Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ’ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 01 Avenne, Cor, Lith Street, by The E # Secu Star Howepeper Company, Hor Yok Ole, 1 Peter Bung me oples at the counter each. By mail—auswhere in the United or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents peF Baturday quintuple Sheet St with forelen Postage abiri, $2 atered at the Post Oiied at To oA Subscriptions must be pa! ear Re pplication. ~ $1.00 per rear; Che Zoening Star. Vor 85, No. 20,939. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1894—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS THEY CANNOT AGREE ~The Democratic Tariff Gonferees as Far Apart as Ever, REPUBLICAN MEMBERS 10 BE CALLED IN | A General Disagreement to Be Re- ported to Both Houses. SUGAR PLANTERS HERE. ‘The republicans of the conference com- mittee are to be taken into the confer- ence this afternoon and the belicf is that @ general disagreement will be reported to the two houses tomorrow. The democrats are said to be as far apart as ever on sugar, coal and {ron ore, both sides being tub- born as oxen. It was understood when the conference opened that they would do all im their power to reach a full “igreement on everything before making any sort of report, but the fact that they have called im the republicans before an agreement is reached on the important items of conten- tiom indicates the hopelessness of the sit- uation at this time. It may be that the disagreeing report will not be made tomor- row, as some may still hold to the hope of some sort of adjustment after the re- publicans appear on the scene, but the ex- Pectation ts that the report will be made at that time. What the Report Will Signify. A general disagreement reported all along the line will not sigaify that the conferees have not among themselves acted upon and agreed to matters in the bill. It may be a@ssumed that the conferees have agreed upon most things in the bill, except those few items of most importance that have been attracting public attention as the lest to deal with, and which were the ef the famous Senate compromise. A general disagreement will probably be reported, however, to avoid dealing with the matter in the two heuses a piece at a time, by partial repors. ‘The HeGse Members Firm. It is understood that the report will indi- cate a general disagreement, and will show that it has been impossible for the con- ference to come to an understanding with- cut receiving renewed instructions from the two houses. It is understood that there are wide differences between the conferees all along the line of the bill, and including es- pecially sugar, coal, iron, tg® metal, wool- en, cotton and glass schedules especially. It is also stated by those in position to know that the House members of the con- ference committee have taken a broad posi- tion in favor of the House bill, and that, while they originally manifested a disposi- tion to make concessions on the less import- ant changes in the bill, they have latterly been very obdurate, and stand out for a majority of the House provisions since they have found that the conference managers ef the Senate will not meet-them. Imme- diately after the adjournment one of the members of the conference said that it seemed that the Senate and House were farther apart than when they began; that the House members flatly refused the tron ore, coal and sugar rates of the Senate bill, and the Senate conferees were as firm in Gemanding that the bill in these particulars Must remain as the Senate fixed it. The Same member talked in a very discouraging Wanner on other schedules and said that “hile the main points were unsettled,it was equally hard to reach an agreement on the other schedules. The Republican Members Notified. Crairman Wilson came to the House of Representatives at the noon recess of the conference, and at once sent official no- tices to the three republican conferees that the full committee would meet at 2 o'clock. ly there was a buzz of excited comment through the House. Mr. Wilson stated that an agreement had not been reached. Beyond this salient feature he Would not discuss the situation. It was earned from other conferees, however, that, while no agreement had been reached, neither had a resolution been passed to re- Dort a disagreement = it was further stated that while the time %o te taken by the Republican conferees Was not known yet, it would be safe to say an actual report of disagreement would We before the Senate and House within the Mext three days. Sugar Men Arrive. The Louisiana delegation was reinforced today by the arrival of a delegation of five members of the Sugar Planters’ Assocta- tion of Louisiana. The Louisiana and Texas delegations have agreed to unite in oppo- sition to the Hawaiian treaty provision of the sugar schedule. Representative Gresham of Texas, who Was Instrumental in securing the meeting, explained its purpose as follows: “We wish to emphas need of abrogating the Hawaiian treaty, as its continuance will ald the sugar trust and will prejudice the Texas and Louisiana sugar refiners who draw raw sugar from Cuba. The meeting 4s not due to any information as to what the tariff conference will do. The Hawalian Provision was not in the House bill, and Presumably the House conferees would be @pposed to accepting it.” What Mr. A ‘ich Says. Senator Aldrich sald before going into the tariff conference today that the republican Members of the conference had not ex- charged