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the whole of the schedule; the second to add to Mr. Gray’s motion that the Senate insist on all of its amendments that it re- cede from the sugar schedule, and the third to add to Mr. Gray's motion that it recede from the differential in favor of the refin- ers. Then at 2:33 the Senate on motioa of Mr. Jones (Ark.) went into executive session. THE HOUSE. In the Hous: today the cemmunications were read which passed between the Ftench government and the Americar embassy at Paris relative to the assassination of Presi- dent Carnot. The secretary of the United States embassy stated that the resolutions of condolence of the House and Senate were transmitted in the French chamber of dep- uties and senate and read amid great en- thusiasm. The following bills were passed: For the relief of P. B. Kennedy, extending the time for the construction of a wagon bridge at Steux City, Iowa, and granting the right of Way through the Arlington military reser- vation in Virginia for electric railway pur- poses. ‘The conference report on the joint reso- lution declaring Massachusetts avenue through the grounds of the naval observa- tery in Washington a public highway was agreed to. Conference Report. The conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was laid before the House and gave rise to considerable discussion, principally on the clause giving the commissioner of pensions $20,000 (a compromise between the $200,000 of the House and the $200,000 of the Senate) for making special examinations. The re- port was then agreed to. ——__ —2+—__—__\_\__ TESTIMONY ABOUT TESTS. Naval Lieut. 5: Retired, Before the Armor Plate Investiga Lieut. Charles A. Stone of the retired list of the navy, who has been for three years ordna: ce officer for the Carnegie company, Was the witness at the armor plate in- vestigation today. His duties, he said, were the witnessing of ba'listic trials, and gen- erally as technical adviser. When asked for the results of the recent Sovernrent trials of plates 469531 and 619, he demurred, on the ground that he had been present by courtesy of the govern- ment, but finally conserted. The top halves o¢ the first two plates, he said, failed by a Narrew margin of the requirements for ob- tani: g a premium, while the lower halves failed by a wide marg:n. In the case of the third plate the top half secured a premium and the bottom half failed. The bottom half, cther things being equal, was general- ly considered the better piece, he said. Employed by Carnegie. ‘The lieutenant had been on the retired list since last December, he said; had been em- Ployed by the Carnegie company three years, drawing pay from the government and from the Carnegie company both until he was placed on the retired list. Chairman Cummings asked, “Did you ever make any reports; in other words, do anything for the government in that time?" “Only by helping to secure good armor te. Pie explained that Lieut. Meigs was now employed at Bethlehem under the same ar- Fangement. The lieutenant considered the ballistic test the only critical one for trying armor plate, although the physical test was valuable as a guide, and taken in connec- tion with the bailistic test. Regarding treatment of plates, he sald that the opinion was gaining ground that nickel steel armor required no treatment, and was 8 good without the oll tempering process as with it. a» », PUFpose of Trying Plates. The tests were for the purpose of bring- img--ait plates to a uniform quality. He thought the superintendent did wrong in making false reports, and if they had re- Ported the different treatments with the Feasons there would have been no trouble. Chairman Cummings asked why pilates se- lected for test at Indian Head had been ‘itiously subjected to new treatments shear. thelr _ selection, the wit- mess said that such reheating had been shown to have done more harm than good. Mr. Cummings tried to show by his ques- tons that the efforts to show a fine result gon phssical tests indicated that some re- mee was placed upon results of such Commodore Sampson, chief of the ord- mance bureau,’ will be svvimoned as the -Rext witness. ‘hatrman Cummings said that the com- mitiee will visit within a week, ing one day at the Carnegie works. ——— +o PREPARING TO REORGANIZE. Secretary Carlisle to Change the Ac- Saating Officers of His Department. Secretary Carlisie is making preparations for the reorganization of the accounting offices of the treasury, in accordance with the plan of the Deckery commission em- tkdied in the legislative appropriation bill. ‘The propose reorganization will not go into effect until October 1, but it is of such an forportant character that its execution will require extensive preparations. Secretary Carlisle today sent a letter to the first, sec- ed, third, fourth and fifth auditors and to he chief of the warrant division of the Secretary's office, In which he says: “In order to prepare for the taking effect of the reorganization of the accounting offi- ces of the treasury, as provided by tne legislative appropriation bill for the fiscal year, 18%, which, although not yet enacted into Iavy, has, so far as said reorganization is concerned, secured the approval of both Fouses of Congress, you are requested to weet the first controller. at his office on Thursday, July 26, 1804, at 2 o'clock p. m., to discuss with him the manner in whic! section 5 of sald bill shall be carried out.” Important Testimony Given Before the Sugar Trust Investigation. Mr. Seymour of the brokerage firm of Seymour Brothers & Young and Mr. W. O. Allison were before the svgar trust investi- gating committee at its morning session to- Mr. Seymour declined to answer the ques- tiens put to him as to