Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1895, Page 1

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STREET EXTENSION ———— Special Meeting of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, A STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSIONERS ene They Urge the Passage of the Amended Bill. > THEIR REASONS GIVEN Upon the request of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Mr. Harris calied a meeting of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia to assemble at & o’clo this afternoon. The Commissioners indica- ted that they wished to lay before the com- mittee, through the district attorney and gpecial counsel, Mr. A. S. Worthington, facts and arguments in relation to Senate bill 30, introduced by Mr. Proctor to amend an act entitled “An act to provide a perma- nent system of highways in that part of the District of Columbia lying outside of cities,” approved March 1803. The above bill omends secticn 17 of the act referred to to read as follows. tion 17. That said court in special term may certify to the Court of App: ef the District of Columbia for dec there, in the first instance, any question of law that shall srise during any proceedings in said court fn special term under this act. Any party aggrieved by the fiaal order or decree of said court in special term fixing the amount of damages, or the assessment for benelits as to any parcel of lan}, may take an appeal tu said Court of Appeals, and shall be entitled to a biil of exceptions as in civil cases triable by jury, and said Court of Appeals may affirm, reverse, or mmoiify the order or decree appealed from. Provided, that said Court of ppeals shall consider only questions of law arising on such appeal. From a tinal judgment of said court In special term under this act, dis- tributing the damages amony contending claimants, any party aggrieved may in like manner take an appeal to the Court of Ap- Feuls, which court in such cases shail con- sider both questions of law and f “Any appeal under this act to the Court of Appeals shall be taken within twenty days after the making of the final order or de- cree appealed from, and not afterward, and shall be subject to the laws and rules of court regulating appeals to said Court of Appeals. Cases arising under this act shall have precedence in said court over all oth cases, except criminal cases, and the d cision of said Court of Appeals upon any question arising under th.s act shall be final: Provided, ‘That from any judgment or order of said Court of Appeals involving any question as to the constitutionality of this act, or of any part thereof, any party aggrieved may, within thirty days after such judgment’ or order shail be entered, appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Said court shall determine only the ‘ons of constitutionality involved in e and shall have power to maice such gulations applying to be proper to es to a speedy hearing and bring such c: determinat'o; The Commissioners’ When the District committee met the Commissioners, through their counsel, were heard. A statement of the reasons why this bill should pass was given. The Commissioners urged that the matter be acted upon by Congress at the earliest pos- sible day, for the following reason: “When the act of 18% Sta ) for extending the highways of the city over the District was enacted, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia had both nal and appellate jurisdiction, two or more of the justices being empowered at any time to hold a general term, and in that capacity to hear appeals from the special term while the highway act was Reasons. pending; however, this organization of the trict was changed by the Stat., courts in_the D' of February 9, “atng a Court of Appeais in This act abolished the appel tion of the general term and ¢ to the new Court of Appeals. Before the bill creating the Court of Ap- peals had become a law, and while it v pending In Congress, the highway extel became a law. But when the of Appeals was pi it should not tak of April, 18u ar oubdt a | lowed by of the 434,) act it was provided t until the third da: ult is that there i the app the .highway act «1 term of the Su e Court of t t in the proceedings relating to the nd and the assessment xining property Hes to the Court of or to the n of the art of the r ere is als ion in the highway act (section 17) ithorizes the judge sitting in s ‘ial term in these condemnation proc ings to certify to the General Term question of law that may ar e the same ambiguity rertificate is to t Term or to the Court of App: In addition to this, the high condemnation of I of ad, the fails to provide for an ‘appeal to preme Court of the Unit ates. While it is very ble that these condemna- tion proce shoald be conduc final issue as speedily as possible, 1% course imp even were it exp mstitu- tionality of the entire act being taken to to prevent a questicn as to the c: the Supreme Court of the United States, because ¢ the condemnation pro- ceedings end, and the govern- ment is abe n of any property may file a bill for Injune “ ming that the pr evedin unconstitutional, and in that fer months lay proceedings The Bill Submitted. in the bill which we have subm to which we now cal! your attentien, it ded that the appeal from the special term of the Supreme Court of the District in cond nation proceedings shall tie to the Court of Appeals “That the now in this Di may by th court is the trict exce to the This le appeal court nt in cases which Supreme Court of bill further pro- ppea United Sts that ali a ion as to constitution- of the ly part of it, muy be wed by Court of the United State eal from the judg- f the ¢€ ipreme rm, Mr. ed in first of these case will be a final ju: the parties aggrieved, or th land owners, will be at know whether they shall take their to surt of Appeals or to the ¢ term of the Supreme Court of = “And even tf an appeal s Court of Appeals, i that court s! i , the ques erward