Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. = PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Aveans Cor, 11th fk by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. Hl KACPFMANN. Prest. OfSoe, 49 Pottar Building, tar is erred to subscribers Im the ~a their own account, at 10 cents *. per month Copies at the counter mail—anywhere in the United —pestage prepald—30 vents per New York 1 subserint r.) ptions must be paid ip advance, ertising made known op application. Che Lvening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,901. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. EX-SPEAKER REED His Utterances on the Subject of Silver and the Tariff. SIGNIFICANCE ATTACHED 10 THEM In View of His Supposed Aspira- tions for the Presidency. COMMENTS OF POLITICIANS The utterance of ex-Speaker Reed on silver and the tariff coming way back from London is regarded by politicians who are particularly interested in national affairs as one of the most significant outgivings which have recently attracted attention. The politician may attach too much importance to this interview and put upon ft an inter- pretation not intended by Mr. Reed. How- ever this may be, the Interview is liable to bear fruit. Mr. Reed is not the first promi- Bent republican who has recently associ- wed the silver and tariff questions with the isgestion that the two should be settied gether. Mr. Lodge, in his speech on the tariff bill, conveyed about the same idea, and Mr. Cameron, in a speech, which has attracted more attention among Senators than with the public, advocated free silver and protection as indivisibiy associated. Senator Pettigrew had previously argued on the same line. The trend of thought here for some time and the marner in which republicans re- ceived the suggestion of increased silver currency as a feature of rediprocal trade gives a significance to the proposition which may not be appreciated fuily outside of po- Kitical circies. Everything that Reed says or does is regarded as the utterance or ac- ton of an aspirant to the presidency, and is commented upon with that in view. Direct Bearing on the Presidency. This particular utterance, however, is re- garded as more directly bearing on his am- bition for the future than anything else with which his name has recently been as- sociated. Reed unquestionably has his eye on the presidential nomination. It is doubt- ful whether in giving an interview to a foreign journal he considered its bearing on his political future. He hit, however, upon @ subject which is regarded by the leading men of both parties in Congress as one of the most vitally important to the next cam- aign for the presidency. Even not considering the division in the democratic purty over the silver question and the prospects that that party has be- fore it between the conservative and the free silver element at its next national con- Yention, the republicans themselves have had an experience during the present tariff contest which convinces the politicians, though it may not be so clear to the busi- Mess men of the country, that some step Must be taken to placate the western re- Publicans if the party is to be held to- gether in its entirety. The republicans can never concede as much to the silver people as the democrats are about to be compelled to, and, indeed, no such concessions are demanded of them by the western element of the party. A conservative recognition of that element is, it has become apparent, necessary. The lack of sympathy on the part of the silver republicans in the Senate with their party associates of the east has been shown throughout the tariff fight, and they have sald, in so many words, emphasizing it by their actions, that in the general scheme of Protection they intend to demand the same Fecognition of their industry of mining which the party gives to the manufacturing = of the east. Whether there is any or consistency in this proposition does not affect. the question. The western silver men are holding constantly before the eyes of the representatives of the east the threat, impited or direct, that they will take no more interest in the welfare of the toilers in the factory than the eastern men are willing to show for the toilers in the west- trn mines. A Serious Menace. ‘The fact that Stewart has already desert- ed the republican party may not count for much, but the menace of others is more serious. The indifference with which Tel- ler, Dubots and nearly all the men from the new states and the old silver states have watched the democratic assault upon the tariff has occasioned considerable alarm. They have not actually given aid id comfort to the democrats, but they ve held off from their own party and persisted in associating the silver with the tariff, so as to hold out always the sug- gestion that there is an association between the two kinds of protection, and that they must consicer their own local interests as Superior to the local interests of the New England and the middle states. They have been holding out the suggestion that some- thing must be done for them or that they will lose Interest in the eastern wing of the party. To an eastern man, ambitious for the pres- dency, it is very important that this indif- ference should be overcome. The problem which {s perplexing some of the strongest men in the party ts how to hold the party together without any great sacrifice of the sound financial policy as the east under- Stands It. It is appreciated by all the lead- ing republicans outside of the little band of silverites that the republican party can never be and should never be led to espouse the cause of free silver under present condl- tons or adopt any other wild inflationist idea. It is anticipated, with good reason, that the democrats will, at their next na- tional convention, make free coinage of silver the leading issue. As it stands now the difference of opinion on the tariff ques- tion Is the only thing that keeps the silver re Hears and the democrats apart. The politics of the democrats in adopting the principle of protection (though fllogically applied) in thelr tariff bill {s to obscure this difference as much as possible, and