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EE ETE EVENING STAR WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18 1894-TWEIVE PAGES :té‘(‘é‘é#((C(‘D”OWO#O#*we EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. = 800,000 sheep, \. $ >, yielding annual clip of 5,000,00y pouuus. The de- line in the value of sheep and clip since free wool was proclaimed almost equaled ¢ value of the flock before the threat was heard. Mr. Dubois then drifted into the Giscussion of the silver-lead mining indus- fry of the Rocky mountain section, which fallen under the blight since the pass- @ of the bill repealing the purchase clause the Sherman act and the threat of free ores In the House tariff bill. He de- bed at length the industrial conditions the west, with the mines closed and usands out of employment, and con- ited these conditions with th that under the McKinley law. the urse of this portion of his remarks he re- ferred to the political capital made out of the Homestead strike in the campaign of ise2, and placed alongside of it the picture tf strikes, lock-outs, riots and bloodshed ps dag today, quoting, as he said, at dom from newspapers of the past two Bopeat In conclusion he reiterated his to the republican side to allow the to be promptly disposed of. Bad as ‘isting conditions were, the present un- ‘ty and doubt should be set at rest. When Mr. Dubois finished Mr. Stewart of levada took the floor and made an argu- ent against free wool. ea Hansbrough of North Dakota fol- wed. Mr. Shoup in the Same Line. Mr. Hansbrough completed his remarks it 2 o'clock. He was succeeded by Mr. jhoup (Idaho), who also opposed free wool &s disastrous to one of the chief industries 0¢ his state. Mr. Shoup contended that the fall in the Price of wool had been world-wide for twenty years, and that it ruled higher in the United States than elsewhere, by the amount of the duty levied. He contended t the demonetization of silver had much do with the fall of the price of wool in world’s markets. He cited market Quotations to show that the difference be- tween foreign and domestic prices had been @oming nearer together since the election 0f a democratic President. He analyzed the ay added to the price of a suit of clothes yy the duty on wool to show how small a teppei of the finished product to duty Comparison was also made to show the greater labor cost in the United States @s compared with Australia. He contended that free wool would ruin the in Bhe United States. THE HOUSE. Among the bills recefved tn the House to- Gay from the Senate was one for the relief of Wetmore & Bro. of St. Louis, which, on motion of Mr. Cobb (Mo.), was passed tm- Mediately. Mr. Breckinridge (Ark.) secured the pass- ge of Senate bill to grant the use of cer- tain lands in the Hot Springs reservation to the Barry Hospital. On motion of Mr. Loudenslager (N. J.) House bill granting a pension to Eliza K. Starr, widow of Coly Samuel H. Starr, U. 8. ‘A., was passed. A bill to disapprove the treaty heretofore made with the Southern Ute Indians for their removal to the territory of Utah and Providing for settling them on lands under the severalty act was passed on motion of Mr. Hunter (il). Mr. Milliken (Me.) secured the passage of Bhe Senate bill providing for the adjust- tment and settlement of the claim of Thos. = Smith for work done at Bar Harbor, 2. Mr. Turner (Ga.) secured the passage of a bill to amend the act establishing circuit courts of appeais and defining and regulat- ing in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States approved March B, 1891. Indian Appropriation Bill. At 12:40 p.m. the Indian appropriation bill was taken up. A committee amend- ‘ment was offered by Mr. Lynch, and agreed to, looking to the securing of the lands of ‘the Seneca Indians in New York state, and Delegate Flynn (Oklahoma) secured the adoption of an amendment waiving the re- ictions to the sale of lands owned in severalty by Indians over twenty-one years of age, so far as applies to the Citizen band of Pottawatomies, except when such In- @ are residents of Oklahoma. An amendment was offered by Mr. Hol- man, increasing the appropriation for sup- port and civilization of the Apaches, Kio- ‘was, Comanches, Wichitas and affiliated tribes on reservations, from $90,000 to $100.- 000, when Mr. Cannon (IIL) offered amendment to this, increasing this to $115, 00. This led to a warm discussion, in which the adoption of the second amend- mIrert was urged, on the ground, if the ra- tions of Indians were cut down they would on the war path and cause trouble. ir. Cannon's amendment was lost and Mr. Holman’s adopted. ee CUTTING THE TARIFF BILL. Proposal to Eliminate the Adminis- trative Portion of the Measur>. The talk of dropping th> adminiitrative portion of the tariff bill conti> is, and a "umber of leading democrats are urging it ‘with vigor, in the interest of saving time. One of the prominent democrats of the Benate was speaking of this matter today. | “I think the best thing to do ts to cut out | the entire istrative features of the| present bill,” he said. There are many rea- | gons in favor of this procedure, and only | one against it, that being that the present | law, in its relation to packing, etc., tends | adm to increase the duties on imports. The ar- | ment: favor of retaining the present | w, besides saving time in considering the | tariff, are that the customs officers are fa-| miliar with it; it has been interpreted and | construed; the courts have passed upon ‘t, and points arising under it have been set- ted. It was passed as a separate measure and ‘without any particular opposition, it being considered non-partisan to a great extent. Now, we put a new law on the books with changes from specific