Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1896, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1896—-TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Movement for an Anglo-American Tribunal. as A NUMERCUSLY-SIGNED DECLARATION It Contains the Names of Many Eminent in England. ————— TO BE SENT TO THIS COUNTRY LONDON, January 28.—The text of a declaration is published here urging the est ment of a permanent tribunal of arbitration for all the English-speaking nations and suggesting that the govern- ments give effect to the resolutions on this subject cf Congress in 1892 and the house ef commons in 189 ‘The deciaration is signed Dean Farrar, the Bishop of Durham, the Canon of West- minster, the Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, editor ef the Methodist Times and vice president of the United Kingdom Alliance; the Rey. Thomas Bowman Stephenson, president of the Wesleyan Methodist Con- ference: ford, formerly president Union’ of Great Britain -. Dr. Brown, formerly ceairman cf the Congregational- ist Union ews, secre- of th the Rev. id Dyk rman of the | Friends of Peace committee; Rabbi Adler, ident Lady Henry Somerset, Pre British Woman's Temperance 'y of the International Arbi- and editor of the Arbitrator, . Stead. jaration will now be sent through- t Britain and the United States tures. —— BLACKBURN GAINED ONE. tration League and Wm Si But the Vete Was a Mistake and Was Changed. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Ja 1 to the Post from F: pt session of the spec! The Keatucky akea today. It resulted 5 i Henry Wat . 2; John Young Brown, 1; Wil- sen, 1. Total, 132. The sound money democrats voted today for Henry Waterson, and are seemingly as far as from Blackburn. Representa- was so deeply im- ee that he veted changed his vote to Hunter. Populist Poor's yete for John Young Brown was appianded. The assembly adjourned until roon to- morrow. ——————— THE RUNYON OBSEQUIES. A Private Service Held at His Late Residence. January 2S.—A funeral service id over the remains of Mr. Theodore late ambassador of the United at his late residence at afternoon. Only the family of the embassy were pres- 6 o'clock thi and the offic: rs vial funeral ceremontes will take ‘astle Mondijon. All the neces- at sary arrangements are be! made. The French ambassador, M. J. Herbette, wili act as dean of the diplomatic corps, and the foreign office will be largely repre- inzeiger this afternoon pays a e to the memory of Mr. Run- course of which if says: “The overnment sincerely regrets the decease of this prominent statesman, whose efforts were directed successfully to pro- raoting cultivating good relations tween Germany ani the United States, and who undeérstcod how to win the veneration and respect of all who came in contact with him, officially or unofficially.” Mrs. Runyon has received a dispatch from the Empress of Germany, saying that y was “deeply moved and shock- ng of your sudden Ioss.”* ed: “The emperor pressing the warmest your family and our unites sympathy for you an own sincere regrets.’ —_ TOWED TO THE AZORES. ‘The Canard Line Catalonia Broke Her Shaft. NEW YORK, January 23—The Cunard line steamer Catalonia, from Liverpool for Boston, with her shaft broken, was spoken in latitude 47.50, longitude 34.08, on January 22, by the White Star freighter Cevic, which reached this port today. Capt. Atkin of the Catalonia asked that his ship be taken in « of the Cevic, but Capt. Nicol of the ter v Z <1 to refuse because purses of the two ships were so far iated Press from ved today, reports E the Catalonia has been towed into that port by the steamer Braunschwelg. When the Cevic encountered the Catalonia the steamers were directly in the track cf eastbound vessels and it was thought that the disabled steamer would be picked up A cablegram to the As: St. Michael: and towed back to Queenstown. All were well cn board the Catalonia. —_s—__—_ AT VIRGINE CAPITAL. Mr. Binnd a Prospective Congression Candidate—Asylum Investig: Correspomionee of The Evering Star. RICHMOND, Va., January 27, A delegation of prominent citi Portsmouth were here today to urge Repre- ntative Charles T. Bland of Portsmouth to announce himself a idate for Con- second « mal dis- filand and the visitors were closeted about an hour ihis morning. Mr. Bland, it is understood, said he would the matter. He said he was deep- gratified fer the confidence shown in and thanked the gentlemen cordially their good wishes and support. He nem any definite repl 5 upon him quite s ~ af th of Jelezat , and was cleeted m Without spending . He has made a t place for himself by champion- use of the workingman in par- ty fhe Asylum Investigation. legislative committee appointed to ate the serious charges against the Deaf, Dumb and Blin] Asylum at nton made by Mr. John Raadolph of Norfolk met this morning for preliminary work, and held a secret session about en our. The Doyle people were present, as were Mr. Randolph