Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1894, Page 1

tHE EVENING STAR + LBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Compan; 8. E. SKAUFFMANN: ¥ Prete New York Oiice, 49 Potter Building, ae ening Star is served to arriers im the day Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; co posture added, $8.00. t the Post Office at Washington, D. C, abscriptions.mmast be paid se advance, eubscriptions must . rtining made knows eo application, F Ali TA Rates of ad: Vor. 84, No. 20,919. Che Zvening Sta WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. TARSNEY THE TARGET Waite’s Enemies Wreak Vengeance on His Adjatant General, yee Le KUDNAPED, TARRED AND FEATHERED Reward Offered for the Arrest of the Criminals. THE GOVERNOR EXCITED e cae COLORADO SPRINGS, Col., June 23.— Probably the most glaring outrage connect- ed with the recent mining trouble at Crip- ple Creek was committed shortly after mid- night this morning. Adjt. Gen. Tarsney of the Colorado National Guard, who was Stopping at the Alamo Hotel, was called from his room shortly after 12 o'clock and informed that some one at Cripple Creek wished to speak to him over the telephone. When Gen. Tarsney appeared behind the clerk's desk to answer the call he“was sud- denly confronted by a masked man, with two revolvers, who ordered the general to accompany him. The hotel clerk in the meantime had been placed under guard of one of the kidnapers. Gen. Tarsney called for help, but was clubbed into submission with a revolver. Suddenly several more of the kidnappers appeared and carried him to the sidewalk, where two closed carriages under guard were in waiting. He was hustled into cne of the carriages and driven to Austin Bluffs, at the city limits. On each driver's box sat one of the mob with a drawn re- volver, who saw that the hack drivers promptly obeyed orders. Arriving at the open prairie at Austin IMMIGRANT INSPECTION Opinions Expressed by Several Membérs of the Joint Committee. Owing to a Better Class of Foreigners | Coming to This Country the Pres- ent Laws May Not Be Changed. More than one shade of opinion concern- ing the practical working of the immigta- tion laws was derived by members of the House committee on immigration and naturalization from their visit to New York. If a report sustaining the pfes- ent system as the most efficient and prac- tical one is signed by a majority of the committee, as seems probable, there is like- ly to be @ minority report recommending the adoption of a plan for consular exam*+ ination of oreigners on the other side, and for some evidence beyond their own state- ments of qualifications of immigrants for admission. Representative McDowell of Pennsyi- vania, speaking of the trip, said that te only way to restrict immigration properly was to provide for a thorough consular in- spection of immigrants before they embark on the other side. He would not do away with inspection at this end, however, and would make a severe penalty for shipowners who bring people not qualified to land. Representative Paschal of Texas said that from what he saw he was sure that the law needs amendment in several particu- lars in order to break up the “padrone” — which, to a greater or less extent, exists. Immigration has fallen off in a marked degree and ..e thought, on the whole, that @ better class of immigrants was coming over, although this was difficult to affirm upon such limited investigation. “Our naturalized citizens,” said Mr. Pas- chal, “seem anxious to see the law so amended as to effectually prevent the com- ing of paupers, and those whose mair. object is to ine our institu- tions, for they realize it every such im- portation not only injures this countfy, but creates an umreasoning prejucice Bluffs, Gen, Tarsney was removed from the /| again: carriage, stripped nude, and a coat of tar and feathers was administered. The ringleaders of the kidnapers had previously ordered that the general was not to be abused. This order seems to have been obeyed after the general was subdued by clubbing at the hotel. After tar and feathering Gen. Tarsney the mob warned him against returning to the springs. While the mob was at the hotel Police cer Agard heard the calls for assistance, and while on the way to render aid was stopped by another member of the kid- maper’s party and compelled at the point of a revolver to halt until ot the mob had secured their man. Im less than ten minutes after the hacks had departed three mounted police started ursuit of the abductors. One of these officers, who struck the right trail, and came up with the mob, was captured, and was an involuntary witness of the dastardly outrage. Sherman Countey, one of the hack driv- ers, told the following story: “My brother and myself own the hacks. Shortly before midnight two men came to our stand and said they wanted to engage two hacks for a drive. They did not wear masks then. They told me to drive in front of the Alamo. “I saw the struggle inside the hotel office Bnd knew that something unusual was up. I started to drive away, but was stopped by men with masks on their faces and pis- tols in their hands. “after they all got In the hacks told where to drive for the first time. iv compelled me to whip the horses. On ar- Tiying at a point near Austin Bluffs they all got out. They made an awful lot of Boise and kept an swearing and threats. Several times on the way I hi the men threatening Tarsney’s life. I think they had Tarsney’s clothes off by the time they ordered the hacks to stop. At least I did not see many clothes on him when I first saw him on the ground. They had a I_was The; bucket and a brush and the deed was soon | loce' 4 few minutes later Tarsney was left ly- ing on the ground and the masked men took to their heels. When the officers came up Tarsney could not be found. A Jesse is now scouring the country for them. Driver. Countey says that after the tar gnd feathers had been CE Tarsney poo 7 to move on od, “4 Paso ‘Gaels was not wan’ ther in Cripple Creek or Colorado and that if he ever showed up Worse fate than a There was a meeting ty sheriffs at Antlers last night, against Gen. he would meet a of tar and feathers. of twenty-five depu- Park at 10 o'clock and it is believed the plot Tarsney was hatched there. COLORADO SPRIN Col, J 23.