Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT T = STAR BUILDINGS, ania Aveane, Cor. 11th Street, by z Star Newspaper Com 8. H. KAUPFMANN: Drest. — New York Uc», 49 Potter Building, bscribers tm the Saturday Qu ddwd, $3.00, ™ made Enown on application t OMice at Washington, D. C., , be paid fp advance. | Che Zvening Star. Vor 84, No. 20,908. FisED BY STRIKERS ——s Attempt to Burn a Railway Trestle at Midvale, Ohio, MASSILLON MINERS HOLD A MEETING Rough Treatment Given“ to a . Spy: CONFERENCE IN SESSION CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 11.—The strik- ing miners along the Cleveland, Loraine and Wheeling road last night set fire to a wooden bridge at Midvale. The structure ‘was saturated with coal ofl and was burn- ing fiercely when discovered by the rail- Toad people. ‘The flames were finally sub- dued, but not until the bridge had been partly destroyed. ‘The Massillon miners held a big meeting in an open field last night, at which it was decided that coal trains should be held up and everything possible done to prevent fuel being sent into Cleveland. A spy in the employ of the railway company was discovered by the strikers to be present at the meeting. The miners attacked him and he only escaped after receiving some very rough handling. The railroad people an- ticipate trouble in the vicinity of Uhrichs- ville and Midvale today and the troops are being concentrated at these points. The company succecded in getting about 200 cars of coal over the road to Loraine yes- terday. NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio, June 11.— The Midvale trestle is now repaired for trains to run over. The miners at Goshen have threatened to burn Stillwater bridge tonight if coal is moved. The sheriff says he cannot protect the and tracks without soldiers. None are here yet. There are about 800 miners @t Goshen. EFFORTS FOR PEACE. joint Committee of Operators and Miners in Session. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 11—The joint tommittee on scale, composed of operators and miners, went into executive session at ® o'clock. Each side expressed a feeling that circumstances elsewhere had made an @greement here difficult, but each would try to effect an agreement if possible. John McBride said: “The miners are not contending for a recognition of the Miners’ Union, but for a uniform scale.” Before going into executive session as a Joint committee the miners had a private conference of about one hour’s duration. Some of the operators have that they prefer to deal with organized rather than Unorganized labor, as more uniform results can be secured. A failure to jeans, in their opinion, a resumption of the strike at_some opportune time in the near future. Col. W. P. Rend, who ts very anxious to effect a Settlement, submitted a proposition on his own account to agree to a scale of 69 cents for Pennsylvania and 60 cents for Ohio, other territory in fair proportion, the price to hold good until September 1, when the rate is to be increased to 79 cents in western Pennsylvania, and in other districts {n_proportion. ‘The proposition was made to President McBride, and the probabilities are that he made « similar pro) to the scale committee. Several of t] sald they would agree to the plan. Another Conference at Altoona. ALTOONA, Pa., June 11.—There will be Ro coal conference in this city today, but District President Bradley, who is still here, has been assured by representatives of the Berwind-White Mining Company that there will be another conference here this week, the time for holding which kas mot yet been fixed. The miners’ leaders have called a mass meeting at Punxsutawney tomorrow to hear the report-of the delegates who attended the tonference here on Saturday. Mr. says he will do all in his power to avoid wiolence and disorder at Punxsutawney should the mine owners put non-union men fo work. Delegates in Secret, Seas: POMEROY, Ohio, June 11.—Delegates from all the mines in this district went into Becret session here at 10 o'clock to make arrangements to moet the operators in con- ference at 2 p. m. It is understood that the rice of last year will be demanded for min- ing, and that operators will accede to the Gemand. All operators are now here. BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE. Dutrages Committed by Strikers in Alabama. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 11.—The big fron bridge of the Kansas City, Memphis @nd Birmingham railroad at Carbon Hill ‘was blown up with dynamite today. A few fmoments before a train reached the bridge. Bridges at Patton, Mabel Mines and other — have been burned within a few days, id several attempts have been made to ‘burn a long trestle. All these acts are charged to strikers ‘whose purpose it is to prevent the transpor- tation of eval. sheriff has gone to Carbon Hill to make arrests. Held Up a Coal Train. NEW PHILADELPHLA/ ;__ June 11.— ‘A coal train at 11 o'clock was held at Mid- wale on the C. L. and W. railway. The @sent here asked Sheriff Adams for depu- ties. The sheriff will go on an engine, Qwaiting developments. The ef the Associated Press goes with him. ——__ MORE MINERS AT WORK. Gratifying Improvement in the Mary- land Situation. @pecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 11.—State’s At- Yorney Sloan and Sheriff King have all along considered this morning a critical point in the strike. if the men went to ‘work in any numbers today, they pointed ®ut, there would be probabilities that the @trike would be broken. If they did not go % work today, then the presence of the gilitary was not accomplishing anything. ‘Accordingly, the mine bosses were anxiously awaiting the coming of the men Soon after 7 o'clock Superintendent Ran- @olph telegraphed to Gen. Douglass and Gen. Brown that there had been a consider- ble increase in the number of miners going $o work In all the mines. Later in the day the increase was approximated as follows: Eckhart, 2; Hoffman, 6; Allegany, 23. Thi: completes the roste" at Allegany and gives them @ full mine, with sixty miners, again. Ec res are raised from ninety- four to 114, and Allegany’s from seven to thirteen. This is thought to be very en- couraging. News comes from Lonaconing that work has been started in the George’s Creek Company's mine No. 1, with seventeen men ®t work, this morning. These are the first = who have struck a lick of work in maconing since the strike began. It is thought that this opening wedge in the strike may, at Lonaconing, result in trou- ble. If any violence is done there, the pgs ; yl: divided and part of bicapir| oJ the mines in the vicinity ot Lonaconing. . —— ee RESCUED THE WORKMEN. ©oke Workers Who Had Been Kid- maped by Strikers. UNIONTOWN, Pa., June 11.