Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. post Sesoe> ele PUBLISHED DAIL EXCEPT SUNDAY, T THE STAR BUILDIN = —_ Reaphi — Cor. 1th ‘See, ty e Evenii tar Newspaper Com 8. H.KAUPPMa aS Pres't — Few York Offce, 40 Potter Buiiing. The Evening Star is serve ety by carriers, on th week, d to subscribers In the ir own account, at 10 cents th. ies at the counter h. By mail—any in the United or Cenada—postage prepald—50 cents per 4¥ Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per year; h foreign postage added, neers: (Entered at the Post (fice ‘ashington, D. C. as wi-class mat! matter.) £> All ail subseriptions must be patd in advance. Kates of advertising made knowa on appifcat Vor. 85, No. 20,963. WASHINGTON, D.C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14 1894-TWELVE PAGES NO MONEY TO USE Appropriations That Will Expire by Limitation Tonight. ee EXTENSION RESOLUTION NOT PASSED Why Objection to Its Consideration Wag Made. THE REPUBLICAN —— PLAN Tonight at midnight the appropriations of the government for the Indian service and «ll of the bureaus included in the sun- dry civil bill will expire by Itmitatioa. There has Leen yet no enactment to supply the void that will occur tomorrow and prob- ably nothing can be done in time for io- merrow unless the greatest speed is de- veloped by the Senate. This situation is caused by a curious com- bination of circumstances. When the end of the fiscal year approached, and it was geen that the regular appropriations could not be enacied in time, a joint resolution Was passed through Congress, extending for a period of thirty days all the existing appropriations. This left one day in the morth of July un- Provided for, and consequently the second extension, which was for fifteen days had to cover that thirty-first day of last month. | Hence, the second extension expires to- night. Senator Cockrell has, for two days now, been endeavoring to get action in the Senate on a joint resolution providing for a third extension of ten days. Yesterday Mr. Aldrich objected to the | second reading of the resolution and it went over until today. This afternoon the reso- lution was again laid before the Senate and | Mr. Aldrich promptly objected to its third Treating, through which it will have to pass before ccnsideration. Thus the resolution went over once more until tomorrow, and then, it is understood, the democratic managers will make a de- termired effort to get the resolution passed and errolled, so as to be sent to the Pres- ident. Should the President sign the resolu- tion during any of tomorrow's hours it will be construed as applying to the entire day, but, meanwhile, all of the employes paid by the sundry ct and Indian bills will be workirg oa fait The sundry civil bill provides for the life saving and revenue cutter service, the of engraving and printing, the coast detic survey, some branches of the | Museum, the fish commission, the | fate commerce commission, the quar- antine service, the geological survey, St. Elizabeth Insane A: the Columbia Deaf Mute College, Howard University, the care of the public parks in this elty, the lighting of the White House, the care of the Washington monument, ‘the soldiers’ homes, the public printing, and a great Variety of miscellaneous objects. The Republican Pla It Is understood that these objections by Mr. Aldrich form a part of the republican Program to harass the democratic majority imto greater haste in the handling of the 2ppropriation bills. Ten of these bills have now been approved by the President, two, the river and harbor and Indicn bills are Row before him for signature, and two, the sundry civil and general deficiency, are now in conference. The @ no current appropriations car- 1 by the river and harbor and de‘icienc: + and so the failurz of action on these would not necessitate any extension of ti existing appropriations. Indeed, thére is no existing river and harbor appropriation. Anxious for Adjournment. It is said that the republican steering committee hopes by this plan of action to force the democrats to bring the general deficiency and sundry civil bills, particu- larly the latter, out of conference without further delay. In view of the pop-gun tariff bills now on the table of the Senate, the republicans are more than usually anxious for an ad- journment, and it is said that they will how resort to the most stringent meas- ures to put their opponents in such a posi- tion that they will be glad to urge an ad- journment upon their colleagues in the House. i soon as the last the sundry civil + have been disposed of there general exodus of Senators from Washington, und the difficulties of keeping @ querum will be increased tenfold. This outward movement has already begun. Senator Teller has gone to his home in c . declaring that he will not return under any circumstances until the next regular session. It Is understood that Sen- ators Power and Allen will follow him in a few days, under the same conditions. Sen- ators from states near at hand are making preparations to leave at any time and it is thought that by the end of the weck the Senate will be without a voting quo- rum. ‘Mr. Hill will leave tomorrow. The close- the margin was shown today when ate voted negatively on the cele- ated Welghtman relief bill It was with difficulty that a quorum was obtained and - time it looked as though the Sen- suld be obliged to adjourn without tion. Under these circumstances mocratic managers will urge the pop-gun bills at full speed. —————— G INDUSTRIALS. opriations wills, and deticienc will be Ish Mr. Coxey’s Indignation and Hi: ture Tour Advertisement. Seventy men who have been posing as industrials in Washington and victnity for a long time past were sent to St. Paul, Minn., last night by way of the Chesa- peake and Ohio railroad, and, as usual with such excursions, were supplied with pro- visions by Mr. Frank Hume. The remain- der of the western