Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY FXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, uel Pesneyivani som Cor. 11th oem y The Evening Star Newspay mn) SH KAUFMANN Pres” Mew York Office, 49 Potter Building, pec. Sori Che Zvening Star. Vor. 85. No. 20,927. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 38, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. ONLY THE SENATE But One Branch of Congress in Session Today. FINAL DISCUSSION OF THE TARIFF Strong Efforts te Save Wool From the Free List. MANY SPEECHES MADE t the Senate did not adjourn yesterday, took a recess until today, this operated cut off morning business. Before the Dill was taken up, Mr. Harris, the floor of the bill, suggested that if there no factious delay today the bill could disposed of before adjournment. He ap- to Senators to join him in the effort finish the consideration of the bill today order that the Senate could adjourn over tomorrow, the Fourth of July. Mr. Chandler suggested sarcastically that the Senate could do nothing worse than gontinue the destruction of American in- @ustries on the day that signalized Ameri- @an independence. nut tee Om the Free List. Mr. Cullom (Ill) expressed the opinion hat the bill would be disposed of before ad- t. ‘The bill was taken up and a vote was im- mediately had on the pending motion of Mr. Mills to transfer “burlaps, and grain made of such burlaps, to the free t.”* It was carried, 28-17. The next ex- cepted amendment placed a duty of 30 pope anther gy and 30 per cent ad valorem en and cuffs. This furnished a text for Mr. Chandler to make a sarcastic . Hale (Me.) followed bs agreed in game satirical vein, gently reproving New Hampshire Senator for his criti- of Mr. Murphy, who Mr. Hale said exceptionally modest in his de- . Murphy, Who was in the cham- no reply and the amendment fix- rates ny and cuffs was 43—5, all the republica! it voting with the democrats, rch The Woolen Schedule. ‘When the woolen schedule was reached . Sherman (Ohio) moved to transfer raw EYEEREE re 3 000 farmers were en- waged in sheep raising, he said. The an- Bual wool product of the United States w: Valued at $125,000,000. Yet it was proposed to allow this industry to stand solidly ani without the slightest protection, direct t. On the other hand, woolen were to be amply protected by this “I should be very glad to support the amendment of the Senator from ‘Onto, said George, “if a small duty on wool could as a claim for another increase of the duty om woolens.” Mr. Hoar (Mass.), in support of Mr. Sher- man’s amendment, insisted that the inter- ests of the wool grower and the woolen manufacturer were identical and declared that all of the New England Senators had done all in their power to ward off this fatal blow directed at the wool-growing industry. He called on the republican Séna- tors from the west to bear testimony to the Sood faith of the New England Senators in their advocacy of a duty on wool and one by one they arose and gave the required evidence. Mr. Stewart (Nev.), Mr. Dolph (Ore.) and Mr. Higgins (Del.) entered a final word of rotest against placing wool on the free ist. The last named called attention to the fact that the section of the country which Would be most injuriously affected by free wool was the section represented by the silver republicans, who had not joined in determined opposition to this bili, one of whom (Mr. Stewart) had sat silent yester- day while the vote on the sugar schedule was being taken. “How could we defeat the bill?” asked Mr. Mitchell (Ore.) br would have had us talk this bill to th?” “That was one way to beat it,” replied Mr. 8g Mr. Stewart (Nev.), in replying to Mr. Higgins, denounced him as a “gold bug. Mr. Teller (Col.) resented Mr. Higgins’ ebdservation about the western republicans, but as there was a general desire to vote on the final passage of the bill today he would not consume time. “On some other occasion, however,” said he with evidence of temper, “I shall take occasion to reply to what I consider an impertinence on his part.” Mr. Sherman’s Amendment Defeated. After some further debate by Messrs. Lodge, Aldrich and Carey in favor of Mr. Sherman's amendment the vote was taken and the amendment was lost—32-37—a strict party vote. Mr. Peffer voted with the re- publicans. Messrs. Kyle and Allen were not recorded. M>. Peffer (Kan.) offered the amendment he offered while the bill was in committee to place wool on the dutiable list under the McKinley law classifications, with the ex- rates reduced one-half, to 5 and 6 cents per pound. Lost, 32—37. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) offered anotl.er amend- ment, which was also lost, putting manu- factures of wool on the free list, Senators Hansbrough, Kyle, Peffer, Aller and Irby casting the only affirmative votes. What Mr. Power Would Agree To. Mr. Harris asked unanimous consent that further debate on the wool schedule be under the five-minute rule, but Mr. Power @font) objected, and, in answer to a ques- tion from Mr. Harris as to whether there was any limit he would agree to, said he would like to stave off action on the bill until next November, as it dealt a death blow to cne of the industries of his state. This led Mr. Harris to retort that, ingsmuch as Mr. Power consented to limit debate to next November, he would withdraw his re- quest. (Laughter.) Mz. Power then offered an amendment, putting wool on the dutiable list at the rate of 25 per cent ad valorem. Lost. The Wool Schedule Agreed To. Mr. Faulkner asked that the committee amendments on the wool schedule as a whole be agreed to, and it was agreed to, the silk schedule being taken up. Executive Clemency. In the case of Robert R. Carter, con- victed in the District of Columbia of violat- ing the policy law, and sentenced February 14 last to ten months’ imprisonment in the District jail, the President has commuted the sertence to six months’ imprisonment. He says: “The circumstances of the pris- oner’s family and the recommendation of the district attorney satisfy me that the administration of the criminal law will be abundantly subserved by the act of clem- ency I have determined upon.” A pardon was