Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pounsylvania Avenne, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, Now York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, =: is ae ‘The Erent tity by car fet week, or de ng Star is served to subscribers im the ers. “a their om account, at 10 cents per month. Copies at the counter PE cents each. By mail—anywhere in ihe United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 vents jer month Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1.00 per year: with foreign postaze added, $3.00, (Entercd at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as xecond-ciass mail matter.) TAM mail mbecriptions must be paid tp advance. Tatew of advertising made known on application. e £vening Star. Vor. 84, No. 20,884. “ TWO CENTS The Bill Further Discussed in the Senate Today. THE CHEMICAL SCREDULE NOT FINISHED Lively Badgering of Democrats by the Republicans. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE The seventh week of the tariff debate in the Senate began at 11 o'clock today with a fair attendance on the floor. Vice Presi- dent Stevenson, who was in New York on Saturday, called the Senate to order. Two bills, one to pension the widow of Rear Ad- miral Donald MacNeill Fairfax at the rate of $100, and the other to increase the pen- sion of Maj. Gen. Doubleday to $100, were reported and placed on the calendar. Un-/| der the agreement made last week an hour was devoted to the consideration of bills on the calendar. A bill authorizing the Texarkana and Shreveport railroad to bridge Sulphur river im the state of Arkansas was passed; also @ bill to regulate enlistments in the army. (This bill repeals the law limiting the ser- Vice of privates to ten years and restricts | enlistments to citizens of the United States who can read and write.) To pay Lennis ew A. Jackson $275, the amount stolen from the Coldwater, Mich., National Bank; to pay W. L. Adams, late collector of customs at Astoria, Ore., $461 in final settlement cf his accounts; to pay the heirs of Louis Smith prize money due him in connection with the capture of the brig Warrior in the war of 1812; directing the President to place Capt. William R. Steinmetz on the retired list of the army with the rank of major; for the settlement of the claims of the late S. W. Marston while serving as Indian agent in 1878. ‘The Tarif Again Taken Up. At 12 o'clock the tariff bill was laid be- fore the Senate, the pending question being on the amendment of Mr. Aldrich to the amendment of Mr. Jones to change the duty on alumina in its various chemical forms from 30 per cent ad valorem to a specific duty of four-tenths of a cent. The Aldrich amendment proposed six-tenths in place of four-tenths. Mr. Lodge supported the Aldrich amend- ment. Mr. Hale called attention to the fact that the change from an ad valorem to a Specific duty, proposed in the Jones amend- ment, was not included in the 428 “com- romise’” amendments offered last week. le wanted to know whether the Senate was to understand that further changes were Still in contemplation. Six bills already had been before the Senate. If other changes were to be proposed he insisted that some notice should be given. There were all sorts of rumors afloat. It was asserted that some of these amendments were being pro- posed in order to bring certain industries clamoring to the halls of Congress, and then they were to be accommodated. er matters of legislation were pressing im the Senate, and if the democrats did not know what they wanted from day to day he theught the tariff bill should be laid aside and LE . ation bills taken up. Those in authority on the other side should get together and decide on their tariff bill. Then if it were acceptable the republicans would vote for it, and Congress could go home. If not, war would be de- ¢clared. and they would stay here and fight. Mr. Hale proceeded in a satirical vein to poke fun at the democrats. The latter took good humoredly. A Lively Colloquy. “Oh,” said Senator Butler (S.C.), slightly Fuflied, “we appreciate these brilliant per- formances on the other side of the chamber. ‘These dazzling sorties of Senator Hale, Sen- ator Aldrich and Senator Chandler are high- ly entertaining, but they are designed solely to kill time.” “Better kill time,”” retorted Mr. Chandler, “than kill industries.” Mr. Aldrich’s amendment was then laid on the tatle—23- Palred With Mr. Mills. Mr. Gallinger (N.H.) announced a per- manent pair with Mr. Mills (Tex.) on the Jones amendments. On all amendments in- creasing rates, said Mr. Gallinger, the Sen- ator from Texas would vote against, while he would vote ii Respon: Mr. Aldrich moved to substitute five- tenths for four-tenths. Mr. Higgins (Del.), replying to the insinuation of Mr. Butler that the republicans were engaged in a time-killing contest, declared that the re- publicans were in no wise responsible for the delay. The demecrats, who, behind closed doors in secret by day and by nigh’ had been cutting and slashing at the tart Dill, putting duties down today and raising them tomorrow, were responsible for the delay. The completed bill had been before the Senate less than a week. Aldrich discussed his amendment, maintaining that a duty of four-tenths of a cent on alum and its products would not efford protection to the labor engaged in the industry. Mr. Palmer contended that the doctrine of the protectionists, logically followed out, Was that Congress should take control of all the business of the country. The idea that commercial prosperity could be made by law was one of those shocking absurdi- ties from which the people were rapidly re- covering. Mr. Aldrich asked Mr. Palmer to return to the concrete question presented by his amendment. If the difference between the labor cost of producing alum in Germany and Chicago were fifty cents, would the Senator from Illinois favor a duty to com- pensate for that difference? “f would not,” replied Mr. Palmer, em- phatically. “What would you favor?" “A revenue duty; if I am obliged to yield more I do so from necessity.” “What do you mean by necessity?” “We are oppressed,” responded Mr. Pal- mer, “by the scourge of the McKinley bill. I must yield to anything if it but reduces