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are in charge of it have left their seats. sme that they have nothing to say in of this schedule. I expect to hear ne in with the old threadbare piea at the finance committee have been bull- dozed into imposing this duty on coal. If ®0, I should ike to know who bulldozed th Let the men who took them by the throat be named. It ought not to require any argument in a democratic Senate,” Mr. Went on, “to induce democratic Sena- to vote for the amendment. Why ould the democratic platform be re ed and the democratic party be brou_t ridicule?" Was free wool to be the only triumph of democracy? It was already decreed, Mr. said, In conclusion, that the amend- vuld be defeated, but he expressed at ihe little band who had stood together for free raw materials, whether “there were two, three, four or five, would stand together now for the principle in- volved. Mr. Peffer Supports Free Coal. Mr. Peffer followed Mr. Hill in support of free coal, although on a different line. He -faised a laugh at the outset by saying that “he had a much stronger reason for advo- cating free coal than the demand of a Gemocratic platform. “I have no more respect,” said he, “for the democratic platform than the democrats themselves have” Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) suggested rather in- Seniously that, in view of the differences ‘Which existed on the democratic side of the chamber with regard to the duty on coal, that the derrocrats be allowed to settle the Question for themselves. This suggestion, @s well as the sti in Senator Hill's re- Marks, brought Mr. Vest (Mo.) to his feet. Mr. Vest Sarcastic. Mr. Vest attacked Mr. Aldrich for the po- @ition he took. Because it seems to his (Aldrich’s) political advantage, said he, he Row proposes to put aside his duty as a Senator and quietly sit in his seat. “I can- Bot congratulate him,” said he, bitterly, “upon the plan upon which he has now located himself. That is extraordinary statesmanship.” So was the position of the Senator from New York, he said, turning his attention to Mr. Hill. Mr. Hill, he understood, was op- posed to this bill on account of its income tax feature. he comes here this morn- ing and asks who compelled us to place a tax cn coal. We are here to give informa- tion, said Mr. Vest, but not to those who know as much about this matter as our- selves. His purpose, he thought, was to elictt some statement he could use in — ing the biil. Yielded Against Their Judgment. Mr. Vest adverted to the fact that he had under oath before the investigating com- mittee, as he had on other occasions, in the Senate explained that the finance com- mittee had been compelled to yield duties Qgainst their judgment. But for that rea- fon he did not feel justified in opposing the bill. He deemed ii his duty to look to the general result. They were determined Yo suppiant the McKinley law with a bet- ter measure, and when they could not get a coal they submitted to a reduction om 73 to 5) cents a ton as the best they could get. With reference to the alleged Miolation of platform pledges involved in imposing a duty on coal, alluded to by Mr. Hill and constantly held before them by the other side, Mr. Vest begged to recail Zhe case of the service pension Dill. A service pension law had been demanded by the republican platform of i888. Yet when it was brought into the Senate it Was opposed by Mr. Sherman. He had | fever, he said, had more respect for a ublie man than for ihe Ohio Senator when @ antagonized that bill. On being taunted by his own side with the statement that he Was repudiating the platform of his party Zr. Sherman had uttered that famous Bentence No political party can govern my action &s a Senator of the United States in mak- ing laws for the peopie.” Mr. Vest declared that he too would not hesitate to aniagonize the commands of his party on a question like this. If the Platform demanded free coal, and he could Set only a reduction of 35 cents, he would fake it. Mr. Aldrich's Reply. A sharp exchange followed between Mr. ‘Vest and Mr. Aldrich, the latter declaring that a tragedian used to playing heavy Poles did not make a good impression ‘when suddenly called upon the stage as a light comedian. Mr. Vest, he thought, was out of place in his present position. He proceeded to argue that Mr. Yest had not made the author-| ship of the “compromise” features of the| Dill as clear as he might, and after calling attention to Mr. Vests testimony before! the investigation committee that the difter- | @nces e€xisting among certain democratic Senators about the sugar schedule, andj} how the finance committee had finally de- | i Cided to shut out the the schedule them lcontents and make | 3, he decltred that | on the same theiry republicans had de- | Cided that it would be a wise thing for the @emocrats to decide this question of free foal without their assistance. Mr. Chandier on Freee Coal. Mr. Chandler (N. H.) then got the floor fnd expressed the opinion that coal would be on the free list before the bill became | & law, basing his opinion on the “serene! confidence” felt by the Nova Scotia syndi- cate, with which Mr. Whitney was con- nected, that when the bill came out of con- ference coal would be on the free list. There was, he declared, some understand- ing with somebod THE HOUSE. A letter from the Speaker was read in the House today announcing that on account of sickness he would be unable to attend the meeting of the House today and ap- Pointing Mr. Bailey (Tex.) Speaker pro fem. The blind chaplain of the Senate, Rev. ‘Milburn, offered prayer, In which he paid & totching tribute to the memory of the Jate Wm. Walter Phelps, once a member ©f the House. The deficiency bill was reported to the House by Mr. Breckinridge (Ky.). This Probably settles the much-mooted ques- tion whether he would have charge of this Dill, to which his position as chairman of the subcommittee entitled him, or whether another member would be put over his head. Senate bill granting a right of way to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf Railway Com- any through the Omaha and Winne indian reservations in the state of } braska was passed. Mr. Durborow (Ili.), from the committee on interstate and foreign commerce, asked Unanimous consent for the consideration of House bili to amend section 22 of the act to regulate commerce. This bill is drafted im the interest of commercial travelers and ovides that nothing in this act (to regu- te commerce) shall prevent the issue of int Interchangeable 5,0uv-mile tickets. The Was passed. Mr. Hatch’s Anti-Option BI At 12:30 p.m. Mr. Hatch (Mo.), chairman of the committee on agriculture, moved that the House go into committee of the whole for the consideration of bills raising reve- nue, with the obvious