Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1895, Page 1

= THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, qe peseean Arent, Cor. 11th try by e Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, Bl The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cen! Der Weg, cr 44 ceuts per month. ¢ at the Counter 2 cents each. By. mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—60 cenis ber month. = Saturday Quintup! foreign postage ad Sheet Star, $1 per year, with . $3.00. — Che Evening Star. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second ML matter.) er Al scriptions must be paid in advan Rates uf advertising made known on application. No. 13,332. WASHINGTON, D. 0. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Look on page J3 for the fifteenth installment of the new mystery story, “Before They Were Married.” $250 for the correct solution of the mystery by a woman reader. CABINET MEETING The President Consults His Advisers About His Message. TT WILL PROBABLY GO IN TUESDAY Secretary Carlisle Has Just Begun Work on His Report. —————— OTHER REPORTS FINISHED The President spent the day at the White House, and was in consultation with his cabinet from 11 to 2 o'clock over his mes- sage and the various other state papers usually submitted to Congress on the first day of the session. In this list fs included the reports of all the executive depart- ments, the various independent bureaus Ike the civil service commission, the labor bureau and the interstate commerce com- mission, as well as the reports of special bodies like the Nicaraguan canal commis- sion. All these the treasur, reports, with the exception of are completed, and several of them have been in the President's hands for several days. They form the bases of his message to Congress on the state of the Union, with the exception of the portion re- lating to foreign affairs, which is based on the correspondence carried on wita for- eign representatives by the Secretary of Bt All the members of the cabinet e present at tod: 's meeting the White House except Secretary Morton, who ig in the west, vot to Go in Monday. The President's message will not be sub- mitted to Congress on Monday next as was at first supposed, but will be submitted the following day. The decision not to send it in on Monday is due to the belief that the first day’s session of the House of Rep- resentatives will be entirely consumed in perfecting {ts organization and making the assignments of seats. There Is nothing un- vsual in delaying the submission of the President's snnual message beyond the opening day of the session. It is seldom submitted on the first day of a long sion of Congress, b use of the time nec sarily consumed by the House fn its pr liminary organization for business. The President has practically completed the reparation of his message, and will have Fi reaay to go in on Monday in case it is found expedient to co so. It 4: id to be one of the longes: executive messages on record. According to report the President has been engaged in its preparation ever since his urn from Gray Gables. Seeretary Carlisle Has Just Begun Work. Secretary Carlisle has just begun work on his report on the nitional finances, but he is a rapid worker, and It is contidently pre- dicted that he will finish it in time for sub- mission to Congress on Wednesday next. At any rate, that Is the day selected for its publication by the press in case It is ready in time. The annual reports of all the other cabinet officers are finished, and have been in the President's possession for several days. The reports of the Postmaster eral and the Secretary of Agriculture have already been published. The report of the Secretary of the Interior will appear in the newspapers of Friday next, and that of the Secretary of the Navy on Monday next. Secretary Lamont's report on the operations of the milltary establishment will probably be made public on Thursday or Saturday next. The exact day of publication has not yet been fixed, but it will be settled today. ‘The Secretary of State makes no report, the operations of his department being shown in the annual publications of diplo- matic correspondence, which documents usually do not make cheir public appear- ance for months after the assembling of Congress. Correspondence on special sub- Jects affecting our foreign relations is fre- ntly made public before the issue of the iplomatic correspondence” through the action of Congress in calling for copies of it. The report of the Attorney General, which differs from the others in being made direct to Congr instead of to the President, w! message to public company the President's and will be mz In Oppo tire Representative Wilson of Idaho fs at Wil- lard's. He is a new member and says he Will not attempt off-hand to settle the af- fairs of the nation. As to the question of revenue he sald that he thought the money needed to make up the deficiency should be Taised by adding tariff duty on seve articles, wool, , until enough revenu ; ured. He said he was opposed to issue and to the retirement of the The Vice President and family are ex- Pected at the Normandie about the 28th. Senators Sewell, Squires and Blackburn are expected at the same hotel December 1. The following members of the House have taken quarters at the Normandie: D. B. Henderson, lowa; Robert G. Cousins, Iow: Geo. M. Curtis and wife, lowa; O. L. Miller, P. W. Blue, Kansas ;J.G.Cannon, Illin- 3. Payne, New York; C. F. Layton, th W. Cobb, Missourl; B. F. How- ell and wife, New Jersey; J. F. Stewart, New Jersey. The following members of the House have engaged quarters at the Arlington, and are expe before the close of the wee O'Dell, 1 rand Dan ot New ¥ Gro of Vermont, and Sorg, Ohio, and Senators Platt, Thurston and White. ‘The following Representatives are expect- ed at the Yhoreham this week: