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THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAZ. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, guano won. Bi tears The Evenlitg Star is served to subscribers im the city by carriers. 1 their own accour 10 cents per Week, or 44¢. per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepa! vents per month Ssturtay Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; with foreign postage added, $3.00. ‘atered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., “(Fin sail sabscriptions most be paid to advance, ‘All mai ka of advertising made known on application. e Fvening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,897. WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. TO BE CERTIFIED To the United States District At- torney for Prosecution. JOURNALISTS EDWARDS AND SHRIVER Recommendation of the Senate Investigating Committee. JUDGEDITTENHOEFER’SVIEWS | Senator Gray, chairman of the select com- mittee to Investigate the alleged operations of the sugar trust In connection with tariff } legislation, today submitted a partial report | of the proceedings of that committee bear- | ing upon the refusal of the newspaper cor- respondents, Edwards, Shriver and Walker, to answer questions propounded by mem- hars of the committee. i The report, after reciting the resolution by which the committee was authorized to sit, states that E. J. Edwards was sum- moned to and did appear before the com- mittee, and that he confessed that he had } written the letter over the nom de plume of | “Holland,” which was printed in the Phila- | Gelphia Press of the 14th instant. The re- Port then cites the proceedings of the com- mittee, and Mr. Edwards refused to reply to questions. The chairman read to him the portion of his letter in which he stated the Secretary Carlisle had secretly visited the democratic members of the finance com- mittee and had demanded that the sugar in- terest be taken care of, because the demo- cratic party was under obligations to that interest. ‘The Refusal to Answer. When the part of this paragraph was reached in which Mr. Edwards had said that what Mr. Carlisle had said was quoted from “remembrance,” Senator Gray, chair- man of the committee, said: “You say from remembrance. Is it yours?” To which Mr. | Edwards replied: “Partly mine and partly my informant's.” The chairman: You mean to say that you heard Mr. Carlisle? Mr. Edwards: No. The chairman: You say what he said is quoted from remembrance? Mr. Edwards: My remembrance of what my informant said. 3 ‘The chairman: Who was your informant? Mr. Edwards: That, 1 suppose, I shall| have to decline to answer. I do it with the utmost respect to the committee and the Senate. The information was given to me under obligations of the highest confidence by the one who entailed that obligation, so that I do not feel at liberty to reveal name. After the above detailed proceedings were had the witness requested time in which to consult counsel, which request was granted. The following day, on the 25th of May, Edwards reappeared Lefore the committee, accompanied by his coungel, when the com- | mittee, through their chairman, propounded to the witness the question: “Now, Mr. Edwards, when you left the | Toom on yesterday it was for the purpose of | consulting your counsel and making up| your mind, after having consulted him, whether you would answer the question that Was propounded to you by the committee, which question was, ‘Who gave you the in- formation upon which you made the state- ment that the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Carlisle, made a secret visit to the dem- ocratie members of the finance committee some time in Febroary, and while there made a certain appeal to them? * ‘The question is now repeated. Whereupon the witness, by his counsel, filed his objections to answering the ques- tion, which have heretofore been given to the public. The several objections were overruled. The report then gives, in detail, the various questions asked of Mr. Edwar and which he declined to answer. They included the question about Mr. Carlisle, regarding the informant as to the meeting of-Senators in a Washington hotel with representatives of the sugar trust; also the statement that the sugar schedule was in the hands of Moore and Schley, brokers, before being re- Ported to the Senate, ard also as to the | statement that the Sunday before the tariff bill was reported there had been a delega- tion of sugar trust representatives at the Capitol, who dictated the sugar schedule. To each of these questions Edwards said the game person gave him the information, and Gectinsd to give his name. | Mr. Shriver’s Case. ‘The report next cites the examination of John S. Shriver, Washington correspondent of the New York Mail and Express, who, be- ing shown a copy of a dispatch to his pa- Per of the 19th instant relating to the par- tculars of an alleged conference one night while the tariff bill was in committee at the Arlington Hotel between certain Sen- g@tors and members of the sugar trust,which had been overheard by a wire manufac- turer occupying an adjoining room, admit- ted having sent the dispatch to the paper, but refused to give the name of his inform: ant or of the manufacturer. r. Shriver stated that he did not know the facts of this occurrence upon his own knowledge, but that they had been given to him by a member of Congress, who had the facts from the wire manufacturer re- Terred to, but said that the Congressman had requested that his name be not given and he could not therefore state more defi- Ritely the source of his information. The cemmittee dwelt upon one paragraph from Mr. Shrivers’ article, ‘ | if this investigation should fall, | simply because then they could charge the | correspondents with circulating scandalous reports, and have another chance to de- mounce the press upon the floor of the Senate. But if the newspaper men are| given a chance to tell ail they know, some interesting developments will be maile.” But Mr. Shriver would not say more in| Yesponse to the committee's urging than that he had received his information in fonfidence. After these proceedings Mr. Shriver re- Quested time in which to consult counsel. | Whe next day he reappeared before the committee and announced that he had con- Bulted a lawyer and adhered to his decis-| jon not to reveal the name of his informant. | recommendation of the committee is as | ‘The Committee's Recommendations. may be proceeded against in manner and form provided by law.” Walker's Testimony Immaterial. The report makes no recommendation in the case of Harry Walker, one