Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1894, Page 1

XCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Cor. 11th Street, by ug Star Newspaper Company, | KAUFMANN, Prest. ecribers im the vu account, st 10 cents Copies at the counter in tue United paid—50 -ents per ot Star. $1.00 year; d, $3.00. ie i at Washington, D. C., ’ tions must be paid fp advance. | known on aneltention. Che Lvening Star Vor. 84, No. 20,914. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. RETURNING TO WORK Miners Who Will Reeume the Pick Today. —--< THE SITUATION MORE HOPEFUL Large Plants at Pittsburg Where} Work Was Done. THROUGH THE COAL FIELD es PITTSBURG, Pa., June 18.—The settle- ment of the great coal strike and the re- turn to work today of 15,000 of the 20,000 miners in this district has given an impetus to all kinds of business, and the situation 1s more hopeful than at any time for many months. Among the large plants in this city, which resumed today, after long idle- Ress, were the Carbon Iron and Steel Com- pany’s works, Oliver's 26th street works, Zug & Co.'s works, Shoenburger’'s & Howe, Brown & Co. The latter has been shut down for twa ye ana started up in full, giving em- ployment to 40 men. The Black Diamond Steel works will also begin operations this week, and the Edgar Thompson stegl works will start as soon as a sufficient supply of coke is received. At McKeesport everything is quiet, but it is thought the tube works will start up soon, as many of the strikers have expressed a willingness to return whenever the firm was ready to re- sume. At Scottdale, the Scottdale Iron and Steel Company's plant resumed~in full, after an idleness of several weeks. A well-informed authority in the coal business estimates that the coal strike in this district has cost the miners in wages $1,800,000, taking it for granted that the Bormal output of the region had been main- tained. Estimating the gain of the miners by the settlem: of the strike io be ten cents a ton over former prices, it will take them about one and one-half years to make up, by increase of earnings, for the time they have lost. , There was no gereral resumption of min- ing operations in the Pittsburg district to- @ay, although at most of the railroad mines pnd at many of the river mines the diggers have taken their tools to the pits and are making preparations to start. There are many minor disputes to be settled, and it will be several days before the colleries are all running. Along the Wheeling division of the B. and O. and in the West Newton district dis- tricts the miners were nearly all at work, but in the Montour, Westmoreland and Thick Vein districts the diggers were out, the operators refusing to pay but 52 cents Per ton, instead of 5$ cents, as agreed at Columbus. In the river districts the men @re still out in the second and fourth pool. The operators object to signing a yearly @greement, and the miners will not go back until this is done. At Manown work has not been resumed, but will be shortly. The deputies are still on duty. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 18.—Reports Teceived from points along the Cleveland, Loraine and Wheeling read this morning show that work was resumed at only two rines on the entice length of the Sad? These were at Rack Hill. In the Massillon district not a man went to work, the miners having decided in mass meeting not to abide by the Columbus agreement. They will hold out for a 15-cent differential over the rate paid in the Hocking valley district. The militia continues to guard all bridges and trestles along the C., L. and W. The miners at Camp Blee today stated tat as long as the differential was with- id not a pick would be raised, and that if abs” were chosen in their stead there would be the biggest riot in the country, and that the militia would be of little con- juence to suppress it. The miners in the ‘ew Lisbon district returned to work to- day on the basis adopted by the Columbus conference. CHICAGO, June 18—A special to the Times from Cincinnat! says: A gigantic conspiracy to corner the coal market by bribing striking coal miners has developed here. Large holders of coal in Chicago sent an agent to this city to engi- neer the scheme, and offered representatives of the miners $10,000 to keep the men out until October. MARTIN'S FERRY, Ohio, June 18—The miners at the Laughlin Nafl Works, Gay- lord, Long Run, Bellaire and other mines returned to work today, and a general break up ts expected. The Wheeling creek mirers Bre still out. Several factories are preparing = ee in view of a prospective fuel pply. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 18.—Letters and @elegrams today to national headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America give unmistakable evidence that the senti- ment in favor of sustaining the national officers is growing rapidly. It is believed at headquarters that at least two-thirds of the miners of Ohio resumed work this morning, although no information has been received on which to base an estimate of the exact number. President McBride is of the opinion that all except those in the Massillon field will resume work prior to the close of the present week. Bpecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 18—Governcr Frank Brown surprised the Maryland militia early this morning by arriving in Camp Frank Brown unheralded and unan- nounced. He sent for the sheriff of the d other people who could post him uation, and has ordered the fourth regiment and the brigade staff home to- night, leaving the fifth regiment in charge of the situation. As far as the Consolida- n Coal Company is concerned, the strike practically, broken. Two mines are working full time, and at Hoffman mine the ce imereased f-om forty on Saturday to today. Nobody at all is working at Lonaconing today, and the strike there has settled down into the same old rut it was im before last week. —_— —>— RAILWAY MASTER MECHANICS. Whe 27th Arnual Convention at Saratoga. SARATOGA, N. Y., June 18.