R. Shan- non, R. C. McCormick, L. Quigg, Frank J. Canron, Joseph H. Walker, J. A. Scran- ton, Wallace T. F, ate, J. A. Connolly, Chas. G enrett, Henry C. Miner, Jas. B. M Creary and Senator Gibson of Maryland. Col. r C. Haines, corps of engineers, and } A. cit, ajor Frank H. Phipps and Capt. J. ordnance department, are in the in attendance on the meeting of the beard ¢ ‘dnance and fortifications. Li marine corps chheimer have returned to the rented No. 14 ant, to Rep «o for the full ifty-fourth Congress. Kkobert Adams, jr. s at the Albany » Monroe H. Kuly of at No. S15 Vermont ave- of Ivania i vtatl ania Reeve, solicitor of the treasury, ut. Reamey, ommander H. G. 0. Colby «is on a visit to the ¢ SLPHIA, November 8 made on the Commer- morning of the failure nger & Co., commission mer- amount of the liabilities and sot Known. The liabilities will be heavy, the firm did a big TARIFF DISCUSSION A Disposition to Avoid It by Friends of Two Presidential Candidates, . Representative Dolliver’s Views as to How Additional Revenue § hould Be Raixed—Greenbacks Popular. Intimations dropped and the general character of talk by some of the men well known as supporters of Reed or ef Allison for the presidency seem to indicate a pur- pose on the part of friends of both these candidates to avoid in the course of Con- gress this session anything calculated to make the tariff a principal subject of dis- cussion. The purpose to avoid, in fact, to repudiate, what is commonly termed Mc- Kinleyism is made particularly apparent in a way to indicate concert of action. The suggestion is made in significant quarters that nothing will be done calculated to make the tariff an issue of absorbing inter- est in the presidential campaign. The hope is expressed, in a way to indicate that ne- gotiations to that end are in contemplation, that Mr. Cleveland will accommodate him- self to a considerable extent to the nec sary policy of the republican Congress. The Idea is presented that there will be a few changes in the tariff to raise revenue which will not be of a character to excite great controversy, and which Mr. Cleve- land will accept, together with an item of internal revenue. Through this they hope to bring about a situation similar to that of the famous tariff compromise of ‘ik, which will serve to give business interests a rest and Keep the question out of the presidential campaign. How far Mr. Cleveland will co-operate in this is uncertain. From the east and from the northwest comes talk of this sort. Representative Dolliver's Views. An interview with Representative Dolliver of lowa today rather squints In that direc- tion and may be si nt, taken in con- nection with what has been said by other Speaking of the question of Increasing the revenue, he said to a Star reporter toda: “It is a difficult question. We have got to ‘aise tie revenue, and in doing so must con- Jer the conditions with which we con- onted. It would be worse than foolish to ter into a fight whiea cannot possibly re- It in anything. We shall profably nave to ise the revenue from internal sou er?” was asked. do not think that business men annoyed by a return to the old putting starips on checks, etc. ‘The revenue should be ised by an additional tax on beer. This will fall only on the manufa turers aud will not be felt by the “But is not a question of princ which will compel republicars to look to the tarfff, rather than to internal taxation for revenue’ “No; not at all. That fs only a dictum of McKinley's. The republican party is not comraitted to any policy which precludes an er! of revenue from internal taxe The party simply believes in protection. The present law is not of a character to join the issue on protection. It presents merely a question of detail.” Greenback Retirement Not Popular. Mr. Dolliver said that In the abstract it might be a wise thing to retire the green- backs, but he did not think it a popular nor practical proposition at this, time. “The people want,” he said, “not only wise legislation, but palatable as well. They believe in the greenback, and think that It is only the fault of bad manage- ment that any harm comes of it.” He said he did not think much outside routine would be done at this session. Speaking of the presidential outlook, he said that the people in Iowa were all for Allison, but added that Mr. Reed svas very popular, and grown mcre so through- cut the west since Congress adjourned. Then he shrewdly added that all the pr gential candidates were well thought of in owa. + @ POSTAL CLERK’S MET DEATH. Fatal Railway Wreck Yesterday in New Mexico. TOPEKA, Kan., November —Two pe sons lost their lives and two were injured so that they mi receiveé injuries that are more or less rious in a railroad wreck at Shoemaker, N. M., yesterd: Portal Clerk M. ss killed and Postal Clerk F. D. Whitney dicd from his injries. Benton Cunningham, newsbey, of See Kan., will die. : Freight Conductor J. H. Roth was badly injured and s j will probably die. The injured are: D. D. Fullot, Sedalia, Mo.; Jchn Mackin, Chicago; Theodore Mal- dano, wife, daughter and two childry Wagon Mount .M.; A. D. Monroe, Cr ple Creek, Col.; George Anton, Santa F N.M.; John Cohen, Leavenworth, Kan. slightly bruised and scalp wound; J. f Murphy. residence unknown, slightly bruis ed; W. K. Rogers, fireman of train left ankle sprained; Engineer Bourne of No, 4, arm broken, body bruised; W. H. Brown, chair car porter, oken. BURST. A Man Fatally Senided at Ne New Theater. NEW YORK, November steani pipe, nine inches In diameter, lead- ing from the main boiler ef the engine room that 1s Situated under the sidewalk in a Geep cellar in Oscar Hammerstein's Olympia at Broadway and 45th street burst ly today, scalding eleven meny one of y York's The main whom, Fred. Wynant, the assistant elec- trician, was killed instantly. Another man, Andrew Huggins of Newark, in the em- pley of the people who have charge of the electric plant tn the theater, is In a dying conditicn. Nine other men were injured more or jess on the hands and face by scalding wa- ter. The police have made two arrests. The prisoners are Frederick Sauvau, the steam fitter who degigned and placed the plant and John Thompson steam fitter and el trician. SNOW DELAYED THE ENGINES, Disastrous Fire in a Louis Whole- snle House. ST. LOUIS, Me., November 26.