views upon a method of procedure in the committee, but that he supposed that If the democratic conferees were not Prepared to report an agreement and shoult ask for a report of disagreement the republican members would not antago- nize them in making this report. In this event the full conference will probably, he @aid, be brief. When the report is made it will be acted upon by the House befote being taken up in the Senate. Mr. Reed Talks Briefly. Mr. Reed, leader of the House republican conferees, says no exact pre 1 has been agreed on by the republican conferees, as Mt is for the democratic confere the initiative. Mr. Reed under: he democrats to t a@ disa that if this is ¢ tiow:. oF are not likely addwi that so far as the re- ns we ncerned, the disagreeme bably be reported without delay. —— a4 residential Nominations, & the following Weils, jr. of Connecti- se secretary of the - Cn States, at L James K. to be consul brooke, Quebec. Interlor—John C. veyor § 1 kson of } United Sta Ar shington, at Vancouver, stmasters—Mark E. Hughes, at Sono’ Frederick E. Pierce, at Gre: id, | Alfred A. Guck, at Lake Linden, | h.; Ward A. Tilton, at Floral Park, New A VIEW OF THE INSIDE Story of the Labor Conference Chicago. at Secretary McBryde Tells How Debs Nearly Outwitted Gompers— Averting a Big Strike. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 17.—“The confer- ence lately held in Chicago under the auspices of the American Federation of Labor was one of the most important labor gatherings ever held in this country,” said Patricks McBryde, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, today. Mr. Mc- Bryde represented the National Miners in the conference, and in speaking of the gathering gave an interesting side iight on the proceedings, as follows: “A convention of local unions had de- clared in favor of a general strike, and demanded the presence of Mr. Gompers in Chicago. Mr. Gompers recognized the gravity of the situation, amd sent ‘tele- grams to all the national and international trade unions and to different railroad brotherhoods of firemen and trainmen. President Arthur of the engineers wrote that he was unable to be present. “As the conference was about to convene @ delegation from local unions that had already left work informed the delegates that if they did not agree to call a national suspension the strike was lost, and that the conference would be held responsible for the defeat. “The delegation was quietly but firmly in- formed that the conference would take such attion as it belfeved to be in the in- terest of the workingmen of the country. “After the delegates had Mstened to a Statement made by Mr. Debs, and investi- gated for themselves into the trouble at Chicago, a pecullar state of affairs pre- sented itself. There was Mr. Debs and the A. R. U. on the one side, and there was Mr. Pullman, the railroads and the different brotherhoods on the other. The represen- tatives of the firemen and trainmen, while opposed to the strike or rather to the boy- cott, had nothing but words of praise for Mr. Debs; for his associates they had noth- ing but. words of condemnation. Indeed, it has seldom been my lot to hear men get such a scoring as Mr. Howard and other members of the A. R. U. board, except it be the language used against P.'M. Arthur of the engineers, by the trades union dele- gates at the conference. “It seems that the organizers of the A. R. U. had been so indiscreet as to confess that they intended to break up the older organizations, and boasted that {t only re- quired victory of the present battle in order to be successful. “It can be readily seen, therefore, that the boycott at Chicago was not only a fight against capital, but e life and death strug- gle between the different railroad organiza- tions, the older orders being on the side of the corporations. It is but fair to state that some of the brotherhoods; like the trainmen, although opposed to the strike, allowed the members to act for themselves, and over 15,000 of them Joined hands with the A. R. UL “*¥You must declare for a national sus- pensicn,’ said the trade unionists of Chi- cago. ““The fight is @ fight of capital vs. labor,’ said Mr. Debs. “*You have no right to take sides with one organization against another,’ said the brothe* bcods. “And so the delegates talked, discussed and talked all around the subject, each afraid to spring @ resolution lest it might be premature. In this condition Mr. Debs found the conference. He realized the dif- ficult task he had to perform; the men he was to address were not amateurs in the methods of labor organizations. A number of them had more experience than himself. The man seemed an icicle, but the voice held his hearers spellbound as he recited the sufferings of the workmen at Pullman, the high-handed policy of the board of managers and the determination of the men to fight to the end. The delegates seemed magnetized. “ “What do you want us to do?’ exclaimed one. Then the matchless ability of the man was manifested. In a tone of deep sorrow he exclaimed, ‘Nothing.’ “A long pause, and then Mr. Debs said: ‘I ask rothing of you, gentlemen, but if 1 were in your place I will tell you what I would do.” “Then Mr. Debs spoke in favor of a gen- eral strike. A sharp exchange of words be- tween Secretary McGuire of the carpenters and Mr. Debs followed, Mr. Debs having the best of it, but the discussion broke the speil; the delegates were once more business men, and Mr. Debs soon realized it, for he changed his tactics at once. “I have a telegram from Washington,” he said. ‘The President Is going to appoint an arbitration committee, so I have pre- pared the following document, which, with the conf@nt of this conference, I would wish President Gompers to present to the board of general managers.’ He then pro- ceeded to read the document presented by Mayor Hopkins, calling off the strike upon condition that the old men would be rein- stated. He left the document and the con- ference promised to send him an answer. “A little reflection on behalf of the dele- gates and they realized that if Mr. Gomp- ers was the bearer of the message and the managers refused to accept it the A. F. of L. would be placed in an embarrassing po- sition. “It was resolved to tell Mr. Debs that he could choose any three gentlemen in the convention, who, with an equal number of citizens, and Mr. Debs, could call upon the board of managers, but Mr, Gompers must not go alone. “ “Hour after hour the conference waited to hear from Mr. Debs, but no news came until the afternoon papers announced the fact that Mayor Hopkins had presented the document and that President Debs had dumped the conference. i" “The delegates looked sheepish when they realized that they had narrowly escaped being trapped into bringing ail the horrors of a general strike upon the country.” —————— TREMENDOUS PREMIUM. apolix’ Speed Greater Even ‘Than First Reported. The Minneapolis has done even better than the first reports indicated on her trial trip. Yesterday Commodore Selfridge, president of the trial bgard, telegraphed the Navy Department that the vessel made 22.05 knots, subject to tidal corrections. ‘These corrections were made last night, and today the commodore reported that after making allowance for the tides and currents the avirage speed was 23.073 knots. By the contract she was required ta make twenty-one knots, and the contract- crs were to recelve a. bonus for excess speed, on the basis of $0,000 for each quar- that, according to Commodore figures, the premium earned , the largest prem- ned by a warship. »sals were received for build- olis it wus found that the as the lowest bidder at ainps coming next, with a TI Secretary of the that at that time the Bath ardly a sufficient plant to mstruction of so large a red to bestow the. contract mps if they would reduce their th iron works, > that with the premium trial the total cost of the 600. sae Indictme earned ¢ Many ‘The commissioner of pensions Is Informed that W. R. Drury, the attorney charged with Impllcaticn in the rfolk pension uds, has been fcund guilty on thirty tn- ments for violations of pension laws, and the court has overruled a motion for a BENT ON VIOLENCE |THEGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS) A NEW ARMY SYSTEM|FATIO OF APPOINTMENTS IN SENATE AND HOUSE Train Wrecking Attempted Near Hammond, Ind, TROOPS HORRIED 10 THE SCENE An Effort to Blow Up a California Train. NEWS OF THE STRIKERS CHICAGO, July 17.—A mob of five hun- dred men, armed with picks and crowbars, tried to tear up the Michigan Centra: tracks five miles east of Hammond, Ind., shortly before midnight last night. The news reach- ed the Indiana town from Tolleston, where the conductor of an eastbound passenger, which left Hammond at 11:20, telegraphed for assistance. He said that when his train came around a curve it was signaled to stop. The engineer was suspicious and only slowed up. On either side of the track stood crowds of men and some of them, he sald, were at work on the fish plates when the train came in sight. When the mob w that its signal was disregarded, sev- eral of its members drew pistols and be- gan firing at the train men. Phe shots caused the engineer to open the throttle and the train sped away at a forty-mile clip, followed by a shower of bullets and stones, Gen. Robbins, who is !n command of the Indiana militiamen at Hammond, was awakened as soon as the news was re- ceived, and in twenty minutes the camp was under arms. As the mob evidently had designs on the Michigan Central flyer,which leaves Chicago at 11:45 o'clock, Gen, Rob- bins decided to send two companies on it to the scene of trouble. The train reached Hammond at 1:35 a.m., and one hundred soldiers piled on board under the command of Col. O. P. Lee. The men had orders to shoot without waiting for any command to fire. As the mob destroyed the telegraph wires within ten minutes after the conductor had sent his story from Tolleston, two line- men and an operator went with the train. At 2:30 a.m. Gen. Robbins had a special train in waiting to convey the rest of his command to the scene if their services wer needed. At 3 a.m. word was recelved that the train had reached Tolleston. Nothing was seen on the trip of the mob, The Strike Not Visible. The railway strike was not in evidence to- day except at the headquarters of the A. R. U. There the few committeemen, who, of course, were on hand, declared that the strike is 6n “red hot,” but the various rail- roads showed no signs of trouble. All regu- lar through trains were running and on time, the packing houses at the stock yards were ail at work, and business was appar- ently rapidly assuming its normal conditiot President Debs, however, Is still positive that there is a strike, and, while admitting that Chicago unions appeared to be weak- ening, he declared that they would eventual- ly become united and win the fight. Debs Appears im Court. The information which District Attorney Milchrist prepared against the leaders of the American Railway Union was filed with the clerk of the United States circuit court at 11 o'clock today. It makes Debs, Rogers, Keliher and Howard defendants, and asks that they be held for contempt of court. Mr. Milchrist at once took the information before Judge Seaman, President Debs of the American Railway Union appeared in the United States cir- cult court, accompanied by Attorneys W.W. Irwin and _W. H. Shoemaker af St. Paul and 8. 