Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1895, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, * 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newsnaper Company, S. H. KAUFI MANN, Pres’t. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. Pee atlTRE, The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the ity by carriers, om their own account, at 10 cents © month. Copies at the Me y mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada postage prepald—30 cents per month. Faturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with ign postage added, $2.00, (Entered at the Post Office at W: €8 second-class mail matter.) [FAN mall subscriptions must be patd tn advance. Te tising made known on applivation. ington, D. C., Che LZven re q Star. No. 13,082. WASHINGTON, D.C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Be proof of te pudding is in Be eafing. Yesterday's Star contained 41 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 536 separate announce: ments. TSese advertisers fought pubficifp—not merefp space, NO SIGN OF HER YET The Missing Gascogne Has Not Been Sighted. asic met OTHER VESSELS THAT ARE OVERDUE er Hopes That Centered in the Eng- land Frustrated. aac WASHINGTONIANS ON BOARD a = NEW YORK, February 7.--The French Ine steamer La Gascogne, from Havre, Is four days over It is now the general belief among steamship people that some part of her machinery has broken down, and that having made temporary repairs she fs proceeding ly toward port. Hav- ing only two masts ske could net spread * any great quantity of canvas, consequent- ly her speed would met be greatly in- creased if sail had been hoisted to assist her progress. Should her machinery be so disabled as to be completely useless for the time being, she would be obliged to use her sails, and in the teeth of the north- west winds that have prevailed for some t she could make little if any hite Star Iine steamer Teutonic, rpool and Queenstown, was due yesterday morning, to eq cord, but had not been re- <+ ported at 10:10 today. She is therefore thirty-three hours behind her record. The thorght that she has fallen in with the Gascogne and has taken her in tow Is somewhat strengthened by her non-ar- rival. An tmmense field of ice drifted down the bay with the ebb tide this morning. This fee was so heavy nd compact that in- ward-tound steemers and ferry boats going up the bay found much diftieulty in getting through it. At 11 a.m., off quarantine, the bed from the Staten Island to the Long Islend shore. The following transatlantic passenger at this port: La steamers are overdue Gaseogne, four d: 5 ‘s '¥ Meniteba, three days; Rhyland, two days. ‘The hope that the steamer England, which arrived this morning, would bring some word of La Gascogne has proved fallacious. The England reports having sighted but one vessel en route, and that a German steamer bound east. ‘Three Days Overdae. HALIFAX, N.S., February 7.—The steam- er Alpha is three days overdue from Ber- muda, a most unusual thing for this boat, which should have been on the coast Mon- day. Probably she met the strong north- west gales of the past three days. It is possible that the Alpha may have some- thing to report of the overdue La Gas- cogne. The steamer Laracod, from New York, is also overdue. The Cephalonia All Right. QUEENSTOW February 2—The Cu- nard line steamer Cephalonia, Capt. Se- comb, from Boston, January 26, for Liver- * pool, passed Brow Head at 11:55 this morning, about fifty-six hours behind her stated time. Shipwreek Off Scotland. LONDON, february 7.—The storms which have been so severe, impeding traffic recently throughout Great Britain, are be- coming more severe. The highlands of Scotland are completely isolated, and all the railroads are biccked with snow. An unknown vessel has foundered off Port Patrick, Scotland, with the loss of seven lives, and a two-masted steamer, having white smokestacks, with a black band areund them, is ashore on the Isle of Man. ‘The river Thames is frozen over at Chel- sea, and the Schekit, at Antwerp, is cov- ered with ice. At Antwerp the ther- momeier registered fifteen degrees below zero, the lowest point recorded for twenty years. In Wales thousands of people are out of work or. account of the severe weather. Washingtoninns on Board. Mr. George W. McLanahan, Mrs. and Miss McLanahan of 1601 2Ist street, this city, are among the passengers on La Gas- cogne. Their names appeared in the list of passengers printed in yesterday's Star es Lanahan. They have been abroad for over a year. Mr. McLanahan, jr., went over to New York to meet his parents and sister. ages INTERESTING DIPLOMATIC CASES. The State Department's Volume on Foreign Relations for 1804. The State Departmént has begun the preparation of the volume on foreign rela- tions for 18$4 A new order of arrange- ment has been adopted, which will doubt- less very much facilitate reference to cases and diplomatic incidents, and instead of exhibiting correspondence by countries chronologically arranged, the plan has been adopted of separating the correspond- ence relating to each place into chapters. It has already in press the correspondence relating to Argentina and Austro-Hungary. In the first case this exhibits an effort on the t of our government to induce the republic to join in the international copy- right act, which, however, does not ap- pear as yet to have commended itself to the Argentina people. There is also in- cluded much correspondence touching the new Argentine tariff, by which most favor- able terms are volurtarily accorded to im- ports from the United States in return for the concessions of free wool made in our present tariff act. Im the case of Austro-Ilungary, the cor- respondence is almost entirely devoted to the subject of the United States citizens and army service in Austria. There were several of these troublesome cases dur- ing the past year, the most noted being that of John Lenich, a naturalized citizen of the United States, who, returning to Austria, was impressed into the military service. In the ease of Benich, who was @ resident of Chicago, although a native of Austria, the Austrian government made the peint that the man by protracted ab- sence in Austria during the five years when he was required by our law to re- side in this country as a condition to nat- uralization, was never entitled to such nat- uralization, and so remained a subject of Austria. The correspondence in his case closes with a reauest by Austria that the superior court of Cook county, Ill, call Benich to show cause why his cer- of naturalization should not be ed upon the ground above stated. 