Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1896, Page 1

~ THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY AT THE STAR ‘Avente, Cor. pate, by 1101 Pennsylvania Avence, Cor. 11th The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ening Star is served to subscribers In the etty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents i 44 cents per month. Copies at the each. By matl—answhere in the States or Canada—postage pre i j» Sheet Star, $1 per year, with cenis as second-class mail matter.) . ‘AN mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. vex of advertixine made kncwn on application. at Washinzton, D. ©., | Ch —— e Fveni Star. No. 13,367. WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, JANUARY 6 1896—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. ADDED TO THE UNION Utah Joins the United States of America. OATH TAKEN BY [TS OFFICIALS Inauguration Ceremonies at Salt Lake. ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED + SALT LAKE, Utah, January 6.—Another state has been added to the Union, and the rights of self-government have been ex- tended to a quarter of a million industrious * and intelligent people. The oath of office was administered to the state officials of Utah at noon today, and a new siate, with her vast resources, starts off with the promise of a bright and glorious future. The city was crowded with people from all parts of the state. Acting Governor Richards had, by proclamation, declared the day a holiday. All business was sus- pended, and the buildings along the prin- cipal streets were decorated with the na- tional colors. The day was ushered in by the ringing ~of bells and the sounding of all the steam whistles in the city. At Il o’clock the street parade, under the direction of Grand Marshal Furton, moved from the corner of Main and South streets. The parade included Penrose and siaff, federal troops and the National Guard of Utah, members of the legislature, civic societies and citizens. While the parade was taking place the artillery on Arsenal hill was firing a sa- lute of forty-five guns. Acting Governor Richards, as master of ceremonies, called the house to order, and prayer was offered by Winfred Woodruff, president of the Mormon church. He prayed for the welfare of the nation, to which Utah will ever be loyal, and for the prevalence of justice, mercy, truth and peace, so that every soul might be free to worship as he sees fit. “The Star Spangled Banner” was ren- dered by a chorus of one thousand voices. After this the proclamation of the Presi- s dent of the United States granting state- hood to Utah was read by ex-Delegate Joseph L. Rawlins. a The cath of office was administered to the governor and state officers by Chief Justice Zane of the supreme court of the state. Q Gov. Wells’ Inaugural. Gov. Wells then delivered his inaugural address. He said: “Let us congratulate the ploneers—that hereie band of patriots who blazed a way for western civilization—who turned the waters upon the burning soil and wrung from that desolation the bounteous har- vests which we are reapiug—who planted the stars and stripes on yonder peak, and in the name of freedom began the work ich we are consummating now. As for those of us who followed in their e, whether we came to Utah in the slow-moving prairie schooner of frontier days or in the lightning express train of more recent years, or whether born upon the soil, let us clasp hands upon this natal dy, and congratulate each other upon the happy solution of all past contentions and eur suceession to the fuil rights and privi- leges of cit'zenship in a free and sovereign state of the grandest republic the world has ever seen. “Ard while felicitating ourselves and our stete upon her admission into the Union, let us not omit to congratulate the Union on the accession of another commonwealth ef superb possibilities. “If I were asked to enumerate in more specific terms the riches that Utah af- fords the country as recompense for her statehood I weuld say she offers the gold * and silver, lead and copper and iron of her mountains, the luxurious soil of her val- leys, the matchless life-saving climate, # me¢st efficient public school system and the gratitude of a happy homogeneous and p2- triotic people.” Efforts to Secure Statehood. The governor then reviewed in detail the ™eny efforts made by Utah to secure state- heod from 1847 to the present day. Continuing, he said: “What better evidences of the entire sin- cerity of all people in treir present con- victions could be given than that Chief Justice Zane, who, in the past, acting un- der a conscientious regard for duty, has sentenced hundreds of Mormons to the penitentiary, row sits upon this platform as the henored choice of the electors of Utah for the highest judicial office in the state; and that a Mormon, born and rear- ed, should be delivering from the same “ie this address as the governor of The governor then gave an exhaustive review of the financial and industrial con- d'tion of the state. The ceremonies closed with patriotic music. The inaugural ball will be held at the Salt Lake Theater tonight. ADMITTED BY SPAIN. That News From Cuba is Most Un- favorable. BARCELONA, Spain, January 6.