8. Gregory of this city. The strike leader was accompanied also by his brother, Theodore Debs. The head of the railway unfon sald he nad come into court not be- cause he was summoned, as he had not been sent for, but on the advice of his law- yers. The Railway Times, the official organ of the A. R. U., which has been publishing daily bulletins since the strike began, an- nounced today that hereafter it will issue on alternate days, The stock yards receipts today amounted to 10,000 hogs, 2,500 cattle and 2,000 sheep. A number of striking butchers returned to Swift's slaughter house. A writ of attachment for Debs, Howard, Rogers and Kelsir has been issued by Judge Seaman, and the hearing set for 2 o'clock this afternoon, Sixty engineers, working under the Stock Yards Switching Association, have been accepted at their old places, and most of them are again at work. The places of the yard men have been filled by raw recruits. TRIED TO BLOW A Passenger Train Brought io a Stop at West Oukland, Cal. WEST OAKLAND, Cal., July 17.—An at- tempt was made last night to blow up the local train connecting with the 9 o’clock boat from San Francisco. A cartridge of giant powder was placed cn the track. It did some damage to the engine, but happily resulted in no injury to the.passengers. The train was well filled and left the mole about fifteen minutes late. When {t reached Kirkham street there was a loud explosion, then a flash of flame, followed by a dense smoke. So strong was the shock that the train was brought to a sudden standstill. There was much excite- ment among the passengers, and a rush to escape through the windows or over the gates. The concussion shattered the window glass of the cars and of residences along the line of track, the engine was twisted ani broken by the shock. No one was injured. Railway Shops Fired. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 17.—Strikers at 1 o'clock this morning set fre to the Imi- nois Central round house and machine shops at Fort Pickering. The prompt ‘arrival of the fire department prevented the loss of the buildings. Several freight cars were burned. ANOTHER WE iv our. CK ATTEMPTED. Narrow Escape of the Chicago Express Near Cincinnati. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 17.—The Chica- go express, west bound, on the Big Four narrowly escaped being wrecked last night near the west end of the city. Three rail- road ties placed in the middle of the track were struck by a switch engine running at low speed. This engine was stoned by men and boys not far from the obstruction. The track was cleared in time for the Chi- cago express, The guilty ones evidently meant to wreck the express, which was due there at 9 o'clock. Police have been unable to make arrests, oe Return of the New York. NEW YORK, July 17.—The cruiser New York, which left this port ten days ago for Glow er, Mass., to take part in the speed trial of the new cruiser Minneapolis, return- ed this morning, passing in at Sandy Hook at 10.36, —s— A_mob of twenty masked men took Louis Laferdet from jail at Burlington, Ky., this morning, and lynched him. He was a tramp. and had murdered William Whitlock, = farman Changes in the System Made in the Leg- ‘ islative Bil. The Results of the Investigation Into Department Mtthods of Work by | the Dockery Commission. Im the legislative bill which passed the Senate yesterday was embodied one of the most important changes in the routine work of government made since the war. The bill carried into effect the recommendations of the Dockery commission to reorganize the accounting system of the Treasury De- partment, which was established in 1792 by Alexander Hamilton and has been in vogue since, with occasional revisions. Al- though defended by Senator Sherman, once Secretary of the Treasury, this system was said by the commission of experts to lack symmetry and to be cumberous to the ex- tent of congesting the business of the de- partment. The new plag will not go into operation until the Ist of October, as time will be required to make the changes. The Change of Syste: The existing system includes a triplicate examination of accounts; whereas the new plan provides for a double examination, with checks and safeguards modeled after the workings of some of the largest corpor- ations in the country. It abolishes the first, second and third controllers and creates a controller, who is the law officer of the treasury, and, in a sense, an appellate court, since his construction of the statutes will govern the auditors in settling ac- counts. The new system, which will bring up to date work which is dragging two years behind, is intended to secure the prempt adjudication of claims and ac- counts, while incidentally it saves the gov- ernment $200,000 a year by dispensing with the services of 185 clerks, New Form of Money Order. Another work of the Dockery commis- sion is the new form of money orders,which came into use on the first of this month, superseding the old money orders and the postal notes, which are entirely abolished. In