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THE EVENING STAR. SUNDAY. by naper Company, MAD Ny Prest. New York Ocios, 49 Pottor Building. ‘The Evening Star is city by carrie ; DINGS, ed to Fr own 2c a serivers im the count, st 10 cents tt epaid—50 vents per $1.00 per year; 3 <8 0 [All mail subsertptions must be paid in advance, Rates of adver ‘fon. — «Che Evening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,898. WASHINGTON, D. C.,. WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 0, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. MR. HILL'S SPEECH/EVERYTHING CLOSED SQ ME Tt Will Compel the Senate Commit- tee to Investigate Further. THE WIRE MANUFACTURER KNOWN The Vice President Embarrassed by the Committee’s Work. COMMENT OF COUNSEL The speech of Mr. Hill on the report of the Senate bribery committee yesterday is very widely commented upon today, and the almost universal! opinions outside of the Senate itself is that the New York Senator Save his colleagues some very keen thrusts and had the best of them throughout the discussion. His suggestion that the com- mittee should go directly at the matter if they desire to ascertain the truth, and his statement to Mr. Gray that he appeared to be going a long way around the barn wo reach his point of destination, together with his keen thrust at Harris and the sug- gestion that the whole Senate might be called, sworn and examined, took all the it out of the contention of the com-/ ittee that they were blocked and could ®o0 no further until the newspaper testi- mony could be compelled. The Effect of the Speech. The generai impression is that the effect of his speech will be to compel the com- mittee to go deeper into the investigation and not to hide behind the silence of the newspaper writers. It is alleged that at least one member of the committee knows the name of the wire manufacturer who overheard the alleged conference at the Arlington, and the name has also been | yablished in one of the New York papers. | here is therefore no reason why he should not be called by the committee to testify if they desire his testimony. It is said that while he does not desire to be called and will avoid it if possible, he will, if put on the stand, make some very interesting if Rot startling statements. The Vice President Embarrassed. It is believed that the Vice President, whom devolved, under the most ex- law which the committee has “avoked, the duty to report the case to Ihe aistrict attorney, is greatly embarrassed by the uncertainty as to the power of the committee to direct a prosecution which the Senate has not authorized. It is stated on very high legal authority that the com- mittee by holding secret session put it be- yond their yower to invoke this law, inas- Much as no witness would be able to know. former testimony having been withheld from him, whether the testimony he should give would or would not criminate him. It ts held that a witness may apprehend within the meaning of the law that testi- mony given by himself of apparently the most harmless character might, taken in connection with testimony given by some one else of which he is ignorant, tend to incriminate him. Therefore, while kept in of other testimony and of the bearing of the questions asked him, may power of the committee in a secret vestigation to compel any answer. It is hot believed that the case against Edwards and Shriver will ever get into the courts. What Judge Dittenhoefer Says. In speaking of the Senate's action Judge Dittenhoefer, the counsel for the two cor- respondents, said today: “In the old case of Hallett Kilbourn after the Supreme Court had decided that the proceedings by which Kilbourn was arrested and com- mitted to the custody of the sergeant-at- arms of the House were illegal and un- authorized by the court ab initio, Kilbourn commenced an action against Mr. Thomp- son, the sergeant-at-arms of the House, for damages for unlawful imprisonment by Mr. Thompson. At the first trial the jury gave Mr. Kilbourn $100,000 damazes. This was reversed on some technical point. At the final trial the jury awarded him $25,000 damages, which, after nine years’ litigation,* was paid. The United States stood behind Thompson and paid the amount. It seems to me,” continued Judge Dittenhoefer, “that with this experience before the committee of the Senate investi- gating Messrs. Shriver and Edwards they were unwilling to place the sergeant-at- arms of the Senate in the position in which he might be sued for damages, if these entiemen were, by order of the Senate, in contempt and committed, should the court decide, as I have no doubt it must, the proceedings on the part of the Senate are without jurisdiction. The com- mittee dug up this old statute with the view of adopting the safer course of hav- ing an indictment by jury, well imagining that if in that proceeding these gentlemen are rel there will be no one to sue for is not manly or brave.” ——_—_-o2+______ ESSAY PRIZE WINNERS. Prof. Neweomb a Prof. MeGee Gain the Anthropological Society Prizes. ‘The announcement of prizes in the essay ‘Competition inaugurated by the Anthropo- logical Society of this city a year ago was made last evening at a special meeting of the society in the hall of the Cosmos Club. Two prizes were offered—the first of $150 and the second of $75 for the best essay of not more than 3,000 words on “Qualifica- tions of the Best Citizens.” The judges of the competition as desig- Rated by the society were to be a states- man, a jurist, an anthropologist, an edu- cator and a citizen. To fill these condi- tions a committee was selected, consist- ing of Vice President Stevenson, Chief Justice Fuller, Prof. Daniel G. Brinton of the University of Pennsylvania, Presi- dent Gilman of Johns Hopkins University and Robert G. Landourn of New York. The identity of the competitors was kept a secret from the judges, and last night the sealed verdict was rendered on the forty- three essays that had been submitted in competition up to