Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ‘PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansylvania Aveone, Cor. 11th Strest, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. SAC Praia: Prest. New York Oifics, 49 Potter Building, The Brening Star is served to subscclb: eli> by carriers, on thelx own account, 10 cen! Bre week oF 445. per month. Coples at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United ‘postage prepaid. ~ States or 0 crate per Benth. Saturday quintupl> Sheet Star, $1.00 per yeur; with terelen’ poste ahicd, $800, Entered at the Post Ovied at Washiagton, D. C., -elass wail matzo.) E7-ANl mail subsertytisas must be pald In advarce. Rates of advertisiag wade known ou application. Vor. 85, No. 20,943. Che Z ‘ D ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. O., SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1894—TWENTY PAGES. TWO OENTS. HIS LEG MANGLED|FUNNY NO LONGER|/COMING FROM HAWAII|COURTS AND TAXATION| REFORMS NEEDED Another Victim of Deadly Grade Crossing. THIS TIME IT WAS A LITLE BABY Crushed by an Engine at Sixth Street. —_.—__~ THE LEG AMPUTATED Another resident of Northeast Washing- ton has been made a victim of the deadly Baltimore and Ohio railroad trains. This time the victim {s a two-and-a-half-year- old boy, son of Mr. J. H. Hooker, who lives at No. 6 I street northeast, only a few feet from the railroad tracks. The little boy had left his home some time before the gad accident, and was out playing with @ number of other children. They were either playing on the tracks or endeavoring to cross them about 10:30 o'clock, when en- gine No. 716, drawing several cars, came im sight. The appearance of the engine seemed to startle the young ones, and they made a break to get out of the way. Little Willie Hooker, the smallest child in the party, was unable to make much headway in his efforts to get out of the way, and of the older ones assisted him. When almost out of the engine's way he seemed to lose ground, and it ts thought he Probably stumbled. Ai any rate his left leg Was caught by the wheel of the heavy en- gine and almost torn from his boay. The foot was entirely cut off, and the larger bones of the leg near the knee v the dirt and railroad ties. been torn from the bones, and uded fully six Inches. In is sad condition the almost dead child Was picked up and taken to his parents’ house, where Dr. Perkins called and stop- ped the flow of blood. A telephone messag? was sent to the Binth precinct station, oniy a few squares a@way, and also to police headquarters. The trol wagon started from the station, and james E. Richmond, in charge of the am- yulance, made a start for the house. It tcok the ambulance but a few minutes to Feach the house, and the driver found there @ little patient who displayed a great @meount of nerve. He wus perfectly con- scious, although so seriously wounded, and Wanted the injured leg covered when re- moved from the house. When the driver Picked him up he held closely around his Beck and gave vent to his feelings. Upen his arrival at Providence Hospital Sister Beatrice took charge of him, and said he was the boldest little fellow she had ever seen in the hospital. “And we will save the dear little fellow’s life if we possibly can,” she said. He was soon on the operating table, and Dr. Elliott, with the assistance of other ysicians, amputated the leg above the ee. ‘This afternoon the patient was doing re- Markably well under the circumstanc gonstiering his age and the sertous injury. Mrs. Hooker, the child’s mother, is almost erazed with grief. Scene of Accident. It was stated this afternoon that the in- fury to young Hooker was infilcted by an engine moving between Trinidad and the Baltimore and Ohio station, and that no ears wer? attached to the engine at the time of the accident. At the place where the accident happened, Rear sth street northeast; there is no cross- ing, the tracks being fully eight or ten feet above the grade at that point. The tracks are not inclosed by a fence, nor fs there any watchman stationed be- tween 4th and 7th streets to keep the track ‘Tae boy was struck just this side curve at Florida avenue, and perso siding In the neighborhood of the tracks State that some of the engines shifting be- tween the depot and Trinidad run at a rate of specd in excess of that allowed by law. Members of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association have been endeavoring to have the tracks constructed !n a manner to prevent these sad occurrences, but Con- gress has been so slow in the matter that they have been unable to accomplish much, beyond the few safeguards, such as gates an! watchmen at certain points. ‘The members of the congressional commit- tee who went out there and inspected the tracks were of the opinion that the danger- ous obstruction should be removed, and favorable action on the railroad bill is ex- scted by the members of the association. —- ARMY SABBATH ORSERVANCR. of the ms re- The Regulation Wk'ch Governs the Day of Rest. ‘The case of Private Cedarhurst, who was sartialed for refusing to obey en er order to engage In target prac- e on Sunday, has called attention to the Practice of the army in the matter of Sun- Gay observance. Inquiry at the War De- tmnt discloses the fact that the army rned in this matter altogether by the following cutive order, issued by Pres'dent Harrison June 7, 1889, while Se tor was at the head