form they are more like the postal notes than the money orderg which they succeed, having coupons, which yw the amount they carry, so arran, r clipping that the orders cannot be altered without decreas- Ing their value. Most tmportant, however, they, involve a saving both to the govern- ment and to the user, since smaller fees are allowed to postmasters for issuing them, making the uniform rate of three cents; and the charges to the public are reluced ran| ing from three cents for orders less than $2.50 up, to thirty cents for $109, The Work of:a Year. The Dockery commission has been in ex- istence but Nttle more than a year, having been organized June 6, 1893, by act of Con- gress. Its author ts Repregentative Dock- ery of Missouri. With him are associated Representatives Dingley of Maiue and Rich- ardaon of Tennessee, and Senators Cockrell, Jones and Collum. The work of investiga- tion of the business. methods of the de- partments has been carried on by J. W. Reinhart, C. W. Hasking and 5, W. Sells, Messrs. James C. Courts and Thomas P. Cleaves, the clerks of the House and Se! ate committees on appropriations, hay furnished much of the material for its re- ports. Eight or ten bills have been recom- mended by the commission, all of which have become laws. One of the most impor- tant was that which provided for the pur- chase of supplies for all government de- partments by a committee of three, and an- other was the bill doing away with the ex- pensive engrossing of acts of Congress, and directing that they should be printed. IT WAS A JOKE. The Post Office Not Furnishing Proofs of Stamps, The Postmaster General is irate. He wants to know who wrote It. About one week ago a correspondent for a. western paper sent out a story to the effect that the Post Office Department had decided to fur- nish a proof of each of the postage stamps issued by the department, upon application for same. This item touched a responsive chord in the breasts of the great American Public and was widely copied. The appli- cations have begun to come in. Several hundred have come in on each mail for the past five days, aud the number ts increas- ing. There is a deluge of this kind of mail matter, and to save the department from being swamped, Postmaster General Bise sell has been compelled to order printed a circular setting forth that the department is not distributing proofs of stamps, and has also been compelled to transfer some of the clerical force of the department from legitimate work to the work of sending these circulars to the stamp applicants, The affair is regarded as a practical joke on the department, but General Bissell didn’t regard it that way when he said to ‘The Star man, “I'd give a week's salary to know who wrote it.” —————-e.—___- WOULD CONFISCATE THEM. Possible Action Regarding Those Mis- ppl Warrants. Chief Hazen of the secret service was to- day questioned as to what action would be taken by the government In case the gov- ernor of Mississippi refuses, as indicated by yesterday’s dispatches, to discontinue the circulation of special warrants in close im- {tation of United States notes. Chief Hazen did ngt care to anticipate a refusal by the governor, but in case he did so, the chief said he could see no other course to pursue than to confiscate the plates and as many of the warrants as cauld be found. These warrants were of the exact “w of treasury or national bank notes, ard of the same general appearance, even te the green back, and as the law agaigst making anything in the similitude of obligations authorized by the government wag explicit, there was only one thing to do, and that was to en- force it. The question wag brought to the attention of the bureau by a Mississippi banker, who stated that it was evidentiy the intention to make the warrants circu- late as money. Of course the treasury oili- elais do not question the ht of the state sue Warrants, thelr only contention f that the warrants should not be printed in imitation of United States notes, THE GUARDS REMOVED. Congressional Action Leaves Raildings Unprotected. What Congress calls economy and what the Treasury Department calls parsimony has caused the discharge of 109 men en- gaged in caritig for and @uarding public buildings under the Treasury Department in various parts of the country and has left those buildings and their valuable con- tents without proteetion from fire, robbery and other destructive agencies. Secretary Carlisie estimated that it* would take at least $834,000 to properly care for the 225 ublic buildings all over the country under his Jurisdiction, The estimates were placed at the lowest. possible notch commensurate with the necessary service. The low siate of national finances influenced him in mak- ing the estimates as small as possible. The House of Representatives considered the amount asked entirely too great, and allowed but $725,000 for the entire service, a reduction of $109,000. The appropriation io carried in the sundry civil bill, and unless it is Increased tn the Senate and subse- quently in the Hovse the reductions already ede St Bae Oe ee Many In Future Troops Will Be Held : Near Cities. THE TERRIBLE CHICAGO DISASTER No Explanation Yet Received of the Explosion. WITHDRAWING TROOPS The Secretary of War this morning re- ceived a report from Gen. Miles in regard to the frightful accident at Chicago yes- terday, in which so many soldiers and citi- zens were killed and injured. His report corroborates in the main features the press