Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Saad aston PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penasylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. HA’ .CFFMANN, Prest. Sew York Office, 49 Potter Building. pide. onltotcaoande ‘The Evening Star red to subscribers im the eity by carriers .a their own account, at 10 cents © Week, or . per month. Copies at the counter cents each. By matl—anywhere in the United tes or Canada—postaze prepaid—S0 veats yer rday Quirtuple Sheet Star. $1.00 year; foreign postage added, $3 ey with x (Entered at the Post Office at &s_second-ciass ma{l matter.) All mali sabse ox of nd ptions must be pald tp advance, made known op application. faa Ri Che Zvening Star. Vor. 84, No. 20,924. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. in fhe eating. Yesterday's Sfar contained 42 cofumns of advertisements, made up FORCING THE FIGHT Senator Blanchard’s Opposition to the Sugar Schedule. SEVERE IN HIS STRICTORES He Claims That the Finance Com- mittee Violated Agreements. UNEASY TARIFF LEADERS Senator Blanchard instead of abating the fight begun by him yesterday against the Proposed modification of the sugar schedule of the tariff bili, is showing a disposition to furce the fighting, and, it is understood, is nh aking considerable trouble for the finance committee by his protests against the pro- rosed change. The democratic members of the committee, except Senator McPherson, ‘who is absent from the city, have now a@creed upon the advisability of amending this schedule as outlined in the Associated Press dispatches yesterday. In his conversation with other Senators the Louisiana Senator has complained bit- terly of the committee's intention to de- part from their previous agreement, and he is holding out especially for the continua- tion of the bounty for the present year. Some Severe Strictures. He also calls attention to the fact that the committee has backed out of its original proposition to abrogate the Hawai- jan reciprocity treaty, which permits the sugar product of that country to enter free, and is reported as saying that the sugar Producers of his state would be greatly in- Jured by the sudden reduction of the bounty as proposed by the finance committee. In his Tepresentations he has put forth the claim that the proposed change is in violation of the provisions of the democratic caucus, ind be has intimated in very plain language that if the changes are made as proposed, the bill will not receive his support. Finance Committee is Frightened. This position on the part of the Louisiana Senator has given the finance committee considerable uneasiness, and members do Not conceal this fact when spoken to upon the subject. They decline, however, to state what course they will pursue in view of Mr. Blanchard's attitude. Mr. Blanchard does not talk as freely for publication as he has to some of the Senators. “Any change in the sugar schedule which ‘was agreed upon in the democratic caucus,” he says, “is a violation of that caucus. I most emphatically protest agaiust any change in the sugar schedule which will withdraw from our people the protection or benefits which they received in the sugar schedule of the tariff bill before agreed to. Ido not say what | shall or shall not do, or anything further than I object :aost stren- uously to this proposed change.” Mr. Bianchard has appealed to his col- league, Senator Ca‘fery, to join him in Making a determined fight against the pro- posed changes, but it is understood that Mr. Caffery, while displeased with the changes, does not feel disposed to go to the same Jength that Mr. Blanchard has to preserve the present sugar schedule in the act. ——_————+ 2 +______ MUNICIPAL BUILDING. The committee on bulidings and grounds im the House will apply next week to the committe on rules for a day for the con- A BIG NAVAL DEAL Plan to Retire Three Officers With the Admiral’s Rank. Promotions That Will Undoubtedly Follow as Well as Transfers of Station. A big naval deal !s in process of success- ful culmination. It has been adroitly man- aged, and its results will be far reaching, so far as the line of the naval service is concerned. It involves the retirement of an admiral and the promotion and retirement of several commcdores, with the conse- quent premotion of officers of lower grades. The plan has been arranged in the special interest of Commodores Fyffe and Erben, and its consummation will result in their retiremeat with the rank of admiral, grade one above their present rank, and incidentally in the promotion of officers at the head of the next lower grades. Secre- | tary Herbert has indorsed the scheme, and | {ts successful accomplishment depends al- | together on the action of Admiral Jos. 8. Skerrett, who is known to favor it, provided he suffers no personai disadvantage What the Plan Involves. The plan involves the retirement of three high-ranking naval officers at a grade not | otherwise obtainable. It has been under | consideration for several months, but has never before presehted the same prospects of success. According to present arrange- ments, Admiral Skerrett, who now com- mands the Asiatic station, is to retire Im- mediately under the forty years’ service law, instead of waiting until next winter, when he would be compelled by law to go on the retired list on account of his being sixty-two years of age. His retirement will result in the promotion of Commodore Joseph Fyffe, lately in command of the Boston navy yard, who otherwise would be retired at his present rank on account of age on the 28th proximo. Commodore Fyffe will retire immediately on receiving his commission to the advanced grade, and | Commodore O. F. Stanton, now in’ com- mand of the North Atlantic station, wiil| be made an admiral. He, too, will then vol- | untarily retire and the ‘vacancy thus cre- ated in the list of rear admirals will be filled by the promotion of Commodore Hen- ry Erben. now commanding the European station, and will perniit his retirement as of that grade in September next. Commo- | dore Richard Meade will then become the | ranking commodore in the navy and Cap- tains Montgomery Sicard, E. O. Matthews and Charles S. Norton will become com- res. The Naval Academy