intention of getting his anti-option bill before the House. Mr. Bynum of Indiana made a point of order against the motion on the ground that it was not a privileged measure, although it was a revenue bill, only general revenue b reported by the committee on ways ™ S being privileged measures of h contended that it was a priv- and cited as precedents the de- ‘arlisie on oleomar- present Speaker, who ati-option bill reported by Fitty-second Congress was fleged t cision ef Speaker garine bill and of th’ decided that the an Mr. Hatch in the privileged. The chair (Mr. Bailey) overruled of otder. rome Mr. Springer's Point of Order. Mr. Springer then made the point of order that today being the third Monday of the Month that motion to suspend the rules took pre mee, but the chair overruled this point also, holding that it was discre- tionary with the chair to entertain motions to suspend the rules on the first and third Mondays, but that it was not obligatory tyon him to do so. nies The question was put on Mr. Springer’s — and on division the vote was 79 to 2. Mr. Tracy (N. Y.) made the point of no qvorum, and the yeas and nays were called, the motion being carried, 132 to 81. Mr. Livingston took the chair. Filibustering began when,it was found that a bill to impose a tax on corporate and individual incomes and to increase the tax on distilled spirits biocked the way. To Straighten Out the Difficulty. Mr. Hatch explained that this bill had already been acted on in the House, having been added as an amendment to the tariff bill. He asked that it be passed over. Ob- jection was made and the committee im- mediately rose, and an attempt was made _ straighten out the difficulty, THE DEFICIENCY BILL. | Many Items of Iterest to the Dis- trict of Columbia. jOLD CLAIMS = PROVIDED FOR. Action of the Committee on the Charity Fund Controversy. DETAILS OF THE MEASURE. The general deficiency bill was reported to the House today. The report was made by Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky. The items on the bill for the District of Columbia aggregate $53,506.77. For the Smithsonian Institution the defictency is $4.75, for the fish commission it is $24,131.94, for the government printing office, $1,228; for the House of Representatives, $71,288.19. Last year’s District appropriation bill divided the funds for the child caring in- stitutions so as to give 60 per cent to the institutions direct and to place 40 per cent in the hands of the board of guardians. The board of guardians report that they will have a surplus of about $7,000 at the close of this year, which they recommend should be divided to the institutions direct. | The committee decided to do nothing in| this matter until the District appropriation for the new fiscal year, which is now in the has been acted on If then the proportion of the divi sion of this fund is changed they will gi the surplus for this year to the institutions. A provision is made in the bill the amount of the judgments in the Court of Claims in | the cases of T. B. Coyie, $2,922.00; M. L. Noerr, $000; Helen R. Tindall, $000, and Max Lansburg, $1,700, together with the judg- ments in favor of Patrick Maloney and An- drew Gleason, appropriated by the defi- | ciency appropriation act of 1800, shall be subject to all the provisions and restrictiot of the act “to increase the water supply o: the city of Washington and for other pur- | poses,” as to the apportionment and settle- Ment between the District and the United States. These cases all grow out of the | abandoned aqueduct work, and the pro-| vision is to insure the District being charg- | ed with half the amount squandered on | this expensive fraudulent work. Money for the District. The District deficiencies in the bill are: Contingent and miscellaneous expenses: For rent of office for superintendent of char- ities, $800. For advertising notice of taxes in arrears, July 1, 1803, as required to be given by act of March 19, 1800, to be reimbursed by a charge of $1.20 for each lot or plece of prop- | erty advertised, $10,166.11 For advertising rotices of taxes in arrears | July 1, 1892, as required to be given by act of March 10, 1800, to be reimbursed by a narge of 1.20 for each lot er piece of prop- | erty advertised, $1,458.66. For general advertising on account of the | following fiscal years; For 186, $17.50; for 1891, $17. | Expenses of assessing real property: That | the sum of $375 for clerical services be al- | lowed, and that the accounting officers of the United States treasury be authorized | and directed to credit the same in the set- tlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Douglass, J. W. Ross and Capt. Wil- Mam T. Rosseil, being for the services of the fiseal year 1802. | Grading streets, alleys and roads: To pay D. Knowlton the balance due on contract for grading Half street southwest, between M and N streets, being for the service of the fiscal year 1800, $90. Improving High street: To enable the | Commissioners of the District of olum- bia to redeem two certificates of indebted- i ness erroneously issued against the George- | town and Tennallytown Railway Company for paving High street, in Georgetown, bearing date August 11 and August 21, 1893, respectively, $2,513.07, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the inter- est on said certificates, at the rate of 10 per centum per annum, from the date of their issue until the date of the passage of this act. Permit werk: To meet the retain of 10 per centum on the cost of work done under contract numbered 1,310, with George Lrew & Sons, being for the service of the fiscal 1891, $4.29. reets—Sprinkling, sweeping and clean- For rent of offices and store room, & $420. To pay Edward Harpur 50 cents per diem from November 1, 1891, to June 30, 1893, 486 days, he having been employed as in- spector over the street-sweeping by night during the aforesaid veriod, at a compen- sation of $3.50 per diem, but was paid $3 per diem, $243. Fire department: For forage, $1,250. For forage on account of fiscal year 1893, $1,455.88. For repairs to apparatus, and new uppll- ances, on account of fiscal year 1S%}, $11.5 For contingent expenses.—That the sum of $9% for papering engine house be allowed ard that the accounting officers of the Uni- ted States treasury be authorized and di- rected to credit the same in the settlement of the accounts of Commissioners J. W. Ross, M. M. Parker and Capt. Charles F. Powell, being for the service of the tiscai year 1893. Public schools—To pay E. E. King, jant- tor of Fillmore School from July 27 to Sep- tember 30, 1893, to make bis pay $500 per annum, $20.88. To pay the janitor of Pierce School from February 1 to June 13, 1804, at $00 per annum, $208.33. For fuel on ‘ac- count of the following fiscal years: For 184, $6,700; for 1893, $987.64. For contin- gent expenses on account of the following fiscal years: For 1804, $1,130; for 1893, $156.65; for 1892, $529.23. ‘olice Court.