Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1894, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1894—SIXTEEN PAGES. Heavy Receipts at the New York Custom House. OF DELAWARE DEMOCRATS Fifth Maryland District Repub- licans. PRES. NEWELL’S FUNERAL NEW YORK, August 28.—Receipts at the vstom house today will foot up larger than for the whole of the preceding year. This is the result of the change in the tariff law. bs Three hundred custom house brokers re- ceived a license to act as such yesterday, and every one of that 300 had customers who wanted their goods out early today. ‘The consequence was that the brokers were rushed yesterday and last night to get the goods entered. In order to accomplish that a number of the brokers made it worth the while of the cierks in the custom house to remain after hours last evening and enter their goods. None of the offices of the brokers closed before midnight last night. Some did not close at all. The custom house doors were opened to- day half an hour earlier than usual. A fair idea of the increase of business can be gathered from the fact that while ordi- ysrily about 150 withdrawals pass through tue division in a day, one firm alone pre- eented close to 500 withdrawals today, and it is estimated that 5,000 withdrawals in all wil’ have been presented before the day is done. As fast as the papers reached their hands the clerks numbered them and tossed them {ato big waste paper baskets that were ¢mptied every minute or so, and refilled rupidly. ‘Then the brokers and their clerks would fist their way out of the room,while others Pushed and hauled each other to get closer to the windows. DELAWARE DEMOCRATS. The Largest Conventio: at Dove: DOVER, Del.,August 28.—Today’s gather- ing of democrats was the largest convention crowd ever seen in this town. -Among the visitors was Senator Lindsay of Kentucky. The convention was called to order shortly after 1 o'clock. The delegates from Sussex and Kent counties held a cau- cus, and indications are that Ebe W. Tun- Pell wil receive the nomination for gov- ernor by acclamation. The New Castle county caucus nominated Samuel J. Bancroft, jr., for Congress on the hfth baljot. This insures his nomination by the convention. c, E. COFFIN NOMINATED. Selected for Long and Short Term by Fifth Maryland Republicans. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 28.—Ex-State Senator Charles E. Coffin of Muirkirk, Prince George's county, was nominated as the republican candidate from the fifth dis- trict for the Fifty-fourth Congress, and also for the unexpired term in the Fifty- third Congress made vacant by the resig- nation of Naval Officer Barnes Compton. che convention met in the Cross Street Merket Hall at noon today in the seven- teenth ward, Which is a part of the fifth district. ‘the proceedings were not particularly harmonious, but the nomination is well re- ceived, the general impression being that Mr. Coffin will be elected. ——— THE NEWELL OSSEQUIES. Crowd Seen Arrival of the Dead President at Chi- cage. CHICAGO, August 28—The special train bearing the remains of John Newell, the de- ceased president of the Lake Shore road, arrived in Chicego today. ‘The crepe-covered casket was brought here in “Old 61," the beautiful private car wnich has practically been Mr. Newell's home for so many years. A Wagner sleeping car was filled with ofticials of the road, who came from Cleve- land to be present at their dead chief's funeral. Two coaches and a baggage car composed the rest of the train. As the eight pallbearers carried the coffin slowly through the lines of curious peopie wno had gathered, two porters followea with wreaths and floral designs, which had been presented by Cleveland employes. Twelve carriages awaited the party, and after the casket had been placed in the hearse the party entered them and were riven to the Newell residence, 345 Ontario street. 2 :n the mourners’ carriage were Mrs. New- ell, her two daughters and John and A. B. Newell, ‘The pallbearers, who were all officials of the road, were P. ». Wright, assistant gen- eral manager; George C. Green, general unsel; W. H. Canuif, general superin- ndent; P. S. Blodgett, assistant general superintendent; George F. Mackay, division ewght agent of Cleveland; H. Bromley, general agent, Cleveland; A.J. Smith, gen- eral passenger agent; A. L. Freeman, gen- erai passenger agent. ‘The funeral train was met by Chicago oficials of the com Among them were es 1 Cuase, assistant general freight ageat. To Attend Mr. Newell's Funeral. NEW YORK, August 28.—A special train, with the officers of the Lake Shore railroad, will leave the Grand Central station, in this . at 2 o'clock this afternoon, reaching ‘ago at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, « foc the purpose of attending the funeral of the late President Newell. A meecing of the board of directors of the road will oe held early in September to adopt suitable Tesolutions on th cath of Mr. Newell. _— 1ER WORD. Was Going to Commit Sui- cide and Did So. peth Wa “ med de ndent, her laudanum. at the nily Occup er was 1, and he Yoroner day, but gave a certificate of oe eee BUSY CABINET OFFICERS. A Lengthy Meeting Today Prior to a Vaeatic Rest. The President and his cabinet were in Geliberation at the White House for several hours today in anticipation of their sepa- ation for at least six weeks. The session lasted from 11 o'clock until 2 o'clock, and all matters requiring immediate action’ were Gisposed of. The President will leave here tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock for Jersey City, where he will board a light house tender and be swiftly conveyed to his summer residence on Buzzard bay. Se George O. Barnes, the evangelist, delivered sermon at Lexington, Ky.,Sunday gight, in which he bezzed all Christians to Vote for Col. Breckinridge. It created a tremendous egnsation. t was a week ago, | ‘LATE NEWS BY WIRE|JUST wasTeD lter of No. 59 Defrees | friend that she intended dno idea that she meant what she nought that the sui- ta the result of