Superintend- eney. Several important changes in naval com- manders are based on these and other pros- pective changes Rear Admiral John G. Walker, now in command of the Pacific station, will be relieved of that duty in a) few weeks in order to permit him to sume the superintendency of the Na’ Academy. He is now at Honolulu, but {s| expected to return to this country in a few | weeks. His most probable successor in| command of the naval forces on the Pacific is Commodore Charles C. Carpenter. The command of the Asiatic station, to be va- cated by the retirement of Admiral Sker- rett, will most probably devolve upon Com- modore Lester A. Beardslee. Commodore Richard W. Meade will undoubtedly suc- ceed Commodore Stanton in command of the North Atlantic station. It is yet too early to predict the successor of Commodore Erben as commandant of the | European station, as he will not be relieved | from that duty until the fall, but it seems | to be settled that either the New York or the Celumbia will succeed the Chicago as the flagship of that station. Commodore Wm. A. Kirkland will probably continue in sideration of the biJl providing a municipal building for the District and new quarters for the United States courts. The commit- tee has prepared a bill which will be re- ported to tne House in a few days. The Dill directs the Commissioners of the Dis- trict to erect a fire-proof building for the accommodation of the municipai oifices and courts of the District should be erected on or near that part of Judiciary Square upon which the city hall is now situated and such additiorl portion of the reservation as may be necessary for the purpose. The plans for the buliding are to be ap- Proved by the Engineer Commissioner, the Commissioner in charge of the inspection of buildings, United States marshal, the Supervising architect of the treasury and the architect of the Capitol. One-half of the cost of the structure, limited to $1,- Suu,000, is to be charged ‘to the revenues ot the District and one-half to the United States. The Commissioners are authorized to advertise for designs and plans for the buiiding, to pay $5,000 for the accepted plans and to employ the designer of the Plans as the architect of the building; $000 to be paid for the second best plans and $v for the third best plans. $100,000 is provided to commence the work and re- Yemove the preseat building. It 1s stipulat- @d that the labor on the building may be done by cortract or day’s work, as the Commissioners may judge to be most ad- vantageous. No More Recep There will be no more public receptions at the White House this summer. This means merely that the regular tri-weekiy recep- tious im the east room have been discon- tinued for the present. The hot weather and the small attendance are responsible for the President's action in this matter. These receptions are intended mainly for the benefit of strangers in the city who desire to pay their respects to the chief magistrate, and there are usually very few ot this class of visitors in the summer time. Special receptions will be held when- ever required by the assembling here of conventions, encampments, etc. —-- ee Chairman Wilson Preparing. ‘3 on the floor of the House today for the first time in many days. He conversed with democratic members of the committee as to the general plan of tariff | tion in the House when the bill returns. -\s yet.” said Mr. Wilscn, “no definite line | of action is in view, but we are discussing | e situa , With a view to acting expe- Gitiousiy. No meéting of the committee | has yet been called, but we will get to- gether as soon as there ts any necessity for it.” gto 3 Naa On Retired Lis Col. B. J. D. Irwin. assistant surgeon general, has been placed on the retired list of the army on account of age. The follow- ing promotions in ‘the medical department have resuited from his retirement: Lieut. | Col FL. Yown to be colonel, Maj. Joseph | R. Gibson to be Lieut. Col, and Capt. | Marshal W. Wood to be major. ey Oe Te Encamp With the MIMt Thé Minnesota National Guard goes into ap today at Lake City, Minn. The third | y of Fort Snelling, Minn., will en- with it. Upon the close of the en-} campment the regulars will go to Camp Wis, Two troops of cavalry and | ry of artillery will attend the en- campment of the Wisconsin militia. ae Gold Shipments. United States Treasurer Morgan today Feceived information from New York that it was probable that $1,500,0u0 would be | withdrawn from the treasury for ex-| Port tomorrow. This news has had a rather | effect among some of the offi- | and destroys the hopes entertained | day that the shi for the time | ress Is were practically Resolution Approved. The President has approved the joint fesolution providing temporarily for the sxpenditures of the government. He sign-| td it as soon as it was received this after- toca. command of the South Atlantic station for some time to come. % —____-e.+_____—-_ CAREFULLY GUARDED. Precautions to the President. The friends of the President have become specially solicitous for his personal safety since the deplorable affair in Lyons last Sunday, and have taken every possible pre- caution to guard him from danger. He ap- pears in public less than ever und no one ts admitted to his presence without the closest scrutiny except in the case of of- ficials and others equally well known to the doorkeeper. He seldom has occasion to leave the Executive Mansion, and when he does, he is accompanied, so it is said, by a secret body guard heavily armed. He went out driving last evening in com- pany with Private Secretary Thurber. They left the White House about 7 o'clock and went out Vermont avenue in the direction of the Soldiers’ Home. They were followed, so the story goes, by two well-known de- tectives of the local force, in an inconspic- | uous two-seated buggy, who steadily main- tained a position about 20u feet in the rear of the President's carriage, carefully ob- servant of everything along the route fol- lowed. 