed by the President, shall be actual residents of the district he represents. Treasury Promotions. The following promotions have been made in the classified service of the Treasury De- partment: First auditor's office—Thos, H. Gibbs, Maryland, $1,400 to’ $1,600; A, A. Brantley, South Carolina, $1,200 to $1,400; Miss Ada Rhodes, Iowa, $1,000 to $1,200; S. C. Pool, North Carolina, $900 to $1,000; third auditor's office—Miss E. E. Guyton, Ten- ressee, $1,000 to $1,200; sixth auditor's office liss L. B. Isaacs, Mississippi, $700 to $720, mint bureau—Chas. H. Henney, Kan- $000 to $1,200; bureau of statistics—s. G. Hillyer, jr., Georgia, $1,200 to $1,400; W. L. Lemmon, New York, $1,000 to $1,200; Jesse G. Thrall, Verntont, $00 to $1,000, WENT OFF TOO SOON|* CASE OF SMALLPOX'IN’ NEW QUARTERS A Deplorable Accident on a British War Ship WHILE SALUTING THE GERMAN FLAG Premature Explosion, Killing Two Officers. VARIOUS CAUSES GIVEN EDINBURGH, May 12.—A terrible acci- dent occurted this morning on board the British armored cruiser Galatea, twelve guns, Capt. Earnest N. Rolfe, C.B., result- ing in the death of two officers. The Galatea, a twin-screw cruiser of the first class, 5,600 tons and 5,500 horse power, is the coast guard ship at Queen's Ferry, on the Firth of Forth, about nine miles from this city, A German squadron arrived this morning at Queen’s Ferry, and.the Galatea fired a salute to the German flag. After the tenth round had been fired on board the Galatea there was an explosion. Instructor Lawrence's head was blown to pieces and Instructor Whitehead’s arm was blown off at the elbow. In addition two members of the crew were lightly injured. Pending an investigation ifto the cause of the disaster, accurate information in re- gard to the explosion is not obtainable; but according to one report the charge for the gun apparently exploded in the hands of Instructor Lawrence while he was is to place it in the gua. According to another story the charge was accidentally exploded while being plac- ed too hastily in the gun. ea @UEER SORT OF SOOKKEEPING. Investigating the Affairs of the North- ern Pacific. NEW YORK, May 12—The investigation into the affairs of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company was continued at the Mills building this morning. Yesterday's hearing closed with a half promise from James McNaught of counsel for the 1¢- ceivers_ to explain away the damaging impressions produced during the day by the unfortunate lapses in the memory of Eaward Mdes, assistant secretary and treas- urer of the defunct Oregon and Transconti- nental, and by the extraordinary mannef in which the books of that corporation had been kept. ¥rom them and from Mr. Edes’ testimony it appeared that while $20,W0U,0U0 of bonds of the Chicggo and Northern Pacific had been sold by the Oregon and Transconti- nental, as agents of the former, ostensibly Tor $18,000,000, less than $¥,000,000 had been Tecelved for them, and there seemed to be nothing to show from whom these nine millions had been received. From the data ptoduced it was impossible to- say wheth- er any individual subscriber to the bonds had or had not paid for his bonds. ; ‘rhe’ proceedings. today were opened ‘by Mr. ides again takin the stand and producing @ memorandum made up by from notes made at the time, stating names of the subscribers to the nine mil- licns of the unts ‘of money by each, the > ceived by each. Revotsenban! apy to show that all the subscribers who ss ‘with bonds through the O: and ‘Transcontinental paid for tet” hank, ings “at the market price of w cents on the dollar. : H ‘his ended the direct examination of the ‘witness, and the cross-examimation was be- gun, -_-—> GERMAN CLAIMS IN SAMOA. They Will Be Upheld Strenuously by the Imperial Government. LONDON, May:12.—The correspondent of the Times at Berlin says: In colonial cir- cles no stone will be left unturned to keep the German claims in Samoa before the eyes of the nation. The official world has been overwhelmed with petitions and ad- dresses. A meeting was held in Berlin yes- terday, which was attended by the explor- ers, Count Schweinitz and Dr. Zintgraff,and @ resolution was adopted declaring that Germany must maintain her rights in Sa- moa. It was suggested that England might be satisfied with the Tonga Islands in order to settle the question. Colonial enthusiasts fear that the United States will allow itself to be made a puppet by England, which they think only wishes to do Germany an injury, barring the other out of her full rights in Samoa, . It is an unpleasant fact that the situa- tion of the Samoan problem has aroused a most undesirable exhibition of anti-English sentiment in Germany. Come what may, England and the United States may be as- sured that Germany will remain faithful to the treaty, and that the government will not fail to make good her claims and to protect the interests of Germany, if it is decided to reorganize the government of Oa. ~~. CRITIC VS. AUTHOR. Clement Scott Says He Will Take No Notice of Mr. Buchanan’s Attack, LONDON, May 12.—Mr. Clement Scott, referring to the attack which Mr. Buchan- an, one of the authors of “The Society But- terfly,” now on the boards at the Opera Com- ique, made upon him from the footlights after the fall of the curtain at that theater last night, said: “I shall take no further notice of Mr. Buchanan's harangue. He has done it before and will doubtless do it again; yet we always remained good friends. Mr. Buchanan last night excitedly brand- ed Mr. Scott's criticism of the first nigh Soo of “The Society Butterfly,” on ‘hursday last, as being false, and said that the unseemly demonstration which occurred in the gallery was due to a cabal which had insulted and endeavored to terrify a help- less woman (Mrs, Langtry). MR. BRATT! 