dispatches regarding the explosion of the caisson, but does not go into details. The accident was the cause of general sorrow in military circles, but it calls for mo im- mediate action by the War Department. Gen. Miles will take the usual steps to as- certain how it occurred, including the ap- pointment of a special board of investiga- tion. The ordnance officers now in this city are unable to advance a reasonable hypo- thesis to account for the explosion, suppos- ing, of course, that the very rigid regula- tions for the transport and handling of am- munition were fully observed. So they will wait until Gen. Miles’ inquiry is complete, and if it is suggestive of further changes in the methods of artillery practice they will be quick to profit by it. As soon as, in Gen. Miles’ judgment, it will be advisable to do so, the regular troops now in Chicago will be withdrawn, but until Gen. Miles so recommends no sug- gestion or request from any outside source will have the slightest influence with the authorities here. It is regarded as bad practice from a military point of view to keep troops stationed for any considerable Tength of time in large cities, discipline is unfavorably affected, and the soldiers are apt to develop local sympathies that might tend to the impairment of their usefulness. But the history of the Chicago riots has confirmed in official circles here the cor- rectness of Gen. Schofield’s favorite policy of consolidating the troops at great central posts near by the large cities. It is the in- tention’ of the department now to carry out this policy just as far as prudence permits. The first manifestation of this decision will be at Chicago, for although the troops will be withdrawn from the city they will all be gathered at Fort Sheridan, fifteen miles distant, and none of the many companies and batteries and troops that have been brought to Chicago from eastern and west- er points will be sent back to their posts. They will constitute the permanent garrison of Fort Sheridan, which, with this powerful force so located as tq be easily and quickly "massed at Chicago or any point of disturb- gata first waite of lew system army posts. Unless Congress shall for a substantial in- crease In the present small force of the reg- ular army, this may involve the practical abandonment of many of the smaller posts in the west, but the plan will be carried out nevertheless, and there will soon be con- centration of troops at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago; at the Presidio, near San Fran- cisco; at Fort Snelling, near St. Paul; at Fort Myer, near the national capital, and at Vancouver barracks, near Seattle. —————_—-2-—_____ MUCH FRICTION, It is Still DiMcult to Move Trains in the West. Today’s reports received at the War De- partment from the troops who are engaged in preventing disturbance on the railroads in the west show that the resistance of the strikers has generally diminished from for- midabie rioting to petty annoyance and obstruction. This is particularly true of the northwest. Gen. Merritt, at St. Paul, for instance, reports that obstructions have been encountered on the Great Northern railroad running north from St. Paul. Like- wise et Livingstone, Mont., there is trouble, and, in fact, much friction exists on all of the Pacific railroads. Trains are moving, however, and the principal result of the eb- structive tactics of the strikers is to re- in guard Francisco Gen. Ruger reports that small mobs have interfered with the running of trains at Oakland and that it will be necessary to send ‘he trains under guard for some time to come. —————————+2-___ Re May Go. A delegation of representative Georgians called on the President this morning and Invited him to attend the opening of the Dixie interstate fair, under the auspices of the Georgia State Agricultural Soclety, at Macon, October 25 next. The comjnittee consisted of Secretary Smith, Senator Walsh, Representatives Black, Lester and Tate and Washington Desson and Preach Hardeman of Macon. The President said that in view of the repated invitations he had received to visit Georgia, he felt that he should accept one of them. It was impossible for him to tell at this time, nowever, whether he would be free to leave Washington on the date named, and he feared that he would be so engaged in the preparation of his annual message to Congress that it would be in- convenient to absent himself at that time, However, he suggested that the committee send him a writtea invitation, to keep the matter before him, and he would endeavor to meet their wishes, Chairma: ‘The appearance of Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee today when he came to the House caused much appre- hension among his congressional associates, A silk handkerchief was bound around his head. His eyes were swollen. When the bandkerchief was raised it disclosed a swollen and badly inflamed forehead. Mr. Wilson treated the matter with his usual fortitude, but {t was the general expression among the members of the House that he ovght to be relieved from strain upon him. Mr. Breckinridge of Arkansas con- tinued to do much of the detail work in conference which would otherwise fall to Mr. Wilson, but the latter will not permit his physical atlments, accompanied at times by intense pain, to take him from the con- ference. —__+-e+______ Preparing ‘for the New BULL. “Joseph S, Miller, the commissioner of internal revenue, has already begun making preparations for carrying Into