and wife, and several others who will figure as witnesses. The eg, 1 was learned, was consumed in ing an interpreter and mapping out An interpreter appeared, but was unsatisfactory to Mr. Randolph, and anoth- er will be appointed. The cormmittee will hold continuous sessions, beginniag this af- ternoon. The proceedings will be public. Air. Randolph claims that he can prove his charges of immorality, drunkenness and neglect, and the result of the investigation is looked forward to with great interest. Some sensational reading is expected by the newspaper reporters here. ———_—_ GONE TO HELP MACEO. Gen. Gomex Leaves for the Province of Pinar Del Rio. HAVANA, Cuba, January 28—Gen. Max- imo Gomex has passed the village of Sa- lud, southwest of Bejucal, this Province; going westward, apparently to the assist- ance of Gen. Antonio Maceo, who has been reported to be hard pressed by the Spanish troops In the province of Pinar del Rio, A Heutenant of volunteers with a small detachment of those troops has fought an insurgent band, commanded by Barnardo Cabrera, at the plantution of San Joequin, province of Matanzas. Cabrera was killed. State Stn STREET RA’'LWAY EMPLOYES Attorney Thomas Reports on the Arbitra- tion Bill, Thinks It Should Re-Amended Before Becoming a Law—Rights of Railway Companies. The attorney for the District, Mr. 8. T. ‘Themas, has rendered his opinion to the Commissioners upon Senate bill 1009, which is a bill to regulate the wages of street railway employes, now kefore the Com- missioners for report. Attorney Thomas in his opinion says: “The object of this bill Is to regulate the hours of labor and to provide for the arbi- tration of differences between street rail- way companies and their employes in this District. “One of the demands of the Knights of Labor is that laws shall be enacted which shall provide for arbitration between em- ployers and cmployed. Such legislation is upon the statute books of at least nine- teen of the states of the Union. The tribunals are generally state boards, but several of the states provide commission- ers of labor to settle such disputes. % “While it is within the power of Con- gress to enact legislation of this char- acter I do noi think the bill is either in good form or that it is comprehensive enough for the subject. Such important legislation as this, it seems to me, ought net to be embraced within two short sec- tions. “In the event this bill should become a law and the street railway companies should decline to appoint an arbitrator the law apparently would become inopera- tive in that respect. “The bill is not equal in its provis! since it gives the street ratiway compan! ns, no right to apply for arbitration, and pro- ion binding upon the ein- constitutional It Vides for no dec ployes. There are also som objections to it in its present sha may be said that it proposes to take p vale property without due process of law and that it might also operate to deprive street railway companies of the rignt of trial by jury, in a suit for wages. I do not think it proper or right to provide that a judgment against reet railway com- pany in respect of a labor dispute shail ‘be a first Hen on the property of such corporation.’ “If the bill is to pass in its present shape, my opinion is the words ‘and the judgment in such case shall be a first lien on all the property of such corporation,’ in lines 14 and 15, should be stricken out. Such a pro- is unnecessa: to the rights of street railway employes, and is uncon- stitutional perhaps, as impairing the valid- ity of contracts, in the event there are other ens upon the property of such cor- porations.”* ee ‘TESTIMONY ALL The ‘lwo Sides te the Culp Case Heard by the Jury. Testimony in the case of John A. Culp, charged with kicking Jeremiah Dougherty te death the 12th of September last, was conclude: this afiernoon. ‘The defendant, it appeared from the testt. mceny offered by the government, was in charge of “flying horses” near the na yard, and, becoming annoyed at the bo: rushed out and kicked him two or three times in the side or back, the boy dying the following month—from the effects of the kicks, the government claime:!. On the other hand, the testimoay of the defendant and his witnesses tended to set up an a Culp empha Hy denying that he kicked the child. The defense claimed, too, that the boy died frem nat- ural causes. The case will be concluded tomorrow. —__ EMERENCY RELIEF COMMITTEE. Mr. Wilson Thinks an Immediate Fund is Necessary. The emergeney relief committee met y terday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the cen- tral office of the Associated Charities, S11 G street northwest. There were present Col. Hopkins, Jos. W. Davis, Nathan Bick- ford and Mrs. J. W. Babson. Secretary Wilson of the Associated Chari- ties was present and reported that the calis for relief had increased somewhat during the last two weeks and that it would be necessary, in order to be sure that