—Four Amer- fean workmen who were taken prisoners by a mob of foreigners at New Haven on Saturday were overtaken at Fair Chance ‘and rescued at noon today by the deputies. ‘The deputies met with no opposition, ow- 'ing to their number, the men giving the workmen up for fear of resistance. They were brought here this afternoon and re- turned to their homes at Leisenring. When fourd they were still bearing plac- ards and were chalk-marked from head to foot. Just what torture they were subject- ed to after the battle yesterday and last night Is not yet known here, but they were a worn and haggard looking lot when res- cued. They were tuken away from Lemont yesterday while the trouble was in progress and marched to Cool Spring, where they were turned over to the strikers from the | Stewart iron works, and there kept and paraded until the leaders learned that the officers had located them, Then they were taken to the southern end and handed over from one crowd to another till landed into the strikers’ camp at Kyle. The deputies got on to their whereabouts by a little ex- tra parading, and, having search-warrants, went to rescue the imprisoned workmen. The kidnaping is denounced on all sides, even by the friends of the strikers, as the most atrocious and fiendish act in the his- tory of the movement, and the fact that the prisoners were Americans is turning public sentiment more strongly against the perpetrators. The deputies are now collecting evidence in the case, and many arrests will be made as soon as they can be identified. It is es- timated that not less than 500 strikers handled the workmen from the time they were capturd at New Haven until they were rescued todiy. The workmen will be able to identify their captors, and will not fear to appear against them. ‘The southern end of the county was the scent of much depredation last night. A delegation of strikers visited the banks on George's creek, where part of the coal be- ing shipped over the new state line road is mined, and burned up and broke the tools and wheelbarrows into kindling wood. Not being satisfied with this, they tore out the support at the entrance to the banks and caved in about twenty feet. A jury has been impaneled by Coroner Batten to hold an inquest on the body of John Mokaff, the Slav killed in yesterday's battle, and a searching investigation will be made. Of those injured, Resporsheck and Cornak will die. The others were not seriously hurt. —_—. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Attempt to Blow Up a C. C. and 8. Railway Bridge. CANTON, Ohio, June 11.—An attempt was made last night to blow up the Cleveland, Canton and Southern railroad bridge over the Tuscarawas river at Navarre. A ter- rifie explosion occurred at 3 o'clock, and soon after railway employes discovered that the bridge was on fire. The flames were ex- tinguished, and it is believed the bridge has not been seriously damaged. Much coal has been hauled over this road of late from southern Ohio, and it is sup- posea strikers attempted to blow up the bridge, in order to prevent the traffic. QUIET AT BOGGS’ RUN. Trains Are Being Run Without Ob- struction. BALTIMORE, Md., June 11.—A special to the News from Charleston, W. Va., says: Gov. McCorkle reports everything quiet at Boggs Runsthis morning. Trains are being moved without obstruc- tion. Last night on Morris creek, in this region, @ party of strikers drove the guards off of the C. and O.° bridge, but were beaten off before they did any damage to the struc- ture. TO TAKE STRIKERY PLACES. Shipping Men From New York to the Coal Mines. NEW YORK, June 11.—The Berwind White Coal Mining Company, operating in Clearfield and Jefferson counties, Pa,, in- tend, according to the statement of John O. Berwind, the.vice president of the company, to follow up its shipment of three car loads of men last Friday at a moment's notice. “There were only 100 men in the cars,” he said, “whereas there are 5,000 men on strike. The first consignment of 100 was an experiment. If we find it practicable to operate with them,, we will send the re- maining 4,900. I am waiting now for word from our superintendent. “It {g not true,” also sald Mr. Berwind, “that laborers are being brought from Europe to take the places of the strikers. There are enough men idle in New York eity alone to fill the places of all of our strikers, and a good many more.” —_———_—_. A SERIOUS BLOW. Spaim Abrogates an Important Clause of the Reciprocity Treaty. From recent advices received at the Department of State it appears that our reciprocity treaty, under which our export trade with the Spanish West Indies has so prospered, is doomed, and this, too, by the act of the Spaniards themselves. The de- partment has been informed that the Span- ish government has caused to be introduced in the cortes an act, to take effect July 1, authorizing Cuba and Porto Rico to collect @ transitory duty of 24 per cent on all ar- ticles now on the free list of the reciprocity treaty. ‘This will be a serious blow to exporters in the United States, falling upon the pro- ducers of raw materials ag well as upon manufacturers. The principal articles that will be affected are building stone, ice, coal, rosin, crude petroleum, tiles and brick, iron fo such as scrap, cast and rat: building forms and rails, wire, screws and ordinary