the Ist of last March. The first prize was awarded Prof. Simon Newcomb, chief of the Nautical Almanac office, and the second to Prof. W. J. McGee ef the bureau of ethnology The five papers following winning | essays were so rly alike in merit that | no decision was en. These ys_will Probably be published in the nal of the Anthropological Society the coming year. in the course of | Provision for the Atiunta Exposition. | A bill will be presented to the House, pre- | pared by the subcommittee of the House committee on appropriations, calling for an appropriation of $15'.000 for a govern- ment exhibit at Atlant: and $50,000 for a building. Th two alternative pro- posals regar¢ building, one that the government shall emoved from | the Chicago grounds and re-/ n cutsid> cost of impracticabie tke | y is to direct the erection of a govern supervising urchitect at a cost of $50,000. the Steck Farms of Kentucks y of Agricuiture; | minister, and | feave Washir Peake and OF the stoc the | under escort 1 tative Berry of state. After leaving Kentucky the minis-} ter will visit Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago | and spend some time at the stock farm of M. W. Dunham, at Wayne, Dupage county, Ill, as the guest of its owner. The Capitol Given Over to the Watchmen Today. A Number of Conferences Were Held Away From That Building Prepara- tory to the Sugar Fight. ARE MAD House Democrats at Outs With Their Congressional Committee. ALL OVER A TARIFF CIRCULAR ——. Everything was closed and silent at the | Alleged Efforts to Influence Action _| Capitol today. Even the doors leading to the halls of legislation were locked, and the half dozen or so visitors who got in the building were confined to the corridors in thelr perambulations. During the day there were about two Representatives and four Senators in the building. None of the com- mittees held meetings, and there was abso- | lutely no business, either formal or in- formal, and no discussions in progress. The buildiag was practically given watchmen. ! on the Senate Scheme. MR. TARSNEY’S LETTER oe The democrats of the House do not get over their mad about the action of the con- up to the sressional committee in sending out as a In the morning the officials of |¢ampaign document a comparative state- the Capitol received word that Fitzgerald, | ment of the rates of duty under the House the anarchist, proposed to deliver a speech | and the Senate tariff bills. The action of from the Capitol steps. Prepai tion was | the committee is referred to as unheard of made to prevent his doing so, and on his | and utterly unwarranted. It is the function being Informed that he would get in trouble | of the committee to supply literature on if he made the attempt, he concluded that discretion was the better part of valor, and | kept away. While the statesmen were ab- accomplished legislation, while this, it is claimed, is intended to commit the party to sent from their usual haunts, it does not | the Cause of the Senate where there is a follow that nothing of importance was be- ing considered by them, or that the day passed entirely without incident. The Straggle Tomorrow. Tomorrow the greatest struggle over the tariff bill is expected, and considerable thought and discussion is being given to the matter, and a number of small con- ferences are being held away from the Capi- tol building. As is very generally under- stood, the sugar schedule, which is expected to come up for consideration in the Senate tomorrow, is the vital spot in the bill. ~ With a thorough conviction that free sugar would kill the bill, the republicans have been doing al! in their power to con- centrate their force so as to secure defeat to the Senate conipromise amendment giv- ing protection to the trust and the sugar growers. Yesterday, after a number of conferences, they were still divided on the question, but some hope was entertained that merely as a strategic move the whole party might be got to vote for free sugar. They counted then that if they could get the votes of Hill and Kyle, Irby and Mills, they would be able to defeat the committee and so endanger the bill. Cannot Be Depended On. Further conferences last night and today have developed the fact, as the managers believe, that it will be tmpossible to induce all the republicans to vote for free sugar, and also that the Senators on the democrat- ie side whose votes they had expected cannot be depended upon to assist, the ob- ject of the vote being known. It is there- fore practically a foregone conclusion that when the vote comes on sugar the commit- tee will be sustained, and the last hope the republicans have of killing the bill will have passed. . ——_-o-______ COMMERCE WITH BOMBAY. Reports From United States Consuls as to the Condition of Affairs. United States Consul Sommer at Bombay has made an exhaustive report to the De- partment of State upon the extent of the commerce between Bombay and the United States, with the purpose of showing that it would be largely increased by the estab- Ushment of a direct line of steamers and the reduction of freight rates. The consul at Calcutta also reports that there is a large and promising market in India for manufactured goods of cheap grade. There is also a considerable demand for the products of perfected machinery, for boots and shoes, for patent medicines, for notions of various kinds, for umbrellas, but above all for cotton goods, which constitute the universal clothing of the people. The Indian cotton ts only used for mixing with American staple to pen the product. The consul says that The United States is now deprived of this great market by the fact that our goods are of too high quality and too expensive for the people. We must give them what they want and not try to educate them up to our ideas. Our manu- facturers also show no interest in reaching the Indian market, and to succeed in en- larging their trade must send representa- tives to India or delegate exclusive agencies to established firms, to