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this law away. It used to be the custom earn men a wearing of the green. ‘ap vat ere trying to send men walking on the cree. ieapeees Mr. Coxey Also Speaks. Mr. Coxey made a brief speech, in which he said that this was the first time he had *ver been in a court to hear sentence. He *as glad that on the first time he did ap- pear he was innocent of the crime with which he was charged. He had committed mo offense. He did not ask for mercy, for be was not guilty. But he did ask for Justice, and he reminded the court that it Was within his power to set aside a verdict that he knew was unjust, as was the case with this one. Mr. Mullowney Asked a Jail Sentence. Judge Miller asked if the prosecution had snything to say, and Mr. Mullowney spoke, but very briefly. He asked for a jail sen- tence, not from any feeling of revenge, but simply because there were inexorable laws which these men had violated. If a fine were imposed it would be paid at once by followers of these men, deluded people, and mot by the men who had committed the effense. A jail sentence, on the other hand, Would have a deterrent effect upon others, Mr. Pence’s Plea. Mr. Pence followed in a plea for a light sentence. If these three men were let go, he said, the whole Coxey movement would die out in thirty days, while if they were Sent to jail many pcople would believe that they were punished for holding opinions and the movemeat would receive unex- pected life. If the men were fined it would be paid at once and he could assure the district attorney that the poor people of this city would not be called upon to pay the fines. Judge Miller's Remarks. In imposing tence Judge Miller said that he was sorry that so much politics had been lugged into this case. All this, however, had been done by the defense. In its essential details It did not differ im the slightest degree from many another case in this court. The importance of this «ase might have been magnified in the minds of some people, but there was no feason why the court should take into sideration the effect that the sentence right have upon the minds of some people throughout the land. Politics had nothing to do with the case. The defense had said that this trial was actuated solely by Wall street, but there was nothing in the _evi- dence to show anything of the sort. Wall street had no more to do with this case than it had with cases of this sort that are tried every day in Kansas and Colo- Fado. Critictsing Coxey’s Course. Judge Miller touched rather severely upon Coxey’s action in bringing to the capital a band of idle and unemployed men in an ef- fort to realize a financial dream of his own. There was nothing to show that Coxey had ever identified himself with the laboring classes of this land, and he, for one, thank- ed God that the workingmen had not ex- pressed the slightest sympathy with his Movement. A few hundred men had plowed their way through the snow in the moun- tains, but Coxey had not walked with them. No man could tell what might have hap- pened if a hundred thousand men had come te Washington. Judge Miller said that he yald not characterize as a vagary Coxey’s -interest-bearing bond scheme, but when he thought that by bringing an army of city he could influence Congress that it would not otherwise did that which could only cause ie if st amounted to notbing,and which i point his way to jail if his efforts proved harmful. As for Coxe oY nd he at once Ne right of Coxe if ever a man was guilty of an offense} out of the way, es a dangerous citizen. y's had been abridged, and charge’ against him that man was Coxe: He must have known that if he had agri to speak on the Capitol steps another might sell soap and hundreds make speech- es at the same time, and pandemonium would ensue at once. Yet, knowing this, he had come here, and his doing it showed at least that he was enthusiastic and had an idea that he might accomplish some- thing more on the steps of the Capitol than he could anywhere else. In point of fact, he was no nearer to Congress on the steps of the Capitol than he was at his home in Ohio. His plan was to face to the east, with his back to the Solons of the national legislature, and address the crowd that might be gathered from idie curiosity. A speech delivered there would have no more effect than if it were delivered from the Peace monument or from the branches of @ tree on Pennsylvania avenue. A man trying to make a speech in such a place, knowing his act to be uclawful, either want- ed to pose as a man who violated law or as a man who had caused the laws to bend before bis individual personality. The Real Poor. A great deal had been said in this case, @aid Judge Miller, about poverty, but he @oulé see no signs of poverty in the trio be- fore him. On the other hand, poor men are brought into court every day, and the hearts of Congressmen did not go out to these. These were let aione, and he did not remember to have heard of Representa- tives and Senators going down to the work house and paying their fines, in order that they might “breathe the air of freedom, and enjoy their constitutional rights.” Sena- tors and Representatives did not expend any sympathy upon such as these, but the good people of Washington do, and they care for their poor and their unemployed, but they did not make a fuss about it. ‘They did not let their right hands know what their left hands did, and they did not charge gate receipts for it, either. In conclusion Judge Miller said that when @ man of Coxey's ability and intelligence set himself up in opposition to the laws of the land he at once became a menace to the community. If ever a man deserved the limit of punishment that man was Coxey, although he did not intend to 1 pose the maximum sentence. Judge Miller pointed out a number of Inconsistencies In Coxey’s claims as to the purposes that had induced him to violate a police regulation in order to test the question of his right to speak on the steps of the Capitol. ere was no constitutional question in the matter at all. It was all Coxey and Coxey’s ideas. Violations of law must be met with a firm hand at the outset. Twenty Days in Jail. At 1245 Judge Miller concluded his re- marks. He at once sentenced the men on the two counts on which they were held guilty—carrying a banner into the Capitol grounds and walking upon the grass. Jones, it will be remembered, was held guilty only ‘on ‘the first count. Judge Miller sentenced the three men to twenty da: jail on the first count. On the second count Coxey and Browne ‘Were fined $ each or imprisonment for ten days in default of