1 Prior to the President's departure from | the White House this buggy was noticed standing on Pennsylvania avenue directly | opposite the main entrance of the White louse. Two men were seated in it. They | cast frequent glances in the direction of | the White House, and when at last the President's carriage rolled out into the| avenue and started off up Madison place | the men pulled their horse and followed} close behind. As he passed, Private Secre- | tary Thurber looked out, and seeing the, men, gave an almost imperceptible nod of | approval ani made some remark to the} President, which made him smile. The pro- | ceedings were conducted quietly, and wouid | pot have attracted the attention of an ordinary observer. One of the two men is said to have been on duty in the suburbs for several years jand was selected partly because of his} familiarity with the country roads and the| peopie. | The drive last night occupied about an hour and a half and was entirely without incident other than has been already stated. Whenever the President desires to leave the White House the police are notified | and one or more of them follow him, either or horseback or in a light vehicle. But he does not go out very often, not more than two or three times a week, and then usually | early in the evening. He is usually ac-| companied by a cabinet officer or some} other personal friend. H Not since the days of Abraham Lincoln has a President of the United States ridden through the streets of Washington ac- companied by a bodyguard. Old inhabit-! ants recall the days of Lincoln's adminis- | tration, when he took his afternoon drives, | with a troop of cavalrymen riding before) and behind his high, — yellow-wheeled barouche. But those were war times. It is not believed that the President's appear- ance in public would be attended by the, least danger from any source, but never-| theless his friends think it best to be on! the safe side, and to take no chances in! the matter. TWO MURDERERS HANGED. They Hi Robbed and Killed a Ka: ans City Woman. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 20.—The two murderers of Mrs. Wright died on the gai- lows today. Harry Jones was hanged at Independence, Mo., soon after 9 o’clock,aud two hours later John Clarke was executed in Kansas City by the same sheriff and his assistants, who carried out the law against Jones. Mrs. Wright kept an employment office in| Kansas City, and Jones and Clarke killed | her while robbing her. san Officers Dismossed. The President today directed the dismissal of Lieut. T. C. Tillette of the marine corps | and Lieut. Marcus L. Maxwell of the army, recently court-martialed for violation of the regulations, WORK OF THE HOUSE|N©° RETALIATION Speaker Crisp Reviews the Busi ness Dispatched This Session. THE LEADING MEASURES PASSED Great Questions Acted On With Exceptional Promptness, WORK YET TO BE DONE “I am much gratified,” said Speaker Crisp, to a representative of the Associated Press, “‘at the expeditious and satisfactory manner in which the present House of Representatives has dispatched public bust. ness.”” In view of the near approach of the close of the session, Mr. Crisp had been request- ed to outline the general features of legis- lation accomplished by the House, and what remained to be done to round out the work of the session. “We have been singularly free from ex- asperating delays,” said the Speaker, “and | the great questions of tariff and finance have been acted on by the House with ex- ceptional promptness, considering the vast interests involved. And yet there has been no curtailment of reasonable debate, and we have heard very little complaint or criticism on that score. On the other hand filibustering is practically a thing of the past, and the House has experienced little or no delay for the mere sake of delay.” Leading Menaures Passed. The Speaker was asked to enumerate the leading measures passed by the House. “The tariff bill naturally comes first,” said he. “Its passage by the House was at- tended by few delays. The extra session permitted the organization of committees, so that the ways and means committee was well along on its work before the date when Congress usually assembles, and the bill was actually presented early in January, when, as a usual thing, the committees are just beginning to organize. In the debate, -also, there was no wasting of time, and 1 think Chairman Wilson succeeded in satis- fying both sides of the House that he de- sired to be fair and yet to satisfy the wishes of the public that a bill should be brought to a vote after fair discussion. “On the financial question also,” con- tinued the Speaker, “we have avoided ir- ritating delays. When the business depres- sion of last summer brought on the wide- pread public demand for the repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman act the House met in extraordinary session and quickly Phar its part in the repeal for which President Cleveland had specially convened Congress. Those opposing the repeal recognized the propriety of allow- ing the House to reach a vote without de- lay, and an agreement to that effect was ade and executed. “Another measure of great importance passed by the House was the repeal of the federal elections laws enacted during | the reconstruction period. Three new states Utah- ~—Arizona, New Mexico and been admitted to the Union so far the House can accomplish that end, and it re- mains only for the Senate to complete the legislative work. The appropriation bills have all been passed by the House, and most of the more important ones were ‘ea ‘Bes- ed at an unusually early stage of th ra a have sion. It remains for the Seni plete the work on these billg> “Altogether,” added the record of work done, and done which must prove satisfactory to the House and to the public, as it does to’ myself.” Work Yet to. Be Done. “™* Mr. Crisp was asked to outline the more important work yet to be done by the House. “There is a general desire,” said he, “to take up the bill so widely discussed for choosing Senators by direct vote of the people, and it is probable that this meas- ure will be considered. There is also the important bill known as the pooling bill, which grants mutual advantages to the public and to railroads by allowing the roads to pool their earnings. The judiciary committee has several important bills of a judicial and legal character which will be given a hearing. These are the main pub- lic measures yet to be heard and