Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1895, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. LABOR LEADERS They Confer With the Board of Trade THE SGWER BOND. BILL DISCUSSED Mr. Paul Bowen Presents the Views of the Laboring Men. MR. R. ROSS PERRY’S REPLY At the Invitation of the beard of directors of the Washington beard of trade, Messrs. Paui f. Gowen, W. H. G. Simmons, raster Workman of the Distriet Assembly, Knights of Labor, and M. F. Hobbs, representing the District Kmghts of Labor, appeared be- fore the board of directors.yesterday after- preon far the purpose of disussing the pend- ing $i,00),000 bond Dill. Mr. Bowen pre- sented @ statement am-behaif of the visit- ing delegation, which was given the closest attention, and 4 cornnilttee of five was ap- pom by the board to draft a reply thereto. When President B. H. Warner called the board tv order the following directors were Preseut: Charles J. Beil, Henry F. Blount, Charles B. Chareh, George’T. Dunlop, John Joy Edson, Charles C. Glover, James M. Johnston, T. W. Noyes, R. Ross Perry, Samuel Ross, Isadore Saks, Thomas W. Smith, Thomas Somerville, Brainard H. Warner, John B. Wight and S. W. Wood- ward. Messrs. C. ©. Lancaster, A. M. Read and W. J. Frizzell Wére also present, upon Invitation, Mr. Warner's Welcome. Mr. Warner explafred that the Knights of Labor had, through Master Workman Simmons, asked to be heard in the matter ef the pending bond bill, and he had in- vited them to send a committee. Mr. Warner's action was heartily approved, and after it had been decided to allow the Waiting delegation thirty minutes in which to make their statement, the committee was ushered in. President: Warner, In welcoming them, said that the board of trade was made up of men of all trades anil professions, hav- ing becn organized with the purpose of representing the general interests of the whole community. .He explained that the visiting committee would speak to men with whom the laboring interests was as important as any other. The board ap- Proved the pending band, bill, because they believed that its passage would benefit ail classes-alike, and it kad been a matter of much surprise to the board that in the pre- Vailmg hard times the bill would be first cpposed by those who would be most bene- fite’ by its passage, and upon whom the burdens of it would fall the lightest. That was due, thought Mr. Warner, to some misunderstanding of the purposes and re- ults of the bill, and he felt confident that @ cajm, dispassionate discussion of the bill would correct such a mistake. Master Workman Simmons, in replying to Mr. Warner's words of welcome, stated that the, delegation, {ully appreciated the fact that there should be no diversity of interests between the Knights of Labor and the board of trade, the laboring peo- ple. believing that. the interests of each Were the same. lie then presented Mr. Bowen, who, he explained, would speak for the delegation. Mr. Bewem then read the following state- mert Mr. Bowen's Address. The labor organizations are in favor of most of the ostensible objects of the bond bill, but they oppose the bill as uneconomt- calunnecessary and impolitic. We oppose public debts. One reason may be found in thé fact"that the District owes a debt of over 315,000,000, Og this the interest and sinking $1. fund requirement 1s annually 8, which must come out of the cur- rent revenues before a single public need can We provided for. This burden is al- ready disproportionate to our population and resources, and continually cramps us im.our current expenditures. The worst of it is that there is today scarcely a service- able foot of pavement, sewer or water main in existence which was procured with the money. the, debt. re : ting public impro: old ones, and have been paid for in cash as we went along. it ls proposed to add $7,650,000 of 3 cent fifty-year bonds to the debt of the Distsiet.-This will compel us to subtract from cur annual reve' 28,500 more to meet iuterest and sinking fundrequirements. This means a cramping, paralyzing econ- omy applied to our schools, police, iire and health departments every year. We cheer- fully default on a '$ education, but have a moral spasm if there is a default on the interest of a bond holder's bond. The principal and interest of the proposed bonas will amount in fifty years to $19,1 Ooo. For this we shall. receive the worth of but ¢ 000. On the other hand, we Ineur no debt, we can take the $ which the bonds will demand for inte! and sinking fund, and apply it annus to the objects of the bill, thus obtaining mm fifty y 3 the worth of $19,125,000, in- stead of 0,000, The Accumulating Surptus. In.15¥4 the Distriet had a surplus revenue of $300,000, which was violently applied by Cengress to the prepayment of the dry water tunnel dept. This year we shail have a lurger surplus than last. In 1806, should the appropriation bill pass in its present form, we shall have a surplus of $sv0,000. In all, a surplus of $1,400,000 in three years. ard of assessors, in open violation of outh of dthce, are reducing asse: ments iar below the true yalue of propert with the admitted purpose of curtailing supertiuous revenue. Whoever heard of a elty borrowing mouey when it had a re- durdant revenue? Whoever heard of sell- ing bonds when undervaluations are neces- sary to keep down the municipal income? We seem to hu reached a point where no meastre for the public welfare can pass without a bond attachment, Just three simple things are required to secure necessary public improvements: First, that property shall be assessed as the law requires, “at its true value; sec- ond, that property owners and corporations shuii pay their taxes, and third, and most important, that Congress shall appropriate for our public District, addin the treasury. tance. with the $80), ooo surplus of District revenue, and $800, Oy mure coutributed by Congress,we might expend, during the fiscal year 1896, the sum cf $1,600,000 on sewers and streets, peying cash and not borrewing a cent. ‘This shows the honest, piain, practicable, bu Ss way of doing what the bond bill aims at It is our opinion that this plan can be made to succeed, while the bond me will never go through. We invite the hoard of trade, as a body, to assist us op this line, as many of tts individual members are already doing, Will Being Hordes of Unemployed. Organized labor