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the finances of the country is such that it would be impossible to reduce tariff duties,” asked Mr. Hill, “without providing another system of revenue?” “I believe,” replied Mr. Teller, “that the tariff duties could have been revised and reduced so that they would raise more revenue than the McKinley law.” ‘Then you believe this tariff reform bill will not of itself raise sufficient revenue to support the government?” “I don’t think it will” “I commend that opinion,” said Mr. Hill, turning to the democratic side, “to my friends in charge of this measure. Continuing, Mr. Teller said believed the income tax not only equitable and just, but absolutely necessary at this time. The idea that in adopting an income tax we Were aping the monarchies of Europe he felected as weightless. There was no aris- ‘ecracy and no democracy in taxation. The sand of the tax gatherer was laid not on Individuals, but property and wealth. He believed, he said in conclusion, that the income tax would commend itself to the people of the United States, not because they were socialists or desired to take un- duly from any of their fellows, but because it distributed the burdens of taxation equit- ably. Mr. Hill, he said, had expressed the fear that this tax would shipwreck the democratic party. He had little interest in the survival of that party, but he believed if there was anything that would give that party a hold on popular favor it was the promulgation in this bill of this equitable and just system of taxation. Mr. Sherman in Opposition. Mr. Sherman of Ohio followed Mr. Teller in opposition to the income tax. He admit- ted that he had supported the proposition for an income tax during the war as a war measure, and, in 1871, opposed its repeal. But tn 1871 the country was burdened with & public debt of $2,000,000,000. What he predicted in IST], when that tax was re- pealed, occurred. The revenues fell off, and, im 1874, the treasury was confronted with @ deficiency such as existed today. He did not deny on general principles the equality and justice of making the rich bear their just burden of taxation. But to the states belonged the right to tax incomes of in- dividuals, save as a last resort. No such dire necessity existed today. The govern- ment had ample sources of revenue with- eut resorting to an income tax and invad- ing the states’ realm of taxation. There was in the igcome tax a touch of the worst and most vicious form of socialism, said Mr. Sherman. In this country, where all men are equal, this tendency toward so- cialism, this arraying of the poor against the rich, should be discouraged by public men rather than pandered to. With re- spect to all this talk of the enormous accu- mulations of wealth within recent years he said he did not believe there had been any accumulation of wealth within the last five years. He sketched the enormous growth of wealth that had followed the bullding of railroads and the development of the coun- try’s resources. But now ratlroad prop- erty was becoming like turnpike and bridge property. Raiireads were practically operated now iy for the people. Scarcely any railroad stocks were valuable; railroad fortunes were disapperaing like snow before the summer sun. The raijroad lines of the untry could be duplicated for one-third of their cost; for one-fifth of their paper bend and stock) values. The great devil- invention of the age, Mr. Sherman . devilish in all its ends and aims, so far as the people were concerned, was the A few men were banding them-/ Ss together here and there to control roduction in some particular line of in- try. They crushed opposition and ab- solutely con‘rctled prices, making them- selves muiti-milconaires. Take the sugar trust. The cuctroilers of that organization, with an actual investment of — $9,000,000 Watered to $75,000,000, had been able to pay even on this Immense watered stock annual dividends of from 6 to 12 per cent} per annum Every dollar had been taken from the pockets of the people. If the Senators in charge of this bill desired to aim a blow at the aggregation of wealth let them strike at these unholy, trusts and com- binations. Mr. Sherman concluded by expressing the hope that the democratic managers would ree to strike out the income tax pro- Hace of the bill. Mr. Patton Against the Bill. Mr. Patton, the new republican Senator from Michigan, followed with a set speech against the general features of the tariff bul THE HOUSE. The House was called to order by Mr. Bailey (Tex.) agaiz today, and imme- diately after the transaction of some >ou- time business the anti-option bill was taken up in committee of the whole, Mr. Living- ston of Georgia In the chair. Just prior to this Mr. Hatch asked and obtained unanimous consent that all mem- bers who had spoken or who may here- after speak on the bill may extend their remarks in the Record, and those who have not spoken may insert their speeches in the Reccrd. The bill was taken up and read by sections for amendments, and Mr. Al- rich (IIL) offered the first amendment, in- serting “flour” in the list of agricultural products affected by the bill. Mr. Crain Tex.), speaking to a pro forma amend- ment, read from the Ocala platform that the anti-option bill was based on populist doctrine, and asserted that the bill was| vi us or decaptive, for it stated that its | purpose was to raise revenue by legalizing gambling, and if it suppressed gambling en it would not raise revenue. he amendment of Mr. Aldrich was adopted on divisicn—¥é to 33. An amendment to the second section of the bill was proposed by Mr. Cox (Tenn.), providing that the restrictions of the bill should not apply to contracts for future delivery when the vendor is the actual bona fide owner. Millers Do Not Favor the B Mr. Fletcher (Minn.), who represents the miliers of Minneapolis, replied to the at- tacks made on these important interests. He denied that the millers of the northwest favored the bill, and denounced as infam- ous the statement that all the flour mills of Minneapolis or the northwest were under! the control of the English syndicate. Out- side of the Pillsbury and Washburne mills, the millers of Minneapolis opposed the bill, He said that the Pillsbury-Washburne or English syndicate did not produce more} than 10,00 out of the 35,000 barrels pro-| duced daily in Minneapolis and that the| English syndicate