of the cor- STRIKERS FIRED AT|CONSTERNATION PREVAILSIH AWAIL AGAIN respondents who refused to reveal the au- | Qonflict Between Illinois Miners and thority for certain of his dispatches. Sena- tor Lodge, a member of the committee, upon being asked for an explanation of the omission of Walker's name, replied that his testimony was considered immaterial, while that of Edwards and Shriver touched upon important points. Judge Dittenhoefer on the Law. Judge Dittenhoefer, the counsel for Mescrs. Edwards and Shriver, the corre- spondents who refused to testify before the Serate investigating committee, speaking of the old law under which the Senate com- mittee is contemplating transferring their respor sibility to the district attorney, and invoking his aid against the newspaper correspondents, today said: “The Senate has a right to determine un- der the statute which the committee in- yokes whether the questions the corre- spondents have declined to answer are pertirent to the inquiry, the language of the law being unless they answer a perti- | nent question they shall be guilty of a mis- | demeanor. “Secordly, the Senate committee is the | creature of the Senate, and it cannot be | possible that the creature can bind and con- clude its creatoy, the Senate, without any right in the latter to intervene. “Third, the law is not constitutional, in that it compels a witness to answer, even though it may make him infamous, and makes a refusal a misdemeanor. It does not even provide that the testimony given by the witness shall not be used against him. It thus contravenes the provision of the Constitution which declares that no person can be compelled to be a witness against himself in a criminal case, as ex- pounded by the Supreme Court in the Hal- lett Kilbourne case. Should the Senate be poor ra into adopting the reckless recom- mendation of placing the matter in the hands of the district attorney for indict- ment, and should an indictment be found, all these grave constitutiona! questions and others can be raised on a demurrer to the indictment. The Senate investigating com- mittee may be imagirirg that in this way they are getting rid of the elephant; it is a vain delusion; they are simply shiftin; the forum, and the question still remains: Did the correspondents write the truth, no matter who was their informant?” In the report of Mr. Edwards’ testimony, which is not quoted specifically by the committee, the part of his letter referring to the President's alleged interest in the Hawaiian question because of the sugar in- terests is given. Referring to this matter Mr. Edwards said that in September of last year he met “a gentleman who spoke to me about an article I had written con- cerning an operation upon Mr. Cleveland's | jaw for cancer or malignant growth, which | operation had taken place some weeks be- | fore upon Mr. Benedict's yacht. This gen- | tleman said to me: ‘As important as that news is, there is something much more important to this country beside the fatal disease, and which is now brewing.’ I | asked him if it was something which he could give me. He said not then, because he was under confidence not to do it. “Later, when he ha‘ the information tnat an attempt had been made to restore the | Queer of Hawaii, and that it had failed, this gentleman stated that that was the news which he had and could not give. My recollection is that he either told me it was on Mr. Benedict's yacht, at his place or at some resort. a pleasure excursion of some kind. Mr. Havemeyer, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Cleveland and some others were present. There had been a general conversation about the Hawaiian Islands’ sugar tnter- | ests; and I think he said Mr. Havemeyer— | at all events, it was said by some one—that there would be a sensation In the country before Congress met. Edwards Names a Dead Informant. The chairman: Who said it? Mr. Edwards: Either Mr. Havemeyer, Mr. Benedict, or someone in the party; because it would be then found that there was peace in Hawaii, and the queen would be restored. This gentleman was a Col. H. W. R. Hoyt of Greenwich. He had been speaker of the | Connecticut legislature. Mr. Edwards said he had not talked with Col. Hoyt since he had written his lettez, and that the colonel is now dead. Admits Reaching Conjectural Con- clusions. Mr. Edwards said Col. Hoyt did not tell him where he got the information, but his impression was that Hoyt had gotten it from members of the party. Mr. Edwards had said that the incident showed that the sugar people were as influential as they had been from the time of the election. Asked what “agency” he referred to .n his statement that Senator Gorman had been brought into close relations with the sugar trust “by an agency which it may not be well, at present, to reveal.” Mr. Edw: said that by common report Stephen B. Elkins was that agency. Gorman, Elkins and Brice. “It is,” he said, “common understanding that Mr. Elkins and Mr. Gorman, being relatives by marriage, having had very great business interests in common, their relations had been very close. That is a matter of common report. In that sense I know it; not from individual knowledge. He said it was also a matter of common report that Mr. Elkins is interested in the sugar trust. Mr. Edwards said it was also upon com- mon report that he hadi stated that Sena- tor Brice was so closely connected with H. L. Terrell of the sugar trust as to cause the latter to be known as Brice’s Terreil. Still Giving Dead Authority. Mr. Edwards also gave Col. Hoyt as au- thority for the statement that a great deal of money was being sent to Connecticut during the last campaign, and that Have- meyer had contributed $50,000, and E. C, Benedict had raised a like sum for cam- paign purposes in that state. He also men- tioned the testimony of ex-Goy. Waller as corroborative of this testimony. Mr. Edwards said he had received trom several sources the statement that $500,- 0 had been contributed to the campaign fund by persons connected with this trust tariff legislation, but he could not recollect the name of any single person, who had given him the informa- tion.” Cord Meyer's Alleged Charge. in response to a request for his informa- tion that a member of the trust had said that the trust owned the Senate, Mr. Ed- wards said that he had heard that remark attributed to Cord Meyer, jr., as having been made by him at the Manhattan Club. He could not, however, recall who had given him this informaticn. “In the opinion of the committee each Of the questions put to each of said wit-} messes was a proper question, and perti-| hent to the question under inquiry before | the committee, and was necessary to make | the examination ordered by said resolution pf the Senate, and that each of said wit-| ay is in contempt of the Senate and/ ught to be dealt with for his miscon- luct; and that each of said witnesses by Various refusals to answer the ques- fions as herein set forth has violated the| visions of the act of Congress in such | fases made and provided, bf the Revised Statutes of the United States.” Here the committee quotes the law, which povides that a witness who Yefuses to answer questions put by a fongressional committee shall be deem- | ed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable | by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor Jess than $100, and by imprisonment in a femmon jail of not more than one year nor Jess than a month, and which especially Provides that no witness shall be excused | from testifying on the ground that such | tes: my would disgrace him, and directs | that in such cases the President of the| {Senate and the Speaker of the House shall | SEEMEY. the facts to the district attorney of | the District of Columb The report close: “Wherefore, s foliows: pmittee report and re- trom the same source that it was about this time that Mr. Meyer began to visit Secretary Lamont. He said that he had heard that Mr. Car- lsle had asked his assistant secretary, Mr. Hamlin, about the time the Wilson bill was in transit or a little after, to have a very accurate and careful schedule passed of the relations of sugar to the tariff, but where he heard that he could not identify. Officers. Creek. MINERS REMAIN DETERMINED WENONA, Ill, May 29.—Just after dark lest night Sheriff Lenz, having secured a posse of fifty deputies, attacked and routed striking miners who had congregated north of here, and were guarding obstructions put upon the railroad tracks to prevent the passage of coal trains. The miners scat- tered immediately after the first shots were fired by the echeriff's posse, and it is not known whether any one was hurt. The posse then removed the obstructions, but when the train started to pull out it was found that several pins and links had been stolen. Nearly two hours were spent dark, and the strikers would pull pins from replaced in another. The attempt to move the train was given up. LA SALLE, Ill, May 29.—One hundred today for the Citizens’ Protective Associa- ton. Col. Bennett received orders to send two companies of militia to Wenona today. While the troops were boarding 2 special train a telegram was received that the Siam had had word of the movement and The police have found the missing Pole, Birkowsky, supposed to have been mur- dered. He was concealed in a neighbor's house, badly injured, but will recover. BOTH SIDES STRENGTHENED. Awaiting for Gov. Waite to Show His Hand at Cripple Creek. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., May 20.—The deputies, whose number has been increased to 600, are still in camp. Sheriff Bowers has gone to Denver, and it is presumed to be his intention to compel’ Gov. Walte to show his hand by calling upon him for the State troops to aid the deputies in enforc- ing the law. it Is probable no move will be made by the deputies in the absence of the sheriff. The miners also have been reinforced by squads trom other camps, who have come well armed. MOVING ON SPILLMAN. Six Hundred Strikers to Attack Sena- tor Camden's Mines. POMEROY, Ohio, May 20.—Senator Cam- ¢en’s mines in Spillman, W. Va., eight miles below nere, are being moved on by wv strikers. The works are guarded by a sher- if and ten deputies with a gatling gun. These are the only mines in operation in the district, and a determined effort is be- ing made to close them. HUNTINGTON, W. Ya, 29.—Com- paries C and G of here Were ordered out Vv. McCor joday to report at the Camden mines to protect the men at work there. Soldiers were on a train inside of forty minutes. MORE DET MINED THAN EVER. Striking Coal Miners Have No Thought of Giving Up. HOUTSDALE, Pa., MILITIA ORDERED 0 G0 vit) WENONA Grief and Uneasine: Both Sides Strengthened at Cripple | in vain efforts to set couplings, as it was | Set information in regard to the discharges, | one part of the train as fast as they were! officials could control it. Winchester repeating rifles and several thousand rounds of ammunition arrived | | | | May 20.—Since the, Three Hundred War Department Olerks Dismissed Today. Still Further Dircharges to Follow— at the Depart- mwent—The Effect Problematic: Great consternation prevails at the War | Department today in consequence of the iritial enforcement of Secretary Lamont’s plan for the entire reorganization of the department. The clerical force is to be re- duced in conformity with the provisions of | the legislative, executive and judicial ap- propriation bill for the next fiscal year, That bill has passed the House and is now in the hands of the Senate committee. | Today’s action at the War Department is in anticipation of its passage by Congress in its present shape. The bill calls for a reduction of 450 clerks in that department. | | There are over 100 vacancies in the record | and pension officé, caused by resignations, | transfers, death, &c., leaving’ but 350 clerks Declaring Senator Kyle Presses His Non-In- terference Resolution. MR. VEST SUBMITS A SOBSTITOTE —__—_«—_____ Against the ‘Policy of Annexation to the United States. 4 Ir IS LAID ON THE TABLE Senator Kyle is determined that the Senate shall at an early day declare itself | | on the subject of the Hawaiian situation. Carrying out his proje¢t he again brought vp the resolution of non-interference intro- duced by him a few days ago immediately after the routine of morning business to- to be discharged. Notices were sent to 2s7/ day, and althovgh he failed to get a vote of this number this morning that their) upon that resolution or upon the Turpie fervices would not be required after June | declarations, in favor of which he withdrew , and that their pay would cease ten days | “i or fifteen days thereafter,as the case might ; Miter, he succeeded in drawing from the be. It is said that none of the unfortunates | Senate a most emphatic declaration upon were given a month's leave of absence. | the subject of annexation. By a vote of As usual in such matters, it is difficult to s¢ to 18 the Senate tabled a resolution of- fered by Mr. Vest, declaring against annex- and not only the names, but the number . were carefully suppressed, so far as the | ation between the United States and Ha- It was learned, wali at any time hereafter. however, hag the , Bagh a There are a number of resolutions before tributed’ as follows: Record and pension i