of the District desires and needs employment, but will not invite future ruin for a day's prosperity. During this period of depression the sudden ex- penditure of $7,650,000 on public works will draw to the District hordes of the unem- d from near cities and states, and the work is completed they will be stranded nere, without the meana of sub- sistenc en competitors of our own peo- pie f loyment, a burden on the chari- table, « menace to health and good order. This evil will be intensitied by the fact that after the new works are completed tie in- t and sin te 1 of the bonds will eat up our curr enves, necessitating restricted appropriations for further public reducing the employment of thereon below the normal demand, ipply of labor is abnormally The experience of Chicago after the of the world’s fair is a suflicient il- iread. ras_only that the Ts nue of th District shall be ted and expended regularly for the needs, and that will be con- Its expertence of the evil effects of existing be ebt makes it unwill- il thereto for the sake of any ary advantage. The sale of a large t of municipal bonds is uf so serious it is never done elsewhere ecial sanction by ballot of the We believe It will be ime to bond this District without the onsent ef the people. It ts claimed “cates of the hond Diil that a If they pout A 5) free by the ad Majority of the people favor it. Feally believe this themselves, why not test | eri the question’ It can be done in forty days, with nominal trouble and expense. We be- lieve the scheme would be defeated, and that its promoters dare not put it to this test. How the Work Should Be Done. Further, the work is to be done under the infamous contract system, of which the Lydecker tunnel is an example. Sewers are finished, accepted and buried, and the crime of fraudulent work is safe from de- tection. The biil ought to provide for the execution of the work under the super- vision of disinterested public agents, as the only guarantee that the people will not be swindled by scamped work, and the employes will not be imported from other cities and cheated and oppressed after they are here. The Italian colony of the aque- duct times fs not yet forgotten. The bill as introduced had a provision that in making the improvements the “Commissioners should employ as many persons as might be necessary to do the work speedily and properly, at wages cur- rent at the time in the District,” and this was stricken out before the was re- ported to the Senate. Why? The details of the bill we will not criti- cise, except to say that in substance $7,650,000 is handed over to the Commis- sioners to expend on certain objects, prac- tically without restriction, and with such phraseology that nearly the entire amount can be applied outside of the cities of Wasbington and Georgetown. It is such a bill as that if Tammany had the execution of it not one cent on a dollar would bene- fit the public. Our Commissioners would, no doubt, spend the money carefully, j diciously and honestly, but they “wouldn't have to.” Concluding with the statement that the interests he represented desired the ex- penditure of the money in the inhabited districts and not where people might, per- haps, live hereafter, Mr. Bowen stated that while there were more minor objections to the bill, he had stated the substantial ones. In reply to inquiries from President Warner, he stated that he voiced the la- boring interests cf the whole District, the District Assembly having a membership of not less than 5,000, representing nearly every trade. The Board's Action. President Warner expressed the pleasure of the board in having heard the visiting committee, and he extended to them a cer- dial and pressing invitation to become members of the board of trade. Upon the departure of the committee, a motion to go into executive session was voted, it being explained that as the representatives had been permitted to listen to the address of the visiting committee, they should in all propriety bs allowed to remain while the directors discussed that statement. Mr. Moore moved that a committee of three be appointed to consider and frame a reply to the statements made by Mr. Bowen. The motion was discussed for some time, and, after the number had been increased te five, the motion was adopted. The following were appointed members of the committee: R. Ross Perry, J. M. John- ston, Samuel Ross, S. W. Woodward and Thos. W. Smith. In the discussion Mr. Perry made quite an excended address, which was applauded as expressive of the views of the board of directors, Mr. Perry’s Addre: Mr. Perry said: I agree that a committee should be appointed to ccnsider carefully the communication of the delegation from the District Assembly of Knights of Labor. I want, however, to say a few words about the main points of objection made orally by the delegation. As I Mstened to the words of Mr. Bowen I was, indeed, glad to hear him say that all classes in our city agreed that something must be done to at once develop and perfect a general sewage system here. We all agree that it will not do to Jet the present fatal condition con- tinue. We must protect our families and ourselves from disease. This capital city must not be known as one having the high- est death rate from typhoid fever among sewered cities—a rate pressing close upcn even the unsewered towns. We start, then, with unanimity. We must have a good ard effective sewage system. Objections are urged to some of the minor details of the bond bill. These are hardly matters upon which there will be any se- rious difference of opinion; whatever de- fects the pending bill has in these respects can readily be remedied. As I understand the delegation their ain objection is to the raising of money the issue and sale of bonds, for the tructicn of a complete and comprehen- sewage plan. Grounds of Objection Considered. The grounds of objection are several. 