granted in the case of Carl = Mattis convicted in Georgia of counterfeiting. The sentence in the case of Geo. W Johnson, convicted in Georgia of illicit distilling, was reduced from twelve Months to five months. The sentence oi thirteen months imposed on Nathan Hill of Illinois for counterfeiting was commuted to six months. A pardon was granted to Crittenden Brown, convicted in Indian ter- Fitory of larceny. —s Cash Balance. The monthly public debt statement for June shows the interest-bearing debt on ), an increase for the fiscal year of $50,004, Month of $« The cash of which $6: 024 was gold re 3 decrease in cash in the treasury fur the month was $269,590. GENERAL MILES LEAVES| He Starts for the Railroad Seat of War. How the Troops Will Act im Securing the Enforcement of the Inter- state Commerce Law. So far as the great strike is concerned the War Department was in a state cf ex- pectancy today, and was doing nothing but waiting developments. Maj. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who commands the department of the Missouri, including Chicago, called at the department soon after the doors were open- ed this morning. He has been absent from his headquarters at Chicago since June 22 on a visit to Concord, New Hampshire. He had a talk with Secretary Lamont before the latter went to the cabinet meeting, and then held long conferences, with Maj. Gen. Schofield, commanding the army, and Adjt. Gen. Ruggles respecting the situation. Gen. | Miles did not care to say anything publicly about his plans, but his manner was full of confidence when he remarked that he believed the trouble at Chicago would blow | over in a couple of days. The general was accompanied vy his aid, Capt. Mai and, | although the management of affairs at his headquarters during his absence has been in the hands of his adjutant general, Lieut. Col. Martin, he has been in constant tele- graphic communication with the latter. Having finished his business at the War Department and fully acquainted himself | with the pluns of the department, Gen. Miles, with his aid, took the 11:15 train this morning on the Baltimore and Ohio for Chicago. The only official news received at the War | Department this morning relative to the strike came in the shape of a few dis- patches to Gen.Schofield from the far west. One stated that Col. Shafter, with a couple panies of the seventh infantry, from Fort rived at Los Angeles, Cal., and was guard. ing the property of the Southern Pacific railroad. Another stated that several com- panies of the seventh infantry trom Fort | Logan, had arrived at Trinidad, Col. On their way they found the telegraph lines cut, and they stopped and repaired them. ‘The commandant reported that he had mat- ters well in hand at Trinidad, on the Santa Fe road. So far as the program at Chicago is con- cerned, the War Department will follow the policy which was so successfully employed in dealing with the train-stealing common- wealers in the west. The United States courts will take the lead with the marshals, and the troops will act only to assist them. The expectation is that at the first sign of resistance to the making up and movement of trains, the facts being reported to the courts, warrants will issue for the arrest of the ringleaders on a charge of contempt. The marshals will endeavor to serve these warrants, and if they meet with resistance beyond their power to overcome, the troops at Fort Sheridan will assist in making the arrests. Once brought before the courts,the prisoners will probably be immediately sen- | tenced to jail. beyond the relief of bail or any process of delay, save a writ of habeas | corpus, which they are unlikely to get from any court at this time. ——_—___- e+____- LOCAL SITUATION. | | Ne Tickets on California Roads Being Disposed Of. It is conceded at the Post Office Depart- ment that the strike situation is becom-/ img more sericus and complicated as the hours are ticked away. The division super- intendents at the points of greatest trouble | are keeping the wires warm with dispatches eddressed to Superintendent White of the railway mail service. Information came from Division Superintendent Gray at Chi- cago that the engineers on the Northwest- ern railroad have gone out, and that the line 1s blocked. Several trains have left Chicago on time, many others late, and several have been held at Blue Island. A train on the Omaha line from St. Paul to Duluth was held up and the conductor, engineer and fireman taken off by force. Little change is reported in the situation at St. Paul, but it is said that the blockades ac Decatur, Ill, and at Cairo have been raised. Trains were started on the South- ern Pacific yesterday afternoon from Los Angeles to San Francisco undcr protection of United States troops. Local passenger agents at Washington bave been ordered to suspend the sale of tickets to points on the Southern and Northern Pacific railroads in consequence of the disordered conditions along those lines. Trains are moving in and out of Washington in the usual way, and it is said that there is no apprehension that the disturbance will extend so ras to di- rectly interfere with the railroad service of this city. —_—_—_———_-o-—___—_ MR. SAYERS SURPRISED. The House Had No Intention to Step Goverument Work. There has been considerable surprise among memiers of the appropriation com- mittees of Congress that some of the wheels of government should cease to revolve on the opening of the fiscal year. Chairman Sayers of the House committee on appro- priations desired to keep all the govern- mental machinery in motion by the passage of a resolution extending current appropria- tions for thirty days. Notwithstanding this resolution, the Navy Department has stop- ped work in the navy yard at Brooklyn, Mare Island and elsewhere; work on pub- lic buildings has, in some cases, been sus- pended. Mr. Sayers says the resolution is the same as that of two years ago, which kept the government wheels in motion. He took the precajition this year to submit the whole subject to the Treasury Department, and that department framed the resolution on the broadest grounds. As framed, he thinks it genera] enough to cover govern- ment ship-building, public building, ard all other government expenditures. Mr. Courts, the veteran clerk of the appropriation com- mittee, says the same resolution has, here- tofore, sufficed to continue all branches of public work. Representative Holman, who is an au- thority on appropriations, says the thirty- day extension is usually held to apply only to salaries of government officers and other regular government functions. If it were applied to the building of ships, post offices, ete., and other branches of public improve- ment, outside of the regular government j service, Mz. Holrran says it would compli- cate the accounts. It is for this reason, probabiy, that the Navy Department and other branches are pausing in their work, although Congress had supposed it was au- thorizing them to go ahead, as usual. a i MUST SERVE HIS TIME. An Oklahoma Editor Who Criticised a Judge. GUTHRIE, 0. T., July 3.