manufactures, raw cotton, cotton seed and oll, tallow, books, woods of all kinds, barrels and boxes and manufactures, agricultural implements and trade tools, ee equip- ment, preserved meats, and butter, cheese, fish, oats, barley, rye and buck- wheat, starch and corn products, fruits, vegetables and garden produce, hay, straw and bran, trees and tan bark. ‘All of these articles are now free, and if the bill passes, and {it is expected it will pass, all must pay 24 per cent duty. ‘The action of the Spanish government is not an infraction of the treaty, for in a let- ter closing the negotiations, written by the Spanish minister to Secretary Blaine, June 8, 1801, it was expressly stipulated by him that the right was reserved to the cortes and to Congress to modify or repeal the treaty whenever they think proper. Save in the case of the Brazilian reciprocity treaty, all of Secretary Blaine’s reciprocity treaties contain a similar reservation, and officials who are concerned in the fate of these treaties apprehend that the action of the Spanish government in destroying the most valuable schedule in the treaty may be followed by other natio! and thus al- most destroy the entire system. ++ _—_—_ EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY. One Another Pardon Granted a Refused. = ‘The President has commuted to six months’ actual imprisonment the sentence in the case of James Hawkins, jr., convicted 'n the District of Columbia of an assault on a woman named Carrie Howard, and sen- tenced Febfuary 20, 184, to 364 days’ im- prisonment. The President, in commuting the sentence, said: “The assault’ of which this prisoner was convicted was not an ag- gravated one, and this, with his prior good character, in my opinion, justifies a mitiga- tion of his sentence.” The application for a pardon in the case of Samuel B. Wright, convicted in the Dis- trict for carrying concealed weapons, and sentenced March 20, 1804, to 120 days in the | District jail, was indorsed by the President as follow: Jented: The offense of carry- | ing concealed weapons, I am led to believe, is very common in the District of Columbia. The law on the subject ought to be more vigorously executed. When a conviction has been had, as In this case, I am unwilling to Interfere, when no better reasons for so | doing are presented than those here urged. I look upon the stern punishment of the of- fense of carrying concealed weapons as di- rectly protecting human lif2 and preventing the commission of the gravest crim WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. The proof of the pudding is in f§e eating. Saturday's Star confained 54 cofumns ments. hese advertisers foug6t pubficitp—nof merefp Space. Mr. E.,B. Chapman to Be Presented to the Senate, ——— HIS CASE 10 GO T0 THE GRAND “i Senator Caffery Explains His Former Testimony in the Case. MR. REED A WITNESS thi eae E. R. Chapman, the New York broker, member of the firm of Moore & Schley, who was before Senator Gray's sugar trust in- vestigating committee Saturday, was at the Capitol today, but did not again go before the committee. He said in an interview that he should not volunteer another ap- pearance, as he could not see his way clear to answer the questions put by the commit- tee. Mr. Chapman was excused on Satur- day that he might have opportunity to think over the request of members of the committee to state whether they (the com- mitteemeli) had been speculating in sugar stocks through his firm. The Purpose of the Committee. “I can. of course, see the purpose of the committee,” said Mr. Chapman, “which is in case I break my rule for them to have every member of the Senate make a like request. I do not think the Senate has any right to make a drag-net inquiry like this, and I should resist it.” Mr. Chapman said that, if afforded an- other opportunity, he would add a reason to those already given for compliance with Senator Brice’s request, and refusing in the case of members of the committee. “‘sen- ator Brice,” he said, “has been accused of speculating in sugar stock through our firm. None of these Senators has been so accused. No one supposes ihat any of them Lave been dabbling in this stock, and I should call especial attention to the fact that if such a charge has been made egainst any of them their names have not been connected with our house, as has the name of Senator Brice.” Will Report Him to the Senate. The committse has decided to report Mr. Chapman's refusal to answer its questions to the Senate, and will probably not ask him to appear again. The proceedings will be similar to those in the cases of Edwards end Shriver. The committee will report the facts. Accompanying the report will be a full transcript of Mr. Chapman's testimon: With a resolution directing the Vice Pres! dent to certify the facts to the district at- torney, who {s expected to proceet aguinst Mr, Chapman by taking the matter before the grand jury. Senator Caffrey's Testimony. Senator Caffery went before the commit- tee today at his own request, to amplify the statement heretofore made by him con- cerning his meeting with Mr. Havemeyer at Senator Brice's house. He was reportsd in his former testimony to have said that he had been requested to see Mr. Have- meyer, “who happened to be in Senator Brice’s house,” but he had not stated the manner in which Mr. Havemeyer happened to be theve, which he wished to do today. “Prior to seeing Mr. wer, Mr. tween those present and ex-Senater White mysel? comparative of tne ad waloessh 648 specific rales of duty on sugar. There was a great deal of difference of opinion on this point, and Senator Brice stated that there was a gen- tleman in the city at the Arlington Hotel, who ki more about the operation of any given rate of duty on sugar than perhaps apy other man in the United States, and that if it were agreeable he would send for “That man v.as Mr. Havemeyer, who was then, according to Mr. Brice's statement, at the Arlington. Senator Brice asked me if I had an objection to meeting Mr. Have- meyer and having a