Evening Star Newspaper, August 4, 1894, Page 1

&\ THE EVENING STAK. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDING! 110] Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Tn Se, by The Event; e ver ning Star Eewmeper Company, Yew York Office, 49 Potter Building ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on thelr own uccount, at 10 cents Ber xeck oF 4c. per month. Coptes at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United Etates oF Canada—postage prepald—o cents per ‘ar, $1.00 per year; oie Che Fvening Star. "Vor. 85, No. 20,985. WASHINGTON, D. C., § with foreign postwe aden $3.00, @ a ed at the e at Washington, D. C., Faces of advertinins senaa na a fm nance Louisiana Senators Are Interposing Objections to Agreement, SUGAR SCHEDULE THEY WANT BOUNTY FOR THIS YEAR Otherwise They Say They Will Vote Against the Bill. fTODAY’S SESSION cae The Lousiana Senators are now inter- Posing obstructions to an agreement on the sugar schedule. They have given no- tice that If they are not given a portion of the bounty for this year they will vote against the bill. As nearly as can be learned, the situation as to the agreement n the sugar schedule in conference is this: The House people were willing to give the trust a differential specific rate of fifteen one-hundredths and leave the ad valorem of @# per cent on raw sugar and 40 per cent on the sugar used in the manufacture of the refined. The Senate would not accept that, but made a counter proposition, similar :n terms, except that it provided for a differ- ential of twenty one-hundredths, or one- fifth. The House conferees have not yet accepted this, but there is practically no Goubt that they will do so. ‘Trust People’s Admissions. ‘The sugar trust people have claimed that they would get no benefit whatever out of the 40 per cent ad valorem, and that all they had in the schedule was the one-eighth. Later, they acknowledged that they got a Very little out o& the ad valorem, and it was ured out that one-fifth would give them all they acknowledged to receive in the Senate schedule. On this basis of figuring, that ts, if the figures of the suzar men themselves are ac- curate, there would be absolutely no differ- ence between the original Senate schedule and the compromise schedule, except in ‘words—the protection given th st and that given the planters would be exactly the same in both schedules. ‘About One-Half of the Senate Sched- ule. These figures do not appear to be ac- curate, however. The calculations of what the trust would get out of the ad valorem, independently of the one-eighth, vary from 17.7 points to about 4.6 points. About 20 points ts probably accurate. If so, the trest would get out of the Senate schedule 20 from the ad valorem, 12 1-2 from the one-eighth differential and 10 from the dis- erimination against countries paying ex- port bounty, which would aggregate 42 1-2 ints. The compromise schedule gives the st an advantage of just 20 points, which fs a little less than half what they would et by the Senate schedule. Taking the lower estimate of 17.7 points to the trust's advantage in the ad valorem @nd the compromise proposition, while in- ereasing the differential from 1-8 to 1-5, gives exactly half what fs carried, openly and secretly, in the Senate schedule. Today's Session. ‘The tariff conferees began work again to- Gay with the sugar schedule the first to be talked over, It is claimed that the Senate conferees pointed out a new difficulty which the new schedule was Mable to meet when the bill was reurned to the Senate. It was asserted that with the new schedule the bill rould not receive the votes of Senators ffery and Blanchard of Louisiana, or Men and Kyle, populists, and that these jour votes, with that of Senator Hill, wouid @efeat the bill. The House members say that the Louisiana men cannot afford to ‘vote agaist a bill as favorable to the sugar interests as the new schedule provides, simply because no provision for a bounty on this year’s crop is included, as Congress certainly would pass a free sugar bill before adjournment. A Hurried Senatorial Conference. ‘There was a hurried senatorial conference today participated in by Senators Gorman, Smith and Jones. Previous to this the Louisiana Senators had made a vicious pro- test against the proposed sugar schedule, which did not provide for a bounty on the product of this year. The conference was called after the tariff conferees had been session some time, and when reports had nm in circulation that another hitch had grisen over the sugar schedule. There have been some very stormy protests from mem- bers of the House against it, and some as- gertions have been made to the effect that it could not pass. The senatorial confer- ence today was supposed to have been held [3 ascertain if some new arrangement of i@ schedule could not be a which would meet with more favor. Shortly after the conference of these Senators it was Stated by one who knew what had taken place that the sugar schedule would be fixed Up soon and agreed to on the lines suggest- el yesterday, and that the main fight be- tween the conferees then would be on coal and iron. At 12 o'clock, when a short recess was taken, a House conferee said that no agree- ment had been reached up to that time on the three main items—sugar, tron or coal. Whether the agreement might be reached Tater in the day the conferees expressed doubt. Some of them said it might take three or four days more to bring the mem- bers together. A Conference at the White House. It developed today that a conference was held at the White House last night, at which wera present, besides the President, Speaker Crisp, Chairman Wilson, Secretary Gresham and, {t ts understood, some others. ‘The agreement on the basis of the new sugar schedule was gone over, and while ho one fs authorized to state what conclu- sion was reached, the