the putchase of sugar stock by members of the Senate and as to his knowledge of the existence of an order for such stock, which former wit.esses testified had been made through his firm in the name of Senater Camder, pleading that the committee had no power te compe! kim to reveal the names of his patrons. Mr. Allison’s testimony was important as corroborative of the statemerts of Messrs. Guilleudeau, Levy and o*ler wiinesses. His name had teen mentioned by Mr. Guilleu- deau and it was upon this hint that he was summoned before the committee. He ts the Proprietor of several newspapers devoted to the paint aud cil fnterests throughout the country, While the details of his testimony gannot be given, he stated positively that he Pad seen the CamHen crder. a - DISTRICT IN CCNCRESS. For a Car Line. Senator Daniel to@sy introduced an amendment to the sundry civil bill appro- priating $26,200 for widening the Aqueduct bridge, so as to allow a car line to be run \aeross the river. Urging Its Passage. Senator Hunton yesterday afternoon pre- sented a memorial to the Senate from cit!- zens of Alexandria and Fairfax counties, Ya, urging the prompt passage by the Senate of the t. Vernon railway bill, which, they say, will give them & chance te construct an electric Une connecting Washington with Falls Church ani ad- Jaceny villages. Winding Up Census Work. The census bureau has begun the work of tabulating the statistics of occ:pations. There are 200 employes of the farms, homes end riortgages division engage! in th> work, which is expected to last six or seven wee'ts. It is the last tabuiaticn work un- dertaken by the bureau an] is considered the most difficult. Ig is expgeted that the eleventh census will be practically completed in the latter part of September. There are 600 employes now on the rolls, and before that time all Ba a score of these will be dropped. The work of these retained will be mainly to revise the uncompleted portion of the census wos LATE NEWS BY WIRE Arrested for Breaking the Windows in Pullman’s House. OFFENDER SAID TO BE AN ANARCHIST —_——_s What is Said of the Fate of the Wellman Party. NO DEFINITE Ree eS ana ee NEWS THE WELLMAN PARTY. ‘The Opinions of Various Arctic Ex- pert m Its Probable Fate. LONDON, July 25.—Mr.Pileden, owner of the yacht Saide, which vessel succored Prof. Oyen, the geologist of the Wellman arctic expedition, who was left at Dane's Island, writes, referring to the reported loss of the Wellman party and their steam- er, that he has learned from Spitzbergen that the Ragnvald Jari, the vessel which was used to convey the explorers to the edge of the ice pack, was an old whaler which had been fitted up as a steamer and that she was in no way fitted to encounter the ice. Mr. Fileden adds that he is led to be- eve that in the whole of Wellman’s expe- dition there was no one possessed of prac- tical experience in polar explorations. A representative of the Associated Press had an interview with Capt. Siewers, the Norwegian enthusiast in polar matters, now in London, who wrote to the Standard yesterday announcing that he was in re- ceipt of advices from Norway which left little doubt that the Wellman arctic ex- pedition was lost. The Pall Mall Gazette, as already cabled, was in recipt of similar advices from Tromsoe and experienced arctic. skippers, recently returned, from, the Spitzbercen seas, express the samé opitiion. Opinions of Sealers. __ Mr. Siewers showed the Assoctated Press representative a bundle of letters received on Monday last from arctic sealers who had returned to Norway from the exireme northern waters. ‘The “writers said that they were convinced that all the members of the Wellman expedition were lost. In addition the sealers expressed the be- Hef that Captain Nansen’s ship was also crushed in the fee. Mr. Siewers believes that the Peary party will return in September, after having sall- ed over the pole in an open polar sea. In conclusion Mr. Slewers sald that Lieut, Peary’s expedition was the only party excepting Jackson's which was scientifically planned. ae PULLMAN’S HOUSE ATTACKED. ‘Through the Plate Glass. CHICAGO, July 25.—Simon Reskins, a naturalized Russian, made a malicious as- sault tpon the residence of George M. Pull- man today. He hurled many stones at the massive building, breaking out ten or a dozen large plate gless windows. He was arrested, charged with malicious mischief. When questioned he delivered himself of curses against the United States govern- ment and George M. Pullman. He said Pulln.an had thrown him out of work, and this was not the last Pullman would see of him. Later he admitted that he was a tallor by trade, and had not been working at anything for a year.. No weapons were found om him more dangerous than stones. George M. Pullman and his Bole fam- ily are in the east, the servants alone oc- cupying the hous=. : Reskin ts said to be a well-known Euro- pean anarchist. He was held to the crimi- nal court. The police are investigating his record, and his capturé ts thought to be an important one. ——— Alleged Race War. JACKSON, Miss., July 25.—News of a race war in Bythpson’ county; Mies. reach- ed Jackson, Miss., yesterday. The negroes are all alleged to have held several secret meetings recently, at which they entered into a conspiracy to murder the white peo- ple and bura~thett-homes: « hese meeti was attended by white men, who secreted themsetves ' an@ 'téat?' th? plan. A negro woman made a fi speech and told her auditotst> mufiér wallte men and the negro women would look after the white women and children. The exposure of the plot ¢ t.exgitermentamong the whites, who several of the negro leaders out and gave them severe whip- pings. The mob then took the n man to a swampy and’no' trate of can It is beHeved that she was 0 os ee ‘The Ryan-Smith Mill. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 2.—In con- formity with the rule governing champion- ship contests, thé ring in which the Ryan- Smith mill will be brought off tomorrow night has been enlarged to the regulation size. Every seat in the ampitheater has been sold, and it {3 now certain that the attendance will be the largest ever recorded at a similar event in this city. Word has been received that the Chicago delegat‘on will arrive tomorrow morning. Betting has taken a slight turn in favor of Ryan, and it is certain that he vill enter the ‘ring a favorite. Just who his seconds will be ts not known, but it is announced that Tom West, Ed Alexander and Solly Smith will be behind Smith. The referee will be ap- pointed during the afternoon of the contest, 30 that there will be no delay at the ring. ee All on Board Lost. SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.—Word has been received here of the wreck of the Brit- ish wooden bark. William La Lacheur off Cape St. James, on Provost Island, six hun- dred miles from Singa;ore. The vessel left Singapore for Hong Kons on May 4 to load at the latter port for San Francisco. She reyer reached her destina- tion, and she now Hes brcken up on the rocks off St. James, while the bedies of her c*ew are strewn along the shore, or are lying at the bottom of the ecean. Out of the crew of seventeen, not a man was left to tell the tale. When she went ashore is not known, but It was probably a few days after she left Singapore. When she left the latter port light southwcst monsoons were blowing, which hetped the vessél along in her co rse. per eet aes A Possible Kentucky Lynching: ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 25.—A special to the Republic ‘rom Loufsville, Ky., says: A mob of seventy-five armed men from Blue Lick Springs, Nicholas county, Is close upun the trail of a negro; William Tyler, and it is likely that he will be lynched. Last even- ing the negro outraged the twelve-year-old daughter of James Campbell, a, short dis- tance from Blue Lick Springs, and in half an hour thereafter nearly onechalf ef.the male population of tke town was in pursuit of Tyler. wi ——d A Pullman Concern Resunies. CHICAGO, July %.—The Allen Paper Car Wheel Works at Pullman started up teday with about a dozen new> men. The officials of the company say they have no connecticn with the Pullman company be- yond renting power from ‘t; that they have notified their employes to return to work, guaranteeing them protection, and that un- less they return the company proposes to go ahead and operate the werks with new men. There is no evidence of weakening among the Pullman strike:y. They have @ perfect bicycle patrol system end keep all who show a disposition to return to work under espionage. —_——. ‘The Saratoga Races. SARATOGA, N. ¥, July 25.— First race, j one mile and a furiong.—Lamplighter first, Cactus second, ume third. Time; .68 1-2. Second race, five furlongs.—Picaroon first, Blossom second, Franklin third. Time, 1:03. Third race, sever furlongs.--May Win first, Tormentor second, HigX VU third. Time, 1:32 1-2. Fourth race—Three-quarters of a mile.— Potentats, first; Kentigerna, second; Ru- byon, third. Time, 1:24 1-4. Fifth race, one mile and «- sixteenth— Madrid first, Piay or Pay second; others drawn. Time, 1.52 1-4. Sixth race—Five furlongs.—Campani, first: second; salma, third. Tinie, 102 1-2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1894—TWELVE -PAGES. FRANCE APPRECIATES. A Vote on Resolution in Regard to Carnot's Death. Secretary of State Gresham today sent to the Serate a copy of a dispatch from the United States embassy at Paris, trans- mitting a note from the minister of for- eign affairs, and reporting the reception by the chamber of deputies of the resolution passed by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives regarding the death of the late President Carnot. The French minister's note is as follows: PARIS, July 6, 1894. Mr. Ambassador: In expressing to me their. personal fcel- ings of condolence your excellency kindly communicated to me the resolutions passed by the Senate and the House of Represent- atives of America to show their participa- tion in our national mourning. I hastened to transmit these communications to the president of the chamber of deputies, who read them in the sitting of June 20. They Were received with the unanimous applause of the assembly. I beg your excellency to kindly express to the President of the Sen- ate and Speaker pf the House of Repre- sertatives the profound gratitude inspired ty the government of the republic and by the French chamber by these marks of sympathy shown to France under such painful circumstances. Recetv. e, ete., (Signed) G. HANOTOUS. + «+ --___ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. The Trees Injured. J. F. Mackin of 1425 V street northwest has written to the Commissioners request- ing them to place wire netting on the trees in front of St. Paul's Church, 15th and V streets northw-st. He complains that horses stand there every Sunday afd strip the bark from the trees. No Action Taken. Alice S. Hill of Welling place, University Park, has complained to the Commissione-s in regarl to some pigs directly back of her house. She says that these pigs are owned by a colored family by the name of Dancy, who live on 15th street extended. They are in a filthy condition, and ‘thé cilor’ whieh arises from them is at times fo offensive that they are obliged to kéep thefr windows closed She states that she complained to the health officer, but no action Was taken by him. J. R. Matthews, pastor of St. Cyprian’s Church, has written to the Commissioners in regard to