Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1894, Page 1

HE EVENING STAR ‘LISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 102 Poansylwania Avenue, Cor. llth Street, by se Evening Star Newspaper Company, Ss. H. KAUFFMANN: Prost ‘i New York Ofica, 49 Potter Building. ES = be Eventing Star is served to subscribers im the ents ea ates OF month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year: with foreign postaze added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. e* second. mail matter.) SAU mail Sedseriptions must Rates of odverticine m: be pald tn advance. known on apniieation. Che £vening Star. Vor. 84. No. 20,917. WASHINGTON, D. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. TROOPSORDEREDOUT Pennsylvania Militia Sent to Jeffer- son County. Sees 5 St See {HE MOB IN CONTROL OF THE MINES Situation Growing More Alarming Every Hour. PREPARING FOR TROUBLE a HARRISBURG, Pa., June 21.—Gov. Pat- tison tssued orders this morning for the fifth and sixteenth regiments of the National Guard and the Sheridan Troop to assist Sheriff D. G. Gourley of Jefferson county to suppress the disorder of the strikers and rioters. Telegrams are being sent out by the adjutant general and the governor to Gen. John A. Wiley, brigadier general of the second brigade. Sherif! Gourley telegraphs that 7uu Ital- ans, together with 1,vu0 sympathizers, are sithin three miles of Punxsutawney, and the situation grows more alarming every aour. it is sald that the cltizens wili submit ‘© arrest before going to certain death. Che mob is in possession of the mining woperties at Wolston, and the sheriff can- aot control the situation. Camp equipage is being packed at the wsenal and will be sent to the scene of whe disorder on two special cars this after- doen. PLIGHT OF THE STRIKERS. Places Filled and They Cunnot Re- tern to Work. PANA, Ill, June 21.—The strike at Pana exas declared off at a meeting of the Miners’ Union yesterday. Every man was given the privilege of geiting work as best ae could at the operators’ terms, but most of the local strikers will have to leave town, so it is reported, because their places have been filled by strangers. The Beale commictee calied on the operators and the latter told them they had all the miners they could «mploy at present, and would not recognize the union. OTTAWA, LL, June 21.—The grand jury kas reported sixty-five indictments to the circuit court, cf which twenty-five were against the strikers who nearly murdered Sheri’ Tuylo- and his deputies at La Salle on May 44, aii against the men who de- stroyed the Seott and McNeil mines at Langley, and stoned the Santa Fee trains at Streator. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 2 A mass Meeting of SUV miners was held here last evening and !t was decided that all men re- Suming work will pay 12 1-2 per cent of their earnings to those belonging to the organi- zation out of work. The miners say the shafts resuming work will force others to @ive the demanded scale. PITTSBURG, Kan., June 21.—The miners’ convention which met here yesterday,prov- ed to be an Interstate one, it having been called by parties not properly authorized. it had settled that there will be no suspen- sion of work in this district for a week at least. SCOTTDALE, Pez., June 21.—To those not interested in the coke strike it looks as if the men had lost, but they will not admit it. ‘The operators continue to import new men, and by the first of next weex half of th ovens in the region will be in operation. In she House Consideration of the Tariff Bill. The House Ways and Means Commit- tee is Disorganized and Has ot Followed the Senate Changes, ‘The House ways and means committee promises to be in a peculiar situation when the tariff bill comes over from the Senate. ‘The bill will be at once sent to that commit- tee on its receipt by the House, and the committee will be expected to consider all the Senate amendments and to report back to the House, recommending the acceptance of those amendments to which there is no objection, and asking conference on the rest. At the best this is a considerable work, if any attempt is made to do it prop- erly. in the present instance, however, the committee will be without preparation for the work, except such as comes of their Seneral knowledge of the tariff question. ‘The committee has not been following the werk of the Senate, and it is understood that there is no member of the committee who has becn keeping track of the measure. Like Taking Up a New Measare. When it comes to them it will be like tak- ing up an entirely new measure, and they will have to reject it on general principles or go over it laboriously. It Is feared that there wil either be considerable delay of action resulting from this, or else that the House will be at a great disadvantage in the conference in consequence of its representa- tives not knowing what is in the measure or what reason there was for the changes made from the House bill. The fiiness and absence of Mr. Wilson have kept him from attending to the matter and the committee has been practically disbanded since the bill was passed by the House. It has been urged upon the acting chairman and mem- bers of the committee that occasional meet- ings should be held in order to follow what the Senate is doing and be prepared for the consideration of the propositions that will come up in conference, or that there should be a subcommittee detalled to do this work. The Com tee Disorganized. ‘The suggestions have been ignored, how- ever, and the committee is entirely disor- ganized and unprepared for the work be- fore them. It is not even known how far the democrats of the committee will be agreed as to what treatment many of the amendments should receive, and the situa- ton opens the prospect of considerable de- lay entirely apart from that occasioned by the contest between the two houses. aa Se VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON. His Illness Was Brief and He Was in the Senate Today. Vice President Stevenson was taken Ill quite suddenly yesterday afternoon while attending the commencement exercises of the Academy of the Visitation, in George- town, and was driven to his apartments at the Normandie. He recovered during the evening and was at his post in the Sen- ate at 10 o'clock this morning looking as well as usual. His attack, it 1s thought, was due to the excessive heat. Just before leaving the Capitol yesterday afternoon Mr. Stevenson went down into the basement of the Capitol and inspected @ bust of himself that has just been com- pleted by Sculptor Simmons. This is one of the series of Vice Presidential portraits The strikers will bola a convention. here to- morrow and there is a possibility the strike may be called off. ioe Nee KILLED BY A TROLLEY CURRENT. Horrible Death of a Telephone Line- man at Roe! z. ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 21.—Stephen Kirk, a lineman, employed by the Bell Tele- phone Company, was working on a tall pole on which there was a network of electric light, telegraphic and street car trolley wires. A fellow workman let the wire on which Kirk was working sag too much and {t touched the trolley wires. Kirk grasped {t, secured full force of the cur- rent from the trolley wires, and agonized screams broke from the man's lips as he tried to free himself from the wire, but could not. He struggled, then toppled over. The thousand of persons who had con- gregated—for it was just before 8 o’clock When the employes of the large stores were on their way to work—expected to see his bedy come tumbling down. But the cur- Tent was so strong that it held him fast to the wire almost by his heels. Kirk hung there head downward for fully five minutes until a fellow-workman lo- cated the wire. The body was secured by Topes and then lowered to the ground. Contrary to the expectations of all who Baw the accident, Kirk was alive when he reached the ground. He was placed in the ambulance, but died almost immediately. — Marriage of Senator Cameron’s Niece te a French Professo: PITTSBURG, Pa., June 21.—A sensation- al marriage tnat is causing considerable talk here is that of Henry Deckert de la Meillate, a French professor of languages, and Miss Blanche Augusta House, an heir- ess. The ceremony was performed in the rectory of Calvary Episcopal Church last night The bride's family refused to attend or to have anything to do with it. The bride Was the daughter of the late Edward House, who died a few months ago. He was President of the Freehold Bank, and left Bis daughter $200,000. She had been a student at the Frenchman's school, and fell in love with her teacher. Thinking he was @ bogus nobleman the bride's parents Fefused to have anything to do with him, and tried to make her give him up. She refused after he had assured her he was of noble birth. He claims to have been a Meutenant in the French army and was compelled tu leave France to avoid disgrace Cver his failure to pay #0,000 fran the gaming table. ee The bride ts @ niece of . of Senator J. Donald —--_—. RANDALL SAYS HE WILL MARCH. The Allegheny Police Will Try to Pre- vent It. PITTSBURG, Pa., June 21.—A collision between the Allegheny police and Ran- all's commonweal army may take place tonight. The populists have arranged a meeting in Allegheny for tonight, and “Gen.” Randall proposes to attend with his command. Superintendent of Police Muth | declares that he will not permit the com- monwealers to march through the streets, and Randall asserts that the police have no suthority to stop them. Unless 2ne or the other recedes from the position taken there will be trouble. Randall ts backed by the leaders of the populist party here. —_—. Ex-Comgressman Hilborn Nominated Unanimously. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. SACRAMENTO, Cal, June 21.—Ex-Con- gressman S. G. Hilborn was yesterday unanimously nominated for Congress by the republican convention of the third dis- trict. Mr. Hilborn was in attendance at/| the state convention at this place and the | certificate of his nomination was handed him In the presence of the convention on a silver platter bearing the inscription, “On | this platter is presented to Hon. S. G. Hil- born his certificate of unanimous nomina-j{ tion to Congress for the third congressional — of California. Sacramento June =| in marble, designed for the niches in the Senate galleries. The likeness has been very well maintained, particularly in pro- file, and the Vice President and his friends are highly pleased with the result of the Sculptor’s dabors.- The bust bears no small YesemMblance. ow!ng to the peculiar shading given the features by the white stone, to earlier portraits of Bismarck. ———_—__--o— REPUBLICAN LEAGUE CLUBS. Am Effort to Have a Silver Resolution Adopted Talked Of, A great deal of interest is taken here, especially by the silver men, in the meet- ing of the League of Republican Clubs to be held in Denver next week. It is ex- pected that a number of republicans of the House and Senate will attend the meeting. There {s in contemplation a plan, encour- aged by the local sentiment of the place of meeting, to secure the adoption of resolu- tions in favor of the coinage of silver. An attempt will be made to have a free coin- age resolution adopted by the league, or, failing In that, to have some action favor- ing the use of silver without regard to the attitude of England toward an internation- al conference. It is said that Gen. Clark- son, who has been here lately conferring with leading republicans, particularly those favorable to silver, will advocate the adop- tion of @ strong silver resolution by the league. rT CLOSE OF THE CONVENTION. Live Stock Men Form a Permanent Sanitary Organization. The National Live Stock Sanitary Asso- ciation was permanentiy organized yester- day evening by the gentlemen who have been in convention at the Agricultural Department for several days past. J. A. Potts of Missouri was elected president; Dr. Robert Ward of Maryland, vice presi- dent; A. M. Brownlee of lilinois, secretary, and Chicago was selected as the next meet- ing place of the organization. At this morning's session there was a general discussion of the question of se- curing uniform laws governing live stock and providing for the treatment of its diseases in all the different states, and the unanimous sentiment was in favor of in- augurating a vigorous campaign in the various states in order to secure the adop- tion of such necessary legistation. At the conclusion of the debate resolutions were adopted in line with that sentiment, and the convention adjourned to meet in Chi- cago in the of @ permanent organ!