—. 211 o'clock Gen. Tereney had mot been found, The hack drivers (Sherman, ry and ce, as thi declare they do not know any of the ‘kid- and were forced at the point of re- to take the party to Austin bluffs. Crumley, who owns both hacks, says one masked man msec with Tarsney to enemas eel on the Be 58 Some men wan’ Tarsney, but their ler held them in check. ee Tarmey thanked shook hands with him. A citizens’ meeting deen called to denounce the outrage. ar DENVER, Col., June 23.—Gov. Waite Sreatly excited over the outrage comattiad Upon Adjutant General Tarsney last night @t Colorado Springs. He has offered a re- Ward of $1,000 for the arrest and convic- tion of any of th ie @ participants. Colorado Ueved he intends to go to the springs person to assist in the hunt for Gen Tare. ney and the men who kidnaped him. fumothy J. Tarsney w: appoirted ad- Gutant general of Colorado by Gov. Waite. He is @ brother of Congressman Tarsney of Missouri and ex-Congressman Tarsney of Michigan. He was the personal Tepresenta- tive of the governor during the police board troubles, when the militia were opposite the city hall. His undaunted bearing at that tme antagonized the police and their sym- Dathizers and it was freely stated that if shooting commenced he would be the first = to fali. in the early stages of the Cripple © trouble he was legal adviser for some St the miners, and since the settlement of the trike bas resumed his services in that capacity. While the militia were in the feid at Cripple Creek he was again the direct representative of the governor, through whom orders were transmitted to Gen. Brooks. in this service he found him- seit opposed once more to many of the men aligned against him at the city hall. The A. ¥. A. was bitter in its threats against Gen. Tarsney. DENVER, Col., June 23.—Gov. Waite did pot g0 to Colorado Springs, but sent on a special train a party of detectives. arsney and her daughter also went. News From Mrs. Tarsney. At 1 o'clock Representative Tarsney re- ceived the following dispatch from Mrs. Tarsney, the wife of the adjutant general, dated at Denver: “Tom was kidnaped by unknown parties at Colorado Springs and grossly maltreated. We can get no trace of him. If you don’t hear from me by 4 o'clock, start. I leave at 11:39 for Colorado Springs. Signed) “LUCY TARSNEY.” presentative Tarsney fears that the Worst has not been heard of the affair. His brother is very impulsive, and if he has been made the victim of a personal outrage he is not the man to calmly submit to the humiliation. Representative Fence sa‘d: “The Tarsney outrage is in line with the many outrages these hired deputies have been committing. Cripple Creek war began Gov. militia down to preserve ing between the miners and being the adjutant gen- . naturally incurred the deputies, and they have ected their lawlessness e<ainst him.” st So far as Congressman Wilson of 0! was able to judge the officials of Ellis land seemed to be trying to enforce laws, but there were some defects for which they were not responsible. First, in order to determine whether a person is entitled to be admitted, they must depend only on his own statement. It arpears that some agencies are at work, it is difficult to locate where, in- structing immigrants what kind of answers they should give to gain admittance. There- fore rany of the answers are untruthful, while the officials huve no means of de- tecting it. Second, many are brought over who are clearly not entitled to admission, and are returned by the steamships. It seems that these troubles could be avoided if the inspections were made by United States officials at the starting places abroad. Representative Bartholdt of Missouri said the process of inspecting and landing im- migrants was a revelation to most members of the committee in its system of rapidity. He believes the new law is deterring pauper and vicious elements from attempting’ to come, and as a result there is a° falling off of 6 per cent, and an improvement in the character of immigrants. The committee is inclined to give the law a longer trial, he thinks, before recommending any changes. —_—___-- e+ _--___ STILL THE HOTTEST DAY. & Record of 94.2 at 2 O'Clock and the Mercury Still Climbing. The merctry is still ambitious. It achiev- ed a high record yesterday. Today it pro- ceeded to beat that record. Tomorrow it is uncertain whet it will do. The proba Mtte# blaze a way to still higher altitudes. ‘Yesterday the maximum was 92 7-10. To- Gay at 2 o'clock the mercury had reached 96.2, dnd was still climbing. This is what was reported at the weather bureau. In less favored localities the vcore was still higher. There is a difference of at least 3 or 4 degrees between the temperature in which the weather bureau instruments are ted that in which the average citizen exists. The general run of citizens suffered in a temperature of ubout 98 today, and. the heat continued to increase. Thus far the 284 of June stands as fhe hottest day of the season. e weather Drophets it the govetnmont see ly hopeful in the im- mediate future’ Phare’ are some favorable indications in the Ohio valley of a change which, if it