Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1894, Page 1

% THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. INGS, Che Evening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,893. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. A Large Stock of Game and Fish Brought Back. INCIDENTS Of THE TRIP The President, accompanied by Secretary Gresham, Secretary Carlisle and Capt. Rob- Jey D. Evans, returned this morning from his fishing and hunting trip on the light house tender Violet, a trip which extended as far as Pimlico sound, and from which all Feceived the greatest benefit from a physical point of view. They brought with them a Jarge amount of fish and game birds, and @re most enthusiastic over their outing. A little before 11 o'clock the Violet was sighted down the river, coming toward the city steadily, but with no attempt at great speed. She left Norfolk yesterday morning and came right through without any un- Pleasant incidents to mar the pleasure of the fllustrious party she had aboard. It ‘was 11:15 when she came to a stop at Rich's ice wharf, at the foot of 9th street. Private Secretary Thurber was waiting on the wharf, having driven down in the carriage from the White House. Carriages were also there for Mr. Gresham and Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Thurber Jumped aboard as soon as the Violet was tied up and hurried back to wel- come his chief, who was in the after cabin. No curicus ears heard the colloquy that en- sued, but the chances are that Mr. Thurber told the President the first thing that the Senate had confirmed the nomination of his friend from Kansas to the position of re- corder of deeds in the District, thus remov- ing the weight that has been on the presi- dential mind during his absence from the Seat of government. It must have come as @ relief to the chief executive, for when he was first sighted on the forward deck his ruddy and sunburned cheeks were wrinkled in a smile. Mr. Cleveland Spry and Hearty. It was not generally known at just what hour the party would reach the city, and the result was that there were not more than a score of people waiting for them ugon the wharf. For the most part these were river men or newspaper correspond- ents, and when Mr. Cleveland stepped off the steamer he nodded pleasantly to them end received a few salutes in return. As soon as the ropes were made fast the deck. on the Violet ran a gang-plank from the upper deck to the wharf. This was a pretty steep incline, and some of the men were directed to place some empty ofl boxes under the bosrds as a support and to keep it from bending too much or breaking. It ‘was remembered that on another trip of this sort the President had a narrow es- cape from an accident while coming down and stepped ashore just like any private citizen. He had doffed the hunting garb that he wore on his outing, and wore a short frock coat, that was just a little the worse for wear. He walked with a jaunty step and, for a man of his size. was certain- ly very spry and active. He looked a hui per cent better for his trip, and those who have spoken of Mr. Clevelat during the past few months as a very sick man, could have seen him this morning, they would have changed their minds with- out any delay. The rest of the party were not long in following their leader, and after they had seen that all their traps were properly at- tended to, they entered the carriages and were driven rapidly up-town. Mr. Thurber rode in the White House carriage, so that the President may really be said to have fot back to work before he even got back to his desk. Some Splendid Sport. < The unloading of the game and the be- Jongings of the party took some little time. There were big bunches of birds tied up and marked with cards, telling where they ‘were to go. A good deal went to the White House, but even more went to friends of the party around the city. So far as sport ‘was concerned, this trip was probably the Most successful the President ever en~ | oe during his occupancy of the White fouse. One day's shooting that he had at; Bodies Island, Pamlico sound, he char- acterizes as the most exciting that he ever had. That day he was in a blind with Capt. Evans, and between them they bag- ged 114 snipe and plover, and Capt. Evans, = shot as he is, didn’t get half of them, er. According to the officers of the Violet, Mr. Cleveland is a true sportman, and a imcst awfully good shot, Assistant Engineer John O'Brien, who is himself an expert Bfter birds. told a Star reporter this morn- ing that Mr. Cleveland was one of the cleverest men with a gun that he ever saw shoot. “Why,” said he, “I saw the P-esi- dent kill eight birds with eight successive shots, and they weren't any of them easy a little bit. He is one of the nerviest and Steadiest men I ever saw, and the way_-he Sets around is a wonder for a big man.” A peep at the log book of the Violet re- Yeals some interesting facts and figures. On May 16 at Bodies Island the entire party Killed 314 snipe and plover, of which number 114 fell by the blind where the President w: Stationed. At first Capt. Evans had to coacl him a bit on the little tricks in that way of shooting, but it only took him a few min- utes te get the hang of the thing, and from that time on it was death sure to all birds that flew within range of his gun. On May 21 the Violet returned to these same shoot- ing grounds again, and on that day the President and Capt. Evans dropped eighty- geven birds between them. It was on this day's shooting that the President made his record of eight hard shots without a miss. On the first day the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury fished in Ore- gon inlet and the number of bluefish in thoge waters was reduced by just a dozen, and all large ones, too. Some h Stories, On May 18 President Cleveland and the st of the party went ashore at Hatteras ht, and while the tender was supplying off and other necessaries to the lighthouse they lunched with the lighthouse keeper. Afterward they went down on to the beach and cast their line into the surf. Although they were only there a short time the party Pulled in nine big bluefish and three drums. A number of fish were lost in a rather curi- ous way water was full of sharks at the time, and frequently when a bluefish was hooked