Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1895, Page 1

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GOLD AND SILVER|THE BERING SEA AWARD Advocates of Both Metals Looking for Foreign Developments. GOLD IN EUROPE 10 BE RELEASED Silver Men Waiting for the Acticn of England and Germany. ———_— VIEWS OF BOTH SIDES The discussions in the cloak rooms, far More than the open debates in Congress, show that the gold men as well as the sil- ver men are expecting their cause to be strengthened by early deveiopments in the foreign situation. Both sides agree that foreign complications have within recent years given to the finances of the world an artificial tone and influence. With four great nations, Great Britain, Germany, France and Russia, all hoarding gold against the necessities of an impending continental war, and Austria-Hungary in the market for gold enough to enable her to resume specie payments, a scarcity of the yellow metal for the ordinary transac- tions of business has been inevitable, and as a consequence the whole world has been undergoing a money pinch. What the Gold Men Belleve. The gold men believe that this era is rapidly passing, and that with the growing a ances of the continuation of peace abroad, the strong boxes will be unlocked, the supply of gold will once again be dis- charging its normal and legitimate func- tion, and prosperity will return. A con- tinental war they regard as no longer to be feared. They point to two events of the greatest Importance happening within the past few months which plainly reveal the Stability of affairs in Europe. Death has caused a change of rulers in Russia with- out causing # ripple of either business or political excitement in that country. Alex- ander passes from the scene and Nicholas comes upon it, and no stir of any kind fok lows. No change of policy ts announced, nor is any expected by the rivals of Russia, Something still more remarkable has oc- curred in France. France ts always to be dreaded in times of excitement and danger. She is so emotional and sensational, and is nursing so deep a resentment against Germany, that whenever she enters into the question there is a feeling of uneasi- hess ay to consequences. But even France new is thought to be wearing the thinking cap of conservatism and restraint. She has been able to part with one president by resignation, and to take another by the every-day methods of choice by ballot, without riot among the feverish classes in Paris, or panic among the money lenders. This is regarded as a most remarkable performance, and as going further to war- rant hopes of a long peace in Europe than all other considerations put together. So, as the gold men believe, with the prospect of war removed from the foreign horizon, and all of the continental countries regu- lating their affairs on a peace basis, the enormeus amounts of gold they are hold- ing will find natural channels again, and the business of this country, as of those, will be carried along prosperously. View of the Silver Men. The silver men, while conceding that the heavy hoarding of gold abroad has thrown business out of plumb, do not believe that the release of the whole yellow store every- where would right matters. Their proposi- tion is simply that there fs not gold enough in the world to do the business of the world; that, while hoarding here and there ed to distresses feit, the real trou- back of that, and relates to what y contend has been fully demonstrated. is is that silver must be allotted a full stare with gold as a money metal; and they assert that not until this has been done will business revive and prices pick too, are seeing hopeful signs But they are not so much con- sidering the dying out of the war scare as are the business necessities of two countries. The new ezar of Russia and the new president of France are of no great nscque: in their eyes. What they are che is the demonstration in favor of bimetallism in Germany, and the pros- pect of the early return to power of Lord Salisbury in England. Germany and Eng- and together, they hold, can rehabilitate silver, and events, they think, seem to be forcing that union for effect in the near future. Germany is moving the more rap- idly of the two, but the belief is that Eng- land will follow. It is pointed out that Lord Rosebery is ope ing on a very nar- row margin. His majority is small, and is held together with difficulty. It may dis- appear any day. Should an appeal be made to the country at this time, or at any time soon, the opinion is that Lord Salis- bury would return to power. The silver men in this country would hail such a result with great enthusiasm, for not only is Lord Saltsbury a bimetallis' but his nephew, Arthur Balfour, who woul be leader in the house of commons under the new government, is even more ad- vanced as a friend of silver, and would be expected to co-operate in any beneficial movement looking to silver’s Interests. With Germany, therefore, already in the field for silver, and England's appearance at her side considered to be one of the growing nec of the case, the friends of silver in ¢ 3 are in better humor than they have been for a long time, and point to the nine majority in the Senate erday in favor of taking up a free nage bill in the closing days of the sea- sion and in reply to the President's gold bond proposition as @ most signiticant record. May Be Another Serap. History is making so rapidly these days that, although the subject seems to be closed for this session with today’s vote on the silver resolutions, the Senate may have still another word or two to say before the 4th of March. There are presidential candidates on both sides of the chamber, and it is understood that none of them are satisfied with the record as it now stands. But whether they can add anything to it to their own advantage is a question they are believed to be considering. If they de- cide that they can there