discussion with him ‘on this particular point. I told him I had not.” Mr. Caffery said that accordingly Mr. Havemeyer was sent for, and, in answer to @ question as to what took place, Mr. Caf- fery said: “It was there that I had a dis- cussion, in a room by myself, in Mr. Brice’s library, where I was invited by Mr. Brice to meet Mr. Havemeyer and discuss the sugar schedule with him on the point 6f ad valorem and specific rates. I simply desire to state that Mr. Havemeyer came to the house in pursuance of the invitation of Mr. Brice.” Mr. Reed Examined. Mr. Henry R. Reed went before the com- mittee at 2 o'clock and was examined at some length. He said before going into the committee room that he had been wrongly represented as a member of the sugar trust. He was, he sald, a member of the Revere Company of Boston, a competing concern, “‘and that,” he added, “is why I em here, and I have no apologies to make for being here in my interest. Of course,” he continued, ‘“‘we have the same concern in the protection of refined sugar that the trust has. Furthermore, I may say that our firm owns)some of the trust stock zt that is not what we are trying to pi stock we Could sell and get out if we wished, but ours is not a corporation.” Mr. Reed acded that he knew nothing of any speculation in sugar stocks by United States Senators. © THE TARIFF BILL Cannot Become a Law by the First of July. The democrats propose to make a dash to get the tariff bill through the Senate by the end of this week. They have had so many “purposes” much easier of accom- plishment which have failed that there is very little confidence in this. If it were pressed energetically it would be quite pos- sible to finish the bill this week, though the cotton and the woolen schedules, the in- come tax, the free list and the administra- tive features of the measure, which are stiff jumps, are yet to be encountered. Calcula- tion of what will be done cannot, however, safely be based on what can be. The con- servative calculation is that a vote will be had about the middle of next week, though the managers are striving for a vote by Fri- day night. One thing that may be taken for granted is that the measure cannot become a law in time to go into effect on the Ist of July. Any effort to rush the Senate amendments | through the House within a wee' or two after the bill gets there will fail. The op- position ts organizing and it ts the belief of the best informed men in the House that the bill will be in conference near about four weeks, perhaps longer. eee Slightly Indisxposed. The President ts not feeling in his usual good health today, and his physician, Dr. | paid him several | O'Reilly of the army, isits. He is troubled with summer com- plaint, and his system is somewhat run down. The usual Monday afternoon re-| 1 ception to the public was dispensed with | e: this afternoon. The President's indisposi- | g THE SUGAR TRUST M®- GRAY’S COMMITTEE| | lese, sent to the clerk's desk for redding a Mere Work Given It by the Senate Today. The Charges Aga! it Mr. Quay in Connection With the Trolley Rail- roads to Be Investigated. | The trials of the Senate committee that is now investigating the sugar scandal Fave been increased. The Senate today referred to that committee the various charges that have recendly been made in a local paper | against certain Senators, connecting them with efforts to secure street railway legis- lation. This inquiry cannot, of course, be taken up until the question that is now be- fore the committee has been finally dis- posed of. The matter came suddenly and unexpectedly to a head in the Senate this morning, when Senator Quay arose and, saying that he raised a question of privi- copy of the New York Sun éontaining an article which reproduced the charges in the local paper. Mr. Quay was therein accused of being intimately connected with the Philadelphia Traction Company, and of tak- ing an unduly active part in the effort to secure favorable action by Congress upon the bills in which that corporation is con- cerned. Senator Chandler was mehtioned as expressing himself strongly on the subject of Mr. Quay's alleged connection with the “trolley syndicate,'’ and Mr. Quay was fur- ther charged with the intention of securing an amendment to the L street cross-town extension bill giving the company the right to use the overhead electric system, Mr. Quay Explain: ‘There were not more than two score Senators in the chamber while the article was being read, but they all listened in- tently. ‘The text occupied about half, a column of the close print of the Sun, and} the clerk was about ten minutes in reading it. When mention was made of the pro- posed scheme to slip a trolley amendment on the bill, Mr. Quay burst into an amused snicker, and he satd something in an un- dertone to Senator Cameron, who sat next. When the clerk had finished, Mr. Quay arose and said, in a low voice: ‘i “Now, Mr. President, the only reason—* “Will not the Senator from Pennsylvania speak louder,” interrupted Senator Harris, from the other side. “We cannot hear him over here.” “I merely desire to say,” Mr. Quay began again, raising his voice a little, “what I feel there ts no actual necessity for me to say; and that is that the statements made in that article concerning me are ab- solutely false. ‘The facts are these: Certain citizens of Philadelphia, of whom Mr. ‘Thomas Dolan, ex-president of the Manu- fucturers’ Club of that city, is one, have ccrporate interests in some passenger rali- ways in this city and Rave recently been | seeking a certain enlargement. What that is I do not now know. At their request I! interested myself in the matter to a very slight extent, : Hin Interference. “My interference was simply this; That I introduced Mr, Dolan to Senator MeMillan, a member of the District committee. I have not since heard from Mr. McMillan on | the subject. I also spoke to Senator Faulk- | ner, whom I supposed to be chairman of | the subcommittee on the bill, and asked | him to grant Mr, Dolan a hearing. Senator