in @ measure they have succeeded. It is calculated by those men who make the free coinage of silver an article of faith that with a tariff bili passed and disposed of during this Congress, especially a bill that does not repudiate protection, that = will be a dead issue in 1896, and that all who agree on silver can come to- gether on a free coinage platform, regard- less of their opinions on cther questions end their previous party aMillation. Farsighted View of the Case. It may be questioned whether Mr. Reed had this situation in mind when giving out his interview, but he is credited with this farsighted view of the case and with a purpose to checkmate any effort to divide the republican party on sectional lines, and to place himself in advance of all competi- tors for the presidential nomination. There is no danger of any one’s suspecting Reed of abandoning the well established finan- celal policy of his party. He ts not a silver man and there fs no ger of his becoming one, but it is held | by politicians that if he can consistently, | With his principle. present a plan looking | to the remonetization of silver, it will be a | big stride for him toward the presidential romination. The interpretation which is put upon his utterances is indicated by the promptness wich which all the strong Reed gen in Congress hasten to approve what he has said and to attach to his utterances Sreat significance. There is a very strong element in both Houses of Congress at the head of which stands Reed, who believe that the most brilliant stroke that could be made by the republican party at this time would be to anticipate the democrats im the settlement of the silver question in & way to give to silver its proper place in our currency. Reed has been giving the Question most profound study, and it Is pretty generally eded that he is a man of great intellectual capacity. —-e-+ For District Volunteers. Representative Herman of Oregon has in- troduced a bill in the House, directing the Secretary of War to present a silver medal to the officers and soldiers of the twenty-one companies of District troops who were the| first to render service for the defense of Washington prior to April 18, 1863 | 105 pounds, revolutions YZ, the horse powei AN ISLAND FOR A PRIZE| TROOPSORDEREDOUT |THE COLUMBIA Race Between a British and a Hawaiian Steamer. Mongolians Want the Right to Vote— An Effort te Secure Portuguese Laborers in Their Stead. HONOLULU, May 20.—Per steamer Aus- tralia via San Francisco, June 2. ' The steamer Iwalani, the island vessel, sailed last evening in a race with the En- glish cruiser Champion, the prize being an island not yet claimed by any country. On the steamer Warrimoo, from British Columbia, a few days ago was a passenger named Reid, who claimed an audience with the executive council He announced the fact that the English government intended | to lay a cable from Australia to the United States in the near future, but did not in- tend to touch Hawaii. The plan was to have a connecting point between Australia and America at Johnson Island, a small Piece of land slightly north. The provision- | al government Cecided to send an officer to | the island with the power to raise the} Hawailan flag, thus securing the govern-| ment the chance to have the proposed cable | touch here. | At the time the Iwalani started the Cham- pion was preparing to leave. This, it was understood, was on the same missian. The ttle steamer had an hour's start, and as it is one of the swiftest vessels in the island service, it wiil have a good chance to reach the island first, and thus defeat the plans of those on board the Champion. Mougolians Want to Vote. R. W. Irwin, Hawaiian minister to Japan, arrived here unexpectediy May 14 with im- portant dispatches to the government In re- | gard to the franchise for Japanese residents | here. The mikado threatens to withdraw the Japanese laborers and restrict further immigration if his subjects are not given voting franchises. The planters are now making strenuous efforts to obtain Portu- guese laborers from the Azores, and a com- mission probably will be sent by today steamer to Portugal to obtain this end. The Chinese have also claimed the fran- chise, and so petitioned the government. The constitutional convention meets next Wednesday, and delegates are arriving daily from the other islands. Work at Pearl Harbor. The work at Pearl harbor is progressing rapidiy. Borings have been made ali over the proposed entrance, to a depth of thirty feet, and not a sign of rock or coral has been encountered. Lieut. Woods, who is in charge of the engineer party, says the har- bor bids fair to be the finest in the world. —>___. MR. GORMAN MUCH BETTER. The Maryland Senator Had a Good Rest and Ate Breakfast. BALTIMORE, Md., June 2.—A special to the News frorh Laurel, Md., says: Senator Gorman was much better this morning. Dr. Verdi stayed with him last night. The Sen- ator is partaking of his meals and obtain- ing fairly good rest at night. His secretary arrived from Washington this morning, and Mr. Gorman will now probably attend to some of his correspondence. —_=__ THE PAY OF LABORERS. House Resolution in Regard to th Commissioners’ Action. The House of Representatives has taker cognizance of the action of the District Commissioners in reducing the wages of unskilled laborers hired by the District goverrment to $1 per day. Congressman Goldzier of Mlinois introduced a resolu- ton this morning cailirg upon the District Commissioners for information why this action upon their part was taken. “I am a Coxeyite,” said Mr. Goldzier, “to the extent of believing that a day is not too much to pay for labo! Mr. Newlands of Nevada said he thought this is not a time for economy, it is a time for extravagance. He said that a rich government ought to undertake all the improvements possible and give work to a§ many men as possible. Rich men ought to spend their money at this time so that it will benetit lsbor. Several other Congressmen evidenced a desire to spesk on the rezolution, among them Mr. Kilgore of Texas, but Mr. Gold- zier demanded a vote. This demand was resisted and the point of no qucrum made. After