Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, by g 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, i Ni The Ere or ae Company, New York Ofice, , Potter Building. (Entered at the Office at Washington, D. C.. | as second. os <a mail matter.) i to af tail subscriptions must be paid to advance. fae 00 application Rates of advertising made known Che Fvening Star. Vor. 84. No. 20,916. WASHINGTON, D. C.,. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1894~TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. pubficite—not WIMAN SENTENCED Sent to Sing Sing for Five Years and Six Months. PUNISHMENT FOR FORGING C Recommendation of the Jury for Mercy Considered. PLEA FOR A NEW TRIAL NEW YORK, June 20.—Erastus Wiman, the sometime philanthropist and capitalist, cenvieted of forgery in the second de gee, was sentenced to Sing Sing by Judge Ingraham this morning in the court of cyer and terminer for five years and six months. Mr. Wiman,accompanied by Deputy Sher- iff Brown, came down from the Tombs to the court reom at 9:30 o’clock. The walk through Center street was unmarked by any demonstration, for none, perhaps, in the crowded street knew that of these two men one was the most conspicuous prisoner of the day. On reachitg court Mr. Wiman chatted with his two sons freely, and was ap- parently oblivious of his surroundings. With the exception of an unusual palior that may be attributed to his days in the Tombs, as well as to the contemplation of his position, the fallen financier showed no change. As the judge seated himself, Gen. Tracy Stood before him and began an earnest ap- peal for his client. Gen. Tracy based his motion for a new trial on these grounds: 1. That the court had misdirected the jury. 2. That the verdict was clearly con- trary to law. 3. Tout the verdict was clearly against the evidence. Jucse Ingraham denied zhe motion for a new trial, and then began to speak in a tone which was so low that it could not be heard at the reporters’ table, which Was not six feet away. As he progressed, however, he was heard to mention that for @ long period Wiman had appropriated the Boney which was the property of his asso- clates, and that he had finally resorted to fergery, not in one, but in several in- stances. He spoke of the letter—the letter e caatcsaton “which Wiman wrote, ac- e forgery, ssed, with a mild eriticism. 7 Ut PO Pe In speaking of the jury’s recommenda- tion to mercy, Judge Ingraham announced that he was willing to give full force and effect to that 1ecommendation. Then, after a few remarks relative to the standing of the cordemned man in financial circles, the court proceeded to give sentence, and sald: “The sentence of the court is that you shall be imprisoned in the state prison at Sing Sing for ‘the term of five years and six months at‘hard labor, which will bring Your term of imprisonment, with the usual — to an end in the spring of As soon as sentence was Tracy made en appeal for stay of execution | on the ground that Mr. Wiman had a great geal of business -to attend to, and Judge Ingraham told Deputy Sheriff Brown to sestreet >Sberite Sexton not to take Mr. “an to the state prison until Tuesday next. eet ‘pug eS A formal motion of an appeal was made, but the closest friends ot Bir. Wiman do Rot believe that it will be urged. When sentence was passed Wiman made no demonstration of any kind. He was at once taken back to the Tombs, where he said to a reporter that he had no state- Ment to make, except that he left his case ‘ntirely in the hands of his attorneys. —>—__ passed Mr. 4 YALE’S MEN DEPART. Representative Athletes Wh leet the Englismen. NEW YORK, June 20.—The Yale team of mine men who are to compete with Oxford University on July 16 next for the college athletic champlonship of the world left for England today on the American line steam- ship New York. A number of Yale men were at the pier to see them off. All ‘are‘in first-class condition and are in high of scoring a victory m the first interna- tional track and field tournament ever held between students of the new and old worlds, Great preparations have been made. Some Weeks were spent in the selection of .the men, and even up to last week some changes Were made in the hope that only the best men should represent the collegiate ama- teurs. zi ‘The team as finally made up fs as follows: Runners—Pond, Woodhull, Sanford and Mor- an. Hurdlers—Cady, Sheldon and Hatch. lammer throwers and shot putters—Brown and Hickok. Charlie Sherrill, the famous Tunner, will accompany the team and stay until its return. All the members had arrived in town last night and stopped with friends in this city. Runner Pond said that the boys would leave in the best of condition and would be, he believed, not much the worse for their voy- ase. They will go into active training upon their arrival. wim ——— JUDGE PHELPS BURIED. Faneral of the Diplomat, Statesman and Jurist. ENGLEWOOD, N. J., June 20.—The funeral of Judge William Walter Phelps tcok place at 11 o'clock this morning from the Presbyterian Church at thts place. Previous to the public service in the church, a private service was held in the Phelps residence at Teaneck, which was st- tended by the mourners, immediate friends and the employes of Judge Phelps. The remains were followed to the church by four coaches. In the first coach were Mrs. Pheips, the widow; Baroness Vo1 Rottenburg, daughter of Judge Pheips, and Capt. John J. Phelps and Sheffield Phelps, Sons of the deceased. The other carriag2s Were occupied by the immediate relatives and the pall-bearers. The latter were Wim. | E. Brown, manager of Mr. Phelps’ New| York office; Thomas R. White, Mr. Brown's | essistant; A. T. Herrick, Wm. W. Bren- han, manager of Mr. Phelps’ Teaneck es- tate; Patrick O'Neill, the head coachman, Donald Matheson, head gardener. ev. Henry M. Booth, former college classmate of Mr. Phelps, and at one time| pastor of the Englewood Presbyterian | Church, was to have conducted the service, but he was unavoidably detained at his home in Auburn, N. Y. Rev. James E. Ells, pastor of the church. officiated in the ab- ¥ence of Rev. Mr. Booth. —_— THE NATIONAL BANKS. Controller Eckels Suys Their Condi- tion Was Never Better. CHICAGO, June 20.