3e that may be of some inter- lited States was that of David Hoffmann who emigrated from Australia to i States at the age of nineteen, uralized and returned to Austria 4, with pro passports. He was 1 to leave the country within eight for reasons of public welfare, and “because It ears contrary to public and order that persons who have led the military law in this manner so- jcurn in this country.” As there was no refusal on the part of Austria to recognize his naturalization, our State Department , upon was obliged to admit the justice of his ex- ulsion, ing the right of a country to Keep out obnoxious citizens for reasons which to itself may seem suffictent. Ea a A ASSERTION Personal Kention. Marshall McDenald, member of the United States fish commission, {fs in Talla- hassee, gathering an exhibit of southern fish for the Atlanta exposition. Mr. George Kent.an was among the recent arrivals at the Hotel Green, Pasadena, Cal. FOUL AIR AT THE CAPITOL Some Surprising Things Discovered by the Committee on Ventilation. Tons of Old Documents Rotting in the Basements—Bad Air in the Mouse Restaurant Kitchen. The investigation of the management of the architect's office of the Capitol is fur- rishing considerable occupation and some surprising revelations to the committee on ventilation and acoustics, which is conduct- ing it. The prime movers in the inquiry are Chairman Shell of the committee and Rep- resentative Walker of Massachusetts. Every morning they make a tour of the subterranean passages under the Capitol, accompanied by a stenographer who re- cords the questions which are put to em- ployes and their answers, as well as the comments made by Mr. Walker and other members, some of which will make decided- ly spicy reading when the report is printed. It has been generally understood that the sanitary condition of the Capitol was not good, and it is certain that the atmosphere pumped into the House is deficient in oxy- gen, but all the causes which affect the heaith of members have not before been realized. One of the most conspicuous fac- tors in tainting the air has been discovered to be the storage of old public documents which fill the basements. There are hun- dreds of tons of these books and pamphlets printed at the government printing office and assigned to members for circulation among their constituents, but never used. They have been accumulating for years, and, as is now discovered, rotting in the dampness which pervades the lower cellars of the great building. Bad Odor of Ola Documents. Col. Richard Bright, the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, told the committee that in some parts of the Senate basements decay- ing papers were piled four feet deep, while the board floors under them are also rot- ting. So dense was the odor from the piles that workmen could not stay there longer than half an hour without becoming sick, and were obliged to step out into the fresh air at frequent intervals. One member of the House testified that when a load of documents which had laid in storage for some months, and which he sent for, was dumped in his office, the odor from them was so intense that it compelled him to leave. Perhaps the most interesting facts brought to light were in connection with the House restaurant, which was investigated this week. Mr. Thomas Murray, the keeper, has complained of the _ limited xitchen facilities allowed him for the estab- lishment, so the committee visited the kitchen. They found it in the subcellar underneath the House, adjoining the Turk- ish baths, which are used by the members regularly. The vapor from these baths fills the kitchen constantly, keeping it at such an intense heat that Mr. Murray said the employes are often ill The restaurant keeper said, in reply to a question from Mr. Walker, that he would not eat food himself which stood in the kitchen three minutes after being cooked. A Thorough House Cleaning Assured. ‘The investigation has practically just be- gun, and promises to be a thorough one. Last s2ss'on there was a movement to se- cure overhead ventilation for the House of Representatives in place of the floor reg- isters, through which the air is now pumped, and which are kept lined with cigar stubs and waste paper, and ha- bitually used as cuspidors. This change may be effected during the recess as a re- sult of this inquiry, and, at any rate, a thorough house cleaning of the Capitol is assured. It is expected that the new print- ing bill now in force will put a stop to the waste of documents, so that they will not accumulate in the future as they have. SSS eee BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Col. Wilsen’s Report of Operations During Last Month. Col. John M. Wilson has made a report to Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, of oper- ations on public buildings and grounds during the month of January. Minor re- pairs were made to the roof and heating apparatus of the White House and some additions were made to the tableware for use at state dinners. The Washington monument was maintained in good condi- tien. During the month 10,706 persons ascended to the top of the shaft, 7,952 by the elevator, and 2,754 by the stairway, making a total of 1,045,009 persons who have ascended the monument since it was frst opened to the public, on October 9, 1888S. The sum of $46 was expended dur- ing the month for the removal of snow from the paths and sidewalks of the va- rious public reservations. These walks cover @ distance of about thirty miles, and an area of about forty-two acres. They have to be cleaned after every suow storm. More than one-half the appropriation for this purpose was expended during the past month, Considerable vandalism 1s reported to have occurred