men will be shipped out toward the setting sun tonight, and those who have homes or hail from places in the east will be invited to take their de- parture for such localities at once or be held amenable to the laws governing va- grancy in force in the District. The vartous bands of tramps who are now on their way to Washington claiming to be this or that contingent of the “industrial” army will meet with a pretty cool reception if they manage to reach Washington. The | authoritfes are determine: mo commonweal forces or industrial burlesques will be allowed to run for an indefinite period in the national capital, and, in pur- Suance of the orders of the Commissioners published In yesterday's Evening Stgr, all persons hereafter arriving in Washington who are un » to support themselves will be dealt with rigorously. S. Coexey, the originator of the nt wnich has inspired so many mis- men te come te Washington and pitifully from want and misery, ington yesterday. Cox: t when he learned how sum. jand authorities had Cealt Mowers, and characterized their -handed outrage. He sald | S$ proceed- | jense of the men from | on, and then proceeded to cture tour which he began eral weeks ago, and from ed generous remunera- sciples at the Stezmeier pl suffering for food enough to keep body ai 1 together. Coxey as- serts that he will be elected ‘to Congress to succeed Representative Ikirt. Lee- tion, while f | of public works: THE TOWPATH TRAGEDY The Canal Boat Captain Tried in the Police Court. The Testimony Acquitted Him of Aid- ing in the Murder and He Was Released. Another chapter in the recent Twiggs murder case up the canal was enacted in the Police Court this afternoon, when Henry Linneburger was brought in on a warrant charging him with aiding and abetting in the murder. He was arraigned before Jus- tice Mills, Mr. A. R. Mullowney prosecuting ard Mr. Albert Sillers appearing for the de- fendant. It will be remembered that this is the case of the killing of Harry Qwigg on the tow- bath a week ago today. He was shot by a colored man named Frank Williams, and the latter, after being put under arrest, in- sisted that the shooting had been done at the instigation of the captain of the canal boat Ivy City, Capt. Linneburger. The trouble was begun over the posses- sion of a whip, which Willlams said was his, but which Twigg was holding in his hand. Williams claimed that Linneburger crdered Lim to shoot Twigg, and the police decided to arrest the captain, who was af- terwards apprehénded up the canal toward Cumberland. A vumber of witnesses were in court this trorning, mostly canal men, who described the incidents of the shooting, among them Williams himself, who was held by the coroner’s jury on the charge of murder. Williams is a young negro, and he seemed to be about the least concerned man in the court room, notwithstanding the serious charge that is impending over him. Told by the Testimony. According to the witnesses Twigg was very drunk as he came up the towpath. Williams jumped aboard the boat and steoped down and took a gun out of the cabin. A woman who was in the doorway of the cabin tried to prevent him, but he wrested the gun out of her hands. Then he Jumped off the boat, and running back to Twigg, shot him squarely in the stom- ach with a load of buckshot. A number of the eyewitnesses of the shooting denied emphatically that Linne- burger was present, handed the gun to Williams, helped him to wrest {t from the woman's hands or played any part in the incident whatever. ‘They said that after the shooting the canal boat did not go up the canal at any unusual rate, as if Linne- burger were trying to escape. The most satisfactory account of the shooting was given by 4 young man named Thomas Nuce, who was steering the boat at the time. H> said that he saw Twigg leave the boat and he told Mrs. Linneburger that Twigg had taken the whip. Sne seut Will- jams back for it, and in a few minutes he returned to the boat on a run and got a double-barreled shotgun. No one gave him the gun and no one on board knew that anybody had been shot until afterward. After the shooting, which occurred after the boat had seunded @ bend and was out of sight, Williams ran back to the beat and rede on it for a quarter of a mile or so, but they didn’t know that he had shot a man. While all this was happening Linneburger was cn the floor so drunk that he couldn't have been of any assistance to Williams If he had wanted to. There had been no bad feeling between Twigg and the captain, a Was shown by the fact that the latter was giving Twigg a free ride up the canal, Gives Up the Case. After this sort of testimony had been go- ing on for about an hour Mr. Mullowney admitted to the judge that there was evi- dently not the shadow of a case against the defendant, although, as it was a serious charge, he had thought it best to give it a thorough ventilation, and he suggested that the whole matter be dismissed. Justice Mills concurred in this view, as Linne- burger’s innocence had been shown beyond all doubt, and discharged the defendant. Mrs. Linneburger had been sitting by her husband's side holding their little baby in her lap, and she came near breaking down from hysterical joy. She threw her arms about his neck and kissed him, and a couple of other female relatives found the same vent for their feelings, and as Linne- burger left the court room he was sur- rounded by friends, who showered him with congratulatio! —__. THE ROUTINE WORK. The Tariff Bill Expected to Reach the President Tomorrow Night. President Cleveland will receive the tartff bill late tomorrow afterncon or early Thurs- day, unless some unexpected obstacle is encountered. It will be carried to him by Representative Pearson of Ohio, chairman of the House committee on enrolled bills, who has final charge of seeing that the bill is rigidly accurate. As soon as the bill passed last night word Was at once sent to the