—Controller of the| Currency Eckels is tn Chicago, to remain entire week. Today Mr. Eckels will @ conference with a number cf na- tional bank rec 3 of the west. EVILS OF IMMIGRATION COMING TO A CLOSE Interesting Correspondence Sent to the Senate by Secretary Carlisle. Difficulties That Surround the Pro- posed Breaking Up of t! cious Italian Padr: The Secretary of the Treasury today sent to the Senate a reply to Senator Chandler’s resolution of the 14th instant concerning the padrone system, inclosing a statement from the superintendent of immigration, and also copies of correspondence between the Secretary of State, Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, and the Secretary of the Treasury. This correspondence was initiated by Am- bassador Fava in a letter dated at the Italian embassy on the 19th of April, in which the minister said that the precarious condition in which the Italian immigrants find themselves on their arrival in the United States on account of the Italian speculators who get hold of them deserves to be taken into serious consideration. The immoral treffic originates in the evil of the “padroni” (bosses), who find means in the United States to ransom outrageously the Italian immigrants with more or less un- fortunate consequences, which are to be de- “In my opinion,” continued the ambassador, “‘the only way to protect the Italian immigrants against the rapacity of the padroni would be to establish in the ports of arrival bureaus of labor or other similar offices, duly authorized and recog- nized by the federal government. The ob- ject and duty of said oflices would be to direct the immigrants toward the district of colonization or to the agricultural and industrial districts of the country, where labor is requested. This would prevent their agglomeration at the large ports on arrival, when they fall invariably into the hands of the padroni.” Secretary Carlisle's Suggestion. This letter was transmitted to the Sec- retary of the Treasury by the Secretary of State. In his reply Secretary Carlisle gives assurance of the willingness of his depart- ment to co-operate in the suppression of the objectionable business. He calls attention to the fact that there is an employment bureau in connection with the immigrant depot at Ellis Island, which, he says, is taken advantage of by all nationalities, ex- cept Italians. He thinks the labor bureaus proposed by Ambassador Fava would be unlawful and impracticable. He suggests that Baron Fava be invited to visit Ellis Island and ascertain how many of the Ital- jan immigrants can be induced to give up their preconceived plans and He further suggests that the Italian gov. ernment could materially assist the govern- ment of this country in suppressing thi: traffic by sending emissaries into the dis- cts from which emigrants principally leave, who, through the press and by Speeches and by personal contact with those who cannot reaa, should warn the intending emigrants of the padroni system. He also says that under the contract labor law such immigrants could be prevented from landing. and the padroni punished, if proof could be obtained, but that it is al- most impossible to secure the proof. In a second letter, dated on the 13th in- Stant, Secretary Carlisle says he has di- rected that a room be set apart in the im- migration station at Ellis Island, where in- ducements to immigrants shall be displayed from the various sections of the country, and where the Italian government can have persons stationed to advise with the im- migra and through whom the tmmi- — shall be allowed to pass upon land- ing. Traffic-in Human Beings Spread: Commissioner Stump, in his letter, states that there is no official record of the extent to which the padroni system prevails in the United States, but that it can be safely said that a large portion of the Italian im- migration (men, women and children) have been and are at the present time imported under conditions of servitude. Moreover, he asserts that this traffic in human beings ing to immigrants arriving from Japan, Syria, Arabia and other countries. Mr. Stump also calls attention to the fact that while there has been a large decrease in the volume of immigration during the sent year, this decrease is less marked m Italy than from any other country. He also states that after the investigation Made by the Ford committee during the pFittleth Congress the padrone changed his r of doing business, adding: “He became ostensibly an Italian banker and now conducts his affairs secretly through agents or bosses, both in Italy and the United States. The illiterate immigrant in most cases becomes an easy and willing victim to their promises of assistance in procuring for him employment in a foreign land. He ts invariably posted before leaving his native country as to the answers it will be necessary for him to make in order to gain admittance into this country and is warned moreover to distrust each and every American he meets. Arriving with this idea firmly imbued in his mind {t is impossible for our inspectors to procure sufficient in- formation from him to warrant a prose- cution of the padroni.” In conclusion Mr. Stump renews his re- quest for an appropriation of $100,000 for the enforcement of the contract labor law. THE HOME SQUADRON. Admiral Stanton,Who Has Been With- out a Flagship, to Have One. Although it does not seem to be generally known, Acting Rear Admiral O. F. Stanton is still in command of the North Atlantic or home squadron. Nevertheless, it is a fact, however, that he has been without a flagship ever since the untimely loss of the historic Kearsarge on the treacherous reefs of Roncador. With that vessel flying his pennant as commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron he was on his way to Bluefields, Nicaragua, when she was wrecked. Her ship's crew, including the admiral, had a narrow escape from death, and suffered many hardships before they were able to get back home. Her com- mander and her navigating