during the month in the park at the entrance of Ist street and Del- aware avenue, and in other public parks. Benches were broken and removed and the chain posts badly damaged In several in- stances. Col. Wilson says that these acts are purely malicious mischief. The pedes- tal of the statue of Gen. Greene in Stan- ton Park, which was badly stained, has been cleaned, under the direction of Mr. J. D. Free, without expense to the United States. Fair progress Is reported In the work of repairing and enlarging the government printing office. under the supervision of Col. Wilson. He says that every effort has been made to push forward this work dur- ing the month and that every moment was used during which brick could be laid. Owing to the heavy storms of snow, sleet and rain, much time was lost and occa- sionally leaks occurred requiring more or less attention. The iron and brick work of the east and west sections of the south- west fire-proof building has been nearly completed. Plans have been prepared and proposals invited for the new five-story fire-proof building to be erected between the southwest and south center buildings. Col. Wilson says that with fair weather he hopes to complete the work now in progress before the close of March. —_————_+ e+ ___. REAR ADMIRAL GREER. He WII Be Retired on the <Sth Inst.— Promotions to Follow. Rear Admiral Jas. A. Greer, the ranking officer of the navy, will be retired on the 28th instant. He is now on duty in this city as president of the naval examining and retiring board. He was recently suc- ceeded as chairman of the lighthouse board by Admiral Walker. His retirement will put Admiral Brown, commanding the Nor- folk navy yard, at the head of the navy, with Admirals Walker and Ramsay No. 2 and 3, respectively. It will atso promote Commodore Wm. A. Kirkland, command- ing the European squadron, to the full grade of admiral, and will make Capt. F. M. Bunce a commodore, and Commander P. F. Harrington a captain. “Admiral Greer was appointed to the navy from Ohio, and became a midshipman in 1848. During the war he held the rank of lieutenant commander, and then that of commander, and reached the grade of ad- miral in 1892. He has had over twenty years’ sea service, and about twenty-two years’ shore duty. His last sea duty was the command of the European squadron. It is his intention to take up his residence in this city. IN CONGRESS TODAY Mr. Mitchell’s Explanation of the Sugar Bounty Claims. SENT TO APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE The Closing Debate on the Ad- ministration’s Currency Bill. AMENDMENTS OFFERED SEAT Pt The credentials of Lucian Baker as Sena- tor from Kansas for the term beginning March 4 next were presented to the Senate today. A sequel to the spirited incident of the other day between Mr. Mitchell of Oregon and Mr. Harris of Tennessee occurred when the former presented an explanation of certain sugar bounty claims. Mr. Harris, looking rather serious, spoke of his objections the other day, but said he would not renew it. Mr. Mitchell said he was glad to hear the Senator admit that he had made a mistake. It looked for a moment as though the sparks might fly again, but Mr. Harris rose to reply and then sat down again, evidently ready to let the personal incident close. The Sugar Bounty Claims. Mr. Mitchell said the sugar bounty claims had brought out a difference of opinion in the claims committee. There were two propositions submitted. One was to pay in full the balance of the bounty earned up to the passage of the new tariff act, which repealed the bounty. The other was to pay one-half of the bounty for the year 1895, since the passage of the act. The majority of the committee believe in paying the amount of bounty earned prior to the act. They made a pro forma recommendation to that effect, not to the Senate, but to the appropriation committee. Mr. Mitchell said his personal view was that these claims were a legal obligation, as well as an equitable one. The aggregate of the claims for the bounty earned prior to the passage of the tariff act was $237,000. The commissioner ct internal revenue suggested $250,000 for meeting these claims. But the main claims were for one-half the bounty after the tariff act was passed. The total bounty would be about $15,' 000, and the claims for one-half would be $7,750,000. The total of claims before and after the tariff act would thus aggregate about $8,000,000. Mr. Blanchard (La) said these estimates were mere conjectures. The sugar pro- ducers questioied their correctness, Mr. Cockrell’s Protest. Mr. Cockrell (Mo.), chairman of the ap- propriation committee, protested against having these bounty claims “dumped” on the appropriation committee. Here was a question involving millions, he said. And yet the claims committee were afraid to assume responsibility and report the claims to the Senate. Instead of that they / tried to unload the responsibility for this big bounty question on the appropriation ccmmittee. Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Pesco declared there was no disposition to shirk respon- sibility or to “dump” the question on the apprcpriation committee without action. The claims were finally referred to the eppropriation committee. The Senate then passed \the bill regulat- ing the navigation and commerce of in- land waters of the United States, not in- cluding the great lakes and connecting waters. A Lottery Resolution. Mr. Call (Fla.) called up a resolution for a Senate investigating committee of al- leged irregularities by the Louisiana and Honduras Lottery Company in influencing elections and political conventions in Flor- ida. The Call resolution was summarily cut off by Mr. Blackturn’s motion to take up the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, which prevailed. The debate on the propo- sition for a cable to Hawaii was then re- sumed. Minister Thurston of Hawaii, accom- panied by Mrs. Thurston, were interested listeners in the diplomatic gallery. The Hawaiian Question Again. Mr. Teller (Col.) called attention to the latest dispatches from Hawaii showing that the British authorities there asserted their purpgse of protecting British citizens un- der