may be still another scrap. i S$ OBJECTED. He Was Not ightened by Mr. Van Voorhis’ Poetry. frequently adorns the Congres- ord when eulogies of deceased being pronounced, and oc- members are casionally slips in during the course of regular busin Ss. 1 Monday Mr. Van Voorhis of New York asked unanimous consent to consider a pension bill for an army hos- pital nurse who {ts now, he sald, sick ana paralyzed and completely helpless and des- titute. He described the case, and then sald: “[ belleve that every member of the House ftmdorses the sentiment of John Tobin, that “The man that lays his hand upon a wo- man, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom ‘twere gross flattery to name @ coward.” “If there {s such a man here, let him object to this bill," concluded Mr. Van Voorhis “Is there objection to the present con- sideration of the bill?’ asked the Speaker. “ZI object," said Mr. Jones of Virginia. ‘Shade of Martha Washington,” cried Mr. Van Voorhtis, holding up his hands in horror, “tho man halls from Virgtsia. Opposition to Reopening the Seal Question Manifested in the House. Members of the Foreign Affai Com- mittee Think the Resolut will Be Shelved in the Senate. Considerable opposition to the plan for reopening the seal question, which has been reported from the ways and means committee »f the House upon the recom- mendation of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin, is manifested by mem- bers of the foreign affairs committee. They consider the question one too delicate to be freely discussed, for while they admit that the United States lost by the award of the Paris arbitration they hesitate to say so publicly out of consideration for the gentlemen who represented the United States on that tribunal, and they think that having lost this the government should, with good grace, accept the results of its diplomatic defeat. Opinions of this character are ‘expressed by leading members of the committee of both parties. They doubt whether Great Britain would accept an invitation to be- come party to an arrangement for an in- vestigation by a commission with the es- tablishment of a modus vivendi pending the commissioners’ report. Although che might agree to the first part of the plan it is predicted that there would be great difficulty in reaching an agree- ment upon a modus vivendi which would protect the seals under American jurisdic- tion. The great mistake, say members of the foreign affairs committee, was in sub- mitting to arbitration what the United States should have claimed as her rights. They are not anxious for an extended de- bate on the resolution, for the debate is likely to bring forth expressions of hostil- ity to Great Britain from certain quar- ters which the members of the committes deplore and feel certain do not represent the real sentiment of Congress. Rather than bring on a violent debate they are inclined to offer no more than a perfunctory opposition to the resolution. ‘They depend upon the Senate to shelve the resolution by delay, and believe that Sen- ator Morgan will lead the opposition to it. The alternative of killing the seals by gov- ernment authorities unless the other pow- ere consent to reopen the question is the feature of the plan which excites the greatest opposition. ——— POWER OF THE OBJECTOR. It Was Well Ilustrated in the Sennte Today. In these last days of the session of Con- gress much legislation is done by unani- mous consent. That fs to say, little is done without such consent, for the time is so short that there is no opportunity for any- thing to pass if there be serious objection, and this is very true of small bills on the calendar, which cannot be pitted with suc- cess against the regular appropriation bills. If there be any objection to their considera- tion the omy way to take them up in the Senate is by a vote, and majorities cannot be hoped for in these days. The fate of the silver bill, with a large majerity in fa- vor of it, shows how necessary is unani- mous consent at this time. So the power of the objector is great. This was curiously illustrated this morning in the Senate, when there was a regular see- sawing of objections back and forth, to the utter demoralization of the people who hoped to get their bills through. One objec- tion usually calls for another, in a spirit of retaliation, or reciprocal courtesy, as the Senators themselves call it. This makes quite a chain, that may tangle up a good many legislative legs before it is all wound up. First, Senator Harris started the proceed- imgs by asking unanimous consent to have the Senate hold a session tomorrow night to consider the street and sewer extension bond bill in behalf of the people of the Dis- trict. Immediately there were objections by Senators Allen and Pettigrew. Mr. Al- len reaped the harvest of his objection very quickly, for in a few minutes he called up a bridge bill local to him, and the clerk was reading it, when Mr. Frye asked who had called it up. The Vice President informed him. “Then I object, Mr. President,” he said. Next came Mr. Power with a bridge bill, to which Mr. Allen objected. Mr. Gallinger then came with a request for unanimous consent to pass the House bill providing for the adoption of chil- dren in the District of Columbia. This time ft was Mr. Butler who objected, and then the Senators gave up their efforts to secure cetion. —$__ +2 _____ IN MR. SHANKLIN’S BEHALF. An Indiana Delegation Fails to Get Much Comfort at the White House. A number of the Indiana delegation in Congress, together with the chairman of the democratic state committee and other Indiana politicians, called on President Cleveland today to petition for the ap- pointment of J. G. Shanklin, the Indiana editor, to succeed Mr. Gray as minister to Mexico. It 1s said that the delega- tion were received very coldly by the Prest- dent and after their departure from the White House it was suggested there that the interest