filibustering for some time Mr. Ktl- gcre withdrew his point and moved the reference of the resolution to the District of Columbia committee and this motion was agreed to, —_—_\_o+______ COLUMBIA’S INJURIES. They Were Not Serious Enough to Stop Her Trial Trip. Naval officials are indignant at the per- sistent efforts of certain prejudiced people to make it appear that the Columbia sus- tained serious damage on her recent trial trip, ‘he accident happened as the ship was going down the river and was so slight a8 not to interfere in the least with Ler trial and inspection at sea during the suc- seeding forty-eight hours, during which she Was put through all sorts of maneuvers and subjected to great strains in all parts of the hull without even starting a leak at or near the part that scraped the bottom. ‘The real extent of the damage can only be determined by an examination of the bull}| im dry dock, and untii that is made it is} idle to speculate on the subject. i ‘The report of the naval board on the en-| gine trials of the Columbia on her recent trial trip has been received at the Navy | Department. It shows that with six boil-| ers and three screws in use, steam pressure developed was 6,579, at a speed of 16. knots. At 10.06 knots, with one screw, 128 pounds of steam and 73.7 revolutions, the! engines showed 1,751 horse power. At 18.4/ knots, three screws, all boilers, 13% pounds | of steam and 106 revolutions, the horse power was 9,757. -— PRINTERS’ LEAVES OF ABSENCE. The Controller Will Be Governed by the Court of Claims Decision. The public printer had a brief interview with First Controller Bowles yesterday in regard to the leave of absence pay of the printers recently discharged from the gov- ernment printing office. He did not submit the question for an opinion, but mereiy quired if the controller would be governed by a recent decision of the Court of Claims involving the principle at issue. That de- cision was adverse to the ciaims of the printers. The controller said he would un- doubtedly follow the line of that decision, and the interview closed with the remark by the public printer that “it was just what he expected." This leaves the settlement of the question to Congress. ee ‘Treasury Promotions. The following promotions have been made in the classified service of the Treasury De- partment: Office of Secretary—Chas, H. Dow, New York, from $1,800 to $i,1W0; J. A. Towner, New York, from $1,600 to $1,800; J. A. Cas- ady, New York, from $1,400 to $1,800; A. D. Carre, Missouri, from $1,400 to $1,600. Sixth auditor's officee—M. A. Moore, Flo- rida, from $1,200 to $1,400; T. H. Smith, Vir- ginia, from $1,000 to $1,200; Miss 3 Hall, Penrsylvania, from $1,000 to $1,200; V ie Reeves, Tennessee, from $00 to$1,000; A. F. Hellman, Pennsylvania, from 3900 to $1,000, Incorporated Today. The Columbia Turnverein was today in- corporated by articles filed by H. H. Berg- | mann, F. A. Eckstein, Geo. W. Spier, Julius H. Duehring and Alfred E. Wild. | The objects of the association are stated to be “the mutual, physical and mental perfection of its members.” Militia to Disperse Riotous Strikers in Indiana. STOPPING TRAINS AND DEFYING LAW Sheriffs Are Unable to Secure Posses. EFFORTS TO AVOID SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., June 2.—The gov- ernor has ordered out the militia, Nine | ecmpanies, including one of artillery, will | start immediately for the coal fields by special train. * Sheriff Leming and Judge Heffron of Pavies county last night appealed to the! governor for troops to quell the striking miners, who had seized trains on the Bal- timore and Ohio Southwestern, and are not | only refusing to let any coal pass, but ac ing in a lawless and insolent manner, de- | fying the sheriff when he read to them a} restraining order issued by the local court. ' ‘The sheriff states that he is unable to organize a posse of citizens large enough to , cope With the strikers, who refused to acknowledge service of process. A large party of striking miners stopped | two westbound freight trains on the Van- dalla just east of brazil, Ind., and searched it for coal in spite of the governor’s proc- jamation and the assertion of the sheriff that he would prevent such aetion. ‘The trains were stopped by box cars being | pushed in front of the approaching trains. No coal was found and they were released. A dispatch received from Sullivan, lud., says that Sheriff Mills, upon instructions of the governor, is endeavoring to collect @ posse of fifty deputies to go to Shel- bourn, six miles away to move the coal trains. The sheriff ts having a hard time to secure men, and merchants and clerks ave taking to the woods to avold service. ‘Tne sympathy of the citizens is generally with the miners. There was considerable =2riti- cism on the part of the citizens in the min- img region of the governor's delay in or- dering out the militia after his proclama- tion to the effect that he would do so. ‘The day was not far udvanced when the aspect of affairs In the mine regions as- sumed a very serious phase. This was caused by the reports which were received from the Shelburne and Washington mining districts, which told of the determined stand the miners had taken to prevent the moving of coal trains in spite of the gover- nor’s warning. Gov. Matthews and Adjt. Gen. Robbins held frequent conferences by noon, and a few minutes past 12 o'clock the governor decided to order out the militia. There are forty-four companies of available men, each having forty-five men. Nine com- panties, including one of artillery, will go at ones to the scene of trouble. The governor, at noon, received a message from the sheriff of Davies county stating that all hope of a settlement of the difficulty had been abandoned and that the situation was more alarming. He renewed his re- quest for troops. The adjutant general was ordered by the governor to call for nine companies. Four of them are from Indianapolis. A Gatling | gun squad from this city was also ordered out. The governor declines to announce the name of the comparies until later in the | day. The route the troops will follow is secret for the present, this plan being adopted to! prevent an interception of the soldiers while) on the way. The adjutant general at once began arranging for a special train to carry the troops from here. It is to leave as soon as In readiness. The aggregute number of | soldiers is 450 men. A point for massing bereced og rey may proceed to Cannelsburg toget many of the details were left in ‘the day. Sow Federal Troops in Indian Territory. ATOKA, I. T., June 2.