reaches here, will probably be some time tomorrow afternoon, may cause the weather to become a little cooler. It may be a source of feeble consolation to some to know that the weather this time of the year is not extraordinary, as last year on the 20th of June the tempera- ture recorded a maximum of 95. The hot- test day last year was on the 26th of July, when the mercury reached #7. It is not known whether this year will pe banner year in hot days or not. The quite a record to beat. The highest tem- Derature recorded in recent years was in 1881, when people in Washington lived in a temperature of 104. The weather bureau has no information of the approach to our shores of icebergs. There is nothing 1 to ships to beware of floating masses of fee near the American coast. Red Hot in the Senate. ‘The Senate is having a reihot time »f it today. This does not altogether vefer to the fight on the tariff bill, which, goodness knows, is fierce enough ail the time, tut to the state of the atmeaphere. Seventy de grees is recognized by authorities as the Rormai healthful room temperature. At 2 o'clock this afternoon, however, the coolest part of the Senate ficor contained air at a temperature of 82 degrees. This probably was the lowest point in the vicinity of the Senate. In the lobby just north of the Senate chamber the thermometer recorded 86, while the correspondents in the press Jiery ‘sweltered in an atmosphere at $8 ‘Thermometers in the windows on the north side, though shielded from the sun and fanned by the breeze, gave vw, while the official thermometer on the roof, re- cording on an automatic cylinder in the marbie room lobby, gave the modest record of ¥7, the highest of the year. ‘This is at least four degrees higher than the official records at the Senate branch of the weather bureau of yesterday. Not- withstanding this terrific temperature, the Senate has been working hard all day, and the question of the hour now is whether Mr. Harris intends to keep his promise to main- tain the session until a sufficiently late hour tonight to enable the committee of the whole to rise and report the bill to the Sen- ate. Opinions as to the probabilities dilter greatly, but the prevailing sentiment, among the opponents of the bili at least, is that it will be simply impossible for Mr. Harris to maintam a quorum throughout the evening. —_—~——— GONE AFTER PEARY. Departure of the Relief Expedition From Halifax. HALIFAX, N. S., June 23.—The members of the Peary relief expedition, who arrived here last night on the steamer Portia from New York, proceeded today to St. Johne, N. F. At that place they will embark on the sealer Falcon, which has been specially chartered for the expedition, and will at once sail north for Lieut. Peary and his party. —— Naval News. The U. S. S. Miantonomoh has arrived at Portland, Me., wither she was sent at the Portiand, Me., whither she was sent at the Fourth of July celebration. The training ship Portsmouth has sailed from New York on a two weeks’ cruise at sea. = Thirty-five fourth-class postmasters were appointed today. Of these twenty were to fill vacancies caused by resignations, thir- teen by removals and two by deaths. 19 | addition to this the subject of ‘tuberculosis THE’ CITY'S HEALTH Some of the Measures Adopted by , the Health Office. Veh ———.—_ INFORMATION FOR THE OSE OF CONGRESS Efforts. Made to Secure a Pure Supply of Milk. CLEANING THE STREETS Health Officer Hammett has transmitted to the chairmen of the committees on the District of Columbia a long communication giving a general review of the work of his department ih following up the lines of in- vestigation in regurd to typhoid fever, tu- berculosis, the milk supply, the wate: ser- vice, the sewer system and the house-to- house inspection. These investigations, he s, in a letter acompanving the report, @4 to the collection of a large amount of statistical and. practical knowledge which has beer utilized in furnishing information to medical colleges, boards of health of other fe and to the scientists and Med- ical 'y of our own city. The report says: “The beginning of this fiscal year found this department engaged in the examination of the question of the dumpage of the offal of the city, and the dangers to the pubiic h from indiscriminate deposit of Quantities of all manner of retuse matter amid the densely populated sections. On t! bject a large amount of statis- tical work wa# expended for the use of the District and legislative authorities. These facts in tabular form went clearly to show how theria, typhoid fever and diarrhoeal ts were engendered by this barbarous and inhuman custom, and recom- mendations wete made to the effect that the system of “‘dumpage” now in vogue be by legislative enactment. “Immediately ‘following this investigation pears the consideration of the matter of the ful influence of the Rock creek and James creek G@nal sewers. The frightful mortality arising from these sources was fully demonstrated in the volume of tab- ulated statements and comparative results furnished the loners and the com- These, when examin- ea by your and formulated in leg- islative enactments, will result in the sav- <= rn of lives and confer on the people e ble value. District a boom of inestima- House-to-House Ingpection. “Along with this arose the necessity of a thorough inspection and cleaning of the whole city of Washington and its suburbs. In order to accomplish this a herculean task was undertaken. The very first step required a mass of correct information to be obtained. As a consequence an !nspec- tion of every nook and corner of the city from house to house was inaugurated, and carried through. A force of between twenty and thirty inspectors personally