1. It Is claimed by the delegation that the District has now a large surplus to its eredit in the United States treasury, and that we should rot borrow money to pay for our improvements when we have the ready money to apply to that purpose. Of courte, we are here considering practical and not theoretical methods of accomplish- Ing the great public results which we have in view. For even had the District, the whole seven millions (I use round numbers) of dollars actually in the treasury to its credit, it could not use that money without the sanction of Congress. We must, there- fore, for practical purposes, consider not what the District has, but what it can induce Congress to appropriate. It is said that by the end of another year the Dis- trict will have so much to its credit in the treasury that, if Congress will add its pro- portion thereto, we shall have more than $1,000,000 wherewith to begin the sewage system. But do not we all know that Con- gress has never recognized this surplus as a substantial, real thing? Does any one belleve for one moment that Congress will recognize any surplus of District revenue as a call upon it for a coresponding amount to be added to that surplus? Congress ap- ptopriates annually its own dollar to each District dollar for the necessary current expenses. It cuts down ruthlessly the yearly estimates of our energetic and hard- worked Commissioners, and this it does, not only with no regard to our surplus, but with scant consideration of our urgent and usual needs. I think that this surplus is not ameng our practical resources, Ipadequacy of the Surplus. 2. But even if we could hope to realize something tangible and substantial from this surplus, the real inadequacy of that source of supply is disclosed by reflection. I regret that our friends who are here pres- ent as delegates are not members of the beard of trade, for if they had listened to Mr. Read’s able report the other night they ‘would have heard that this sewer system cannot be constructed in piecemeal. It scarcely needed engineers to tell us this. The plan of this city existed as a whole before a single house was built. The storm water of the District must be provided for. The surface filter from slaughter houses, box privies and stables must be kept out of Rock creek, otherwise it will soak into and permeate the soil along the banks clear down to its mouth, right in the midst of the city. Look at the blackest spot on the map accompanying the recent and superb report of the Medical Society, and you will find typhcid rampant right there. I say no experts are required to convince us that for every reason the system must be con- structed as a whole. Now our friends agree that we must have it. We are per- suaded that we can’t get it bit by bit to any advantage. If we are to have it as a whole, and can’t get the cash to pay for it as a whole, why, we must go in debt. About Going in Debt. 8. But our friends say that it is a bad thing to go in debt. If you have no means of paying your debt, yes. Otherwise, to go in debt fs often a very good thing. This need not be argued to bustness men, whose credit is their very life. We are told that in fifty years, the duration of the proposed bonds, we could save millions in interest. Of course, it is better to have money than -to borrow it, but if you haven't it you must borrow it or go without it. When you have a large annual enjoyment from the use of money it is not business-like to count up only the interest, and to leave out its equivalent. If we can save the lives of our wives and of our little children by stamping out typhoid, I think that not many of us will begrudge the annual tn- terest which we shall pay on these sewer jonas. oorae I take higher ground yet in this matter. We should pay annually our cur- rent expenses, for we get the whole benefit of them. When, however, we touch a public fmprovement which will bene- fit generations yet unborn as much as, or more, than ourselves (for they will fnherit increased vitality from healthier parents)—then we may rightly ask—why shall not these pay as well as we? Even had we the cash to pay for this system, I | should assert that the only equitable plan would be to charge a proper proportion of the cost upon those who are to come after us. We are paying now for the work that changed Washington from a winter mud hele and a summer dust cloud into our own beautiful city of today. And yet we only pay our $1.50 on the $19 as annual taxes. Who grudges it? Who would go back to the Washington of 1865? Surprised at the Oppositon. In conclusion, I will say that I am sur- prised at the opposition to this bond Dill from our friends of the District Assembly. The laboring men will be directly and very censiderably benefited by the carrying out of this sewage plan. They will only be indirectly and very slightly burdened. This bill will not increase house rents nor will it make the annual tax rate more than $1.50 on the $100. The most that it will do will be to bring our annual expenditures nearer to our tax payments and thus ex- tinguish the surplus for which we get no practical credit. If any persons should oppose the plan from selfish motives it should surely be the large real estate own- ers, and they are by a great majority in its favor. Why He Favors the Plan. I favor this plan because it will greatly benefit us, our children and our children’s children. It does nobody in this city any good of any sort to have it rank as a city having the highest typhoid death rate among sewered cities. I hope that this argument will not be re-enforced by a continued increase of that rate. I do not live in a section of the city where this rate is unduly high. But no good citizen can pass by on tne other side in such a case as this. He must look out, as the Samaritan did, for the men in danger—for the women and the little children who are born and live, and eat and sleep, and suf- fer and die down where those blackest spots on the map are. He must look out and provide for those who are to come after. If no generation can borrow the money to do this thing it will never be done. All other cities have done their great things in this way. We must do it that way also or not at all. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Perry’s re- marks a motion to adjourn was carried. CONFLICTING EVIDENCE. Policemen Who Saw and Heard Things Differently. Six colored men and women were de- fendants in the Police Court this morning, charged with having used profane language in a house that was raided last night. Po- Hceman Hanley was the first witness exam- ined, and he told of the alleged bad lan- guage used in the house. When questioned by the court he said, he could identify only three of the defendants as having used bad language. ‘Two of the men, he said, were in their underclothes. Policeman English, who had not heard his brother officer’s evidence, was next call- ed, and he swore positively that he recog- nized the voice of each person in the party, and each of them used profane language. “Now, take this man,” said Lawyer Ricks, pointing to one of the defendants, ‘did he curse in an alto voice?” The judge thought that counsel was get- ting too musical, and did not compel the pcliceman to answer. . After the policeman had given his direct evidence, Judge Kimball took a hand in the examination. “Did you know these defendants before last night?” he asked Officer English. “No, sir,"” the officer replied. “And you recognized their voices?” es, sir.” “Were they all dresse@?” a “Yes, sir.” ‘The other officer says that two of them were not dressed,” the judge told him. “Well, judge,” said Officer English, “they were right quick, and”— “Yes,” interrupted the court, “they must lave been very quick.” ‘Turning to the prosecuting attorney, the court remarked: “I can’t hold these people under this proof. They are all discharged.” pen ae WHERE MEXICO MAY LAND. Reported Decision te Go to San Jose de Guatemala. Mexico, it is reported, has decided to land troops at San Jose de Guatemala. This would be a very difficult proceeding unless Mexico strengthened her navy, for San Jose is approachable only in barges, and a landing could only be effected at the long pier that is built out into the ocean. The surf breaks too heavy on the beach to permit of tne landing ef troops in boats. Mexico has five ships on the Pacific coast at her command. The first is the Demo- erata, 450 tons displacement, built in 1875. She carries two six-and-a-half-inch rifled guns of old pattern. The Mexico and Inde- pendence are small craft of limited fighting qualities. The La Libertad carries a six- and-a-half-inch gun, and Is the oldest boat in the fleet. The Zaragosa is a modern fighter of the Dispatch boat style. She is used as a training ship and is of more value from a fighting standpoint than all the other: vessels in the Mexican navy put together. Guatemala bought a man-of-war vessel several years ago. It is a small schooner, not much larger than a pilot boat. One muzzle-loading gun stands on this formid- able craft's bow. The weapon is not capable of being fired, however. Son Jose de Guatemala is protected by a battery of Krupp cannon that might make it warm for any ship the Mexicans have, except the Zaragosa. The Burglar Escaped. Residents of Mount Pleasant will soon ask for better police protection, and Con- gress may be asked to give an increase to the force to give the city the benefit of as many additional men as are now detailed at various places, some of whom are guard- ing government buildings. Several rob- beries have been committed in the neigh- berhood during the past few weeks, and last evening another attempt was made. This time the daring burglar was on the roof at the residence of Mr. Le Roy Tut- tle, on Columbia road. The members of the family were at dinner at the time, end Mr. John Nymark, who was a guest at the house, went out the rear door to in- vestigate a suspicious noise, and when he got outside he saw the supposed would-be burglar on the roof of the porch, but the burglar was quick at drawing a pistol, and a@ threat that he would use it if Mr. Nymark did not move had the desired effect, and he left the caast clear for the burglar to escape. It is thought that the intruder was a tramp, and it is possible that he may be captured. as In the Criminal Court. George Curtis entered a plea4of guilty to a charge of housebreahing when arraigned today before Judge Cole in Criminal Court No. 2. He was sentenced to imprisonment for ten years in the penitentiary at Albany. James Howard, alias Buddy Howard, ad- mitted that he was guilty of larceny, and was given a sentence of three years. A colored lad, thirteen years of age, named John Ford, was sent to the reform school during minority for housebreaking. Pleas of not guilty were entered by the following when erraigned: Charles Sykes, larceny; William Woody, larceny from the person, and James H. Williams, alias James H. Glenn, second offense, petit larceny. —_—_— Had a Cape. William Wood and Sam Dyson, colored, were tried in the Police Court today for larceny under circumstances which made the offense a grand jury case. It was charged that they etole a coachman’s bear- skin cape. The owner learned of the where- abouts of the stolen article through a pub- lication tn The Star. When arrested the defendants were trying to sell the cape. Judge Miller held them in $500 each for the grand jury. ns “Gospel Hymns” Are “Musical Hys- terics.” From the Chicago Tribune. Francis Walker, a New York basso, gave a lecture and recital yesterday afternoon at the University of Chicago. He spoke on “What Music to Avoid.” Mr. Walker said in part: “I must beg you to beware of the weakening diet of gospel hymns and kindred productions. I speak more espe- cially of the gospel hymns because they form the greater part of the deleterious stuff tending to demoralize and undermine the work of good music; they are not mu- sic; they are a species of musical hysterics. ‘The writers and publishers of the poiso: ous stuff have so much to answer for that one can only pray that their responsibility is lessened by their ignorance.”" The speak- er declared the composers of “such stuff” could not be musicians. £ —eoe-—_ Senator Cantor’s Report. ‘The minority report of Senator Cantor of the Lexow committee, which was submit- ted to the New York senate yesterday, proposes that the mayor shall appoint the pclice commission, and that the department have power to examine into all matters affecting the department, so that there shall be no recurrence of the evils found to have existed. SCHEDULE FINISHED President Young Completes His Annual Task, REPORTED EFFORTS FOR FRED PFEFFER Distributing the: Much Prized *tSouvanir! Tickets. LATEST BASE" BALL GOSSIP President N. H. Young has completed a draft of the playing schedule for the com- ing season, and he will submit it at the spring meeting of the league, to be held in New York the latter part of next month. The work was accomplished after three days of seclusion in the country, with only the official records of past seasons for a companion. Of course, Mr. Young regards the schedule as sacred until it is presented to the league for approval, and he has it locked up in the safe deposit