Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Brakiennreoshen kL. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. nun AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, a Pennsylvania Avenne, Cor. 1th Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. Now York Office, 49 Potter Building, pees Bien /2 naomi <s_second-c! ©All mail Rates of advertisine made known op appltent scriptions must be paid fm advance, ror ‘tion. en — Che Koening Sta ¢ Vor 84. No. 20,896. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 28, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. WILL MAKE WARIAN EARty voTe ExPECTED|| IVELY SHAKE UP The Senate Investigating Committee on the Newspaper Men. THE SENATE T0 DETERMINE Whether They Shall Be Com- pelied to Answer Questions. BRIEF FOR MR. WALKER —_——-———. Apparently the Senate investigating com- mittee has been angered to that extent that they will make war on the newspaper men who have published things about bribes and speculations in connection with the tariff revision and refuse to disclose the sources of their information. The gen- eral understanding this morning is that the matter of compelling testimony will be brought before the Senate this afternoon or tomorrow. The three newspaper men who have been before the committee—Ed- wards, Shriver and Walker, were on hand today with their attorneys. Ex-Speaker Sulzer, attorney, and Mr. McDonald of the American are standing at the back of Mr. Walker, and the others are represented by the attorney who has already appeared for them. Mr. Sulzer had a conference with Senator Gray today as to the attitude of his client, and was informed that the commit- tee had suspended taking testimony until the question of their right to compel testi- mony was settled. The Power Over Newspaper Me! The expectation is that the main question of whether there has teen any impropriety on the part of Senaters and other officials in connection with the tariff will be obscur- ed by the graver question of the power the Seaate may have over newspaper men. It Jooks as if the investigation might be di- verted entirely. It is rot improbable that this new phase of the situation may develop much that is serious. In the opinion of some of the best lawyers In Congress the Senate can compel witnesses to give testimony or secure their Funishment, either directly or through the courts. It is thought that the matter will be carried to the last extremity; that the committee will pursue the men who have refused to testify until the question is set- tled firally as to whether they can be pun- ished. Meanwhile it is thought that the in- vestigation proper will stand suspended. Mr. Sulzer, in default of his personal ap- Pearance before the committee, was allowed to submit a brief, in Mr. Walker's behalf, which he did, as follows: Brief in Mr. Walker's Behalf. To Hon. George Gray and the Senate com- mittee: Mr. Walker, the correspondent for Daily America and Mercury, a newspaper publish- ed in the city of New York, objects and de- clines to further examination herein, for the following reasons, to wit: First, that the committee is without juris- diction in the matter. < Second, that the questions asked Mr. Wal- ker call for hearsay testimony, which is not, the best prcof obtainable. Third, that the questions are incompetent, immaterial and irrelevant to any and to ali the matters referred to the committee. Fourth, that the resolution under and by Virtue of which the committee is acting is ee and 1 times ins powers of the com- ee to cel e allegations in_enumerated. that under and by virtue of said resolution the committee can call witnesses w! names have been m fed in con- nection with the subject matter therein, who can prove or disprove the c al- leged. The so-called sugar trust is on trial, pot the newspapers and their corres- Pondents. Sixth, that the information sought to be elicited by the questions propounded to Mr. Walker might be made the basis of a criminal prosecution, and it is apparent that the answers would tend to degrade him in the estimation of all honorable men, being in violation of confidences reposed in him on his word of honor as a man. Seventh, the law and the precedents of the land are against the contention herein made on the part of the committee. See Kilbourne vs. Thompson; Counselman vs) Hitcheock. The refusal of Mr. Walker to answer in- competent, immaterial and irrelevant ques- tions relating to his personal business af- fairs and within the scope of his profes- sional capacity, and not directly connected with the subject matter at issue, is not a contempt. Mr. Walker stands on a great, Principle of constitutional freedom. the in- fringement of which means the breaking down of the liberty of the press. Eighth. That there is nothing in the reso- lution referring to “Daily America and Mer- cury.” a newspaper published in the city of New York, or to its Washington correspon- dent, Mr. Walker, and the contemplated fur- ther examination of Mr. Walker is beyond the legitimate scope of the authority vested in the committee, and the questions asked by the committee relate to his professional business and personal employment and seek to have him divuige confidential communica- tions, which in honor he is bound not to re- weal or divulge. Ninth, that the session of the committee ghould be open. There is in the resolution ho authority to hold secret sessions. If it be contended that this is a discretionary right the exercise thereof in this matter is unwise, un-American, undemocratic and against every theory of our institutions. In an investigation of this character the People view with grave suspicion a star chamber proceeding. The day of secret in- qv‘sition is past. It has no place in our system of government. It should never be resorted to in a republic except in time of war or other great emergencies. It is a child of the dark ages, and a relic of bar- barism. All of which is respectfully sub- mitted. (Signed) WILLIAM SULZER. o-———__—____ Personal Mentio: Col. Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor and superintendent of the census, has left for Reading, Mass., where he will par- ticipate this week in the exercises com- memorative of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of that town. Mr. R. H. D. Cummin has been quite serfously ill for the past week, but is now convalescent. Rev. G. H. Zimmerman, presiding elder of Moorefield District M. E. Church South, spent last night with his son, J. S. Zim- a . in this ¢city, who is a clerk in the census bureau. Jas. M. Shackelford of Muskogee, Indian territory, is at the Ebbitt. Mr. Runyon, the United States ambassa- or to Berlin, has returned to his home in New Jersey. Se Possibly at Arlington. Although not settled, it is probable that the President will attend the exercises at Arlington on Decoration day. He has de- clined invitations to attend exercises at Wew York, Brooklyn and other places. Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: Maryland—Original, Benjamin Hinson, Rock Hall, Kent county; original, Martin Ii. Avey, Lappans, Washington county; additional, Charles A. Lampenius, Catons- ¥ille, Baltimore county; increase, Henry XKruhm, Fulton, Howard county. setae aut tarea Postal Arres The arrest of Edward Kohn, a substi tute letter carrier in the Chicago post office, for stealing special delivery letters and other mail matter was announced to the Post Office Department today from Inspecior-in-charge Stuart. The evidence of guilt is declared to be complete. The arrest is the outcome of an Investigation of frequent losses of :2.i during the past year. Senator Jones Thinks it Will Be Reached by June 16th. The Main Fight Will Be the Sugar Sehedule—No Definite Agree- it as Yet. ‘There is confidence on the democratic side of the Senate that a final vote will be had on the tariff bill by the 15th of June. Sen- ator Jones said today: “Some of the Sen- ators on our side are looking for a vote by the lvth, but I think they are a little too Sanguine. It looks as if we would get through by the 15th, however. The repub- licans have hopes of dividing the party on the sugar schedule. Claims have been made, even today, that they would be able to break our ranks. We anticipate a fight alcng the entire line of the sugar schedule, and as soon as it is found that the demo- cratic side cannot be broken the bill will Proceed. We expect quite a debate on the Woolen and cotton schedules, but on other features we ought to make rapid pro- Senator Aldrich was asked if the end was in sight when he thought the bill mignt pass the Senate. “Ask Senator Vest or Senator Jones; they have the bill in charge.” “They say about the 15th,” he was in- formed. “Well,” he replied, “they are showing better judgment than in some of the claims that have been made on that side.” Senator Sherman will make a speech on the tariff bill tomorrow. It will be of a general nature and cover his views on the subject. He informed the democratic man- agers that he wanted to consult their con- venience, and make his speech when it would least incommode them, and he was informed that it would make no difference, and the Ohio Senator decided to go on to- morrow. No Agreement Yet Renched. ‘The democratic Senators have not made much if any progress in getting the republi- cans to agree to a day when a vote shall be taken, and the belief is gaining ground that the republicans will hold back for some time before consenting to such an agreement. They are evidently of the opinion that they hold a stronger position as the matter stands than they would hold if they should consent to have a day named, because in that event the democrats would expect to oceupy half the time agreed upon for debate and would also probably be found more ob- durate in granting concessions than they now are. -——— CAPITOL TOPICS. Departmental Reforms. The department joint commission has submitted to the House several recom- mendations of the experts as to changes to be made in certain departmental duties. The experts recommend that the de- tails relating to the international money orders, cccupying nearly 30 pages of the sixth auditor’s printed report, be dispensed with, and table No. 20, made from the ex- change office reports, changed to include the number of orders issued and paid. The saving by the adoption of this recommen- dation, the experts say, would be about five clerks, say $7,000 per annum, the cost of considerable stationery, and the expense of printing nearly thirty pages of statistical matter. A change In the method of examina- tion of treasury warrants recommended. Greater itch will be given to the trans- action of the public business, it is claimed, and the services of at least five clerks in the treasurer's office can be dispensed with, making an saving of, say, $6,000, besides the cost of the paper and printing of the pay warrants. No legislation is required to carry these changes into effect and a departmental regulation will suffice. Letter From Kossuth’s Sons. In the House of Representatives was read today a communication, a reply from the two sons of Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, to the tribute from the House upon his death. It was written in English, on a sheet of paper deeply bordered with black. The Stone and Timber Act. The House committee on public lands has ordered a favorable report on the bill in- troduced by Representative Lynch of W: consin, affecting settlements on public lands under what is known as the stone and timber act. The act provided that lands should be offered at public sale, but many entries were made in good faith up- on sections which were not so offered. The bill is designed to give these settlers ciear title to their lands, where the Interior De- partment has not already taken action to lenforce the law. Most of the land invoived in the bill is in Wisconsin. i DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Police Relief Fa Mr. Heard has introduced a bill, by re- quest, making permanent provision for the police reserve fund of the District. The bill requires the Commissioners to set aside and retain each fiscal year $30,000 of the moneys received for municipal li- |censes issued for the sale of liquors in the District and deposit the same with the treasurer of the United States to the credit of the police fund. The provisions of the bill have been given in The Star. Dividends Declared. The controller of the treasury