Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. nana a eer New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents Per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., Qs second-class mail matter. ‘All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. tea of wlvertising mad» known on application. Che LZvening | No. 13,068. WASHINGTON, D.©., TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. Star. TWO CENTS. The proof of te pudding is in fhe eating. Yesterday's Star contained 39 cofumns of advertisements, mare up of 624 separafe announces ments, TBese adverfisers fought pufificity-nof merefp space. MORE BEER TAX Growing Disposition in Congress in Favor of an Increase. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE NOW Change of Democratic Sentiment as to an Extra Session. TALK OF FORCING ACTION ———— There is a growing dispesition in Con- gress in favor of an increase of the beer tax. So little of the session is now left that the chances of anything being doze are greatly reduced, but if the sentiment had been as well developed six weeks 2g0 the increase would be inevitable. Even now, if the ways and means committee were responsive to the sentiment of the House some legislation would come of it. If this committee would report a bill ‘t would almost certainly go through both houses. If the Senate had the constitu- tional right to origiaate revenue measures a bill would be passed through that bedy in short order, and even as it fs there is @ possibility that one of the popgun bills may be taken up for the purpose of amend- ing it with » provision for an increase cf the beer tax. Something Must Be Done. This sentiment grows out of the con- sciousness that something must be doze to save the treasury from embarra ert, and the passage of a currency bill is a thing that cannot be accomplished. An increase of the revenues or an issue cf bonds is all that is left. The lemocrats are st-ongly prejudiced against authoriz- ing an: Increase of the public debt, and would rather, if it has to come to that, have the Secretary of the Treasury act, as heretofore, upon his own esponsibility. The Extra Session Idea. A good many democrats have been think- ing that it would be gocd politics, In view of their own inability to accomplish any- thing, to let an extra session be called, with the prospect that the republican House would be found to be as incapable of action on the currency question as is this. Since the plans of the republicans have been disclosed however, this feeling has changed. Since it has been discovered that there fs a perfect agreement between all factions of the republicans in the Heuse and Senate—silver men and gold men agreeing—not to take up the currency question if an extra session is called, but simply to provide for additional revenue, and leave the money question until the regular session, the idea of having an ex- tra session is not as popular with the dem- ocrats. Many are saying that if the re- publicans would, if called together early, contine themselves to providing for more revenue there woult be no paralleling this session with the extra, and that they might as well prevent the cali by passing a rev- enue measure at this session. Talk ef Foerciag Action. ‘The republicans have offered to help them pass a bill to increase the beer tax, or most any other tax they might decide on. It would be rather awkward, having refused this assistance, to have this and nothing else done at an extra session. Consequent- ly, the cogitations over the question have become long and profound, and considera- ble talk about forcing action is being in- dulged in. Seemingly the sentiment has developed too late, and the tndisposition of the ways and means committee stands a barrier in the way, but there is a movement in favor of the additional beer tax, which may re- sult im the passage of a bill at the last minute. : sd THE STRIKE COMMISSION. The Bill Providing for It Favorably Reported to the House. The amended bili for the settlement of labor disputes by means of an arbitration commission has been reported favorably from the committee on labor with a few minor changes in verbiage. ‘The report accompanying the bill declares that business interests demand that there shall be some means of settling disputes other than strikes. “The national and state legislative bodies,” says the report, “are not so con- stituted as to be able to give proper time to the examination of the industrial mat- ters presented in this bill, nor are they made up of equally representative men, such as are proposed by this commission; nor are they non-partisan. This commis- sion can hear, consider and recommend in a shorter time and with less expense for the best good of all than can be accom- plished by a legislative body or in any r way. ‘ongress is the proper body to authorize the appointment of such a commission, a3 it is composed of members coming from all parts of every state.” ‘Appended to the report were letters cf approval received by the committee from Samuel Gompers, John W. Hayes, H. C. Deaning and J. H. Sovereign. - THE SUGAR TRUST DECISION. What Senator Sherman Says in Re- gard to the Case. Senator Sherman says that’ the decision of the Supreme Couyt in the sugar trust cese does not render the anti-trust law in- operative in any sense, but that, cn the contrary, the decision recognises the force of the law, holding merely that the case of the sugar trust does not come within its provisions. o— Executive Clemency. ‘The President has denied the applicat! for pardon In the cases of Joseph P. Kidd and James Thompson, sentenced in east- ern Pennsylvania to $100 fine and two years and six months’ imprisonment for fraudulent voting, denominated by the President as “barefaced and wicked cf- fenses against the election laws.” The Pres- ident has pardoned Geo. J. Burke, sentenced in western Tennessee to pay a