—For witness fees on ac- count of fiscal years as follows: For 1804, $1,500; for 1891, $10; for 1890, $1.25. to pay William Gale, engineer, from March 1, 1803, to June 30, 1803, at the rate of $00 per annum. being ‘for the service of the fiscal year 1998, $302.5u. Support of convicts—To--pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the treasury on account of support of convicts, District of Columbia, for the fiscal year 1808, $13,560.18. Relief of the poor—To pay amounts on ac- count of the municipal lodging house and stone yard set forth in House executive document numbered 108 of this session, be- ing for the fiscal year 1803, $127.79. (See House Ex. Docs. 103 and 189.) Judgments—For payment of judgments against the District of Columbia, as fol- jows: To Charles H. Anderson, by his next friend, Mary Alice Anderson, $400, together | with $60.10 costs; to John L’ Bartlett, $500, together with $70.25 costs; to the Anglo-| Americon Insurance Company, use of Wm. A. Meloy, $1,275, together with $151.85 costs: | to Wm. A. Hedrick, $31, together with $16.65 costs; to David Murphy, $88.34, gether with $2.10 costs; to George W. Bol- ling, $100, together with $42.55 costs: to Wm. Ballantyne & Sons, $43.21, together with $2.10 costs—in all $2,783.15, together with a further sum to pay the interest on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment. The Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia are authorized to pay the judgment in favor of Charles Cowles Tucker, adminis- trator of David Patterson, deceased, for six hundred and fifty-six dollars and ten cents, together with forty-three dollars and thirty cents costs, out of the police relief fund. To pay William Forsyth for making three plats of block forty-three, “Hoimead Man- or” (county), showing lines of alley pro- posed to be condemned therein, computing lines of lots and areas to be taken the- from, preparing three petitions for signature of applicants, and recording plat of con- derrnation of said alley, twenty dollars. Militia—For rent, fuel, light, care and re- pair of armories on account of fiscal years as follows: For 1804, two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars. For 188, two thousand and fifty-one dol- lars and sixty-five cents. For 1891, seven hundred and fifty-three dollars and fifty cents. For printing and stationery on account of fiscal years as follows: dolars and fifty cents. For 1898, thirty-two dollars and forty- three cents. For general incidental expenses on ac- nt of fiscal years as follows: ‘or 18M, fifteen dollars. ‘or 1802, two hundred and eight dollars. For 1800, five hundred and forty-four dol- lars and seventy-one cents. For 1889, to pay H. L. Cranford for fur- niture for armories, seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and fifty cents. That one-half of the foregoing amounts,, to meet deniciencles in the approp-iations | jon account of the District of Columbia, shall be paid from the revenues of the Dis: | trict of Columbia, and one-half from any | money in the treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated. Note—Total for the District of Columbia, 53.56.77. Provision is made for paying the rent for ec | in control. | present. + the recerds and pensions division until Au- gvst 1. After that this division is expected to occupy the building on 10th street. For lighting the Capitol and grounds about the same, including the Botanic Gar- den and the Senate and House stables, for gas and electric lighting, for use of elec- tric lighting plants in Senate and House wings at not exceeding $200 per month dur- ing the sessions of Congress, puy of super- intendent of meters, iamp lighters, gas fit- ters, and for materials and labor for gas and electric lignting and for general re- Pairs, $11,000 is appropriated. With reterence i tne eleventh census the following provisions are recommended: Any balance of the appropriation made March 3,1893, for the completion of the work of the division of farms, homes and mort- gages, of the eleventh census, remaining un- expended on the completion of the work of that division, may be placed to the credit of the eleventh census. The commissioner of labor in charge of the eleventh census is hereby authorized to print the report upon social statistics of cities as a monograph instead of as a final report, as provided in “An act to provide for the publication of the eleventh census,” approved February 23, 1893. The total of the bill, including all de- partments, is $4,890,593. 78. Mr. Breckinridge Reports It. Great interest has been centered in the bill, owing to the fact that Mr. Breck- inridge was chairman of the subcommittee on deficiencies, and this is the first de- ficiency bill since the famous trial, and re- ports: have been circulated that his con- trol of the measure and generally on direc- tion of debate would be transferred to some other meniber of the appropriation com- mittee. When, however, Mr. Breckinridge Tose at the opening of the session today and sent the bill and report to the Speaker's desk it was generally accepted that the personal question involved was settled and that he would hereafter proceed with this end other duties in the House. It was the first time, with one exception, that Mr. Breckinridge had addressed the chair in many weeks. The printed report had at its head the name of Mr. Breckinridge as its author. Mr. Sayers Will Control It. ‘The presentation of the report evidently created a misapprehersion, however. It cin be stated positively that Representative Sayers, chairman of the appropriations committee, will have charge of the bill, now that its routine introduction nas been made. It will probably be taken up for debate ¢ week, and at that time Mr. Sayers will be The rule of the House gives the chairman of a subcommittee the direction of the debate and the opening and closing remarks. If, however, he is absent, his place may be filled by another member of the committee. Whether Mr. Breckinridge will be preseat or absent is not known, but that Mr. Sayers will be in charge ts settled. The bill carries $4,800,583. Several other deficiency bills have passed during the pras- ent Congress, and, including the present bill, amount to $10,508,235. ee NEW JERSEY’S LAWS. Efforts to Revise the Jurisprudence of the State. : TRENTON, N. J., June 18.