has de- clared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: A first dividend of 25 per cent in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Watkins, N. Y., on claims proved, amounting to $140,297. A second dividend of 20 per cent in favor of the creditors of the Texas National Bank of San Antonio, Texas, making in all 50 per cent, on claims proved, amounting to $90,404. A second dividend, 50 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Alabama National Bank of Mobile, Ala., making in all 100 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $68,U99, A fourth dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Wilmjngton, N. C., making in all ov per cent on claims proved, amounting to $551,- 328. A final dividend of 2.57 per cent in favor of the creditors of the National Bank of Deposit of the city of New York, N. Y., making in ali 100 per cent and interest in | full on claims proved, amounting to $599,- os Agricultural Implements for Siam. In a recent report to the Department of State United States Consul Boyd at Ban- kok says that, owing to protracted floods, the rice crop of Siam, just being harvested, | does not amount to more than 65 to 70 per | Per cent of a full crop and the quality 's 90 per ceht. The consul sees a fine opportun- ity for the introduction there of American agricultural implements and machinery suit- able for rice culture, as the natives, though well disposed toward labor saving :nachines, are, for want of better, using the most primitive and ancient contrivances. ES After Something. Judge Lambert Tree of Illinois is a fre- | quent visitor at the State Department, and his prolonged stay in Washington revives the report that he is after the Russian mis- sion or something else nearly as good. | ere ae | The Second Volume. The census office has issued the second volume of the compendium of this census. It cortains the statistics of vitality, so- ciality. wealth, debt, taxation, education, |church, mineral industries, insurance and | foreign born population. It fills over 1,000 pages. The summaries have been hereto- Ufore published as each bulletin was issued. Secretary Lamont's New Regulations For War Department, MANY VERY RADICAL CHANGES Curtailing the Assistants Will Lop Off Many Officers. HUNDREDS OF DISCHARGES Secretary Lamont’s plan for the reorgani- zation of the War Department has been an- nounced at last, and he has gone away from the city until the storm blows over. It is modeled after the system adopted by Col. Ainsworth in the record and pension office, and will result in a heavy reduction of clerical force and a corresponding saving in saiaries. The subject has engaged the attention of Secretary Lamont ever since he entered the department, almost to the ex- clusion of other busines: The new system will go into operation July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year, and will entail a “shaking up” such as never before occurred in the department. Thereafter chiefs of bureaus will be al- ee but two assistants, unless otherwise rdered by the Secretary of War in special cases, The chief clerk of each bureau shall twice each day personally supervise the yyork going on in each room of the bureau. ‘The confederate archives’ division, and such records of the returns division and the ap- pointment division and personal branch as pertain to the volunteer force of the army are transferred from the adjutant general's office to the record and pension office. Special and general orders relating to volunteer forces of any war, and all records, files, books, manuscripts, ‘returns or cor. respondence in any bureau that pertain ex- clusively or principally to the volunteer forces of any war are transferred to the record and pension office. Military records of discontinued commands pertaining ex- clusively to the regular army are trans- ferred from the record and pension office to the adjutant general's office, as are all rec- ords pertaining to the Military Academy at West Point. The card index record system now in suc- cessful operation in the record and pension office, the quartermaster general's office, office of the chief of engineers and adjutant general's office is applied to the other bureaus of the department, except in cases where books are kept in connection with ac- counts with the Treasury Department, or such as deal with appropriations or the ac- counts of disbursing officers, or as may be otherwise prescribed by law. No more than one set of books shall be kept in any bureau and the same shall cover the entire business of such bureau for which books are re- quired. Provision is made for a eard index of all precedents and decisions now contained in book or other form in any bureau, and for keeping the same up from day to day. Annval reports of chiefs of bureaus are restricted, except as otherwise provided by law, to a succinct general statement in narrative form. Army regulations shall hereafter be amended by a specific amendment of the whole of the paragraph or paragraphs af- fected, and no revision of the regulation shall be made without written authority of the Secretary of War, defining the scope thereof. One of the provisions of lisle’s order that causes mong. army than probably all the others com- bined is that which prescribes that no chief sistants, except by special permission of the Secretary. This provision bears specially hard on the adjutant general, the quarter- master general, the surgeon and the chief of ordnance, each of whom has assistants in excess of the new limit. According to the latest register, Adjutant General Ruggles has eleven assistants, as follows: Lieut. Col. Corbin, Lieut. Col. Barber, Lieut. Col. Volkmar, Maj. Gilmore, Maj.’ Hall, Maj. Babcock, Capt. Rodgers, fourth cavalry; Lieut. Blunt, fifth cavalry; Lieut. Rowan, nineteenth infantry; Lieut. Williams, third artillery, and Lieut. Edwards, twenty-third infantry. The six officers last named, be- gining with Maj. Babcock, are on duty in the division of military intelligence. A strict enforcement of the Secretary's order will entail the relief of nine of the total number from further duty in this city. The two to remain have not yet been selected, but Col. Corbin, it is thought, will be one. Inspector General Breckinridge has but two assistants in Washington, viz. Lieut. Col. G. H. Burton and Maj. J. P. ‘Sanger. ne of these will undoubtedly be assigned to other dut?. There will be no change in the office of the judge advocate general, as Col. G. N. Lieber, in charge, has but one as- sistant, Lieut. Col. Winthrop. Quartermas- ter General Batchelder has five assistants in his office, as follows: Lieut. Col. Luding- ton, Maj. Kimball, and Capts. Patten, Mil- ler and Long. Some of these must go. Commissary General Hawkins has the as- sistance of Col. Morgan and Capts. Alexan- der and Nye, least one above the limit. Surgeon General Sternberg has three assist- ants, more than the Secretary considers necessary. There are now five officers of the medical department on duty in his of- fice at present, as follows: Col. Alden, Majs. Billings, Smart and Reed and Capt. Merrill. Paymaster General Smith has but one as- sistant, Maj. J. C. Muhlenberg, and the rumber cannot well be reduced. Gen.Casey, chief of engineers, has three engineer offi- cers in his office, viz, Majs. Adams and Turtle and Capt. Knight. Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, has the assistance of five officers, viz., Capts, Shaler, Smith, McNally, Whipple and Birney. ‘Their duties, like those of the engineer officers, are entirely technicai and cannot possibly be performed by the regular clerical force of the office, as is proposed in the Secretary’s plan. Gen. Greely, chief signal officer, has one assistant, Capt. Robert Craig, and Maj. George B. Davis, in charge of the war records office, has three assistants, viz.: Capts. Cowles, twenty-third infantry; Ful- ler, second cavalry, and Lieut. Macomb, fifth cavalry. These line officers will ali probably be sent back to their regiments. The Reduction, As has been already stated in The Star, there will be a reduction of about 300 In the clerical force of the War Department on the Ist of July, about 150 of the number being in the office of records and pension. Over 100 clerks have already been dropped from the rolls of that office. Many of the clerks to be dismissed July 1 will be noti- fied on Thursday, and the remainder will receive notice on the 15th proximo. Both classes will be granted leave of absence until July 1. A provision of the new order is as fol- w “No information, written or oral, shall be directly or indirectly communicated re- specting the business of the department, or any of the records pertaining directly or indirectly thereto, to any person whatso- ever not on duty in one of the bureaus of the department, without the express author- ity of the chief of bureau concerned.” It will puzzle any person, who has had business with the War Department, es- pecially newspaper men, to understand how the sources of information in that depart- ment can possibly be sealed tighter than they are at present. The State Department is a glass house compared to the War De- partment. —_—— + e+ __ —__ Bank Reports. Reports from the thirty-three national banks in the state of California, exclusive of the San Francisco, giving their condt- amounting to $10,500,201; lawful $1,916,332; individual deposits, $10,- average reserve held, 36.77 per ee Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $270,639. Government receipts: Internal revenue, $668,372.97; customs, $897,842.30, and miscellaneous, $60,509.13. of bureau shall have more than two aa-| tion on May 4, show loans and discounts | money | THE BOND ISSUE QUESTION Representative Bailey Will Again Bring Forward His Resolutions. eo He Believes Both the House and Sen- ate Will Oppose a Further Issue for Current Expenses, Representative Bailey of Texas will again bring forward his resolution questioning Secretary. Carlisle’s authority to issue bonds to meet the current expenses in case another bond issue is determined upon The Bailey resolution excited much com- ment when the recent issue of $50,000,000 bonds was made, but it fatled to have any effect in checking the issue, as the bonds were on the market before Mr. Bailey was able to pilot his resolution through the judiciary committee and get it before the House. Now, however, Mr. Bailey is prepared to move before another bond issue is under- taken. His resolution is on the calendar, and he says he will endeavor to call it up on the first intimation that official ac- tion is being taken on another sale of bonds. There have been reports that the rapid di: appearance of gold would necessitate an- other bond issue at an early day, but Mr. Bailey will not move on these unofficial reports. He says the resolution may be changed and strengthened by being made a joint resolution, and he expresses confi- dence that both the Senate and House will pass it if it can be brought to a vote. The Bailey resolution is as follows: “Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secre- tary of the Treasury has no authority. un- der existing law to issue and sell the bonds of the United States, except such as is conferred upon him by the act approved January the 14th, 1875, entitled ‘An act to provide for the resumption of specie y- ments,’ and that the money derived from the sale of bonds issued under that act cannot be lawfully applied to any purposes except those specified therein.” The majority report of the judiciary com- mittee on the resolution states that it ap- pears too clear for argument that the Sec- retary of the Treasury was authorized to issue bonds only to enable him to provide for the redemption authorized or required in that act. Indeed, this is the very language of the iaw, and specific as it Is it does not stop there, but in the concluding part of that enabling section there is a plain lim- itation on the right to issue bonds. A minority report was made by Repre- sentatives W. A. Stone, Ray and Childs. It Says of the Bailey resolution; “Whether this action ts in good taste or not we leave for the members of the majority to decide. ‘The bonds proposed to be sold are not yet issued, and the proceeds of a bond sale are not yet in the treasury. The Secretary has not yet violated any law, or misapplied any funds. He has very frankly declared that the present condition of the treasury is alarming; that