Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 1

————— = THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor, 11th Stet, o7 The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFPMANN, Pres't. Few York Office, 49 Tctter Building, The Evening Sts ae te su chy per id te subRcribers In the own aceoun! h, we. ¢ HS per geunter 2 renre each. Ry insywhere in the United Stures or Canaila—postage prepald—50 sepia Ber month, as Quintup!> Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with et ade 2, Posi Ollie at Wasbinston, D. ater) he pati in advance, > knewn on apnlfeation. HE CENIES SAYING IT Mr, Bayard Made No Remark About the “Silly Season.” FEPEGTED RESIGNATION OF M. FAURE Alleged Discovery of a Plot Against the Czar. ——— TO A SOCTALIST oe LONDON, December 16.—The United States embassy today isued a cuntradiction to the press of the statement attributed to the United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, on Saturday last, that the ad- verse comments upon his recent speeches which have appeared in the American newspapers were due to the fact that this was the “silly season” in America. The note issued today says that Mr. Bayard has made no comment whatever on the subject. PRESIDENT FAURE TO RESIGN. A Campaign of Slander Against the French Executive. LONDON, December 16.—The Paris corre- spondent of the Pall Mall Gazette tele- graphs this afternoon that he !s in a post- tion to state that M. Faure, president of the” French republic, will resiza before March next. He adds that a fresh family ndal has been unearthed in connection with the president's family. The correspondent of the Pall Mall Ga- zette also says: “Daily hundreds of newspapers express disgust at the campaign of slander, but there is not an article among them which does not distill the venom of calumny. The Pall Mall Gazette Intimates that the secret fund of 200,000 francs which the Elyse Palace expended upon the press was not wisely distributed. SUSPENDED SENTENCE. Prosecution of a Disrespectful Social- int to Be Stayed. BERLIN, December 16.—The reichstaz to- day suspended sentence in the case of Herr Lutgenau, the socialist leader, who was returned to the reichstag after a reballet in the district of Dortmund, Westphalis, and who was sentenced to five months’ im- prisonment on the charges of treason for reproducing in his newspaper, the Arbeiier Zeitung, an article headed “Another of These Imperial Speeches.” At the time Herr Lutgenau was returned Vorwaerts, the organ of the socialist party, Be ths is the people's answer to Emperor William's appeal for union against the socialists and to the threatenend anti- socialist measures.” BOMBS FOR THE CZAR. Rassinn Police Claim to Have Un- earthed Another Conspiracy. BERLIN,. December 16.—A special dis- patch received here from Moscow says that a conspiracy against the life of the ezar has been unearthed there. The dis- atch adds that a number of bombs had en seized, and that several men and wo- men, including a prominent Nihilist leader, faye been arrested in connection with the plot. Will Oppose the British. CAPE COAST CASTLE, British West Africa, December 16.—Owing to the refusal of the Adansis tribe to join King Prempeh of Ashanti, the latter recently attacked and routed them with great slaughter The affair is regarded as indicating that King Prempeh is determined to fight the British, and that the expeditionary force now fitting out under the direction of Sir Francis Scott, inspector general of the gold coast force, will not haye the walkover an- ticipated in some quarters. Massacre of a Caravan. ZANZIBAR, December 16.—A caravan comprising 1,200 men, while enroute from Eldoma, was attacked by Chief Massai’s followers while passing the latter's kraals on the night of November 26. Over 1,000 of the men with the caravan were killed. Fighting in Crete. SYRIA, December 16.—The situation in the Island of Crete is serious. In the at- tack made Tuesday last by a strong Turk- ish force on the positions occupied by the Christians at Vryse, twenty-four Turks were killed and thirty-six wounded. The Christians had five killed and eight wounded. At Alicampo the Turks massacred three men, two women and five children. Reception to American Diplomats. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December United States Minister Pierce M. B. Young of Guatemala and United States Minister Lewis Baker of Nicaragua have arrived at Leon from Corinto, and yesterday received a great reception from the officials and in- habitants of Leon. SIX THOUSAND LOCKED OUT. New York Clothing Contractors and Tailors at Odds. NEW YORK, December 16.—Over 6,000 tailors were locked out today in 400 shops, and the threatened extension of the lock- out will throw 18,000 workers in the garment trade in this city alone out of employment. The Ghetto, in which the locked-out work- ers reside, was ir today with thousands of men, women and children whose exist- ence depends upon their ear in the clothing trade, either as tailo; basters, finishers or pressers. Walihala Hall, in Orchard street, was crowded from cellar to roof with the locked-out tailors, who are determined to hold out and fight the bosses rather than again be compelled to return to the horrors of the “sweating’ tem The notices posted in most jay by the contractors were not un- s it was known to at the contractors had heen holii conclaves witain the asi thr the way for a plan under violate the terms of the bonded i entered into by them with the B of Tailors in the big strike last July the tailors we yester nents specific D ontractors should v mount of the bonds wouid 1 A test c now pending in the supreme court. ‘Th ecutive committea of the Wnited Brotherhood of Tailors will meet later in the day, when definite action will be taken in regard to the action of the contractors in locking out the men, and if it is then