of their candidate would have Leen better served had they shown more delicacy and delayed thelr call for a few ys. TO AVERT A WATER FAMINE. Interest Increasing in Regurd to the Water Supply Item. Many members of the House are mani- festing interest in the item of the District appropriation bill, now in conference, which proposes to carry out the recommendation of the War Department to avert a water famine in this city. The attention of mem- bers 1s called to the matter by their friends and acquaintances who are householders in the city, every member having more or less of such a constituency, and being in a po- sition te see the practical side of the situa- tion. A number of Congressmen, too, are residents of Capitol Hill, and realize from their own experience the imminency of the water famine. = Since the intimation has gone abroad that corporation influences are at work in the Senate to defeat the water appropriation the interest of Congressmen in the matter has increased. The attitude of the Great Falls Water Power Company and the Ches- apeake and Ohio Canal Company in oppos- ing for selfish reasons the extension of the government water works at the point of supply is the subject of considerable talk at the Capitol. Surprise Is evinced at the Senate's action in opposing an appropria- tion unanimously reported by the House committee, in view of the Senate's well- known proclivity to increase necessary ap- propriations instead of decreasing them. o— Medals of Honor Awarded. A medal of honor has been awarded to J. R. Evans, late private company H, six- ty-second New York volunteers, for most distinguished gallantry in saving the flag of his regiment at the battle of the Wil- derness, Va., May 5, 1864. A medal has also been awarded to Isaac Carmen, late corporal company A, forty- eighth Ohio volunteers, for most distin- guished gallantry in saving his regimental flag at Vicksburg, May 22, 1963, and also for seizing and throwing from among his comrades a shell with a burning fuse. BY HIS OWN HAND Tragic Death of the Secretary of the Russian Legation. HIS SUICDE IN THIS CITY TODAY Notes That Indicate That He Was Weary of Pain. AN EFFECTIVE BULLET ———— At 10 o’clock this morning M. Pierre Bog- danoff, first secretary of the Russian em- bassy, as he lay in bed in his lodgings on H street near 17th, called to his French servant ‘Babette, get me a paper.” The faithful old woman went out on the street to do the customary errand, and In a few minutes returned to find her “Poor mes- sieur’ lying dead in his bed. His right hand lay on his breast tightly clinched on a silver-mounted revolver. Through the band of his snow-white nightcap, over the right temple, was a purpled, ragged, powde! burnt hole, and on the brow and cheek was a crimson splash of blood. M. Pierre was dead, and death came by his own hand. The shrieks of the poor old French se: vant called the landlady, and she quickly summoned Police Sergeant Maddox. Word was sent to Prince Cantacuzene, the Rus- sian ambassador, who soon arrived, a companied by M. Botkine, the second sec- retary of the embassy. ‘There was no evidence of any kind to ac- count for the deed. Little was known of Mr. Bogdanoff even by his associate diplo- mats. They had known him for many years only as one whose name had been in the diplomatic service of Russia, first in Servia for eight years, then in Bulgaria for two years and since 1890 in Brazil. About two months ago he was transferred from Rio de Janeiro to Washington and made first secretary of the embassy. Six weeks ago he reported to the ambassador and took pleasant apartments on H street, where he had three spacious rooms on the first floor. é In person he was a tall, spare man of the Parisian pattern, about forty-five years old, with close-cropped iron gray hair ard’ a snow white mustache. With him he brought the old French servant and many trunks, which, when unpacked, served to pour forth an endless array of pictures, books and bric-a-brac, which were placed about his new home and gave it an air of refinement that bespoke the cultivated man of the world. His manner was quiet, gen- tlemanly and somewhat reserved. He went in and out, becoming very little acquainted with others in the house. To those usso- ciated with him in the embassy he stamped himself as a cultured man, thoroughly ccmpanionable and entertaining. Subject to Neuralgia. It soon became known that he was sub- Ject to frightful neuralgic pain and when the disease was upon him he suffered bit- terly. In the intermittent periods of relief he was cheerful and smiling. But his landlady remembers this afternoon a strange remark he made when he took the rooms. He was pleased with their sunny aspect and convenience to the embassy, but remarked, as he said he would take them, ‘Now, I'll stay her—till I die.” For three hours tcday Go explanation could be found for the secretary's motiv She old French weman kept wringing her hands, the police watched the door, the at- taches came and went. Finally, Coroner Hammett and Deputy Coroner Glazebrook came and took the statements of the ser- vant, the landlady and the officers. Dr. Hammett gave a certificate in accordance with the facts. Two Explanatory Notes. Thinking of some additional details of instruction to the officers he turned back, when the old French woman darted to the secretary's desk and snatched up two notes lying under a silver paper knife. She ex- plained in French that she saw them there yesterday afternoon. The coroner took the notes, but found they were superscribed in Russian. The long, slender, gilt-bordered envelope bore the Russian crest. Mr. Botkine read them, One was addressed simply ‘To be opened.” The other said: “For relatives.” The latter was not opened. The other when opened contained a long, gilded card correspond- ing to the envelope, and_upon it, in Ru: sian, ran the words: “For a long time, dead soul, this body is all too heavy a burden to be