—The Ameri- can Railway Master Mechanics’ Association, its twenty-severth annual conven- m here this morning. It was called to order by President John Hickey of St. Paul, Minn. ‘The address of welcome was made by Judge Charles S. Lester -f Sara- toga Springs. President Hickey in his an- Eual address spoke of the general business condition of the country and then dwelt @t length on the demands made upon the Master mechanics’ department of ratlroad- ing. He suggested the amalgamation of the Master Car Builders and the Master more practical and effective results could be gained by such a union. The conven- tion then roceeded to routine business. > — The Suicide Was Jasper I. Beall. y YORK, June 18.—The man who tered at Smith & McNell’s Hotel last | night as A. J. Oatly of Atlanta, Ga., andj after having been shown to his room, | f, has been identified as Jasper Beall of Atlanta. Mr. Beall was formerly Mechanics’ Association, believing that much | 1 who, shot hims I editor of the Argus, a paper published at Perth Amboy x ¥ YORK,June 18.—The man who com- Smith & MeNeil's Hotel » was identified this I. Beall of Atlanta, Ga., i as another man. y George Battle and positively | vse W. MeCor- feried new trial convicted of the mur- t Mount Holly. TREATIES WITH RUSSIA, What Acting Seerctary of State Says to Kizeminiski’s Attorney. That the treaties between the United States and Russia are of litde or no pro- tection to subjects of Russia who mey becume citizens of the United States is clearly demonstrated in a letter written by Ac Secretary of State Uhl to Mr. W. W. Saperstone of Buffalo, counsel for Stan- islaus Kizeminiski, the Buffalo man re- cently banished to the salt mines of Siberia. Mr. Uhl says there is no provision in any of the treaties with Russia under which the United States may ask for the release of Kizeminiski. He states that careful search does not show any record of the issuing of a passport to Kizeminiski, al- though one was issued to a man of almost the same name; but the dates in the cases differ. The letter says: “In the absence of proof of the time and fact of Kizeminiski's naturalization, it is not practicable to give our minister in Russia the precise instruc- tions necessary for his guidance. A copy of your letter wiil be sent to the legation at St. Petersburg, with instructions to in- vestigate the case and do what is proper toward the release of this unfortunate man. Your statement that the only ground on which the Rus3ian government can, un- der our present treaty, take into custody an American subject is for failure to serve that government in military service while a resident of that country and before be- coming a citizen appears to rest on a misapprehension. “No such provision is found in any exist- ing treaty. ‘here is no naturalization con- vention between the two countries and no treaty Nmitatton upon the power of either government to proceed against a former citizen or subject returning to its territory for an offense prior to emigration. It is held by Russia that emigration without im- perial consent is an offense liable to punish- ment on the return of the offender within Russian jurisdiction, whether he has been naturalized in the meantime in another country or not. The extreme penalty of deportation to Siberia, it would seem, is rarely applied, and the department cannot conjecture the ground of the order of exile im this instance unless it may be that the antecedents of Mr. Kizeminiski are deemed to warrant exceptional severity of treat- ment.” The letter closed with the statement that if proofs of naturalization could be found they would be forwarded to Minister White at St. Petersburg. — MORE COMMONWEALERS COMING, Recruiting Office Has Heen Ope: Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, June 18.—C.T. McKee, Christopher Columbus Jones’ commissioner, has opened headquarters in Moore's Hall for the purpose of recruiting another Coxey army, to start for Washington on June 25 to take part in a proposed monster demon- stration on July 4. McKee says he will raise another army, which he hopes will number 2,500 men. He gave a glowing description of the condition of the Coxey army now encamped on the outskirts of Washington, and said they proposed to stay there until Congress passes the Coxey good roads bill. A large audience, with a sprinkling of women and girls, yesterday afternoon lis- tened to McKee as he related the varied experiences of the commonwealers from the time they left this city until Coxey, Jones end Browne were thrown into prison. He denounced the incarceration of Christopher Cclumbus Jones, who, he said, never set foot on the Capitol grounds. Browne, he said, had been imprisoned for no other offense than warding off the brutal blows rained on him by 100 police- at men. Resolutions were adopted requesting Gen. Coxey to come to this city and address a — oo of commonweelers next Sun- —— Ch iret at Hancock, Md. HANCOCK, Md., June 18.—Hancock and its immediate vicinity were visited by a cloudburst Saturday afternoon. The rain fell in sheets, dashing over the roofs of houses like a cataract and flooding the streets and sidewalks. Trees were uprooted and all through the streets shattered boughs were strewn. The large iron smoke stack at the Hancock foundry was blown down and broken in pieces. —_.——_. Badly Beaten by Boston. BOSTON, June 18.—The Boston base ball club celebrated Bunker Hill today by crushingly defeating the Baltimores as fol- 520 101 Batteries: Stivetts and Ganzel, and Robinson. Umpire: Emsile. —_.__ Sailors Arive U: NEW YORK, June 18.—G. Petersen and Charles Nichols, two seamen from the bark Willard Mudgett, arrived this morning from Havana per steamer Orizaba, under arrest. Petersen is chargcd with an assault with intent to kill Nichols aboard the Mudgett. Both seamen were sent on fcr examination before United States Commissioner Shields. — Southern Capitalists to Meet. ATLANTA, Ga., Jure 18.—The chamber of commerce today appointed a committee to attend the conference of southern in- vestors in New York on Thursii It also extended a formal invitation to Congress- man Turner to deliver an address here at such early day as he selects on financial legislation pending in Congress. aia Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary McAdoo has returned to this city from an official visit to the Naval War College at Newport. Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Tasker returned to the city yesterday from Norfolk, Va. Last Sunday Mr. Tasker delivered the annive! sary addresses before the Young Men's Soba associations of Norfolk and Ports- mouth, o bees Caba Protests Against Tariff Increase The merchants and business men of Cuba have become alarmed at the proposition of the Spanish government to materially in- crease duties on imports into Cuba and Porto Rico, and are vigorously fighting against the change. The State Department has received a report from Consul General Williams, showing the action taken by the board of trade of Cuba in protesting against increases in the tariff. —__+ow On Retired List. Daniel O.Drennan, clerk of class 2, gen- eral service, headquarters of the army, and Martin J. Deponai, messenger general vice, office of attending surgeon U. S. A., this city, have been placed upon the retired Mst, provided for ky the acts of February i July 29, 1886, and September 30, Patent Office Gazette Contract. The photo-lithographic contract of the patent office has been awarded to the Norris Peters Company, the lowest bidders, at $86,000 for the year. dha SSE To Get Relies. The San Francisco, on her return from Flueticlds to New York, will visit the vicin- ity of Roncador Reef in order to recover arything of value that may be left of the ul-fated Kearsarge. The United States con- sul at Kingston will accompany the San Francisco to Roncador. ae ee New Money Order Blanks. To all of the 20,000 and odd money order pest offices in the United States the Post Office Department is now sending the new forms of money order blanks. They are ng sent at the rate of about 1,000 a y, and the work is expected to continue a week longer. About 700 new money order offices will be established throughout the country in the morth. | ing for New York. | THE SUGAR TRUST cia bree Senator Camden Before the Investi- gating Committee Today. HOW THE SCHEDULE WAS CHANGED = ee ee Interviews With Messrs. Searles and Havemeyer. MR. GORMAN’S EVIDENCE joi oa ds See Senator Camden, democrat, of West Vir- sinia was the first witness before the su- sar trust investigating committee today. He answered tn the negative the formal questions concerning the ownership and speculation in stocks and then made a for- mal written statement of his part in bring- ing about the interview between Senator Jeres and Mr. Havemeyer. He explained that he and Senator Jones had been on 1a- timate terms for ten years, and it had been no unusual thing for them to confer on matters of impo-tance in the Senate. Modifications Necessary. “After the report of the Senate finance committee had been made to the Senate. carrying with it its amendments to the Wilson bill, it became evident,” he said, that some modifications and compromise would necessary, in order to pass a tariff bill through the Senate tn any reason- able time. One of the chief difficulttes was the adjustment of the sugar schedule, and in a general conversation with Senator Jenes, I urged first, that the democrats must pass a tariff bill, and second, that speedy action in the passage of the bill was of far more importance to the busincss in- terests of the country and to the demo- cratic party than shades of difference as to items making up the schedules. And I told him that, in my judgment, such conces- sions ought to be made within reasonable limits as would unite the democrats in the Senate in support of a bill, in view of the fact that it was extremely desirable that at least forty-three democratic votes should be cast for whatever bill should be passed. “The general situation was fully talked over from time to time and Senator Jones expressed himself favorably to that view of the situation and the duty of the commit- tee and the Senate, provided it could be done on the general lines of democratic policy, At the same time Senator Jones stated to me that my business and personal relations in the Senate could be of service to the committee and asked me if I would help him and other members of the com- mittee in ascertaining and arriving at the real points of difference to be adjusted, which I readily consented to do.” Searles and Havemeyer. Mr. Camden referred to the meeting of Mr. Searles in a committee room with Sen- ator Jones. The latter said, after Mr. Searles teft, that he (Jones) was not satis- fied with the explanation and suggested that it would be a good thing for some one high in authority on sugar matters to pre- sent the facts they relied upon, so that he (Jones) might judge for himself. Senator Camden continued: “I replied that I had no doubt it could be brought about. I after- ward repeated the conversation to Senator Brice or to some other person; but my pres- ent recollection is it was Senator Brice, At any rate, through means of which F-have no personal knowledge, Mr. Hat came to Washini and. that Mr. Havem wi J ‘ton Hotel and desired to“appear Mr. so in- Jones or the subeommit: ane formed. Senator Jones-ant moked th where = would prefer Mr. Havemeyer should ‘st® im. “He replied that if agreeable he would meet Mr. Havemeyer at my rooms, oppo- site the Arlington Hotel. at 10 o'clock the rext morning. I then informed Mr. Ter- rell, with whom I had been personally ac- quainted for a long time, that if Mr. Have- meyer would call at my rooms at 10 o'clock the next morning he could see Senator Jones. Mr. Havemeyer did call with Mr. Terrell at about that time the next morn- ing, and within a minute or two Senator Jones came in.” Particulars of the Interview. Mr. Camden then detailed the particulars of the interview as already given in the testimony of Senator Jones and H. O. Havemeyer. He faid to his best recollec- tion he had never seen Mr. Havemeyer be- fore this visit of his to Washington on this cccasion, and his conversation with him on sugar on this visit was confined to a few casual remarks. He said he had had sev- eral talks with the Louisiana Senators, and had urged upon them the necessity of mak- ing some amicable arrangement