subsequent action of those present warrants the inference that the President and others at the meeting last Might believed it advisable to accept the proposition. It was with this understand- ing that the House conferees met the Sen- ators this morning, when the objection of the two Loutsian1 Senators and some others developed a new and unexpected obstacle. — What It Carrtes. The decision of Asststant Attorney John I. Hall, in which he holds that the act of March 3, 1803, placing the supervision and control of the expenditures for the Freed- man's Hospital and Asylum under the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia, car- ries with it the power to determine the necessity of particular expenditures, does not transfer from the Secretary of the In- terior to the Commissiorers the power of @ppointment or the right of administration. <2 —_—____. Railway Mail Clerks. The House spent some time yesterday afternoon in discussion of a biil to in- crease the compensation of railway mail clerks. It is a Senate bill which has been fepcrted by the committee cn post offices @nd post roads, and was opposed by Mr. Dockery and Mr. Champ Clark of Missouri on the score of economy. Gone to Manttie. Maj. John B. Babcock, assistant adjutant general, has been ordered to proceed to Niantic, Conn., and attend the encamp- ent of the National Guard of Connecticut it that place from August 11 to August 1S, er which he will resume his present & CHANGE OF FRONT How the New Mount Vernon Bill Was Evolved. The Road to Use the Long Bridge, as It Intended All the Time. It 1s probable that Senator McMillan will some day soon call up in the Senate for passage the bill granting the Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railway Company a right of way through and into the city, as amended at the meeting of the District com- mittee yesterday. Little doubt is felt for the passage of the bill in its present shape, as the company has now frankly admitted, what has been suspected for some time by the Senators in charge of the bill,that there ts @ prospect of entering the city by way of the Long bridge. The course of this bill through the Senate has been curious, and has been marked by considerable blessing on both sices. The company asks for a city route around the White Lot and along E street to the river, which it really did not expect to utilize, but such as it desired to secure in case the arrangements with the Pennsyl- venia road for the use of the tracks on the Leng bridge should fail to materialize. The company was forced to show its hands in this matter by the apparent eager- ness of the subsommittee on the bill to wipe out the proposed spur down lith street and to maintain the E street route at all hazards. At a meeting between the subcommittee and the representa- tives of the company on Thursday last, one of the Senators brougnt about a complete change of front by proposing that the company should post a 8,000 guaran- tee that it would use the atr road, and at the same time moving to strike out the 14th street spur. At ‘his the company agreed to a new bill simply granting a right of-way from the end of the Long Lriage up 14th street, and thence to the mazket. It is now understood that the company will not attempt to use steam transfers by way of the river around the flats to the Vir- ginia shore, but that it has a detinite agree- ment with the Pennsylvania road to bring its cars across the river on the bridge, prob- ably with an cverhead trolley. There is a provision in the bill for four hundred feet of overhead line from the end of the bridge northward, which will just about bring the Mount Vernon road in connection with the Belt Line, It may be, and it ts so stated on good au- thority, that the Mount Vernon co ny will not at this time attempt a city con- struction on 14th street, but will content itself for the present with a transfer sys- tem with the Belt company. This will ob- viate the necessity of the construction of the road with a conduit, which must be used in case of any building by the new company. Although the provision for the running of — cars on this road was stricken out by the Senate committee, it is expected by the Senators that the company will be per- mitted to run occasional combination cars furnished with small compartments for light freight. The Senate committee seri- ously objects to granting any street railway company the privilege to run freight cars in the street, but it has been represented that it will be a great accommodation to the peo- ple of Virginfa near the city to be allowed to send light freight into town by a road that will stop its cars at almost any farm house. The officers of the company have assured the Senate committee of their eagerness to proceed with the construction of the road just as soon as the Lill as now amended has become We e+ GRAND ARMY PROTESTS, The President Told That Vete: Discriminated Agains' The Grand Army of the Republic has suf- fered heavily by the late dismissals from and reductions in the executive depart- ments. The Department of the Potomac has taken official action in the matter, and is still at work with efforts to stop what most of the Grand Army men term the slaughter of thelr comrades. The Depart- ment of the Potomac has sent a formal protest to the President, charging that vet- eran soldiers are being dismissed from the government positions on the ground of in- efficiency, whereas they are known by their fellow-workers and proved by their records to be worthy and effective employes. The charge is also made to the President that in dismissals and reductions no preference is shown toward old soldiesr, and this, the Grand Army maintains, 1s in direct viol: tion of law. It 1s claimed that _yeterans are being discriminated against in various other ways, because they, or many of them, are republicans, or because the ad- ministration