encourage them to advertise and push the goods. At present, however, the trade conditions of India are £0 unsettled, owing to the effort of the gov- ernment to force up the gold value of the rupee, that, until the gold stamdard or bi- metallism is permanently adopted, it is un- advisable to attempt to introduce new goods. ——__-o______ STATE BANK REPEAL. Record of Former Votes—How Some of the Members Sta: The debate in the House on resurrecting State banks gathers energy as it proceeds. It had been the purpose to get a vote this week, but the demand for them to speak has been so great that the debate is ex- pected to run through the next ten days. ‘The number of speeches scheduled is almost as great as that in the tariff debate. The state bank leaders have reached the conclusion since the debate began that they will command about 140 votes for one of the various plans of repeal. They say that with a full attendance of the House this vote may fall short of carrying the re- peal, but it will carry in an average at- tendance. These 140 votes represent a rapid growth of state bank strength since the last Con- gress, when the bill of Representative Rich- ardson (Tenn.) for the unconditional repeal of this tax secured only S4 votes, with 118 against, and 127 not voting. This vote of two years ago is now being recalled, as it puts on record many members of the pres- ent House. It shows that of the present members 58 are committed for repeal and 56 against. Those on record for repeal are: Abbott, Alderson, Alexander, Bailey, Baak- head, Bland, Boatner, Branch, Bunn, Cam!- netti, Capehart, Caruth, Catchings, Clarke (Ala), Cobb (Ala.), Cox, Crawford, Cul- berson, De Armond, Edmunds, English «NX. J), Enloe, Fithian, Geary, Goodnight, Grady, Harter, Henderson (N. C.), Jones. Kilgore, Kribbs, Kyle, Lane, Layton, Les- ter, Livingston, Mallory, McCreary, Mc- Millin, McRae, Meredith, Meyer, Montgom- ery, Moses, Oates, Patterson, Price, Rich- ardson (Tenn.), Robertson (La.), Sayers Snodgrass, Stone (Ky.), ‘Terry, Tr: Warner, Williams (111), Wilson (W. Va Wise. hose of the present House on record inst repeal of the bank tax are: Ar- ld, Betz, Brookshire, Brown, Bryan, Cobb (Mo.), Cooper (Ind.), Covert, Cum- mings Davis, Dingley, Dockery. Durborow, | Gorman, Grout, Hare, Hatch, Hayes, Hen- derson (Til), Henderson (lowa). Hermann, Holman, Hopkins (Ill Johnson (Ohio), Kem, L AR Special Disp: mond Girt E ca to T ed in that ation it that | do en William Dreydopple, the wholesale soap manufacturer of Philadelphia, made an as- signment Saturday for the benefit of credi- tors. | 000,000, and under the EH nt | more than 1.27 per cent. | that the governm conttict between the two houses not yet set- ted. If the Senate bill had already become a law, it would be right enough to defend it as far as possible. As yet it is not known which bill or what bill will become a law, and this circular is regarded as a defense of the Senate com- mittee,-which has not yet been indorsed by either House or Senate. To Whip the House Into Acceptance. It is charged that the action is an un- warranted attempt to use the congressional committee to whip the House into the ac- ceptance of the Senate scheme. It is the in- tention of the democratic leaders of the House to resist the Senate scheme to the extent of their ability. The conference comniittee on the part of the House will be composed of men who will hold to the House bill as long as they have the House behind them. A great deal of feeling has been aroused by the circular, and it is believed that the effect will be to retard rather than to hasten an agreement. The following letter written by Mr. Tarsney of the ways and means committee is spoken of in terms of approval by his colleagues in the House: Mr. Tarnney’s Letter. Tam in receipt from you of a circular let- ter of the 26th instant with inclosure of printed slip, in part purporting to be a tab- ulation showing comparative rates of taxa- tion fixed by the Wilson bill and the bill now pending in the Senate and assuming to show a difference in the average rates of the two bills‘of but 1.27 per cent. You request that I send one of said slips to each of the democratic newspapers pub- in my district, with request that the same be published in such papers. Believing that sald comparative statement is not predicated upon a fair or just basis for com parison and that the difference in the aver- age of rates of the two bills shown there- from is misleading; that the deductions in- tended to be drawn from such comparisen cannot be defended, I must respectfully de- cline the request to give publication to same in my district, when later I would character compelled to admit the misleading of such statement. If the average rates of based upon the rates articles in each bill—if’ ere ideriti- cal in the articles subject to taxation, the comparison would not be misleading; but as the average rate shown by the Senate bill 1s determined not only upon the rates fixed upon the articles enumerated in the Wilson bill, but also upon a large number of articles taken from the free list of that bill, the importations of which amount in value of $120,000,000, it certainly is mis- leading. This comparative statement shows an average rate upon the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill of 28.43 per cent, upon the same schedule of the Senate bill 39.59 per cent, thus purporting to show an in- crease of but 11.16 per cent in taxation upon sugar by the Senate bill over the House bill. Equally comprehensive and fair is your statement which shows that while under the McKinley law refined sugar is taxed one-half cent per pound and the average rate upon the sugar schedule under that law is 14.55 per cent, putting all sugars vpon the free list under the Wilson bill would raise the average rate to 28.43 per cent. pene The Wilson bill as passed by the House Placed all sugars upon the free list. Under the head of “sugar schedule” in that bill a few articles manufactured of sugar, such as