company, where it is guarded night and day. In‘the west, as in the east, an effort has been made to schedule the opening games in the southern cities, as usual, in order to avoid the chilly weather that lingers until about May 1. For instance, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville will undoubtedly open the championship season on the home grounds. Cincinnati is likely to have either Cleveland or Pittsburg for the opening series. Chicago will probably trot out Don- ohue, Everett, Stewart and the other new men secured by “Uncle Anson” in the open- ing series in St. Louis. That would leave either Pittsburg or Cleveland to cross sticks with the remodeled “Louisvillians.” The burning of the Baltimore grand stand and the announcement that Philadelphia's new grand stand will not be completed be- fore May 1 may render it necessary to open up the eastern series at Washington, New York and Boston. In that event Washing- ton will have Philadelphia, the champion Baltimores will go to New York and the Brooklyns and Hostons will compete for first blood at the “hub.” Of course, the league has ample authority to revise and amend the draft of the sched- ule that Mr. Young has prepared, but he feels that his work will be acceptable after he has had an opportunity to explain it. He says he has endeavored to deal fairly with all the clubs, Some of them are natu- rally looking for the best end of such dates as Decoration day, Fourth of July and La- bor day, hence it is almost impossible to satisfy every one. The clubs that had the best of those important dates last season must take the short end of the stick this season, and the clubs that had the small end last year will have the choice this year. Thus an effort has been made to even up the assignments with a view to the bus- iness end of the situation, as shown by the official records of the league. In some in- stances Mr. Young traced the records back as far as the season of 180, in order that no injustice may be done when the distribu- tion of the “prize dates” is made. “Connie” Mack, the elongated captain- manager of the Pittsburg Club, was in Washington during the pres week to negotiate with Tom Kinslow, whose serv: ices are needed‘in ‘the “smoky city. “Connie” is the same quiet, good-natured fellow he was wlien be first came to V ington from Hartford, with his running mate, Gilmore, the pitcher. They were known professionally as the “splinter bat- tery.” Mack is still In his prime and can play winning ball; bet Gilmore has retired frcm the diamond and is now punching fares on a loca) street car line. Mack says Tom Kinslow will help out nicely in Pittsburg if his release can be secured from Brooklyn. Tom is frequently seen on Penn- sylvania avenue ‘miryling with Senators, sentatives, eabinet officers and other rians wending their way to the Capi- Tom looks to be in excellent condl- tol. tion, excepiing that he is carrying a little too much flesh. the February meeting “President ng will deliver to the representative of each league club a little package contain- ing ten!souvenir tickets, which entitle hold- ers to admission to any league grounds. Each club is limited to ten tickets of that kind, hence there is a lively demand for them. They are generally presented to per- scus whom the management of the vzrious clubs desire to specially honor. Senators German and Hill, two thirty-third degree “reoters,” held tickets of this charactor last season, through the courtesy of Presi- dent Young. Ichn Depenet, president of the Erie, Pa., Ciub, in acknowledging the receipt of $500 paid by Earl Wagner for the release of Second Baseman Nicholson, pays a high ccmpliment to this player. Mr. Depenet says Nicholson is not only an excellent ball player, but he is always a gentleman cn the field and a credit to the profession. President Young says he does not know anything about the reported negotiations geing on for the reinstatement of Fritz Pfeffer. Mr. Young states that the spe- cial committee appointed to consider the cases of Pfeffer, Barnie and Buckenburger completed its labors and adjourned on New Year day. Pfeffer was given until January 1 to make his peace with the league, and failing to do so, the special committee has no jurisdiction in the matter, and his only redress 1s at the hands of the league. Umpire Betts, one of the “fixtures” on the league staff, is getting into form for the coming season referee‘ng in-door con- tests at basket ball. This game is ex- ceedingly popular among the athletic clubs, and it is equally as exciting as foot ball. There is a regular Basket Ball League in this city, made up of teams from the Co- lumbia_ ‘Athletic Club, the Washington Light Infantry, the Washington Athletic Club and the Carroll Institute. Mr. Betts is an enthusiastic admirer of the game. If it was not so rough he claims that it would afford excellent exercise for ball players during the winter season. Harry Mace, a local pitcher, who has been given several trials in league company by the Washington club, has caught on in the Southern League, and he expects to leave for the “sunny south” in a few days. News of the Ball Players. Tommy Dowd has signed with St. Louis. ‘The movement to trade him for Hassamer has’ fallen through. Theodore Brietenstein, the Browns’ great south-paw twirler, has received an offer of $1,800 from President Von der Ahe for the coming season, but he says that it will not do, and that he has informed the Browns’ president to that effect. » In the annual report of President Stucky to the stockholders of the Louisville Club he says that Barnie has been entirely loyal to the Louisville Club, and in retiring car- ried with him their cordial good will and esteem. Jack Milligan, managing the Allentowns, is arranging a series of games with the Boston, Baltimore, New York and Phila- delphia National League teams prior to the opening of the season. Some of the papers are referring to Nich- olson, now of Washington, but late of Erie, as a “young blood.”