inspected the sanitary condition of about fifty thou- sand houses, bésides the avenues, gtreets and alleys. As a result the plague spots and sources of us disease were milk, water and sul Not. go into details st he ei forts to eecure an apprap oa ha been placed’ disadvai we. haye ata: ntege by the failure of Congress to make -an- propriation for its su t. but merely con- fine myself to a brief outliné of the work that has been accomplished) As milk ‘is one of the best mediums for the develop- ment of germs, my first object was to purl this tant article of food, That it greatly improved ts generally admitted and we note that as a result in part of this work a decrease in the mor- tality of children under five years of age of 824 over last year. Imspeetion of Dairy Farms. “We found also that there were other im- portant subjects connected with the milk supply that could not be so easily handled by this office. Our laws governing the sale of adulterated and diseased milk were found to be deficient, and after consulta- tion with tbe district attorney it was de- cided that a law should be drawn up that would meet the requirements of the case. This has been done and since forwarded by the Commissioners to the members of the Medica! Association for their opinion. In a@mong cattle and the effect of tuberculoged milk in propagating the diseate among the human race has received our attention, | but as we Had nO jurisdiction over the resi- | dents of ryland and Virginia it was deemed ad ble tu ‘secure the assistance of the Department of Agriculture in carry- ing out this work.-In accordance with the | recommendation of the Commissioners of | the District to the honorable Secretary of | Agticulture in relation thereto this work has been recently begun and it is the in- | tention of this office to begin an inspection | of the dairy farms in connection therew*th | with reference to their sanitary condition at an early date, provided that any funds can be valiable for that purpose. “We hate been granted the rint, through the gourtesy of the farmers of Maryland | and Virginia, who, jn answer to a circular | gent out last October, asking certain infor- mhation, not only do not object to such an inspection, but welcome it, and have oifered to tus to the extent of their ability. | In to the Water supply from our pub- lic wells, I have always been ee the opinion that it was responsible in part for the prev- ; alence of typhoid fever in tite District. Be- cause of this belief st was decided, after conauitation with the chemist, Prof. Hird, and the statistician, Mr. Moore, to begin a systematic inspection of the water supply to scertain its relation to typhoid fever. ‘This decision was reached early last winter, and work was at once begun preparatory to such investigation. Tables were prepared show- ing the location by squares of the cases of typhoid fever that had occurred in the Dis- trict within the past three years and a list of the public pumps was likewise located. A table was prepared showing the relative number of cases among the white and col- ored population. The Lack of Sewers. “In conclusion,” says the communication, | “I simply desire to state that it has recent- ly been stated before a committee in Con- gress that ‘there was a law providing that closets (inferring box privies) should be sewered, but it was not strictly enforced.” Such public declaration having been made it would be proper to here call the atten- thon of the committee to the fact that there is no disinct law requiring property owners to connect thelr box privies with | the public sewers. Of course where there are no sewers, as is the case in a large section of the city, such connections can- | not be made, law or no law. There was a proposed additicn to the regulations which required all premises abutiing on public sewers provided by the engineer depart- | ment to be connected therewith when or- | dered by the Commissioners. In carrying | out this regulation the health department | was met by &@ legal decision in the case of a citizen who was arraigned Lefore the | courts for refusing to con:ply with its pro- visions, and which ended in the suit being dismissed. After this an endeavor was made to obtain the enactment of some law or regulation which would meet and over- come the difficulty, with such success as I | trust will cure the defect.” ‘War Department Changes. Harvey A. Kohr, promoted from class three to class four; Richard Cullen, pro- moted from class one to class two, and William H. Keith, promoted from class $1,000 to claes one; all in office of the ad- jutant general. NO MORE WITHDRAWALS The House Must Act on District Bills Oslled Up. Mr. Heard Tired of Being Left With- out a Quorum—Eit! Pass or Reject, Next Monday ts District day in the House of Representatives. This does not mean necessarily that any District business wilt be transacted. From past records it ratner means that the day will be wasted in ob- struction. This is not a fault that can be charged with justice to the District com- mittee, but rests at the ‘door of those Con- Bressmen who constantly absent themselves when local affairs are undef consideration. The disgust felt by citizens at the non-ac- tion of Congress on important measures is fully shared by the committee itself, and speaking of the matter, Mr. Heard said to a Star reporter today that as long as ne was chairman of the District committee ne would never withdraw another bill after it had been called up for consideration. “It 1s an outrage,” he said, “that the House should give with one hand, only to take away with the other. That @ day should be given us for District busthess, and then a quorum ret in future, of course, the committee can ai ye the