fine cf $0 for selling oelomargarine without the pay- ment of the tax. He has denied applica- tion for pardon in the cases of W. M. An- drews, sentenced m western Tennessee to one year’s imprisonment for mailing eb- scene letters; Frank Gleason, sentenced in Alaska to four months for misdemeanor; John Gillman, sentenced in Kentucky to three years and costs for perjury; John Hand, sentenced in Iowa to three years and fine for perjury; James Coatsworth, sentenced in Utah to four months for adultery (which sentence will expire be- fore pardon ean be granted). ——_—__-s+ Fourth-Class Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- rs appoirted teday was 49 Of this 39 were to fill vacancies caused by pumb) death and resignaticn and the remainder s. The Virginia appomtments sDenald’s Mill,Montgomery county, . Gb. McDonald, vice G. W. Gardner_re- signed; Ocoonita, Lee county, W. E. Flee- Bor, vice Chas. Pennington, resigned. FINANCIAL LEGISLATION Chairman Springer Hopes Some Favorablo Action May Be Had. Some ef the Propositions Under Dis- cussion —Chances for an Amend- ment to an Appropriation Bill. The House banking committee 1s still struggling hopelessly with a number of plans for the settlement of tke financial question. Mr. Springer says that he has no doubt that they will come to some conclu- sion before the end of the week. As yet, however, they show no signs of agreement in committee. It seems that each member has several propositions which he thinks favorably of, but they all differ from those ‘ored by any other member of the com- mittee. One of the propositions under discussion now Is to turn over all the silver bullion in the treasury, now held as security for the Sherman notes, as an available asset and to issue an equal amount of bonds for the redeption of low denomination Sherman notes. Thi it is held, would increase the available assets in the treasury a hundred and eighty odd millions and would relieve the country from any danger of silver be- ing offered in redemption of the Sherman notes. Some democrats think it could be put through the Hous. since the increased silver circulation wo #’ be gratifying to the silver men, while th ‘rman notes would be made gold notes, as they practically are under the present policy of the treasury, and the desired bond issue would be se- cured. Chances in the Senate. There is a possibility of an effort to se- cure financtal legislation in the Senate through an amendment to one of the ap- propriation bills to be acted upon by the committee on appropriations. A canvass of the Senate, which has been made during the past ten days or two weeks, has convinced the leaders on toth sides of the chamber that the conflict be- tween the silver and the bond men renders it next to impossible to secure the passage of any independent financial or currency measure. They have therefore within the past day or two quietly taken up the scheme of securing the needed legislation by adding the necessary provisions to one of the bills providing for the regular an- nutl appropriations. It is not proposed by any one to attempt this, however, until the last moment, when it becom+s absolutely certain that no legislation can be secured in any other way. So far this is only a suggestion of a way out of the difficulty. It has gone so far, however, that there has been an ex- change of views with some of the republi- can Senators. It is understood that the latter would not oppose an amendment which simply granted authority for an issue of bonds. ‘They say that if it becomes absolutely necessary to provide additional money for the government expenditures and for the maintenance of the gold reserve the demo- crats can provide it by agrecing to a bond amendment without weighting it down with other questions, and that a majority ef the republicans will accept {t in this shape, but will not permit it to go through if coupled with either silver legislation or the repeal of the state bank tax. + 2+_____ DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Cabin John. The Senate yesterday agreed to the amendment added by the House to the Dill authorizing the sale to William H. and George Robinger of a tract of land, about one-eighth of an acre, at the Cabin John bridge, and the bill will now go to the President. Raising Salary. Senator Peffer has introduced an amend- taent which he proposes to offer to the District appropriation biil, raising all sal- aries which are now $360 a year to Sti Senator Gray has introduced a proposed amendment to the same Dili, appro- priating $1,000 to the Young Women’s Christian Home. Releasing Reul Estate. Senator Davis, by request, yesterday in- troduced a bill providing that all real estate lying in the District of Columbia hereto- fore purchased by Jonathan Kirkwood, de- ceased, and devised by him, be released and exempted from the operation of the act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the territories io American citizens, and re- raitting to the American heirs, etc., ali for- feitures incurred by force of said act, in respect of such real estate. To Celebrate Marriages. Mr. Heard has introduced a bill in the House, by request, providing that any jus- tice of the peace in and for the District of Columbia, and every minister of the gospel, er other person appointed or ordained ac- cording to the rites and ceremonies of his church, sect, or association, whether his residence be in the District of Columbia or elsewhere in the United States, or its ter- ritories, may be licensed to celebrate mar- riages in the District of Columbia. The Appropriation Bill. ‘The subcommittee of the Senate appropri- aticns committee having the District appro- priation bill in charge met today for the first time and began the consideration of that measure. Commissioners Ross, Trues- éell and Powell appeared before the sub- committee, which corsists of Senators