capt office, 200; adjutant general's office, 30; Sec- | the Senate, all of which recognize the ne \retary’s office, 13; quartermaster general's | essity of non-interference on the part of office, 12, and surgeon general's office, 19, | the United States, but varying in their ex- the remainder being confined to the other pressions upon the subject. The Kyle reso- bureaus in small lots. (lution, which Mr. Kyle is willing to with- ‘The greatest distress prevailed and an air | draw in favor of the broader compromise of 1 of gloom pervaded the entire department. | Many ladies were among those ismissed, | and they made piteous appeals for rein- statement. Even the clerks not disturbed are in a very demoralized state of fear, as | seventy-five more dismissals are still to be made, and no one feels secure. It is said that the remaining reductions will be made | on the 15th ultimo. it is not known when the reorganization of the military branch of the department will begin, nor is there anybody at the War Department who is both competent and willing to explain its details and effect. it was Jearned today that Secretary La- ment's order for the reorganization of the— vestigation of the business methods of the department, recently conducted by Capt. | Barry of the first infantry, and Mr. Page or New York, a raiiroad auditor. The peo- ple affected by the change are confident that it is impracticable. Others say it will re- sult in much good, It is said that several of Secretary Lamont's predecessors regard administrations. REAL een ome Cena) REGULATION OF RAILROADS. Lengthy Bill on the Subject Introduc- ed by Senator Cullom. Senator Cullom today, by request, intro- duced a lengthy bill “To regulate railroad companies engaged in interstate commerce.” The interstate commerce commigion ts di- rected to appoint a United States railroad examiner for each judicial circuit, who shall make such examinaticns of the roads as may be prescribed, with access to the books and papers of the roads. Railroad companies must make quarterly reports to the examiner. When a recelver is appointed for a road an examiner must make en immediate cxemination and file a) report with the court appointing the recel: ers and with the commission. When an ex- amination discloses a ach of trust or violiton br far provision ts made. for| bringing action through the Attorney Gen- | eral and district attorneys. Railroad com- | panies must keep their stock books open to the inspegtion of every stoekholder. Voting trusts and other arrangements devised to | sepatate the ownership of shares from the : right to vote are deciared illegal. | The duties of receivers of roads are pre- | administrative service was based on an in- | be his action as a decided refiection on their P: operators have refused the proffered arbitra-| tion by Governor Pattison, the miners in | this district and at Osceola Mills are more | determined than ever, and public sentiment, which was about equally divided, has turned | in favor of the strikers. Houtsdale miners | are of the opinion that the first attempt to/ scribed at length, and provisions are made | to protect all interests of roads under their | control. No purchase shall be made by the board of directors of any railroad company of the shares of stucks and bonds of any other railroad or other company or real es- tate or personal property in which any director or officer of the Tallroad company | with the understanding that it shouid not | | be harrassed by He had also heard | introduce new men will be made by Ber- wind, White & Co., at their mines, where the company has, it is said, made prepara- tions to resume operations. Everything is quiet here, but the miners are watching every move of the operators closely. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 29.—Great interest | Was manifested in the meeting of the coal | operators’ committee of fifteen, held last night in this city. After three hours of dis- cussion, pro and con, the committee decided to report to the full membership that it was impossible to formulate a plan that would receive the support of all. The failure of the meeting was due to the refusal of President De Armitt of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company to agree to the same mining price with the other operators. While the majority of the committee favored paying a rate of sixty- five cents at all mines, Mr. De Armitt would agree to pay but fifty-five cents. UNIONTOWN, Pa., May 20.—The threat- ened raid on the Kyle plant did not take place today, Dispatches report everything quiet through the region, and many of the plants working with increased forces. NO IDEA OF Y LDING. No Work for Miners Except at the Old Rate. LONACONING, Md., May 20.—A bomb- shell was thrown into the camp of the coal mine strikers yesterday by the presidents of the American, George’s Creek and New | Central coal companies posting notices ad- | ising their miners and employes to take their tools from the mines today. This will be followed by the companies paying off their employes and discharging them. Every indication now points to one of two | tiings—a resumption of work at the old | Tate, or closing or the mines for the season. LA OF COAL, Business Mach Affected by Scarcity of Fuel. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 29.—Specials from railroad centers of Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas indicate that business there is At Sedalia,Mo., the Missouri Pacitic shops central branch railroad at Atchison, | Which is controlled by the Missouri Hearsay and More of It. He had heard that Mr. Carlisle had given Mr. Havemyer's letters to the members of being chapter 7) the finance committee of the Senate. He | iso said the report on Wall street was that tice to the sugar people to have them sub- mit to a bill like the Wilson bill and that ft was not fair. He said it had also been a matter of common report in New York that Senator McPherson had declared, in the presence of members of the finance com- mittee, that the democratic party was pre- baring to stab the men who had saved it. -— -<- To Be Kept Open. Mr. Durborow of Illinois has introduced a joint resolution in the House instructing the officers in charge to keep the Smith- sonian, the National Museum, the- Botani- cal Gardens and the Washington monu- quest that th. fo pers ment open to the public on every week day curity se to cn frcm 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Sunday from failure to te tty an F . to 4 pm. They shall also be kept er, an oren not less than re venings the seal of the Senate , ck. ‘The resolution to the United States for the District of Colum- t