did not, and never did, control the output of the Pillsbury-Wash- burn mills. He knew every miller in the northwest, and there was net a miller in polis, Mankato, Wizona or elsewhere ored the passage of this bill except y and Washburn. Millers did not want low-priced wheat,for low-priced wheat | made low-priced flour, and on this class of flour they never made any money, their Profits not exceeding from 5 to 7% cents on each barrel, all their money being made on high-priced wheat. Mr. Stone's Amendment. Mr. Wm. A. Stone (Pa.) offered an amend- ment providing that the bill shall not apply to cor tracts for thirty days. The greatest excitement followed the offering of this amerdmeat and the taking of the vote upon it. On division the vote stood 81 to 74 in favor of the amendment, when Mr. Hatch | demanded ers. The vote swayed from | aMimative to tie aad from tie to negative | and back agai! a, finally, when a quo- Tum was se * amendment was lost by a tie vote, Mr Boatne ered an amendment adment of Mr. Cox pro- trictions of the bill delivery to be in course of business. On 75 to 75, and the | sited in the affirmative, nendment was agreed to. Shae Gen. Benet mm. Gen. Stephen V. Benet, formerly chief of the ordnance bureau of the army, but now | on the retired list, has been dangerously i) at bis residence in this city from the fects of a paralytic stroke he suffered on| la He is reported to be somewhat | better today, but his advanced age makes his permanent restoration to health very doubtful. y, tellers %—82. Thus the am = 2+ Fourth-Class Po: iter The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was thirty-seven. | Of these twenty-three were to fill vacancies caused by resignations, thirteen by remov- als and one by death. — ee Hot Springs Lands. The President has approved the act grant- ing the use of certain lands in the Hot Springs reservation, Ark., to the Barry Hos- pital. ———- e+ Portuguese Consul General. The President has recognized Joao Mario Tederchi as Portuguese consul general at ew York. | said his goods were only on the walk while | | Coxeyites in Oklahoma, hi | bishop Tache suffered a relapse during tl LATE NEWS BY WIRE Sessions of the Lexow Committee to Be Suspended. MERCHANTS WHO PALD 10 GET PEACE One Who Had a Friend in. Tam- many Hall. GRANGERS’ LATEST ACT pane tet tanner neery NEW YORK, June 22.—The sessions of the Lexow committee investigation of the Police department are drawing to a close. The sweltering weather and the desire of the senators to take vacation make it) practically impossible to extend the investi- gation into the midsummer months. Mr. John W. Goff, counsel to the com- mittee, declares emphatically that he is fagged out and although desirous of con- tinuing is physically unable to do so. Chairman Lexow said: “Next Friday will | in all probability see our adjournment until | the fall. The other members of the com- mittee are in favor of @ resting spell. If | we could go on, however, there would be no lack of witnesses.” De Lancey Nicoll, who has been absent for the past week, appeared today and did battle with Mr. Goff. Mr. Nicoll, when the committee was called to order at 11:15 o'clock, gravely asked if Gideon Granger, the quondam son-in-law of Commissioner McClave, was still under the protection of the committee. “I refuse to answer,” said Counsel Goff,in @ decided voice. “Why do you ask?” put in the chairman. “Because I want the committee to keep him away from me. He met me on the/ street the other day and said he was weary of ‘bucking up’ against Mr. McClave, and wanted to tell me what Mr. Goff's plans were. I told him to get hence,” dramatical- ly_declared the ex-district attorney. Simon Rawitzen, a merchant of 138 Duane street, was the first witness. He said his | firm had paid a roundeman $35 and $0 for | being allowed to place goods on the side- Numerous complaints,” said the wit- ness, “had been made against it until we paid for protection.” Montrose Berman, a partner of the last; witness, testified that he had been served with a summons for blocking the sidewalk, and appeared in court and was fined $7. Then a friend said: “See the wardman and all will be well.” He paid the ward-| man $20 a year. When a new captain! came to the precinct the tax was raised to | $80, and afterward to $50. He did not re- member the names of the officers. Counsel for the police department con- tended that the merchants were saving rent by using the sidewalk. The witness waiting to loaded on a@ truck. } When Mr. Nicoll fatied to make the wit- | ness support his argument he indulged in | @ great burst of virtuous indignation over | erchants tempting weak bluecoats. John F. Papke, a coffee merc! t of 103) Warren street, came next. His firm had | never paid for protection. “Ah, but a member of the firm is a Tam- many man?” Mr. Goff said. “Yes.” “And he attended to it when you were | brought to court for blecking the sidewalk,” | went on counsel. | “Yes, I must admit he saw the judge, and | no fine was imposed,” slowly answered the | witness. “That's all,” called out Mr. Goff, having got a jab in at Tammany, which appeared to please him. | Lewis Slager formerly kept a saloon at 352 Bowery. Mr. Goff desired to bring out that he had paid ex-Senator Roesch to se-| cure his license. The witness parried adroitly the thrusts of counsel, and when cornored sent his memory into a trance and | could not remember. He finally admitted having been raided January 30, 1882, by Capt. McLaughlin, now inspector. Mr. Goff ordered the witness to produce his bank books next Tuesday. | Then came an Italian, who told how he was warned to send his brother out of the city because the Lexow committee wanted him. | His name was Nathiel Levy of 215 E. 95th street. He keeps a soda water stand on the east side. A man came to him yes- | terday and asked if he had a brother named | Lewis Levy, who was going to testify against Tammany Leader John J. Ryan. He answered that it was none of his busti- ness. “Well, you get your brother out of the city,” retorted the man, who then filed a complaint against his soda water stand with the bureau of incumbrances. Then came a bit of sensational testimony implicating Inspector Alexander Williams. ‘Twenty years ago the inspector was cap- tain of the 0 Slip station. The next witness, Henry Schubert, said he started | to fit up a respectable house on Pearl street and was arrested by detectives. When brought before Capt. Williams, the witness | testified, that official said: “You can't open up any bad house in my precinct without paying me $75, and make it all) right every month. Geo. A. Alexander, a Turk, then took the stand and told a tale of police persecution because he dared to assert his rights as a citizen. Recess was declared. Philadelphia’s Police to Be Investi- wated. Philadelphia, June 22.