carried. For this reason I destroy myself.” ‘This gave the full explanation of the af- fair. M. Bogdanoff had decided deliberate- ly to release himself from the pain which made life unbearable. He wrote the notes during the day yesterday. The French ser- vant saw them when she tidied his desk and dusted it. He went out on horseback during the afternoon, enjoying the sunny day,the notes lying there the while, wholly illegible in their Russian text to any chance eye. The Fatal Wound. When the doctors examined the body they found the bullet (38-caltber) had gone clean through the head and was buried in the pillow. When found it was covered with the down from the pillow. It filled the cartridge shell found in the revolver. ‘The coroner turned the dead man’s effects over to M. Botkine, who receipted for them. M. Bogdanoff was an unmarried man, and has no relatives nearer than Moscow, where live a brother and sister. His parents are both dead. It is known that M. Bogdanoff was born in Moscow and graduated from the univer- sity there. He was fond of the theater, and only yesterday bought tickets to take M. Botkins to the opera tomorrow night. Prince Cantacuzene cabled to the brother in Moscow this afternoon, announcing the sad affair and asking what disposition to make of the remains. ——— EARLIER SENATE SESSIONS. A Light Attendance When the Vice President Rapped to Order Today. ‘The Senate got down to business today by meeting an hour earlier than usual. Few people, and fewer Senators, it would seem, knew that this was to be done, and so the curtain rolled up on the scene of the strug- gle at 11 o'clock with but six Senators in their seats. These were Senators Squire, Pettigrew, Lindsay, Hill, Coke and Berry. Mr. George entered the chamber while the prayer was being delivered, thus making seven statesmen out of eighty-eight. The resolution for 11 o'clock sessions was passed in a jiffy, very quietly, without any fuss being made. It was that introduced by Mr. Gorman some days ago, which was laid over a day. The next day it was not called up, Mr. Gorman having ascertained that there would be considerable talk caused by his pressing it, and he bided his time. While all minds were intent yesterday upon the silver bill the Vice President, at Mr. Gorman’s private request, laid the resolu- tion before the Senate, and it was adopted without a division. Meanwhile Mr. Call had presented a reso- lution looking to not only 11 o'clock as the meeting hour, but also the holding of night sessions. This resolution went to the table and will probably not be called up. +e Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $306,641. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $206,202; customs, $627,318; miscellaneous, $7,870. DISTRICT STREET RAILWAYS WARWICk BY 60,989 Not Much Likelihood of Further Legisle- tion on Them This Session. The Suburbaa € mgepnny and Mr. Hill's Position in Regard to It—Propo- sitions by Other Roads. It begins to look as though there woul! be no further legislation for the District at this session, especially on the line of street railway bills. Mr. Hill has declared that unless the bill amending the charter of the District of Columbia suburban read bill be passed, he will object to the coming up of any other local Dills. It does rot seem probable that the bill, of which he is the champion, will secure a favorable hear- ing, although it is still pending before the District committee, and it is possible that that committee on Friday next may decide to report it favorably. As stated in The Star last evening, the bill was consid- ered on Monday at a special meeting, and it was sent to the subcommittee with in- structions to frame it s® that the road should enter the city limigs at 15th street northeast, and running Jon that street southward to East CapitpI street, should connect with the Coiumbig, Eckington and Metropolitan roads in tut. The subcom- ee if proposition met hree roads con- mittee was to this with the approval of the cerned. Alternative Proposition, Consent to this arrangément has been formally given by the C@lumbia, Ecking- ton and Metropolitan cofmpanies. They have made an alternative groposition to the District committee, offerigfg to sive abso- lutely free transfers to t subur or to establish a three-c@nt transfe suburban road taking rob cents and the city lines one cent. Thet Columbia road also proposes to build anyextension of its line from its terminus at i¥th and H streets east along the Biadensburg road to the District line, to complet@ ihis extension within one year and to gfve a continuous ride on both the city and suburban branch- es cf the road for five cents. Ho the Sabcommittce Stands. This second proposition of the Columbia road 1s, of course, quite independent of the present proble although it is in the nature of a substitute for the pending bill. If the matter rested entirely with the three city lines involved there would be no delay or doubt about the legislation, but it seems now that the projectors of the suburban road absolutely refuse to accept this ar- rangement and insist upgn the passage of the bill as it came from ‘the House. ‘Yo complicate matiers still furthe subcommittee on the DbNi finds widely divided on the question. ator Harris is in favor of ing the House bill, Sedutor prefers to substitute a reute up G st connect with the on road, in Tiew of the route prope the House bill; Senator McMillan believes that the sub- urban line should not be allowed to parailel the already existing city lines, the Columbia, which has recently estab- lished an expensive cable plant, but he is willing to grant tne suburban read a cha ter to run south along lotty street and con- nect with the three roads that have been mentioned. 