—The supreme court has sustained Judge Scott's decision in the Burke and Brown contempt cases, | and remanded them to that judge. They are editors of the Times Journal, and mate some criticism of the judge, for which they were edjudged guilty of contempt and <en- tenced to serve ten days in jail and pay a fine of $250 each. They served the term | and then were released on an appeal bond. | This decision sends them back to jail un-| til the $250 is paid. Brown has paid his $250, but Burke, in the meantime retired from the paper, refused to pay, and {s in jail. Judge Scott refuses to accept an apology or make any concessions, and it is presumed that Burke will serve out his term. eee Cholera Near St. Petersburg. A brief cablegram has been received at the marine hospital from Surgeon Irwin, at Berlin, announcing that cholera has appear- at Cronstadt, Russia. Cronstadt is but ty miles from St. Petersburg, and the ; has not made its appearance so capital in years. AWAITING A VOTE The Democratic Senators Hoping to Get One Today. LIKELY 10 GETIN CONFERENCE MONDAY Senators Making Their Final Speeches on the Tariff. THE PROBABLE CONFEREES —___+——__ ‘The calculations are on finishing the con- sideration of the tariff bill in the Senate before adjournment today, but this will be very difficult of accomplishment. The fight over the wool and woolen schedule bas taken up“so much of the day, and there has been such a disposition to talk, that it would take extraordinarily active work during the latter part of the afternoon to | finish up what is left and get a final vote, even if a night session were held. The Sen- @ does things very rapidly by spurts, however, and it is possible that they may get things through with a rush after two or three amendments with talk in them are disposed of. The fighting spirit was very pronounced today from the very start, and Dolph went so far as to say that it would be two or three days yet before uw vote on the bill as a whole could be had. There appears to be no question whatever that the bill will pass when the vote is had, but some Senators like to get, rid of their surplus energy even when nothing is to be accomplished by so doing. In Conference by Monday. It is not likely that the bill will get into conference before Monday. When it gets to the House it will le over one day, and then be referred to the ways and means commit- tee. There it will probably not be held long, but be reported back almost at once with a recommendation for non-concurrence and a conference. It is not expected that there will be much, if any, debate at this stage, but that the bill will be sent to conference atonce. There are many members who have some things to say about the Senate amendments, and there will be a very spirited debate at the proper time. This will probably come when the first confer- ence report is received. How the Conference Will Proceed. ‘There is a question as to how the con- ference will be proceeded with. The con- ference committee might agree on some of | the questions at issue and report back to the two houses this agreement and ask a fur- ther conference on the amendments still in dispute. They might, on the other hand, report disagreements on everything until every disputed question is settled. The first plan would gradually eliminate the issues and narrow the fight down to a few amend- ments, centering attention upon these, and the committees would be going in and out | of their respective houses from time to time with reports and receiving instructions | as to particular amendments. It is believed that the Senate will prefer the other plan, for the reason that with all the amendments kept in disagresnent together there will be more left to the last minute to trade on, and the centering of attention to certain amendments which will be vital to the controversy, but which it would be perhaps awkward for certain Senators to stand out for alone, would then be avoided. Sugar, for instance, can go much better in the crowd of Other amend- ments than it could if left finally as the only question in dispute. The Probable Conferees. It is believed that there will be seven conferees from each house, as there were in the consideration of the McKinley bill. In that event Wilson, McMillin, Turner and. Montgomery will probably be the democrats representing the House. Harris, Jones and Vest will be the democratic end of the Scn- ate conference committee, and if it is a seven committee there will have to be one more democrat. It is said that Mr. Voor- hees does not want to serve. Should he de- cline there would be only Mr. McPherson left of the democrats on the committee. He would not be the choice of the reformers for a place on this committee and would Probably not be appointed. It is the cus- tom to take the conferees from the finance and the ways and means committees, but this does not have to be done, and the chances are that if there is a committee of seven and Mr. Voorhees does not want to serve Mr. Mills will be made «ne cf the Senate conferees. Senator Harris Waiting. Senator Harirs is in a waiting mood to- day. Someone of his colleagues quoted Shakespeare this afternoon to express the case with the veteran parliamentarian of the democratic side. He was described