Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by 01 The Evening Star Newspaper Company, | 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Prost. New York Office, 49 Potser Building. routs ae rt fhe Evening Star is served bscribers im the | eity by cansten, =a thelt owe seceuet, af 10 cents | hg EE SEE 8 each. — States or Canada—postage ‘prepald—S0 vente [er ‘Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star. $1.00 per year: ‘with foreign (Entered at the Post Office at Washtogton, D. C., Bs second-class mail matter.) Oar mail sul Must be paid tp advance. Rates made known op application. | Che Lvening Star. ——- Vor. 84, No. 20,925. TO DO THE MARKING | Judges of the Great Interstate Drill Announced, SOLDIERS ARRIVING AT LIPPLE ROCK Satisfaction at the Decision of the Emmet Guard. DECORATING THE CITY ee Special Dispatch From a Staff Correspondent. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 30.—Lieut. W. ‘R. Sample of the fourteenth United States infantry, actirg adjutant general of the state of Arkansas, today made known to The Star’s correspondent the names of the members of the board of judges for the coming interstate drill. This question has been one of great conjecture among the various companies throughout the country, and the personnel of the board is at present unknown to every one, with the exception of Lieut. Sample, President Van Etten of the Drill Arsociation and The Star. The officers who will serve are: Capt. James Fornance, thirteenth infantry, U. S. A.; First Lieut. Charlies W. Abbott, jr., twelfth infantry, U. S. A., and First Lieut. Ernest Hinds, sccond artillery, U. S. A. ‘The appointment was made by direction of the Secretary of War, and it is said that a better or more capable set of officers could not have been selected. Brig. Gen. George M. Taylor of the Ar- kansas state guard will be in command of the encampment. Little Rock today is putting on the finish- ing touches for a gala occasion. Decora- tions of every possible nature are being fixed in shape throughout the entire city, and a military tone is added by the presence, im uniform, of the advance guard of a num- ber of organizations which are to partici- pate in the great encampment. The chief topic of conversation today is about the arrival of the National Fencibles tomorrow afternoon. A glorious welcome will be awaiting the boys when they roll into the depot. A feeling of relief was experienced by every one this morning when word was re- ceived that the Emmet Guard will surely show up on Monday afternoon. Capt. Walsh's men have hosts of friends in the city of roses, and their coming is anxiously awaited. The temperature in Little Rock today is the hottest thus far this season, the mer- cury having passed the century mark before noon. The offictal program of inspections and Grills for the com:ng week, although not yet made public, has been prepared. Both the Emmets and the Fenclbles will be in- spected for the interstate contest at 9 a. m. Thursday, July 5. At 2 p. m. on the same day the Emmets appear before the judges in the big contest, followed by the Fenctbles. Friday morning at » o'clock Capt. Walsh’s men are to be inspected for the maiden contest, in which they drill one bour later. —-_—.—_—. TO BE UNEQUALED. France’s Projected Demonstration at Carnot’s Funeral. PARIS, June 30.—Throughout the city and sil over France preparations are about completed to demonstrate tomorrow the af- fection and respect which the people of all classes had for the murdered president, the late M. Sadi-Carn&. Paris has witnessed some elaborate funer- al displays, but it is believed that the out- pouring of the people, the decorations and the floral tributes which will be sent tomor- row when tne remains of the late president are carried to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, ard from there to the Pantheon, will be weater and more elaborate than ever be- cre. In fact, it would seem that the people have determined to make the funeral of Sadi-Carnot a demonstration against an- erchy, ag well as a tribute of deep respect to the dead chief magistrate. This demon- stration, however, is entirely calm, but it is all the more effective, for it shows that France really mourns her loss and ts deeply incensed at the outrage upon the part of the blood-stained disciples ef anarchy. . premiership, and who persisted in de¢lining that honor, has decided to accept the: pree- idency of the chamber of deputies. It's as- serted on M. Burdeau’s behalf that he was On the other hand, M. Dupuy. sulting with his colleagues, informed Casi- mir-Perier this that he had con- pented to remain premier. It is officially announced this afternoon, gontrery to expectations, that there will be Bo change in the a cabinet. . Goron, the chief of detectives, has re- signed, and his resignatioa is said to be due to the fact that he has been severely criticised for not keeping a better guard over the late president, and for not having obtained some trace of the anarchist con- spiracy which resulted in the murder of M. Sadi-Carnot. That the assassination was a deep-laid plot, which had long been dis- cussed snd planned by the anarchist con- spirators, is no longer a question of doubt. In addition to the facts already cabled to the Associated Press, showing that the acti murderer had accomplices, a dis- patch from Marseilles this morning an- nounces tha: a soldier detained in the mili- tary prison at that place, upon hearing of the assassination of the president, gave the authorities full details concerning the plot which was hatched at Cette and also fur- Rished the names of seven anarchists who, after the executions of Vailiant and Henry, drew lots in order to decide which of them was to kill Sadi Carnot. The lot fell to Santo, which now seems to be the real name of the assassin. Santo is described as having been “wild with joy” when he found that he had been selected to commit the murder. x ——-—__ BUILDINGS STILL SMOKING. Heavy Less by Fire in Brooklyn Last Night. BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 30.