government print- ing office to prepare the final print on parchment. Before printing the parch- ment sheets, proofs were taken and sent to the enrolling clerks of the House. They were prepared for all-night work, an two of them, Messrs. Parsons and Kelley, locked themselves in a room and went the work det-rmined to finish it before taking a recess. . Throvghout the night they finished the proofs, and fouad them correct. They then took up the parehment. sheets. This com- parison will take unti 4 o'clock today. It cover: the most minute inspection of com- mas, periods and typographical errors. No corrections of errors made In the bill as it passed are made, as they must stand aS er- rors, and nothing but a concurrent resolu- tion of the Senate and House can correct them. The clerks merely see that -the parchment bill is as the measure passed the House, Later teday Mr. Pearson's committee will receive the bill, end they are prepared to ‘sit up through tonight in revising and then certifying to the work of the clerks. Mr. Pearson says he hopes this will be com- pleted by tomorrow noon. He will then take the bill to Speaker Crisp for his sig- nature. The House then transmits the signed bill to the Senate, with an official notification of {ts passage. It then goes to the Senate enrol!ing clerks for further éer- tification of accuracy, and then to Vic President Stevenson for hts signature. Mr. Pearsor. says he expects these formalities to be over by 4 o'clock tomorrow As the bill originated in the House the lat- ter body conveys it, through Mr. Pearson, to the President. As a rule Mr. Pearson not take bills to the White House after offi. cial hours, but in a bill of this moment he says he will endeavor to get it there t row night, unless some unforeseen delay encountered. Important Bilis Signed, The President has approved the provide for the payment of the 8 per cent greenback certificates Of the District of Columbia; the act to provide’an Americ ct to register for the steamer S. Oterl; the to reimburse E. H. Nebecker, late United States treasurer; the act for the relief of Rerjamin Alferd; the act to subject to state taxation nationah bank rou United States treasury notes; act lating to lights on fishing vessels; the act for the protection of persons furnishing erlals and labor for the ma construction the act relative to recox- nizances, stipulations, bonds and undertuk- irgs and to allow certain corporations to he accepted as surety thereon; the act for a bridge across the Chattahoochee river, near Columbia, Ala., and the act for a bridge across the Perdido river, between the states of Florida and Alabama. REFORM IN POLITICS A Party to Be Formed: in Western Pennsylvania. PLANS FOR ITS INAUGURATION Colored Democrats Veet at In- dianapolis. VARIOUS POLITICAL NOTES PITTSBURG, Pa., August 14.—Prominent men of Pittsburg, Braddock and surround- {.g country have joined in an address for a convention to be held in Braddock for the organization of a party of reform, in which the word “reform” 1s not to be used; of economy, in which the word “economy” is eschewed, and the slogan of which 1s “‘a re- duction of public expenses.” If plans that ere already proposed are realized, tt will be the greatest thing western Pennsylvania has developed in a political way since the or- ganization of the republican party in Pitts- burg in 1556. What is proposed as an initial move is a great barbecue, with speeches by prominent people. Steamboats that will traverse the Monongahela all day and carry thousands of people from every available point, with brass bands galore, and all the other ac- cessories of a great popular demonstration, The national party, proposed some time ago by a Braddock man, is not dead as has been said. During the last six weeks quiet “but effective work has been going on, until now it is an assured thing that a great demon- stration by the people will be held there. Up to date about $1,000 has been sub- seribed oy men of standing t» carry on the preliminaries. Republicans and democrats have joined together in the move to make a strike peainst the all ystem of go nmment. Among them are Capt. S. S. Brown, who is at the head of the great coal firm of W. H. Brown's Sons; his brother, Capt. Harry Brown; W. W. O'Neill, another big coal man; James Gayle, superintendent of the Edgar Thom- son steel works; Senator John Routh, G. W. Schmidt of ‘the wholesale liquor firm of Schmidt & Friday, R. B. Mellon and W. W. Patrick, both Pittsburg bankers; Paul Hacke, a large dry goods dealer, and many others of equal note. It is proposed to hold the barbecue Hawkins Hollow, where Braddock and Rankin boroughs join, a place where 20,000 people can assemble to advantage. Several leading lawyers of the Pittsburg bar have volunteered to sent and make speeches. Fault of the Populists. EMPORIA, Kan., August 14.—J, D. Holden, formerly national president of the Citizens’ Alliance, denounces the attitude of the populist party toward reform, claim- ing that it can accomplish no good, as 1t is non-organized, and because its creed is de- fective, and which he says must be re- Jected by Intelilgent voters; that the at- titude of the party leaders is such as to subject them to suspicion. He severely criticised the Omaha plat- form as principally consisting of demands that are impossible of being complied with, and if complied with would only make a bad state of affairs worse. He claims that the non-partisan Farmers’ Alliance move- ment was betrayed at the Cincinnati con- vention into a partisan clique of hunters after office, and this, in spite of the protests of Polk, Powderly, Beaumont and other true reformers. He declares that their steps must all be retraced and the work of the independent organizations all gone over again and the effort must be made to hold the balance of power as independent voters instead of popuiists. If this is done he declares that either or both of the other political parties will cease antagonizing what is good in the reform movement, and that by holding the balance of power the alliance can eiect such men of elther party as are pledged to the reform movement. A publishing company has been organized here to advocate the new movement, and a new weekly paper ts to be issued shortly which is to be the official organ, Recorder Taylor to Colored Demo- crats, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 14.