of the War ember, 1862, President Lincoln Quote! the words of Washington to susiain his views, and announced in a general order that— President, commander-in-chief of y ond navy, desires and enjoins the the Sabbath by the men in the military and nava kly rest, the sacred ristian soldiers and sailors, a ce to the best sent! Ml demend that sand n sure of stric ¥ statel cannot be and the pr less now th; in the ‘The re-ommendet satd ordered, to ay @ today, of promotions and om The Hot and Dry Spell Ocases to Be a Joke. The Record of the Month for Hot Weather—Little Rain in Sight— Cooler Weather Predicted. ‘Washington has been blessed, or other- wise, with one of the steadiest sieges of hot weather that has been known here in a long time, The weather bureau, however, promises that the next few days will be noticeably cooler, and Forecast Officer Williams assured a Star reporter today that there was every reason to think the prom- isegs would be kept. Yesterday and last night there was a drop in the temperature all through the interior of the country to the west of us of from 10 to 20 degrees. The 8 o'clock reading tm this city this morn- ing was the same as it was yesterday morning, but there has been a disturbance out in the Atlantic ocean that will force the cool wave eastward, and it is probable that by sundown this evening there will be a marked change for the better. The relief will come none too soon, for July, so far, has been a beauty from a meteorological point of view. In the matter of temperature it may be stated, incidenta!- ly, that of the first twenty days.of July ten showed a temperature reading of 90 degrees or more. The highest point reached was 97, where it went on Friday of last week. The lowest was 53, but that was so early in the month that every one has had a fair chance to forget about it. On Thurs- day, July 12, the thermometer reached 95. The maximum for each day since then ha: been as follows: Friday, 97; Saturday, 13; Sunday, 90; Monday, ‘tuesday, 88; Wed- nesday, 80; Thursday, 3, and yesterday, %. The sky today was overcast, and part- ly as a result of t the mercury did not go as high today by several degrees as it did yesterday. At 11:20 o'clock this morn- ing the automatic recorder connected with the thermometer at the weather bureau took a drop of a degree or two instead of going upward, as it had been doing since 8 o'clock, and Mr. Williams said that he thought that was the beginning of the turn. Throughout the month the humidity has been rather above the average for July, and this has had its effect, of course, pee: the weather all the more unbear- able. Notwithstanding the fact that July has been so torrid for its first two-thirds, the records show that it has not been above the normal for the month. The trouble is that the temperature struck a rapid gait and has kept it up steadily and without intermis- sion. Usually in the first twenty days of July there are a few cold days at intervals which make life rather more agreeable, but for two weeks past one hot day has follow- ed on another hot day without stopping for the briefest sort of a breathing spell. Of the twenty days only nine was the thermometric reading at 8 a.m. abovegthe normal. The Dry Spell. The dry spell has gone hand in hand with the hot weather and the drought up to the present time has been long-continued, and has undoubtedly done incalculable harm already. Washington has suffered as badly as any place, with the exception of some parts of the gulf states, where’ mat- ters have been just a little bit worse. The total rainfall in this city im the month of June was only 1.25 inches, when the aver- age for the month 1s regularly about four inches. Only three times during the present month has rain fallen at all, and then in such limited quantities that it has had practically no good effects. On July 2 thero was a@ fall of .O1 of an inch; on July 6, it was .22 of an inch, and on the lth, it was .05 of an inch. The normal rainfall in this city in July is 1,05 inches a week, so that it can readily be seen thet we are running far behind in this matter. From the Ist of March, the date at which rainfalls become of interest to the farmers, up to the 16th of July, Washington was 8.08 inches be- hind what it should have had. Today we are about 9 inches behind. The only sort of a rain that would be of any particular service now, would be a good couple of inches falling steadily for a period of, at least, forty-eight hours, but, unfortu- nately, there is no prospect of such a de- sirable state of things in the near future, although the fall in temperature, which is expected by this evening, Is expected to re- sult in local rains. Angust Statistics. The chief of the weather bureau has di- rected the publication of some interesting data, compiled from the record of observa- tions for the month of August taken at the local station for a period of twenty-three years. The record Is of value as giving some idea of what we may reasonably ex- pect rext month. It is as follows: Mear or normal temperature, 74 deerees. Th» warmest August was that of 1872, with an average of 79 degrees. The coldest August was that of 1874, with an average of 72 degrees. The highest temperature duvirg any August was 101 degrees, on the 13th, 1§S1. The lowest temperature during any August was 49 degrees, on the 2th, 1s. Average precipitation for the month, 4.44 inches. Average number of days with .O1 of an inch or