—The firemen of several engine companies are still pour- ing streams of water on the smoldering Fuins of the Woodruff stores at Furman | street near State street, which burned last | night. Others were making a search for} = — of Robert fae tog the Union ‘om eer, w! m: teas wen loner aera leads to a belief chat he was buried beneath the walls of the burned building. If this should prove true the death list will be increased to three. There were also two men injured. ‘The loss by the fire ig $575,000. The prop- erty was fully insured. —_—.___—. TROOPS ORDERED HOME. . We Further Need for Militia in Jefler- son County, Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa., June 80.—An order issued today by Gov. Pattison with- ‘wing the troops from Jefferson county and expressing to Gen. Wiley and to the oMcers and enlisted men his appreciation and congratulations. BALTIMORE, June 30.—The strike in the Maryland mining region having ended, the troops have been ordered to return to Bal- timore today. —_— Chicago Turfmen Indicted. CHICAGO. June 30.—The grand jury today indicted Kdward Corrigan, John #rennock, Jchm Burke and Jos. Uhiman of the Haw- | thorne race track and President Wheeler of | the Washington Park track. The charge @gainst each ‘s maintaining a gambling rr WASHINGTON, D. C., S. ATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1894-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. —- The proof of fe pudding is in fhe eating. Yesterday's Sfar confained §1 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 796 separate announce: ments. These advertisers BousSt puSficitp—not merefp MRS. L. E. GANNON'S DEATH THE HOUSE ACTION| It Resulted From an Overdose of Lauda- num Given to Allay Pain. Her Brother-in-Law, Who Adminis- tered the Dr Now Crased With Grief. Coroner Woodward was called to the resi- dence of Mr. Laurence E. Gannon, No. 1442 8 street, this morning to investigate one of the saddest cases that has ever been called to bis attention. Mrs. Susan E. Gannon, wife of the gentleman mentioned, had dted suddenly from the effects of an overdose of laudanum administered with the best possible intentions by her brother-in-law, Charles E. Gannon, who ts a clerk in the| adjutant general's office. Neighbors of the Gannons were terribly shocked this morn- ing when they learned of Mrs. Gannon’s sad | death, and the brother-in-law may have to go to the insane asylum. Mrs. Gannon, who was about fifty-two! years old, had suffered from heart trouble | for a long time and last night between 8 and 9 o'clock she was taken suddenly til. She suffered most excrutiating pain and the cojored servant, Isabella Miller, was called} to the room. Liniments were used external- | ly and the rubbing given the patient by the! servant seemed to relieve the sufferer to some extent. A Dose of Laudanum. But so intense was the pain that it was thought a dose of laudanum was neces- sary, and the brother-in-law gave her what he thought was a moderate dose, which he felt certain could do no harm. The dose he thought would have the effect of killing | the pain, but never did he even imagine it | might kill the patient. Mrs. Gannon rested well after her tr. at-} ment and both her husband and brother felt certain that their remedy had had the} desired effect. But the dose was larger than Mrs. Gannon could stand and her heavy breathing this morning alarmed the mem- bers of the household. | Drs. Coe and Leach were sent for, but the | drug had taken such effect and the last/ sufferings of the woman had passed. She died about 8:30 o'clock. Her death was a great shock to both her | husband and the brother-in-law who had | given the fatal dose. The latter was com- pletely overcome, and when he left the house he rushed up to the parsonage of St. Paul's Church, where he saw Father Foley. Crazed by Grief. “Y've killed my sister,” shrieked the al- most frantic men, and while in the parron- age he grabbed a knife from the table and wanted to end his life with it, but was pre- vented from doing so by the pastor. ‘The man was relieved of the kuife, which he would probably have used in an effort to end his life. Father Foley had endeavored to reason with him and give him what religious con- solation he could, but even this did not | pacify the man, who had about lost his rea- soning powers. | it was necessary for Officers Evans and | Mitchell, who had been summoned, to arrest | and hold him until the coroner disposed of the case, and so they took him to the eighth precinct station to await the arrival of Dr. | Woodward. On the way to the station his) rambling conversation indicated tat the affair had had a terrible effect on his mind, and he begged for a pistol, saying he wanted to die. } ‘The officers talked and attempted to rea- son with him. ‘They explained that he thought he had done things for the best, and certainly he would not be condemned for bis mistake. Sull, nis mental surterings | seemed to increase, and soon after the cor- | oner heard of the facts he wag sent over to Providence Hospital ror treaunent. Purely an Accident. Coroner Woodward heard the statements | of members of the family concerning the, sad affair and concluded that an inquest Was not necessary. ‘Ihe affair was pureiy | @M accident, and he gave a certificate of death accordingly. . La@urérice &. Gannon, husband of the ortubate victim of the deadly drug, is well known in this city, and his numerous | friends will be pained to hear of the occur- renee which in so short a tme brougnt gicom and sadness over a happy nome. Mr. Gannoh ig a clerk in the Treasury Depart Ment and is director of St. siatthew’s Chureh choir. Arrgngements for the funeral wifl be pub- shed later. ‘ais afternoon Mr. Charlies KE. Gannon, wifo was still at Providence Hospital, was ’h a sad condition, afd it was suid that nis | mind was affected, but perhaps only tem- porarily. it is possible, however, tnat he may eventually be sent to St. biizabeth's tor treatment. ee NAVAL ASSIGNMENTS, Many Important Ones Made, as Pre- dicted. . As foreshadowed in The Star, a number! of important naval assignments were made | late yesterday afternoon. Admiral John G. Walker will be relieved of the command of the Pacific station early in July by Com- modore Lester E. Beardslee, now com- manding the Port Royal naval station. Admiral Walker on his return to Wash. ington will be ordered to duty as superin- tendent of the Naval Academy, relieving Capt. R. L. Phythian, who will be ordered | to sea as soon as the ship can be found for | him, Commodore Beardslee is the junior} officer of his grade, and has