Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SCNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, The Evening Star Newsvaper deminy: _ 8. H. KAUFPMANN, Prest. i! quintupl- Sheet aided, Gatered at the ont (hes a: Waskiagton, D. C., “EF All mail sue Cape vriptivos rust be pald in advarce. of advertising made c known on application. Che Loening Star. Vor 85, No. 20,940. ee ‘The Indian Appropriation Bill Con- Severe Tota Put Upon the Skoda Rapid | = Some Military Measures Taken Up| ‘ in the House. Pees oe Ses THE COUNTING ment Bw, ‘The Senate was called to order today by Senator Harris of Tennessee, president pro tem, Vice President Stevenson having gone to his home in Bloomington, Iil., for sever- RULE al days. A bill authorizing John E. Johnson aad others, keeper and crew of the life saving Station at Hog Island, Va., to accept med- als of honor and diplomas from the King of Spain for saving the crew of the Spanish ship San Albano on February 2, 1892, was the Presid-nt to ap- point delegates to the International Geodetic Association was passed. House joint resolution was passed author- izing the Secretary of State to accept from G. F. Watts, R.A., a painting entitled “Love and Life,” exhibited by him at the world’s Bills Passe. Mr. Carey called up the Senate bill to re- serve for ten years in each of several stiites 1,000,000 acres of arid lands, to be reclaimed and sold in small tracts to actual gettlers, and it was passed. The Lill ap- Plies to the same states as the desert land law and also to Montana and Kansas, and to the states that may be formed cut of the territories of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Utah, when admitted. House bill to authorize the Metropolitan Railroad Company of Washington, D. C. to change its motive power for the propu sion of its cars was passed. Indian Appropriat Bill The Indian appropriation bill was then taken up. The amount carried by the ap- Propriation bill for 1804 was $7,854,240, an increase in the pending bill of $1,473,146. A. committee amendment was adopted direct- ing the Secretary of the Interior to investi- gate the whole question of the Ogden Land Company, which holds title to Seneca Indian land in New York. A petition from citizens of various coun- in Pennsylvania, while protesting against the violation of the American prin- ciple of separation of church and state in- volved in the appropriation for sectarian schools in the Indian appropriation bill, was Presented by Mr. Quay, who also moved hat further consideration of the bill be yg wed for two weeks, so that the order f Patriotic Sons of America might be heard upon it. The motion was lost. . Against Sectarian Schools. The paragraph appropriating $1,005,000 for educating the Indians provoked the criticism of Mr. Platt against the policy of giving ald to Indian contract denomina- Yenal schools. He favored the abolition of all sectarian schools and the establishment @ government schools in their stead. THE HOUSE. Speaker Crisp called the House to orier @t noon today. By unanimous consent bills were passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Missouri river at Lexington, Mo.; a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for a report on the gov- ernment improvement at Sagatuck harbor, Mich.; adding Manchester and Vernon to the Hartford, Conn., customs district and making Vernon a port of delivery. The New Quorum-Countiag Ralc. At this point Mr. Baker (N. H.), riving to &@ question of privilege, stated that yester- day the telless had reported him present and not voting, when, in fact, he was not pres- ent. This raised a dispute as to the effective- ness of the new quorum-counting rule con- trasted with the system in vogue in the Fifty-first Congress, when the S er him- self noted those present and rlining to Vote. Mr. Reed suggested that the error of yesterday showed the fallibility of human imstrumentalities and made it ar that a @at. deal of unnecessary abuse had been ped upon the system of the Fifty-first mgtess for the two errors made. He con- tended that the former system was superior to the present one. Out of hundreds of op- Portunities but two mistakes had occurred With the former system, while out of two “opportunittes’ under this system one error occurred. Speaker Crisp admitted the possibility of error under any system, but pointed out that the superiority claimed for the present Tule was that it removed any suspicion of Intentional unfairness. ‘Under the special order adopted on Mon- @ay the remainder of the day was devoted to business reported from the committee on military affairs. The Benate bill to regulate enlistments in Be army was passed. Surgeens in Soldiers’ Homes. House bill to amend existing law so as to permit the board of managers of the Volunteer soldiers’ home to employ as sur- tons and assistant surgeons others than those disabled in the military service of the United States encountered the oppost- tion of Messrs. Pickler (S. Dak.) and Mar- shal Gil.). An atten.pt had been made ear- in the session to have an amendment to accomplish the change placed on the Sundry civil appropriation bill, but without Success. Mr. Black (Il), Curtis (N. Y.) and Grosvenor (Ohio) advocated the bill on the Ground that the time had come when to se- eure the most efficient medical service at the soldiers’ homes it was necessary to £0 eutside of surgeons disabled during the - ¢lvit war. The bill had been recommended - by the board of menagers of the home. Mr. Marsh offere] an amendment so as to extend the class from which the strgecns at the homes are employed (surgeons dis- abled during the war) to soldiers or sur- geons who served during the war. The amendment