Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY Exe f SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, U0] Peansylvania Avenue, Cor. 1th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Prest. Now York Oiice, 49 Potter Building. oe ‘The Erening rved to subscribers in the city by carriers, 7a own account, at 10 cents week. or 4ic. per month. Copies at the counter By mail—anywhere in toe United Canada—postage prepaid—30 vents per Intuple Sheet Star, $1.00 year; © added, $3.00. a Star is se ance. ion. Che Lvening Star. | Vor. 84. No. 20,912. | NINTH STREET LINE The Senate Report on the Metropol- itan Railway Bill. —---—--___ BUDA PESTH UNDERGROUND: SYSTEM The Present Service Unsatisfactory and Unworthy the Road. QUESTION OF DELAY anes Senator McMillan today submitted to the Senate the report of the District committee on H. R. Gi7l, known as the Metropolitan railroad bill, which was returned from the committee some days ago with a favorable recommendation. The written report was withheld fer a time in order that certain might be disposed of. The report is as ws: Z “Before any further rights or privileges are granted to the Metropolitan Company the committee are of the opinion that the company should at once improve its rolling stock. It is not necessary to call the atten- tion of the Senate to the fact that almost ail the closed cars used by the company are not only old and of an antiquated pattern, but they are also dirty and ill smelling. The fre: atforms are Incumbered with blank- ets, pails and sand boxes, and altogether the cars present a poverty stricken and fen a nigsardly appearance, disgraceful alike to the city which has to endure them and the company which provides them. In- Asmuch as it seems best to permit the use of horses on the east and west lines until the new motive power has been tried on the north and south lines, the first amendment to the bil provides that new cars shall be Placed on the east and west lines within Binety days from the passage of the act, and imposes a penalty of $25 for each and every day of neglect or failure on the part of the company. The Case Reviewed. “When, in 1890, Congress provided, that the Washington and Georgetown the Metropolitan ratlroad companies shouid find zome other motive power than horses within two years, on penalty of forfeiting their tharters, the first-named company set about putting a cable on their lines, and within the time specified completed the change to &@ mechanical motor. ‘The problem for that road was a comparatively simple one. Years of careful and judicious management, together with a route on the principal thor- Dughfares of Washington and Georgetown, had made the company a prosperous and wealthy corporation. According to every theory of street-railroading, both the com- mercial and the physical features called for a cable road. With the Metropolitan road the case was different. Experienced cable engineers advised that the curves were too many and too sharp to permit the success- ful use of a cable, and the fact that for con- siderable distances the road runs through residence streets makes the use of a cabie en tnat line injudicious, provided any other Method of mechanics! propulsion can be found. “Feur years ago there were two mechan- leal motors in the field—the overhead trol- ley and the storage battery. Of these the overhead trolley had been, and to this day has been, refused access to the city of Washington, save for a short distance on New York avenue, where it is tolerated for @ iixed time. Forced, as a last resort, to select the storage battery motor, the Met- ropolitan company made u fait? and ex- pensive effort to equip its lines with stor- age battery cars. A power house was built and ‘quipped at a cost of $385,000: forty cars ‘tere made ready for the storage batter‘es, and several storage-battery cars Were placed on the road. “The result was a complete failure. ‘The same obstacles which have been found in- superable in every other attempt to store ele city for use aS a motive power also G@ppeared in this case; and the attempt had to be abandoned. Buda Pesth System. “In the meantime attention had been called to the underground systems of elec- tric propulsion; and, in case the bill now tnder consideration shall become a law. the Metropolitan company proposes to try the experiment in this country of the Buda Pesth system, which for several years has been in successful operation in the Hun- garian capital. This system has been ex- amined in Buda Pesth by one of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, by one of the editors of The Washington Star, and one of the members of this committees and the only question which has arisen in regard to its success when transferred to this city relates to the width of the slot necessary to connect the car with the un- derground wire. The extreme width of vehicle tires in Hungary permits a wide slot and advantage is taken of this fact to make the opening wide enough to allow the conduit to be swept with brooms handled by men. A device, however, is in operation on cable roads by which the con- duits are cleaned by machinery, and there ls no reason why the slot for underground electrical work should be wider than that ef cable roads. The objection, re, may be dismissed. “Moreover, the same company which byt down the Buda Pesth road stands ready do a Iike work in Washington and to guar- antee its success. The representative in the United States of this company also con- structs cable roads and Is quite responsibl The committee, however, preferring vise no unnecessary risks, have di recommend that, in case of some 4 seen contingency which should bring abot entire or partial failure, the company shall have the right to utilize the underground construction for cable purposes. “Again, the north and south line, from the river to Florida avenue, should first be equipped in order to ascertain beyond ques- tion that the system about to be introduced is a practical one. If it is, then the com- pany should put it into operation on its east and west lines within two years from the date