Gor- man, Cockrell and Allison. The Commis- sioners explained their estimates and urged that the amounts submitted by them to the Enger bg Department should be retained in the bill. Favor the Amendment. The District Commissioners have written to Senator Harris, chairman of the Senate District committee, recommending the adoption of Senator Gallinger’s amendment reducing the tax penalty from 2 to 1 per cent a month. To Reduce the Price of Gas. Senator Harris, as president pro tem. of the Senate, today presented a petition from District Assembly 66, K. of L., of this city. asking for the passage of the bill to reduce the price of gas in the District. The peti- tion says: “We protest against any further delay by the Senate's committee on the District in reporting the ‘$l gas bill,’ on the pretext of taking more testimony or for the purpose of making irrelevant in- vestigations, and we ask for an immediate report of the bill and prompt action thereon by the Senate.” Brightwood Railway. The annual statement of the Brightwood Railway Company was today laid before the Senate, having been transmitted by the District Commissioners. It shows that the road carried 1,167,109 passengers during the past year, giving an aggregate of $51,040.60 receipts. "The expenses amounted to $67,- 612.52, of which sum $45,427.87 went for the operation of the road. Aguinst Beer Selling on Sunday. Mr. Morse of Massachusetts introduced a bill in the House today amending the Uquor law of the District so as to prohibit brewers from selling or delivering beer on Sunday. The bill also provides that places where liquor :s sold in quantities of less than one pint shall be termed bar rooms. e+ —___ Naval Movements. The flagship Baltimore left Chemulpo, Corea, yesterday for Cheefoo. The Cin- cinnati has arrived at Hampton Roads. ‘The Mimneapolis has been ordered to New- port te receive her torpedo outfit. SUGAR TRUST CASES CONGRESSIONAL . CEMETERY Habeas Corpus Proceedings in the U. 8. Supreme Court. THE WITNESSES CHAPHAN AND SERIVER The Newspaper Correspondent in Custody of a Deputy Marshal. THE HEARING DEFERRED eS The case of the witnesses in the sugar investigation who refused to testify last summer, and were consequently indicted for centempt of the Senate, has at last made its way up to the Supreme Court of the United States. It made its appearance there this afternoon, when Lawyer Jere Wilson appeared before the court and asked permission to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Broker E. F. Chapman, who is at present in the custody of the United States marshal. The case of John S. Shriver, the news- paper correspondent, who was indicted for refusing to answer questions put to him by the Senate sugar trust investigating committee, also came up. His attorney, Judge A. J. Dittenhoefer of New York, gave notice that he would petition for a writ of habeas corpus for his client, and would have done so today but for the fact that his petition was not printed, and asked for permission to file 1t tomorrow. ‘his was granted. Solicitor General Maxwell was present on behalf of the government, and stated that he should like an opportunity to in- spect the briefs, with the view, if con- sidered necessary, of filing briefs for the government. He asked that he be given until tomor- row for this purpose, and his request was also granted. Claims of the Defense. Ex-Senator Edmunds appeared as an at- torney for Mr. Chapman, and said in re- sponse to some remarks by Mr. Maxwell that the counsel for Chapman would take the pcsition that the case clearly involves the jurisdiction of the court, because they claimed that the statute under which their client had been indicted was clearly un- constitutional, and therefore clearly a case for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus, as asked. Judge Dittenhoefer stated that the cir- cumstances controlling in the case of Shriver were practically the same as those involved in Chapman's cese, with some minor difference. It {s understood that the two cases have been selected as test cases, that of Chap- man by the brokers and that of Shriver by the newspaper correspondents. There was no intimation by the court as to when a decision would be rendered on teday’s motions, but it will probably rot be until the latter part of this week or the first part of next. 1f the applications for writs of habeas corpus aré denied the re- calcitrant witnesses will then have to be arraigned for trial, as all objections on technical grounds have been exhausted. The next incident on the program would be a trial by jury. Mr. Shriver and His Deputy. This afternoon at 2 o'clock Mr. Shriver went before one of the justices of the Su- preme Court of the District of Columbia and was surrendered into custcdy by his bondsman, Mr. Robert J. Wynne. This ac- tion was taken by the advice of Judge Dit- tenhoefer that the case might properly come before the Supreme Court on the ap- plication for a writ. The newspaper corre- spondent has now joined Broker Chapman in the custody of the United States mar- shal. His confinement will not be very wearing on him, for the present at least, e has simply been given into the cus- of a deputy marshal, who will stay with him from now on until the case is disposed of. Mr. Shriver will take his jailer around with him and will continue to occupy apartments at the Cairo, the deputy oc- cupying the same apartments. Mr. Shriver told a Star reporter this afternoon that he would appear in the press galleries of Con. gress to da his work tomorrow as usual, bringing his deputy with him, although this is likely to raise a number of delicate questions as to the rights of a deputy marshal to penetrate the sacred precincts of the press galleries, admission to which is limited solely to newspaper men. When it comes to interviewing public men on important matters, Mr. Shriver may find the presence of a third party