5 Nothing Lik: 5 y to Me Done. So the matter stands, and it is probable, in view of the complex situation, that noth- ing further will be done in the matter. It would be difficult, at any rate, to obtain ac- tion on the bill, provided Mr. Hill and his friends of the suburban company were will- are at all disgruntled over all ing, but if they this new propo , Whigh is really that they can possibly get at this sessi the Senator from New York can, of cours sidetrack this bill and anything else in the way of District legislation by a single ob- jection. ti Mr. Hill's Interest. Interesting facts are coming to light re- regarding Mr. Hill’s interest in this pill. It has already been stated by him on the floor, and repeated in other quarte that friends of his from Albany are in- terested in the construction of this road, but it has not been made known just how and why they are interested. It now de- velops that Mr. Hill’s ‘Albany friend,’’ about whom so much has been written and said in this connection of late, is not an incorporator of the road, but is really fur- nishing the bulk of the money with which it is proposed to construct the line. He has recently purchased a large tract of land, it is said, north of the city, in the region that will be tapped by this road, and in order to give it a market value it is necessary to run a cheap line of trans~ portation into the cit Ss purpose a three-cent transfer wit ze line would not suffice, but it would be neces- sary, it seems, for the patrons of the road and, incidentally, the purchasers of this property, to obtain access to the heart of the city by means of a five-cent fare. This objection, it would seem, has been amply met by the agreement of the three urban routes to enter into a transfer sy tem that would give absolutely free pa: age between their lines and the suburban road. Their offer to do this is now in writ- ing, in the hands of Senator Harris, and there is every reason to believe that the ar- rangement can be perfectéd at any time. Mr. MeMillan’s Opinic It is the opinion of Senator McMillan, who has had a large experience in such mat- ters, that this arrangement would be more beneficial to the proposed company than would a line of its own into the heart of the city. In course of time, he says, the cars of the suburban line would probably be allowed to run along the tracks of one or other of the three trunk lines running eust and west which it is proposed to tap, and thus the suburban company would be given all the advantages of a direct city connection without having been put to the expense of laying a track. Notwithstanding these considerations, Mr. Hill has declared that nothing is to be done with District bills at this session unless his bill is passed. In view of his attitude in the matter local legislation is almost an impossibility, Yet, by shrewdly watching his opportuni Senator Faulkner yesterday managed to secure concurrent action by the Senate on the House amendments to the bill of the Senate amending the charter of the Metro- politan road. This was dene in Mr. Hiil’ absence and gave the friends of Di ot legislation great pleasure, for Mr. Hill had been outwitted. whe rolley Rider. This situation, of course, makes action by the Senate on the rider now on the East Washington Belt Line bill extending the trolley term of the Eckington road one year still more unlikely than ever. It was stated today by a member of the District committee that there was no objection to the East Washington bill becoming a law, but that if it be taken up by the Senate this rider, the seventh section, would be stricken out. Se ae Bolt Holes in Armor Plate. A report has been received at the Navy Departmert from Cramp's works to the ef- fect that after several weeks’ trial of the new process of borirg and tapping Lolt holes in hardened armor plate by of the electric welding plant, most satisfac- tory results have been obtained, and it will no longer be necessary to leave the soft bands in the plates for the bolt holes, which, at present, constitute an element of weakness. Greatest Plurality Ever Given a Philadelphia Candidate. GREAT SURPRISE T0 THE REPUBLICANS Disappointment and Depression of the Democrats. DID NOT HOLD THEIR OWN PHILADELPHIA, Pa., February 20.—It was after 4 o'clock this morning when the count of the vote cast in this city yester- day was completed. Not only were there more ballots put in the boxes than ever before, but the ticket in every ward was cut up to such an extent as to make the work of tabulating the vote very difficult. In a total vote of 214,747, Charles F. War- wick, the republican candidate for mayor, a plurality of 60,989 over ex-Gov. Robt. ttison, ‘the democratic standard bear- . This is the greatest plurality ever given a candidate in a municipal contest, the previous record being 39,065, received by Edwin S. Stuart in 1591. The result is a pleasant surprise to the republicans, ‘the most sanguine of whom did not d to predict more than 40,000 plurality for their ticket. The conservative members of the party, before the election, even expressed themselves as satisfied if they got 20,000, Consequently, there was unusual rejoic- ing in the early hours this morning when the republicans realized that their candi- date had won by a plurality in excess of their wildest hopes. Democrats Depressed. The democrats were correspondingly de- pressed, for they had good reason to an- ticipate victory at the polls, in view of the supposed disaffection in the republican ranks believed to exist because of the man- ner in which Mr. Warwick was given the nomination over Senator Penrose. The Pattison campaign had been conducted on reform, non-partisan platform, and the leaders of the party were sanguine that their man would be elected. Gov. Pattison s! ed this belief, placing his own plurality at 20,000. ‘The result shows that the expected “re- form” vote for Pattison did not material- ize. The full strength of the democratic vote was not even given him, democratic strongholds like the third, fourth, sixth, eleventh, twe!fth and seventeenth wards either going against him or giving a very much reduced