be reals, Court of the Justice C the conside In a few day nt in the case whether th ments risdiction cel by bill in equity on the 1 nd owners, and be taken to th curt of the United St sht hold that the the proper apt riant preceeti $ in such dovbt as to the proper wa of p ing im order to reach a fir termination that there is great danger that tthey may come to nothing, w the bill new submitted will clear up all these biguities and give all parties a cl speedy remedy by appeal to the Court of \ppeals cn all questions and to the Preme Court of the United States on que: therefore in- in. volve | dential suena scene | REPUBLICAN. TIMBER|FOR SELLIGERENT RIGHTS] LOCAL LEGISLATION considering the arguments of the issioners and the laws bearing on hway extension case, the committee Mr. Faulkner to report the Com- amendment to the Senate fa- Com: the ni instructe missione! vorably. Mr. Fauljtner was also ordered to report favorably 4o the Senate the nomination of J. Nota McGill for register of wills, ———— + e- — — KOR A CAMPAIGN FUND. Ex-Assistant Superintendent Hill Says ¥3,000 Was Rained for Ohio. The Post Office Department has taken no further steps in the case of ex-Assistant Superintendent Hill, and no answer has been received from the Department of Justice In regard to removing him from the position of United States commissioner for the @urt of Claims. In addition to the charge made by Mr. Hill that Superinten- dent Machen caused a pay account to be falsificd in the case of a clerk named Lerenz, together with several other state- ments fur which no proof is offered, he also alleges that Mr. Machen assessed the clerks under him to raise $3,000 for the Ohio campaign fund. Wher this statement, together with the ‘others made by Hill, were called to M Machen’s attention today he said: “Thos statements are base libels, and Mr. £ will 14 cli probability have a chance to answe? for them.” Assistant Postmaster General Jones and other leading officials in the department plece no faith in Hill's charges. They say that he was appointed as a republican, turted democrat to keep bis place, and has for months heer. trying to make trouble for Superintendent Machen. +--+ POLICEMAN COTTER DISMIS: Commissioners Approve of the Trial Board Findings. After several months ef cons ion the Com:rissicners today unanimously ap- froved the tinding of the police trial board in the case of Policeman David Cotter, tried for misappropriating the funds ef the bathing beech, and dismissed him from the force. Few cases have attracted such wide- spread interest as this case, and the Com- missioners all read over ihe testimony be- fore taking action In the matter. Police- man Cotter, it will be recalled, was de- tailed at the bathing beach, ard .or sev- eral years has kept the youngsters there in awe of his paddle. He was accused of appropriating séme of the funds of the beach to his own use, and Superintendent Stevens preferred charges against nim be- fore the police trial board. Cotter has all along strenuously denied the charge, and the file of the case contains a number of letters from promment citizens and busi- ness men of Georgetown, testifying to his honesty. The trial lasted several days, and the record of the case and testimony fill nearly a hundred typewritten pages. THEY UST NOT LOBBY. A Railway Mail Employe Resigns in Order to Do So. W. W. Blackmer, president of the Na- tional Asscciation of Railway Postal Clerks, whose run is between Chicago and Petroit, has tendered to the Post Office Department his resignation from the lat- ter position. While if cannot be said that this action on the part ef Mr. Blackmer is strictly in consequence of Postmaster Gen- eral Wilson's order last Saturday, to which reference was made in yesterday's Star, as that order applied only to letter carriers, yet it is a result of the spirit of the propo- sition then laid down by Mr. Wilson that postal employes must attend to their du- ties and not engage in lobbying. Blackmer says he will remain with the Railway Mail Association and urge legis!ation. Capt. White, superintendent of the rail- way mail service, said this afternoon that Mr. Blackmer resigned voluntarily, and he did noc Know that the Postmaster Gen- eral’s order had anything to do with It. SS 1cT, FIRST POSTAL DI the Kansas City the Place Where New System WiIL Be Tried. The policy of consolidating fourth-cl post offices under the management of presi- offices and placing the clerks or postmasters in the former under the civil rvice rules is to be tried first at Kansas City. The order authorizing such action was approved by the President November S, but no attempt has yet been made up to this time to act under it There has be some hesitation about putting the idea ii operation, as the lesser offices feel a certain pride in their independence, and, as a rule, do not like the idea of being consolidated out of it. Naturally, much opposition was expec d the new system will have to be int ced gradcally and with great care. It now proposed to bring under one juris ion the p ndotte, across , and several other smail in hoth Missouri and $ stinct postal district. will be sstablished with the pestmaster of Kans superintendent, and all business for arious offices in the district will be done through him, The department will cease tu have accounts With the fourth-class offi and deal only with the Kanse At first but a limited number of ollices v be included, and b: istrict will be gr SENATE ed, Populists and Dem ‘ats to Force on the Republicans. It looks as if the democrats and poputli had made up thelr minds to force the or- sanization of the Senate upon the republi- cans, snd to do so in a way to greatly em- barrass the latter. The popul’sts have de- cided, if they do not zgain c! the leave the re It to depend upon a straight fight be- ween the two old parties. The result of if carried out 5 would be re- ans. Some of seeing the con- quence of this, and believirg that they understand the