effect the in- ternal revenue. features of the pending tariff bill. During the last few da been gathering the portraits of predecessors who are di engraving them on the new serie= nue stamps. The records show th Fixe of ennsylvania, Tak to 1 was the first commissioner of internal revenue; William Miller, also of Pennsylvania, who served from 1798 .to 184, was the second commissioner. The others now dead were S. H. Smith of the District of Columbia, Joseph J. Lewis of Pennsylvania, William Orton of New York, Edward A. Rollins of New Hampshire and Danicl Pratt of Indiana. The portraits of each of these will be engraved and printed en the new series of stamps. ——_+- e+ A Notary Public. Miss Grace M. Finley has been appointed by the President. a notary public fer the Pk ne who served from | Those Due States and Territories in the Interior Department. ‘The District In Bad Shape to Get Any-= thing for Some Time— The Table. —— Mr. Josephus Daniels, chief clerk of the Department of the Interior, and his private Secretary, Mr. Harry Shuster, today com- pleted a statement of the number of ap- pointments accredited to the District of Columbia, the states and territories and the_ number of appointments to which these geo- 6raphical divisions are entitled on the basis of population. The figures also show the ex- cess and deficit in the matterof theseappoint- ments. The showing made by the District cf Columbia is remarkable. The number of arpointments accredited to her in the ser- vice of the Department of the Interior is £49, and the number to which she ts entitled on the basis of population is but 29, giving her an excess of 570. As it is the policy of the department to carry out the civil ser- vice law in spirit and letter, this means that application from District people will be almost hopeless. The books of the civil service commission are burdened with Dis- trict eligibles, and it is probable that no ex- aminations of District people for places within the classiffed service will be made in many months. None will be made till the ratio between appointments accredited and appointments meritea is reduced to ne Another interesting feature brought out by the figures is the disparity between the number of appointments received by Geor- gia, the home state of the Secretary of the interior, and the number to which her bop- ulation entitles her. She has accredited to her but 176 and is entitled to 216, leaving a deficit of 40. This is interesting because of the charge frequently made that Secretary Smith is discriminating in favor of the citi- zens of his own state. The list of appoint- ments includes all places coming within the Jerisdiction of the Interior Department, in all 7,249. This includes Indian agents and employes at agencies and inspectors, clerks and officials of the general land office, scat- tered throughout the country, clerks in all the pension agencies, etc. The table is as follows; ee i 4 z 2 z Bea? < Alabama sve, 82 ATT Alaska territory... 6 3 “x Arizona territory... 202 7 195 Arkansas ~ 18 330... California 17447 BF 13 46072 a Ss, as 8 7% 22 48 21 25 20 8 Kentucky Loutsiana Bak gBeuseaee ebberatseshekeeise en 179 25 Division to Go, The clerks in the record and pension of- fice of the War Department are in a state of consternation over the announcement that about 150 of their number will be dis- missed on the day that the legislative, judi- clal and executive appropriation bill be- comes a law. That bill is now in confer- ence and the differences between the two houses are comparatively insignificant and easily disposed of it {s probable that the bill will be ready for the President's action before the present week ts out. The joint resolution continuing the appro- priations of last year becomes inoperative @s soon as the regular appropriation bills become laws. That resolution provide’ that the appropriations covered thereby should Tun for thirty days from July 1 last, unless superceded by the regular appropriation bills before the expiration of that period. The legislative bil makes a reduction of 800 employes in the force of the record and pension office, but as there are at present 150 vacancies In that Office the actual re- auctions yet to be made will affect only 150 clerks. —e Personal Mention. Dr. M.D. Peck is spending a few days at his old home in Cortland, N. ¥. Secretary Carlisle resumed his duties at the Treasury Department this morning after a two days’ visit to Deer Park, Md. Col. Chas. Dunkelberg of Logansport, Ind., is on a visit to this city as the guest of Mr. Kenesaw M. Landis of the State Department. Judge Advocate General Lemly has re- turned from a short visit to Boston. Judge Walter S. Cox of the District Su- preme Court has left fur Narragansett Pier, R. J, where he will spend ing to return tn pte —r. has gone to Newpctt, Thomas 8. nd © erivener, Roscoe G. ff have gone to Bret y, eighty-five miles down the river, on a two weeks’ fishing trip. eo Pensions Granted. Among the pensfons granted today were the following: District of Celumbia—Increase, John A. Wilkinson, United States Soldiers’ Hom Maryland—Original, William H. Hacans, | Oakland, Garrett county, reissue, Isaiah Friend, Friendsville, Garrett county; origi- nal, widows, etc., Julia Boyle, Baltimore; Annie S. Marcks, Baltimore; Joseph Cotti: man (father), Allen, Wicomico county. Aa TS BEES — led at the White Honse, Many of the returning delegates to the Christian Endeavor convention at Cleve- land visited the White House and upper de- pertments. Both