unless measures are adopted by Congress to replenish the treasury, now well-nigh exhausted, the day is not far dis- tant when he must do one or two things— cease to pay the obligations of the govern- ment, announce that the government of the United States under a democratic manage- ment is bankrupt, or use any money found the nation.” The minority agrees with the proposition that the proceeds of bonds should net be used for current expenses. anes MR. COMPTON'S SUCCESSOR. Political Talk in the Fifth Maryland Congressiun District. The appointment of Representative Barnes Compton es naval officer at Baltimore cre- ates a yaeancy in:the fifth congréessional district of Maryland, and political gossip is already busy with the names of those who tay enter the contest to fill it. It is under- stood that a by-election will not be held now, owing to the near approach of the end of the present session of Congress, but that the successor to Mr. Compton will be chosen at the regular congressional election, No- vember 6 next, when representatives for the unexpired term, which terminates March 4, 1895, as well as for the full term following, will be chosen, This condition of affairs has aroused the ambitions of several Prominent men in both political parties,and the chances of the various candidates are being discussed with much interest by the citizens most interested. The district has been democratic heretofore, except in a few instances, and that party claims it will carry it next fall. In order to be doubly sure of success it is believed that the demo- rats will nominate ex-Gov. Oden Bowie of | Prince George's county, atid president of |the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, who has been a dyed-in-the-wool democrat ever since he was old enough to entertain a po- litical principle. The republicans, however, do not admit that the ex-governor or any other candidate of his political faith will have a walk-over, and believe they have an excellent chance for electing their man on account of the general democratic dissatis- faction. Many strong republicans are being considered in connection with the nomina- tion, the most frequently mentioned of whom is Mr. Thomas D. Bond of Howard county, who is president of the Maryland Republican Association and a vigorous and uncompromising party man. The indica- tions are that a campaign between Bond and Bowie would be interesting and the outcome close and exciting. > No Examination Today. Mr. Walker had expected to have Mr. Sulzer appear for him before the commit- tee, but the committee informed Mr. W ker that he should not be wanted again by the committee. It is inferred from this statement that the committee has decided not tq hear any more from the witnesses until It shall decide on its course with reference to their refusal to answer ques- tions. Judge Dittenhoefer sent a communication to the committee, asking if dwards and Shriver would be waited today. Senator Gray replied that the witnesses he men- tioned would not be called today, but fur- ther he could not say. ee Treasury Changes. The following promotions have been made in the classified service in the Treasury De- partment: Secretary's office—Miss C. E. $840 to $000; Miss Annie Hi York, $84 to $000. Sixth auditor's office—Geo. E. tucky, $1,000 to $1,200; Benton nois, $900 to $1,000. —____- e--_-_— Nominations by the President. The President teday sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Walter P. Horne, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; John C. Rose, Cripple Creek, Colo.; Frank T. Reid, Greenville, Il Clark, Obio, street, New Rosen, Ken- Kohler, Dii- Morris, IL; Henry S. Tahlle, Plano, IIL; Thomas J.Deck, Orange City, Iowa; Francis A. Bachrran, Stalington, Pa., and Wm. F. Barre, Anderson, S. C. Navy—Passed Assistant Engineer W. B. Bayley to be a‘ gief engineer; Assistant Engineer Martin Anderson to be a passed assistant engineer; First Lieut. Randolph Dickins, United States marine corps, to be a captain; Second Lieut. Cyrus S. Radford, United States marine corps, to be a first Meutenant; Second Lieut. Thos. C. Tread- well, United States marine corps, to be a first Heutenant. ————— Closed on the 30th, The President issued an executive order | today, as follows: utive departments and the government printing office be closed on Wednesday, the 30th instant, to enable the employes to par- ticipate in the decoration of the graves of the soldiers and sailors who fell in defense of the Union during the war of the rebel- Hon, Moffitt, Montecello, Il; Wm. R. Reed, | It is hereby ordered that the several exec- | in the treasury to maintain the credit of |, | found in Fayette Creek yesterday. HAS NOTHING TO SAY Prof. Smith to the Committee Ap- pointed to See Him. CLOSER CONTROL OF THE SEMINARIES Committee Appointed to Confer With the Schools. THE PROTEST OF DR. HILLIS SARATOGA, N. Y., May 28.—At the open- ing of the morning session of the Presby- terian general assembly today it was an- nounced that the sessions might be com- pleted today if business be crowded and speech making omitted. On recommenda- tion of the committee on bills and overtures provision was made for an inexpensive missionary periodical, to be called the As- sembly Herald, It was also resolved that, according to Presbyterian law, the various presbyteries have the right to prohibit the attendance of students under their care upon theolog- ical seminaries disapproved by the general assembly. Minute regulations were also provided, mainly reaffirming former deliverances for the control of candidates for the ministry. The judicial committee made a report upon a variety of minor cases. Dr. Duffield gained the floor on a question of privilege and read a letter from Miss Kennedy, one of the grantors of the prem- ises now occupied by the missionary boards in New York, noting the late decision of the assembly concerning the new mission house to be erected, placing the responsibil- ity for the proposal upon the assembly and expressing the hope that the movement would not be prejudicial to the interests of the church. A supplementary report on home missions called for the first controversy of the day. A proposal was made to abolish the office of “pastor-at-large,” and also of the synod- ical missionary, but it was lost by a large vote, A report was made by Dr. McCook from the committee appointed to confer with Prof. Smith. The report says: “Prof. Smith expressed his ccrdial appreciation of the kindly motive that prompted the appoint- ment of the committee of conference, but he is not prepared to communicate anything which would justify further action of the aesembly. He leaves his future relations to the Presbyterian Church and its min- istry with the presbytery of Cincinnati.” A committee to confer with the theo- logical seminaries upon the subject of closer relations and more complete control, was appointed. It consists of Drs. Young, Mutchmore, Haley, A. G. Wilson, Bartlett, Baker, Dixon, T. Ralston Smith, R. 8S. Holmes and Elders McDougall, Bonner, McCook, Wills, Shields, Geddes and Heeb- j ner. The committee of conference with Lane Seminary consists of Drs. A. A. E. Telor, D. W. Cunningham, George W. F. Birch and Elders Sterry and Perkins. ‘To answer the protest of Dr. Hillis and fifty others concerning the aétion of the essembly adopting the new method of con- trol of seminaries, a committee was ap- pointed consisting of Dr, Birgh of New York and Elder McDougall of Cincinnati. The committee on church polity reported against any change in the constitution of the church in the portions which provide for committee of prosecution in heresy cases, The report was adepted by a smail yote. BO a nahin _.The report on systematic beneiicience was then read. The committee on temperance reported. recommending, among other things, that no party which maintains or favors the license system, or which does not place specific disapproval of the sale upon its platform, should receive the suffrages of Christian men. The recommendation was adopted. > — MISSIONARY RAND’S STORY. ’ He Tells of Spain's Course in the Caroline i. CARTHAGE, Ill, May 28.—The Rey. and Mrs. Frank Rand of this city, who have for some years been missionaries in the Caroline Islands, have returned home from those islands. They expect in a short time to lay before the American board of com- missioners of foreign missions at Boston the full story of the wrongs done them and the natives. This board, under whose aus- pices Mr. and Mrs. Rand went to Ponape in 1874, is acquainted with the main facts leading up to the troubles on these islands. The world in general has not known of these outrages in detail, and Mr. Rand has made them generaily public for the first time as follows: In 1887 Spain sent Governor Possidilyo to the islands to assume charge. He began to make slaves of the natives, requiring them to work constantly and to furnish their own food. In September, 1889, Spain sent reinforce- ments to the islands under command of a new governor, Cardossa. Cardossa, learn- ing that King Paul of the Metalabim tribe did not propose to submit to Spain's de- mands, ordered the native villages shelled and a general onslaught on the islands. The missionaries were notified that they should no longer teach, and that they must go away or suffer the consequences. Con- sequently the American missionaries board- ed the missionary ship, the Morning Star, and went to the island of Mokil. In the meantime the Spanish ship opened fire on the native villagers, pouring a con- stant rain of shell and bullets into the huts. This warfare was kept up for three days, and the natives were assailed by land troops. But only three natives were killed in this battle, while the Spanish loss was 300. This was the last battle between Spain and the natives, and since then Spain has been endeavoring to compel the stubborn tribes to yield. King Paul, who is much of 3 ee. says he will never surrender to pain. Mr. Rand says that his return to Ponape will depend altogether upon what action is taken in the matter by the government of the United States and the action of Spain. _— QUIET IN THE COKE REGION. A Watchman Shot Last Night by Hun- wart: Strikers. SCOTTDALE, Pa., May 28.—Three hun- dred Hungarian strikers succeeded in get- ting through the lines of the deputies on guard in the Moyer coke works late last night. They were discovered by Geo. B. Keefer, watchman, who attempted to ar- rest them. In the struggle one of the “Huns” drew a revolver and shot Keefer in the brewst, inflicting a probably fatal wound. The Huns then fled and were not recaptured. As they ran Keefer raised himself from the ground and fired six shots after them. From the blood along the road it is thought some of the shots took effect. The cold rainy weather today prevented the strikers from marching and every- thing Is quiet. The body of an unknown man, supposed to be that of a deputy or workman, was There was nothing to give a clue to the identity of the man. eee Resignation Asked. ‘The resignation of Alexander McMasters, supervising inspector of steam vessels at Buffalo, has been requested by the Secre- tary of the Treasury. —< —— Silver Dollar Movement. The shipments of standard silver dollars during the Tast week amounted to $832,330, and that of fractional silver coin during the twenty-six days of the present month aggregate 998,071. LITTLE THAT IS NEW Captain Sampson's Testimony Before the House Naval Committee. Large Profits From Government Con- tracts Owing to Their Being Based on the Old Rates. Capt. Sampson, chief of the ordnance bureau, Navy Department, resumed his statement today before the House commit- tee investigating armor plate frauds. He took up the second charges made against the Carnegie Company, which have been in part investigated by the Navy Depart- ment. Capt. Sampson detailed the charges made by Mr. Wallace, a Pittsburg lawyer, representing a half dozen employes of the Carnegie works. Secretary Herbert had designated a board with Capt. Sampson at the head. They had gone to Homestead and had found the charges and the evidence substantially similar to that at the first investigation. The final report of the board was not yet completed, but in substance it would disclose little that was new. Mr. Sill, one of the informers at the first investigation, had the most comprehensive knowledge of defects. None of the wit- nesses at the second hearing had material information