and of raking sacrifices for the purpose of secur- ing, if possible, the passage of a demo- cratic tariff bill. He said he had conferred with the representatives of other interests, and he regarded his efforts to bring about harmony on the sugar schedule as a part of the representative duty of a Senator, who is presumed to legislate in the inter- ests of the whole country. Senator Cameron of Pennsylvania was the next witness before the committee. Senator Gorma: Evidence. Senator Gorman was before the com- mittee for about an hour, and was ques- tioned about the various conferences over the sugar schedule, tn which he had been represented as participating. He admitted freely that he had participated in these conferences, and sald all his efforts had been directed toward redeeming the demo- cratic pledges to reduce taxation without destroying any industries. He stated that the meeting between Mr. Jones and Mr. Searles of the sugar trust had taken place in his cémmittee room at the Capitol, and had been held for the purpose of bringing about an understanding between the con- flicting interests on the sugar duty. Mr. Gorman was asked the usual questions about speculation in sugar stocks. and ownership of them, but he said he had neither held any of the stock or speculated |in It In any way, nor aided others in doing |so by giving out information concerning | Probable sugar legislation. Another witness of the day was Mr. E. C. Howland, Washington correspondent of | the New York Press, who corroborated | Senator Ransom’s story of his interview with the Senator and his son concerning the report that the Senator had been a purchaser of sugar stock. Mr. Cameron’s Denial. Senator Cameron's testimony was con- fined to a statement that he had not specu- lated in or owned any sugar stock during the pendency of the present tariff bill, and that no member of his family, nor any one employed by him, had speculated in the stock to his knowledge. Senator Washburn was before the com- mittee during the day, and also entered a general denial. Senators Irby and Walsh also answered all the categorical questions of the com- mittee in the negative. ——_—$——_-- 6+ Coming Home. A letter received at the Navy Depart- ment from Capt. Watson, announces the ar- rival of the U. S. 8. San Francisco at Blue- fields on the 9th instant. The commander of the New York reported that affairs had been quiet at Bluefields, and receiving the orders from the Gepartment brought by Capt. Watson from Colon, sailed imme- diately for the United States via Jamaica, which port the New York left this morn. —_+o-— The Ericsson. The Navy Department {s considering a proposition made by the Dubuque iron works to deliver the torpedo boat Ericsson, nearly completed by them, at New York, in- stead of at Pensacola, Fla., as required by the contract. It is lkely that the proposal will be accepted, as the opportunity for Seginning of next) speed acceptance trial and for repairs and alterations is much superior at New York. VIOLENCE BY STRIKERS Unsuccessful Attempt to Shoot an Ohio Militiaman. Two of His Assailants Killed by Chance Shots—Watchmen Drive: Away in Alabama, SHILLON, Ohio, June 1§.—An attempt was made last night by strikers or their sympathizers to shoot Corporal Sherman of company K, which is located near Beach City, a few miles south of this place. The corporal was struck by a bullet fired by strikers or their sympathizers, but luckily it hit a brass button on his coat and flat- tened out without injury. A number of sol- diers chased the men and fired a volley after them, but the strikers fled in the darknes: BEACH CITY, Ohio, June 18.—A number of officers and men while on a tour of in- spection today over the ground where shooting took place last night discovered the dead bodies of two men. It ts supposed they were killed by the flre which the sol- diers returned when they were attacked. More Violence by Strikers, BIRMINGHAY, Ala., June 18,—A number of armed strikers drove the watchman from a bridge on the Georgia Pacific rallrdad near Coalburg at midnight and placing dynamite under the bridge exploded it. The dynamite not having been properly placed Httle damage was done. A large meeting of strikers is being held at Adams- ville today and trouble is feared, FROTBURG, Md., June 18—About forty arrests were made during the last two days of parties who participated in the escort of McGeady from the mine on Wednesday night and the assault upon him Thursday. Among them are a number of women. —>-— DELINQUENT TAXES. A Bill Passed Reducing the Penalty to One Per Cent. Among five bills that got through the Senatcrial hopper during the half-hour of Lusiness this morning was one of local interest. Senator Proctor called up and se- cured the passage of Senate bill 1597, which reduces the penaity for the non-payment of taxes from 2 to 1 per cent a month. The bill is in the form of an amendment to the District appropriation act of 1873, ond provides that if one-half of the tax levied by that measure upon real and per- sonal property be not paid before the Ist of December in each year such install- ment shall be considered delinquent: and there shall be levied, in addition to the tax, a penalty of 1 per cent upon that amount and a like penalty on the first day of each succeeding month, until the payment of the fustallment and the penalty. If the in- stallment be not paid before June 1 follow- irg, together with the half of the original tax already due, then a like penalty shall be added on the last half. The bill received the apprcval of the Dis- trict Commissioners in a letter to Chairman Harris of the Senate District committee, dated February 6 last, in which they said: “A charge of 1 per cent, as >ecommended in the bill, would be a sufficient stimulus to payment by those who are able to do so, by making it to their advantage to use the necessary amount of money to pay their taxes rather than use it in any other way, which {gs cbviously the purpose of the law on the subject. The charge of 2 per cent for such delinquency has, therefore, very little influence as an inducement to prompt payment, but imposes an unnecessazy