Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, Lith Strest, by Scatrea ana! Prove The Evenin S. H. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers im the city by carriers, .a their own account, at 10 cents © week, or #4c. per month. Copies at the counter Ben's each. ity’ matl—anywhere in the Uulted Bates of postage prepald—SO rents jer mont Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. &s second-class mafl matter.) EF All mal snbscriptions must be pald ip advance, Tiatos of advertising made known op application. Ee aacation Che Evening Star. . No. 20,921. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. | CARNOT'S MURDERER Sato Denies That There Was Any Conspiracy. —— THE ACT UPON HIS OWN INITIATIVE Three Persens Have Been Arrested | on Suspicion. BACK TO FRANCE’S CAPITAL —————— LYONS, France, June 26.—Santo, the an- archist assassin of President Sadi-Carnot, was again brought up this morning for ex- amination before the examining magistrate | Benoist. The prisoner deciared himself to be an anarchist and to be strongly in favor of a policy of violence. Replying to further questions, Santo said that he acted upon his own iaitiative, ard that he had not been engaged in any con- spiracy to murder the president. The magistrate, however, is not convinced that the prisoner had no accomplices, as it has been ascertained that when Santo «top- ped at Vienne and Montpellier he had several suspicious conferences with persons sus- pecte? of being in league with the an- archists. In addition, when Santo arrived at Vienne on Saturday, en route to Lyons, he slept at the house of an anarchist and afterward started for Lyons at in the afternoon. The police investigation into the crime has a'ready led to the arrest of three persons at Vienne, who are believed to ave been en- gaged in the conspiracy which resulted in the murder of M. Carnot. The authorities here believe that Santo Was an agent of anarchists and that he was intrusted with the task of murdering the president, and that he carried out istruc- tions which he received at various towns be- tween Cette and Paris. >— AT ITALIANS. RAGING Many Seffer at the Hands of Angry Frenchmen for Santo’s Crime. LYONS, France, June 26—The disorders here and at other places in France result- ing from the indicnation of the people at the assassination of President Carnot were continued throughout the night. Crowds of rioters paraded the streets of this city from the time the late president's remains left Lyons until this morning, and in spite of the eorts of the police and military #the }f obs sacked Italian stores and taverns,an@ | their contents into streets | ude bontires of everyihing burnable. | were engaged in| who, however, al- | the advance of the ming determined to | that they were ex-| thorities. From last night until this morning these scenes of disorder continued. On all sides were heard cries for vengeance ‘upon the assassin and upon Italians gen- Italian of Prestdent Carnot. the wood carvers, grocers and tne hands of the mob. they were beaten and their belongings were | 2p, or burned, and many ped with their lives. olesale pil the night. and rs of Ital have been h have fled from ei tof 2. ty im hiding in the | her such places of refuge. disorder similar to th ve reported from seve! pa ance, notably irom Grenoble. to the t's son-in- | en and a ere sum- © to keep order. that M. Casimir-Perter | only rious chance for | o a news n the ency says that Italian and French | n * Grenoble occurred last night. | Populace invaded the Italian consulate, the Italian fag and escutchson, ure. Afterward they correspondent of the Telegraph ssion of 200 people bearing went to the French embaysy uigat and gave repeated cheers for nee. The d tration, however, was} tive. > TAKEN BACK TO PARIS, The Remains of President Carnot Moved to the Elysee Palace. PARIS, June 26.—The funeral train bear- \ ing the remains of M. Sadi-Carnot, the| martyred president of the French republic, Who was fatally stcb*ed in his carriage by Cc 1 s.alian anarchist, while | driving t rough the streets of Lyons Sun- | @y night, arrived here at 3 a.m. The pre- fe Seine, M. Poubelle, and his staff, th t of police, M. Loze, and his staff, Ps oilicials and Gen. Saussier, the | m »vernor of Paris, with his staff, | Ps bedy at the station, which was | bk with crape and other em- Bie mourning euicmics at the railroad terminus, h re private, and consisted only im the mal transfer of the remains to the 5 ne Seine. The casket, soon | af ‘al at the depot, was placed in | al esence of the officials | me oiflcers of the late » ary household, headed by | G rius, chief of the military house- Capt. Jaureguiberry and Col. Cha-| arse Was then escorted to the Ely- fcllowed by five carriages, in-| Jau, which was occupied by | nd her three sons. In hour and the fact that of the late president | was not generally | gathering compos of vel le had collected about t < Every person pr overei head until the fun its wa to the palace. the e the hearse | anying carriages were ad- srounds, after which the ° the al arrive here £2se ed on Pee et Peery | | etved by late president's civil conveyed to one of the ns, Which had previously been | jortuary chapel, hung having a catafalque which, in silver let-| * (Carnot) over the que Franeatse). and wa: widow was so overcome with grief casket was placed in the} chapel that she was compelled sre her sons her from the 3 remains at | p= the nt + hearse hat th tere, | eof! ssi ange. | dealer. X ered at the 'ahor exch: riot has oc- | The feeling against Italians in particular and foreigners in general aronsed by the assassination of the president has caused several factories in the suburbs of this city to discharge all the foreigners in their employ, and it is expected that their ex- ample will be followed by an addittonal number