the placing of a sewer in square 10i3, which application has been on file for a long time. He says that a sewer is needed in that square in order to keep per- fect health among the cittzens of that neighborhood. He also writes that the gut- ter on the north side of C street between 12th and 13th streets southeast and a good portion of the pavement are covered: with grass and weeds, causing the water to back up in front ef the church. The Commis- stoners will look into the matter. Excise Board. The excise board had a meeting yesterday afternoon and <Cecided the following appli- cations: Allowed, wholesale—Samuel Lee and John N. Beck, 619 7th street southwest. Retail— William J. Dugan, 1200 E street northwest, pool Michael O'Connor, 43 H street north- eas' Rejected, wholesgie—E. M. P. Harris, 1628 llth street northwest. Retail—John Shan- nahan, 806 4th street southeast; James P. King, 215 Virginia avenue southwest, and Martin Flaherty, 1101 23d street northwest. She Protests. M-s! M. E. CatHn of 1736 13th street northwest has written to the Conmmisstoners Protesting against the. loud cries pf the newsboys on Sunday before 7 and after 11 a.m., the hours which the boys are allowed to yell, and also against allowing street cleaners to go around on Sunday, which she thinks should be stopped by the pro) - powered ped by the proper au: oe THE COURTS, on ‘L-Jadge Hagner. riek. Company: agt. W. A. Vaughn, Wersinger Clothing Company agt. Granville Copper Company and 8. C. Palmer agt. J. C. Ingtrsoil; gadgments by. default. C. M. B. Jones agt. District. of | Columbia, J. Shughrue et al. agt. same, M. J. Burroughs agt. same, H. S. Mathews agt. same and L. Lucas agt. same; all judgments in certiorari. Seine se ate weet B Equity Court No. 1—Judge Hagner. Gordon agt. Gordon, interloedtory petition overruled. Hall agt. Hall; order allowing de fendant to testify in’ reply in re cruelty. Daniels, admr., agt. Ball-ct-ab; order: ve’ viving cause. capa eed Knights of Pythins Copvestion. The twenty-sixth annual convention of | j the K. of P. of the state of New York as- sembled at Watertown, N. Y.,. yesterday,” 300 delegates aad alternates atten: .. The knights were welcomed by’Mayor Inglehart ard Gev. Flower on behalf of the city and Sir Knight I. R. Breen. mses were made by Grand Chancellor 8. H. Saltsbury of Seneca and Vice Chancellor J. Charlies Ladow of Mechanicsville. — Orders of the Commissioners. The Commissioners have ordered a water main to be laid in C street between 14th and 15th streets northwest; that the public weil in alley in square 801 be filled and abandoned; that a water main be laid in 6th street northeast between Lincoln street and Howard avenue; that a water main be laid in Oak street between 41-2 street and Harewood avenue northeast, and that per- mission be granted to run soil pipes on the ide of the wall of premises 1910 and 2 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The order heretofore issued to place sewers in block 123, Georgetown, upon the provisional schedule for 1805 was canceled. > mts Confirmed. The Court fa General Term, Judges Hag- ner and Bradley, have confirmed and order- ed paid the accounts of Mr. Hugh T. Tag- gart and Mr. Albert Harper, for $7,000 and $1,150, respectively, for services performed in the Rock Creek Park case. Mr. Tag- gart’s services consisted in examining the titles to the various tracts purchased by the park commission, whWe Mr. Harper's duties consisted in examining the many witnesses summoned in connection with the titles., Cireult Court Alfred Richards, pelea For an Ingatry. A petition for a writ’ d2 luratico in quirendo, to pass upon alleged insanity of Th ras C. Gessford, was filed today by Ed- gar 77. and James W. Gessford, sons of the alleged lunatic. The ap ‘A. Cahill is requested as ——— Cherokees the Sole Judges. Assistant Atto>ney General Hall, in an opinion approved today by Secretary Hcke Smith, holds that the Cherokee nation ts the sole judge of the right to citizenship of any person within its domains. The department holds that by the terms of the Cherokee agreement of 1891, approved last year, a person who is declared to be not a citizen, but an intruder, shall be ejected from the nation by the United States authoritics om the demand of the principal chief of the Cherokees. Where the claim of a person is merely that he is a cl of the nation, and that question has been decided against him by the nation’s constituted authorities, the department, it is held, has no right to inquire into the correctness of the decision. The ruling ts made in the case of Dr. Moses Bell, John O. Cobb and 8. H. Payne, who claim citizenship through intermar- riage with Cherokee women. Ses The Mississippi State Warrants. Secretary Carlisle, in the matter of the warrants being issued by the state of Mis- sissipp!, similar in appearance to United States notes, has directed the chief of the secret service to restore to the St. Louis Bank Note Company the plates from which the notes were printed. When this has been done the whole question will be re- ferred to the United States attorney at St. Louis for such action under the statutes as may be deemed proper. ——_+ 2 +__. Naval Orders. Chief Engineer H. H. Cline has been or- dered to examination for retirement. En- sign F. B. Bassett, detached from the Blake, and granted three months’ leave. Lieut. T. B. Howard to duty at the Naval Academy, iS 7 READY ASSISTANCE. atirt— For the Relicf,gf ghe Families of the Dena Firemen, The Evening Siaz: will receive and ac- knowledge promntly subscriptions for the relief of the famles‘0f the firemen who lost thelr lives in this‘théfiling’s fire. ‘The following letter Speaks for itself: The Evening Star. ° | Gentlemen:—A great:disaster has befallen our city. The terrible’ fire this morning has cost the lives of &'number of our brave and heroic firemen, who died in the discharge of their duty. ; Their families ‘no! doubt are left to the charity of opr community. We Inclose check for $50 toward a fund for the relief of the unfortunate families and hope our good and charitable citizens ,.will contribute liberally toward such a furd; Very truly yours, + LANSBURGH & BROTHER. The following subscriptions have been re- ceived by The Star: The Evening Star Company. Mr. R. Ross Perry.........