—The re- tail and wholesal2 millinery establishment of A. H. Fuch . Your, the buildi: g at srth Broa destroyed by fire iast evening. At tke time a heavy snow storm was prevailing, which delayed the engines and allowed tae fir> to get a good start. The loss is estimated at $115, 25,400 of which is on the build- ing, partially insured. Mrs. Blanche Ward and Miss Fannie Ward had narrow escapes from death by suffocation, They were usleep in the build- ing when the fire broke out and made their escape in their night cioth ss SIXTY-ITWO BODIES RECOVERED. Counting Up the Cost of the Palma Explosion. MADRID, November 26.—Sixty-two bod- thirty-two were the remains dy been recovered rtridge factory at up yesterday. plosion w been dis which y now caused by a workman, who 5 missed. GALES IN THE WEST Furious Winds Toss About Ohio River Boats. STORMS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR Tremendous Sea Raised on the Great Lakes.” ALL SORTS OF WIRES DOWN CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 26.—The rain which began here Friday stopped at last midnight, after having precipitated two and a half inches of water. A high wind cleared the sky, and descending, pro- ceeded to clear the earth. It came in a se- ries of hurricane puffs from various direc- tions. These blows were followed in quick succession, and they were capricious about where they struck, as they were in the di- rection which they took. The circle of hills protected the business section of the city, yet the storm swooped down and played havoe with fences, roofs, gns, windows, telegraph and telep! e wires, and many a late pedestrian had to dodge flying shutters and signs. But it was on the river that the havoc was greatest. There the wind had free cours About 12:30 o'clock the first hard blow came. It did its best for two or three minutes, straining the cables of the vessels moored aiong twelve miles of river front. At near 1 o'clock it came still stronger, and stayed longer than before. This time it got tts wild werk in among the boats. Qniy f on the immediate river front use the telephone down. Down the river near Riverside were moored the Johan K. Speed, a big New Orleans boat; the ye State and the large towboat W. Neill. The first report from there was that the W. W. O'Neill and the Jonn K. Speed had been blown together and wrecked. Investi- gation sho the O'Neill unscathed and the Speed and Bucke State blown acri the river and micored without damage. 4 little later at the public landing near the Newport bridge the steamers F. J. O'Connel and Rob Roy were torn from their moor- ings and blown out of sight at a ter pace up the Fiver. At daylight they } not been heard from. Anxiety for thi fate is Increased by the fact that each b: a watchman The seme Lurricane was encountered the 5 landin 2 Pittsbu H. s steering in | ed Bedford wa ariven toward the big stone piers of the Lowsvile a bridge omincus speed. gled against the panic-stricken pa: tmphed, landing 100 feet from th threatened to da pieces. At the same time the Hercules Carrel, a pawerful towboat, and the Bonanza parted trgir cables and were sent spinning up the river in a very ar course. The bix Carrel w ily anded high and dry on the landing at the foot of Main street. The fitful hu me drove t Bonanza with a crash against the Memphis wharf- A cable was made fast to the iraa harf, and she was saved. How coal barges and steamboats farther up and down the river fared is not known at this writing, and the anxicty of river- torm for the sa sengers, and finally. tri- the human freight not blg stone pier that had h their frail craft to men will not be relieved until definite new: d is recetved. While there wa damage in the city, it was all f bodily injur: e of the League F Park was blown down. A portion of the roofs of Odd Fellows’ Temple and St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church were blown of. A cabman driving through Ngwport was shocked Into unconsciousness by a live electric light wire falling on him. His horse was killed. The weather bureau reports the velocity of the gale last night fort miles an hour. Not a word of te! news h widespre night. Indianapolis cannot, at 10 a.m., be reach- ed, though i known that along the line of the Big Four the railroad all right to a point four miles from Indi: olls. At Batesville facturing of the Biz into it The steamers that v their moorings alor all been recovered ¥ One sand broke loos ap- Ind., the roof of a manu- oncern was blown on th acks ‘our, but fortunately no train r an e torn loose from x the river bank hav th very slight damage unk and a few barses all captured. t Ohio. November 26.—The widespread in its bearing evidence y of the wind this morning. For three hours the velocity ranged from twenty-three to twenty-five miles per hour, the maximum being reached at 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio, storm of last night w: effects, of the ft the en state when a velocity of thirt PS Was attained, according to the local weather bare The North Congregational Church in North Columbus, in course of construction, was totally demolished, and at the Pan- handle railroad shops great havoc was cre- ated, buildings — b moved from their foundations, and In some cases demolished. The telegraph companies were in a plight this morning. The pos practically down in every dit a considerable time all communi¢ cut off. A few wires have been patched up, but for miles both poles and wires are on the ground. ‘The Western Union reports the same conditions, wires being in no shape for the handling of business. The storm was general, but med to be strongest to the north and e: AKRON, Ohio, November est gale in the history of this city raged here from midnignt until 5 o'cl this morning, The wind reached a frightful velocity, and many persons sought safety in cellars. Many Te: and S were demolished or wi The property loss will be heavy. s killed so far as known. Raining in Northern Pennsylvania. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., Light rains section for small str months are sever- November 2 ave prevailed throushout this seventy-two hours, and the ms that have been dry for four showing signs of re ng life. the Susquehanna river dicate a con- are hope- Reports from alon: a: far we erable r: ful of gett (W,) feet of logs. A big sp Lock Haven dam, which hel ficial flood four feet high, was broken today, and the water is expected to drive al! the logs into the boom that re Stranded between here and that city. If the logs get in the saw mills here will begin runnirg night and day iin- mediate! ALONG THE LAKES. One of the Worst Storms Chicago Has Ever Known. CHICAGO, November Last night and early this morning was one of the worst storms that ever struck this city. The wind blew a gale, and railroad tratlic is greatly delayed and the street car com- panies have had to abandon some of their minor li devotin ies to keep- Ing the main lines epen. Dispatches received here show the same state of affairs throughout Illinols. Q reports a howling blizzard, with snow fall- ing fas’ impeding street and railroad traffic. Advices from Peoria say storm still rag- irg and serious damage fs feared. At Fair- bury, il, sleet caused considerable dain- age. August Guenther fell and received probable fatal injuries. On Lake Michigan the gale was very se- vere and the sea is running very high; comparatively few vessels are out at this time of year, and it is not expected that there will be much loss of lifeif any. No vessels left the harbor last Might. In many places the storm blew down the telephcne and trolley wires in Chicago, and from the latt rious accidents were narrowly averted. As it was three horses were killed from coming in contact with the trolley wires. © Several fires occurred during the night and made great trouble for the fire department, as its own electric system was so badly deranged that delays were occa- sioned in the transmission of alarms. Chief Sweenie of the fire department said: “Only one thing we did not have to con- tend with was freezing weather. It has been one of the worst nights, excepting in this feature, that I have ever seen in which to fight a fir The police system of telephones between the stations was also rendered utterly use- less by the storm. It is reported that two sailing vessels and a barge were wrecked during last night off Gleneoe. This morning wreckage washed irto Evanston life saving station, and a crew went out to the rescue. One man, it is claimed, was seen clinging to the rigging of one of the vessels. = Four big passenger steamers, the Jay Gould, City of Duluth, City of Traverse and the Peerless, all of the Lake Michigan erd Lake perior Transportation Com- pary line, re out on the lake in last night's big storm, and have not been heard from. The officers of the company are greatly alarmed, and are amsing every means in their power to obtain some tid- irgs of the missing vessels. Reports from every part of the state in- dicate that the wind of last night was un- precedented in violence and much damage was done. At Marion it blew in large plate glass fronts, wrecked small buildings and carried away awnings. The tetal loss will be quite large. At Sullivan the brick block of J. P. Strat- in course of corstruction, w par a eked, and carried down with it the two-story brick block occupied by Thomas Whitman, grecery and hardware. The loss at Ellwood will reach $35,000, CLEVELAND, Ohlo, November 26.—The greatest gale that ever struck this city; ac- cording to the records of the weather bu- reau, commenced blowing from the south shortly after midnight. At 5 o'clock this morning the wind had reached a velocity of seventy-two miles an hour. eral houses were blown down and many bui ings unroofed. Trees were uprooted and signs blown away in all parts of the city. The water in the river and barbor ts at the lowest point recorded in years. At 10 o'clock the weather burean reported the barometer still very low, and that the gale would probably continue throughout the d. Telegraph and telephone wires were ated in all directions. Com- ith Chicago was entirely cut ng until 9 o'clock, when the ph Compeny reported one ow wire working to Chicago. N. Y., November 2 here today. The High ail telegraph r S$ are experiencing great trouble in getting off business; wires are down in all Canada is practically cut nmitini at this point. N-BAY, On) ation with the Tnited November night's sterm was very destructive Several bu s were demolished. A i, whos ame is unknown, on the mer Messenger was blown overboard and drowned A sandsucker dragged her is adrift the lake. Ty board There is a tremendous sea running. DETROIT, Mich., November wind reached its maximum, — seventy-six miles an hour, and the highest, with one exception, ever recorded at the western office here, at 8 o'clock this merning. Two anchor, men are and on electric towers were blown over and, a horse killed by stepping on a live wire. The water in the Detroit river has fallen t since yesterday, and only the reg- rries are running. Three vessels aground at Grosse Point, and many are lying to, waiting for the water are othe: to raise. Northern and western Michigan points report heavy snow storms and trains are badiy delayed. ast nights deluge was followed about inight by a territie gale th, wrecked chimneys, plate glass windows, jzns and trees in all parts of the city. No serious done, however. and as yet no ers have been reported. Ohio, November —past storm had for at locity of seventy-five miles an hou re- corded at th ther offi were no serious ac s, but a great deal of mirfor damax. 