—Mayor Stuart to- day sent the following letter to A. M. Beitler, director of public safety: “Dear sir.—Simon Muhr, a prominent cit- izen and business man of Philadelphia, hav- ing stated that a Neutenant of police has confessed to him that he received money for police protection, and Mr. Muhr having refused to give the name of the said leu- tenant, you will order for trial before a Police court the lieutenants of police in Philadelphia and subpoena Mr. Muhr to ap- pear before said court. After receiving his evidence as to who the guilty party is you will order @ trial to proceed against that Heutenant, and, if found guilty, he must be dismissed from the force and proceedings instituted to have him bound over to an- swer at court for the crime charged by Mr. Muhr. Yours truly, “EDWIN S. STUART, Mayor.” The director ordered the thirty-three po- Kice lieutenants and Police Captains Maltn | and Thompson, who were lieutenants at the time of the extortion, to appear in room 225, in the city hall, at 11 o'clock tomorrow. The police court will be Captains Quirk, Brown and Edgar. The trial will be publi. te Col. Breckinridge Cheered. HINTON, W. Va., June 22.—Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge passed through here today, en route home from Washington. About 800 citizens assembled at the depot and called for him. He appeared at the car/ window and shook hands with many amid cheers. One man, not friendly to Breckin- ridge, held up @ banner, “Protection to the American,” which was torn into shreds by the Congressman's admirers. ——._— A Coxeyite Leader Arrested. PERRY, O. T., June 22.—W. J. Gillette, who Is a candidate for Cungress on the pop- ulist ticket, and who Is the leader of the been arrested | on a charge of perjury, under indictment | by the United States grand jury. R. R. Connels, a prominent attorney of Okla- homa city, wi rrested on the same charge. ne Death of Arch op Tache. MONTREAL, June 22.—A special dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, says: Arch-! night and died at 6:80 o'clock this morning. pier viraaes Wanted by Texas Populists. WACO, Tex., June 22—The populists have nominated Judge L. N. Nugent of Fort Worth, for governor. The platform advo- cates abolition of private ba the oper- - ‘fon of railroads, telephone and telegraph nes. ——__ Maryland Mines All Working Aga’ FROSTBURG, Md., June 22.—Today the three Consolidation mines at Frostburg, Eckhart, Allegany and Hoffman are work- ing full force again. —_—___ Bicycles Best for Me: CHICAGO, June 22.—Postm: has tested the value of t bicycle for special delivery messengers. The contest resulted in a complete victory for the bic: cle man over street cars and elevated roads. THE EVENING HTWOOD ROAD EXTENSION. BRIG Commissioner Powell Gives Reasons for Opposing the Grant. ¢ House bill 8628, to amend the charter cf the Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia, which was referred to the Commissioners for report, has been adversely recommended by the Engineer Commissioner. The amendment rought authorizes the company to extend its road from the present terminus on 7th street along Florida avenue to the intersection of New Jersey avenue, thence along New Jersey avenue to B street northwest, veing as the motive power the Love electric con- duit system. In his report to the Commissioners upon this bill, Engineer Commissioner Powell says: “Respectfully returned to secretary's office with adverse report thereon, for the reason that the Commissioners are of the opinion that tke residents of the suburbs accommodated by this road, desire to reach the commercial center of the city rather than the Capitol. The Brightwood avenue road is a natural prolongation of the 7th and 9th street lines, both of which come to the center of the city. It is believed that for the present the public can be accom- modated by transfer from car to car through a union passenger station to be es- tablished at or near the intersection of Florida avenue and 7th street, as will sub- sequently be proposed by the Commission- ers as a part of a system of union street ar passenger station: When the Metropolitan railroad shall have changed its motive power it may be prac- ticable for the Brightwood ‘avenue road to run its cars over the th street line to the vicinity of the Center market. In any event, it appears to the Commissioners that New Jersey avenue, which, by the street extension plans, is to be prolonged to in- tersect 18th street extended, and thereby furnishing a direct line fromthe Capitol to Rock Creek Park, should be kept free from railroad tracks, except over short sections, which are already authorized. > THE RECUSANT WITNESSES. A Test to Be Made of the Chapm: Case. The conclusion reached by the grand Jury in the cases of the recusant witnesses | before the Senate sugar trust investigating committee will not be officially announced before next week, if then. The jury held a shert session today. The only witness was Senator Gray, chairman of the investigat- ing committee, who testified to the action of Broker Chapman of New York when he was called before the committee. The Senator dwelt on the refusals to reply to the senatorial queries and submitted to an examination on this point by members of the jury. He pointed out the illegality of the actions of the witnesses and cited the law bearing on the case. He also discussed the alleged injurious effect of sustaining the contumactous con duct of Messrs. Edwards and Shriver a=d Chapman. His testimony was very brief, as | the session of the jury contnued less than! an hour. At noon the jury adjourned until | Monda; i Chapman a Test Case. Senator Gray also had a consultation with STAR, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1894—TWELVE PAGES The Ster Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of afty cents per month. €7But all such orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as mo ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tons. —ey THE HOTTEST DAY YET. The