any and all circumstances. The Sena- tor compared this with Secretary Her- bert’s orders that American citizens in Hawaii would receive no naval protection if they assisted in maintining the existing Hawaiian government. Mr. Gray (Del.) stated, as a legal propo- sition, that in the recent uprisings in Ha- waii the American citizens who participat- ed on one side or the other could not be called to account by this government. But they forfeited the right of protection for the results consequent upon their action. Mr. Frye suggested that the press reports today showed that Mr. Gray's legal pfopo- sition was not the one adopted by Great Britain. THE HOUSE. “The House met at 11 o’clock today. Some routine business was transacted before the debate on the bond bill was resumed. Bills were passed as follows: To give homesteaders preference rights at the open- ing of the abandoned Fort Jupiter military reservation, in Florida; to authorize the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon Bridge Com- pany to construct a wagon bridge across the Mississippi river at Sioux City; to pen- sion, at the rate of $50 per month, the widow of the late Brig. Gen. J. C. Kelton, late adjutant general U. S. A.; for the re- lief of Catherine Cain. The Tennessee Election. Mr. Grosvener (Ohio) asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a joint resolution for the appointment of a com- mittee to investigate the validity of the election in Tennessee last November. The resolution recited at length the allegations made by a large body of the citizens of that state that there was no legal elec- tion in that state for state officers, mem- bers of Congress and members of the leg- islature and instructed the committee to investigate and report to the first session of the next Congress whether there was a valid election fer members of Congress and if so, who had been elected. “I object to the consideration of that resolution,” shouted Mr. Cox (Tenn.). ‘“‘The Cae of Tennessee can take care of it- self.” The Currency Bill Debate. 'The House then went into committee of the whole and resumed the consideration of the administration bill to authorize the issue of $500,000,000 of guld bonds. The pending question was on the appeal from the decision of the chair, ruling the amendment of Mr. Bland (Mo.) out of or- der. The chair was sustained, 130—52. Mr. Brosius (Va.) offered an amendment providing that such bonds of the denomi- nation of $20, $0 and $10) as could be dis- posed of. should be deposited for sale with national banks, selected by the Secretary of the Treasury. Gen. Sickles for the Bill. Mr. Sickles (N. Y.) made an eloquent ap- peal for the passage of the pending bill. He believed, he said, that the deliberations of the House on this question marked an important epoch in the’ histery of this country. He was not a financier, he frankly admitted, but he desired to express his deep sense of the importance of this meas- ure and his solemn belief that the welfare and honor of his country were involved in today’s action upon it. He had had occa- sion to differ in the past with the executive, the choice of his own party, but he forgot those differences when he witnessed the brave, manly action of the President in the present financial crisis. Mr. Cleveland’s words were worthy of the most illustrious of our statesmen, and he forgot all in his admiration for Mr. Cleveland’s course on this question. This was not the time, he continued, to settle definitely and perma- nently the future of silver or of bank notes. It was a supreme moment in our history— such crises occurred in the history of all— when we must meet our obligations or de- fault. “If my long life,”’ he concluded, “largely devoted to the public service, entitles me to appeal to my colleagues to uphold the honor and integrity of our country, for God’s sake let us profit by this opportun- ity.” (Applause.) tS Mr. Kynum (ind.) based an appeal for the passage of the bill on some resolutions of the Indianapolis board of trade indors- ing the President’s recommendations. He declared that all countries, silver or gold, had to recognize the gold standard. If the United States should go on a silver basis tomorrow the gold standard would still obtain, and, recognizing this fact, he was willing to provide for it, and stipulate gold in_the bond. Mr. Strait (S. C.) created much amuse- ment while opposing the bill by describ- ing the degeneration’ of the republic and of Congress. If Washington could look in upon the House today, be said, “tears as big as mountains” would furrow his cheeks, and if John C. Calhoun could come down he would lash four-fifths of the mem- bers from the Capitol. Mr. Brosius’ amerdment, was agreed to. State Bank Tax Repeal Lost. An amendment offered by Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) to repeal the state bank tax was lost, without division. Mr. Livingston (Ga.) reoffered the Wheeler amendment, with the provision that the repeal should go into effect July 1, 1896. He stated thet the President fa- vored the repeal of the state bank tax, and on behalf of the 110 southern democrats appealed to the supporters of this bill to give them this crumb. ‘ Mr. Daniels (N. Y.) presented the resolu- tions adopted by the board of trade, bank- ers’ association and other commercial bod- les of Buffalo in favor of the pending bill. “Are these the same dssogiations,” asked Mr. Terry (Ark.) “which fopted resolu- tions in 184 to the effect that the repeal of the Sherman silver law would be fol- " replied Mr. Daniels Liv- Mr. Boatner (La.) supported Mr. ingston's amendment. Gece Livingston amendment was lost—81- Mr. Grosvenor’s Appeal. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) asserted that the ‘administration's only hope of relief for the treasury lay in getting republican votes, and he appealed yto the other side to withhold political schemes and try the experiment of patriotism Mr. Haugen (Wis.) offered an amend- ment to strike out the pfayisien, exclud- ing from the operation of seetion 3 (iu- thorizing national banks: to take out cir- culation up to the pay, yalue. of their bonds), outstanding bo! bearing but 2 per cent interest. ‘ Mr. Hendrix (N_X.) supported the amend- ment. Mr. Hauger’s amengment: Was agreed to without division. . Mr. Bell (Col) offered an amendment authorizing the bonds, issued by this bill to he sold for gold of silver, without dis- crimination, and to be payable in gold or silver. It was debated by Messrs. Lock- wood of New York, Springer of Illinois, Williams of Illinois and others, and w: lost, 74-106. Mr. Bryan (Neb.) called attention to the fact that although the republicans pro- fessed to be in favor of coin bonds, not ten of them had voted for the Bell amend- ment, and that Mr. Reed, who had himself introduced a substitute authorizing the issue of coin bonds, had yoted against it. e+ ____. THE FINANCIAL PROPOSITIONS. Expectation That They Will Be De- feated This Afternoon. Nearly all the leading men in the House of both parties, and regardless of their at- titude toward the measures under con- sideration, expect that the vote taken this afternoon will result in the defeat of all of the financial propositions to be voted on. The discussion today was decidedly adverse to action in its general tone and indica- tions. A very few men, among them Mr. Dingley and Mr. Quigg on the republican side and Springer on the democratic side, think that there may be a possibility that some sort of a measure might be patched up and put through. Most of those, how- ever, who are earnestly supporting the ad- ministration bill are without hope, and Mr. Reed does not expect the adoption either of his substitute or. the admimistration bill in any form. Mr. Livingstone announced on the floor of the House this morning that if the state bank tax repeal amendment were not adopted 110 democrats would vote against the bill. The Reed Substitute. The Reed substitute would be in a fair way to be adopted if the administration democrats could have been induced to sup- port it. Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle, however, are opposed to the substitute and the administration men on the floor are fighting it. Apparently this substitute opened the only avenue possible through which legis- lation could be had, and in refusing to sup- port it, the administration men have ap- parently cut themeslves off from all hove of action. The question is kept before the House in the mcst complicated manner pos- sible, and all efforts to simplify the ques- tion by reducing it to a single propositicn are resisted by those demotrats who are presumed to be most anxious for legisla- tion. All Possibility of Legislation Re- moved. Unless about three-fourths of the mem- bers of the House are deceived In their estimate of the situatiom the whole calen- dar of financial propositions will be wiped clean before the close of: the dmy and all possibility of legislation: will be removed. This close of the fight im Congfess is ex- pected to be followed tomorrow’ by a bond issue, but it is almost<certaim that the bonds will not be negotiated at private sale. ————-~-e-._—__ THE MINNEAPOSIS TRIAL. Hans Barlow Put on: to: Corroborate Buixt. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., February 7._The witness in the Hayward murder trial today was Hans Barlow Hans was present in ment of Ozark flats when Blixt cut * rail in two for Harry Hayward. He was put on by the gate to corroborate Blixt’s story of that transaction, and did so without ioe had Metra in any im- portant detail. He had helped Blixt cut the rail in two, and heard Hayward scold Blixt for cutting it inst@ad of simply bend- ing it. er ‘On cross-examination arf admission was drawn from him that hg had served a term in the workhouse. 1 The Cruiser Olympia. ‘The protected cruiser Olympia was put in commission at Mare Island, Cal., yester- day. She will probably be assigned to the Pacific station and in course of time will be made flagship of the flect, relieving the smaller cruiser Philadelphia of that duty. CARLISLE’S REPLY/'T Witt 8& COLPERIA WATER FAMINE His Opinion is Challenged on Both Sides of the Senate, THE TARIFF IN THE NEXT CONGRESS Democrats Think It Will Come Up to Plague the Republicans. PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH Secretary Carlisle’s official declaration that the new tariff law will soon justify itself, and that ample provision is made by it for the support of the government, is attracting more attention than appears on the surface of congressional discussion. In the Senate the opinion is challenged on both sides of the chamber. Neither Mr. Hill nor Mr. Gorman has been convinced, while among the republican Senators it is still insisted that more revenue is abso- lutely necessary. The Secretary’s com- munication ig so brief it admits of but little debate. Senators were expecting a detaile® statement, and some of them had prepared statements of their own, with the view of subjecting Mr. Carlisle’s figures to a rigid comparison. These statements, or some of them, may yet be submitted to the Senate, but the debate that had been forecast can- not, of course, take place. Did Mr. Car- lisle score one on the Senate by declining to furnish material for the further arraign- ment of the Wilson bill at this session? Several Supposes. But while the Secretary’s views are chal- lenged, these questions have presented themselves: Suppose they should prove to be correct? Suppose the Wilson bill does begin within the next few months to dis- appoint the expectations of its enemies? Suppose the trade of the coming fall should be large, and the warehouses of the im- porters in particular should be filled with foreign goods paying a handsome duty? Suppose this turn of the tide should be so pronounced by the time the Fifty-fourth Congress meets next December that simply on the score of revenue alone there would be no reason for disturbing the tariff? Wheat would be the republican policy in such circumstances? The republicans re- ply by saying that if any such bridge is in their path they will cross it when they come to it. Revenue reform democrats believe that the bridge is being built, and that genuine tribulation awaits the protectionists. They predict great confusion when the bridge is reached. The eastern republicans, with the factorics in their section all running