—Two companies of United States troops, which have been sta- tioned here for several days, have moved to Lehigh, where great confusion reigns in the mining camps. Men, women and children are leaving the camps, making for the timber, and the miners are drilling, and say they will fight the troops. At the Wheeling Creek Mines. BRIDGEPORT, Ohio, June 2.—It is re- ported here this morning that a mob of striking miners at Wheeling creek mines, on the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling rail- road, had attacked coal trains, and forced them to turn back to this place. It was also said that the sheriff had been —— = to protect property and disperse the mob. says: At the Wheeling Creek mines, on the Cleve- land, Lorraine and Wheeling railroad, west of Bridg~port, this morning a mob of about 300 striking miners stopped a loaded coal train and compelled the trainmen to re- turn to Bridgeport. The railroad has ap- pealed to the sheriff for protection, and a force of deputies will make an effort to clear the tracks, which are held by the strikers. © More Trains Stopped. CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, June 2—Informa- tion received here from Wellston states that the miners have started to close down mines which have been operating in Jack- son county, near Hamden. The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train No. 52 was topped at Wellston last night. All the cals on the cars were broken and the train searched for coal. ‘The road will take passengers and freight trains of the Portsmouth division Monday venless there 1s a charge for the beti One of the highest officials of the road states that the shop here will close and many trains be taken off if the present state of things continues. ia CASIMIR-PERIER ELECTED. The Ex-Premier Chosen President of the French Chamber of Deputies. PARIS, June 2—Ex-Premier Casimir- Perier was today elected president of the chamber of deputies in succession to M. Dupuy, the present premter. M. Casimir-Perier received 299 votes to 187 cast for M. Bourgeois, who was the can- idate supported by the radicals. ee AN EXTRA SESSION, he Virginia Legislature to sembled Next Fall, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 2.—It is learned officially this morning that an extra ses- sion of the legislature will be called this fall to consider several important ques- tions, Be As- Saisie Everything Quiet. Gen. Schofield received a dispatch this morning from Gen. Otis, commanding the department of the Columbia, saying that affairs are quict In that department, and the troops that were recently ordered cut to assist United States marshals tn enforc- ing the laws of the United States have all been sent back to their regular stations, with the exception of a small detachment of soldiers at Boise City, Idaho, guarding prisoners, who had been arested for inter- fering with the movement of trains on the Northera Pacific railroad. The geograph al limits of the department of the Columbia inchide the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska and the greater part of the state of Idaho. | directors, CABLE Official Permission Asked by the Company to Use the System. Attention Called to the Congested Condition of Traffic at New York Avenue. As heretofore stated in The Star, the Co- lumbia Railway Company is about to change its motive power and substitute cable for horse power. This morning President W. FP. Baker of the company, accompanied by Mr. Nathan- jel Wilson, the atterney of the company; Mr. Osceola Green, one of the board of and Mr. A. W. Wright, cable con- structor of Chicago, apfieared before the Commissioners. Mr. Wilson, on behalf of the company, presented the following for- mal request of the company: “By the authority of the board of. direct- | ors of the Columbla Rallway Company, 1 respectfully make application for a permit to enable the company to construct an un- derground cable for the propulsion of its ears, and to construct also the necessary vaults and street work, in accordance with the pians hereafter to be filed “It is the inten of the company to begin work immediately. . F. BAKER, President.” Mr. Wilson said the engineer from Chi- cago was on hand ready to begin work at once, and he was willing to guarantee the completion of the road by the first of the new year. Commissioner Ross inquired what pro- vision the company proposed to make re- garding its terminal facilities at New York avenue and Ith street. A Congested Point. “That is an important question to deter- mine," said Capt. Powell. ‘There are al- ready four tracks on New York avenue be- tween 14th and 15th streets, find the advent of another cable road will compl! e mat- ters and increase the danger at this point. There is even now a bill pending in Con- gress preventing the use of the streets for switching cars, and Comunisstoners, with this in view, have been considering a propo- sidon that would, If adopted, simplify mat- ters, and lessen the danger, especially at the corner of 15th street and New York avenue. The plan fs to have the Washincton and Georgetown ratlroad abandon {ts east track on 15th street and run {ts northbound cars up 14th street. The Georgetown cars could then continue or the present tracks of the 1ith street road to Georgetown, while the lith street cars could continue up Lith street. west track on Ith street would be used for all south-bound cars, and no cars north bound would be permitted. The Eckington Toad would be compelled to turn up lith street from G and come over the tracks of the Columbia railroad to Mth straet, thence down that street to G where it would re- sume {ts main line. The Columbia road, on the other hand, would use the east track of the Washington and Georgetown rail- road on 15th street. and continuing to fol- low that street to Mth, where it would oc. cupy the tracks of the Eckington road run- ning north to New York avenue, and there resume its main line."’ In view of the determination of the com- pany to change its motive power, Mr. Wil- son thought the order of the Commissioners to compel the company to relay its tracks with grooved rails should not be enforced. as it would entall a large expense upon the company. When the cable road is con- structed the rails would have to be taken up, and it would really be an unnecessary expenditure. The matter was taken under advisement by the Commissioners. — ANOTHER BOND ISSUE. Rumor Thut Secretary Carlisle Will Do This Abont Next Month, It is believed that there will be an Issue of bonds by Secretary Carlisle about the beginning of the new fiscal year. It has been understood by those with whom offi- clals of the department have talked on the subject of authority being given by Con- gress for the issue of 3 per cent bonds that the Secretary would be compelled to issue bonds under ihe authority of the old law, if no other was. given, whenever the gold reserve got below seventy millions. The reserve is now down to about seventy-five millions and Hable to go considerably lower. o- IN NICARAGUA, ‘The British Said to Be Trying to Oust Americans There, At a secret session of the House commerce committee yesterday Senator Morgan read a letter which he had received from Nica- Tagua, in which it was, set forth that the British were in many ways trying to get control of affairs In that Bountry, and that there was a general scheme, in which the British consular and diplomat officers par- ticipated, to oust Americans fom all _con- id to secure concessions to Great DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. A New Gas Company. Mr. Livingstone of Georgia introduced a bill in the House today to Incorporate the National Ges and Electric Light, Heat and Power Company of the District. ‘Ti tal is to be $2,000,000, and the shall furnish gas at cents per feet for private consumption, and 60 cents per thousand for public use. ‘he biil was referred to the District committe —- ee APITOL, ‘Tovic¢: Late ‘ Next week the Senate will enter upon a series of late hours. at, be- ginni 2 body will be prolonged from 10 in the morn- ing until 5 or ? o'clock in the evenin; perhaps longer. Notice of this was given by Senator Harris rdayefter the tariff debate had wound itself into the vicinity of 6 o'clock. + © .-—____ + Later Hours for the Sena Referring to notice given ‘yesterday that he would on Monday ask the Senate to extend its Senator Harris tuday that he would not at first expect to have the sessions extended beyond 8 or 9 o'clock, but that if r hours, tend the time of adjournment to 12 o'clock or later, The Siumes. Marquis Phy a Yodha, minister plen- ipotentiary of Siam, was formally received by President Cleveland at the White How: this afternoon, eee Has Arrived. A telegram received at the Navy Depar ment today announces the arrival of the Minister. Sugar Tarif Investigation. The Senate committee to investigate the operations of the sugar trust will probably not resume its sittings until Tuesday, be- cause Mr, Gaston, the Wilkesbarre manufacturer, will not be able to come to Washington before that time. It is evident from this that it is the intention, if his testimony shalt warrant It, to go into this branch of the inquiry next, and to follow up the clue as fully as it be done. Ss ‘Troops at Hand. A telegram was received at army head- quarters this morning from Gen. Miles, commanding the department of Missouri, an- nouncing the arrival of federal troops in the Choctaw country of Indian territory and saying that they are sifting out the white men responsible for the recent trou- bles near the Union agency, with a view to their expulsion from the territory The | wire | | | { | gological Association, and of the American SENT TO THE RESCUE A Cruiser to Protect Our Interests in Corea. AN UPRISING AGAINST FOREIGNERS —<$—> The Same Thing Has Happened Often Before. EAST AGAINST WEST Early this morning a cable message was | Sent to Admiral Skerrett, commanding the Asiatic squadron, to dispatch the flagship | Baltimore to Seoul, Corea, at once for the protection of American residents of that country, who are reported to be in danger of violence from a party of insurrectionis: ‘This action is based on information received | at the State Department late yesterday af ternoon from the United States minister to | Corea, and also from the Corean minister | at this capital. The latter submitted an oilicial telegram saying that a rebellion has broken out in Corea, and that the rebels | have guined possession of the southeast frovince, the principal one of the eight provinces Into which the country js divided, | and were threatening the lives and prop- erty of all foreign residents, including citi- zens of the United States. There are between 300 and 400 Amerl- cans in the four principal cities of Corea, and the revolution is said to have resulted from their presence. Bust and West. to the representations made by minister the people of Corea | into two political parties, the According the Corean are divided | east and the west, the latter representing the progressive element in favor of western civilization as typified by the Americans. | This party supports the king, who is a | warm admirer of the United States, and who has frequently given proof of his friendship. The opposition adhere to eastern notions, and this party has been rapidly strengthen- ing in the inaccessible portions of the coun- | try, unnl, according received, they have si ucceeded in seizing an important province not over a hundred miles from Seoul, the capital, and within a few days’ of the three free ports where the foreigners resid ‘The king has practically admitted his in- Mbiljty to alone protect the foreign resi- dents, and it was at his suggestion that the United States was asked to send a warship to Corea to look after the interest of its citizens. Need Ocular Demonstrations, One theory of the present uprising against the foreign element, especially Americans, is the absence of foreign