—The commis- sion to revise the system of legal and equit- able jurisprudence of this state met at the State house today, with fourteen members In the absence of President Gray, ex-Gov. Ludlow, the vice president, occu- pied the chair. Mr. Fort offered a proposition providing that the courts of the state shall be or- ganized as follows: First—An appellate court of final resort, composed of counsellors-at-law of ten years’ standing, who shall not be members of any other court. Second—A court of chancery, to consis of a chancellor and vice chancellor. Third—Cireuit court to be held in county by a single judge. Foufth—Such inferior courts as the legis- lature may establish. The proposition was laid over and the proposition No. 7 of Mr. McDermott was taken up. it read that the court of final resort in all cases shall be composed of counsellors- at-law of at least ten years’ standing, who shall not be members of or hold any other court. This was amended by adding the words “except the court of pardons,” and was adopted. The commission then decided to retain a court of chancery, leaving the composi- tion of the court for subsequent considera- tion. The court then took up the question cf ¢s- tablishing circuit courts presided over by a single judge, with common law jurisdiction and appeals to be made direct to the court of last resort, thus abolishing the supreme court. each —__—>—_ BUNKER HILL REMEMBERED. Cele! ating Its Anniversary at Hart- ford, Conn. HARTFORD, Conn., June 18.—The anni- versary of the battle of Bunker Hill is be- ing celebrated here today by the three fa. m.ous continental organizations of New England that have made it an annual cus- tom—the Amoskeag Veterans of Manches- ter, N. H.; the Continentals of Worcester, Mass., and the Putnam Phalanx of this city. The visiting organizations, with in- vited guests, 250 strong, arrived at 1 p. m. Shortly after 3 o'clock the line of march was formed on High street, with the first company, Governor's Foot Guards, as es- corts. Gov. Morris and his staff rode in carriages, with the invited guests and vet- erans of the commands. After the street parade the column entered the First Metho- dist Church, where Rev. Dr. E. L. Thorpe, chaplain of the Phalanx, delivered an ad- dress on “The Patriotism of a Revolution- ary Hero. He was assisted in the service by the Rev. Dr. Almond Gunnison of Worcester and the Rev. W. H. Morrison: of Manches- ter. Drills according to the tactics of a hundred years ago followed. The public exercises will conclude this evening, with a banquet in Foot Guards’ Hall, in which over 400 will be present. ————_ CHANGES AT ANNAPOLIS. Recommendations Made by the Board of Visitors. ANNAPOLIS, June 18.—The report of the board of visitors to the United States Naval Academy, now being prepared, will recom- mend several important changes, modify- ing in several particulars existing laws re- lating to the academy. The board will suggest that the course of instructions shall be for six years, instead of four, and @ two years’ cruise at sea, as at present, Occasional practice cruises of four months each are recommended. The course of studies is modified so that some of the elementary branches will be taught during the first year. The age limit of entrance to the academy is fixed ut from fifteen to seventeen, and the entrance shall be in May only. — DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Police Force Changes. At a meeting of the Board of Commis- sicners this afternoon the followingchan; were made in the metropolitan police force: Private William Huber, tried for neglect of duty and recommended to be fined $10 by the trial board, dismissed from the force. Samuel D. Draine appointed to fill the vacancy. Private E. M. Masters, tried by the police trial board for intoxication and conduct un- becoming an officer, and recommended for mercy, dismissed from the force and Samuel F. Ellis appointed to fill the vacancy. Private W. E. Corren, tried for conduct unbecoming an officer and recommended for dismissal, removed and John T. Hagan appointed to fill the vacancy. Private J. D. Coleman, tried for intoxi- eation and conduct unbecoming an officer, removed. ee William Adams, colored, twenty-eight years old, was found in an unconscious condition Saturday night near Delaware avenue and Temple court southwest. He had beea struck with a hatchet, so it wes said, and his nose was badly cut. The police patrol wagon was sent for, and he Was sent to the Emergency Hospital for treatment. —_s—___ Denton, Texas, is all stirred up over the disappearance of Elder Charles Baker, the pastor of the Christian Church there. He was married three weeks ago to Miss Car- rie Dunbar, a member of his church. The number of men who perished in the Karwin mines, in Austrian Silesia, ts 231. A sensation bas been sprung by a painted horse being discovered at Latonia, which Stable hands say is Frog Dance, the crack colt of Byron McClelland’s last fall. Nearly ail the coopers in the Chicago stock yards are on a strike against a cut in wages. Bes | os tot EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. —=—=£=£€_&€&€«—X“<—_—>>[>[>>SSSS—SSwBwwEE—EEEE SSS — ‘SWEEPING DENIALS. No One Knows Anything About a Dynamite Plot. Secret Service and Police Don't Fear Anarchists. THE ALLEGED INFORMER The weather has been warm today, but the thermometer would have to climb sev- eral degrees higher before accurately mark- ing the temperature of a number of per- sors in this city who have been falling over one another all day in their eager ef- forts to deny a sensational story of red anarchy and death and destruction that appeared in a local paper this morning. According to the three-column published story there has been a plot in existence for the destruction of the Capitol and other public buildings, and anarchists in this city have been preparing to explode bombs and resort to violence, but they were being too closely watched by the police to accomplish their ends. Honore Jaxon, a half-breed In- dian of Chicago, was named the head center of the conspiracy, and a long, but yery vague, story was told of remarks of Jaxon’s that had been overheard and of in- formation given the police by an informer signing himself “DeMatters.” In an indefinite way the allegation w made that Coxey, Frye and other common- wealers had some connection with Jaxon, = presumably, with the anarchist plot- tings. No Foundation. Inquiry into the story seems to show that it is void of substantial foundation, the only basis for it being that a few law- less persons were attracted here by the notoriety attending the coming of Coxey and the various other commonwealers, and ; closely watchful ,of all perso: connected with the movement and of the doings of visitors to the city, from a fear that the unrest then prevalent might result in som overt act on the part of some half respons! ble and crack-brained seekers after no- toriety. » No evidence whatever of any intention, to commit violence was discovered, no an- archist plots were unearthed, and as time went on olice were agreeably surprised by the iom from lawlessness on the part of the Coxeyites. Jaxon