—2 «Most unfavorable to the Spanish go went hag been received here from Cuba. It is und®rstood that the insurgent forzes are pressing around Havara. MADRID, January 6—A dispatch _re- ceived from Havana says that the in- surgents attempted to wreck a train on the Neuvitas-Puerto Principe railroad, which was conveying 200 passengers and a large number of soldiers. A dynamite Iemb cennected with an electric wira was exploded close to the engine and wrecked it. The insurgents then attempted to cap- ture the train, but were prevented from ~ acing by th2 arrival of a detachment of Spanish troops. Several of the passengers were wounded and the engineer train was killed. The news of reunced by the urday afternoon Diown up at the st his affair was first an- The engine wa is being cl inistration, In view of eports of ins nt suc- cesses in their operatic ear Havana. In the event t th ally attack th® capital of the island in ®, it is possible that the North Atlantic squadron may he ordered to H , in o Sition to guard Am disturbs to be in po- V. MeKINLEY'S ME: SAGE. A General Law Relating to Munici- palities is Suzgeste COLUMBUS, Ohio, Januar: McKinley's message toda: ture concerned Obio aft: Most striking paragraph !s a tentative suggestion thatthe legislature shall enact ® general law which will apply to the gov- @xrment of the municipalities of the state. He aso recommen tmprisonment 1 Troper, be ps < that after ten year: convicts may, if thou ed. He Takes His Seat Upon the United States Supreme Court Bench. Simple but Impressive Ceremony of Administering the Oath of Office. Associate Justice Peckham, the latest acquisition to the Supreme bench, took his seat as a member of the highest court in the land today. The initiatory ceremony, consisting in the taking of the oath of of- fice, was brief and simple, but none the less in:pressive on that account. The court came in at the usual hour of 12, the new associate being in the rear of the digni- fied procession. He, as were all the other eight members of the court, was robed in a long black robe falling from the should- ers to the feet, but this circumstance did not conceal the fact that the new justice is a man of impressive presence and strik- ing personality. His demeanor was calm and dignified, and the impression made uber those present was altogether agree- able. When the procession made its appearance at the north door of the court room, head- ed by Marshal Wright, closely followed by the chief justice, and he in turn by his esscciates in tae order ef seniority, the bar and other spectaters rose spontaneously ard stood in respectful attitudes until ail the members of the court except Mr. Peck- ham had proceeded to their respective seats. Mr. Peckham stopped when he reached Clerk MeKenny’s desk, and re- Taained there until the last ceremony in the link making him a life member of the nation’s court of last resort was completed. This, of course, wes the first business of the day. Chief Justice Fuller announced the re- ceipt by the court of Mr. Peckham’s com- mission from the President, and called upon the clerk to read the document, which the latter did. Clerk McKenny then adminis- tered the oath, in which the justice vowed to do equal justice to rich and poor alike. The oath was read by Mr. Peckham in distinct and well-modulated tones. After Kissing the antique Bible, which has done service in such emergencies in this court for the past century, he was escorted by the marshal to his seat on the extreme left of the bench. Here he was received by the other members of the court stand- ing. Shaking hands with Justice Shiras, is nearest neighbor, and bowing to his fellow justices and receiving bows in re- turn from them, and then bowing to the bar, the new justice took his seat, and the routine work of the day began. The limited capacity of the court room was taxed to its utmost to 2ccommodate those present, and many sought admission in vain. There was an especially large at- tendance of attorneys. Among others who oecupied seats inside the bar were the ee minister and two members of his suite. A War Claim Decided. The court rendered a decision, which was handed down by Justice Harlan, on the claim of the state of New York against the government for interest in money raised and expended by the state for the equip- ment of troops during the war, awarding the full amount of $130,000 claimed by the state. The court advanced the case of Coffin, in- dicted for complicity in wrecking the In- Gianapolis National Bank, and set the hear- ing for the first Monday in March. ee THE ADDITIONAL STAR. It Will Not Be Added to the Flag Until July 4 Next. The admission of Utah into the Union of states requires the addition of another star to the American flag. Although Utah is now a full-fledged state, the change in “Old Glory” will not be made until July 4 next. On and after that date there will be officially forty-five stars in the national ensign, being nearly three and a half times the number of the original states. The most important requirements in the legal admission of Utah have been fulfilled, but there are a number of formalities yet to be observed. One of these is an executive order to the army and navy, announcing the addition of another star to the nationai flaz. This order will take effect July 4, SOU All the flags that are issued by the gov- ernment after that date will bear the full complement of forty-five stars, but many of the old flags will continue to float in the breezes with only the present number of stars, and without any people being the wiser. ‘The official arrangement of the stars and of the stripes in the flag is in charge of a special board of army and navy officers. While it has not yet been officially decided, it is more than probable that the new star will be added to the fifth row from the top. This addition, it is said, will make the ap- pearance of the union even more symmet- rical than it is at present. ‘There are now six rows of stars in the union, the top and bottomwows being each | composed of efght stars and the other four lot n stars each. In case of the admis- sion of another state, its star would be added to the second row, thus making the top two rows and the bottom two rows harmonize completely. ——__-e-—______ THE FREE LIBRARY IDEA. Opened Today Will Aid the Board of Trade Movement. The most