feels that it is-under no ob- Mgation to the Grand Army of the Re- public. The protest to President Cleveland cov- ered three typewritten pages and set forth that the discriminations against the Grand Army were contrary to the President's let- ter of acceptance, contrary to the state- ments which he made to the Grand Army, both before and after election, and contrary to the promises made by his friends, espe- cially in the state of New York. Although it has net been possible to procure a copy of this pretest, it is understood that it con- tains ref2rence to the fact that in the last presidential campaign a number of Gran: Army comrades effected an organizition in the interest of Mr. Cleveland in New York, and gent out to their comrades throughout the land @ mass of literature bearing on the statements made by the President at various times and places that the Grand Army was entitled at all times to favorable discrimination. The receipt of this protest was acknowledged by the private secretary to the President, and it is said that a copy of it was sent by the President to the heads of departments, with instructions to trans- mit copies to the heads of bureaus, but this is only a conjecture. Of the 15) employes dropped in the record and pension division of the War Department seventy-one were veterans of federal armies, and many of them were advanced in years. The G. A. R. officials with whom The Star man talked this afternoon declared that Postmaster General Bissell was the most thorough civil service sympathizer in the administration, and that no cause for com- plaint lay against him. It was also said that Secretary Smith is acting with great fairness towarml the vet- erans. One official told the reporter that Secretary Carlisle was a very broad-minded man, but that Logan Carlisle practically had control over that part of the depart- ment referring to its personnel. He, they claim, is a rash ycung man, who prides himself on being a hustler, and who makes dismissals largely on personal motives. It is also claimed that he is bitterly antag- onistic to the Grand Army, and Is a violent, as the G. A. R. men put it, “rebel sympa- thizer.” The matter of dismissals will also be brought to the attention of the national encampment, which convenes at Pittsburg on September 12, The Department of the Potomac has already been in communica- tion with the commander-in-chief. ——_-—__— A Derelict Destroyed. The U. S. S. Atlanta, which errived at Newport this morning, reports to the Navy Department that she destroyed the danger- ous derelict Golden Rule, lying twenty miles southeast of Nantucket and near the South Shoal lightship. The Atlanta will remain at Newport until August 13, when she will take the Connecticut naval militia out from New Haven on a cruise. ——_-_e-—____. Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was twenty. Of ns Are this number fourteen were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignation and the remainder by removals, SENATOR CAMERON) He is to Be Pushed for Presidential Nomination. SILVER REPUBLICANS HIS SUPPORT The Money Question to Be Made the Paramount Issue. THE WORK BEING DONE The public are probably hardly prepared for the announcement of Don Cameron as a candidate for the republican presiden- tial nomination. Perhaps it is too early to announce him as such yet, and perhaps he and his friends prefer not to have the | matter talked of at this time, but at the proper moment it is proposed to bring him out with a very considerable backing. This is not a matter of idle talk, but Is a se- rious and earnest business as far as Cam- eron and his friends are concerned. In- spired with confidence that the republican nomination for the presidency next time will be equivalent to an election plans looking to the procurement of that noz ination are already being talked over, and Cameron fs in thorough sympathy with the Proposition of being himself brought out as a candidate, Silver Men the Chief Agitators, The proposition grows out of the silver question, and its chief agitators are the silver men. Cameron may or may not have had this in mind when he made his speech during the special session in favor of the free coinage of silver and protection combined, but that speech 1s the basis of his contemplated candidacy. It may be that he does not want it Known yet that | he has the bee in his bonnet, and he is not | the man to curtail his independence and at this early date put himself in tr straight jacket of caution which avowed candidates have to wear, but he is said to talk the matter over freely enough with those who are in the secret and who are working for him, It is calculated that he will have the support tn the next rm publican national convention of the dele- gates from the silver states, including must of those from the south, and that if ne can get those trom Pennsylvania he will be in a fair way to control the convention. The Money Question to be ramouat The sliver men are bent upon making the money question the paramount issue of the next presidential campaign, and for that reason are anxious to have the tariff en- urely cleared up befere that time. Most of the democrats concur in the desire that the tariff shall not hereafter be more than a secondary issue. It is in consideration of the prospect of the money question bein to the tront in the next national campaign that Reed and others mentioned as presi- dential candidates have talked in a conciiia- tory Way of the restoration of silver as a money—under safe conditions. The silver republicans take the ground that they must secure the nomination of sume one more iriendly to silver than any of the candidates prominently in the public eye at this time, and they have begun at once to lay their plans to that end. ‘Teller Thought of, but Unavatiavie. They have felt it necessary to select some one to unite on and work for