1 frame houses in prec of © wrecked, roofs injured, chimne: over, and Several hundred lere was no en are r craft e on voyage during the aight. Considerable Damage at In INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Novembe wind storm which succeeded the rain fall last night, di erty damage in this caped without injury Ings were wree! residence stre 26.—-The four-inch Madison avenue was Moravian church, up-ended. The telegraph companies have heen bad- ly crippled, but at noon the prospects for College av ie was communication with outside points were improved. Ail the iaiiroads are feeling the effec’ of the storm, and ns ar’, as a rule, several hours late he telegraph wires along the roads have, in inany instances, been fallen trees. led to the ground by No wrecks are reported. Subsiding in St, Louts. ST. LOUIS, Mo., November The bliz- zard which set in here carly last evening subsided this morning, after leaving six to eight Inches of snow on the ground, badly crippling railroads and greatly impeding all lines cn the traffic. Telephone wires are broken in numerous places and telegraph lines are down in all directions. No dam- age, however, has yet been reported in this vicinity. It is learned that the storm raged violently further west of here. In Western Pennsylvania. PITTSBURG, Pa. November 26.—High winds followed the rains of the past forty- eight hours, and the wires are prostrated in all directions. The telegraph companies report communication to the west was en- tirely cut off, and all messages for the east are taken subject to de’ age has been reported by the high w rhe rivers are rising, and by tomorrow night it is expected that 1,000,000 bushels of coal will be on its way to the south and west. ——__. ADMIRAL KIRKLAND. He Has Reported His Arrival and Ap- plied for Shore Duty. It is stated that Admiral Kirkland, recent- ly detached from command of the European squadron, will not visit Washington unless he is ordered to do so. When he was de- tached he was ordered to proceed to his home and await orders. His home ts Jn New York city, and he has reported his ar- rival there to the Navy Department. His report was received by mail this morning and was accompanied with a request that he be ussigned to shore duty. There fs an impression that his request will be granted and that he will be assigned to duty com- mensurate with his rank and statlon. It is said that he prefers the command of the Mare Island (Cal.) navy yard. WILL BE A SURPRISE Hints Thrown Out About the Pres- ident’s Message. HIS GENERALSHIP OF 1887 RECALLED Existing Conditions Are Greatly Different From Those Then. MAY.BE DISAPPOINTING The bint has here and there been thrown out that the President's message will be a surprise of some kind—a document present- ing but one topic, and treating that most vigorously, or else an unexpectedly strong summary of the whole situation and sug- gesting uncxpected remedies. Reference undoubtedly is to the tariff message of 1 when Mr. Cleveland, then in his first term, pitched the coming presidential battle on the ground of tariff reform. With existing conditions, can Mr. Cleveland repeat that generalship, end select the issue now upon which his party must go to the country next year? Existing Conditions Different. It is pointed out that existing conditions are very different from those he had to deal with in 1887. Very différent, as affecting both him and the party. In 1887 Mr. Cleveland was acting both for himrelé and for the party. His renomina- tion was already assured. To deny him a chance for a second term would be for the party to confess failure under him during The frst, fo put fim up again carrled with it, of course, much authority. He should be permitted first of all to sound the key- note for the second campaign. This he did with his tariff message, and inasmuch as with that deliverance he touched a respon- sive chord in the bosoms of nine-tenths of the members of his party, the play he made was, in a party sense, a very happy one, and insured him a loyak support. It is true that he lost the election, but no tariff reformer ever conceded that it was because ef that message. Moreover, the democracy was at that time in a majority in the House, and the tariff bill—the Mills bil—passed by that bady the next spring Was drafted on the lines of the message: and so the party by that, as much as the Presidert by his message, was committed to a revision of the principles of taxation. Not to Be Pat Up Again. Now, as is suggested, the horse is of pnother color, It is not conceded that Mr. Cleveland is to be put up again. A large number of democrats hold, on the contrary, that a third term nomination would be fatal to the party. In the minds, therefore, of these men Mr. Cleveland’s public life and his leadership responsibilities are drawing to a close. His career is already practically finished. As they argue, there is no call whatever for him to undertake to commit the party for next year to any- thing. He should confine himself to re ommendations merely for meeting an emergenc; The treasury is empty, gold is again leaving the country, and uneasiness prevails in business centers. Let him ad- dress himself to formulating suggestions for the moment, and put out of his mind any notions about surprises, keynotes and all that sort of thing. So far as next year is concerned, the party will cross bridges as it comes to them, and inasmuch as he is not expected to be showing the way, then any errors committed will be charged to it and not to him. w Address a Republican House. Then Mr. Cleveland, this time, will be