—The National Colored Democratic League met in Masonic Hall at noon today and will be in session for several days. A. E. Manning, president of the Indiana branch of the .| comm league, opened the convention with an dress of welcome. President C. H. J. T lor of the National League then delivered his annual address. Between thirty and thirty-five states are represented in the convention, each state being entitled to two delegates. A com- mittee- was appointed to call on Governor Matth and Chairman Taggart of the democratic state committee and make ar- rangements for the league delegates to at- tend the democratic state convention to- morrow. President Taylor said that at this conyen- tion a plan would be perfected by which the organization would be able to furnish a list of every colored voter in the United tes. here are many prominent colored men sent, among whom are H. C, Atwood of New York, ex-consul general to San Do- mingo; ©. 'C. Curtis of Iowa, E. L. Daw- kins of Florida and William A, Croswait of Tennessee, Tennessee Democratic Convention. NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 14.—Poll- ticlans from all over the state are arriy- pre ing to attend the democratic state con- vention on Wednesday. Gov. Turney wiil be renominated without opposition. Coxcy WILL Speak. CLINTON, Ind., August: 14.—The popu- lists of the eighth congressional district are preparing for a great demonstration at the Cayuga fair grounds the coming Sat- urda J. 8. Coxey will be present, and Mort. Rankin, the populist candidate for Congress, and other prominent orators. John Quincy Adams Dead. QUINCY, Mass., August 14.—John Quincy Adams died at his home at Mount Woilas- ton this morning. Mr. Adams was the son of the late CI ¥rancis Adams and a great ‘andson 0: President Jchn Adams. In politi he was originally a free. soiler, but he afterward became a democrat. In iv 1S68, jend 1870 h ras nominated © governor, | but we In 1872 he was the demo- cratic for Vice President wi Charies O'Connor, and ir 1873 he ran Heutenant governor of Massachu: the ticket with ( He has bh ember of the Harvard corporation s' ANOTHER DISTRICT DAY. Free Libr: a Probali Action on the Th It is probable that Chairman Heard will be given a day in the House by the com- mittee on rules for consi: bills. M | resolution nm deprive the 1 | When the | will call up the and as the 4 : cussed yester: thought a vote ed soon be reached, eged abuses of the existing | in } t | let the matte ENDOWMENT ASSOCIATION Certificate Holders to Hold a Meeting Tonight, Much Talk About the Affairs of the Concern — Rights of Certificate Holder’ to Be Tested. The affairs of the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association and the status of the polictes or certifleates of insurance is- sued by that association formed the main topic of discussion all over the city today, in homes, in the public offices and in bus- iness circles, The certificate holders are found everywhere in the city, and there was no abatement today in the indignation which found marked expression yesterday when the certificate holders first received the circular from the president of the asso- elation announcing the “union” of the as- sociation with the Commercial Alliance Com- pany of New York. The movement to se- cure a general meeting of certificate holders resulted yesterday afternoon in arrange- ments to hold a meeting at 7:30 o'clock to- night at Willard Hall. This arrangement was made by some of the certificate holders after consultation with about seventy-five of their associates. It is expected that at this meeting a com- mittee of three or four, comprising some lawyer or lawyers, will be appointed to act for the certificate holders, and take the matter into court if such course is deemed advisable. To Call for a Statement. The general sentiment of the protesting Policy holders is that the Endowment As- sociation should be required to make a de- tailed statement of its affairs. One of them, who had been active in securing the mect- ing tonight, said to a Star reporter that the Endowment Association had made a contract to insure the life of a certificate holder in return for the payment of cer- tain assessments, that the certificate hold- |ers had performed their part of the con- | tract, and in his opinion the courts would | Tequire the association to perform its part | or show that it was insolvent. Another sentiment freely expressed among certificate nolders is that the management should be punished by public exposure, When it ts considered that in hundreds of cases certificate holders have kept up their {rsurance by constderable personal sacri- fice, with ditticulty scraping together money | enough to pay the monthly assessments, it jis uot surprising that the indignation’ is deep and that there is current among the | certificate holders a notion that they have been badly wronged. | A Lack ef Frankness, | On the other hand, there are some famil- | far with the affairs of the company who defend the management to the extent of aequitting it of any charge of personal dis- honesty, though they blame the president of the association for lack of frankness in explaining the condition of affairs. The explanation made by these friends of the management 1s that Mr. Gardner, who had the affairs of the association almost wholly in his own hands, had found that the scheme had worked to a point where it could no longer be maintained. In other |words, the a ment plan of insurance