was defeated—1-7l—and when Mr. Mahon (Pa.) made the point of no quo- Tum Mr. Outhwaite, chairman of the com. mittee on military afairs, withdrew the vil next bill was cne to amend section 4833 Of the Revised Statutes so as to authorize the board of mar case of fire cr i might render any . to transfer to and ther pranches. It bill plncing Bi yege L. Green on tenant of artillery feu eo IN CONGRE! DISTRICT District Appropriations. The House, late yesterday evening, voted to non-concur in tne Senate amendments to the District appropriation bill, and ap- Pointed Messrs. Dockrry, Williams of Illt- nois and Henderson of lowa as conferees on the part of the House. The Senate con- forees are © n-ters Gorman, Cockrell and Allison WASHINGTON, D. C EDNESDAY, JULY 18, _1894—-TWELVE PAGES Fire Arms. Conttmuing the Tests Yesterday—Post- ponement of the Indian Head Triale—Other Guns Tried. The-trial of machine guns to have taken place at Indian Head today was postponed. om account of some needful repairs to the tug which was to have conveyed the board to the proving grounds. ° For the time being the tests at the navy yard are completed, having been concluded , with the trial of the Skoda gun yesterday. Early yesterday.morning the Robertson gun was put on the stand and went through the trisl_very well. The result of yesterday's efforts showed a noticeable absence of Jams an miafires. The record of the Roberteon cannot well be compared with that of each of the other guns, as its representative an- nounced before the beginning of the trial that he would limit himself in speed, he being afraid his ammuniticn was not so good. phigh the aie was the @ pecul Piece mechanism, un- guns heretofore tested. The ‘Skoda gun belongs to the ciass of automatic machine guns and is the jotnt invention of Archduke Salvator and Major Ritten von Dormus of Austria, and is manufactured by Emile Skoda at Pilsen, Austria. The Skoda somewhat resembles the Max- im-Nordenfeit, in that it has but one bar- rel, and is cooled by a water jacket, but the breech action is very different. The gun is operated by the rhock of discharge opening the breech, while at the same time the firing pin is cocked and the cartridge Placed in position, and the breech closed. Underneath the gun ts a pendulum with a sliding bail. The pendulum controls the rapidity of fire, which may be varied at will by the firer by running the ball up or down the pendulum as desired, either to increase or diminish the rate of fire. This pendulum is swung by the force of dis- charge and on its forward swing strikes the trigger which releases the firing pin. The gun can be fired with a speed of from 300 to GOO rounds per minute, and by catch- ing the pendulum the operator can fire at intervals of one shot or two shots or as many as he chooses. This pendulum ts so light that it is oper- ated by a motion of the finger. In the trial yesterday it was demonstrated that the hang-fires which the néw smokeless pow- der causes cannot possibly occur in this gun, as a pressure from the explosion is re- quired to open the breech, and until this is done the gun remains inactive. A special feature of the gun ts its adaptability for use in the cavalry on account of its light weight, which, complete, is but thirty-two pounds. It is already in use in the Austrian navy and cavalry. As a result of yesterday's trial 100 rounds were fired deliberately and rapidly, after which the following record was made for firing 100, 200, 300 and 25 rounds, viz.: Nineteen seconds and a fraction, 43 seconds and a fraction, 37 seconds and a fraction and 7 seconds and a fraction. The Skoda gun fires in feeds of twenty-five rounds, and the next on the program was the firin; of charges. Two charges, amounting to 50 rounds, were fired in 11 seconds,; three charges (75 rounds) in 14 seconds and a fraction, and four charges (100 rounds) in 24 seconds and a fraction. This was at an army target 6 feet by 6 feet at a distance of 25 yards, and with the gun clamped. The gun was afterward unclam; and two charges fired in 10 2-10 secon: three charges in 17 8-10 seconds and four charges in 176-10 seconds. The gun was then fired continuously for haif a minute, clam; with a result of 197 reunds, and uncla: for half a minute, 143 rounds. To test the effect of a miss-fire 100 rounds were deliberately Imto the butt, every fifth car- tridge being a dummy. The result was per- fectly satisfactory. Today was spent in photographing the guns and their parts, to be embodied in the report of the board, and as soon as the tug is repaired the board will go to Indian Head to make further trials. —_—___ + 2+ __ —_— THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. The Suits to Compel the Road to Com- ply With the Law. Attorney General Olney expresses his doubts of the correctness of the published reports as to the basis and purpose of the suit brought against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company at Los Angeles. Late last week the Attorney General received a telegram from United States Attorney Denis stating that he had reasons for be- Jieving that the Southern Pacific Company was not making proper efforts to run its trains, and asking for authority to file against the company a bill in equity, under the anti-trust act of July This au- thority was given, and its evident intention was to compel the company at least to’ try to fulfill its contracts with the government for the carrying of the mails, and also to make an effort toward resuming interstate traffic. The conduct of the Southern Pa- cific Company had been in marked contrast with that of some of the other companies in these respects, and it was the Attorney General's understanding