embarrassing and something of a drawback, but he will have to make the best of it for the time being. —__—._—_. INDORSING GEN. DUMONT. A Committee of the National Board of Steam Navigation Here. A committee of the national board of ateam navigation, consisting of D. M. Mun- ger, George L. Norton, G. L. Douglass, F. G. Osborn and P. H. Marshall, all of New York, called on Assistant Secretary Curtis at the Treasury Department today and pre- serted a series of resolutions unanimously adcpted at the annual meeting of the na- ticral board, held at Cincinnati September 11 last. These resolutions among other things commend in the highest terms the administration of the office of supervising inspector general of steam vessels during the last elghteen years by General James A. Dumont. At a meeting of the national beard, held in New York January 18, the steamship inspection service of the United States was fully discussed in connection with the recent published attacks upon it, and it was decided unanimously, the ccmmittee say, that the Treasury Depart- ment should be informed of the opinion of the board on the same. ee ee ADMIRAL CARPENTER. His Dispatch Announcing the Land- ing of the Japanese Army. Secretary Herbert has received the fol- lowing cable message from Admiral Car- penter, dated Chemulpo, January 21: “Army has landed at Shan Tung pro- montory, China, under cover of Japanese fleet. Baltimore leaves Chemulpo for Che Seer This places the Japanese forces between Pekin and the important fortress of Wel- Hai-Wel. a Mineral Patent Canceled. ‘The patent issued to the Montana Min- ing and Reduction Company on a mineral entry for lands m the Helena, Mont., land district, involving the Ida, Emma, Cleve- land, Dandy, Bismarck, Star, Saratoga and Handy Icde claims, has been canceled by the Interior Department. It is charged that the lands embraced were non-mineral and that the entry was fraudulent. : ae Pensions Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District cf Columbia—Johr G. McCreight and August Willage. Maryland—Chas. Norris, Randallstown; John Moody, Chesapeake City; Wesley Pre: ten, Mount’ Washington; Jes. M. Christ: pher, Williston; William Cox, Baltimor. Chas. W. Griffin, Baltimore; Susan Young, Baltimore; Emerline Collins, Stockton; Anna M. Geodrich, Baltimore. Virginia—Wm. Moody, Newville; Jc&n Symington, Elizabeth City; Chas. Griffin, Indian Creek; Henry Thomas, Alexandria; Maria Heath, Hoffman’s Wharf. A Bill That Has Exe'ted Considerable Ov- position to Itp Passage. Former Bills ef a Similar Character Have Failed of Action—Some of the Objections Urged. An tmpression has gone abroad that the Serate has passed the House bill granting the Washington parish: the right to sell certain burial. lots in the Congressional cemetery. The House bill was passed «n Friday, and when it reached the Serate it was referred to the District committee On Friday the Senate District committee reported favorably on an exactly similar bill with an amendment, which went to the calendar. Therefore no action has yet heen had that would send the bill to the Prest- dent, as some people have been led to be- eve. It is suggested that lcfore the bill is disposed of in the Senate there will be a little more investigation into its merits than has been given up to now. The Dill is practically the same as one that was in- troduced in 1802, which was postponed in- definitely on the strength of an adverse re- pert from the Senate District committee. A Citizens’ Protest. That report was caused largely by a pro- test that was received in April of that year from certain persons owning lots in the cemetery, who set forth a case as follows: “The occupation of these avenues for burial purposes would, in our opinion, greatly detract from the natural beauty and desirabillty of the cemetery as a rest- ing place for the dead, and would be an injustice to those who have bought lots therein, under the belief that it would he perpetuated by Congress in its present con- dition. We believe that there is no neces- sity for granting these avenues for burial sites, as there is a large tract of land ad- joining the cemetery which can, no doub* be obtained for the purpose, and the sav- ing of a few dollars to the parish is a small consideratiot when compared to the injury that the passage of this bill will do the cemetery.” This protest was signed by W. W. Eld- ridge, Mary Gunton Temple, H. H. Cortis, Catherine ‘C. Emmench, H. O. Simons, Mary E. Emmerich, E. Fy French, L. G. Meehan, M. E.Twitchell, Isaac H. Entwisle, Eunice E. Pritchard, M. L. Simpson and Stilson Hutchins. ‘The avenues alluded to in this protest are certain streets that mow abut the property of the cemetery, whieh have never been ex- tended to the Eastern branch. The main one of these streets is G, which is quite the thoroughfare of that-immediate section. It is extended to the river beyond the ceme- tery. It is said that the original purchasers of lots in the cemetery were promised that no effort would ever be made to secure the land that would be used im the extension of these streets. The contention of the lot owners who protest is that by increasing the number of lots immediately around theirs, in violation gf this agreement, the value of their lots is correspondingly ae- creased. rz Another Qbjection. There is another objection, however, that is being urged agafnst ,the bill, based upon the idea that the tendency of today should be to diminish the Mumber and size of cem- eterles within the city Hmits. At present, of course, there is’ little dt no pressure for building sites in the vicinity of the Con- gressional cemetery, but it is argued that within a few years it will be found desir- able to remove the cemetery to a point across the river, or to extend certain of the streets through it. The experience of the District in the condemnation of land necessary for the extension of North Cap- itol street to’ the Soldiers’ Home is being quoted as a réason why no further ob- stacles should be laid in the way of these general street extensions. 