- Corcoran Fire Insurance Compan John Joy Hésor..... Dorsey. Clagett... Ex-Fireman W. A. Hungerford... Mz. M. A...eeceee, Total BURNING TODAY. A Standing Tower Blown Up With Dynamite. Thousands of people visited the scene of the fire today. Lieut. Kelly, with all of his policemen, had his hands full keeping the crowd back. Considerable danger lurked about the smouldering ruins, for several walls,charred and bulging, th-eatened to fall any mcment. The big tower bay window at the corner of 2d and B streets was declared unsafe, and Chief Parris ordered it down. There was no way to remove it except by dynamite and Contractor Albert Gleason was sent for to do the work. The large crowd was dis- rersed, and four sticks of dynamite placed under the tower. Then as many long fuses were connected, and at 1:30 they were touch- ed off. There was a hissing as the fire crept along the fuses. Then a moment's suspense, and like a peal of thunder the dynamite exploded, and the sixty feet of tower set- tled to the ground. Towards evening, the fire which had been smoldering all day, burst out afresh among the debris, and the firemen, tired and almost exhausted, went back to work. Several of the men sickened at the awful stench from the burning horse flesh, and had to leave the ruins. The big wall at the northeast corner of the building on 2d street was in a bad condition, and threat- ened to fall at any moment. It was found impracticable to blow these walls up, as such @ measure would have jeopardized the houses on the north. The walls are badly bulged, however, and must be taken down at once. | : It will be n ry to keep the fire de- partment on hand all night, as it is certain there is considérable fire underneath the ruins. When thé alarm sounded this morn- ing Foreman Fitzgerald of the water de- partment responded at once. He saw at a glance the condition of affairs, and ran at once to Canitol Hill, ‘where he cut off the water for the eastern section of the city, and turned ft full head in the fire section. His action made it possible for the firemen to get all the watef they wanted. The Supposed Origin, The great question “is: -How did the fire originate? There-ure many surmises. When” the fire department arrived the entire butld- ing was aflame, anj'it was impossible to locate the origin. . One gentleman-whotrald he was connect- ed with the Building seated he had heard that the fire oright#t@d in’ the stable, where @ gasoline wagon'‘came in late and was carried’ upon-the second floor, where the horses were. It was his opinion that the gasoline wagor’ had burst. Assistant Chief Belt, who was the first fireman on the scene, said when he arrived there was a dense vo!ume‘bf smoke coming from the center of the building. He sent his driver to turn in a special and then a general alarm. ‘Shortly afterward an ex-, ‘ploston occurred and the walls fell in like a@ row of toy blocks. He would not say that it was the work of an incendiary, but | tt certainly looked suspicious. It is stated that there is considerable gold and silver in the ruins, andthe police de- partment is in charge. No one except fire- men are allowed near the building. The health officer had a conference with the Commisstoners this afternoon regardin; the removal of the dead horses. He stat. that Contractor Patrick Mann was making arrangements to remove them. Messrs. Saks & Co. sent a number of light cotton hats for the firemen to wear. ‘The Chevy Chase and Kensington Elec- tric Railway Company has been organized for the purpose of constructing, from the present terminus of the Rock Creek (Chevy Chase) railway to Kensington, with the following officers: Oliver R. Harr, president; Alfred Ray, vice president; W. Henry Walker, secretary and treasurer. Board of directors, Redford W. Walker, Reuben B. Detrich,August Burgdorff,Oliver R. Harr, W. Henry Walker, Alfred Ray, Thomas R. Martin, William H. Mannakee, Alfonso Hart, Alexander M. Proctor and Cc. Parker Jones. Articles of incorporation have been filled and promises of rights of way from the owners whose land is crossed by the rail- way obtained; and also promise from the Rock Creek Electric Railway Company to furnish power free for three years, and to transport passengers from the Chevy Chase and Kensington road over the entire length of their route for one fare. ig ale Has the Right. Representative Weadock, chairman of the House committee on mines and mining, has been notified by the Secretary of the Interior that the bill to authorize the ex- ploration and purchase of mines within the boundaries of private land claims would, whl some alterations, receive the sanction of the department. Secretary Smith states that the pro- visions of the bill are not in violation of any treaty stipulations between this coun- try und Mexico. These lands acquired from Mexico were Spanish possessions, and in these the mines were the property of the Spanish crown. By the act establishing the court of private land claims it ts clear, says Secretary Smith, that the government has the right towork these mines. i» Agmy Orders. The leave of absence granted First Lieut. Herry C. Danes,i(third artillery, is ex- tended one month and nine days. Leave of absence-for three months