hard- ship upon those who are unable to avold a temporary delay in meeting their tax obli- THEY WERE RECAPTURED. ae —— - Two Girls Who Had Escaped From the Reform School. Officer Barry of the Girls’ Reform School has succeeded tn recapturing the two colored girls, Louisa Harrison and Lucinda Gilmore, who escaped from that Institution about a week ago. Louisa Har- rison, as heretofore published in The Star, was found in this city, while her compan- fon was caught at Emory Grove, Md. The escape, it appears, was planned by the Harrison girl, who, although young in years. is an experienced hand in the crim- inal side of life. Once away from the in- stitution, she found it necessary to get Lucinda out of town, and so she managed to assist her to Emory Grove, where she had relatives. Then Louisa concluded to go to Philadel- phia, but before going she found it neces- sary to get a service place where she could steal the urticles of wearing apparel she neetied and could afterward take a sum of money, enough to help her to Philadelphia. She went to the house of Mrs. Brown, No. 410 Florida avenue, and there she stole sev- eral articles of wearing apparel and a gold toothpick. She had the toothpick on her when she was arrested, and since her ar- rest Officer Barry has recovered the other stolen property, as wel! as the clothing she wore when she escaped from the school. — Interference With Elections Deni Attorney General Olney was today shown the press dispatch from Huntington, W. Va., in regard to the United States mar- shal and his deputies taking part in the democratic primary elections there. Attorney General said hé had received a telegram from’Dr. Reece complaining that Vinson and his deputies were taking an active part in the primaries. The Attor- ney General at once telegraphed the sub- stance of the telegram to Vinson, who re- plied that he was ill in bed and that there Was no truth whatever in Dr. Reece's dis- patch. Nothing has since been heard in regurd to the matter. —S mdian Sapplies. Commissicner of Indian Affairs Brown- ing returned today froma New York city, where he has been superintending the work of opening bids and awarding contracts for furnishing supplies for the Indian serv- ice. All the force of employes of the In- dian bureau detailed for the work at Chi- cago and New York have returned, gee To Gather Specimens. The Secretary of the Interior has granted permission to the management of the New York Museum of Natural History to allow its representatives entrance into the Un- compahgre and Uintah Indian reservation in Utak to obtain fossils for exhibits. The Tequest was denied last winter, owing to the excited condition of the tribe. ee Naval Movements. The U.S. S. Charleston sailed today from Callao to Acapuleo, Mexico, en route to San Francisco. The Monocacy has arrived at Kinkiang, China, the Miantonomoh at New London, and the Petrel at Ounalaska, the latter on the Sth instant. —__—__-e~ A Probable Retirement. Lieut. H. H. Ba:roll has been ordered to appear before a naval retiring board on the 20th instant. —e. Resignation Accepted. The resignation of Naval Cadet Douglass C, McDougal has been accepted. Revenue Cutters Report. The revenue cutter Bear has been report- ed at Fort Etches, Alaska, on May 24 and the Corwin at Sitka on June 3. — An Election Case. lartin contested election case was considered on Saturday by the Senate committee on privileges and elections, and on motion of Senator Pugh, was postponed until after the settlement of the tariff ques- tion. Mr. Chandler’s motion to permit the committee to hear oral testimony & the meantime was lost by a pafty vote, 4 to 3, The | FORD'S THEATER) Claims of the Victims of the Dis- aster Being Examined. THOSE FOR DEATH T0 BE ACTED ON Those for Injuries Received to Be Next Considered. SENATOR MANDERSON’S PLAN Senator Manderson, who was assigned by Chairman Harris of the select Senate com- mittee on the Ford’s Theater disaster to investigate the death claims arising out of that accident, has so far completed his; difficult task that he has begun the work | of examining the physicians and nurses | who attended the victims in their last il- ness. At 2 o'clock today he met a number of these medical folks and heard them on four of the twenty-four cases that have been filed with the committee. These wit- nesses were as follows: Dr. James C, Kerr and Dr. N. R. Jenner, in the case of Al- fred L. Ames; Dr. Rozier Midéleton and Margaret B. Fields, in the case of A. N. Girault; Dr. L. D. Wilson, James T. Hens- ley and Jas. P. Hart, in the case of Charles B. Sayer, and Dr. Z. T. Sowers, George E. Giles and Minnard B. Sturges, in the case of George W. Roby. A New Claim. The Sayer claim is a new one, filed with the committee on the 7th of April. Mr. Sayer died on the 2ist of March and his widow claims that his death was due to the accident. She asserts that, though he Was troubled with a cough at times before the disaster, his physicians sald that he had @ good prospect of years of life, but the shock not only prostrated him and produced dysentery, but filled his already somewhat | weak lungs with plaster dust, and so_ hastened his demise. Twenty Easy Claims. Of the twenty-four cases now on file with the committee twenty will be comparatively easy of adjustment, namely, those of the immediate victims, who were killed out-| right in the fall of the building. These | were: G. Q. Allen,-G. M. Arnold, 8. P. Banes, J. Bussius, J. E. Chapin, Jer. Dale; J. R. Fagin, J. B. Gage, J. B. Jones, Jordan, F. ‘Ys D.C. § J. H. McFall, O. FW. | . F. Miller, H. S. Miller, M. T. B. Nelson, W. Scherber, E. G F. M. Williams. There can be ro doubt of the cause of death in these instances, and the only ques- | tion for adjudication in connection with them is whether the government should pay _ in each a stated sum, or should grade the | compensation according to the size of the | family or the necessities of the survivors. | That question, however, is to be decided by | the full committee, after Senator Mander- | fon shall have made his report, which will | contain a careful statement of each case as | far as he can judge it. Four