he could meet all demands, that the committee should undertake to rai sibly two or. three thousand dollars. this amount Is raised promptly he will the demand for some time _—_———— NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. Continued Secrecy at the Department as to the Ships’ Movements. Although it has now come to be generally understood that any movements made by the North Atlantic squadron at this time, after the long detention of the vessels in Hampton Roads, wonld have absolutely no significance, as relating to the Venezuelan question or the Armenian troubles, officials of the Navy Department, from the Sec: down, still make a mystery of the slight movements of the vessels and decline to say what is in contemplation, even when one of the ships goes out for target practice off the capes, only to return the next day The story was current that two of ships, the Raleigh and the Montgomery, were under orders to sail immediately, } in pursuance ef this policy no one in author. ity at the department would even go so far as to say whether or not the ships had or had rot left the Reads. —— MILLS RESUME. ROLLING Six Thousand Men Go Back to Their Work. CHICAGO; January 28.—The rolling mills of the Ilinols Steel Compaay, located at south Chicago, which were shut down De- cember 31 in order to make extenzive re- pairs in the rail and stecl departments, opened today. This gives work to 6,000 em- ployes who have been idle since the shut- down. —— Mrs. Craigie Secures Her Divorce. *) LONDON, January 28.—The decree of di- vorce obtained by Mrs. Pearl Craigie, the author, better known as “John Oliver Hobbes,” on July 4 last, was made abso- lute today. Mrs. Craigie proved cruelty and unfaith- fulness upon the part of her husband, a clerk in the Bank of England, to whom she ‘as married in 1887. She was a M Pearl Richards previous to her marriage, and is the daughter of John Morgan Richards, formerly of New York, now of London. = Reer Without a License. A warrant, growing out of the béer boy- cott, was issued from the Pelice Court to- day. Policeman Judge swore out the war- rant, and charged that Ben. Se!veld con- ducted an establishment in Southeast Wash- ington where he sold beer by the whele- sale without having first paid the license tax. Mr. Seibold, it is claimed, is an agent of the Cincinrati Brewing Company, und since the local brewers were boycotted he | has done a large business. Complaint against him was made by some of the local dealers, which resulted in the issuance cf the warrant. Mr. Seibold, it 1s said, claims that the law does not require him, as an. agent of the brewing company, to take out a li- cense. The case will be heard in court this week. —_———__ * Court-Martial Ordered. A general court-martial, with Capt. T._A. Bingham, corps of engineers, as president, and Lieut. C. W. Kutz, corps of engineers, as recorder, has been ordered to meet at Willets Point, N. ¥., tomorrow, for the trial of such prisoners as may be ordered before it. ———_-e-—_____ Veteram Association. Upwards of forty ex-members of the Washington Light Infantry met last night in the officers’ rooms of the W.'L. I. Corps for the purpose of organizing the Washing- ton Light Infantry Veteran Association. c ‘eport at another meeting to be held Monday night next at the same place. THE. WOMEN’S HOUR They Took Possession of the Capi- tol This Morning, ARGUING FOR FEMALE SUFFRAGE Mr. Blackwell Rouses the Ire of Southern Men. MR. PEFFER SPEAKS SS Owing to the fact that the women of the suffrage convention were given a con- gtessional hearing at 10:30 o'clock today there was no morning session of the con- vention. Between 12 and 12:30 o'clock the delegates were received by Mrs. Cleveland at the White House, and at 2 o'clock there was a business session of the convention at the Church of Our Father, and there will also be a public session this evening at 8. The hearing before the House judiciary committee at the Capitol this morning was so largely attended that the seating ca- pacity of the committee room was taxed to the utmost and the crowd overflowed into the corridor outside. The suffragists had massed thelr forces in array against Chairman Henderson and his associates, and addresses were made by a dozen or more of the best of the women_speake! representing different states. Miss An- thony presided and introduced the speak- ers. The hearing was-marred by but one untoward circumstance, and that occurred during the speech of Mr. Blackwell, the enly male orator. The members of the committee present were General Henderson of Iowa, the chair- and Representatives Boatner, Brod- . Brown, Updegraff, Culberson, Baker, Washington, Gillett, Burton, DeArmond and Terry. The hearing was on the joint resolution introduced into the House by Representa- tive Northway. ‘fne resoiution, looking to a sixteenth amendment to the Constitu- tion was as follows: Resolved by the Senste and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That the follownig article be proposed to the legisla- tures of the several states as an amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three- feurtns of the said legislatures, shall be valid ¢s part of said Constitution, namely: “Article XVI, secticn 1. The right of citi- zens of the United States to vote shall not be denied er abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. . 