the sharks would rush in and snap up pretty much all of the fish, leaving only the heads on the hooks. At least this Is the Story the returned fishermen have to tell, and they had no newspaper men, truthful or otherwise, on the scene to report the inci- dent. These were by no means the only ocea- sions when the party wet their lines, nor is this the only story they have to teil of the big fish that they hooked but falled to land. FPreque when the men of the tend ‘Were engaged in supplying the light houses under their charge, the party would try their luck at fishing, with variable results. Usually, however, they managed to pull in @ good ‘st apt. Donnell. who is in command of the Violet, speaking of the trip, said there was no doubt that the party had had a good time and w much the better for their outing. He of the President as a thorough s yn and one of the best on a trip like this. Mr. companionable with all $s with the light house he met when he n off on the Violet t with the regular 2 Violet. In point of fact, he said that they had accomplished rather more in the same length of time than they usually do on these trips down the coast. During the t's outing the Violet distributed 10,000 gallons of oil and visited the light houses regularly. The President and his friends simply fished when the op- portunity presented itself. On other days they a and ae Seep vessel, drinking Sea breezes enjoying life in a restful, peaceful sort of way. How the Party Was Quarterea. The Violet is by no means the palatial vessel that she has been described on occa- sions. The party were made comfortable while on board, but there were two little yachts opposite the wharf at which the Violet was tied today, either one of which was infinitely more elegant in its appoint- ments than was the one on which the Presi- dent traveled. While they were away, Capt. Evans occupied Capt. Donnell’s room on the upper deck. Just aft of this ts the room which the President used. It over- looks the stern of the boat and is roomy and airy. It was comfortably but plainly furnished and the fittings were by no means as handsome as those in an ordi- river steamer. In place of a bunk, ‘was @ roomy brass bedstead and be- this there were an oak bureau and stand and a little corner desk, which led as though it had been worked on @ good deal. Secretaries Carlisle and Gresham occupied two smaller bed rooms on the main deck HPT It is also used at other times and for other purposes. This is only a matter of presumption, however, but on top of the table was a pack of cards and four stacks of little circular pieces of celluloid, some of which were red and some white. There were no blue ones. All the red pieces were in front of the biggest arm chair, which was so situated that the per- son occupying it would be traveling for- ward. At the White House. The President and Mr. Thurber reached the White House shortly before noon. There Was no one there to receive them but the regular force of ushers. The entrance had been thronged with sightseers all the fore- noon, but it so happened that the portico was deserted when the President drove up. Consequently there was no demonstration of any kind. The President was in excel- lent heaith and spirits and gave each of the ushers a hea:ty handshake and « kind word. The trophies of the hunt, consisting of about two dozen snipe, had been previous- ly brcught to the White House by the presidential valet. Getting Down to Business. After brushing up a little the President repaired to his office and was soon deeply engrossed in the consideration of a mass of public business that had accumulated im his absence. Mr. Thurber presented a lot of commissions for his signature, and had other matters ready for his attention. The President received no visitors teday | and lunched alone. It is expected that Mrs. Cleveland will return tomorrow. The Fling Not Hoisted. Through some oversight the flag was not hoisted over the Executive Mansion today, amd im the absence of that signal many people refused to believe that the President was actually back. ——_-e.—___ QUAY’S VERBOSE OPINION Im Regard to the State Ticket of the Pennsylvania Republicans. ‘There is nothing in which Senator Mat- thew Stanley Quay excels more than in the golden art of silence. This Senator has reduced the interview problem to a fine point, and seldom wastes words with newspaper men. A Star reporter sought his opinion today of the Harrisburg ticket mominated yesterday by the republicans pf Pennsylvania. The reporter, with a faint ghmmering in his mind of the ac- knowledged fact that the convention was nicely under the control of Senator Quay, felt that he was about to get a long, glow- ing eulogy of the ticket and of the hag amy ef the party in Pennsylvania this year. This is what he did get: “Yes, good ticket. Fine ticket. Strong ticket. It will be elected by a big majority. fron be a great campaign. Big re And then the Senator went back to his desk in the Senate chamber and resumed hia reading of the special reports of the convention printed in the Philadelphia papers. ———-_e-____ WAR DEPARTMENT REDUCTIONS. Consolidations to Be Effected in Dif- ferent Bureaus. The Secretary of War, having completed the reduction of force in bis office proper for the present, has decided upon corre- sponding changes in other bureaus of the department. In the quartermaster gen- eral’s office, it is said, the following branches will be consolidated: The finance with the contract supply branch, the cloth- ing accounts with the clothing supply branch, the reservation with the cemeterial branch, the barracks and quarters with the draftsman’s branch, the transportation with the accounts branch, and the inspec- tion with the records and files branch. In the adjutant general’s office, it is under- stood, the eleven branches will be con- solidated into four. The record and pen- sion office is being gradually reduced to meet the expenses provided for its main- tenance after July 1 next. The commissary general's office, surgeon general's office and ordnance and engineer offices will, it is ex- pected, feel the pruning knife severely. ‘The changes, which are to be made in ac- cordance with the recommendations of the commission appointed by the Secretary, will, it is claimed, simplify the labor of the department, and