confectiongry, etc., were enumerated and rates of taxation thereon fixed, the average of the rates thereon being 28.43 per cent. The Senate bill puts all sugars back on the taxed list with an average rate of 39.59 per cent, a very slight difference in figures, but @ substantial difference in taxation. The 28.43 per cent taxation under the sugar schedule of the Wilson bill would amount to $16,000. The 39.50 per cent under the Senate bill would amount to between $45,- 000,000 and $50,000,000. A careful examination of the figures of this statement relating to the other sched- tles will show, though not to the same de- gree as these, that while figures will not lie, they can be compiled so as to be very de- ceptive. ‘o demonstrate that any comparison not based upon the same identical articles will necessarily be unfair and misleading, I might suggest that if a law were framed practically in accordance with the English customs schedules, taxing only spirits, to- becco, and a few like articles of luxury, the average rate under such law would be much higher than that of the Wilson bill, the Senate bill, or the McKinley law. Yet the people, notwithstandirg such increase of the average rate, would be relieved of a very great burden of taxation. If our only purpose was to reduce the general average of our rates of taxation and not the burdens of taxation, we could have accomplished that by having no free list and putting the articles now on the free Mst upon the tax list with a nominal rat This would greatly reduce the general aver- age. This line having to a great extent been followed by the Senate accounts f the satisfactory general average which th show and present in the statement whi you ask me to have published. I think a less misleading, a more candid and fair statement to give out for publication would be that under the McKinley law the people are taxed annually $108,0W),000; under the Senate bill it is proposed to tax them $1 which shows a diff: something fully, JOHN C TARSNEY, pete § Rett ees Appropriations for Statistical Re- search. An investigation of mammoth propor- tions and involving an immense amount of research is contemplated in a, provision ccntained in the bill making appropria- tions for the Department of Agriculture for the next fiscal which recently passed the House. Of the $100,000 allotted division of the department 000 is to be expended in the bulation of data, showing ble the annual yield since ion of the government of all ul products, their cost of produc- mually, the cost of transportation ; from the place of production to nd the market prices. The so far as practicable, is to be States and subdivisions thereof. Pending action on the appropriation bill the Senate, no steps have been taken by the department having in view the be- ginning of the investigation proposed. re Dixextablishment. May > Standard says .s offered the Weish members of parliamen@ a pledge to make the Dill for the disestablishment of Welsh Church the first business of the next ses- ston. It does not intend to call an autumn seesion. hy We LONDON FORT The Supply Inadequate and of Inferior Quality. ay f Differences Between the Officers in Authority—The Pummet Run System. So much dissatisfaction has been caused at Fort Myer at the impurity of the water obtained there always, through the system of wells, and the inadequate silpply re- ceived there during the dry seasons of the summer, that serious intentions cf again advocating the adoption of the Pummet run plap. for furnishing drinking and cooking water to the soldiers of the fort are being discussed. While the Aqueduct bridge coffer dam system has proved an unqualified success, so far as the supply is concerned, the quality of the water fur- nished has prevented it being used for other than horse and cleaning purposes, and the sewerage of Georgetown is known to affect it so much that water is only drawn up on the ebb tide. It was the original intention of the pro- moters of the Fort Myer supply to have the water furnished through the District system by way of the Aqueduct bridge, | thus giving the fort the same quality of water used by us, but owing to the passage of the bill introduced by Senator Allison prohibiting the use of District water by other than District people that part of the plan had to be abandoned. In the meantime, Col. Henry of the fort, and others in power, had looked into thé Pum- met run system, and were strongly in favor of its adoption, but Quartermaster General Batchelor, one of the promoters of the District connection plan, in view of the fact that the contractor had already laid nearly 5,000 feet of pipe, contended for and succeeded in having the coffer dam system adopted. The Pummet run, or Little Falls system, provided for the furnishing of the fort with water either from the run or the river proper through the construction of a reser- voir, to hold from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 gallons at all times, which would furnish a supply in the warmest season of adequate proportions. There was some slight objec- tion to the Pummet run plan (exclusively) from the fact that the government did not control the upper portion of the stream and consequently could not absolutely control the water. The site on which it was proposed to con- struct the reservoir is fifty-three feet above the highest point on the fort. The present system can store up but 100,000 gallons of water a minute, a meager amount in times of emergency. The Pummet run or Little Falls system could store up millions of gal- lons. The present system of wells through which the drinking and household water is supplied furnishes but 10,000 gallons dur- ing dry seasons, while 60,000 are said to be needed. It is confidently believed by those in a position to know that the Pummet run, or Little Falls, plan would have been worked for unitedly by all concerned but for the | severe differences which are said to exist | between Col. Henry, the ruling power at the fort, and Quartermaster