Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 01, Peanyivna Aven Cr. 11h Beet, by n venue, Cor. The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, paicacangpemesias ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the bj by —_ on their own as ba Ree len Banton se 44 cents month. cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Tutte es or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per ph Saturday Quintaple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage adiled, $3.00. Entered at the Post Otfice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mai! matter.) EF All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of sherthing made known on CS — Che Zvening Star. No. 13,086. WASHINGTON, D.C.. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. The proof of te pudding is fn f6e eating. Yesterday's Star contained 34 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 513 separate announces ments. These advertisers — pubficite-not merefp AGAIN AT HER PIER|* — Thousands Welcome the Passengers of the = MRS. LATA TELLS OF THE TRIP Triumphal Progress of the Vessel Up the Bay. eit geceaioe MA NY EXPERIENCES RELATED - al Dispateh to The Evening Star. EW YORK, February —George W. MeLanahan of Washin was the fifth man in the hap sion that walked down the gang morning from La Gascogne, which was sighted off Fire Island yesterday afternoon, eight days overdue, and which anchored last right off Sandy Hook. Among the thousands who had gathered to laugh and weep and feel gay over the arrival of the long-de a French liner was Mr. McLanahan’s son, a Yale student, and a group of friends, and amid the g! eral cheering they sent up the Yale cry, “Rah! Rah! Rah ‘The tears streamed from thelr e from the eyes of those they welcomed. Mr. and Mrs. McLanahan and M Li ahan were met by a score of frie Mr. McLanahan sald to a correspondent of Th r that his wife could better tell the s of their trip than he, and when the fi greetings were over she did so. She related i phic way her times, when speaking of their a: tears filled her eyes. her was pleas “when we left Havre on January durin first two days of the the 13 nothing of an particular On about 10 o'¢ the wer on th we knew about it was seven sharp shocks. or anything like It. The ofl sel said there was no dan sengers simply showed than al ‘The was about notice nd a ringing of signal bells, but that was ull. The passengers accident, which it of the piston rod. and at length the mach to repair the damage. in fixing the break so and we did so but after some days then came ‘ond shock, and the vessel was again a, so that we could not proceed. en came the terrible cyclone. For more than forty hours we lay in the trough of the unable to go on and fearful that the ship might founder. During this there was no suffering, + from sea ness and the di fort of being pit about. was a break scon stopped got to worl “They succeeded that the vessel could go on, for a time, the se Conduct of the Oiicers. “The officers ay that can- not be too high! ays and nights some of the men did not sleep a wink, but were tantly at work try- ing to repair 1 devoting } their attention handling of the We did not dare to think of the anxlety MeLanahan. of our friend: c e did think of that we could not It was the only real cause of g. There was ard a Poltsh lady who had been a pt bil fee Pader 1, the monoton s she played We drifted far d for days saw o days ago aller “xenael 2 in our ship during sh no h. ate rooms flew were at time dish and {t_ We read all the to keep & hoavy y n so that we led pro y ago we saw anoth er The fee nat be co every > in Capt I fecl like thanking bim for ne We are all well, Mr. Mel on his ari of symp be expr ahan will remain at THE GASCOGNE. tement When the Re- ached the Vessel. y 12.—Following ts BOARDING NEW YORK, Febru recount of the boarding of La Gas- I the seenes on hoard: ° iclated Presa tug was well o side the lightship when the red lights were 1, and she h @ for them. A whole et of tues, in ~ the Evarts and the Pulver, which were hired by the French Iine to assist the Injured monster, trailed after As the fleet ap a blast of he led with sh 2 on the talk. A to throw ies aboard to onversat 3s broken by ch The people on th from the rail and jump up for the most part and | ned out | The beat | | to and fro, | ting Experience of the W hug each other, and then rush back and demand news. “Have you seen this man or that wom- an?” “Did you think we were lost?” ‘Hurrah! Hurrah!” What did the papers say about us?” Hurrah!” “Yes, the piston broke. We drifted eight- een hours. “Hurrah| “Awful weather.” “Did not see a ship until yesterday. hooner in tow of a steamer.’ here was not much use trying to get things connectedly from the crowd. ‘the tug clung close to the side until the pilot gave the word for the big ship to anchor. It was an heur and a quarter after she E , and ali that hour and a were spent in congratulations and ing questions, the passengers doing the most of that. The officers avoided the rail after they gave the first bit of infor- mation. tke moment the signal to stop the ship's engin a3 run up irom the tug s still traveling three nimble young men 3. IN THREE STATES ———— Republican Leaders Are Anxious Over the Senatorial Contests. DEADLOCKS REMAIN UNBROKEN —— Saw How the Situation in the Senate May Be Affected. S OF CHANGE - NO SiGN four knots three or clambered up it like mon! ‘There were wild shouts from the agent's There is more than a little concern felt by the republican leaders of the Senate in regard to the situation in the three states where there are senatorial contests now pending. The result is possible that these states may fail to elect repres2nta- tives in the upper house and this will de--| prive the republicans of three seats after the 4th of March. In two of these states, regon and Idaho, this danger becomes im- minent daily, as the laws in those states fix a limit to the life of the legislatures In Idaho the legislature begins its sessions in January and continues for sixty days. boat, which had a position in the rear: “Aboard, La Gascogne! Don't you dare let any one aboard that boat! Hey, Gas- cegne! Don’t let a man aboard! Keep ’em oft! Keep ‘em off But as fast as the young men reached the rail they were pulled over it, and for a time it looked as if It they and not the ship’s people who had just arrived from a perilous voyage. It was hard to board the ship after she had come to anchor just outside the Scot- land light ship and abreast of the High- land light. Not that any one aboard the hig ocean traveler had any objection to es a hap beey contrary, petal Bo Oregon the session is begun also in were only happy to hear once more from | 3, aes = . Wie feat AE thereon January, but continues only for fo It was ne to rig a ladder. The | $0 the contests in these only to be found w everal feet too | to a close without any pro: ae t, as far can be seen here; of a result being reached. In Deiaware the situation is somewhat dif- ferent, as there, although there is no im- mediate prospect that the deadlock will be , and he short to reach to the € shoulders wer lewer rounds. The s ri Y swinging and it required the gr ater care imi not to be taunctied off into the ocan, but | Posen, the legislature has no legal mit as soon as the seporte hands reached : ie the lower rail of the Gascogne’s deck, a Should They Fail to Elect. dezen arm Should the three states mentioned fail to elect Senators by vote of the legis owing to contests and deadlocks, there is no possiLility of their being represented for two years fo come, as the de Senate in the cases of Mantle, I and ‘Allen, who were prevented from taking their will prot ter the governors of Delaware, Ic i out to assist r of welcome he Ion the ny had given were st pulled ov of the ‘or lost. aul thi jon of the with 1SH3 A he found himself in the , & push to that m: rounded by of smiling, re in bly ho fo: The reporter i to answer a G i etic ‘ore he was allowed to | ¢ from attempting to fill the : appointment. In this event, the f the Voyage. be considerably handi- Thon era ate tech in thelr efforts to bring about a re iat enaiclna son 3 s anization of the Se: When Si has exercised two continents, and which Baz OEE Wahine ton arcivensthe was gained by short conversations with | will contain, for the tirst time in two several of the ciMicers: its full quota of eighty-eight_ membe Every one evinced the utmost confidence nese ee es ats v - Hav 20 nt Clint 24 vb Mia he republic ty and the pe fesecta Bs fon and his a ite, It ES cuapeity bein fort as ra 2 the three states that now de: succeed in electi Senators the utter the 4th of March, wili still eighty-eight members, of which the t licans will have forty-three, the deme thirty-nine and the populis ix. Ef, ever, these states should fail to elect, the | condition of things two years ago will be as though t rved to make inclined to be restiess more all the other at their i of isi . enya | Tepeated, and the Senate wiil have but One of ers ona _ “Did | eighty-five memie jority being forty- id they give | three. The republicans wiil have forty, the demoer thirty-nine and the popu When "told that it was thought the ship | six. Although the i : : six. Althoug » margin between the re- uae br : wie tot ao ; re enue publicans jority will be increas e were going to the pole insteac by this event the re cans still be “Did you have enough to eat?” was ask- | }* Brera) iC aia Swe aa lity by one vot The popuii: © balance of power | in the plu will retain t came the ai rt from the we bad pl il the time, and| Utah Won't Change the Situation. us an especially fine dinner ; Ner will the situation change after the eau cullen Chvaciic tah of Utah. On the convening of hd had a good [Congress in December, with Utah repre sented in the Senate, as is now generally pected, by two republicans, the Se id: Republicans, 42; democrat 6—a total of eighty Ss still existing The ship was out sixt ys in ail, and both coal and provisions held out to the end. fay -the AL e will popu a cireun be fe two more than epublican strength. With the vacar filled, and the total ty membership inc to its normal num- ed up