more, twelve. The great- jest monthly precipitation was 12.93 inches, in 1875. The least. monthly precipitation was inehes, in 2. The greatest amount of precipitation recorded tn any twenty-four consecutive hours was 2.8t inches, on August 29, 1875. Average num- ber of clo_dless days, 10; average number of partly cloudy days, 13; average number of cloudy days, 8 The prevailing winds have been from the south. The highest velocity of the wind during any August was fifty- three miles, on the Sth, 1873. —— nd CARTER'S RRAVERY. Efs Coolness and Courage at the Fort Pulaski Explosion. An official report upon the explosion at Fort Pulaski, Ga., has come to the War Department in the shape of the following telegram from Capt. O. M. Carter, engineer corps, dated yesterday: “Ordnance sergeant at Fort Pulaski lighted a mateh in the store rcom this morning, causing an explosion of fixed ammunition and setting fire to stores. Hope to save wder magazine. The t will not recover.” ¢ department are congratu- es on the escape from severe pbout thirty tons of powder were aa the magazine. They speak in 13 of high praise of the herole conduct of Capt. Carter, who descended into the burning rooms aiid bursting cartridges and s e risk of his life, and directed rations of the men who were trying carry off the powder ‘obable that the CAPT. Hiss Melton’s Assailanie Are Still in Prison Awaiting Trial. eablegram has been received at the te Di m Mr. Terrell, United ing the pub- Asa delayed a oes Army Detention of Pay. By direction cf the President, so much of section @ of the order of the President of ebruary 27, 1801, as autheriz etention of pay as a punishment In the army has j becn revoked, and hereafter detention of | pay by sentence of court-martial will not ' be authorized. A Royalist Commission Sent From Honolulu. : Tt WILL SEEK THE PRESIDENTS VIEWS Se Ceremony of Proclaiming the New Republic. ENTHUSIASM FOR AMERICA HONOLULU, July 13,—The provisiona) government is no more and the republic of Hawail holds the reins of power. But it is only a change of name; the same people are in power and the avowed purpose of the government is the same—to obtain annexa- tion with the United States. The new constitution, which was finished on the 3d, was promulgated on the Fourth of July from the front steps of the former palace. A large crowd was present, and when President Dole appeared lie was greet- ed by a mighty cheer. While surrounded by his cabinet, the mil- itary and the members of the late consti- tutional government, he read the proclama- tion of the new republic, as follows: “I, Sanford B. Dole, president of the pro- visional government of the Hawaiian Is- lands, by virtue of the charge given me by the executive and advisory councils of the provisional government and by act dated July 4, 1894, proclaim the republic of Ha- wali as the sovereign authority over and throughout the Hawaiian Islands from this time forth, And I declare the eonstitution framed and adopted by the constitutional convention of 1894 to be the constitution and the supreme law of the republic of Hawaii, and by virtue of this constitution I now assume the office and authority of president thereof. Long live the republic.” J. W. Kalau, one of the leading native annexationists,enext read the proclamation in Hawaitan. Both were greeted with cheers, and the ceremony was over. There was no military display whatever. The men on the Philadelphia were not landed, the government thinking it best not to give its enemies the chance to say, as they did before, that the change was made while United States troops were present to in- timidate the royalists. Not the slightest demonstration was attempted by the sup- Porters of the ex-queen. Royalist Mass Mee: A few evenings before the Fourth the reyalists had a mass meeting, at which abcut 2,000 were present, and passed reso- lutions protesting against the forming of the republic, claiming that President Cleve- land had not yet answered the Petition sent by Lilluokalart to be restored to the throne, Copies of this regolution were sent to the Ls eeprom of foreign governments with the request that they should not recognize the republic. Jt had no effect in that way, however, as all these representa- tives have recognized it, with the excep- tion of Minister Wodehouse, the English minister resident, who simply stated that he would inform his government of the change. On the evening of the Fourth the annex- ationists held a big mass meeting for the purpose of ratifying the new constitution. It was a most enthusiastic meeting. The Fourth was celebrated in true American style, the double hciiday making it pecu- larly a day of jollification for Americans. Captain of the Marines Cochran of the Philadelphia delivered the oration, He showed himself an annexationist, © ening his speech by saying that he hoped soon to be able to call thuse present fellow citl- zens. Throughout his oration he lauded the provisional government and its sup- porters. Admiral Walker and his staff were Present. He was also at the executive building at the time of the promulgation, though not officially. The republic having been launched Min- ister Thurston will probably return to Washington soon. He was not present on the Fourth, having gone to the volcano. One of the royalist oa the Holomua, which has been a rabid supporter of the ex-queen, has changed its policy and fs ad- vising all royalists to take the oath of al- leglance