ascertained that the manufacturers are in league with the contractors a general strike will be ordered, which will involve 20,000 garment workers in this city, Brooklyn, Brownsville and Newar! —>—— Physician to the Poor. Dr. J. A. Stoutenburgh has been appointed Physician to the poor, vice Dr. J. A. Mudd. li the shops | ree Che £vening Star. N 13,349, ; WASHINGTON, D.C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news tcday you can find it only in The Star. LIVE CAPITOL TOP:CS A Bill for a Pacific Telecraphic Cable Uompany Introduced. Brief Mention of Other Bills and Resolutions Presented in Both Branches of Congress. Senator Carter of Montana today intro- duced a bill authorizing the Pacific Cable <ompany, u corporation orgwnized under the laws of New York, to build a submarine cable from some point on the Pacific coast j to the Hawaiian Islands and Japan. It is-to touch at Pearl harbor, in Hawail, and such other points as deemed desirable. | No lability for construction is to attach to the United States, but the United Siates shall pay for a period of twenty years a yearly sum of $25 per nautical mile, not to | exceed 7,250 miles, and all messages of the United States are to be carried over the line free for the period and given preference in_ transmission. In case of war the United States may take possession of the line. Press rates over the line shall not exceed half the rate paid for ordinary messages. The line must be laid and in working order within twenty years from approval of the bill. Ao Armenian Resolation. Representative Morse of Massachusetts today introduced a petition by the presby tery of Baltimore denouncing the Armenian cutrages, and calling on the government of the United States to interfere by request of the presbyter oe PERHAPS A HOAX. The Box Found on the Steps of the Spanish Minister's Residence. Senator Tillman of South Carolina accom- panied to police headquarters this morning a young man who wants to patrol the streets of this city as an officer, and was shown by Major Moore a mfysterious-look- ing box, which contained what might be an explosive, and the Senator jokingly re- marked that he would retire until the ex- plesion was over. This box had been found on the steps at the residence of Senor De puy de Lome, the Spanish minister, No. 1705 Conrecticut avenue, and had been turned over to the police for investigation. The affair is either a genuine bomb, or it ‘s a “fake,” gotten up fcr the purpose of causing a sear One of he servants employed in_ the house of the minister went to the front door about 7 o'clock yesterday morning, and as soon as he opened the door he saw the mysterious Lox, with a lighted fuse at one end. The sight of this object thorough- ly frightened the servant, who lost no time returning to the house and telling of his supposed dangerous tind. Just how much of a commotion th’s informaticn caused to the members of the minister's family is nov’ knowa, but the servant remained in the house until he felt certain that there was no danger, and then he ventured cut. Po- lice Sergeant Harbison, who had been sum- moned, took charge of the box. Inscriptions on the box showed that th person who had left the box on the door- steps was interested in the Cuban question, for on cne side of the pastebcard box was written: “Cuban freedom, while on the other e was “Christmas greeting — to Senor de Lome." There was other scrib- bling on the box, while on the lid was an alleged representation of a skull. ‘This morning, when the box was taken to headquarters by Lieutenant Gessford, the ; id was removed and some of the granu- ated substance in the box was spilled. Whether or rot this substance is an explo- sive will have to be determined by a chem- teal analysis. The fuse, which had been put through a hole in the end of the hox, was run entirely through this granulated substance, and was wound about what may be two sticks of dynamite. These sticks are sim‘lar to parts of instruments used in telegraphy. "The police are u 2 to tell just what to think of the affair, and until the con- tents of the box have been fully examined no action will be taken. It is the impres- sion of some of the officers that the affair is a hoax, perpetrated by some Cuban eym- pathizer o* crank. —_— VIN THE SHOT DOW) STREET. Wattress Called From Her Duties and Murdered. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 16.— John Robinson, aged twenty-five years, to- day shot and fatally wounded May Eckert, aged twenty-four years, his alleged wife, and then committed suicide. Robinson went to the restaurant of Char- lotte Roth, 10° uth Third street, where the girl was emplo: ‘aitress. A quarrel out of the place had gone but a few feet when Re son drew a revolver and shot the girl twice. The first shot struck her in the nose, and, as she turned to run, he shot her in the back. He then placed the re- volver to his neck and fired. The first shot made but a slight wound. He then shot himself in the heart, dying instantly. The girl was removed to a hospital. eS YORK GOES SOUTH. Departure of the Cruiser for Hamp- ton Rords. NEW YORK, December 16.