her. pil ber of ni the repubiic have trip from his boat to the ship he fee as G0 CER Lr MALE Te e badly frostbitten. fon So it will be seen that In a measure the election in Utah will have considerable bearing upon tie complexion of Senate, in this, that if the three v t told the news of the disaster the to the pas. caraly med should not be filled, Utah might, b: ie massa sasky theet ing two democrats to the Senate, give the met the same fate. |democrats a,plurality after December 1 of During the storm last Wednesday and |e vote ov the republicans ‘Thur the eap gave orders that In the Deadlocked States. the pas hould be allo The situation in the deadlocked states The hat were hatte pt for the intolerable pftch- h Gove to docs not appear to improve. In the case of Mr. Dolph, it is the general opinion that he {s beaten beyond any hope, and that every day that he fails to secure a ma- jority im the legislature his chances for ccess become smaller. ‘The difficulty in at the opponents to Mr. to unite upon a candi- date, but that they have not enough voles yet drawn from his strength to elect a man whom they might cheose. It is under- stood here that the moment enough votes are won from Dolph to give the opposition a majority a caucus of his opponents will diately be held and the candidate >a. ‘This will unquestionably end the When t shail occur Is now rin q whe Cirptzin's Story. The captain of La G sne told of the ing of the piston briefly.,There was inute detatls. Just at the time the repalrs and the time for g made the weather was awful. lature is drawing ver: eager aee racers ilies ton ta fights in Idaho and Delaware are + tha oe eee ete att| threc-cornered, in cach case a third + and the passengers parted | ™an holding the balance of power edi net attempt ita | ane te to yield it to either | for some ‘time. ‘The | Of | the leading opponents. This | Stake | especially is true in Idaho, where Clagett, co tevoln. | the third man in the race, has enough Wy Wud “oniy | ¥otes to elect one or the other of the two , this was reduced “rs, Sweet or Shoup. In Delaware this ty to thirty. During so true, though not apparent on the made as| face of the returns. The votes that are could not | being cast for Mas: four in number, passed the | would not elect Addicks, but would elect ood, however, that dif he can get M 2 en, it is said, he it be able to draw enough strength from 3 to give him a majority over all. It is unde at 13 o'clock. ad for Phil king her ; agents to send t ated, and the was difcult, quadruple expan- y vere tandem. With yie-expansion engines {t would heen so difficult to repair, nor accident have been so serfous.”* out the second delay of twenty- who faa followed the “fight from the be- ginning, but the epinion is gaining ground that there will be no election in Delaware or in Idaho or Ores: LIVI) sion and t the old tr not have coL. Promotions In the Army Made in Con- sequence of It. Col. L. L. Livingston of the third artil- lery was placed on the retired list of the operation of law, on ac- nt of the after st part was the steam of ht army today, by Gar count of age. He is now in command of » and the post at St. Augustine, Fla, Before go- e ship had done ing south he w f the artil- lery troops rracks, hav Gibson in that ed near the whist- between the two The Gascogne anck eded Gea. buoy on ps. A ing 5! dut His retirement will result In the follow- ing promotions: Lieut. Col. Wm. Bain- bridge of the third to be colonel, Major E on of the third to be lieuleuan: H.C. ¢ colonel, Capt. to be major, account of disabili of the third to be maj Everett of the fourth to b fourth, First Lieut. third to H. C. Danes of the be captain of the tl Second B. T. Wilson of the third to be first of the th econd Ifeut. M. kt of the second to be first Meu- the fourth artillery. — Personal Mention. August Koenig and Mr. William Min- dell, S. D., who ha ing Mr. John B. Hessell of 1161 Carolina avenue southeast, left for their homes last-night. M inno was formerly a member of the legislature of South Da- kota. morable Passage cogne. 12.—Mr. Edgar Thomson- who was a f the G YORK, Fet NEW ant, and so during the fir 3 we went 440 miles to- 2 second day was so x e+ Fourth-Class Pos Thirty-one fi postmasters were appointed today of which fill v ation: ward hot fine that fe as if tho tr’ “On th? thi (Coat | up dur j ment, THE ICE-BOUND POTOMAC Trying to Cut a Passage Through to Norfolk. The Commissioners Considering Prop- ositions of Tug Men to Open the Channel, The ice question remains unsettled. It centinues to thicken, and it is reported from below that the gorges at Fort Wash- ingston, where the channel 1s tortuous and narrow, and at Maryland Point were never worse in the history of Potomac ravigation, Harbormaster Sutton and Har- bor Officer Perry returned from Baltimore this afternoon, where they went in search of tugs powerful enough to break up the ice in the Washington and Georgetown channels, with especial reference to that part of the Georgetdwn channel lying above the Long bridge. Harbormaster Sutton tcld the reporter for The Star this after- noon