- zaulon. —————_e—______ THE SUGAR TRUST. Senator Wolcott Had No Sugar Stock— More Witnesses to Be Certified. When Sendtor Teller was before the Senate sugar trust Investigating commit- tee he stated that he did not believe that his colleague, Serator Wolcott, had ever been interested in sugar stock. He today recelved a cablegram from Mr. Wolcott, dated at Carisbad, in which he confirms the statement and says: “I have never been, directly or indirectly, interested in sugar or in the sugar trust or stock. If anything further is needed please advise.” Senator Teller presented the message to the committee, and was assured that noth- ing further would be needed from Mr. Wol- cott. The reports of the committee In the cases of Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles will be presénted to the Senate late this afternoon. The refusal of Broker Macartney to an- swer the questions of the committee will be reported at the same time. In Mr. Ma- cartney’s case there will be no division in the committee. Received a Buffalo Head. Last winter, as at that time stated in The Star, there was a fight in the Yellow- stone National Park between the park pa- trol and poachers. The latter were cap- tured as was also thelr game. One of the animals which they had killed was a splen- did specimen of a buffalo, and yesterday the Secretary of the Interior received from Capt. Anderson, superintendent of the park, the handsomely mounted head of this buf- A PROSPECT OF DELAYIMR HILL'S SPEECH He Vigorously Attacks the Income Feature of the Tariff Bill, CRITICISING DEMOCRATIC LEADERS, Who, He Says, Are Driving the Party to Poiitical Ruin. RECALLING PARTY PLEDGES ‘The battle over the income tax feature of | the tariff bill began today. Senator Hill of New York early in the morning got the floor and addressed the Senate. He suid: “It lg confidently submitted to the Senate that the arguments prevented in opposition to the necessity, justice and advisability of any such tax have never been successfully answered. The arguments have been evaded, but fet refuted. In the first place, consid- ered from the mere standpoint of political expediency, it was unwise to incorporate an Income tax in a reform bill, There were honest differences enough already existing among party friends relating to the details of legitimate tariff legislation, waich neces- sarily had to be reconciled, without going out of our way to seek fresh causes of con- tention in an effort to incorporate this tax, an experimental scheme of taxation at best, upon a measure for the revision of the tar- it. The democratic party was substantially united in favor of tarif€ revision, but it well known that irrecencilable differences of opinion existed concerning the propriety of restoring a war tax in time of peace, and yet, in spite of such recognized differences, and in the face of the protests of demo- cratic constituencies, and against the advice of public mep who have never faltered in their devotion to true democratic principles, this Income tax feature has been engrafted upon this measure and we are persistently asked to accept it agajnst our better judg- ment as a condition of obtaining any tari legislation. “It would have been good politics to have avoided this unnecessary issue. Prudence dictated that this Congress should not at- tempt to formulate new democratic doc- trines to which we have never been com- mitted. Hather should {t carry out the pledges that we have already made. Per- ps I overestimate the importance of party platforms and appreciate too keenly the binding obligations of party pledges. 1 believe that it is the solemn duty of a po- litical party to redeem the promises upon which it obtained power, and that repudia- tion thereof will sooner or later bring dis- aster upon it at the hands of a betrayed and indignant people. A Spectacle He Regretted. “I regret the spectacle which we have re- cently witnessed, of a democratic execu-| tive nominating and a democratic Senate | confirming officials for the territories and | for the District of Columbia who were non- | residents thereof, in violation of the prin- ciple of nome rule and the explicit provi- sions of the Chicago platform. “We have recently seen a demo¢ratic | House of Representatives refuse to repeal a | federal tax upon state bank circulation—_ auch repeal having been expressly favored in our national platform—while the same House went out of its way to inject a popu- | listic jacome tax in a democratic tariff bill, and the Senate is now asked to ratify @ por- ton of such inconsistent action. For one 1 protest against the repudiation of the prom- ises of the democyatic to adopt and carry om he populist party." > pa Senator Hill said that it was also impru- dent and unjust to éngraftatié Income tax Provision on the tariff bill, beeause it was @ well-known principle of legislation to keep revenue and Sop! tion bills tree from experimental and @xtraordinary legis- lation. The provision was a fulfillment of no democratic doctrine or promise. If con- sidered at all, it should have been intro- duced and acted upon as a separate meas- ure. “I am tempted to suggest,” continued Mr. Hill, “that the democrats of Oregon re- cently sought to test the popularity of an income tax among the business men and electors of that state by inserting in their platform a clause favoring the tax, and awakening to their senses after the election, when they discovered that their ticket was third in the race,that their party was: demor- alized,and that they had divided themselves instead of dividing their opponents. ‘The most disastrous defeat ever expertenced by the democratic party in Oregon was the re- sult of the effort to substitute newfangled Populistic principles fur the good old prin- ciples of true democracy. Here and now, I venture the prediction that the same re- sult will follow the same effort everywhere.” Senator Hill presented a petition from a number of prominent business men of New York city, asking that the income tax be stricken from the tariff bill. The petition was signed by Evan Thomas, William Steinway, Louls Windmuller, J. Edward Simmonds, 8, D. Babcock, W. Bayard Cut- ting, John H. Inman and Alexander Orr. “I,” said Mr. Hill, “do not wish to drive Such men out of the democratic party by our unwise legislation, in the hope of sup- plying their bore with Abdullamites, Cox- eyites, socialists, and all the ‘regtag and hegre