satisfactorily under the new schedules, will naturally object to any reopening of the tariff question. They will insist that only a confessed deficit In the treasury could excuse such a step. They will speak In the name of business stability, and in- sist upon letting the tariff severely alone. But how will this strike the southern and western republicans, who have other inter- ests to subserve and are complaining of ill- usage on the part of those who framed the Wilson bill? The protectionists of Louisi- ana, the low-tariff men point out, are greatly dissatisfied with the present sugar duty. They much prefer the bounty paid under the McKinley bill and rejoiced in last year’s republican triumph because they in- terpreted it to mean a return, if not to the old condition of things, to one more to their liking than that imposed on them by the democrats. Their claims to this recog- nition are, it is held, certain to be pre- sented and insisted on. Can they be re- sisted? Coal and Iron Interests of the South. The coal and the iron interests of the Virginias, of Tennessee, and of Alabama, still complain of the reduction of the duty on coal and ores from 75 cents a ton to 40 cents. When the question was up in the House last winter they insisted that such a reduction would work serious injury to them. They afterward submitted to the reduction through their friends in Con- gress, but only for the reason that they were told that the choice was between 40 cents a ton and no duty at all. They ac- cepted the half loaf rather than go with- out bread. But the low-tariff men believe that these interests will be found knocking at the door of the next Congress for a res- toration of the old duty and that they will be strong enough if not heeded to make a great deal of trouble. They, like the sugar interests, accepted the November result as the promise of a return to old conditions, and, far more than the sugar interests, contributed to the size of the republican triumph. The swinging of West Virginia into the republican column and the great gains in Tennessee are ascribed to the in- fluence and acttvity of the coal and iron men, directed by Stephen B. Elkins. ‘The west is Gemanding the restoration of the duty on wool. The assertion 1s made that the placing of wool on the free list counted for more in last fali's campaign than any other factor, operating to place the republicans again in power in the new states beyond the Mississippi. The low tariff men are confident that this fight will be renewed, ard that the next Congress will find itself obliged to settle the ques- tion one way or the other. The Tariff Question Anyway. And now, as the free traders are asking, who shall say how great the task is that the ranvhlicans hava hafara tham? Tf thara is a deficit in the treasury the tariff ques- tion must be reopened, for the raising cf Ticre revenue wis, make (nai imperative. If there is no deficit the necessity will yet remain of satisfying those who feel that they have a claim on the party, and will present their case to Congress with all of the influence they can command. The sugar men, the coal men, the iron men and the wool men are all dissatisfied with the tariff as it now stands and are all expected to exert themselves toward effecting changes in their own interests. Can New England prevent this? Will she even try, when the pinch comes? The democrats ere expecting to realize some capital for the presidential campaign as the result of what they consider must be republican collisions and disasters on this line. Charges Against Appointees. The Senate committee on commerce today decided to report favorably the nomination of Herbert Bowen of New Jersey as con- sul general at Barcelona, Spain. The nom- ination has been suspended for several weeks on account of charges that while acting as consul he charged illegal fees. ‘The committee also had under considera- tion the case of George M. Hanson, who has been appointed collector of customs for the Passamaquoddy district, in Maine. It has been charged against Mr. Hanson that he was not a democrat in good standing in his party, and some efforts have been made to defeat him on that account. The committee did not reach a conclusion in this case. ———_____-2.__— Nominations by the President. The President has sent the following nominations to tHe Senate: Postmasters—Frank D. Kelly, Bradford, Mass.; John Schlyer, Hays, Kan.; John W. Ellis, Kan.; Geerge W. Paul, Clare- ; Andrew H. Demarest, Pater- Louis S. Smith, Medina, Ohio; N son, J. Harry E. Culbertson, Edinboro’, Pa.; John W. Armstrong, North Clarendo: Pa.; Frank S. Bowman, Millersburg, Pa.; Geo. C. Middlebrook, Mill Bank, S. D.; Julia C. Polk, Colema Tex.; James W.. Brown, Neenah, Wis.; A. C. Dixon, Kilbourn City, Wis. Promise of a Hard Freeze Tonight and Tomorrow. This Storm Also Comes Sailing Up From the Sunny South—In Other Places. This snow, like the others which have preceded it, is a product of the sunny south, the alleged land of sunshine, poetry, romance, cong and flowers. The sunny south has originated four of these storms within the last three weeks. They begin to make themselves heard away down in the gulf region, and then they come north. They take the form of rain and wind down there, but when they get into the Caro- linas, they change to snow, and thus it is that the sleigh bells jingle and the people say “Pretty deep snow.” This storm was firs: observed on Tuesday in the western gulf section. Yesterday morning it was spreading itself over Lou- isiana, and apparently increasing in inten- sity. Yesterday afternoon it was passing through Alabama, and last night it reached Washington, and wrapped the city im its white embrace. Nothing unusual has been the matter with the mercury today. A complication is to be noted in the weather, however. A steep fall in the temperature is to be looked for tomorrew, as a cold wave is sweeping down from the north- west. Tho mercury is expected to go down beyond zero. The indications are: For the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, snow today and tonight, fair Fri- day; colder; northeasterly, shifting to forthwesterly winds, increasing; gales on the coast, and temperature