the iniquities of that measure.” Seored by Mr. Aldrich. “Heretofore,” said Mr. Aldrich, “Senators om the other side have advocated tariff re- form because they believed in it—because they believed that a tariff for any purpose other than revenue was unconsti- tutional. Now anything less than the act | of 1890, no matter how high, is hailed a: toriff reform. We hear no more of free trade, of liberalizing commerce. The rates of the act of 1883, which I have often heard denounced on that side as excessive, are exceeded without a murmur of protest. The desultory and sporadic efforts of Mr. Mills to cover his retreat by loud talk we all un- | @erstand, because we know that his col-| leagues have surrendered and will deliver body and soul to protection.” THE HOUSE. The “blind chaplain” of the Senate, Rev. Mr. Milburn, offered the prayer at the open- Ing of the House proceedings today. The Speaker laid before the House the resigna- tion of Mr. Barnes Compton of the fifth Maryland district, to take effect tomorrow. Mr. Compton leaves Congress to accept the office of naval officer of the port of Balti- mote. Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) called up House bill au- thorizing the Braddock and Homestead Bride Company to bridge the Monongahela Fiver at Homestead, Pa., and it was passed Without objection. Several other bills which had been called | Up were objected to, and Mr. Heard (Mo.)! called for the regular order. Today being the second Monday in the} month, under the rules it was devoted to the! consideration of bills relating to the District of Columbia. DEMOCRATS SETTLING DOWN | Will Accept the Protection Measure Called the Tariff Bill. What the Republicans Will Probably Decide at the Caucus to Be Held Tonight. The democrats of both the House and Senate appear to be settling down to an ac- ceptance of the situation which will compel them to take a great deal of protection with their tariff reform. The horse play which has been indulged in in the Senate during the past two or three legislative days is like the confused flapping of wings made by @ flock of birds before lighting. The pros- pect of the passage of a protection bill through the Senate at an early date is brightening again. It is realized that the bill can be passed only as dictated by the protection democrats, and that in order to become a law it must be accepted in sub- stantially the same form by the House. There are a few democrats of prominence in the House who take the position occu- pied by Mr. Mills in the Senate, and who declare that it would be better for no bill to be passed than to accept that dictated by the so-cailed conservatives. The feeling of despondency and desperation is so gen- eral, however, that most anything is Hable Ps be taken to save time and end the strug- gle. It is expected that at the conference con- templated to be held at the residence of Senator Sherman tonight the republican Senators will decide to avoid any policy of ebstruction and permit a vote to be taken on the compromise bill at an early date, provided the democrats will agree to stick to the new protection bill in conference, There is no doubt about the intention of the democratic Senators who have accepted the compromise to stand by it, and it is well understood if they yielded in conference their action would be repudiated in the Sen- | ate. The situation appears to have come to this, that most of the republicans are will- ing to acknowledge that the bill as now pro- posed is a protective measure, and that as such they can afford to let it pass, though voting against it, but that they will not permit its character to be again changed when it goes to conference. Some Want to Filibuster. ‘There are a few Senators on the republi- can side, such as Chandler, Lodge, Hoar and Quay, who want to filibuster against the bill, no matter what shape it comes in, but the argument is made on the other side that such an opposition would give the lie to their claim that the measure is a repudi- ation of free trade and a full confession of faith in protection. The democrats are helpless and in .a very accommodating mood, and out of this situation it is easy to see the possibility that the bill may be put through the Senate soon. Its fate af- terwards depends upon the readiness with which the House yields. Every effort is being made to impress this upon the mem- bers of the ways and means committee of the House and the several independent leaders in that body. ——_-2-+____ TROOPS AGAIN ORDERED To Aid im Arresting Parties That Have Seized Tra: Federal troops have again been ordered out for the suppression of lawlessness in the west, growing out of the so-called in- dustrial movement against the national capital. The situation is somewhat com- Plicated by the absence of the President. Attorney General Olney and Secretary Lamont were in consultation at the De- partment of Justice for several hours to- day as to their authority to act in the Premises without specific authority from the President. The call for federal as- sistance comes from U. S. marshals in Washington state and in Nebraska, and grows out of the action of the reckless men in seizing trains for the purpose of reaching this city. One party seized a Union Pacific train on the Oregon Short Line and started east, and so far have re- sisted all the efforts of the law officers to sess them. This party was nearing @heyenne at last accounts, and the U. S. wiarshal for that district has notified the Attorney General of his inability to cope ‘ith the situation without the assistance if U. S. troops. *The other case occurred on the Northern Pacific road near Spokane, Washington, and consisted of the forcible seizure of a train for use in making the journey to the Troops Ordered in Both Cases. In this case Gen. Otis, commanding the department of the Columbia,has been order- ed to render prompt assistance to the United States marshal in the capture of the train and the arrest of the offenders. Troops have already been forwarded from Vancouver barracks for that purpose. Orders -have also been sent to Gen. Brooke, commanding the department of the Platte, with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., to send troops to Cheyenne to aid the United