—The United States cruiser New York, Admiral Bunce’s flagship, left the navy yard this morning and passed out at quarantine at 9:20. The New York goes to Hampton Roads, where she will be joined by the Columbia, Mont- gomery, Raleigh and other war Vessels, preparatory to a cruise in southern waters. — RED CROSS TO HELP. Millions to Be Sent to Feed the Ar- menians. At the headquarters of the Red Cross, at, the corner of F and 17th streets, today moth- ing could be said as to who would comor! the party that is to be sent to Armenia to distribute supplies to the 1.000 people who are said to be starving to death there. The announcement published widespread throughout the country stating that the society would undertake to receive con- tributions of money aad supplies, and take charge of the work of distributing them ‘n Armenia, bas aroused many phi- lanthropi and the mail received at the R house today was a large started, and the two walke Th together. NEW sople, gratif one. ‘The society will have access to Armenia as Turkey was one of the forty ua | that signed the internaticnal Red Cr ,| treaty. Her accession to its terms given in 1865, The United States s [in 1882. this movement to reliev der the au: | Armer of the inte: an Red Cross the Tur | interfere. | this country The Armen ber of 1,0¢ rsons will go from to execute the mission, . n: s, to the num- ed as distribut- | Ing agents American party will prob- ably be ready to sail in a week It w over a mcnth to reach the famine ¢ tricts. It is expected that philanthropic | Americans will contribute millions to the | proj: Th en ag Admiral Bunce and His Flagship. Admiral Buace sailed from New York this morning on his flagskip New York for Hampton Roads, where the vessels of the North Atlantic savadron will rendezvou during the next few weeks preparatory to their departure on the 2Ist instant for a cruise In the Caribbean sea for drill and fleet evolutions. IN CONGRESS TODAY Senate and House Both Hold Short Sessions. MR. STEWART ON NEEDS OF LABOR aa Some Temper Shown Over a House Resolution. ———————— |BUSINESS TRANSACTED a Early in the Senate proceedings today Mr. Quay (Pa.) presented a petition of the Wool Merchants’ Association of Philadel- phia, and asked that It be read and insert- ed in the Record. “That is a bad example," interpased Mr. Sherman. “What is this petition “It asks,” responded Mr. Quay, with a malicious smile at Mr. Sherman, “that sec- tion K of the tariff act of 1890, known as the wool schedule of the McKinley act, be re-enacted as law.” ir. Sherman joined in the general smile. “Cer.ainly there could be no objection to that,” said he, and the petition was there- upon read. A Cuban Memorial. Mr. Call (Fla.) presented a memorial from Cuban residents of Florida, declaring that all reports of Cuban reverses were incor- rect, and asserting that the revolutionary forces have a complete civil and military organization. The successes of th@ move- ment are strongly set forth. Mr. Peffer (Kan.) offered a resolution calling on the Post Office Department for information as to its practice of imposing fines on employes; also for information as to the restrictions placed on postal employes against conferring with Senators and mem- bers regarding legislation. The resolution Was referred The Sugar Bounty. Mr. Caffery (La.) offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the Secre- tary of the Treasury for information as to the reasons for suspending the payment of bounty to the manufacturers of sugar. Mr. Gallinger's (N. H.) resolution calling for reports from ail government depart- ments as lo the number of aliens employed was referred to the committee on civil ser- vice reform. ex of Labor and Agriculture. Atl o'clock Mr, Stewart (Ney.) addressed the Senate on the pending resolution for a commissior to .nvestigate the needs of la- bor and agriculture. The Senator said a grave condition con- d this country as the result of the om of the products of oriental lands in competition with our domestic products. Agents of Japanese manufacturers were now in the United States selling their goods at prices far below the ccst of production in the United States, Bicycles of Japanese make are offered at $12 each. Parlor matches, doors, sath, blinds, cooperage stock, etc., also were offered at 5) per cent beiow the demestic price. Hats, gloves and all classes of wearing apparel are similarly offered. Mr. Stewart deciured that this ac- tivity of the Asiatics promised to revolu- tionize the commercial world. Japan had taken the initiative, but China would fol- low. The war between China and Japan had terminated with a peace treaty which testroyed former commercial restrictions. Mr. Stewart read from consular reports showing the remarkable growth of the cot- ton manufacturing in Japan. At the basis of this menacing condition, said Mr, Stewart, is ihe gold combination. Jt has reduced the value of silver 50 per cent, thus giving the Asiatics an advan- tage of 50 per cent on exchange. The only means of averting this complete com- mercial supremacy of the Asiatics was to place gold and silver on an equal basis. The Gold Syndicate Arraigned. Mr. Stewart used severe language in ar- raigning the gold syndicate, declaring that it controlled national conventions, selected Presidents and directed the affairs of the natioual administration. At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart's remarks the resoluiion was laid aside, and at 2:20 p.m. the Senate adjourned. THE HOUSE. As soon as the House met today Mr. Can- non (li.) offered a resolution which looked to the consideration tomorrow of the amer.dments to the rules for the increase of the membership of the leading commit- tees from fifteen to seventeen (the number in the last House) and for the creation of an additional committee cn elections. Mr. Crisp (Ga.), on behalf of the minority, id that there would be no objection on his side of the House to the increase in the membership of the committees, but he was in that there would be oppo- reation of en additional elec- tions committee. However, he would offer no objection to fixing tomorrow for the consideration of the proposition. Accord- ingly, without opposition, the resolution adopted and the order was made. Mr. W. A. Stone (Pa.) then offered the usual “hciiday resolution” to pay the offi- cers and employes of Congress on Decem- ber , and it was agreed to. An Indian Allotment Inquiry. Mr. Flynn (Oklahoma) asked unanimous nsent tor the consideration of a resolu- tion whica, after reciting the passage, on March 2, 1895, of the joint resolution for the ratification