Dente: ‘The persons mentioned in the affair as ac- cessories or interested parties have been eager in their efforts to deny all knowledge of the alleged plots. H. J. Jaxon, the alleged arch conspira- tor of the aforesaid anarchistic plot, was seen at his boarding place on Vermont ave- nue near street, and walked with the reporter to a barber shop on 7th street, where his coppery complexion was relieved of a slight stubble of beard. He said: “All that talk about dynamite and blowing up public buildings is ridiculous, and every- thing in the article so far as it refers to me fs false and libelous. There is no use going niot a categorical denial of the stase- ments made this morning, except in a prop- er and legal way. I am here on business for my own people and have nothing to do with business of white men at all. The article may have the effect of injurirg my for settling the matter which I to settle. It has caused a great many people to laugh and a large number to be nervous, and for this I am very sor- “How about your alleged connection with the tommonweal movement?” inquired The Star reporter. Mr, Jaxon smiled. “I have never been a member of the com- monweal,” he responded. “When I went to Massillon, Ohio, with credentials from the Chicago ‘Times, which are still In my pos- session, and whose custody makes me re- gard the alleged telegram from the Times, published this morning, as being somewhat singular, to say the least, I was offered the adjutant generalship of the commomnweal, but I declined to accept it. So dar as ask- ing Coxey’s permission to make speeches along the line of march, I have never yet asked the favor of a white man to be al- lowed to speak In this country.” The Alleged Informer. Dr. Frederick Landeman de Mattos, who resided at 1207 G street, and now lives at 1423 Sth street, and who was alleged, in the article in question, to have written the let- ters to the secret service and police au- thorities which caused the keen-eyed sleuths to watch every boarding house in Washington and be on the qui vive for “reds,” was also seen by The Star reporter. It appears that in writing the article Dr. de Mattos’ name was not spelled correctly. The doctor was almost as much amused as annoyed by the sensational prominence in- to which his name had been brought. “i ‘e known Mr. Jaxon for a long time,” he remarked; “we were students to- gether at the Toronto University. So far as that article refers to me it is false in all particulars, save that a reporter called upon me and questioned me in relation to a lot of stuff I knew nothing about. He told me that Inspector Hollinberger had sent him to see me, and I asked him if he had a letter of introduction, and he replied that he had not. That, I presume, is his basis for stating that I inquired if he came from any one In authority. I told him that I didn’t know anything about what he was harping on, and in return he | told me that he had written a fine story if I would only give him a few finishing touches. Again I tnformed him that I didn’t know what he was talking about, and he de- parted. So far as any dynamite or anarch- istic or other conspircy is concerned I know nothing, and I believe the entire story ab- solutely a fake from one end to the other. Oh, by the way, I did tell the reporter be- fore he left that I thought he was tread- ing on very dangerous ground if he in- terded to publish anything tn line with what he had told me, because I was sure that such a publication could not be any- thing but libelous. “How about those letters that you were said to have written to the police author- ities?" inquired the reporter. Dr. de Mattos laughed very heartily. “I reckon the reporter's imagination is re- sponsible for my authorship of those let- ters, as it is for the rest of the article. I certainly never wrote such letters, and the absurdity of the assertion is so great that it rather tempers the anger I feel at hav- ing been dragged into such a mess of sen- sational faking.” Seeret Service Work. According to the story the treasury se- cret service bureau was devotirg its entire time to studying the dlabolical plot. Chief Hazen of the sceret service said today that there was nothing in the story to far as he had been able to discover, and, therefore, declined to discuss it Ir detail. “We in- vestigated it thoroughly and found there was absolutely nothing to it and dropped it altogether three weeks ago,” he sald. “I rade a report on the subject to Secretary Carlisle. Possibly he may give it to you.” Secretary Carlisle was appiled to for per- mission to see the report, but he would not give it. He sald he had’ not even read it, having be entirely satisfied with Mr. Ha- zen’s verbal statement; that it showed that there, was nothing in the alleged conspir- acy. Both Mr. Hazen and Secretary Carlisle said that extra precautions were taken dur- ing the Coxey excitement, but were soon discontinued. Police Dent a. Police force has stayed up nights watching Jaxon and two or three other men, accord- ing to the story, but Inspector Hollinberger sald to a Star reporter this morning that the printed story was no more like the | facts than night is like day. He said positively that he knew nothing | at all about the minister, De Matters, men- | tioned in the story, and’ so as Honore Jaxon, the half-breed Indan, is concerned he does not figure in the matter. Jaxon, he said, was secretary to Louis Rice, who was executed for leading the Indian insur- rection in Canada several years ago. Jaxon has since been endeavoring to make con- verts to the plan suggested by Riel and in the furtherance of which he paid the death penalty. formation of an Indian nation and con- | templates locating all the North American Indians in the St. Lawrence basin, where they may follow the business of raising cattle, which he thinks {is the only business | at which they can expect to be prosperous. When Jaxon came here from Chicago he was a stranger. He was seen to mingle with the Coxeyites, and it was thought THE CAPITOL NOT THREATENED | that police and secret service officials when | the Coxey movement wus at its height were | best to have him watched, which was done. But the officers scon learned something of | him, and ascertaining that he had attempt- ed to force his Indian ideas on the Coxey- ites he was no longer watched, “There were three men here about the time Coxey arrived who needed watching,” said the inspector. “They were watched, but about the 15th of May they left here.” Maj. Moore had only read the headlines when seen, but branded the article as a fabrication of very small substance. Chief Clerk Richard Sylvester of the police @ | partment said: “The thing is mostly fake. There is just this much foundation probably. The police have been watching suspicious characters who were drawn