that his mission had not been as suc- cessful as he could have wished, and he had returned to report to and consult with the District Commissioners as to the best plan of campaign. He had been, he said, on the docks at Baltimore since Sunday without finding the kind of craft desired, ‘the Samson was at Boston on charter, but her agent thought she could come down to Washington in time for duty in the ice buckers. The Hercules, one of the salt- water monarchs of the Baltimore harbor, is also out on charter. So is the Pennwood. ‘The Emma, the Vulcan and boats of that ela: re there, but they are hardly big enough for the work. A proposition is to be made to the harbormaster by a number of local tug men to undertake the contract for ripping up the ice in the harbor. The Norfolk and Washington propeller Norfolk started down stream at 9 o'clock this morning. Capt. Geoghegan was on the bridge, and with him was Mr. John superintendent of the line. The st the ice, and, if possible, to Norfolk, as at that s ship, ¥ ington, is lying o hundred tons of freight destined The ice encountered was vefy lock the Norfolk had down as Alexandria. she will return to her and will give up the at- sage to the bay. The ry Randall continues iced in at Chapel ers are careering over the ice around the docks. Local Proposition. The Commissioners this morning gave a ring to a number of river men who are interested in the matter of clearing the ice from the river. They took exception to the statement made by Harbormaster Sut- ton that the boats on the Potomac are not large and heavy enough to clear the chan- nel, and that it would be necessary to bring one or more tugs frem Baltimore to do the work. Callahan, object was to t force a re pa The steamboat men said that they were abundantly able to supply all the boats | that might be teeded, and that they could clear away all the ‘obstructions in the channel without delay if they v the contract. As ail their bh are tied ng the freeze they assured the Com- it would be to their Inter- ngs in ryaning order again that if there was any deiay their fault. Mor this rea- aid they could do the work and at’the same time at n could beats Brought round from Raltim: The Norfolk boats, in their opinion, could be relied upon to e in the main channel as e, but.these big beats could . £0 into the shailow water re tha chief source of danxer weuld agree to make a chan- and ag jong as the Commis- The hearing this informal one, and quickly and it would not be » too, the: more thorougal less expense th nove . >The: nei as wide oners mi morning Ww lie beth side! oyer the matter in a eral way to sce what was the best to be done in the premises. Stress nt danger of to remain aid upon the immini flood if things are allow they are and the Commissioners as their desire to have such a ch ared through the ice as would minimize this danger to the smallest point. In their opinien, the best thing to do would be to meke a clear space from a point at the lower end of the Three + down at least as far as the main channel, if not below Fort Washington. At the stion of the Comm' the river n said they would submit two proposi- tions for doing the work. One proposition is for the Commissioners to pay a lump sum for clearing out the channel within a specified time. The other fs to engage tugs to do the work by the day, and this bid would include the number of tugs and their power, tonnage, draft, ete. The river men withdrew with the understanding that they would return tomorrow 2nd submit bids in detail for doing the work. sae HAWAIIAN CABLE. THE Strong Opposition to the Appropria- tion in the House. The appropriation for a Hawatian cable, d to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill by the Senate, furnishes material for an interesting con- troversy between the two houses. There will be a strong opposition in the House to the expenditure of half a million up- on the survey and preliminary work, both on the general principle of objection to government aid to enterprises of this cha) acter and because of the depieted condi- tion of the treasury. Chairman McCreary of the committee on foreign affairs has stated plainly his objections to the cable project in a recent speech, and the key- note to the democratic policy on Hawaiian matters has always been uttered by the chairman of the committee. The cable item 1 command the support of the democrats from the Pgeifie coast and of the republicans, but there is every prob- ability of a majority against it. The conference committee upon the bill will be unfriendly to the cable amendment. The Senators of the committee will be Plackburn and Brice, democrats, and Hal republican, and the Representatives, Me: ry and Hooker, democrats, and Hitt repubiican. Both Blackburn and Brice voted against the amendment in the Sen- ate, but they will be placed in the atti- tude of supporting it in conference, as the instructions given to conferees are to in- sist upon the amendments adopted by their house. They may make a report to the Senate that the conferees are unable to reach an agreement and recommend