~ Nicholson may be a trifle new to some of the National Leaguers, but he has been playing pro- fessional ball for a good many years, never- theless, and was once tried by St. Louis. The Sporting Life says that Mercer pitch- ed last season for $000. As he has been offered an increase of $600, his saldry will be only $1,500, which is hardly commensu- rate with the fulsome praise bestowed on Mercer by those who just now are de- nouncing him for his hesitation to sign. Old “Cy” Duryea, who pitched here in *93, may play with Jack Milligan this year. ‘Anson, so stories run, has some original notions regarding players. He has hung onto Jiggs Parrott three seasons, when every crank in Chicago was clamoring for the poor fellow’s wool. “Jiggs is a good ball player,” was all the old man would say. The Cleveland ball tossers are to get in shape in the gymnasium of the Cleve- land Athletic Club. They will be the only league team not to go south, but probably will be just as well off in the end. Ted Larkin of Reading will play with Allentown, providing he and Al. Johnson can settle their personal differences. Other- wise Larkin will go to Hazleton. — Ed Dugdale of last season’s Washington Club is wanted for manager and captain of the Peoria, Ill, Club. Cincinnatis’ new manager, “Buck” Ew- ing, is empowered to strengthen the fences, and behind him is the capital and earnest co-operation of the club directory. He claims to have several important deals on. Doescher, Snyder, Swartwood and, per- haps, Gaffney will be on the Eastern League staff of umpires when the season opens. It has been definitely settled that Bing- hamton will have a base ball team next season, that city having been admitted to membership in the New York State League of Base Ball Clubs at a conference held in Albany Thursday. The circuit agreed upon is as follows: Albany, Troy, Amster- dam, Johnstown, Gloversville, Schenectady, Elmira_and Binghamton. The Pittsburg Base Ball Club has traded Pitcher Gumbert to the Brookiyn Ball Club in exchange for Catcher Tom Kins- low. There was no money consideration in the deal. Davis has not sent out contracts to any of the New York players yet, and he is at a loss to know how Stafford signed one. James probably took a blank one home with him when the season ended. Mask’s Great Run on the Island. The features of the racing at the Alexan- der Island track yesterday were the ruling off of James Shannon, one of the owners of El Telegrafo, and, the running of Mask in the fourth race. Mask got off badly, but Clare, although twenty lengths behind at the last turn, kept steadily at work, and landed his first mount since his reinstate- ment first by a length or more. Fourteen bookmakers accommodated the spectators, and as three favorites and two second choices won, the men on the boxes finished a bad second. The winners were: Berwyn, even money; Walcott, 6 to 5; Wheeloski, 2 to 1; Mask, 5 to 2, and Belwood, 2 to 1. Won the Championship. Ed. Atherton of Rochester, N. Y., last night won the American middle-weight championship and a purse of $250 by de- feating Peter Schumacher of Cleveland, Ohio, in two falls of five minutes and forty seconds and five minutes and ten seconds, respectively. After the match he announced his acceptance of the challenge frem Tom McMahon of Detroit Athletic Club, to take place in Rochester within four weeks. —— SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI. Dr. Elliott Cones’ Interesting Lee- ture at the Cosmos Club. Dr. Elliott Coues’ lecture last evening was extremely interesting. He discussed in a masterly manner the early discoveries of the sources of the Mississippi, review- ing briefly the visits of the French voy- agers and trappers, the expedition of Gen. Cass and Capt. Pike, that of Nicollet and Lieut. Allen, with Schoolcraft, and finally describing briefly the anomalous and (so far as the lecturer was concerned) anony- mous Capt. Glazier, who attempted to em- blazon his name upon a region already dis- covered and mapped. The audience. was much amused at his’ account of how Schooleraft coined words from syllables or initial letters of his own name and the names of friends. The lecture next week “will be by Prof. Wm. M. Davis of the physical geography laboratory of Harvard University, on “The Seine, the Mei trated by lantern slides, Among the many newly elected members of the society are Mr. Justice Harlan of the Sup: ne Court, Bishop John J. Keane of the Catholic Univer Gen. Aifred Pleasanton, United States army, and Dr. Don Horacio Guzman, minister of Nica- ragua. The society has today issued a new cal- endar, corrected to date, and carrying the program to the end of the present season, 77. together with a new season ticket e members. The Program. The program ts as follows: The present resources of the society en- able it to carry on three series of lectures, each by eminent authorities or special- ists, well illustrated by maps, diagrams or lantern slides. These three series are as follo 1. Popular lectures, In National Rifles’ Hall, alternate Friday gvenings, 8 to 9:15 p.m.; 2. Technical lectures, in Cos- mos Hall, alte e Friday evenings, 8 to ; 3. Illustrated afternoon lecture: Colurabian University, Mondays and Fr days in Lent. In addition to these courses May of lectures arrangements have been made for a reception at the Arlington Hotel, Wednesday, March 20, 9 to 11 p.m., the object of which is to encourage int- ance and good-fellowship amongst mem- bers of the society and their guests; and for an excursion and field meeting at Fred- ericksburg, Va., Saturday, May 4, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., when members and their friends ill pay a visit by special train to that historic region, with every facility for a brief study of its geography, geology and battlefields—Freder' Chancellors- ville, the Wilderness, Z The society has now le its office at 1515 H street northwest, op- posite the Cosmos Club, and convenient of access to all of its members, and with in- creased membership it is hoped soon to establish a library and map room, as well as to raise still higher the standard of its meetings and publications. a THE SEVENTH AGAIN BUSY. A Company Surprises a Mob of Over 500 at Brooklyn. At Greenspoint, Brooklyn, yesterday, where, as described in The Star, a howl- ing mob surrounded a blockaded car, Fa- ther P. T. O'Hare of St. Anthony’s Church had given Mayor Schieren an assurance that he would be responsible for the main- tenance of order. In his zeal to keep his agreement, he persuaded the new motor- man to leave his car in order to remove the cause of the trouble. Then he read to the mob a message from Mayor Schiefen, say- ing that unless order was preserved he would have to send militia. The crowd then dispersed, and the stalled