payment of fine. No Demonstration. ‘There were no demonstrations of any sort fm the court room when sentence was im- posed, and the crowd at once left the build- ing, though there was a larger one outside. If there were any commonwealers in court, their presence was not made manifest. A number of friends came up to shake hands with the trio, though there was no effort made to liorize them in any way. The three men were allowed to go into the jury yoom and wait until there was a load suffi- cient in size gathered from the other courts to warrant the “black Maria” in making @ trip to the jail. At their request a tele- phone message was sent to Marshal Wilson asking his consent for the three men to go down in a private carriage. Went Down in the Black Maria. ‘The three men finally decided to go down fm the van. They had evidently expected the sort of sentence they received, for they were all provided with little handbags containing the necessary tollet articles and clothing to take with them to jail. None of them showed the slightest concern and Coxey and Browne occupied the time of waiting in writing letters. A little before 2 o'clock the three men en. tered the van in charge of Richard Ander. son, the veteran van driver, and were at once taken to the jail, and their twenty days im durance vile began under the same aus- pices that would have surrounded the case had it had features pbout it. less of sensational ——-—__—_ Ainsworth Ca The hearing on the Ainsworth indictment was continued today before Judge Me- Comas in Criminal Court No. 2. Ex-Repre- sentative Ben Butterworth addressed the court on behalf of the demurrer filed by Col. Ainsworth. He expected Jude his argument by It is believed that it will be s fore Judge McComas will render his decision in the case. See The Battle of Chattanooga. A paper will be read tonight before the Army and Navy Club by Gen. H. V. Boyn- ton. Subject, “ Battle of Chattanooga.” 91, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|4 OES'RED PRIZE THE PIER CRACKED|HUNOREDS DISCHARGED| FINANCE AND TRADE The Queen to Open the Manchester Ship Canal. PREPARATIONS MADE T0 RECEIVE HER Will Stop on Her Way to Scot- land. TO BE A GREAT OCCASION MANCHESTER, Eng., May 21.—The most extensive preparations have been made here to receive Queen Victoria upon the occasion of the formal opening of the Manchester ship canal. The streets are profusely dec- orated, and all the regular and volunteer troops of this city and its vicinity will turn out today to welcome her majesty. Several addresses will be presented to her majesty, including one from the canal company, | which is a most elaborate effair, brilliantly illuminated with pictures of scenes along the banks of the canal, and is an appropriate Production commemorating the opening of this waterway from Manchester to the sea, and which throws this large city open to the floating commerce of the world. At Salford, Queen Victoria will also be presented with an address upon her return from inspecting the 1, and tonight all the streets of Manchéster and of the towns along the line of the canal will be ablaze with illuminations. Every precaution has been taken to pre- vent her majesty or any other person fering from the effects of the pent-up ‘a ters of the canal, considerable discussion having been caused by the statement that the water of Irwell impounded in the canal and in the hundred acres of docks was so bad as to produce sickness among the crowds of people expected to be present at the formal opening of the canal today. LONDON, May 21.—Queen Victoria left Windsor Castle for Scotland this morning on her way to Balmoral. She will stop at Manchester and formally open the great Manchester ship canal. The queen will be received at Manchester by Lord Mayor Marshall, Lord Egerton of Tatton, chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company, and by the mayor of Sal- ford and other tinguished people. The streets will be lined with troops, and at the town hall an address to her majesty will be read, after which she will be driven to Trafford wharf, where she lwill embark on the royal yacht Enchantress, and, after a trip through the cananl, will formally declare the latter open to commerce. —_ ON THE COAST. It Continues Today With Little Abate- ment. NEW YORK, May 21.—The storm which begun here yesterday continues today with but little abatement. An unusually high | tide swept the Long Island and New Jersey shores last night and sent waves well above the usual high-water mark, but as yet no serious damage to property has been re- ported. The only steamer to put into port this morning was the National liner France, seventeen days out from London. Her cap- tain says she had a very stormy time of it during the past twenty-four hours. At 9:30 the strength of the storm is in- creasing, with a fine rain falling and the from the east by northeast, gaining impetus. A high sea is cn and all incoming steamers will doubtless be compelled to heave to outside, or anchor off tne bar. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 21.—Dela- ware Breakwater reports that the wind is blowing only ten miles hour today, and that yesterday's te did no damage to shipping as far as is known. piri oanem es IN WESTERN NEW YORK. The Flood Greater Than Any Since 1889. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 21.—Reports which come in from all parts of western New York show that the flood of the last three days has rot been equaled by anything since the time of the Johnstown flood in 1889. In the valleys of the Allegheny and its tributaries the damage seems to be worse. In the valley of the Genesee it is estimated that the damage to the farmers will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the suburbs of Buffalo, devoted to market gar- dening, thousands of dollars’ worth of gar- dens have been inundated and rendered al- most worthless. The crops on all the low- lands have practically been washed out of the earth. Thus far the railroads have not suffered very extensively. The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg was unable to run its trains past West Seneca last night on account of washouts. The Western New York and Pennsylvania also had some trouble with cul- yerts washed out on the Buffalo division. bnonige mth gre Erie mie roads have ‘0 run slowly iatligns pao lowly and guard their ——~>__. CARRIED AWAY BY FLOOD. pas ae Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Bridges Swept Off by the Torrent. READING, Pa., May 21.