from this time ferward. Teller would naturally have been thelr first choice, but he is so peculiarly a silver man above all things else, having no claim on eastern Support, that It was ob- vious that he could not hope for the no: nation at the hands of the republicans, and they have no desire to run an independent ticket if they can avoid it. They have, therefore, struck upon Cameron, an eastern man, intimately associated with’ the eastern commercial interests, and incidentally a sil- Ver man, as one suitable for their purposes. Western Silver States to Be Held. They say that the western silver states will be safe enough to the republicans at this fall's elections by reason of the prom- ises that will be made that the republi- cans will commit themselves to the restora- tion of silver, but that the only way those states can be secured in "96 will be by put- ting this promise in the platform and by nominating a man who will make it good. These western silver men are in earnest and are going seriously about the work they hope they can aj in time to make a report on Tuesday, By that time it is | more than likely that all the other appro- ATURDAY, AUGUST 4, AS TO ADJOURNMENT No Date Can Be Set for the Departure of Congress, It Will Be When the Tariff will is Passed, but It is Uncertain When That Will Be. Were it not for the tariff bill the end of the session would be certainly very near at hand. The Senate last evening finished the last of the regular appropriation bills— the general deficiency—and there is now very little work left to be done, except on the great revenue bill, The appropriation bills are all in a very forward state, and the record that has been made on them in the Senate, in point of time, has been very gratifying to the democratic ers of both houses. On the Ist of July the House had passed every bill, and the Senate had not passed one. In five weeks the entire lot has been run through the senatorial mill, and this would doubtless have been accom- plished in less time had it not been for the delay incident to the first report of the con- ferees on the tariff, The Appropriation Bills. Seven of the fourteen bills have received the approval of the President—the fortifica- tions, pension, Military ademy, postal, diplomatic, naval and legislative. The army Lill is ready to be signed by the President. The conference reports on the District and agricultural bills have been agreed to by buth houses and are now being enrolled for A the signatures of the presiding oificers. The conterence reports on the river and harbor and Indian bilis have been agreed to in part, and the Senate will probably teday finish the fo: The remainng two bilis—the sundry civil and the general deticlency—are now IN conference. The mam agers of ie former bil met this morning and st to werk, expecting to be able t ecreiude in time to report to the houses o t On that day the conferees on the Geticiency bill will get together, and it is tency d that priation bills will gave been sent to the President, if they have net been finally ap- proved by him; and so there appears to be hitle Congress should not ad- Journ some time next week, if it were not for the tariff bill, which blocks the way most effectually, No Detinite Prediction as to Adjourn- ment, All present prophecies of the time of ad- Journment are arranged on the order of movable feasts. The’ wisest ones merely admit that Congress will adjourn just as soon as the tariff question fs settled. It is to be roted that they do not say “when the bill passes,” for that fs taking long chances on ax uncertainty, No one 1s now h nough to predict the date of that event Foretelling has given. place to hoping, and so the situation stands today. It may change at any hour, and where at this time the final adjournment really seems a loag way off, tomorrow there may come the tidings of such a taiff agreement as will insure the speedy dissolution of Congress. May Be Delayed im the Senate, But it must not be expected that the reach- ing of an agreement, on this most compli- cated matter in confegence will Be the signal for immediate or evén quick adjournment, for, although by virtue of the cloture rule, the conference report can be hurried through the House in a few days, or even a few hours, there 1s always’ t prospect of a long, tedious ently interminable "debate ate. This was exempliied by the reception accorded to the first report from the con- ferees, which precipitated a week's discus- sion, To be sure, much depends upon the character of the report that will be made, but in almost any event there will be free talking, as there is hardly a basis of com- promise that will not arouse antagonism. On the other hand, a failure om the bill and an attempt to adjourn without taking furth- er action would be the signal of one of the hottest fights of the session. Meanwhile, the cool wave is here, and the situation might be infinitely worse. +-—_—____ CALLED ON THE SECRETAKY, One of the Hawatinn Commissioners at the State Department. Mr. H. A. Wideman, one ef the three Ha- walian royalist commissiovers now in Wash- ington in the interests of Mrs, Dominis, called at the State Department this morn- ing and had a half hour's interview with have planned out for themselves, Cameron will be pressed as their candi- date for the nomination as against Reed, McKinley or any one else. +--+ —_____ INDIAN SCHOOL FRAUDS, Armstrong Reports on a Bad Case of Stealing. The investigation of the Perris Indian school in California has resulted in charges of gross rascality and frauds perpetrated on the government by Rev. M. H. Savage, a former superintendent. The charges are made in the reports of Gen. Frank C. Arm- strong, the assistant commissioner of In- dian affairs, and of Special Agent Shelby, who have just completed the investigation. Gen. Secretary Gresham, It ts sald that Lie cail was purely informal, In