or- der of business for Distfict ys, and it will be followed in calling up billa, but when a bill 1s once called up I pose that the House shall take some action on it, elther favorable or adverse. If a quorum is re- fused, why the bill will stay there just the same, and the country can know that enough members will not attend ‘on District days to transact busiress. Hitherto many bills have been withdrawn when opposition has developed on the plea that there were other bills waiting, to which there was no ‘objection. We are all pretty weary of that sort of business, which leaves the dictation in the hands of any man who, in the ab- gence of a quorum, can throttle a measure without difficulty. “Hereafter, as in the past, the committee is going to take every care in the bills it reports, and is going to expect that when these bills are called up the House will take some action on them. Persons interested in bills further down on the calendar need not expect that their bills are going to be reached by the withdrawal of further ad- vanced bills. The only way their own bills can be reached is by keeping a quorum end disposing of the others. What we ask and what we have a right to ask is that the House furnish us with a quorum on Dis- trict days. Then the action that is taken on bills is something entire.y within the discretion of the House, an- whether bills are passed, amended of deieuted will not interfere with our happiness i» any extent.” The other members of the committee are in accord with Mr. Heard in his views and are quite vigorous in their uenunciation of the present condition of apathy in the House in regard to District matters. The members claim that the work on the com- iittee is laborious, and, so far as their own districts are concerned, unproductive of po- litical results, and they hold that the House owes it to them at least to furnish members enough for the fransaction of business, on which they have worked hard. The District committee members are especially sore over the remarks of some members the House, who seem to take delight in criticisms of District measure: y the unfinished business will be the bill amending the Suburban railroad charter, . o-—___-—- AGITATION BY WAGON. ‘The Economic Reform Society to Start = Expegition From Washington, In a few days an expedition will start from Washington in @ wagon covered with CAR Ady Qiertabiak. tee principal inscription will be “People’s Political Missionary from Washington, D. C." This wagon has been constructed under the direction of the American Economic Reform Society, re- cently organized in this city. The purpose of the expedition is to spread among the people tracts, speeches and cther Iterature approved by the society. The society, which has for its chief object the increas- ing of the velume of money issued by ‘the government, has decided that one of the best methods of advancing its objects ts the organization of missionary bands. The officers of the society are: Presicent, Lee Crandall; first vice — presidqat, Gordon Clark; second vice president, George J. B. Mayer; secretary, John B. Gill; treasure! H. A. Hoover. The wagon referred to will take out the first band of missionaries: It is seven feet high and fifteen feet long, lightly and strongly built and easily drawn by two horses cots and a commissary department and compartments for the storage of printed matter. The first band of missionaries sent vut will consist of Geo J. E. Mayer, Ai 8. Dulin, Rev. K. Cross and William Primrose. “Capt.” William Primroge is the man who arrived here early in April at the head of forty unemployed men from Texas, and whose arrest and subsequent releasé | caused much comment at the time. He will be taken along by the expedition as chict of commissery’ and be exhibited us “one of the victims of the tyranny of the piu tocratic police.” Mr. Mayer says. thi within ‘ninety days there will be a missloi ary wagon in every congressional district of the United States distributing lterat Economic Refcrm Society. The plan is to have the wagon which leaves Washingt go through prominent ns and to have speeches made every afternoon and night. The wagon was donated to the soctety by Studebaker Brog., and the team of horses which is to draw it by Senator Stewart cf Nevada. The men engaged in the move- ment say that it is not @ populist organ! zatiqn, but that it is backed by the ailvi men of all parties and by opponents of the national banking system. TROOPS KEEPING THE PBACE. Riotous Foreigners in Pennsylvania Keeping Out of the Way. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa., June 28.—The situation here has not changed since the arrival of the troops yesterday. The in- fantry ts patrolling the roads and the cav- alry is scouring the country, but the re- bellious Huns and Italians are keeping un- der cover. No trouble is expected. UNIONTOWN, Pa., June 23.—-The trial of thirty strikers for the murder of Chief En- gineer Paddock of the Frick Coke Company was concluded late last night, and a ver-| dict rendered acquitting twenty-eight of the defendants. The two othets were convicted, respectively, of murder in the second de- gree and manslaughter. President Davis, the only remaining defendant, will be re- leased without trial. Three additional plants resumed today, but notwithstanding this the strikers ex- press hopes of ultimate success. ‘Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 23.