—The railroad bridges at Stony creek and Dauphin on the Pine Grove division of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad were carried away this morning by the flood. Many collieries are reported flooded in the Schuykill re- gions, and it is feared that some of the bridges spanning the Susquehanna above Sunbury may be carried away, as the river at West Milton is reported thirty feet above low water mark. The Schuylkill river at this point is seven- teen feet above low-water mark. Above —— hundreds of acres of land are under water. This afternoon the people in the lower section of this city along the Schuylkill! river banks are leaving their homes. ‘The; river has reached a height of eighteen feet. | Nearly all the iron works at Pottstown have closed down. Glasgow dam at that point is on the verge of giving away. The Rober’ there is sixteen feet above high-water mark. —————__ DROWNED IN THE TORRENT. Two Lives Lost in the Flood at Pitts- burgh. PITTSBURG, May 21. Two lives were lost in the ficod this after- noon. Adrain Weichel, aged thirty-five, was trying to rescue 4 team of horses near Etma about 1 o'clock, when his feet caught in the harness and he was drowned. A few minutes later an unknewr boy about fifteen years old was drowned in Allegheny while catching driftwocd. Both bodies were swept down the stream. Dispatches from many points along the Allegheny river report great damage from | the high water. At Etna and Sharpsburg the streets are submerged, and garden truck has been ruined. Many narrow es-| capes from drowning are reported, but so far there have been no fatalities. Danger Apparently Past. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., May 21. 1 p.m.—The rivers are now falling rap- idly and all danger is apparently past. A body floated past the city, but those who attempted to rescue it failed. —__6-__. . THE PRESIDENT SHOOTING SNIPE. Cool and Bracing Weather Enjoyed by His Party. HATTERAS, N. C., May 21.—The Violet, | having on board the presidential party, ar-| rived at Bodies Island last night from the | |trip across the sound. Early today the party disembarked and are now shooting snipe and marsh birds along the shore. The |day is an ideal one for the sportsmen, the | weather being cool and bracing. Bodies Is- land is thirty miles south of Kitty Hawk | and about the same distance north of Hat- teras. recap Lost a Horse. | Word was received at police headquarters | | about noon today that one of the horses had | disappeared from the Coxey camps. The re- | port stated that the animal had strayed from the camp, or had been stolen, and the police were furnished with a description of the missing animal. The police think it | Possible that the animal is carrying home j One of the deserters from the camp. |nal of the Senate nowadays Competitors for the Corcoran Art School Gold Medal. The Judges to Make Selection Tomor- row—The Committee a Strong One —DimM. it to Choose, During the past two or three days the Corcoran Art School has been in a state of complete demoralization, and, among the students, of the most intense excitement. the very unusual state of affairs being caused by active preparations which have been going forward for the annual exhi- bition of work accomplished by students during the year and the competition for the Corcoran gold medal, which is conferred each year upon the exhibitor of the best series of drawings. This year the contest has been unusually keen, and the fortunate winner of the prize may well feel honored by the dis- tinction conferred upon her artistic labor. The competitors are Miss Baker, the Prin- cess Cantacuzene, Miss Smith, Miss Gar- rigues, Miss Hanson, Miss Loughborough, Miss Rodney, Miss Shoenborn, Miss Light- foot, Miss Hunt, Miss Finney, Miss Snyder, Miss Simms and Miss Henderson. Each of the young ladies named has prepared six drawings: Three from the nude and three from the antique. A very noticeable feature in all the work is the great improve- ment over any previous collection of stud- jes shown by the school, each group dis- playing clearness of artistic perception, di- rectness of aim and an unlimited amount of intelligent and conscientious applica- tion. The drawings have all been arranged, and tomorrow morning Mr. Wm. M. Chase and Mr. J. Carrol Beckwith of the Art Students’ League in New York and Mr. B. M. Ward of the Academy of Design will enter upon the difficult and delicate task of selecting from the eighty-four studies the group which they consider entitled to the honor of receiving the gold medal... The second in excellence will receive the bronze meal and the next three will receive hon- orable mention. The committee of award has been selected with great care, and is composed of three artists, whose names are familiar in almost every household. The Judge Mr. Chase comes to Washinton on this oc- easion for the first time. He is one of our most representative and thorovgh artists, and is very justly celebrated for his ex- quisite taste and discriminating judgment in all things pertaining to art, not only in his own work, but in his criticisms. Mr. Beckwith was one of the favored pupils of Carolus Durand, and his spiendid draughtsmanship and brilliant yet subtle coloring have placed him in the foremost ranks of modern painters. Mr. Ward is the brother of Mr. J. Q. A. Ward, the -lesigner and sculptor of the Thomas statue. He is widely known asa genre painter, of which difficult subject he is a most successful interpreter. To insure strict impartiality all members of the awarding committee are selected from non-resident artists, and the com- petitors represented alphabetically, the curator of the gallery holding the lst of names, with their representative letter. When the medal drawings have been decid- ed upon by the committee of artists, a note is made of the letter attached to those drawings, and after being placed in a sealed envelope is handed to Dr. Welling of the Columbian University. At 4:30 tomorrow afternoon this envelope will be opened in the presence of the stu- dents, their friends and invited guests, and the contents compared with the before-men- tioned list, and the name of the greatly to be congratulated winners announced. The school will remain open to students until July 1, after which it will be closed until September. ————— A DISTINCT SUCCESS. The First Day’s Meeting of the Senate 10 O'Clock. The democrats in charge of the tariff bill had less difficulty this morning in getting @ qtorum in the Se-ate than was antici- pated. There was a wait of about ten min- utes only, wherzas it had been commonly supposed that half an hour at least would be required to get forty-three Senators to their seats. Scarcely had the deep tones of Chaplain Milbura died away before Mr. Manderson, refreshed