is Branted Second Lieut. Samuel D. Rocken- e leave ce Lieut. Hansford L.. Threlkeld, infantry, is extended one month. pie eect “ns 3. aa De Déserted Her. September 28,"1588; Biss Fannie F. Gor- don became Mrs. ‘Harry Luckett. Today she filed a pefitioti’ for divorce, praying that she may be glyen the custody of their two children and that she be permitted to resume her maiden name. In support of her petition Mrs. Luckett alleges that her husband, on the 9h of July, 1892, “‘will- fully and maliciously deserted, abandoned and absented himself from her. —>— Personal Mention. Rev. Samuel Van Vranken Holmes, for- merly of this city, and now the pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Buf- falo, N. Y., sailed yesterday for Germany, where he will spend his vacation. Dr. Harris, the commissioner of educa- tion, is spending his vacation among the Catskill mountains. ——___+-0+—____ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Seventeen appointments of fourth-class Fostmasters were made today. Ten of these were to fill vacancies caused by resigna- tions, and the remainder by removals. ited Second thirteenth [TALK ABOUT TARIFF Everybody at the Capitol Appears to Be at Sea. ee Seed VARIOUS AND CONFLICTING VIEWS ie eee Secretary Carlisle Devotes the Day to the Vexed Problem. VAIN PRESSURE ON MR. VILAS Secretary Carlisle devoted all the fore- noon today to a careful consideration of the tari® situation. Senator Harris had a conference with him on the subject, lasting an hour and a half, and Interstate Com- missioner Morrison, known as “Horizontal Bil had an equally long conference ca the same subject. Persons supposed to re- flect Secretary Carlisle's views on the tariff complications are confident of the passage of a bill at the present session of Congress, and that existing differences be- tween the House and Senate in the matter of sugar, coal and fron will be compro- mised on a basis honorable to both bodies. No one attempts, however, to explain how this happy consummation is to be brought about. An Effort te See Crisp. Secretary Carlisle also went to the House of Representatives at 10 o'clock today, and sought Speaker Crisp, who had not yet ar- rivel. It was the first time Mr. Carlisle had been at the House in some months, although he has been a frequent visitor at the Senate during the tariff struggle. On learning that Mr. Crisp would not ar- rive for some time, the Secretary said that engagements at the treasury would prevent him from waiting, and the meeting was deferred. Chairman Wilson's arrival from West Virginia last night gave further ground for the generally expressed belief that the House would not remain entirely passive while the Senate had nominal possession of the entire tariff controversy. Ardor Waning in the House. Among me:nbers of the House the feeling is strong that the end of the tariff fight is not far off. In analyzing the struggle from the House view, members say there is no jonger the incentive for a prolonged and determined resistance by the House. This resistance was largely inspired, they say, by the feeling in the House on the sugar question. Those Wwho had talked of holding out all summer did so because of their views on sugar. But they say the contest has changed materially since the President's letter, so that at present the main con- tention of the House is fcr free raw ma- terials, viz.: Free iron and coal. On this contention there is not that ardor and de- termination spparent in the House that there was on the former issue..On the contrary, many prominent members—in- cluding some who are classed radi free-traders—have let it be known that free iron and free coal are not worth the con- flict they are causing. This and the desire to get home to their congressional districts 1s the most notice- able tendency toward a settlement. There is .no indication, however, that this feeling is shared by Speaker Crisp or Chair- man Wilson. Anxiety Over the Vilas Motian. Pressure has béen renewed to have Sen- ator Vilas withdraw his motion instructing the Senate conferees to recede from the one- eighth differential on svgar. Senator Vilas~does not say what he will do, but enough has been disclosed to show that before the motion is withdrawn or ulsposed of, except by betng declared cut of order or voted upon, some understanding must be reached as to what the sugar schedule will be. Senator Vilas, it is known, is cetermined to insist upon keeping his motion to the front, and not to allow the bill to be cent back to conference without instructions un- til an understanding is reached that the conferees will strike out the one-sighth of a cent per pound on sugar. It means practically that the conferees will not be instructed by the Senate, but that they “will be instructed by the caucus. It ig romana even if Mr. Vilas should withdraw motion of instructions it would be renewed by other Senators. Mr. Vilas’ withdrawal is urged as much to se- cure his vote for an uninstructed confer- ence as anything ~'sc, as his vote for such a> motion ‘wowld= "ry it. If a caucus ag‘ cement is obtained the same democratic votes that retained the one-eighth ‘in the bill when it passed the Senate are expected to send the bill to con- ference without instructions. But the de- termination of Mr. Viles to stand by his motion until the understanding ts reached as to what the sugar schedule will be tn conference precipitates a crisis which the caucus must decide. eS THE LABOR COMMISSION. It Will Probably Be Appointed by the President Tomorrow. The national labor commission will prob- ably be appointed this evening or tomorrow. It is settled that Commissioner Wright and Judge Trumbull of Tlinots will be members of the commissicn and that the third mem- ber will be a resident