of the agreement between the Wichita Indians and the United States commissioners for the allotment of lands, called upon the Secretary of the Interior to inform the House of the reasons for the delay in the appointment of the allotting and whether any of the blood con- stions of the Secretary of the Interior re interested in delaying the cpening of those lands to settlement. Quite a Display of Temper. The resolution caused quite a display of temper in the House, and some rather warm words. Mr. MeMillin (Tenn.) thought it was not drawn in the usual form. While examining it Mr. Flynn called out: “It don’t affect any cf your importations into Oklahom: “] dcn't meke importatiors,” replied Mr. mith does for you,” re- turned Mr. Flyn: Mr. MeMillin pr otested that this was not an sion for levity. He pointed out the defect in the amendment, and, at Mr. Flynn's request, the words “if not incom- ‘ with the public interests” were in- Maddox (Ga.) was at first disposed to fect to the resolution, but finally with- objection. Mr. Flynn then made a tion of the purport of the res- declared that the allotting agents required by law to be appointed had n apy ointed. yme Pointed Statements. “It is a well-known fact,” said he, “that Hoke Smith has a lot of relations who are profiting by the delay in this matter. They are acting as attorneys for the Indians. His attack on the Secretary of the Interior was Ditler. He said, among-other things, he had seen today a bntract by ich 2 man was to receive $2,700 if he could prevent Secretary Smith from ratify- ing an agreement. Mr. Cooper (Fla.) took up the cudgel on behaif of Secretary Smith. He denounced Mr. Flynn's “extraordinary speech.” “Usually,” said he, “the gentleman from Oklahoma exhibits the proper ideas of de- cency in addressing the House, but he has today sadly failed.” He protested that Mr. Flynn had indulged in language concerning @ member of the cabinet unbecoming a member of the House, and eulogized Secre- tary Smith as a man who stood as high be- fore the A:nerican people as any man on the floor. Mr. Flynn replied to Mr. Cooper with some temper. He admitted that he had feeling in the matter, and explained the cause of it in his trip to Washingtor last spring. He had ceme 1,500 miles to see the President and find out why Secretary Smith had not com- plied with the law. He had written Mr. Cleveland for an audience, and, after a brief response from Private Secretary Thurber, had waited in vain for 4 week to see him. He had &ppealed to Secretary Smith and the commissioner of the general land office, but to no. avail. The Resolution Passed. Mr. Flynn then demanded the previous question, and the resolution was adopted without division. A Senate resolution granting the state of Pennsylvania the of the United States court rooms at Scran- ton was adopted on motion of Mr. Scranton (Pa.) Adjournment, . On mation cf Mr. Moody (Mass.), by unanimous consent a bill wes passed for the amendiaent of the act of 1874 for the establishment of bonded warehouses for stering and cleaning rice for export, so as to include permission for curing and re- packing fish for export in such warehouses. Several requests for unanimous consent were refused, several of them relating to the printing of petitions for the recogni- t.on of the Cuban belligerents, after which, at 1:40, the House adjourned. THEY WERE MARRIED. Happy Settlement of a Virginia Elopement. - There was a final and satisfactory set- tlement today of the Virginia elopement af- fair, an account of whith appears in an- other column. While Mr. Robinson and Detective Rhodes were at the first precinct talking over the matter with the young lady, Otter- back, who thought there might still be a chance for him, went out in search of a minister. The father had gone to the sta- tion for the purpose of getting his daugh- ter and taking her back home, but Detec- tive Rhodes, who had caused a temporary Postponement of the event, spoke in favor of the young couple, and the father finally decided to give his consent, although he still had no love for his prospective son-in- law, About noon the parties met in Inspector Hollinberger’s office, where Rev. J. J. Muir, pastor of the E Street Baptist Church, mar- ried the couple. They left om an afternoon train for ther home, near Manassas, sae ES FORD'S TH ATER DISASTER. ‘Che Maximum Amount of Damages De- termined Upon by the Commixsion, The commission on the Ford Theater dis- aster met xt 2 o'clock this afternoon in the room of the committee of the District of Columbia of the Senate. ‘It was decided that $5,000 shall be the maximum amount of damages to be awarded for disabilities incurred in the aceident: | ‘The persons injured in ‘the disaster who have been before the medital board have have had their injuries. rat by a system of percentage, aad it fae: that the commission wil award f&mages by simply allowing the same percentage of the maxi- mum rate as that ftted by’ thé medical board as the guade to the: amount of injury claimants have rece!ved. Senator Faulkner and Mr. Updegraff have been appointed a subedmmittee to draw up a report on the cases of the claimants, and will at once preceed with this work. ———_~+«--+ Personal Mention. A. M. Palmer, the New York theatrical manager, ig at the Arlington. Burr McIntosh and Miss Blanche Walsh of the Trilby Company are at the Arling- ton. J. Cabell Freckinridge of Louisville {3 at the Normandie, Mayor John A. Caldwell of Concinnati is at Chamberlin’s. Congressman Wm. Sulzer of New York is at Chamberlin’s. Isaac Trumbo, one of the prospective Senators fram the coming; state of Utah, is at the Shoreham. H. Shugio, the well-kugwn Japanese resi- dent of New York, is at the Shoreham. A big Princeton banner decorated the front of the Shoreham today, where the glee, banjo and mandolin clubs from that famous university arrived this