cars were run back to the depot, but no further at- tempt to run them was made for the day. The trouble at Maspeth was temporarily settled by the strikers winning over the non-union men. All cf the non-union men subscribed to an oath that they would not again enter the company’s employ while the strike lasted. When the soldiers arrived, sixty men of treop A, the strikers, who had taken the ncn-union workmen prisoners to the fire house, surrendered the building. The succeeding formal entry into. the town of the invading troops was the most stupendous military spectacle ever wit- nessed in Maspeth. Silently and majestically the troopers rede on, while not a piece of chinaware fell in their ranks until the depot was reached, when picket lines were posted, and the prisoners under strong guard were escorted into the car shed. It was intended to start a car immediate- ly, but as only one of the motormen had succeeded in escaping from the strikers, end he refused to act, the plan was aban- doned, and there remained nothing for Capt. Roe to do but to evacuate the town, which he did in good order, without the Joss of a single man. As soon as the troops had gene the sheriff solemnly warned the prisoners not to mis- behave again and discharged them from custody. The surrender of the prisoners had a pacifying effect on the inhabitants, and when, half an hour later, the sheriff de- parted, leaving his ttle army of deputies cn guard in the depot, peace reigned again in Maspeth. A little after 5 o’clock a car bound for Ridgewood was stopped at Gates avenue and Hamburg street by obstructions on the track. The trolley rope was cut and the bell pulled as a signal to start. ‘The motorman obeyed the bell and away went the car. The two policemen on the car were power- less to cope with the mob, who succeeded in pulling the motorman off the car, and allowed it to run wild for several blocks before the policemen could shut off the power. While the car was flying through the street {t was pelted with stones by men and women from the sidewalks. ‘Capt. Nesbitt was sent down with com- pany B, seventh regiment. The militia found a mob of over 500 persons, and charged it. They also took three men prisoners and took them to camp at Ridge- ‘ood. “During the disturbance many windows in the vicinity were opened and filled with spectators. Capt. Nesbitt save orders to close them, but a stubborn refusal was persisted in. He then gave orders to a squad of seven men to fire, and the sound of musketry rang through the streets. Twenty shots were fired and the militia kept up the charge. Saloons, stores ud yards were cleared out by the soldiers. This concluded the trouble at that spot. and the Moselle,” ee OATS — Save Dentists’ Bills, Doctors’ Bills and Butchers’ Bills by eating a bowl of delicious QuAKER Oats for breakfast. A pleasant economy. — Sold only in a Ib. Packages. MINISTER WILLIS’ ACCOUNT. The Recent Outbreak of the Royalists in Hawaii. The Secretary of State has made public a portion of the advices received last Thursday from Minister Willis at Hono- lulu. Under date ef January 11, Mr. Willis gives the following; account of the revolu- tionary outbreak which started on the 6th instant: “A& squad of government police (Hawa- flan), accompanied by Deputy Marshal Brown,Mr. C. L Carter and several others, undertook a search for arms on the prem- ises of a half-white named Bertelmann, who resides on Waikiki Beach, ubout five miles from the center of the city. The searching party was fired on by royalists secreted in a boat house near by, resulting in the wounding of several policemen and the death of Mr. Charles L. Carter. Mr. Carter was a prominent lawyer, a member of the commission which visited Washing- ton in the spring of 1893, and had held ny other responsible positions. His death seems to be universally regretted. After more firing, the royalists retreated to the crater of an extinct volcano, Dia- mond Head, from which they were the fol- lowing day dislodged by the government forces. They are today reported to be sur- rounde¢ in the adjoining mountains, with- out supplies and reduced to thirty men. “On the morning of the 7th instant mar- tial law was declared, since which prob- ably sixty citizens have been arrested. Among them are three ex-attorneys gen- eral and other prominent persons repre- senting various nationalities. Many of these arrests have been, as the govern- ment officers state, ‘precautionary.’ I have the assurance of the attorney general that the cases of United States citizens under arrest will be promptly investigated and justly dealt with. Character of the Insurgents. “In the telegram I have quoted the re- mark of President Dole that he was grati- fied at the absence from port at this time of any national ship. It gave his govern- ment, he said, an opportunity to prove its ability to take care of itself, which, if once done, would most probably insure perma- nent peace. Similar views, as I have here- tofore reported, were expressed by Minister Hatch, when the Philadelphia was about to depart. “The number of royalists under arms was not probably half as large as first reported; of foreigners (white) there are not half a dozen. Their leaders are well known here: Nowlein is a half-white, who at the time of the rev jon of 18838 was commander- in-chief of the queen’s forces. Since then he has beep captain of a volunteer body- guard to her. Wilcox is a half-caste Ha- waiian, was educated at the Royal Artil- lery School at Turin, and there married a cousin of Prince Colonna. He was the leader of the revotution of 1889. The feel- ing, indicated by the newspaper slips in- closed, is for extreme measures against all involved, but thus far nothing has been don ee PLATT DEFENDS HIMSELF. The Ex-Senator Declares That He is for Reform. Ex-Senator Platt of New York has issued a statement in reply to the attacks upon him by various political reform orgaal- zations. He says: “With the indulgence of the newspapers I should like to call at- tention to certain views of certain interest- ing matters. I know with what impatience the mere fact of my venturing to express an occasional opinion is received by some kind friends, and how they fling up their hands and cry out: ‘Who is this man? Why, heaven save us, he’s a hay-seeder. He comes from Tioga county. Is thy ser- vant a dog that he should hearken unto a man from Tioga