war ships from the country, Inspiring the natives with the belief that the foreigners had been left to their fate. These movements are spas- | inoaic and start without provocation on short notice or none at all. An uprising similar to the one now in progress occurred a little over a year ago, but, quickly subsided when the United States war ship Marion appeared in Corean That vessel fired a royal salute, and the news quickly spread through the untry to punish the rebels . Since then it has been customary for a United States warship to visit Corean ports at short intervals, up to last fall, when the squadron was reorganized. The last visit there was made by the Alert in August last. Since then, up to the present time, there has been no occasion for the presence of an American warsnip in Corea. The Baltimore will reach Corea tomorrow. She was at Nagasaki yesterday, and the two places are not more than forty-eight hours apart. The Baltimore is one of the best ships in navy, and will doubtless render a good account of herself in the event of trouble. ee THE ARWIES SEPARATE. The Galvin Men Leave Coxey’s Camp and Go to Bladensburg. The Galvin contingent parted company with the Coxey army thjs morning, and |have set up a camp of their own, with headquarters at the George Washington House, Bladensburg. The split was because of the flat refusal of the Galvin people to wear the badge of the commonweal of Christ. The residents of the neighborhood of Highlands are very much alarmed lest the disgraceful scenes which characterized the camp last Sunday will be repeated tomor- row. Many of them will spend Sunday elsewhere on account of their fear that the seenes will be repeated, but others express the determination of punishing any repeti- tion of suck occurrences in a summary manner. i ‘There is hardly any food in the commis- ary. and the men are openly grumbling about the state of affairs. The men who compose the western contingent spend most of their time begging for food at the houses | in the neight nood. There were as many as six bemgars yesterday at one house in Hyattsville. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock all the different sections of the commonweal are to hold a A celebration, with speeches and ori sentative Hudson, attorney — for Coxey, Browne and Jones, says the writ of habeas corpus will not be iaken out teday. The necessary court fees have not yet been raised. > -— Reorganization Complete. clerks In the War Department received notices that their ser- | a two-seated vehicle to the cablegram just | _ TB proof of fhe pudding is in fe eating. Yeosferdap’s Star contained 49 cofumns of advertisements, made up cf 776 separate announce: enfs. These advertisers Bougs$f pubficify-not merefp Space, FOUND A MARKI/FOR QPEN SESSIONS Constable Holmes’ Bullet Kills Young Robert Blue. A Race Track Tragedy Ends in Death —No Coroner's Inquest Here— An Accident Claimed. Several persons who went over to the Alexander Island race track Wednesd«y sueceeded in getting relieved of money or valuabies, and yesterday one man who went over ther? succeeded in getting killed and his life was taken by one of the men employed at the race track to protect life and property. Robert Blue, a young col- ored man, driver of a public vehicle, was the victim, and Constable Holmes is the man who fired the fatal shot. The shoot- ing, it ts sald, was the result of the care- less and reckless handling of the weapon and the witnesses to the affair say it was ceidental. 1t was about $ o'clock last night when Stopped at the door f the Lmergeney Hospital. The drive was a colored man and he had in the ve- hicle the man who had been mortally wounded across the river, where there is but iittie law for those engaged in certain classes of offenses. “He's dead,” remarked the colored porter at the hospital, us he lifted Blue from the vehicle. “Is he, sure "nough?” asked the frighten- ed driver. It was with some reluctance that the frightened driver assisted the porter in re- moving the wounded man from the vehicle, and as soon as Blue was placed on the table adjoining the sick room, the unknown | driver got in the vehicle and left the hos- ital. Pine was unconscious all this time, and could not speak, but under treatment fn the hospital consciousiess was restored, and then the victim had such an indts- tinct recollection of what had transpired, that he could not give an intelligent ac- count of the affair. torney Mullowny called at to jake his anti-mortem state- ment, but he hot succeed. The patient Was too Weak to undergo an examination. He did manage to say, however, that no one had a gradge against him and that the shooting was accidental. He died between # and 4 o'clock this morning, and before expiring he said: “The sheriff was fooling with the pistol.” The affair happene! just outside the main gate. Blue was seated on his vehicle wait- jing to get a passenger. Inside the gate was the constable and a party of his fellow citizens. They wanted to see his weapon and he had no hesitation in showing it to them. The weapon, an old-fashioned one, carried powder and ball, and w! ex- hibiting it to his friends he raised the ham- mer and an instant later a large ball en- tered the neck of the disinterested bystand- er. Blue was twenty-one years old and was in the employ of a livery stable keeper named Chisley. His employer was the only one who called to see him before he died. Coroner Woodward was notified of the man’s death, and after consulting the dis- trict attorney about the matter he deter- mined not to hold an inquest here, as the affair happened in Virginia, and the case M€ tried at ail would have to be tried in that state. The police notified the Alex- |andria county authorities of the decision of the coroner. A county constable came over here this morning. and when he re- turns this evening Holmes may possibly be arrested. The body of the dead man will probably ‘be removed across the river in order to have the jury of inquest sworn in the regular manner. > — IN THE HOUSE TODAY. The State Bark Tax Repeal Bill Per- When the House met today there was 2 small attendance of members, and the gal- leries wore a deserted