here by the Coxey movement, just az they keep An eye on those who always come for in- augurations, and oa all occasions when there are crowds. The newspapers seid thst this man Honore Jaxon w an as- sociate of the Chicago agitators, and he and his associates have been kept under surveillance as such people always have n. “That any indications of anarchist plots,or plot to throw bombs, have been discovered 1s absolutely false. Jaxon is an agitator just as Carl Browne is. Browne's talk is sometimes incendiary, but that is the nearest thing to anarchy we have heard of. The story that a bottle of chemicals w: found, which was exploded by the sun, killed a cat in the room and gave out a noisome stink, 1s too absurd to talk about.” Not Alarmed. The story of the plot is made a laughing matter by the officials of the Capitol, who are represented as being alarmed. It i: said by these officials that ever since the Coxey movement was started the police officials have been particularly watchful, lest some crank might be excited to commit some insane act of violence. They say, however, that there has been no pilot to blow up the Capitol discovered or suspected. — AN INNOCENT FROG. But He Causes Some Excitement in a Street Ca Last evening when an open car on the Glen Echo road was making its way toward Tenleytown some of the pasergers of the fair sex made an outcry all because of the appearance of an innocent little frog. But the frog had caused a little scare to a pas. onds before. The inoffensive little frog had the latter was walking along the river in the car that he had occasion to put his hand in his pocket. He endeavored to throw the animal out of the car, but his desire to do so was stronger than his muscle just at that time, and the frog hopped along to the end of the car, where a number of ladies were seated. The joke was not appreciated by the con- ductor, who threatened to arrest the victim of the practical joke perpetrated by his friends. ——__. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. No Information as to When the Presi- dent Will Return. No information can be had at the White House today as to the probable date of the President's return to the city. There is no reaton, however, for the belief that he will get back tomorrow or next day, taat ts, un- less his illness makes a longer absence necessary. Private Secretary Thurber is expected to return from Gray Gables this afternoon. +2 : Benjamin Charlton's Will. ‘The will of the late Benjamin Chariton, | dated July 20, 1803, has been filed. The | property of the deceased is devised as fol- lows: To Lillie M. Graves, a niece, house | the house No. 915 N street; to Jennie A. Graves, Ann Rebecca Graves, Abbie C. Graves, nieces, $25,000 each; to Josephine H. Cook and Vaiura Y. King, nieces, John Charlton, a brother, and Ralph C. Graves, ‘a nephew, $10,000 each; to Wesley Chariton, a brother, farm in Davies county, Mo., for life, upon his death to Abbie Shaw; tc Mar- garet Brosius and Sarah Brewer, annuities of $500 each; to Allie Bunker, a niece, She business plant of the deceased,known as Havenner’s bakery, Nos. 4T2-76 C street, is bequeathed, share and share alike, to his nephews, Edward and Benjamin S. Graves, it being devised to them as tenants in com- mon. The residuum of the estate is left to the testator’s sister, Jane Graves, abso- lutely, its distribution being left to her judgment. A nephew of the deceased, Ed- ; is made executor, ward Graves, —- bonds. Following is tomorrow's racing card at Alexander's Island: First race, four and one-half furlongs.— Gladiator, 105; Kingsbridge, 105; Meadows, 105; Cloverdale, 105; O’Kelley, 108; Honest Tom, 105; Nubian, 105; Oregon, 108; Ira, 105; Mollie Davis, 105; Selah, 105. 3 . one mile— . 126; Jeune 108; "Radiant, 106; Lotion, 111; Black- wood, 113; Capt. Manning, 108; Red ‘Star,87. Third race, six and one-half furlongs. Reine a’ Or, 112; Senator, 102; King Bird, 117; Swampoodle, %; Brightwood, 114; Cam- den, 114; Alanthracite, 112. Fourth race, five furlongs—Topmast, 10S; Duke John, 104; Varuna, 95; Blackburn, 113; Grand Prix, 112; Fannie Beverly, 107. Fifth race, four and a half furiongs— Jene, 105; Con Lucy, 105; Honeymoon, 105; Syracuse, 105; Black Hussar, 105; Cossack, 105; Roman, 105; Salisbury, 105. ——— A NARROW ESCAPE. A Servant Girl’s Experience With a Gasoline Stove. A colored servant girl at the house of Mr. A. Barbour, 116 F street northeast, nar- rowly escaped being burned to death about 2 o'clock this afternoon, while filling a gasoline stove. In filling the tank, she poured out too much of the gasoline, and the fluid covered the stove. Then she at- tempted to light the burner, when the flame from the spilled fluid almost filled the rocm. The girl wore a light muslin dress at the time of the accident, but she man The entire detective corps of the local | This plan has in view the| aged to escape to the adjoining room with- out being burned. When the firemen reach- ed the scene of the fire, they threw the stove out into the back yard, and the fence between the yards was damaged. The dam- age to the house amounted to only a few dollars. a COLUMBIA GROUNDING. Said That Capt. Sumner Has Been Reprim: ed. The record of the court of inquiry in re- gard to the recent grounding of the cruiser Columbia in the Delaware river wae deliv- ered to the Secretary of the Navy this af- ternoon. It is understood that the court found that Capt. Sumner, commanding the vessel, neglected to take proper precautions in the matter, and recommended that he be reprimanded. ' Action at the department will probably be announced tomorrow. —EEE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. William H. Jones has been appointed cook at the Municipal Lodging House at $15 per month. A Hearing Postponed. The Commissioners were to have given a hearing this afternoon to those persons interested in the bill to regulate transfers in the District of Columbia. The bill, it will be recalled, gives the Commissioners the right to name the methods and places of transfer. It provides also that the legal rate of fare shall be 5 cents, which shall entitle the person to transfer with any in- tersecting Ine the Commissioners may de- termine. Representatives of all the rail- roads were present, but the Commissioners were detained and’ the hearing went over until next Monday at 11 o'clock. penal ees Ex-Congressman D: Case. CHICAGO, June 18 —Judge McConnell en- tered a decree for the complainant today in the divorce suit of ex-Congressman Ran- som W. Dunham against Elizabeth BR. Dun- ham. In March, 1893, Mr. Dunham filed suit against his wife, charging compromising re- lations between her and Maj. Allyn, who is prominent in South Side social circles, and | connected with a city bank, While hearing |of the sult was pending Mra. Dunham, who was once prominent in eastern society, took up her residence in South Dakota, and secured a divorce there. am’s Divorce —— Capt. O'Hagan of the British steamer Pritish King, reports to the hydrographic cffice a dangerous obstruction to naviga- tion in a wreck in latitude 34.37, longitude 76.11, and directiy in the track of coasting vessels, senger of the stronger sex only a few sec- | been put in the pocket of a citizen, while | shore, but it was not until on hit way home | Decreased Earnings by Railways Reported. {NO EFFECT ON THE SPECULATORS Union Pacific to Postpone July Dividends. ——__+-— -— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 18.