ad- dressing a republican House, with a presi- dential candidate in the chair, and an over- whelming majority on the floor. Would not a mere surprise message be an idle demonstration? The House and the Presi- dent, it is pointed out, will not be so far apart on cert. matters if each will act inore sith regard to relieving a bankrupt treasury than making party capital for ne And the President's responsibility is very great. He goes first, and by sdicious recommendations can do much to compel a judicious response. On the other hand, if he leads with politics, the other side will follow with politics, on the prin- ciple that trumps call for trumps, and the country will have to stand by, watching anxiously, with beads of perspiration stand- ing out on its bulging brow, until the game is played out, sometime next June, or later. A Complete Surprise Difficult. A complete surprise would be very diffi- cult. Every topic has been so widely ex- amined and discussed. The currency ques- tion? Retirement of the greenback re- al of state banks as banks of jue; in- crease of national bank circulation; bi- metallism with or without international 4 all possible changes would ap- pear to have been rung on those themes. The tariff? The only surprise possible then would be for the President to repeal his de- runciat:on of the Senate's work on the Wil- son bill and demand of a republican Con- SS a righting of that wrorg. Foreign af- fairs? Is the President prepared to confess to a grave biunder, and to ask permission to enroll himself among those who hage stood up for Hawa'l and are now standjng up for Cuba? This would be welcomé by men of both parties. G cs All things considered, therefore, is not the only real surprise possible no surprise at all, but.a message on regulation lines? The President keeps track of public expectation, and generally disappoints it. ———————— NORTH DAKOTA, The People There Coming Out of the Depression. Representative Johnson of North Dakota 's that there is evidence of the dawn of prosperity. His people, he says, are com- ing out of the depression, and are in- ning to see the sunshine. While prices are low, the crops ere so abundant that the farmers are doing well and are more con- tented. The retirement of the greenbacks he does not think Will be necessary to pro- tect the gold reserve. A: sufficient revenue and the return of the republicans to power he thinks will do that, without any further contractior. of the currency. The republi- cans, he says, should increase the revenue through the teriff, but, as far as his people are cencerned, there would be no objection to getting a part of the revenue by adding a Mix of one dollar a barrel on beer. He thought beer would stand the increase, but fortsaw trat there would be great opposi- tion to it from some sectiows and from the large cities generally. ————————~~-—__. SENATOR PEFFER'S IDEA. Populists Should Not Combine With Either Party for Organization. taor Peffer said today that If the pop- ulists did whet he regarded as the proper thing for them they would preserve their independence as a party and propose their own organizatiun in the Senate, combining with neither the democrats nor the repub- licans. If they should vote to assist either of the old parties to reorganize, he said, they would be held up to the country as simply traders, and not reaching the dignity of a party. He said that he thought the committees would be filled, and that would be all. rally Dixappoin NO SWEAT SHOP THERE Public Printer Benedict Denies a State- ment About the Bindery. The Average Wages of the Employes, He Says, Exceed Two . Dollars a Day. ‘The rumor that the bindery at the govern- ment printing office is being managed like a sweat shop, so that many employes are un- able to earn over eighty-five to ninety-seven cents a day, according to the class of labor performed, {s denied absolutely by the pub- lic printer. “The statement,” said Mr. Benedict to- day, “is wholly without foundation. I have here a statement from the cashier showing that the average wages earned daily by the employes of the bindery from July 1 to No- vember 20, this year, is $2.10. This is the average for the whole force. There are not a few women who earn as high as $2.50 a day. The regular daily wages of these em- ployes is $1.92, so that you can see that the average during the past four or five months las been in excess of the usual wages. The statement that this force in the government printing office is being run on the sweat- shop plan is simply absurd, and is made only for the purposes of a sensation. I do not care to pay any attention to it, and the only thing about it that I care to notice is the statement that this thing was being done withaut the knowledge of the public printer. 1 want the public to understand that I am not a dummy in this office, and that such a thing as this could not be done without my knowledge. 1 know every nook and crarny of this bureau. I just tore up and threw into the waste Basket a slip of paper which told me every revolution of every press in this office yesterday. A typo- graphical error occurred yesterday after- Toon in ope cf the divisions of this géflee Jp some work done for one of the deparlments. A printer spelled Pittsburg with three t's. Before he knew It, before his foreman knew it, before the work was sent out of the office, I knew it. There never was a more efficient, alert and loyal staff of superin- tendents and foremen than there is in this office today, and rot one of them would do what Ts charged by this rumor and expect. for a moment that I would not know it as scon as he. Details of the Office. “While this statement fs not true, yet it should be distinctly understood that if it were, that if employes did not receive as much work at one time as at another, the public printer cannot make work for em- ployes. This is the week before Congress