'S FUNERAL, To Be Held at Princess Anne, Md.. This Afternoon, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FRINCESS ANNE, Md., May 12.—The funeral of the late Robert F. Brattan will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon from St. Andrew's P. E. Church. The services will be conducted by the Rev. J. C. Joero- lamon, rector of the church. The pall- bearers will be Dr. K. W. Dashiell, Jos, Y. Brattan, James I. Dennis, Judge J. Uushur Dennis of Baltimore, Md., Robert ¥. Duer and Samuel 8. Sudler. ‘the fun- eral will be one of the largest ever held in this county. SS ee UNCERTAINTY AT BLUEFIELDS, Awaiting Action on the Part of the American Government. COLO; Isthmus of Panama, May 12.— The United States cruiser New York, Capt. John W. Phillip, which arrived here yester- day from Jamaica, has hurriedly left for Bluefields, Mosquito territory, her presence ther» being needed on account of the un- settied state of affairs. Advices from Blue- fields say that the state of uncertainty still prevailing there is due to the fact that both the Americans and the Nicaraguans are awaiting definite action upon the part of the United States government, A Man Who Oame Into Town on a Orowded Train. Found: by the Health Officials Sitting in Front of the Depot—Authori- ties Takiag Precautions. There is smallpox in Washington. Yesterday evening a case was discovered at the Baltimore and Potomac railroad sta- tion, and the patient rémoved at once to the Hospital for Contagious Diseases, back of the jail. Shortly after 7 o'clock Health Officer Hammétt was notified that there was a suspicious case at the depot. Summoning Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, the physician in charge of the Contagious Hospital, the two went to see the case. Both declared it a case of malignant smallpox in its worst form. The body was covered with pustules, some of which were bursting. The patient was a colored man named Remus Nelson, twenty-eight years of age, and a native of Virginia. .When the physicians arrived the man was sitting on the curb on the B street side of the depot, surrounded by several po- licemen, who were Going their utmost to keep a crowd back. He had just arrived from 's Creek, .Va., and was on his way to 's Hospital. Taken to the Hospital. Dr. Névitt advised immediate isolation, and Health Officer’ Hammett called the wagon used in: the pound servic:, and the men was placed in it. Dr. Nevitt accom- panied him to the hospital, and after plac- ing him.in one of the isolated wards, called the nutse, Mr, Pemberton, and gave strict iustructions to allow no one to approach the hospital. Dr. Nevitt remained with the patient cli night. His charge was taken violently ill about 2 o'clock this morning and became He was a pitiable sight. His face was covered with the dread eruption, and his eyes were almost blinded. Three times during the night he called for assistance, and Dr. Nevitt thought he would die. But each time he rallied under stimulants, aad this morning, while still weak,was much better. Dr. Nevitt, however, thinks he will surely die. The case is de- scribed as the worst form of confluent sn.allpox. The worst feature of it is that there is te ho = no telling how many people have The Patient's Story. The patient gave the following history of the cage to Dr. Nevitt: “I went to “Chicago to see the world’s fair, and during the early part of April was arfested for vagrancy. They put me in & dirty cell with a number of other fellows. One of them was all broken out and very sick. They Will Be Indicated in the Legis- lative Appropriation Bill. Practical effect will be given to the recom- mendations of the Dockery joint commis- sion in the legislative, judicial and execu- tive appropriation bill to be repotted next Tuesday. This bill provides for the current expensés of the government departments. In appropriating for these expenses the bill will treat the reforms proposed by the Dockery commission as already accom- plished. The main reform is in the methods of accounting in the Treasury Department. The commission récommended the aboli- tion of the office of second controller and @ rearrangement of auditors. The effect of the change was to dispense with 148 clerks, and thus red expenses $197,000. The re- duction of of force applied to many chiefs of divisions and other high-grade employes. The changes were incorporated in a bill which passed the House, but ts still pehding in the Senate. The appropria- tion committee will treat the legislation as consummated, and will. appropriate for the treasury on the basis of its reorganiza- jon, . —————_—__2——_____ THE OLEOMARGARINE Law. The Changes in the Law as Proposed by the Manderson Bill. Dealers in oleomargarine are manifesting ™much iterest in the amendment to the cleomargarine law introduced by Senator Manderson a few days ago. They are es- pecially pleased with the proposed amend- ment reducing the Ifcense for dealers from $480 to $240. Mr. Manderson, in explaining the reagon for this change, says: “There are now 283 wholesale dealers and 6,369 retail dealers’ licensed to deal in oleomargarine, for which the sum of $354,058 (for the year ending June 30, 1893,) has been paid. This amount is too great by one-half, or more than enough to pay the expenses of the in- ternal revenue department