by a trip down the river, arose briskly and said: ‘Mr. President, there is less than one- fifth of the Senate present, and it seems to me there should be more than that here. I suggest therefore the absence of a quo- cua : At that moment there were eight Sena- tors on the republican side and twelve on the democratic side. The Senators present were: Teller, Mitchell of Oregon, Chandler, Gallirger, Manderson, Hale, Perkins, Platt, White, Call, Butler, Allen, Kyle, Murphy, Pasco, Voorhees, Berry, Harris, Cockrell and Walsh. The first roll call showed the presence of thirty-one Senators, and Mr. Cockrell at once called out, “Let us have the names of the absentees!" and the roll was called. This showed that twenty-six democfats and twenty-eight republicans were out of the chamber. Almost immediately after the calilng of the roll, six republicans and one democrat came in, running the total up to 45, where- upon Senator Haris moved that ‘the ser- geant-at-arms be directed to request the at- tendance of absent Senators. But almost simultaneously there was a littig rush, of statesmen through the doors, including the members of the sugar-bribery investigating committee, who had broken from their her- metically sealed room to respond to the frantic rings of the electric bells, and at 10:10 o'clock the Vice President aunounced that forty-four Senators having answered to their names, a quorum was present, and he called upon Secretary Cox to read the journal of Saturday's proceedings. Mr. Tel- ler, however, disapopinted the secretary, who rather enjoys this matutinal function, by asking that this proceeding be dispensed with, and this was ordered. No great loss, however, fell upon the com- munity through this omission, for the jour- is a doleful document, and its absence is not missed. The morning business of the Senate astéd only five minutes, and then was called. The first case was the bill mak- ing a judgment a lien on real estate in the District, but Senator Sherman objected, and the bill went over. Two or three unimport- ant measures were then passed, and prompt-| ly at 10:30 Senator Harris arose and secured the consideration of the tariff bill. His first day under the new rule was a distinct success. ———_+- oe. COL. BRECKINRIDGE’ CONTEST. A Delegation to Urge Him to With- draw in Favor of His Son. The contest which is being waged with such earnest vigor in the sixth congress- | ional district of Kentucky between the | friends and the opponents of Col. W. C. P. | Breckinridge over the question of the lat- ter's renomination to Congress has as- sumed a new and interesting phase. It is | understood that a committee of prominent Kentuckians, who are firm friends of their silver-tongued representative, notwithstand- ing the exploitation which his private char- acter received in the recent breach of prom- ise suit, is about to visit Washington and | request Col. Breckinridge to withdraw from the race for the congressional renomination in favor of his son Desha. Those in a posi- tion to know state that the committee will urge such a course upon Col. Breckinridge as the proper one to pursue in view of the excited state of the public mind in the sixth | district. It will represent that such action will continue the name of Breckinridge in the political annals of the congressional district and of the state, and that the elec- tion of his son would be equally as great a recognition of the father’s services as if the latter himself was selected, and that it will serve equally as well in the matter of Col. Breckinridge’s desired “vindication.” Col. Breckinridge said this afternoon: have heard the rumor, You can say for me that the old man will be in Congress next time. After that the young man may be allowed to take his chance in the race, but for the present I am still in it.” see age ee Demand Jury Trints. Thomas J. Boyd, an ex-policeman, who keeps a store on Virginia avenue, was be- fore the Police Court today, charged with | violating the Sunday liquor law, and Wil- Mam Long was charged with aiding and abetting the violation. Lawyer Sillers ap- peared as counsel in the cases and de- manded jury trials. The cases went over, and the defendants furnished bonds for their appearance. the calendar | Officials Apprehensive About the Aqueduct Bridge. | PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ADOPTED Another Break in the Masonry Discovered. MONEY ASKED FOR REPAIRS Danger flags are flying on the Aqueduct bridge. Another crack has been discovered in pier No. 4, and the authorities are quite anxious as to the safety of the bridge. Capt. Powell, as soon as it was reported to him that a second crack had appeared in the pier, issued the following order to Capt. Fiebeger: The Cracked Pier. “Please see that extraordinary precau- tions are taken in the way of watching and eare of the Aqueduct bridge, even to putting on a watchman at each end of the bridge. Every team should be driven slowly, and not more than one at a time should be al- lowed on the two spans resting on pier No. 4. The pier should be examined every day and report made of any change in it.” These instructions were carried out at once, and watchmen placed on the bridge, together with danger flags. Loaded teams are walked slowly over the bridge and every precaution is being taken to prevent a spreading of the pier. It will be recalled that during January last the first crack com- menced to spread, and Capt. Fiebeger or- dered it strapped with iron bands. This was done to prevent a further spreading, and the Commissioners forthwith reported the matter to Congress. The result was a resolution calling for an investigation and report of the bridge by piers. The work was done by Maj. Davis, who has direct control of the bridge, and his report (pub- lished at the time in The Star) submitted to Congress. Following that came the re- port of Engineer Hunt, in charge of bridges, and all of the papers were submitted to Congress, with the urgent recommendagion of an appropriation of $51,000 to repair the bridge. The members of the committee were heartily in favor of the appropriation, but when the appropriation bill made its appearance the item was left out. The Commissioners hurried to correct the error, but as yet nothing has been done, and the condition of the bridge gets more serious every day. The cut which appears with this article shows the damaged pier with the two cracks. The second crack, which has just been discovered, is located a few feet west of the east truss near the down-stream end of the pier, and although very small in size as yet, is a most unfavorable sign as to the pier’s integrity. The