dispense with the services of quite a number of high-grade clerks. In view of the proposed reorganization above outlined, the trepidation of the employes is great. en NIGHT SESSION PROSPECTS. The Senate May Devote This Evening to the Tariff Bill. There is a possibility that the democratic managers of the tariff bill may seek to prolong the session of the Senate today into the evening hours. This was intimated during the day to the republicans, who an- swered that they were ready for a*prolong- ed session. Senator Harris, when asked by a Star reporter as to the probability of a night session, gave a characteristic reply: “Watch and see.” . This extensive interview was all that could be obtained from the leader of the majofity. It is not thought, however, that the Senate will be asked to sit at night regularly for some time. The democrats feel irritated over the lack of progress to- day and yesterday, but the republicans an- swer that they alone are responsible for the delay, as most of the talk of yesterday and today has been caused by Mr. Gorman and his speech. The tin plate paragraph now under con- sideration is a bone of great contention and a fruitful source of discussion. Hence it is not surprising that the progress on the Dill should have been checked. —_—__-2-____. DEPARTMENTAL SUPPLIES. The Commission Organized Today as Required by Law. Assistant Secretaries Curtis and Sims and Assistant Postmaster General Craig met at the Treasury Department this morning and erganized the departmental commission, called for by the law, for the purchase of miscellaneous supplies of the government. Mr. Curtis was chosen president, and ar- rangements were made for a detail of six clerks to assist the commission in {ts work. Bids for all the supplies were opened in all the departments on the 7th instant. Most of these have been scheduled and arranged. They were submitted to the commission, but were not considered. No reports have as yet been received from the District Com- missioners and the public printer in regard to the bids for supplies received by them, but it ts expected that these schedules will also be submitted in a few days. The new tracts will take effect July 1 next STRIKERS SHOT DOWN |PRINTING OFFICE CHANGES/T HE SUGAR TRUST Battle With Deputy Sheriffs st Daybreak. MANY VOLLEYS FIRED AT CLOW RANGE Five Reported Killed and a Num- ber Injured. THE OFFICERS FIRED FIRST UNIONTOWN, Pa., May 24.—At daybreak the battle which has been threatened at the | Stickle Hollow mines of the Washington | Coal and Coke Company, in the fourth pool, occurred, and as a result it is known that five strikers are dead and a half dozen seri- ously wounded, Last night was one of mortal terror to the citizens of the Stickle mines, The strikers kept up threatening demonstrations, and [even threatened to visit the houses of the workmen and give them their choice to quit work or meet death in the presence of their families. Camp fires were bullt and scout- ing parties were sent to keep a close watch on the plants. The force of deputies was doubled, all the available men in the com- munity being sworn in. Shortly before midnight last night 2,000 strikers assembled at the Stickle Hollow rs. coming from Lucyville, Fayette City, port, Allenport and many other points on the Monongahela river. Some of them were armed, but the majority were not. They went Into camp near the plant, where they remained until 3 o'clock, when they ad- journed to the public road leading to the works and over which the workmen would | have to pass to the pit. Here they worked | a Une of defense to interrupt the workmen's attempt to get them to return home. When the workmen came to the strikers in the public road, they were home. They were about to do so when the deputies rushed info the midst of the crowd, got possession of the men and marched them to the pit. The Signal. A deputy stteriff in doing this fired a shot which opened the battle. There was then | volley after volley tired by each side at | close range. The strikers stood their ground | while their comrades were falling one by one, but thelr ammunition gave out, and they were forced to give up the fight and retreat to avold the rain of bullets from the Winchesters. it ts said the strikers were advancing on the line of deputies when the latter fired the first shot, 1t was not a one-sided affair as at first reported, but was a battle with as many gvns on one side as on the other, and with as much firing by the strikers as by the deputies. Among the wounded are three deputies, while the killed are all strikers. W. J. Rainey has ordered four gatling guns for his plants, one will arrive today and will be put in position at once. The cartridges for the gun are already here. The company officials say the strikers served notice on them that they expected to assault the works, and acting on this information, the deputies considered this interference with the workmen as the be- ginning of the assault, and for this reason fired on them. A man drove here at 1:30 o'clock this morning for the sheriff to go down and take charge of the men at Stickle Hollow, and also to tuke with him more deputies. The sheriff did not heed the call and did not go down. Deputy Sheriff Richards had charge of the meu, and Sheriff Wilhelm ccnsidered him capable of holding the fort. A Battle Narrowly Averted, A battle was narrowly Fair Chance last night. it five men to that place go on deputies "at the ‘works of the Fair Chance Furnace Company. It is the custom of the strikers to assemble at the station when a passenger train arrives to see if any new men arrive, and to take charge of them as soon as they get off the cars. When the deputies got off the train, having no guns, the strikers thought they were workmen, surrounded them and took them to the camp. They held them prisoners there until the other deputies charged on the camp and put all the strikers to flight. The situation at the Hill Farm mine, where the company has been running un- der the gaze of a camp of 300 strikers, is decidedly alarming, and an outbreak is feared. At 2 o'clock 500 strikers from the southern end of the region marched to Hill Farm and joined the few men who have been camped there. The strikers say they can- not expect to win as long as some plants are allowed to run, and they are sald to