of factories and other establish- ments employing foreigners. It is believed, however, that when the sympathetic action of the King of Italy, the Italian chambers and Premier Crispi become more generally known throughout France that a great deal of this feeling against Italy will be softened. There 1s no doubt that King Humbert end his govern- ment have done everything possible to show their abhorrence of Santo’s crime and their repudiation of the anarchist: whom they termed “men without country.” In regard to the political situation there Was little change this morning. Several members of the chamber of depu- ties have asked Premier Lupuy if he is a candidate for the presidency, and he has replied that his candidature has been too freely mentioned for months past for him not to come forward during the present eritical stage in the affairs of France. M. Dupuy added that he felt encouraged by the thought that this juncture required more devotedness than ambition to seek an honor that was fraught with such weighty responsibilities. Premier Dupuy presided this morning at a cabinet council called to determine upon the arrangements for the funeral of the late president. The body is now guarded by four cadets from the military school of St. Cyr and} will shortly be placed upon a catafalque in the court yard of the Elys There the remains will lie in state, beneath a canoy until Sunday, when they will be escorted, with much ceremony, to the Pantheon, in order that they may be placed beside the remains of the late president's grandfather, Lazare Carnot. Mme. Carnot has ree: telegram from the czar. All the public services, it was decided, this ved a sympathetic afternoon, will go into mourning for thirty | days out of respect for the memory for the late president of France. Among those who witnessed the arrival of the body at the Elysee palace, this morn- ing, were the head servants of the presi- dent's household, including his coachman. The latter was greatly attached to the president and was so affected when he saw the coffin carried into the palace that he fell insensible, and has since died from the shock. The American residents of this city have drawn up a lorg address of sympathy and condolence with Mme. Carnot and the French government upon the death of the president. This address will to the widow and to the through the United States ai Mr. James B. Eustis. _ MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. ian Eulogy of Carnot—Spantards Arrested. ST. PETERSBURG, June 26. Siar. newspapers publish eulogie President Carnot, dwelling upon the fact that his name is indissclubly connected the events ending in the Franco-Rus- —The Rus- of the la ase all‘ance. fe majority of the newspapers favor the election of M. Cassimer-Perrier to the iderey, faring that he will give satisfaction to public opinion and Offictal world. At the same time the is generally expressed th. who r is elected president of Frar it will not off. set the relations existing between the two to the ¥ | countries. LONDON, June 26.—The corresp the Telegraph at F Rampolla informed him atican regretted the as: ident Carnot cause M. © for two ult questions between and the holy see, and, second, because he made himself personally liked in vatica: rcies. Cardinal Rampolla added that the ; event showed that anarchism was d its efforts against the very rulers trying to bring peace and cont ameng the poor and amlicted LISBON, June 26.—Six Spaniards have been arrested in this city arsed with posting red placards in ihe leading thor- Oughfares. The placards scribed “Ravachol, Vaillant ani ilenry are avenged. Santo's arm has rendered them justice PARIS, Jun has positively disclain didate for the presiden | ago is spoken of as a ALBAN June the state consti resolutions culv; Carnot and were unanimously of the people of the stat tendered the family of the late la dent York was president axion, wh The U. Alliance cently returned from the has been ordered out of comm has re- stati at the sion orfolk navy yard for the purpose of | securing her complement of men for the | new ship Montgomery. The Alliance is the third/vessel of the wooden c which ha | been Fecently relegated to a state of future i ty in the navy. Her small crew | Wi then be transferred to the Montgom- before the offictal trial, whic comes off July he crews of the Lancaster and Marton will aiso be distributed among new vessels ready 3 Many on the Lancas' go to the Cincinnati, at New York, while the Marion's men will be heid | in readiness for the Boston. — : Chicago's Post Office. An order has been Issued by Postmaster General Bissell for the establishment of eleven postal stations with money order and registry faciliues im connection with the Chicago post office. Fifteen substations are also established. Two stations and o1 substaticn are abolished. These chang: are made on the recommendation of the Chicago postal commission, and will take effect on July 1. ——————~o+___ Expired Patents. An aggregate of 234 patents on various in- ventions expired by limitation today. Among | them were: Gas and air carbureters, H. W. Winn, New York city; brick machines, W. L. Gregg, Philadelphia; rotary engines, Rob- ert Vaile, Auckland, New Zealan facture of vanilla, F. Tiemann, Berlin, many, and manufacture of sugar, Loui: is E. Sehmalz, Canton of Berne, Switzerland, as- signor of one-half his right to Elbert A. Corbin, trustee, Philadelphia. 2 Personal Mention. Postmaster General Bissell left Sunday evening for New Haven, where he witl at- tend the commencement exercises of his alma mater, Yale. He will be absent about one week. Mr. Eckels, controller of the currenc: has resumed his duties at the Treasury De partment, after a long absence in Chicag! and the west. -o- Secretary Carlisle Home. Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle und party, who left the city on the light house tender Maple early last week, returned to Wash- ington last night. All were greatly bene- fited by the sail. Mrs. Carlisle, on whose especial account the trip was taken, 1s much improved. aia ee = New York by Electricit Catehi introduced a bill in the today to incorporate the National Rapid Transit Comp: corpor- ation, with capital fix 4), which buil an € iway be and e operated at ver belief | TREASURY CONDITION | What “Croakers” Read Between the Lines in Cleveland’s Statement. | ANXIETY AS 0 REPLENISHMENT A Desperate Attempt to Avoid the Issue of Bonds. ‘DEAL WITH THE BANKERS The statement issued by President Cleve- land for the purpose of relieving apprehen- [sion on account of the condition of the | treasury has excited considerable comment. ; that he should have found an occasion for | the statement, and some fear is eapressed | that the fact of his regarding the situation {as demanding a life preserver statement ‘ke this will cause rather than allay ap- prehension. The financial situation both y ,of the treasury and of the country is very wenerally understood, but as far as is known there is no sudden alarm or pan- icky feeling on account of it. May Be Greater Uncasiness. The fact of his seeking to give assurances | uneasine: on the part of the administra- ton than was believed to exist. ° Some months ago both the President and Secre- |tary Carlisle were very anxfous for au- |thority to be given by Con b ress for the | issuance of ‘low denomination, low interest bonds, and when it was made evident to them that | from Congr |retary was | would ha ho such authority could be got ess It was known that the Sec- of the impression that bonds | woul ve to be issued anyhow, under the jauthority of the existing law.’ The pros- pect of such an issue arouse! so much an- tagonism in Congress as to lead the admin- {istration to the resolution that an issue of | bonds would be avoided if possible. | Would Sell at a Less Pre It is understood that an additional reason for avoiding the issue of bonds is found in the danger that they would have to be is- sued at a greater rate of interest, or rather jat a less premium, than the fifty million | Tecently issued, and that this would reduce j the market value of the latter to the in- | Jury of the present holders. This appeal to the contidenc of the people and the deal nade with the bankers to replenish the gold of the treasury arded as a des- perate and determined on the part of the administration to avold the ue of bonds. The most Is made of the facis the President has to deal with to show a fa- Vorable conditicn, and in a measure it gratifying to thos? who have been giving some attention to the matter and have been apprebensive. As Rend Between the Line: At the same time the “croak as Mr. | Cleveland calls them, read between the lines the anxiety and uncerteinty of the administration as to the replenishment of funds. The situation is faverable only in that It gives incrcased possibilities uf the treasury’s being able to hold out until there shall be an increase of revenue through the operation of the tariff. and the s. of the situation depends to a very gr gree upon the speedy settlement of the iff uncertainty and the prompt Increase of revenue when the proposed new law goes into effect $ Turin N to Operate Before Septem- ber, The indications new are that the not gu into effect before. or at long before, the ist of Septem’ opinion expressed by gome of the most o! servant of the democratic Senators is that the Ist of September will be the date. There is, of course, much uncertainty as to will not The b- least the amount of revenue that will be pro- duced the income tax, the whisky tax and the sar tax, and when this revenue will begir. to come in. -o- ANNUAL RUADJL TMENT Of the Salari: Offices Completed. ‘Yhe annual .readjustment of presidential post offices made by the first as: postmaster general has been completed. changes take eifect Juiy 1. ‘bhe number of presidential offices to in operation during the next tiseal ye 3.2U¥, an imerease of fitty-nine. Of th 14Y are first class, a decrease of two; Hel second class, decrease of 10, and third class, an inerease of seventy-one. The other changes made are: Mnird class oflices relegated to fourth class, 52; new presidential post otices, 124; Second class olfices assigned Uo Mrst class, +: rst Class Offices reiegated Wo second class, t; second class offices relegated to urd class, 33; Uurd class assigned to second class, 26; first class ome guly 1 149; second class eftices, July turd class offices, July 1, 1801, | The total gross receipts of the ten largest | | cities during the quarter were: New York, Chicago, $4, 13; Philadelphia, Boston, § St. Louis, Cineinnau, Brooklyn, 9; Pittsburg, go: i. | Offices advanced from second to first class are Galesburg and Floral Park, ville, Ohio, and Waco, ‘Texas. Ki first class to second class, Colorade Sprin: Colo, Butler and Helena, Mont. South | Omaha, Neb., Llizaveth, N. J., and Geneva, NX. Professors Going Abroad. Now that the scholastic year at the Cath- olic University {s completed, a number of | the professors contemplate trips to Europe, | both for recreation and in the interest of research into the particular branches which | they teach. Two huve already gone—Dr. Peries, professor of common law, whose | destination 1s Paris, and Dr. Hogan of t order of St. Sulpice, who went to the same place to meet the new superior general of the order. Drs. Grannan and Pace have also safled, the former going to Bonn and the latter to Leipric, Germany. This we-k Dr. Bouquillon, professor of moral s | | at his pr This a U.S.N., by retiring th nt }rank with thre lwas taken upon report of medical | board, and the President tinds that the disa- | bility from which the officer incurred in the line of