in collecting the tax of 2 per cent per pound upon oleomar- 's | garine, the object of license tax upon whole- sale and retail-dealers being to defray the expenses of collecting the revenue tax and supe! .of dealers in oleomargarine.” Another amendment permits the use of tin as Well as wooden and paper packages, it being desirable in domestic shipments to some parte of the United States, and neces- sary in export shipments, to prevent soak- age and deterioration, which sometimes affects shipments in wooden packages. The tiiird amendment proposed is that the manufatturer may put up in a stamped packagé not less than one pound of oleo- margarine instead of ten pounds, which is now thé minimum weight package which a manufacturer may pack. Explaining this change Senator Manderson says in his statemént: ~ Original Paskages. “The object of this amendment is to provide the retailér with an original pack- age to sell, properly marked and branded; and as the retailer will be restrained from selling oleomargarine in any quantity ex- cept in the manufacturers’ original pack- age, it if necessary that he should be pro- vided with a je as small as one pound. 4 The restrictions as to the minimum amount a wholesale dealer may sell and the maximum amount a retail dealer may sell that exists in the present bill are not changed by ‘this amendment. Under the provisioys of this amendment no oleomar- garine can be sold by any licensed dealer, wholesale or retail, except in the original stamped pa e, thus invariably advising all buyers of the fact that they are buying oleomargarine, @nd also of the name of the | party manufacturing the same, it being ex- pected that the regulation will require the original package to be stamped with the word “oleomargarine;” and also the fac- tory, number and name of the manufac- The Commonweal of Christ in Camp at E ‘tl THE VILLAGE GREATLY EXCITED No Welcome for the Coxeyites From Maryland Citizens. THE MARCH FROM THE CITY So far as the District of Columbia is con- cerned the commonweal of Christ is a thing of the past, and the neighborhood in South- west Washington where it has been holding forth for the past few weeks has relapsed into the dull quiet which has, heretofore characterized it except when sbme of its denizens have created momentary excite- ment now and then by their differences with policemen. The sun was barely out of a TERARE 3 4 5 f i marshaled 4 mand tor the ap, Gen. ron for A yds et te Ds anc " they had been subjected to. explained the phases of the case year a eet i Se mmprisonesen, aa well as a fine. sentence of {1 as asa that it would m4 ry to oy cause stronger hearts great American people and bring the ultimate suc- cess of the movement all the closer. The men were then formed in a to the tienes with commune A; and to the of the fifty or sixty spectators who were present to see the army move off, Jesse Coxey rode to the head of the procession, i g jumbus Jones his Philadelphia contingent bring- ing rear. There were about 200 men in line, and when the last one had left the gates Gen. Coxey walked up L street and took a 9th street car on his way to the “I do not know whether we will come back to our late encampment ground or thought of the indignation expressed by the residents of Prince George's county, the Rogers place as a camp for the com- monweal. “That is very funny,” said Mr. Coxey. “They will —_ out that nahn ay such bugaboos as newspapers have them to believe, and by Monday their sympathies will be with us to a man.” His-smile grew broader when he asked if he expected any forcible from Marylanders. are scared like a child in the dark whose been filled with curdling will find that we are upright, honest, hon- An Aristocratic Groupe. orable and peaceful citizens and will have no cause for alarm. will be no rigid discipline in the ing of the term at the new camping We don’t need rigid discipline. E in the entire commonweal is the spirit of the movement, them would even think of chances of success any personal action on his part. We allow no drunkards, thieves or beggars in our ranks and as soon as we discover that a man's personal char- acter and habits are not what they should be we summarily get rid of him. “The influence of our movement is spread- ing everywhere every day, and it is grow- ing stronger and stronger. ot the east have no conception of the deep feeling of the citizens of the west about the national distress which the bills I have the honor to be the author are intended to alleviate. The western farmers are show- ing their practical sympathy with our move- ment by sending provisions. A car load from Springfield, Mo., is now on its way here and will reach the new camp in @ couple of days. Another is coming from Iowa, and 1 have no doubt that similar substantial evidences of the sympathy J speak of will increase from now on.” The Clover Club. Gen. Coxey said that last night Treasurer Morgan of the United States listened to his | address of an hour, and afterward engaged him in conversation, with the evident de- | sire of procuring a thorough understanding | of the legislation the commonweal desired. This morning Mr. Coxey received an invi- tation to attend the entertainment of the | Clover Club in Philadelphia, which will be given on the 17th of May. The invitation was accompanied by the usual slip from Mr. Geo. K. Deacon stating that the re- cipient of the invitation would be furnished transportation to and from Philadelphia in case of his acceptance and notification of Mr. Deacon that such @ favor would be de ili ssitl ie