that the suit would be brought to compel the performance of its duties under the law, and; so far as he knew, for no other purpose.: Mr.» Olney questions the correctness of that part of the report which stated that one purpase of the suit was to cancel and annul all agree- ments by which the Southern Pacific and certain other companfes were consolidated. It is the opinion of the officials at the De- partment of Justice that such consolida- tions are not only legal, but were contem- plated by the interstate commerce act. a ee THE PACIFIC RAILROADS, A Minority Report» Being - Considered by Opponents to the Reilly Bill. The advisability of making a minority re- port against the bill for adjusting the debts of the Pacific railroads is being considered by two or three members of the committee, who heve opposed the Reilly bill. When a test vote was had Saturday on a resolution offered by Mr. Harris of Kansas against any extension of time to the corporations, nine vetes were cast against it and five for it, the latter being by Messrs. Harris, Wea- dock of Michigan, Boatner of Louisiana, Cooper of Wisconsin, and Snodgrass of Ten- been nessee. Although the vote has not taken upon the Reilly bill, it i: that two or three of the five v with the amendments whieh.were offered, to it, and will vote for it, so that when the new draft is submitted to the committee rhursday it will be sure of a safe majority. Mr. Harris expressed-the fear that in re- ducing the government's second mortgaze the holders of third and fourth mortgages on parts of the Pacific systems may inter- fere with the contention that ihe govern- ment has lost its position in the (ransac tion and become secondary to their claims upon the property, and may succeed in an appeal to the courts, Other members do not consider the objection weli taken. If it is decided to make a minority report no steps will be taken until after the vote on the bill. ———— Nominations by the President. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—George L. to be collector of customs for the district of Fernandina, Florida; First Assistant En- gineer Alfred Hoyt, to be chief engineer in the revenue cutter service; Second Assist- ant Engineer William Robinson of Penn- sylvania, to be first assistant engincer in the revenue cutter service. Navy—Passed Assistant Engineer Albert F. Dixon, to be a chief engineer; Assistant Engineer Albert Moritz, to be a passcd as sistant engineer, Baltzell of Florida, | Tt Greates:a Sendation-in Official and F.. -s Bislomatio Gired AGAIN? JAPAN'S WAR ON COREA Condition of, Affairs'as Explained at ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE Bes Sea “The United States view with regret the levying of an unjust war by Japan upon a weak and defenseless nation like Corea.” These are the closing words of a message tliat Secretary Gresham is alleged to have written to the United States minister to Japan. Their publication: has caused a cen- sation in official circles, especially among the few representatives of foreign countries now in the city, nearly great that which followed the announcement of the urpatriotic policy of this administration in the Hawaiian affair. Seeretary Greshanr is not very well today, and did not put in an appearance at the State Department. It was there said that he was resting at the Arlington Hotel, and that he did not care to be interrupted by visitors today. There was no one at the State Department who was able to speak with authority in re- gard to the reported policy of the govern- ment in the matter of the dispute between Japan and Corea. True in Substance at Least. There are excellent reasons for the be- lief, however, that the message credited to Secretary Gresham as above quotsd is true in substance if not literally true in words. No secret is made of the fact that the ad- ministration is dissatisfied with the present state of affairs in Corea and that our diplo- matic representatives in the east have been instructed to use their “good offices” to avert trouble between Japan and that coun- try. What is not so certain, however, is the extent to which these “good offices” are to be exerted. It is also admitted that the administration feels that Japan 4 not jus- tifled In keeping armed troops in Corean territory in open menace to the authoriti of that country, notwithstanding its oft- repeated protestation that it has mo tnten- tion or desire to levy war on Corea. What Japan Says. Japan has informed the United States, as well as Great Britain and Russia, that it has no serious quarrel with Corea. She has sent troops there because her citizens have larger commercial interests in the country than any other foreigners, and these in- terests are endangered by the frequent in- surrections due to bad government. 8h has distinctly declared that she has no 1 tention of seizing the country. She has asked China to help her establish good gov- ernment, and China has refused to inter- fere, and expressed displeasure at the pres- ence of Japanere troops. Regarded With Distrust. These professions are regarded with dis- trust, so it is said, by China, Russta, Great Britain and the United States... Those qounr tries, it is understood, hold that the present Peaceful state of affairs in Corea doe# not justify the presence of Japaneag soldiers.in that country, and also that the demands made by Japan for certain radical en in the administraticn of government affairs in Corea lend color to the ex; dell that she is trying to provoke the Corean authorities into a quarrel that would justi- fy seizure of the country. All That the United States Has Done. According to the same source all that the United States has done in the matter is to join