despon- y s $ unwell, perhaps, Miss W od her statement | No Excitement in the Closing Hours of Congress. Mr. Cleveland’s Letter Excited Little Interest, Although Some Were Enthusiastic Over It. The closing Congress today was about as quiet and uninteresting as can be imagined. If it had not been for the large assemblage of visiting Knights of Pythias, who crowd- ed the galleries, most of them to see Con- gress in session for the first time, the ses- sion would have gone out almost unob- served. For weeks the Congress has been simply wasting away, until at the last hours there was no vitality left and it simply expired without the twitching of a muscle. When the journal was read there were only about 50 members on the floor of the House, and at the very start a point of no quorum was made to cut off unanimous consent to legislation. Less than a fourth of the Senators were in attendance upon the Senate. On neither side was there any of the bustle and excitement usually at- tending the closing hours of a session. Mr. Cleveland's Letter. The letter of Mr. Cleveland to Repre- sentative Catchings of Mississippi was the only thing that excited any interest and was the one subject of comment during the day. The interest in that even was languid. it is needless to say that the Lape t satisfaction by Sena- Tat tice ste ta Ea ‘any of them to say a word about it. The stereo- typed reply to a request for an opinion was tnat they had not read it. This was said in a tone of languid contempt, to indicate care. Cyt of the House there was very general expression of gratification. The republicans generally dismissed the matter with the suggestion that it was none of their affair, and a few democrats ex- pressed dissatisfaction, either in terms or by ill-natured silence. Some Were Enthusiastic. But most of the democrats praised the letter with more er less warmth, and those most given to enthusiasm declared it to be the best letter he had ever written and one calculated to help them in the campaign. ‘The more prominent members of the party, almost to a man, spoke of the letter as surprisingly apt, and worded so as to do the party the most good possible under the peculiar circumstances. They regard the letter as giving them good ‘campaign ma- terial, picking out passages which they think they can quote in the eampaign with effect. ‘The “challenge of the trusts’ and the flings | at the “traitors” are regarded as particu- | larly well-sounding for the stump. Some of the democrats who have been most urgent that he should sign the bill, read the letter, and say that they “reckon he did the best thing, anyhow.” - eee ND'S RINGING PHRASES, A Suggestion of Plagiarism in His Latest Literary Effort. President Cleveland has achieved a world-wide reputation as a coiner of ring- ing phrases through the means of his pub- lic papers, but not aiways without being ac- cused of plagiaristic tendencies. ‘The charge by a certain metropolitan journal that the President has dipped into the en- cyclopaedias for not only his facts but his phrases is well known to mest citizens, who may therefore be prepared for the ‘n- timation that maybe the President's latest literary preduction—nis tariff letter to Mr. Catchings, written yesterday—is not free from the suspicion that the chief executive has gone into standard English literature for some of his word <ffects. The sentence in questioa is as follows: The Most Striking P! om. “I take my place with the rank and file of the democratic party, who believe in tariff reform and who know what it is; who refuse to accept the results embodied in this bill as the close of the war; who are not blinded to the fact that the livery of the democratic reform has been stolen and worn in the service of republican protec- tion, and who have marked tae places where the deadly blight of treason has blasted the councils of the brave in: their hour of might.” A Reference to Tom Moore. ‘The reader familiar with the works of ‘Thomas Moore may find a responsive thrill follow the sound of the phrase: “The dead- ly blight of treason has blasted the coun- cils of the brave in their hour of might. In the original letter there were no quo- tation marks to distinguish these words from any others. Therefore, the following qua- train from “The Fire. Worshipers” seems to furnish the inspiration which perhaps has caused the peculiar paraphrase in the President's ietter to Mr. Catchings: “OQ for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly bight, Comes oer the councils of tne brave, An blasts them in their hour of might.” It will be roted that the letter does not strictly follow the verse, but is a rear- rangement of the most striking phrases of the rhyme. Expianation, therefore, would seem to be now in order. In this connection literary Congressmen are to- day quoting the words of Milton in his “Iconoclastes,” chapter 23, where he says: ‘or such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrower, among Sood authors is accounted Plagiar ———_+e+—_____. SOME SHARP COMMENT. Representatives Speak Their Minds as to the President’s Letter. Members of the House were not so reti- cent as the Senators in regard to Mr. Cleve- land’s letter to Representative Catchings. Representative Sperry of Connecticut said: “I was in hopes the President would spare his party the infliction of another letter. The teriff bill is distinctly a party measure, and according to the President's letter to Mr. Wilson it is a measure permeated with perfidy and dishonor. If that Is a correct description of the bill I do not see on what ground the democratic party can ask to be continued in power any longer. It seems by ceva the second letter to Mr. Catchings that the tariff fight must be continued. tien t This posi- must be very disquieting to all the siness interests of the whole country. The democrats this fall are placed on the defensive by these two letters—tirst, in de- fending a policy of pertidy and dishonoi and, second, by threatening all the business interests of the country with further at- | tempts at tari le; be “nvery cainpaign speaker this fall is com- pelled to detend his p the alle- & gns contained in ters, or else to defend the Pre inst the al lecati: in tne let themselv My own opinion of the Senate bill is that there no pertidy or dishonor in the bill itself, or in the motives of Senators instrumental in its passage. It is a more mature and iitable measure than the Wilson bill, and produce evenue which the Wilson professed, would not, and that is on Most Important Quest ntative Johnson (Ohio) — “The picuously silent on important question—sugar. The effect of his failure to sign the bill and writing @ letter will be to intensify and ecntinue the fight against protection—not republican protection, as he puts it, but democratic protection.” Rep tative Warner esident’s letter will meet with unquali- 1 approval from all true friends of revenue reform, especially on the party policy there ouUlined, and the program of aggressive action, first against trusts and then im favor of free raw materials, and in favor of every other democratic principte to reach the fulfillment of which the ranks of tariff combination must first be broken.” ——_ -e. The Number tn Camp. Camp George Washington ts equal to the demands made upon it. The original num- ber of tents put up by the committee would have been enough. Three hundred tents ere unoccupied, and !t was not necessary to have erected the additional tents, which was done cn Sunday. No close estimate can be made of the number of men in camp late this afternoon, but it is somewhere im the neighborhood of 6,500. GN. Y¥.)—“The Opening Meeting of the Eighteenth AWAY THE SUPREME LODGE CHARGES CONSPIRACY Senator Stewart's Statement Regarding a Divorce Suit. He Aided Mrs. Glasscock, but Em- HONORS 70 THE SUPREME CHANCELLOR | P&sttcn™ Dentea tne Husband's Other Charges—Papers Withheld. Supreme Lodge Degree Conferred| on, ine 15tn of tast May Charles L. Glass- on Eighty-one Candidates. THE DECEASED MEMBE The eighteenth session of the Supreme Ledge, Knights of Pythias of the World, orened this morning in the hall of the Build- ers’ Exchange. As far as those not mem- bers of the body were concerned the ses- sion was held behind closed doors. As the representatives of a membership of nearly a half million, and meeting but once in two years, the Supreme Lodge, as it might be inferred, has a great deal of important busi- ness to transact. The sessions are therefore essentially business meetings. This is sug- gested also by the arrangement of the hall. ‘The floor of the hall is occupied by rows of tables stretching from side to side. A table is assigned to each representative, and, with a supply ot writing material, documents and so forth, it is apparent that each representa- tive is expected to be busily engaged. The hall was appropriately decorated by the Iccal committee in charge of that branch of the preparations, and across the lobby there was a large room, which is placed at the disposal of the representatives. A partition has been put up in the lobby at the head of the staircase, where those not entitled to enter the hall are stopped by the guard. The shadow of the affliction which has fallen upon the order in the death ‘yester- day of Past Supreme Chancellor Shaw was upon the supreme representatives as they met together for the opening meeting of the present session. The chair on the right of the supreme chancellor, which would have been occupied by Mr. Shaw had he been present, was draped heavily in black, and a tribute of flowers was laid upon it. In the presence of this reminder of the great loss which has fallen upon the order the natural manifestations of pleasure sug- gested by such a reunion were subdued. Gifts to the Supreme Chancellor. The hour fcr the meeting of the Supreme Le was fixed at 10 o'clock, but before the formal opening Mr. White, the supreme keeper of records and seal, called the as- semblage to order. Representative J. W. Daniels of Idaho, in behalf of his grand Jurisdiction, presented Supreme Chancellor Blackwell a gavel, with a head of solid sil- ver and handle of mahogany—products of the mines and forest of that s very wild and very woolly west, pressed by the speaker. The supreme chan- cellor accepted the gift in an appropriate speech. ‘presentative Walker of -Montana then sented the supreme chancellor with a jewel, made of gold an@ silver taken from the mines of Montana, forming the setting for a handsome dia:nond. This beautiful emblem was to have been presented to the supreme chancellor on the occasion of his intended visit to Montena, which he was, however, unable to make on account of severe sickness. The gift was gracefully acknowledged by the recipient. The session was then formally opened. Representative Lee of Rhode Island was elected official reporter. The report of the committee on credentials was received and adopted. Past Grand Chancellors. The Supreme Lodge rank was then con- ferred on the following-named past grand chancellors: Arizona, Frank P. Secrist. California, T. J. Crowley. British Columbia, Jarnes Crossan, W. 8. Chambers. Connecticut, G. 8. Hull. Delaware, W. J. Morgan, A. D. Sheldon, T. K. P. Morris, W. A. Mullen, S. F. Mar- shall. Bunch, District of Columbia, BE. C. Gill, John M. Kline, A. N. Thompsen. Florida, J. H. Hodges. Georgia, R. W. Hunt, T. J. Carling, R. F. Harrison. Indiana, E. L. Siver, J. E, Watson, Indian Territory, D. E. Ward. Kansas, A. P. Riddle. Kentucky, W. C. Quinby. Maine, Luther E. Roberts, Isaac S. Elder. Maryland, William Meisel, F. W. Kraws, H. F. Sterner, Charles E. Whelan, George Leidlick. Massachusetts, Horace W. Willson, Daniels. Michigan, George A. Reynolds. -| Minnesota, L. P. Hunt, Fred. E. Whea- ton. Mississippi, L. G. Aldrich. Missouri, E. M. Harber. Nevada, George J. D. King, John B. Bray. New Jersey, W. H. McCullough, De Witt C. Bolton, Charles W. Kilbourn, Walter F. Hayhurst. New Mexgco, J. J. Leeson. New York, Samuel T. Hall, D. J. Auch- n.oody, William Laden, 8. H. Salisbury. North Carolina, W. 8. Cook, J. M. Sher- wood, C. D. Benbow, E. A, Ebert. Ohio, John G. Reeves, H. W. Lewis. Oregon, George W. Jett. Pennsylvania, John H. Carr, Louis Wacker, Samuel Hilliard, George W. Buck. Rhode Island, Frank L. Forsyth, John E. Thompson, William A. Wilson, ‘Fred. Goff, George C. Gates, Frank W.’ Taylor. South Carolina, W."E. James. South Dakota, 'V. 8. G. Cherry. ‘Texas, S. N. Zemanskey, Henry J. La- bette, P. L. Downs, John M. Adams. Virginia, H. E. Chace, W. L. Olivier, Geo. M. Richter. Vermont, N. A, Bailey, W. H. Gilchrist. Washington, W. G. Ronald. West Virginia, W. ‘T. White, E. A. Frost. As a Mark of Respect. The reports of the supreme officers, ab- stracts of which appear in another column, were presented and were referred to a com- mittee consisting of Representatives Talhill of Massachusetts, Burns of Ohio and Hunt of Minnesota. The report of the board of control was referred to the committee on Endowment Rank. Representative Fethers announced the death of t Supreme Chancellor Shaw, and after appropriate remarks offered re: olutions, which were adopted by a rising vote. As a further mark of respect to the deceased the Supreme Lodge took a recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. eee THE CORCORAN GALLERY, It Will Be Oy and Friday. ot to be outdone by stitutions in looking after the enjoyment and pleasure of the visiting Pythians, the directors of the Corcoran Gallery of Art have decided to keep the gallery oy nesday, Thursday and F. y of this week the other local in- from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For the benefit of strangers in town, it may be as well to that the gallery is ted at the t corner of Per a avenue s and will more than repay @ thorough Visit and close study. ee The Brownies at Harris’, The Brownies, in their tour around the world, arrived in Washington yesterday, and tarried awhile in the store of R. Harris & Company, corner 7th and D northwest. They floated into the show window among the bunting intended for Knights of Pythias display, and it is hard to tell when they will make their departure, for each one of them is ladened with diamonds. With ap- parent indifference to their surrounding: several Brownies, wearing masks, are in- tent upon breaking open a safe, while on top a Brownie is laughing and exhibiting the biggest prize of all, a dlamond valued at $i. . ——_—+ Badly Hurt. Mrs. Saville, the authoress, was thrown down by a bicycle about 7 o'clock last even- ing and very badly hurt. She walked to her heme, not far from the accident, however, but being thrown upon her chest, the seri- ousness of the fall was not known until later. non Wed- | ecck, a clerk in the Southern railway office in this city, filed a suit here against his wife for divorce. Upon the filing of the bill of complaint Judge Cox sent the papers to R the clerk of the court, directing him to place them im the safe and keep them in perfect 1 secrecy. The fact that the sult was filed was mentioned at the time in The Star, but beyond that fact nothing more was stated, owing to the tact that the papers were with- held from inspection, Yesterday there ap- peared in one of the New York papers an account of the case, in which it was stated that a prominent western Senator had been named as co-respondent. The name of the Senator was not mentioned, but it was rumored that Senator Stewart of Nevada was the man. Last night Senator Stewart made the following statement: “I saw in the New York Herald this morn- ing the article with reference to a Senator, and I presume that applies to me. About a year and a half ago the woman Glasscock came to me as a ‘southern lady’ in great distress. She represented that she had five children, and that her husband was unable to support them; that they were suffering for food and clothing. She said she was willing to work in any capacity, and wanted me to get her employment in some of the departments—any kind of work would do. “I applied to the Interior Department for her, but they had no place. A few times afterward she care to my office, always suggesting some way that through my in- fluence she could get work, and always representing the great distress that she and her family were suffering. “At one time she came on a cold, rainy day, and said that they had no coal, and she and her children were suffering. 1 gave her $5 to buy coal. At another time she sent her {ttle girl to me with @ letter stat- ing that one of her children had the typhoid fever, and that she had no money to buy medicine, and unless she could get money the child would probably die. I sent her a few dollars—I do not remember how many. On one or two other occasions she obtained money from me for like charities, and finally she commenced writing letters, as- suming that improper relations existed be- tween us, and that I had more to lose than she had. I met her at the Capitol one ai ternoon, as I was going through the cor ridors, and told her that those were black- mailing letters, and that I was bound from that time on to treat her as a blackmailer. Suspected a Conspiracy. “A few days after this I received a let- ter from an attorney, Mr. Carrington, ask- ing if I had any reason to give why Mr. Glasscock should not bring suit against me for alienating the affections of his wife. I sent Col. Thompson to him to state to him the facts. He wrote Col. Thompson that bis client was an honorable man and was about to bring suit for divorce. I then wrote to Mr. Carrington stating the facts for his information, supposing that that would end the matter. But the suit was commenced, and Mrs. Glasscock sent me the subpoena. Some time afterward I re- ceived a letter from Jimes H. Wilson, stat- ing that Mrs. Glasscock had called on him in great distress, fearing that her children would be taken from her, and that it was a delicate matter to manage. I paid no at- tention to the letter _ zs ‘Shortly afterward I received ayother let- ter from Mrs. Glasscock stating that she must see.me, and that she would call the following Monday morning, and informing ie that her husband was in Richmond, Va. By that time I began to suspect a