—The fifth regiment left Frostburg for Baltimore at § jo’clock this morning, having been relieved by the first regiment, under Col. L. Allison Wilmer. The first regiment is about 475 men strong, all told, and it is understood that it will remain here for at least two weeks. Today was the nineteenth day of hard service for the crack fifth regiment boys, many of whom are club men and so- clety leaders. But they stood to their work like veterans and acquitted themselves lik: regulars. In the meantime, the strike hi been practically broken in Frostburg, the Consolidation mines, except the Ocean, now working full tim eee Venezuela Dislikes an Atlas. The Venezuelon minister, Senot Don Jose Andrade, has informed the State Depart- ment that his government has forbidden the importation ef an atlas published by a Chicago firm, which gives, in one of its maps, the gold mining térritory involved in the boundary dispute -between Venezuela and Great Britain to the latter vow: colony of British Guiana. The clai:n Venezuela to the territory 1s still unsettled. It is supplied with four | re | mat r work which had not stood the explaining the principles of the Armefican’| tat ar all of | THE BOND ISSUE| Communications Sent to Congress on the Subject. BRICKLAYERS' PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Some Suggestions Offered by the Brick Exchange. NO EXPERIMENTS DESIRED There was no quorum at the House Dis- trict committee meeting this morning, and, therefore, no business was transacted. Those who were in attendance agreed that in the order of business for Monday in the House the assessment bill should be first considered, and that then the calendar order should be followed. Several letters were received. One was from Dr. Hammett re- viewing the work of the health office dur- ing the year. One was from Mrs. Briggs protesting against the bill to issue bonds to complete the sewerage system of the city, upon the groynds that the bill did ‘not provide properly for the protection of small property holders, and was in the interest of syndicates owning large blocks of unimproved and unoccupied land. One was from the Bricklayers’ Union, No. 1, suggesting amendments to the bond bill. Another was from T. L. Holbrook, chair- man of the committee of the Washington brick exchange, on the subject of the bond bi Amendments Proposed. ‘The bricklayers propose an amendment providing for brick and pipe sewers to Provide ‘against floods, and ask that sections 5 and 6 of the bill be stricken out and that the following be substituted: ‘hat all work provided for in this bill shall be done by day labor and under the supervision of the Commissioners of the| District of Columbia, and that all mechanics employed shall be paid current rates of Wages prevailing in the District of Colum- bia.” juggestion by the Brick Exchange. The letter from the brick exchange sug- gests that after the provision in the first section ’of the bill for the work therein pro- vided for, not to exceed “one million dol- lars,” the following amendment be insert- ed: “No part of said one million dollars to be made avuilable until a schedule of the work proposed to be done, and the esti- mated cost of same, shall have been sub- mitted to and approved by Congress.” And after the limit of three million dol- lars to be expended for protection against floods, that the following amendment be added: “This money to be expended in carrying out in detail project No. 1, as recommended by the board of sanitary en- ginecers in report before referred to in tl section, described in detail appendix B, pages 4 to 67, and summarized on page 68. No portion of the amount of $3,350,000 to be expended in experiments, and no item of the proposed project to exceed the esti- ated cost for such work @iven in appenr dix B.” : ‘The letter further says; Permit me to dir rect your attention to the first paragraph on page 11 of the report of the a engineers. When they commenced work, Maj. Chas. W. Raymond was En- gineer Commissioner of the District. Dur- . Hegry M, and Capt. Wm, T. 2 have these changes are. I earnestly appeal to: | You, im acting upon the bill before you, to define the-work to be done, with the money | to be derived from the proposed bond issue, sc clearly that in the event the Oificers now detailed to expend the money Congress appropriates should by any pog- sibility be transferred to’ other fields of usefulness, their successors may have @| | line marked out for them to follow which at least will make them independent of subordinates. Capt. Jas. L. Lusk, who for five years was in charge of the sewerage of the District under several Engineer Commissioners, and Who has been transferred to other duties, instituted many improvements, for which the people of the District are under obliga- tions to him, and which the sanitary com- mission adopted and estimate for. Let me call your attention to his plan for sewers up to 24 inches in diameter, described under the head of “Form and Material,” page 39 of report of sanitary engineers. He also made great improvements, now in use, in the manner of constructing the inverts or wearing portion of large sewers, using con- crete, vitrified brick, and trap rock. | In the first section, on page 40 of the) report above referred to, the sanitary en- gineers describe possible changes in the, jarches of large sewers. Capt. Lusk made) jtests of such arches, but while some of | ; them were satisfactory others were not, | nd, in closing that section, nitary engineers say: “We have not, however, thought it proper to reduce our! estimates on this account in view of the| Mit experience gained with large sew- ers of this kind.” They were unwilling to/ take the responsibility of submitting esti. | | test of years. I respectfully urge that such experiments be not provided for in this bill. It does not often fall to the lot of a peo-| ple governed as we are to have such men’) as Capt. Wm. T. Rossell, Capt. Jas. L. Lusk | and Capt. Gustav J. Fiebeger administer | our laws; and under our present