States marshal of that district in the recovery of the Union Pacific train. In taking this action the Secretary of War is following the policy laid down by the Presi- t in recent similar instances in Idaho and Montana. The property at stake is in the temporary custody of the officers of the government and the use of troops for the enforcement of the processes of United States courts is authorized by special stat- Ute. “Yn this matter Secretary Lamont is act- the representative of the President, his course will undoubtedly be approv- ‘ed by him as soon as he hears of it. Captured One Party. Later this afternoon information was re- ceived here that the U. S. marshal and his deputies at Cheyenne had succeeded in cap- turing the stolen train of the Union Pacific road a few miles west of that city, and that there is no longer any need of troops in that case. The orders sent to Gen. Brooke were to have troops in readiness in case they were needed. i THE TRADE MARK CASE. Action of the Supreme Court but of Little Consequence Now. Gov. Tillman's appeal from the ruling of Commissioner of Patents Seymour in refus- ing to register the word “Palmetto” as a trade-mark for state dispensary liquors was dismissed in the United States Supreme Court today. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia had given the governor @ mandamus against the commissioner com- pelling him register the trade mark, but the District of Columbia Court of Appesis had overruled this decision, holding that the commissioner had discretionary power in the matter. Justice Gray, delivering the opinion, held that the Supreme Court had no jurisdiction over the case. Since the dis- bensary law had been declared unconstitu- Uoned by the state courts this branch of it is not of so much importance. ———_+ o+_______ JUDGE MILLER’S NOMINATION. A Unanimous Vote to Recommend Its Confirmation, The Senate judiciary committee this morn- ing voted unanimously to report back to the Senate favorably the nomination of Judge Thomas Miller to be judge of the Police Court for a second term. There is abso- lutely no opposition to Judge Miller's con- | firmation except that which may come from Senator Allen, who is supposed to have de- veloped no great amount of affection for | Judge Miller through his experience in the latter's court on the occasion of the Coxey trials. This, however, is not apt to lead to the interposition of any serious obstacle between Judge Miller and a second term, for Senator Allen's Coxey theories are not altogether popular in the Senate. +2 -«______ Ex-State Senator Joseph H. Ramsey, who |®ppearance. His work has been done, how- | beat Jay Gould and James Fisk, is dead. WILL YIELD NOTHING|4 PROPOSED TRANSFER|BRAZI| SHOWSANGER|4 CRANK IN THE HOUSE Coal Miners Opposed to Any Com- promise. CONVENTION AT CLEVELAND TODAY Pittsburg Employers and Men Far Apart. THE CONFERENCE TOMORROW CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 14.—Kvery train arriving in this city during the aight and early hours of the morning brought delégates to attend the miners’ convention today and the conference which takes place tomorrow at the chamber of commerce be- tween the miners and operators. Very few operators put in an appearance as early as did the miners’ delegates, but @ large number of rooms have been re- served for them at the various hotels, and @ good-sized delegation will probably arvive in the city by nightfall. While it has been said the Pittsburg dis- trict operators have been insisting right aiong that their men are willing to work for 55 cents a ton if they could be assured protection, it was not long after the miners had arrived before it became apparent that so far as the delegates represent the feeling of the strikers the men are not at all will- ing to return tor the same wages. Secretary P. J. McBride voiced the senti- ments of a great many delegates when he answered a suggestion as to a compromise. “No, sir,” he said, “we did not come hcre for a compromise, and thus far we have no such word in r vocabulary. Nothing shert of what we ask will give the miners living wages and for that we contend we can hold out for three months, but we have No desire to do so. For that reason we came to this conferenc McBride would not for a moment ecnsider the subject of a settlement in dif- ferent localities without referring to what is done elsewhere. “The only condition under which work will be resumed,” he continued, “is a set- tlement for all the states, as was originally announced.” The declaration means that the miners and the operators of the Pittsburg district are as far apart as possible. The letter decided at their conference in Pittsburg on Friday that they would not participate in this conference, and, further, that they would settle with their men without con- sulting the officers of the United Mine Workers. The feeling of independence manifested by the miners yesterday and in their all caucuses early today does not appear to indicate a settlement without friction. A number of the delegates said that the con- ference would be of very short duration if the operators insisted upon compromise. ‘The operators of mines in the Ohio fields have all along signified their willingness to make a settlement -with their men through their national organization, and the Pitts- burg district-men are not backward in as-| serting that the Ohio operators are back- ing the strikers, hoping that the miners will force the Pittsburgers to pay a fate of 79 cents, which will give the Hocki Val-| ley and Jackson operators, differential | of 11 1-2 cents a ton in t vor,§ cents being on the mining 2 cents rtion -was called to order by President John McBride at i o'clock in Bank Street Hall, with 200 dele- gates present. : After transacting routine - business, the ccrvention adjourned unttl 2 o'clock, when @ report from the scale committee will be made. CRIPPLED FOR COAL. Trains Taken Off the New York Cen- tral for Lack of Fuel. ALBANY, N. Y., May 14.