conspiracy, and when the time arrived I had them watched. She came and attempt- ed to get into my office. Her little girl was with her. Mr. Glasscock, her hu: band, was out in the street near the en- trance. The plan evidently was to get in my office and then send her little girl for her husband and create a sensation. “She wrote me one or two other letters, insisting that she could protect me if she could only see me, and that her husband was absent, and that it was necessary for her to see me before he returned. One was brought to me by her little boy at the Capitol. She and her husband were there immediately afterward. They hunted for me in pairs for several days. The plan, as I learned, was that she was to meet me and he was to come up, accuse us of intimacy, create a scene on the street and get it pub- lished. They Lived Together All the Time. “I then employed a detective and ascer- tained that they were living together, and have been ever since the suit for divorce was commenced. I obtained proof of the conspiracy and my attorney presented it to Judge Bradley, and there is an order of the court that the question of this con- spiracy of conclusive suit shall be first heard. The affidavits are on file. “I have also learned that Mrs. Glasscock and husband have several co-conspirators of a disreputable character who have been hanging around the Capitol for several years, Every letter she ever wrote me and every conversation that she had with me was either a demand for money or a threat to injure me unless she could get money. Both Mr. and Mrs. Glasscock have made threats, individually and together, that they would have money or a scandal, and their co-conspirators have frequently ‘done the same. “I know every movement that they and their co-conspirators have made for the last three months. I was put under the painful necessity of gathering the facts and going before the court, with a view of punishing them for blackmailing schemes. “Mrs. Glasscock has the audacity to say that ‘last December my husband left me and we have not lived together since, and since May 12 I have not even seen him." The mendacity of this statement illustrates the character of the woman. Scores of per- sons have seen them together daily during the last three months, and all their neigh- bors and friends know that they have been living together as husband and wife ever since the suit was commenced, and that they are living together today. If she had seen the affidavits on file she would have been a brave woman to make such a state- ment. What Mrs. Glasscock Claims, ‘The woman in the case, Mrs. Glasscock, Goes not deny calling upon Serator Stewart and asking him for money, and it 13 said she admits several of the charges le in the bill of complaint. She claims,it aid, that had she listened to her hus- ‘advice and not gone to Senator Stew rt to seek his aid in getting her a govern- nt position, the suit would never have n filed. She < that since the filing of the suit it been impossible for her to m s r Stewart, claiming that he avoids hi does not answer her let- ters. She also claims that she been followed by detectives, and that she has tened with arrest for blackmatl- Senator. It is understood that her little are with her, und she she fears that they will ‘be taken from her, She is said to be supported by her brothers, who live in North Carolina Mr « sscock claims that he hus band is living in North Carolina, but it 4s stated by those who prefess to know that ass- he re is still in this eity k is aware of that The taking of testi and that Mrs, in the case Las been ordered, but as Mr. Glasscock’s coun- sel is not expected to return to the city for seme time it is hardly probable that the se will be heard in court for several Meantime, unless the order of s revoked, all the papers in the case, including the testimony, will be with- held froma the public. Has Resigned. Upon inquiry at the office of the Southern Railway Company, a Star representative learned that Charles L. Glasscock had sev- ered his connection with the company a few months ago, after a very satisfactory term of about five years in their employ. He was engaged in the freight department, and among his fellow clerks bore a good reputation, and was regarded as a very quiet person, and quite attentive to his work. In speaking of him, one said that Glasscock had asserted once or twice that he was from North Carolina. The speaker suddenly remembered that on one or two occasions a very handsome woman came to see Glasscock, and upon being questioned as to who she was, he replied it was his wife. Her last visit was about eighteen months ago, as near as the gentleman could recollect. Glasscock had several chil- dren, who frequently came to the office to see him. CONGRESS IS DEAD The End Came at Two O'Clock This Afternoon. VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON'S ADDRESS No Farewell Given in the House of Representatives. THE GALLERIES CROWDED ‘The last day of the second session of the Fifty-third Congress was attended by just @ score of Senators, but by a large con- ccurse of people who packed the galleries to their fullest capacity. Most of those who were in the galleries were ladies. There were also very many visitirg Knights of Pythias. The diplomatic gallery was the only one which was not occupied. Even the aisles of the public galleries and the doorways swarmed with visitors. On the floor there was an air of relief at the approaching close of the session visible on the faces and in the demeanor of those who have been kept at their posts so long. Chaplain McCarthy, in a long prayer, included not only the customary officers of the govern- ment, the President and Vice President and Senators, but even the Senate pages and the venerable Isaac Bassett, in his appeal for grace. The Usual Committee. All political differences and party bicker- ings were laid aside for the time being, and those who a few weeks ago were hurling bitter anathemas at each other were to- day laughing and joking with each other in the friendliest possible manner. A mes- sage was received from the House immedi- ately after the reading of yesterday's jour- nal, and then Mr. Ransom (N.C.) offered the customary resolution for the appoint- ment of a committee of the Senate to act with a similar committee from the House to wait upon the President and inform him that unless he had some further communi- cation to make the two houses were ready to adjourn. The resolution was agreed to, and the Vice President appointed Mr. Ran- som (N.C.) and Mr. Manderson (Neb.) a committee on the part of the Senate. No other business of any importance was transacted, and at 12:15 p.m. a recess was taken until 1245, Mr. S| Death Announced. 