Gen, Batche- lor, whose assistance in such cases is very valuable. Certain it is though that some- thing must be done to remedy the quality and increase the quantity of the Fort Myer water supply. Col. Henry will endeavor now to secure the adoption of the Pummet run system by showing the absolute neces- sity of such a movement. The same pumps now being used at the Aqueduct could be transplanted with entire satisfac- tion at the Chain bridge. _— THE POSTAL TELEGRAPH. She Postmaster General's Reasons for mtroduction of the A few days ago the chairman of the House committee on interstate commerce sent a copy of a bill providing for the in- corporation of a telegraph system with the postal service to Postmaster General Bis- sell, with the request that he furnish the | committee with such suggestions touching | the measure as he might deem proper. In his reply the Postmaster General, among | other things, says: ‘The question of com- | bining with the already existing form of | postal service the application of the quicker | method of the telegraph and the telephone has, I am aware, been very fully enlarged upon by many of my predecessors. I have the Impression, however, that the bills and arguments heretofore presented to Congress did not contemplate the governmental own- ership of an entire telegraph system as pro- vided for in the bill now before you. Consideration of Various Claims. From the postal standpoint, the ground taken has been that if the Postmaster Gen- eral were given authority to establish a limited post ana telegraph service, and as | well permission to contract with telegraph | companies for the transmission of postal telezrams, it would be made possible, | through a telegraph bureau of the Post | Oifice Department, to take charge of the transmission and ‘delivery of postal tele- grams at greatly reduced rates, * * * Another reason which has been given for the inauguration of the postal telegraph is, that other countries have successfully, and with profit, carried on the same for years, | and this country snould be quick to give to | its people all of the advantages which are possessed elsewhere. While the reasons mentioned above may not be all, yet they are the leading reasons | which have, in the past, led to the recom- mendations for the new service; and I have | thought it worth while to bring the same to your attention in advance of any general | remarks I may desire to submit. DiMiculties That May Arise. How far the present organization, without disadvantage to the legitimate postal serv- ice, could be utilized for the telegraph serv- | ice, and what the additiofial and direct out. | { | | | |lays that would have to bé incurred would | amount to because of adding this new fea- | ture to the postal service, are yet very un- |certain. Any estimates ‘must’ be conjec- tural, the extent to which the present force ould be used being unknown, * . . “To undertale sich service simply | through the instrumentality of the present | | organization would tend to cripple the isting service, bec: ‘e the present organiza- tion is without : and, besides, it | would result, Hihood, in an im- perfect postal and could not ore be made to the pub- | en at reduced rat The public right- would expect better service and cheap- er rates through gover control, and | | there would -have to be sufficient latitude given the Postmaster General to enable |him to accomplish both these features, | should Congress legislate in favor of the |new service, even should it necessitate ex- | penditures in excess of receipts.” | In eonclusion, the Postmaster General In- forms the committee that the statement of the English postal department for 180% shows that the introduction of the postal | telegraph in Great Britain resulted in an; actual loss in ten years of more thaw $16,- 500,000, and adds that this showing would go very far toward sustaining the belief of | the department that the creation of a posial telegraph in this country would greatly add | to the general deficiency of the Post Office Department. He consequently informs the committee that he does not believe the pro- | posed postal telegraph bill (H. R. No. 4478) | should become a la | es | Plundered the State. RUTLAND, Vt., May 30.—Governor Ful- ler, prompted by exposures made by the newspapers of this city, has removed from | offige John B. Mcore and John D. Spellman, | special prosecutors in this city unler the prohibitcry liquor Jaw, for the alleget ma- nipulation of the machinery of the law so as) to collect costs cn Mquor cases, and thus | plunder the state of thousands.’ The deal- ers appealed from the lower courts with | such success that they were discharged in the higher courts, and the payment of costs in hundreds of cuses devolved upon the state. —__+—__-—— Fatal Derailment of a Passeng Train, OFF THE TRACK NEAR MARSHFIELD, WIS. Officials Believe That a Crime Has Been Committed. FOUR DEAD, OTHERS MISSING MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 30.—A dispatch to the Evening Wisconsin from Marshfield, Wis., says: “Train No. 4 on the Wisconsin Central road was wrecked here this morning, and the cars, taking fire, a terrible loss of life followed. Four persons are dead, four others are missing, supposed to have been burned to death, and from fifteen to twenty injured, some of them fatally. Among the dead are the engineer, fireman, brakeman and a man named Tweedy. All are being cared for at Marshfield. “A nut had been taken off the switch, allowing it to get loose. Train No. 4 jumped the track.” What the Railway Officials 5: At the office of General Manager Whit- comb it was stated that the accident hap- pened at 1:15 a. m., and that the wrecked train was the south-bound limited from Minneapolis to Chicago. It was a fairly heavy traia, and was running at the usual rate of speed when it struck the open switch and went off on a straight piece of level track. The baggage and mail cars, the smoker and second day coach, and two of the three sleepers left the track, and nearly