tthe republic and acknowledge that the cause of the ex-queen is dead. Royalist Commission Coming. A royalist commission, consisting of Sam- uel Parker, H. A. Wideman and John A. Cummins, leave for Washington on the Ria Janetro this evening. It is their in- tention to go to Washington at once and try to obtain an interview with the Presi- dent with the idea of forcing him to answer as to what he intends to do in the Ha- wailan matter. Their expenses have been paid by prominent royalists here and they carry a secretary with them. Parker and Cummins are half Hawaiians, but Wideman is a German. The royalists here have great hopes of the commission's Success. Admiral Walker's Report. A further report has been received at the Navy Department from Admiral Walker, coniirming his preceding report that the change in the form of government in Ha- wail from a provisional goverament to a republic had been accomplished quietly and inclosing a complete copy of the new consti- tution of the fslands. Sere MILLIONS IN DISPUTE. Kansas Pacific Bondholders Sue Sage and the Gould Estate. NEW YORK, July 21—The Kansas Pa- cific bondholders’ committee, of which Silas P. Dutcher 1s chairman, has entered suit in the United States circuit court for New York, in the name of John Quincy Adams, against Russell Sage and the estate of Jay Gould, to recover $11,000,000, being the pro- ceeds of securities alleged to have been taken from the trust. Under the deed of trust executed to Sage and Gould about $3,000,000 of the capital stock of the Denver Pacific Railway Com- pany were deposited with the trustees as collateral security for the payment of the Kansas Pacit.c corsolidated bonds. These securities have been, it is charged, taken out of the trust and the proceeds ‘applied by the trustees to thelr individual benefit. The latter clalmed to have obtained title to them through a sult which they insti- tuted in the name of the Kansas Pacific Railway Company (which was controlled by them) against themselves. All that they alleged in , it 1s con- tended, stock was of lttle value, and that the mortgager of the company would like to have it. Upon these allegations, and within a period of they obiained an order from e of the New York supreme the trust stock out of the trust and turn it back to the railroad com- pany. The company thereupon, {t is al- leged, handed the stock or the proceeds thereof over to Gould and Sage, who, it Is alleged, retained {t for their personal }@r- poses. " ne complaint in the sult also charges that the proceedings were mi) and yold, and that they gave no color of legality to the acta of Gould and Sage, who they now claim to be accountable for the trust prop- erty, which, with premiums, dividends and interest, now amounts, it is claimed, to more than $11,000,000, It is asked that the executors of Gould and that Russell Sage be called upon to account for the funds, and that Sage and George J. Gould be re- moved from the trusteeship. A Bill Passed Fixing the Status of State Taxation, Its Effect on Property in the Hands aft Receivers Appointed by * United States Courts. ‘The House has passed without opposition the bill reported from the judiciary com- mittee fixing the status of state and muni- cipal taxation on property in the hands of receivers appointed by United States courts. The bill provides that taxes here- tofore or hereafter assessed by state, coun- ty or municipal authority against any cor- poration or corporafé property shall not be classed as debts to be passed upon in the first instance by any court of the Unfted States, but shall be collectable in the first instance by the proper authorities accord- ing to the assessment, whether the cor- poration is in the hands of a receiver or not, and no judge or court of the United States shall have any other or greater au- thority to enjoin, restrain or interfere with the collection than if no receivership ex- isted, and the seizure as well as the sale of property for taxes shall divest the re- ceiver and court of control. It provides that property seized for taxes and not sold shall be returned to the re- eciver, and that the corporation or re- ceiver shall have the right of a citizen to apply for abatement of a tax or suo, to defend against improper assessment’ in courts having jurisdiction. This bill, if it becomes a law, will settle some of the disputes in South Carolina be- tween the state and federal authorities concerning the taxation of railroad property now in the custody of federal courts, The most important railroads in this state are managed by receivers appointed by United States judges. Two Years ago, acting on the advice of judge% the railroads refused to pay the full amobmt of taxes levied by the state commissimners, holding the ap- praisal of the property to be excessive, but tendered the amounts which the judges held to be fair. Three state cor who at- tempted to enforee the collec by the state board were fined contempt of court, Whe state paid their fines and recently the’House judiciary com- mittee reported a bill to refund the amount, $1,500, to the state. Gov, Tillman came to Washington and addressed the judielary committee in favor of that bill and advocated a measure of the effect of the one passed. The bill was reported by a strictly party vote, but pass- ed without opposition. ——__~--++____ IMMIGRANT INSPECTION. Representative Stone’s Bill Passed th House—What He Says About It. The congressional