that te rec from the cable proj but unless the Senate votes to do so the will be practicaliy bound to support it. Speaking generally, more Senate amend- ments to appropriation bills are agreed to by the House than the number of those given up by the Senate. In this case the situation is more uncertain because four of the six conferees are likely to be pe: ally in favor of striking out the an and representatives of both hous: may be disposed to report back recom- mendations that it be stricken out. ae HIS MILITARY SECRETARY. Schoficld Designates Lieut. Col. W. M. Wherry. Although still suffering from the of the grip, Lieutenant General Sch: has resumed his official duties at the V Department. Under the law the lieutenant general 1s allowed a military secretar with the rank of Heutenant colonel of cav- alry. General Schofield has conferred this distinction upon Lieutenant Colonel Will- iam M. Wherry, second infantry, who served on his staff as an aid throughout the civil w: Lieutenant Colonel Wherr regiment is at Omaha, but he is now at Newport barracks on leave. His new ces- ignation is whoMy honorary and does not require his detachment from his regiment. It may, however, require him to visit army headquarters at intervals. Lieut. Gen IN SECRET SESSION The House Ways and Means Com- mittee’s Meeting Today. SECRETARY CARLISLE AND THE BONDS He Tells the Inside History of the Transaction. TO FORMULATE A PLAN The session of the committee on ways and means this afternoon to take some action upon the suggestion of the Presi- dent for authority to issue three per cent gold bonds is the subject of considerable interest jn both houses of Congress today. About the first thing which the committee did after assembling was to pass a reso- lution which enjoined secrecy upon the members of the committee. ‘was taken at the request of Secretary Carlisle, who was present on invitation from the committee to enlighten its mem- bers upon the inside history of the late bond sale by the President. The Secretary’s Statement. In spite of the resolution of secrecy some of the proceedings of the committee be- came known on the outside. It was learn- ed that Secretary Carlisle did not lay be- fore the committee, as he was expected to do, the original memorandum of the bond negotiations, but gave the committee a verbal statement from memory of what had taken place. Mr. Reed and the repub- lican members showed a disposition to in- vestigate the sate bond issue thoroughly, while it was apparent from Secretary Car- lisle’s manner that he felt thut there were certain features of the transaction which it was not incumbent upon him to make known to the commitiee. The most im- portant feature of his stater ent concern- ing the latest negotiations for the sale of bonds was that the purchasers of these bonds had pledged themselves a3 a part of the contract to use their efforts to protect the gold reserve in the treasury and to furnish the government with gold when- ever it was needed. A Favorable Report Probable. There was a feeling among members of Congress this afternoon that the commit- tee might report favorably on a proposi- tion authorizing the President to change the character of the $82,000,000 bonds which have just been negotiated to con- form to his idea of a 3 per cent gold bond. The republicans, who were hostile to this proposition un yesterday, appeared pas- sive at the committee meeting this morn ing, and the impression was abroad that they would permit Chairman Wilson to re- port favorably on the President's sugges- tion, without giving any guarantee as to what attitude they would assume toward the measure when it came to a vote in the House. The House shows no more disposi- tion to approve the gold bond proposition now than it did last Thursday, when the President’s message suggesting it was re- ceived with a profound silence in the House. = To Formulate a Plan, Shortly after 1 o'clock the committee took a recess until 3. A subcommittee of five was appointed to formulate a pian. Its members are Wilson, Turner and Bryan, democrats; Payne and Hopkins of Illinois, republicans. Mr. Bryan is a free silver man, and the other two democrats ure supporters of the administration. Mr. MeMillin was named as the third member, but as he is not well Mr. Bryan will act in his stead. It is prophesied by members of the committee that a resolution for a gold bond .will be framed, but the committee will not be unanimous in its support. Senate Finance Committee. * The meeting of the Senate committce on finance today resulted in a decision, by a vote of 6 to 5, to report a measure for the unrestricted coinage of silver on the basis of the provisions of the ninth section of the fincneial bill introduced by Senator Jones of Arkansas. This section was amended in several particulars, and as agreed upon is as follows: “That from and after the pas- sage of this act the Secretary of the Treas- ury is hereby authorized and directed to receive at any United States mint, from any citizen of the United States, silver bul- lion of standard fineness, and coin the same into silver