never had> command of a squadron before. | With Admiral Walker's relief, his flag- | ship, the Philadelphia, will also probably | be detached from duty at Honolulu and} ordered to San Francisco for repairs. Her commander, Capt. A. S. Barker, will then be relieved by Capt. C. S. Cotton, now in! of the receiving ship Independence, | Island. Capt. J. J. Read has been fo the command of the latter ship. | ding officers have also been | the cruisers New York and San | Capt. F. T. Kane will succeed W. Philip on the New York, and} { Capt. Capt. P. H. Cooper will succeed Capt. John | C. Watsop in command of the San Fran- isco. Commander Louis Kingsley has been ordered to the command of the prac- tice ship Essex, relieving Commander F-. W. Dickins, who will be given shore duty, possibly the command of the receiving ship Dale, at the Washington navy yard. Capt. F. J. Higginson, formerly in command of the Atlanta, has been assigned to duty as, captain of the Mare Island navy yard, one of the most desirable billets in the navy. It is sald that this assignment is merely temporary, and that when the Boston is Placed in commission he will be ordered to. take command of it. Among the latest gos- sip at the Navy Department is a story to, the effect that Acting Admiral Kirkland, commanding the Sguth Atlantic station,h: been tendered the more desirable assi ment of commandant of the European sta. tion, on the coming early retirement of Commodore Henry Erben. H 2 for Agricultural Col- leges. \ Secretary Hoke Smith has authorized the! payment of the sixth annual installment} of the amount appropriated for the support | of agricultural colleges throughout the | country. The total amount of the install- | ment fs 3080,000, each state and territory receiving $20,100. Appropriatio: | Black ein China. | Advices have been received from the | United States legation at Tokio, | stating that the black plague or black death prevails at Canton, Ca and that | all vessels from several Chines: ports to | Japan are quarantined under an imperial | proc! Japan, } the House. This and the attitude o} Probable Course of the Ways an Means Committee. PRINCIPLES ALREADY AGREED UPON The Senate Protective Amend- ments All to Be Rejected. AN IMMEDIATE CONFERENCE Chairman Wilson's return to congres- sional work has brought about a definite understanding among members of the ways and means committee on the essential fea- tures of how the tariff bill is to be handled when it returns to the House. There has been no formal meeting of the committee as yet, and no resolution defining the pro- gram has been passed, yet the plan of pro- cedure {s none the less defintely under- stood. The two principal points on which the cémmitteemen ure agreed are: First, that the bill will be sent to confer- j,ence without any preliminary effort to se- cure agreements in whole or in part in the House. Second, the determination of the commit- tee is to make the ultimate tariff act as ne: like the original Wilson bill—as it left th Hovse—as time, persistence and endurance will allow. There is no disposition to sur- render in any degree to the Senate amend- ments. With these two essential features agreed on the majority of the members of the committee fel that the rest is largely detail. A Disagreement in Toto. The first understanding, as to at once sending the bill to conference, disposes of persistent reports that an effort would first be made to carry the bill before the House for the purpose, if possible, of agreeing on some features, and thus expediting a final settlement. On the contrary, there will be no such temporizing. There will be a dis- agreemnt in toto with the Senate, and a request for conference, unless the Senate has already made the request, in which case it will be assented to. The second understanding, that the ulti- mate tariff act will be as near us possible to the Wilson bill, gives the keynote to the main struggle between the Senate and House. It had been thought that the com- mittee would be concillatory and desirous of reaching a speedy agreement between the Semate and House in order to avoid another protracted tariff debate. But, on the contrary, the feeling ts so strongly to- ward standing by the Wilson bill and re- sisting the protective encroachments made by the Senate that the most influential members of the committee say the Wilson bill, in its substantial and ossential fea- tures, will be the rcck on which the com- mittee will plant itself with the House be- hind it. ' Mr. Wilson’s Opportunity. This feeling has found expression in cer- tain personal appeals to Mr. Wilson. His associates have said to him that an oppor- tunity offered to few publig men was now presented to him. This opportunity was to stand by the Wilson bill as against the Senate amendments. It has been pointed out that state and local conventions have in their platforms and resolutions severely arraigned the Senate and have expressed a@ preference for tl Wilson bill as {¢ lctt th press and public has been presénted amounting to a public demand, as weil us @ perso.al opportunity, for standing by the Wilson bill. While Mr. Wilson has given no public expression in this line, one of his associates on the committee sayg that it has made due ii ion oR -the ir man. This member that th u- Fesaig was practigally i ine. is 4 The first meeting of the committee will be held next wi expects the bill to pass the Senate Tuesday. The next day being July 4 will not ey meeting. But it is proba! that chair- man will call a meeting for Thureday next. This will be done whkie the nt ot the Senate bill has begn completed or not. Members of the committee said today that every effort would be made to expedite the committee stages of the measure next week, and the opinion was expressed that it would not take more than a day or two before the formal disagreement and sub- mission to the conference would be effected. When Will the Tariff Bill Pass? Senators do not seem inclined to venture @ prediction as to when the tariff bill will Fass the Senate. It is generally believed that the debate on the bill and the amend- rents will continue until Tuesday night, and that the majority will insist upon a session on Wednesday, the 4th, in order to ccntinue the consideration of the bill. The republicans generally are quite anxious to get through with the