authorities on immi- gration laws are mueh exercised over the passage of Representative Wm, A, Stone immigration bill im the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday, while most of the members were watching the exciting scene in the Senate, The Stone bill is far reach- ing in its effect on the tem of inspect- ing immigrants, as the entire inspection is transferred to foreign ports, and placed in the hands of United States consulg, instead of waiting for inspection at New York and other ports where the immigrant arrives in this country, “I expect to see the bill taken up by the Senate at an early day and passed,”, said Mr. Stone, “and already seyeral Senators who recognize the evils of immigration ve signified their purpose to urge Toe peedy passage. “The present immigration system has proved a failure, Immigrants keep coming without reference to restrictions, The sys- tem {s wrong, as it leaves the immigrant to furnish all the information on which he is to be recelved or rejected.” Mr. Stone was asked if the removal of the system to foreign ports would not necessitate a large force of inspectors, or else give United consuls additional work, entitling them to additional pay. “No,” said he; “efforts have been made to change the bill go as to let the Treas- ury Department appoint the foreign inspee- tors. Such a change would necessitate the creation of a large force of office holders: but as the bill stands the United States consuls, who are not overburdened with work, will have charge of the inspection. It {1s understood that Senators Dav: Chandler and Quay will particularly inte: est themselves in the Stone bill, with a view to its early adoption. THE TARIFF CONFEREES. A fample of Threatening Letters Re- ceived by the Members. The Senate conferees on the tariff bill are not only required to meet dissensions in their own ranks, but it appears are also compelled to receive threats of personai violence from persons on the outside. These threats have so far ail come by mail, and are generally anonymous. Senator Jones says that he has received at least a dvzen letters of this character, of which the fol- lowing is a fair specimen: NEW YORK, July 9. “To the congressional committee on tarift bill: If you pass the bill with the income tax, don’t forget to order your coffins, You will need them, al! of you, as sure as you in Washington. A DEMOKRAT.” “So help you God.” Most of the letters bear evidence on their face of the Illiteracy of their authors, end indicate very plainly that they xre irrespon- sible cranks. The members of the com: tee pay no attention to the letters as a rule, and generally consign them to the waste basket without lo: gi time. Nearby Pensions. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Original, Edmund Weston, jr., Washington; Cornelius Shea, United States Soldicrs’ Home; James Burk, United States Soldiers’ Home. Re- issue, Thomas Benson, United States Sol- diers’ Home. Maryland—Original, Joseph H. Jackson, Baltimore; Samuel McFerren, Funkstown, Washington county. Renewal and increase, George Polk, Baltimore. Original widows, &c., Louisa Fisher, Demon, Caroline county; Johannette Howe, Baltimore; William Bean (father), Clinton, Prince George's county. Virginia—Original, _ Gustay —_ Rienecker, Alexandria. Reissue,Frank Foster, Norfolk. ———_+e : Bond Statement. ‘The following ts a statement of United States bonds held by the United States treasurer in trust for national banks July 21, 1894: To secure circulation—4 per cents, $158,253,700; currency sixes, $15,203,000; 2 per cents, $22,797,450; 5 per cents, $5,840,600. Total, $202,184, To secure public mon- eys—4 per cents, $12,018,000; currency sixes, $1,195,000; 2 per cents, $1,013,000; 5 per cents, $459,000, Total, $14 to secure circulation deposited week ended July 20, 1594, $332,350; bonds to secure cir- culation withdrawn July 20, 1804, $308,750. pleat Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was twenty-six. Of this number twenty were to fill vacan- cies caused by death and resignations and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointment was; Leon, Edward Weaver, vice E, Weaver, dead. €, H. Wilkins was appointed at Ellerslie, Md., vice Joseph Delano, removed. In the Office of the Recorder of Deeds. ABSOLUTE ACCURACY MOST IMPORTANT Records Said to Be Notoriously Imperfectly Copied. LAWYERS SAY WHAT The published statement of Mr. C. H. J. Taylor of Kansas, the District recorder of deeds, that he is extremely desirous of in- stituting many reforms in the office, but that he is unable to do so because the law, unfortunately, restrains him, was yariously commented upon todsy by those whose business brings them in contact with the office. Notwithstanding Mr.Taylor’s alleged want of authority to reform the office, there is | @ universal feeling that the man from | Kans_s has ample authority to institute one reform in the office. Absolute Accuracy Needed. That reform is pointed out by the mem- bers of the legal profession as being one at once the most important and the most necessary—that of securing absolute ac- curacy in copying for records the filed. To do that, it is explained, require no further legislative authority, there being ample power in the recorder’s own bi 5 The making of conveni ing of illegible records, and the other like matters of convenience are well enough, and it is to say those coming in contact that the reserder js. with thority to