Branches Are Engaged in Transacting Routine Business. AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION BILL Occupies the Attention of the Upper House of Congress. ———+__ BANKRUPTCY BILL PASSED Among the bills reported to the Senate teday and sujtable referred was a House bIN providing for the construction of a tunnel between the new library of Congress and the Capitol for the transportation of beoks, &c., at a cost of $35,000, Mr. Vest also reported a bill for the sale of the custom house property in Louisville, Ky. A bill to amend the Constitution with a Provision as to the hours of labor was in- troduced by Mr. George of Mississippi, by request, and referred to the committee om immigration. The World's Fair Awards, A resolution was introduced by Mr. Vest of Missouri reciting that charges of favor- itism and fraud had been made by ex- hibitors at the recent quadro centennial against the committee on awards, and di- recting the committee on the quadro cen- tennial to investigate the charges. The resolution was referred to the committee om contingent expenses. Mr. Higgins of Delaware presented a res- glution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to whether im- migrants who are prevented by law from landing at ports of the United States are entering the country by way of Canada, and whether the inspection of immigrants entering the United States from Canada is eMcient, and if not, whether further legis- lation {s desirable. The resolution was agreed to. A Nateralization Inquiry. A resolution was Introduced by Mr.George of Mississippl, and referred to the commit- tee on judiciary, directing ‘that committee to investigate whether there is uny pro- vision in ‘the statutes requiring an appli- cant for naturalization to be a man of good moral character and to have an attachment toynrd the Constitution of the United States, and’ that if tt should be shown after- ward that such naturalized foreigner ts not man of good moral character and with an tachinent toward the Constitution. whether ch naturalization could be recalied,wheth- er it i+ expedient to require such applicant to = —_ to oa Pang eee ard and di- recting the com ‘o-embody its findings and recommendations in e bili. Bills Passed. The following House bills were passe@s To authorize the construction of a bridge over the Mis#issipp! river at Dubuque, Towa; providing for the resurvey of Grant and Hooker counties, Neb.; for the relief of the securities of John 8 Bradford, and to furnish national and ‘state soldiers’ homes with certain public documents, The following Senate bills were also pase- ed: For the relief of Pay Inspector John H. Stevenson, U. 8. N., and avthorizing additions] compensation to the assistant commissioners to the industrial exhibition at Melbourne, Australia. Agricultural Appropriation Bill. Consideration of the agricultural appro- Priation bill was then resumed, and Mr, Hansbrough (N. D.) offered an amendment appropriating $1,000,000 for the destruction of the Russian thistle upon the bill as “rider.” A point of order was made against it by Mr. Cockrell (fo), but by a vote of 26 to 22 the Senate decided the to be in r. THE HOUSE. At the opening of the session of the House Mr. Sweet (Idaho) moved to concur in the Senate amendments to the bill extending the time for making final proof on entries made under the pre-emption act. Mr. McRae (Ark.) chairman of the com mittee on public lands, opposed the motion on the ground that it would revive lapsed claims, but the motion was agreed to. The Senate amendments to the river and harbor bill were non-concurred in, and the bill was sent to conference. Messrs. Catchings, Lester and Henderson of Illinols were appointed conferees. By unanimous consent, on motion of Mr. Dalfell (Pa.), the Senate bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Monongahela river was passed. The Senate amendments to the House bill prescribing limitations to the Donation act Were agreed to. The Bankraptey Bi Mr. Bailey then demande order,” the bankruptcy bill. The vote was taken on the final passage of the bankruptcy bill, which the Speaker pro tem. (Mr. Richardson, Tenn.), held to be the pending question. It resulted in the passage of the bill by # vote of 127 to SI Under the spscial order the remainder of the day was from the comm Passed. the “regular that the measure F cedence was the bili to amend th zation days during the extra sessic Speaker pro tem. held the committee on judiciary could designate the business it desired to o Mr. Terry . on behalf of the com- mittee, then called up the Senate bill to brovide an udditional circuit judge for the eighth judicial circuit. Lady ; A second exception to the “pox lations prohibiting the adr animals and insects into t made in the ease of Austral At the request of the A ment the ladybirds will transmission, as the agricu! hope to use them in exter insects, An Opinm Arrest, The acting secret he treasury. re~ ceived a telegram this m: recial Agent George Car Mich., saying that be has ar L. Gilchrist 220 cans of - +o ——n ranted Sick Leave, The extens! ea Post Chap! extended two hess. ther Receipts. rec. National bank notes Uon today, $145,0; From internal reve W23.22; misceliane 2 ived for redemp- us, Foarth-( Pew eaters. Twenty-seven fourth postmasters were appointed today. se twenty-two were to fill vacan resignationm, three by removals and two by deaths. ope A Small Conscience. The Secretary of the Treasury has re- celved a consclence contribution from am