duty. tirement the department disposal seventeen va sin the line and six in the staff fe accommodation of this year’s graduates of the Naval Academy. This leaves eight graduates without places, and in spite of the best efforts of Admiral | Ramsay, in charge of the detail bureau, to provide commissions for the youngsters it {is improbable that more can be taken into the service this year, the With this re- will have at its ¢ Enforced. Db, E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of Janimal industry of the Agricultural De- partment, expects to leave the city during tne present week for a visit to Chicago. There he will have conferences with vari- : emmittee has re- | cus officials in connection with the strict racideee Bet Senators But- | enforcement of the meat Inspection 1 ler and Pettigrew to the questions concern- | including that feature which provides for ing ownership of and speculation in sugar | the disposition of the carcasses of animals trust stock. They answer the questions in | declared unnt for use by reason of having the negative. some Contagious or other diseas It is regarded as somewhat extraordinary | of safety Is construed to indicate a greater | ts | s,; mittee has | leaves for Belgium, and Dr. O'Gorman, in- | j terested in historical research, whe’ has | Rome for his cbjective point. bishop | Keane aiso sails this week for lome. tes, The President has disposed of the long- standing case of Lieut. . Nichols, action suffers was | Not One of Them Has Yet Been Passed by the Senate. Senator Cockrell Thinks an Unlimit- ed Blanket Bill Should Be Passed to Provide for Salaries. The close approach of the end of the fiscal year finds the government without a dollar appropriated for the maintenance of any of its functions. The Insistance with which the democratic managers of the |tariff bill have kept that measure before | the Senate has prevented action by the up- per house cn any of the regular bills that have been promptly passed by the Repre- sentatives, and as a result the Senate calen- dar is now choked with bills of all kinds, including six appropriation budgets, while seven others are being slowly put in shape by the subcommitiees of the general ap- propriations committee. There is no need of haste on their part, as there is already material enough on the calendar to occupy the Senate for a fortnight, should the tariff hill be suddenly passed. Meantime, the employes of the govern- ment are beginning to wonder whether there is to be provision made for them or not. This state of things exists nearly every summer, though never before has the government been left in just the situation as now, without a single act on the statute books. Usually it is the sundry civil bill that hangs fire; again, it is the legislative, executive and judicial; or it may be one or more of the minor bills. But never before has the 30th of June found the treasury un- jauthorized to expend a penny in the sup- port of the nation. 4 Blanket Appropriation. =: condition is not bothering the ury officials, the legislators or the ndiaries who depend upon the fort- nightly os monthly output of cash for their revenues, There is a vast amount of com- fort to be derived by these individuals from the custom that has sprung up of passing | what are known as “blanket appropria- year the blanket will have to be of ample dimenstons—wide enough to cover every de- pa-tment of the government, and long | choush to last until some action has been taken on the regular bills. It must origi- nate in the House, where other appropria- tion bills are required by the Constitution to start It is understood that such a meas- ure, which has al-eady been discussed by the House committee on appropriations, will be reported to the House and acted upon on Thursday, so that it nay reach and and be President on Saturday, just nick of time, nay be dallying ‘ate, but it is not considered good con- ssivnal form to be In too much of & hur- Weth these resolutions. | Senator Cockre! Ide | This blanket will be adopted by the | House, it is said, for a thirty days’ ex- tension, but Senator Cockrell, chairman of the ate committee on appropriations, belleves that there should be no jimit to the measure. Said he to a Star reporter this morning: “I think it would be er and better to pass an unlimited reso- to expire of its own force, when the ular bills become laws. I do not see why such a resolution cannot be drawn in good legal It could instruct the Sec- ary of the Treasury to extend ail 1g appropriations until such tme es pass the Senate Pridi the Presiuent shail have signed an act relating to a specific account, when the extension would cease in that particular instance and the regular supply would take its place. I do not believe very much in this ptecemeal business of eppropriating for the maintenance of the government for ten days, fifteen days or for thirty. days ,at atime. In all human probability we cannot get through all the regular bls in thirty days, though I shall, of cours make an effort to do so, and so why should we do this extension business by litie | bits? I should like to take my bills ° the ato and have them considered no but it would be impossible for me to cis place the tariff Dill Nor would it be right to do so tf I could. That bill wil be out of the way in a few days and then the Sen- ate can go ahead on the appropriation bills on the calendar, while the committee continues its work on the other bills that | have not yet been reported. | “I do not know just which bill will be |taken up first when we get to them, but £ sup we may as well work on them in the order in which they have been reported. There ts not much difference between them. They all have to be passed, and, with an extending resolution in opefation, haste is not such a great Six Billy on the Calen The six bills