to ad valorem duties and solidation of compound duties and other changes. The administration of law under a law with which the| customs officers are familiar will be much | better than if a new administrative law is| enacted at the same time and has to be in- | terpreted, construed and tested.” | If this portion of the bill is cut out it will | save forty-nine pages and probably a week's | discussion. It is held by democrats that if it is found necessary under the new law to modify the present administrative law that ean be done at the next session after the Jaw has been in operation and the changes ry are pointed out by the customs The expectation of the democratic rs is that all general discussion on | pl schedule of the bill will be finished by tonight and that paragraphs will be pro- ceeded with tomorrow and the schedule compieted uot later than Friday. HIS SECOND SPEECH. Seuntor Hill Preparing to Take An- other Pop at the Income Tax. Senator Hill is underst30d to be preparing another speech on the income tax provision of the tarii¥ dill. He has not bean in the Senate for several days, and his friends cay he is getting ammunition reaty for this ‘art of the bil! It is said that the New ‘ork Senator will not only make another st the bill. but expects to take e part im the running debate upon the income tax. celia Orders for the Charlesto: Orders went forward from the Navy De- today to Capt. Coffin, command- *harleston at Qallao, directing him Francisco at once, in order » may be cleaned and put in 1 after her long service in tropical make an easy passage up »pping en route, perhaps, at La ivador, where the Bennington stationed, and should reach San co about the Ist of July. hough not yet definitely settled, it is probable that the Charleston! mt to Honolulu to relieve the| Philadelphia, which is to be sent to San Francisco a3 socn as relieved, to receive a thorourh overhauling. oa ene | Nom | y the President. The President today sent the following Nominations to the Senate: State—Pendleton King of North Carolina to be chief of the bureau of indexes and | archives in the Department of State. To be consuls for the United States—John B. Gorman of Georgia, at Matamoras, Mex- fico; John H. Miller of Kentucky, at Port | Stanley, Falkland Islands, | 2A AM Quiet Near Alderson. A telegram received from Gen. Schofteld | from the commander of the United States| troops at Alderson, in the Indian territory, | where there has been trouble with striking coal miners, states that all is quiet there; | that many of the intruders have gone out af | the country, and that there is no cause for} further apprehension. | | Cleveland, Canton | man suffrage plank by a vote of 876 to 280. —————__ LATE NEWS BY WIRE Aspect of Affairs in the Oval Regions. MARYLAND MINERS ARE RETURNING Circular Issued Regarding Settle- ment. GENERAL QUIET PREVAILS eae Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 18.—Sheriff Wing was at Lonaconing again last night, and this morning the Maryland Coal Company announced that it would open Detmold mine today, in pursuance of the notice that they had received from a number of men that they would go to work then. The men started to work this morning, but were driven back by the strikers, and not @ single pick was driven in Detmold today. At Lonaconing, No. 1, about six men went to work today. In Eckhart mine this morning miners went to work, as — 125 yesterday. This nearly com- Pl "s working force. At fifty-four miners were at Allegany work, also about the full force, while at Hoffman, where 250 men are em- ployed, only nine are now at work. Superintendent Randolph of the Consoli- @ation Com: 'y seemed to feel much en- couraged a A meeting of Eckhart miners at a place known as the Slaughter House, on the “Bowery,” about a half mile from town, is reported to have taken place last night. The meeting is said to be largely responsi- ble for the increase of hands at Eckhart this morning. The meeting is said to have been a quiet and serious one. The men are beginning to feel the pangs of poverty keenly. John F. Hickey of Hyattsville, Prince George’s county, has written to Adjut. Gen. Douglas, asking for permission to organize a cavalry company at Hyattsville. The general wrote y to Mr. Hickey and denied the permission. He said that owing to the extrao! expense to which the state had been put for its mili- tia this year, there would be no funds with which to establish a new corps of the kind described. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 13.—The offi- celal circular of the announcement of the settlement of the strike, issued by the na- tional officers of the United Mine Workers, contains about 4,000 words. The settle- ment agreement is set forth in the intro- duction, followed by a short resume of the strike, dwelling upon thg convention and conference at Cleveland, May 14 and 15, where, after failing to reach an agreement, the miners adopted a resqlution placing the whole question in the hands of a commit- tee consisting of the national officers and the district vice president. The circular continues: “While we have not succeeded in accom- plishing everything mapped out for the national convention, we have secured rrore for the men than cou!d have been obtained through local or sectional efforts, and in our judgment all that could be secured by the present movement under the conditions by which we were surrounded, and which con- ditions were unforeseen at the time of the national convention.” UNIONTOWN, Pa, June 13.