recent evidence of the preva- » of the public library {dea in this city he opening today to the public of a free rary containing 3,000 volumes by the re- incorporated free hbrary association. One The is located in the McLean build- ling, corner ef Vermont avenue and H strect northwest. It is the expressed be- | Hef of the subscribers to the library, es- “tally of those who are also members of rd of trade, that the opening of this i rather than retard the ement for the establish- t of a municipaliy sustained library, which is generally conceded to be the goal cf public library aspirations. It has been that this Nbrary will merge with ‘c libwary, when the latter shall en established by congressional leg- —___ Executive Clemency. |, The President has commuted to two months’ actual imprisonment the sentence of thirteen months imposed in the case of Albert J. Neville, convicted in western Pennsylvania of attempting to pass -coun- terfeit coin. A Talk With Chairman McMillan of the Senate Committee, SOME QUESTIONS 10 BE SERTLED Grade Crossings and the Street Railroads the Chief. gee eee FAVORS CHEAP GAS —_—__+— Senator McMillan, chairman of the Sen- ate committee on the District of Columbia, had possession of his new committee room today, and, together with Mr. Charics Moore, clerk to the committee, was en- gaged in arranging matters in order that legislation pertaining to the District cf Co- lumbia may be taken up and considerel at an early day. About fifty bills have been referred to the committee by the Senate, and at the first meeting of the committee to be held under its new chairman, next Friday, all these measures will be referred to subcommittees. This will give each of the thirteen members plenty of work to do. The committee room in process of thorough refitting and refurnishing. A Star reporter called on Mr. MeMilan today and inquired regarding his plans for promoting District legislation. Chairman MeMillan’s Plans, “T-am not so much a believer in a great deal of a Olgk as I am in having the right kind of,lezislaticn,” Mr. McMillan replied jn re®Ponse to a question. “The change in the chairmanship of this com- mittee will really make very little differ- ence in the work. Mr. Harris and I have worked side by -side on District matters for a long time, and we will continue to do so. “There is one change, however, that I hope will facilitate our District legislation. In all important matters I think it would be well to have the chairmen of the Sen- ate and House committees on the District of Columtia, together with the Commis- sioner who has any particular matter under charge get together, in order to exchange views on any measure it is sought to have passed by Congress, so that we may have an understanding about what would be ac- ceptable all around. It frequently happens that @ither the House or Senate committee acts on a bill which is not at all acceptable to the other committee, and such matters could be readily understood by a short con- ference and long delays would be avoided. To Promote Prompt Action. “It seems to me, too, that instead of re- ferring bills to the District Commissioners it would promote prompt action and a clearer understanding of questions to have the Commissioner under whom the matter would come to meet the chairmen of the two committees and explain his views. I hope this will be done. The Grade Crossing Question. “There are several important matters that I hope this Congress will be able to deal with successfully. ne of the most important is the question of grade ero: ings. I want to sze the railroad companies carry out their agreements with the <om- mittee. The Baltimore and Ohio company, for instance, has promised to build a via- duct, over which its tracks can enter the | city, and in the case of the Pennsylvania road, I hope some satisfactory arrange- ment will be made to settle the question of grade crossings. This matter was thor- oughly discussed in the past, but the de- tails of a proper plan could not be decided upon agreeably to all concerned. I favor having the track of the Pennsylvania road depressed, so that surface trafiic may he accominodated above the tracks by means of bridges. The Street Railroads. “Then there is the street railroad ques- tion. My own view is that It if much better to require the existing lines to extend their tracks to meet the wants of the growing population in and about the city rather than to charter new companies. Our prob- lem is to provide the most satisfactory means of transportation for the people rather than to promote any real estate in- terest by building lines so that land values can be advanced. For instance, if all the railroad lines of the city were under one management it would promote the public interest, as g.person could go anywhere by paying one fre. When there fs a demand for street car service beyond the terminus of an existing road 1 think that road should be required to extend its tracks to meet it. Sentiment of the People. “I believe, too, in allowing the people an opportunity to say where the extensions in the clty should be permitted. I remember that when formerly the Belt line wanted to extend its tracks on L street to give a cross- town service, there was a very vigorous ap- peal made by the people on that street against granting the charter for the exten- sion. The street being narrow would hav been ruined for residence purposes by hav- ing a double track Jaid down along it. “Yhe commitiee declined to grant the de- sired permission, in view of this fact, and those who sought the privilege thought the people on the street should have nothing to say about the matter. I think they should be consulted. Now, the Belt line wants a cross-town line on M street, and has pre- sented a petition signed by a great many residents on M