Faulkner told me that I was mistaken; that he was not the chairman of the subcom- mittee. Cm Friday last at the request of Mr. Dolan I asked a friend in the other House to request the members of the dele- gation to be present today to help make a —— He = it would not be necessary, a8 there would be @ quorum anyway. That is-altd have done in the matter. I think I am justified in departing in this case from my course in not notjcing the hun. dreds and I may say thousands of news- paper uttacks that aye made against me. The article has evidently been written to affect legislation in the other house today, Now, I should be glad to hear from the faced Senator Chandler as he resumed his | ject.” Mr. Quay turned squere around and faced Senator Chandler as he resumed his seat. Mr. Chandler arose at once. Mr. Chandler Says Something. “The Senator from Pennsylvania did not call the article to my attention before he sent it to the clerk's desk,” he said, “and I was therefore in ignorance of its contents until I heard it read. I did not see the orlg- inal statements in the Evening News. I have heard of this syndicate and of the pro- posed formation of a traction company for the purpose of obtaining control of the street railways of the city. All I can say is that I may have talked with the news- Faper men from time to time, asking them questions and answering some myself. But I never heard until now of Mr. Dolan's, name being used in connection with this | corporation, and I have certainly made no remark attributing improper motives to any Senator in this regard, and certainly I have said nothing of the sort about the honorable Senator from Pennsylvania who sits in from of me. I have no reason to doubt the exact truth of the statement he has just made here.” Then Mr. Chandler sat down and Mr. Shoup arose with a copy of the Congres- | sional Record in his hand to make a cor- recth in another matter. It looked as though the incident had closed. But Mr. Qua: yon his feet in a moment. , Sent to the Gray Committee. “No, no, Mr. President,” he interrupted. “That matter may as well be referred to the committee of which the Senator from Dela- ware, Mr. Gray, is chairman. They may as well investigate it now. The Vice President asked if there was objection and, there being none, the case was sent to the investigating committee. Senator Lindsay, a member of that com- mittee, burst ‘nto a fit of silent laughter that shook his huge frame. Senator Davis, another member, who had been sitting in the front row on the republican side listen- ing attentively to Mr. Quay, arose, and in | passing back to his own seat stopped in| front of the Senator from Pennsylvania long enough to shake his finger playfully and say: “We'll investigate you all right enough. > +-—_—___—_. —— EXISTING PUBLIC DISTRESS, Mr. Vilas’ Comgnittce Will Hold First Meeting Tomorrow. The Senate select committee on the “ex- isting public distress" will hold its first meeting tomorrow at 11 o'clock ‘n the room of the committee on post offices and | post roads, of which Mr. Vilas is chair- man as well as of the special committee. At this first meeting there will be determin- | ed the preliminary questions relating to) the work of the committee, such as the granting of hearings, the scope of the in- Its! doors. All the members of the select com- doors, All the members of the selet com- mittee, Senators Vilas, Blackburn, Smith, ' Gallinger and Patton, are in town and ready to goto work on the great problem that has been referred to the committee for solution. Agitator Swift and his men, whose peti- tion led to the formation of the committee, are now on their way back to Boston, but it is not feared that they will not return in case their presence here is desired. should the petition seem to want reinforce- nent by oral arguments the Senators can ily persuade Messrs. Swift and Fitz- ald to hie them back by paying their tion is merely temporary, however, and did | railroad fare and a per diem witness fee. tcday. He will probably be all right again by tomerrow. —_—__-o+__—_ Not Reduced. Mr. H, C. Wood, a clerk of class four of the adjutant general's office, War Depart- | rot wholly interfere with his official duties | With Coxey, Browne and Jones now at large there is no chance of a dearth of | material. er Another Armor Test. The Carnegie works have completed a seventecn-inch Harveyized _nickel-steel ment, has not been disturbed by the re-| armor plate, representing a lot intended for cent upheaval in that department. erroneously stated that he had duced in grade, It was | the barbe | re-| the Oregon. The plate will be submitted to | s of the thirteen-inch guns of test at Indian Head in a week or two. COTTON SCHEDULE| Progress Made in the Senate on; the Tariff Bill. THE SPIRITS SCHEDULE COMPLETED Entirely New Amendments to the Cotton Schedule Offered. RS IN THE HOUSE ——__-——__ The Senate today entered on the eleventh week of the tariff debate. At the opening of the session Mr. Morrill of Vermonj was granted the privilege of addressing the Senate for a few minutes in MATTE | support of his amendment to the naval ap- propriation bill authorizing the appointment of the superintendent of the United States naval cbservatory from civil life at a sal- ary of $5,000 and providing for the reor- ganization of the observatory. Mr. Morill Pointed out at length the advantage of placing at the head of this national observa- tory a man who had made the science of astronomy a life study. Mr. Quay of Penrsylvania then created a slight diversion by rising to a question of privilege and sending to the clerk's desk what he characterized as “A lying statement, for which Senator Chandler is given as authority.” It proved to be a Washington dispatch to the New York Sun alleging that “A Phila- delphia syndicate, of which Mr. ‘Quay was the active agent,” was seeking to get con- trol of surface roads of Washington throu congressicnal legislation. e al ch *tated that the scheme was as malodorous as the sugar trust scandal. Mr. Quay’s Persoual