with Russia and Great Britain in a friendly effort to avert trouble between the two countries. It is denied that the Secre- tary of State has ever had any negotiations with the Chinese minister at this capital un this subject. The charge is made in certain quarters that the message alleged to have been sent to Japan by Secretary Gresham was given to the press of this country with a view to prejudicing the American people agaiust the administration. Some Criticism, Those who incline to criticise the action of Secretary Gresham in this affair say that Secretary Gresham probably has little personal knowledge of the controversy. Ac- cording to international law and diplomatic customs he is not called upon to pass -judg- ment upon the foreign policy of "notier na- tion at any time, and even with all. the facts before him it would be regarded as an extraordinary breach of etiquette for him to undertake to determine whethéf thé action of Japan has been or is just or unjust unless the contention between the two governments was submitted to him for arbitration, They say that the United States can tender their good offices for the settlement of a differ- ence between nations and have done so many times, but there is no record or recol- lection of a previous instance where the United States officiatly declared- théit ty: ion of the merits of a controversy with official knowledge of what it was about. Correspondence Still Going On. Secretary Gresham finally was induced to send word that he could not, at this time, say anything either in denial or affirmation of the publication, as the correspondence is still in progress, and to make a partial vol- | vntary publication would violate. dipjo: practice. Since the subject has’ attract so much attention, however, it is almost | certain that the Senate will adopt a resolu- tion calling for the correspondence, and in that case, the Secretarys scruples would not be strained in making a full and com- plete response. ————_++______ Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today vere the following: terres District. of Columbia—Original, _Chagl3s Fautroy; original, Alexander Oglesby; supplemental, Charles Queen; reissue, John Connelley, original (father). Maryland—Origiral United States Soldiers’ Home; widow's, &c., Dudley Webster widow's, &c., Mary , Aquasco, Prince George's county. Virginia—Origi Andrew W. Burgess, Petersburg, Dinwiddie count cue ohereae Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class ppst- masters appointed today was twenty-eight. Of this number twenty-one were to filtva- cancies caused by death and resigngtion,.. and the remainder by removals. —_——_+-e+ A Land Appeal. The Secretary of the Interior anttounced today that he had considered the appeal of Charles J. Johnson from a dec commissioner of the general lo and dismissed Johnson's contes' The land involved is in Alliance land district, Ne- braska. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $287,147. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $1,118,421.80; cus- toms, $428,550.73; miscellaneous, $228, 4 SEDARIS DE SLE TEI IES As Vice Consul. ¥rank B. Zimmerman of California has been appointed United States vice consul at Berlin, Germany. to succeed Abbott, re- jigned. FOR THE RED MEN|AN AUSTRIAN GUNIGRESHAM’S DISPATCH|UNEXPECTED. DELays Difficuttian Havountered in Appropriation Bills Out. Seme ‘Getting Chances ‘for Dintrict -Mehitires New| Before Gongrese—Over Pwenty - Stim om the Calendar. A good deal of unexpected troitble is con- froating the maragers of: the sundry ctyit in the Senate. It was calculated that both of those bills would be disposed of: in com- mittee in time for them to bé taken up in the Senate this week, but it may be that one of these measureg may hate to go over into next week: : The main diffeulty is that by rishing the bills through fn uch a short space of timé there is litle or to opportun- ity for the holding of committee meetings, owing to the need of bringing the coi ferees: together on the various. bills that have passed beth houses. are now seven bills in conference, and One, the agri- cultural, will undoubtedly beta the same condition by tomorrow, + Se of. Mr. Allison on the tariff also takes him away from the appropriation work to some extent. The sul sundry by the full ap- Propriations committee. Then, too, the clerk of the Senate com- mittee, Mr. T. P. Cleaves, was taken sud- denly fil yesterday, and was compelled to go to his home, 1819 10th street. He had recovered sufficiently this morning to be at the Capitol, though very weak and scarce able to attend to his duties. Mr. Cleaves is to the appropriation committee very much what a rudder is to a vessel, for he has oc- cupled the position for many years, and is perfectly famillar with every detail of the work. His services are constantly in de- mand by both the full committee and the subcommittees, as well an the various conferences, so that his {Ines at this time, which.js largely the result‘ of: the enormous deen done during serious handicap to the committee. Nevertheless, it is the cemfidant expecta- tion of Chairman Cockrel} that he will be able to clean up his calendar before the tariff bill is laid before the, Senate, as the present prospects of an early ment in conference are not very chee! . It may even be that the Senate wil) be able to de- vote two or three days to its qmlendar be- tween the conclusion of the appropriation work and the coming of the tarfff. In that event the District will probably come in for its share of the business. These are now twenty strictly local bills on the calendar, having been reported vorably from the District committee, besides four other bills relating