attorney Bia, to the end that each of said witnesses | week from 7 to 10 o'clock. The resolution was referred to the committee on public buildings and grounds, AC in that city, have been closed down indef. | been discontinued. At Van Buren, Ark., the Missouri Pacific ad shops and round house are at a stand- |sull, nothing but passengers and perish- | of coal | Sunday at Coal Hill, Huntington and Jenny |Lind. There are but twenty-five cars of | coal accessible, and that is to be used for passenger trains and emergencies ouly. | shutdown is only till the strikers re- | | The sume work. coal strike being felt stronger than ever here. The rolling mills have closed down, peice alae Post Offices Consolidated. The consolidation of the post offices at | Niagara Falls and Suspension bridge, N. Y., | will be ordered immediately upon the con- |firmation of Walter P. Horn, nominated today as postmaster at Niagara Falls. | Horn has been postmaster at Suspension | bridge for about a year. a substation of the Niagara Falls office will | be established. becoming much affected by scarcity of coal. | | Shut down at noon yesterday for the re-| | mainder of the month. The shops of the | he initely and several regular freights have | Ie. Chasdinat watews sil | able freights moving, owing to the scarcity | Mr. Cleveland believed it would be an injus. misete bya thousend anen’ strictiy | LINCOLN, II, May 20.—The effect of the | and yesterday the electric street car com-| pany was obliged to stop running its cars. | At the latter place | making the purchase shall be directly or in- | directly interested. It is made unlawful for a director to sell or hypothecate any securities of the com- pany without authorization by the board of directors. Purchases on margin by or for the account of any railroad company are prohibited. Penalties for persons convicted of any in- fraction of the act are fixed at a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than $20,000, and imprisonment for not less than one year and not exceeding five years. Senator Cullom says that he does not care tu be understood as indorsing al) that the bill contains or any of it, although it might lead to some wise and necessary legislation. cE Mees See ee THE INLAND ROUTE. Lieut. Fletcher Comments Cushing's Canal Trip. The report of Lieut. Fletcher, command- | ing the torpedo boat Cushing, in regard to} his trip by the inland route from Washing- | ton to Newport, has been made public and makes it very evident that this means of transportation from one port to another is entirely safe, speedy and desirable for | vessels of light draught. The waters passed through by the Cushing included the Potomac river, Chesapeake | bay, the Chesapeake and Delaware canal, | Delaware bay, upper Delaware river, Dela- | ware and Raritan canal, Raritan river and | bay to the New York navy yard. During | the passage the Cushing carried only nine- | ty pounds of steam pressure in one boiler, | which was capable of diiving her fourteen knots an hour in open water. This pres= sure was reduced to forty pounds while passing through the canals, and the speed | reduced to ten knots. The distance covered was 349 miles; the actual running time in open water, exclu- | sive of minor delays, was 211-2 hours at about 14 knots per hour. The actual run- ning time through the canals was 111-2} j hours at a speed of 5 knots per hour. The | total running time between Washington | and Brooklyn was 32 hours and 40 minutes. ‘The limit of speed for the Cushing goul not be ascertained accurately in the canal owing to the darkness, but it was estimated | that from seven to eight miles per hour | could be maintained without difflculty or fear of injury to the banks. In the Delaware and Raritan canal the sides are walled with stone, which are much better for resisting the wash. It was found that at whatever speed the Cushing was run there was"no bow wave and very little disturbance in the water. tain Fletcher, in closing his report, says: “No difficulty need be expected with vessels of the Cushing class in passing | through those canals either by day or night. Under favorable conditions a speed of six miles may be maintained, including locks } and slowing down for passing traffic. A torpedo boat like the Cushing, fully equip- ped for attack and steaming continuously with one boiler at the speed of 15 knots an hour, will leave the crew in good condition for any emergency at the end of forty or fifty hours.”” ——_—_—_+.+____ Going on Ctrenit. The Supreme Court is breaking up into cir- cuits. Justice Browne has gone to New York to work with Judge Larcombe, while | Justice Brewer has started for Minneapolis | {by way of Boston, where he E short visit to his daughter. Justice Jack- son is visiting a few days in Nashville be- fore going to the Cincinnati bench. The other justices wili hold court as follows: Justice Gray, Boston; Justice Shiras, Phil- adelphia; Chief justice Fuller, Richmond, Va.;Justice White, New Orieans; and Jus- tice Harlan at Chicago. It 1s not certain that Justice Field will go to San Francisco, as ill-health may prevent, on the | non-intervention. the committee on foreign relations, is mere- ly a declaration of non-intervention without reference to non-annexation or other ques- tions. The Turpie resolution, which was the composite framed in the committee to meet the views of both sides, is as follows: “Resolved, That from the facts and papers Jaid before the Senate it is unwise and inex- pedient, under existing conditions, to con- sider at this time any project of annexa- tion of the Hawaiian territory to the United States; that the provisional government therein having been duly recognized, the highest international interests require that | it shall pursue its own line of polity. For- eign intervention in the political affairs will regarded as an act unfriendly to the gov- ernment of the United States.” To this resolution there is little objection on the democratic side, and aimost none on the republican side, although many of the republicans, and particularly those interest- ed in the subject, believe that the Senate should not now touch upon the question of annexation in a negative manner. ition to the resolution on the democratic side is confined to the few remaining suj porters of the President’s policy who do not desire any expression condemning the interference idea. Mr. Vest’s Resolution, Mr. Vest's resolution introduced this morning, which was tabled by a vote of two to one, was In the form of an amend- ment or substitute to the Turpie resolution. Its broader meaning will be observed when in a comparison with that measure. It is as follows: “Resolved, That from the facts and papers laid before the Senate it is unwise and in- expedient to consider any project of annexa- tion of the Hawaiian territory to the Unit- ed States; that the highest international in- erest require that the people of the Sand- wich Islands‘shall choose their form of gov- ernment and line of polity. Foreign inter- vention in the political affairs of these islands will be regarded as an act unfrtend- ly tothe government of the United States.” When this resolution had been placed be- fore the Senate, there was some surprise, und Senator Butler expressed a hope that it might be divided, so tnat the Senate could Vote upon the annexation question separate- ly, as he declared he was not in favor of that part of the resolution. Mr. Gray also ceprecated this idea contained in Mr. Vest's resolution, for he thought it went much too far. Mr. Hoar solved the problem by moy- ing to table the Vest amendment. He said that this would give the Senate a chance to vote for or against the principle of an- nexation pure and simple. As already stat- ed this motion was carried, as follows: 36 to 18, as follows: Yeas—Allen, Allison,, Butler, Cameron, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dolph, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Higgins, Hill, Hoar, Irby, Kyle, Lodge, McMillan, Manderson, Martin, Mitchell (Oregon), Morgan, Morrill, Pasco, Peffer, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Power, Proctor, Sherman, Shoup, Teller, Turple and Wi burn, 36. Nays—Bate, Berry, Caffery, Call, Cock- erill, Coke, Faulkner, George, Harris, Hun- ton, Jones (Arkansas), Lindsay, Pugh, Ran- som, Roach, Vest, Vilas and Voorhees, 18. Besides the republican votes it will be no- ticed that the following democrats voted to table the amendment: Butler, Gray, Hill, Irby, Martin, Pasco and ‘Turpie, and the populists, Allen, Kyle and Peffer. The Significance of the Vote. This vote is very significant, for with some margin it shows almost a strength of two to one in favor of annexation in the Senate. That is to say, a strength of two to one against a flatfooted declaration ad- verse to annexation. Senator Frye, an ac- knowledget annexationist, said to a Star re- porter: “I think that that vote means a majority in favor of annexation, It certainly means a large majority in favor of the policy of 1 hope that the Senate will In a few days finally dispose of this matier. I do not believe that there are more than eight Senators in the chamber who are opposed to some form of resolu- tion declaring against interference on the part of the United States. I know of several who voted in the negative on the motion to table the Vest amendment who are in favor of the passage of a resolution against intervention. I believe that this majority will soon cause’ the passage of this long- $ postponed expression of opinion.” = A Slight Surprise. It was somewhat of a surprise when Sen- ator Peffer, who has introduced a substi- tute for the Turpie-Kyle resolutions, moved, | after the tariff bill had been laid before the Senate, at 10:30 o'clock, to lay the tariff bill aside temporarily to conclude the discussion of the Hawaiian question, but the surprise caused by the motion was not so great as that caused by the result. The motion was lost by a bare majority of two votes. Mr. | Hill and the populists once more voted with the republicans. Senator Irby was not in the chamber, nor was Senator Stewart. The republicans believe that had their men been all present the tariff bill would have been postponed for this purpose. The close vote shows that the Hawaiian resolution is grow- ing in importance before the eyes of the Senate. A noticeable feature of the debate this morning was « feasible attempt on the part of Serator Bate to filibuster against the consideration vf the Hawaiian question. Immediately! after Mr. Kyle secured the at- tention of the Senate to the resolution Mr. Bat ted no quorum, and some little time was Pn # roll call, which developed the reser e of more than forty-three Senators. ments to a non-intervention resolution are, thought to be Senators Bate, Vilas, Vest; Hunton, George, Caffery, Lind- sey, Harris and Coke. There is a disposi- tion, however, on the part of Mr. Vilas, who feels very deeply on the subject, to compromise the question, and he has pro- posed a substitute resolution to Mr. Kyle, which is likely to be accepted by both sides and passed on Thursday m the morning hour. This resolution declares against in- tervention, and omits any reference to an- nexation. It is all that the republicans could ask in this line. Senator Kyle's News From Hawaii. Senator Kyle said later in the day: I feel very deeply on this subject, for I have been acquainted since boyhood with many of the men who are now prominent in Hawaiian affairs. When they are attacked, as they have been in the Senate, I almost feel as though they were attacking a mem- ber of my own family. Some of the mem- bers of the provisional government were college mates of mine I have known many of the families of the original missionaries, and for twenty years past I have taken a great interest in the development and civilization of the Hawaiian islands, for I believe in their future. Lately I have been in receipt of many letters from my friends on the islands urging upon me the necessity for some action on the part of the Congress of the United States. My desire has been to get a vote, of course, upon this subject, but failing that to draw out Senators who oppose the reso- lution, and in this I have succeeded. All that we want is some words, if not some action, that will go to show the people of Hawaii that there is no real sentiment in the Senate in favor of the forcible interven- tion against the provisional government in the islands. This morning I succeeded in getting several Senators to give utterance to this sentiment on the floor, and gradu- ally it is coming out that there is no one who really at heart upholds the policy of the administration in any idea of interven- ing in behalf of the deposed queen. It is range that such action and expression should be necessary now, after ail that has been said in the United States on the sub- ject, but I have received word from the is- lands that convinces me that the royalists | have been using every possible argument | and fiction to persuade the natives that the | | President is going to take active measures to place the queen back on the throne. Work of the Royalists, One of my friends, one of the most up- right men in the islands, writes me that during a recent business trip to the Island | of Hawaii, the largest of the group, he found the