—From Saturday until midnight last night twelve trains were taken off this division of the Central rail- road, and more will be dropped today, be- cause ot lack of soft coal. In the East Al- bany round house are now stored all the engines of the tfains pulled off. Today ail switch engines in the East and West Al- bany yards began burning wood for fuel. In East Albany, where all passenger en- gines that run between Albany and New York take their supply, fifteen cars of coal are on hand, which can last but a day or two at the most. In St. Johnsville, where most of the coal is stored as it comes from the mines, ther is less on hand at present than there ha: been in forty years. On Saturday night five shifting engines in service at the West Albany shifting yards and three service | trains were taken off. Yesterday only,five | freight trains left West Albany bound west. | Seven small fast freight trains left for New York. The trackmen have received orders to collect all tles and other wood lying along the line of the road for use for fuel. Eg SESS GIVEN A DAY OF REST. Brooklyn Handicap Candidates Were Not Worked. NEW YORK, May 14.—The horses in the | Brooklyn handicap were not worked today, | as they have had their final preparation, and they rest until tomorrow. Ajax was/ out early for a short canter at a low rate of speed and now and again one of the oth- ers appeared for a few minutes, cantering enough to keep their blood in circulation. Sir Walter was expected from Jerome | Park, but at 10 o'clock he had not put in an | ever, and he will get nothing more than a warming-up canter after his journey. The crowd at the track was larger than Is) usual on Monday morning, for they thought | that they would have a chance to see the | great son of Midlothian try the course. It} was the general opinion that ft was a mis- | take on the part of Walter Rollins to delay | so long in sending his charge to the place where the race {s to be run, and the change | from the saddle bag track at Jerome Park | may affect his race. H All of the other candidates have been tried on the track, and the favorite of the east- j ern turfmen has not. wiseacres at the track were this morning discussing Banquet’s fine move yesterday, ard one and all think that be has a good chance to win. Leonawell was out and showed signs of lameness, which | did not wear off as he was cantered slowly. | It has not been fully decided whether he will be sent to the post, but the chances are against it. Don Alonzo may be sent as a pacemaker for Banquet, but he is not con-| sidered as a factor by his owner. | All sorts of rumors are afloat, as {s the! case generally before the race, and it was said that Clifford had gone amiss in one of | his legs, but no credence was placed in it, by those who had seen the horse. Dr. Rice | gets to be a stronger favorite as the time | of the race draws near, and from all that! could be learned, he did well yesterday, as | his boy had his hands full to keep the colt | rithin bounds when he went the distance in | 4 2S Used Coal O11 for a Starter. NEW YORK, May 14.—Freida Gruber, twenty-eight years old, of 128 Clinton | street, was badly burned early this morn- | ing. The woman wanted to warm some | milk for a child, and she tried to start a| fire with coal ofl. He> clothes caught and | were in a blaze in a flash. She screamed | for help, and awoke her husband. She was | encircled by fire when her husband threw | a blanket about her, and smothered the flames, but not before the woman had sus- tained severe burns about the body and thighs. She was removed to Gouverneur | Hospital. | employment, Of the Geological Survey and the Fish Commission. Both reaus to Be Brought Under the Secretary of Agriculture's Control. For a number of years past efforts have been made by congressional legislation to secure the transfer of the geological sur- vey and the fish commission to the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The object sought to be accomplished by this transfer is to as- semble and co-ordinate, under a single ad- ministrative head, all the bureaus of the government which have to do with the util- ization of the wealth of the forests, fields, mines and waters. In the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses bills providing for the transfer of these bureaus to the Depart- ment of Agriculture were favorably report- ed by Senate committees and now the House committee on agriculture has re- ported a bill having the same object in view. Representative Hainer of Nebraska has submitted a long report giving the views of the committee on the changes pro- posed, The Geological Survey. Regarding the geological survey the re- Port says geology deals directly with the soll and its formation. The study of the earth's structure and soil is recognized as having important bearings on the charac- ter and quality of a successful agriculture and the investigations of the geologist, if properly directed, must continue to be not only intimately connected with, but essen- tial to, a due development of the science of husbandry. Connected with and supervised by the Department of Agriculture the geo- logical survey, with its present efficient corps of experts, would, by its contribution to the fund of knowledge on soil formation, in the discovery of waters beneath and the conservation of waters above the surface of the earth, form a most effective agent in stimulating and securing that development of an intensive agriculture of which the country stands so greatly in need. - The Fish Commi jon. Concerning the fish commission, the state- ment is made that it is an adequate bureau, reporting directly to Congress, and having at present no departmental connectian. Its good work and general usefulness are ac- knowledged. It has a widening field of use- fulness. Its work has so developed that its economic and adminstrative features form the burden of its duties and the object of its largest expenditures. The time is rapid- ly coming when every farmer will as cer- tainly expect to raise the fish consumed in his family and to supply his neighbors en- gaged in other pursuits as he now does with poultry and meat preducts. Continuing, the report says that the fish commission has found itself running parallel with the work, methods and agenctes of the Department of Agriculture in its investiga- tions of the many problems relating to soils and plant and animal life. “It is only by bringing Into one department ail scientific bureaus that this