Tu the community, who w attract yy our proposed raid upon the wealth of the country.” i The En; jh Precedent. In answer to the argument that England had long matatained an income tax and con- Sequently it would be a wise policy in this country, Mr. Hill ridiculed the idea that the United States should copy its legislation fiom @ country whose form of government, natural surroundings and obligations were essentially different. He maintained, also, that England tolerated rather than ap- proved the Income tax and that frauds and perjuries under that law were frequent. “The highest bition of every American dude," he sald, “seems to be to ape English customs and manners. Our ¢ivil service laws were borrowed from Great Britain, | and, although it was loudly proclaimed that they were to renovate and purify our whole political system, and while they have tended to establ @ permanent office-holding class, questionable whether they have been productive of any substantial or genuine re- form, The political conditions of this coun- | try are so different from those of England that the successful enforcement of English | laws, or laws founded upon English ideas, | must necessarily encounter great difficulties here, where political parties rather than} royal familles administer the government | and a frequent change of parties inevitably occurs. “The public,” he said, “want some better reason for the adoption of an income tax! than the mere fact that England maintains | one. She ulso maintains a monarchical gov- | ernment, a crowned head, an hereditary house of lords, a restricted suffrage, an | enormous national debt, an immense stand- ing army, an established church, a colossal | governmental bank and a score of other things and institutions which conflict with | our notions of liberty, justice and equality | and which would not be tolerated in a re-, publie like ours. Those who cite England as @ precedent for us to follow forget that Glad- , stone himself does not attempt to justify the! English income tax and admits that he has | sought to abolish it. I read his letter to! that effect in my previous remarks. No En-| glish statesman of any repute has ever de- | fended it except as a tax to be levied only | in times of War or to meet subsequent de- ficlenctes traceable to the enormous ex-| penditures of war. “England has maintained it for so many years because she has constantly been upon a war footing, and has needed its revenues for semi-war purposes. Pacriotle English- {men will cheerfully submit to almost any extortion when they are assured by the prime minister that the taxes are needed | for the preservation of the honor and glory | of old England. When they sometimes be- jcome restless and discontented under the | severe governmental burdens Imposed upon | them the authorities have only to set afloat —!| (Continued on Third Page.) 1 | the government | Department, at 891-2 cents; Hall, Hi }from Cape Ann to Cape Porpoise, about Liberty Will Not Enlighten the World by Electricity Unless Some Private Society Takes Hold—Failure as @ Guide to Navigation, The President has before him an interest- ing question in regard to the Barthold! statue of Liberty, on Bedloe's Island, New. York harbor. For several years past ihe torch held aloft by the statue as a symboj of “Liberty enlightening the world” has been maintained as a beacon for the bene- fit of mariners, and it has cost the govern- ment about $10,000 a year. This expense Was a charge against the general appro- priation for the care and maintenance of Nght houses, beacons, &c. The light house board has reported that the light on the statue is of no service whatever as an aid} to navigation, and has asked to be relieved from further responsibility in connection with its maintenance. Its action was based principally on the ground that the money devoted to this light can be more profitably expended in the estabiishment of lights at dangerous points on the coast where they are needed. The board does not object to the continuance of the light on Bedioe’s Island on sentimental grounds, but it does object to having the expense thereof charged against a fund that ts barely adequate for the purposes to which it is devoted, viz, the protection of life and property on the high seas and also on the inland waters, Jts arguments were conclusive upon Secretary Carlisle, and at his suggestion the Liberty Mght is omitted from the list of lights, for the maintenance of which provision is made in the appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next. It therefore appears that the ght may not shine as a beacon under the ausy after the date The continuance of existing appropriation laws beyond the Ist of July will, however, delay the date when the light will gretire as a national beacon. The question now under consideration involves the transfer of the property to private parties with a patriotic view of having Liberty continue to enlighten the world to the end of time. Several patriotic societies, including the Sons of the Revolution, have proposed to maintain the light at their own expense, provided the government will give them jurisdiction over the island. The island was originally under the sole jurisdiction of the War Department, and ts still in part used for military purposes. When Con- gress provided for the maintenance of a beacon on <he statue, the President issued an executive order transferring all that portion of the island occupied by the statue to the Treasury Department for the use of the light house board. Now that the light house board has no further use either for the statue or the island, it is proposed to restore the entire island to the sole jurisdiction cf the War Department. The Secretary of the ‘reas- ury has recommended this course, and its accomplishment awaits only the pleasure and convenience of the President. In case it is done, the future use and disposition of the statue will nave to be determined by the Secretary of War, and it will be for him to say whether the offer of the patriotic bodies to maintain the light with- out expense to the soverament shall be ac- cepted, and, if so, under wnat conditions. It is expected that the President w'il dis- pose of the matter so far as the transfer of the island to the War Department is concerned In a few days, at least before the Ist of July. ———-_o-____ CONTRACTS