of the passage of this act. If it is not, then Congress can make further provisions. “If these provisions shali seem to in- volve considerable delay, it may be said tkat the District can well afford to wait, if, by so doing, a satisfactory underground system can be secured, for such a system, when once it is made to work successfully on an important line, will revolutionize Street railway traffic in this and other cities. Moreover, there are certain prob- Jems concerning the location and arrange- ment of tracks, which must be examined | very carefully when it shall be demon- strated what kinds of motors are practical, | and these questions seem to the committee | too important to be legislated on without the knowledge which the success or fail- ure of the Buda Pesth system alone can give. Stockholders’ Interests. “In this matter it should not be forgotten That the Metropolitan company is made up of no fewer than 253 stockholders, all but four of whom are residents of the District of Columbia. To them success or fail- ure in the coming experiments means a Great deal. While the committee is strongly of the opinion that the road in its present condition is giving an unsatisfactory and unworthy service, and that change should be forced upon the company, at the same time they are of the opinion that the present bill will secure this change with a just consideration for the interests of both the District and also the stock- holders. “In order to avoid recourse to the tedious and doubtful powers of charter forfeiture &s a means of action, the committee has thought it wise to provide against delay and neglect on the part of the company, by { apteene| for heavily increased taxation to! Placed on cars operated by horses after the dates set for the completion of the changes. “The question of the payment of the in-}| District | Gebtedness claimed to be due to the on account of paving done under the former @ radical! question shall be referred to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to determine the matter, without the right of gppeal on either side. This solution is satisfactory to the Commissioners of the Distnet, and has been accepted by the com- Dany. “Certain unimportant extensions of the ccmpany's lines are authorized in the bill, all of which are believed to be in the direc- tion of better service, and to which exten- sions no objection has been raised.” Senator McMillan hopes to secure action by the Senate on this bill some morning at an early date, after which it will be sent into conference, where, it is thought, there will be no objection raised on the part of the House to the Senate amendments. — See, SAN SALVADOR AFFAIRS. Permanent Government Has Yet Been Established. Consul Alexander L. Pollock, writing to the Department of State from San Salva- |dor, says: “I learn that the custom houses | at the seaport stations are closed, and that it is very dificult, 1f, indced, not impossible, for our steamers to secure men to handle | thelr freight. The revolution prevents the | planting of corn and beans, which must be | done before the rainy season sets in. It is | too late now and in consequence these two | Staple food products, which form almost the sole subsistence of the common people. | will have to be imporced from the United } States.” | Capt. Thomas is still holding the Saiva- jdorean refugees aboard the Bennington at jLa Libertad. As stated in The Star, the | State Department is waiting for the organ- | ization of some form of government there before taking action on the demand for ; the surrender of the refugees. As yer sat- |isfactory assurances are lacking that a per- | manent government has heen established, |the victorious evolutionists apparently having a few quarrels and jealousies of {their own to settle. The State Department | bas no intention, it is said, of surrendering | | the fugitives up to what may be equivalent | to mob rule, and will deal only with a gov- ernment that can give ample guarantee |that the men shail be tried fairly on the | criminal charges lodged against them. pNP Rese eS THE SUGAR TRUST WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Mr, Theodore Havemeyer, Vice President, Before the Senate Committee. ‘Then the Members of the Committee Interrogate Each Other on the Subject. The presence of Theodore Havemeyer, vice president of the sugar trust, in the city caused the Senate investigating com- mittee to change its plans for today and to put Mr. Havemeyer on the stand, in- stead of beginning the examination of the members of the Senate, as had been con- templated. Mr. Haveneyer appeared at 11 o'clock. The questions in the first part of the inquiry were very similar to those asked of H. O. Havemeyer and Mr. Searles, but the answers were not in all cases So specific, because the witness of today has not been so active in the management of the affairs of the company as has his brother and Mr. Searles. Mr. Havemeyer finished his testimony at 12:30. The committee did not think that the testimony was of particular importance, or that it developed any facts that have not been brought out. Probably no other witnesses will be examined today. Mr. Havemeyer stated that he had es- pecial charge of the routine business of the company, such as the purchase of ma- chinery, stock, &c., and he was not very familiar with the general management of the concern. He was sharply questioned by Senator Allen in regard to the opera- tions of the trust, and with reference to campaign contributions, but the replies of the -witness did not add anything to the information already elicited. | Committeemen Interrogate Other. When Mr. Havemeyer was excused the different members of the committee went on the stand and allowed the remaining four members to interrogate them. They were taken in alphabetical order, Senator Allen testifying first and being followed in the order named by Senators Davis, Gray, Lindsay and Lodge. The questions put to the Senators related to speculation in and ownership of sugar stock during the pendency of the tariff bill now before the Senate, and were very sweeping, rendering