and necessarily the character of the work is perhaps unlike the regular work during the rest of the year. It consists chiefly of prcofs of annual reports, which must be hurriedly prepared and sent out of the cf- fice, thus entailing upon certain branches of the office a great deal of work and giving others less than usual. Some say that when work runs short I ought to discharge em- ployes in order to give others enough, but this is unreasonable. The public printer ‘s responsible to Congress for the working elficiency and capacity of this whole office. He must retain his skilled labor through periods when he has little need of it in order to be able to eope with the rush of work when it comes. And while I am speaking of this matter, let me say that at the pr2s- ent time, with all regard possible to con- venience and space for each workman in the office, I have increased the capacity of this bureau for turning out work since the year 1Ss7 seventy per cent. We are using now six- ty-six per cent more paper than we did six years ago. And we have done this without any evident increase of floor space. If you can tell where it is I would like to have you do so. We have accomplished it by putting in better machinery and more rapid presses. And I must say that the office is now at its maximum. If anything more is to be ex- pected of it, it simply cannot be done. Comfort of Employes. “And at the same time we have tried here to make our employes comfortable. I have replaced the gas lights in the bindery, which heated it and made it uncomfortable for the women employed there, with elec- tric lights. There were long stands of steam pipe used to keep glue heated, and sending off into the air its nauseating stench all gay long, making the atmosphere unfit for the hundreds of women employed there to breathe. These have been taken out and the smell of the glue wholly re- moved from the work room. We are now working all the help we possibly can, con- sistent with convenience and efficiency, and under conditions of comfort far beyond anything known here in years past. Some of the statements which were made in re- gard to the way In which the women in the bindery do their work are calculated to deceive. It is true that some women are able perhaps by 2 o'clock in the afternoon to put on their things and go home, and no one can blame them if they do. They are working by the piece; they come early, work faster than and as well as others, go without their lunch, perhaps, and so earn the early departure. There is not a day that I do not go through every room in this office, and in the bindery I know that I see daily a large number of empty chairs at 2 o'clock, and I know that I Oo See other employes still there at 4 o'clock. It is simply a question of skill. The work of all alike is inspected, and must be done well, but if the operator is able to work fast and gets through early it is and should be her good fortune. I certainly do not ask any employe to stay in this old ram- shackle bullding any longer than necessary after his or her day’s work is done.” Mr. Benedict, during his conversation, quietly laid before The Star reporter a huge stock of pay roll sheets, showing what the bindery employes did and what they were paid for the fortnight prior to November 15. The average rnings dur- ing that period, when work was lighter than usual, was $20.00, making a weekly wage of over $10. ——E REPRESENTATIVE MILLER. He Thinks Revenue Should Be Rained by Tarif! Duties. Representative Miller of Kansas Is at the Normzndié. Speaking with a Star reporter, he said that he thought the republicans should at once take action to supply the de- ficiency in the revenue. He appreciated the difficulty of the situation in view of the pressing needs of the country, but did not see how the republicans could propose any but tariff measures to increase revenue. Mr. Cleveland, he said, might be led to ap- prove of a measure to bring more revenue from the tariff. There could be no doubt about its being a revenue measure, and Mr. Cleveland would take a serious respon- sibility if he vetoed it. Mr. Miller said he opposed the retirement of the greenbacks or any sort of bond issue. He thought that with sufficient revenue the greenbacks would not be a menace to the gold reserve. A bond currency, he said, was too much subject to the whim or selfish purposes of the bends, which could expand or contract it at will. SENATOR DAVIS. His Presidential Prospects Extimated by Senator Hansbrough. Senator Hansbrough says that Senator Cush. Davis of Minnesota fs going to show up at the republican national convention with great strength. The northwest, he says, 1s for Davis, and in dead earnest. Davis, he says, is one of the most schol- arly and brcadest men in the country, a thorcugh American, a fine jurist and a statesman. He thirks Davis comes nearer filling James G. Blaine’s shoes than does any other man now in public life. NO MONEY PROVIDED Halt Called in the Street Extension Cases Today. : POINT RAISED -BY ATTORNEY THOMAS No Funds Appropriated for Paying Jurors and Witnesses. CONSULTATION TO BE HELD It was hoped and expected by some of the hundreds of owners interested in the approved section 1 of the plan of street ex- tension that one or more of the 47 cases would be so prepared® that the condemna- tion proceedings might go on today. But the cases struck a snag this morning, which some think may put an end to the pending proceedings. When the case was called before Chief Justice Bingham in the District Court this morning. Mr. S. T. Thomas, the attorney for the District, informed the court that while his office had been diligently at work in preparing a lst of the 95 per cent of the thousand or more interested parties who had failed to put in an appearance in ohe- dience to the published notice, the list would hardly be completed before tomor- row. Therefore, said