do such that Mr. Taylor is h matter in the right way is, those of late years, are said to be fu inaccuracies, due, it is explained, to the carelessness or lack of ability of many of the copylsts, Records Notoriously Imperfectly Made One lawyer, whose business has brought him into daily contact with the records, stated today that the records were noto ously imperfectly made. In many instances, he said, could be seen as many as five or six interlineations in a single paper. Erasures were, he said, hardly less numer- ou: Vhat is most necessary,” explained the wyer, “is accuracy in copying papers filed for record, But oné has only to examine the records of late years to discover how sadly such acouracy is lacking, Let Mr. Taylor make such an examination, and he will not fall to be convinced of the truthfulness cf my statement.” The Race Question, Among other things Mr. Taylor is said to have stated is that the race question is not considered by him. He is said to have ex- plained that the best two places in the office are held by white men, That, how- ever, is denied by those familiar with the facts, and it is [mse pond out that, while Col. Schayer is retained as deputy recorder, @ position paying $1,800 a year, the next best a (ob Gwe a year—is held by Mr, mith, a col man, who is said to be from Kansas, Another Kansan, also a colored man, was appointed a few days ago, and his duties re said to ba those of guarding the person of the recorder from being intruded upon by the public, The young man he relieved was made a copyist, it is sald. Wor Require Legisiation, Speaking of Recorder Taylor's desire to make a copy of the nearly illegible records, @ leading authority on such matters ex- plained to a Star reporter today that such a@ copy would not be legal evidence of the contents of the original papers unless specially made so by law. So, even if Mr. Taylor had authority to employ his force on such a work, it would require an act of Coagrees to make the copied records legal evider.ce. Speaking of a proposed new in- dex, it was explained that the present in- dex, as run from 1882, was amply sufficient and convenient. All that was needed was to make a like index of the previous years. Referring to the erasures and interlinea- tions made by the copyists, the reporter's inforrent stated that the work of compar- ing the copied papers with the recoris was the most important work of the office. Ti comparer should be a man of intelilgence, expericrce and judgment, and should him- self read the copies. Where erasures or in- terlireations in the records were made they should, sald the lawyer, be certified to un- der the hand and seal of the recorder. Such erasures and interlineations were, he com- plained, entirely too numerous and com- mon, To remedy and remove such defects in the records the most competent and ex- perienced copyists obtainable should be had. ——---- +e Personal Mention. Secretary Morton has returned to the city from his visit to his home in Nebraska and other places in the wi and bas re- sumed his duties at the Agricultural De- partment. Col. Otto Gresham of Illinois is at the lington as the guest of his father, the Sec retary of State. ™s. Franck Hyatt and family are at Beech Haven, N. J. Grant Parish will sail for Europe on the steamship Thingvalla, September 22, d to Norw: His pleasure jaunt of months will include Stockholm, Copenhag Be:lin, Prague, Vienna, Constantino, Athens, and thence to the Holy Land and Egypt. Mr. Geo. L. Mertz of the firm of Mertz & Mertz will leave Washington in a few weeks and will probably maxe New York bis future home. He wiil be accompanied by his wife and their ten-year-old son, who are at present resiaing in baltimore. W. L. Spaulding, formerly of Washing- ton, is now a New York siockbroker, William H, Somervell has gone to New- port News to visit friends. Messrs. C. H. Duley and L. L. Derrick leave this afternoon for southern Maryland, where they will spend their vacation, PES Se SS Mail Facilities Improving. Unusually rapid improvement in the con- ition of the western mail service is re- ported in Post Office Department dispatches today. Regular train service on the smaii routes in the Pacitie coast staics, on which traffic was temporarily suspended, 1s being resumed, and in California through are now forwarded through the re; ails channels. The mails sent on the 13th in- | ed stant from New York amd this city m San Francisco yesterdzy, only a day Postal officials believe that all the injuri effects of the strike will be overcome in the beginning of next week. $$ More Medals of Honor Awardcda. Medals of honor have been awarded to the following members of the volunteer storm- ing party at Vicksburg,1862; Jasper N.North, private, company D, fourth Virginia volun- teers, now in Bloomingdale, Wis.; Charles W. Rundle, private, company A, 116th Illinois volunteers, now at G Colo.; Thomas J. Ward, private, company C, 116th’ Ditnois volunteers, now at Anaconda, Mont.; Martin K. Davis, private, company H, 16th Ilinots volunteers, now at Demor- eat, Ga.; David H. Helms, private, company B, eighty-third Indiana volunteers, now at Bilisboro, ail of | Junction, | | SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATION T H E T A Ri F F B IL L The Senate Committee Examincs Several Witnesses Today. Reporter Rood Investigated as to His Sources of Information — Members | of the mittee Will Not Talk. The Senate sugar investigating commit- tee