1t will be re- membered that in the,case of North Capi- tol street there was great difficulty owing to the uncertain mature of the values cf the land comprising the German cemetery, through a portion of which the street would pass. ——$+-@+_______ HAS FILED CHARGE; Mr. Tracy Robinson's Letter to the Secretary of State. Mr. Tracy Rotfnson, formerly United States vice consul’ a® Colon, has filed charges at the State Department against his successor tn offtce, Mr. R. C. Winter- smith of Kentucky. ‘Phe story is told in the following letter to the Secretary of State, dated Colon, January 5, 1805: Sir: With the greatest respect I beg leave to place before you the following facts: On Sunday, December 30, 18M4,. at the Panama Hallroad Company’s hotel, called the Washington House, Colon, R. C. Win- terstaith, esq., vice consul of the United States, in charge, made a violent personal assault on me, with avowed intent to kill. At my instance he was arrested, and in the police court, before the alcalde, pleaded guilty, for the purpose, it is supposed, of avoiding an official record of the testimony. He ‘was sentenced to five days’ further arrest, and was placed under bonds in $200 to kcep the peace for six months. ‘The term of imprisonment was com- muted to the payment of a fine. I reported this grave matter to the con- sul general of the United States at Pan- ama, on the morning of December 31, 1804, and have this day received his personal reply, dated January 3, 1805, in which I am informed that he has “no comments to make on the subject as consul general; as 1 told you once before, the Department of State must carry the responsibility of its action.” : I am therefore most reluctantly com- pelled to bring this public scandal, in which a representative of the United States, in a foreign country, poses as a would-be as- sassin of one of his own countrymen, and is at this moment under bonds, “a pris- oner in equity,” to keep’ the peace, to your notice. I have the honor to be, sir, with the most profound respect, your obedient servant, TRACY ROBINSON. —+e+—___— District Pardon Cases. The President has granted a pardon to Winfield S. Trueman, convicted in the Dis- trict of assault, and s@ntenced September 2%, 1894, to 180 days’ imprisonment. In the case of James Whiting, convicted in the Police Court of assault;and carrying con- cealed weapons, and sentenced to 36 days’ imprisonment, the President has com- muted the actual imprisonment to six yonths. Applications for pardon were de- YGed in the case of Jennie Galloway or Gallery, convicted of grand larceny, and Mary Johnson, alias. Emma Turner, con- victed of housebreaking. ——_—_—_+o+___<_ Nominations by the Prexident. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Clarence B. Davis, West Haven, Conn.; James Deviney, Chizopee, Mass.; Cornelius Cronin, Katkaska, Mich. Samuel E. Smith, Tippecanoe City, Oh’ Wm. R. Houser, Chambersburg, Pa.; Os- car 8. Marshall, Kittanning, Pa.; David F. Wallace, McMinnville, Teun.; Daniel H. Johnson, Bluefield, W. Va. Interlor—George Steell of Montana, to be agent for thé Indians of the Blackfvot agency in Montana. ; —_—__-e-—___ Bank Examiner Appeinted. The controller of the currency has ap- pointed Marshall Winchester of Baltimore national bank examiner for the state of Maryland, vice L. B, Kemp, resigned. EXAMINING ACCOUNTS Officials Reticent About Condition of Georgetown Custom House. WR, MANCGUE'S STRONG DENIAL Says His Accounts Are All Straight and Correct. THE COLLECTOR'S SALARY Officials of the Treasury Department ex- bibit a decided objection to giving any in- fermation in regard to the ‘true condition of affairs at the Ge ‘town custom house. Special Agents Je. . and McEnery con- tinued their examination of the books and accounts of Collector Manogue today, and established one admitted fact, that the collector was extremely lax and careless in his methods of doing business. It is conceded that nothing of a criminal na- ture has been developed, and that the sit- uation dees not even call for the suspen- sicn of Mr. Manogue, much less his ar- rest. Whatever discrepancy there may have been in his accounts has been cor- rected, and it is hardly correct to say that there is a shortage. It is admitted that there are apparent irregularities in his business methods, but so far as known there is no deficiency in his accounts. ‘The exact status of the case will not be made known until the examinaticn is con- cluded and the report of the special agents 1s submitted. Treasury officials say that the government is amply secured in this matter by Mr. Manogue’s bond of $10,000. ‘This instrument was exccuted May 8, 1894, and names Mr. Luke J. Kearney and Mr. James Manogue (the collector's father) as sureties. The bond is on file in the office ef the contrcller of the treasury. This Js not the first time Mr. Manogue has had trouble with the department in re- gerd to his business methods. His ac- counts were examined a few months ago and an apparent shortage was reported, but was satisfactorily explained by the collector. He had held the money in ques- tion too late fcr its deposit in the treasury and had left it overnight with the United States marshal. It is understood that the present trouble grows ovt of a similar de- lay in making his returns, and that he has been delinquent in this respect several times, Last Monday Assistant Secretary Hamlin desired to consult with Mr. Manogue in re- gard to certain importations made by In- terstate Commerce Commissioner Clem- ents. The goods were imported at San Francisco, and Mr. Clements regarded the appraisement as excessive. A telephone message was sent to the Georgetown cus- tom house for Mr. Manogue to come to the department. He