form of government one after another is transfer- Ted to other duttes just as he becomes ac- qQuainted with our people and understands the wants of the District. I sincerely trust the amendments propos- ed to H. R. bill 7185, as herein suggested, may meet your favorable consideration. Very respectfully, ete., T. L. HOLBROOK, Chairman of committee of Washington Brick Exchange. Presidential Pardons. The resident has remitted the remain- jing six months of the two years’ sentence of Burrg!l L. White, convicted in Alabama of passing counterfeit money; and has par- ;doned R. C. Krebbs, sentenced in Texas to five years’ imprisonment for horse steal- ing. Pardons have been refused in the es of Howard M. Bunce, sentenced in New York to two years’ imprisonment for opening mail matter; Wallie E. Williams, | sentenced in New Jersey to fifteen month: imprisonment for stealing from the mails, and John Pitts, sentenced in Florida to five years’ imprisonment for conspiracy to kill number of revenue officers. In the last the President says: “If there is to be any attempt to protect officers of the law against those who conspire to kill them for the performance of duty this pardon should not be granted.” e+ -—— The Stanford Estate. Russell J. Wilson, attorney for the widow of the late Senator Stanford, has been in Washington for the past few days canvass- ing the question of securing legislation for the relief of the Stanford estate from the | goverrment on account of the Pacific rail- roads, but has concluded that, owing to the ; backward condition of legislation, it will be | imporsible to secure action in that direction during the present session. Coxey Badges at the Capitol. Carl Browne appeared at the Capitol to- day with a handful of Coxey’s campaign badges and attempted to distribute them, but was stopped by the police, under the law forbidding the distribution of advertis- ing matter in the Capitol. —_———-2-+—___ Minister Recognised. The President has recognized Joao Maria Tedeschi as consul genesal of Portugal New York. <i | much’ better. | concerned, was ¢ TWO CENTS. THE ARMY TO MOVE on Wall Street ‘Then to the West—Coming Back Next December to Pass the Bills. The industrial armies @re shifting their beses. Upheavals are going on, and it is extremely likely that Washington and its vicinity will shortly be free from the prac- tical exhibit of the unemployed which it has been enjoying for some time past. The Galvin army, at Hyattsville, is in an ex- tremely disorganized condition, its leading spirit, Maj. Ward, having departed on the trip of propagation througiiout the west, ard its nominal leader, Galvin, having en- tered the show business in order to raise enough money to get away. The original industrial army is, of course, the Common- weal of Christ, under the leadership of Coxey and Browne. This is the organiza- tion that was prepared to stay at Wash- ingtoh until the Potomac river froze over, thawed again and froze again, if necessary, wet to adopt their special legislation. patient plan of waiting, however, has now been abandoned by even commonweal bosses. Gen. Coxey hi ig out in Ohio looking after the aera of his for Congress, and ft ié extremely unlikely that he will great time in W It seems, however, that the marshal has also decided to take a little summer jaunt. He has picked out one hundred of the members of the commonweal, being rrainly those who across the mountains, and with this picked band he will leave here on the 7th of July for a trip of prop- agation on his own sccount. To Visit Wall Street. According to Browne's plan of campaign, as outlined to a Star man today, he will go from here with his little band directly to New York, where he proposes to show his followers just what sort of a looking place Wall street is. Browne says that he will exhibit his panorama in a quiet way on Wall street, and will gather material for further lurid sketches of the terrible and expects to strike westward until he reaches that portion of the glorious and boundless west which com: the congressional district in which Coxey is now asking suffrages of the people. Here the faith- hundred this city. comprises the building of a big out near Hyattsville, and the concentration there supplies of pro- country. To this expects or intends omen thousand signal to material- industrials for the @ matter of uncer- tainty. This morning Browne had an in- terview with Maj. Moore, and submitted a letter to him in which he requested per- mission for the commonweal and such other citizens as might join them to march on the Fourth from the camp at Hyattsville to this city, and up to the east front of the Capitol, where it is proposed that some young woman should deliver an invéeation to the Goddess of Liberty on the dome. There were to be no speeches by either Coxey ot Browne, and the army was then to be marched down, and after saluting the Peace monument, carried to the sacred Precir-cts of Mulligan's Hill, near Mt. Oli- vet cemetery, where there were to be speeches and general festivities for the rest of the day and evening. Maj. Moore told the marshal that he could not issue any permit even for the commonweal to merely parade through the streets without consul- tation with the Commissioners, and he promised to give Browne further informa- tion on the subject tomorrow morning. The Galvinites have had nothing to live on for the past few days but bread and coffee, and the Coxeyites have not fared This condition of the com- missaries has caused a number of deser- tions from both ‘camps. vin stated yesterday that if the le and vicinity would on! enough provisions to meal that they would break up leave, a» they did not want to go away on empty stomachs. Ma). it for Homestead, . Ward