Died After the Accident. Four of the twenty-four men who died | Uved for some time after the accident, Ames and Girault are believed to have lost their lives solely through the disaster, and there is little controversy over their claims. The claims of Bollinger and Sayer, how- ever, are not so certain, as each of thi men was a sufferer from lung trouble fore the accident, and later of con- sumption. The eontention in their cases based upon the theory that the plaster fh- haled by them shortened their lives. ‘tor Mand Hope. It 1s Senator Mande-son’s hope that he may be able to complete these cases In such time that the committee can secure a lump sum in one of the regular appropriation bills to pay off all the death claims. Tho other cases, those of the survivors, will thus be postponed for future action. This ig thought to be best because, in most in- stances, the injured men have been able to resume work, and so their families have been provided for, at least partially. In the | case of the death claims, however, imme- diate action seems to be only humane, as the needs of sume of the fam‘lies are very pressing. Claims of the Injured. Work on the claims of the injured, how- ever, “s progressing as rapidly as possible. Squads of half a dozen claimants are sent to the board of examining surgeons at fre- quent intervals, and their report will not be delayed very long. Loftu To FI IsH THIS WEEK. That is the Opinion of the Managers of the Tariff Bill. The managers of the tariff bill do not see anything in the way of the Senate getting through with that measure this week. Now that the wool questicn is out of the way, they do not think that there is much to bother them. They may have to make some changes in the sugar schedule after the | bill is reported to the Senate, and they may | yield to the republicars in the matter of the | administration features of the bill in order | to save time. The income tax is not expected to excite a long fight, though it will be sharp, since a number of the republicans from the west | favor the tax, and it is not desired by the | minority that the debate should be so pro- | longed as to bring out too many speeches on their side in favor of it. Nominations Confirmed. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: John H, Miller of Kentucky, United States consul at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands. Lieut, Col. J. P. Wright to be assistant sur- geon general and colonel, Majs. A. A. Wood- hull and John S. Billings to be deputy sur- | geon generals and lieutenant colonels. Capts. G. H. Torney and W. R. Hall to be | surgeons, with the rank of major, and a number of postmasters. o— MR. SCHEPP’S DONATION, Will Give Relics From the Kear- surge to the Government. ! NEW YORK, June 18—Mr. L. Schepp, | owner of the brigantine Fredericka Schepp, which brought into port yesterday the | ensign and compass of the old Kearsarge, was much annoyed today at a report that he intended to sell the relics. He wrote to Secretary Herbert this morning telling him that he intends to turn the flag and | compass over to the Department of the Navy. The flag will be formally tendered to the government tomorrow on the stock exchange. —_——_ In the Colored Schools. Scores of interested parties have visited the exhibition of menual training and Gook- ing school work by the pupils of the colored | schools at the Miller building, 623 H street northwest, both Friday and Saturday. Much surprise has been manifested at the excel- lence of the display, especially by experts, | who had no {dea that the pupils were so far advanced in the arts named. A description of the exhibition has heretofore been pub- lished in The Star. An invitation is extended to the public by the teachers and pupils of the Lincoln pub- le joo! to attend an exhibition of school work to be held in the building named to- day and tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Army Orders. The extension of leave of absence granted Capt. Thomas Sharp, seventeenth infantry, is further extended one month. The leave of absence granted Capt. Joshua L. Fowler, second cavalry, is extended one month, on surgeon's certificate of disability. ¢ TWO CENTS. SMUGGLING PRECIOUS STONES. Details of Senator Teller’s Plan to Prevent the Custom. Senator Teller of Colorado has proposed an amendment to the paragraph in the tariff bill relating to diamonds, which, he says, is designed to prevent smuggling in all precious stones. At the end of paragraph 338 there is an added section providing that all diamonds entering, this country a6 the property of travelers shall be subject to the duty where thelr value exceeds $350, provided, however, that diamonds or precious stones the property of travelers shall enter free where it is shown by @ consular certificate previously the consul at the port of departure in the United States. Any informant who noti- fies the customs authorities that an attempt is to bé made to smuggle precious stones shall be entitled, where a conviction is made, to the full value of the stones, de- ducting only the duty owing to the govern- ment; this provision to reward informants applies equally to all tradesmen or jewel- ers in any part of this country to whom smuggled stones may be offered for sale; provided that such persons can establish the fact that the stones are contraband. From the total duty derived from precious stones 5 per cent shall be appropriated to pay the salaries of agents abroad, whose duty it shall to watch sales of precious a eeort to oye author!