royalists busily engaged in cir- | culating a letter in the native lat among the Kanakas, assuring them that the United States would soon forcibly re- crown the queen, and warning them to keep away from the polls. It was broadly intimated that any person who voted with the provisional government at the forthcoming election or who regis- tered should be noted secretly, and when the queen returned to power, as, according to these prophets, she surely would come, all these individuals would be properly pun- ished. In short, those , deluded people | were made to believe that a black list was to be prepared and that all whose names | went upon it were to be visited with terrible consequences. Of course, we here know that this is untrue, for we realize the impossi- bility of the restoration of the monarchy, but there is no way of letting those people know it unless we could secure action by e Senate on some sort of resolution. I am gratified at the size of the vote this morn- ing. I think it is now merely a question of time when the Senate will pass some strong non-interference resolution.” To Come Up Again Thursday. ‘The Senate will not be in session tomor- row, so nothing further will be done with the matter until Thursday. Senator Kyle will still persist in calling up his resolution at the conclusion of the routine business. He has but about fifteen minutes each morning for this purpose, and the few op- ponents could, if they desired, filibuster and kill the resolution by sheer talking. But he |thinks that if the compromise resolution morning he can secure permission by unani- mous consent to set aside an hour or two of some day and finally dispose of it. Cer- tainly his persistence and zeal in the matter has cau: a steady dwindling in the ranks of the opposition and he has brought out nearly everybody upon this subject. —_ 2 THE SUGAR SCHEDULE. Democrats Will Be Anxious and Rest- less Until It is Passed. While the Senate investigating, committee is figuring out how newspaper men may be | punished for refusing to betray professional | confidenées' both parties in the Senate con-! fess to the equivalent of the principal charge the committee is: investigating. The charge | was that: the, trust had such power, | ical contributions, that | Tust be given the duty they want on | sugar or the bill would be defeated. As they are about to take up the sugar | | schedule in the Senate the greatest anxiety | | and interest are manifested on both sides of the chamber. If Defeated It Will Kil the Bill. It is generally acknowledged by the demo- crats that if the committee's sugar schedule | is defeated in the Senate it will kill the Dill. | On the republican side the general declara-_ | tion is made that the fight against the bill | | turns on this schedule and that If they can | | knock out the sugar duty the bill cannot be- | |come a law. No such im |tached to any other schedule in the bill. | The sugar schedule is confessed to be the only vital spot. This is the equivalent of the charge being investigated—a confession | of the fact—though not of the reason alleged | for its being s@ While bemg confident that schedule will stand, the importance of the | vote is so great that the democrats cannot | avoid anxiety and restlessness pending the vote, and they will not breathe easy until that schedule is : In the present situation it looks much as if it were the purpose of the investigating committee to force upon the newspaper men a self-abasement through the betrayal of professional confidence, which would discredit them before the country and take all force from whatever they may at any tme say in criticism of the Senate. The witnesses were discharged by the commit- tee today. Republicans Trying to Get Together. The republicans are trying to get to- gether so as to present a solid column against the sugar schedule. A number of them are opposed to free sugar, and as yet | they have not been brought to consent to | vote for it, but it is believed that as a! | means of killing the bill they will vote for | | the free sugar amendment. The opposition |are in hopes that they can get some as-| |sistance trom the democratic side. The | indications are, however, that they cannot get enough a:sistance there to change the result. The sugar schedule, it is beileved, | will stand. | - LOOKING FOR LAW Senate Committee Resurrects Old Acts to Make Men Talk. The Senators composing the sugar inves- Ugating committee Lelieve they have found in the act of January 24, 1857, a remedy for the problem they. have encountered in the silence of the three newspaper men, Ed- wards, Shriver and Walker, who have hith- erto refused to divulge the names of their informants. It is said that they have di- rected the District attorney to this aci, which is as follows: “That any person stmmoned as a wit- ress, etc, Who shall make default, or who, appearing, shall refuse to answer any qu tuon pertinent to the matter of ing consideration before the committee ing, be labie to indictment misdemeanor in any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, and on conviction shall pay a fine not exceedin, one thousand dollars and not less than one hurdred dollars, and suffer imprisonment in the common jail not less than one month | tor more than twelve.” Section 3 provides that when a witness shall fall to testify and the facts shall be reported it shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House or the Presideat of the Sen- ate to certify, under seal to the District at- torney for the District of Columbia, w duty it siall be to bring the matter be the grand jury for their action. oth provisions are still in force and appear in the manual of the Senate under ihe rules providing*for the examination of witnesse Judge Dittenhoefer, the counsel fo Messrs, Edwards and Striver, says thet he did not see that the old law of 155 whick had been resurrected for this occasion, changed the status of affairs. He stated United States. Henry H. Smith, ex-journal clerk of the House of Represéutatives, has been ap- pointed clerk of the committee. He was selected for this posftion, it is understood, because of his acquaintance with tle his- tory of preceding congressional investigut- ing committees, the extent and scope o! their inquiries, and the results attained. | particular interest to each, and cannot go through without objection in the | their portance is at-| sociation of ) George Chismora, | Ph; cal the sugar | ae De | Wilder, professor of physiology, compara: } | | j that if the Senate committee sent the case) read a p to the District attorney the fight would be | Throat continued there and the case appealed, if | upon these