to add to that already given by Sill. The only thing in the bill of additiona) in- formation was given by Mr. Kountz and DUTY ON LUMBER That Schedule Discussed in the Messrs. Hale, Frye and Perkins Favor the Amendment. ingen scestinios MATTERS IN THE HOUSE When the Senate met at 10 o'clock today to begin the ninth week's debate on the tariff the chamber was decked out in summer vestments. The heavy red peting had been removed from the floor a light matting substituted, making chamber look cool and inviting. The ators themselves, in white vests, looked as if they, too, had resigned themselves to the prospect of a summer siege. Twenty minutes were spent waiting for & quorum to put in an appearance. Mr. Kyle ef North Dakota then moved that the Senate proceed with the consideration of his Hawaiian resolution, which came over from last week. The motion was carried, 36-i1. But before action could be taken the morning hour expired and the tariff? Fees Mr. Buck. The latter testified to a practice in the works of so fixing specimens as to give the government a false record of the tests. He testified that the falsifications continued until January 1 last. Another employe testified that the practice had al- ways existed. Other workmen swore that the practice had continued until orders were given to discontinue it. The Alleged Practices. In response to a question by Representa- tive Money, Capt. Sampson said Mr. Frick had given the order. Mr. Frick had heard that informers were taking notes, and while it was not known that Mr. Frick knew of the irregularities, he had written a letter, in September, directing that such racti if they existed, should cease. This order was in turn executed by Superin- tendent Schwab, who knew of the practices. Cupt. Sampson toid of the investigation of these practices, which had led him to the conclusion that while the charges had been made in good faith, they had not shown intentional fraud in manipulating the sam- ples. The testimony had brought out noth- ing new as to the defects in blow-holes, ete., it was not yet determined whether the second investigation had brought out suf- ficient to yield a reward to the informers. In explaining the nner of taking s«m- ples Capt. Sampson said that an employe of the Carnegie works took the samples and subjected them to machine tests. The Car- negie employe called off the results and the government inspector took the figures as called off. “In other words,” said Chairman Cum- mings, “the government tests were made by Carnegie employes, with a Carnegie ma- chine, and were accepted as conclusive by the government?” Capt. m said this was customary the world over. In the intricate processes some reliance had to be placed on the com- pany employes, The testing machine bad @ dial on which the government’ inspector might see that the checking off was cor- rect. Known Armor Defects. As to alleged defects'in the armor of the Monter ~the blow hole ‘to an enormous we another plate, which had been traced, Capt. Sampson said he could not locate it exactly. He thought it was on the Columbia or New York. The defect was not serious, and the department had known about it before it went on the ship. The thirteen-inch armor of the Monterey had numerous blow holes, with the knowledge of the d ent. The plates were hur- riedly mi in 1892, and would not be ac- cepted now. The Monterey plates were the first made. The Chilean trouble was pend- ing, and the department was desirous of hurrying forward the work. Chairman Cummings asked as to a statement of Representative Coombs (N.Y.) that the first government contract had paid the Carnegie Company for the cost of their plant, and yet new contracts were being made at the old rate, thus paying the Car- negies several times for their plant. Capt. Sampson said he thought it was to some ex- tent true that the more recent contracts were based on the earlier contracts when the cost of the plant was considered in making the price for armor. In reply to questions Capt. Sampson sald that from the circumstances of the case it was impossible that Mr. Schwab, the superintendent, should not have known of the irregularities. The witness said that Mr. Schwab's position with the company had been changed, and he understood that he would be removed. Capt. Sampson con- cluded his testimony. es —e IN THE BLACK DISTRICT. Representative Murray Talks About the Fight in South Carolina. A very interesting political fight is now in progress in South Carolina, involving the future of Representative George W. Murray, the only colored man now in Con- gress. Mr.Murray left the city Saturday for Tuskegee, Ala., where he is to deliver an address before the Industrial Institute. Be- fore going, however, he gave a Star reporter a talk as to the complications that have arisen in his state. Mr. Murray now rep- resents what has been known as the sev- enth district, but there have been changes in the district boundaries, so that Charies- ton county has been placed in the famous “black district,” while Sumter county has been taken from it. In response to many requests, Mr. Murray has entered the new first district and has made a strong fight for election. A majority of the counties he now represents are in this new district. “As soon as it became known to my po- ‘tical enemies,” said Mr. Murray, “that I would obey the wishes of my friends and enter the fight a combination was formed to defeat me and the will of the people. My friends thereupon advised and succeed- ed in having an early convention called for the 2d of M: After a brief and spirited canvass in all the counties of the district the convention met at Charleston, 8. C., on the above mentioned date. The fore- most candidate in opposition to me was Gen. Robert Smalls of Beaufort, S. C., sec- onded by ex-Congressman Thomas E. Mil- ler and other republicans, ex-federal office holders. Contrary to the expectations of these gentlemen, in spite of their “boodle,’ which was freely used, the executive com: mittee of the district decided every con- tested delegation in my favor. This awoke the latent fires that had long been burning in the breast of my political foes, and so blind were they that even before the con- vention had had an