Thermometer Was Ninety-One at 2 O'Clock and Still Going Up. Today has been the hottest day of the Season so far, and those people who had occasion to be out on the streets to any Great extent had no cause to doubt the statement that came from the weather bureau this afternoon. At 2 o'clock they reported a temperature of 91, and that is good and hot, for people usually have sn idea that the thermometer at the weather bureau is kept in an ice house. The nomM- clal records around the city registersd anywhere from 90 to 100, and pedestrians along the avenue stopped io look ut the bulbs on the various corners to see where it_was the hottest. When a man is hot he seems to take a particular delight in knowing just how hot he has a right to be, and if t mercury dces not g> up as far as he thinks it ought to he feels it in the light of a personal slight. He does everything that he ought not to in the way of eating and drinking if he wishes to keep cool and then wonders why under the blazing sun that blamed old mercury, which has been keeping cool all the time and not overworking,doesn’t get as hot under the collar as he does, But today no one had any fault to find. The mercury seemed to be out of patience | with the weather, and tried its very best | to get as far away from the super-heated | earth as it could. It did pretty well, too, | j although it only went a few degrees higher than it did yesterday. Still, there was nothing like the same amount of breeze that there was yesterday, and the heat was ever sc much harder to stand. THE MISSING MAN. 4 Body Found at Williamsport Be- leved te Be That of Moskovits. Mrs. Rosa Moskovitz, whose husband of a few weeks disappeared from her home, 1:44 Tth street, as published in The Star at the time, called at police headquarters this morning to make further inquiries concern- ing the missing man. Addie Moskovits was employed in Widow Finkelbaum’s store. Although several persons were suitors for the hand and heart of the widow, Mosko- vits was the one who was successful, and he soon disappeared, taking his wife's money and jewelry with him. On Decora- tion day Mrs. Moskovits went to Mount Vernon and viewed the body of a man found in the river. Max Siegel claimed to have seen the miss- ing man go on a steamer to start for Bre- men, but Mrs. Moskovits still believed he could tell more of the particulars of her husband's disappearance, and several times she interviewed him. Finally, about three weeks ago, the two met in a room on O street where religious services were being held and the woman relieved Siegel of some of his whiskers. This cost her in court, and nothing more was heard of thé woman until she called at headquarters this morn- ing. She had a clipping from a relig- fous paper called the Israelite, published in Cincinnati, Ohio. The article was in the Williamsport, Pa., correspondence of the paper, and reads as follows: “An unknown Jewish man, aged about thirty-two years, was found on the Pennsyl- vania railroad about a haif mile west of Loyalsock on Monday morning with his right leg cut off ond his skull crushed in two places. The nm: n wa of dark complex fon, gray eyes, black hair, ight mustache and about six feet tall. He was dressed in @ dark blue cutaway coat, light blue strip- ed pants, figured vest and wore a brown slouch hat. In the ckets were found a number of cards and letters, the latter writ- ten in Heb>ew; also a book and several let- ters in the same language. On a piece of paper was written Mr. M. Siegal, 1223 7th street, Washington, D. C. On an envelope | Was the name of Mr. A. Wolf, 802 12th street, same city. The congregation took charge of the body, and had it interred in their cemetery.” The Wife's Belief. And the worst of it all is that the kindly | gentlemen who give us our weather will | hot promise anything better in the near future. Mr. Williams, the forecast officer, said this afternoon that the indication: and reports from all over the country wer just about the same as they were yester. day, and that nowhere are any marked changes reported. This means “a little more of the same,” whether it pleases you or not, or, in other words, they say that the chances are for continued high tempera- ture, and plenty of it. Only ence before this summer has the temperature gone up to 91, and that was the maximum for the day, while this after- noon it looked as though that point would be passed before old Sol got through and quit for the night. —___ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Building Permits. Building permits issued today were as the district attorney today with reference to| flows: DF. James Kerr, one brick stable the indictment of Broker E. R. Chapman. | ! the rear o! : 2 The district attorney is proceeding with | Cost $1,800. Gaddis, Bury & Dunn, one much caution with the work, and he has found that the resolution under which the investigating committee is proceeding is very unsatisfactory for purposes of prosecution of the witnesses, as it is neither very clear nor very specific. The Chapman case is considered the strongest of those presented to the grand jury, and the district attorney on this ac- count has decided to put tt ahead and vir- tually to make it a test case. The Edwards and Shriver cases therefore will be allowed to remain unacted upon until it can be shown what can be done in the Chapman case. This case will also take precedence over the Havemeyer, Searles and McCartney cases, which th Vice President probably will certify to the district attorney today or tomorrow. — WAR DEPARTMENT DI IONS. The Secretary's Order Specifying the Number and the Names. The Secretary of War issued an order today organizing the bureaus of the depart- ment Into the following divisions for the execution of the provisions of the orders of May 15, 1894: Under the adjutant general, four, mail and record, correspondence and engineer- ing, miscellaneous and military informa. don. . Inspector general, two, mail and record and correspondence. Judge advocate general, two, mail and record and record and correspondence and examining. Quartermaster general, four, mail and record, correspondence and examining, sup- ply and transportation, construction and repair. : Commissary general of subsistence, two, mali and record and correspondence and | examining. Surgeon general, three, record, corre- spondence and examining, hospital corps and supply and sanitary and disbursing. Paymaster