be determined to force all the plants to shut down, regardless of the loss of life it may occasion. Supt. Kimball of the Hill Farm mines is here getting out an {injunction restraining the strikers from camping on or near the works, Attacked by Illinois Strikers, A serfous riot occurred at Lasalle, IIL,yes- terday, in which several men were injured. Ever since the mines closed the Union Coal Company has kept some men at work to clean up. Nothing was said against it by the strikers, but last evening as the men came from work they were set on and bru- tally beaten by a mob of at least 1,000 strikers. Some sought shelter in the captain's of- fice and barricaded the doors and windows with office furniture. This only added to the fury of the members,and the doors were battered in and the men set upon. Benjamin Hetherington was pounded into insensibility. Edward Cummings was fa- tally beaten and several other men roughly handled. The sheriff arrived last evening, and after swearing in deputies went to the mines and dispersed the mob. Attacked by Indiana Strikers. Serious trouble occurred last night at Lit- tle’s coal mines at Little's Station, Ind. Two hundred and fifty miners from Wash- ington and other mines In Daviess and Pike counties, armed with Winchester rifles and a wagon load of ammunition, marched to Little's mines in the afternoon for the pur- pose of compelling the force at work at that point to join the strike, A battle occurred about 5 o'clock between the strikers and those who have continued at work, in which five men were wounded and two killed. For some days past deputy sheriffs have been stationed as guards at the mines, but they were disarmed and driven away by the strikers. The strikers evidently intend to remain at Little's, as they have gone into camp and brought about sixty days’ pro- visions with them. — > STONE MASONS NEEDED. There is Work at the Navy Yard in Repairing the Wall. Capt. Howell, commandant of the Wash- ington navy yard, reports a most remark- able state of affairs at that yard. It is that he requires the services of at least six stone masons for temporary work on the wall on the west side of the yard, and that there are but two artisans of that class registered by the labor board of the yard. This means that there ts good paying employment for six men and only two registered applicants for it. In cases of this kind it is customary to empley the men direct, without regard to whether they have registered or not. Capt. Howell says that It is necessary to complete the construction of the wall as soon as possible, and that he would like to have the men to do it. It is a safe assumption that he will have plenty of applications tomor- row morning, if, indeed, most of thoge Jook- ing for a job of this kind, do not call aa soon as they read this item in The Star. ked to go | Views of Béhator Manderson aa to the Present Policy. He Thinks That Under Mr. Palmer's System More People Were Employ- ed—Prospects of Increased Work. The pressure upon members of both houses of Congress brought by the victims of Public Printer Benedict’s official cyclone of last Saturday continues with little abate- ment. Each day finds a little army of un- employed men and women on duty in the reception rooms at the Capitol, begging the intervention of their Senators and mem- bers. Little or no encouragment is held out by Congressmen, however, as they realize the force of the logic of the situation at the printing office. Senator Manderson, a member of the Sen- ate committee on printing, gave a Star re- porter today an excellent view of the case as it appears from the point of view of a legislator. “There can be no doubt,” said he, “that there have been many more people at work in the printing office than could be ac- commodated at the same time, or who were needed for the work in hand. I am sorry, though, that Mr. Benedict has not seen his way clear to continue to do as Mr. Palmer did, whereby the loaves were divided up among a greater number of men and wo- men, Under Mr. Palmer’s system of in- creasing the force and working it with a reduction of hours, work at liveable wages has been given to upwards of 3,600 people. “Of course they have not been earning the pay I should have been glad to see them earn; but with economy. and care they have all been able to pay expenses. But Mr. Benedict has seen fit to change the system to a point where fewer people can be em- ployed longer hours at larger pay. Per- haps he is wise, perhaps not. Of that we cannot now judge. I am free to say of Mr. Benedict, though he ts of an opposite political faith to mine, that he is a man of great executive ability. He has gone at a disagreeable duty without shrinking and without delay. Amount of Printing Reduced. “It 18 a fact, perhaps not generally under- stood, that the amount of printing ordered by Congress has been far less this session than usual. This is largely because our at- tention has so far been taken up by im- portant debates on the silver question in the autumn and on the tariff at present,and 80 there has been no chance to get at’ the real work of determining those questions | that come before us each session, as to | whether we shall print extra copies of the | annual reports, such as the agricultural and | others. When we do order these documents | there will be plenty of work for the office, | but until then there is really less work than usual. “It is very distressing that so many men and women should have been thrown out of employment all at once, and it may be that it would have been good policy to let the extra people go more gradually; but of that Mr, Benedict was the judge. I am in hopes that when we get to the ordering of reports many of these people can be taken back. They certainly should be given pref- erence over new people, and I am sure that the public printer, who has felt great dis- tress over the numerous cases of personal suffering, will feel that this is just. Steps will be speedily taken to pay to those dis- charged the compensation coming to them for leaves of absence due them under the existing law. This wfl assume either the form of a bill or an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill.” ———_+-e+_____ MORTGAGE BOND ISSUE. President Huntington of the Central Pacific Gives His Views. Representatives of the