plurality in his favor. All ef these wards are in the third congres- sional district, formerly represented by the late Samuel J. Randall, and the result shows that the McAleer or anti-Harrity democrats still have the knife out for any candidate whose election is advocated by the national chairman. Roney Ran 7 Behind. William J. Roney, Mr. \ panion at the head of the ticket, as candi- date for receiver of taxes, ran only 8,S27 behind the ticket. Mr. Roney is a brother- in-law of Leader David Martin and it was expected that he would be extensively cut hy the republicans opposed to Mr. Mar- tin’s leadership. The independent and Municipal League candidates fared very not one of them being elected. In eral instances candidates vigorously op- sed by the Municipal League ran ahead of the ticket. Women were voted for as school directors for the first time under a law recently passed. There were seventeen such candi- dates scattered throughout the city, but one was elected, the fortunate woman 2 Anna Longstreth, republican, in the fifteenth ward, who ran 129 votes ahead of Warwick and got the highest plurality on the ticket in that ward. The other women candidates were nominated either by the democrats or prohibitionists in hopelessly ican wards and they therefore had -e of being elected. In the state the same story is to be told, the city and borough elections in the east- ern half ig in almost unanimous republic AMERICAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS Ninth Annual Convention Assembled in New York. NEW YORK, February 20.—The ninth arnual convention of the American News- paper Publishers’ Association was com- menced at noon today in the Hotel Bruns- wick. The association is composed ex- clusively of newspaper publishers, and its members, who number 160, are scattered all over the country from Maine to Cali- fornia. There are 120 delegates in attend- ence on the convention. S. H. Kauffmann of The Washington Evening Star called the convention to or- Ger, in the absence of James W. Scott of the Chicago Herald, who is president of the association. The convention will last three days, con- cluding with a banquet at the Hotel Bruns- wh PLATTS ALBA VISIT. MR. Mayor Strong to Be Given Less Power ‘Than Was Proposed. ALBANY, N. Y., February 20.—As a re- sult of Thomas C, Platt’s visit to the state capital, it Is probable that an amendment will be offered to the committee of sev~ enty’s police justices bill which will leave the sitting justices undisturbed until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. As to the police reorgani- ion bill, also a committee of seventy measure, the present plan is to so amend it as to relieve Mayor Strong of revisionary power, and render final the report of the commission’ named in the bill. Unless there shall be a change of pur- pose, the bill best known as the “Goff pill,” and which contemplates giving the entire patronage of the criminal courts of New York city into the hands of the re- corder, will be passed. t and Governor Morton were ether for an hour or more to- but nothing is known as to the nature -Ir conversation beyond the fact that it related to the patronage of New York city. FIRE. VILLA BIG The Business Port y n of Hamilton, N. Nenrly Destroye sy N. ¥., February 20.—The business portion of the village of Hamil- ton was almost entirely destroyed by fire this morning. About thirty places of busi- ness were burned. The fire started at 9 lock last night jn the Woodruff block. m there it spread west, taking the un- deriaking establishment of Ramlands & th, then crossed the street, destroying Tripp's Opera House. Fifteen stores were consumed on Utica street. It is thought the loss will aggrgate $400,000. SS Ocean Steamships Arrived. LIVERPOOL, 20.—Arrived, stcamer Teutonic, HAMBURG, February 20.—Arrived, steamer Phoenecia, New York. 30STON, February 20.—Arrived, steamer Samaria, Liverpool. NEW YORK, February 20.—Arrived, steamer Mohawk, London, Rotterdam. Arrived, steamer Noordland, Antwerp. PATENT OFFICE REPORT Commissioner Seymour's Statement of the Work of a Year. Issue as to States and in Foreign Jands—An Increase of Force Recommended. Commissioner John S. Seymour of the United States patent office has submitted a report for the year ending December 31, 1894. During 1894 there were received 36,- 987 applications for patents, 7 applica- tions for designs, 95 applications for re- issues, 2,286 caveats, 2,053 applications for registration’ of trade-marks and 371 appli- cations for labels. There were 20,803 pat- ents granted, including designs, 64 patents reissued and 1,806 trade-marks registered. The number of patents which expired was 12,920. The number of patents which were by operation of law forfeited for non-pay- ment of the final fee was 3,812. The total expenditures were $1,100,047.12. The re- ceipts over expenditures were $87,392.46, and the total balance to the credit of the patent office in the treasury of the United States amounts to $4,369,1 1. Issue as to States. In proportion to population more patents were issued to citizens of Connecticut than to those of any other state, one to every 993 inhabitants; and next in order in pro- portion to population come Massachusetts, with one to every 1,335 inhabitants, and the District of Columbia, with one to every 1,379 inhabitants. New Jersey, Montana, Rhode Island, New York and Colorado fol- low in the order named. The fewest pat- ents in proportion to the number of inhab- itants were issued to citizens of South Car- olina, Mississippi, North Carolina, Arkan- sas and Georgia, following in that order. As to foreign countries, more were grant- ed to subjects of England than of any other—6s9; to those of Germany, 582; of the Dominion of Canada, 203; of France, 196; some to subjects of Austria-Hungary, Bel- gium, China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Hawail, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zea- land, Norway, Queensland, Russia, Scot- land, Servia, South