failure of this pier would involve the loss of the two adjacent spans—a length of 230 feet—of the bridge structure, and cut off direct communication with Arlington, Fort Myer and the sur- rounding territory. A notice has been posted on the guard house at the Georgetown end of the bridge stating that vehicles are allowed to over the entire structure at the speed of six miles an hour, with the exception of that portion between the third and fifth piers from the Virginia end, where the speed must be slackened to three miles an hows owing to the reported weak condition of the fourth pier, produced through the crack described above. The crack is thought to have been pro- duced by the partial undermining of the pier by the current during some particular- ly turbulent time. The present high water has not added to the weakness cf the pier so far as can be seen. capes THE PRESIDENT’S RETURN. He and Mrs. Cleveland Will Be Back This Week. The President and Mrs. Cleveland and the babies will all be back in the White House again this week, but what day the reunion will occur is “one of those things that no fellow can find out.” When the President left here Saturday, the 12th in- stant, it was announced that he would not be away more than a week or ten days. The ten days’ limit will expire tomorrow, but there fs no certainty that he will reach here soyearly th the week. Private Secre- tary Thurber is quoted as having said he did not expect the President back before Thursday or Friday. The latest reports from’ the presidential party, however, in- dicate an earlier return than that and also | that the return trip will be made by rail | instead of by water. There are other | reasons for the belief that at least one or two members of the party will return to Washington tomorrow. It is known, for one thing, that Secre- tary Gresham left word at the State De- partment that he would be back Tuesday (tomorrow). Private Secretary Thurber received a commurication from the President Satur- |day directing him to send to the Senate several nominations that had been agreed upon before his departure, but which were temporarily withheld. It is understood ‘that the President made no definite state- ment as to when he would be back. | Mrs. Cleveland and the children, ‘have been visiting Mrs. Perrine at Buffalo for several days past, are expected at the White House about the middle of the week, and it wil] not be at all surprising if the President joins them there on the very day of their arrival. The mansion has been put in readiness for their return at any time. The secret service men who have been missed from their watching places at the White House ever since the President's de- perture resumed their accustomed stations about the grounds this morning. Some people assume that this means that the President may return tonight or tomorrow instead of later in the week. The President's yacht Dolphin arrived at the Washington navy yard this morning | from a trip to the Norfolk navy yard, where she was cleaned, painted and put in com- plete readiness for any service that may be required of her. Her overhauling inciuded | the scraping and painting of her bottom, and she is now in prime condition for a cruise, These preparations, and her unex- pected return to this city, have given rise to a rumor that she is to be used shortly in conveying the President and family to their summer home at Gray Gables. The | President's recent experiences on the light house tenders Maple and Violet, It ts said, have removed his former cansctentious scruples against the use of government ves- sels for purposes of pleasure and recre tion, and have led him to consider favor- ably, so it is said, a proposition for a short | cruise on the Dolphin. | } x fetal, Ao ee DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Today's Orders. The Conmissioners today ordered that a concrete tank, of 30,000 gallons’ capacity, | be constructed at Fort Reno for the high service system of water distribution; that as soon as funds become available public gas lamps be erected as foliows: One in alley, square 568; one on south side F street between 2d and 3d northwest; also that lamp on north side of F street between 24 and Sd streets be moved west about fifty feet. Building Permits. ‘The building permits issued today were as follows: William Martin, one brick private stable in rear of 439 N street northwest, cost, $400. J. T. Hare, one frame dwelling, corner of Queen and Providence streets Brookland; cest, $1,500. Mrs. Kate Lowrey, | one brick private stable in rear of 1512 6th street northwest, to cost $300. who) The Ax Falls Heavily at the Government Printing Office ‘Weeping Women at the Building To- day—Mr. Benedict Out of Town —A Report Denied. The discharged employes of the govern- ment printing office, who received notifica- tion on Saturday afterncon that their serv- ices would no longer be required by the government, were at the scene of their former labors in great crowds this morn- ing, riany of, them accompanied by the in- fluential friends who secured them work in the first instance. Each and every one of them was doomed to disappointment, how- | ever, because Public Printer Benedict had | left the city, and there was no one to/ listen to the representations of the multi- tude who wished to be restored to duty. The crcwds that came and went were com- posed for the most part of individuals who were heping against hope, but who de- spairingly determined to make the effort for reinstatement, even though they knew it would be unsuccessful. The majority of them, whose influence had been of a re- publican character, were intent upon plac- ing their claims for reinstatement upon their worldly conditiun. Many of them | were ladies, whose meager salaries had been expended in their actual living ex- penses, and who had been unable to lay by even so much as a pittance for an emergency such as that which had over- taken them, and their swollen eyes and drawn, pinched faces told their stories far better than words. Private Secretary Baker received The Star reporter and said he did not know when Mr. Benedict would be at the office. He was csked if there was any truth in the published statement that a squad of police officers had been stationed at the govern- ment printing office on Saturday afternoon when he discharged employes left the soe Se Mr. Baker said that such a pub- lication was perfectly absurd. He had not been aware of the presence of the peace of- ficers at the time mentioned, and if any such officials were in the neighborhood in such numbers as the statement would lead the general public to believe, he