all the cars, except one of the two were either burned or badly The names of the trainmen known to have been killed are: James Hubbard, engineer, of Stevens’ Point; George Gearhart, fire- man, of Stevens’ Point; Judson Bigelow, brakeman, of Stevens’ Point; —- Russell, a civil engineer in the employ of the com- pany. Three or four members of the train crew are reported missing and it is thought that they are beneath the wreck. Several pas- sengers are not yet accounted for, and may also be dead. None of the passengers in the sleepers were injured, but tweive or fifteen in the smoking car and day coach were injured. All the injured were taken to Marshfield, where they are receiving every possible at- tention. The bodies of the trainmen were taken to Stevens’ Point. ‘The man referred to as “Tweedy” cannot be identified. It is thought he was a con- tractor. The opinion strongly prevails in official circles of the Central that the wreck was panera of criminal tampering with the switca, re WILL GET OIL FROM RUSSIA. Result of a Conference Between G Producers at Chicago. SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 30.—In connection with the current stories outlining the plans of Russian and American capitalists to es- tablish a line of steamships to be operated on the Pacific ocean, in connection with the great Russian railroad soon te be completed in Viadivostock, it is now stoutly asserted here that the principal port for the steam- ship company will be San Diego. It has heretofore been claimed that capitalists largely in the Santa Fe railroad are closely identified with the Russians in this scheme. Gen, Thomas Sedgwick, San Diego's har- bor engineer, gave further information of the scheme today. He states that, since in August last, he has been furnishing the in terested persons with technical particulars concerning Sun Diego harbor. He had been required, however, to keep the matter a secret. Now that he ts free to talk, he gave the substance of a letter, recently received by him from a friend connected with the lan department of the Santa Fe road. His friend informed him that representatives of the Santa Fe Compan Company and the Rus: Gavetsky, representing the Amoor igi tion of Viadivostock, for the purpose of organizing a steamship line between that Russian port and San Diego. It is a well-known fact that the Standard Oli Company not a great while ago formed a combination with the Russian Oil Com- pany for the purpose of controlling the world’s supply of petroleum. It is claimed here that it is the plan of the two great companies to have the western part of the United States supplied from the Russian wells, an undertaking that would in reallty be more economical than the present meth- od of transporting ofl scross the continent from Pennsylvania and Ohio. The Amoor Navigation Company is owned by Sibierlakow, who is also the principal owner of the Siberian Transcontinental rail- road, which at present handles the greater part of the oil output of that country, as well as other commerce with the Siberian por’ The determination of the oll combine to establish a line to America has evidently caused the Santa Fe stockholders to take advantage of the situation of affairs and endeavor to secure the tremendous traffic which would naturally follow the establish- ment of such a line of steamships. —<——__ GOVERNORS FOR ARBITERS. A Proposition to Which the Striking Miners Will Agree. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 30.—A number of ecal consumers and mine operators of the region surrounding Pittsburg are making an effort te have the governors of the coal- producing stetes act as a body-of arbitra- tion between the operators and miners. This course was decided on after a private conference in this city, and telegrams were sent to the governors of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Ulinois and Iowa ing them to form a board whose duties shall be a peaceable and equitable solu- tion of the coal mining strikes. Favorable responses were received from Gov. Pattison of Pennsylvania, McKinley of Ohio, Matthews of Indiana and Jackson of Iowa. All expressed their willingness to serve on such a board, if requested. Gov. McCorkle of West Virginia was absent. Gov. Altgeld of Illinois replied that he feared little could be accomplished, as the board could not compel submission on the part of the operators who precipitated the strike, For the miners, Patrick McBryde said he believed the men were willing to have theis case adjudicated by the gentlemen named. ARMIES OF THE WEST. Washington Industrials at Helena—A Cleveland Organization. HELENA, Mont., May 30.—Helena has succeeded in getting rid of the Montana corps of the commonwea! armiy, 300 strong, but she now has on her hands about as many of the Washington army. However, citizens are not wasting much time on them, If they do not keep strictly within the eity onlinances they will be arrested us vagrants. The leaders say that 3,000 of the Washington army will pass through this city in the next two weeks. They travel in squads of ten or twenty, stealing rides on trains, and Helena being a central point, they stop off to rest and recruit. CLEVELAND, 0., May 30.—Robert C. MacCauley, recently a member of Sullivan's commonweal army, has started an army of his own in this city, and has enrolled seventy-four recruits. TWO CENTS. MYER'S WATERISWITCH WAS BROKEN|FRESHET INTHENORTHWEST THE PATRIOT DEAD The Fraser River Becomes a Raging | Torrent. Death and Destruction Dealt at Every Point—Houses Swept Away and Valleys Submerged. | | VANCOUVER, B. C., May 30.