Explanation. Mr. Quay made a personal explanation after the clerk had read the article. The statements contained in it, he sald, were absolutely false. The facts were, he said, that ceftain citizens of Philadelphia, of whom Thomas Dolan was one (who the others were he knew not), had corporate in- terests in certain railroads in the District of Columbia and were seeking an enlarge- ment of the scope of their franchises; in what way he knew not. At the request of Mr. Dolan he (Quay) had done for the Philadelphia gentlemen what he would do for any other citizens of Pennsylvania; he had introduced them to Mr. McMillan and Mr. Faulkner of the Dis- frict of Columbia committee, so that they uid present their case. He had not talked With either of thdse Senators since. Last Friday, being informed that tHe bill affect- ing the Interests of th!s corporation would be under consideration in the House today, he had asked some of the members of the delegation from Pennsylvania to be present to help constitute a quorum. That was the whole of his connection with the matter. Mr. Quay suid that in making this explana- tion he had departed from his usual custom of treating with silent contempt the 100,000 newspaper lies made about him for two rea- sons—first, because the article was evident- ly_written with the purpose of affecting legislation today, and, second, because Mr. Chandler had been given as authority for the statements contained therein. Mr. Chandler made a statement when Mr. Quay took his seat to the effect that he heard of this syndicate, had perhaps iscussed the matter with newspaper men, but he knew little about tt. He had never heard of Mr. Dolan until this moment. Cer- tainly he Made no remarks ch tata oak improper mottves or relations with this pee elhge Base all ae Quay suggested, broad smile. that this newspaper Tabrlestion be referred ‘0 the “scandal committee,” of which Mr. Gray was chairman, and, with the easy- going senatorial way, there being no ob- jection beyond a slight frown in Senator Lindsay's face, it was so referred. The Tariff Bill Agaii The tariff bill was taker up at 10:30. The agricultural schedule was completed on Saturday, and today “schedule H, spirits, wines and other beverages,” was under consideration, By an agreement reached just before ad- journment on Saturday this schedule was considered under the five-minute rule. Mr. Allison's endment to increase the rate on brandy and other spirits distilled from grain from $1.80 per gallon in the bill to $2.50, the present rate, was first taken up, Mr. Sherman and Mr, Allison supported the amendment, and Mr. Jones opposed tt, on the ground that brandy was used largely for medicinal purposes. Mr. Platt (Conn.) claimed that a reduction of the duty on brandy would be a discrimination in favor of France. He cajled attention to the news- paper reports that the German minister made an informal protest against the discrimination in the sugar schedule against Germany. Germany swomls points. If the eriminated against Germany in the matter of sugar and in favor of France in the mat- ter of brandies it would furnish Germany with an additional reason for restoring the prohibition on the importation of Ameri- ean po Mr. Allison's amendment was defeated. The Jones amendment imposing on all compounds containing distilled spirits (ex- cept where otherwise specified in the chemical schedule) the rates provided for distilled spirits was agreed to. Mr. Sherman offered an amendment to increase the duty on cordials, lquors, ar- rack, absinthe, etc., from $1.80 to $2.50. Whatever might be sald of brandies as medicines could not hold, he said, with reference to cordials. - ‘The beverages touched by this paragraph were pure luxuries, some of them, like ab- sinthe, as injuriovs as oplum, and there could be no justification for the reduction of the duty on them. Mr. Vest defended the reduction on the ground that $1.80 on these beverages was the revenue rate, Mr. Sherman's amendment was lost. Mr. Allison offered an amendment to in- crease the rate on imitations of brandy, spirits and wines from $1 to $1.50. It was lost, as was another amendment to increase the rate on bay rum from $1 to $1.50. The paragraph imposing duties on champagnes and other sparkling wines was identical with that in the McKinley law (8 per dozen quarts), and was agreed to without opposi- tion. Redacing the Daty on Still Wines. The finance committee amendment re- ducing the duty on still wines containing less than 14 per cent of pure alcohol to 30 cents per gallon (others to pay 50 cents per gallon) met with opposition from Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, who contended that most of the red wines coming in competi- tion with the native California wines would be Imported at the 30-cent rate. Mr. Whit of California explained that in some respects the amendment was less ad- vantageous 10 the American producer of Wines than the House rate. The difficulty with the still wine paragraph, he sald, was contained In the provision that no still wine imported in casks should pay more than 100 per cent ad valorem. This provision, Mr. White said, would prove exceedingly i: advantageous in years ke 1803, when an enormous surplus of wine was produced in France. Claret, he said, sold in France last n gallon. After consulta- producers had agreed to le as modified by the finance committee. The finance committee amendment was agreed to. Allison offered an amendment to the proviso classing as spirits and imposing du- es accordingly on all wines, ginger, cor- dials, vermouth, &c., containing more than 25 per cent of alcohol, to reduce the alcghol centage to 24. The present law forfeits to the United States all such wines containing over 24 per cent of alcohol. Mr. Allison said that there was some hid- den influence behind this proposed change in existing law; there was an African in the wo ch rox Mr. Allison's amendment was agreed to. Mr. Aldrich moved to increase the duty on ale, porter and beer In bottles from 30 to 40 cents per gallon, and