dollars of 412% grains each. The seigniorage of said bullion shall belong to the United States, and shall be the difference between the coinage value thereof and the market price of the bullion in New York on the day the deposit 1s made, and all expenditures for coinage done ‘under the provisions of this act shall be paid out of said selgniorage; and the Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver to the depositors of such bullion standard sil- ver dollars equal in amount to the price thereof as aforesaid; and whenever the said coins herein provided for shall be re- ceived into the treasury, certificates may be issued thereon, in the’ manner now pro- vided by law.” The vote cn the motion to report this section as amended was as follows: Yeas— Voorhees, Harris, Vest, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada and White. Nays—Mc- Enereots Morrill, Sherman, Allison and Ald- rich. There was comparatively little discussion of the question after the suggestion for such a report was made, and it soon he- came apparent that there was an under- standing among members of the majority of the committee as to the line of action to be pursued, and they afterward stated that they had held a conference and had agreed upon their course. The repubScan mem- bers offered no substitute and put no ob- structions in the way of securing a vote. The Differential Sugar Duty. It was also agreed to hold a_ special meeting Friday next for the consideration of the bill removing the differential duty of one-tenth of a cent on sugar imported from bounty-paying countries. Republican members of the committee expressed some surprise at the calling of the meeting today. They had supposed that on account of the indisposition of Senator Voorhees, chairman of the com- mittee, there would be no meeting.and they had received assurance to this effect, but it would appear that after the decision was reached to report a bill, Senator Voorhees yas prevailed upon to issue the call, which was not received until ly today. As a consequence of this delay some of the re- publican members were late in reaching the committee. CAPITOL TOPICS. Housé Judiciary Committee. Representative Warner of New York ap- peared before the House judiciary commit- tee today to advocata the bill providing an additional district judge for the southern district of New York. The committee ad- journed without acting on the Dill. Elcetion of Senators by Direct Vote. The Senate committee on privileges and elections today decided to report back the pill introduced by Senator Mitcheil of Ore- gen, for a constitutional amendment pro- viding for the election of Senators by di- rect vote of the people. The discussion in the committee indicated that there would be three reports, one signed by Messrs. Gray, Pugh, Hoar, Chandler and Higgias in opposition to the measure; another by fessrs. Turple, Mitchell of Oregon and Palmer, favorable to the bill, and a third This action + by Mr. Daniel, leaving it to the states to determine the matter for themselves. Income Tax Amendments. The Senate committee on finance today authorized a favorable report on the House ccneurrent resolution extending the time for making returns under the income tax law from March 1 to April 15, with the following addition: “Be it further resolv- ed, that in computing incomes under said act, the amounts necessarily paid for fire insurance premiums and for ordinary re- pairs upon any real estate shall be deduct- ed from the rents accrued or received from such real estate. “And also resolved, that in computing incomes under said act, the amounts re- ceived as dividends upon the stock of any corporation, company or association shail not be included, in case such dividends are also liable to the tax of 2 per cent upon the net profits of sail corporation, company or association, although such tax may not have been actually paid by said corpora- tion, &c., at the time of making returns by the person, corporation or association receiving such dividends. “Be it further resolved, that no taxpayer shall be required in his or her annual re- turn under said act to answer any inter- rogatories except as specifically provided in said ac The resolution 13 amended was afier- ward reported to the Senate. ‘oe Pay Mr. Ady’s Expenses. The Senate committee on privileges and elections today decided to recommend the payment of $2,000 to J. W. Ady, to meet expenses incurred by him in contesting the seat in the Senate occupied by J. H. Martin. te THE INDIAN HEAD COLONY. Telephovic Communication With It Re-Established. Telephonic communication has been re- established with the snow-bound colony at the naval proving grounds at Indian itead, and { 1s learned that Lieut. Mason and his azscciates are as comfortable as trey can be, shut off from the rest of the world. ‘They have plenty of coal and pro- visions,” witn libercy and an ignorance of the doings of the world as their only depri- vations. As soon as the river channel is open the tug Triton will make them a visit, with fresh provisions and a supply of newspapers. Ohio's Executive the Guest of Gov. Morton. ALBANY, N. Y., February 12.