appearance. The following bills were passed: To pen- sion Mary L. Evans, the widow of a soldier of tl e War; for the relief of Thos. _B. Pennsylvania volunteer; also Senate bill to donate to the county of Lara- mié, Wyoming, certain “bridges on the abandoned Fort Laramie military reserva- tion; also to authorize the construction of | foot and wagon bridge over the South or Main Canadian river at the town of Nobie, Oklahoma. Redact of Pay. Mr. Goldzier (IL) offered a resolution to inquire whether the Commissioners of the District of Columbia had reduced the pay of unskilled laborers, and, if so, why. He did not believe, he said, in taking the bread out of the mouths of the poorest class of employes in time of stringency. He re- fused to accept an amendment offered by Mr. Canron (IIL) to extend the inquiry to include all federal employes. Mr. Newlands (Nev.) expressed the belief that this was not the time for retrench- ment, but for extravagance by the govern- ment. Mr. Goldaier pressed his motion for the previous question, and a filibuster was started. Mr, Kilgore (Texas) movei that the Teso- lution be referred to the committee on District of Columbia, which was ordered and the filibuster collapsed. ‘The Brawley Bill. The House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Richerdson of Tennessee in the chair) and Mr. Izlar (S. ©.) resume! his speech in favor of the Brawley bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Izlar’s speech M Enloe (Tenn.) explained that he had offered yesterday the motion to go into committee of the whole to consider the Brawley bill, not because he was antag- cnistic to that bill, but because he be- Neved there were some bills ou the private calendar which should be passed. will not be required after the Ist | Mr. Hall of Minnesota said he could not imo, Twelve of them are empioyed in | account for the presence of the wild cat we qj svana Meds meevied’ |bank plank In the Chicago platform unless the office of the quartermaster general, and | 7h, PinlG tm the Chicago Platform unless three in the ordnance department. It 18 | jst democratic national convention some stated oilicially that this completes the re- al force under the | executive and tion bill pending In Con- s ception of the record and pension records office. ‘Lhe chan fie nece ated by | that bill, will be made between now and the w | 1st uliimo. | — a Nominations by the President. The President teday sent the foll nations to the Senate: ng | asiers—William Reynolds, at Mil-| . Atkinson, at Port De- | at South | W. Va. War—Second Lieut. Charles C. Gallap, fifth artillery, to be a first lieutenant, The Medical Congress Closed. The third triennial congre of American | Physicians and surgeons closed yesterday with the afternoon session at Metzeroitt | Hall, and most of the members have already | left town. After the business meeting of the afternoon, which was reported in yes- terday’s Star, there was a general meeting, under the direction of the American Laryn- | | Neurological Association, the subject dis- cussed by members of the first society being “The Surgery of the Accessory Sinuses of | the Nose.” “Following this meeting there | was another, under the direction of the | American Neurological Association. The subject for discussion was “The Influence of Infectious Processes on the Nervous System, —_——— ! Hawaii in the House. Representative Hitt of Illinois intruduced today a resolution similar to the one which passed the Senate unanimously on Thurs- day. | one had surreptitiously inserted this repeal use into the platform. While political platiorms were intended to be stood upon they were necessarily elastic Nke that tdeal platform recently adopted in a southern state on which every man who was a demo- erat, every man who thought he was a democrat, and every man who said he was a democrat could stand with both feet. Mr. Warner of New York followed Mr. ——+- e+ ___ The Breckinridge Appeal Case. Counsel for Representative Breckinridge made another attempt this afternoon to file thelr bill of exceptions in the suit won against their client by Miss Madeline V. | Pollerd. Like the one made on Monday last, the attempt was unsuccessful. — That Reduction of Pay. There is eve Treason to believe that the Commissioners will reconsider their order promulgated yesterday cutting the wages of the unskilled laborers employed by the District from $1.50 to $1 per day and finally revoke it. ie. Samuel Van Praag, a member of the New York produce exchange,shot and kilied him- self in that elty yesierday, owing to de- spondeney. M Elizabeth Williams, eighty years old, who lives in a cottage near Greenville, Pa., was robbed on Thursday of $1,100 and beaten by the robbers, who escaped. The police at midnight captured a lot of dynamite bombs in the hands of strikers | or tramps near the railroad bridge at Bur- | Ungton, Iowa. A! eaped. Tne Brooks locomotive works have re- ceived an order for thirty passenger locomo- lives and thirty locomotives for the Cen- tral railway of Brazil. There was a frost near Nashville, Tenn., yesterday. There is no record there of a frost ever occuring hitherto so late in the Season, the men, save one, es- Mr. Hill's Resolution as to the Sen- ate Investigating Committee. HIS VIEWS ARE GIVEN AT LENGTH Senators Gray and Lodge Defend ihe Committee's Action. SUGAR SCHEDULE AGAIN At the opening of the session, at 10 | o'clock, today, Mr. Hi CN. Y.) again tried | to secure consideration for the joint resolu- tion authorizing the Secretary of War to institute proceedings in condemnation to secure possession of certain portions of the battle field of Gettysburg. Mr. Gray (Del) | said that while he sympathized with the | purposes of the resolution (to prevent con- | templated vandalism), he was not clear as | to the government's right of eminent do- tain in this case. Mr. Manderson (Neb.) and Mr. Hawley (Conn.) both appealed to Mr. Gray on the srcund of the urgency of action to prevent certain trolley lines from invading the battle field, and destroyirg the old land- marks, to withdraw his opposition. They cited the case of the Chickamauga battle field as an analogous one. Mr. Gray finally withdrew his