mo re rendered very anxious ed that the committee on finane a distinct majority of free silver men, the democrats and two of the republicans being of that faith. Mr. Cameron, who was to have been put on the finance committee in order to aid him in ng his seat in the te, will prob- not go on that committee, since he is re-election. Mr. Wolcott is ex- in his 1. It is said to ion that during the session tee on finance, formed by the repul nd that party berg nominally re hi y a bill fe § Senators e ans taking ibilty for the Genate are great- r ed at the 7 of a free coin- ege finance ender republic centro}, and ge bill reported from a rep ittee. concer The Arizona Indian Trouble. News has been received that the trouble on Cibicu creek, Ariz., was caused by two deputy sheriffs sent by Glot rrest two Indians of Alchesay’ band. They were returning to Globe with their prisoners. Later they were over by a part of ihe band, who attacke: running fight ensued, in which one Indian wes killed. Col. Powell says there is no truth in the story of three cow- boys being killed at Hampson’s ranch. -coe- Government Receipts. National bank notes received today tar redemption, $380,787. Government rece!jts —Froin internal revenue, $316,349; customs, $472,961; miscellaneous, $80, Drift of Sentiment Concerning the Candidates. VIEWS OF COMMITTEE MEN Reed Said to Be Gaining Strength in the South. MORTON AND HARRISON ———— The men who are interested in the dif- ferent presidential candidates have taken much pains to ascertain what the drift of sentiment in the national republican com- mittee, and of the public men who have been attracted here by the meeting, ts as to their respective favorites. The talk for the public of the Reed men and the McKiniey men, the Morton men, the Har- rison men and the Allison men Is identicals Like all declarations for galleries the declarations of advocates of the tive re- publican presidential aspirants are hope- ful. The one thing which has been made clear by t gathering, if it was not clear before, is that there are five republican presidential candidates. The aspirations of Reed, McKinley and Allison have long. been openly avowed. There is no longer any con Iment as to the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and of Gov- ernor Morton of New York. McKinley Managers Satisfied. ‘The McKinley managers, who have come bere for the avowed purpose of taking an accurate survey of the situation, say that they are satisfied, and that they are confi- deng that their candidate has quite as much criginal strength as they had supposed that he had. They claim to have discovered that Senator Quay had grown somewhat luke- warm in his advocacy of Pittsburg as the place for holding the convention because he suspected that the strongly _protect- ive sentiment of Pittsburg is very favorable to Mr. McKinley, and that he might not timself be able to control the convention if held in Pittsburg for another candidate, as it has been assumed that he might do. It is noticed that the McKinley men also are very contident that they will have scattering strength in New England, and that they hepe to break into Mr. Reed’s ranks in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Vermont. Gov. Morton's Candidacy. It is to be said as to the candidacy of Gov. Morton of New York that the fact has been demonstrated that that gentleman has now serious aspirations for the nomination, and that he wili pursue his efforts so far as to endeavor at least to obtain the vote of the New York Gelegation in the convention on the first ballot. One of the prominent New York politicians here said of Gov. Morton's candidacy today: “He, of course, cannot rationally expect to secure the nomination, but he make the water turbid, so as to give the New York delegation a great deal of embarrassment, and he can contribute much to nullify tts influence.” The name of Governor Morton is not much mentioned as a possible presidential can- didate outside of the New York delegation, The most experienced observers express the greatest surprise as to the strength exhib- ited by Mr. Reed of Maine, particularly in the most unexpected quarwrs of the remote south. A gentleman who has been active at every republican national convention since t at which Abraham Line9In was nominated, and who is an active, ag- gressive canvasser for Mr. Reed, makes this report of the result of his operations: Mr. Reed's Growing Streng “Mr. Reed's strength exceeds the expecta- tion of his most enthu stic friends. The story about any defections from Mr. Reed in New England which will have ary prac- tical effect upon the convention are Idle. Mr. Reed will have practically the united and the hearty support of New England delegates, not only for the first, but tke second ‘and all other hallo: Mr. Reed is also unquestionably the original choice of ng republicans of New York, who ihe cheice of del tes to the pa- convention, and their choice wilf be s the candidacy of Gov rton, which the leading rept ler impracticable, happen to know that Thomas C. Plz favors Mr. Reed. In Pennsylvania the in- are that Mr. Reed will have a large majority of the c¢: on the first choice, and Pennsylvania has a way of vot- ing in the end as a unit. The most unex- pected strength of Mr, Reed comes from the southern states. This support is un- solicited, enthu *, and volt Take Alabama, for whic vis so ag- gressively for Har . The Alabama men say now that the delegates of that state to the national convention will favor Mr. Reed. “In Louisiana the indications are that the jelegation will be unanimous for Mr. Reed. he delegation from that state to the na- tional convention has always been con- trolled ly ex-Serator Wiliam Pitt Kellogg and by ex-Senator Pinchback. Both of these gentlemen are now here. They are both active, enthusiastic and aggressive for the nomination of Mr. Reed. Moreover, a movement has already been inaugurated in that state, which is likely to be succes ful, which will set in motion the activities for Mr. Reed at an early day. It is the purpose of the republican leaders to choose ne delegates to the national convention m Louisiana in Januai next, and to e them instructed for Mr. Read. I am nformed that this plan is certain to suc- ceed, and that the choice of these dele- Ss May be regarded as the signal gun in ‘d's campaign. Powell Clayto: Opposition, “The only managing politician from the south who Is actively opposed to Mr. Reed is Powell Clayton of Arkansas. He is out- spoken in favor of McKinlgy, and predicts t t when Mr. Reed shall appoint his com- 1 tees there will be an army of the dis- a inted with ‘knives up their sleeves.’ I ti, , on the contrary, that, with the excep- tion of a very few contestants, there is a very general lack of interest in the com- mittee appointments, and that the men who will have knives up their sleeves in consequence of d. ppointments as to com- mittee places will be 'y few in number and of small caliber. This is a statement of one of Mr. Reed's most enthusiastic admire! But it is en- titled to consideration, as it comes from most experienced and careful political ob- server. ——_——__. THE PRESIDENT’S RETURN. He is Expected to Be Back Friday or Saturday, the President is expected to return to Washington Friday or Saturday. At pres- ent the Violet is lying in the sound back of Cape Hatteras. Notice of the approach of the prevailing stift blow was served upon ier skipper in dve season, and the boat was placed in a sheltered anchorage, where she Hes in perfect safety, and the only un- toward effect of the blow is to make the shooting uncomfortable for the time. Tre unfavorable conditions may hasten the.President’s return, but the usual course is being followed to prevent the public know- ing the movements of the party. It is said that the operators of the life-saving service, telecraph and all other federal officers along the line of the Violet's course have been pro- Tibited from giving out any information of the movements of the Violet. Senator Allen Speaks Uppn His Besolu- tion as to the Onban Bovolutioniste t The Proposition to Dist#ibute the Ap- propriation Bills Hriefly Dis- the Senate. ———— cussed £ There were but eleven Senators present when the Senate met today. In the morn- ing hour Mr. Mitchell (Wis.) introduced a jcint resolution for the purchase of a statue of Victor Hugo, to be placed in the Con- gressicnal Library. On motion of Mr..Harris (Tenn.), a reso- lution was passed calling oh the Secretary of War for copies of all orders, corre- spondence, &c., relating to the railroads seized, held and operated by the govern- ment from 18v1-5 in order to furnish tn- formation for an adjustment of the gov- ernment claims against the state of Ten- nessec. To Distribute Appropriation Bill At the conclusion of the morning bu: ness Mr. Dubos (idaho) called up his amendment to the Senate rules for the dis- tribution of the various appropriation bills to the committees especially interested in the subject dealt with. By the terms of his amendment the appropriations com- mittee, which in the past has had charge of all general appropriation bills, would have jurisdiction omy of a very few ap- propriations. Mr. Dubois, speaking of his resolution, maintained that the work of framing the appropriation bills could be dont more in- telligently by the several committees hav- ing especial charge of legislation for each department of the government. He urged, also, the fact that the appropriations com- mittee was unable to aandle the bills, and that the great burden put upon them al- ways resulted in crowding them at the end of each session. The work of passing tke appropriation bills undoubtedly would be facilitated by such a division of the task. He called attention to the fact that the House long ago had recognized the necessity of distributing the appropriation bills, and he thought that the time had come when the Senate must fotiow suit. Mr. Dabois dwelt at some length on the tre- mendous power the present system lodged in the appropriations committee, ani, speaking for the younger, members, he 1 sisted that that power and responsibility should be divided. * r. Sherman's ‘Views. Mr. Sherman (Obie) smd he agreed to some extent with the views ef Mr. Dubois. There were certain gf the appropriation bills, like the District of Columbia bill, and the river and harbor bill, which should go to thetr appropriate committees. But bills like the militaty @nd naval, which provided only for exbemses fixed by law, should go to .the general appropriation committee He also complained of the crowding of thé appropriation bills at the end of the sessions and thought that much faulty lee tion “Was passed on appropri- ation bills. No actiog was ‘had on the resolution, @hich*was allowed to lie on the table. < To Recognise Cuba, Nothing be'n& before) the Senate Vice President Stevenson fn accordance with the rules Instructed the ¢lerke-to call the first order on the calen@ar, wh{ch proved to be the resolutton of Mr.- fien Neb.) declaring it to be the sense of the Senate that thé gdvernment of the United States should recognize*the Cubaft revolutionists as belligerents. Mf. AHen said he sup- posed his resolution, would be referred to the committee on fore relations. Mr. Allen, however, did notvallow fhe oppor- tunity to pass without iaforming the Sen- ate that the populist party, which was sneered at as a party of domestic griev- ances, stood shoulder to shoulder with the republican and democratic parties for .the maintenance of the Monree doctrine. Mr, Allen commended some of the re- marks of Mr. Cullom yesterday, and then proceeded to condemn the alliance of the money power of the east with that of Eng- land in connection with our diligence in Preventing the aggressions of the British on this hemisphere. With this idea as a text, he referred cofitemptuously to the report that Theodore Havemyer, the re- tiring Austrian consul’general at New