Mr. Thomas, it would be impossible to present the list to the court today, as he had-hdped. Until that list had been filed, the court could not, of course, sign the order for the personal service of the non-appearing Interested parties. He, therefore, suggested that the inatter go eyer yntil tomorrow, Caief Justice Bingham so ordered, when Mr. Wm. Lirney, on behalf of some own- ers in Denison and Leighton’s subdivision, residents, and it could be shown that it was case affidavits had been filed, showing that all but two of the interested parties had noted iheir appearance, in wbedlence to the published notification. The two parties not appearing, exp'aired Mr. Birney, were non- residents, and it could be shown that was impracticable to serve them with notice. He asked, therfore, that the jury of seven appraisers be at once appointed, that the condemnation proceedings in the particular case referred to might immediately go’ on. No Money Provide® But here it was that the serious obstacle above referred to was encountered, when Mr. Thomas called the court's attention to the fact that the street extension act made no appropriation for either the payment of the jurors or for the other necessary judicial expenses In the condemnation proceedings. These jurors, said Mr. Thomas, were en- titled to $5 each for every day of service. He doubted very much that such expenses could be paid out of the regular court ex- penses, and he, therefore, suggested that the opinion of the Attorney General be had be- fore a jury was appointed in any of the cases. Mr. C. H. Armes thought that the ex- penses could be paid out of the appropria- tion for the contingent expenses of the United States courts, but Chief Justice Bingham doubted that, and he therefore sent for Deputy Marshal Robison, who stated to the court that unless the Attor- ney General so decided the marshal would not take the responsibility of paying the jurors and witnesses in the street exten- sion proceedings out of the 2ppropriations made for general court expenses. Chief Justice Bingham then directed the marshal to confer with the Attorney Gen- eral in the matter, and adjourned the hears ing until tomorrow morning. Thinks $50,000 Needed. Speaking to a Star reporter about the matter, Mr. S. T. Thomas said that he is of the opinion that unless the Attorney General holds that jurors and witnesses in street extension cases can be paid out of the appropriations fpr the United States courts, neither jurors can be appointed nor witnesses called in any of the forty-seven cases. Fully 2,000 purties were interested” in these cases, and he thought that $50,000 would not begin tu pay the expenses. lieving that about every one of the parties interested would ask to be fully heard, he thougnt that fully a year would be occupied in hearing all the cases. The street extension act made no appro- priation for the payment of jurors cr wit- nesses, ard he wes confident that both the Attorrey General and the Treasury De- partment officials would hold that they cannot be paid out of the appropriations for the United States courts. He therefore feared that until Congress made the nec- essary appropriation the condemnation pru- ceedings cannot go on. Opinions similar to that of Mr. Thomas were also expressed by several of the coun- sel for the owners, and it seemed to be generally feared that until Congress acted nothing could be done. To Walt for Pay. When a reporter of The Star called Com- missioner Ross’ attention to the point raised by Attorney Thomas with reference to the absence of an appropriation to pay the jurors engaged in condemnation pro- ceedings, in accordance with the highway act, he said: “There will hardly be any trouble on that point. While it is true that there is no money to pay the jurors, I do not anticipate any trouble In getting a jury willing to walt for their pay. This is an act of Congress, you know, and there would seem to be little danger of loss. If we can find a jury willing to wait for their pay, we will include an item. for the sdme in the deficiency bill.” The marshal this afternoon saw the offi- clals of the Department of Justice and the treasury. The matter as to the right to pay the jurors was referred to Controller Bowler, who said he would send his decision to the court tomorrow. —_—_ STILL ANOTHER CHANGE. Coroner Hammett Thinks He Will Ex- hume Mixs Hurley’s Body. Coroner’ Hammett has again concluded to exhume the body of Miss Annie Hurley, about whose sudden death at her room in hcuse 416 K street, a week ago Sunday night, complaint was made to the police and the coroner, as heretofore published in The Star. A message to this effect was re- ceived at police headquarters by Inspector Hollinberger, but just when _the autopsy Will be held is not known, for there may be arother hitch in the proceedings when the undertaker reaches Mt. Olivet cemetery. It Is f2ared by the police officials that the Gelay in exhuming the body may seriously interfere with the autor for they 1 lieve that the body is now in an advanced state of decomposition. This morning Inspector Hollinberger re- ceived a letter from Dr. J. F. King, the clerk in the sixth auditor's office who was to have been married to Miss Hurley, and who also attended her during her last ill- ness. In this letter Dr. King said that he had not favored the mutilation of Miss Hurley's body, but now that so many statements have been made concerning her death he thinks it is due to the dead woman that an investigation shguld be made, and it is his desire that the body be exhumed and an autopsy held. —— Physician to the Poor, ‘The Commissioners this afternoon ap- pointed Dr. Frank A. Mazzel physician to the pocr, to take effect December 1, vice Dr. F. L. Hannon. Dr. Mazzei is a graduate of Columbian Medical € ge, and at the re- cent civil service examination received a high mark of proficiency.