Central Pacific Railroad Company appeared before the House committee on Pacific railways today to give their views on the Pacific rafiroad bill introduced by Chairman Reilly of Penn- sylvania, President C. P. Huntington spoke at length, The suggestion that the -first mortgage bonds should be retired he com- bated on the ground that it would be neces- Sary to tax the shareholders, of whom there were 10,000, and to take the property out of their hands. He said that great roads al- most never paid their first mortgage bot They were replaced by other issues, The bill submitted to the Senate commit- tee was not his own plan, but he wi pleased with it because it outlined a plan by which all the creditors would get their money and under which the road could live. By selling another issue of mortgage bonds to replace the original the government could place $70,000,000 In the treasury in ninety days. One hundred and ten million dollars would be required for a mortgage bond issue at 21-2 per cent to cover the debts of the road to the government and all other par- ties, the government guaranteeing all the issue. He was certain that the earnings of the roads would be sufficient to defray its current obligations, Shortly before this Mr. Huntington had been telling of the arid lands through which the road and the loss of business from competition. In this connection Rep- resentative Sweet of Idaho inquired if the Probability was not that the earnings of the road would continue to fall off, but Mr, Huntington replied that he thought no more competing roads would be built, and that the San Joaquin valley in time would be filled with 10,000,000 people. + @ + —______ A NEW METROPOLITAN BILL, To Be Reported to the Senate in Lien of the House Bill. Senators Harris and McMillan had a con- ference today and practically agreed upon a bill to report to the Senate solving the Metropolitan railroad problem. The House bill is taken as a basis and amended some- what to conform with the idea embodied in the bill on the same subject presented some time ago by Mr. McMillan. The chief features of this bill, aside from the debt question, relate to the furnishing of the road with new cars under a penalty for non-compliance. There is also a feature which prescribes a penalty for the failure of the road to replace its horse power with the new motive power within a specified time. The bill, which will be reported prob- ably tHmorrow to the Senate, will thus represent the best features of both meas- ures. The plan of the House in relation to the road and the dispute between it and the District will be probably followed in this bill. The new measure will be dis- cussed at tomorrow's meeting of the Dis- trict committee. a ee DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. The Tax Assessment Bill. Chairman Heard has called a special meet- ing of the House District committee for to- morrow morning at 10:30 to consider the bill recommended by the District Commis- sioners relating to tax assessments in the District. Chairman Heard has requested a full attendance, as this bill is considered a very Important one by the Commissioners, and it is desired to obtain action upon it at an early date. Messrs. Frizzell and Tucker of the North- east Washington Citizens’ Association ap- peared before the subcommittee yesterday afternoon and discussed the bill, recom- mending a few changes in it. Want Pay for ves of Absence. A committee of government printing office employes, consisting of J. L. Kennedy, Al- fred Thomas, W. H. Triplett, Frank Fraser and C. F. Billopp, called at the Capitol to- | day to make an effort to secure legislation for the payment of a sum equal to the leaves of absence which would accrue to | those persons recently dropped from the rolls of the government printing office. A conference was obtained with Chairman Richardson of the printing committee, who agreed to introduce a joint resolution mak- ihg the necessary appropriation. It will be ferred to the committee on appropria- the ting ‘tlons, and the committee from office will ask a hearing, Mr. E. J. Edwards Before the Senate Bribery Committee. QUESTIONED AS 10 CHARGES HE MADE Some of the Sources of Information Not Revealed. WITNESSES SUGGESTED The. Senate bribery investigating com- mittee today began the second, and by far the most important, branch of the investiga- tion for which the committee was created, the Inquiry into the connection of the sugar trust with the tariff legislation. Mr. E. J. Edwards, the author of the “Holland” let- ter in the Philadelphia Press, was before the committee for several hours. He had arrived from New York last night and re- ported at the committee room at 10:30, half an hour before the committee was ready to recelve him, Owing to the fact that the committee Sat behind closed doors, and the additional fact that after emerging fromm the com- mittee room Mr. Edwards was found un- willing to discuss the proceedings, it has been impossible fo obtain a detailed ac- count of the inquiry. Sources of Information. It is known, however, that Mr. Edwards presented a written memorandum, giving scme of, the sources of the information con- tained in his letter, and stating that he could not give his authority in other cases and why he could not. He declined to state his authority for the information con- tained in his letter to the effect that Sec- retary Carlisle had appeared before the tariff subcommittee, ccnsisting of Senators Jones, Vest and Mills, before the original Senate bill was reported, and had insisted the party pledges made previous to election, e part; made ls oe for the statement that Mr, Carlisle had himself revised and written the sugar schedule. He stated that he understood that this schedule, as prepared by Mr. Carlisle, was still In existence, and suggested that if it were it could be obtained. He intimated that % was his opinion that this fact could be definitely ascertained by summoning members of the finance committee. He said that his authority was such as to sat- isty him of the truth of the statements made. Other statements in his letter, the author- ity for which Mr. Edwards declined to give, were those that $500,000 was the amount contributed by the sugar trust to the dem- ocratic campaign fund in 1892, and that a member of the firm of Moore & Schley, who, he