officer have sigce been punished for contributory negli- gence in the loss of the vessel, and Admiral Stanton has been without a flagship. This latter deficiency was mainly due to the fact that there was not a single vessel attached to the station that afforded ac- commodations for a flag officer. The ves- sels on the station are all small and were not designed for such use. The relief of the New York and the San Francisco at Bluefields by the Marblehead and the Atlanta and their prospective re- turn to the United States in the near future will put an end to this anomalous naval situation. It has been arranged that the San Francisco shall be the flagship of the home squadron for some time to come, and that Admiral Stanton shall take his quar- ters and hoist his pennant thereon as soon as she can be put in condition for further service. The San Francisco was the flagship of Admiral Benham, who preceded Admiral Stanton in command of this station, and it was on her that he made trip to Rio de Janeiro during the recent revolution. The vessel has been in active service for a long time, and will require an extensive overhauling. She is expected to reach New York in a few da’ —__—_+-e+ “The conference ts of a private charac- ter.” said Mr. Eckels. “I thought !t best while I was home to call these recetvers to- over the condition of their to have them: make the | | | f the country wes than at the m hand ts this ok for mas ¢ to keep it} uraption of ngr. djourns is settled. The re pretty well used Up, and I look for = nealthier conditicn of trade than we have had for come years.” ’ Trial of the Montgomery. Orders have been issued at the Navy De- partment for the final or two days’ sea trial of the cruiser Montgomery, now at Norfolk, Va. The trial board will consist of Commodore Selfridge, Capt. Cooper, Commander Bradford, ‘Chief | Engineer Milligan, Constructor) Woodward — and Lieut. Schroeder, recerder. See Pee a Se A Cruise on the Maple. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle, Mr. Logan Carl and a personal friends will leave here this afternoon on the Hght house tender Maple for a few days’ outing on Chesapeake bay. They expect to ‘turn next Sunday or Monday. i The Sugar Trust Investigation is Through With Witnesses, STATEMENTS OF SOME SENATORS The Committee to Finally Con- sider the Subject Next Week. SEVERAL REPORTS EXPECTED oS ee EN Ses It is possible that the Senate sugar trust investigating committee will have no more witnesses before it, and that the final re- port of the committee will be made next week. The report, however, will be with- held for the present, in order that the com- mittee may be in position to examine other witnesses in case any should be suggested. The committee has had before it all the persons whose names have been suggested, including the authors of the newspaper charges, all the United States Senators not | absent from the city, Secretary Carlisle, the principal officers of the sugar trust and others interested in refined sugar, the brokers through whom it was charged that Senators had speculated in sugar stock during the pendency of the present tariff bill, two members of the House of Representatives whose names have been mentioned in connection with sugar legis- lation and speculation, and the man who was reported to have heard the conversa- tion at the Arlington Hotel between Sena- tors and members of the trust. “We have,” said Senator Lodge today, “examined all whose names have been mentioned, but if there are others who can give us Information we should like to have their names that they may be called to testify. We want all the light on the sub- ject that is possible to obtain. But I should say that if no other witnesses are e~ gested, and I know of no others, we shall soon be ready to report.” Senator Allen also thinks the end is near. Chairman Gray would go no further than to sgy that no additional witnesses would be examined at present. It is generally be- Meved that there will be two, if not three, reports on certain features of the investig: tion. Senators Gray and Lindsay are ex- pected to unite in one, and Senator Davis and Lodge in another, while it is uncertain whether Senator Allen will join with the republican Senators or put in an+indepen- dent report of his own. All the members will probably unite in whatever may be said concerning speculation by Senators. Senators Gray and Lindsay have been en- gaged today in looking up law and prece- dents for their proposed minority report to the Senate in the cases of Messrs. Have- meyer and Searles, —_--3+____ THE NEXT IMPORTANT TEST. Trial of a Harveyised Plate Intended for the Oregon. The next important test at the naval proving grounds at Indian Head will be that of a 17-inch Harveyized nickel steel plate manufactured by the Carnegie Steel Com- pany. Considerable interest is at! ed to | this test, inasmuch as the plate mi tand comparison with*a sf ufac- tured by the Bet Iron, Works, which recently gave such *satt8ta Tesults un- der severe conditions» The plate td” be tested represents the barbettes of the bat- Ueship Oregon. It ig to be attacked by a 12-inch high-powered gun. Upon the re- sults depend the acceptance or rejection of 775 tons of armor, valued at about $50,000. Another interesting test in prospect will determine the best machine gun for naval purposes. The manufacturers of the suc- cessful competitor will receive an immed!