—The Frazer river has become a raging torrent and is dealing destruction and death at every point. The surrounding valleys have been submerged, houses and outbuildings of ranchers have been swept away, and where but a few days ago waving fields of growing grain met the eye is now but a waste of water. Whole villages on the banks of the stream are floating. So far eight lives are known to have been lost. At Langley a little boy fell from a porch of the Langley Hotel and was swept away by the flood. The hotel was afterward washed from its foundations. The entire town is flooded. The whole of Langiey prairie is now under water, and the island, on which is the Indian reservation, ts en- tirely under water. Four Indians, who were trying to tow some cattle from a ridge on the island behind their canoes to the mainland, were capsized and three of them drowned. The dead bodies of three men and a little girl were found on Hatztic prairie, entangled among floating trees. Many other bodies are reported as having been seen in the stream in other localities, but so terrible is the current that all attempts at rescue were futile. At Morris steamers are sailing right across where farms used to be; farmers, fearing to remain longer, are taking passage on steamers and bringing their families here. The towns of Chillawack, Harrison and Centerville have been almost entirely inundated and it has been with difficulty that the inhabitants have escaped with their lives. The damage done to the Canadian Pa- cific road tracks is very serious all along the line. At Hatztic the dyke has en- urely given away and 60 rds of road rave been carried away. At Nicomen the whole town is under water. Traffic over the railroad is entirely stopped, no train having arrived from the east since May = No mail has been received or dispatch- At Hatztie prairie and Griffin Lake 500 men with six work trains are busily engaged endeavoring to repair the tracks. At places it is proposed to throw hawsers across the chasms and in this way transfer the mails to the western side of the breaks. Every farmer and rancher at Hetztic Prairie 18 ruined. The latest reports says the Matzqui dyke has caved in and the country is all flooded. Reports from be- yond Mission City cannot be obtained, for the wires are down. The Mission railroad bridge, one of the largest on the road, is expected to go every hour, The Salmon Arm bridge collapsed yesterday afternoon. At Yale the river is rising two inches an hour. SPOKANE FALLS, Wash., May 30.—The Spokane river has been at a standstill «ll day. There has been 10 further damage here from high water. The reports from the Couer D'Alene region are that the rivers are slowly falling. At Lewiston the Nake and Clearwater are higher than ever known before and are still rising. SEATT! Wash., May 30. The Puget TBe proof of the pudding is in 6e eafing. Yesterday's Star confained 48 cofumns of adverfisemenfs, made up of 938 separate announce: menfs. These advertisers fous§f pubficitp—not merefp Space. Flowers Are Laid Upon Their Graves Today. SERVICES AT THE VARIOUS CEMETERIES The Veterans and Their Military Escort to Arlington. CLOUDS AND RAIN neennana nanos The uncertain weather which prevailed today detracted a good deal from the zest of the celebration of Memorial day in this city. It is a day the observance of which is associated with sunny skies and the balmy air of a bright spring day, and these conditions are all the more delightful be- cause the exercises are held in the open air. However, in addition to the pleasure in taking part in the beautiful celebration of the day, there is a patriotic duty which is recognized not alone by the old soldiers, the survivors of the late war, but by thou- sands of the newer generation who desire to show their appreciation of martial vaior and their sense of obligation to the men who laid down their lives on the altar of their country’s preservation. So it happens that whether it rains or shines, whether nature is robed in her garb of gladness or presents a cold and chilling aspect, Decora- tion day is celebrated. Flowers are laid upon the graves of the patriotic dead, words are spoken of gratitude and of love and of appreciation, and the memories of those who passed away in the great civil conflict are revived and cherished. The gelebration today in all its details was elaborate and complete. Services were held in all the cemeteries where the Union dead in any nembers rest. The green mounds were strewn with flowers which the committee on decoration had had placed at their disposal in unusual quantities. It was Department Commander Bickford. found that the children in the publi¢ schools entered into the spirit of the occa- sound ri entirely cut off frot rail with the east. ‘Thed sion with great heartt: Great Northern, Northern al U "Pacifie roa: are all it of the floods. On the first-named road the waters on the Frazier river are higher than they have been known for twenty years, and a vast expanse of territory is under water, much damage having been done to farms and to the railroad pro; The bridge across the Columbia river at Revelstoke has been washed ai . The Skagit river is falling rapidly, and the Washouts on the coast lines will be repaired | in a day or two. In the immediate vicinity of the city the high waters are rapidly re- ceding, and no further damage is expected. > A WASHINGTON Boy. Mr. Geo. L, Douglass Urged for Con- &ress Out in Kans: Another Washington boy has achieved Signal success in another section of the country which he has adopted as a home, and his friends here will feel a slow of pride at the news which comes from Kansas in relation to Mr. George L. Doug- less, the son of ex-District Commissioner John W. Douglass. Some years ago he went out into the far western commonwealth and quickly gained recognition for his ster- lng qualities and eminent abilities. He was elected to the Kansas legislature as a re- publican several times, and last session had the honor of being selected as the speaker of the lower house. The republi- can delegation of Sedgwick county to the republican state convention has just issu- ed an address to their fellow delegates call- ing upon them to nominate Mr. Douglass for Congressman-at-large. The address speaks of Mr. Douglass in most complimentary terms and refers to his brilliant record in language of the highest praise. WASHINGTON TOMB. Floral Tributes Carried to Mt. Vernon