objection, and the resolution was adopted. Hill Favors Open Sessions. Mr. Hill then called up his resolution directing the special committee to investi- gate the charges of bribery, senatorial speculation and the influence of the sugar trust in the framing of the sugar schedule to throw open its doors while testimony was being taken. He took the floor in support of the resolution. He argued that the terms of the resolution under which the special committee was appointed netther authorized nor refused authority for secret sessions, It was drawn in the usual form and coula be assumed to contemplate open sessions of the committee unless there was some reason in the opinion of the committee why they should be secret. With regard to the first branch of the inquiry, the alleged at- tempts to bride Senators, he thought, it might with propriety have been held im secret. There was no reason why the other branches should not be conducted tn public. As a general proposition investigations should be open. Injustice could follow to mo one. The Senate made laws in the eyes of the Fublic. Why should not committees investi- gate in the eyes of the public? Precedents Against Secret Sessions. ‘The precedents, Mr. Hill said, were all against secret sessions. The investigation of the Credit Mdbilier, involving the inter- est of a great corporation, the reputation of members of Congress, and even their tile to seats in the House, was held with wide open doors. He had a lst of all the investigations made in the last twenty years, and he found that nine-tenths of them had been held in public. The investi- gation in connection with the disputed Hayes-Tilden contest had been held partly benind closed doors, but there ®ere pecu- liar reasons why the sessions of that inves- Ugating committee should have been held in secret. committee and the Senate would sub- ject themselves to just criticism if they kept the doors closed unless some and peculiar reason existed therefor. He : nothing in the matters now to gated which would warrant secret The charge that the Secretary of the Treasury had suggested a proper surar schedule was not anything so improper that the public should be debarred from hearing testimony; neither did the charge that Senators had bought and sold sugar stock involve considerations of such a racter as to Warrant secret sessions, ertainly the speculation around this sen- atorial circle, he sald, had not been so heavy as to influence the market If it were to be made public. Senators were not here to protect the market. The Senate was discussing the sugar schedule in open sea- sion, the committee was Investigating charges relating to the influences which framed that schedule in secret. Why should one be public and the other private, But as a matter of fact, the sessions of the Senate were nelther public nor private. The testimony was taken in secret, and a Gay or two afterward given to the press. This course Mr. Hill pointed out did an injustice to witnesses, and necessarily pro- duced the conflicting reports of the testi- mony that appeared daily in the news- papers. He cited the reports concerning the testimony of Senator McPherson and Secretary Carlisle. If the newspaper men had been admitted absolutely authentic and correct accounts would have gone forth to the country in the first instance. Mr. Hunton asked Mr. Hill whether he ever bad known a case where the Senate had attempted to control the manner in which one of its committees conducted the work it was asked to perform. Mr. Hill replied that he had no knowl- edge as to precedents, but he insisted that the Senate did not and could not abrogate its control over a committee when that committee was appointed. Mr. Gray's Reply. Mr. Gray (Dei), chairman of the commit- tee, replied to Mr. Hill. The committee of which he was chairman, Mr. Gray said, realized that it was a matter of some deli- cacy to criticise a resolution aimed directly at the committee. He desired to say for himself and the other members of that committee that they had no in- terest whatever in the investigation, and no personal wishes to gratify in the man- ner in which it should be conducted. They were perfectly willing that the Senate should decide for itself the question raised by the Senator from New York with re- gard to secret sessions. He desired to say further, for the members of the committee, that the duty assigned them by the Benate Was one that each one of them would have avoided gladly. They realized that nothing of fame or credit could come to them, but that they would be subjected to much per- sonal detraction and misrepresentation. They realized that they would be exposed to much unjust criticism. But those con- siderations did not absolve the members of the committee from the duty imposed upon them, and the commatee intended to per- form its work to the best of their ability, Mr, Gray explained that at the outset the question of how the investigation should be conducted had been carefully considered by the committee, and it had been decided to old it behind closed doors, but to give out he testimony as fast as it could be printed. It must be borne in mind, Mr. Gray said, that the committee was not conducting a trial. It was not hearing evidence pro and }con on a fixed issue. This committee was ordered to investigate, discover, probe and find out the truth about the matters com- mitted to them, They were to explore the sources of evi- dence, to follow clues and do everything necessary to ascertain the truth. He need not say to the Senate and*to the intelligent public that the commit to sit and hear evidenc sat with folded arms ani and testify they would be derelict to their duty, and it would be a complete evasion of the obligations committed to them Mr. Blackburn's Lnterraption. Mr. Blackburn (Ky.) bere interrapted Mf. {Gray to say that during twenty vears of , Service in Congress be had never known of such an attempt to control the m: | in which a committee of either house jconduct an investigation. Me was jess to understand the motive that | nuw prompt att intert. Mr. G he | committ jin the d: committee to open it rs; t when the proceedings ¢ of Congress, standing or se