to matters eoncerning Washington. Two of these bills—that amendi the char- ter of the Metropolitan rail and that for an increased ‘er supply—are pretty sure to be called up, at dl events. —_+-o+—_4-—___ CAPITOL Terics. To Regulate Dairy Products. A hearing was given by the House com- mittee on agriculture today to represent: tives of the dairy interests who favor Rep- resentative Grout’s biil, which provides that imitation ‘dairy products entering a state shall be subject to the police regula- Hone ag though manufactured in the state and shall not be exempt under the original decision mator Hill of New York, Géo. W. Boyce, of the Dairymen’s Auxiliary As- sociation of New York; C. M. Horr of Well- ington, Ohio, and James Hughes of Balti- more spoke. No action was taken on the Din. To Protect the Public Lands. Senator Allen of Nebraska today gave no- tice of an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill increasing the appro- priation to meet the expenses of protectin, timber on the public lands, to protect from fraudulent entry and to adjust claims for swamp lands from $45,008 to $150,000. Yellowstone Park. Senator Faulkner, from the committee on territories, today favorably reported the bill (which has already passed the House) em- owering the Secretary of the Interior to ease land in parcels of ten acres in Yellow- stone Park for the erection of hotels. Confirmed by the Senate. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: } Wallacé Macfarlane, to be United States attomney for the southern district of New York. United States marshals—Fletcher C. Peck, for the northern district of New York; John H. McCarty, for the southern district of New York; Charles H. Evans of Maryland, for the digtrict of Maryland; Patrick Walsh, to be pension agent at Saw Francisco, Cal. Also some promotions in the navy. € t Anti-Option Bill. , Senator George, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, has issued no- tice for’k meeting of the committee on Fri- ‘day, to eonsider the anti-option bill, which Fassed the House some time ago. * » Yo Quoram on Free Silver. A qucrum of the House committee on cainage fatled to appear today im response fo, Chalyman Bland’s calf for a meeting to report a free silver bill. . .When the committee-adjourned’ the free silyer men were not sanguine of their abtl- ‘ity to Yefort a bill this session... _ To Consider Arb§tration Bills. “Arfother meeting of the labor subcom- mittee having in charge the arbitration bills which have been, introduced in the House will be held toda¥.. Four bills are be- fore the committee, fathered by Representa- tives Springer of Illinois, Hudson of Kan- sas,..Kiefer of Minnesota and Tawney of Minnesota. The last three contain com- pulsory features. ——_-e+______ Smokeless Powder Tests. Smokeless powder tests gre engaging the attention of ordnance people at Sandy Hook, where a trial is being conducted for the Driggs Ordnance Company with a 45-caliber Driggs-Schroeder gun. A copy of the record shows some remarkable re- sults with this powdér. With a one-pound charge a velocity of 1,99. feet per second was obtained with less than 18,900 pounds pressure, while with one pound and nine ounces a velocity of 2,583 feet per second was obtained with a’ preskure of 33,5 pounds, or less’ than’ the regular service pressure allowed for black powder. These velocities weresall measured at 125 feet from the muzzle-of the gun, so that *the"#€tual muzzle velopity is over 2,600 feet per_second. The, black powder now in use ‘reqiftres a charge of “ounces more to give A Yglocity of 1,870 feet per second, and at the'recént long trial &-Sandy Hook, where blackpowder was used entirely,’ a 50- caliber gun with 1 pound and 15 ounces of powder gave a velocity of only feet. —_—_+2+__ Personal Mention. Admiral Irwin, retired, who preceded Admiral Walker in command of the Ameri- can forces at Honolulu, ts making a pro- longed visit to Washington. Secretary Herbert and Assistant Secretary McAdoo have returned to the city from their visit to Boston to attend the trial trip of the cruiser Minneapolis, Drs. A. J. Brown and B. F. Odell of 1329 G street have gone to Asbury Park to at- tend the meeting of the New Jersey State Dental Society. ———__-e-____ Acting Chief Clerk. Mr. Julian Taylor is acting chief clerk of the State Department, in the absence of Mr. Renick, who is spending “is va~-dion at Warrenton, Va. IN GREAT. DANGER) MORE STARS FoR THE FLac "The Situation of the Tariff Bill ‘Now Serious: - House Conférées, Will Not Yield Free Raw- Material. SENATORS DETERMINED The democrats of the tariff conference committee have, at last, decided to an- nounce a disagreement. The republicans. met with them again, at 2 o'clock, to take formal action whieh wil result in a general disagreement being reported to the two houses tomorrow. It is evidert that the Senators who have planned to have the Senate bill. accepted about as it is, are alarmed at the idea of a disagreement being reported. It is inevitable that when such a Feport is made, the fact that there are but a few points of difference will become known, and that just what these points are will be disclosed in some’ wemt-official way. Questions will probably be asked in the two houses and answered, and the fight will be brought out to the open. ‘The Situation Serious. ‘The men who ere holding the conference by the throat will, rndoubtedly, have the responsibility put upon them, and it is very ept to be discovered soon whether the bill is to be killed or not. The situation looks very serious for the tariff reformers today, but, apparently, the House people are de- termined to look this situation straisht in the face and stand out to the