afternoon, sixty strong. Eleneisus Smith, the St. Louis lawyer who represents the Gould interests in the southwest, is at the Ebbitt. H. G. Snow of the Damrosch Opera Com- pany is at the Raleigh. Mr. Channing M. Bolton and Miss Nellie Bolton returned to Washington today after an extended absence, and are at the Raleigh. A dinner is to be given to Governor-elect Lowndes of Maryland at the Arlington to- mrerrew evening by a- number of Maryland friends now resident in. Washington. A Philadelphia dispatch says that Capt. Robley D. Evans, who has been confined to his rccm in the Colonnade Hotel in that city with rheumatism for, several weeks, is improving. He has so far recovered that he will probably take command of the bat- tle ship Indiana in a few days. Secretary Smith, who arrived at Atlanta this morning from Athens, where he had attended the funeral of his relative, Capt. Harry Jackson, was suddenly summoned to Washington py telegrams announcing the serious illness of his little. daughter, and left on the nocn train for the capital. Mrs. Ruggles, wife of Adjutant General Ruggles, is seriously ill at her residence, 130) New Hampshire ayenue. Among the young men who are accom- panying the Princeton Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs, which arrived in town this afternoon on.their annual concert tour, is Mr. A. G. Milbank, president of this year’s foot ball association, ard Mfe president of his class, the highest class. honor possible to a student at Princeton. Another is Mr. A. L. Dennis, managing: editor of the Nassau. Literary Magazine, a member of the editorial board of the Daily Princeto- pian, and a prominent literary man in his class. Chancellor Jules Boeufe of th® French embassy has returned after several months in Paris. iy +2. CUSHING’S CANAL TRIP. Coming of the Torpede Boat Over Inland Waters. NEW YORK, December 16.—Promptly at 6 o'clock this morning the United States torpedo boat Cushing started on her trip from the navy yard, Brooklyn, to Washing- ton, the entire journey to be made through inland waters. Lieut. Smith, who is in command of the boat, feels confident of finishing the trip successfully by Thursday evening. ————. __ Wine Vaults Destroyed. EGG HARBOR CITY, N.S, December 16.—Fire which did $40,000 damage occurred today. It broke out in the large wine vaults of E. A. Schmidt, in which there vere 30,000 gallons of huckleberry wine tored, all of which, with the building, was destroyed. The household effects of Mr. Schmidt were also burned. ————a Changed Placen. : Lieutenant Colonel’ William J. Volkmar, whovhas been for a year past assistant ad- jutant seneral of the Department of the East at Governor's Island, N. Y., has ex- changed places with Lieutenant Colonel | ‘Thomas Ward, at present assistant adju- tant general of the Department of Colora- do at Denver. IMPROVING TIMES MR. CARLISLE’S REPORT Indicated by Secretary Carlisle’s An- nual Report, URGES RETIREMENT OF GREENBACKS As the Only Effectual Way to Hold the Gold. THE YEAR’S FINANCES Secretary Carlisle's annual report on the state of the finances was sent to Congress today. It shows that the revenues of the government from all sources during the last fiscal year amounted to $30,373,203. The expenditures during the same period aggre- gated $433,178,426, leaving a deficit for the year of $42,805,223. As compared with the fiscal year 1894, the receipts for 1805 in- creased $17,570,705, although there was a decrease of $11,329,681 in the ordinary ex- penditures, which is largely accounted for by a reduction of $11,134,055 on sugar boun- ties. The revenues for the current fiscal year are estimated upon the basis of exist- ing laws at $431,07,407, and the expendi- tures at $448,907,407, which will leave a de- ficit of $17,000,000. For the coming fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, the Secretary es- timates the receipts at $44,793,120, and the expenditures at $457,884,193, or an estimated surplus of $6,008,920. ‘he Secretary states briefly the facts concerning the issue of bonds during the year, the particulars of which have already been reported to Con- gress. The report shows that the Bering sea patrol fleet during the last season board- ed and examined 4 vessels, fifty-four of which were engaged in sealing. The num- ber of skins actually counted was 31,216. Many of the vessels in the revenue cutter service, the Secretary says, are very old, and nearly unseaworthy, and he recom- mends that four new ones be provided to take the places of the “McLane,” the “Craw- ford,” the “Seward” and one for the port of New York. The Secretary says that the government of Great Britain has refused to renew the sealing regulations agreed upon for the season of 1894 providing for the sealing up of arms, which Teaves the question of the possession and use of arms to be deter- mined wholly by the Paris award. The total catch of seals at sea in the award area during the last season was 56,291, as compared with 61,838 for the season of 1894. The catch on the seal islands was 15,000, A careful count of all the seals on the islands last year makes the number a little aver 200,000, a decrease of over one- half since 1891. The Secretary devotes a large share of his report to a discussion of the condition of the treasury and the cur- rency, in the course of which he makes an exhaustive argument in favor of the re- tlrement of the greenbacks, Looking for a Surplus. “The cash balance in the treasury on the 1st day of December, 1895," he says, “was $17,406,386, being $98,072,420 in excess of the actual gold reserve on that day, and $77,406,386 in excese of any sum. that it would be recessary to use for replenishing that fund in case the Secretary should at any time be able to exchange currency for geld. There is, therefore, no reason to doubt the ability of the government to dis- charge all its current