sitting, “Like Patience, on a monument, smiling at grief." It really did grieve Mr. Harris to see the precious minutes slip by while the tongues wagged, and he could do nothing to hasten the vote on the tariff bill. The Senate went at the bill immediately after 10 o'clock, and two votes were taken in such short order that it began to look as though the final test on the bill itself might come in time for the readers of the regular edition of The Star to read it this evening. But the bill then struck an obstacle in the form of the wool schedule, and there was a a almost as bad as that at Blue Island. Many Speeches Delivered. Speech after speech was delivered. Mr. Sherman talked for a long time, then Sen- ator Stewart denounced the gold bugs and bewailed the fate of silver. Mr. Hoar ex- ecrated the “foul outrage” perpetrated by the bill on American industries, and Mr. Higgins raised a nice row by’ berating the silver republicans for not filibustering. Mr. Dolph, who never loses a chance to talk when his old enemy, Mr. Stewart, is around, took the floor ali ‘to himself for half an hour, and caused Mr. Harris to fidget and squirm until he was forced to go down into the restaurant and swallow some clams, plentifully sprinkled with red pepper and trimmed with delectable fluids. This revived him, and he returned to the chamber and started ona missionary tour among the republicans: He talked here and there, and urged haste upon those patriots who shudder at the thought of working on Independence day. He kept his eye on Mr. Hoar, his constitutional antag- onist, and when’ the rotund form of the New Englander had disappeared through the door of the cloak room Mr. Harris went over and sat down in Mr. Hoar's chair, next to Mr. Sherman, with whom he had a long conference. Little Hope of an Early Vote. At 2 o'clock there appeared to be little hope for an early vote on the bill. The rumor was in circulation that Senator Power of Montana had materials. in his desk for an hour's talk, and that there was fighting ahead on the income tax. Yet | robody appeared to be di ately postponing the vote. irous of deliber- Some thougnt | that the last roil call might come at 7 or 8 | ¢ perhaps 9, though many expresse the belief that It could not be taken today. In that event a session tomorrow is prob- able. This matter of when the vote is to be taken is“simply beyond the range of pre- diction with any degree of assurance. It has come down now to a question of hours rather than days, and the problem of the Senators is to keep still while they cre surrounded with temptations, Mr. Harris realizes the impossibility of forcing the Senate to do anything, and he is willing to let things take their course, believing that there can be no great delay now a —- All the Commonwe: Rescued. OMAHA, Neb., July 3.—The eighteen com- monwealers reported drowned last night were all rescued. 0 ee ae ONLY THIS YEAR| Judge Foree on the Discharged Printers’ Leaves of Absence. Thinks the Appropriation Does Not Apply to Past Years—The Law Quoted. Judge C. M. Foree, acting first eontroller of the treasury, has given a decision that the printers recently discharged at the gov- ernment printing office are entitled to leave of absence pay for 1894 only, and not for prior years, under the act for their relief approved June 19, 1894. His views on this subject are expressed in a letter he wrote to Public Printer Benedict today, in which he says: “I am in receipt of yours of the 26th ulti- mo, inclosing the bill of Wm. C. Connor, late an employe of your office, for leaves of absence earned by him, and unused, during the period from September 30, 1890, to the date of his discharge, May 19, 1894, | said bill amounting to $176. You ask whether you will be allowed credit for this amount, if paid by you, in the settlement of your accounts, in view of the provisions | of the act of Congress approved June 19, 1894. After a careful consideration of the question I am of the opinion that the act referred to does not authorize you to pay Mr. Connor's bill as presented. The first clause of said act, in so far as it refers to leaves of absence to employes und ex- employes of your office, is as follows: “To enable the public printer to pay to the employes heretofore or now employed |in the government printing office since July | 1, 1893, such sums as may be due them for leaves of absence, notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’ leave of absence, with pay, had been granted to such persons in said fiscal year on account of services ren- dered in the preceding fiscal year.’ “This clause authorizes you to pay amounts due for leaves of absence earned in the fiscal year 1804 to the classes of per- sons named, to wit, those now employed or heretofore employed since July 1, 1893, and to enable you to do so the provision of law | limiting the leave to thirty days in any fiscal year is suspended. The second clause reads as follows: “‘And also to pay all employes of the | said office any leave of absence which they may have failed to obtain from the lack of necessary appropriations or other cause.’ “This clause does not, in my opinion, au- thorize you to pay Mr. Connor for leaves of absence earned by him in the fiscal years 1890, 1891 and 1892, said clause being i tended to cover the persons rendering ser ice during the fiscal year 1894, but who are not included in the classes of persons re- ferred to in the clause first above quoted. |For instance, this clause, it seems to me, covers the case of those persons who did not take thirty days leave in 1894, on ac- | count of 1803 (whether their failure to do So was caused by the lack of necessary appropriations or other cause), and also covers the case of those persons who-came | into the office in the fiscal year 1594, consequently, had no leave due them for 1893, to be used in 1804, the failure to pay their pro rata leave for services rendered jin the fiscal year 1804 betng due to the lack of riecessary appropriations or other cause. “In my opinion the $65,000 apropriated by this act is intended to pay such sums as may be due toany and all persons for leaves of | absence to which they may be entitied on account of services