of New understood that Judge Trumbull cepted the appointment. sich masta raey an rR CAPITOL TOPICS. rk. It has ac- ‘Time Penalties. Senator Platt today gave notice of an amendment to the general deficiency bill, requiring the Se-retary of the Treasury to remit to the builders of the gunboats Con- ccrd and Bennington the time penalties exacted from thet ted States Courts and State Om- Senator Allen introduced a bill today pro- viding that hereafter no United States cir- cult or district court shall permit any state officer to be impleaded in his officiai capaci- ty In any action in such court, or In any manner restrain or enoin him from the ex- ecution of his official duties under the laws of the state. United States courts are also prohibited from restraining the execution of any state law. im Negligence. William and Julla Rouser, man and wife, today sued the Washington and George- town Railroad Company for $15,000. .The plaintiffs allege that on the 4th instant Mrs. Rouser, while alighting from the com- t 24th street and Pennsylva- . was thrown off and quite se- riously injured. They claim that the acci- dent was caused by the carelessness and negligence of the trainmen in starting the cars before Mrs. Rouser had alighted. SL Recorder Taylor Calls. Recorder Taylor was among the callers at the White House today. He was accom- panied by Messrs. Manney and Thompson of the Colored Democratic League of In- Giana, who desire to pay their respects to the President. ft o- Appointment of a Bank Examiner. The controller of the currency has ap- inted Eimer A. Howard of Fairfield, Iowa, Bank examiner for Iowa, vice John McKee, resigned. ———— He Has Resigned. Lawrence O. Posey, a $1,000 clerk in the record and pension office, War Department, has resigned. ——— ‘The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United _ States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. t7But all such orders must_be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mall subscrip- tions, FOR ALLEGED THREATS. Trial ef the Berkicy Case in Court Today. George T. Berkley, the bookbinder in the government printing office for whose ar- rest a warrant was issued from the Police Court yesterday for alleged threats toward his wife, as printed in yesterday's Star, was In Judge Miller's court this afternoon, He had not been able to give bond for his appearance, and so he was in custody. The pistol and knife mentioned in yester- day's Star were offered in evidence. “Where do you live?” was the first ques- tion asked. Her reply was: * mother’s.” Six months ago she said she married the defendant, who has provided for her and the children. Yesterday morning, <he said, her husband aroused her and used the vilest and most abusive language imaginable. I'm golag to stop this ” he sald to me,” she told the court, “ ‘and I'm going to > you. I'm tired of: being made a fool on’ She said he struck ai her, but did not bit her. Three weeks ago, she said, her kus- band got the pistol, and said he was not going to use his fist on her. She got it in 'm stopping at my the bureau drawer and the knife she found in the trunk. “What did he the was going to do with, the knife?” sd “It will develop in a minute,” said Lawyer Shillington. “Policeman is the cause.” Mrs. Berkley was then questioned about the officer, who was on the beat near the government printing cffice, where the Berk- leys resided, and she denied that she had met him (the policeman) at the house of a woman named White. She also denied that she had met the policeman on the streets and walked with him, or that there were aly improper reiations existing between them. When further questioned she said her hus- band beat her and her mother as far back as three years ago. In March she consulted a lawyer about getting a divorce, but he made promises, and she let the matter drop. Yesterday she moved Knox's store rooms. “And now,” remarked Mr. Shillington, “it is all destroyed.” “Although I have left him twice,” she said, “I am willing to try him again, if he will promise to be a kid, loving and dutiful husband.” The question of keeping house was dis- cussed, and when the wife said she hed made the fires for six years Mr. Shillington remarked: “That's an equal division of Mrs. Berkley’s sister was next on the wit- ness stand, and she made a speech de- nouncing her brother-in-law as being any- thing other than a gentleman. She knew Mr. Pierce, she said, as an officer of the sixth precinct. Witness also told the court that her brother-in-law had given her mother a se- vere beating. She had heard of the talk about Pierce and her sister, but she investigated the rumor and discovered that there was no truth in it. Mary McKenna, colored, testified that she had seen the deferdant assault his wife. Mrs. Berkley was recalled, and she told of the numerous times her husband had assaulted her. After the threats yesterday morning she cooked breakfast and called him down to eat. “And,” she said, “he went away without kissing me.” The prisoner went on the stand, said he loved his wife and told the court the furniture to 8 pistol. He got that and Lieut. Kelly that he would use it on if he ever caught him in Vo house with his wife. “And did you intend to use it on any on? else?’ the cout asked. “Well,” he answered, “I don't know what I might have done if I had caught them to- gether.” He’ sata that Dt! Séhafhtrt first told him about F and his (defendant's) wife. = Ktlew ‘nothing about except what e had heard. The defendant denied the charge of threats. : Mr. Berkley said he was willing to believe his wife innocent. and ‘tte judge took his personal bond. pF as KO JAPANESE TELEGAPH. It t= Annoenced That Commantecation ‘ Han Been Restored. LONDON, July 25.