far below freez- ing. In Other Places. The storm has moved from the middle gulf to the South Atlantic coast, increasing in intensity. The area.of very high pressure has moved from the north of Montana to North Da- kota, a pressure of 31.12 inches being re- ported from Bismarck. Rain or snow has fallen in the gulf states and snow in all the remaining districts, ex- cept in the extreme northwest and New England. ‘The temperature has risen in the Atlantic states and the lower lake region and has generally fallen elsewhere. The minimum temperature recorded last night over eastern Kansas, southern Mis- souri, western Tennessee, western Missis- sippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indian terri- tery, Texas and Louisiana, except at New Orieans, was lower than ever previously recorded for the first ten days of Febru- ary by from 4 degrees to 20 degrees. Steep barometric gradients between North Dakota and the South Atlantic coast will give one of the severest storms, winds and cold waves ever noted at all places south of latitude 37 and east of the 10Uth meridi: that is, from Arkansas, Kentucky and Vir- ginia southward. The temperature in In- dian territory and northern portions of Texas ard Louisiana has fallen 36 to 33 degrees in the past twenty-four hours and is now 40 degrees below the normal. Unprecedentedly cold weather is being felt through southern Texas. At various points..the thermometric.readings.are J3 degrees lower then ever before registered for the first week in February. This rec- ord holds good at Shreveport, La., where the morcury ts 11 degrees lower than the corresponding week in any other year, at Little Rock it is lower than ever; at Gal- veston, 8; at San Antonio, 13, and at Abi- line, 11. Emergency warnings for northwest gales and freezing weather have been sent to south Louisiana and Mississippi, to Ala- bama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Car- olina and Florida. Warning of a decided freeze in_northern Ficrida was sent last night, and made more emphatic this morn- ing. Northwest storm signals were hoisted on the guif coast last night, and have been isted from Jacksonville to New York city today, with warning of a decided fall in temperature and very severe storm con- ditions. At the Capitol. Secretary Merton is the most popular member of the cabinet with Congressmen these days. The branch weather bureau, which he has established in the lobby of the House, is attracting more attention to- day than the financial bill. The weather is uppermost in every man’s mind, and mem- bers crowd around Mr. Randolph, the weather clerk, to study the map and the recording instrument under his charge. Yesterday the special bulletin of the weather bureau, forecasting the coming blizzard, was distributed among merhbers by Mr. Randolph, and a great many warn- ing telegrams were sent out by western members to. their friends and homes, di- recting that precautions should be taken as to stock, and so forth. —E CORRECTED THE DIRECTORY. One of the Acts of Ex-Solicitor Gen- eral Maxwell. The officials of the Department of Jus- tice still persist in their determination not to discuss, for publication, the reasons for Solicitor General Maxwell's retirement from the department. From another source, however, comes information of one inci- dent, which, with other matters, is said to have caused the irritation between the Attorney General and the solicitor general. The Congressional Directory has given for many years brief summaries of the duties of the heads of different depart- ments, as fixed by law. The descrip:ive matter has remained unchanged, the only changes being in the names and addresses of the officials. Some weeks ago the com- piler of the Congressional Directory re- quested the Department of Justice to make any changes which might be desired in the lists of olflicials in the directory, prepara- tery to the publication of a late edition. The request fell into the hands of Mr. Max- well, who proceeded to edit the descrip- tion of the duties of the Attorney General. He struck out that portion which says that the Attorney General “represents the United States in matters involving legal questions.” He struck out all of the defl- nition of the duties of the solicitor general wherein it is stated ‘repeatedly that the latter official is under the direction of the Attorney General and inserted the follow- ing: “The solicitor general is especially charged with the conduct of the business of the government and with the argument of its cases in the Supreme Court of the United States.” Engineer Burke's Injuries. Word has reached the Navy Department that Engineer Burke of the Cincinnatl, now in Samana bay, Haiti, recently had his hand cut off by accidental contact with the machinery of his vessel. He will be gent home as soon as he is able to travel. o—-_____ Land Allotments. Acting Secretary Sims has approved thir- teen cases of allotments of lands in the Pawnee reservation, Oklahoma, in accord- ance with the act of February 28, i891. —S A Confederate Appointed. The first confederate to be appointed a lieutenant of the watch is Capt. Lahan R. Exline of North Carolina, whose appoint- ment has just been made. Capt. Exline lost an arm during the war, and Secretary Smith appointed hin a watchman at the beginning of the administration. — On the Sick List. Gen. Schofield, who has been confined to his house for several days with a severe cold, is improving slowly, but is still cn the sick list. Col. Elliot Says We Are Sure to Have One. THE EFFORT 10 AVOID IT Raising Great Falls Dam Wili Take Two Years. WORK SHOULD BEGIN NOW The action of the Senate in striking off the appropriation of $125,000 to raise the dam at Great Falls is one that has filled people living on Capitol Hill and on the higher levels not supplied by pumping with great alarm. It means for them surely, and for many other parts of the city, a terrible water famine next summer, when the consumption and waste of water begin in the heated season. Already they are suffering, and there is no prospect of immediate relief. Complaints were never more numerous at the District building than they have been this winter, and for them there