it necessary that the confession or denial should cover all the points contemplated in the resolution under which the committee is acting and leaving no loophole for evasion. The Senators con- stituting the committee, one and all, de- nied that they had at any time bought or sold any of the stock or that they knew of other Senators who had dealt in it in any way, or knew of any undue efforts on the part of the sugar trust to influence legisla- tion. After concluding the examination of mem- bers the committee adjourned for lunch, with the intention of continuing the in- quiry of Senators latez in the day. All the members of the Senate will be asked to ap- pear, probably in alphabetical order. More Senators Examined. When the committee reconvened they re- sumed the examination of the Senators, and by 2:45 had had Messrs. Aldrich, Alli- fon, Bate, Berry and Blackburn before them. It is understood that the results } the same as in the examination of of the committee, and that all de- any participation in or knowledge of sugar stock speculation. Each PE a: SRR Re eS ‘THE PRESIDENT LEAVES. He Goes for a Flying Trip om the Chesapeake. As predicted in yesterday's Star, the President has left the city for a short sea- son of rest and recreation on the light house tender Maple on the quiet waters of Chesapeake bay. The vessel reached here late yesterday afternoon from Norfolk, where she is stationed, and was boarded about 7 o'clock in the evening by the Presi- dent, his army physician, Dr. O'Reilly, and Capt. R. D. Evans of the light house board, who Is in charge of the trip. They were ac- companied to the wharf by Private Secre- tary Thurber, and*succeeded admirably in their design of embarking without public observation. There were several stevedores on hand, but they were utterly oblivious to the presence of the chief magistrate of the nation, and made no attempt at a demonstration. The party will cruise down the bay as far, perhaps, as the capes, in order to get the full ben-; efit of the ozone-laden breezes of the | salty sea. Stops may be made at light house stations en route, but there will be no pretense at an official inspection. The | trip is made solely for the benefit of the President's health. He has had a severe | attack of diarrhoea, and it has left him weak and almost incapable of work. It is believed that a few days’ rest on the invig- erating waters of the Chesapeake will re- sult in his restoration to health and strength. He ts expected to return to Washington and resume his official duties about the middle of next week. Mr. Thurber, the President's private sec- retary, with his family, also left Washing- ton today for Marion, Buzzard’s Bay, near Gray Gables, where the family will pass the |summer. Mr. Thurber will return to Wash- ington by Monday. ~o— Coxey’s Goods Ronds Bill J. 8. Coxey and Carl Browne of the com- monweal movement were granted a hearing | by the Senate committee on education and labor today to advocate their “good roads” | | pt. They urged the passage of the bill on the ground that if passed it would provide em- ployment for the idle men of the country. board of public works has been left as the House arranged it; namely, that the whole ‘The hearing was not completed, and it will be resumed on the 27th instant. MR. WIMAN’S TRIAL Talking For and Against the Pris- oner. GENERAL TRACY'S ELOQUENT CLOSING Mr. Weliman Appeals for a Con- viction. ey gia COURT TAKES A RECESS oh ae NEW YORK, June 15.—This is the fourth and probably the last day of the trial of Erastus Wiman, charged with forgery, and the proceedings of the court were opened ‘by Gen. Traey for the defense. He began his address by telling the jury the. measure of their duties and their at- tendant responsibilities. He cautioned them to give no consideration to any of the Irrel- evant and extraneous points brought cut by the prosecution. “Remember, gentlemen of the jury,” thundered he, “our client is on trial charged with having forged a check for $5,000, rot for anything else. Not for diverting or con- verting any other moneys to his own uses. The question resolves itself into one of criminal intent, and it rests with you to de- cide whether such intent has been shown.” Gen Tracy then took up the charge in its technical aspect, and sought to sho. by precedeat that the defendant's actioas were not iliegal. Gen. Tracy continued to quote precedents until ke was interrupted by Justice Ingra- ham, who, with some impatience, said that none of the precedents cited by Gen. Tracy Were applicable to the case at issue. Warming up as he proceeded, Gen. Tracy then told the jury that he would expect them to remember Mr. Wiman’s reiations to the firm of R. G. Dun & Co. “His reputation as a citizen, as a man of the community,” said Gen. Tracy, “should come in for a large share of your consid- eration. “It has been conclusively shown by us, 1 think, that whether or not Mr. Wiman made thé concern what it is today, it has not been denied that Wiman was the prac- tical head of the agency. “The articles of copartnership forbade any member of the concern, except Mr. Dun, from drawing a check. Yet it has been shown that for over ten years Mr. Dun signed not one of the concern’s checks and that from 75 to 90 per cent of these checks were drawn by Mr. Wiman.” Gen. Tracy referred to Mr. Wiman's wife and children and the sur-ender by them of all their property, which moved the de- fenflant to tears. “And now you are asked to send the husband of this noble woman to state prison. Remember, gentlemen, the citizens of two continents are anxiously awaiting your verdict.” Gen. Tracy closed with a brilliant quota- tion, invoking justice and mercy, and gs- sistant District Attorney Wellman menced his closing address for the prosecu- tion. Mr. Wellman explained that Mr. Dun, after the crash came, had refused to accept the real estate and other properties in the names of Mr. and Mrs. Wiman because he thought others should be given the prefer- ence. Much had been said of Wiman’s good character. Why, all first offenders can show characters. But if that were always to stand in their favor convictions for the geoet, heinous crimes would often bi impossible. Mr. ea gemn ad- juration to the jury. “Fail,” ‘sald, “to find the defendant guilty and you announce be) the commertial “that factor, friend; that in New York a man may do all these and other things and yet go unpunished.”” At this point the court took a recess. ————— HELD HUNDREDS AT BAY. Desperate Fight With an Ex-Prise Fighte! EAST CHICAGO, Ill, June 15.