county? Not on thy life.” And then they bite one another and proceed to have a fit on the highway.” Mr. Platt goes on to say that imme- diately after the November election he an- nounced what his position was regarding reform legislation, He favdred a power of removal bill, ballot reform and a radical reorganization of the police department. “But,” says he, “I did not stop the clamor. That went noisily on, Dr. Parkhurst lead- ing the discordant orchestra. Every suc- ceeding day hus made the fact clearer that these people are not really concerned about the fate of reform bills in the legis- lature, nor about securing to Mxyor Strong full opportunity to accomplish the good re- sults that his election was meant to bring. ‘They consist, on the one hand, of mug- wumps and democrats, who wish to em- broil the republican party i a frater- nal war as will render its success in 1896 impossible, and, on the other hand of re- publican factionists who want to control the republican orgenization, and who are willing to break down the party if they can’t have their way.” In concluding, Mr. Platt says: “All is not gold that glitters. Neither is all re- form that takes the name of reform. There has grown up, since the election, a vicious spirit of intolerance on the part of some people who think themselves pe- culiarly related hat event. Without any special conside » of the practical prob- lems of legislat od with a long record behind them of Yerence to public af- fairs, they have it into their heads that any hastily contrived plan of regeneration which they may put together is necessarily the perfect flower of human wisdom, and that anybody who ventures to raise a doubt of that fact {s bound to be a rogue in league with the flesh and the devil.” THE NICARAGUA CANAL, The Senate Yesterday Passed the Bill by a Vote of 31 to 21. The Senate passed the Nicaragua bill at 6:20 o'clock last evening by a vote of 31 to 21. The success ef the bill was made certain at 5 o'clock, when, as a test vote, an amendment offered by Mr. Vest, who was avowedly hostile to the measure, was rejected by a vote of 24 to 29. The gen- eral debate on the bill had ceased when the five-minute rule was put in force at 2 o’clock, according to agreement, and Mr. Turpie immediately tled the Senate up in a hard knot by objecting to votes being taken on any amendments until 5 o'clock. So for three hours there was a very ridic- ulous wrangle over the interpretation of the rules and the unanimous-consent agreement. There were upward of a dozen votes taken before the final roll call. The only amendment offered by the opponents to the pill that succeeded on a vote was one by Mr. Wolcott stipulating that the money of the government should be paid out in liquidation of the indebtedness of the ca- nal company only at the rate of a dollar WHY SUFFER FROM RUPTURE ROBERTS PROC! H. of this city, hernia, writes: pletely. cured me. Hosts of others offer similar testimonials, Both sexes attended. Free consultation, NATIONAL HERNIAL INSTITUTE, Wesbington Opposite Trance, T4210 St., igi Wouse. ja26-14eo for each deMiar of attual expenditure upon the canal. This was agreed to by a vote of 27 to 19. Mr. Frye introduced an amend- ment to the de . to, prevent the organization’ of a construction company within the canal corporation. He stipu- lated that the work should be done by a series of contracts let to parties without pecuniary interest in the scheme. Mr. Wolcott suggested a further provi which was accepted, that the aggregate 0: the accepted bids’ for the construction should not exceed $70,000,000. The amend- ment so framed“was atopted without @ vote. Mr. Wolcott*securef “assent “without di- vision to a proviso that the materials for the canal should be purchased in the Unit- ed States, Nicaragua or Costa Rica. Mr. Peffer could*ndt even secure a roll call on an eight-hour American labor amendment, which went spinning to the waste basket. Substitutes forthe bill were offered by Senators Power, Pasco, Stewart and Tur- pie, and all rejected. The vote on that of Mr. Turpie, which was understood to rep- resent the greatest.strength of the opposi- tion, was taken last, and resulted in 21 yeas and 30 nays.. The fitial vote on the bill resulted thus: Yeas—Messrs. Aldrich, Allison, “Burrows, Butler, Cameron, Chandler, Cullom, Faulk- ner, Frye, Gallingér,” Gitison,'Gorman,Hale, Hoar, Hunton, McMillan,, Mander- = eS! FOR gon, Morgan, Murphy, att, Power, Pritchard. Proctor, Pug Ransom, Squlté-Waten Witte, Wilson ot, Nays—Messrs. Allen, Blackburn, Blanch- ard, Caffery, Call, Cockrell, Daniel, Davis, George, Gray, Hil. Irby, Jones of Arkan- sas, kyle, Mills, Palmer, Peffer, Pettigrew, Turpie, Vilas, Wolcott—21. The affirmative vote was cast by eleven democrats and,twenty republicans, and the negative vote by fifteen democrats, three republicans and three populists. ee Be a The sittings of~the Greek chamber of deputies have been suspended for a fort- night in order to give the new ministry time to get accustomed. to..the affairs of their offices. Pet a without the knifeand without pain. Clumsy, chaf- ing trusses ean be thrownaway! They never cure but often induce inflam- mation, | ujation and death. TUM arian, Fibroid (Uterine) UMS and many gthers,are now removéd nihone the ‘perils of cut- DE O) xs PIL o RS, Fistula an other diséagés Of the lower bowel, aro permanently cured without pain or resort to the khife. “ STONE 2 te, Bladder. no. matter how” large, is crushed, pul- verized, moved without ct washed out and perfectly re- STRICTURE of Urinary ts also removed without cu m0 in hundreds of cases. For phiet, references and-all Teaching Fish to.Swim Is absurd—just 2s much so as teaching sensitle persens the value-of therongh, scientific treatment in ccring nasal, throat and ear diseases. Superficial persons may think a. suipsog tgeatment will do just us well us a thorough ont.” am w speclalist in these troubles, and in these alone. When I was a general practitioner I treited every disease, and a so-called specialist who treats everything is no more than a gefieral practitkwer. I have made the reputation, which has lasted several years, being at the Head of-my class, Not only that, originated reasonable prices and free consultations Sey poor are treat a th as regards price (which is the lowest) and pervigg (which is the best). MR. 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