rendered in the fiscal year 1894. The act not only waives the provision of iaw limiting the leave to thirty days In any fiscal year, but also appropri- ates for those who do not need the benefit of this waiver and who would except “from the lack of necessary appropriauons or other cause” have been paid. The third clause is as follows: “Hereafter the public printer is author- ized to pay pro rata leave of absence out of any appropriation for leaves of absence to employes of the government printing office in any fiscal yei notwithstanding the fact that thirty days’ leave of absence, with pay, may have been granted to such employes in that fiscal year on account of services rendered in a previous fiscal year.” This clause, in my opinion, is clearly pros- pective and will not authorize the payment of Mr. Connor's bill. 1t simply provides that in the future leave of absencc may be granted notwithstanding thirty days has already been taken in that year on account of a previous year. “In my opinion you are authorized to pay Mr. Connor only such amount as may be due him for leave of absence on account of services rendered in the fiscal year 1804.” e+ GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. Chairman Bankhead Fears That a New Building C: ot Be Obtained. Chairman Bankhead of the House com- mittee on public buildings and grounds is somewhat discouraged over the pros- pect for the bill to provide a new govern- ment printing office. With the Mkelihogd of Congress adjourning within thirty days and the great pressure of business in the House, together with the western opposi- tion which has been raised to the bill, Chairman Bankhead considers it quite likely that Congress may adjourn without making provision for a new government printing office. Mr. Bankhead feels the situation very keenly, and will make one last effort next week or later to get a day set apart by the committee on rules for the considera- tion of the bill. He says, however, that | there may be difficulties in the way of favorable action upon the bill, and thinks that it is possible that the matter may have to go over until next session. Mr. Bankhead says that he realizes the danger in such @ condition of affairs, and ap- preciates the fact that some dreadful calamity may occur at the rickety old building packed with human beings, but that he has done his best. It is said that the fact of the committee having reported a bill providing a site on a public reservation will not meet ail the objections which have been raised in the House. The impression has gone abroad that there is opposition to spending the money for a rew printing office, although | the opposition has been veiled under the | disguise of objection to purchasing a site. {It is anticipated that if a bill should get |into the House the opponents of it will throw off all pretense and dissimulation and endeavor to beat the bill on the ground of economy. Mr. Bankhead, however, will take the matter before the committee on rules at an early date and discuss it with them. — DISCUSSED BY CABINET, President’s Advisers Consider the Growing Labor Troubles. The labor troubles in the west was the principal topic of consideration at today’s cabinet meeting. The Attorney General, the Postmaster General and the Secretary of War reported the latest phases of the situation as indicated by the dispatches re- | ceived at their respective departments this | morning. They showed that no overt act calling for federal intervention had oc- | curred since the issue of the omnibus re- straining order by Judges Woods and | Grosscup at Chicago yesterday. It was reported here this morning that the federal troops at Fort Sheridan, near thicago, had been oriered to Blue Isiand. | Inquiry’ at the War Department showed | | that the report was premature. The troops |have been ordered to hold themselves in | readiness for immediate services, but so | far no orders have heen given for them to leave their post. Federal troops will not | be ordered ont except on specitic direction | by the President, and commanding officers | | have been instructed accordingly. The im- pression in official circles this afternoon is that the crisis of the strike will not occur before tomorrow or next day. —_——--2- No Concert Tomorrow. There will be no concert at the Capitol grounds tomorrow evening, owing to other engagements by the United States Marine Band. jthe interstate drill. MAKE A GOOD SHOW Appearance of the Washington Boys at Little Rock. ARRIVAL OF THE EMMETS YESTERDAY Both Companies May Bring Home Prizes. A BRILLIANT SCENE sy 1 Dispatch From a Staff Correspondent. TITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 3.—Utterly wern out and ravenously hungry the Em- met Guard arrived at North Little Rock shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. On the same train were the famous Chicago Zcuaves. As was the case with the Fenci- bles on the preceding day, Capt. Walsh men were met by two reception committees on a special train and transported to the camp grounds, where they were escorted to their quarters, situated within twenty-five | feet of the site of the Fencibles’ temporary home. Almost before knapsacks could be dis- carded first call for dress parade sounded. This ceremony was to be the event of the week, and although in bad shape the Em- mets were forced to participate. The im- mense grand stand was crowded and thou- sands of people occupied the open seats and grounds, The Jefferson barracks band played a quick-step, and the National Fenc- ibles attired in their superb full dress, green uniforms trimmed in gold, and with waving white plumes surmounting the headgear, eitered the field in columns of fours, and formed line to the left. Capt. Domer and his men presented a truly magnificent ap- pearance, and were loudly cheered. Twenty-seven companies, wearing full dress, followed, but the Fencibles were the favorites so far as richness of dress is con- cerned. The companies were formed by battalions in close column of companies, at which point the Emmets modestly took a position in the rear of the Fencibles. Capt. Domer Was called upon to act as major of the first battalion, composed of the Sealey