12:45 p. m. the Vice President reascended his dais and declared that the Senate was again in session. A message was received from the House announcing the death of Representative George B, Shaw (Wis.). In the absence of the two Wisconsin Sen- ators,Mr. White offered the customary reso- lutions of regret, and in accordance with these resolutions the Vice President ap- pointed Senators Mitchell of Wisconsin, Cullom, Davis, Roach and Kyle to attend the funeral. By AtL a further recess was taken until At 1:30 p. m, the recess having expired, the Vice President again called the Senate to order, and after waiting silently for a fewminutes,Mr. Ransom and Mr. Manderson | appeared at the door of the Senate, and the former announced that the committee ap- pointed by the Senate and House to wait upon the President had discharged their duty, and that the President announced that he had no further communications to make to Congress. The Vice President Thanked. The following resolution was then offered by Mr. Quay, and unanimously agreed to: statement as he might deem fit. Mr. Mahon (Pa.) objected. “The resolution must be taken as it is or not at all,” said he. Mr. DeArmond (Mo.) submitted another compromise the pending resolution. The committee ap- pointed to wait upon the President, consist- ing of Messrs. Wilson, Holman and Hep- burn, then reported that the President had no further communication to make to Con- gress. “The President also requested me,” said Mr. Wilson, “to congratulate the House and Senate on the close of their labors, and to wish the individual members a happy and Prosperous vacation.” Mr. Caminetti (Cal) then succeeded in getting the floor to ask unanimous consent for a special committee to examine the necessity for river and harbor improve- ments on the Pacific coast, but Mr. Kilgore (Lex.) objected. _ Ended With a Bang. Mr. Doolittle (Wash.) asked unanimous consent to consider a bill granting the Tacoma and Yakima Land Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian reservation, but it went down before the objection of Mr. English (N.J.). Mr. Terry (Ark.) asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a bill for the suppression of lottery traffic, but while the bill was being read the hour of 2 o'clock arrived and the Speaker, with a bang of his gavel, declared the second session of the Fifty- third Congress adjourmed without day. Great cheering greeted the announcement of the adjournment. — THE NEW TARIFF BILL. Sent From the White House to the State Department. The new tariff act was sent from the White House to the State Department at half-past 9 o'clock this morning, where it will be carefully scanned and then sent to the government printing office and printed in the fcrm of an act. How the bill be- ceme an act is shown on the official records by the following statement by the Presi- dent: (Note.—The following named bill, having been presented to the President on the 15th instant, and not having been returned by him to th? house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.) H. R. No. 4864. An act to reduce taxation, to provid revenue for the government and | for other purpeses. Patting It Into Effect. ‘The work of putting the new tariff law into effect now devolves on the collectors of customs of the several ports and on in- ternal revenue officers, and until they meet Gifficulties in its administration little will remain to be done by the Treasury De- partment, the circulars of yesterday hav- |ing given instructions on the very few Resolved, That the thanks of the Senate are due, and are hereby tendered to Hon. Aclai E. Stevenson, Vice President of the United States, for the ability, courtesy, dig- | nity and impartiality with which he has presided over its deliberations during the present Cangress. A similar vote of thanks to Senator Isham G. Harris of Tennessee, president pro: tem. of the Senate, was offered by Mr. Manderson (Neb.) and unanimously agreed to, and, at 1:37 o'clock, a third recess was taken until ten minutes before 2. The curtain rose on the fourth and last act of the day's proceedings and the sec- ond session of the Fifty-third Congress at 1:50 o'clock. Senators and spectators alike did nothing but wait patiently for the clock to tick away the last lingering minutes of the session. The Vice President's Valedictory. Old campaigners declared the death scene of the second session of the Fifty-third Congress the most placid and uninteresting they had ever witnessed. At 2 o'clock Vice President Stevenson arose and said: Senators: The hour fixed by the joint resolution for the adjournment of the Fifty- third Congress has arrived. Before making the formal announcement I cannot forebear giving expression of my grateful appreciation of the resolution per- sonal to myself, just adopted by the Senate. For this manifestation of your confidence as well as for the uniform courtesy, official and personal, extended me I am profoundly grateful. And now, wishing each of you a safe return to home and constituents, I declare the Senate adjourned without day. ‘Though delivered in measured accents, its reading consumed but one minute, and when the gavel fell for the last time this session and the Vice President declared the Senate adjourned without day it wanted still one minute of 2 o'clock. Received in Silence. ‘The announcement was received in silence, without any outward