conducted by the Washington Beneficial Endowment Association has proved a fail- appears that some,at least, of those named in the management of the assocla- tion were not apprised by Mr. Gardner of the condition of affairs, and did not know of the deal with the New York concern until after it was consummated. They have a fecling that they had been deceived by Alr. Gardner's lack of frankness about the atfairs of the association, What Certificate Holders May Do Among the certificate holders the new concern in which they are asked to transfer thelr insurance has been a subject of much inquiry, Some certificate holders are inclined to the belief that they can best protect their legal rights by holding on to the Endowment Association certificates, and their readiness to pay legitimate assess ments. One of these certificate holders is Mr. Henry R. Miles, superintendent of the District telegraph, ‘who expressed his in- tention in a letter addressed to Mr. Gard- her, as follows: “I respectfully return herewith the pro- posed policy of life insurance which you Suggest that I should take in Meu of the icy I now hold in your company for I return the papers and decline to Proposed transfer for the son that I consider the rates very much too high. The rate as given for a person sixty-five years of age 1s $83.60 per annum on a policy for $1,000, The rate I have been ing in your company has never exc the average cost has been only $31.41 per annum, Why then should I surrender the policy I now hold to accept one for the same amount at more than twice the an- t to myself? ful hardly be claimed, I think, by Washington Beneficial Endowment | A i atioa that it has the right or power to do mcre than request cercificate holders to surrender their policies and take in lieu therefor a policy for a like sum inthe Commercial Alliance Life Insurance “Com- pany of New York. And as I do not, and cannot as at present advised, see any pos- sible benefit to be secured by the change, I respectfully decline to su:render the polley I now hek Certificate holders will probably talk of the phese of the case brought out by Mr. Miles’ letter at the mecting tonight, for they very generally think the assoctation cannot at its own will, at any moment, dis- charge itself of all obligations to its’ cer- tificate holders by arranging to have them insured In some other concern without fur- ther medical examination. Mr. Ecklof’s Complaint. Regarding the new departure in the Washington Beneficial and Endowment As- sociation Station Keeper Eckloff of the Anacostla police station stated to a repre- sentative of The Star that this was not the first occasion he had had to utter a protest. id he: “I am sixty-seven years old, and have been in the association for seventeen years. Everything went along smoothly until a short time ago, when I received a circular informing me that a new series of B was to be created and that I would find it advantageous to be transferred into the new series. I was perfectly satlstied where I was and paid no attention to the circular, But this was not the end of it. As you perhaps know, the classes are creat- ed by men of similar ages being grouped her. As I understood it when I went er 1,000 men would be put in any When a man died in any one of the members of that class were nd to pay his claim, And I was notified that a class to com- men of various ages was to be made, better char J | my surprise when I call pay my next assessme out to find that, with- 4 1 ha which I paid de. Not long afte friend who was:ulso in th . and he, in the course of ¢ told me that it cost him nothing When Ned t in- Gs r met_me, Mr. Eckioff, 1 jhave $% in or you which | you nd [have key it here in my in ihts envelope.” » I could not deny r h assert ims, in orde i tages it may several what n to embrace ord. hundre advan- n= | TWO CENTS, —_—_— INCREASED RECEIPTS, THE POPGUN BILLS WILL TAKE TEN DAYS Expected by Treasury Officials in the Next Ten Days. WHISKY 10 BE WITHDRAWN FROM BOND Also Large Quantities of Goods From Bonded Warehouses. NO ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE Treasury officials anticipate a very great increase in the receipts from internal rev- enue sources within the next ten days in case the President allows the tariff bill to become a law by withholding his signa- ture. At Pekin, Ill, the receipts yester- day reached $240,000, and in the district of Maryland they amounted to $110,000. Large amounts of whisky and spirits at all of the great distillery centers have been regauged at the solicitation of owners, and as it cannot be regauged again, it is a sumed that practically ail of it will be with- drawn, if possible, before the bill becomes a law. During the next ten days the internal revenue receipts are expected to reach $1,500,000 a day. Increased Custom Receipts Expected. The customs officials of the treasury ex- pect also a marked increase in customs receipts from now on, and particularly dur- ing the next month or so. Large quantities of goods now held In the bouded warehouses at New York, Boston and other large seaport cities will be with- drawn as soon as possible, after the bill be- comes a vy, to meet the demands of the fall trade. Dry goods and furnishing goods and rotions of all kinds will form a large item in these withdrawals. The reduction of 50 cents per pound in the duty on cigars is expected to stimulate trade to some ex- tent in that direction. The administraticn of the new act will remain practically un- charged in all its details. The administra- tive features of the House bill were stricken out in the Senate, thus leaving the adminis- trative act of June 10, 189), in full force ex- cept that the Senate interjected a para- graph providing fcr the licensing of cus- toms house brokers. the Hat Trimmings Paragraphs. The hat trimmings paragraphs in the new bill are quite satisfactory to the customs othcials and removes a very serlous