did not come, nor did he rresent himself the following day, de- spite the fact that more messages were sent to his office. On Wednesday Mr. Hamlin became impatient at the delay, and sent @ peremptory order to call pon iets ta te soon after Mr. Manogtfe appeared at the department and deposited with the treas- urer collections to the amount of $1,800. The certificate ‘of deposit in this transac- tion was dated the”Saturday previous, and is said to bear a fictitious number. These circumstances aroused suspicion, and Secretary Carlisle orderc | an examina- tion of the affairs of the office. Mr, Manogue visited the Treasury Depart- ment today and transacted the business which Mr. Hamlin had for his constdera- tion Monday week. Mr. Manogue and Mr. Tucker of the New York office examined the goods imported by Mr. Clements and found that his complaint was well foundcd. They had been appraised as manufactures of gold, whereas, in fact, they were made of silver with a thin gold coating. The dis- covery will result in a saving for Mr. Clements of about $150 in the matter of customs duty. Mr. Manogue did not have much to say about his office affairs, beyond the simple statcment that he had covered every cent he had collected into the treasury and that he had the papers to prove it. He had no fear whatever as to the result of the examination on that score. The Georgetown collector has a salary of $500 and a fee allowance, but his maxi- mum compensation is fixed at $3) per year. Last year the collector received for his services the sum of $2,624.57. Sig SES GALE ON THE LAKES. Fears for the Safety of the Steamer Chitora. ST. JOSEPH, Mich., January 22.—Nothing has yet been heard of the over-due steamer Chicora, which left Milwaukee yesterday morning. It is thought the gale struck her while in mid-lake. Her owners have tele- graphed to all ports where she could possi- bly have made for shelter, but can find no trace of her. The Chicora was heavily loaded and had several passengers on board. She carried a crew of twenty-five men. It is possible the steamer returned to the other shore somewhat out of the gale, but was unable to reach any port on ac- count of the blinding snow storm. It is doubtful if any boat could withstand the waves that were running on this shore yes- terday and last night. ‘The tug Tramp, which was imprisoned in the ice yesterday, is still fast with moun- tains of ice piled’ around her. She cannot be released until the ice breaks up, which may be weeks. Provisions were sent out to the boat this morning. STURGEON BAY, Wis., January 22.— The car ferry boat Ann Arbor No. 1 reach- ed Menominee last night after buffeting the ice of Green bay for nearly sixty hours, the last ten miles of her trip being made in the teeth of a fifty-mile blizzard. The steamer is all right and returned at once to Frank- fort, Mich., with a full load of cars.- ° — TOOK OUT LICENSES. Real Estate Dealers Hasten to Comply With the Law. License Clerk Montague of the assessor's office held a prolonged reception today, his guests being a large number of the real estate dealers of the city who had failed to secure the necessary license authorizing them to conduct their busthess. The influx began at 9 o'clock and continued steadily throughout the day, and as a result the revenues of the District have been in- creased by a thousand and several hun- dreds of dollars. The sudden activity on the part of the real estate men is in consequence of a canvass of the city that was recently made by License Inspectors Donovan and Mel- ton, who learned in that manner that more than one hundred dealers are en- gaged in real estate transactions without displaying a license authorizing them to do so. According to the law, real estate deal- ers must pay a license of $60 per annum. It wap learned from the records, that this year, up to today, but 135 licenses had been taken out, while last year the num- ber was 258. This disclosure set the in- spectors thinking, and the outcome was as described in the foregoing. arly _ this morning the inspectors started forth from the assessor’s office for the purpose of swearing out licenses against the dilatory dealers, and about the same time a portion, at least, of the latter began arriving at the District’ building, apparently anxious to comply with the law. The number of licenses issued up to 2 o'clock this after- noon wag 30, THE PUBLIC PRINTER Two Bills and a Resolution Introduced by Senator Quay. One Bill Abolishes the Office and Re- erestes That of Congressional Printer. Senator Quay began today a campaign against the public printer. His ammuni- nition ccnsisted of a resolution of inquiry and two bills. Ore of the bills w2s for the purpose of abolishing the offict of the pub- lic printer and recreating that of congres- sional printer at a salary of $4,000 a year. The other bill directed the reinstatement of all ex-soldiers of the Union, or widows of ex soldiers, who have been dismissed without adequate cause from the govern- ment printing office. The resolution of in- quiry related to this matter of dismissal of soldiers and widows of soldiers and was as follows: A Sweeping Resolution. “Resolved, That the public printer be re- quired to furnish the Senate at his earliest convenience the number of ex-soldiers of the Union dismissed by him from employ- ment in the G. P. O., since said office came under his control, with the dates of dis- missal, the names of said ex-soldiers and the reasons for dismissal in each case; if for cause, whether a fair and impartial hearing was granted in each case before dismissal; by whom charges, if any, were preferred, and whether the accused were confrorted by their accusers; the time each ex-soldier had been employed in the G. P. Q., prior to dismissal, and his general rec- ord as to efficiency and service, and the means whereby said record and service are shown; whether names