manifestations of | pleasure or relief, but, still wrapped in their mantles of senatorial dignity, the Senators slowly arose and one by one pass- ed out of the hall, some of them to their well-earned vacations, others to the worry and weariness of campaign for re-election. The Vice President was holding an im- promptu and spontaneous levee, and for several minutes the doorway at the right of his desk was blocked by employes, who pressed forward to bid him God-speed and a safe return, THE HOUS' Today the galleries of the House were packed to overflowing with visiting Py- thians and their families, drawn thither to witness the closing scenes of the dying session, which was to expire at 2 o'clock. ‘The attendance on the floor was very light, however, the great majority of the mem- bers having already gone to their homes. fhe resignation of Representative Oates, recently elected governor of Alabama, to take effect December 3, was !aid before the House. In accordance with the usual custom Mr. Wilson of West Virginia offercd a_resolu- tion, which was adopted without division, for the appointment of a committee of three members of the House to meet*a similar committee of the Senate and wait on the President and inform him that Congress was ready to adjourn and ascertain if he any further communication to make. » Speaker appointed Messrs. Wilson of t Virginia, Holman purn of Iowa. e Speaker also appointed the following committee to investigate the Ford’s Theater disaster: Messri of Indiana and Maddox (Ga.), Bro Yonn.), Daniels (N. Y.) graff (lowa). A Point of No Quorum. The resolution to print the comparisons of the rew tariff law with the present law and the Wilson bill as it passed the House hire (Ind.), and Upde- was then called up by Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), but when the vote was taken, re- sulting, yeas, 71; nays, 3, Mr. Johnson (Ohio) renewed his opposition to it and made the point of no quorum. ! As it was plainly apparent that a quorum could not be mustered appeals were made from all sides to induce Mr. Johnson to withdraw his point of order. But Mr. John- son was unyielding. ‘The Ohio free trader and the tall Tennes- seean took their places as tellers and the few members present sauntered up and were | counted, and then lounged about chatting | in groups and saying their farewells. The | crowded galleries watched the listlessness | on the floor in wonderment. The Speaker | industries, so | pointment of the members on the points requiring immediate attention. The | treasury has rot yet received reports show- ing the rush of the last day to get whisky | tax paid in advance of the increase of the | rate. ‘Tuesday is always an off day as re- | spects reports of internal revenue receipts, | and today’s statement was simply a normal | one, the treasury statement of internal revenue receipts being only $351,472 What Chairman Wilson Says. Chairman Wilson leaves today for West Virginia to be present at the congressional convention of his district tomorrow. His renomination is conceded, as he is without oppesition. He will address the convention and his speech will be his first utterance outside of Congress on the tariff act. Mr. Wilson said today: “The outlook for genuine tariff reform is very bright. We have taken the first step and that is elways the hardest, and hav- ing dene that much, and done it perhaps perfectly, it will be easy to proceed to a full realization of tariff reform. It will now come about almost automatically, once the machirery is set in motion.” Mr. Wilson wes asked if he considered that the principle of tariff reform char- acterized the present act, even though the rates were not all he wanted. “Yes,” said he, “the principal is there, and after all the great struggle has been to secure recognition of the principle rather than the perfection of detail. The detail | must come by the irresistible force of cir- | cumstances now that the principle is es- tablished.” “What is there” Mr. Wilson was asked, “in the assertion that a resumption of tar- iff agitation next winter will bring a re- currerce of business unrest?” “That is wholly unwarranied,” sald he. “There need be no general bill, reaching all that the situation will not be such as to affect commercial affairs generally. The tariff rates will remain stable on the very great majority of ar- ticles, and it will be upon comparatively few that the perfecting of detalls will be necessary in order that the tariff reform placed on the statute books shall be a con- | sistent whole.” + Mr. Wilson spoke In warm approval of President Cleveland's letter to Mr. Catch- irgs, saying it was strong in expression and in the sentiments set forth. ——__~-e. PROBABLE COURT-MARTIAL. Charges Counter Charges Among Pythian Officers, There was developed this afternoon at Camp George Washington a serious un- pleasantness which will culminate in a gen- eral court-martial. A valiant effort is be- ing made to suppress the details of the un- happy affair till the time for the order of the court-martial rolls round. Brig. Gen. Lutton, commanding the New York brigade, has filed charges with Maj. Gen. Carnahan of insubordination and dis- respect to a superior officer against Maj Jefferson Young, commanding the first squadron of cavalry, New Y Maj. Young will prefer counter charges of conduct unbecoming a leman and an officer against Gen. Lutton. en. Lutton has urged upon Gen. Carnahan the need of ordering the court-martial at Camp George Washington, but it is safe to predict that this will not be done. It will be done from Indianapoll: the court will cc New York. The affair is rtainly an ugly e and the f tween the officers is very bitter. h officer has his friends, and the disturbance ts all the talk among the men of the New York brigade. palatal sso The Disaster Commission. Speaker Crisp today announced the ap- art of the House to comprise the joint commission provided by the sundry civil appropriation Ml to investigate the question of damages Gue the victims of the Ford’s Theater dis- ester and to report to the next Congress, The House nembership of the commission will consist of Messrs. Maddox of Georgia, Brookshire of Indiana, Pigott of Connecti. ssrs. Daniels of cut (emocrats: and | M ‘w York und Updegraff of Iowa (repub- licans), ——_$__+2.