bill, and may assist in disposing of it by Tuesday night. a ANCHARD CONFIDENT. MR, BI Prospects Better for Hold! Senator Blanchard regards the prospect for holding the sugar schedule in its pres- ent shape better than it was yesterday. He thinks the democratic members of the finance committee will recede from their determination to bring into the Senate their proposed modifications of the sched- ule, changing the date when the schedule shall go into effect and virtually striking out the additional 1-10 per cent duty on sugar imported from countries paying a bounty. Mr. Blanchard was at the Capitol early today, but went immediately to the House side, where he is evidently of the opinion there is a field for operations. He did not | say that he had had a promise from the committee when spoken to upon the sub- ject, but he expressed himself as very con- fident that the amendments would net be offered in the Senate, and that the question of the sugar duty, including these points, would be settled by the conference between the two houses. None of the democratic members of the finance committee were at the Capitol today, but it is believed from expressions dropped by them yesterday, as well as from Mr. Hlanchard’s confidence, that they have vir- tually agreed to defer the settlement of the matter until the conference stage shall be reached. They have been, from the iirst, desirous of conctliating the planting inter- est which the Louisiana Senators represent, and are naturally loath to antagonize it at this time. They appreciate, however, that a failure to put in the amendments may be the cause of delaying the fina! disposition of the bill in the Serate, and may hait be. tween their desire to conciliate Mr. Blanch- ard and their wish to facilitate the final vote, The amendments proposed are in the line suggested by Senators Allison, Teller and other republican Senators, when the sugar schedule was under consideration in ccmmitiee of the whole, and it {s probable that if the amendments should be put in the discussion of the question {u open Senate would be considerably curtailed. ———_+ e+ Internal Revenue Orders. Today being the last day cf the fi year, the commissioner of internal revenue has instructed collectors of internal revenue throughout the country to keep their of- fices open for the transaction of business and the receipt of taxes until 5 o'clock p.m. fs eile ee Me is of Honor Awarded. Medals of honor for gallant service in the voluatcer army during the war have been awarded as follows: William Archival and Andrew Schmauch, Ohio volunteer infantry, and William Steinmetz, Indiana infantry. GOING UP SLOWLY Lack of Stone Causes Some Delay on City Post Office. sal ¢ Work Progresses Steadily and Will Move F: Contracts Awarded. jer Soon—New There {s not enough of a crowd of men at work on the city post office building durtng these hot days to cause prostrations from the heat. They are not packed together like the circulation of alr about the great atruc- ture. Yet there is work being done, and it is but just to say it is going on at as rapid @ rate as the circumstances will allow. The granite blocks of the mezzanine story,which includes the arches of the first story win- dows, ure being laid, and the building will soon be up to the third story line, where the rough dressed stone work will end and the smooth-faced or finished masonry will be begun. This is in accordance with the de- cision recently reached by the officials of the Treasury Departinent, who concluded that the completion of ‘the building on the plan as started, with rough blocks from basement to attic, would give a too dismal effect to the building. Though there are over 100 men at work at the Fox Island, Maine, quarries, where shaping the stunes, it is difficult for the stone contractors to supply the material fast enough to keep the work going at the speed which is doubtiess desired by the lcng waiting public at Washington. All the stone has hitherto been shipped from Fox Island to this city by water, and the uncer- tainties of this method of transportation have caused some embarrassing dela: For tnstance, a few days ago three vessels laden with granite from the quarry reached the wharf in this city within a few hours of each other on the same day, although the first vessel sailed ten days later than the schooner which touched the wharf last. As a result of the delay of the vessel which sailed first all of the masons were laid off for a day and a half, owing to the lack of granite. Now there is quite a quantity on Land, but still the supply is so uncertain that Mr. Steinmetz, the agent of Contractor ‘Pierce, is considering the advisability of wiring the quarrymen to ship a few loads by rail. Mr. Steinmetz sald this morning that by the 15th of July work would be so well in hand that he could probably begin some of the dressed stone lcying in the third story. He explained that not a brick can be laid above the granite walls, which must be tied into.the brick walls by anchors. The brick contractor has shown, he says, every disposition to hasten his part of the work, and loses no time ingetting the bricks lald flush with the granite. The rough stone laying, be continued, has proven very diffi- cult, owing to the care which must be ex- ercked in matching the joints, and he thinks that, once the dressed walls are be- gun, the masonry will be put up at a much more rapid rate’ The contract for the next four stories of iron work frame has been awarded by the Treasury Department to Brown, Ketcham & Co. of Indianapolis, at the very low rate of $40.36 per ton. This firm expects to com- mence the construction of the iron frame on the northeast corner in two weeks, and | they hope to be able to keep ahead so well | that the granite walls can be thrown up | very Cosely behind them. The materials for this svcord lot of iron work have not yet begun to arrive. Superintendent Kthsey said to a Star re- porter this morning that he belfeved the post office had so far been pushed as fast as circumstances would permit. There ha: been no dearth of labor, he said, but rather a surplus. Once or twice there have been | difficulties in getting skilled men to work on the walls when the granite supply has been abundant, but this trouble has not been encountered in the brick work. The materials for the central