objec- tion in the bill as it came from the House, As presented to the Senate this feature of the Dill left open, it is said, a wide door through which silk goods could be brought in’ as hat trimmings at a reduction of from 50 cents to 29 cents. Practically this same provision in the act of 1883 resulted in the sults for refunds of $5 ing in the New York Any inconsistencies which may be found in the bill n be cured only by special act and it is feared these may not pass easily The administrative act of 1800 itself cures duplications of articles at different rates nd other inconsistencies of that character, but as to all other matters curative acts will be necessary, —-+- ©. —____ MANDAMUS AGAINST CARLISLE, Baltimore's Shipping Commissioner Odjccts to Alleged Sammary Action. A petition for mandamus was filed this afterrcon with the clerk of the court by Litthtcn P, D-yden against Secretary of John G, Carlisie. Mr. Dryden states that he 13 the United States shipping commissioner for the port of Baltimore, having been appointed to the office by Sec- retary Foster, April 14, 1891. He entered upon his duties, and has ever since properly performed the duties of the office, and is now properly performing the same, and has been recognized as United States’ shipping commissioner for the port of Baltimore by Secretary Foster and Secretary Carlisle. On Thursday, August 8, the bill continues, Secretary Carlisle undertook and attempt- ed to remove Mr. Dryden from the office in question and to appoint Albert C. Kir- wen thereto. Mr. Dryden then quotes sec- tion 4501 of the Revised Statutes, by virtue of which he was appointed, and which pro- vides that the Secretary may remove a s commissioner from olfice “whom y have reason to believe does not properly perform his duties. Mr. Dryden asserts that he has performed his duties properly and offers to bring proof of that fact, and asserts that no charges ve been presented against him, or, if they no opportunity to answer the same has been afforded him, Judge Cole ordered that a rule to show cause against the issue of the writ be set down for argument on August 21. -< NOT IN SESSION Speaker Crisp Says Little is Left for It to Do. The House of Representatives was not In session today, and most of the members were at home resting from the arduous tar- iff labors of yesterday. Speaker Crisp and a few members were about the House. Mr. Crisp said the expectation~ was that the Senate would act on some of the sepa- rate tariff measures for free sugar, free iron ore, ete., before the adjournment, and for that reason the close of the session would depend a good deal on the Senate. Moreover, the rule adopted in the House yesterday had given members ten days’ leave to print tariff speeches. Heretofore all speeches in the House have been from the standpoint that the House bill would prevail, and these herdly meet the existing state of affairs. Mr. Crisp says there is nothing further for the House to do, beyond winding up two appropriation bills which are in con. ference. Beyond this, the time given the President to go over the tariff bill and the enate to consider some of the separate iff bills is all that postpores an adjourn- ment, DISTRIC CONGRESS, Health Office Clerks’ Salaries. Senator Harris icday reported from the Senate District committee a joint resolution providing for the payment of two clerks tn the health office from July 1 to the date on which the regular District appropriation bill took effect. He made a brief statement, to the effect that on the 2d of October last & special act was approved authorizing the health officer to employ two addition clerks at $100 a month. The act. pre for payment to the Ist of July. clerks were regulariy provid the District appropriation bill, but they cannot be paid for the iuterval ween July 1 and August 7, when the bill was signed by the F nt, without al legislation. Hen. joint resolution which was pass- ed by the Senate today. The Alexandria Ra t. The bill authorizing the Washington, Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railroad © rany to extend its lines into the Dis’ Columbia was today signed by the Vice President, and, having be | signed by the Speaker, now goes President. cepted cons as chief of t coast and Par- > library division of the sdetic survey All Are Presented in the Senate This Afternoon. Objection Made to Their Considera- tion and They Go Over—Other Basiness Transacted. There was but a scattering of Senators present today when the Vice President called the Senate to order. Mr. Gorman (Md.) was not in his seat. Mr. Hill (N. Y.) was present, but buried himself in a newspaper. During the reading of yesterday's journal Mr. Mills (Tex.) asked unanimous consent that its further reading be dispensed with, but Mr. Blanchard (La.) objected, and the reading was resumed. At 12:15 o'clock the reading of the jour- nal was concluded, when a messenger from the House of Representatives was an- nounced, and informed the Senate that the House had passed the bills placing coal, iron ore, barbed wire and sugar on the free list, in which it asked the concurrence of the Senate. Without comment these bills were re- ceived and laid on the Vice President's table. The following bills were passed: Senate bili to promote Commodore Louis C. Sar- tori, retired, to be rear admiral on the re-- red list and a House bill authorizing sol- diers’ home managers to extend outdoor re- lief to veterans, Mr. Call (Fla.), referring to the resolution offered by him a few days ago, looking to the Investigation of the imprisonment of Americans in Cuba, had read a letter from cne J. M. Menuez, an American citizen wno states that he has been imprisoned in Santa Clara, Cuba, for ten months, and thanking Senator Call for his action in his behalf and in behalf of his fellow sufferers. Mr. White (Cal.) introdyced a bill for the negotiation of a treaty with China, It was referred to the committee on foreign rela- tions, Mr. Hale's Resolution. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Hale (Me.) for the printing of 5,000 copies of House bill 4864, “known as the sugar trust tariff bill,” for the use of Senators, and asked for its present consideration. This brought Mr. Vest to his feet with a vehe- ment demand as to whether Mr. Hale in- tended to have the bill designated by this title. Mr. Hale replied, placidly, that he simply referred to it by the title by which it would be known hereafter. He did not in- sist, however, upon this title being printed in the bill. Mr. Vest then, “respectfully,” but fierce- ly, questioned Mr. Hale's right to say what would be the popular designation of the bill, and he considered it an outrage on the Senate. Mr. Cockrell objected to the present con- sideration of Mr. Hale's resolution, and asked to have it go cver until tomorrow. Mr, Mills then. moved to lay the resolu- tion on the table, but the Vice President ruled that objection having been made to the consideration of the resolution, the mo- tion of Mr. Milis-was not in order, and that the resolution must go over. Bills. lent having laid before the Senate the first of the House free list bills to place coal on the free list, Mr. Manderson asked to have it read in full, and, that be- ing done, he objected to Its second reading. Mr. Vest showed his willingness to con- sider this bill by asking whether it would be in order to move, notwithstanding ob- jection, that the Senate proceed to consider it, The Vice President gave it as his opinion that it would not be in order, but that ob- jection having been made to its further consideration, it would have to go over, un- der the rules. Mr. Vest, without questioning the ruling of the chair or knowing what the rule was, expressed his desire to make his motion for immediate consideration. The other three bills were also laid before the Senate, and all went through the same tcrm of being read in full once and having the second reading objected to by Mr. Man- cerson. Mr. Hill's Amendments, Mr. Hill then offered a number of amen4- ments to these bills. One, which was of- fered to the free iron ore bill, provides that all provisions of existing law in existence at the passage of this act providing for the texation of incomes are hereby repealed. This “sample” raised a general laugh. Mr. Chandler having asked for the con- sideration of his resolution for the invesu- gation of the Dominion Coal Company of Nova Scotia, objection was made by Mr. Gray and Mr. Berry, and no further attempt Was made to bring it up. The Alabama Resol ‘The Vice President laid before the Senate Mr. Chandler's resolution to investigate the reeent election in Alabama, but Mr. Pugh (Ala.) explained that he had a message from Senator Morgan announcing that he would be in Washington yesterday, and as he would probably arrive today he (Pugh) asked to have the resolution go over until tomorrow, No objection was raised, and it accordingly went over. The Appropriations Resolution. On motion of Mr. Cockrell the joint reso- lution to further extend the appropriations Until the 24th instant was laid before the Senate and read a second time, the third reading being objected to by Mr. Aldrich. A House bill to authorize the St. Louis, Avayelles and Southwestern Railway Com: pany to bridge the Bayou Des Glaises and Atchatalaya river in Louisiana also passed. Mr. George (Miss.) scught to call up the Hove bill to dispense with proofs of loyalty in land warrant cases due survivors of the Mexican war, but such opposition was ranifested and. the difficulty of holding a quorum present £0 obvious that at 2.05 o'clock the Senate adjourred. enema tenalainaaas. CAN CONGRESS ADJOURN? It Will Probably Remain a Week or Ten Days Yet. The opinion rendered April 16 last by Judge Nott of the United States Court of Claims in the case of the United States against Alice Weil and others {is of special interest at this time. As is well under- stood, both houses of Congress are extreme- ly anxious for an adjournment, and, under ordinary circumstances, would be ready for adjournment by the middle of the present week. The passage of the Senate tariff bill, how- ever, is very likely to keep them here at least ten days waiting for the bill to be- a_law without the President's signa- That the President will pursue this © Ubere seems to be little doubt, and will necessitate Congress remaining ssion until a week from next Friday cour this % Nott was the first ever given on the point in qu tion, and held, in effect, that the Preside ht under the a bill after an ad provided his actic nt Constitution to ap iJournment of Con- Was taken within s, exclusive of Sundays, after the ches him.- It had become a tradi- tion that such an act would be tnconsti- tutional, and would operate to invalldat the act. The opinion of Judge Nott has | been widely commented upon, but it is the on of many high authorities, among m Chief Justice Thomas M. Cooley of Michigan ard Justice Strong (retired) of the United States Supreme Court, that Judge | Nott’s conclusions are entirely sound and (right. Mr. Cleveland's Probable Course With the Tariff Bill, WILL SIGN IT AND SEND A MESSAGE Urging Congress to Remain and Act on Popgun Bills. VANISHING SENATE QUORUM It is believed that Mr. Cleveland will hold the tariff bill to the extreme of the ten days’ limit, and will then sign it and send &@ message to Congress urging a prolonge- tion of the session until the popgun bills passed by the House by rapid transit yes- terday have been acted on. It is expected that he will take the occasion to again de- mounce earnestly those features of the bill to which he objected in his letter to Mr. Wilson, and to excuse his signing of the bill upon the plea that there were some feat- ures of it worth preserving, and that he relied upon Congress to correct the rest. He is expected to engage in very savage denunciation of the triumphant