—For sev- eral hours last night Paddy Golden, an ex- prize fighter, held a crowd of 600 men at bay here at the point of two ugly looking revolvers. He had just tried to shoot Al- derman Ross in Silverman's saloon and had caused a stampede. He held the fort for a long time, not one of the hundreds of men who surrounded the building daring to ar- rest him. Finally, however, he was taken, but only after a fierce fight in which several of his captors had their heads cut. Golden declared that he would kill Alder- man Ross and every member of the city council, including Mayor Penman. 3 Pte 3 SED NO NEWS OF PEARY. Hut Then He Didn’t Go Within a T sand Miles of Hi PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 15.—The bark Silicon, Capt. Peterson, from Ivigtut, Greenland, May 11, reached her dock in this elty today. Capt. Peterson said he had not seen nor heard of the Peary party. “I only got as far north as latitude 61,” he said, “while Peary is supposed to be about one thousand miles further north.” The promoters of the Peary auxiliary ex- pedition have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Silicon. The auxiliary expe- dition will sail for the north the latter part of this month. ——_—_ FIRE IN GREEN’S, Damage to a Philadelphia Hotel— Losses Elsewhere. PHILADELPHIA, June 15.—Fire in Green's Hotel at 8th and Chestnut streets tcday, did damage to about $8,000. PROVIDENCE, R. L., June 15.—A big fire is reported in Fields Point, a summer re- scrt on the Providence river. Several build- ings are reported burned. SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 15.—Fire today broke out in the botler house of the Stude- baker wagon house, and, communicating to the dry kiln adjoining, did $5,000 damage. ———— JUDGE PHELPS’ CONDITION. Unconscious, With His Family Gather- ed About His Bed. ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 15.—Judge Wm. Walter Phelps is still in a state of coma. His family are all at his bedside. Judge Phelps’ daughter, the Baroness Von Rottenberg, arrived this morning from Ber- lin, ow SALE OF THE R. AND D. Drexel, Morgan & Co. Buy It in for $2,030,000. RICHMOND, Va., June 15.—The Rich- mond and Danville railroad property as a whole was sold at 11:30 o'clock today to Charles H. Coster and A. J. Thomas, rep- resenting Drexel, Morgan & Company, for $2,030,000. ON THE OTHER SIDE. The Yacht Vigilant Sighted Off the West Coast of Ireland. NEW YORK, June 15.—The yacht Vigi- lani was sighted off the west coast of Ire- land today. The Vigilant left New York for Glasgow Mey 31, The Valkyrie sailed from New York May 3, reaching Glasgow May 31. The Vigilant proves herself a faster boat all around. |ANEW PRINTING OFFICE Report of the House Committee Upon a ; Bite. ‘The South Part of Armory Square on B Street Between 6th and 7th . Recommended, + The House committee on public buildings teday reported a bill for a new govern- ment printing office. It is to cost $1,250,- 00, and is to be located on the south end of Armory square, on B street between 6th and 7th streets southwest. The plans are to be approved by a com- | mission, consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, the supervising architect and the | public printer, and the construction js to be under direction of the officer in charge of the building of the Congressional Li- brary. e report of the committee is as follows? he committee on public buildings and grounds having had under consideration the erection of a government printing office and the selection of a site therefor, in obedience to the instruction of the House, to locate and construct said building upon some one of the public reservations, report that they have visited all the principal reservations within the city, and after careful consideration of the matter believe that the reservation most suitable for the erection of said building is on the south | side of public reservation No. 2, between | Gth and 7th streets southwest, common! | known as the Armory square, ar. accord- ingly herewith report a bill to that effect, | but a majority of the committee are of the opinion that the public interest requires the acquisition of a more suitable lot for the erection of a publfe printing office than can be had upon any public reservation.” Mr. Bankhead proposes to call the bill up in the House as soon as the most press- ing appropriation bills are out of the way. + e+ MR. RICHARDSON EXPLAINS. He Did Not Sell Property for an Over- head Trolley Power House. In the House this afternoon Mr. Rich- ardson of Tennessee, a member of the Dis- trict committee, arose to a personal ex- planation. He had read from the clerk’s desk an editorial in an evening paper, re- lating that Mr. Richardson had sold prop- erty which he owned in East Washington to the Belt Railway Company, for the pur- Pose, as alleged in the article, of the erec- tion of a trolley power house thereon, and that a few days after the sale he reported the railway company’s bill foran extension to the House. Mr. Richardson said that the reflection in the article is in part direct and in part by innuendo. He realized that as a public men his official acts were entitled to criti- cism, and he at all times invites investiga. tion. The newspapers had nearly always been fair and just to him, he said, perhaps more so than he deserved. He would relate the facts in regard to the real estate deal. In May, 1891, in connection with his son- in-law, he began the purchase from Mr. Gilbert Moyer of a part interest in square 1u30, This was before he became a mem- ber of the District committee, or expected to be. He was appointed on the District committee the following December