—A_ stro: effort will be made by some of the col strikers to have the scale committee settle the strike by adopting the Frick scale at their meeting in Scottdale tomorrow. Many of the strike leaders have come to believe that this will eventually be the basis of set- tlement and are anxious to get the strike settled as soon as possible. ane trouble has been reported in the region jay. Forty miners, charged with riot and un- lawful assemblage at Stickle Hollow, are on trial today before Judge Mestrezat. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 3.—Miners’ presi- dent, Cairns, of the Pittsburg district ar- rived home today, and imm called a delegate convention to be held in this city on Friday, when the terms of the Columbus agreement and the reasons for acepting it will be fully explained. President Cairns feels confident that when the agreement is understood by the miners, the action of of- ficials will be ratified, and the men will re- turn to work. No further trouble is reported at Man- own. A train of coal stopped by the strik- ers at Monongahela yesterday was xent thrcugh to Pittsburg during the night. About forty men are working in the mines under guard of the deputies. The company has given notice that the works will resume in full on Monday at the Columbus rate and that the old men will be given the preference. MASSILLON, Ohio, June 13.—The entire disturbed district along the tracks of the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling and the | and Southern was quiet all of last night, and today there are no indications of the presence of the men who are said to possess a desire to blow up bridges. Strikers and Guards Exchange Shots. CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 13.—A tele- gram received from Montgomery today states that last night a party of strikers on the mountain top above St. Clair mines fired on the guards there and that the lat- ter returned the fire, keeping up a hot fusil- lade until the firing from the strikers ceas- None of the guards were injured, but it is not known whether strikers escaped in- jury. Today a scouting party is in the mountains after the attacking party. —_—.__ SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN. The Question Dividing the Kansas TOPEKA, Kan., June 13—The people’s Party state convention used the entire morning endeavoring to reach a conclusion whether to put a woman suffrage plank in its platform or leave it out. When the minority report of the resolutions commit- tee was presented at the opening of the day's session it was received with a storm of applause. It favors a plank advocating the pending constitutional amendment for woman suf- frage, and is signed by eight of the twenty- ene members of the platform committee. The afternoon session yesterday was taken up with the selection of the previous | committees and addresses by Miss Susan B. Anthony and Mrs. Chapman Catt, in behalf of a woman suffrage plank in the state platform. At the conclusion of Miss Anthony's ad- dress a delegate demanded to know whether she would take the stump and urge all friends of woman suffrage to vote the populist ticket. Miss Anthony’s response in the affirma- tive was greeted with prolonged applause. The committee on permanent organiza- tion reported amid applause the name of J. M. Dunsmore as permanent chairman and Ben Rich as secretary. Dunsmore was speaker and Rich clerk of the populist house, preme Court at the time of the | trouble in the winter of 1892-03. port of the committee was adopted. There was considerable sparring between the woman suffrage and anti-suffrage forces | over a motion to refer all resolutions to; the committee on resolutions. Speaker El-| der was leader of the anti-suffrage forces | and Judge Doster of the suffragists. Thi j was much enthusiasm whenever the ques-| tion of extending the franchise to women was mentioned. At 6 o'clock the convention took a recess until today. islative he re- ee Twelve Hundred Houses Destroyed. YOKOHAMA, June 13.—A fire at Yama- gata, province of Uzen, has destroyed 1,200 houses. Thirteen people lost their lives dur- | ing the conflagration: ——.___ A Woman Suffrage Plank. TOPEKA, Kan., June 18—At 1 o'clock the Populist convention decided to insert a wo- Jadge Phelps Better. ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 18.—The con- ition of William Walter Phelps, who is {ll at his home near here, is said to be slightly improved today. a Nominated for Congress. MT. VERNON, Ind., June 13.—The repub- Means of the first Indiana district have nominated Joseph A. Hemmingway of War- | wick county for Congress. He is a lawyer of Booneville. BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio, June 13.—L. | April 1, 1964, and class 4, July 28, 1! declared to be illegal by the Su-|>¢ PATROLLING BERING SEA. American Fleet Have Stopped Over Twenty Vessels. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., June 18.— Private advices from Bering sea, dated June 8, state that up to that time the United States fleet had warned twenty sealers, eight of which were American ships. The orders regarding the treatment of sealers were not received until after the fleet ar- rived here, May 16, and were found to be as follows: “When a sealer ip boarded by a naval officer, English or American, he examines the logbook, under date of May 1, where, if @ sealer has been previously boarded, he will find an entry. This entry will show whether the sealer has been warned or licensed.” So far the sealers have offered no objec- tion to the searcn and all seem anxious to Jearn the mission of the patrol fleet and get back to port. In fact, the English men-of- war carried orde-s from owners of sealers, which fitted out at Victoria, to return to that port. Besides making an entry in the logbook in regard to boarding the sealer, the officers seize and seal fire: nd am- munition. The sealing of arm: 4 ammu- nition is done by placing the ammunition in a vas bag, which is carefully tied and the knots covered with wax, which is stamped with the ship's official seal. ‘The arms are la: together and stamp- ed. Then the vessel’s captain is told he can take out a license if he wis! which enti- tles him to seal after August. All sealere are given copies of the President's procla- mation and act of parliament. SEATTLE, Wash, June 18.