by Loving Hi im. Memorial day was celebrated at Mount Vernon with an unusual tribute of flowers. The decorations were, perhaps, more elab- crate than on any other Memorial day within the history of the hallowed ground. Superi:.tendent Dodge and his corps of as- sistants did noble decorative work. The en- trance to the tomb was embowered in potted plants and graceful ferns, while rare blos- soms almost hid the sarcophagus. Wreaths of bright green, lighted with sweet flowers, had prominent places in the display, and even the gate and fence were hung with wreaths, festoons and flowers. The na- tional colors were conspicuous, and aided in the patriotic picture. President Cleveland sent a mass a | choice roses, and these were placed inside | the gate of the tomb. Mrs. Washington of} West Virginia, a descendant of the father of his country, sent some beautiful flowers, and Col. John M. Wilson, commissioner of public buildings and grounds, sent down a lavish supply of memorial bloom. Inside the tomb the damp moldy odor gave w to the fragrant scents of spring, and bright- ness of the place today was in strong con- trast to the gloom that commonly per- | vades it. ‘The sarcophagus was inhumed in flowers. They rested upon it, and many of the offer- ings sent from distant parts were arranged around its base. The grave of Mrs. Washington showed, also, that republics are not ungrateful. bride roses weighted the air with perfume; Mary Washington roses bloomed in great luxurian, and at the tomb was a pillow of American beauties. Those who visited Mount Vernon say that the decorations surpass anything of the kind attempted there in prior years. ——— The Body at Mount Vernon. Mrs. Moskovits went to Mount Vernon today and viewed the body of the unknown man who had been found in the Potomac near that place. The remains were taken from the g>ave for the purpose of identifi- cation, but it was found that decomposi- tion had advanced so far that it was im- possible for her to identify the features. She was inclined to think that the coat and vest resembled the garments worn by her husband when he disappeared. The Pants worn by the dead mar were serge, while Mrs. Moskovits states that her hus- Clusters and designs of La France and | for and distributed. The monuments throughout the city were decorated by the G. A. R. committee, and in aga was the observance of the day ing. THE PARADE. A Military Escort to the G. A. R. Posts to the Bridge. A military escort of imposing length an@ appearance led the procession of the vet- erans of the posts of the Department of the Potomac this morning from their head- quarters, opposite Willard Hotel, on their march to Arlington. The old comrades were in Ine along the south side of Pennsyl- vania avenue from 13 1-2 street to 15th street before 10 o'clock. They stood there at rest, waiting for their escort to put in an appearance. As the eye glanced down the line of blue coats of the Grand Army untform and noted the grizzled beards and the gray hair and the stooping form it needed no other reminder of the fact that the years were passing and that the period of the war was getting more remote. Each post as it stood together in line had its distinctive appearance, in spite of the uniform dress. One or two were accom- panied by drum abd fife corps, and the little fellows that co. these furnished in fine style the martial strains which kept the feet ofthe veterans in time. A throng of spectators gathered along the sidewalks on both sides of the avenue and watched the formation of the line. The overcast skies had been prudently by the old soldiers, and they had supplied themgelves with umbrellas, which served, however, very well for canes when not needed for the approaching. As the soldierly battalions came in sight the old veterans briskly into line and presented as A front as possible. At the head rode Gen. Ordway, the commanding officer of the District guard, and with him were the mem- bers of his staff. Two regiments of the guard, as well as the light battery, the first and second separate companies and the ambulance corps, were well represented and ital City Guard, fell in behind. As the two lines paralleled an involuntary contrast was made. The grizzled veterans, their battles over, end their fighting days closed, looked upon the succession of military to a later generation. They saw their sons, as it were, taking the places which once filled. The manly bearing and the training which the youngsters displayed no doubt gave the veterans a thrill of satisfac- tion. militia reached the f When the District point of rendezvous there was no pause, the procession continued, the old veterans falling in, and the march proceeded up the avenue to the Aqueduct bridge, where the parade was dismissed, the Grand Army posts continuing to Arlington. AT ARLINGTON, The President is a Visitor and Wit nesses the Ceremonies. Rarely, if ever, has historic Arlington looked as beautiful as it did today. All that Was needed to make the scene one long to be remembered by thore who made the annual | Pilgrimage to this famous cemetery was @ | bright and sunny sky. This could not be, | however, and above the spot where lie 50 | many thousands of the nation’s heroes and martyred dead hung lowering clouds that occasionally gave out light drops of water as though they, too, were shedding tears for the men who rest on fame's eternal camping ground. The exercises which mark Memorial day jat Arlington were unusually beautiful and | impressive, and every effort had been made on the part of those in charge of the cere- monies to make them even more attractive than in years gone by. Thousands trod the walks of this beautiful city of the dead; thousands came in carriages, but one and | all brought tributes of love and affection to | place upon the graves of their dead Many there were in the crowd who were paying a visit of love and devotion to the band had on checked trousexs. Her visit to Mount Vernon proved to be fruitless. “(Continued on Sixth paged