York, was to be made a baron, as an evidence that that gentleman“was ashamed of the country of his birth, Mr. Allen evidently labored under the de- lusion that Mr. Havemyer was+a United States consul to Austria. He also referred to the American worten “who were mar- rying titled European mendicants.” When he finished, Mr. Call 6f Florida gave notice that he would then cail_up his Armenian resolution, Mr. Hill of New York introduced the amendments to the ‘rules of the Senate which he proposed ih the last Congress providing for cloture and*for counting a quorum. Then at 1 o'clock the Senate went into executive session, and a few minutes later adjourned, ae SENATE COMMITTEES. THE It May Take a Week. to Fill the Ma- Jority Representation. Members of the republican Senate caucus committee now express the opinion that a week's time will be necessary for the com- pletion of the work of filling the majority representation on the Senate committees. The populist Senators are having frequent conferences, and it is understood that there is some opposition to the program hereto- fore agreed upon for allowing the repub- Learns to organize. Senators Kyle and Allen are more friendly to the present or- ganization than the preposed change, but if the former's resolution to stand together is adhered to they will be outvoted, and in that event they will probably withdraw from the chamber after the first vote, and thus leave the republicans in the majority and in position to control elections. ———!—+2+—____ THE HOUSE COMMITTEES. Their Announcement Net Now Ex- pected Until Next Week. There seems to be no posshbhility that the committees of the House will be an- nounced this week, and the House may ad- Journ tomorrow until Monday. Speaker Reed has experienced more difficulty than was anticipated in making ‘up the memby ship of the committees, owing to his lack of personal acquaint®hee, with the new members, of whom there are 163. From a source close to the Speaker the informa- tion fs given out today that the committees will probably not.be amraquneed until the latter part of next weék,, just before the Christmas holiday re-ess. ———-—+-2 Earlicr Malls to Boston. The Post Office Department, after con- sidering for scveral months the petition of New York and Boston merchants for an earlicr daily mail service, has decided upon a new schedule between those two points. Under the old-time table letters mailed from New York in the morning often fail- ed to be delivered in Boston before night, and in many cases were not delivered until the second delivery the fellowing day. The New York and New Haven road has been given a contract to take through an 11 p.m. mail every night, and if will be in the Bos- ton post office at.5 a,m. the following day. This service goeg into effect at once. Lieut. Frederick Wooley, tenth infantry, has been granted three months’ leave of absence. The leave of absence granted Lieut. Wm. G. Fitzgerald, seventh cavalry, has been extended one month. -Brown, Bills Offered in Congress Affecting District Interests. A WHOLESALE FARMERS’ MARKET To Regulate Street -Car Fares and Transfers. = OTHER MEASURES Mr. Wellington of Maryland has intro- duced a bill in the House for the establish- ment of the Farmers’ Wholesale Market Company in this city. The following are named as incorporators of ,the company George Bonifant, Thomas Burr, George W. Barnes, Albert Stabler, Barnabas Bryan, Horace Crozier, George Holmes, Washing- ten Eonifant, Samuel C. Fry, Augustus W. Smith, Harry Rice, George J. Curtis, M. L. Littlefield, Henry Heider, John Snowden, Arthur Cross, D. M. Gollinger, John K. Andrew Bladen, William Weller, Osborne Cissell, J. S. Gillis, Adolph Van Reuth, Edward B. Crain, T. B. Buel, James Beyer and Gen. Urich. The company is capitalized at $100,000, in shares of $25. The company is authorized to construct suitable wholesale market buildings upon the following described grounds, viz.: Bounded by a line beginning at the inter- section of the north line of B street north, with the west line of 10th street west, run- ning thence north along the west side of 10th street to the southerly side of litle street; thence westerly on the south side of little B street to 12th street northwest; thence southerly along the east side of said 12th street to the north line of B street north, continuing easterly on the north line of B'street north to its intersection with the west line of 10th street; reserving a sufficient number of feet of the before de- scribed grounds for the extension of 11th street northwest across said grounds to the north line of B street north; meaning here- by to describe the same land as is named in the sixteenth section of the charter granted by Congress to the Washington Market Company; said extension of 11th street before described shall be graded and fitted for use by said Farmers’ Wholesale Market Company, and be kept as an open thoroughfare for entering eupon the east and west sections of the grounds herein- before described, which the Farmers Wholesale Market Company is to use and occupy. together with the emoluments of the hay scales now located thereon, by the erection of suitable buildings for wholesale market purposes, including necessary stalls and sheds, also for brick buildings along the south line of little B street and north line of B street north, said brick buildings to be used for storing and keeping all kinds of farm products owned and brought into the city of Washington by those raising ich products, and which said farmers shall have been unable to sell at wholesale from their wagons. ‘ 4 The grounds hereby leased to the Farm- ers’ Wholesale Market Company, lying west of the west line of 11th street north- west, with the appurtenances thereon, or 50 much. thereof as are necessary, shall be used for the sole accommodation of actual producers for the purchase and sale at wholesale of the following articles, to wit: Hay, straw, oats, corn, corn meal, seed of all kinds, wood for sale frum the wagons, eattle on the hoof, swine on the hoof and such articles sold in bulk. So much of the grounds hereby leased as Ne between the east line of said 11th street and the west line of 10t street may be vsed by such farmers for the sale of garden truck and farm produce at wholesale or ly, and from their own wagens or from whole- sale houses to be erected on said grounds as herein provided. 