street, but those residents live, I believe, on the extreme western and extreme eastern part of the street. It seems to me, too, that the difficulty that would be experienced at Thomas circle, at the corner of lith and M streets, would be very great. The tracks of the Capital Traction Company now go around that circle, and to have &n- other set of tracks there would make it a very dangerous plaee for pedestrians. “But I think Congress will be able to give the citizens’a cross-town road that will be perfectly satisfactory. No More Experiments. “There i# a great deal of talk about hav- ing compressed air cars on the Belt line. My own opinion is that the underground electric system Is the proper one to put down within the city, instead of losing time with ex- periments. It seems to me that that is the most satisfactory system. I want to see Washington provided with the very best street railroad system it is possible to get. The character of this city rot only makes this desirable, but it is absplutely necessary. “We have a couple of bills to charter new telephone companies, but my view is against the unnecessary tearing up of the streets, as is the case with the street rail- road companies. I think it better to regu- late the existing service rather than to charier any new service. The value of a telephone !s the number of people who can be reached by it. If we were to have two or three companies the service would not be so satisfactory and it would cost each ber more than if served by one com- In Favor of Cheap Gas. “How do you regard the effort to secure cheaper gas?” the reporter asked. “I am in favor of having cheaper gas, but we want the best quality of gas at the -same time,” replied Mr. McMillan. It is expected that there will be a full meeting of the committee on Friday, when the wheels of District legislation on the Senate side of the Capitol will be set in motion. An Early Election Makes a Quick Oam- paign Necessary. The Supervisors of the Primaries to Hold a Meeting — What They W: De. Ex-Commissioner Myron M, Parker to- day called a meeting of the supervisors appointed tc take charge of the primary election fer the choosing of delegates to the republican national convention. The hour set is 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, and it is expected that Messrs. Andrew Gleeson and Col. Perry Carson will both be on hand. Organization will be completed by the election of Mr. Parker as president, and a secretary, who will be named by Col. Carson. The supervisors will then teke up the details of the methods to be pursued regarding the primaries, and It is understood that the board will decide that candidates for the position of delegate will be voted for direct. The selection of the judges will take some time, as it is the in- tention to appoint only the best men ob- tainable for these piaces. The date of the primaries will be set for some day in the first or second week of February. The rea- son fcr an election thus early is said to be on account of the long campaign that the various candidates have been indulging in, the struggle having commenced in the early part of last August. Despite Mr. Gleeson’s complete denial of the rumor that he wouid decline to serve as a supervisor, the gos- sips still maintain that he will not act in that capactty. In such a case it is prob- able that Mr. Parker and Gol. Carson, forming a majority of the board, will pro- ceed with the business in hand. There is icthing in the resolution passed by the na- tional republican committee which author- izes any of the supervisors to delegate their dutics to any one else. It will be seen, therefore, that 1f Mr. Gleeson declines to serve, the other two supervisors will have ncthing elso to do but proceed without him. Carson Begins Active Work. ‘The announcement of such an early date for the holding of the election will only serve to make the campaign now in prog- ress all the hotter, and Col. Perry Carson has announced his determination to throw off the reserve which has charaeterized him for the past two months since he stopped going around in his buggy and. capturing the meetings of his opponents, and will begin an aggressive fight, which he is confident will result in his’ trfymph at the polls. Tonight he will address his con- stituents in the hall at R street and Ver- mont avenue. Tomorrow night he will do some spell-binding in the suburban town of Hillsdale, above Anacostia, and Wed- nesday evening there will be two m ings, one at Green's Hall, an Pennsylva. nia avenue, and the other at Mt. Bethel Church. West Washington. wil/hear him on Thursday night, and Friday night he will hold forth at Brightwood. Col. Car- son announces that he is goiug te unlimber™ the batteries of his rbetorie. and pour de- vastating grape and canister Inte-the ranks of his enemies. A New Candidate. Rev. Walter H. Brooks, thé pastor of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, has ertered into, the race fof delegate, ani George W. Stewart has, withdrawn in his favor. L. M. Saurders, the white ren! es- tate man, is coupled with Brooks on the Stewart ticket, and their canjpaign fs he-; ing wdged on the basis-of rescate prom- ises of a restoration of suffrage to the ciuzens of the District. L. C. Batley'’s lieutenants, who have been holding meet- ings every night for the past two weeks, have decided to hold two or more meetings a night hereafter, and altogether the local political pot promises to boil as it never has before from now until the primaries are held. —— A MESSENGER OF PLUCK. Henry Mathews Meets With a Serious Accident, but Keeps His Nerve. Henry Mathews, a young fellow who 1s a clerk and messenger at the West End Na- tional Bark, is now laid up for repairs at the home of friends on New Nork avenve as the result of a