tower in the middle of the north front have been much slower, he said, in their arrival than he could wtsh, and he hopes that arrange- ments may be made in a short time to get enough stone for this part of the work on the ground to push the tower ahead and keep it even with the walls. This stone is specially prepared, and has been kept sep- arate from the other material. There is @ great deal of carving upon it, much of whieh: Is being done atthe quarries, this is probably delaying the stone. A large part of the finer work of carving will be left, however, until a later day, to avoid the danger of its being broken in the con- struction. There is a great deal of beauti- ful work of this scrt to be done on the three large entrances, particularly on the north side. There are now three hoisting engines at work on the northea&t, north- west and southeast corners, and it ts in- tended to have a fourth engine placed at the southwest corner, and Mr. Kinsey thinks there will be no more delay after the mezzanine story has been completed. ——_— +e. NOT UNTIL AUGUST 1, Delay in the Dismissals im the War Department. Secretary Lamont has reconsidered his purpose of reorganizating the record and pension office July 1, and the heavy reduc- tions contemplated in that force will be deferred till August 1. The change of plans is due to the action of Congress in extending existing appropriation laws. The legislative, judicial ard eXecutive appro- priation bill for next year makes a re- duction of 300 in the record and pension office, and the force has already been re- duced 150 of that nymber by reason of deaths, transfers, resignations and dis- missals. Consequently there are but 150 clerks yet to go in order to bring the force within the quota fixed by the pending bill. It was originally planned that the re- duction should be made on the Ist proximo, but now it is decided to postpone such ac- tion until the new law goes into effect and leaves the head of the department no option in the matter. A similar poltcy has been decided upon at the Treasury Department, where the new bill makes numerous changes, —_——-e-—__,—_ THE CASH BALANC Receipts and Expenditures of the Trea 'y Department, The cash balance in the United State: treasury today is $115,250,000, of which $44,- 850,000 is in gold. The expenditures of the government during the twenty-nine days of the present month were only $2,501,000 in excess of the receipts, which leaves the total excess for the year to date, $73,063,159. Today's receipts will probably reduce the defielt to $72,750,000. The receipts from cus- toms this month amounted to about $5,202, |380, and for the year to date, $11,037,605. The receipts from internal revenue duriag June amounted to $2,035,125, and for the fiscal year to date, $144,402,005. The receipts | from miscellaneous sources aggregated $17,- 67,S41. The pension payments so far this year amount to $141,699,000, which is about $25,000,900 less than the appropriations, TO COOL THE HOUSE. Representatives Waut a Number of Good-Sized Electric Fans. The committee or ventilation and acous- tics of the House is preparing a resolution directing the architect of the Capitol to place a number of electric fang in position eround the hall of the House at various points to cid the circulation of air. The Peat in the House was intense today and the members seemed to feel it very much. The commiitee think that the conditions could be very much improved by putting in a number of good-sized electric rans, and if it does nct add to the coolness of the House it will at least enable members to ! keep cool sitting near them. — Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $344,304. Government receipts: From internal revenue, $861 ‘ toms, $216,487.38; miscellaneous, $246,906.90. sardines, and there is plenty of room for / the granite is being produced, dressing and | ‘SLEEPING CAR RATES —-—__.+-__—_ Senator Sherman Denounces the Pullman Company Monopoly. WANTS REGULATING LEGISLATION The Passengers Pay Two Fares to the Sleepers. pees \THE TIPPING SYSTEM Senator Sherman struck a chord that will | probably vibrate in the hearts of the whole public when he introduced his resolution in the Senate yesterday directing the commit- tee on interstate commerce to investigate the subject of rates and regulations for sleeping and parlor cars, Coming coincident with the great strike in the west the matter is of unusual interest and a Star reporter ; Sought the Senator this morning to ask him | for his views on the subject. Mr. Sherman | Was enjoying the breeze of an electric fan \in his library when he said “good morning” | to the reporter and began to talk enthusi- astically about the resolution, which passed the Senate yesterday unanimousiy. “This matter,” he said, “has no reference whatever to the strike that is now in pro- | gress in the west. It is something that I | have been thinking about for a long time, and I have talked with my colleagues in the Senate sufficiently to find that they are in | hearty symptahy with my effort to cause a reform in the rates charged by the Pullman and other sleeping car companies. I regard | these rates as simply infamous. It is out- | Tageous for us to be compelled to pay such high prices for such poor accommodations as we receive in cur trips to and fro about | the country, They give you a short, narrow berth, so close and uncomfortable that in | many cases one would rather sit up all night than submit to the inconveniences of | the corfartment. If you get a lower berth and no one has the upper the porter insists upon putting down the lid and so increasing |your misery rather than giving you the | benefit of the air. I do not know why this |is so, unless it is an effort on the part of the company to make their prestige all the | greater and the more unendurabie. ‘Two Monopolies. “I regard the Pullman Company and | Sugar trust as the most outrageous monopo- Mes of the day. They make enormous | Profits and give their patrons little or noth- \ing In return in proportion. It ts perfectly jclear to me that there is a way to reach j the sleeping car problem with ease through Sgyernment action. States have in many ifStances adopted regulations intended to reduce the evil of extortionate charges on |the railroads, but there are few, if any, {railroads that run sleepers