resumed its work today in the old-time manner, Only Senators Gray, Lindeay and Davis of the committee were present, but they had several witnesses before them, and arnounced a determination to proceed with the work so long as there was any possi- bility of securing witnesses who would furnish any testimony. Reporter Rood’s Testimony. ‘The most important witness of the day was Henry Rood, the New York Herald reporter, who wrote the erticles in that paper upon which the present branch of the inguiry is based. Mr, Reod was examined | @t length as to the source of his informa- Uon, and especial effort was made by the members to get the best information at r. Rood’s command as to his statements thet United States Senators had been | speculating in sugar stock since the tariff bill was taken up in the Scmte, despite heir denials, It is understood that Mr. Rood responded to this request fully as he was able to, and professed a willingness to aid the committee to the extent of his | ability. The Committee Secretive. It was impossible to secure the details of his testimony, When Senator Gray was asked for a statement as to the proceedings he replied that he could say nothing and it was the intention of the committee not to give out any information as to the testimony the present branch of the inquiry was completed. The reason given for taking this position is that the publication of the facts as elicited would interfere with the plans of the committee and prevent #s com- It as they desire io make. ‘3 were ail forewarned thet were on the game plane as witnesses before a grand jury and were warned against divulging the proceedings to any one. Brokers Wheeler and Seip. Other witnesses of the day were W. B. Wheeler, a New York broker, and A, M, Seip of this city. Mr. Whegler stated to the committee that he had never placed eny orders for Senators for sugar stock, and Was unable to give any information, Mr. Seip has been represented as saying that he had come into the possession of knowledge of the fact that a certain Ser a- tor had placed orders for sugar etock dur- ing the spring, end to have stated that it the. dent o¢ Seymour ome See ae Yoke co ee 2+ —_____ GEOLOGICAL EXHIBIT. Praise for the § A first premium has been awarded to the United States geological survey for its col- lection of rocks and fossils exhibited at the world’s fair. The notice of the award, which was made by Hjalmar Lundbohm, the indivdual judge, and approved by H. M. Howe, president of the departmental committee, and by John Boyd Thacher, chairman of the executive committee on awards, has justpeen received at the sur- vey. The award relates only to that por- tion of the survey's exhibit that was in the department of mines and mining. It was granted for @ collective exhibit, includ- ing an educational series of rock Specimens, @ general collection of minerals from the Yellowstone National Park, a collection of fossil plants from the United States and a systematic collection of rocks and fossils from the United States. In making the award the judge “The educational series comprises about typical specimens of rocks, illustra! cuaracter cf geological deposits devel under different circumstances, ; “The ——- ~~ <— Herne about | Lavu very beautiful and well arranged spec- tmens and the collection from Yeilowszone Park more than 300 interesting specimens f{ rocks and other deposits. The collection plants comprises about 150 select chiefy from the carboniferous caceous: stems. The systematic collecUon of rocks and fossils, which oc- cuples a large space and attracts the great- est atiention,.comprises between twenty-five hundred and three thousand specimens of rocks and fossils, representing not only all the geological systems and their sub- divisions at present known in the United Siates, but also the character cf each formation in more important districts. This collection is accompantea by seven maps, wing the distribution of one of two wical systems, and also by descriptive eis, giving fateresting, popular explana- of the occurrence and nature of each 155 the igh scientific and educational value exhibit entitles the same to commendation. Especial men- d by the systematic collec- ; ks and fossils, because it is one of thg largest and most complete collec- tlons of its kind. It gives, together with the very instructive maps, ‘an excellent il- the geology of the United opportunity foreign geols nt it interested in geology. Taken a whole the exaibit of the geological r of the United States not only oc the great reputation of this instituticn, but also shows that great care has been taken to make the geology known to the public, and thus to make the resulis of this science more useful.” ne eemenrnne JACKETING A GUN. Some Difficulty Experienced in the Nickel Steel Gum. For the last two or three days efforts have been made to jacket the nickel steel n at the Washington navy yard, but, as yet, success that direction. ag not rewaried the work in Several excuses have been not been fully de to whether the system is at fault. The cess of jacketing is to lower the tube of the gun into a pit, in wh Iso a furnace. The jacket is heated, and, after having reached a proper tempe’ , and hence a proper expansion, !t is lowered down over the tube. A stream of cold water is shot up through the tube, which cools it off, ond the jacket shrinks to the tube, The most ] % is to heat the atu and for this pur heating are usually