—The opening of today’s stock market was irregular and the volume of business light. London was dull at our closing and did nothing to stim- not materially affected by the day’s trading, changes in every instance being less than a full point. The receivers of Union Pacific have decided not to pay the July interest on the first mortgage bonds until the earn- |ings of the road will warrant such action. The leased lines will be subjected to the same treatment, the bondholders getting |their money only when justified by the company’s balance sheet. The July in- terest will probably be stributed some time in the early fall, but there is not suffi- cient evidence at hand to warrant an ac- curate prediction. Railroad earnings published during the day were not encouraging to holders of in- vestment securities, but were nut seriously considered by the speculative element. St. Paul reports a decrease of $168,242 for tne second week in June, and the Northern Pa- cific for the same period, $224,717. From | present indicaticns these weekly reports re likely to continue without interruption during the entire summer, the only encour- aging feature being that the amounts of the decrease may be gradually reduced during that time. The Grangers were moderately active and | Steady around cpening prices, The extent of the fluctuations in these securities bare- ly paid the purchasers’ commissions. Union Pacific was sold down 3-4 per cent on trad- ing by the professional element. in the industrial list there was greater ac- | tivity, but practically the same result. Su- | Bar opened at an advance of 7-8 per cent to | %, sold down to 98 5-8, rallied to 99 3-8 and ; finally settled down around opening figures. Washington advices advise caution in ali risks in this property, and suggest a series of likely interruptions that may be turned to good account by the manipulators with- out seriously influencing the ultimate result. The best informed interests are bullish, but do not advise purchases at this time, argu- ing that it will be more profitable to take the stock at higher prices after the legi« tive contingencies are reduced to a more reasonable certainty. Chicago Gas was strong on good buying, and gained 1 per cent from initial prices. Definite information concerning the eividend is expected tn the next few days. The remainder of the industrais attracted little attention and made no important changes in price. The market for sterling exchange opened Strong, at last week's quotations. The sup- ply of commercial bills is still a trifie under the demand, and shows no signs of imme- diate tinprovement. Over $2,000,000 gold has already been taken for shipment tomorrow, and other amounts will follow during the week. While the outflow of gold has been unin- terrupted for the past month, it has at- tracted little attention as a speculative factor, and having been anticipated has so far caused no embarrassment to bankers. ee Npdon supported during the last our and clo: stro. about pari with initial figures. iat ween i —___ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the open: - est and the lowest and the pa of the New York stock market tog | by Corson & ey, members lew York stock exchange. rrespon: Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 en) ae poet Open. High. Low. Close merican Sugar. 29% 29 jeoen Soe By =< a Loutsviiie and Nash Islana Traction Metropolitan Traction, Manhattan Elevated ichigan Central Missor N N.Y. and New Engi RN. ¥.C. and St. Lous, vacific Mau. Phila. and Readi Pullman P. Car Co. ond Te: Phila. Traction Texas Pacitic. i6y GA—-12 o'clock m.—U. 8. Electric Sv, $100 at 12415. National Sate De, 20% Columbia Fire Tnsurance, inet > S48, reeteterea. 112% .e IS bd, coupon, 114 bid, 11. lambia Bonds. year fund 108 bid. 30-year tund @s, gold 112 Did. Want stock 7s, 1901, currency,’ 115 bid. Water stock nt ag currency, 120 bid. 3.658, funding, cur- magi Did, 115 asked. “Sige, registered” 210s, cellancous Bonds.— Washington George town railroad conv. 6s, Ist 183 bid. 140 “sere Washington aud Georgetown railroad conv. 6a. Sd, rails 183 bid, 140 asked. " Metropolitan rai 5 Gs, 105 bid. Belt retiroad 8 a oo ane Eckington railroad 6s, 90 ‘Washington Company 6s, weries A, 116 bid. Washington Company Gs, series B’ 118 bid. Washington. Company conv. G6, 130 bid. U.S. Blecttie L conv. 5s, 123 hd, "125 asked. Chesapeake and foe tomac Telephone 5s, 97 100 asked. American ind A., 100 bid. Ameri. td. National Bank Si bid, 830 asked. asked. Metropolita: 275 Wid, 300 asked. Second, 138 Cohimbia, bid. Deposit and Trost Com, Deposit end ‘Trust, 129 Washington Loan and ‘Trust. 133 = _ ny ey and Trust, 1, b shington Safe Deposit, 100 Railroad Stocks, ~ 255 bid, 305 asked. asked Ec Light Stocks.—Washington 6: “ ked. | Georgetown Gun | 125 bh ect | ‘man- Amer! 13 bid, 16 asked. Colom! 3% bid. 14 2» Riges, 7% bid. dig asked. People’s, 5% gs i grked. Lincoln, § bid. 8% asked. Commercial, & Title Insurance Stocks.—Ieal Es bid, 120 asked. Colombia Title, tia Wide genta! — ‘Title, bid, S asked. “District ‘Title, phone Stocks. Pennsylvania, asked. Chesapeake and Pc . asked. American Graphoy Pneumatic Gun ¢ Miscellaneous bid. 20 asked, | Bui 100 asked. . 15 hid. in Ocean Building, 85 a - Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 18.—Fiour perfine, 1.70a1-90; do. extra. 2.00a 2.85; winter wheat patent, 3.0 heat 3. 4 wid: 43,- 48g stock, a core by a 46 bid—receipts, bushels; ai = FINANCE AND TRADE! ulate local trading. The ratiroad list was | i. | a whisper and his eyes were bloodshot. | bore up manfully, however, and did not |down unti sample, 408503; do. on grade, | No. 2 white western, aetna ern, 46iga47—recelpts, 12.) |» hels. = Rye Gull . 2 | Hay stendy—good to choice > | $15.50a815.00.” Graiu foeighiz dull and crenmerg. 