last. In Con- gress situations often zo tc pleces all of a sudden, but from the outlook today an ad- journment of this session of Congress is no- where in sight. If the Senate does not yieid, the House threatens to stand out as long“ds a quorum can be kept. The Real Fight. With all that is said,about sugar, a care- fulstidy of the situation leads to the con- clusion that the real figMt is over iron ore and coal, the free raw.material idea being what the House will stick to. As perplex- ing as the sugar question is, the certainty that the Senate will not yield on that would probably lead to the House giving up if the Senate yielded on other things, but as long as the Senate insists upon the House yielding all the important points in controversy there seems to be no prospect of an agreement. There is no question about it that the administration is in full sympathy with the Houee, and it locks as if the fight might be carried on even to the death of the bill before the House will yield on all these things. The Great Danger. There is no room to doubt that the bill is now in very great danger. The situation seems to turn on the question of whether or not the four or five men in the Senate wito forced the “compromise” will have the colrage to defeat the measure if they fail gal what they have got in the Senate bill, Conference With Speaker © Speaker Crisp was back in the House to- day, after an absence of four days, and gave early attention to looking over the complicated tariff situation. He conferred with Chairman Wilson and Messrs. Mont- gomery and Breckinridge of Arkansas on the general features of differences between the Senate and House. It could not be learned that any definite plan of action had been outlined, yet the impression prevailed among House leaders that it might prove inexpedient to carry out the plan of re- porting a total disagreement and asking for instructions. It was pointed out that such @ report would only emphasize the character of the difference, and that should the Senate and House instruct their con- ferees to stand by their respective positions it would precipitate a real and obvious dead- lock. Stiffening the House Conterees. The advice of the House leaders was therefore in line with a judge to a disagree- ing jury—to go back and try again. ‘This did away with the chance of a report of disagreement today. It was believed, also, that one of the results of the Speaker's return was to stiffen the determination of the House conferees and to keep the con- test in conference. It was stated, how- ever, that with the conferees in session the situation might change at any moment, and one of Mr. Crisp's closest advisers sald the report would probably come in tomorrow. It has been developed also that a differ- ence exists as to the scope of the report of disagreement. The House conferees de- sire to make a partial report of such agreec- ments as are possible, and ask for instruc- tions on the items subject to disagreement. But the Senate conferees have stood for an agreement in toto, or a disagreement in toto. This has made it Impossible for the House conferees to get before the House such special question of disagree- ment as they desired instructions upon. Democrats Unable to Agree. The democratic conferees on the tariff bill held a brief session today and adjourn- ed before 12 o'clock. They made another effort to reach an agreement, but it proved ineffectial, and the meeting adjourned with the understanding that the full con- ference of the committe», which began at 2 o'clock, would report a disagreement. The republican members of the committee will make no opposition to this course. Proposed Plan of Procedure. One of the House conferees explained the plan of procedure as outlined at the morn- ing meeting of the democratic conferees as follows: The report will be a disagreement in toto. It will be very brief dig will not go into any details as to what questions the Senate and House might have come to- gether on. The report is expected to be the first busi- ness taken up by the House when it as- sembles tomorrow at noon. This, of course, cannot be made certain until the republi- can conferees give their assent. It is in their power to cause delay, but such action is not anticipated. Beyond the point of making the brief report of disagreement in toto, the conferees profess not to know what the House or Senate will do. One of the House conferees said that the three items of sugar, iron ore and coal were the points that had forced the total disagreement. Woolens, cottons, lead cre and some other things had been open to differences, yet it was hoped that these could have been reconciled, said the con- feree, if sugar, coal and iron had not stood in the way. On the Entire Bi The tariff conferees decided, after a brief session of the full conference this afternoon, to report a disagreement, and that the dis- agreement should be on the entire bill. ———+e Postage Stamps. The postage stamps furnished the Post Office Department unler the new contract with the bureau of engraving and printing will not be ready for general circulation for two or three weeks. The contract took ef- fect July 1, and a small number from the new plates have been issued already. The old issue 1s being drawn on to furnish the pest offices requiring additional supplies, as there are about 600,000 of. these, sufficient aoe ee: lett ever from e : y Statehood. “So the Senate Commitice on Terri fen Recommends—Drawtag Up the BIl- for Presentation. The Senate committee on territories today decided ta recommend the admission of Art- zona and New Mexico as states and in- structed ‘the subcommittee whe have the ‘Bills in charge to make