in casks or barrels i from 10 to 20 cents per gallon. The latter were the McKinley rates. Mr. Hale said that last year $907,000 In duties were paid on these malt liquors. The consumer would receive no advantage from the reduction; the treasury would lose reve- nue; the only person benefited would be the foreign importer, Mr. Vest denied that the committee had been solicited by anybody to reduce these duties. Mr. Aldrich’s amendment was lost. Mr. Jones off. a new amendment,which Was agreed to, ucing the rate on all imi- tations of mineral waters and all artificial waters from 30 to 20 per cent ad valorem. Mr. Lodge offered the provisions of the Mc- Kinley law as a substitute for this para- graph. Over three-quarters of a million dollars were spent for imported mineral wa- ters annually, he sald. The waters of the United States were as good as foreign wa- ters, and he thought some duty should be placed on imported waters. Natural mineral waters, he thought, ought not to go on the free list. The amendment was lost after some debate. This completes the spirit schedule, and the cotton schedule followed. The Cotton Schedule. ‘Two amendments had been proposed, the first in paragraph 250 of the schedule (cot- ton, thread, yarn, etc.) The last in the series of amendments proposed May 21. But today Mr. Jones offered an entirely new gubstitute on the lines of the first amend- ment, which was agreed to without a word of debate or a division. Cotton, thread and carded yarn, warps, or warp yard in single, whether on beams or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form, except spool thread of cotton, hereinafter provided for,not colored, h- 4 dyed or advanced the condition °. more to and including No. 15, one-fifth of a cent per number per pound on all numbers exceeding No. 15, and up to and including No. 30, and one- quarter of a cent per number per pound on all numbers exc: ‘No. 30; colored, bleached, dyed, combed or advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or more single yarns together, whether on beams, or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form, except thread of cotton, hereinafter provided for, six cents per pound on all numbers up to and including No. 20, and on all numbers e ing No. 20, three-tenths of a cent per number per pound. Provided, however, that in no case shall the duty levied exceed 8 cents per pound on yarns valued at not exceeding 25 cents per pound, nor exceed 15 cents per pound on yarns valued at over 25 cents per pound, and not exceeding 40 cents per pound: and provided further, that on all yarns valued at more than 40 cents per pound there shall be levied, collected and paid a duty of 45 per cent ad valorem. The Jones amendments increasing the House rates on spcol thread, not exceeding 100 yards of thread, from 4 1-2 cents to 5 1-2 cents per dozen, and in excess of 100 yards from 41-2 to 51-2 cents for every 100 yards so in excess were agreed to. The latest amendments to paragraphs 253, 254, 2 2 PI May 21, were not offered, instead the original Jones amendments of May 7 adopted without debate. al but compromise were offered and DISTRICT DAY Measures of Local Interest Con sidered in the House, THE POLICE FUND PENSION BILL Attorney Thomas’ Recent Liquor ‘License Decision. OTHER BILLS CONSIDERED —— ‘The second Monday in the month is a day set apart under the rules of the House for the consideration of bills reported from the committee on the District of Columbia, and fl Ht i i ; BF i 4 i g i { jit stil 3 in g HF ty awarded $10 a month until they reach the age of sixteen years. The Status of the Fand. ‘The report also says: “Under the law approved February 23, 18S, the report of the treasurer of the United States shows that the Commission- ers had in their charge, under the original act of 186], a total cash fund of $27,400.10, which was turned over to the of the United States, the ex-officio In paragraph 259, Mr. Jones offered amendrrents, which were agreed to, increas- {ug the rate on plushes, velveteers, cor- duroys, &c., unbleached, from 35 to 40 per cent, and bleached, &c., from 40 to 47 1-2 per cent; as was the amendment imposing Cotton Schedule Completed. ‘The Senate completed the cotton sched- Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix of the M. E. Church South of Kansas City, Mo., a broth er of Congressman Hendrix of Brooklyn, offered the prayer at the convening of the House today. A privileged resolution was agreed to providing for the printing of 6,000 copies of a compilation of all addresses and messages of every President, from 1789 to 1894, in- clusive. The second and fourth Mondays in each month being set aside for the consideration of bills relating to the District of Colum- bia, the Indian appropriation bill was side- tracked. Several District of Columbia meas- ures were considered, ————__-+-e- THE COTTON SCHEDULE. Both Parties Trying to Agree Upon a Rate. The republicans and democrats of the Senate are at work today on a Proposition to fix up the cotton schedule, soas to make it acceptable to the cotton manufacturers and to put it through the Senate without opposition. It apepars that a schedule con- siderably below the McKinley law will be accepted by the cotton men, and the dem- ocrats ure inclined to agree to it. An agree- ment has been practically accomplished on | the schedule first introduced by Mr. Jones | as an amendment to the finance committee | bill and afterward abandoned. The repub- Means generally have agreed that this amendment can be put through without di lay, ang the democrats are expected to a cept it in order to save time. In this w: it is expected that the schedule will be got through in a few hours. An attempt is be- ing made to agree on the woolen schedule in a similar manner. If the efforts are suc- cessful the bill will be passed speedily. —— Personal Mention. Secretary Herbert has returned to Wash- ington from Annapolis, and was at his desk Saturday. Mr. Otto Gresham, son of the Secretary of State, has returned to Chicago. Mrs. Eckels has