had not seen them, and their presence had certainly not been requested or suggested by the pub- lic printer. He said there was no news to give out today in relation to the office, as Mr. Benedict's absence caused matters at that department to remain in statu quo. The Star reporter visited the New Jersey avenue station house and inquired of the station keeper if Lieut. Kelley had directed the presence of any officers, other than the usual policemen who patrolled the beats in the vicinity, at the government printing of- fice on Saturday evening. The station keep- er replied that no such detail had been | made, and that the only policemen in the neighborhood were the regular men, who were doing their regular patrol duty. At the Capitol. A large proportion of the discharged em- Ployes found their way to the Capitol dur- ing the day. They first congregated in the marble room of the Senate and there saw | their “fluences.” Some of them saw several “fluences.” Others saw none. Senator Gorman was by far the best drawing card in the Senate, and he and the clerk of his committee were kept very busy all the morning expressing their deep sorrow at | the catastrophe and promising to “see | about it.” For the sake of convenience Senator Gorman took a seat near the north- west door of the chamber, so he could be} the more easily reached by his decapitated | constituents. Senators Ransom and Manderson, the| other members of the printing committee, Lower Values Prevail in Wall Street. SUGAR CONTINUES ON ITS DECLINE Industri and Grangers Also Weak. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 21.—In sympathy with higher London prices our market opened strong at advances ranging from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent, but subsequent activity resulted in a general substitution of decreased val- ues. The sentiment of the room at) the moment is against improvement, but the outstanding short interest, as evidenced by the premium list, is assuming unwieldy proportions. The moce conservative opera- tors are not willing to increase their line of short stocks from the present ievel, and will take advantage of every break to cover. The trading throughcut the day was well distributed, though in the main profes- sional. There was little news of import- ance, the general lack of aggressiveness on the part of the bulls serving as a sub- stitute in the program. The grangers were all favorites with the believers in lower prices, and were made to conform with such belief before the close of the first hour. Burlington sold down to 753-4 ex-dividend, a decline of 13-4 per cent. St. Paul and Rock Island each lost 1 per cent, and Northwest lost 1-2 per cent on small dealings. Western Union was sold by interests usually instrumental in 4 pressing the price of this stock, and lost 1 per cent to 811-4. Manhattan was again conspicuous, losing 13-4 per cent to #4, but rallying on later buying for count. The much predicted break ern Pacific preferred was fulfilled to the extent of a 4 per cent decline to 121-2. The bad showing to be made by the com- pany and rumors of adverse decisions in certain important legal actions now pend- ing were assigned as reasons for the de- cline. Sugar was again active and in the first | thirty minutes made a new record for itself by declining 23-4 per cent to 92 1-4, a net loss of 17 1-2 peints from recent high fig- ures. Some good buying at this point re- stcred the early loss and 1-2 per cent ad- tional. Washington advices are more en- couraging than last week and a duplication of the recent manipulation in this stock is not improbable. 4 Chicago gas was strong at a 7-8 per cent advance on early trading, but sold down 2 per cent on realizing end some short selling. National Lead lost 3-4 per cent to @# 1-2, but was strongly held around the Hitter figure. - The amount of gold to go out by témor- Trow’s steamers is estimated to be something over $1,500,000. There is practically no change in the market for foreign exchange, either as to conditions or rates, and gold will probably go abroad during the balance of the week. These shipments will be used as arguments for depressing stock values perhaps, but the movement is not regarded | as serious by the“exporting houses. The last hour’s trading was irregular in character, the Grangers touching the lowest point of the day while the balance of tne list held steady. Sugar soid up for a net gain of 1 per cent from the opening, and attracted considerable buying. In most instances final figures reflected fractional were also popular. They agreed with their callers that it was a shame and a sorrow, but were inclined to let Mr. Benedict con- duct his own slaughter house in his own way. Saturday's Discharge. As The Star stated Saturday would prob- ably be done, a large number of discharges were made from the working force of the government printing office that evening. The number of those who received the fatal yellow envelopes was considerably over five hundred. There were all sorts of esti- mates as to the number, ranging from 500 to 1,000, but a rough canvass of the several departments indicates that about 275 were dismissed from the folding room, 125 from the three divisions of the document room, 55 from the department branches, 80 from the bindery, 45 from the specification and proof rooms, and perhaps 100 to 150 from other divisions and individual positions. None of the force on the Congressional Record were disturbed. A-large number of these were wornen. It Is said that several hundred more will have to go before the list is complete. Before he was installed as public printer Mr. Benedict contemplated a material _re- duction in the working force of the office, and immediately after assuming his office prepared a list of names to whom yellow envelopes were to be addressed. The Notifications. The dismissed employes received a notifi- cation with a fac simile of the public print- er’s signature attached, whieh read: “By authority conferred upon me to em- Ploy the necessary hands in this office for | x the execution of the public printing and binding, under which authority my powers | N. ere expressly limited, as follows: “ ‘He (the public printer) shall not at any | time employ in the office more hands than | the absolute necessities of the public work may require. “Being satisfied that the best interests of the public service and the efficient per- tcrmance of the work of the government printing office necessitates a reduction in | the number of employes, it becomes my duty to direct the fore of printing to irform you that your be required after the Cashier will settle any balance of