AWARDED. Supplies of Coal and Ice for the De- partments, The departmental commission has par- tially completed the award of contracts for miscellaneous supplies for all the executive departments for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next. The successful bidders for fuel were as follows: J. Maury Dove, War Department, Government Hospital for In- sane, State, Navy and Department of Jus- tice; Wm. H. Baum, War Department (por- tion), Ash commission and Treasury Depart- ment (portion); Geo, L. Sheriff, Government Hospital for Insane (portion), Treasury De- partment (portion); Chas, Werner, Govern- ment Hospital for Insane (portion), govern- ment printing office, Interlor (portion), Ag- riculture (portion), Post Office and Smith- sonian (portion); Frank A. Kennedy, In- terior Department (portion); John Miller & Co., Interior (portion) and Navy (portion); Mayfield & Heiston, Agricultural (portion) and Treasury (portion); John Kennedy, Ag- riculture (portion), fish commission (por- ticr), Justice (portion) and Smithsonian (portion); Thos. B, Martin & Co., Agricul- ture (portion); B. Johnson, Zoo (portion), and J. Edward Chapman, Zoo (portion). Ice contracts were awarded as follows: Independent Ice Co.—Navy Department, at 243-4 cents per 100 pounds; State De- partment, 243-4, and Treasury Department, ‘22 1-4 cents. E.’ M. lis.—War Department, at 24 cents, and Interior Department, at 23 1-2 cents. Great Falls Ice Co.—Department of Jus- tice, 30 cents, and Agricultural Depart- ment, 25 cents, Wm. Clipper.—Interstate Commerce Com- mission, 29 cents. J. B. Daish.—Government Hospital for the Insane, 28 1-2 cents. Hygienic Ice Co.—Government Printing Office, 245-10 cents; Smithsonian Institu- tion, 241-2 cents, and Zoo, 30 cents. ‘National Capital Ice Co.—Fish Commis- sion, at 34 cents, and Post Office, at 241-2 cents. S. 8. Daish & Sons get the contract for forage for all the executive departments (including the government printing office), except the Treasury Department. Danen- hower & Co, get the contract for that de- partment. : Other contracts ‘have been made, as fol- lo W. B. Moses & Sons, carpets for ae ar ington & Co., carpets for post office at 93 3-4 cents. The bids for supplies for the District gov- ernment have not yet been finally consid- ered. ————_-o+___. The Minneapolis’ Tria The official trial trip of the Minneapolis will take place over the deep-sea course the LOU of July. As so much in the way of premiums depends upon an accurate report of the performance of the great cruiser, the department has arranged to have eight} 3 or nine vessels stationed along the course to note with precision the exact speed of the ship and gather data as to the strength of tides and currents, for which allowance | must be made. Accordingly, orders were Issued to day to have the Dolphin, the Vesuvius, the Atlanta, the Iwana, the For- tune, the Leyden, the Fern, the Mont- gomery and, if possible, the New York re- port for this duty at Boston before July 10 to Commodore Selfridge, president of the trial board, who will assign the vessels to stations, ° ‘The Marton'’s Future. Admiral Walker has made a strong plea to the Navy Depfrtment for the repair of the United States ship Marion, just arrived at San Francisco from the Asiatic station. He points out that this wooden vessel, with her fine supplemental sail power, is pecu- Merly adapted to navigating the trade wind | courses of the Pacific. economically, with- | out frequent long trips to the few distant | cvaling ports, and in addition her copper | sheathing renders unnecessary long and fre- quent absences from her post in order to go to San Francisco to be docked and clean- ed. The board of survey is now at work on i the Marion, and until its report is made it cannot be known whether she can be re- paired within the ten per cent limit. [LIGHT THAT FAILED| DECLARATION OF WAR Preparing to Assail Architect Clark's Intrenched Position. HE WILL NO? RESIGN Chairman Schell Thinks Him Re- sponsible for Bad Ventilation. FUTURE PROBABILITIES The congressional barometer Indicates the approach of a very heavy storm. A cycloné is gathecing, of which Architect Clark of the Capitol and the members of the House ecmmittee on acoustics and ventilation are the center. The resignation of Mr. Clark as the Capitol architect, which was requested yesterday by Congressmen Schcil and Dur- berow of the committee, had not been ten- dered at a late hour this afternoon, and theré is no prospect whatever that Mr. Clark will resign the office which he has so long held at the Instance of any committee of elther house of Congress. Mr. Clark said to a Star reporter today that the whole case was in statu quo and that he was proceed- ing to pecform the duties of his office with equanimity. “I have not resigned,” he said, “and I shall not resign till it is so desired by th? President. 1t Is the President who appoints me, and not the committee on acoustics and ventilation. “I have nothing furthe> to say. I was po- litely informed by the committee yesterday that they thought I was too old & mah for the position, and that my Lenreg = should be forthcoming. I don't wish to talk about the matter any more, but I shall continue at my work and await developments.” There was considerable gossip throughout the Capitol today about this case, and, as a rule, those who spoke of it were of the op! ion that the House committee had, to use a common, though expressive colloquilismn, bitten off more than they could chew. Par- ticularly at the Senate side of the Capitol ts this optaion held, for it is at the Senate end that Mr. Clark is most popular. It was intin ated by those in authority around the House that if the architect should make a fight he would be sustained by the Senate, and that a resolution intended to oust Mr. Clark from office, depending for its success upon the concurrence of both houses, would surely fail of passage. Great indignation was expressed in some quarters that a minor committee of the House should pre- sume to request the resignation of a pres!