fact, Jt could not have been otherwise, as the commissioners, being unprovided with credentials from any recognized government, can have no offictal standing before the State Department. So the interview between the Secretary and Mr. Wideman was rather conversational than otherwise. The former took occasion to question the commissioner closely as to the authority by which he appeared; what the Commission was doing here and as to diawaian aitairs generally. To ail of these 3 Mr. Wideman responded freely, ng other things undertook to dis. abuse the Secretary's mind of the impres- sion that the commission was seeking to in- tuence Coagress in the ex-queen’s favor. Sufficient facts have been shown, says Gen. Armstrong in his report, “to land Savage in state prison, This should be done if he can be caught, and I think he has escaped to Mexico, and should be followed up and an example made of him, if he can be ex- tradited. From the first transaction, three or four years ago, to the day he left, Savage was in some way defrauding the govern- ment. He stole at least one-third of all the money reported by him as disbursed for the school.” The investigation was commenced some time ago, but the charges were not made public until today. In some way Savage obtained knowledge of the action of the bureau, and left on June 13 for parts un- known. It is suspected, however, that he is in Mexico, and a search is being made and if caught efforts will be made by the Department of Justice for his extradition. The Treasury Department has been notified that Savage's accounts for two years back have been incorrect. Investigation will also probably be made of the Fort Shaw and Chilocao schools, careful examination by an inspector and special agent having been suggested in an official report. Gen, Armstrong, In making his report, recommends that every open market pur- chase be carefully looked into and traced, and that clerks for all schoois be appointed by the Indian office, and that no superin- tendent be allowed to employ as a clerk any member of his family. He asserts that he 4s convinced that there is more rascality in bonded schools than any other branch of the Indian service, and that very few bond- = schools are free from fraud and corrup- tion, 2 Acts Approved. ‘The President has approved the act tn re- gard to the funding act of Arizona approved Jvne 25, 1890; the act exempting the articles cf foreign exhibitors at the interstate fair at Tacoma, Wash., from the payment of duty; the act to remove the charge of desertion standing against Oliver O'Brien, and the act for the relief of Charles T. Russell. Consul Recognized. The President bas recognized Ignacio Altamira of Mexico consul at Philadelphia and Baltimore, The interview was characterized by ‘the best of teeiing on both sides, but when the commissioner ieft it was not known wheth- er he would call again, and as he had been given to understand that the commission carrot be dealt with officially by the de- partment there is ground for the presump- tion that their mission is at an end. It is net allogetier improbavle, however, that the President will refer “the sad and la- mveatabie cass” of poor Liliuokalanl to Congress with a view of having some tinan- cial provision made for the future mainte- nance of her late majesty and suite, as a slight recompense for the action of ex- Minister Stevens (see Cleveland — state papers) In depriving her of her throne and the royal prerogatives appertaining there- to, The prospects are that she would have been better off from a financial standpoint if her misguided friends had not thwarted the plan of Hawalian annexation than she can now hope to be, as the pensioner of the United States government. Congress may make an appropriation to partially indemnify her for her losses, but it is thought to be extremely improbable. —_—__4___ New Torpedo Bonts, It has been practically settled that the three new torpedo boats, for which Con- gress has appropriated $450,000, shall be constructed on the same plans as the Ericsson, built at Dubuque, Iowa. They will be designed for a displacement of 1 tons and a speed of twenty-five knots. An entirely new feature of the new vessels will be an arrangement for launching torpedoes from the deck instead of from the hold, as in the Ericsscn, Each boat will have three torpedoes, one at the bow and one at each side. r He Wouldn't Het. Senator Blackburn of Kentucky called at the White House this morning to see the President. At the threshold he met Secre- tary Lamont going out. They exchanged a few words in regard to the tariff situation. Senator Blackburn was evidently very san- guine of a speedy settlement of existing differences between the two houses, as he was heard to say: “Oh, yes. I think Wwe will adjourn a week from today.” “I wouldn't want to wager on that,” remarked the Sec- retary of War quietly, as ne started for his carriage. l 1894-TWENTY PAGES WANT “ ASSISTANCE” [HAWAIIAN RECOGNITION > Letters That Are Being Sent to Col- ored Employes. DEMAND CONSIDERED PEREMPTORY What the Chief of the Afro-Ameri- can Bureau Says. GENERAL Se PURPOSES It has been charged that the recent dis- missal of 80 per cent of the colored em- ployes of the War Department was due to the failure of these whose heads were cut off to contribute furds for democratic campaign purposes. Letters are now being received by every colored employe of the Treasury Department which are consider- ed to be threatening in their tone. A Star reporter was handed two of the epist! which, though worded differently, convey the same mandatory appeal for contribu- tons. The letters are written in a scrawling hand on paper headed in bold type, as fol- “Afro-American bureau of organiza- tion of the democratic congressional com- mitte Robert G Still, chie J. or, ‘Kans Room 5, Corcoran building. board, C. Advisory mg. C, Astwood