—Advices dated Sitka June 3 sa The United States ship Mohican, flagship of the Bering sea patrol, arrived in port today for mail and supplies, having been on @ cruise of five days about Kodiak Islands. On the third day of the cruise, in heavy weather, the lookout on the Mohican saw a vessel well inshore. The warship bore down on the schooner, which immediately placed all sail in an attempt to get aw: e wind favored the schooner, so ord were given to fire across her bow. T! Hotchkiss guns sent a couple of shots after the schooner, which then hove to. When boarded she proved to be the Volunteer, from Seattle. No direct evidence of illegal sealing was found, except that arms and implements were ready for use. These were all sealed up and the Volunteer or- dered to Sand Point to await the end of the season. The next day a similar performance was gone through with the schooner George R. White, also of Seattle. There are liable to be many seizures within the next few weeks, as some of the vessels ordered to remain at Sand Point have put to sea in the absence of the war vessels. One of the officers said: “The order to seal up all arms and implements found on board will not prove effective, as many captains will take their chances on getting away, and will break open the seals and hunt again. Others will secure arms se- cretly and leave the sealed ones as we placed them. There is ncthing to prevent buying new guns and shooting away as soon as they get clear of land. This should be pro- vided against.” The only sealers who have given trouble in any way were the Volunteer and White. Twenty to twenty-five vessels were boarded. —<—$_—<— WHEN BLOWS MUST COME. Assistant Secretary McAdoo Speaks at the Naval War College. NEWPORT, R. I, June 18.—The com- mencement exercises of the United States Naval War College, on Harbor Island, opened in the college hall at 10 o'clock this forenoon. Assistant Secretary of the Navy McAdoo delivered the opening address, His speech was in part as follows: “It seems an anomalous thing that at a season of such a profound peace we should meet here today to inaugurate the study of war as a profession. I presume there will be glowing optimists who will criticise your labors and fail to appreciate their value. Trite and commonplace as are the hack- neyed expressions used by those who depre- cate the horrors of war, yet the thing itself is and must be in many of its features sav- age, barbaric and repellant. Sharing the love for peace which grows slowly with our advancing civilization, I yet cannot blind myself to the fact that we are very far indeed from an age in which force is not the handmaiden of civilization itself. There are wrongs deeper than the wounds of war and indignities more awful than its horrors. So long as the contending ele- ments of good and evil exist, so long as right and wrong struggle for supremacy, so long as iron prejudice defends injustice, so long as the strong oppress the weak and moral right cannot restrain the cruel hands of prevailing might, long the sword will be still powerful and controlling in the fate of men and nations.” . “I am not here to eulogize the navy of the United States. Its proud record is a complete answer to its bitterest critic. It was exceedingly fit, however, that a school for the study, both theoretically and prac- tically, of the art of naval architecture should have been founded contemporary with the national effort to rebuild our navy. Nothing could be more fit than to fmaugur&ate here the most profound and exacting study of naval tactics and strat- egy, for it must be confessed that the sum of our actual knowledgs “Our Achilles” is edge. A million men on prevent the tremendous and certain de- struction which would be wrought by the explosion of a monster shell filled with high explosives in one of our cities, fired from the great guns of a battleship lying safely beyond the range of our nearest fort. Five hundred men on a battleship, well handled by a master of his art, might save from destruction that which a hun- dred thousand men on shore could not re- store. And while our country is possessed of vast material resources, especially in the great valley of the Mi: ppl, still in the very nature of things, our store houses are upon the seaboaris, and this will con- tinue as long as the great oceans are the free highways of all people.” Secretary McAdoo concluded with a graceful tribute to the officers of the school and expressed the hope that some new and valuable features might be added each year to the work. eas A Strong Tribute. Adjt. Gen. Ruggles has issued a general order, in which he says: It is with sincere sorrow that the adjutant general announces to the office the death, on the 8th instant, of Mr. Max Bock, for many years chief of an important division, and one of the oldest and most valued clerks of this office. Enlisted June 16, 1849, in the third in- fantry, he re-enlisted in the second in- fantry in 1854, and served the country of his adoption faithfully for thirteen years in the military service until April 1, 1862, when he was appointed to a clerkship of class 1 in this office. His general efficiency and in- defatigable ind motion—to ‘clas 1, he performed the various duties assigned him with great credit to himself and to the office. Singularly modest, correct in deportment and exemplary in