obligations during the present fiscal year, and have a large cash balance at its close, without imposing additional taxation in any form upon tae people, but I adhere to the opinion hereto- fore expressed that the Secretary of the Treasury ought always to have authority to issue and sell, or use in the payment of expenses, short-time bonds, bearing a low rate of interest, to supply casual deficien- s in the revenue. “With a complete return to the normal business conditions of the country, and a proper legislative and executive super- vision over expenditures, the revenue laws now in force will, in my opinion, yield am- ple means for the support of the public service upon the basis now established; and upcn the assumption, which seems to be justified, that the progress now being mede toward the restoration of our usual state of prosperity will continue without serious interruption, it is estimated that there will be a surplus of nearly $7,000,000 during the fiscal year 1897. During the fiscal years 1894 and 1895 the erdinary ex- pendituies of the government have been Cecreased $27,282,656.20, as compared with the fiscal yesr 1893, and it is believed that, with the co-operation of Congress, further reductions can be made in the future with- out impairing the efficiency of the public service.” The Gold Withdrawals, Contiruing, he se: “The large withdrawals of gold in De- cember, 1894, and in January and the early part of February, 1895, were due almost entirely to a feeling of apprehension in the public mind, which increased in intensity from day to day until it nearly reached the proportions of a panic, and it was evident to all who were familiar with the situation that unless effectual steps were prompily taken to check the growing distrust the gcvernment would be compelled within a few days to suspend gold payments and drop to a depreciated silver and paper standard. More than $43,000,000 of the amount withdrawn during the brief period last mentioned was not demanded for ex- port, but-was taken out by the people who had become alarmed on account of the critical condition of the treasury in its re- lations to the currency of the country. “The purchase of 3,500,000 ounces of gold fcllowed, it being in the contract that not less than one-half of the gold was to be precured abroad, but after a large part of the gold had been furnished from abroad the Secretary, In order to prevent disturb- ance in the rates of foreign exchange at a critical period, and avoid a condition which would force gold exports and consequent withdrawals from tLe treasury, acquiesced in a departure from the literal terms of the contract, that one-half of the coin should be procured abroad. and accepted deposits of gold then held in this country to com- plete the delivery. Ordinary prudence de- manded that the success of the plan io protect the treasury against withdrawals should not be endangered by insisting upon a strict compliance with all the det: the ccntract, especially as the goverr could sustain no loss, and the ‘ whole amount of gold stipulated for was secured. The Bond Issues. “The amount of bonds issued under this contract was $62,315,400, and the amount of gold received was $65,116,244.62. The beneficial effects of this transaction, the Secretary seys, were felt immediately, not enly in this country, but in every other havinggcommercial relations with us. “Confidence in our securities,” he con- tinues, ‘was at once restored, and these encouraging indications of increasing pros- perity still continue, and it Is reasonaljy certain that if our progress is rot checke-1 by a repitition of large demands upon cur resources, or by a failure to meet the just expectations of the people in respect io the 1efo@mation of our fiscal system, we are entering upon an era of material growth and development not surpassed in our his- tory. The safety of the existing situation is, however, constantly menaced, and ou further progress toward a complete resiora- tion of confidence and prosperity is serious- ly impeded by the defects in our currency laws, and the doubt and uncertainty stiil prevailing in the public mind, especially abroad, concerning the future moneiary policy of this government. Until these de- fects in our laws are remedied, and these doubts are removed, there can be no satis- (Continued on Ninth Page.) The Situation for Concress Not in Any Way Simplified. His P¥ediction of a Surplus in Two ot Considered Sound— Years Criticism Expected. The lorg delayed report of the Secretary of the Treasury,which was sent to Congress today, has not in any way simplified the sit- uation fcr Congress. Nor has it convinced either the republicans or the democrats who are not blindly devoted to the admin- istration that more revenue is not needed. On this point the general comment fs that the mere assertion of Mr. Carlisle that there is no need of more revenue, while the figures show a deficiency, cannot be regarded as of consequence. No Ba for His Prediction. His statement that in 1897 there will be a surplus of revenue is referred to as having no more substantial basis than a prediction of a good crop next year or that there wiil be fair weather on Christmas day. The leg- islators do not see that he makes sufficient- ly clear the reason for his hopefulness. The fact that an increase of fifteen millions in the revenue still leaves a large deficienc: they do not think furnished a good argu ment for the ccnclurion that two years will wipe out the deficiency and make a surplus. In his argument that the green- backs should be retired there is nothinz new, nor does it appear to meet with any more favor In Congress than did that made in the President's message. The report is locked upon as extremely evasive on the question of what has become of the money derived from the sale of bonds, if not in use for current expenses. Merely an