wages due you at the earliest possible moment convenient with the duties of his desk.” Accompanying this was a notice from the fcreman, as follows: “I am intsructed by the public printer to irform you that your services will not be required after the expiration of any leave of absence which may be found due you.” Annual leave in the government print- ing office is calculated by the fiscal year, so that, as in the majority of cases, those employes who have been granted thirty days’ leave since July 1, 1883, have no more leave due them, and their salaries will cease at once Others who have not ex- hausted their leave, will be entitled to pay for two and a half days for each month sitrce the beginning of the current fiscal year. : MR. HULL TALKS. The New Member of the House Dis- trict Committce. Representative Hull, the new member of the House District committee, succeeding Mr. Hilborn of California, was absent from the city when his appoint- | ment upon the committee was announced, but has returned and is looking into the work before him. “I think I shall like the work,” he said to a Star reporter today. “I realize the re- sponsibility attaching to the District com- mittee, and the fact that it and the Senate committee are practically the governing powers of the District. Overhead trolley? No; Washington is not the place for the overhead trolley. This city is iniended to be the ideal city. of the nation in point of beauty and anything which would mar its beauty would be opposed by me. We have that system of rapid transit in operation in my own town of Des Moines. It is danger- ous and incumbers the streets. Washing- ton is not a manufacturing city and rapid transit by overhead trolley is not a neces- sity. The cable or the underground trolley will furnish sufficient rapid transit for the city.” Mr. Hull thinks that the government should abandon all of its rented property in Washington and build the necessary struct- ures. “We are paying enormous interest upon our rented buildings,” he said, “and it would be better to issue bonds at 3 per cent and build our own offices than to pay 18 per cent as we are doing now for those we rent. I don't want to see the parks «f the city used for that purpose, however. If the government intends to put up public build- ings I should like to see the south side of Pennsylvania avenue used for the purpose. 1 would like to see all of the public buildings of the future erected along that avenue.” Mr. Hull is an advocate of progress and improvement and takes a warm interest in the city. He maintains that Washington is the city of the whole country and that every one should feel solicitude for the welfare of the national capital. concessions. a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest ant the lowest and the closing prices of the New York | torrent. stock market today, as ed 0} Macartney, members New Correspondents Messrs yy Corson & a) Low. Close. wx gx 9 ated ey ig 6 wr = ns 1 139 is ws 4 18) ace in North-' S| els: snies, 4,000 bushels—southern coru by sample, S7a5M%.; do. ‘on grade, 56,a50 2 white western, 43 inid: Ne. 1, rates unsettied—steam to Bd.adied., May; Cork for 3. alte... May? ‘cotton, per ; flour do, 10 cents. Sugar Botter tirm—tancy creamery, fal 8; do. jon, 1414; do, ladle, 12013; good 5 : store packed, Sa9. Egge firm—fresb, Wall. Cheese siendy and unc Provision Markets Reported by Silsty & Co., Bankers and Brokers: CHICAGO. May 21, 1894. Open. High. “Low. Close, 354 55% 1 i aes. LITTLE PROGRESS TODAY. ut the Democratic Tarif! Managers Are Hopeful of « Vote by June 15. The Senate made but litfle progress with | the tariff bill today, In consequence of a renewal of a disposition on the part of republicans to indulge in talk. The metal schedule, being taken up for consideration, the time up to late in the afternoon was consumed in a general discussion of the whole schedule by republicans, who were disposed tp criticise both the items of the schedule and the inconsistency of the democzats. This dilatory course is not re- garded, however, as significant of any serious trouble in the way of the progress of the bill. It is only what was expected ftien the schedule came up, and it ia thought that as soon as the general talk coneerning the schedule is got through with the items of the schedule will be dis- | posed of rapidly. It as not believed that the republicans will return to the policy of dilatory dis- | cussion, but that at the beginning of the | cet sideration of the important schedules £8 they come along ‘n turn, there will be @ general discussion of the whole schedule ccvering all the details at the start, and | then that the votes of each particular item | Will be taken without materia! delay. There is nothing in the situation as developed to- |day which in any manner discourages the | advocates of the bill, and generally they are confident that the vote will be taken | not iater than the 15th of June, in accord- janee with their desires and expectations heretofore. The cotton schedule, which was included among the schedules amended in the com- promise, has been again revised by the sub- | committee, and there has been a general reduction of about 10 or 15 per cent below | the Schedule as porposed in the compromise amendment. |Probably Little Danger, However, ot Further Damage. At Georgetown this morning the water in the Potomac was between three and four | feet above its usual level. By 11 o'clock | ft ceased to rise and is now gradually going down: On the upper course of the stream, jat Williemsport, water during the night | went sixteen feet above the normal mark. Between Cumberland and Hancock the | banks of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal | Were overflowed through the excess of water sent in by the little streams that flow into it. The river, on its upper course | particularly, was all last night a rushing Driftwood in quantities came down. The current still is very strong. Mud is being brought along in these masses that herald the contamination of the water that goes into Washington's supply pipes }at the Great Falls. The wharfmen at | Georgetown, even during the time of the | Stream’s greatest turbulency, were not dis- | turbed as to the outcome. They had seen enough of the Potomac’s floods to know that this one would not be disastrous. At noon today the river was at @ stand- still, the water being on a level with the ‘Georgetown wharves. No apprehension is , being felt by the wharfmen over a later | rise. The only fears entertained on the sub- ject 4s that produced through the existence | Of the Long bridge, which may serve to act as an obstruction to the