general, two, mail and record | and correspondence and examining. Chief of engineers, two, mail and record and correspondence and examining. Chief of ordnance, two, mail and record | and correspondence and examining. Chief signal officer, two, mail and record and correspondence and examining. Record and pension office, seven, mail and record, correspondence and examining, regimental records, archives, medical, 17th street branch and 10th street branch. War records office, three, publication, distribution and mail, record correspondence and examining. It is also directed that no additional di- visions shall be established without the authority of the Secretary of War. To- day's circular makes an increase of five divisions in the record and pension office and reduces the number of divisions in all the other bureaus. Several promotions will result from the change of system. The divisions of the department as at present organized, with the exception of the Sec- retary’s office, are in charge of officers of the army. 2 CAPITOL TOPICS. Kansas Contested Election Contest. The Funston-Moore election contest for the seat of the second Kansas district was | decided in favor of Moore, the democratic contestant, by a majority vote of the House committee on elections today. Chairman Wilson Rusticating. Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee is still rusticating in Virginia,and @ letter received today, directing the for- warding of books, gave no intimation of his return. For Government Telegraph. A delegation of the International Typo- | graphical Union appeared before the House committee on post offices today to advocate the government telegraph. William McCabe of Washington was spokesman. Speaker Crisp at the Capitol. Speaker Crisp was at the House of Rep- resentatives today for the first time since his illness. He talks with difficulty, owing to some small ulcers on his tongue. A National Park for Shiloh Battle- fleld. Representative Outhwaite of Ohio has sub- mitted a favorable report from the House committee on military affairs upon the bill to transfer a part of the battlefield of Shiloh into a national park. Cost of Special Agents. In response to a resolution introduced by Representative McNagny last January, Sec- retary Morton has transmitted to the House a detailed report of the special agents em- ployed by the Agricultural Department four years and six months preceding January. The total cost to the department has been o—__—__ The New York Police Investigation. Treasury officials were surprised to learn that the testimony elicited in the New York police investigation yesterday impli-| cated some of the employes of the New) York custom house. Under the law, ves- sels discharging cargoes after sundown are required to pay $10 each for the extra ervices of two discharging inspectors, but ny amount in excess of or other than this is illegal and irregular. If the investiga- tion should develop the fact that these em- ployes or any others demand or wrongfully receive fees from vessel owners or others strict investigation and punishment, it is said, wiil follow. —2-+—__ Maddox Better. - Maddox of 145 C street north- east, who has been ill for some weeks, has fully recovered and is able to be out | brick Masonic hall at Nos. 326, 828 and 330 Pennsylvania avenue, to cost $34,000. M. | Fitzgerald, tive brick dwellings, Nos. 68 to! 71 I street southwest, to cost $3,000. Jas. 8. Davis, one brick dwelling at 1333 Roan- | oke street, Columbia Heights, to cost $14, | 000. 8. H. Walker, six brick dwellings, Ni bolas 535 5th street northeast, to cos! Notes. The Commissioners have approved the bill to incorporate the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in the District of Co- | lumbia. Upon the recommendation | Private W. J. Settright has Baas ' to be a private of class 2, vice W. J. Cole- man, remov and Pri: paotten: ed, vate Allen has been | A House bill 7412 to tix the standard and regulate the quality and price of gas within the District of Columbia was taken up by the Enginesr Commissioner today, to whom it was referred for report, and adversely. His report is as follo’ bill ts defective in tl how the illuminatin, “The | hat it does not specify power is to be meas- ured. House bill 427 ‘relating to the sale of gas in the District of Columbia,’ which bill is now pending in the Senate, pre- scribes that the filuminating quality of the gas shall be equal to twenty-two candles, measured in a certain specified way. The | present law requires sixteen-candle power | by the same method of measurement. The Commissioners have recommended House bill 4279, with a few minor amendments, not affecting, however, the illuminating power or quality of the gas required by the bill. ‘Therefore, it appears that if House bill 4279 is enacted there will be no need of the legislation proposed in House bill 7412. If the former named bill fails, however, this bill (4279) ts recommended, with amend- ment by changing the word ‘eighteen, in | line five of section 1 to twenty-two.” amauta Two Divorce Suits. | ‘This afternoon Georgia A. Holbrook ap- | plied for a divorce from Charles M. Hol- brook. She states that they were married at Macon, Ga., September 30, 1887. They j ved at various points in the south for a while, and later moved to this city. She | alleged various acts of cruelty on the part | | of her husband here and elsewhere, and that one of their children was burned to | death through her inability to give it care | and attention, because of being disabled by her husband's cruelty. Mrs. Holbrook asks | for alimony, counsel fees, and the custody of their child. A petition for divorce was filed today by Susan C., wife of John H. Willis. The parties were married here by the Rev. | Alexander Crummell on the 34 of January, 1889, the complainant's maiden name being Deitz, The petition is based upon the al- jleged desertion and abandonment of his Wife by the defendant on the 10th of June, | i acini Tomorrow's Racing Card. The following is the card at Alexander Island tomorrow: First race, five furlongs—Prince Albert, 107; Wilkens, 107; Nubian, 107; Alarmer, Roman, 107; Ada Blue, 105; Keystone, Jim Fagan, 107; Cloverdale, 107; Ruby, Lita, 105; Mollie Davis, 105; Senator, C. O. D., 107; Dr. Helmuth, 107. Second race, one mile—Larchmont, 106; Headlight, 98; Rapidan, 105; Pr. Fortunatus, 100; Lotion, 102; Freezer, 104; Little Charlit 