Rifles, Bullene Guards, McCarthy Light Guards, immets and Fencibles. After dress le, during which the band played the “Fencibles March,” the companies were dismissed for exhibition drills. In the meantime, however, the field been surrounded by a procession of handsome equipages, containing the spon- sors and maids of honor, the beauty of Lit- tle Rock’s society, adorned with their com- panies’ colors. The scene then presented was beyond de- scription and seldom, if ever, has !t been equaled in the United States. The gor- geously uniformed infantry, artillery, cav- alry and zouave companies maneuvering the same time on the same field formed Most picturesque and dazzling kaleido- Scope. Then the companies were presented to the ladies. The most handsome equipage on the field was that containing the Fencibles’ spon- sor, Miss Mary Whittemore, her maids of honor, Misses Hattie Walters, Blythe WH- son and Gertrude Bell, her chaperone, Mrs. Frederick Hanger, Mr. Hanger and Mr. Ben W. Riley. Four brown horses were attached to the carriage and they, the car- Tiage and harness were bedecked with the Fencibles colors. The ladies wore hand- some gold belt buckles and pins constructed of Fencibles buttons, which were the gift of the company. Each soldier was intro- duced to the party in turn. On the opposite side of the field ‘was a fine turnout drawn by two horses and also —— inge tong It contained the mmet's party, Miss Cassie Newton, spon- pl a Cc, Brown and Floyd C. jabine, maids of honor, and Mj . Gibb, chaperone. degareis Capt. Walsh introduced his men, who were classed as heroes by the young ladies for appearing in the field so soon after ar- oa Mise Newton presented Capt. Walsh with a e ue' reen betel uquet tied with ¢: The companies left the field, the spon- sors departed; a most brilliant occasion was at an end and Camp Van Etten was for- mally opened. After removing Emmets satisfied the stains of travel the the inner man and then looked to their baggage and camp arrange- ments. The members then visited the city for several hours. The commissioned omm- cers of both the Fencibles and Emmets were invited to attend a briiliant reception tendered the McCarthys by the sponsors of the latter company. It is a certainty that both the Fencibles and Emmets wiil return to Washington with prizes, and it lcoks as though first place in the interstate contest rests between the two members of the D. C. N. G. Capt. Domer does not consider the Sealey Rifles as “in it.” The Branch Guards of St. Louis are not in the condition they were at Omaha in 1892, and the McCarthys, although strong local fa- vorites, are certainly out-classed by the Fencibles. The Emmet Guards are the dark horse, and their first practice drill is now awaited by a number of anxious captains. Much joy was occasioned among the Fenci- ble boys late yesterday afternoon by the receipt of a telegram from Lieut. Morti- mer stating that that much-needed officer would reach Little Rock on Wednesday evening. His coming has removed the handicap and restored confidence to a very great degree, A Fine Spectacle. The finest pageant ever geen in Arkansas passed through the streets of Little Rock this morning between solid masses of hu- manity, beauty and unprecedented decora- tions. The troops rode in from West End Park and formed at the west end of the city. The National Fencibles, attired in Mack fatigue uniforms, occupied the right of the line, directly behind the famous Jef- ferson Barracks Band. Next marched the Sealey Rifles, and following them were the Emmet Guards, in National Guard fatigue uniform and whjte helmets. Capt. Domer commanded the battalion. ‘The line of march successively passed the houses of the various sponsors, the houses and grounds being profusely decorated. As the column swung into Scott street the Em- mets were greeted enthusiastically by Miss Newton and her party. Two blocks further down the street the band struck up the Fencibles March, as the head of the parade approached’ the home of Miss Whittemore. There a large crovd had assembled, which loudly cheered Capt. Domer and his men. The Emmets were also generous! applauded by the Fencibles’ The Washington companies made by far the best showing in_the turnout. The majority of the boys remained in camp during the afternoon to witness the drill of the McCarthy Light Guard in the interstate class, The proposed target competition has been abandoned, as it was found impracticable to arrange the affair in such a way that four men from each company could shoot during the week. The reception to be given the Fencibles by Miss Whittemore this evening is expect- ed to be the social event of the week. Ev- ery society young lady in Little Rock will be in attendance and the boys are preparing to make conquests almost as great as in The Emmets are al- ready polishing buttons in anticipation of the dance to be held at Miss Newton’s home Thursday evening. cat. Cc ee Personal Mention. Private Secretary Thurber left here this morrirg to spend a few days with his family at Marion, near Gray Gables, Mass. His health i$ not of the best at present, but he expects to be able to resume his duties at the White House next Monday. Mr. Wm. Chase, jr., is lying very low at his home with the typhoid fever. For the past four weeks Mr. Chase has been sick with the fever, but not until several weeks ago has he been so ill. Mr. W. B. Howell, private secretary to Assistant Secretary Hamlin, has returned to Wi Boston. from a visit to THE SUGAR INVESTIGATION A Brief Session of the Senate Committee Held Today. Preparing the Reports, Which ‘There Will Probably Be Three Submitted. The Senxte sugar trust investigating com mittee held a brief meeting today and egreed, under certain conungencies, to ad- joura until next w.ek. Senator Gray. chatr- ian cf the committee, said that it had lat- terly been found impossible for the com- wittee to transact any business while the Senate was considering the tariff bill and that probably ne effort would be made to complete and present a report until after the bill should be out of the Senate. If. he said, the bill should be disposed of today, it was the purpose of himself and probably of