Pennsylvania; W. Gross, New York; Clifford Plummer, M achusetts; John Brown, New Jersey; J. T. C. Newsom, as." One is dated July 28, and reads 8 given below: ‘My dear sir: We sent you a letter some time ago, but ve had no reply. You will therefore please call and see us immediately, either at the above address until 5:30 p. at the committee rooms, Wormley’s Hotel, from > 8 p.m., or at the headquarters of National Negro Democratic League, Indiana avenue, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Respectfully yours, R. G. STILL, Chief.” July 30 ts the date of the other letter, the wording of which is: ‘My Dear Sir: We sent you a letter some time ago, from which we have had no reply ‘The congressional committee, of which Senator Charles J. Faulkner is chairman needs the immediate assistance of all its friends. You will therefore please call and see us immediately, either at the above ad- dress until ) p.m., at the committee rooms, Wormley’s Hotel, from 7 to 8 p.m., or at the headquarters of the National Negro Democratic League, avenue, from 8 p.m. to 10 p. Respectfully yours, R. G. STILL, Chief.” Various Kinds of “As mee.” A Star reporter called upon Mr. Robert G. Stl, “chief” of the so-called Afro-Amer- ican Bureau of Organization, at his office, room 5, Corcoran building today, in regard to his letters to the colored employes of the government departments at Washington, calling upon them for “assistance” to the democratic cause. Mr. Still admitted having written such letters, and talked in a very philosophical way about his actions. He contended that his conduct had been per- fectly legitimate and was in no wise in vio- lation of the laws against political assess- ments. He made a strong point ef the fact that in none of his letters any mention is made of money, and explained that there are various kinds of “assistance.” He said that persons desiring to help them could render “assistance” on the stump, or they might be able to give valuable information regarding the status of the colored people living in their districts; or they might aid the committee in sending out documents or other campaign matter. Many colored em- ployes have already aided them in the man- ner indicated. Of course, money would be of greatest “assistance,” and would be most gladly accepted, but Mr. Still said that so far in none of his letters has he called specifically for such kind of “assist- ance.” 338 Indiana What Mr. Still Says, “The democratic congressional committee, which is acting in harmony with the Na- tional Democratic Society, and the Negro National Temocratic League,” Mr, Still said, “is desirous of enlisting the support and co- operation of all who are in sympathy with the principles and policy of the present ad- ministration. To this end every effort will be made, by the dissemination of literature and tnrough the popuiar educator of the peo- the press—to perpetuate the existing principles and policy. Gur committee deems it essential, in order to achieve the best re- sults, that club organizations be formed, which will unite in a general body for a common cause and the general welfare, such as the congressional club now in existenc We sent letters to the colored men in the departments on the supposition that they were in sympathy with the policy of the ent administration, inviting them to meet us for the purpose of assisting the congressional committee in their efforts to the interests of the party in the fall campaign. The democratic party has taken an advance stand in the creation of this Afro-American bureau, it being the urst time that any political probiem has placed colored men in charge of the political work among the people of that race. Our efforts are not confined to Washington, but extend all over the country.” Pensions Granted, Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Original, William H. Coleman; original, Arthur Kinnier; criginal, Thomas H. King; increase, Wm. Gaebler, U. 8. Soldiers’ Home; original, Mary HB. Ryan (widow); reissue, John A. Joyce, Georgetown. Maryland—Original, William Daniel, Tem- pleville, Queen Anne county; original wid- ows, Sadie A, Taylor, Baltimore; original, Sylvester Phelps, Taylor, Harford; original widows, &c., Mary M. Read (mother), Car- roliton, Carroll, Virginia—Original, Joseph Orr, National Military Home, Elizabeth City; original, Ernst Nickel, National Military Home, Elizabeth City. —_——+o+_____ President's Sympathy. The five-year-old son of Mrs, Kennett, the President's housekeeper, died at the Chil- dren's Hospital on Wednesday last, as the result of an operation. He was buried at Rock Creek cemetery yesterday, and the President showed his sympathy by sending a@ beautiful wreath of white flowers from the White House conservatories. He also requested Rey. Dr. Alien of the First Pres- byterian Chui of which he and Mrs. Cleveland are m bers, to conduct the funeral services, placing his private car- riage at the minister's disposal for that purpose. Private Secretary Thurber au- thorized the use of the office carriage in taking Mrs. Kennett and her friends to the cemetery. + 2+ _______ Sleeping Cars. The House committee on ‘nterstate and foreign commerce has under consideration a bill which was introduced during the re- cent strike by Representative Brickner re- quiring railroad companies engaged in in- terstate commerce to own or control by lease all sleeping cars used on their roads. ‘There is said to be considerable sentiment in committee in faver of reporting the bill, fixing 1896 as the time when it shail be- come operative, TWO CENTS, It is Sidetracked by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Geary Spoke of the BI ler of the Democratic Party in Treat) the Hawaiian Question, The resolution for the recognition of the Hawalian republic introduced in the House by Mr. Boutelle was sidetracked by the committee on foreign affairs