were furnished and suggested for dismissal by parties con- nected with any po itical organization; and whether the laws in regard to the prefer- ence of ex-soldiers in appointments and re- tention in service are construed by any system or method, liberal or otherwise; and to state what the method is, and how it is applied and to give the like information as to the widows of ex-soldiers dismissed from the G. P. O. during the said period.” To Restore Ex-Soldiers. Pending the reply of the pubtic printer to this resolution, which was referred to the committee on printing, Mr. Quay intro- duced thé following bill, restoring to posi- tions in the government printing office such persons as may have been dismissed by him ccntrary to the premises laid down in the resolution: “To the end that the law in regard to the retention of ex-soldiers in the civil service of the United States may be faithfully and impartially executed, the public printer is hereby authorized and di- rected to reinstate in the positions occu- pied by them prior to their discharge from the government printing office the ex-sol- diers and the widows of ex-soldiers dis- missed by him from said office; provided that this act shal! not be deemed to apply to cases where, after full and fair investi- gation, the test of capacity and fitness in the discharge of the duties of said posi- tions shall show mental or physical dis- qualifications, but no test of political opin- icn shall be demanded or considered. “Section 2. Phat the son er daughter of a dependent ex-soldier or widow of an ex- soldier shall be deemed to he entitled to the preference in employment established by existing law for the benefit of ex-sol- dicrs and widows ot ex-soldiers. “Section 3. That.the term ‘ex-soldicrs’ where used in this act shall be held to mear. those persons who, in the late war for the preservation of the Union, served in any capacity in which, if wounded or diszbled by disease, or incapacitated from earning a living by manuai lator, they would have been entitled to pensions under any law of the United States.” To Abolish the Office. The bill to abolish the office of public printer ard to recreate the office of con- gressional printer {s very brief, and directs the Senate to elect some competent person, a practical printer, to nanage the govern- ment printing office. He is to be an oilicer cf the Senate and is to superintend all the printing and binding of the public docu- ments. The act fixes his salary at $4,000 a year. A Printing Office Site. Senator Gibson today introduced in the Senate a duplicate of the bill introduced in the House yesterday by Mr. Baker pro- viding for the erection of a new printing office on reservation 17, in Syutheast Wash- ington. ————— The Argentine Presidency. No official information concerning reports of the resignation of President Saenez Pena of the Argentine Republic has reached the Argentine minister here or the Department of State. It ts not, however, regarded as unlikely that the president has resigned. He is seventy-six years old and the condi- tion of his health is euch that he may have been forced to give up the cares of official life. The resignation, if it has taken place, Minister Arriaga says, will not re- sult in disturbance of any character in the republic. Vice President Uribunu will succeed to the office by the authority of the constitution and finish out the term for which the president was elected. The presidential term is for six years. Presi- dent Saenez Pena has served only two years. ———_e—_____ The New York Praised. Capt. Evans, commanding the New York, has made a report to the Navy Depart- ment upon the qualities of the ship as re- vealed in her performance since she has been under his charge, in which he speaks in the highest terms of the vessel, saying she is superior to anything of like class in the world. On the run from New York to Norfolk she attained a maximum speed cf 19.6 knots per hour, and Capt. Evans says she is capable of making 22 knots. In transmitting the report to the depart- ment Admiral Meade agrees to all that Capt. Evans says of the ship except as to the possible speed, which he thinks is 21 knots, or about what she made on her trial trip. ———____+ e+______ Acts Approved. The President has approved the joint resolution authorizing foreign exhibitors at the Atlanta exposition to bring in for- eign laborers to prepare their exhibits; the act to provide for the measurement of v eels; the act to permit right of way through the public lands for tramroads, canals and reservoirs, and fof other pur- pos?s;the joint resolution authorizing Com- mander Dennis W. Mullen, 1. S. N., to ac- cept a medal from the ‘Chilean govern- ment; the act to make disposition of the Caracas awards of 1868, and to provide for the payment of the new awards made in 1ssy and 1890. —_—_—_+-2+______ A New Counterfeit. The secret service officers have discover- ed a new photographic counterfeit $10 sil- ver certificate of the series of 1891, check letter B, J. Fount Tillman, register; D. Morgan, treasur2r; portrait of Hendricks, small scalloped carmine seal. aS eS Bids Called For. ‘The Interior Department has called for bids, to be opened February 18, for fur- nishing a sheet metal ceiling and rew cop- per roof for the pension bureau building. The present appropriation is $28,000, but Congress has been asked for an additional appropriation, POSTSCRIPT SHOOTING RESUMED The Seventh Regiment and Strikers in Conti FIERCE FIGHTING IN EAST NEW YORK Hostilities in the Brooklyn Street Car Fight. LITTLE PROSPECT OF PEACE — -+ BROOKLYN, January 22, 3:30 p.m.—The seventh regiment is having a fierce fight with strikers at East New York. It is reported that several soldiers have been injured. The strikers are throwing stones and breaking cars at the stable. Soldiers and Strikers. BROOKLYN, N. ¥., January 22.