- ate order for seventy-five guns, with the prospect of supplying naval wants in this direction for several years. In case a for- eign invention should prove its superiority, the company controlling it will be required to manufacture the weapon and the cart- ridges in this country, so that there is a possibility of increasing the domestic ord- nance industry to a considerable extent. The Gatling, Accles, Gardner and Norden- feldt inventions are counted upon as cer- tain entries. It is reasonably certain that the Maxim and, possibly, a French and an Austrian gun will be included in the lst. All guns are required to be of the .256 cali- ber, and suitable for the use of smokeless powder; 10,000 rounds will be fired from each weapon. eS OBSCENE MAIL MATTER, Meas « Taken to Prevent e portation of Vile Foreign Stu: A large number of complaints of passage of obscene matter from foreign countries in the United States mails have been re-! celved at the Post Office Department. | France, Hungary and Germany are thought | to be the principal countries in which the | obscene articles originate, and the matter! bas been brought to the attention of Pust- | master General Bissell. At his direction, | Superintendent of Foreign Mails Brooks! has Issued the following order to all post-! masters: i “With reference to sections 538 and 579, postal laws and regulations, 1893, post- masters are informed that letters or pack-| ages mailed in a foreign country and re-| celved by them for delivery, gcovers of | which are marked ‘supposed itabie to cus-| toms duties’ and which are found wh2n| opened by the addresses in the presence | of postmasters to contain obscene or lewd. pictures or prints, must not be delivered. But they must be forwarded to this de-| partment in a sealed cover addressed ‘The Superintendent of Foreign Mails,’ in order | that they may be returned to the coun:ry in which they were mailed, to be used as evidence In prosecution, under the laws of | that country, of the senders of the articles | in question.”” —_———__+-. SUPPLIES FOR INDIANS. Their Purchase in Open Market Stop-! ped by Secretary Smith. Secretary Smith has ordered that all In dian agents and superintendents of agency schools be directed to make requests for open market putchases of supplies only when actually necessary. “In many instances,” says the Secretary | in a letter to the commissioner of Indian | affairs, “authority for open market pur- chases is requested when the exigency con templated by law does not exist. The prac. tice has obtained to some extent probubls because of change of agents. You will |Instruct all agents that authority for open | his memorable | market purchases will not be granted when | the necessity 1s such as could have been foreseen in time to make the purchases in accordance with the true intent and mean- ing of the law. You -will impress on them the necessity for a close adherence to the law In this respect. —_—_—_+o.— THE COREAN REBELLION. Admiral Skerrett Cables That It Has Been Suppressed. A cable message has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Skerrett, commanding the Aslatic station, saying that the rebellion in Corea has been sup- pressed and that affairs in that country have resumed their normal state. He say: also that American interests suffered noth- ing during the recent troubles. In view of this report, it is believed that the Baltli-/ more will be relieved from further duty at 1 Chemulpo, Corea. and will be able to Visit other ports on the Chinese station. | izing and sewer improvements. NO INVITATION RECEIVED | To Participate in That Proposed Brazilian Celebration. Consequently No Preparatii Have Been Made to Send a United States Fleet to Rio. It has been heralded far and wide that the government of Brazil has invited the United States to join with it in celebration of the coming Fourth of July by raising a suitable memorial at the capital of Brazil to the author of the Monroe doctrine. A bad mistake has evidently been made by somebody in the matter. Diligent inquiry at the State and Navy Departments dis- closes the lamentable fact that this govern- ment is officially ignorant of the proposed celebration. Has Not Been Invited, At any rate, it is certain that this govern- ment has not been invited, and accordingly has taken no steps to participate in such an occasion. The criginal story was that the celebration was intended @ special com- pliment to the United States and that this country would be asked to send a fleet naval vessels to lend eclat to the occask It was a happy idea and one that natu! touched our national pride. It is a melan- choly fact, however, that no arrangements whatever have been made to send any naval vessels to Rio, and also that if any invita- tion to do so was extended by the Brazilian government it is known only go the Prest- dent and, perhaps, the Secretary of State, either or both of whom have forgotten to take any action in the matter. Could Not Have Overlooked It. As it is not at all likely that either of the dignitaries named could possibly have over- looked a matter of so much importance, the Presumption is almost irresistible, under the circumstances, that no joint celebration was ever seriously contemplated. If it should turn out, after all, however, that the celebration ts a bona fide affair, the best that this government can do, under exist- ing conditions, in the short space of time intervening, is to send the cruiser Newark to Rio. This vessel is now Montevideo. She is the only warship that is available for the service, none others being near enough to reach Rio by the time said to have been fixed for the event. The only possible explanation of the ap- parent misunderstanding on the subject is that the celebration is to take place some other year than 1804. —— CHIEF OF BUREAU. The State Department Has a System of Appointme: of Its Own. Among the commissions issued by the President since his return from his outing on the Chesapeake Is that of Mr. Pendle- ton King of North Carolina, as chief of the bureau of archives and indexes, State De- partment. Bureaus {n that department cor- respond with divisions in other depart- ments, and Mr. King has the distinction of being the only officer of that grade who holds a commission from the President. Singular as it may appear, there has never been any legal organization of bureaus of the State Department. They simply grew Into being and existence with the growth of the business of that branch of the gov- ernment service. Its business was natur- ally divided among the officials and em- ployes of the department, and. the creation of the bureaus ‘resulted-from this divist) The first offictal recognition of this organ! zation occurred in 1873, when Congress, tn its appropriations for the maintenance of the department, made specific appropria- tions