now reported to the Senate, and on the calendar, are as follows, in the of the dates on which th handed back from the committe es tial. | order tions, March 28; pensions, March | tary Academy, May diplomatic and con- sular, June $s; army, June 8; post cfilce, June 15, The following bills are in the hands of , | Subcommittees of the appropriations com- mittee: District of Columbia, sundry civil, rivers and harbors, naval, agriculture, leg: islative and Indian. The general deficiency bill is still under consideration by the House. — — +2 — TO EVEN THINGS, A Proposed Amendment to the Water Main Assessment Bill. Mr. Richardson of the House District com- Teceived a letter from Abram Frey of 1343 Corecran street recommending | that the water main assessment bill be {amended by adding the following proviso “That in all c in the county since the act of June 1 where the sum patd for | water main agsessments exceeded $1.25 per | front foot, all in excess of $1.25 per foot to | be refunded to the ent owner or duly authcrized agent.” Mr. Frey says: “I need | hardly remind your honorable body that should you sce fit and proper to add this proviso to the proposed biii there will not be at amount ot money involved so far a: is’ | the efty ts concert s there have been {but few water mains laid thus far in the ity. The great majority have been en- abled to subdivide their lots, so they only r lineal foot, and all uns: rly Was let off with 100 fee lef was not paid at ail, t will be simply an act of justice to al- low @ rebate and refund to those few wh and |have paid. Mr. Frey also sald: “I fully submit that should the bill us ps by the House bi a law it would a travesty upon § for many of us in | the county have paidvalthough under protest, the outrageous assessment levied upon Wo Years age a small inch main was laid on How 4 avenu jmen e. c being to $4 nt cont plumbers inform the actual cost of }laying the inch pipe could not | possibly have cost city more than $v or 860. One of the men paid his tax and the other has not. Ni 2 elinquent taxpayer, who has used his 1 two years, be let off by paying $1 ‘dress be given the man who prom) his Secretary Morton ington during the | visit to his home in ns, most of whem Secretary has also brief trip to E July, but the pla been finally settled present a ebraska and to his in Chicas contempla the it have rhe ion a latter nart of not are in in for -e- ourth-Class | Thirty-three fourth-« | appointed today. Of these elghteen | fll vacancies caused by resignations, twelve by removals and three by deaths. | postmasters were tions" at the last moments, extending the | old appropriations for certain periods. ‘This | much | the | “J and Pugh, demic yet | to the Tariff Bill, ea WANTS 0 EXEMPT STATE BONDS Quite a Discussion Over a Consti- tutional Question. |THE DEFICIENCY BILL With the thermometer standing at 83 de- grees in the Senate chamber at 10 o'clock today the Senate entered upon the thir- teenth week of the tariff debate. At the opening of the session Mr. Allen of Nebras- ka made another ineffectual attempt to se- cure consideration for his resolution direct- ing the Secretary of the Treasury to in- form the Senate of the total number of pe sons ergaged in protected industries whose wages might be affected by tariff legisla- tion. Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire ob- jected and Mr. Morrill of Vermont moved to refer it to the finance committee. Mr. Al- len gave notice that as long as the resolu- tion remained unacted upon he would ob- ject to all legislation by unanimous consent. Mr. Morrill’s motion was defeated by a vote of 16 to . At 10:30 the Senate re- sumed the consideration of the income tax provisions of the tariff bill. Mr. HUI's Amendment, Mr. Hill withdrew the amendment he of- fered on Saturday to strike out the provi- sion exempting the interest on United | States bonds from the operation of the tax. Mr. Hil said his object in offering the jamendment was to call the attention of the | country to the fact that $6 ww) of prop- )erty in government bonds were aecessariiy jexempt from the operation of the income Although the ostensible | purpose of the income tax was to reach wealth and equalize taxation there was an enormous investment of capitai which the income tax could not reach. Mr. Hill then moved to exempt state, county and raunici- |pal bonds. He argued jState bonds by would be a direct attack upon the adminis- | tration of the states. If the federal go’ |ernment had the right to diminish the value of state bonds and securith it had the right to destroy them. | tax under the law. APPROPRIATION BILLS THE INCOME TAX Mr, Hill Offers Some Amendments | | | | that taxation of | the federal xovernment | present Congress held by Samuel G. Aside from the/| question of the exercise of a doubtful power | in justice to the states which Senators rep- resented on this floor and upon which this tax bore harshly, Mr. Hill thougat the | States should have the right to issue bonds | Without being subject to federal taxation. | Mr. Vest thought the exemption proposed presented a very different question from (nat vith reference to United States bonds. | Representative 1t was no benefit to the states or municipal- | ities to exempt their bonds. The bonds were sold in the open markets. They went jito the hands of private holders, and should ve subject to taxation. | Injustice to the States. | Mr. Hill contended that Mr. Vest begged the question. The exemption proposed would add nothing to the constitutional rights of the states, and would take nothing away. If it was fair and right to exempt govert ment bonds, it was equally fair and right to exempt state and municipal bonds. It would in no wise affect the holders. state bonds were to be subjected to federal taxaticn they would bring less in the mar- ket, and probably