2 There shall be erected by said Farmers’ Wholesale Market Company suitable walls of brick or other substantial material along the north and south boundary lines of said leased land, excepting the spaces occupied by buildings, and iso the sp: where llth strest crosses said land when extended as hereinbefore provided, and no sales at retail, except as allowed by the corpora- tion ordinance of 1s shall be allowed upon any sidewalk or pavement within three squares of the lands herein granted to the Farmers’ Wholesale Market Com- pany, except upon the sidewalk and pave- ment south of and abutting on the Center Market. The company must complete the buildings within a year from obtaining the land. The privileges conferred by this act sh be enjoyed by the company for twenty. years on the payment of $2,560 a year, the end of which time, unte: Congres extends the lease, the buildings and grounds shall revert to the United States. The Suburban Railway. Mr. Richardson of Tennessee has intro- duced a bil! in the House to amerd the charter of the District of Columbia Sub- urban Railway Company, changing the line of route to read as folluws: On Florida avenue to K streey thence on K street to North Capitol street, thence on North Cap tol street G street north, thence on G Street to h street west. Also beginn at the junction of Bunker Hill road, in Brookland, with 12th street and running south on 12th street to Patterson avenue, thence along Fairview, Coreoran and Mount Olivet streets te Bladensburg roa-l. Also from the intersection of Mount Olivet street with 12th street extended, along 12th street to K street. Also beginning at the intersoction of Queen’s Chapel road and the Bladens-urg road, thence along said Queen’s Chapel road to 22d sirect, along 22d street to Cincinnati streei, along Cin- cinnatt str to 24th street, along 2ith street to Galveston street. Also from the irtersection of Baltimore street and 22d street along Baltimore street to 18th street. A Smithsonian Regent. Mr. Wheeler of Alabama has introduced a resolution in the House providing that the vacancy in the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution shall be filled by the appointment of Postmaster General Wilson. The Chicf Plumbing Inspector. Mr. Cummings of New York has intro- duced a Dill in the House providing that the chief inspecter of plumbing in the District of Columbia shall be a practical plumber, who has been engaged in the plumbirg business for ten years or more, ard shall furnish a bord of $5,000. The as sistant inspectors shall be practical plumb- ers, who have been engaged In the plumb- ing business for five years or more, and shall file bond for $2,000. The Spinner Statue. Mr. Curtis of New York kas introduced a resolution in the House providing that the General Spinner Memcrial Association, which has prepared a bronze statue of Francis E. Spinner, formerly treasurer of the United States, may be allowed to erect the statue upon one of the approaches or buttresses of the treasury building in Washington, provided that no expense shall be incurred by the government, and that the statue shall be located and erected ac- cording to the directions of the Secretary of the Treasury. Street Car Fares and Transfers. Mr. McMillan again introduced in the Senate today his bill of the last Congress to regulate fares and transfers upon street car lines in the District of Columbia. It pro- vides that the Jawful ate of fare upon all street car lines in the District of Columbia shall not exceed 5 cents for each passen- ger, and the companies operating or here- after operating such lines shall by proper system of transfers transport each pas- senger over such lines for the single fare paid by such passenger upon the initial line. The ill gives the Commissioners power to prescribe from time to time the places where and the method whereby such transfers shall be conducted. The above is identical to the bill of last Congress, but it is further amended as introduced today by the provision that all street car lini in the District shall sell six tickets for cents. A New Telephone Proposed. Mr. Allen, by request, has introduced a bill In the House to permit the Standard Telephone Compsny of Waskington and’| Baltimore to operate a telephone and tele- raph plant in this city. The company is authorized to lay wires underground, and to string wires on poles in the alleys, sub- ject to the same regulations applying to the telephone and telegraph companies al- ready established. The rates to be charged by this company are fixed at $36 per year for residences, $48 per year for business houses in the city, and $18 per year for the executive departments. A Register of Copyrights. Mr. Bankhead of Alabama has introduced a bill in the House providing for the ap- pointment of a register of copyrights at 34,000 per year, and an assistant at $2,000 per year, and one clerk at $1,500 a year,and defining the Cuties of the same. A Statue of Victor Hugo. A joint resolution was introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Mitchell Uf Wisconsin, authorizing the joint commitiee on the library to purchase of Signor G. Frentaxove a statue mad by him of Victor Hugo, to be placed in the new building of the library of Congress, for which purpose the reso- lution names $2,000 as the sum necessary to secure the work of art. Ford's Theater Dixaster. Senator Herris, chairman of the cominis- sion on the Ford’s Theater disaster, gave notice today of a meeting of the commission to take place on Monday at 2 o'clock. At this meeting the chief