favorable reports. .. The action of the committee was some- [what indirect and consisted in instructing the subcommittee ‘having the bilis in charge to have them prepared ‘for presentation to ‘the ‘Senate at the riext meeting of the full committee, to be held next Wednesday, but the course pursued is understood by a ma- jority of the committee as a commitment to admission in the case of both territories. The motion was made by. Senator White of California and was concurred in by all the members present except Mesers. Platt, Davis and Call. Senator Platt stated briefly that he thought one new state was sufficient for one session of Congress, and as Utah already had been admitted he did not con- amendments made by them provide for a change of date for the election and the con- stitutional convention, which are made to correspond with the dates in the Utah bill, providing that the election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in next November and that the constitutional convention shall assemble on the first Mon- day in March next. The people of the terri- tory are to vote on the constitution adopted on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1895. The Arizona subcommittee has not yet taken action. een COMMMISSIONED AND RETIRED. What W I Follow the Action in Ad- miral Fyffe’s Cane. Commodore Joseph Fyffe, who has just been nominated and confirmed as an ad- miral, received his commission as such to- day and was subsequently placed on the retired list at that grade on his own ap- plication, under the forty years’ service law. This action on his part will result in the promotion and retirement of Commo- dore O. F. Stanton, to be followed in turn by the promotion of Commodore Henry Erben. If present expectations are fulfilled Commodore Stanton will retire as an ad- miral and Commodore Erben will reach that grade within the next ten da Commo- dore R. W. Meade will succeed (ommodore Stanton in mand of the North Atlantic station, and Commodore Kirkiand, com- manding the South Atlantic station, will be transferred to the command of the Euro- pean station on the retirement of Admiral Erben in the early fall. The Hawaiian mail, belated by the strike, came to hand at the Navy Department today. It included a report from Admiral Walker, stating that affairs were unchang- ed and very quiet in Hawaii and made no mention of his Pearl Harbor explorations. It is believed here that the admiral will 1 bring his report upon the survey in person to Washington when he returns next month, and that he has been delayed in mapping out the harbor by lack of facilities for the performance of such work on ship- 2 —_______ The Black Plague in China. Reports have been received at the marine hospital bureau from the consuls at Hong Kong and Canton, regarding the preva- lence of the plague in those cities. Consul Seymour writes from Canton that the deaths from May 1 to June 9 in Hong Kong were more than 1,000, including two or three foreigners, while Consul Hunt of Hong Kong gives them at 1 for three weeks ending June 9. The deaths in Can- ton during the prevalence of the plague since the last of February are reported at 1,000, and all victims were natives. Hong Kong and Canton are both treated as in- fected ports. The following telegram has been received from Assistant Surgeon McKone at Ta- koma, in response to directions to investi- gate reports brought by the Victoria of cholera in Canton: “Victoria officials say reports about Canton unfounded. Plague ists at Hong Kong, death rate forty-three day. Reports of cholera false.” e+ Naval Orders. Capt. R. L. Phythian has been ordered to examination for promotion on the Ith in- stant. Lieut. C. E. Fox, from ihe Asiatic station to the Philadelphia, as one of the staff of Admira! Beardslee. Capt. J. 3. Read, to command the Independenc Neving Capt. C. S. Cotton, who lieves Capt. A. 8. Barker of the command of the Philadelphia. Capt. Barker is order- ed home on two months’ leave. Victor Blue, from the Charleston the to Thetis, and Lieut. F. E. Sawyer, from the Thetis to the Charleston. Coming (o Washington. ‘The State Department is informed of the appointment of Count H. Wrangel as first secretary, of the legation of Sweden and Norway at Washington, D. C., an entirely new office in that legation. Count Wrangel now holds the office of secretary to the minister of foreign affairs of Sweden and Norway at Stockholm. 2S eee Deficit in the Philadelphia Mint. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent to the Senate a letter from the director of the mint asking for an appropriation of 59 to meet a deficit for contingent ex- s in the Philadelphia mint, and to cover a deficit in the same insti- tution for transporting bullion. EER A Troublesome Case. Special Dispstch to The Evening Star. BRISTOL, Tenn., July 18.—Barley’s mo- tion to dismiss Recelvers Haskell and Conklin of the South Atlantic and Ohio railroad was dismissed in the federal court at Lynchburg today, and Col. Conklin was discharged, at his own request. It is thought that this suit, which has almost caused bloodshed on two occasions, is near- ing an end. -—- oo The National Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 18.