- Suspect that the illicit intro- duction of such es is contemplated. ——— + e+ —_ APPOINTING APPRENTICES. The Secretary of the Savy Changes the Method. An order issued by the Navy Department makesjan important change in the method of oniilchek apprentices in navy yards. It provides that all such appointments shall be made by the Secretary of the Navy alone. Applicants must be between sev- enteen “and nineteen years of age, inclusive, of good character, sound physical condition, and know how to read and write. They will be ex- amined by a board, composed of the offi- cer in charge of the department where a vacancy exists and a medical officer on duty at the same yard. In case aplipcants who are granted permits by the Secretary of j the Navy to be examined pass a satisfac- tory examination, a favorable indorsement by the board cn the permit will be con- sidered as an appoinument by the Secretary of the Navy, and the commandant will, upon the recelpt of such an indorsement upon the permit, direct the employment of the applicant. If for any reason applicants are rejected by the board, the commandant will report the fact and the cause thereof to the department for its action. The pay of an apprentice until he shall have arrived at the age of seventeen will be 20-100, for the next year 30-100, for the next year 40-100, for the next year 50-100, ind for the last year @0-10u of the rate of wages paid to t-class journeymen work- men in the at the yard in which he serves. The order provides that the commandants of navy yards will during the first week of June of each year convene a board com: posed of the naval constructor, the engineer officer and the medical officer in charge of their respective departments at the yard, or, in the absence of such officers, or any FOR FREE COAL Senator Hill Offers an Amendment to That Effect. MR. VEST BECOMES QUITE SARCASTIC Quite a Sharp Debate on the Coal Schedule. THE ANTI-OPTION BILL The Senate, after some routine morning business today, entered upon the twelfth week of the tariff dchate. The temperature was sweltering when the Vice President called the upper house of Congress to order at 10 o'clock, the thermometer standing 81 im the chamber. Bilis were passed as fol- lows: For the relief of Charles W. Cronk; to refund illegal revenue tax collected of the late Alexander W. Baldwin as United States judge for the district of Nevada; to relieve the personal representatives of John Sher- man, jr., late United States marshal for the territory of New Mexico, from the re- quire:aents of section 833 of the Revised Statutes. Mr. Peffer’s Electricity Bill. A bill reported back favorably from the committee on agriculture by Mr. Peffer (Kan.) for the establishment of experiment Stations under the direction of the Secretary of Agviculture, to determine whether tricity or gaseous vapor can be used as agricultural motive power, and offering a premium of $2,500 for a successful inven- tion of such motive power, met with oppo- sition from both Mr. Hawley (Conn.) and Mr. Hoar (Mass.). They contended that it was absurd to offer such a premium for the discovery of the application of electricity as @ motive power in agricultural or other in- dustries. It would be like offering a prize of six pence, Mr. Hoar said, for the inven- tion of @ new motive power for ocean steam- ships. The electrical engineers the world over were cudgeling their brains for new ideas, and no such premium as was by this bill would stimulate invention. He proposed to increase the appropriation te $100,000, Mr. Peffer, in reply to a question, stated that the y of Agriculture was op- posed to the bill. Mr. Harris suddenly nee an objec- tion at this point, and the bill went to the calendar. After the passage of a bill to nend the act of 1878 for the support of the District of Columbia, and a joint resolution directing the Secretary of War to appoint @ commission of engineers to examine and re- port upon the cost of ceepening the harbors of Superior and Duluth, the tariff bill was laid before the Senate. Palp, Papers and Books. At the request of Mr. Platt, the two para- graphs (298 and 2%) of the silk schedule poesed over Saturday were again passed over today and schedule M—“pulp, papers and books”—was taken up. Mr. Frye (Me) entered a protest against the first para- of them, one of their respective assistants, for the purpose of conducting the annual | examination of all apprentices in the year. | In view of the fact that the not issued until after the first week June, a supplemental notice has been is- sued that the examinations this year shall take place tmmediat on receipt of the Q . of date mentioned Ne Money for Trees. Capt. Fiebeger, under whose direct charge the parking commission comes, wrote a let- ter to the Commissioners today calling at- tention to the urgency of an increased ap- Propriation for the parking commission. He says numerous complaints have been re- ceived from citizens who desire their trees trimmed and the dead wood removed, but they cannot be attended to, as the fund for this work is nearly @xhausted. With an increased ay the trees that have died during the year can be replaced, but many of them will have to be removed un- he says a number of trees need trimming, and a larger ap- propriation will be the means of saving many valuable trees. The Commissioners are unanimously tn favor of an increased eppropriation for this work, and will ask Congress to properly appropriate. Fish Condemned. Last week there arrived at the river front 7,202 bunches of fish, 1,070 Spanish mack- erel, 42 sturgeon, 14 carp, 6 black bass, 3 drum fish. 1 sea turtle, 271,000 clams, 46,500 crabs and 200 bushels of oysters. inspector Harris condemned 45 bunches of fish, 5,000 clams and 11,000 crabs. Work of the Poundmaster. Poundmaster Einstein last week captured 117 dogs, 5 horses and 1 goat, and killed 113 dogs. During the week 2 dogs were sold and the horses and several dogs were re- deemed. The, collections for the week amounted to $22.25. Nalsnuce Reported. The reporis of the several sanitary in- spectors for last week show that SSI nui- sances were reported and "2 were abated. Unwholesome Food Condemned. The reports of the food inspectors for last week show the condemnation of 527 pounds of meat, 13 chickens, 634 quarts of berries, 15 bunches of as; . 