without solicitation on his part or knowledge that he was to be put there. The following year he and his son-in-law continued the purchase, expecting to sell the property before the deferred payments thereon should fall due. In this they were disap- pointed. When the payments fell due they were extended, and finally last fall they concluded to sell out their interest. ‘The property was placed in the hands of two firms of real estate dealers and finally sold to Austin P. Brown & Co., receiving just about what they had paid for the prop- erty and the interest on the payments. Mr, Richardson insisted that he did not kgow. that he was selling to any railway coth- pany, and he remd@ Tetters from Mr. Bi and from officials of the railway co! supporting that statement. Mr, Richardson stated that at no ti has anyone asked him’to support the over- bead trolley in this city, although he would not consider it a disgrace if he were asked, but he would not favor an amendment to the Belt Line bill to put on the overhead trolley. In fact, he had offered the amend- ment expressly excluding the overhead trol- ley. He had made the report on the Belt Line bill in discharge of his duty as a member of the District committee. Mr. Richardson said he made'the statements im good faith, and trusts the House to believe them. He would rest his case at this point. Mr. Richardson's remarks were greeted, he sat down, with general applause up both sides of the House. ———~ -- ++ AT THE NAVY YARD. No Big Discharge to Be Made, as Was Rumored. A rumor was in circulation this afternoon among the 800 or 900 men employed at the navy yard that about 500 of their number would be discharged tomorrow. The rumor had general credence, and was the cause of much anxiety. It is without foundatioa, excepting for the fact that about ten men will be dispensed with in the pattern shop because of completion of work. Those to be dismissed will be those who can best be spared. Probably there will be a few more dis- missals during the summer, and it is quite likely that a number, estimated by a high official at 100, will take place in the fall. ‘This estimate is based upon present indicu- tions, and there is a possibility that the necessity of a reduction may be obviated by eee from the Navy Department for work, ‘What Capt. Sampson Says. Capt. Sampson, chief of the bureau of ordnance, who has charge of construction work at the Washington gun foundry, said to a Star reporter today that the gradual completion of the ordnance work authorized by Congress has necessitated a heavy re- duction of the force employed in the gun shops at the navy yard. Further discharges will have to he made, he said, as the work now on hand progresses toward comple- tion. There is no authority for new work in the construction of ordnance, and Capt. on hand will be completed within a year’s time., Therefore, unless Congress pzovides for additional ordnance, the work of con- struction will soon cease altogether, and the force of mechanics and laborers at the yard will be reduced to such only as may be required in the work of general repairs. ‘That would require less than one-third of present force of about a thousand men em- ployed in the gun shops. According to Capt. Sampson, the discharges are due not so much to a lack of funds as to a lack of authority to employ the balance on hand in the new work. ——__—_ + e+ WILL GET PAY. Discharged Employes of the Printing Office Remembered. The 600 or 700 employes who,were re- cently discharged from the government printing office will get pay for the leaves of absence which had accrued to them un- der the law at the time of their dismissal. The deficiency bill, which was reported by the House appropziations committee late yesterday evening, carried $65,000 for this purpose. Chairman Sayres called the bill up just before adjournment by unanimous consent and it was passed by the House. The money will not be available until the bill passes the Senate, but no delay is antici- pated there. ——__-e~- Another Monumen Mr. Cummings of New York has intro- duced a bill in the House providing for the erection of a monument to John Paul Jones, to be erected at the southwest corner of Lafayette Square in this city, and to cost $50,000, Sampson estimates that all the work now | AS TO FREE WOOL The Question Still Under Discussion in the Senate. ® SENATOR KYLE DEFINES HIS POSITION Is Yet Undecided How He Will Cast His Vote. -—_——- MATTERS IN THE HOUSE In the Senate today Mr.Stewart of Nevada secured unanimous consent for the passage of his bill to amend the chapter of the Re- vised Statutes relating to mineral lands and mining resources. At 10:30 the tariff bill was laid before the Senate and Mr. Dolph of Oregon took the floor and resumed the speech he was mak- ing against free wool when the Senate ad- journed last night. A Shot at Mr. Harris. He began with a sarcastic reference to the impatience manifested by Mr. Harris, the democratic floor manager of the bill, because the bill was not rushed through with “indecent haste,” and recalled the re- sentment shown by the Tennessee Senator when others had displayed impatience at the delay when other bills were being con- sidered, notably the federal election bill and the bill to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman act. On the latter occa- sion when he (Dolph) had remarked that he was tired of the prolonged contest, Mr. Harris had curtly informed him to sit down if he was weary. With this preliminary shot at Mr. Harris the Oregon Senator proceeded with his argument. Mr. Dolph finished at 12 o'clock. Some Observations he made about silver brought Mr. Stewart (Nev.) to his feet in reply. Mr. Carey’s Fi 1 Protest. He entered upon a free-silver argument for a half hour, and then Mr. Carey (Wyo.) made a final protest against the destruction of the wool-growing industry by placing Wool on the free list. He declared that if the two democratic Senators, Messrs. Brice and Palmer, from sheep-raising states, had been half as industrious in their demand for a duty on wool as the two Louisiana Sena- tors were in their fight for