- dential appointee, whose nomination had been sent to and confirmed by the Senate. One of Mr. Clark's friends expressed it that the committee might as well ask the President himself for his resignation. On the House side, however, there was not this sentiment so broadly evidenced, and it really begins to look as though the matter might terminate before its climax into 9 genuine old-fashioned row between the two houses. Chairman Schell of the House committee gave The Star reporter & very interesting view of the situation this afternoon. He said: Chairman Schell'’s Views. “I am very sorry for this matter, for I dislike the idea of any friction between our committee and Mr, Clark. But the committe> has, as perhaps you know, been conducting for some time an exhaustive inguiry into the matter of the ventilation of the House and has hired experts to make a scientific examination of the House and of the best way to provide it with fresh air, At one of the meet of the commit- tee during this {investigation Mr, Clark peared as a witn: a must say he was Nes Be ch confused it his testimony and a badly rattled. It was evident to me, ard I think to a majority of the comit- tee, that Mr. Clark has really grown too old to efficiently exercise the functions of his office. He is seventy-one years of age and has been in the service of the govern- ment for over forty years. He is no longer an active man, and I do not think he fs at all progressive. In fact, I was convinced by his testimony that he was not an ar- chitect such as should have the care of this great building and the property sur- rounding It. “it Impressed the committee that he was not only antiquated in his methods, but too old to give that strict attention to details that the office demands. Personally, I have the Kindest feelings for Mr. Clark, and so, 1 think, has every other member of the com- mittee. 1 do not believe that there is any animus on the part of Mr. Walker, who is reported as having @ personal spite against the architect about some screens in the hall of the House. The action which we took yesterday was the resuit of considerable mature deliberation. This thing has been coming on ever since the midwinter, when our attention was first directed to the bad Ventilation of the House. It has taken some time for the committee to reach the point where, in their opinion, they could see that Mr, Clark stood in the way of tHe introduc- tion of modern methods. “The committee does not intend to allow the matter to drop with Mr. Clark’s refusal to resign. Of course we recognize that as the holder of a presidential commission Mr. Clark is beyond our jurisdiction, but we believe that the House should have some voice in the preservation of its own health, and- this committee, specially appointed for this purpose, has concluded that it has found why the House has long suffered from these old-fashioned ventilations. “Within a very few hours, perhaps today, perhaps not until tomorrow, a resolution will be introduced in the House having for its ultimate object a change in the archt- tect’s office, I cannot tell at this time j what form this resolution will tak whether it will be in the nature of a gen- eral expression on the subject or of an inti- mation to the President that a change is desired, 1t will, however, be a House res- olution, and there will be no ned of its going to the Senate for action. “As to our plans for the future? Why, I can say this, that a majority of the com- mittee, I believe, are in favor of the en- tire abolishment of the architect's office. “I believe that the Capitol should be placed under the supervising control of the super- vising architect of the treasury, whose duty It should be to appoint a superin- tendent, a man of practical knowledge and ability, to take entire charge of the buiid- ing and the grounds. 1 think that we would thus obtain a high grade of talent and a minimum of expenditure. I do not believe we are getting that now. I believe that the office is provided for annually in the legisiative appropriation bill. “Personally I know nothing more about ventilation and acoustics than a horse does ubout the Fourth of July. But I do know that the committee had the benefit of vice of two of the most expert men it has ever been my pleasure to meet, Dr. Tinyoun of the marine hospital service, a most accomplished scientist, and Mr, Adams of the supervising architect's office, who 1s an expert im ventilating. plumbing and ar- chitecture. These gentlemen thoroughly ex- amined the House and all of the machinery for its ventilation, and they have assured us that not only are the methods in vogue bad and antiquated, but there are available much better methods that could easily be put in use at a small expense. “It doesn’t require much scientific know!- edge to convince anybody that the method isa bad one. The ventilating ducts through which all the air breathed by the members is driven are choked with tobacco parti- cles, cigar butts and other refuse material, which necessarily comes out again into the atmosphere in the form of dust. It is only a matter of common sense, not architec- ture.” Mr. Walker of Massachusetts, who, it is said, had a personal animus against Archi- tect Clark, said today that he had no feel- ings whatever concerning Mr. Clark, except those of the kindliest nature. oe Mas Resigned. Mr. J. S. Charleson, private secretary of the Secretary of Agriculture, has resigned that office, in order, it is sald, to take a prominent in te part ina a enter- THE SALVADOR REFUGEES One of Them Released at His Own Re- quest. He Had Fought Against the Present Government, but Was Assured 2 Protection. Secretary Herbert has authorized the re- lease of cne of the Salvadoran refugees on the gunboat Bennington. He is Gen. Jef- fries, an official of the defunct government, and a personal friend of ex-President Ezcta. He fought with Gen. Ezeta (the ex-presi- dent's brother), 'so a refugee on the Ben- Rington, against the present government. He was released at his own request. The authorities at La Libertad guaranteed him protection, and he was perfectly willing to risk his safety in their hands. His >equest was laid before the Navy Department in a telegram received from Capt. Thomas of the Bennington bye The matter was cons! by the Presi- dent, Secretary Herbert and Assistant Sec- retary Uhl, and it,was decided to grant the request. Secreta Herbert cabled Capt. ‘Thcmas to that effect, instructing him par- tcularly, however, to secure Gen. Jeftrics’ request in writing before allowing him to leave the ship. Similar action will probably be followed in the case of any of the other refugees who to surrender them- telves. It