with them passed upon by the House, I think we will be entitled to congratulations as well as an adjournment. a lea quickly, ———————2+___ NORTH CAPITOL STREET EXTENSION Advantage of Benefits to Land Not Used to Be Taken. Senator Faulkner today proposed an amendment to the District appropriation bill directing the Supreme Court of the District to vacate its order confirming the report of the commissioners appointed to appraise the value of the lands of the Pros- bect Hill cemetery and Annie E. Barbour, Proposed to be taken for the extension of North Capitol street, under the act of De- cember 21, 1893. The District Commis- sioners are also directed to proceed to carry into effect the act and to acquire the title by condemnation, according to chapter 11 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia. This amendment is for the purpose, Senator Faulkner ex- Plained to @ Star reporter, of giving the owners of the property to be taken the benefit of the broader law of condemnation embraced in the statutes, instead of the law under which the city post office site was acquired, which was passed specifically for that purpose, and to which this North Capitol street extension was referred. “The later said the Senator, “does not take into consideration any of the benefits accrulng to the property not taken through the condemnation of that acquired by the government. In the present case this is a very {mportant item, for the ex- tension of North Capitol street will mean the enhancing of the adjoining lands very considerably, and under the old law this would be taken into account. But with the post office site the case was quite differ- ent, for there all of the property in ques- tion was taken and there could be no ac- cruing benefits.” DOCTORS EXAMINED Im the Cases of Three of the Ford's Theater Victims Senator Manderson today at 2 o'clock examined half a dozen witnesses in the cases of three of the victims of the Ford Theater disaster, whose representatives are now claiming damages for their deaths. These witnesses were Dr. Byrd Harrison and James Kerr, in the case of Ames: Dr. Zz. T. Sowers and Minnard B. Sturges, in the case of Roby, and Dr. Jas. W. Love- joy and Dr. P. ©. Hunt, in the case of Girauit. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, She Protests. A letter has been received by the House and Senate District committees from Mrs. A. M. Raymond of 703 17th street protest- ing against the uperation of the proposed law for the taxation of corner lots for wa- ter main assessments. She argues that the contemplated legislation will be unjust, es- pecially to the owners of corner lots in the suburbs, and asks that the bill be amended so as to provide for a tax by the square feot to a specified depth and pro rata for all in excess on that depth on corner Jots. The War Department Library. An order has been issued by Gen. Scho- field directing the extension of the scope of ! the War Department library benefits may be shared by army officers wherever serving. so that its | Foreign Governments and the Ohange in the Sugar Tariff. The State Department Knows of No Government Which is Seriously Offended—Secretary’s Letter. The President today sent a message to the Senate transmitting a report made to him by the Secretary of State in regard to al- leged proposed foreign retaliation against the United States on account of sugar legis- lation. The report is as follows: “To the President: On the 13th instant you referred to the undersigned a resolu- tion of the Senate, adopted on that day, in the following word: “ ‘Resolved, That if not incompatible with the public interests, the President be re- quested to communicate to the Senate forth- | with all representations, written or oral, that have been made to the government of the United States or the Departinent of State by representatives of any foreign government in relation to the probable ac- tion of such governments by way of retal- ijucion for the proposed imposition by the United States of a duty upon sugar, and especially as to the probable exclusion of the agricultural products of the United States, by such governments from their territories; and what, representations have been so received in relation to the probable action be Germany and of Guatemaia, or either of “Further, That the President be re- spectfully requested to furnish to the Sen- ate any information which he has received as to any measure pending in the cortes of Spain looking to retaliation apon the United States for the proposed abrogation of the reciprocity with that country secur- ed by the statute of Iso.” “In response to that resolution, the under- signed has the honor to report that no representations, written or oral, have been made to the Department of State, by or on behalf of any foreign government, «nd in particular by or on behalf of the govern- ments of Germany and Guatemala, touching any proposed action looking to the exclu- sion of agricultural products of the United States by way of retaliation for the propos- ed imposition by the United States of a duty upon sugar. “A dispatch from the United States em. bessy at Berlin,dated the 9th instant, tran: mits an apparently authoritative denial, by @ semi-official German newspaper, the truth of an item printed in the Times on the Sth instant, to the effect that the German gov- ernment had protested against the sugar schedule, then before the Senate, and had given an intimation that if a duty inst bounty paying countries was imposed Ger- any would retaliate against American “I products. “On the 17th of May last, in a conference, the Guatemalan minister at this capital represented to the undersigned that under the reciprocity arrangement (by him called a treaty) of December 3u, 180], be- tween the United States and Guatemala, large sums had been invested by his coun- trymen in machinery for the production of sugar, of the American markets; that this large outlay would not have been incurred had it been supposed the government of the Unit- ed States contemplated this early abandon- ment of the reciprocity arrangement and the imposition of a tax upon Guatemalan sugar; that the ability of Guatemala to produce sugar had already been demon- strated; that the bill before Congress