tried. S is u. and sometimes wood. the nickel steel gun, however, napatba has been used, it being claimed tb @ greater de gree of uniformity would An at- | tempt was made Friday to shrink the jacket on. The tube at iuto the pit, and the | jacket he: a It was lowered on | the tuve noticed that a litue part | stuck. if jacket had remained on the tube long enough for the ecld water to be turned on ercat diMicutty woul? have re sulted to get it off, but immediately the un- even part Was discovered i Was gotten ou, and an investigation commenced. The Sel- lers people claiineg that the tube was not | standing plumb. To remedy this the pit where the tube stands is being repaired, and on Monday it is expected to again com- mene. the operation of jacketing the gun Discussing the Probabilities of a 6 of D io 8 ONE MAY BEHELD ON MONDAY A Plan on Foot to Repégl the Sugar Bounty. THE REPUBLICAN PLAN There were not many signs of yester- day's storm about the Senate wing of the Capitol today. Senators who put in an ap- pearance at all went about their business as though nothing unusual had occurred, and all professed 2s much ignorance as to the probable outcome of the entanglement as the veriest outsider. There is still great uncertainty in the minds of Senators, not only as to the ultimate outcome, but as to the probable proceedings in the immediate future. There are also differences of opine jon as to whether a democratic caucus will be called for the purpose of trying to reach an understanding. A Caucus Discussed. the advisability of such a caucus. They have been together in groups of two, three and four @ great deal of the time since the adjournment of the Senate last night, they are all reticent as to the tenor of talk among themselves, or as to their for the future, Senators Murphy end came to the Capitol together, and Senators Gorman and Brice were closeved together in the appropriation committee room for some time. One of the so-called conserva. Uve Senators said today that he thought it probable a caucus would be held a morning. To Repeal the Sugar Bounty. It is stated that there is a plan on for the repeal of the preseyt by an independent measure, in differential duty on refined stricken out of the tariff bill, bill then defeated in consegi action. The Republican The republican advisory Senate held a meeting pose of an exchange present situation in to the tariff. The opinion pressed among Senators present that democratic situation was very delicate, an@ it is understood that a decision was arriv- ed at that it could not & republican standpotn: of republican Sena fg i Ht elt i : 5 & = it Fie 5 i i Had a tariff bill if by 5 o'clock Monday ate had not definitely instructed conferees to stand by the When asked about the Tt, Senator Brice, who of this element, pronounced as without foundation. He said yy that the a deal together, time, and that they understood way about it now. He added tha’ ence upon this course should result in defeat of the bill, as he thought it the conservative democrats would responsible for that result Senators Are Defiant. There is no apparent modification of the anger of the Senators over Mr. Cleveland's letter. All thelr expressions as to the situ- ation are explosive and there is no dispo- sition toward calm consideration or con- cilliation manifesied. Ia this state of ming they are not prepared to take any steps looking to an adjustmen:. There is somé talk of a confereace of democratic Senators to be heid Monday, but ali to whom The Star representative has epoken ou the sub- ject declared that there is nothing to cau- cus or confe: about. Ne Spirit of Conciliation. It is insisted that the Senate bill is the best that can be gotten through and that the denocratic Senators are nearly all of | the same mind, 60 that the Senate bil must be accepted or else the McKinley bill wilt stand, This ts-said in hot blood, however, and it is possible that after the first irrita- tion is over there may be some mcans sug- gested of adjusting the matter at present ne almost universal declaration on the ate side Is (het if the Sonate bill is not accepted the Mouse there wil be no legislation. it is just es positively asserted on the House side that the Senate bill will not and cannot be agreed to. There was uo spirit of conciliation shown In any quarter. The most hopeful phase of the situation is that it is so very bad that it cpn't last Talk of Yielding Free Cont. here is some talk of @ proposition to be prese: ted as soon as the present fecling of reseatirent has cooled off a littlc, which will involve the yleiding of free coal on the part of the Senate and the retention of suger end iron, as in the House bili. It is said that on Monday Mr, Gormap will deliver a speech fa which he will ate tack Mr. 4 in a most direct and Pegressive Muuuer, expressing a perfect Wili- ingness to take fate of tari responsibility for the icgislation which shall be by reason of his insistence ment of the terms of the ise by which the bill was passed in the conservative Benators who ere ide for the features of the bill te Mr, Cleveland and the Mouse object @ defiant in their attitude. a To Remit Venntiteos, The Secretary of the Treasury hos sug> tle laws Just against thi The President is going down the rivet age t house tender M socn as he can get execvtive busi ; hape that will justify his weving te Glag fo . few days. is caid thac be will no ge to Gray Gables until Congress adjourns