duplication can pe pre- vented and each afford to the others the highest measure of support and assistance. It is not proposed to disturb the autonomy and independent organization of these bu- reaus, nor to introduce here the much- dreaded system of partisan removals. The suggestion of such danger is sufficiently answered in the well-known fact that in the entire ‘history of the several scientific bu- reaus NOW ted with .the'departments not @ single instance is recalled whére par- Usanship has dictated an appointment or removal.” The measure has the approval and acquiescence of all the departments af- fected. oe WAR DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS. About 300 Clerks to Go From One Bureau Alone. Reduced appropriations for the next fiscal year will make large reductions necessary in the clerical force of the War Department on the Ist of July next. This is especially the case with the record and pension office, as the business of that office has been steadly growing less and less since the in- troduction of the card system. There will be a reduction in this office alone of nearly 300 clerks. Nearly 100 of this number have already resigned or have been trans- ferred to other offices, ‘The vacancies thus created have not been fliled. The force is still 200 in excess of the quota provided for after the Ist of July next, A dreadful rumor is in circulation that Secretary Lamont has concluded to make wholesale reductions in this office, as weil as in others, to the rumber of ut 300 within a few weeks. In view of the hard times and the difficulty of securing other it has been suggested to the Secretary that he defer making the con- templated discharges at least until the Ist of July next, when tte next fiscal year be- gins. The records of all the clerks of the War Department are being examined in order to determine those who can be spared with least injury to the service, and as a consequence all are on the anxicus bench. It is understood that the plan of reductions is the result of a quie: investigation made by the Secretary, and is in no wise due to | recommendations on the part of the heads of the offices affected. The Indian Territory Strikers’ quest for Troops. Additional telegrams have been received by the acting commissioner of Indian affairs from Agent Wisdom at the Union agency, I. T., to the effect that the strike of the miners ts critical, and that a riot is immi- nent. In reply to these telegrams the act- ing comnissioner of Indian affairs has tele- graphed Agent Wisdom that the Chocataw Coal and Railway Company is in the hands of a receiver, under the control of the Unit- ed States courts, and that railway and min- ing officials should apply to the courts for relief and protection. Francis I. Gowan, the receiver of the Choctaw Coal and Rail- way Company, this morning telegrapied the Irdian office as fellows: Telegram received this morning informs me that striking -nin- ers at mines adjoining ours in Indian terri- ory are threatening to attack our miners, who are working. 1 have just returned from the territory, and know that the situa- tion is critical, due to the determination of strikers to stop our miners from working. I would therefore most respectfully and earnestly urge compliance with the request for troops to enable him to prevent disorder and bloodshed. The War Department, in reply to the request made by the acting sec- retary of the interior on Saturday that troops be sent to the scene of the trouble, declines to comply with the request, on the ground that it would be unlawful for them to do so until it has been shown that the sheriff is unable to preserve the peace. After it shall have be-n made apparent that the sheriff ts unable to do this he will request the governor of the territory for aid, and the latter’s request will then be sent to the Secretary of the Interior, and then, upon his recommendation, troops will be detailed by the War Department. a White House Watcher: The secret service detectives been constantly on House ever since army in this city have been withdrawn frcm that service, pending the President's return from his fishing trip. The nine ad- ditional policemen detailed to duty at the White House about the same time will remain there for the present. The report that several detectives President on his excursion is denied. who have duty at the White See a Grip car No. 7_and Dr. Petty's horse and buggy met on 7th street Saturday aftef- ncon, and now the doctor will have to pur- chase a new buggy. No one was injured. the advent of Coxey’s | accompanied the | Passports Sent the Portuguese Le- gation at Rio. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BROKEN OFF Affording Gama an Asylum the Cause. WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT LONDON, May 14.—The Brazilian lega- tion has received the following telegram frcm Rio de Janeiro: “President Peixoto has broken off diplo- matic relations with Portugal. The presi- dent has sent to the Portuguese legation the passports for Count De Paraty and for the members of the Portuguese legation’s staff. “(Signed) “MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.” LISBON, May 14.—The staff of the Bra- zilian legation in this city has been with- drawn and diplomatic relations between Portugal and Brazil have been broken off. News Received Here. Senhor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, today received the following cablegram from his government: “RIO DE JANEIRO, May 14, 1894.