is understood that Gen. Ezeta, the wounded brother of the ex-president, is the only one of the fugitives on the Ben- nington who cdunot be surrendered with comparative safety. The feeling against him is very bitter, and it would undoubted- ly go hard with him if he should fall into the hands of the successful revolutionists. This government is considering the demand for his surrender on the charge of robbery, but hesitates to act in the present state of political excitement in Salvador. —___—_ + «-__ _— THE LOWEST POINT. Gold Reserve Goes Down Through Foreign Withdrawals. The gold reserve, after deducting the %&- 250,000 engaged for shipment today, ts $64,- 703,047, or $735,880 lower than ever before in its history. On February 2, 1804, just previous to the bond issue, the reserve reached $65,438,377, the lowest point up to that time, and the cash balance was $33,- 745,102. The cash balance today is $115,288,715, or $31,518,613 greater than on February 2 Today's cash balance is made up as fol- lows: Cash in depository banks, $12,118,523; fractional silver coin, 740,096; minor coins (nickels, etc.), $1,249,534; standard silver dollars, $4,000,000; silver bullion in New York subtreasury, $476,671; United States notes, treasury notes and other pa- per money, $12,726,844; gold coin (reserve Stated today), $60,058,047; total, $115,263,715. The éngagements of gold for shipment today were unexpectedly large, and the treasury officials were somewhat surprised that the amount was not furnished by the New York banks. It is understood, however, that the banks will eventually cmc lh ag to the sub- treasury the amount en yesterday, the explanation being that the banks were not prepared to count and box the large amount required on so short @ notice. The treas- ury officials are apparently not seriously alarmed at the continued outflow of gold. The July interest payments abroad, the large amount required by the large army of American tourists now moving toward possibly the withdrawal of ere, are thought to See oes us experience ef that within a very the tide will turn and the gold . During June of last year exports of gold were only $1,701,344, while July showed a balance of imports of $5,776,401; in August the imports exceeded the exports by over $40,000,000. It is there- fore confidently asserted that by July the gold exports will have nearly or quite ceas- ed. That there is no lack of gold in the country is shown by the last national bank Statement. On Mey 4, 1804, the national banks of the United States held specie to the amount of $259,941,023, of which over ~ 400,000 was in gold coin and gold certif- tes. ‘The treasury pts so far this month aggregate 882 and the expenditures $301,151,337, leaving @ deficit for the year, up to this time, of $74,273,705. ——_—_o+—___ IMMIGRATION FALLING OFF. What Represeatative Geissenhainer Has Learned W in New Vork. Representative Geissenhainer, chairman of the congressional committee which ts inspecting the New York imimgration sys- tem, has returned temporarily to take part in the anti-option contest. He says the tide of immigration has fallen off so enormously that the number of people entering the country is now less than those leaving the country, This turn fn the tide is such to threaten the depletion of the fund for in- specting and quarantining tmmigrants. The service is now paid out of the head tax lev- sed on cach immigrent, but the total number of newcomers i¢ Row so small that the head tax viele small cetutns, ‘The emer- gency may Presented requiring an ap- propriation to run the service. Mr. Gels senhainer thinks, however, that- immigra- tion will pick up when the tariff bill is passed and the business condition is there- by improved, in which case the head tax will probably be sufficient to run the service without calling for an appropriation. The committee has watched many steam- ere discharge their loads of inimigrants. Mr. Gelssenhainer says very few paupers and no anarchists, as far as can ve learned, pails ge A | og class of im- ra been greatly reduced, the number of Polish and Russian Jews having fallen off greatly. much credit to the The chairman gives Hebrew relief societier for having discour- aged this class of fi tion. Mr. Geis- senhalner says that he will advise an tm- portant change In the present law as to the Ume within which an immigrant who be- comes a public charge, or is shown to be an anarchist or is otherwise undesirable, can be sent back home. The present law mits the time to one year from the date of arrival, but Mr. Geissenhainer will advise two years. As yet the report on the observations of the committee has not been outlined beyond the extension of the time limit. Mr. Geis- senhainer’s associates on the committee are still in New York, and he will rejoin them there when the antl-option vote is taken to- morrow. ———~e+ New Korean Minister. There have been a number of changes in the Korean legation here. Pack Chung Yang, the former minister, who has been absent for a long tirhe, has been retired; and Mr. Ye Sung Soo, the charge and coun- sellor of the legation, has been appointed minister resident. Ye Heun Gtk succeeds to the office of counsellor. Jarn Bong Whan, formerly second secretary, becomes first secretary, ahd Paek Gong Kin and Surg Beung Kin become attaches. The new minister was presented to President Cleve- land today by Acting Secretary Uhl ahd the usual formal speeches were exchanged, no reference being made, however, to the re- cent uprising in Korea. ———_+. Naval Board. Capt. Geo. C. Reed of the marine corps has given place to Lieut. Lincoln Kar- many, marine corps, as*a member of the naval small arms board. —————————+2._____ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Thirty-three fourth-class postmasters were appointed today. Of these 2i were to fill vacancies caused by resignations, 11 by removals and one by death. —————_+ 2. ____ Gone to Portiand. The Miantonomh has satled from New London for Portland, Me., to assist in the Fourth of July celebration THE INCOME TAX That Branch of the Tariff Bill Now Discussed in the Senate. MESSRS. HILL AND HIGGINS AGAINST [7 The Anti-Option Bill Further Con- sidered in the House. MORE DEBATE TOMORROW There was a fairly good attendance ir the galleries in antictpation of the opening of the Income tax debate when Vice Presi- dent Stevenson called the