other members of the committee to be absent from the city the remainder ef the week. The report to be made to th> Senate is now preparing and probably will be ready for presentation «s seon as the full com- mittee can pass upon it. Mr. Gray said the report, When made, wotld be bricf. “The testimony 1s,” he ‘said, “the best report, and that has already been given to the pub- fe” He further stated that outside of the re- fusal of witnesses to answer questions the testimony, in his opinion, had developed no especially interesting or startling features, and he intimated that the report would to Little mor2 than call attention io this fact. Probably Three Reports. The prospects now are that there will be three reports, one by Senators Gray and Lindsay, the democratic members of the committee; another by Senators Davis and Lodge, and the third by Senator Allen, the populist member. Senator Allen did not sit with the committee today on account of the business in the Senate, and he said, in reply to a question, that he could not say definitely whether he could join with the other Senators in a r»port. It is known, however, that he entertains opinions upon the questions involved which he will doubt- less desire to have expressed in a report, and in which the other members ¢o not share. The other four members of the committee discussed the subject matter of the pros- pective reports for an hour today, and, while the question has not 80 far that the republican. Senators have de- cided definitely to present a separate re- port, there is little room for doubt that they will do so. Senator Lodge today denied in «weeping terms the story sent out from Washington yesterday that he had stated that he was convinced that four members of the Senate had shared in the results of sugar specula- tion. He said the inquiries of the commit- tee on account of senatorial speculation had been made as searching as it had been possibie to make them, and added that he knew of no source from which to secure testimony other than had already been given a trial. eal JUDGE HOLMAW’S VIEW. He Thinks the House Will Win in Conference. Representative Holman of Indiana gives it as his opinion that the struggle betwéen the Senate and the House on the teriff question will end in @ victory for the House. “It is an almost invariable rule,” said Mr. Holman, “that if thers is an overwhelming sentiment in the House for a particular line of action it finds expression and over- cores all delays and obstacles of varlla- mentary procedure. I feel certain that in the issue between the Senate and House the latter will carry the day.” Mr. Holman says experience has shown that tariff bills, after being returned from the Senate to the House, are subject to a good many dela: “The which the House will make when it gets the tariff bill will devend a good deal on the speed of the Senate with the big appropriation bills,” continued Mr. Holman. “If the appropriations are crowd- ed along then the House wili feel it to be its duty to act quickly. But if the = priations drag in the Senate, the House will not feel that it is delaying adjournment by discussing the tariff. 1 think, therefore, that if the Senate acts promptly on tke ap- Propriations the House committee on rules will report a special rule sharpiy limiting the debate on the tariff. Under the regu- lar rules the bill would have to go before the House in committee of the whole. for a full debate of the Senate amendments, as they effect material changes in zovernment |revenue. But the special rule will lirait this debate, and it will probabiy he the course adopted if the Senate makes good Progress on the appropriation bills.” ———____—_+s elated THE COREAN SITUATION. Conflicting Interests of Chima and Japan Explained. Only very meager information concern- ing the present troubles between China and Japan over Corea ‘s to be had here, official circles really lacking news of the course of events. It is said at the Chinese legation that no information regarding the threat- ened conflict has been received from the home government, and a similar statement was made at the Corean legation, where it was said also that China does not exercise suzerainty over Corea. It is asserted in other diplomatic quarters, however, that while China does not actually have suzer- ainty over the King of Corea, yet she is in practical control, and the wishes of China in Corean matters are respected. China's operations in Corea are said to be precisely analogous to those of England in Egypt. Because of her peculiar position geo- graphically Japan is anxious that Corea should remain entirely neutral and not be involved with the affairs of any other coun: try, and that her sovereignty be indisputed. Japan’s mterests in Corea are very large, which also accounts for the interest she displays in the administration of that coun- try’s affairs. It is said here to be alto- gether probable that Russia and England ‘have been at work, through their diplo- matic representatives in Japan and China, to bring about a peaceful solution of the present trouble. It is added that while the matter has been mentioned to the officers | of this government, it fs not likely that the United States has been asked to interfere. ——___+- e The City Post Office Tomorrow. The following order in regard to the Washington city post office was issued by Postmaster Sherwood today: The following divisions of the main office will be closed to the public on Wadnesday, July 4, 184: Money order ivision, regis- try divisfon. Carriers’ windows at main office will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. A delivery by carriers wil! be made at 7 al Collections for entire city will be made at 4:30 a.m, and 5 p.m. County collections will be made at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ‘The following stations will be open to the public for the transaction of business as follows: East Capitol station, 6 to 11 a.m. 5 to 7 P.m_ Georgetown station, 6 to 11 a.m., 5 to * p.m. Southwest station, 6 to 1l a.m, 5 to 7 p.m. Station C, 7 to 10 a.m. ee Acts Approved. The President has approved the act grant- A GHISIS 1S NEAR Regulars Will Go to Blue Island to Move Trains, POWDER AND BALL MAY BE USED Force to Be Employed if Found Necessary. THE BOYCOTT IS EXTENDING Troops Called Out in Califor. nia. OINCINNATI LEADER ARRESTED CHICAGO, July 3.