necessaty, up to the Supreme Court of the | f | HUNDREDS ARE HERE Gathering of Physicians and Sure geons for the Congress. THE PAPERS READ TODAY Men With World-wide Reputations for Knowledge and Skill. THE FUTURE EVENTS ee The much-talked-of and long-awaited con- gress of American physicians and surgeons began in this city today, and for the third names of men who have made themselves famous in their particular branches of the profession, and for four days these men will enlighten each other in all that is most recent and most successful in the healing. By noon there were in the cli Teady nearly 300 members of the and many more were expected to the later trains. This is the third triennial m: great body of learned men. the general body are held Metzerott Hall, beginn’ o'clock. associations and societies the congress hold their o' ings, at which papers are fs cussions held that are of undoubted value, though they would be far from intelligible to an audience of laymen. The headquarters of the congress ore at the Arlington, where most of the smaller bodies also hold their sessions. From an early hour this morning the corridors of the hotel were thronged with men who had that look of ability and wisdom which at- taches itself to a physician closer than a garment. There were many pleasant meet- ings of old friends who do not get to shake hands as often as they might wish, many gress. Tomorrow evening the annual ad- dress of the president of the congress will be delivered and this will be followed by a reception at the White House from ® to 10 o'clock, when the President will receive the members of the congress, their guests and visitors, and their ladies. Admission to The president of the congress is Dr. Alfred L. Loomis of New York city, and there are fourtecn vice presidents, each of whom is president of one of the individual societies composing the congress. The treas- urer is Dr. John S. Billings of this city, and the secretary Dr. William H. Carmalt of New Haven, Conn. Dr. Landon C. Gray of New York city, representing the American Neurological Association, is chairman of the executive committee. The vice presidents, exofficlo, are as foliows: The president of the American Ophthalmological Society, George can Otological Sock M.D., New York city; American Neuro- gh cay non A Sachs, M.D., New ork city; American Gynecological Society, Wiliam T. Lusk, M.D, New York av American Dermatological Association, Rob- ert B. Morison, M.D., Baltimore, Md.; American Laryngological Association, D. Bryson Delavan, M. D.. New York city; American Climatological Association, An- drew H. Smith, M.D., New York city; As- American Physicians, Reginald H. Fitz, M.D., Boston, <a American As- Genito-Urinary Surgeons, M.D., San Francisco, Cal.; American Orthopedic Association, A. M. Phelps, M.D., New York city; American Society, Henry P. Bowditch, .. Boston, Mass.; Association of Ameri- can Anatomists, Harrison Allen,M.D., Phila- delphia, Pa.; American Pediatric Society, James H. H. Keating, M.D., Colorado Springs; American Surgical Association, J. Ewing Mears, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa. Commitice of Arrangements. The committee of arrangements, under whose auspices the details for the present session have been carried out, are: Dr. Sam- uel S. Adams, chairman, Washington, of the American Pediatric Society; Dr. Samuel Theobold, Baltimore, of the American Op- thalmolorical Society; Dr. 8. Washington, of the American Otological So- ciety; Dr. J. Irving Rosse, Washington, of the American Neurological Association; Dr. Joseph Tabor Johnson, Washington, of the American Gynecological Society; Dr. Isaae E. Atkinson, Baltimore, of the American Dermatological Society; Dr. T. Morris Mur- ray of the American Laryngological Asso- ciation, Dr. John S. Billings of the American Surgical Association, Dr. W. W. Johnston of the American Climatological Association, Dr. William H. Welch, Baltimore, of the AssoCiation of American Physicians; Dr. D. sociation of | W. Prentiss of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons. Dr. De Forest Willard, Philadelphia, of the American Or- thopedic Association; Dr. Henry G. Beyer, Naval Academy, of the American Physio- logical Society, and Dr. Frank Baker of the Association of American Anatomists. The meetings of the congress are open to the profession, irrespective of membe: ‘ So far possible the members of the indi- vidual societies are being accommodated at separate hotels in order to make their morning sessions more accessibie. Today's Sexton, The regular sessions of the congress were begun at 3 o'clock today at Metzerott Hall, | and was formally opened by the chairman of the executive committee. The first session was held under the auspices of the Asso- proceed | ciation of American Anatomists. The sub- egainst these men «ander the provisions of | ject for discussion was “Morphology as Factor in the Study of Disease.” This was ened with a paper by Dr. Harrison Allen, | professor of comparative anatomy in the | University of Pennsytvania. The juiry in | that followed included a general discussion by | of the which he shall be examined, shall, in addi- | fessor ticn to the pains and penalties now exisi-| School; Dr. Frederic H.~ as and for a/of anatomy in Bowdoin College; Dr. Frank | Baker, professor of anatomy in the Unl- paper by Dr. Thomas Dwight, pro- of anatomy in the Harvard Medical Jerrish, professor versity of Georgetown, and Dr, Burt ¢ tive anatomy and zoology in Cornell Uni- versity. morrow's Papers. Tomorrow afternoon's session will be un- der the direction of the American Climato- lcgical Association, on the subject of “Sew- er Gas.” Dr. Alexander C. Abbott, first as- sistant in the laboratory of hygiene, Uni- hose | versity of Pennsylvania, will read a paper efore | upon ene | “Chemical, Physical and Bact Jogical studies Upon Air Over Decomposing Substances, with Special Reference to the Air of Sewers.” Dr. Abraham Jacobi, pro fessor of diseases of children in the Ce of Physicians, New York city, will fo with a paper on “The Effect of Sewet in the Production of Disease.” Dr. V y Robinson, chemical professor of medicine in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, will also paper on “Sewer Gas as "a Cause of Disease A general discussion jects by members of the con- ad gress is expe Other papers announced for afternoon are by Dr. evi al College; Dr. y of the of New York, s C. White of Harvard Med- i ‘on the various aspects of “The Distribution and Control of Leprosy im North America.” ‘The office for the registration of members tomorrow * is Hyde of Morrow of

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