for the pay of the several genUemen acting as the head of the different bureaus. In that act they were designated as heads of bureaus, and they have been known and designated as such ever since. Secretary Fish was then at the head cf the State Department, and at his sugges- tion all the gentlemen then acting as heads of bureaus were nominated by the Presi- dent to Congress, and the nominations were confirmed. There have been but few va- cancies since In these offices. In no case since, however, with the single exception | “Tn of that of Mr. King, has a bureau chief been appointed directly by the President and his appointment made subject to thé consent of the Senate. There is no provis- ion of law requiring this action, and it was done in Secretary Fish’s time more as a matter of courtesy than because it was be- Meved to be compulsory. Mr. Haswell, Mr. King’s immediate predecessor, was the last one of the original list of bi ua chi appointed during Secretary Fish's admin! tration to succumb to the mutations of time and politics. He left the government service a few weeks ago, after rendering it valuable service extending over a period of nearly thirty years, and is now engaged in private business in this city. When M:. Gresham considered the ques- tion of the selection of Mr. Haswell’s suc- cessor, he learned, for the first time, that he held a commission from President Grant, and he accordingly decided to follow the same course in the case of Mr. King. Thereupon that gentleman was nominaied to the Senate. He was confirmed, and, in due course of time, was commissioned by the President. All the other bureau chiefs, | and even the chief clesk of the depart- ment, gets a larger salary, an@ who is recognized as their official superior, were appointed by various secretaries of state, and are not favored with, or protected by, the coveted presidential commission. — + e+ —__ DISTRICT COMMITTEE. Several Affairs Arranged at Today's Meeting. The Hovse District committee today amended the bill authorizing the Washing- ten and Georgetown Railroad Company to extend its lines to 35th and Prospect! streets in Georgetown, so as meet the obs jections raised against the bill in the Housé on the last District day. The opposition to the bill at that time was due to the objec tion of a certain property-holder to sell or have conden ned the property necessary fur the extension of the road. The committee today amended the bill by requiring the company to carry the road 125 fect beyondy i5th street, this plan meeting with che con- «nt of the actorney for the property-owner. The bill to provide for a publte Hbrary | Was referred to the subcommittee on edu- cation, of which Mr, Cadmus {ts chairman, to further investigate the advisability of establishing the library. The bill author- the appointment of three women trustees on the school board was also re- ferred to the subcon mittee on education. The tax assessment bill, which was acted upon at the last session of the comniittee, was further amended today to provide that the collecticn of taxes be made on the Ist day of January following the assess- nent. Next Saturday at 10 o'clock the commit- tee will hold a special executive session to consider the bill authorizing the city to ts- sue bonds in order to make certain street All persons hav ing objections to make to the bill are in- vited to submit them in writing before that ; Ume. Next Friday morning at 9:30 the subcom- mittee on steam railways will meet to ac- company ssrs. Frizzell and Tucker of the Northeast Washington Association on a tour of inspection of the tracks of the Paltimore and Ohio railway, in connection with the pending bill to require the rail- Way company to change the grade of its tracks. =~ The President's Public Reception, The President resumed his public re- ceptions in the east room this afternoon, but, as no advance notice had been given, the attendance was small. The next recep- tion will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock, provided the President con- tinuex in his present good heaith. ment £1 ist PERVERSE PROBLEMS Difficulty in Securing Settlement of the Pacific Railroads’ Debts. SUGGESTIONS LOOKING 10 SOLUTIONS The Subject Will Be Shortly Taken Up in Earnest. OPINIONS OF SENATOR BRICE Few more intricate and difficult problems have ever confronted Congress than the settlement of financial relations between the government and Pacific railroads, which has engaged the attention of the com- mittees of the House and Senate this ses- sion. Two propositions have been advanced and more or less digested; the principal gne-a funding plan by which the status ~the.,Pacific debts are readjusted, the t assuming all the bonded in- of the compantes and requiring yments extending over a time ing in the different bills from fifty to one hundred and twenty-five years; the secondary plan contemplates proceedings in the courts against the individual stock- holders or their estates, under the Califor- nia law, which makes them individually responsible for the debts of the road. On the other hand is proposed a resort to foreclosure proceedings, under the terms of the charters, by which the government would secure control of the property, and either sell or manage it after the first mort- gage had been satisfied. For the first plan the chairman of the House committee, Representative Rellly of Pennsylvania, stands sponsor; Represen- tatives Boatner of Louisiana and Clark of Missouri have introduced propositions em. the second, while the California members, Geary and Maguire, have favor- e1 the last, also advocating that the Hop- king, Stanford and Crocker estates and President C. P. Huntington of the Central Pacific should be held responsible for their handling of the government subsidies, so far as is practicable. Objections That Are Urged. One objection to the funding plan which some members consider fatal is that the charter of the Central Pacific expires with- in twenty years. They hold that the gov- ernment cannot make any arrangement with a corporation for a longer term of years than the life of the body, so that even