—___ Baltimore Market BALTIMORE, Md., August 28.—Plour red, 524a53-—receipts, shipments, | 28,000 bushels; stock, bushels; sales, "30, bushels “milling Wheat by sample, 56a37. ‘Corn dull—spot. 87; month, 57—receipts, 480 bushels; stock, 161,938 uxhels—sonthern white corn, 59a60: do. yellow, 5vaG). Outs quiet and steady—No. 2 white west: ern, 36a36%4; ‘o. 2 mixed do., gg receipts, stock, 168,902 bushels. fie stendy 2, 40a50—receipts, 1,476 bushels; Hay easy—good to choice signed a few belated bills rushed over from the Senate, and occasionally the monotony of waiting for a quorum that would not come was broken by the announcement of timothy, ‘$13. 50. Grain changed. ‘Sugar, butter and Cheese ‘market ‘strong—fancy 10%ality; Jo, 3 10%alt ights dull, un- firm, vnchanged. ew York, 60 size, 1iyallt; do. 2 size, FINANCE AND TRADE SIGNING OF TARIFF BILL DISCOUNTED Gossip Regarding the Trust and the Whisky in Bond. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 28.—Speculation Proved disappointing to the majority of traders this morning, owing to the complete absence of enthusiasm at the settlement of the tariff question. The bulls hed confident- ly predicted a sharp rise in prices to follow iramediately upon the official announcement that the tariff bill had been removed from the list of speculative influences, but instead were confronted with a market entirely void of snap and presenting unmistakable evi- dences of a reactionary tendency. It fol- lows, naturally, that the recent advance im prices was due entirely to the discounting of an event until today more or less cloud- ed in uncertainty. Opening prices were ir- regular, but generally from 1-4 to 1-2 per cent below yesterday's final bids, and the discrepancy increased on a declining scale as the day advanced. ‘The reasons assigned by the chief specu- lative interests for the failure of the enter- prise are by no means satisfactory to the general speculative element. The opinion of the street is consequently bearish on this property, but the short interest is be- Neved to be already large enough to force @ rally whenever such an event is desirous on the part of those having the manipula- tion in charge. Railroad officials are quoted as believing ir an increased handling of merchandise resulting from the settlement of the tariff controversy and the distribution of goods in bond. It is said by competent authori- ties that the movement will assume suffi- cient peered as reflected in in- creased earn! companies engaged in_the transportation. 3 The foreign exchange market reflects a selling of securities for London account @ trifle in excess of the buying. Rates were from 1-32 to 1-16 higher, owing to purchases by arbitrage houses against sales for foreign aceount. Commercial bills con- tinue scarce and there are no grain or pro- xigion bills of any consequence in the mar- The principal changes in stock values were recorded in granger group, Burlington and St. Paul each losing 1 per cent, and Rock Island 1 1-4 on sales for both ac- gounts. Nashville and Missouri Pacific lost 7-8 and 3-4 per cent respectively, and else- where dullness prevented any marked changes. In the industrial group Distillers sold down 1 per cent on early dealings, recov- ered the full extent of the loss before noon and continued irregular throughout the day. Sugar advanced 1-2 point during the first hour, but sold off 11-4 per cent jn sym- pathy with the rest of the list later in the day. National Lead and General Electrie each lost 1-2 point. ——>—_ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. . Correspond: Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 wend Open. High. Low. Close, 31% m om 98355 ig 98) 106 ‘ ree a 3 od American Sugar, pfa.... Amenican Tobacco... Delaware ana Hudson. ee and _ Grande. and Cattle Feeding Genera! Electric - Iihmots Central National Lead Go. U. S. Cordage Co U.S. Cordage, pta_. New Jersey Central. New Dentral, NY N.Y ‘Ont. and Western. ag , ee i» and Readi Pullman P. Car rod Richmond Terminal Phila. ‘Traction... Texas Pacific... Tenn, Coai and iron Union Pacific. Wapasn.... Wabasn. pid Wheeling & Lak: Wheeling & LE pta Western Cnion Tel... Wiscomsm Central Silver. Beste = Fy * w ington Steck Exchange. Government Bonds. B, 4s, reg., 114% wi, 1 asked. U. 8. 48, coup., 1i# 7 e Be. 1s bide" ake. cotenrtaes sahage istrict Columbian Bonds. — 20-y. fund. nee bid. 30-year fund. gold Gs, iS had ated Steck currency 7a, 1 115. via. fer Stock currency 3.454, curroney 7s, 1908,"117 bid. Fond. 112% bid. Reg. 3-108, Biss, 100 bid. Mis aneous Bonds. Vashis tow allroad conv. Gs, 1 af Weshington and Geo jewn Ralire 130 bid, 138 asked. Metropelitan BR 100 bid, 103 as Washington A, Gs, 115 119 asked. ser. B, Gs, 116 bid 120 ag 180 bid, 140 asks ectrie Light conv. Sa, 120 bi Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone fis, 904 bi 104 asked. American Securi and Trost A . and A. 100 bid. American rity and Trust Se, many, ‘Washingt asked. ‘Wart A. and ©., 100 bid. Washington Market Come pany Ist Ge, 107 bid. Washington Market Com- pany imp. Gs, 107 bid. Washington Light Im fantry Ist_@s, 100% bid. Washington Light Im fantry ma. Stocks.Bank of Washington, 300 Bank of Republic, 2 tropolitan, Citizes 34% bid. nd, 108 ind. . wi “Fioesia, n “id, id Ne asked asked. Companies, We asked. A . 180g bid, 134K asked Washits and G asked. asked i asked. Tit 8 asked. id, Inst anve Stocks. penke matic Gun Carriage, 7! Misceila Stocks 185 a Norfolk and Washington Steambost, 85 bid. Tan coln Hall, 100 asked. Inter-Ocean Botiding, 100 asked. Chicage Gra’ Reported by Silsby & Co.. Bankers and Brokers, CHICAGO, LSE, Close, Wheat Sent. ia a - , Se SS Oats > Fat x i 3 3g 18. 13. BS 1. ea 795 ROT Jan. Tm TT at An A New York Cotton. YORK, August 28, 1506. Open.” High. Low. em 6 a gm 8m fo 7 am am 43