said in his letters, were Senator Brice’s brokers, had been in possession of the latest amendments which had been agreed upon to the tariff bill before the time when Senator Voorhees still insisted on the floor of the Senate that no amend- ments had been agreed to. It was his in- formation, he said, that this firm had a representative in Washington, who was the man to whom the amendments were hand- ed. He could not recall this man’s name, saying that when he came to write his story he found that his notes had become blurred, but he suggested that it would be @ comparatively easy matter for the com- mittee to establish his identity. The Half Million Contribution. With reference to the contribution of a half million dollars to the campaign fund in the last presidential election, he stated that he had been given this information upon what he considered good authority, but that it would be a breach of faith on his part to reveal the name of his author- ity. He also stated that it was his infor metion that this money had not been con= Pt me, 40 the national committee, but had given to other organizations, where it was understood the money would be used in ways to result to the benefit of the national campaign. Nor was his infor- mation positive that the sugar trust, as such, kad made the contribution, but that it was made by or through individual mem- bers of this trust, with the understanding that in case of democratic success the trust should be protected against damaging legis- lation. He instanced in support of this in- formation a statement made by Gov. Waller of Connecticut before an investigating com- mittee in that state, in which he said that gentleman had stated that wealthy men of New York nad contributed $100,000 toward democratic success in Connecticut. Havemeyer and Benedict. Mr. Bdwards said it was his information that half of this amount had been contribu- ted by Mr. Havemeyer and that the other half had been raised by Mr. E. C. Benedict. In the case of Colorado, which he had stated in his letter had been carried for the populists by the aid of money thus obtained, he said thet it was a notorious fact that leading members of the democratic party in Colorado had been in consultation with the wealthy democrats of New York prior to the election. Mr. Edwards said that his first information as to the Interest of the sugar trust In politics had come to him in the spring of 1892, when it had contributed $10,000 to the cause of the “anti-snappers” in New York state, but he had thought comparatively little of this until he had heard of its far larger donations tn the fall of that year. He also stated that his first intimation of Mr. Havemeyer’s interest in tariff legislation had been received from an interview with that gentleman published in the Brooklyn Eagle, as early as the 25th of last January, in which he had said that the tariff bill would be looked after when it should reach the Senate. “We are not with- out influence in the Senate,” Mr. Have-~ meyer was represented to have said. “We are not impotent thers Mr. Edwards also said that Harper's Weekly, of which ex- Secretary Schurz is editor, had asserted that the sugar trust was not without friends in the cabinet and in Congress, and he said that he had obtained his information about the reported meeting of Mr. Havemeyer with Senators Brice and Smith at the Arlington Hotel in this city from newspaper publications. The New York World, he said, had print- ed much matter bearing on this point, which he had utilized. He had been in- formed that this conversation, in which Mr. Havemeyer had been represented as saying to the Senators that If sugar was properly cared for the stock would go up thirty points within a month, had been overheard by a gentleman occupying an adjoining room, but he was not in posses- sion of fae gentleman's name. With refer- ence to the speculation of Senators in the stock of the sugar trust he said that it was a matter of common report in New York that four or five Senators had en- gaged in this speculation, but,-he said, ow- ing to the fact that their dealings came un- der the c'ass known as privileges, puts and calls, there was no record kept of them, and the fact of their transactions would be difficult of proof. Witnesses Suggested. He suggested that Messrs. Havemeyer, John E, Searies, ex-Congressman Le Fevre, Cord Meyer, H. L. Terrell and Mr. Reed, whose first name he did not know, be sum- }moned before the committee as men who would be able to throw light upon the operations of the sugar trust. Mr. Edwards stated that much of his in- formation was what would be called in a court of justice hearsay, and that while he considered it reliable, it was probably not just what the committee wanted. How- ever, he was willing to aid the committee in its work to the fullest extent in his power consistent with the confidence placed in him by his authorities in certain in- stances, He also emphasized the fact that he had charged no personal corruption against any official, and he said he knew no facts that would implicate any one in that way, and that all that he had heard and written referred only to the influence of the sugar trust in democratic politics. The committee took a recess at 1 o’clock for lunch, but had not then concluded the examination of Mr. Edwards. It is understood that the committee press- ed him very hard for definite information as to his authority for the statements made, reading extracts from his letter and press- ing for the names of persons who could be stmmoned in substantiation of the state- ments made, but that while he gave the source of his information in some in- stances he declined to state it in others. Hunton and Kyle to Be Exonerated. The committee has sent the testimony taken in the first part of its inquiry, relat- ing to the attempted bribery of Senators Hunton and Kyle, to the prin Bere tae erent, 00 the Senate within a few s the result of its investigation in this eee ot is it the report entirely exonerate Senators Hi and Kyle in the matter, wey ——__-o+_____ WILL PETITION CONGREss, Then Fitsgerald and His Comrades ‘Will Return to Boston. The two-score of so-called “industrials” Fitzgerald are still domiciled in old Mt. Pisgah Chapel, on R street. They held meetings yesterday after- noon and last night, which were