—To Brazilian Minister, Washington, D. C.: The President of the republic has suspended diplomatic relations with Portugal, giving Passports to Count Paraty, and the person- tel of the Portuguese legation at Rio, and ordered the Brazilian legation at Lisbon to withdraw. “MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS.” Cause of the Rupture. This rupture of diplomatic relations is the direct result of the action of the Portu- guese naval commanders at Rio in afford- ing asylum to the Brazilian rebels. When Da Gama abandoned his fleet in Rio harbor, March 13 last, he took his followers aboard the Portuguese men-of-war Mindello and Aifonso de Albuquerque, where they were sheltere@. The Brazilian government pre- ferred a demand for their surrender, hold- ing that as the refugees were taken aboard the Portuguese vessels within territorial waters they could not claim asylum, and should be submitted to trial by the Brazil- jan courts, The Portuguese commanders refused to surrender the rebels and the next day sailed ‘away to the river Platte. The refugees were the cause of much trouble to their hosts, for after some ugly complications with the Uru- guayan authorities, growing out of the vio- lation of quarantine regulations, the Portu- guese commanders permitted a number of the refugees to escape on an Argentine ves- sel. They were recaptured, but this involved the Portuguese in a dispute with the Ar- gentine government, the result of which was that they were obliged to give up their prisoners, who at last attained liberty on Argentine soil. Meanwhile Brazil had not abated her claim and insisted that Portugal return the refugees, What May Come. Clearly ‘this could not be done, so the re- sult is, as announced in the foregoing cable- gram, a rupture between the parent country and Brazil. What the outcome will be gan* not be predicted. Minister Mendonca, seen today, avoided a discussion of the fu- ture’ course of his government. A rupture of diplomatic relations is sometimes tanta- mount to a declaration of r, but it ts scarcely to be so serious in t case. It is difficult to see how the Portuguese govern- ment can conciliate Brazil, although this might be accomplished by the surrender of Admiral da Gama, who 1s reported to be en route to Portugal, and an ample apology. Portuguese pride, historical in its obsunacy, will probably stand in the way of any such concessions, and it is more probable that the two nations will continue to stand in an un- friendly attitude toward each other until time mollifies the outraged feelings of the Brazilians. ———_ DISPATCHES FROM PERU. A Censorship Established Over the Telegraph. NEW YORK, May 14.—Mr. W. B. Somer- ville, superintendent of the press depart- ment of the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, announces that he ts advised by the Central and South American telegraph com- panies that temporary censorship has been established by the Peruvian government on messages to and from Lima, Peru. He an- nounces that this action does not affect for- eign legation messages or messages in transit. PROF. HENRY MORLEY DEAD. Well Known in English Literature nd Journali: N, May 14.—Prof. Henry Morley, , died today at Carisbroke, Isle of Prof. Henry Morley was born in London on September 15, 1822. In 1851 he was as- sociated with Household Words and with the Bxaminer, of which paper he after- wards Decame editor. From 1857 to 1865 Prof. Morley was English lecturer at King’s College; from 1865 to 1889 he was professor of the English language and literature at the University College, London, and upon his retirement to Carisbroke in i889 he was made emeritus professor. emnreeEd, NO CREED OR DOCTRINE. A Chicago Clergyman to Oyganize a “Free Thought” Church, CHICAGO, May 14.—The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, pastor of All Souls’ Unitarian Church on Oakwood boulevard, has an- nounced that he will leave his denomina- tion and organize a church of free thought, without creed or doctrine. The members of his church have signified their intention to go with the pastor, and stock will be issued fo> a new church buliding. The church will cost $200,000, will be eight stories high, and contain bath rooms, gymnasium and read- ing rooms. A FOLITICIAN’S SUICIDE. Joseph M. Glick of Schuylkill County, Pa., Shoots Him: ASHLAND, Pa., May 14.—Joseph M.Glick, a leading Schuylkill county politician, and republican candidate for sheriff, committed | 4 suleide this morning by shooting himself through the head with a 42-caliber revol- ver. The deed was prompted by financial troubles, and was committed in the carriage shed adjoining his residence. >. BURSTING OF A DAM. A Likeness of the Johnstown Flood in Montana. SALT LAKE, Utah, May 14.—A special to the Tribune from Lima, Mont., says the Lima dam broke yesterday morning, and its body of water is surging lown Red Rock river at a terrific rate, sweeping everything before it. As soon as this was discovered men on horseback hastened down the river to warn the ranchers, but almost every rancher along the bottoms has lost everything. Houses, barns, fences, hay stacks and all Kinds of stock are being carried away. The railroad companies sent a special train to warn the people between Lima and Dillon, and have sent out a large force of men to the scene of the flood. The track is washed out between here and Dillon in many places, and the damage will figure high. An Eccentric Oolored Visitor Starts to Speak From the Gallery. He Says He Was “! Speech—Was Taken 0: the Doorkeeper. wed” to Make a by There was a momentary confusion and astonishment shortly after the House of Representatives began the day’s session by the rising of a stalwart negro in the gallery immediately opposite Speaker Crisp, who suddenly broke in upon the pending debate. “Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker,” called the man repeatedly from the gallery. The read- ing clerk paused, and members started in their seats at this strange interruption. “Mr. Speaker,” continued the intruder, “unless the Coxey bills are passed by the 22d instant, this Capitol, and the Treasury and the White House will be struck by thunder and lightning. Almighty God has told me so.” The man was about to proceed when Speaker Crisp, in a stern voice, ordered the doorkeepers in the gallery to eject the dis- turber, The Man Removed. Doorkeeper Bowen went to remove the man. The latter offered no serious resist- ance to being removed. He, however, fell against the seat as Bowen grasped him and hustled him off, and fell again on reaching the corridor outside. He was taken down stairs and placed in a temporary lock-up. While being taken down stairs he said that God had commanded him to make this and one more speech. The next one was to be at the White House, after which he would be ready to die. The doorkeepers in the House lobby ad- joining Speaker Crisp's room recognized the | man as a suspicious caller early in the day. He asked to see Speaker Crisp, and then to go on