the fifty-year funding plan would be impossible, according to their view. Mr. Huntington has held out the representa- tion that his company would be able to Ped its obligations of interest and semi- ual Payments upon the principal, but the oppeents of this plan argue that it gives t vernment ho greater assurance of recovering its claims, while it bars it from resorting to any summary methods of foreclosing for its debt, although the funding bills do contain a clause authoriz- ing the government to take possession when there is a default in payment. As for the. proceedings against stock- holders under the California law, some un- certainties in regard to the upplication of that law have been suggested, while the fact that the Hopkins and Crecker estates have been distributed presents complica- tloas, not taking into consideration the sentiment against menact the endow- is of the Stanford University. « the fi plan® has in the mittee beea wed to a fifty- , and the 3 per cent rate of in- een decided upon, the success of that plan is by no means assured. Six members of the House committee of fiftten are known to be o| to any funding scheme, while others are uncertain. Alto- gether, the prospects for any solution of the Pacific railroad question by this Con- gress are not considered particularly bright. All on Account of the Tarif. Senator Brice, chairman of the Senate committee on Pacific roads, says that the tariff bill has prevented the consideration of the Pacific railroad funding bilis that have been presented to that committee. ere igs a disposition in both Senate and id Senator Brice, “to pass some In the House there 4 rey funding bill. jeg hearings with an effort to get at the/ficts. The trouble now is that no one cap Fealize the way in which the earn- ings the Union Pacific have been de- el , and the destruction that is still going on. A funding bill must be made on a basis of the business of the road. “It is quite likely that it will be necessary for the committees of Congress to go over the roads and the books of the company in order to get at all the facts. Owing to the thne taken by the tariff bill, and the way in which the appropriation bills will crowd the business of the Senate, and the general desire to get through the pressing busineas, it is possible that the considera- tion of ‘the Pacific funding bill cannot be reached, during this session. The desire seers’ tS be to get a bill that will secure the, govérnment lien, and I think that is impossfbie. I won't say that it will extend the timé one hundred years, or even sev- enty-five years, but some adjustment will be made.” — Nomi fons by the President. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—Wm. H. Murdaugh of Virginia, to be supervising inspector of steam ves- sels for the third district; Wm. D. Bigler of Pennsylvania, to be assistant treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia, Pa. Sheppard G. Young of Pennsylvania, to be assistunt appraiser of, merchandise in the district of Philadelphia, Pa.; Christian A. Schaefer of West Virginia, to be surveyor customs for the port of Wheeling, W. Va. ers—Frank MeCoppin, San Fran- Thomas Buckley, “Plantsville, vester S. Shoemaker, Metropolis W. L. Brown, Sterling, Kan.; Renninger, Marshall, Minn. dT. Kennon, Ea- J.; Fred G. Bundy, Saint Johnsbury, Vt. I War-Second Lieut. Geo. Montgomery, second artillery, to be first Heutenant, ord- |nance department; Second Lieut. Tracy C. | Dickson, second artillery, to be first leu- tenant, ordaance department. | Wm. D. Bigler, appointed assistant treas- urer at Philadelphia, 1s a lawyer residing at | Clearfield, Pa., a son of ex-Gov. Bigler and |a brother of the Mr. Bigler who was col- lector of internal revenue under the former administration of Mr. Cleveland. He is a warm friend of Mr. Harrity. (2 EE ing the Seal Comp: The Attorney General has given instruc- tions to the United States attorney in New York to institute proceedings against the North American Commercial Company for ment under its last year’s contract for the taking of seals in Bering sea. The com- pany has set up a claim for a rebate on account of not being permitted to take the full number of seals allowed under the contract, although the contract expressly stated that the number might be reduced at the discretion of the Secretary en Opening of Bid: Gen. Armstrong, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, has been delegated by Secretary Smith to represent the Depart- ment of the Interior at the annual opening of bids for supplies for the Indian service, | to occur at San Francisco on July 7. The aggregate amount of the contracts will be something like $400,000. pz SE eee mend Tre ry Receipts, National bank notes received today for redemption, $472,853. Government receipts-- From internal revenue, $477,206.30; customs, $366,208.88, and miscelianeous, $1,343,113.46. the recovery of $132,000 due the govern-| SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT That Made by Messrs. Allen and Kyle in the Senate. Managers of the Tariff Bill Somewhat Also of What Hill May Do. The announcement by Senators Alien and Kyle, after voting to strike sugar out of the free list, during this morning's session of the Senate, that they were voting mere- ly to hasten the reporting of the bill from the committee of the whole to the Senate, and that their present votes did not indi- cate how they would vote on the sugar question when it came to the final test, is significantrand somewhat alarming to the managers of the bill. It is taken for grant- ed that both will vote against the trust, and consequently there will be a very close vote on a proposition to take the trust benefit out of the bill. Allen May Fight the Bill. It is quite evident that Mr. Allen has ac- quired come strong impressions concerning the influence of the sugar trust by his ex- perience on the investigating committee. It may lead him to make a fight against the trust when the bill gets in the Senate preper. ‘ The trust thvestigating committee will probably devote the remainder of their time to the preparation of their report. It is