a duty on sugar the wool industry would have been saved. If even the two populists (Kyle and Allen) had made a manly fight a duty on wool would have been obtained. “How do you know we are mot making a fight?" interposed Mr. Kyle. “If we vote ag duty on wool is not that all we can ‘ou hold the balance of power,” said Mr. Carey. “If you would refuse to vote for other provisions of the bill you could force the abandonmen: of free wool.” “I think the Senator is mistaken,” re- sponded Mr. Kyle. ‘He will find when the final vote is taken on this bill that we do not hold the balance of power.” Mr. Kyle’s Positio: When Mr. Carey sat down Mr. Kyle of South Dakota took the floor and defined his position on the subject of free wool. He had taken little part in the discussion of the tariff bill, he said, but since it had been charged that the members of the populist Party in the Senate were siding with the demecracy on this question at the expense of the people of their states, he would raake a statement. He recognized the importance of the wool industry. In his own state there were three-fourths of a million of sheep. From the Mississippi to the Rockies sheep raising was a vast and growing industry, and it would be @ great iy down, But he was not estag tae i. would 4 4) for Hpmaclt e was ni placing w on free list. The that would accrue to the farner is reduction of the price of clothing, he thought, would more than compensate for any reduction in the price of wool that might follow the free listing of that product. He believed that wool could be raised on the broad prairies and in the mountains of the west as cheaply as in Australia or any place else, the opinions of the republicans to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Kyle read numerous letters from sheep growers in the Dakotas and other states of the northwest advocating free wool, in support of his statement. He believed that these letters represented the sentiment of many farmers and sheep- raisers of the west, who were firmly_con- '} ¥inged that the smal! advantage they Treap- 4, if any, from a duty on wool did not com- pensate them for the enormous tax they paid on their clothing. In Doubt How He Should Vote. Still, he was in doubt as to how he should vote. Perhaps it would not be just to sac- rifice the wool farmers while the manu- facturers retained the lion's share of their protection. There were, of course, many cther farmers in the west who held views) antagonistic to those whose letters he had read. Continuing, he discussed the general ques- | tion of protection as affecting wages in| the highly protected industries, especially in the iron and wool industries. He de-| seribed how the American laborers, under the protective system, had been displaced | by Huns, Poles and Slavs in Pennsylvania and French-Canadians in New England. He was willing to strike down every vestige of | the duty on wool if the duty on woolens | were also removed, but since the duty on wootens was to be retained he could not > bring himself to vote for free wool. He} would, however, if an amendment were offered, vote to reduce the duty 53 per cent, the reduction made in the duty on woolens. Before taking his seat Mr. Kyle explained his vote on the sugar schedule. He declar- ed that he was opposed to a bounty on sugar, but he believed that the bounty pro- vision of the McKinley law constituted a moral, if not a legal, contract, and he had therefore voted for a diminishing bounty until 1905. Mr. Hawley spoke in an ironical strain of the contention that we ought to buy in the cheapest market. He said Daniel Web- ster had said in more eloquent terms than he could command that the first duty of the government is to insure employment. There would be no employment here, he said, if we bought everything in the cheap- est market. Mr. Hawley quoted at some length from the testimony of female opera- | publican members of the finance committee. When he concluded Mr. Platt called at- tention to the lack of a quorum. Mr. Peffer Modifies His Amendment. Mr. Peffer offered some modifications to his preposed amendment for a duty on raw wool. Where the McKinley law levies a duty of 11 cents he proposed a duty of 5 cents. Hhe McKinley rate of 12 cents is proposed to be changed to 6 cents. Woolen, third-class, worth 10 cents or less, is to pay 15 per cent duty ad valorem, and worth over 10 cents, is to pay 25 per cent, being in place of the McKinley rates of '33 per cent and 50 per cent. THE HOUSE, ‘Whe/House got dewn to business immedi- ately ‘today, and Mr. Outhwaite of Ohio, from the committee on rules, offered a reso- lution providing that, at 3:30 o'clock, the In- dian appropriation bill should be reported to the House, after being debated under the five-minute rule, and the previous question ordered and the bill put on its passage. ‘This resolution met with considerable op- position, principally from Messrs. Burrows of Michigan, McMillin of Tennessee and Mc- Rae of Arkansas. Several modifications to the resolution were suggested by Mr. Outhwalte; first, to extend the time for debate until 5 o'clock today, and afterward to extend it until 3:30 tomorrow. Against the Rules Committee. tives of New England taken before the re-/| | been waiting for a year to see an act of manhood on the part of members of the Houge, which would take the business of the House into its own hands and out of the hands of the committee on rules. Bill after bill has gone out from this House not expressing the will of the House, for the committee on rules exercises its power end compels the House to submit to its power. “Now the House has an opportuaity to show the manhood of its individual mem- bers. Are you to be hoodwinked by any | such proposition as this? | My édiieagues fromn the city of New York, | some of whom I sec in their seats today, are yety much interested about the pro- | posed removal of the warehouse from New York to Chicago, though, personally, I am not interested in any feature of the bill. Are you interested, and will you sit supine- ly down, or will you vote down this gag rule, the last and worst act