front-end ‘collision with a delivery wagon at 3d and E streets. And there is a story of the'gort of cour- age init which makes soldiers and heroes and that kind, don’t you know, Mathews was on a collecting trip, and had with him about $8,000 of the bank's funds. He was proceeding at an or- dinary gait when the delivery wagon, at full speed, swung around the corner, and beforo Mathews could say “Scat,” it was on him and ali over him. The tongue struck him square in the forehead, cutting @ five-inch glancing gash across his face, and, of course, Knocking him 'pff his wheel. The wagon then went on over him, and when he came out of the wreck he was bruised ard scratched and generally knoek- ed out, and one arm was djslocated at the wrist and broken between the wrist and the elbow, dislocated “at the elbow, and broken again between the elbow and shoulder. Strange to say, he had his wits about him, notwithstanding what he had passed through, and his first thought was of the bank’s funds. He shook himself to- gether and at once ordered the delivery driver to load him into his wagon and drive as fast as he could to the bank, a distance of over a mile, and Mathews came In, look- ing like a tramp after a dog wrestle, and re- marking that though he wag slightly dis- figured, he was still in the ring, he turued over the money to a cent and syuared his accounts. Then he didn’t faint, as a story book would have ft, but with that smashed arm dangling loose at the sport of the wind, as it had been dangling during this ride of a mile or more, he went off. to the Emergency Hospital and had himself patch- ed up before presenting himself at the house of his friends where “he proposed staying until he was abie té get around again. He is doing nicely gow, and there is no reason why he shouidn’t, pull through and be quite as good as he ‘was before the run down. In conclusion it may he said that the bicycle escaped without a scratch, and that the delivery wagon driver: didn’t charge Mathews a cent for delivert¥g him at the bank. —_——_-_—" The Time Extended. ° ‘The Secretary of State fs in receipt of a dispatch from the charge d'affaires of the United States at the City of Mflexieo, dated December 24, 1895, stating that the time for framing a code and for the establishment and development of a national merchant marine service for the Méxtcan republic ated by the federal decree of May 31, 1804, has been extended to De- cember 31, 1896. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are earnest requested ~. to report any irregularigy’in the de- livery. of The Séir ang aie tail- ure on the partiof tha cafrier to ring © the door Fell. = % i A proper service caf only be main- tained: through-‘the. ogurtesy of .sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. Will Mr, Carlisle's Advertisement Oause Their Expedition? POSSIBLE EFFECT ON THE SENATE —————— Republicans Are Anxious to Se- cure Prompt Action. eo THE DEMOCRATIC MINORITY How will the Senate be affected by Mr. Carlisle's advertisement for a new loan? Will it hurry up the two measures now in its hands for the relief of the treasury, so as to lay them before the President before the 5th of February, and force him thus formally to choose between a policy of in- creased customs duties for revenue, and a policy of increased interest-bearing obliga- tions? Or will it consider that he has al- ready made that choice, and decide to take its own time and leisurely put the two bills in shape to suit itself, upon the hypothesis that as both in the end will be vetoed it will be well as it goes along to make its own case entirely clear? Republicans Desire Prompt Action. The republicans in the Senate desire prompt action on both the emergency rev- enue bill and the bond bill. Both, they in- sist, are drafted on lines so well under- stood that discussion is practically useless. After the experience of the past lwo years, what Senator on either side has anything new to offer either on the subject of bonds or on that cf the tariff? Are not both sub- jects thoroughly understood by the Senate and by the country at large? Why then not send both bills to the President at an early day and close the case so far as Congress is concerned? If he chooses to veto the congressional plan and adopt his own plan, let him. That is his privilege in every case. But, it is held, it will be some- thing for Congress to respond to his appeal for assistance before the time which he himself has set as the limit of the treas- ury’s endurance. He names February 5, and this gives the Senate just one month In which to act. ra ‘Want the Issue Drawn. The republicans want the issue drawn as sharply as possible for use in the presiden- tial campaign. They are going into that campaign denouncing all the bond sales negotiated by this administration, and in- sisting that they grew out of the reduction of the government’s revenue by the demo- cratic party. Their own first act upon re- turning to power in Congress, therefore, should be an increase of revenue. The House has promptly taken this line, and |-now if the Senate can be brought to follow. suit the republican campaign case will be made up. The Democratic Minority. But the demccratic minority in the Senate ts to be reckoned with. It is powerful, by reason of the rules of the body, which allow {gr ynitmited debate. It is not in agreement with the President on the mghey question, Lut & may not be expected to do anything to entharrass the party in the presidential campaign. It may not consent to anything like speed in disposing of the two bills in question when the declared purpose of the opposition is to make campaign material. It recognizes, as the opposition does, that the President's mind is made up so far as bonds are concerned. Another bond issue will take place, as