subject to be con- sidered will be the fixing of a maximum gmount to be paid to claimants for disabil- ities incurred in the disaster. —— THE DISTRICT RB UBLI ‘Ss. Talk of an Anti-Carson Delegate to the Convention. The action of the national republican committee in directing that the District delegates to the national convention should be ckosen at primaries instead of bya conve:tion, as has been the practice, was much discussed today by the local politi- cians. W. Calvin Chase, editor of the Bee, was jubilant over the action of the committee, for he corsiders that this mode of electing the delegates would contribute to the de- feat of his old antagonist, Perry Carson. Mr. Holland seemed equally pleased by the decision, and he seemed more confident than ever that he will take the place bere- tofore occupied by Carson. The Carsonites also seemed happy over the result. They do not concede anything, but are as strong in their claim as ever. Lawyer Moss, who is regarded as Car- son’s champion across the branch, told a Star reporter that Carson will beat the combine without any trouble. There is now some taik of a meeting of the anti-Carson factions, to decide upon some particular men, to make thé tight, but it is not thought that men acceptable to all the different candidates can be found. ainecasctaiientn « MR. BARRETI’S RESOLUTION. The Shape In Which It Was Finnily 43 Acted on in the House. After The Star's report of the proceed- ings in the House closed yesterday after- neon, Mr. Barrett's resolution relative to Ambassador Bayard was adopted, Mr. Crisp’s motion to refer it to the committee on judiciary being defeated by a yea and ray vote of 28 to W. The resolution was amended by striking out the instructions to the committee on foreign affairs to report “by impeachment or otherwise,” thus leay- ing the committee free to act as it may determine. The preamble of the resolu was amended by adding the following: ‘And whereas, in livered in Boston, i of August, 155, the said Bayard i by the press of this country to hay. ‘The President stands in the mic strong, self-confident and ofient! S people, men who desire, to have the!r 0 way, and who need their way fre obstructed, and I tell you plainly it takes real man to govern the people of the United Stat y i repo?ted said ++ STATE BANK TAX. Secretary Smith's Financial Spece Wil Result in a Test Case. As a result of Secretary Smith's recent speech before the Georgia legislature on the financial situation, a movement has been made to test the constitutionality of the lew taxing state banks ten per cent upon their circulation. The Georgia legis- lature in 18% passed what is regarded by lawyers as an excellent banking law, pro- viding that banks might be organized with a capital of not less than $25,000 and de- posit with the treasury of the state United States or Georgia state bonds in an amount twice that of the circulation which the banks desired to secure. The difficulty met in putting this law in operation was that it gave no opportunity for banks already doing business to avail themselves of the chance to issue notes. A bill has been framed, under the advice of Secretary Smith and directly in the line of the sug- gestion made in his speech, by which all be1uks now doing business as well as those deposit bonds and absolute security with the std treasury bonds to twice the amount of the bank aotes to be authorized. When this bill becomes a law it is proposed to bring a test case to the Supreme Court of the United States and secure a decision on it. The court has sustained the ten per cent tax on state bank circulation, but, as in the THE ease of the income tax, it Is not beyond the reasonable probabilities that a differ- ent decision would result if the question were brought before the Supreme Court now. Secretary Smith has not organized a bank and is not going into the banki business to test the law. He has simply pointed out the way by which the iaw may be once more reviewed by the courts. +--+ _______ Personal Mention, Mr. E. A. Quintard, son-in-law of Gov. Shepherd, and Vice Chancellor B. L. Wig- gins of the University of Tennessee ar- rived at the Arlington this morning from Sewanee, Tenn. Mr. Charles F. Cramp, the ship builder, is at the Arlington. Edwin S. Cramp is with him. Johnston Cornish, a prominent New Jer- sey politician, is at the Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter Dulany of New York are at the Raleigh. Dr. G. M. Magruder of the marine hos- pital service is at the Ebbitt. Secretary Lamont has gone to New York, but expects to return to this city by the time the President gets back. Ex-Gov. P. W. MeKinney of Virginia ar- rived at the Metropolitan yesterday, Two bridal couples were among the ar- rivals at the St. James yesterday. They are Mr. and Mrs. William H. Walcott and Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Hyde. Mr. Walcott is an agent for Adams Express Company of Newport, R. I. and Mr. Hyde is the as- sistant cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Salem, Mass. Mr. Joseph H. Hunter has gone to In- diana on his annual hunting trip and to visit his father, Gen. Morton C. Hunter, formerly a member of Congress from In- diana, MR. BAYARD IS SILENT Refuses to Talk About Representa- tive Barrett's Resolution. WILL NOT TENDER HIS RESIGNATION Comments of the London Dailies + on the Affair. IS REGARDED AS INDISCREET es LONDON, December 11.