habits, Mr. Bock, during a long service of thirty-one t gasagd won, as he deserved, the confidence of his superiors, the respect of all his associates, and leaves hind an example worthy of imitation. e+ Exports for Last Month. ‘The monthly report of the bureau of sta- tistics on the principal articles of domestic exports shows that during May of this year the aggregate value of mineral oils | exported was $3,285,008, and during the eleven months of the present fiscal year $37,066,370, a falling off of about $500,000 in each case from the amounts exported last year. The cotton exportations during May aggre gated $4,632,456, and for the nine months ended May 81, $196,355,451, a decrease of about $2,000,000 for the month of May, and an increase for the nine months of about $22,500,000. The exportation of breadstuffs during May amounted to $10,861,532, and during the eleven months of this fiscal year, $153,907,509, a decrease for the month of about $5,500,000, and for the eleven months of about $25,500,000. The exports of provisions, including cattl and hogs, during May amounted to $15,044, 721, and during the eleven months to $1! 748,771. The increase for the month w: about $1,500,000, and for the eleven months @ little over $9,000,000, ——___~+«+—____ Army Orders. Leave of absence for four months on sur- geon’s certificate of disability is granted Capt. William L. Carpenter, ninth infantry. Leave of absence for one month is grant- ed Post Chaplain Charles C. Pierce. Leave of absence for three months on sur- Beon's certificate of disability is granted Maj. Charles R. Barnett, quartermaster. Capt. Daniel M. Taylor, ordnance depart- ment, will visit the works of the Colt’s M. Strong has been renominated for Con- gress trom the eighth district by the repub- licans. | Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Conn., on official business pertaining to the inspec tion of gatling gun sights, RAILROAD POOLING Discuasing Proposed Interstate Commerce Amendments, MEN INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION An Important Meeting in This City Held Today. SOME PERSONS PRESENT There was an important meeting this morning in the rooms of the interstate commerce commission of men from all parts of the country who are interested in the matter of transportation, and who also be- lieve in the harmonizing of state and fed- eral legislation in the regulation of the bus- iness of common carriers. At the conven- tion of railroad commissioners held in this city in May a report was adopted urging the appointment of a committee of five members to confer with representatives from the nattonal board of trade, the Na- tional Transportation Association, the in- terstate commerce commission and other transportation interests regarding amend- ments to the interstate commerce law. The meeting was called by Mr. E. P. Wil- son of Cincinnati, the chairman of the ex- ecutive committee of the National Trans- portation Association. The rooms of the commission were well filled this morning with a representative set of prosperous bus- iness men, who believe that public trans- portation is a matter of such public interest that it should be surrounded by certain Umitatior and should come under the au- peso of some tribunal provided for by he time of the appointment of the interstate commerce commission there were No restrictions placed upon the public car- riers of the country in the matter of charges and rates. It was to con this and also the pool- ing privileges of the railroads that the meeting is now being held ingthis city, and the Patterson bill, now before Congress, ing certain amendments to the inter- commerce act came up for consider- tention. The meeting was called to by Mr. W. S. Young as temporary chairman. A permanent organization was effected by the election of the following ofM- cers: President, Alden Speare of Boston; vice president, D. R. Francis of St. Louis, and secretary, Mr. E. A. Moseley, secretary of the interstate commerce commission, Those Present. Among those who were present this morn- ing were the following: Wm. M. Ayers, Trades League of Philadelphia; D. C. Ball, Merchants’ Exchange of St. Louis; W. G. Bishop, Baltimore Corn and Flour Ex- change; Jerome Carty, Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, and general counsel of the National Transportation Association; Chas. HH. Clark, Manufacturers’ Club of Philadel- hia; John J. Curley, Union Committee on ‘ansportation; D. P. Erwin, Indianapolis Board of Trade; John ‘Field, Busi- ness Men’s Union Committee of Phila- deiphia; D. R. Francis, National Board of Trade, St. Louis; Walter F. Hagar, Union Committee of Philadelphia; Explaining the Bill. Charles P. Hatch, general transportation agent Trades League of Philadelphia; Jas. J. Hooker, Cincinnati chamber of com- merce; N. G. igiehart, commissioner Chi- cago freight bureau; C. N. Osgood, mer- chants’ exchange of St. Louis; J. H. Pad- dock of Springeld, Ill; Alden Speare, rep- resenting a number of commercial bodies of Boston; Charles E. Wheeler, chamber of commerce of St. Louis; Oscar L. Whitelaw, National Transportation Association; E. P. Wilson, Cincinnati chamber of commerce; Wm. 8. Young, Baltimore corn and flour exchange; John L. Rodgers and T. Barling Hall, Baltimore corn and four exchange, and J. H. Paddock, representing a commit- tee on the part of the convention of state railroad commissioners. Explat: ws the Bill. Mr. Wilson, the prime mover in the meet- ing, made a brief address, in the course cf which he said that the object of their gathering was to secure an expression of opinion from representatives of commercial interest throughout the country, looking to the securing of needed amendments to the inters commerce law. He spoke of the