of oppression attempted by the rulers of this House, the czars of this House—the committee on rules? And yet I suppose you will take your medicine, and gentlemen who ere in- terested in the bill, like the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. McRae), who has spent eight years in an effort to right a wrong, will walk up and take their medicine. I want to see when a vote is taken on this resolution how many members there ure on the democratic side of the House who do not belong to the committee on rules--who do not submit their judgment, their interest, to the committee on rules.” This ringing speech was grected with loud lause by the republican: Mr. mnon (Ill.) followed in the same strain, and then Mr. Outhwaite spcke in defense of the resolution, which was amended 80 as to allow for the discharge of all agreements for debate on special sections within the limit of time last set— 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. The Previoys Question Adopted. The demand for the previous question being pressed, it was ordered—128 to 63— but on the adoption of the original question the republicans refrained from votias on | division, and the yeas and nays were calied, resulting in the adoption of the previous question—176—76. THE TARIFF SITUATION Itis Perplexing to the Democrats of the Senate. A Dogged Fight Being Made by West- ern Republicans for Concessions om the Wool Schedule. The situation today regarding the wool schedule is very perplexing to the demo- cratic tarif? managers. There have been conferences between the leaders on both sides, byt the results have not been satis- factory to elther side. The proposed increases in the woolen schedule which have been announced have not met with the approval of all the demo- crats, and, in fact, serious objections are made to granting any more concessions. The republicans, on the other hand, say the discussion will probably continue in- definitely until these concessions are made. The free wool question is troubling a num- ber of democrats who feel that they are not wholly consisfent in putting wool on the free list, when coal, tron ore, marble, gran- ite, ete., are made dutiable, especially when = Les 9s a ee ec have been made to te Gemocratic members’ statement that further increases cannot be Justified. A Dogged Fight for Concessions. The western republican Senators seem de- termined to make a dogged fight in the hope that some concession may be made to thelr demand for a duty on wool. They are in mood, but they do not be- lieve they can’ get what they ask. Yester- Gay they counted on the votes of the popu- lists; now, since the speech of Senator Kyle, they scarcely expect the of either him or Senator Allen, and without these men they could not expect to win to give a wool duty. This the ity of the democre: wool anc the income tax must stay in the bill Under these conditions the republicans wii consent to no agreement of any kind, and the debate may continue until there is an | attempt to force a vote by continuous ses- sions. Here there is a difficulty in main- taining a quorum, as the majority of the democrats is so small that a few absentees leave them powerless; and upon the wool schedule the western republicans who were some time ago willing to aid in maintain- ing a quorum unite with the other republi- cans to force an adjournment soon after 6 o'clock. Democratic leaders say the situation is perplexing, but think it will work satisfac- torlly afte> a while. The Democratic Revolt. wool schedule originated in the proposition to charge the paregraph on women’s and children’s goods, so as to make 60 cents per pound value the dividing line between the rates of 40 and SO per cent ad valorem, instead of $1 as provided in the Jones com- promise amendment. It appears that the democratic Senators who are now opposing the change had the original com- promise amendment, but that even that was not taken without more or less objec- | tion, and now that the question has been reopened, they are manifesting a disposition to even oppose the original compromise and demi the restoration of the House rates. They contend that, with wool on the free Mst, there is no longer reason for anything lke a com duty on woolen manu- factures. are holding out very per- sistently, and the tariff managers confess that the result of the various conferences cannot yet outlined. The republicans, are, on the other hand, holding out stiffly for even a greater con- cession than the committee has shown a disposition to grant. They are a the proposition that 40 cents value be made the dividing line, but have shown a to compromise on 50 cents, KIZEMINISKI’S CASE. The Papers Laid Before the Acting Secretary of State. Mr. Willard W. Saperston of Buffalo, N. Y., the attorney for Kizeminiski, the Pole, who returned to Russia and was arrested and deported to Siberia, Secretary of State Uhl and laid before him all the papers in the case in his possession. —___2-_____ Private Architects and Public Build- ing. A delegation representing the American Architects advocated before the House com- mittee on public buildings today the pass- age of the amended bill opening the con- | struction of public buildings to competition on the part of private architects. The measure provides that where a building is | to cost more than $100,000 a commission, to | be appointed by the President, shall select, | by ballot, five architects prepare de- signs for competition, but when the limit of cost is less than $100,000 the commission — select an architect without competi- n. ie Cadet Appointments. | Cadet appointments to the West Point | Military Academy have been issued during | the past week as follows: Robert D. Kerr, Green Bank, W. Va.; Luther V. Thomas (alternate), Gien Elk, W. Va.; Frank N. Blakemore, Shelbyville, Tenn.; Curtis W Otwell, Independence, Kan.; Clay Allen (al- | ternate), Erie, Kan.; Ira C. Welborn, Ellis- | ville, Miss.; James C. LeBlarc (alternate), Chatawa, Miss. ——— + 2 + Closing Alley. Sevator Faulkner today induced the Sen- ate to pass House bill 6576, closing part of an alley in square 