testimony, and it is expected that tomorrow they will begin to discuss the evidence in formation of their report. It is believed that Allen and the republicans of the com- mittee will draw up a report somewhat dif- ferent from it which the democrats wili prepare. It now that the witnesses who it was @lieged would testify that one of the Senators examined had sworn false- ly, will not be brought forward. Mill the Only Danger. Excellent progress was made with the tariff in the Senate today. The managers are getting together the loose ends and rushing things along ith the idea that they are going to get a vote on the bill tus week. The appropriations committee are getting ready to start at once with the con- sideration of their bills, in case the way is clear, by next week. Democratic Senators Say that the only danger of delay now comes from Mr. Hill, who wants to kill the bill, and they believe will do anything he can toward that end. + eo EXCLUDED FROM EXAMINATION. Maryland and the District Barred by the Civil Service. The schedule of examinations to be con- ducted in the various states by the United States civil service commission during the next six months has. been completed. The regula> examinations will commence Sep- tember 6 and October 11. The places at which the six toutes planned will commence and end are Richmond and Lynchburg, | Knoxville, Tenn., and Charleston, W. Harrisburg and Scranton, Pa.; Milwaukee, Wis.; and Topeka, Kan.; Baltimore, Md., and Hartford, Conn., and Trinidad, Col. and Bismarck, N. D. Examinations for the railway mail ser- vice will occur at the following-named places. on the dates given: Atlanta, Ga. Octol “Cleveland, Ohio, October 3; Columbus, Ohio, September 12; Des Moines, lowa, September 19; Indianapolis, Ind., September 14; Kan- sas City, Mo., October 3; New York, N. September 17; Philadelphia, Pa., Septemb. 12; and St. Louis, Mo., October 5. It is announced that the quote of appoint- ments from Alaska, Delaware, Arizona, District of Columbia, Montana and Wyom- ing is full. and no applications fo> any de- partmental examinations from legal resi- dents of those’ places will be accepted, un- less there is a failure to secure eligibles from other states. The following states and territories have received an excessive share of appoint- ments, and during the last half of this year no persons therein will be allowed to take the clerk-copyist examination, ex- cept as a basis for supplementary examina- tions: Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Mary- land, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. Applications from residents of these states will be accepted for the cle7k- copyist examination as a basis for supple- mentaries, and for all special, railway mail, and Indian service examinations. GEN. EZETA’S CASE, Sem Romero Believed to Be Work- ing in His Behalt. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, had an audience with Acting Secretary Uhl at the State Department today. Although it is impossible to obtain an official admis- sion to that effect, it is presumed that the conference related to the case of Gen. Ezeta and the other Salvadoran refugees row on board the gunboat Bennington, at La Libertad, inasmuch as it is understood that ex-President Ezeta of Salvador has prevailed upon President Diaz to exercise gevernment in their behalf. There has been no change'in the situation at La Lib- ertad, so far a¢ krown. ————— HIS LETTERS OF RECALL. The Portugese eter Makes a Call on the President. Senhor Thomaz de Souza Roza, the Portu- guese minister at this capital, made an offi- cial call on President this afternoon for the purpose of presenting his letters of recall. He has been transferred to the French mission, and will leave New York for that country on Saturda; st resented his country at Washington since December 20, 1889, and is undoubtedly one of the most popular members of the diplo- | matic colony. le was accompanied to the [White House today by Acting Secret Uhl, and the courtesies usual on such oc- casions were exchanged. oo AN EXTENSION OF TIME Gri ted to the Contractor for Port Reyal Dry Dock. Mr. Justin MeCarthy of this city, has the contrict for constructing a gov- | ernment dry dock at Port Royal, 8. C., has | been granted an extension of time for the | ccmpletion of that work. This action was | based on @ report made to the Secretary of | the Navy by Commodore Matthews, chief | of the bureau of yards and docks, who has | jest returned from a visit of inspection at Port Royal. He says the dock is being well built, and that good progress is now | being made with the work. The extension is to September 1 next, and aliows about a year more than the time limit fixed by the contract. ———+2o+—_____ Soldiers’ Ho: Governors. The House committee on military affairs the who M. Anderson of Greenville, Ohio; Sidney G. Cooke of Herington, Kan., and A. L. Pearson of Pittsburg, Pa., to succeed Gen. |A. L. Barnett, Major L. N. Morrell and A. L. Pearson as members of the board of managers for the national home for dis- | abled volunteer soldiers. The nominees are all Union veterans. ———_~.____ The G. P. 0. Waste Paper. The waste paper contract of the govern- ment printing office has been awarded to | Mr. Lewis Hopfenmater of this city. contract is for the purchase of all the waste paper of the office, which amounts to about 1,800 tons a year. their present intention not to take any more | his good offices with the United States | has reported favorably a bill naming Chas. | This | FREE LIST FINISHED Progress Made on the Tariff Bill in the Senate. WORDS BETWEEN ALLEN AND CHANDLER Some Plain Language Uttered by Both the Senators. THE ANTI-OPTION BILL eee iciomenamene Mr. Peffer of Kansas addressed the Sen- ate briefly at the opening of today’s ses- sion in support of his resolution instruct- ing the committee on post offices and roads to report back @ postal savings Mr. Manderson of Nebraska said he introduced a postal savings bill, based the English system, but he did not favor the paternalistic scheme of Mr. Peffer, which contemplated making the govern- EEE No action was