attended by a few of the curious colored people re- siding in the neighborhood, and at which speeches were made by Fitzgerald and one of his Neutenants named Thomas May. Both men indulged in the stock-in-trade arguments affected by the walking delegates of communism, and general anathemas on the present system of government and the men selected to carry it on. performances will be repeated and tonight: The present “army” will probably follow the course pursued by Coxey and his crowd, except in making the vicinity of Wi ion @ permanent abiding place. Their petition for changes in the fundamenta] principles of the pres- ent government will be presented to Con- gress through proper channels, and the men will then return to Boston. The commonweal of Christ remains in its camp on the Stegmaier property, near High- lands, and pursues the regular monotonous mode of existence that has become its sec- ond nature. The condition of the commis- sary is the chief object of interest to the commonwealers and further than this they display little interest in anything. Carl Browne issues his regular daily order from the jail, and everything else is about as it pened (ena Se Reve) past bce) weeks, only the umber of visitors to the is smaller and smaller. one Seka: . COMPETENT TRANSLATORS. Those in the le Department Arc Entirely Satisfactory. Chief Clerk Renick of the State Depart- ment recently instituted an investigation into the capacity of the clerical force of that department for the translation of cor- respondence in the modern foreign lan- guages. The result was most satisfactory. The entire force of the department numbers sixty-one persons, including chiefs of divisions. In the regular force of transla- tors there are twenty-two persons who can translate from the French, eleven who can translate from the Spanish, ten who can translate from the German, seven from the Itallan, two from the Portuguese, two from the Dutch, two from the Danish, two from the Swedish, one from the Russian, one from the Hebrew and two from the modern Greek. No account was taken of those familiar with the dead languages. There are two men in the department who have @ perfect knowledge of eleven languages, including the English. Both of them trans- late freely from the French, Spanish, Ger- man, itallan, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish and modern Greek. In addition, Qne of them can translate from the Rus- slan and the other from the Hebrew. There are two ladies who translate from the ch, Spanish and German, and another ly who translates from the French and igh. In addition to the regular force re a number of ex- stant. Becretars stant tary Adee is an adept in French and Spanish, and Third Assistant Secretaty Rockhill can speak and write French and Chinese with fluency. Mr. Rockhill also has a fair com- mand of the Japanese language. It there- fore appears that the department is pretty well equipped for the prompt consideration of business conducted in all the modern languages that are likely to be employed in the ordinary affairs of state. — A COSTLY DELAY The torpedo boat Ericsson, named in honor of the inventor of the monitor, ep- joys the distinction of being the first naval vessel ever built in the interior of this country. She was constructed by the Iowa iron works and was launched at Dubuque on the 12th instant. It is not likely that she will be ready for delivery to the gov- ernment before January next. She has proved a costly experiment to her builders, and their experience is not Itkely to encour- age similar undertakings in the interior in the future. According to the terms-of the contract for her construction, she should have been completed in January of last year. The penalties prescribed for non-per- formance of contract, in the matter of time alone, already amount. to $11,500, or about 10 per cent of the contract price for her hull and mach’ ‘. The provisions of the contract are that deductions shall be made from the contract price for each and every day, excepting Sundays, after the date set for her com- pletion, as follows: — “ months next succeeding the expiration of such period, $15 per day; during the suc- ceeding three months, $30 per day, and for each and every (excepting Sundays) during which such completion shall be de- layed beyond the above period.$50 per day.” The contract called for the completion of the vessel in twelve months. As a matter of fact, 77 per cent of the contract time had expired before the keel of the vessel was laid. As the vessel is to be delivered at the Pensacola navy yard, the question naturally arises as to whether she can be navigated down the Mississippi, or whether mtoons will be required, inasmuch as she Saws 4 3-4 feet of water, and the channei of the river between Dubuque and Calro is frequently as low as four feet. The Erics- son is 150 feet in length, 16 1-4 feet beam, and is expected to develop a speed of 24 knots. ~ + e@+ MAIL SERVICE IMPROVING, InterruptiSns Caused by the Storm Are Now Overcome, General improvement in the postal situa- tion on railroad lines throughout Pennsyi- vania and western New York is noted in reports received at the Post Office Depart- ment today. All through western service on the New York and Pittsburg line was resumed yesterday afternoon. An advance installment of the British Australian mail was received at New York yesterday and sent over the New York Central, instead of the Pennsylvania, as customary. The regular east-bound service on the latter road was resumed by the departure of a train from Pittsburg at 7 o'clock last night. The first through southbound serv- ice since Saturday was resumed by a train that left Elmira for Baltimore last night. The storm cn the Jersey coast has in- terrupted the service, and the Five-mile Beach branch of the West Jersey railroad was washed away. Mails are being convey- ed to Anglesea, Wildwood, Hollybeach and Burleigh by messenger daily, and by boat to Somers’ point. Northwestern mails from New York were sent over the New York and Chicago line late last night, Service between Salamanca ard Olean, N. Y., is Not expected to be restored before Satur- day, and between Landrus and Hoytville, Pa., for ten days. With tnese exceptions mail service on the short railway postal Unes was restored today. [THE PRICE OF VOTES Mr. Hale's