—With this morning's dawn opened what is expected to be a day fraught with exciting events, and possibly the climax of the contest between combat- ants in the great Pullman-American Rail- way Union strike. Not until the small hours of this morning were yesterday's hostilities suspended, and then only for an hour or two to await day- ght that they might be renewed with re- doubled vigor. All night jong from every section west of Pittsburg came reports of new strikes and tie ups; of efforts by the roads, aided by municipal. state and federal peace officers, .o start moving the clogged wheels of commerce, and of determined re- sistance to such action on the part of the strikers and their sympathizers. At numerous points the tension has beem highly strained, and only coolness and mod- eration, it would seem, can prevent an opem rupture. Here and there sporadic instances, where broken heads and blooded noses, in- terspersed with much malicious mischief, Played the leading part, cropped out, but not a suggestion of anything Indicating that anything looking toward a settlement of the difficulties was being done. Interest centers principally on Blue Is- land, a suburban town eighteen miles out from Chicago, where traffic on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific is effectually tied up, despite the fact that several hundred deputy United States marshals are on hand, they being outnumbered ten to one by the strikers, who are in anything but an amis- ble frame of mind. Every legal resource. having been tried in vain, and the United States marshal's au- thority openly defied, naught seems to re main but to invoke federal aid to get trains moving, and to this end troops are held in readiness et Fort Sheridan. Even the marine engineers have caught the infection and stand ready, together with elevated railway men, to add their quota to the great army of self-made idiers, though what they expect to accomplish or of what assistance they expect to be in Mr. Pullman to submit the differences be- tween himself and his late employes to ar- bitration is not clear. The shipment of grain to this city is seri- ously embarrassed, as is the movement in every other commodity for that matter. qhere is At ts said, scarcely @ ton of soft this city, although usually tons are burned daily. used Every railroad entering Chicago is crip- pled. Many of the trunk lines are para- lyzed. Traffic has been enurely suspended on some of the lines. being tacitly allied with the strikes. At 6 o'clock tonight. an attempt will be made to stop all trains on the Lake ‘L” road. This line does not ha: company is burn- ing non-union coal—that, is, coal hauled the Pan Handle road. Troops are being moved to raise the blockad> in California and Colorado, but there is @ prospect that they will be stopped in transit by engineers who are in sym- pathy with the strikers. troops from Spring- field, Il. to Decatur and Danville precipi- tated @ small riot, and at several points along the route strikers impeded their pas- ‘Will Not Join the Strike. The grievance committee Ployes of the Chicago, Paul railroad were in session until late last night and were visited by a large number of the Chicago employes of the road. “There is no strike of the men on the Bt. Paul road,” said Chairman Durbon, “nor will there be one unless it is ordered by this committee. A y. strike all to ourotives and gained wher ee demanded. Since then we have maintained cur own road federation, composed of the Se Se ten, Be Part of the business.” pci rani ts In an inte-view last evening John M . manager of the General Managers’ Association, said: “The raflroad companies do not recognize in this strike the element of Pullmanism and will not have it inter. Jected into the question at any stage of the Proposition. We have no compromise te offer,and there is none that we will accept, as the railroad companies are standing to. j@ether. There is no back down from our | Previously announced position and we are filling the places of the strikers, whom we ur service. Land and water are to join hands in the strike. A deputation of marine engineers visited Uhirichs’ Hall ijast night and etated that the local union here had resolved not to handle a pound of freight hauled by any one of the boycotted roads. They said they had been authorized to give this informa- tion by Thos. F. Dowd, president of the local union of marine engineers and secre. tary of the National union. They added that if that would not suffice the union would quit whenever called out. Th marine engineers are licensed men, and if they go out their piaces cannot be sup- plied. The railway union is much elated over this accession. Lake transportation lines are suffering from the effects of the strike. On account of the inability of the railroud to switch grain cars to the elevators, the grain trade has become paralyzed. The shipments for the past four days have been the lowest on record during the season of navigation. A large fleet of boats has been forced into idleness for lack of cargoes, as effectively tied up by the strikers as if their crews bad been ordere® out by Debs. All the ing certain rights over Lime Point militady | lines have much freight in the railroad reservation in California; the act amend- ing section 1379, Revised Statutes, in re- gard to appointments of assistant paymas- ters in the navy; the act fixing the terms of the United States courts for the district of Vermont: the joint resolution appointing members of the board of managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Sol- diers; the act for the relief of Dennis Mur- phy of 's Ferry, W. Va. yards which cannot be moved to the docks. Freight is continually pouring in on every steamer and it cannot be sent out by rail to western points. All the warehouses on the river are full to overflowing. Not an Animal Came. Today, for the first time in the history of the live stock trade in Chicago, not a single carloxd of animals reached the Union yards by rail The effect of the