today. After a discussion for two hours of the question the democrats carried a motion to adjourn by a party vote, except for the position taken by Mr. Geary of California, who again stood with the republicans in favor of recognition. The adjournment carries the question over to the next regular meeting, next Thurs- day, when Congress may have «djourned. Mr. Geary furnished the most interesting passages of the discussion today, as he did at the first meeting. He informed his demo- cratic colleagues frankly that Mr. Boutelle had introduced the resolution hoping and expecting that the democrats would reject it. For one he did not propose to help ful- fill Mr, Boutelle’s desire and furnish the republicans with campaign material. Admits His Party Has Blonderea. “We might as weil admit that the demo- cratic party had blundered in {ts treatment of this Hawaiian question,” said Mr. Geary, “and we cannot aord to make dhether blunder.” He continued that the democratic record upon the question was exceedingly unpopu- lar in his state, that the people were all opposed to the President's course, and that it was a very hard question for democratic Congressmen from California to meet and explain. He would refuse to be a party to another blunder. When he had finished Mr. VanVoorhis of New York, who had made the motion to re- port the resolution, rose to say that he in- dorsed what Mr. Geary had said about democratic blunders, and supposed another blunder would be made by tabling the reso- lution. The Democratic Position, The democratic members took the posi- tion that to pass the resolution would seem like an encroachment of the legislative branch of the government upon the duties of the executive. They contended that the President had not yet been given reason- able time to extend recognition to the new republic, since only one cabinet meeting had been held since full official information re- garding the establishment of the new gov- ernment had been rezeived. They were sure that at the proper time and in the proper manner President Cleveland would recognize the republic. The Brazil Recog: It was recalled that Mr. McCreary’s reso- lution for the recognition of Brazil when that nation adopted a republican form of government had not even been considered by the committee. The circumstances were said to be similar to the present. Presi- dent Harrison had not recognized Brazil as soon as the republic was declared, and for political capital it was said Mr. McCreary— then of the minority—had introduced the resolution which Mr. Boutelle now copied. Before action had been taken upon it Pres- ident Harrison sent a message to the new government. The Ex-Quacen’s Envoys. The envoys from Queen Liliuokalan! who are in Washington have not yet succeeded in obtaining an audience with President Cleveland, and they have begun to lay their case before members of Congress who be- long to the House and Senate committee on foreign affairs. They do not conceal their disappointment over the coolness of the administration toward them, and, although careful to say nothing acrimonious, they convey the understan@ing very plainly that they think President Cleveland is treating them rather shabbily in view of his former attitude toward the defunct Hawatian mon- archy. Messrs. Parker, Cummins, Neumann and their associates had an interview this morning with a prominent member of the House commitice on foreign affairs, at They Kxpect. The royalist envoys were not very clear in their stateraents of what they expect to ac- complish by their visit to.America. They said nothing to indicate that they intend to continue the negotiations for a pension for the deposed queen, which young Paul Neu- mann undertook on his visit last year, nor did they speak of any sort of financial con- solation for the monarchists. To the Congressmen the envoys said that they expected to stay here until President Cleveland gives them definite information of his intentions toward Hawail. They said that the President abruptly broken off his efforts for the restoration of the queen, which, they understood, that he had deter- mined upon, and had never given the royal- ists any information regarding his position or intentions for the future. They had been left in the dark entirely upon that point. Complaint of Minister Willis, The envoys complained that Minister Wil- Ms cherished an undue friendship for the re- public. As one of them put it, “He is just as bad aa Stevens, He is quite as thick with Dole, and Dole now has him completely un- der his dominattioa.” Willis moves in the same church circles with the leaders of the republic and govern- ment, is socially intimate with them, and has come to be regarded as a member of their circle, according to the representations of the royalists. “Will you tell me what sort of a man Congress Not Clear as to President Dole is?” the member of inquired of the delegation. High Tr! ite to President Dole. Mr. Parker, who was the queen's minister of foreign affairs, replied. ‘No one knows Dole better than I do,” he said, “and I am prepared to say that he is a man against whom nothing can be brought. He is up- right, able, thoroughly honest and con- scientious.” One of the envoys remarked that Claus Spreckels is still a supporter of the mon- archy and had not yet been reconciled to the republic, The interview closed without any state- ment to indicate that the mission has any finanetal object to attain, ——__-o.+—______ THE GROUNDED MICHIGAN, She is Reported to Have Floated un Without Injury. A telegram received by Acting Secretary McAdoo from Commander Berry of the U. 8. S. Michigan states that the vessel, which grounded on the rocks near Ambherstville, Canada, yesterday, was floated off without injury at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Ac- cording to the naval regulations, if the ship was seriously damaged a court of inquiry must be appointed to investigate the cir- cumstances, but if the detailed report of the commander, made after further exami- nation, confirms his telegraphic report that ho injury was sustained the appolatment of a court will be unn ye ———_- e.