left last and from there will visit Pittsburg and then lectures Fe go across the continent, delivering on the way. He informed The Star reporter that his mission, as far as Washington was ended, and that the best thing that the men could do would be to return to their homes, Arlington Expelled. Marshal Carl Browne has summarily ex- pelled from the ranks @ number of com- monwealers who have been devising a plan to get away from Washington contrary to the Coxey policy, ‘These ex-commonwealers | 7,1" have been arranging a scheme to give a theatrical and variety entertainment in Convention Hall next Saturday night for the purpose of raising money to organize goups of unemployed men to travel through different states and do work in ine with the general principles of the com- monweal. They got out @ lurid blue poster describing all the attractions promised at the proposed entertainment. Among the stars announced to appear ere Dick Arling- ton, Tom Hague, Gen. Thomas Galvin and Xobert McPherson. As soon as these an- nouncements appeared, it ts said all whose names were méntioned were deprived of their commonweal badges and set adrift by Marshal Browne. Mr. Arlington stated to a Star reporter that he and his associates did not believe that any good could be accom- ashington | plisnea by remaining in W: and their purpose was to get the means to leave the city and do work among voters through the different states. He thought that if they were successful in their efforts many others noW encamped at Bladensburg would follow their example. ——— The Arbitration Resolution. Senators Allison and Sherman today re- ceived the following cablegtam in indorse- ment of Senator Allison's resolution re- cently introduced in the Senate: LONDON, June 23.—We are Gelightea with the resolution introduced by Senator Allison for the arbitration of dispu' tween Great Britain and the Unitea ‘States. Go Nearly 300 members of the British parliament recently signed an ad- Gress in favor of @ treaty of arbitration be- tween the two countries. © CkigMacs, Gigned.) * BADSN-POowsL, LUBBACK, STANHOPE, a Acts Approved. The President has approved the act Granting to the state of Maryland and the State courts in Baltimore the use of the old U. 8. court house in that city for s period of five years, THE INCOME TAX Mr. Hill Makes Another Strong Speech Against It. a THE POPULIST MISSION RIDICULED He Offers Several Amendments Which Are Defeated. THE DEFICIENCY BILL a The half hour usually devoted to mis+ cellaneous business in the Senate was today occupied by Mr. Call (Fla.) with a resolu- tion providing for a committee of five Sen- ators to investigate the election and control of Senators and Representatives by corpora- tions. He made @ brief speech on the sub- Ject. Florida was concerned, but be did not think it was just to make it so broad and sweep- ing as contained in the resolution and in- cluding the whole country. The resolution went over at 10:30 and the as populist day, and referred to the speeches by Senators Kyle and Allen in speaking for the doctrines of their party. He said that no attempt had been made to attack the repeal of the state bank tax or a free coinage bili in this bill, both are indorsed by many ts sidered a part of the platform, pecial efforts had been made of which and exi was but $750 and even down to re te for the S271. Was it to cor that the The land, New York, Connecticut and other Mates ‘tax collateral inheritances and gifts at an average of 5 per cent; large amounts of money were raised by the states from this source. A disregarding tw FP timate field of cent ‘i Ridiculing the Popslists. In reply to yesterday's argument of Mr. Allen, the Nebraska populist, Mr. Hill nai- culed the mission of the populist party, which he declared was helped by and could subsist only on hard times. He Gwelt mu- morously on the great victory achieved sy the populists in this bill (exclusive of the income tax). It had not secured free sugar, free coal, free iron ore, but it had got free barbed wire. But barbed wire, with its in others. It wouldn't do them any good. Yet it caught everything that “went up against it,” and was therefore a emblem of the populist party. (Layghter.) The populists got free barbed and would vote for this bill. Mr. Hill auried bacl® the wholesale charge of maée by Mr. Allen against both the repub- lican and tic parties. In opposi- tion to bribery, corruption, peculation to cranks, and in fealty to law and orier and the Constitution, both those parties joined. They differed, and differed honestly, on many questions of public policy. But when men set afloat stories of wholesale corruption they were pandering to a false public sentiment. Mr. Hill called attention to an advertisement in a morning paper of an entertainment to be given by some of the Coxeyites (the exemplars of the populist “Minstrels and 5 and new songs,” and a farce entitled “ k ance, which is to illustrate how “hard- working men are by this miser- able government of ours.” (Laughter.) Rich Men of New York. Mr. Hill indignantly repudiated the as- persions Mr. Allen had heaped on the men of New York. They were not all he said. He himself had started with ing and had held his own ever ter). When Mr. Allen said no iy defeated, 18-42, as follows: Mr. Hill's Amendments Defeated. Mr. Hill then moved to reduce the exem>- tion from $4,000 to $2,000; this was also e- feated, 26-38, but in addition to those whe voted in favor of the former amendment, Messrs. Dubois (idabo), Hansbrough (ND), Mitchell (Oregon), Powers (Mont.) and Tel- ler (Col.) on this vote changed from nay to “Mir. HM then moved to reduce the ex emption to $2,500. This motion shared the fate of its two predecessors, being de-