advertised, no matter what Congress may or may not do mean- while. Why hurry then? Why not proceed with due regard to the importance of the two measures, giving to each thorough con- sideration? The Silver Ring. But while opposed to the political pur- pose of the republicans, the silver demo- crats of the Senate are not forced by that Pirpose Into any agreement with the Presi- dent on any part of his bond policy proper. They still regard that, as from the first, as detrimental both to the party’s and to the country’s interests. They seem disposed, therefore, more than ever to put themselves on record at this time as advocates of the free coinage of silver, and to unite with the silver republicans of the west in trans- forming the bond bill passed by the House into one expressive of the advocates of sil- ver as to the real needs of the hour. The revenue bill they take very much less inter- est in, ————_-e—___ A BRIEF SESSION. The House of Representatives Trans- acts but Little Business. ‘The session of the House today was ex- ceedingly brief. Mr. Broderick (Kan.) pre- ferred a request for unanimous consent for the swearing in of Clarence E. Allen, the gentleman elected to represent the new state of Utah, which was admitted to the Unton on Saturday. He explained that Mr. Allen’s election was regular, and there was no contest, but as the governor and other state officers did not assume their offices under the President’s procla- mation until today their signatures to Mr. Allen's credentials had, of course, net been signed. Mr. Crisp (Ga.) did not question the facts as stated, but thought Mr. Allen should not be sworn in until a report had been made upon the case by a committee. The matter was therefore referred to the judiciary committee with leave to re- port at any time. * On.Mr. Hitt’s motion a resolution was adopted appointing Mr. William L. Wilson to the place on the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution, made vacant by the death of Henry Cofee. _ - Then, at 12:20, the House adjourned until tomorrow. oo TIN SOLDIERS FOR THE PRESIDENT. An Invoice Received Through the Georgetown Custom House. Mr, Theodore Roessle of the Arlington re- ceived a notification from Collector Dorsey Clagett Saturday that there was a package at the custom house for him from England. He went over to Georgetewn with alacrity, and was handed a small box, with the re- quest that he open it to see if the contents were dutlable. Upon doing so a bunch of excelsior was found, in which were buried three little tin soldiers and the following note from Mr. William Holland, manager of the Winter Garden Company, Limited, of Lendon: T. E. Roessle: My Dear Sir: During the whole of my tour in America I never saw a soldier, and, as the President wants war, I have great pleasure in sending him some tin soldiers, made in Germany, to help him. Ever yours, W. HOLLAND. Mr. Roessle will write to Mr. Holland a few words, reminding him that Germany will not use tin soldiers if the Transvaal affair grows more serious. Change in the Chilean Legation. It is reported from Santiago that Senor Don Domingo Gena, thé Chilean minister to the United States, is to be transferred to duty at the capital of the Argentine Re- public. The report lacks official confirma- tion, but is genefally regarded as well founded. Senor Gana has been here since 1898 and is one of the most popular mem- bers of the diplomatic corps. Question of Going Abroad Has Been Infor- nally Discussed. Quarters to Be Looked For—What Mr. Justice Alvey Says. The question of going abroad has been informzlly discussed by the Venzuela boundary commissioners, and the sugges- tion has been made that it might be pos- sible to serd the sccretary of the commis- sion abroad to pursue such lines of veri- fication as may be found necessary. No conclusion has yet been reached on this point, Looking for @ ‘ters. That Secretary Olney wants to impress the commission with its entire independence of the State Department was shown by his polite Lut firm refusal to have any- thing whatever to do with the selection of officers of that board. Mr. Justice Brewer and Chicf Justice Alvey, who were ap- pointed a subcommission to select quarters for the commission, have not yet completed that duty, but will do so before the com- mission reassembles next Saturday morn- ing. It is said there are three places under consideration, the building occupied by the bureau of American republics, the Free Library building and the new Congres- sional Library building. It is thought that a portion of the last named building may be completed sufficiently for the use of the commission in case they are unable to find suitable quarters elsewhere. To Be Settled at the Next Meeting. The question will probably ,be settled at the next meeting of the commission, which will be held at the State Department Sat- urday morning. Mr. Coudert has gone to New York and Mr. Gilman to Baltimore. Mr. White will be here in time to.attend the next meeting. Justice Alvey’s Arrangements. The Court of -Apreals met this morning, and after a session of a few minites ad- journed until tomorrow. Speakin,; to a Star reporter after the 1d- journment of the court, Mr. Chief Justice Alvey stated that he would endeavor to sit in the Court of Appeals as frequently as his duties as a member of the Venezue- lan commission would permit. He recog- nized the fact that his absence from the bench would somewhat embarrass the work of the members of the District Supreme Court, most of whom have made engage- ments which would interfere with their assignment to the Court of Appeals in his absence. He proposed, however, consult- ing with the members of the lower court about the matter, today, possibly, so that an arran; nt could be made which would interfere with the work