through but one state. and thus these laws are of no avail, for no state can regulate any cor- }poration beyond its own limits. For in- stance, in Ohio we make an effort: to con- |trol this matter, but the raliroads have jalways found a way to avoid the law. The | United States can easily control the charges for sleepers, just as the railway fares have been ‘regulated by means of the interstate jcommerce law. I believe that that act has jbeen amply enforced, without very much |trouble, and I can see no reason why a | similar act should not be passed with refer- ence to the sleeping car problem. A bill of |@ dozen lines would suffice, fixing the rate | per mile to be charged by these companies }and providing a penalty for over-charging. | “I think the rates should be reduced just one-half. The Pullman Company, for ine stance, ts very rich, made so by the enor- |mous and disproportionate profits on their jears. With half that profit the company jeould make a great deal of money and give the public better service. Perhaps you |do not know, but it is nevertheless a fact, |that the Pullman Company cha each railroad running its cars a cent a mile for every car, and this goes into the pockets of the Pullmans in addition to the rates paid by the passenger. For instance, be- tween New York and Chicago the railroad |pays about $10 for each run, and the Company gets several times that sum addition from the public. That : [pe .the raiiroad is counted into e expenses of the road, and ts eventual id by the passenger in the \fare he gives for his ride. So the trav- eler pays twice, in reality, for his ques- tionable accommodations on board a sleep- er. I feel these heavy rates myself fre- quently, for when we go out to our home in Ohio we have to pay, for my wife, my daughter and myself as much for sleeper rates as for the entire railroad fares. The berths are so close and uncomfortable that we have to spread out over a good deal of space in order to avoid being made ill by the journey. “Then, too, 1 think the the employes of the comp: continued. it is a smail matter in the in- dividual case, but it is an extortion to pay the porter for each trip you take. The trouble fs that these men are not paid enough by the company. if they were paid adequate salaries the passengers would not be obliged to come forward to help them out. 1 really think the men need the mon- | ey In most cases, and J always give because 1 do not want to feel or to appear mean about the matter. ‘There is a sort of com- pulsion about it, though, that is very dis- agreeable, and it eould all be avoided. These points, of course, are all to be gene over by the committee on interstate commerce, which will probably lake up tae matter a8 soon as Senator Butler returns from the south. 1 do not know how long he will be gone, but 1 Know that this mat- ter has already met with the approval of @ large majority of the Senate. che matter that should not be overlooked in this corsideration. Tha main patents on these sleepers huve expired, and there is no teason why the rallroads should not begin now to make and run their own cars. 1 was acquainted with the original inventor of the siveping car, who ts now dead. He was ebliged to sell out to the Puliman Company and they have held the monopoly with great care, The first patents have now, 1 believe, taken out ietters for some improvements, I thik it would be perfectly easy for the monopoly to be broken. in the cuse of the New York Central there ts a corporation within a corporation. The Wagner Com- pany ts composed of members of the Central Company, and the rates remain the same, so that the public does not get the benetit of the independence of the Central trom the Pullman people in the least. This will al- ways be until the government takes hold and regulates the rates. “ienglishmen have often expressed their surprise W me that we endure the limited accommodations of the slecpers. ‘They think that our night cars are very uncomfortable. ¢ course, in England, where the territory ts very smal, ‘there is little or no night travel, and so' sleepers are almost unknown. On the contiiient, too, there is little use for the night cars, for most of the travel is by short rcutes, by tourists who travel from town to town on trips that occupy only a few hours. Commercial agents are the only people, pearly, Who use the sleepers, which are butit on somewhat the same pattern as ours. “1 think that this abuse can be reached, | and 1 propose to press this matter to some sort of conciusion. lt seems to me that the American people have suffered uncomplain- ingly long enough, especially as there is a remedy at hand.” \ er Here. Gen. John W. Foster, late Secretary cf State, who managed the case of the United States before the Bering sea crbitration tribunal at Paris, returned to this city yes- terday afternoon after an absence of about a year, during which time he made an almost complete tour of the world, He Was accompanied by Mrs. Foster in all his travels and she returned to Washington with him. They made a visit to ex-Presi- dent Harrison at Indianapolis last Wed- nesday. They do not expect zo remain home very long, as they have made ar- rangements to spend the summer in north- ‘ern New York. ‘There ts! run out, and although the Pulimans have | { | tition are the DOLE TO BE ELECTED Will Be President of the Hawaiian Re- public. The Ex-Queen Satisfied That America ‘Will Not Aid Her Cause— Minis- ter Wodehouse’s Attitude. SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.—The steam- ship Australia, which arrived today, brings the following Hawalian advices: HONOLULU, June 23.