have to bear hi rates of Interest. He maintained that unl the states Were placed on an equality with the federal Government wiih regard to: the taxation of their securities @ creat injustice ) we Bone My states, by law, specifically ex- jemptéd/theic bonds, could the United States tax them?” kKed Mr. Platt «Conn.). “Unquestionably “not,” replied Mr. Hill “That would be beyond the constitutional power of Congress Mr. Chandler (N.H.) said although he had } served in the Army of the Tennes |no partic: lar intcrest in making this bad bill any Detter, he hoped, upon reflection, that the democratic majority would place states and municipalities when ¢ Were forced to borrow money in a worse {position than the Unitea States. The Unit- @1 States could now borrow money cheaper |than eny county, state, corporation or in- dividual. But because it occupied this coign jof vantage the government should not bear |the credit | their securities. Of Doubtful Constitution: Mr. Mitchel! (Ore.) agreed with Mr. Hill |that the taxation of state and county bonds |was of doubtful constitutionality. He cited |a case which grew out of a tax of 5 per cent jlevied upon the railroad corporations dur- ing the war. The state of Kentucky, sev- eral counties in Kentucky and Tennessee and the city of Louisville had subscribed for the bonds of the Louisville and Nash- ville raflroad. The railroad refused to pay the tax. on the ground that the tax was in |fact levied against the holders of these {be permitted ot states and cities by raiding | | terday, last night was decidedly was charged with representing the mil- Monatres. Today he was charged with representing the shuns. He represented ail classes. His democratic antagonists should not taunt him. They should not question his motives. He should be judged by the propositions he made. His democratic as- sociates should not move to the crack cf Senator Vest's whip. His amendment should be honestly answered by every democrat when he cast his vote. Was it sound? ‘Vid it make the bill better or worse? A long constitutional discussion of the pcwers and limitations of federal taxation followed, participated in by Messrs. Hoar, Morgan, Pugh, Lindsay, Caffery and Gray. Mr. Gray Supports Mr. Hii The latter said that he had reached a point in the consideration of the income tax where he could not compromise his views. The question presented by Mr. Hill's amendment, he said, rested at the base of the fundamental taxation. With- out regard to the constitutional question he thought the federal government should pay that regard to the autonomy of the states which the states were obliged to ray to the autonomy of the federal govern- ment. The Amendment Lost. Mr. Hill's amendment exempting state bonds from the operations of the income tax was lost, 27-3). THE HOUSE. Another legal holiday has been added to the lst of those now existing, so far as Congress has the power to do £0, as, on motion of Mr. MeGann (Ill), the Senate Dill making labor day a national holiday Was passed, The following House bills and joint reso- lutions were, passed: A bill authorizing the Mireapolis Gas Light Company to lay a submerged gas main across the Mississippi river; bill extending the time for construct- ing bridges acroas the Hiawasse, the Ten- nessee and Clinch rivers, in Tennessee; a bill to give the same weight and eifect to the oaths of privates and non-commissioned officers in pension cases as is given to the oaths of commissioned officers; resolution referring to the Court of Claims the bill for the relief of Hippolyte Filhiol and others. The Deficiency Bill. The House ther went into committee of the whole (Mr. Eynum in the chair), and the deficiency bill was taken up. An amendment was agreed to increasing the appropriation for payment of the final judgments against the United States from $83,644 to $47,130, An amendment was adopted <ppropriat- ing $2.0 to pay Hon. W. B. English for his successful contest for the seat in the Hil- born, from the third California district, his name having been inadvertently omitted from the list of contestants and contestees whose expenses were puid. Considerable discussion was pr-cipitated by the amendments which were offered to oe paragraph to pay Indian depredation claims. o THE SHILON BATTLEF LD. Henderson's B Establish « National Park There. One of the plan of this Congress, in which | war veterans are interested, is the bill troduced by Representative Henderson of | Iowa for a national park on the battle-| to | field of Shiloh, which was favorably re-| i ; tating haraships upon residents who de- ported by Representative Outhwaite of Ohio from the committee on military af- fairs. Nearly ~ 100,000 men participated in the two days’ fighting at Shiloh. The bat- tlefield embraces 3,000 acres, over which the state of Tennessee will grant jurisdic- tion to the United States. The bill gives, the “government @uthority to iastitute con- | demnation proceedings, but to avoid en-| sires to retain their homes. to lease their & nominal rent on conditicn that they keep the grounds in god order. Land can be acquired for $12 an acre, the report states. The roads are unchanged since the battle was fought, and it is proposed to} restore the field as nearly as possible to its former condition, the states co-operating by erecting tablets to mark the stanis of their regiments. It is proposed tu have a committee of three veterans, one uf yhom They will lands at ee under Gen. Grant, one from the Army of the Ohio, command by Gen. Buell, and cne from Gen. Johnston's confederate army of the Mississippi. —— +2 STILL WITH Ls. ‘The Weather Bureau Only Half Car- Out Promises. The nice little break in the hot spell, the | break that was promised yesterday after- noon, has not materialized into so very much, after all. As The Star predicted yes- | | i ntort- able, for