2.'{he Congress shall haye power y Appropriate legislation to enforce the of this article.” Mins Anthony's Addrean. In beginning the addresses, Miss Anthony said that for years the wemen of the coun- try had been appealing to Congress to re- move the restrictions which prevented them from exere!sing their full rights in the government. In 18$6 they petitioned Con- gress, and this is the fourteenth Congress that she has addressed through committees on this subject. Were she not animated by faith in the virtue of the cause and hope of its ultimate success, she would long since have given up the contest. ae said Miss Antheny, “that you will do much for your wives, your sis- ters and your daughters as you or your fathers did for the newly emancipated ne- groes of the south. I ask that you report favorably on this resolution. If that is not pos at least some of you can bring in a minorit , So that we may know re stand on this question.” . Miss Anthon: said Gen. Hender- son, interrupting her, “what I want to know is, where do you stand with the wo- men?” “I don't care where we stand with them. They have nothing to do with it. It is the men that we want to reach.’” “But we are giyen to understand,” con- tinued the chairman of the committee, “that the women themselves, as a rule, do not want suffrage.” “A majority of children are opposed to education,” replied Miss Anthony quickiy; “but still we make them go to school.” An Array of Orators. Miss Anthony then introduced as the first speaker Mrs. L. T. Hughes, the wife of the governor of Arizona, who made an earnest piea for the recognition of women, stating that the women of Arizona confi- dently expect to obtain suffrage within the next eighteen months. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Stetson of Calli- fornia adiaitted that a majority of the wo- men of the United States have not as yet come out for suffrage, but she claimed that suffrage would ra'se the general average of the race by improving the quality of one- ulf its members, arguing at some Jength on the educational value of suffrage. There is no better way, she said, to improve or ele- vate ar or people than to improve the wemen. We hear much of the mother of Wa: ston and the mother of Lincoln, but we should remember, too, that Charles J. Guiteau had a mother. Women have been ampered and prevented from reaching ui hest development by the system of re- pression to which they have been compelled to submit for generations. They have al- Ways been deprived of the exercise of cer- tain functions, and to just such a degree they have failed of complete development. Mrs. Anna L, Diggs of Colorado announced that she came before them as a full-fledged ne United States, as coming from citizen of th a state where women have equal rights with men before the law. She asked that the women of other states be given their rights to the same extent. She believed that wo- man's sphere is the home, yet it is just for that very reason that women want suffrage. ‘There is a problem, she said, confronting the people of the land today which is not easy of solution, for there are undermining influences at work directed straight at the hemes and the underlying institutions of the ration. Th ight not admit it eloquent- ly from the p rostrum, but at the same time there is a growing feeling of doubt as to the stability of all republican institu- tions, and women are equally competent with men, and fully able to assist them in the werk of meeting the dffliculties of the times. ‘The country has been well fathered, but it has not been well mothered, and that is precisely what is the trouble with it. Mrs. Katie Addison of Kansas said ‘that when the men of her state refused to grant the right of suffrage to women they dealt a hard blow at the hope that Kansas would be truly the land of the free, where women might occupy their true position. She paid a high tribute to the ability and character of Miss Anthony, and asked what that noble woman might not have done for her coun- try if the opportunity had been extended to her. Still, if the love of her fellow women could make up for that of which she had been deprived, her cup must be full. One of the most attractive speakers in ccnvention, Miss Elizabeth U. Yates of ne, then addressed the committee. She sail that in all legislation women are as vitally interested as men. “It is claimed,” she said, “that women do not understand government. But I notice that when a wo- man, who is returning from Europe with trunks and band boxes full of silks and laces that she is trying to bring in without paying daty, and is caught at-it by the customs officers, ro one ever says ‘poor woman, she didn’t understand the tariff.’ By the deeds that are dark and the ways that are vain she has shown that she un- derstands the principle of the tariff pretty well, and I don’t think that any are ever caught so stupld as to be smuggling in articles that are on the free lst.” Yr. Blackwell Makes a Scene. The next speaker was Mr. Henry B. Blackwell of Massachusetts, who was in- troduced by Miss Antheny as the husband of the late Lucy Stone. The effect of his remarks was spoiled by an unfortunate con- troversy, In which he got involved with several of. the southern members of the committeé. After making a brief summary of the reasons why women should be in- vested with suffrage, Mr. Blackwell said that as to the question whether suffrage was an unmixed blessing he would call the attention of the committee to the fact that there was never a general system of free schools in the south until they were es- tablished by the so-called carpet-bag legis- latures. f “That is not a fact, sir,” sald Representa- tive Washington of Tennessee, ex- citedly in his place at the long commit- tee table. “(And it seems to me," he con- tinued, “that it would be just as well if you would let the women ‘plead their own cause witho:t male interference.” “Point me out one such state to which my remark does not apply.” sald Mr. Black- well. re Tee alas said Representative Wash- ington. oath % “Loutsigng,” safd Representative Boat- ner. BE x48’ ald Representative Culberson. “All Tyyaht to say to you, sir,” continued 4 iibgton, “Is that if it had not been for thegmftions of which the south was el Ps these carpet-bag legislatures we wou! ve" had more money with which to estal h schools. In the sight of heaven I want %o‘say that I do not regret and never hite/regretted the emancipation of the negr id if the young men of the south hi in their power they would not return t6‘tle old: state of affairs.” a, -sO0ther Spenkers. Paying’ ag little attention as he could to this break4n his ergument, Mr. Blackwell finished up the time allotted to him in a plea for women’s rights. He was followed by Mrs. Saunders, the wife of ex-Senator Saun- ders of Montana; Mrs. Clara B. Colby of this city, editor of the Women’s ‘Tribune; Mrs. Franees A, Williamson, a Nevada ‘hand mine owner, and Dr. Cora Smith Eaton of North Dakota. Mrs.-Caroline Mc- Cullough Everhard of Ohio said: “You prob- ably wonder, even if you have not asked, why we are not at home looking after our familles instead of coming to Washington to pester you. It is just because we want to take better care of our homes that we have come. I for one pay enough in taxes every year to buy a. farm and yet I have no right,to say how they shall be collected or how expended. It is a misteke to say that women do not want the ballot, for in Ohio, where we have been given school suffrage, interest has grown rapidly, and now wo- men whe at first did not even want school suffrage have been educated into being full- fledged suffrag'sts.”" Mrs. Hannah R. Simmons of South Da- kota, Mrs. Emily Richards of Utah and Mrs. Jessie Manley of West Virginia also spoke. Miss Anthony brought the hearing io a close with one of her characteristic speeches and this was foilowed by a brief passage-a arms between her and Chairman Henderson, who took the ground that, while he had al- ways been a suffragist himeclf, he did not think the time was ripe to give it to women for the reason that they do not want it. ON THE SENATE SIDE. The Women Orators Receive Help From Senator Pefier. The woman suffregists, under the general- ship of Rev. Dr. Shaw, occupied the marble room on the Senate side of the Capitol to the exclusion of all others this morning. Their hearing by the Senate committee was to have begun at 10 o'clock. A table was put across tke upper end of the long, nar- row room for the occupancy of the commit- tee, and the room was provided with rows of seats for the lady Mberators. At 10 o'clock the women were all on hand with their iogic and their manuscripts. But the committee were not on hand. The picturesque assem- Llage chatted quietly among themselves and waited with patience for twenty or twenty-five minutes. Still the committee table was not occupled. Dr. Shaw suggested at this point that there was one thing they could congratulate themselves upon. “We are on time,” she said. ‘All women are not always on time. Married women cannot always be on time because they often have to wait for thelr husbands.” Mr. fer Appenrs. At half-past 10 Senator Peffer was seen rapidly climbing the hill to the Capitol. Some one reported this, and Dr. Shaw announced to the assembled suffragists that the coming committee was casting its shadow pefore. A few minutes later Sena- tor Pefftr dppeared and took his seat at the committee table. He smiled upon the women ‘#tnd® they greeted his arrival with