--There was an vnusual calm about Brooklyn this morning after the excitement of last night. The posts where the military guards are stationed were devoid of crowds, and save for a few petty assaults, the early Merr- ing was without incident. Col. Appicton ordered his mer. that when they are ae- seulted henceforth they should respond point blank with lesd. At the Alabama avenue station cf the Fulton avenue line cf the Brooklyn Heights railroad the soldiers were the targets for bricks and stones, but the men who threw them kepi out cf sight. Each stable is crowded with the tired soldiers. Privates and officers who are ac- .customed to every luxury slept in cars and on straw placed on the floor of tho stables Outside in the fog, where they could s3e cnly three paces befcre them, were the pickets, who halted every passer- by to know his business. They were in no humor for nonsense, and it is with un ilk grace that they stand the fusillade of mis- siles which are hurled at them Cutting the Trolley Wires. While they did not make any open niani- festation, the mobs busied themselves in cutting wires. They could do this work without fear of discovery, and at the in- tersection of Gates and Myrtle avenues they cut the wires for about two blocks. At Gates avenue between Knickerbocker and Central avenues they also cut the wires and carried them away. At Flatbush it wes discovered that a man had made his way into the stable and had attempted to bribe the new men there to desert their posts under promise of be- ing well paid for staying away from their work. It was discovered that he, or some other miscreant, had tampered with the motor boxes ef some of the cars. The man was discover2d in the stable and fought like a demon with the military officers who found him there. One of them received a black eye and the man made his escape. Every precaution is being taken to pre- vent any stranger entering the power houses, as there have been threats that the stables and power houses will be blown up and every man in them killed. A squad of policemen and some disturb- ers were in conflict this morning. When the men were ordered to clear away froin the corner of Hamilton avenue and Court street they refused to do so. One of the men hurled an egg at a policeman. The blue coats thereupon charged the mob and clubbed every one in sight. Twenty of the crowd left that neighborhood with badly bruised heads. Two companies of militia have been sent from the depot of the Atlantic avenue line at 5th avenue and 23th street to the depot at 9th avenue and 20th street, where it was proposed to start the 15th street line. Inexperienced motormen were the cause of two minor accidents during the fore- ncon. In both instances cars came in col- lision, suffering considerable damage, but no passengers were hurt. Lines in Operntion. At 11 o'clock cars were reported to be running on the following lines of the At- lantic avenue system: Bergen street, But- ler street, 9th avenue, 7th avenue, Atlantic avenue. The Brooklyn, Queens Company and Suburban Company were running cars on the Broadway, Sumner avenue and Ralph avenue lines, the latter line having been put in operation this morning. The Brooklyn City company had cars moving on the Fulton street, Court street, Halsey street and the Flatbush avenue lines. On all these lines the number of ade in operation was the same as yester- lay. It is said that during the day delegates from New York city, Newark, N. J., and Jersey City will come to Brooklyn to con- fer with the strike leaders to consider the advisability of ordering a strike among the motormen and conductors of the trolley lines in those cities. The executive com- mittee will advise the delegates not to do so unless they have independent griev- ances, as they fear that a sympathetic strike will deprive them of the public con- fidence which they claim they now have. The executive committee also -leprecate any attempt of other workers to strike out of sympathy. Another Peace Conference. Another conference between Brig. Gen. McLeer, Mayor Schieren, the executive committee of strikers and the presidents of the railroad companies will be held to- day in order that another effort may te made to settle the dispute without fur- ther trouble. After midnight a non-union motorman named O'Neill, who came from Newark, was seized by a gang of strikers and friends, and with a pistol at his head = ° working in place of a striker. to do #0, and was knocked down with the butt end of the pistol and kicked until almost unconscious He was bound, hand and foot, with wire and carried into the middle of some empty lots and kept there until daylight. His fetters were then removed, and he was escorted to the Broadway ferry by strik- ers. His fare was paid to New York, and he was told not to return under penalty of worse treatment next time. The saloons in the neighborhood of the car stables are crowded with strikers and their sympathizers. They are threatening in their attitude and are fast becoming in- toxicated. It is learned that two boys were badly injured by being trampled upon by strik- ers in the conflict between the soldiers of the seventh regiment and the rioters last night at Ridgewood. Strikers Have the Best of It. The strikers seem to have the best of the situation, despite the strong military and police guards. The companies aro still unable to secure new men to run all their cars, and it is not expected that any more cars will be run today than there were yesterday. The companies are still further hampered by the refusal of their linemen to repair cut wires. This is prac- tically a strike of the linemen. A car was started gut from Halsey street depot of the Putnam avenue line at 5:12 this morning. By 6 o'clock the com- pany had a dozen cars running. The com- pany’s linemen before daylight found that the strikers had been getting revenge dur- ing the night by cutting the wires in many