—The Times this morning has an editorial commenting upon the action of the House of Representatives at Washington, relative to speeches made in England and Scotland on the policy of protection by United States Ambassador Bayard, as follo’ “Speeches such as those made by Mr. Bayard would not be delivered by a Euro- pean diplomat, and even in Mr. Bayard’s case they were rather surprising. Never- theless, impeachment seems a very dispro- portionate punishment for what, at the worst, is an indiscretion.” Mr. Bayard Refuses to Talk. The United States embassy was besieged at an carly hour today-by newspaper re- porters anxious to obtain the views of Am- bassador Bayard upon the demand for his impeachment which was made yesterday in the House of Revresentatives at Wasning- ton by Congressman Wm. F. Barrett of Massachusetts, on the ground that he ‘had insulted the country to which he is aceredit- ed, the people he represents, In speeches livered at Boston, England, and idinbw: Scotiand, on August 2 and Nov2mer 7, 1e- spectively. Put all attempts to induce Mr. Bayard or his staff to discuss the nmiatier failed, while the British officials also de- clined to make any statemen's upon the subject. Although Mr. Bayard refuses to be inter- viewed regarding the action gf Mr. Barrett, he has stated that he doesnot -ncend io tender his resignation. The Evening Standard ths fternoon, commenting on the affair, says: ‘The pet- tiness of u party warfare the United States was never more clearty displayed. Mr. Bayard has gained the gooo will of all classes here. The United Staics has al- ways been singularly fortunaie in the se- lection of its ambsssadors to reat Lrit- ain, and Mr. Bayard has vroved himself worthy of the foremost rank. The St. James Gazette this afternoon thinks that Mr. Bayard “may resign after such an attack. “If so,” the Gazette adds, ‘his loss will be regretted by all who nave some in ci tact. with such a fine example of a dignified, eloquent American statesman. But Mr. Bayard’s indiscretion was so deliberate that we doubt if he did not contemplate this re- sult. After all, we, too, snould resent af our ministers made similar statements.” The Westminster Gazette remarks: “Up to the hour of going to press, Mr. Baysrd has not tied to Ha‘field. Whether be seeks refuge in the tower of London remains to be seen.” + The Globe ridicules the impeachment id: and ‘adds: “The republican majority is nol unreasonably annoyed that Mr. Bayard per- mitted himself the freedom of speech which is Sahossitie to the diplomatist of the old eS ee, ONLY SIX SURVIVED. Slanghter of Nearly Two Hundred Armeninns by Kurds. LONDON, December 11.—The Chronicle publishes a dispatch from Constantinople, quoting a letter which was written by an educated Turk, who cannot be suspected of partiality towards the Armenians. He says: “On the way from Hussrie Mansour to Malatia in company with three policemen and an officer, we overtook a band of 200 ; Armenian refugees, traveling from Adana to Kbarpoot. They "begged our protection against the Kurds. As we traversed the v ley the Kurds appeared beyond the hills and charged down into the valley, firing as they eame. The Armenian women and children clung to our legs for protection. But we were powerless against the hordes, who cut them down even while they were clinging to us. I lost my horse and had several narrow escapes. When the Kurds decamped with their booty only six Armenians were left alive. The letter then proceeds to describe the arrival at Malatia, where they found that 7 had been killed and at Kharpoot, where it was still wo! At least sixty villages were wiped off the face of the earth. At Kharpoot the authorities sent down a small gun, osten. to protect American properiy, but as a fact it was fired several times at the American church. The jetter concludes by saying: “There are no Armenians left at Kharpoot, and {t is hopeless to try to do business. I think I had better return to Constantinople.” > PO MISQUOTED? WAS CRE: uracy of Publications in London Doubted Here. LONDON, December 11.—The Times prints a dispatch this morning from a corres- pondent in Caracas, giving the result of an interview he had with President Crespo of Venezuela, The president said that he understood that the question of the outrage upon British Guiana potice and the boundary question were to be treated distinctly as between Great Britain and Venezuela, but he declined to discuss the British note on the subject. He added that the Venezuelan officer who had arrested the tritish officers would be punished for _ex- ceeding his instructions, and that the Eng- lishmen would be compensated. He was un- able, he said, to see any r_ason for interven- tion, Ace! There {is a disposition here to question the ccuracy of the statement printed in Lon- don, to the effect that Venezuela regards the matter of the arrest of the British chief of police by the Venezuelan officials at Uruan as entirely separate from the boundary Gis- pute with Great Britain, resting as it does on the main issue in the boundary matter, namely, the right of jurisdiction over th territory where the arrest was made. However no representations have yet been made to this government on the subject by any of the parties, which is probably ac- counted for by the fact that up to y President Crespo had not rec: mand of Great Britain for indemnity. The only complication existing between France and Venezuela, within the knowleige of this government, is that growing out of the expulsion of the French minister to Venezucla in consequence of the pu! of the Italian green book last spring, it was shown that certajn foreign at Caracas had expressed some ha ments toward the Venezuelan government at a meeting of the diplomatic corps t called to consider the means of settl claims against Venezuela, It is presumed that it was this incident to which President Crespo is said to have recentiy referred as a “diplomatic squabble in France.” In his annual message to Congress Presi- dent Cleveland referred to this incident, and said that the United States had been using its good offices toward composing the dif- ferences which involved not only France, but also Belgium, with Venezuela. This has been done through Ambassador Eustis, but so far his efforts have not been crowned with entire success. — A New Line to Brazil. HAMBURG, December 11.--It is announced that the Hamburg-American Steamship Company has decided to establish a regular steamer service between New York and Brazil, commencing in January next.