provisions of the Patterson bill now before Congress as having the approval of the majority of the commission as lawyers. In it an amendment is presented legalizing contracts between railroads in matters of Tates, so that these contracts or agree- ments can be lived up to and properly en- forced. The discussion which followed this address showed that the bill meets with general favor and support from all the in- terests concerned. Upon motion Secretary Mosel was called upon to read the re- port of the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce, recommending the adoption of the measure. ident Morrison of the commission was called upon to explain the workings of the bill. He stated that In its present form it did not meet with his entire approval. There is in this country a class of people who consider that the railroads should be run by their owners and officers just as any other business would te. On the other hand, there are people who think that the railroads shouki be subjected to the most | rigorous supervision on the part of the gov- ernment. Between these two extremes all shades of opinions have their followers. So the members of the commission were not of one mind, either. In his opinion, if the a@antages to the public arising from com- petition between railroads were given up, the whole matter should be given into the hands of the commission. As for himself, he believed that if pooling were allowed at all it should be under conditions and Iimi- tations laid down by the authorities, Knapp, a member of the commis- sion, who has been active in drawing up the measure that is now before Congress, was also asked to address the meeting. He said that it would be obviously out of lagys for him to speak in its d se, but, In the absence of the members of the House committee, who had been asked to be pres- ent today, he would speak briefly of the his- torical evolution of the bill. The bill is not exactly to his liking, elther, in all its pro- visions. Still, it is one that has received very thorough consideration, and his pres- ent opinion was that it is the only measure that they were likely to get through Con- gress this session. If any attempts were made to seriously and materially alter the Dill as it now is it would result in sending it back to the committee, and this would TALKING OF THE END. Approach of the Closing Days of the Tariff Bill. Leading republican members of the finance committee of the Senate say that it is Probable that the tariff bill will be finished and pass the Senate about two weeks from next Saturday. All day yesterday and to- day negotiations have been going on among the leaders on both sides looking to progress upon the bill. Some modifications may be made, including the dropping of the ad- ministration portion of the bill. tI is said that the republican made a definite vg sel tor Harris proposal to, to vote upon the bill on tHe 25th of June, and that Mr. Harris declined, as he be- lieved the bill could be passed sooner than = = Te there are other democratic nators still negotiating, and it may be possible that a date mee ot fixed. ———+2+____ NO INDICTMENT YET, Near Messrs. Edwards ard Shriver still Breathing Fress Air. Neither District Attorney Birney nor his assistant, Mr. Hugh T. Taggart, was at the city hall today. Hence, nothing was done in the case of the alleged contuma- cious witnesses before the Senate investi- gating committee, Newspaper Correspon- dents John 8S. Shriver and E. Jay Ea- wards. The officials of the District attor- ney’s office would neither deny nor assert that an indictment of Messrs. Shriver and Kdwards had been authorized by the grand jury. They did deny, however, that District Attorney Birney or anyone in his office had informed the parties that an indict- ment had been returned and that they would be assigned Saturday next. It is expected that both Mr. Birney and Mr. Taggart will be at the office tomorrow. The former has been at home for several days, because of illness, Was detained at home thi of his wife. It is probable in The Star two days ago, the FINANCE AND TRADE Speculators Disposed to Take Risks On the Long Side. FRIENDS OF SUGAR ARE CONFIDENT An Upward Movement in Chicago Gas Stock. grand jury have authorized an indictment, but, even in such an event, it is hardly likely vill be presented for several days. ————= NO VERDICT YET. The Jury Hangs Fire in the Clark As- sault Case. After being out all night the jury in the case of ex-Policeman Thos. E. Clark, charged with criminally assaulting Miss Nellie Kriete on the 10th of last December, reported to Judge McComas this morning that they had not agreed upon a verdict. In answer to the court’s inquiry they stated that they needed no instructions as to the Jaw in the case. Judge McComas thereupon told them that it was highly important, both to the government and to the defend- ant, that they should agree upon some ver- dict. He would, he said, afford them am- ple time for further deliberation, and then directed them to again retire to their room. Subsequently, Judge McComas directed a recess for an indefinite time, and left the court hovse. He left word that he would return at any time, should the jury reach a conclusion. He intimated, however, that unless the jury before then he would not 4! them before tomorrow. It was stated this morning that the jury were hopelessly divided, standing, it was rumored, nine for conviction to three for acquittal. a COURT IN GENERAL TERM. The Publication Rule and Marriage Certificate Bill Considered. The court in general term yesterday af- ternoon had under consideration that sec- tion of the lately promulgated rules of prac- tiee respecting publication. It is probable that the court will decide