18! do. lnaltationy 140:3¢ to, edie ta creamerr, 18; do. imitat 3 0 4 goud Indie, 13 iro ; store packed, 10ai2. fresh, 16.” Chive Weak nod unchanged Chicago Grain Reported by Silsby & Co.. Bank. and Brokers. Fey ® CHICAGO, June 16, 1606 v4 si e 3 Sy og Fd ar as a oy an + eee poesnokin, soeaaaenso as, j sents Bes Probate Court—Judge Hagner. In re J. H. Smith, guardian; proceedings for contempt suspended until July 6.1894, that guardian may pay Charles Diggs the sum of $0.12. Estate of Martha Ann Scott; will prcbated and letters to Leonidas Scott. Estate of Mary Ellen McDaniel; will pro- bated and letters to John H. McDaniel on jbond of $7,000. Estete of Lorenzo E. Dickey; will probated and letters to Frances E. Dickey. In re Ella H. Carroll; Mey Car- roll appointed guardian. Estate of John J. McCabe; Anna F. McCabe appointed guar- dian. Estate of Catharine Johnson; letters to George W. Grice. Estate of John Rocks; | guardian authorized to make certain pay- |ments. Laura Makell appointed guardian |of Rachel Makell, Estate of James H. Pol- ley: guardian allowed to file additional bond. | Estate of John Murphy: will probated and letters to Jennie Murphy. te of Susan Briscoe; will probated and letters to Edgar | Murphy. Estate of Wm. McGarrahan; or- der of publication. Estate of Cynthia | Mason; letters to Frank P. Gross, Sstete jof John H. Cook; rule on Belle Marion Howard, late widow of the deceased. tate of Jos. W. Babe; will probated and let- ters to Mary A. Babe. Estate of Thos. R. Brooks, jr.; letters to Bikannah N. Waters bond of $11,000, ———— BLAZES LIKE A GEM. An Island In the Pacific That Gleama ne if Were on Fire. | From the Sen Francisco Chronicle. The men who came up from Clipperton Island on the Volant will be paid off this | morning and discharged, and whether any of them will return to the guano-covered rock has not yet been decided. One of the men who went down on the Viking and re- mained on the island” for several months told some remarkable stories of the treasure rock yesterday. He corroborated the tale of the hungry | crabs and said that the houses which had | been put up lad to be covered with tin to prevent the crustaceans from eating through the wood. It was so hot that the skin peeled off the men’s backs through their light undershirts. There were any amount of eggs to be had, which were jaid by birds resembling wild geese. The crabs would seize these Cges as fast as they were laid and make of with them. “The harbor said the Clipperton Robin- son Crusoe, “is not a good one and the water is full of sharks. When the blows off shore it is almost impossible &@ vessel's moorings to hold her. The ona | went away with about fifty tons short what she ought to have taken, but that wi the fault of the captain. He got scared and put to sea. The weather was so bad when the Volant was there that there was no use of staying, and she gave up trying to get a load. The sharks are very vicious and seem to be without fear, as they are in great numbers. When a boat is being rowed ashore the man eaters jump out of the water nag ag at @ man. ‘While the Volant was lying at Clipper- ton the strangest kind of a fish I ever saw came up astern of her. In shape it was something like a stingray, with @ long, ugly-looking tail. It spread big wings that must have been at least twenty feet wide from tip to tip. The superintendent said it was a rayfish, and others called it a sunfish, It stuck ite head up, then spread out its wings and skimmed along over the water. “The island is nothing more than a rock, honeycombed with the strangest kinds of shapes. At sunset some parts of it seemed a blazing mass of gold. If there {s any truth tn the stories about treasure be ing hidden there we couldn't prove it; but you can bet we searched high and low for the pirates’ booty. ———_-e<+—___ THE SAME OLD IDBA. A Texan is Busy Constructing a Dead Sure Perpetual-Motion Machine. From the Fort Worth Gazette. A reporter called at the Fort Worth tron works the other morning, and was shown the drawing of Mr. J. T. Haile’s perpetual motion machine, spoken of several weeks ago in this paper. Of course, it is a hard matter to the present incomplete state of chine as to whether or not it will the inventor claims for it. If a number of all kinds and sizes and cogs are necessary to prod chine that will run without any until it wears out, it is safe to Mr. Hatle’s in vill go g8 course of construction does not prove abso- lute perpetual motion, tt will, at prove a very valuable motor power, an one that has never before been or dreamed of by any one else. Mr. Haile is an old inventor of considerable notoriety im the section of Texas in which he lives, Throckmorton county, and no doubt the genuieman is entitied to the honor of be- ing an inventive genius. He has and put upon the market several very use- ful devices, all of which are highly spoken of by those who have seen and used them. The perpetual motion is an invention Mr. Hatle prides himself upon, he having de- voted much time and expense in bringing it to its present proportions. The manu- facture of the motor is a matter of no little expense, and it will take several weeke truction. The central and vital portions are being manufactured elsew! Mr. Haile feels very sanguine over the success of his invention, and says he feels positive that the motor, when red, will come up to his expectations. He hopes to have the first motor ready for trial in a few weeks, and says the entire will be run by large and small weights, something on the order of a clock run by weights, only @ little more so, as it were. He is giving the construction of the ma- chine his personal supervision, and will not leave the city until the motor is completed. ——_ +e A LONG TALK, A Twenty-Six Hour Speech Which Killed a Bil. From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat. “I was recently introduced,” said Albert H. Steele of Portland, Ore., to « legis lator, who, I believe, has the record for 94 bid. | making the longest continuous speech ever delivered. He is a member of the legisia- ena! ture of British Columbia, in which there is no such ‘hing as senatorial courtesy, so that a long speaker cannot get a few min- utes’ rest for refreshments, as he generally an in the upper house of this country. The record-breake>, who is of French descent, | is an old college athlete, and on one occa- jon last session he was put up by the op- position to talk a bill to death. ma- ed. | Jority saw through the device at once and put every obstacle in the way of the | speaker. Not deterred by objections and points of order, the old athlete husbanded his strength and spoke steadily, without longer pauses than were necessary to hed throat with an occa- drink, twice around the e2 at 16 o'clock in the morn- ” | noon, evening and night, and @id not even *| pause when the lights were turned out the following morning. “THyewitnes vel me that as the morn- 2 on his voice was a little more than He it clock hi y lapse of time, and he hich was well earned, very noble one. six-hour effort with ing w u | Since the great hailstorm In Vienna there jhave been continuous rains and eold | weather everywhere in Austria,