involv- ed a discrimination against Guatemala in that it provided for the free admission of Hawaiian sugar produced by coolle or con- tract labor, and that financial ruin would befall the Guatemalan sugar pro- ducers should the bill become a law and the sugar of that country be made dutlable. “The Secretary replied that the reciproc- ity arrangement was not a treaty; that It dn.no wise.restricted the right or power of either government to modify its tariff laws; that the understanding was entered into to ‘remain in force so long as it shall not be modified or revoked by the legislation of either government or by the mutual agree- ment of the executive power of the two countries,” and that, without replying to his remarks as to the unfairness of the proposed admission of Hawaiian sugar free, while taxing that of other countries, our commercial treaty with Hawaii possibly suggested the proposed discrimination, ‘On the 1ith of May last the Spanish min- ister addressed the undersigned, referring to the probable necessity of raising larger rev- enués in Cuba and Porto Rico by levying in- creased customs duties on peninsular and foreign products, and inquired whether, in the event of such increase, the government of the United States would levy duties upon the productions of those islands now free under the reciprocity arrangement. Mr. Muruaga’s inquiry was answered to the ef- fect that while increase in the duties im- Posed in Cuba and Porto Rico upon Spanish Productions imported from the peninsula Would not affect the privilege granted to Spain by the reciprocity arrangement, any increase of duties upon the productions of the United States exported to those islands which now enjoy favor under the reciprocity agreement would raise the question whether the measure of reciprocity remaining after such increase would justify further non- exercise of the power conferred upon the President by the third section of the act of October 1, 180v. 1t is apparent, therefore, that the Spanish minister's inquiry covers no intimation of retallation by Spain for the imposition of duties on sugar or any other of the products now free un- der said third section and in virtue of the existing reciprocity agreement; but rather suggested an apprehension lest the United States should retaltate were Spain to tax American products now free or favored by reduced rates in Cuba and Porto Rico. “A Dill was introduced in the Spanish cortes on June 2 providing for a transitory duty of 24 per centum upon all American Products now free in the Antilles under schedule A of the reciprocity arrangement and for increasing by 24 per centum the duties on articles now enjoying reduced rates under schedule B, such change to take effect July 20. The department {s not vised that this measure has becéme a law. “Respectfully submitted. “Department of State, Washington, J 28, 1894. W. Q. GRESHAM. Be ee CONTINUED BY CORRIE. Another Chapter in the History of Armor Plate Frauds. Superintendent Corrie of the Carnegie armor plate shops resumed his testimony today before the congressional investigat- ing committee. He was questioned as to the care which the officers from the Navy Department gave to the inspection of armor work at the shops. He said one and some- times two of the officers came to the shops every day except Sunday. They came very rarely at night until after the Investigation began. The work proceeded night and d: He remembered only once when ao naval officer—Lie:t. Cowles—came to the shops after 6 p.m. They were there most of the time from 9 to 4. Chairman Cummings asked Corrie if he knew that the workmen presented a testi- monial to Lieut. Gill, one of the naval in- spectors. Corrie said he did not. His own salary had been reduced since he had be- come superintendent of the armor piate works, and he had received no presents, money, stock or other inducement from the company, except occasional @ults of clothe: Going back to Superintendent Cline’s alte! ed reports, Corrie protested against t characterization of the reports as “false re- ports.”” Representative Talbot asked him if he had not made false reports on certain spec- ified plates. He said he had omitted to furnish certain features of work to the gov- ernment officers. It had not amounted to false reports. He disclaimed knowledge of Superintendent Cline’s admission that he had changed reports in order to Keep gov- ernment officers from “fussing.”” oo oe John Howard, who keeps a small store two miles from Parker, Pa., was tortured by three robbers, who held his bare feet over a lamp until he told where his money The robbers secured $170. and especially whether any, | ith a view to enjoying the benefits | | | today, unless sugar was placed on the free | sugar, none were based on hides, ON RECIPROCITY That Subject Occupies the Attention of the Senate. THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT lt is Opposed by All the Repubii- can Leaders. THE APPROPRIATIONS At the opening of the session of the Sen- ate today the joint resolution appointing Charles M. Anderson of Greenville, Ohio; Sidney G. Cooke of Herrington, Kan., and A. L. Pearson of Pittsburg, members of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteers, was taken from the calendar and passed. Mr. Sher- man's resolution of yesterday directing the committee on interstate commerce to inguire into the advisability of regulating by law the use of sleeping and parlor cars was also adopted. The Appropriation Reso! Mr. Cockrell, chairman of the committee on appropriations, then proceeded to steal @ march on Mr. Hoar, who manifested a disposition yesterday to fight the joint res- olution continuing the annual appropria- tions thirty days after June 30. Mr.’ Hoar was not present and without a word of protest Mr. Cockrell steered the resolution through its parliamentary stages and had it adopted. Mr. Hoar’s Explanation. A bill to define and establish the units of electrical measure, reported by Mr. Tur- ple from the committee on foreign affairs, Was passed and then Mr. Hoar, who had meantime entered the chainber, rose to a question of privilege and explained the cause of his failure to be present at the opening of the session to cont the adop- tion of the resolution continuing the ap- bropriations after the expiration of the fiscal year. He had made up his mind, he said, not to interpose any further objection to the passage of the resolution, but he finally admitted that if he had his own way he should have continued his opposi- tion to the resolution notwithstanding the public inconvenience that might have fol- lowed. But as his party associates on the finance committee did not agree with him he had not felt that he could assume the responsibility without their concurrence. The tariff bill was then taken up, the pend- ing question being on the adoption of the finance committee's amendment to repeal the reciprocity pri ‘ion of the McKinley act and the abrogation of all existing trade agreements or arrangements made under It. A New Reciprocity Amendment. Mr. Vest this morning, however, brought in @ new amendment from the finance com- mittee, which, instead of abrogating the agreements made under the reciprocity sec- tion, proposed to be repealed, added to the repeal the following words: “But nothing herein contained shall be construed to abrogate any reciprocal agree- ments made and now in existence under sald section except when inconsistent with the provisions of this act.” Opposition to Repeal. Mr. Hale (Me.) took the floor and ad- Gressed the Senate briefly in opposition to the propored repeal of the reciprocity sec- tion of the McKinley law. The only effect of the amendment proposed by Mr. Vest this morning, he said, would be to raise 4 doubt as to the abrogation of all trade arrangements made with countries of Europe and South America under the reci- procity section of the act of 1890, with such happy results to the American people. Mr. oar, who yesterday reserved the right to offer an amendment to exempt from the tax on distilled spirits alcohol used In the arts, here offered his amend- ment, and it was accepted by the finance committee. Mr. Allison continued the debate in op- position to the repeal of the reciprocity provision of the McKinley law, which in the future would take away from the Presi- dent all authority under this section. Mr. Allison admitted that the qualification offer- ed by the firance committee today made the repeal less objectionable in its face, but he called attention to the fact that with sugar on the dutiable list, as proposed in the bill (free sugar being the basis of most of the agreements), the qualification would amount to nothing. Mr, Sherman (Ohio) contended that the foreign commerce of the United States would be materially affected by the repeal of the reciprocity clause, for commerce, he said, had doubled with every country with which their trade arrangements had been made. Mr. Gray (Del.) said that he had always favored reciprocity, but he had thought the provision of the McKinley law was too far ae. and when the bill was being con- sidered in 1890 he had offered the provision as originally drafted by Mr. Blaine. In the course of some remarks, Mr. Gray (@el.) declared that he would vote for free sugar, because he was in favor of breaking down tariff walls wherever and whenever he could, and increasing trade intercourse. Arrangements Not Binding. “Do you contend that the ar-angements made under the McKinley law are not binding upon this government?” asked Mr. Aldrich, “I do,” replied Mr. Gray, emphatically. “I think the executive has no right to make binding treaty or reciprocal arrangements with foreign countries without sending them to the Senate for ratification.” Mr. Higgins (Del.) opposed the repeal of the reciprocity clause of the McKinley law in some remarks, in which he dwelt at length on the wonde-ful development of trade between the United States and South America under Its auspices. He maintained that reciprocity on the western hemisphere was a furtherance of the Monroe doctrine— freedom from European domination for America, North and South. Mr. Manderson called Mr. Higgins’ attention to the fact that on July 4 a monument which had cost $450,000 was to be unveiled at Rio Janeiro commemorating Monroe. At 1:30 the reply of the President to Mr. Hoar's resolution calling upon him for in- formation in possession of the State De- partment as to any retaliation contemplated by foreign governments on account of the | proposed repeal of the reciprocity clause of | the McKinley law and the discrimination | proposed in the sugar schedule against | countries paying bounties for sugar ex- portation, was laid before the Senate and} read. When the reading was completed Mr, | Chandler called attention to the proposed action of the Spanish cortes. The home government of Spain, he said, had always been opposed to the reciprocal arrange- ments made by the Untted States with Cuba and Porto Rico, because by those arrangements the large quantities of flour furnished her colonies by Spain were now furnished by the United States. The pro- posed action of the Spanish ccrtes was a hasty attempt to take advantage of the abrogation of those arrangements. Mr. Allison maintained that absolutely no beneficial results could follow from the modification of the amendment proposed The fact could not be denied that all reciprocal arrangements rested on list. the The Amendmeat Agreed To. The Senate agreed to the finance commit- tee amendment abrogating the reciprocity treaty, and but little remains of the tariff bill to be considered in committee of the whole. +2 Resignation Asked For. The resignation of Edwin O. M. Condon, a supervising inspector of public build- ings, Treasury Department, has been re- quéted by Secretary Carlisle. | Georgia district, In which the committee on | EMMETS MAY COMPETE Allowed to Enter the Maiden Drill at/ Little Rock. ‘Will Have to Drill First in the Inter- state Drill—Arrangements to Entertain the Soldiers. Special from a Staff Correspondent. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 2v.