that while the new rule shall apply in law cases, the old rule shall apply in equity causes. It is understood that the court also had under consideration the draft of a bill pro- posed to be submitted to Congress, looking to an enforcement of the law uiring the certification by officiating ministers of all marriages performed by them here, The bill was drawn up by Mr. John R. Young, clerk of the Supreme Court of the District. It provides that a coupon shall be attached to all marriage licenses issued in the Dis- trict, which shall be ‘ly filled out by the officiating minister and returned with- in forty-eight hours after the of the marriage to the clerk’s office, in a penalty envelope to be privided by the clerk. A penalty ia oe every violation of the law, to enforced Soe ey SS otis we w that the will be approved by the court, THE COURTS. Equity Court, No. 1, Judge Cox. Dyer agt. Halpine; testimony ordered taken before Examiner Wm. Ward Mohun. Selby agt. Heald et al.; pro confesso against defendants, Woods and Morrison, granted. Equity Court, No. 2, Judge Hagner. Eustis agt. Matthews et al.; order al- lowing parties defendant %t© be made. Smallwood agt. Smallwood; divorce grant- €d. Roessle agt. Godfrey; on hearing. Circuit Court, No. 1, Judge Bradley. Paxton agt. Georgetown and Tenleytown Railway Company; discharge Of jury upon failure to agree. A. K. Seligson agt. T. Felter; judgment on motion. T. M. Fields agt T. W. Stewart et al.; judgment by de- . Bates agt. District of Colum- bia; two cases; amendment to judgment in certiorari. Second National Bank agt. L. B, Willett, L. C. Beall et al. and J. D. Burn et al; judgments by default. Wm. Brown agt. B. and P. R. R. Co.; on trial. Circuit Court, No. 2, Chief Justice Bingham. Dix Island Granite Company agt. Annie R. Walter; on trial. Criminal Court, No. 1, Judge Cole (civil and criminal cases). Rebecca Nathanson, admx. of B. J. Beh- rend & Son, agt. Thompson, Foust & Co.; verdict for defendants. United States agt. Leon; murder; motion for postponement of | X Augus- trial overruled. Henry Swope agt. tus O. Brummel; on trial. Criminal Court, No. 2, Judge McComas. United States agt. Thos. J. em- Dezzlement; plea of not guilty. Unit States agt. Wm. Hughes, alias Muse, breaking; bail fixed at $1,000. United States agt. John R. Brooks, false pretenses; new tral denied. United States agt. John Mor- gan, murder; case continued until row. United States agt. Thos. E. Clark, rape; jury respited. —_—-__ New System of Surveys. It 1s understood at the Department of the Interior that Secretary Smith will send | Silver. prevent it from becoming a law at this Con- gress. As for the so-called pooling provi- sion, he had always considered the fifth section of ae pa = oe with the purposes and objects of the original law, as Passed in 1887. Yet he realized that the only practicable method of doing away with the discriminations that are now made in the matter of rates is to allow the rail- roads to make agreements among them- selves which can be fully observed. The matter of the restrictions to which such agreements be subjected is a very im- portant one, however. It will be a tre- mendous power to place in the hands of the commission. There should be some cor- rective upon such a power in the hands of five men to utterly overthrow contracts made between the railroads. The necessity for such corrective is recognized in the bill where the roads are given the right to have the decisions of the commission reviewed by the courts, and this right of appeal is of itself a safeguard. The gecisions of the commission, however, should make the con- tracts null and void until such time as the cases have been passed upon by the courts of last resort. Otherwise by dilatory meas- ures the railroads could defeat the ngin iis pner of the commission, and it would in about the same position as it is now in reference to rates, unable to enforce its 9wn decisions by punitory methods. After a few brief remarks from Judge Veazey, the meeting adjourned until after- noon, when Representatives Patterson and Storer of the interstate and foreign com- Merce committee of the House had promised | to ge pm This convention or associa- | tion will probably hold sessions through to- morrow, and will crystalize its work in the form of resolutions to Congress. New York and New Jersey Bridge ‘The President has selécted the following board of engineers to recommend what length of span, not less than 2,000 feet, would be safe and practicable for a bridge over the Hudson river under the terms of the New York and New Jersey bridge ect of Congress, recently passed: Prof. W. H Burr of Columbia College, 3eorge S. Mor- rison of Chicago, G. Beuscaren of Cincin- nati, Theodore Cooper of New York, Maj. C. W. Raymond, corpe of engineers, U.S. A. , The board will assemble at the earliest to Congress a letter which he recently received from Commissioner Lamoreux of the land office, in which is drafted a pro- Rosed amendment to the pending sundry civil appropriation bill. The object of the amendment is to provide for surveys of public lands, being made under some con- ditions under supervision of the director of the geological survey. It is proposed to try the method of surveying the public lands to the geological survey instead of by deputy surveyors under contract with surveyors generally. Should the method be found practicable it would be applied to public land surveys and will result in the abolition of the contract system. The Present sundry civil bill contemplates the appropriation of $200,000 for the making of tcpographic surveys under direction of the geological survey and $20,000 for the sur- vey of private land claims, to be made under direction of the general land