the floor of the House. Both requests were denied, after which he went to the galiery. A “Servant of the Lord.” When questioned he gave"his name as Matthew A. Cherry, his residence as 14th and Boundary streets; his occupation he sald was that of a blacksmith. He an- nounced himself to be a “servant of the Lord,” and said he was moved to take the step he did while lying in bed last night. Once before, while living in Hogansville, Ga., he was moved in a similar manner and proceeded in the streets of that village to read from four chapters from the Bible. He was ruthlessly dealt with, however, to his great personal discomfiture. He is about forty years of age, tall and athletic in build. He was later taken from the Capitol and lodged in a police station pending examination as to his mental con- dition. Cherry is the owner of a large four- wheel combination freight and passenger machine, which he propels with his feet upon the streets. The larger portion of the | business is done at night, however, when he transports people out for a pleasure trip up and down Pennsylvania avenue. Well-Known in Police Circles. Matthew Cherry, the prisoner, is well known in police circles, having figured in the Police Court in a number of cases, He is forty years old, and is known about the clty because of the peculiarly constructed vehicle which he operates after the fashion of the old-style tricycles. After he reached the sixth precinct sta- banat ‘was-put in cell No. 5 he walked the and sang hymns until he became tired out, and then he was willing to rest. He Was quietly resting on the iron bench in his cell when a Star reporter visited him, and asked why he went to the Capitol, He Talks at the Station. “To deliver a message,” was his re- sponse. “A message from whom?" “The Lord, of course.” “What was the message’ asked. “I had a message from the Lord,” he said, “to tell the powers that if they did not pass the Coxey bills by the 24th of the month that the Capitol, Treasury and 7” the reporter White House will be destroyed. “In what way will they “B destroyed?” lightning and thunder,” was his an- “I had to deliver the message to the President, but they arrested me, and for what I don't know. He came here from near Columbus, Ga., about twelve years ago. This morning he told his brother that he as going to the Capitol, and the latte> was hot at all surpised when he learned of his arrest. THE LETTER A Controversy Between the N: Convention and the Knights of Labor. Two bills are pending in Congress, both intended to better the condition of lettea carriers. One of them, House bill 6685, aims to give the carriers in first-class offices $1,200, and those in second-class offices $1,000 a year. The othe: is House bill 524, known as the letter carriers’ ten- ure of office bill, which provides that no | letter carrier shall be removed from office without a hearing. These are advocated by | differemt persons, and a «controversy re- garding them has arisen between Mr. John F. Victory, the secretary of the National Association of Letter Cariers, and the gen- eral officers of the Knights of Labor. The Knights of Labor have urged the bill reg- ulating the salaries of letter carriers. The letter ca-riers’ association have been urg- ing more especially the tenure of office bill, believing that it is not a good time to urge the measure provided for an increase of pay. Representative Maguire, who intro- duced the tenure of office bill, recently re- celved a request from Mr. John W. Hayes, the general secretary of the Knights of Labor, to suspend his efforts to secure the enactment of the bill. Mr. Victory on the 10th instant wrote to Mr. Maguire, calling his attention to the fact that the tenure of office bill had received commendation from the official journal of the Knights of Labor, and asserting that it had the support of % per cent of the letter carriers of the United States, in whose behalf he urged Mr. Maguire to continue his labors. Maguire, in reply, stated that the division of sentiment indicated in his correspond- embarrassing. jecter he said: “Mr. Hayes, writ- ing by direction of the general exccutive beard, K. of stated that they ‘are not opposed to anything that may appear in bill No. 5: y states that ‘Keovse bill No. 524 was origimated in the first place for the sole purpose of defeating bill No. 6685, which is an amendment to our original bill, and which I think was No. I must believe that the general ex- ecutive board has been misinformed con- cerning the purposes for which your asso- ciation asked me to introduce bill 5 it seemed to me that your association should be able to sctisfy the K. of board that no such hostility is meant.” Mr. Victory has written Mr. Hayes pro- testing against the ection of the general executive board of the Knights of Labor. He denies that bill No. 524 was originated for the purpose of defeating bill No. GUS3, calling attention to the fact that the former bill was introduced thee months before the latter. He asserts that the letter carricrs of the United States protest against inter- ference by the Knights of Labor in matters | peculiarly relating to letter carriers and within the province of the National ciation of Letter Carriers. He sa: National Association had deemed Asso- the wise it | to suspend the effort to increase the salaries of letter carriers at this time and to con- centrate their energies to secure the enact- ment of a law that would safeguard the | position of letter carriers against arbitrary removal for political or other causes. Bill No. 4437, he says, was introduced by a faction of letter carriers of New York city representing aot more than one-third of 200 letter carriers employed in that ‘ty, for the purpose of injuring the pros- pects of the passage of bill No. 5204. A DISTRICT DAY Mr. | Measures of Local Interest Brought Before the House. NEW, INTERCHANGEABLE CAR The Mt. Vernon R.R. Bill Discussed at Length. | MANY AMENDMENTS OFFERED aeececncnnene pecan This was District day in the House, an@ the naval appropriation bill yielded the right of way to Mr. Heard. The first bill called up was the measure to exempt from taxation the property of the Colored Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Bowers of California