Australia, Spain, Swe- den, Switzerland, Venezuela and Victoria, and one each to. citizens, respectively, of British Guiana, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Natal, New Providence, Peru and Porto Rico. The report says that an average of 711 original cases and 1,643 amended cases were received each week. None of the thirty- three examining divisions in the office was in arrears more than one month, so that an application for pension properly filed so as to be immediately available for ad- judication might be received and granted within a month. More Force Needed. After referring at some length to various practices by which applications without merit were kept for years before the bu- reau, and recommending a remedy against this practice, the commissioner says: “I respectfully reiterate my former recom- mendation that the working force of the patent office be increased and that the ap- propriation be increased by $64,000, in order that the work of classification which now falls to the present examining corps may be assigned to the increased force. Perfect classification is the indispensable condition upon which reasonably accurate examina- tions upon the question of novelty may be made. If it were possible to make this ac- curate examination upon the question of ncvelty very much litigation concerning Patents would be avoided.” +2. ____ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, Consular Offices Filled and a Nuam- ber of Army and Navy Promotions. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: State—Joseph R. Herod of Indiana, to be first secretary of the legation of the United States at Japan; Wm. Crichton of West Virginia, to be secretary of legation of the United States at Brazil. To be consuls of the United States—Fred. Ellison of Indiana, at Belize, British Hon- duras; Julie Harmony of New York, at Corunna, Spain; Wm. W. Masterson of Kentucky, at Aden, Arabia; Samuel W. Thorne of Pennsylvania, at Asuncion, Paraguay. Postmasters—George W. Marshall, at Swampscott, Mass.; James F, Charles- worth, Saint Clairsville, Ohio. War—First Lieut. Silas A. Wolf, fourth infantry, to be captain; Second Lieut. Wm. C. Neary, third infantry, to be first leu- tenant. Navy—Lieutenant Commander Frederick W. Crocker, to be a commander; Lieuten- ant Commander Robert M. Berry, to be a commander; Lieut. James R. Selfridge, to be a Ieutenant commander; Lieut. Charles A, Adams, to be a lieutenant commander; Lieut. Wm. H. Everett, to be a lieutenant commander; Lieut. John M. Hawley, to be a lieutenant commander; Jieut. Thos. H. Stevens, to be a lMeutenant commander; Lieut. Gunior grade) Wm. P. White, to be a lieutenant; Lieut. Gunior grade) John H. Shipley, to be a_lieutenant; Lieut. Gunior grade) John E. Craven, to be a Neutenant; Lieut. Gunior grade) James H. Hethering- ton, to be a Heutenant; Lieut.(junior grade) John J. Knapp, to be a lieutenant. ee MR. CLEVELAND’S QUESTION. An Iniimation That Congress May Be Convened in March. Three Representatives-elect to the next Congress, Messrs. Smith of Grand Rapids, Corliss of Detroit and Towne of Duluth, who have been spending some days in Washington, called on President Cleveland this morning to pay their respects before returning to their homes, After chatting pleasantly with them for a while about the new duties they would soon be called upon to perform, Mr. Cleveland asked them ab- ruptly how they would like to be called back here to enter upon these duties about the i5th of March. The question was asked in a significant tone. The young members- elect replied that they were in no hurry to begin work, and that he need not call an extra session on their account. They were perfectly willing, they said, to wait until December. To this the President re- plied that conditions and not personal con- siderations must determine the time of their meeting. He did not say directly, however, that he interded to call an extra session. HARVEYIZED PLATE. Tests to Be Made at Indian Head To- morrow. There will be a test at the Indian Head proving grounds tomorrow of a 14-inch nickel-steel Harveyized plate made by the Carnegie company. This is an experi- mental plate, and does not represent a lot of armor for any ship. The peculiarity consists in treating an 18-inch plate by the Harvey process and thoroughly carbonizing its surface, after which the plate ts rolled down to a thickness of 14 inches, and then chilled by the icewater spray. It is be- lieved that by this treatment greater uni- formity in the temper of the plate can be secured. The ballistic trial tomorrow will consequently be watched with interest by naval experts. ‘apt. Sampson, Prof. Alger and Lieut. Ackerman haye returned to Washington from Bethlehem, where they witnessed yes- terday a most successful test of a 17-inch armor plate representing a lot of armor for the battleship Indiana. Two 10-inch Carpenter projectiles fired at velocities of 1,550 and 1; feet were smashed on the plate without perforating or cracking it. THE NEXT CONGRESS Administration Men Sounding the- Members on the Silver Question. POSSIBLEBEARING ON AN EXTRA SESSION Mr. Cleveland's Pians as to Future- Issues of Bonds. WHY SILVER MEN GIVE WAY At the suggestion, it is said, of President Cleveland some of the friends of the ad- ministration are endeavoring to make a canvass of the next House for the purpose of ascertaining how strong the silver senti- ment will be in that body. There is said to be some apprehension on the part of the President that there may be enough silver men among the new and unknown republicans elected to join the democrats and give the administration further trouble in financial matters. Inquiries are being made in all quarters as to the attitude of members-elect of both parties. A Beuriug on an Extra Session. It is understood that Mr. Cleveland still clings to the idea of having an early ses- sion