is practically no remedy or re- lief to offer. Col. Elliot, engineer in charge of the Washington aqueduct, who originally brought forward the proposition to in- crease the water supply of the city. by raising the dam at Great Falls, was seen this afternoon by a Star reporter, and asked if there was a necessity for the in- quiry proposed by the Senate amendment providing $10,000 for a survey and estimate af the cost of raising the dam. No Need of a Survey. “I began,” said Col. Elliot, “to urge this improvement as long ago as 1891. There is no need whatever of a survey. We krow the facts. What we want is imme- diate action. You will remember that I came into this office in 1889, and we were then putting down the big 48-inch mains, by which we were to give water enough at a pressure sufficient to meet every need in every part of the city. The city was then suffering for want of water, as it is now. Well, I put down 23,000,000 pounds of iron in the ground in 146 working days, and everybody thought that would suffice to give us water enough for ten to fifteen years to come. It is now five, and the supply has begun to sericusly fail to meet the demands upon it. “The fact is,” continued Col. Elliot, “the city is growing very rapidly on the higher levels. Mains have been laid out to Brightwood, Brookland, Tenleytown and to the region beyond the Eastern branch, and consumption is so much increased at the points that test the system most se- verely that we know precisely what is ahead of us. We are bound to have a water famine. There is no escape from it. Now, I simply want to anticipate the in- ecttable and shorten the ordeal, if pos- sible. “Phe, Water Famine ts Here.’ “The water famine is already upon us. It can only increase, and it will continue to increase with an increasing ratio every summer and winter until the raising of the dam. is completed. Here is a note I have just received from one of the justices of the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill. He says he has no water on the upper floors of his house; several of his neighbors are similarly inconvenienced, and inquires if there is any help for thehm. The only answer I could make I gave in the fellow: ing letter, which you are at liberty to cop; OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON AQUE- DU WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 1895. Mr. Justice Stephen J. Field, U. S. Supreme Court. Sir: 1 have your note of this date and re- gret that I am powerless to remedy the in- convenience to which you—and doubtless many others in the higher parts of the city —are now subject in respect of your and their water supply. I have sent you by your messenger a copy of my last annual report, in which I explain the situation existing at the date of the report and most earnestly asked for an appropriation for raising the dam at Great Falls. The present deficiency of water arises mainly from the fact that the draft of water from the distributing reservoir, two miles west of Georgetown, to meet the in- creased consumption end waste in the city in the hot weather of summer and in very cold weather in winter, is so great that the dam at Great Falls must be reised to en- able it to turn enough water from the river when it is at its low stages into the head of the aqueduct at the fails, to keep up the supply to the reservoir. The House of Representatives at this ses- sion passed an appropriation for raising the dam, a work that will require all the time of low water of two summers for its exe- cution, but the Senate has stricken it out and has substituted therefor a provision for an inquiry into the necessity and cost of the work. Very respectfully, GEORGE H. ELLIOT, Colonel of Engineers, U. S. A. One Senator's Trouble. “I heard the other day of a United States Senator, also living on Capitol Hill, who has to go down into the basement every time he wanted to wash his face. The only thing I say is that if Congress fails to make this appropriation to raise the dam, that Senator will continue to wash in the basement for some time to come. “You can see for yourself. The work can only be done in the low water season of summer. If we began next July, it would only be possible to complete it by the end of the second working season in the fail of 1896. If the Senate amendment is insisted upon, I fear that Senator will have to wash his face in the basement for three years more at least. “This leads me to outline to you some- thing of the character of the work involv- ed. The masonry of the body of the dam at Great Falls is excellent and is covered with splendid coping stones, which success- fully resist the wear of the worst floods. These stones are six feet long by two and a half to three feet wide, and 15 inches thick. To raise the height of the dam these stones would have to be removed and the masonry below them carried up the desired height, and the coping stones replaced and strongly bolted. The estimate made em- braced all the contingencies—the cost of yiasonry, raising marholes, paying over- flow damages, etc. I thought of them very. carefully.” Strength of the Conduit. “TI observe that a question was raised in regard to the strergth of the conduits to withstand the pressure consequent on rals- ing the dam two and onc-half fect. To that point a note which I received from the late Gen. Meigs and carefully filed for the information of the officers in future charge of the aqueduct ts pertinent. He states that it was the original design to make the lip of the dam 150 feet above tide at the navy yard, id for this beight all the profiles 2nd waste weirs were made. He says the back filling over the conduit would allow a height of water two feet her than the dam to flow safely through the conduit. Gen. Meigs contemplated that the height of the dam would sometime be raised and he built the conduits (o resist he increased pressure. This is Gen. Meigs’ lation, and Congress never dealt with a safer engineer. I have profc@ed raising the dam two and one-half feet—six inches more than Gen. Meigs mentions. I have calculated the inc ise of pressure en the conduits that this six inches of increase in the dim would cause, and it is one-fifth ef