—Notwith- standing the protest made by Capt. Domer of the National Fencibies against the entry of the Emmet Guards in the maiden con- test of the coming drill, the Little Kock Interstate Drill Association has deciaed that the Irish lade are eligible to compete. Manager H. M. Bennett said today that the association had carefully considered the matter and concluded that no evidence had been adduced to prove that the Emmets have ever woh @ prize in an interstate drill. Everything possibie will be done, however, | not to allow Capt. Walsh's men an undue | advantage, 80 in order to overcome Capt. Domer's claim that his rivals will be bene- fited with the knowledge of the dni! ground, éc., attained in the maiden con- test, the management announce that the | immet’s must appear first in the interstate eri and then in maiden contest. Both the Fenelbles and the [Emmet Guards are booked to face the judges on Thursday afternoon, The street parade occurs on Tuesday rrorning and the sham battle on Saturday. The general committee on entertainment of the McCarthy Light Guards has ap- pointed subcommittees to look after the visitors during their stay in the city. The Fencibles will be in the hands of R. H. McNair, B. W. Riley ahd P. B. Price, 0 > % “tne names of the members of the board of judges will not be made known until tomorrow. Some little excitement has been oc sioned at headquarters by the report that the En-mets will be unable to attend the encampment, but the association is in hopes that the rumor is erroneous. Every- thing is in readiness for the drill, and both the Fencibles and Emmets may rest assured that the heartiest weicome awaits each of them on arrival. cnc There was much animation in the com-~- pany rooms of the National Fencibles at the Center Market armory today. The boys Center Market armory today. The boys were bury’ packing up their equipments, burnish- ing their buttons and cleaning their arms preparatory to the advance on Little Rock, Ark., where they go to substantiate their claims to being the best-drilled militia com- pany in the United States. The command will assemble at the armory tonight at 9:30 and will march thence to the Baltimore and Potorhac depot, where it will take the Rich- mond and Danville train for Little Rock. ‘The Fenctbles appreciate that they have a hard task before them, but still they are pretty confident that they will not cause their Washington any uneasiness about that Omaha cup, The drill company will consist of fifty men and officers, and the full roster of the command which leaves tonight, from whom that number Will be selected in Little Rock, is as follow: Capt. C. 8. Domer, Lieut. Lee B. Mosher, Second Lieut. Wm. W. Mortimer, First Ser- t R. C. Rice, Second Sergeant C. &. ford, Third Sergeant T. A. Tomlinson, Fourth Sergeant Eugene Crist, Fifth Se1 ene H. A. Dunn, Privates J. J. Gavin, lohn D. Murray, Albert R. Laird, Thos. Cc .'Edwin Thornton, J. C. Kondrup, Wm. H. Waddington, J. E. Swigert, R. 8. Roche, W.E.Baum, Elwood W.Andrews,John AS Sdward Birckhead, H. G. Healy, ity “McMurray, jr. J. L. Lewis, J. Ho A, L. Moore, W.S. Thornton, E.S. Newman, T. Arthur Kelley, Guy E. Pade- ett, J. B. McAlwee, Samuel C. Redman, John L. Fugitt, W. K. Nottingham, J. P. Cromvell, E. M. Wadwell, C. F. Cummings. W. F. Carathers, W. W. Boyer, N. Graves, F..R. Graham, A. W. Crittenden, Neil S. Brown, W. A. Garland, Wm. An- drews. W. W. Brown, Charles 0, Kimball, H. E. Perley, H. Brock, jr., Chalmers Hughes, William A. Lowe, Loy C. Kellogg, George A. White. Emmet Guards Want to Go. The Emmet Guards are very anxious to go to Little Rock also, in order to partici- pate in the interstate drill, and the members and their friends are using every effort to raise the funds necessary for the p' pose. Mr. Thomas Walsh has subscribed $100 toward the $700 necessary to pay for the trip of the company from here to Little Rock and return, and there were several small subscriptions for the same purpuse. Capt. Walsh of the Emmetts told a Star representative this afternoon that his com- rades were ready to move at a moment notice, and that they sincerely hoped « rangements could be made which would allow them to embark on a Norfcik and Western train for Little Hock tomorro afternoon. No reports have been received from those who are soliciting subscriptions up to a late hour this afternoon. >. BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE. Several Bills of Minor Impo: Passed—A Comtested Elect: The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of State, notifying the House of the religious ser- vices to be held in commemoration of the late President Carngt. The following bills were ead: For the relief of the sureties of nis Murphy, superinterdent of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry when that town fell into Case. THE GREAT STRIKE Preparing to Tie Up the Boads st St. Louis. HUNTINGTON ISSUES INSTROCTIONS The National Government to Pro- tect the Mails. PROGRESS OF THE BOYCOTT CHICAGO, June 29.—All suburban trains over the lines entering the Union depot came in this morning substantially on time. These included the Burlington, Alton and Pennsylvania systems, Most of the switches Previously operated from the tower house at Van Buren street near the Union depot, had been changed to the old style switches, and the tracks were moved by hand levers. This made it possible to employ inexperi- enced men. There was no interference with the trains in the suburban travel. A report was received that all the clerks in the freight house of the northwestern road at Western avenue, some 200, quit work today after having taken their places at their desks. The officials of the road de- nied the rumor. It is reported that Vice President Howard of the American Railway Union has gone to St. Louls to take charge of the strike in that city. It is also stated at the headquarters of the American Ratlway Union that a general strike has been ordered on the Milwaukee and St. Paul. The alleged reason for this is that, as the union leaders say, the offi- clals of the road agreed not to put non- union men at work in place of union men who had struck. It is claimed that the action of the road in sending out its detec- tives, special police and office employes to fill these places temporarily was a viola- tuon of this agreemenj. The general strike was therefore ordered. The employes of the packing houses were | reported all at work today, but the switch- men of the Union Stock Yards Transit Company were reported as having struck. This, if true, would lead to serious compli- cations in the general work of the yards. Pullman cars from