95; Red 8) ; Drizzle, 112; King Bird, 95; Fernwcod, 113,’ Armorean, 9. | ‘Third race; five furlongs—Trixey Gardner, | 97; Mollie Penny, 117; Meadows, 96; Sweet Alice, 112; A. O. H., 113; Camden, 97. Fourth race, four furlongs and a half— Dr. Faust, 109; West Falls filly, 108; Re- fuse, 84; Turco, 103; Agitation, 103. Fifth race, six and a half furlongs—Gon- zales, 114; Eddie M., 114; Lyndhurst, 109; Queen D'Or, 108; Leocolus, 105; Luray, 103; Hay Tay, 106; Detroit, 107; Ponce De Leon, 100; Radiant, 109; McKeever, 105. Sixth race, one mile, on the flat, ‘gentle- men riders—Marlboro, 173; Capt. Manning, | im Elphin, 155; Greenway, 145; Garner, oo Two Slight Fires. A gasoline stove in shed of 914 Blagden’s alley northwest caused a small blaze about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. An alarm of fire was turned in from box 216. The | was occupied by a colored man named Chas. | Ward. Children playing with matches caused a slight fire in the house of H. E. Ellis, 203 C street northeast, yesterday afternoon. The fire was extinguished before much damage was done. JNDORSES COxEY FOR CONGRESS. Congressman Ikirt’s Campaign Man- wer Causes a Sensation. ALLIANCE, Ohio, June 22.—J. V. Lewis, who was Congressman Ikirt’s chief cam- paign manager in the campaign of two years ago has caused a political sensation here by indorsing Coxey as a congressional candidate, in an interview in a local paper, and denouncing Ikirt as unfaithful. He asserts that many democrats will support Coxey. Killed the Mine Sup jent. PUEBLO, Mexico, June 22.—Advices from the La Joya mining camp, in the state of Oaxaca, state that the Indian laborers in one of the mines of that camp became en- raged at the American superintendent, nemed Frank Powell, and killed him. Pow- ell made a desperate resistance. He shot and killed three of the Indians. ~~. The fire department was called out yester day afternoon for a slight fire in Blagden's alley, caused by the explosion of an oil lamp. The damage amounted to about $25. Mrs. Muskovitz is fully convinced that the man found dead on the railroad was her husband, and she may, perhaps, go to Wil- | liamsport next Sunday. A. Wolf, mentioned | In the newspaper account of the finding of | the man’s body, 1 @ tailor, and is now in business on H street. His wife was seen by a Star reporter this afternoon and said she knew the dead man, although she could not remember his name. He tame here from Philadelphia, she said, and being with- out funds, she fed him several days, and then he given a ticket to Cincinnati, where he said his relatives lived. Mrs. Wolf said she also knew Max Siegal, and knows him to be a straightforward man. ane ust JERRY SIMPSO: RETURN. His Appearance in the House Greeted With Applause. Mr. Hatch had barely started on his | speech in the House this afternoon when he was interrupted by a storm of applause that swept over the chamber. The enthusi- asm, however, was not for Mr. Hatch or for his remarks, but arose from the fact that coming down the aisle just at that especial moment the members saw Representative Jerry Simpson, pale, emaciated, but still preserving the tall form and unmistakable face of the sockless statesman from Kan- sas. All during the morning a handsome floral piece had decorated the desk of Representa- tive Simpson, and it was expected that would reach the Capitol some time during the day. This was Mr. Simpson's first ap- peara: ce in the House during this session, and the fact that he had so far recovered from his serious {illness as to attend the session was the cause of congratulation among his many friends. The Kansas Representative is exceedingly thin from his long confinement, and a telegram which Mrs. Simpson sent to this city a few days ago, in which she stated that her husband had gained nineteen pounds in nineteen days, reveals the ap- palling condition of ness which must have existed previous to the nineteen days. Mr. Simpson spent a half hour at the House shaking hands with and receiving the congratulations of the members. — A TEUTONIC INVASION, Thousands of German Singers Going to New York. NEW YORK, June 22.—New York Is being hourly Teutonized. The legions of the German singers are pouring In from the westward on every train, and what prom- ises to be the greatest national Saengerfest ever held in America is beginning to day. The first formal demonstration of the fes- tival will be this evening, when a proces- | sion of the singers, reinforced by German | riding clubs and riflemen, perhaps 20,000 in all, will pass through the streets, and be received at the Hotel Brunswick and Vic- | torla Hotel by Gov. Flower, Mayor Gilroy and the honorary committee. Then will follow concerts at Madison Square Garien and a summer night's festival at Benson- Burst. Fully 8,000 visiting members will arrive here today and tomorrow. Philadelphia alone will contribute 1,000 visitors, for whom special preparations have been made. They will arrive by special trains. A special train bearing 400 Philadelphians ts expected to arrive at 6 o'clock this evening. Col. Hain, superin- tendent of the Manhattan railway system, | has agreed to keep elevated railroad trains waiting on the Liberty street switch to transfer this delegation by means of the Battery loop to the east side of the city and up the Bowery to Houston street,where they will stop and assemble in Germania Hall. After refreshments they will take their places in line for the parade. —_ A Clergyman Hangs Himeelt. SHAMOKIN, Pa., June 22.—Rev. Charles Warmkessle of Evangelical denomination, committed suicide at an early hour thie morning, by hanging himself. His nephew, Eli Warmkessle, was kilied the Reading railroad near Port Carbon, about the same time of the uncle's self-destruction. —__ Trying to Buy the Northera Paeific. MINNEAPOLIS, June 22—A special to the Tribune from Tacoma, Wash., says: It is reported that the Chicago, Burlin; ton and Quincy is endeavoring to arrange for leasing or purchasing outright the entire Northern Pacific system from Billinj » west, at which point the “Q” wi connect with the Northern Pacific this fall. EES A Big Irrigation Ditch, O'NEAL, Neb., June 22~—The contract has been let for the construction of the| irrigation ditch south of the Elkhorn river by the Elkhorn Irrigation Company, and | work will begin in a few days. It will irrigate one of the prettiest sections of. the country, comprising 90,000 acres. > Oklahoma Officials Under Arrest. PERRY, O. T., June 22.