opportunity of upon the claims of the contesting delega- tions Smalls, seeing his weakness, with his Heutenant, Miller, left the regular con- vention and held a mass meeting, com of everybody who would attend, the out- come of which w: the nomination, by acclamation I suppose, of ex-Gen., ex-Con- gressman, ex-United States collector of cus- toms of the port of Beaufort, Hon. Robert Smalls. Now, of the six congressional committee- men not one followed the lead of Small: of the thirty regularly elected delegates, twenty-nine remained in the regular con- vention and unanimously nominated me for re-election. The ex-office holders of this state hope for the national success of the republican party in 1896, and, knowing that they cannot control me, have sworn among themselves to defeat me at any cost to in- dividuals or the grand old party in the district. Believing that their hopes will be realized, they fear that I may to a very large extent control whatever of patronage that may fall to the lot of the faithful few. They now make their war cry, ‘Anybody ‘urray.’ to beat Mi bil! was laid before the Senate. ‘The Lumber Schedule. The metal schedule was completed last Saturday and today the Senate began the consideration of schedule D, page 2%, “wood and manufactures of wood.” Mr. Hale of Maine offered as a new para- graph the provisions of the McKinley law, making Sawed boards, etc., of hemlock, white wood, sycamore, white pine and bass- wood $1 per thousand, other classes of sa ed lumber $2, and when lumber of any sort is planed or finished in addition to the rates above provided $1 per thousand additional shali be levied for each side so planed or ss Mr. Hale made a vigorous protest against placing timber on the free list. The pres- ent rates, he declared, offered but a modest protection; the equivelent of about 9 per cent ad valorem on pine and 21 per cent on spruce. This was one of the test irdustries in the country. Over $50,000, 0 in capital were invested and over $135,- 000,000 were annually paid in wages. If ccal and iron and lead ore were to be pro= tected, why not lumber? He was not plead- ing for a local interest, he said. The lum- ber industry was as broad as the country, It was confined to no section, all Canadian competition would be severely felt by the lumber men of Maine and New ipshire. Mr. Frye Aga’ Reduced Duties. Mr. Frye (Me) supported Mr. Hale's amendment. He discussed at some length the effect of a redu¢tion of duty on stump- age in Canada. Licenses to cut lumber are issued by the dominion government. If the duty is reduced the price of permits or licenses is increased. When the duty on pine lumber was reduced this was done. The consumer was rot benefited. As @ matter of fact the price of pine lumber In- ood $1 a thousand the ‘than that in the lumber schedule. protection was afforded to planed lumber in the bill. No mill would complain. Yet the labor cost of finishing lumber was but one- sixth of the cost of the lumber in the Tough. The lumber imported from Canada lest year under the present duty represented 1,090,000 days of + if dumber were placed on the free the lumber shipped into this country would be quadrupled and 4,000,000 days of labor in the United States would be displaced. In a@dition to this Cat ada would control just so much more of the coasting trade if lumber went on the free list. Over 300,000 able-bodied men, Mr. Frye, said, were en- gaged in the lumber irdustry in the United States. Their wages averaged 30 per cent more than the wages received by Canadians similarly employed. Mr. Vest’s Reply. Mr. Vest (Mo.) replied to the Maine Sen- ators. None, he said, had been so per- sistent in their demand for protection as the lumbermen from Maine, regardless of party. If this were a local question, a Mcine question, there would be but one side for it. But when the people of the great prairie country of the west were considered, the people on whose farms grew no stick of timber, and who were obliged to bear the full burden of lumber taxes, the question assumed am entirely different aspect. Yields to Mr. Walsh. At 12 o'clock Mr. Vest yielded the floor to Mr. Walsh, the new Senator from Gevurgia, who delivered a carefully prepared spoech on the general subject of the tariff, Mr. Walsh finished his remarks at 1:45, efter having spoken one and three-quarter hours. The discussion of the lumber schedule was then resumed. Lumber on the Pacific Const. Mr. Perkins (California) supported Mr. saw mills in the Pacific coast states, turn- ing out 2,300,000,000 feet of lumber annual- . ly; 000. at $27,000, persons gaged in the industry, exclusive of th pendent upon it, like the sailors transporting lumber. It was unjust to the American market to the competition British Columbia. The argument use of Canadian lumber would save ests for future generations was, in fon, @ one. af ul E A ‘There was a small attendance of on the floor of the House today invocation was offered by the Hertzog of Hiram, Ohio. ‘The Speaker laid before the from the family of the Hi Louis Kossuth, in reply to the i 58 i of the Warm Spring Indian reservation Oregon; for the relief of Louis the relief of Peter Hagan; for the time for making Amat” the e for ment of all lands claimed and desert land laws of the for one year from the time payment would become due. District Business. 5 ‘The regular order was then demanded Mr. Heard of Missouri, being District Columbia business. —— --e- —-—_—_ Has Resigned. Mr. A. W. Bingham, chief clerk of the finance division of the Post Office Depart- ment, has tendered his resignation, to take effect July 1. He will then accept a posi- tion within the classified service at a lower salary. Mr. Bingham has been employed in this department since 1936. ———_ + «+ —___—_ Life Saving Medal Awarded. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has award- ]ed to Mr. Albert Graeber of Belleville, IL, | a silver life-saving medal of honor aris roic conduct in rescuing four women frora | drowning in the Okaw river, in Illinois, om | August 4, 1893. ——_—_—___+2+—____——_ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Appointments of fourth-class postmasters today numbered 36. pedjrmeedntencei-s! fill vacancies caused resignation,