—The constitutional convention has been meeting for the last few weeks, and has made a number of changes in the constitution, as proposed by j the executive council. One of the most im- portant of these changes is that the prop- erty qualifications of Senators has been re- duced from $8,000 to $1,500, and the income qualification from $90 to $400, The more radical members of the convention objected | seriously to this, Claiming it will permit Kanakas to members of the upper house. It has been decided to declare the provis- ional president, 8. B. Dole, president of the new republic without the formality of a vote. It is claimed that if this is not done, the royalists would take almost any oath in order to obtain the right to vote for the president, in the hope of electing their can- didate. The ex-queen has been satisfied at last that the United States does not intend to re- instate her. She sent yesterday protests to | all foreign diplomats here, requesting them | not to recognize the new republic, claiming | she was the only lawful ruler of Hawati. | All of the foreign representatives have re- | turned the protests unnoticed to her, with | the exception of J. H. Wodehouse, the Eng- } lish minister. He, it is said, will probably recognize her claim, as he ts said to be an ardent royalist. The new constitution will probably be adopted on the Fourth of July. Preparations are now being made to make that day one pf the greatest in ‘the | Hawatlian calendar of holidays. | A few days ago the crew of the United States ship Philadelphia was brought ashore | for battalion drill. The next day the cap- taig of the English man-of-war Champion | asked for the same privilege, and it was refused him. No reason was given for refusal, and the government officials re- fused to talk of the ter, but it is gen- erally supposed that alleged discourteous | P®' treatment of the British Minister Wode- house toward this government is at the Lottom of the affair. ——$—eee THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. No General Reorganiszat of the Clerical Force Until July 15. For many days pest the employes in the Department of the Interior have been trou- | bled by well-defined rumors that the Secre- | tary contemplated making a large number of changes on July 1. The interested par- tes were in a state of feverish excitement all this f.renoon, because it was believed that the notices of the changes would be promulgated this afternoon. Although the officials ire reticent about the matter, it was learred from a semi-officlal but au- thentic source that the changes will not be arnounced till July 15. 1t is not known bow many clerks will be affected by the changes, but it is thought that the number will be very large. It has been given out officially that there is to be a reorganiza- tion of the clerical force of the department, bused on the new system of defining the efficiency of the clerks. The chiefs of di- vision have not yet completed the making of the reports as to the effectiveness of their clerks, but this will be finished with!n 2@ few cays, so that the expectancy of the clerks may be set at rest by the middie of the month. In the list will be promotions, teductions, transfers and, likely, several dismissals. It has not been the practice of this administration to give out the list of changes for publication, but they have to certify the ol to the civil service com- mission, and thr this channel it be- comes possible for the people to know who has been dismiswed, reduced or promoted. ———__+ oe --____—_. ~ COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Big Batches of English and American Bills Captured. Chief Hazen of the secret service, Treas- ury Department, has received copies of the correspondence which passed between the State Department and the German foreign office relative to the capture of the Hamburg counterfeiters, Cronemeyer, Thies and their confederates. Chief Hazen also received a number of counterfeit United | States notes and Bank of England notes, tcgether with photographs of the counter- feiters. The Berlin police succeeded in cap- turing nearly $300,000 of the counterfeit United States notes and about $150,000 in the Bank of England notes, together with the lithographic stones from which they were printed, paper machines, &c. Louis | Hancke and B. T. Nestier, members of) the gang, are still at large, although the latter 1s known to bé on board of a vessel bound for Australia. He will be apprehend- | ed before leaving the ship im order to avoid | extradition proceedings, All of the counter- feiters will be tried at Hamburg. It is not believed that any of the counterfeit money reached the United States. a SHIP OWNER Steamships Which Canmet Fly the AMERICAN he | Yo TRAINS ARE HELD UP Passengers Detained by Strikers at Hammond, Ind. NO WATER AND MUCH DISTRESS Progress of the Fight on Pullman at Chicago. NOTES OF THE BOYCOTT -———__+——.-+, CHICAGO, June 30.—The Monon passen- ger train No. 2, which left Chicago at $82 last night Is in the hands of the strikers, manned by 140 of them, at Hammond, Ind. ‘When they heard of the avowed inten- tion of the Monon officials to take the train to Indianapolis, if it had to be run over the bodies of 1,000 strikers, they held a meeting and decided to protest. When the train reached the state line, at 10:42, It was signaled to stop. The engineer had scarce- ly done so when the crowd surrounded him. Then an engineer took the place of ghe regular Monon man, and while the strikers yelled, the train went into a switch and then pulled slowly into Hammond. The mob controlled it. It was run down on a switch and will be left there until the strike is ended. It carried four sleepers, two mail cars, two baggage cars and four day coaches. a Sheriff Fredericks of Lake county, Ind, has asked Gov. Matthews to send troops to Hammond. The Western Indiana tracks at the state line are completely blocked. Five fer trains are standing there, one behind the other. Four of the trains belong to the Erie and one to the Monon road. The first train has been there since 4:30 Friday afternoon. The mob which stopped the trains held @ meeting along the tracks last night and ted to hold the trains until the strike was settied. There is considerable suffering the ssengers on the trains at Hammond. and which have not been moved . There is no water on the trains, nor any to be found near the trains. Women and chil- dren are complaining bitterly. Six trains, including one mail train, are bela here There is a large crowd standing about, but no violence. Sheriff Gilbert today sent forty deputies and many regular deputies to The sherlif said he did not anticipate trouble there. His men were instructed not to mix up in any way in the strike, and to interfere only when violence and jawiless- ness are threatened. Sheriff Gilbert was in his office at daylight, and from now on until the end of the strike will keep in communt- cation with the railroads and To po where trouble is apt to occur, and self in readiness to quell any outbreak. Strike