taken on the resolution. A resolution offered by Mr. Cullom of Ili- ncis, Instructing the commissioner of pen- stone to sapert fo the Senate what postin of the annual appropriations for will remain unexpended at the end of the present fiscal year, ending June 30, 1%, Was agreed to without objection. Mr. Sherman of Ohio presented a joint revolution passed by the Ohio legislatufe relating to the celebration of the one hun- dredth anniversary of the victory of Gen. Anthony Wayne at Falien Timber, August 7, 1794, which marked the conquest of the Indian nation. It re- carrying of obscene literature and articles for indecent or immoral use from one state into another over interstate roads; to au- thorize the city of Hastings, Minn., to con- struct a wagon bridge over the river; to authorize the holding of a term of the United States Court at Montpelier, Vt. Again on the Free List. The tariff bill was then laid before the Senate. The consideration of the free list was resumed, the pending question being Mr. Peffer's amendment to strike salt from the free list and place it on the dutiable list at 5 cents per 100 pounds. The present duty on salt ts 8 cents. Mr. Peffer explained that personally he favorea free salt, but that his constituents interest- ed in salt manufactures believed they would be injuriously affected by placing salt on the free list. This being a protective measure, while he #nd his people were ready for free trade if the rest of the country was, he submitted that the salt industry of Kansas was as much entitled to protecticn as other industries protected by this bill were. The amendment w advocated by Messrs. Quay, Hawley and Platt. The last-named Said that the average annual consumption of salt was 3) pounds per capita, so that at best If salt were made free indi would be benefited to the extent of only 4 cents per annum. Why $400,000 of revenue to the treasury ond the ‘tion of the salt industry should be thrown away for such a pittance to the American people he could not understand. Mr. Allison also warmly supported the amendment. ae Peffer’s ameiidment was lost—2 to Mr. Morrill (Vt) moved to exclude “grass seeds” from the operation of the feeperngh placing all seeds on the free list; jost. The finance committee amendment re- stricting free entry of raw silk to such as is not manufactured in any way was agreed to. ‘The Sugar Vote. When paragraph 641, “sugars,” was reached it was expected that some debate would occur, but none took place. Mr, Al- drich merely demanded a yea and nay vote on the finance committee amendment to Strike this paragraph from the free Met, where it was placed by. the House, and the committee amendn.ent carried by 33 to 22, the republican: xcept Mr. Quay, voting solidly against and the democrats for ft. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) voted with the repubili- and Messrs. Kyle and Allen, popu- with the democrats. The detailed vote was as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Allen, Bate, Berry, Blan- chard, Caffery, Call, Camden, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner, George, Gordon, Gorman, Harris, Hunton, Irby, Jarvis, Jones of Ar- kansas, Kyle, McPherson, Mitchell of Wis- consin, Quay, 5 hees, Walsh and White. Total, 33. Na Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, Carey, r, Cullom, Dubois, Frye, Gall! . Chandle: Hal Hawley, Higgins, Hoar, Mitchell of Oregon, Morrill, Peffer, Per- kins, Platt. Power, Proctor, Shoup and Tellier. Total, 22. Pairs were not announced for Mr. Hill or Mr. Stewart, who did not vote. Both Messrs. Allen and Kyle, after the announcement of the vote, said that their y did not indicate how it was reported to the Senate. A proviso was added to paragraph 643, “sulphuric acid,” restricting its free entry to such countries as impose no duty on sul- rhurie acid exported from th States. and other metals” to the free list, jection being made by Mr. withdrawn. Mr. —— oe tute for paragraphs 669 a) law provision with regard to the free of duty of wearing rsonal effects of residents of tates returning from abroad. Cy} of this was to strike out the provision the bill as it came from the House the value of wearing apparel and effects so exempt to $250. to. Mr. free ‘The substitue was agreed | Qe.) moved to strike from the | paragraphs 672 to 683 Inclusive, which admit free of duty logs, timber, &c. He called attention to the fact that since lumber had been on the list the Senate had voted to tron lead gre, coal, sugar and qui on dutiable list, and then 4 the yeas and nays, his motion being lost—19-81, Mr. Allen and Mr. Chandler. Mr. Allen (Neb.) offered an amendment te place lumber, rough or dressed, which was stricken from the dutiable list, on the free list as @ new paragraph. The amendment in which words as plain as pike staffs were used, The New Hampshire Senator was the aggressor. He intimated very plainly that placing lumber on the free list was part of the bargain made by the democratic man- | agers for Mr. Allen's vote. He (Chandler) was interested in knowing, however,whether | the transaction was at last complete, whether the “deal” was to be considered closed, or whether the Nebraska Senator would om some future occasion arise and announce that he had not decided how he would vote on the final passage of the bill, and in that way force the democrats to yield him some- thing else. Mr. Allen indignantly replied to Mr. Chandler. He desired to be polite, he said, but he desired to say and to put it in a | strong language as possible that the itn- | sinuation of the Senator from New Hamp- | shire that there was any bargain between | himself and the democratic members of [the finance committee with reference to this bill was entirely untrue and he was inctined to think Mr. Chandler knew it was untrue when he made it. He had made no bargain. He proposed to vote as he saw fit. If the bill when placed on ite final pass- age was better than the present law he should vote for it. He was a free lance and he wanted the Senator from New Hamp- shire to understand that it wos none of his business how he (Allen) voted om this @