—Gov. Me- Kinley of Ohio fa ‘in the city, guest of Go Morton. A committée from the assembly ard senate waited upon Goy. McKinley in the executive chamber and invited him to visit the legislature. The governor a cepted. First he visited the senate cham- ber, where he made a brief address to the members and then received them person- ally, being introduced by Lieut. Gov. Sax- ton. In the assembly Speaker Fish intro- duced the Ohio governor, who addressed the assemblymen for a few moments, spending ten minutes afterward in shaking hands. eae IN LINCOLN’S MEMORY. Exercises Held in Illinois Public Schools. CHICAGO, February 12.—Chicago paid tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln teday, the eighty-sixth anniversary of his Patriotic Poirth. The day, as a legal holiday in the state, was fittingly observed by patriotic exercises in the public schools and numer- ous banquets and social gatherings, All public offices were closed, as were also the stock exchange and the board of trade. The principal event of this evening will be an entertainment at the Auditorium, given by the Lincoln Council, National Union, at which Henry Watterson will deliver the oration. TO EXTE) es D THE SERVICE. Mamburg-Amertcan Stenmers to Touch at Cherbourg. HAMBURG, February 12.—The Hambure- American steamship line intends to extend its service to France in the coming spring. It has been decided that the company’s steamships Augusta Victoria, Fuerst Bis- marck, Normannia and Columbia, which now call at Southampton on their voyages between Hamburg and New York, shall call at Cherbourg after leaving Southampton on their eastward voyages, and before touching at Southampton on their west- ward voyages. The company has closed a contract with the Western railway of France for a special train of Pullman cars for the conveyance of their passengers be- tween Cherbourg and Paris. Their trains are to make the trip in less than seven hours. ee ee TWO VICTORIES FOR WOM Suffragists Win on Votes in Western Legislatures. ~ SACRAMENTO, Cal., February 12.—Wo- Man suffragists have won a victory !n the assembly. An amendment to kill the Spen- cer bill providing for woman suffrage was defeated by a vote of 48 to 23. PHOENIS Ariz., February 12.—The house has passed, by a two-thirds vote, the right of woman suffrage in Arizona. = = Frevorable to the Turks. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 12.—Ad- vices from Moosh of the 9th instant say the commission inquiring into the Ar- menian troubles have examined several witnesses, all of whose testimony was fa- vorable to the Turks. At the conclusion of the evidence of the government witnesses a number of Armenians will testify. a A Leading Educator Dead. NASHVILLE, Tenn., February 12.--Ex- Chancellor L. C. Garland of Vanderbilt University died suddenly today of heart disease. He was eighty-four years of .g¢ and for nearly half a century he had been one of the leading educators of the c try. Dr. Garland was a native of Nelson county, Va. a Fenrs for Texas Live Stock. GEORGETOWN, Tex., February 12.—It is now feared the present universal norther will be destructive to cattle and other live steck. The sleet and iceshave undoubtedly caused much hardship to live stock, and the loss will be heavy. Reports received up to Saturday last indicated that the catiie on the range passed the winter very well, but since then sleet has come and compli- cated the situation. Se Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, February 12.—Arrived: Steamers Siate of California, Glasgow; Westernland, Antwerp. Nominations by the President. The President has sent the folloy nominations to the Senate: Treasury—Bartholomew Kennedy of i a, to be surveyor of customs for the port of Moines, Iowa. f New Mexico, ice of the supreme court rine corps tel States marine stant engineer. Postmasters—Henry M. Fitzgerald,Green- wich, Conn.; Charles G. Kress, Lewiston, James D. Leming, Broken Bow, Neb.; George W. Harmon, Auburn, Ne! Thomas Regan, Crawford, Neb.; Rockwell itchell, Bridgeport, Ohio. BUSINESS MEN They Are Preparing to Take a More Active Part in Politics. EFFECT OF THE FINANCIAL QUESTION The Movement is Rapidly Spread- ing in All the States. REPUBLICAN COMFORT Information coming in from every quarter gces to show that the business men are preparing to take a deeper and more active interest in politics within the next two years than ever befere in the history of this country. The movement is widespread, and already shows signs of a trained and an aggressive direction. The banker, the manufacturer and the merchant are all in correspondence on_the subject, and are ap- parently agreed among themselves as to what they shall do and how they shall go about it. They have evidently studied the methods of the regular politicians, and re- sclved to make use of them in carying out their program. They have discovered the value of controlling the primaries, arid of attending to the more important commis- sicns in person. They are going to the con- ntions themselves, instead of permitting gations