of both courts as little as possible. —_——-2+—_____ THE BATTLE SHIP TEXAS To Go Out of Commission and to Have Certain Changes Made. The Texas will go out of commission in a day or two at the Norfolk navy yard, where she arrived Saturday evening. After a board of survey has submitted to the Navy Depariment estimates covering the cost of the alterations to be made in the ship she will be turned over to the navy yard officiale, who will undertake the work. it is estimated that the work will occupy at least three months, and the ship may not be ready for service again before next summer. While it would be possible to make the changes piecemeal between cruises and keep the Texas in commission meanwhile, it is believed that it will be more economical to lay her up and com- plete the work without interruption. Part of the Texas’ crew will be used to man the ram Katahdin, and the remain- der will be distributed among the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron. Before the Katahdin is ready for service some small items of work must be done upon her. This is principally paint work, and can be completed at the New York navy yard in a week after it is ordered. The vessel will be commissioned and thor- oughly tested at'sea to ascertain her quali- ties and peculiarities, and if the trials are satisfactory she will probably be !aid up at one of the navy yards until wanted for actual service, like the Miantonomoh and Vesuvius, in order to use her crew for cruising vessels. 2 -____ Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Ely of New York are at the Arlington. Mr. Ely Is secretary of the New York Stock Exchange. W. H. Crane, the comedian, and Mrs. Crane are at the Arlington. Marcus Mayer, the theatrical manager, is at the Arlington, B &- McIntosh, the actor, and his sister, Miss Nancy, are at the Arlington. * Col. Henry Hitcheoek, a prominent Mis- sourian, is at the Arlington. Mrs. P. F. Collier and Robert Collier, wife and son of the New York publisher, are at oe Syetaeaee S, T. Niehaus, the well-known sculptor, is at the Shorehain. 2 Mr. Wilby G. Hyde, the well-known law- yer of Chillicothe, Ohio, and his bridé, for- merly Miss Helen Frizzell of Dayton, are at tho Ebbitt on their wedding tour. There is a delegation from Montana at the Shoreham, consisting of John C. Paul- sen of Helena, Walter Cooper of Bozeman, T. E. Collins of Great Falis, and George Be jr., who registers from the state at jarge. Joseph Wheelock, jr., the actor, is at Page's. Miss Marian Abbott of W. H. Crane’s com- pany is at Page's. Mr. A. C. Muses of the firm of W. B. Moses & Sons has left Washington for a month’s tour through the west. Senator and Mrs. Blanchard and Miss Blanchard are at the Riggs House for the rest of the session. Miss Mamie Harrison, daughter of Con- gressman Harrison of Alabama, has joined her father at the Riggs House. She is a charming type of the southern girl, and will be an acquisition to the social circles. Mrs. Meredith, wife of the Virginia Con- penn and Miss’ Richardson arrived at e Riggs House this afternoon to spend the winter. Ex-Congressman John L. Vance of Ohio is at the Riggs House. Eugene Sandow, the strong man, and his wife are at the Regent. Cairns James, the English actor, and Mrs. James are at the Regent. R. Hiscock, D. R. McLennan, J. S. Ray- side, G. F, Weatherhead, George McKay, J. J. Harty, W. Merrill, R. Brock, C. B. Cun- ningham and Guy Curtis, comprising the hockey club of the Queen’s University, at Kingston, Canada, are at the Regent. Right Reverend Monsignor J. De Concilio, D. D.; Rey. Walter T. Tallow of Jersey City and Rev. P. Bandi: if New York are at the Raleigh. 2 J, G. Falls, a well-known citizen of Mem- phis, is at the Raleigh. Alfred H. Smith, the Brooklyn importer of French and German goods, accompanied by Mrs. Smith, is at the Raleigh. Estill McHenry of St. Louis, one of the executors of the estate of the late Capt. Jas. B. Eads of jetty fame, is at the Raleigh. Wm. Bickley of New York, general man- ager of the National Building and Loan Herald, is at the Raleigh. Lieut. J. A. Jordan of the Essex is in the gity on leave ‘of absence. Lieut. Wm. P. Duvall, fifth artillery, is on a visit to this city. Naval Orders. Commander E. T. Strong has been or- dered to duty at the New York pavy yard, and Assistant Surgeona Guest and Bragy have been ordered to examination for pro- motion. ASSOCIATE JUSTICE PECKHAM LOCAL LEGISLATION WAXING VERY WARM THE RELIEF BILLS THE VENEZUELA COMMISSION CONGRESSMEN TALK What Senators and Representatives Say of the Bond Sale. THE SYNDICATE MAY GET THEN Some Hope for the Success of a Popular Loan. A POSSIBLE CONTINGENCY Senator Elkins says that in view of the fact that the President has complied with the sentiment of bis resolution prohibit- ing the sale of bonds by private contract, he will not further press that resolution in the Senate. Tomorrow, when the Senate meets, he will ask that it be allowed to He over. The expressions of men in Congress who re in closest sympathy with the ad- ministration indicate that there is very little expectation on the part of the ad- minstri tion thet a popular loan will result from the advertisement for bids for a hun- dred millious of bonds. The offer of bonds is made in this way in consideration of the criticism which the contract system has excited, and on account of the hostile attitude of Congress toward that system. It is believed that the announcement is made now £0 as to avoid as far as possible the appearance of having been driven by a resolution of Congress to adopt the policy of opening the bonds to the public. There is lite doubt that the contract with the Morgan people would have been signed and the bords have been delivered to them if the outcry bad not been raised in Con- gress. The Elkins resolution