622, this city, and re- lieving the president and trustees of Gon- Mr. Payne of New York said: “I have zaga College. It is similar to Senate bill 1855, which was indefinitely postponed. there should be a general ent | The revolt on the democratic side on the |, today saw Acting | A DISTRICT BUILDING The House Committee Agrees Upon a Plan for One. TOBE ERECTED-ON JUDICIARY SQUARE The Courts and District Offices to Be Located in It. FAVORED BY SENATORS The House committee on public buildings and grounds today took action upon the matter of a municipal building for this city. It was decided that the United States and the District of Columbia shall enter into a copartnership in the erection of a building, each contributing one-half the expense thereof, and to occupy the building jointly, for the accommodaticn alike of the United States courts and the city government. The committee authorized Chairman Bankhead to prepare a bill appropriating $1,500,000, one-half to be appropriated out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, for the erection of a building which will accommodate all of the offices of the Dis- trict government and all the offices now je- cated in the City Hall. It is proposed to demolish the old City Hall and to use that site with as much of Judiciary Square es may be necessary for the new structure. It is the purpose of the committee to pro- vide a building which will be a credit to the government and which will fill all the re- quirements which may be made in the fu- ture. Every branch of the city government from the poundmaster’s office to the District Commissioners and including the United States attorney and all the courts will be gathered under one roof in a central lo- cation. Chairman Bankhead will prepare a in a few days and the bill will be at the first opportunity. ‘The Senate Will Favor the Project. The project embodied in the bill of the House committee on public buildings and grounds for a new municipal building, to contain both city offices and the court lo- cated on the present site of the city hall, on Judiciary Square, will undoubtedly re- ceive favorable consideration in the Senate should it be passed by the House. From a hasty canvass made this afternoon it seemed apparent to The Star that the scheme thus outlined promises to be popu- lar among the members of the upper nouse for two reasons. First, it involves @ mini- mum expenditure, because it for up thority that probably this an infinitely better chance of through the committee and through the Senate, than any other which has yet been proposed. Senator Gallinger’s Views. A Star reporter spoke to several Senators about the bill, outlined its provisions, and asked them their opinions concerning it. So far as it went, the result was a unani-+ mous verdict in favor of the measure. Sen- ator Gallinger, a member of the committee, said: “This is view of the situation, but 8 me very favorably. petting any more buildings Square, which is sufficiently occupied by structures. But this bill | why the new building should not be | cated there. It is certainly a good and, of course, a very cheap one. We cer- | tainly should have a new building here for j the city offices, and it does not strike m: | that there would be any difficulty caused by a partnership between the District of Columbia and the general government im the occupation of this building. Presum- ing that the present arrangemen as to tax- ation and appropriation is to be continued, and I see no reason why it should not be, there will probably never come a time whea such a partnership would in any way em- barrass elther party to the arrangement. Should such time come, however, a dissolu- tion of partnership could be easily effected in this, as well as in other matters. I think I should be in favor of the bill.” Mr. Pasco Sees No Objection. Senator Pasco, who until recently was @ member of the committee on public Duilé- ings and grounds, said: “I can see no ob- jection to such legislation. Certainly the Site ts good, and this seems to be @ good Solution of a very difficult problem. I have not of late kept up with this proposition for a new municipal building, but I have no doubt of its need, and I the not be successful and econ: Mr. McMillan Approves It. Senator McMillan of the District commit. tee has long been a firm advocate of a new city building. When the bill was outlined to him he said enthusiastically: “It good idea. That would be an the bullding, and if they could of the market, and I am the honee a lon this project. ink city hall is located it 8 EFh 's8 | on public buildings and grounds, but if were I should vote for such a bill. As it I shall be glad to the bill if it comes im that shapes Fin from the House Senator Carey, a member cf the comm tee on public bulldings and grounds wena “I am very ly in favor of a new pub- Ne building for the city of Washington. have long ago been convinced that such @ building is a necessity. There ought to be no more delay in constructing it, and this Proposition seems to cause a Speedy erection of the buliding. As at pres- ent informed, I can see no objection what- Ever to, the site chosen by the House come #4 ———_—_- e. ARREST OF COUNTERFEITERS, Three Experts Found in Germany With Silver Certificate Plates. Chief Hazen of the secret service bureau has received information of three important arrests of counterfeiters in Germany, The names of the parties are Herman Crone- meyer, one Thiess and Robert Geutsch. The first two were arrested near Hamburg and the last at Leipzig. There was als captured $285,000 in counterfeit certificates of the United States, and nearly $200,000 in & English notes, together with all of the plates, presses, ete., which had been used in making them. These silver certificates are produced by photo-litho- graphy, and are or the series of IN), check letter “A,” plate number 14, and check letter “D,” plate number 15, W. S. Rose- crans, register, and E. H. Nebeker, treas- urer. The portrait is that of Gen. Grant Some of the parties arrested have relatives in America. Specimen notes have not yet been received here.