there was a good breeze blowing that brought sleep within the region ot the persibilities, Prof. Hazen stated yesterday | that he thought the backbone of the sizzard | {bonds, which were coustitudionally exempt | |from federal taxation. The Supreme Court, she money the states were Mr, Mitchell said, sustained the contention of the railroad, ‘holding that the United States could not tax the revenues of a |sovereign state } Mr. Mil said that there could be no an- | swer to the argument In favor of exempting state, county and municipal securities. He expresved the hope that the finance com- muttee Would accept his amendment. | Mr. Sherman also took this view of the proposition The more he thought of it, he said, the more satistied he became that the United States should not interfere by this species jof taxation with the power of the states | to borrow money | Mr, Allison (lowa) maintained that in | matter of borrowin Jas supreme as the federal government and the power of the states could not be as- serted as against the United States, nor in turn could the power of the United States be exercised against the states. Mr. Ve Reply. | Mr. Vest, in reply to the arguments ad- vanced, said of course the United States |could not destroy the official functions of |the states by taxing the salaries of state | officers, out of existence or in any other nt, of which the states > @ part. But Mr. Vest thought Sena- tors reduced that argument to an absurd- ity when they held that the United States jcould not indirectly diminish the resources of the states. The supr power of the government to raise the money necessary jto carry on the government was undis- puted. It could use all the property of all | the citizens of all the states for that pur- i It the United States could not tax the property of the state, it could not touch the property of individuals in the state. 1 ates Sold thelr bonds and placed the mon- ey in the treasury, and the question present- ed was, should the holders of those bonds | be their proportion of the taxation ne sary to support the government? The ‘Supreme Court had hb ccnstitutlonality the state bank tax, that United State in the exercise of its pn and right to strengthen its financial | system, was supreme d, in affirming the | The Amendment Low! | The vote was then taken, and the amenc jment was lost, 25-3. Messrs. Gray, Hill ment, and Mr, Pettigrew, lthe populists against it. a strict party vou democrats against. A Modification Made. Mr. Hill then modified his amendment so as to confine the exemption to state bonds, A reference of Mr. Vest to the ~ republican, and Otherwise it was the republicans for, the York Senator brought Mr. Hill to his feet rats, Voted for the amend-j| way, because that would mean a revolution | \ant juntor gra | | | yesterday, and, being (ry, to be a commander, Lieut. Franc’ lums | was subjected to a re to | of New York” in connection with the New| Head Saturday had lost a vertebra or two and that today | would have more of the characteris chill November, So it has, but it hasn't so very many. The highest poiat reached yes- terday was 9, and at lock this after- ncon the best the thermometer could go was to go to ST. There was a good chance, how- ever, that the 90 mark would be reached be- fore the day was over, and thake the seventh, consecutiv hot weather, | This practically breaks the record for a | continued stretch of @ warm spell, and goes two days beyond the best, or rather the worst, record for June since the Weather bureau was established. There vas a good deal of humidity in the atmos- phere this afternoon, and that made it all the more oppressive, although the sky was eced over with Hght clouds taat rather broke the power of the ray the sun. And the worst of it all is that the prog- nesticators out at the weather bureau hav sone back on their promise and have come t with the statement that the best they can do for us is to say that it will probat rot get any hotter. In formal phrase, thes that we may look out for stationary perature, and as it is hot today, this means that it will be hot tomorrow. Look- irg cut Into the west they see nothing but hot weather in the Mississippl v that for the present no one necd v his seersuckers and his duck trou > Nominations by the President. ties of | The President today sent the follow! nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Enoch Moore, at Wilming ton, Del; Will E. Newman, Lancaster. Ohio; Peter B. Davis, Narragansett Pier, R. L; Henry Vits, Manitowoc, Wis State—Charles DeKay of New York, to! be consul general of the United States at Berlin, Germany; Wm. Myers Little of | North Carolina, to be consul of the United tes at Tegucigalpa, Honduras. | Treasury—Assistant Surgeon Benj. W. | Brown of California, to be passed assistant surgeon in the Marine Hospital service Navy—Lieut. Commander Ch Delano, to be a Neutenant comman. . Lieut. Junior Grade Edward vd, jr, to be a Neutenant; Lieut. Juntor Grade Harr Huse, to be @ Meutenant; Lieut. Junior o Richard M. to be a leu- sign Guy W. Brown, to be a junior grade; Ensign Wm. B tenant junior gra johnston, to be a Heuten- Charles DeKay, appointed consui seneral to Berlin, tg the Mterary editor and art critic ot the New York ‘Times. He is a brother of the artist DeKay. He has been a writer for] magazines and known as a literary | No members of the New York krew anything of him. mar delegath oo Shells Accepted. The thirteen-inch Sterling shell firing test at Ind dug out of the +4 und perfect, the kot which wa With the statement that the other day he’ it represented was accepted, | watity. | the government was | in size RECORDS DESTROYED But Superintendent Cline Admits He Made Changes. ARMOR PLATE FRAUDS INVESTIGATION He Did Not Want Government Officials to Fuss. CONTEMPT FOR INSPECTORS a Superintendent Cline, in