—Shertff Parke, government town site surveyor; Wm. Mor- ris, W. J. Shawcross and Fred Hoyt, are under arrest, on a charge of conspiracy in opening the town of Perry last Septem- ber. The grand jury indicted the men for alleged crookedness in seizing a town block in Perry, worth $100,000, —_~_—— The Sutro Tunnel Seized. SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.—Phe Examin- er states that the big Sutro tunnel tn the Comstock mining region in Nevada has been attached to force the settlement of claims aggregating $32,000 against the Com- stock Tunnel Company, which now con- trols the property. —— ‘The Canals of Mars. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, June 22.—The fol- lowing canals of Mars have already been ween here by the observers of the Lowell observatory: Galaxias, Cerberus, Orcus, Tartarus, Eumenides, Siremius, Laestry- sonphasi, Lithonias, Agatho, Daemon and Araxes. ——_ Catholic Knights Go: BUFFALO, N. Y., June 22—A national convention of uniformed Catholic Knights will be held in this city next week. Great preparations are making for their entertain- ment. —_~-—-. The New Industrial Party. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 22.—The in- dustrial party, a new organization combin- ing all sorts of labor and money parties, has placed in nomination J. H. Barecroft of Des Moines for candidate for Congress im the seventh Iowa district. [FINANCE AND TRADE! New York Bankers Criticise the, Treasury Department, INDIFFERENCE OVER GOLD EXPORTS Bears Surprised at the New York Central Dividend. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 22.—Another bear idol was ghatted this morning when the con- | servative management of New York Central declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1 1-4 per cent on the stock of that company. A reduction in the old rate had been re- Med upon to establish a lower level of val- ues throughout the list and give shorts an opportunity for covering at a profit. Sev- eral other less prominent roads also an- nounced the usual dividends. Disappoint- ments of this character have been unusu- ally abundant of late, but the true bear instinct promptly selects another cause and predicts more satisfactory results. The | burden was shifted today to the continued loss of gold, and for a time the street at- tached some importance to this subject and @ liberal line of short stock was put out. Including the consignments from Boston, this week's loss will be in t borhood of $8,250,000, over soduoue cen ney been taken for shipment on Saturday's steamers. The apparent indifference on the part of treasury officials to the constant drain on the gold reserve in its present depleted con. dition is being severely criticised by the jocal banks, and it is doubtful if the sub- treasury’s losses will long be reimbursed from the bank vaults. Unless the depart- ment takes immediate action on this sub- ject the banks will withdraw all aid and leave the solution of an uncomfortable situation where it properly belongs. For- eigners have become impatient over the de- lay in remedial action, and are likely to , return some of our securities until our financial policy is more definitely de- termined. The result of the day's trading in railway shares was to substitute slightly lower val- ues for those recorded at the opening. Northwest lost 11-4 per cent on selling, resulting from the reported decrease of $585,751 in May earnings. Atchison was sold down 1 per cent to 47-8, as evidence of the dissatisfaction caused by the proposed Plan of recognition. Western Union, Nash- ville and St. Paul each lost 1-2 per cent on early trading. Sugar sold down 1 per cent during the first hour, but rallied sharply during the afternoon to 99 1-4, exactly 3 per cent in advance of the day’s lowest point. The buy- ing was attributed to inside interests, which are again in the market for cheap stock. Chicago Gas regained 1 per cent of yes- terday’s loss on a good volume of business. Officials deny all knowledge of the date of the next dividend, and also any knowledge of the intended purchase of a rival corpora- tion, National Lead and Distillers were strong, and General Electric yielded frac- tionally to continued selling by Boston. The bears started a rumor this afternoon that @ prominent operator was bidding 1-8 premium for gold, but the device was gen- erally recognized as being of bear origin. Some covering in sugar resulted in better Prices elsewhere in the list. A rise of 1 | per cent in the regular list would probably be suffictert to force out the better part of the present short interest. The situation at Washington is gradually working around to a favorable basis for renewed efforts in the industrials. Final figures were but in the main steady. —_~——_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- |est and the lowest and the closing prices | of the New York stock market today, as re- | ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Stocks. Open. High. Low. Ciose. ' American Su; Mig E96: American Sugar, itil ed nad woe! Sig “Btw amy fanada Pacitic.. | Chesapeake and |. CC. and StL, 8635 | Chicago. B. and Q.- ITs | Chic. ana Nortawestern. Gas C..M. and St. Paai”.2 7" CM. and St. Paul, pid. CL and Pacitic...” Del., Lack. and W...... Delaware ana fiudson. Denver and Rio Grande. Dis. and Cattle Feeding General Electric Limots Central. Lake Snore. <= ee Loulsvilie and Nashville Long Isiana Traction Metropolitan Tractiot Manhattan Elevated | Micmgan Centrai Missouri Pacific. . National Lead Go S. Cordage Co = D. Cordage, pfta. Bee Jersey Central. Wy ‘York oe »w : 8K ay BR By Northern Pacin 8 Bt 1B North American.” i oe ‘oe oe pta Wheeling & Lake Erie. Wheeling &L i apie | Western Union Ti Wisconsm Central. Suver. Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m, S. 4s, Metered, $1,000 at 113) ropolitan Ge, $1.00 at 105. L's. Bee ee: Columbia Fire it Bonds. B. cont trie Light conv. Ss, u Insurance, #0 at 135 Si, retisered, 118 q Boe, 117 pia” S7OPOR 116 bid, 115 pipistetet of Columbia Bonds. - B0-veur fund 6s, 7s, stock Ts, Seige A rene. 115 asked. | Sip bi, : spr cellaneous Washi town Railroad conv. Gs, Int. 183, bide Weskine {eb and Georget Ratlrosd conv. @a, 24, 1 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. €s, 104 bid, "106% asked Belt Railroad Se, 88d, 80 asked.” Esk | inge road Gs, bid.” Washi | Company Gs, weries’ A, ‘Tie bid. Wasiieten Gan currency, 1 Company Gs, series B. 118 bid. W ron Com Cay. Gey 190 bid. U.S Bieete Lagke conv. 123 bid, 125 asked. | Potomac ‘Telephone’ fs, 85 hid. 100 American Security and Trust Ss, A. bid. | Washington Market Company Let ‘en Washington Feet Company imp. 6s, ‘ashington t Co be Masonic Hel! ‘Association Sa, bie Washington Light Infantry Ist_ Gs, ton age, infantry 2a ie, 00 big. a nn itocks. of Washi: | bid, 830 asked. “Hank of the Repuvite sos" fia 278 asked. | Metropoliten, 280 bid Ter asked Cen: nd O.. 100 106 bid. 106 bid. | end Mecha 190 bid. | Second. 188 bid, 150 asked. Citizens’, 124. put Columbia, 136 bid, 150 . 11S bid. West End, 110 bid, 11 ", 12 big, 108 asked. Lincoln. # Deposit and st Com jes.- Nat Depestt and Trust, 138 bid. 16 naked. Wee ington Loan and ‘Trust, 122 bid. 124 asked. Ameri. GAS Security, and Trist, 131% bid,” 185 “asked. ‘ashington Safe Deposit, 100 asked. i Ratlroad Stocks. —-Washi and G own, 280 bid. S10 asked. Metropslitan, U8 bid; Se cater, Columbia, 60 bid, @5 asked. Belt, 30 bid." Eck. 60 30 bid. on nat it Stocks.— Washington Gas, etown Gas. 50 J. 123 bid, 125 asked. oe Firemen's, 42 bid, 47 asked. asked. letrovolitan, bid, 80 asked. Corcoran, 60 bid. Potomac, “78 | 13% et 15 asked. Bi 4, 7. ‘ ges, T% bid, § asked. Peo: | i 6 asked Lis bid, asked. ‘ste Real mt i J te . 4 Sa me Title, Ti bid, Tene \e 4 ore Markets. BALTIMORE, June 22. — Flour firm and receipts, then corn . Biase; corn on frets 8s sake a”, ‘Sate Brae No Senne western, 18,853 bushels: “stock. bushels. 1m artive—No. 2, 5.506 bushels. Hay juliet apd stend) ‘une! Botter ~4 tency steamers, Hes do. ‘ration Taal; "do. Exgs weak—iresh, 13” Cheese ry July ‘Wheat—June... Bept.. t ord Piece of ice in this dissolved, and the | sounded through the | lobbies. Then some one pered to Mr. Call. Mr. | pair of blue socks today. He pair of nickel buckled garters. | They were « nice pair of socks | pair of garters, and there | in seeing them either, for | aoe vena an aap seni nis another cl =| | toon, untrammeied in leather, in and blissful iness. Then the | dream was | Mr. Call, the waggi | geraphic look on the | quorum was nearly BEE iy ctf to the examination of witnesses of the defendant. oe, ba Samuel Oppenheimer, - and Wm. A. Langley, John 8. | gins, Kate Herrings, J. Thadeus | Alice Hensley, Annie V. Kain, | Irby, Agnes Willis, James Shekiel, May Stewart, and George Kain. The tified. Nothing substantially the testimony in the first oped, the defense being that It is expected that the case to the jury some time tomorrow. ——_— Gustav Hartig’s Will. The will of the late Gustav F. Gated August 25, 1893, was filed to the the deceased, Mary Hartig. absolutely, the business plant of the testator, store at 7th and K streets, to his Louis H. and Gustav, | alike, provided they pay estate; that they pay to the of the deceased, Anna Brahler, and Johanna Seegelken, $1,000 two years, and that they pay ceased's widow, within one year, with interest from May 16, 189]. Should the sons refuse or fail j the executors, Henry Kiti 5 i ie gee au THe, ii ete rst ie 4 i ¢ the testator’s a Two cies _o! and $3,000, respecti Givided, to be paid to the children first marriage. The testator’s | is bequeathed to his widow during single natural life. Otherwise to his st i ite to have the privilege of occupy’ | premises at $125 a month for ten | Should the Sesntet's widow Gostee to cscuay the residence pertion of the same, then rent shall be $100 a moath. Scots Proffer the Hand to the CHICAGO, June 22.—The Scotch aseem- bly at a largely attended meeting last night entered its protest against the cele- bration of the Battle of Bannockburn, de- k é E Englishmen Scotch chieftains to show that the assem- bly had no bitterness for former fellow citizens of England. —_—_ A Circus Put im Quarantine. PLAINFIELD, N. J., June 22—Whee Washburn’s circus arrived this morning tt | was met by a squad of policemen, who told This precaution was taken on account cf one of the employes of the circus stricken with smallpox at Orange. ———— Henry Foster Acquitted. MEMPHIS, Tenn, June 22—At Water Valley, Miss., this morning, the jury in case of Henry Foster, charged with John Morgan, returned a verdict of not The killing was done on an Illinois train three years ago, and grew out of beating inflicted upon Foster by at Hernando, Miss., where both lived. —_—_—> Trying to Raise the Plymouth. NEWPORT, R.L., June 22.—The great 130- ton steam Gerrick of the Chapman Wreck- |ing Company is today at work trying to |float the Fall River line steamer Plymouth. i —_—_———— Missing for Three Weeks. DENVER, Col., June 22.—F. F. Hail, sec- retary of the Rocky Mountain Water Com- |Pany, and secretary and treasurer of the Denver Land and Ice Company, has been | missing for — weeks. He suffered from insomn! —_——-— Started After Tem Years’ Rest. HINGHAM, Mass, June 22.—After ten years of inactivity, arrangements have been made to start the Hingham cofdage works on July 1 with improved machinery. works will give employment to about persons. —— Heavy Rainfall t= Kansas. WICHITA, Kan., June 22.—The heaviest rain ever known has fallen all ever south- ern Kansas, particularly in the counties constituting the corn belt. —_—_——. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermemeter at the weather bureau Sam. 77; 2 p.m, 90; maximum, 91; mum, 67. —-. On a Rocky Mountain Raflresé. From the St. Louts Globe-Democrat “The experience of crossing a high moun- tain range is a peculiar thing,” said « trav. eler. “I went over the divide near N. M., lest week, om the Santa Fe and it was novel. The change in ature was the peculiar feature te me. had been hot and dusty all was just about noon when climb, and about 2 o'clock when ed the other side. I was shirt sleeves in the smoker, cool, as we beggn to ascend. twenty minutes to put on I felt a chill, and in twenty I slipped on my overcoat to be Descending It was the ‘The ccat became a trifle uncomfortable, then took it off. Next I divested myself coat, and as we got near the bottom again fanning myself and weather of New Mexico.” co ———— This morning about 6:30 Charles Griffin, a colored man twenty-five years ld, who lived on N street northwest id ial i t Ff i hipments, 9.177 bus els; stock, 120,212 bushels; sales, 2,300 bushels ween 6th and 7th streets, near 13th and H streets northwest. His body was sent to the morgue,