was probably influential in changing the plans of the de- partment. Syndicate Expected to Get the Bonds. It is regarded as by no means improbable, however, that the syndicate will get the bonds ju:t he same. This is evidently what is expected by those who uphold the con- tract policy. They expect to see it demon- strated that the contract system is the best and, in fact, the only system which will meet the present emergency. The conditions have been prepared for just such a demonstra- tion, The syndicate has been given long notice and is thoroughly informed as to the conditions of a bid which will be most ac- ceptable to the department. They have been gathering gold, and it is expected that they will put in a bid for the whole amount of bondsu nder the conditions of the contract which ft was expected to execute. The other bids will come in various amounts and at various rates. Any or all can be rejected. Some of the friencs of the administration go so far as to predict that there will be no offers which can be accepted and that the syndicate will have to be dealt with after- ward. They evidently look for a vindication in this way of the course of the administra- tion as to the last bond issue. Popular Lorn May Be Successfal. Those who have been insisting upon a popular loan predict that the administra~ tion and the syndicate will be disappointed in this, and that ethe Secretary of the Treasury will find more gold at his disposal than he has asked for and at lower in- terest. They say that unless the Secretary has made up his mind that the syndicate is to have the bonds, whether or no, the popu- lar loan will be successful. Senator El- kins says that he expects all the bonds to be taken up promptly by private indi- viduals. The leading republicans of the House, without discussing the good faith of the offer, generally express satisfaction at the offer being made in this way. Mr. Dingley said that he thought it a thing that the administration had adopted this method, and he thought thet the effect of this advertisement for bonds ought to be to secure the prompt passage of the House bills through the Senate. He did not have any doubt about the offer be- ing promptly responded to by bids from our own people. He wes pleased that the ad- ministration had been Griven to abandon the contract system, and said that its abandonment was a practical acknowledg- ment of the mistake of the former sale. Representatives Patterson and Cobb, who are intimate friends and most earnest sup- porters of the President, both expressed the opinion that the popular loan would be a failure, and that the bonds would finally have to be sold at private sale. Mr. Cobb said that he was very much pleased with the course of the President, but that he believed that the President was right in the opinion that a private sale was most ad- vantageous. It was right, however, to offer the bonds in this way, and the result, he thought, would be a vindication of the course of the administration in the former transaction. The people who want a pop- ular loan, he said. would now have w fish or cut bait. They were offered the chance te make good their criticisms. Mr. Patterson said he did not think a popular loan was oracticable under the circumstances. The President's course was wise, however, inasmuch as it would relieve the administration from criticism. Ulti- mately, the syndicate would get the bonds. May Be a Raid on the Treasury.” A contingency is suggested which may change the situation and compel a private sale of bonds on short notice before the ex- piration of the time within which b‘ds may be submitted. There may be, it is suggested, a raid started on the gold reserve at once. Every one who wanis to buy bonds may go there at once for gold, or the members of the syndicate themselves, wasting to demon- strate the dangers of advertising for a popular loan, may make the raid. The success or failure of the popular loan will, it is believed, depend upon how favor- ably the bankers look upon it. If there should be a raid within a short time, such as to drain all or about all of the gold from the treasury before the Sth of Feb- ruary, when the bids for bonds are to be opened, the treasury would have to resort to the most eifective and speedy means possible to repair the damage. This is Practically the danger which the adminis- tration has pointed out as an objection to a popular loan. It is a situation which might be breught about if parties in com- bination who hold the bulk of the outstand-+ ing greenbacks should desire it. Senators Indixposxed to Talk. Senators did not seem disposed to talk about the bond cali issued by Secretary Carlisle. Democratic Senators generally were non-committal. Seuators Harris and Vest, both members of the finance commit- tee, said that they had not read the call and had nothing to say. Senator Gorman said the,call was all right, and was the same as the first two bond issues by this administration, There were not many republican Sena- tors about the Capitol today and most of them were reticent as to the call. Senator Morrili, chairman of the finance committee, said that there was nothing to say about the call, that it spoke for itself. Senator Teller said he was gratified that President had decided upon a popular lean, and he had no doubt the people would respond in a way to justify the course de- cided upon, Mr. Teller did not believe that the entire sum of $100,0004K) asked for would be necessary. For himself he did not consider that any bonds were demand- ed, and he thought that even from the President's point of view u smaller sum than $100,000,000 would be sufficient. A Surprise in the House. The bond call gave an entire surprise to the House, for it had no: been expected to appear »efore the middle of the week, nor