indicated possible objection | to this bill, and it was withdrawn temporar- | tty. New and Interchangeable Car Tickets He then called up the bill, which has passed the Senate, requiring that street rail- ‘way and herdic companies shall issue new | tickets and shall not reissue the tickets of other companies. The bill was amended | 50 as to give the companies thirty days | in which to make the change. The bill was then passed. The Episcopal Foundation. The bill to construe the act of incorpora- | tion of the Protestant Episcopal Founda- | Non was called up. This bill stipulates the | Powers of the trustees under certain cir- | cumstances. It was passed. The bill to relieve the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend from the operation of | the law relating to the alien ownership ef | property was passed without debate. Mt. Vernon R.R. Co. Bill. The bill to authorize the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon railway to ex- tend its line into the city, was called up | and read at length. | Mr. ‘erry (Ark.) feared the authority | given by the bill to erect engine and boiler | houses along the line might give the com- pany the right to occupy public reser- | vations, If a right of way is given through | the streets it might be construed to apply also to other public property. He would prefer, in the matter of taxing the com- pany, @ tax on each car, rather than on the earnings of the company. It might be difficult to ascertain the earnings. He was dissatisfied also with the method of con- demning private property. He would prefer that property owners be given a trial by jury instead of having the Supreme Court | cenduct the proceedings. Mr. ‘Terry insisted that the bill be agaim "read by paragraphs. The Route of the Road. The bill authorizes the company to exe tend its tracks along the following route: |A main line commencing on B street be- | tween 6th and 7th streets northwest; thence | westward along B street to 17th street; | thence «northward on i7th street to B | street; westward on E street to the Poto- mac river; thence across the Potomac river | by @ suitable steam ferry or transfer barge to Analostan Island; thence across that island to Little river, and across Little river by a suitable trestle or bridge to the divid- ing line between the District of Columbia ‘and the state of Virginia. Also a branch | from the intersection of B and 15th streets | northwest along 15th street to its intersec- | tion with Pennsylvania avenue. Also @ branch from the intersection of B street “nd lith street northwest along 14th street | to the Long bridge. | Against the Trolley Wires. Mr. Grout offered an amendment trans- posing the provision prohibiting the use of | overhead trolley wires in the District, so that the provision should follow a preced- ing section. He did this, he said, to Strengthen the prohibition of the trolley. It was agreed to. Mr. Terry offered an amendment, which Was agreed to, requiring the company to | change it€ line immediately when the Dis- | trict shall change the grade of a strect. | The provision of the bill authorizing the company to lease ground at the foot of New Hampshire avenue and E street from | the Commissioners, for a transfer ferry | slip, was amended to permit the Commis- sioners to fix the amount of the rent to be a ‘Terry offered an amendment require ing the company, In making its excava- tions, to immediately restore the streets to their original good condition. it was agreed a | Mr. Terry offered an amendment to strike out the section permitting the company to erect engine hovses at convenient points, but withdrew it upon the presentation and | adoption of an amendment providing that | the structures shall only be placed on pri- vate property. As to the Route. A provision in the bill to the effect “that |for the purpose of making a continuous | connection the sald company shall have the | right to cross all streets, avenues and high- ways thet may be deemed necessary for this purpose” was objected to by Mr. Grant, who insisted that the route of the company should be expressly stipulated, and that | privilege should not be given the road to go ere else. Mr. Richardson said the provision was (harmless, that it was merely to afford the company privilege of making a connection | with other roads. He objected striking it ‘out. Mr. Grant insisted that it should be stricken out. Mr. Richardson moved to amend by adding to the provision the words “over the route hereinbefore described and des- ignated.” This was not altogether accept~ able to Mr. Grant, and Mr. Richardson again proposed to amend by striking out the words “may be deemed ni which was agreed to, and as thus the provision was permitted to stand, Taxing the Tracks. Mr. Terry moved to strike out the pro- | viso that the tracks of the company shall |mot be taxed as real estate. He insisted | that the tracks formed a portion of the real | estate of the company. Mr. Richardson said | that the streets belonged to the city and the company should not be required to pay | taxes on the streets. He said the company would be taxed by the bill 4 per cent on its | ross earnings, No other company, he said, was taxed for its tracks and it would be unusual to make this requirement in this L.| Mr. Terry said he did not propose to tax the right of way and said that there was € distinction between a right of way and @ track. The amendment was a vote of %2 to 2. Mr. to amend the Isth section of the bill by adding the words “subject to the right of the public,” so it should read “that said company shali have at all times the free and uninterrupted use of the roadway. ‘subject to the right of the public.’” Th amendment was agreed to. An amendmes giving parties whose land is undergoing condemnation the to have the case tried by jury was defeated. The bill was then passed without a division. Other Bills Passed. The bill to provide for the opening of minor streets through squares was passed, The bill to exempt from taxation the prop- erty of the colored Young Men's Christian Association was brought up. Mr. Bowers opposed the bill. He objects to exempting any kind of property from taxation, espe- cially church property. | He said it was such cegislation as this thas