Reply to the Speech of Senator Gorman. A short debate on Hawall preceded resumption of the tariff debate in ate today. When the Senate met, - . D.) called up the resolution he duced yesterday Purpose of the United States Figiifs walian Islands, and that any foreign ference with those islands would garded as an act of hostility to the U States. The resojution led to an interesting dis- cussion for half an hour. Mr. Kyle made @ brief speech in support of the resolution. While it was well‘understood here, said he, that the United States would not use force to restore the dethroned queen, all the ad- vices from Hawall indicated that a deal of anxiety existed there as to timate purpose of the United States, this anxiety would continue until the ate had officially declared itself. The ists on the islands, believing that United States would eventually use g i fromthe present government, and were al- most in a state of actual hostility to it. Mr. Daniel (Va), who is a member of the foreign relations committee, said that force. It was not even the purpose of the administration to restore to power a government it to maintain itself except with the ald of the United States. The original purpose of the administration had been to prevent the position upon the great majority of people of the islands of the rule of the small mino-ity. Mr. Daniel, however, called the attention of the Senate to he Seat that the foreign relations committee reported a resolution upon the same lines, and he no resolution of this Frye Favors the Resolution. Mr. Frye (Me.) urged the passage of this or a similar resolution. He said he pre- sumed on May 30 a convention would be held on the Hawaiian Islands to form a re- public. He did not suppose there was a Senator who did not sympathize with all attempts in any part of the globe to set up republican form of government. The con- dition on the islands was serious. The ob- tacle to the formation of « republic lay in a body of royalists, bold, bitter and scrupulous. They were using all their in- § fluence to prevent the natives from regis- tering. He was in jon of indisputa- ble evidence that they were using state- ments to accomplish this to the effect the moment Congress adjourned the Gent would replace Mrs. Dominis on throne. Every member of the Senate this was false, but the argument they in support of it was rather plausible four thousand miles away. They pointed out that the President had remitted this whole question to Congress. Congress had nothing. The resolution of the foreign re- lations committee remained unacted upon. This gave them a color of warrant for the assertion that the Senate favored restora- tion. He w: constantly in communics- tion with Hawaii, he said, and he letters bearing out what he also had information, he sald, sponsible ms to the effeet ment the te acted the sign all pretense to the throné and accept @ money compensation therefor. This the condition on the islands, in the name humanity he appealed to the Senate to pass this or a similar resolution. At this polnt the hour of 10:30 arrived. The resolution went over and the tariff bill was taken up. Mr, Gorman had come forward with the effort of his life to reform the broken ranks. No one in the country was better fitted to do this, but the task he had u would have crushed the shoulders of Her- cules, Other men had been able to reform their parties to their everlasting fame and glory. But they believed in what they did. Mr. Jefferson had formed a great party in opposition to England. He believed im it. Jackson had recreated and reformed the party on the basis of opposition to the national bank because he believed in it. Even Tilden had never lowered the banner of reform, and Cleveland, when he was first inducted into the White House, had early rallied his party and made it for- midable because he believed in the principle of tariff reform. i £ countrf, not by an appeal to principle or the traditions of his party. The Tin Plate Daty. The pending amendment was that of Mr. Aldrich to increase the duty on tin plate from 1 1-5 to 1 1-2 cents per pound. Mr. Platt continued his remarks of yesterday upon the proposed duty for some time, then Mr. Hale (Me.) got the floor and plied at some length In a humorous and castic vein to Mr. Gorman’s speech of satay. The Maryland Senator, he soul, from the democracy of the country for some one to appear as a leader in the Sen- ate. He read from the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, which had landed in the bosom of the democratic party in 1884, a ter from President Elliot and other form- World and also ar- ers, from the New York from other democratic in the from Maryland, Mr. proceeded. had emerged from his seclusion just at the time when his party stood discredited, its ranks broken, its coherency of action lost, an In- dignant people showing their distrust, the newspapers piling up denunciation after de- nunciation, and with a panic imminent on his own side of the chamber, All Mr. Gorman had said to his associates was: “Let us buy and sell, cheat and com- mit falsehood, but above all things let us pass this bill." The speech made by the Maryland Senator yesterday, added Mr. Hale, was made, not tq the country, but to his democratic colleagues. A Division Inte Groups. Mr. Hale continued, with vivid words an@ vitriolic comment, to divide the democratic side of the chamber into “groups,” to Which, he said, Mr. Gorman was addressing his remarks yesterday. The first group, he said, comprised the two Senators from New York, Messrs. Hill and Murphy, Mr. Smith (N. J.) and Messrs. Kyle and Roach. They represented constituencies opposed to this bill. ‘The second group, a large one, despised the bill before the Senate because it gave the He to the éonvictions and professions of a lifetime. It contained Messrs. Milis and Coke (Tex.), Vest and Cockrell (Gifo.). Vilas (Wis), Gray (Del), Palmer (il), Lindsay and Blackburn (Ky), Harris and Bate (Tenn.) and, perhaps, one or two otbers. They were the men who, when they were obliged to vote for protection to coal and fron ore, to the sugar trust and the lead trust would ask themselves: “Ts thy servant a dog that he should do this?” Then they would all vote for these | provisions ‘and answer their own question. 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