gone to Chicago for a few cays. Capt. A. P. Lacey, who has been so seriously sick at hls residence, 1315 Clifton | street, has rallied, and is now slowly recov- | ering. -| R. H. Beers and bride of Newtown, Conn., are at the Ebbitt. | Col. O. W. Talford of Columbus, Ohio, ar- rived at the Ebbitt last evening. | Col, Carroll D. Wright, superintendent of | the census and commissioner of labor, left this afternoon for Massachusetts to obtain | several weeks’ rest. Second Assistant Postmaster General J. Lowrie Bell returned today from Pennsyl- vania, where he attended the funeral of a brother, Kev. Mr. Bell of New York state. | Wm. W. Hill, assistant superintendent of | the free delivery system, Post Office De- partment, has returned to Chicago to re- | sume his‘duties as commissioner to examine the overtime claims of letter carriers, The claims filed in Chicago not yet investigated | aggregate about $00,000. | Brevet brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry and Mrs. Henry will leave tomorrow for West Poin accompanying their son, who has been a pointed a cadet, and who enters on the 15th | instant. The son follows in the footsteps of his father, who graduated in 1861, and | ndfather, who graduated in 1835. Secretary Lamont has returned from a/ visit to West Point and was at the War Department today. — ae Going to Alaska, Assistant Secretary Hamlin, who hi arranged to leave here next Friday to in- spect the customs service of the far west, has decided to extend his trip to the Seal Islands, and by personal observation learn of the humber of seals that may be taken during the present season without seriously | interfering with the Natural increase of | the herds. fund, until in IS the sum of $10,420 was required to sustain those dependent upon it, an increase of over @36 per cent in years. It must be remembered that during the period covered the metropolitan police force was incrvased from a total of 267 men to 449, and the dollar apiece required to be paid by cach member of the force each month, together with about $100 from fines and rewards turned in to the fund would be far trom adequate to Keep up the monte ly expenditure even at its present rate i La | it; ccnvineed, as I have already selt to and urged this committee, that the best vide for this emergency, and for years, is lo Set aside from year to year, from sums paid the District of Columbia i 309 | | as excise or liquor license fees, a sum sufll- cient to meet such demands. Mr. Dingicy Asks a Question. Mr. Dingley of Maine said the bill pro- Poses a civil service pension. It is proposed to divert the ordinary receipts from taxa- tion to the support of the fund. Mr. Ding: ley asked Mr. Heard if he knew whether the attorney for the District had recently rendered an opinion that an application for a Hquor license within 400 yards ef a church or school pending action at the time of the passage of the law is a license under the law of March 3, 18%. Mr. Heard said he had seen a publication to that kind, and if it is true it is an ex- traordinary decision. Mr. Dingley suggested that the liquor law needs amending, for this decision of the at- torney is a deliberate attempt to override the law. Mr. Coombs’ Objection. The discussion then reverted to the pené- ing bill. Mr. Coombs of New York said that Brookiyn is now considering the question of changing the law which recruits the police fund from liquor licenses, It ts thought un- wise to connect the fund and the Nquor jon. because the police have to with the enforcement of the Nquor license law. He thought this cbjee- tion would hold against the pending bill. Another bad feature of the bill, he sald, is that it diverts funds from the treasury be- fore they go into ft. It would be better to put the money In the treasury and then ap- propriate for its disbursement. Mr. Cox Set Right, Mr. Cox of Tennessee feared that to divert the money from the revenues of the leense law before it goes into the treasury would result in the United States having to con- tribute that much more to the District in paying half of the annual expenses. Mr. Heard and Mr. Cobb both controverted this position, and explained to Mr. Cox that the government contributes an amount equal to the amount expended by the District, and not a sum equivalent to the total from the taxpayers. Mr. Cobb ex) the relations existing between the and the government. Mr. Cobb's Idea. Mr. Cobb said the fair way to act would be to let the revenues go into the treas- ury and be appropriated out, so. that the United States would puy one- of the police fund. As it ts, the whole amount is now proposed to be paid out of the rev- enues of the District. Mr. Holman feared the bill proposes @ civil pension list and he implored and pro- tested that no such policy be entered upon. Mr. Heard said the bill simply asks per- mission to be allowed to spend their own money, rvised from their own taxation, in Sipporting this fund. It is not spending one dollar of the government's money. It is the money of the people, but they can- not use it without the consent of Con- gress. Mr. Cox said when he votes to put a tax on the people of the District to support a civil pension list he will vote to tax the general government for the support of a civil pension lst made up of departmental clerks. Mr. Cobb and Mr. Heard labored patient- ly with Mr. Cox to explain to him the rela- tive position of the District to Congress and to convince him that in this case Con- gress is merely sitting as the common cow cil of Washington to enable the city to ap- propriate money out of its municipal fund for municipal purposes. Mr. Holman’s Fc rebodings of wil. Mr. Holman ren. ' his forebodings of evil to come from the }.”, and In a tremu- cus voice and almost w‘th tears in his eyes besonght the House not to establish a pem- ston list. Mr. Reed's Practical Statement. Mr. Reed of Maine said this bill fs not an extension of existing law. The fund is now proposed to be pald by the people of the District, and possibly MM&the United Staten