charge of the ar- mor plate press shops at the Carnesie works at the time of the recent irregulari- ties In filling government contracts, began his testimony before the congressional in- Vestigating committee today. The witnesses heretofore examined had blamed Cline for most of the irregularities, so that much in- terest attached to his examination, He Was cross-examined by Chairman Cum: mings. He said he had general charge of treating armor plates, and gave written and verbal directions to the workmen. He construed the government specification that plates were to have a “uniform treatment” to mean that there were to be uniform re- sults. Mr. Cummings questioned Cline closely on the cherges made by Informer Sill that Cline changed the records of treatments. Cline said he gave to Sill an@ other clerks written directions of how the plates should be treated. Then the actual work done was entered on the workmen's “slates.” The clerks then returned to Cline & transcript from the slates. He changed the figures before the reports of actual work were submitted to the government officers. Changes Not for Fraudulent Purposes. Cline then submitted diagrams of the slates, for the purpose of showing that the changes he made were not for frauduleat purposes. He made the changes, he de- clared, as a result of practical experience. The changes covered prior work done on plates shown by the workmen's figures. Cline charged that Sill’s testimony as to the slates had suppressed one-half of the entries on these slates. There had never been a false entry for the purpose of fraud. Mr. Cummings then drew out the statement that Cline had destroyed all his books. He said he had done this because they con- tained a “lot of stuff” he knew nothing about. Sill and the other clerks had made these entries. The books were destroyed after the settlement with the government had been made. The destruction of the books had not been for the purpose of de- Stroying evidence. He now had no recor® of the treatment of armor plates. The Sheets Misleading. Cline said as a whole the sheets were mis- leading and showed only a part of the rec- erd of work done. Representative Money took up a specific change on a sheet. It showed that an armor plate was actually in the furnace eighteen hours. Cline'’s fig- ures on the sheet showed that he had raised the number of hours to thirty-six. Repre- sentative Talbott asked why this specific change had been made. “To prevent fuss- ing.” answered Cline. This he said, would be made by fovernment officers. He wanted to please them. “Your object w Representative Mon “Yes. and m: to please them?” asked ey superiors knew what I was doing.” added Cline, who mentioned Super- intendent Corr the armor shops as one who knew what was being done. The of- fictals of the works wanted to please the government officers. The clerks did not know the technical details of the work and such information as they might give the government inspectors would be misunder- stood and used to create trouble at the crd- nance bureau of the Navy Department. rhe naval offictals aid not understand such intormation as they received. Cline said his changes in records were based on starting from a cold turnace—that ts, he added, the time necessary in getting the furnace hot enough for the armor plates. Witness said he destroyed the books on his own responsie Cline denied that he had stated that the capacity of the turnaces was insufficieng to do the government work properly. An Lely Word Used. An cross-examining Cline, Representative Dolliver asked him why he had “forged, falsified and changed the ords ine re- erated his previous explanations. At this point the cross-questioning became very vigorous, and the word “torge” was fre- quently used. Cime kept cool under the erdeal. Cline said that three test plates 1 been retreated w at the knowledge of the government officers. Superintendent Corrie hed directed him to make the re treatment. Cline said he had n die charged trom the Carn works. He was not now receivmg anything from the Carnegie Company. — Superintendent Corrie discharged him ind that stied with his (Cline’s) work The “time books” of the Carnegie work submitted by Sill and Craig, were shown to Cline. He could not recognize them, although had ed an im- rortapt link fn the t of the in- form He would not swear whether or not entries In the Were in his hand, ar th ummings wrote Cline could rot reme lischarged Oswald, but wou he had not @ie- charged the man for talking about the way the work w A letter to that effect ing shown ould not Mentify it, and at the ry sentative Cum- mings wrote a similar letter Ne said ed the Record: he had been discharged had made no complaint Since receiving a sum- he had talked tn a general ut ft, but not regara- Clin by about his di mons to that and charge. testify way with Schwab « ing bis testi 1 will admit that T anged the ir said. He refused to swear that Y of the records were or re rot in his handwriting, but said that es Sent out were up to the specifica- tions, and he would like to see them tested, When asked why he had changed the records regarding that had been e Said they came the government sx the records treatment of all, r the knowledge the work. There * with superior wu same apt sraing ctors con! wlways an und War Lieut. the ent (who was present), hi the witness on the train, and the fuct that Cline ¥ testi- fy was mentioned, but his testim was not discussed. It would not have been to Cline’s financial adva ee to increase the output of th had often tested cim t to fraud the nt. and had never t da test s en after it had been d by the ment. He had b ved to retreat s under orders a his judginent The matter of blow yeing taken up © Witness Improve said blow ality of f H a bal ed 3 Supt has be Meat Aceordin States ” and M dications ate for of Le «the