its trains. On the other hand, he says he has the most positive resurance from the officials of that company that there will not be the slightest concession on their part. About 160 men, engaged in Baltimore and Philadelphia to take the place of strikers, are expected to reach Chicago today. are being transported over the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania roads. their arrival the men will be taken by the association bureau and needed to such roads as may road. Mr. Egan declares no difficulty in gett! the to fill vacancies. Thee will adequate police protection on the authority normal H if men be of the city police department. Everything was reported in its condition today at the Union stock yards. All consignments were delivered, and east- accepting shipments es ern roads were train had been rye ge @ large force of men was put to work unloading the per- ishable freight. Dozens of wagons were backed the iron railing dividing the Lake Front park from the Illinois Central tracks end the goods were loaded into them over the fence for transportation to the commis- sion houses. Deputies Sworn In. they will do as @ union will be determined at a meeting to be held tonight at the Great Northern Hotel. Grand Master Barrett, Who has been in the city for the past two days making a quiet investigation of the situation, will preside at the meeting. There are about 4,000 switchmen in Chicago, and they are so well organized as to be likely to act as a umit. ‘The Pan-Handie road brought in —4~ § men today from Cincinnati, Columbus Louisville and put them at work at the Curtis street yards, under police protection. No interference was attempted on the part of the strikers. The session of the General Managers’ As- Sociation, beginning at 2 o'clock gave every indication that the rail are preparing for a long and ed fight. Telephones were being run into the association's headquarters, additional reoms were being fitted up, and other preparations were in progress. Shortly after the ning of the session Wm. A. Pinkerton the hands of the confederates; granting to the state of North Dakota certain lands, heretofore belonging to the Fort Totten military reservation, for the use of the mi- Utia of North Dakota; for the relief of P. W. Mitchell, M. B. Felmet and George H. Smithers. House resolutions to pay six months’ salary and the @unera) expenses, amount- ing to $250 each, to the families of the fol- \ late employes of the House were 3 R. Fisher, Bdward J. Me- Crystal, Cockerell, James P. Hickmen, Thomas McKaig, Alexander H. 3 also the fu- neral expenses of Linton 8. Carey. Mr. Richardson offered a resolution pro- viding for the printing of the report of the Secretary of Agriculture in two parts, and, while it met with considerable opposition, it was finally agreed to. Mr. Pence (Col.j called up the contested election case of Thomas E. Watson (pop.) against J. C. C. Black (em.), in the tenth elections reported against the contestant— Watson—but Mr. Brown (Ind.) raised the | question of consideration and the House | unanimously decided to take up the case. Mr. Peace, in urging the case of Mr. Watson, asked that the contestant be al- lowed to address the House for an hour or an hour and a half in his own behalf. To give Mr. Watson an opportunity to pre- pare, he moved that further consideration | of the case be postponed till next Monda: at 2 o'clock, and pending that moved that When the House adjourned today it be until Monday. This latter motion was voted! Gown, : ————__+ e+ ______ Nominations by the President. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: War—Lieut. Col. Francis L. Town, deputy surgeon general, to be colonel and assis! ant surgeon general;. Maj. Joseph R. Gib- Son, irgeon, to be lieutenant colonel and deputy surgeon general; Capt. Marshal W. Wood, assistant surgeon, to be major and surgeon. peared and was immediately admitted. visit was regarded as significant, and was rumored that it was the intention of the ratlroad people to arrest strike leaders, Train Wrecking Attempted. An attempt at wrecking was made and carried into execution between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning. Some miscreant drove spikes into a switch and along the rails of and a switch engine pulling @ freight train was derailed ad thrown on —t,5 The engineer and fireman escaped bruises. CALIFORNIA, President Huntington Issues Instruc- tions Regarding the Southera Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO, June 2).—Gen. Maa. ager Towne of the Southern Pacific has re- ceived the following telegram from Presi. dent C. P. Huntington from New York: “We feel quite syre that after second sober thought our men will not leave us, as | the Pullman Company has very little inter- est in the cars on the Southern Pacific, and the tying up of the road would injure us and discommode the general public. 1 feel sure that they do not wish to take control of the property of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, as they would be doing if we gave them what they ask for. 1 wish you would call the men together as far as you can and give them our views, and, after discussing & sufficient time, if they do not then accede to our request, but leave work, you will get other men to take their places, if possible, and not let the trains stand as they are. “The question of what cars should run i one that rests with the owners of the prop- erty, for ownership must carry control. You know how much I desire to protect all wage workers, but this matter between Pullman and his employes is something I do not know anything about and it should not be used by the men to the injury of ourselves , and our patrons and I will say, as I ald yesterday, that tf the men, after full dis- cussion, refuse to work I wish you would discharge them and let them understand Secretary Smith has approved the recom- mendation of Land Commissioner Lamor- eaux setting apart $20,000 for additional surveys within the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota. The surveys are to be resérict- ed to the pine lands. i Upon receipt of President message Vice Preside Towne issued a of the Southe Company, tion to the fact that they would be doing a great imjustice to the