office. —_—_-2—__—_—— New Car Stables, A building permit was issued today to the Eckington Railroad Company, for the erec- tion of an office pullding, car stable, barn, blacksmith shop and repair shop in squate 1080. The office building will be one-story brick, with stone trimmings, slate roof, thirty by eighty feet, and heated by steam. The car stables will be two-stories, constructed of brick and steel, slate roof, and will have an elevator for hoisting cars, etc. The barn will be of brick, 108 by 187 feet, one = with slate roof. The blacksmith shop also be a one-story structure, 123 by 80 feet, with slate roof. Leon Dessez is the architect, and Rich- ardson & Burgess are to do the building, at an estimated cost of $40,000, ——_— THE COREAN KING’S FLIGHT. Ne Confirmation Received of the Re- port. The report of the flight of the King of Corea to Japan’s territory lacks official confirmation here. Neither the State De- partment nor the Corean or Japanese lega- t has any advices on the subject, and the legation officials, in the absence of in- possible moment within the sixty days pre- scribed by the act. formation, are inclined to discredit the re- presence of experienced operator in every movement. balance of the industrial @ull and firm. the interests of that company, and is ex- to add to the market value of that A million and « quarter in gold has been taker for shipment tomorrow, and may be followed by more on Saturday. There were mo important changes in the foreign ex- tendency, owing to the Inalond deme lency, to Wl ited 4 a. The last hour's business was dull and un- ee ee Sale of Baltimore and Ohio Bonds. NEW YORK, June 18.—The sale of Bal- S32' $225 ay i 18156 15 18x hange. —West End Ne- Tat Bonds United States da reg. 1 Ssked. United States ° Be. tire bia” te rt 5 is BF E F i F of a, Hh i ue site Bd te : , E [ f i i he ERREBE,S ule ieee i eeEFE ; : : if H f H i i Ba FE ‘ : E Hi i i r pte al HE E fF i 26 7 F Hl rf te i ea Es iad f j 3 i i ts i 228! fi 22551 a tt 2eee: tf oe eee ae 1 1 HS Ge 2S Es 6.85 665 670 62 675 6.75 6.95 ext &RT 6.50 6 6S 652 645 tS 6.45 6a Ga and explosives are sold are senSing to the chief of police applications for permission to sell fireworks, as the law requires a permit to engage in euch business. While the law, under certain restrictions, legalizes the sale of explosives, it prohibits their use within Says “that no gun, rife, other firearm shall be discharged wit the limits of the cities of Washing- ton or Georgetown, or any suburban settle- ment within the District of Columbia, or in | or on any public road or highway within the said District without @ special permit therefor by the major of police: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section not apply to licensed shooting gal- leries and similar establishments between the hours of 6 o'clock a.m. and midnight of the ae of the week.” The permits mentioned are given to stores fireworks withia « i | $5 for the sale of explosives to children un- ed. as » calculated to drive the children in the and sheds in order to set off a few i firecrack: a and, perhaps, cause thousands Another Sewer System. Mr. Cadmus has introduced a bill in the | House by request directing the Commission- ers to immediately construct a substantial foundation at the proper crade for laying a | low-level intercepting sewer, with suitabie reservoirs, along the entire water front of Washington and Georgetown,the sewer to be | made of vitrified galvanized tile-ring piping twenty-four inches in diameter. The sewer is to lead to and empty into reservoirs lo- cated on the river front at the foot of 18th street and foot of South Capitol street. From these reservoirs the sewage is to be —— into barges and dumped into the tomac twenty miles below the city. The ol Provides that a — sufficient to carry ‘ese provisions into effect shall be appre priated. Licenses Granted. | The applications for liovor licenses grant- ed yesterday afternoon by the excise board were as follows: George W. McKein, Go i?th street i orthwest; Ed. Murphy, 1105 2ist street rorthwest; William McAleer, 483 11th street northwest; Fred. M. Herr- mann, 622 Sth street southeast; Pickford & Smith, 924 Louisiana avenue. Rejected—Alice Moran, retail, 2805 M Riel Somerfield, whole- | stregt northwest; sale, 428 N street southwest; Michael J 4g | Cannon, wholesale, 318 5th street north- |east; John J Fidler, Frankford avenue | Rear District line. —_ CAPITOL TOPICS. Exempting Fraternal Societies. Senator Vest today gave notice of a& amendment to the income tax provision of the tariff bill which would exempt from the operations of the tax all fraternal and be- nevolent organizations. He said he believed the bill as it now stood would do that, but in order to make it perfectly plain this amendment would be added. the Informer, to Be Heard. Mr. Sill, the Carnegie workman who gave the most important armor plate fraud in- formation against the company, arrived here today and will be heart by the con- Stessional investigating committee tomor- row. Toisy the committee is in secret ses- sion, considering the evidence of the sev- eral naval officers examined. St. Louts Base Ball Club at the Capitol The St. Louls base ball club, with fts manager, was ai the Capitol today, and was given a reception by Representative Cobb of Missouri in kis committee room. ————_—__-2-____<_ Decreased Death Rate. ‘There was a marked decrease in the num- consumption was most marked, the num- tal cases being & per cent less than Over one-half of all ehfidren under five years of the year sometimes strike communities with deadly effect. pa The Accident to the Columbia. The report of the court of inquiry into 3 | °

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