—__ Medal of Honor Awarded. The Secretary of War has awarded a medal of honor to Eltsha Johns, corporal ccmpany B, one hundred and thirteenth Illinois volunteers, for gallant and meri- torious services at the siege of Vicksburg, Miss, in 1868, He is now @ resident of Elkart, Ina. Tbe proof of (Be pudding is in he eafing. Yesterday's cofumns made up of 541 separafe announce: ments. These advertisers Bought pubficitp—not merefp Space, Star confained 35 of advertisements, —[—[—>_=_=_=————____—__—_= CHINA DEFEATED Japan is Reported to Have Won the Battle Near Yashan, THE VICEROY APOLOGIZES 10 ENGLAND ee A Denial im Regard to the Treaty Ports Agreement. UNITED STATES POLICY ——o— SHANGHAI, August 4.—A dispatch haw been received here which confirms the re¢ Port that a second battle has been fought at Yashan between the Chinese and Japane ese. It ts added that the Chinese were dew feated. Capt. Galsworthy, Chief Officer Tamplin and Quartermaster Evangelist of the sunke en transport Kow Shing, who were rescui by the boats of the Japanese cruiser, have been taken to Sasebo, where they are held as prisoners, Admiral Sir E. R. Fremantle, in com! of the British China squadron, has ord the Alacrity, four guns, 700 tons, Capt, George A. Callaghan, from Sushima t¢ Sasebo, with instructions to demand the rea lease of the British sailors, Upon the arrival of the Alacrity at Nagas saki, the commander of the British warship was informed that the prisoners would be delivered to him today at Nagasaki. The Chinese ficet of thirteen vessel@ which left Chee Foo for Corea, two days ago, with the intention of engaging thé Japanese fleet, has returned to Chee Foo without meeting the warships of the enée my. Japan Claims a Victory. TOKIO, Japan, Avgust 4.—The following is the official report of Gen. Ohshima, who was in command of the Japanese troops in the recent engagement, when the Chines “After severe fighting, during five hours from 3 a. m. on July 28, we won a decisive Victory. The enemy's entrenchment af Chenhon was captured, and over 500 out of @ total of 2,800 Chinese soldiers were killed Our losses were five officers and seventy soldiers. os “The enemy fied toward Hong Chow, and perhaps intends to embark in the Coreanh boats near Gunsan. We captured —— flags, four cannon, many rifles and mu ammunition. We occupy the enemy's head« quarters,” The Viceroy Apologizes. LONDON, August 4.—A dispatch to Times from Tien Tsin says that thi Japanese soldiers, who had been corey removed by the Chinese from the British steamer Chun-King, were returned immee diately upon the Viceroy Li Hung Chang being notified. In additi viceroy apologized to the British coma.” 2 % rom here today, says that all is cust there Supplying War Material. In spite of the instructions which, ag announced, were sent to Admiral Sir E. Ry Fremantie, in command of the China estas tion, not to allow British ships to war material to either China or ioen, is known that the Chinese minister here ig busy with the Armstrong people jand and the Krupp concern of ‘Ger All parties having good, bad or indiff war material for sale are in negotia! with both the Chinese and Japanese furnishing of tions of war to Japan and Chinas ts a alec? Violation of the laws of neutrality. ‘The Cable Situation. “Chinese telegraph companies notify that private messages in plain English be accepted for stations north of “The ‘American Telegraph pany makes the fol announcement The Eastern Telegraph y int vs that private in plain ja: can be accepted for places north Shanghal. “The Great Northern Telegraph Come pany are accepting messages for Japan at sender's risk. The route via ‘Heaney The following notification this morn’ was given out by the Commercial Cal Company: “The Chinese notify us that private mese sages in plain English can again be ace cepted for places north of Shanghai, “Messages for Japan, via northern route are still accepted only at sender's risk, “The Chinese land lines from Tien north through Manchurin to Helampo.| it jolns the Great Northern Telegraph pany’s lines through Siberia,is interrupted.! Japan's Motive for War. CHICAGO, August 4.—Prof. B. Warreg Clark, who went from Albany, N. ¥., te Japan, at the invitation of Katsu, the ade miral of the Japanese navy, to two scientific schools on the ee | plan, has some in’ war the only ible means of unifying more the ich people. It is precisely eye treme tel gerlbonnd mrg do je Japanese emperor SS his might a war with ina over The traditional and inveterate hatred at the Japanese for the Chin yoked to cure a most “trnis dangercus Glesunston, fm Japan coms Thi us japan cerns the foreigner. There has been ese has been und. and rough 60 many radical ree forms in such short space of time. drastic character of the reforms and endkss number of them have source of debt and misery to the and have been carried out only by the merciless application of brute force. reaction bas reached a where bility of the government threat hog ~ circumstances a 2 a left the Japanese emperor but Ni lsonte expedient. Holland's Neutrality. THE HAGUE, August 4.—Holland has Ufied China and Japan of her intention remain neutral and has ordered al! subjects in hér colonies to abstein violating the laws of neutrality. ‘Will Care for the Missionaries, It is sald at the State Department thas the American missionaries in China will rge ceive the full protection of this go ment during the existence of war bet China and Japan and at ali other just the same as all other classes of can citizens in foreign countries. United States ministers in all the involved in the present troubles in have been specially instructed to anand