Gorman and his followers. The Plan of the House, Meanwhile, the House, after disposing of the routine business of the session, will probably fill up the time with three days’ ecjournment, but refuse to pass a resolu- tion to close the session until it has been fully demonstrated that the Senate will not engage in further tariff legislation, or until some of the bills passed by the House yes- terday have been acted upon. The House is in earnest when it proposes to put sugar, coal, iron ore and barbed wire on the free list; and it proposes to make a stubborn fight for these bills; placing the responsibility upon the Senate, even though they realize that the promise of success is very small. There is a great deal of talk among certain democratic Senators about putting the free sugar bill through the Sen- ate at once. Such men as Jones and Pugh, and many others, who contended with the House that the Senate bill must be acceptel by force of necessity, but that some of its imperfections might be cured afterward, are outspoken in their declarations of in- tention to pass the free sugar bill. Not- withstanding this, the situation is such as to indicate that further legislation on the tariff question by the Senate at this session is impossible. The declaration that a frea Sugar bill can be passed is based upon the assumption that the republicans will vote for it. This appears to be an unwarra a assumption, The republi had about as much tariff legisiation as they want, and do not propose to lend them- Selves to further agitation of the question until they are in a position to carry out their own policy. Republic Have No Interest, The republican steering committee of the Senate have decided that their party have no further interest in this session of Con- gress after the appropriation bills are posed of. The republican § will be- gin jeaving Washington today end some of the democrats are going also, so that the prospect is that at the end of two days the Senate will be without a quorum and that none will appear again before the besin- ning of next session. The democrats of the finance commiitee of the Senate would Probably be glad to report favorably the bills which passed the House yesterday so as to make thelr record clear, though know- ing that no action by the Senate could be had. They are embarrassed, however, by the fact that the committee is equally di- vided on this question on account of @ vacancy among the majority. Besides the vote of one of the democrats—Mr. McPhere son—it is believed cannot be relied upon. The plan of those democrats in the Sen- ate who went to pass the free sugar bill is, therefore, to prevent its coing to the com. mittee and to act upon it in the Senate at orce, The acquiescence of the republicans is necessary to this plan, and if the man- agers of that party can control no assist- ance whatever will be given to its carrying out. An effort was made to take the sugar bill up in the Senate today, but it went over on objection, and the motion will be renewed tomorrow. The Senate Rules. The intricacies of the House rules have ccnfused the representatives of the people for more than a hundred years, but the apparent simplicity of the Senate rules cons ceals more opportunities for sharp prac- tice than evea the House committee on rules can devise under the present practice of that body. Every one was anxious to know this morning what the reception would be in the Synate of the House “popgun” billy pute md ting coal, iron ore, barbed wire and on the free list. Chief Clerk Tow ed the bills to Capt. Basse grace, and Capt. Bassett bowed than usual as he laid the uy ments upon the table. The Vice President laid the first bill before the Senat ting coal on the free st. Senator Manderson, who has not been a member of the com mitt on rules so many years for nothing, a manded the reading of the bill in full, an objected to the second reading. The other three bills met with the same reception. ‘This was strictly in accordance with clause 3 of Senate rule 14, which declares: that “bills and joint resolutions from thé House of Representatives shall be read ove and may be read twice on the same day if not objected to, for reference, but shall not be considered on that day, as in committee of the whole, nor debated, except for refers ence, unless by unanimous consent.” Probable Pate of the Popgun Bills, So the popgun bills will remain on th@ table until tomorrow, when the second read ing in full will be demanded. After that Mr. Manderson may invok@ the application of clause 4 of rule 14, which declares that every bill and joint reroluticn of the House of Representay tives which shall have received a first an second reading, without being referred t a committee, Shall, If objection be made tg further proceeding thereon, be placed upon the calendar. ‘This would relieve the committee om finance of all responsibility in the matter and make it impossible for the Senate ta consider any one of these bills unless by @ direct affirmative vote upon a motion to Proceed to the consideration of each one of them, rare Vorr oN THE TREATY. 1¢ Was asx Nearly Sectional Any That Has Been Given, It now develops that the large vote tn the Senate yesterday in favor of the ratificas ticn of the Chinese treaty was a surprisg to the opponents of that enactment. They had calculated that the west would surely overbalance the east in such a contest, but it seems that they Yeckoned without oe se votes were alme host and had not counted the strength the southern men, wh: solidiy cast for ratifi ation, on the ground of loyalty to the administration. As it wes, the western men held together, and, with th exception of & tog White of ¢ nia, opposed the treat; with thetr b: solld in fave The east was almost ag ratification, though thre@ votes from New Englond, those of Gale linger, and Hoar, went to the neg tive was as nearly a sectional outside of the tari ical matters, in