—The Anglo-American Telegraph Company annoufices that tele- graphic colmenteation’ between Nagsaki, Sia tee was inti a ed erday, has. ored. It is 4 od, however’ pn ait Laeihese are subject to much delay. —_.— Tate of Kentucky Found. LEXINGTON, Ky., July 25.—Honest Dick Tate, the defaulting state treasurer of Ken- fly had believed him dead, and since his disappearance his wife has died. Ensign Hugh Rodman of thé’ Uhfted States navy, who has been on a visit in Kentucky, says that while in Japan several months he met Tate-and dined him. man has known health, and canrot live long. His have paid the last instaltment on his defal- cation, and an effort will be made to induce him to return and tell who were his part- ners in crime. i A Son's Terrible Mistake. FIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 25.—John Col- lins, a market gardner, last night thought he heard thieves in his garden and started to investigate. He was followed by his iene: J ‘Trembull Has Declinea. Judge Lyman Trumbull of Chi cago has declined by telegraph to serve on the com- mission to investigate and report on the Chicago strike under the terms of the arbi- tration act. Ex-Representative Owen Scott of Illinois ts spoken of for the Place. imgton Stock Exchange. Sales regular call—i12 o'clock m.— Li tonal ‘Bank, 2 at 9% Nationa! Sate Deposit. 10 ai : Nin: Sontts, B3Eittered. 114 asked. U.S. 5s, 118 bid, 118%, ro iad i ‘olumbia " Bonds.” 20-year fund 5a, . 80-year fund Gs, gold, 113 bid. "Ware Toot, eeceek: currency...LiG bid. | Water stock Ts, gma Sie ag Soe, 100 ba: UR town Lailroad conv. Gs, 1 Wash ond Ucoreetows Ra 131 bid, 137 asked. " Metropol: See NOS bid, 108 ested, Bele Rat . “Eckingt a tagton “Gas Compa hg — hE ‘Trust 5s, bid. Wasbi Market Com, Washington iarket, Company ig, Washington Market ext. Ge Light Infantry tat "Too bid Wes agen ton Infantry 3a Tot baa cing Sens Cee ank Stocks. Bank of Wash! ~ Bank of ‘the 9 i, ‘Tithe —Reat Extaie Title, naked. Columbia Title, Ti tid, . Wash ington ‘Title, 8 bid. * ‘Title, 10 wid, 15 Telepione Stocks.— Pennsylvania, 85 Wid.50 asked Ghenapeaice Potomay, 5315 65 ask re mG bid, matic Guo 35 Miscel laneons: —' nets pid. 15 anked. | Great Palle Ice i Run 20 asked. ingtcn Steamboat, Machine, 100 did. *Ex div. FINANCE AND TRADE The Professional aan Furnishes the Bulk of Business. endian Opinions Expressed About the Sup ply of Gold. TARIFF LEGISLATION eee Sperial Dispatch to The Evening Star. @EW YORK, July 25.—There was"a no- Uceable disposition on the part of traders to depress prices this morning, and in the absence of any fevorable news a gencral shrinkage in values marked the close of the first hour's trading. London contributed little to our market, selling, in all, only few hundred shares of the favorite inter national issues. There was no business out- side of that furnished by the professional element, gold shipments, uncertainty con- cerning the tariff and decreased earnings being urgea in justification of rather liberal short sales. Missou-i Pacific lost 1 per cent, St. Paul 3-4, and Rock Island and Burling- ton each 5-5. Fractional declines were re- corded elsewhere in the list, but were not significant. e situation in the foreign exchange market is such that all estimates of this week's efflux of gold are likely to fall short of the actual emount to go out by Satur- day's steamers. ‘The present supply of commercial bills ts totally inadequate to the demands of bank- ers in providing for the week's remittances, and unless the supply is materially in- creased within the next forty-eight hours the loss of gold can hardly be iess than $5,000,000, From present indications there is no way te make remittances except by an actual shipment of specie. In view of this condition of affairs the rates for for- eign exchange hold firm, with @ slight up- ward tendency. Washington furnished little important information during the day, and the action of the stocks most sensitive to news from thet center gave no indication present situation is being carefully watched by the larger operators in the belief that the time for speculative activity is near at hand. A. settlement of existing differences will be followed almost immediately by a disposi- tion of the entire controversy. Over twelve thousand shares of sugar were during the first ten minutes of today’s busi- ness, and the price advanced 1 3-4 per cent from yesterday's closing. Later a reaction rw dg resulting in before the plant can be duplicated or its lines ed so that present proses ane attacked. and with. ehares ctisaally below best sricen ara attrorsell 4 i | ps ie i Eee 4 E i E | Fy H 8. Cordage, pta.. | New Jersey Central. | New York Central an) Ont. and Western. Pacific Mau oon: Phila. and Read Pauliman P. Car Co., Richmond Terminai Phila. Traction Texas Pacitc. Tenn. Coal and ae Pacific. Balttmore Markets. BALTIMORE, Jul; 1.70a1.90; ba2.70; wi shipments, @ 750 bushels; stock, 1,056,181 bushels; rales “jos. busb~Is; <3 faked , ” asked “receipt, 1-618 bun els; Stock, 173,400 Dusnels; sales, 2000 bu era corn by ; bushels; eeath> . 5 font corn om de, 51 asked “Outs slow —No. 2 wivive asked; No. 2 mised 46. western, 3,021 oma cholee timothy, $14.60a$13.00. c 4 | freatn eat with downwan@ tendency. Sagar, butter, eggs auc cheeze, changed. Chicago Grain and Provision Marketa, Bonne by Sate © Sy eh Tat scene Su at 2s] cot Bo GT Ot Sa | pape! Paar ‘ass i Pa a = i a i 3 The following were readings of the thermometer at tha weather Lureau tod: 7; 8 am., 7%, 2 p.m., 88; maximum, 1; minke mtn, 68, ‘The steamer Louise was seized just east of Point Pelee Istaud the Canadian rev.” enue cutter Petrel . The Loulge is an Americap vessel, and has been em. gaged in the fshing trade. The cause for ue selcure has sot yet been eaceriained.