Argument. Its statements on this point are pro- nounced merely an argument, with Sher- man quoted as authority, to prove that the Secretary hal a perfect right to use the greenbacks which had been redeemed from the gold reserve, just as if they have come in through the revenues. This is granted, but Carlisle's critics say that the question of the necessity of using this money to meet current expenses is evaded. It is sug- gested that if the revenues were sufficient, while he might have a right to use the money derived from the bond issue after it had been converted into greenbacks, he would have no occasion to do so, and there ought to be in the treasury in some sort of money an amount equivalent to the sum derived from the sale of bonds, in addition to the amount of available cash before bonds were sold. Criticism Expected. _ It 1s expectéd that the report will be>se- verely criticised-tn-speeches on the fogr of both houses. The republicans appear to be more strongly confirmed in the idea that they sbould provide for the deficiency of reve- nue by means of ‘the tariff, regardless of the recommendi&tions of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury. ° THE CUBAN MANIFESTO. An Appeal to the People of the United States. The manifesto of the Cuban revolutionary party to the people of the United States was made public today. It is a long document, prepared by Enrique Jose Varona, ex-deputy in the Spanish cortes, and reviews the his- tory of revolutionary agitation in Cuba and present conditions on the island. The man- ifeste concludes: “Spain has shown itself utterly incapable of governing Cuba, which it exploits, im- poverishes and demoralizes. “The Cubans, not in anger, but tn despair, have appealed to arms to defend their rights and vindicate an eternal principle, without which every community is in danger—the principle of ice. Nobody has the right of oppression. Spain oppresses us. In rebelling against oppression we defend a right. In serving our own cause we serve the cause of mankind. “We have rot counted the number of our enemies, nor mcasured their strength. We may find ruin and death a few steps ahead. So be it. We do our duty. If the world is indifferent to our cause, so much the worse for all. A new iniquity shall have been consummated. The principle of human sol- idarity shall have suffered a defeat.” ———— NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS. They Effect the Reinstatement Messrs. Mann and Holbrook. A meeting cf the newspaper correspond- ents entitled to admission to the press gal- leries of the House and Senate was held at the Capitol this morning, preside’ over by Mr. E. G. Dunnell, chairman of the stand- ing committee of correspondents. Mr. Dun- nell stated the purpose of the meeting to be action upon the proceedings of the reorgan- izers of the House force in supplanting Charles Mann and Charles Holbrook, who have been in charge of the House gallery since the Forty-eighth Congress. He said these employes have not been disturbed up to this time by the successive reorganiza- tions of the House by the two political par- ties, and the correspondents, having been satisfied with the services of the men, have not requested any changes. Mr. Dunnell stated that Mr. Stone of Penn- sylvania, the manager of the faction that is reorganizing the House, hal consented to the reinstatement of one of the men and suggested a resolution to appoint the other one a special messenger in charge of the gallery. The meeting adopted a resolution carrying this suggestion into effect, to be introduced in the House. Before the House assembled, however, Mr. of Stone notified Mr. Dunnell that such action would be unnecessary, as Mr. Mann would be reappointed at once. When this is done it will reinstate both of the employ: Even when this ts done it will leave the gallery shorthanded, for the same force now ta care of the place, with 150 men on the Hist, as years ago, when there were less than a score of correspondents entitled to admis- sion and when the duties of the messenger and laborer were comparatively light. ———$——<—_—o-_____— ANTI-SALOON CONVENTION. First Session Will Be Called to Order Tomorrow. The first session of the national anti- saloon convention will be called to order to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Sunday school house, by Rev. L. B. Wilson, the president of the District of Co- lumbia Anti-Saloon League, who will be ex-otlicio the temporary president of the convention. This session will be open to the public up to an hour appvinted for the re- port of the committee on credentials, when an exceutive session will be held. Conven- tion mass meetings are being arranged for in First Congregational Chu ing at 7:50, and in Calvary Bapt school house WeInesday evening at —_—_—__ The San Francisco’s Movements. A cable message was received at Navy Department teday arnouncing arrival of the flagship San Francisco, with Admiral Selfridge on board, at Mersine, Syria, yesterday frcm Alexandretta, where she made ouly the briefest stop. No rea- son is given for her return to Mersine so suddenly. ————_+ e+. —_____ The Corvette Thetis. The corvette Thetis, engaged in survey duty, arrived at San Diego, Cal., yester- day. THE FLAG FLOATED President Cleveland Again at Work at the White House, eS A CONFERENCE WITH SECRETARY OLNEY ee The Venezue an and Other Ques- tions Were Discussed. THE UTAH COMMISSION —_+—_—__ The American flag floated over the White House today for the first time since the Gth instant, when the President unexpect- edly departed on his hunting expedition to the sounds of North Carolina. The reap- pearance of the national colors indicated that the chief executive had resumed pub- lic business at his official residence. One result of the signul was to cause a rush of visitors to the mansion, the majority of whom were strangers viewing