passage of the | Quantities of drift wood expected down this afternoon and tomorrow and cause the 22¢,] Water, as on similar occasions, to back up M6 over Georgetown'’s wharf property. The | Long bridge is at all times considered | impediment to Georgetown’s advance, and | in times of flood a menace to the preserva- ; on of her property. At the office of the | Chesapeake and Ohio canal up to noon to- 110y | day no report of damage on the waterway 118%; | had been received. an evidence that the rise j has not affected to any degree unfavorably | the banks of the stream, as the six super- Six | Visors. whose business it is to report unusual ‘S| happenings immediately to the home | office have not been heard from at all. 1% | Though at Hancock where the distance be: Big | tw the river and canal often narrows | down to twenty yards, the two bodies last night consolidated their waters, owing to | the solid condition of the banks no damage has resulted. The River Still Falting. | The weather bureau furnishes the follow: Ty | Ing special bulletin to the press: 93 | "The weather bureau observer at Harper's is” | Ferry reports the river at noon today at 18 15% | feet, which is three feet below the danger is bitterly op- |G posed to the overhead trolley. Mr. Hull | (on) Mid. Great Falls Ice, ling & Wheeling & LE Western Union Te! w Central. id alles, regular cal-12 o'clock m. Tegistered, of at 113%. ‘ashington Loan apd ‘Trust, 4 at i25. Metropolitan ialltoad, 2 Rc ee paranee, 20 at Sen ernment Bords.—United States 4s, registered, 1907, 113% bid, 114 asked. United States “is, cou. pon. 113% bid, 114% asked. United States Sa, 117%, District of Columbia Bonds.—20-yéar Fu 108 bid. 30-year Funding 6s, 114 bid. Water stock currency Js, 1901, 137 bid. Water stock ‘nited States Gurrency, 7s. 1908. 120 bid. 3.058, Funding cur. Fepey, 111% bid, 115 asked. Sips, ‘reg. 2-105, 100 Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and George- town Railroad conv. 6s, 1s! ti bid, 134 asked. Washington and Georgetown Railroad conv. 6s, 2d, 181 bid, 134 asked. Metropolitan Railroad conv. Gs, 102 bid, 108 asked. Belt Kailroad 5s, $5 bid, 100 asked. Eckington Railroad x, 9 bid, 100 asked. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 113 Lig! fantry 2d 7 i National Bank Stocks.—Bank bid. did, 330 of Republic, 220 bid,” 2 aaked. Metropolitan, 280 tid. Centrale 200" fat asked. Farmers’ “and Mechanics’, 190 Second, 138 bid, 150 asked. Citizens’, 125 bid, 330 asked.’ Columbia, 135 bid, 140. asked. Capftal, 115 vid, 120 asked. West 108 bid, 110 aeked, ‘Traders’, 102 bid, 108 asked. Lincoln, 88 bid, ¥sig Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Nationtel Kafe Deposit and Trust, 130 bid, 135 asked. Washing- ten Loan Trust, 125 bid. 1254, asked. Amert- | ean Security and Tr Railroad ” Stocks.— 290 bid, 320 ask Columbia, asked. E-tingten, a7 bid. jus ai lectric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 48 bid, 40% asked. Georgetown Gas, Se 6 ied. United States Electric Light, 125 27 t, 129 bid, 131 asked. bid, bid,” 1 bid, 16 asked. id, 54" bid, 5% asked. Lincoln, 'S ‘bid. sked: Title’ Insurance ‘Stocks.--Real Estate ‘Titie, 112 bid, 120 asked. Columbia Title, 74 bid. & asked. Washington Title, 5 bid, 7 asked. “District ‘Tithe, 1514 asked. Telephone Pennsylvania, ed. Chesapeake and Potomac, 5: American Graphophone, 3%_ bid, 4% Pneumatic Gun Carriage, .25 bid, "30 ask on Arlington, . 13 bid, 16 asked. Rigg vs Miscellaneous Stock: folk and Washington Steamboat, 90 cs Hall, 90 bid, $5 asked. Inter-Ocena Building, 8 asl Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md.. May 21.—Fiour dall—western superior, 1.80a3.00 xtra, 2.102.410: do. family, 2.60a2.90: winter wheat, patent, 3.10a3.40; do., 3.603. do. straight, 3.15a3.50—recelj 12,010 barrel ‘830 barrels: sales barrels. Wheat unsett! easy—spot, 57! be Qa July, 584a58%; August, 59a! red, Stab sa receipts, 56 521,574 bushels; sales, Wheat by sample, 56a50%. BOG; Washington, 312 | Bo} a | Mne. It has fallen three feet since morning and fs stili falling. ‘The Sasquehanna at Harrisburg this morn- ing Was et 1s feet, which ts one foot above the danger line and rising eight to ten inches | @n bour. During the past three days 3.82 ; in es of rain have falien at Harrisburg, | 4.22 at Philadelphia and 2.44 inches at Bal | timore. ——— BLUEFIELDS AFFAIRS. A Report Received From Capt.Wateoa of the San Francisco. Acting Secretary McAdoo has received @ letter from Capt. Watson, commending the U. S. S. San Francisco, dated at Bluefields, May 10. The captain sends an account of the vdrious interviews he has had with the Nicaraguan authorities and announces the departure for Managua of Madriz, the Nica- faguan foreign secretary, and Torres. The latter was appointed governor of Rama to succeed Arguellos; the murderer of the American, William Wilson, and was himself Tequired to report at the capital to answer a charge that he had sheltered the murderer instead of bringing him to justice. A brief postscript to the letter announces the escape of Arguellas and expressed the opinion that © | he would not be recaptured. | Capt. Watson reports that matters were quiet-at Biuefields. He took United States Consul Braida aboard on the 10th and sailed y for the latter's post, Greytown. The British cruiser Magicienne was at Bluefields 4 Vid. | and the commander promised Capt. Watson $ that be wouid watch over the town until he }feturned. According to Capt. Watson, the cable and telegraph service on the isthmus |is demoralized, and he suggests that the ‘only reliable means of communicating with j him is by mail from New Orleans. The New York, which is now undoubtedly wn, | at Bluefields, had not arrived at the date of | As matiers are quiet at Bluefields now at lis probable that the big cruiser will_soon be | ordered home, where she will be doc! and put In good order and perhaps take some of the nayal militiamen out for their summer cruises, A report by mail also reached the . | State Department from United States Min- ister Baker this morning, but It was said to concern only events already described by the telegraphic advices, j es - Attorney Walker Summoned. The Senate bribery investigating com- mittee has summoned James W. Walker, an attorney of this city, to appeaf before lit. He ts the man who gave Butts the let- jter of introduction to Senator Hunton’s eon. pee Favorable Report. The House judiciary committee has or. dered a favorable report on the joint resolu. tion directing the refund of West Virginia's direct tax. | <sAe eT e Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today’ Sam, 66; 2 p.m. 70; maximum, 72; mum, 61