to be made up in the old way of everyday ward workers, and will claim a Voice not only in the construction of plat- fcrms, but in the nomination of candidates. The promise, indeed, is that, beginning with this year’s state and con- tinuing through next year’s national cam- paiga, there will be a pronounced demon- | stration of just how potent the business in- terests are when brought to bear in @ practical way on the shaping of local and national legislation. The First Movement. ‘The first movement on this new line is now being executed in Kentucky. An elec- tion for state officers will be held there next fall, and at the same time a legisla- ture chosen, which will select a successor to Mr. Blackburn in the Senate. Mr. Black- burn is in the field to succeed himself, and | ake his race as a e of the He r) 3 expressed himself wsthout reserve On the subject, and his views have awakene® much interest throughout the state. He starts on an extended. campaigning tour soon after the adjournment of Congress, and before the time for the holding of the nominating convention for state officers, likely to be held in May, he wili have de- livered many speeches. The democratic state platform must contain some expres- as to silver, and this makes it necese ho take the other side of to prepare at once for the Mr. Blackburn will be on engagement. hand, ready for the fra: The Business Interests Heard From. Although there are several other |s- pirants for the Senate, Mr. Blackburn, so far, has heard only from the business in- terests in the cities and towns throughout the commonwezlth. Meetings are being held, resolutions adopted and a very free epresston of opinion indulged in through pers. The politicians are not to be permitied to have undisputed sway The question being one of finances and affecting so vitally the affairs of trade, the men who are the most prom= tin business circles are coming to the ont in, defense, or rather in energetio hampionship, of the generally accepted ness view of the ‘subject. They are xious to be heard, and are preparing to make themselves heard. They will be at the primaries, and will endeavor to go as delegates to the state convention, where their influence, whether gre or small, be put to the very best account. y are as yet proposing no candidates, er for the state offices or for the Sen- ate, keeping their eyes for the present. on the paramount question of the perty platform. But when that is set tled, the question of candidates will then engage them, and they will, of course, sufport the men who may be in closest accord with their policy and the best pre pared to give it successful interpretation before the people on the stump. In All the States. There are assurances that this procedure is as rapidly as necessary to be applied in all of the states. The argument is that the issue being at last a business issue, must engage business men in the most effective way. The men with everything at stake cannot affora to content themselves longer with mere formal expressions of opinion. ss, or signing sol- ations to Senators and Representatives already elected, is pro- nounced out of date and unprofitable. The thing for busin men to do is to go into the night in an everyday fashion, take @ part in all of the work in hand, and thus, having helped to carry the fssue through the early stages, have all the stronger claims to be heard when the time for conclusive legislative action. ration is accepted as dis- tinctly anti er. The silver men them- selves so regard It. They do not under- value it, although they do not believe It can be made in the end to turn the scale inst them. The influcnce will be great- est, and probably very great, in the cities and towns, and in those eastern states thickly settied, and where the people ars dependent @pon and consequently much under the control of the manufacturers. But in the west, the northwest and the south, in the planting and the grazing and the mining bel ageregate capital is not so powerful, the silver men expect to be able to cenvir the people that this is but another form of the manipulation of Wall street, and that the interest being manifested by the local business men ts at the command of their eastern correspond- ents, and therefore unindividual and wholly unrepresentative. Moreover, the assertion fs made that in many of the western cities and towns this I nee is not to be directed by eastern ests, and will not Bx itself to the furtherance of the move- t. West of St. Louis, the silver men ase lare, there very few chambers of commerce or boards of trade or business class or credit willing to unite h their eastern correspondents in any scheme for permanently. committing the government to a gold policy. Comfort te the Republicans. The republican agers, ho’ ver, take a organizations of very different view of the They @o not hesitate to pronounce the moves ment one of the m import of recent ort. They f ihe most | Canons. th and last joint commission on the and canons of Church Revising NEW YORK, & the The re port of the com- ade public on Friday oF mission will be Saturday.