the sights, who. flocked there in the hope that they might have the honor of shaking hands with the President. There was, however, entirely too much business for the Presi- dent to trarsact to admit of his holding a public reception today, no matter how short. A number of Congressmen called, but the President was able to see only a few of them. Three members of his cab- inet called during the forenuon and engage1 his attention nearly the entire morning. These were Secretaries Olney and Herbert and Postmaster General Wilsou. The prin- cipal visit was that of the Fecretary of State, who called early and was closeted with the President for severai hours. They Gircussed the status of the various for- eign complications referred to in the Prest- dent's message to Congress, especially the Venezuelan and Cuban affairs. The Venezuelan Question. The Venezuelan question came in for the principal share of attention, with special reference to the next move to be made by this government in consequence of the declination of the British government to accept the proposition for the submission of its boundary dispute with Venezuela to arbitration.» The consultation between the President and Secretary Olney was in con- tinuation of a conference held at the White House last night, in which the President, Secretary Olney and--Secretary Lamont took part. The consideration of the gen- eral question includts~also the advisability of submitting the matter to the eonsidera- tion of Congress before or after the Christ- mas recess. A regular meeting of the cabinet will be held tomorrow, and jt-is possthle ihat some action will then be taken that may be communicated to the public. Although it may be decided to send the full correspon- dence to Congress during the present week, the impression is strong that this course will be deferred until after the Christmas holidays. Why the President Delays. The failure of the’ Speaker to announce the House committees is ane of the rea- sons given for the continued suppression of the importart aiplomatic notes that have passed between Secretary Olney and Lord Salisbury since July last, when the admin- istration officially rotified tae British gov- ernment of its great interest in the pea ful settlement of the Gulana boundary dis- pute. The correspenderce has been ready for trans on forthe past two weeks and can be sent in at a moment's notice from the President. If it does not go in unt:l Congress reassemtles in January {t will probably be becausé the President de- es to write a special metsage on the subject or in erder to include in it a note Secretary Olney is said to be preparing in reply to the arguments advanced by Lord Salisbury for declining to submit the question of the jurisdiction of the territory within the Schomburg Line to arbitration, If it is true that this latter course has been determined fipon it will probably be late in January before the correspondence will be sent to Concress, as it would be a manifest discovrtesy to Lord Salisbury to give out Secretary Olney's letter to him tn advance of its rece'pt. The Waller One of the matters considered by the President and his premier today was the Waller case. Congress has called for the correspondence in regard to this, incident and it has been prepared for tranSmission. The prospects are that it will go in before the end of the week unless the President desires to make it the subject of a special message. The Utah Commission. Case. At noon today the President gave a spe- cial audience to the members of the Utah commission, appointed to deliver into his hands a certified copy of the constitution of the new state, together with a certified statement of the vote by which it was ratified. The commission consists of Messrs. Jerrold R. Letcher and Hoyt Sher- man, jr., of Salt Lake City. They were accompanied by Governor Caleb W. West and Delegate Frank J. Cannon. The con- stitution is beautifully engrossed and is contained in a gold-embossed portfolio of morocco. ‘The title page reads: “Copy of the constitution of the state of Utah, adopt- ed in convention May 8, A.D. 1815; ratified November 5, A.D. 18 The first para- graph says: “Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we, the people of Utah, in order to secure and perpetuate the prin- ciples of free government, do ordain and establish this constitution. A Brief Ceremony. There were no set speeches, and the ceremony was brief and formal. Mr. Letcher handed the documents to the President with a brief statement of their character, and expressed the hope that he would find it Coavenient to issue the proc- lemation admitting Utah to the Union of states without much delay. The constitu- tion will be referred to the Attornr Gen- eral for examination to see that it meets all the requirements of the act under which it was prepared, and also that it is with the terms of the An in strict rd federal Constitution. mede to have the n admitted to the Union on New When the President his proclamation the Utah legislature will be called together in spe- cial sessicn to make laws for the state un- der the constitution and to aters to tne United States effort will be enate, DEMOCRATIC THE CONVENTION, National Committee of That Party to M january 16. The democratic national committee will meet in this city on January 16 to fix a place and time for holding the democratic rational cenvention. Mr. James L. Norris the member of the committee for the E trict, has received @ letter from Simon I Sheerin, secretary of the committee, of as follows: “A meeting of the democratic national ecmmittee will Arlington Hotel, n, D.C., on Thursdey, the 16th day of January, 1806, at 12 o'clock m, to fix the time and place of holding the national democratic con- vention for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, and fcr such other business as may come befcre the committee.”