—The supreme senate of the National Union in secret session today transacted routine busi- ness. The delegates all participated in a german at Lookout Inn last night. Ar- rangements for a grand ball in honor of the visitors tonight at the inn have been com- pleted. a The Commmissioners today recommended DEBS’ APPETITE GOOD Pamed a Fairly Comfortable Night in Jail, REFUSES 10 TALK 10-INTERVIEWERS Four strikers threw a switch in front of @ Wisconsin Central passenger train last night and deralied the engine, baggage car and two coaches. The train was moving and nobody was injured. One of the men was arrested. The first break in the ranks of the Pull- man strikers has occurred, 150 Hollanders having beea put back to work on the tracks back of the Pullman foundry. The men quit work when the strike was de- clared and stayed out until now. No effort was made by the other strikers to prevent the men from going to work. The American Express Company has is- sued a circular to its agents withdrawing instructions, issued June 2s, requiring slipments to be receipted for “subject to risk of deley on account of strikes.” Albert Miles was shot and probably fi tally wounded at {th and Halstead stre last evening by Oscar E. Vardman. Both men before the strike, were employed as engineers by the Switching Association at the stock yards.” When the strike was de- clared both of them went out. Vardman, however, returned to work | Monday, Miles still remaining out. Last ening, Vardman was returning home from work, he was-met-et-the corner of hth and Mal- Stead streets by Miles and three other men. A quarrel ensued, Miles endeavoring to persuade Vardman to leave his work again, Vardman refused to do thi: he was assaulted by Miles and his companions, To defend himself he drew a revolver. At the sight of this Miles and his companions turned and ran, but they did so Vard- man fired one shot. The bullet strack Miles in the small of the back, and he fell to the ground, while the others Miles was taken to the County Hospi‘al, here the physicians said he would die. Vardman went to the stock yards police station, where he gave himself up. Movin, he Regulars. Mayor Hopkins denied a report that he has been taking steps to secure the re- moval of the federal troops from the city. He stated he would not order the return of the military today. . Asked if he had consulted with General Miles as to the withdrawal of the troops the mayor said: “No. General Miles has nothing to sa: bout it. The department at Washington attends to that. A general may be a big man in a city like Chicago, but like a Con- ge he is not much in Washing- aa ‘The butchers continue to return to work at the stock yards. Vice President Hazard of the butchers’ union went to The sheep butchers at Armour's have re- celved a raise of 25 cents a day in their wages and 41-2 days’ work a week has been guaranteed them. All the houses were killing stock today. Viee Preside Howard's Statement At the county jall today Vice President Howard of the A. R. U. made the follows ing statement: “This thing is going to be a test case, We don’t consider ourselves bigger than the law, and, incidentally, think the railroads are not. We are getting some evidence for the coming legal battle, and we consider it a pretty fair grade. Here is a letter I have received, telling of evi- dence that most of the freight cars burned here in Chicago me by the women in the employ of the General Managers’ As ciation. One of the secret agents of a cet tain company on the night of the big fire Was seen with two men going through the yards with a hand car loaded with inflam- e, which they lighted and sys- teratically threw among the cars. This agent overheard a conversation between the men, from which he gleaned that they we ere paid $200 down and were to receive $200 more when the job was done. This, understand, was before the troops were alled out. An effort is now being made to arrest these two men. “We furthe> have very positive evidence that the big man who led the mob of 5,000 at Blue Island was a Pinkerton men, em- ployed by the railroads, and ft is significant Ithough he could be easily identified, not been arested. It is said that case will not be entirely one-sided.” At Uhriich’s Hall, the A. R. U. headquar- ters, a larger crowd was gathered today than for several days past. The arrest of the leade=s was discussed by the excited groups that stood about the committee rooms and hallways, and the action of the authorities was severely criticised Several of the local organizers delivered shert addresses, and the usual claim that the strike was still on were heard. On the Northern Pacific, TACOMA, Wash., July 18.—Three hun- dred and fifty-one new employes have been put to work on the Pacific division of the Northern ifle since the strike began. Practically all the old engineers have re- turned to work. Many of the switchmen, conductors, freight clerks and some of the firemen who quit have applied for their po- sitions, but not all could be taken back, as new men had been engaged. The road would be in operation as usual from end to end, the officers say, but for the guerilla werfare that is being continued. The force of deputy marshals in this state has been reduced from 200 to 33. All bridges are be- ing guarded by regulars. Butte Awaiting Regolars. BUTTE, Mont., July 18.—Attorneys of the Union Pacific and Northern Pacific roads here state that their roads will move trains in and out of this city as soon as a suffi- cient force of regular troops arrives. Butte contains fully 5,000 members of different labor orranizatic: all of whom sympa- thize with the strikers. Several bridges between this city and Iima were burned yesterday and one blown up with dynamite. President Calder- head of the A. R. U. says no resistance will be made to moving of trains by troops. Banquet to Murderers. BRAZIL, Ind., July 18.—A most unique banquet was given here last night. More than 500 citizens from Knightsville and the favorable action upon Senate bill 218), | neighborhood where the recent stoning to regulat Washington. Canal street, in the city of | death of the Vandalia engineer, Barr, oc- curred came to bid farewell to the four