of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and the inquiries which he is causing to be made have a bearing on the question of an extra session. It is said that his determination on this question will gepend largely upon what are his intentions with relation to the bond issue. If the severe criticisms which have been passed upon his bond contracts have rot frightened him off, and if he still intends to pursue the policy involved in that contract, it is believed that he will call an extra session. The bankers who took the $62,000,000 of bonds expected on entering into the contract that a consider- able additional! amount of bonds would be issued to them between the time of the adjournment of Congress and the expira- tion of the contract in October on the same terms granted them in this purchase. Mr. Cleveland’s Plan. It is said that if Mr. Cleveland intends to carry out the contract in respect to other bond issues, which will have to be made, during the summer, he will cail Congress tcgether, and, before issuing other bonds, make the same proposition to the Fifty- fourth Congress which he did to this, for a 3 per cent gold bond. His recommenda- tion having failed of approval, as it is a foregone conclusion it will, he will proceed upen the theory adopted in the present in- stance—that the responsibility for any in- judicious bond sales he makes during the summer will still rest upon Congress. Mr. Vilas’ Significant Statement. The fact that he is not averse to an ex- tra session was shown yesterday by the course of Mr. Vilas of the Senate. After consulting with the President yesterday, Mr. Vilas took the position that sooner than permit a vote on the silver bill the friends of the administration would con- sume all of the time of the Senate in talk; thus causing the failure of several appro- priation bills. This, of course, would neces- sitate an extra session, without any refer- ence to the financial question, and it was under the advice of Mr. Cleveland that the friends of the administration were willing to make that issue. It is believed that Mr. Cleveland would like the necessity for an early meeting of the next Congress to re- sult from the failure of an appropriation bill. The readiness with which the silver men of the Senate gave way before this threat was due largely to the fact that they believed that by forcing an extra session through the failure of an appropriation bill they would be gratifying the President. —___-+ THE HGUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE. Several Bills That Will Be Favorably Reported. The House District committee today or- dered a favorable report on the Senate bill requiring the removal of ice and snow from the sidewalk. The Senate bill for the es- tablishment of an inebriate asylum in the District was also ordered favorably re- ported. Both of these bills have been pub-- lished in The Star. A favorable report was directed upon a bill reducing the annual tax upon the gross receipts of suburban street railways to 2 per cent for a term of three years, when 4 per cent shall be required. The committee favorably considered also the bill to incorporate the National Gas and Electric Light, Heat and Power Com- pany. This company offers to furnish gas to citizens at 75 cents per 1,000 feet. The bill, as reported, requires a bond of $500,000 to be executed by the company for the ful- fillment of its promises. Representative Newlands, president of the Rock Creek Railway Company, ap- peared before the committee to advocate a pill authorizing his company at some fu- ture date to utilize a street hereafter to be opened at the expense of the city and the abutting property owners. President Som- erville of the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ Association opposed the bill on the ground that it gives the Commissioners too much discretion in locating the railroad. He wants the road to come down lith street, he said. The committee adjourned without acting upon this bill. —_—_____2-____—_ AT THE NAVY YARD. A Big Gun Successfully Jncketed— Waiting for the Ice to G The gun foundry was crowded with vis- itors yesterday afternoon. The occasion was the jacketing of one of the large size guns, There were present among others Lieutenant Buckingham, in charge of the Dolphin; Lieutenant Jewell of the ordnance department and a number of marine offi- cers accompanying lady friends. Mr. Rob- inson conducted successfuly the work of raising the immense jacket from the fur- nace and lowering it upon the upright tube in the pit. The stream of water shot up the tube and cooled off the hot metal, after which the affair was over. The gun was a 12-inch one and the jacket measured cxactly 190 inches or 15 feet. The Dolphin, which has been in port at the navy yard for about two months, may leave on its summer cruise as soon as the ice is broken up. Notice has been posted throughout the yard that owing to Friday, the 22d, being a legal holiday workmen ‘need not come to work, and the bell will not ring for thelr summons. There has been no set back to the Hearst gun, as was at first supposed, owing to the breaking up of the shell while it was being proved at Indian Head not long ago. It was found to be the fault of the shells, which were iron instead of steel. Steel shells are now being manufactured and as soon as completed there will be another test at the proving ground. If the ice permits of traffic by next week a shipment of a number of guns will be made on the Triton to Indian Head for proving. —_—-2._____ A NEW CHIEF CLERK. Judge Womack Succeeds Mr. Daniels im the Interior Department. Judge Emmett Womack, assigtant at- torney in the office of the assistant attor- rey general to the Department of the In- terior, has today been appointed chief clerk of the Interior Department, vice Josephus Dariels, resigned. The oath of office was administered by late Acting Chief Clerk De Lacy. He assumed charge of the office this afternoon.