100 bunches of radishes, 100 bunches of rhu-) H i i 8 i i A Nuisance Reported. Cc. T. Bride and others recently reported to the Commissioners that the alley in rear of Carroll street between Ist and 2a streets southeast was in @ dangerous con- | dition, due to an excavation ina lot abut-| ting on that alley. Nearly two years ago a foundation was dug out for a house, but the owner has so fer failed to build,and,as a consequence, he has left the alley unde>- mined and in a dangerous conditicn. The attorney for the District has, on the facts presented by Capi. Fiebeger, rendered an | cpinion that “the owner of the lot, who | made the excavation which caused the caving in of the alley, should be first noti- fied of the nuisance and requested to abate bad Won't Have to Pay. Bernard J. Young of No. 1 ith street northwest will not have to pay certain ar- Tearages of taxes essessed against 108 acres of land bought by him from the District, which tract of land is located on Central avenue. Building Permits. The building permits issued today were as follows: C. Sidney Foster, one frame welling on 28th street extended, Avalon Heights, to cost $500; Jos. A. Goldstein, | one brick dwelling at 1616 Vermont avenue | rorthwest, to cost $3,000; Robert O'Neil, | two brisk dwellings at 59 and 61 G street southwest, to cost $1,800; Edgar Ball, | four brick dwellings, Nos. 735 to 741 Mar-| shall street, Mount Pleasant, to cost $4,000; | E. J. Rittenhouse, one brick dwelling at G33 16th street northeast, to cost $1,000. _-———— j Names of Strects. | the District Commissioners, introduced a bill authorizing the Commissioners to change the name of any street or alley in the cities of Washington and Georgetown, | in order to obtain uniformit; —— 2+ Treasury Recet; | National bank notes received for redemp- | tion today, $362,643. Government receipts | from internal revenue, $747,448.08; customs, 24,025.65, and miscellaneous, $69,137.73. graph of the schedule, placing a duty of 10 per cent on mechanically ground wood pulp and chemical wood pulp, bleached or a was | unbleached. The production of wood pulp; said Mr. Frye, was an ponte Dg employing 70,000 men, turing but a pro- duct valued at $35,000,000 annuaily and pay- ing an annual wage of $23,000,000. Under the operation of the present duty the cost of paper had greatly decreased. Wood pulp had decreased in price from 4% cent* per r= to 11-4 cents tp the last ten years. was produced in twenty-nine states, principally in Maine and New York. Our cipal competitors were Austria, Sweden, Norway and Canada. The present duties were specific and were equivalent te from 11 to 14 per cent ad valorem. He hed no particular objection to the slight reduction to 10 per cent proposed, but he appealed go the other side to muke the duty specific imstead of ad valorem and proposed an amendment to substitute equivalent spe- cific rates, $2.50 per ton on wood pulp me- chanically ground; chemtcal wood ee un- a % per ton, and bleached, per jon. Mr. Vest’s Explanation. The democratic members of the finance committee refused to accept the amend- n.cnt, but in connection with this para- graph Mr. Vest made an explanstion. He called attention to a “vicious and out- tegeous attack” made some time ago by a certain eastern newspaper on Mr. Jones and himself, charging that in reducing the duty upon wood pulp they had beea in- fluenced by prominent democratic one of whom had been a membe- of the cabinet (Mr. Whitney), who were represent- ed as having invested extensively in Cana- dian wood pulp mills. Mr. Vest stamped these charges as utterly false and unjust. The only object of the finance committee im framing this schedule, he said, had been to furnish the people an article of every- day necessity as cheap as possible. No one, he declared, had applied to the committee for this reduction in the interest of importers or outside manufacturers. Mr. Frye's amendment was rejected, 20-28. Pulp and Paper. The rate of sheathing paper and rofing felt was fixed at 10 per cent; on printing paper, unsized, sized, suitable for books and newspapers, at 15 per cent (an incvease from the House rate on unsized paper from 12 to 15 per cent); on copying paper, filtering paper, tissue paper, sensitized pa- per, ete., 30 per cent (an increase of 5 per cent from the House rate); parchment papers, cardboards, photograph and auto- graph albums, wholly or partly manufac- tured, 30 per cent; lithographic prints, 27 Ler cent; lithographic labels, 45 per cent (House rate 25 per cent); paper envelopes, 20 per cent; paper hangings, 20 per cent; blank books, 20 per cent; books, including pamphlets and engravings, photographs, etchings, 25 per cent; playing cards, 10 cents per pack, and 5% per cent ad valorem; manufactures of paper, not specially pro- vided for, 20 per cent. This completed the pulp and paper para- raph, und the Senate immediately pro- ceeded with schedule N, “sundries.” following rates were fixed without desate: Hair, pencils and feather dusters, 30 per cent; brooms, 20 per cent; button forms, 10 per cent; agate buttons, 3 pearl and shell buttons, 1 cent per line and 15 per cent; ivory buttons, bone and horn, 35 per cent; shoe buttons, 23 per cent. The Coal Schedule. It was not until coal was reached that opposition developed. The House bill placed coal on the free list. The finance conumit- tee amendment placed a duty of 40 per cent per ton on bituminous cea! and shale; 14 cents on slack and culm, and 15 per cent “4 valorem on coke. As soon as the clerk had read this para- graph Mr. Hill and Mr. Peffer jumped to their feet. The Ne York Senator was recoguized, and he sent to the clerk's desk an amendment to relegate bituminous coal and shale to the free list. Mr. Hill Wants Free Coal. He supported his amendment with @ Speech. He admitted at the outset that from what had cecurred in the past the amend- ment would be defeated by substantially the republican vote and the vote of those democrats who seemed resolved to vote against this class of cmendms usel ts. It was he said, to enter into He simply want-d of his democratic col- et that the country ex- pected a democratic Congress in any tariff reform measure to place coal on the free list. It had been demanded by the demo- cratic platform urd by every democratic Senator who had spoken during the cam- paign of 1892. If there was anything to which the party was pledged i was free raw materia! and if there was any raw material it w cecal “I observe,” continved Mr. Hill, about him, “that since I began my remarks the champions of this measure and those looking