on the Rock Island. Five hundred employes of the Rock Island railroad struck at 7 a.m. today. Switches were spiked and other threatening demon- Strations made, and police protection was called for by the company. The illinois Central suburban service is completely tied up. The engineers and fire- men today refused to take out their engines. Employes of the Fort Wayne rail be- gan quitting work in the suburban district today. It was impossible to run trains, and the engines were run into the round houre at Soth street. One or two trains were manned by officers of the road and kept in Service, but traffic was practically sus- pendei. The Pan Handle train which was stalled by a mob of 100 men at Riverdale last night reached the city today. The Pullmans, which were cut out by the mob, were coupled on about daylight, when the mob, for some reason, suddenly left the little town. The train did not attempt to pro ceed until it could come with Pullmans, Tying Up More Lines. Vice President Howard of the American Railway Union today issued an order ty- ing up the Milwaukee and St. Paul road in all branches of the service at 6 o'clock this evening. An order was issued to tle up the Big Four at Cairo this afternoon. The Chicago and Northwestern reports today that Its passenger service is moving without mterruption General Manager Egan of the General Managers’ Association bureau and General Manager St. John of the Rock Island road were in consultation today with Sheriff Gil- bert at the latter's office. result wes that the sheriff soon began swearing in deputt This action, it was stated, was the result of the strike on the Rock island road. President Egan of the Railway Managers’ Assoctation called on United States Marshal Arnold today to ask for twenty deputies to protect mail trains. District Attorney Milchrist telegraphed to Attorney General Olney for instructions. Meanwhile the marshals were sworn in and held in readi- ness. Relieving Uclated Passengers. Officials co” the ilhnois Central telegraph- ed its agent at Cairo at a late hour last night to cut off the Pullman coaches from one of the eight (rains held there by the strikers and start i at ouce forChicago. The rea:on given for this action was that @ large number of belated passengers, many Stare tripes, H Replies from American ship owners, sc | far as received by the bureau of naviga-| that tion, Treasury Departmest, show Americans own under foreign flags four steel or iron steamships of gross tons in transatlantic trade. These | are forbidden by the old registry iaw of | 1792 to fly the American flag, and are ac- cordingly subject to foreign, chiefly Iritish | laws. i The American steel or iron tonnage in transatlantic trade under the registry | consists of eighty-two steamships ot 69 gross tons, of which Nineteen steamships gross tons, including the New | York and Paris, were bullt abroad, ana have been permitted to fly the American flag by special acts of Congress, or as wrecks in the United States. MACHINE GUNS. A Thorough Test to Be Ma Clty. Complete arrangements have been mate by the ordnance bureau of the Navy De- partment for the trial of machine guns, in order to determine which make is best adapted for the use of the navy. The test will be made at the Washington navy yard instead of at the naval proving grounds at Indian Head, as at first propose va- in This rious compctitors have been notified to ar- range their mounts at the Washington navy yard at once in order that the tests may be made next week, beginning Monday next. Among the guns that will enter the compe. of Engush Gardiner make; the Accles gun, me Schrocder Company ling gun and) the Maxim-Nordenteit gun. it ‘s understood that at least two other guns cf domestic manufacture will enter the competition. Ail the guns are of small cativer and use smokeless powder and jacketed builets. The test will be thorougn in every detail. |e To Use Divers, } Owing to the woeful lack of docking fa- | cilities for naval vesseis on foreign ste- Uons the Navy Department is seriously considering the employment of divers for, the cleaning of ships’ bottoms. Experi ence has shown that barnacles and marige vegetation accumulate rapidly on the hulls of the new steel ships in tropical waters. Their speed and general usefulness ire con- Mderably harapcred thereby, and it is + pensive and frequently inexpedient to s them to distant dry docks to reawve cause of their disability, gun, — | natter in a different lig that it was the first st | which they had preaicted must | arrive of whom were women and manded immediate train Vas pul on w ‘The strikers, on the a day or two. With so many train up in Cairo they 5: company would scon have to stop its passenger traffic out of Cite from the lack of cars Progress of the Strike Elsewhere. The sttike of the American Railway Union is on at St. Louts in all its force, an@ traffic is rapidly coming to a standstill, Several hundred strikers gathered at the upper end of th surrounae s morniu a have mov- ed on the iLinots yesterday afternoon The railroads are paying off strikers at Cincinnav and empoyme new men. But omy passenger trains are moving. The sirike.s attacked new switchmen tm the Big Four yards there today. Non-unicn men were tadly beaten. The sinae situa at wnapolls 18 un- hanged, anu prospects are that there will be be ser ne A. KR. UL men ccessiully intained whe (iuted at San Francisco yes- on tne Southern Pacuic system. o change at Omaha today £ ace t> the ike, except the laration of the ident of Une local union, tnat they do wot propose te mix Up im the trouble, and that if the president persists in urdermg ghem to strike they will surrender thei cQurter. A meeung will be held at Battle Creek, Mich., this afternoon of the ALK. U. and employes of the Grand Trunk to take some aclwn Presarling boyevit . 2 Mactne and Southern luca! trains at Port- land, Oreg., but no through trains. Came Witheat tie Pettmal Noon.—The New Orleans express of the Diino ral was blockaded ot Cairo for thirty-six hours, reaching here this morning muinus its Pullman sleopers. A milk famine is Geaiened here as ome result of th < Noon.—t ed for B line this orm: . adent Hubbell threw striker: it ba str ty deputy sh and were who start- aiong the Superin- but the forbade any rowd. The 2 the sit- i view switehmen 3 practically eum