Senate to orier today. Some preliminary routine business Was transacted. Bills were passed as fol- lows: To authorize a commission to draft @ code of laws for the district of Alaska; to promote the efficiency of the navy and to define the boundaries of the three judicial districts in the state of Alabama and to regulate the jurisdiction of the United States courts therein and the powers and duties of the judges thereof. Mr. HM Ag: tthe Imcome Tax. At 10:30 the tariff bill was laid before the Senate. As soon as the clerk had read the first section of the income tax pro visions Mr. Hill (N. ¥.), who assume@ the leadership of the opposition to those pro- visions, took the floor and delivered « care- fully prepared argument against the Incor- poration of an income tax th the tariff bill. Interest in the Speech. While Mr. Hill was speaking many mem- bers of the House, including several mem- bers of the ways and means committee, en- tered the chamber and listened attentively to the New York Senator throughout his speech, The Senators and Representatives on the floor broke into a broad smile and im the galleries there was quite a demon- Stration when Mr. Hill reached the climax of his denunciation of the shifting demo- cratic leadership, which vaccilated from one side to the other of every great public question, by saying that four years ago ft decried and howled against the Reed rules at the other end of the Capitol, and this year allowed those rules to be adopted under its auspices. This was the only demonstration made during the delivery of the speech, but at the close there was some slight applause in the galleries, quickly quelled, however, by the gavel of Mr. Blackburn, who was in the chair. Considering the sweltering heat in the chamber, those on the floor and in the Galleries followed the three hours’ speech with remarkable close attention. Mr. McMillin of the House and Senator Smith of New Jersey and several others on the floor congratulated the New York Sen- ator when he finished. Mr. Higgins (Del.) followed in opposition to the income tax. THE HOUSE, The House was called to order by Mr. Bailey today, the Speaker being still unable to be present. Prayer was offered by the Senate chaplain, who feelingly referred to the death of ex-Senator und ex-Representa- tive Perkins of Kansas. A House bill to sell certain lands in Mont- gomery county, Ark., to the Methodist Epis- ccopal Church South was passed, on motion of Mr (Ark). ‘ ‘Mr. Kem (Neb.) secured the passage of the ‘House bill to amend section three of the act te withdraw certain public lands frorh (pri- vate entry, It provides that if any settler has forfeited or shall hereafter forfelt 2 claim to public lands he shall be permitted to make entry of not to exceed a quarter section of public lands and to file same as if he had not previously made entry. Mr. Alderson (W. Va.) endeavored to se- cure the consideration of a joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to repay to the governor of West Virginia the smount of direct taxes levied against that State, AMounting to about $153,000, but ob- ree was made by Mr. Burrows of Mich- Boara of Managers for Soldiers’ Home Mr. Black (11), from the committee on military affairs, called up the House joint resolution to appoint three members of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and it was agreed to. The board is to consist of Charles M. Anderson of Greenville, Ghio, to succeed Gen. L. A. Barnett; Sidney G. Cooke of Herington, Kan.. to succeed Maj. E. N. Morrell, and A. L. Pearson of Pittsburg, to succeed himself. Mr. Sweet (Idaho) secured the passage of the House bill to amend second 2324 of the Revised Statutes re claims. The bill suspe proviso that not less than $100 worth of labor shall be expended each year on any mining claims located after May 10, 1874, and until patents have been issued, under penalty of forfeiture. South Dakota and the second congressional district of Colorado are exempted from the provisiont of the act. The Anti-Optien BIL, At 1245 o'clock Mr. Hatch shut off the consideration of any more billx and resolu- tions by demanding the regular order, and moved that the House go into committee of the whole to consider the anti-option bill. Pending this he asked unanimous consent that the order adopted yesterday closing debate at adjournment today be modified so as to allow him one hour for closing the debate after the morning hour tomorrow, He the request as a personal favog explaining that he had been i) for sev days. n lively discussion followed relative tq the time when amendments might be mad¢ to the bill, and as no satisfaction could ba obtained Mr. Hatch's request was denied. After going into committee of the whole the same question as to amendments came up again and jed to the same wrangle. Several attempts were made to cut the gor- dian knot and clear the way for the of- fering of amendments, but the order under which the committee was operating blocked all attempts at an understanding and made futtle a efforts of the members to amend the bill. Nothing was accomplished, however. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, recognized, spoke in favor of the bill and incidentally delivered a glowing panegyric of the repub- ean party. After a brief debate of the anti-option bill in committee of the whole the commit tee rose and the order adopted yesterday to close all debate at adjournment today was modified so that two hours be given to debate under the 5-minute rule and the offering of amendments to the bill after the morning hour tomorrow. It was further agreed that Mr. Hateh be allowed one hour additional to close the debate. —-2=- The Consul ta ¢ rec. Mr. da Costa Duarte, Portuguese consul at San Francisco, will be Portuguese charge de affaires at Washington until a minister 13 appointed in place of Senhor Sousa Koza, who has been transferred to Paris. Mr. Duarte has been formelly presented to the acting secretary of state. He will heave charge of the affairs of the Portuguese le- gation in Washington, but has no diplo- matic functions. Treasury Receipts. ved for retemp- ment recelpts: | tion today, S53," | Internal reven | owz12, and = Arrival of the Chase. A cablesram received by Capt. Shepard lof the revenue marine service states that | the school ship Chase arrived at Corruna | Spain, yesterday. Al aboard were well