applause. But he was alone, and the hear- ing coukd mot proceed. It was twenty-five minutes,toJd when the next member of the committee appeared. This was Mr. Cali of Florida, and on his arrival it was de- died that fhey had better go on with the hearing, a4 not wait for the chairman of the committee, Senator Hoar. It was well they did (his, for the hearing was over and “Mr. Peffer wag making a few closing re- marks to the assemblage when Mr. Hoar arrived... Women in Command, From théhour set for the hearing until ail was 6vér the women were in complete commantf Sf ‘the lobby. By order of the sergeanttattarms no one was admitted to the precincts without the permission of the woman in. command of the little army of liberatore, If those who are in the habit of talking of short-haired, strong-minded, masculine women who want to vote could have looked over this assemblage they would have been compelied to” modify their views, or to come te the conclusion that they had got into the wrong place. The “furny man's” woman suffragist was not there. It was an assemblage of various ages; some white-haired and some blooming in youth; some pretty, some plain; some girlish, some matronly—widows, married women, old maids and young maids. ‘They were modest, earnest, intelligent-looking women, and, what many women regard as more ‘important, they were stylishly dressed. There was-nothing new in this to the committee of Congress, who have from year to year granted hearings to the suf- fragists, and become used to seeing women of the best class in home life appear be- fore them in this cause. New Faces and New Speeches. But there was an unusual number of new faces in the assemblage and some of those who were to speak had to acknowledge that they had not yet acquired the art of talking in public. The diffidence cf these was scarcely less eloquent in the cause than some of the remarkable argumentative powers of other speakers. During the wait for the commit- tee some of those who wanted to deliver free:and addresses, but were not sure of their memory, dived their hands every now and then down into the mysterious folds of thelr gowns and drew out manuscripts, which they scanned cautiously. Hearing From States. The idea was to hear from some repre- sentative of each state of the Union, and the addresses were consequently limited to five minutes or less. Some who h=d not got used to talking were cmbarrassed, and occupied but a part of even that brief time, but each one got in her earnest plea in some form for the liberation of her sex, and reminded the committee that taxation without representation was as unjust to women as to men, and thai an intelligent woman was better qualified to have a voice in the government than were crim- inals, insane persons, idiots and minor boys. During the course of the speeciies Mr. Peffer frequently interjected some ex- pression of his approval of the remarks and his sympathy with the cause. When the representatives of the states did not speak the manuscript of their speeches was submitted, but there were but two or three cases where the remarks were not delivered in person. The Speakers. The speakers were all introduced by Dr. Shaw, aad were called on in the order of states. The speakers were Mrs. Elizabeth D. Baceny Cdnnecticut; Mary Elizabeth Mil- ligan, Deld@ware; Mrs. Ellen Powell, Dis- trict of <Celumbia; Mrs. Frank Hubbard, Iinois; ,Safly Clay Bennett, Kentucky; Caroline,,H,, Miller, Maryland; Lavinia A. Hatch, Sijgeachusetts; Mary Stocking Krages,; Michigan; Julia B. Nelson, Minne- scta; Mts. ,Ccnkling-Whitney (a niece of Roscoe Gonfling), Missouri; Dr. Mary Hus- sey, Nel TSE: Helen Morris Lewis, North rolini Mrs. R. W. Southard, Okiahoma; Mrs. Blankenburg, Pennsylva- ria; Mrs. Mary N. Chase, Vermont, and Orra Langhorne, Virginia. Manuscripts were submitted by Mrs. Mary Arnold, Rhode Island, and Mrs. Virginia D. Young of South Carolina. At the conclusion of the. hearing Dr. Shaw le, a, brief address, and Senator Peffer ep| nn for about two minutes, declar- ing that hé thought women had an in- alienable right to suffrage. —_—> The Brewers’ Troubles. At the usual conference of master brew- ers héld today a reply was prepared to be sent to the special committee on the part of the Federatién of Liquor Dealers in ref- erence to.a communication received Satur- day by the former from the latter asking that the brewers make some concessions to Gambrinus Assembly regarding the dis- pute between the brewers uni their locked- out men. As the letter will not, ft is ex- pected, reach those for whom.it is intended until iste this evening, the brewers de- clined. to. state what.its contents are. It is intimated, however, that the outlook for the adjustment of the difficulty is much more favorable than ever heretofore since the trouble: began. — IN SENATE AND HOUSE Armenian Ontrages, ——— A DEBS ARREST RESOLUTION To Vote on the Bond Bill Day After Tomorrow. ——-. DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS The prayer of the Senate chaplain today referred to the appearance of another star— Utah—in the constellation of states, and invoked the knitting together of the hearts of all the people of the Union for the ad- Yancement and glory of our beloved coun- try. The Armenian Massacres. Mr. Turpie (Ind.), in presenting a peti- tion concerning Turkish massacres, ad- dressed the Senate briefly. In the recent calamities, he said, the Armenians were charged with no revolt. They were charged cnly with being Christians. ‘Their only crime was that they claimed and ex- ercised the right to worship the Divine creator of the univers The time has come, said the Senator, that there should be an official notification to Turkey and to the Mohammedan Church that there has been a decadence in their power to proselyte with the sword. “We have already sent a message,” sald the Senator, referring to the concurrent reso- lution, “but the blow should follow. The message should be followed by a shot which would go crashing through the grand seraglio.” The Scnator urged that it would be a glorious day when the de- struction of this Turkish power was brought about. He would have the mes- sages and demands sent, not only to the sultan, but echoed through the mosques and minarets. It these murderers learned the power and advance of Christianity. The Senator urged that the Christian world might now be called upon to take up another great crusade, driving back the rule of Moham- medanism and establishing the rule of Christianity. Mr. Turple spoke with great earnestness and vigor, and his remarks atiracted much attention. Mr. Allen (Neb.) gave notice of an amend- ment to the pending silver bond biil, de- priving the Secretary of the Treasury of the power to issue bonds unless the au- thority is granted by Congress. Mr. Kyle (S. D.) offered a resolution which went over, proposing a committee of inquiry into certain reports of irregularities = the mail bag branch of the postal ser- vice. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) presented a resolution calling on the civil service commission for correspondence with the public printer from July 1, 185, to November 1, 1805. ‘The reso- lution went over. The Debs’ Arrest. Mr. Call's resolution for an investigation of an arrest of Eugene V. Debs came up, and Mr. Call urged immediate action, say- ing that the laboring interests of the coun- try desired the inquiry. Mr. Hill (N. Y.) sald that ordinarily he had great respect for the laboring people of the country; but he pointed out that no pe- titions had come from the representatives of these people. He had never heard that they desired this investigation. It might be that such an inquiry was desirable, but if so it should be conducted by one of the reg- ularly constituted committees, and not by a special committee. To that end Mr. Hill offered an amendment directing that the whole subject of contempt of court, as en- forced by the federal judiciary, be investi- gated by the committee on judiciary and that a-report be made as to what, if any, legislation was necessary. Mr. Call dissented to the amendment. Was it intended to suppress this inquiry? he asked. These regular committees were ‘the sepulehers, the burial grounds” of legislation. If action was to be taken a special committee was the only means of accomplishing it. Mr. Call spoke vigorously upon the indignities and wrongs against Eugene V. Debs because he had ventured to express opinions contrary to those enter- tained by a court. The Senator said this inquiry was vital to the preservation of civil Hberty and the invioaiability of the personal rights of the individual. A Judicial Questio: Mr. Hill urged that this was a judicial question, and properly to be considered by the judiciary committee. There was no need of mentioning this particular case, as the United States Supreme Court had Passed on it, and Congress would not be likely to overrule the Supreme Court. The question now was as to a legislative remedy for any general evil that might exist. Mr. Allen interposed with a dissent to Mr. Hill's statement of the Supreme Court de- cision. He said the court held it had no jurisdiction to give the relief asked. It did not rule on the merits. Mr. Allen severely gritictsed Judge Woods, who committed es. Mr. Hill sald he woutd not be put into the attitude of opposing an inquiry. He paid a high tribute to Mr. Debs, and said the ac- tion he urged was with a view of securing appropriate legislative action. Mr. Allen created a fiutter of exditement by asserting that in his opinion the express purpose of referring the resolution to a Standing committee was te suppress and Kill it. It was an adroit means of sending the resolution into the “dark caverns” of the Senate. The resolution finally went over, to al- low Mr. Thurston (Neb.) to address the Sen- ate on the Monroe doctrine. Except for a brief pension speech, it was his first speech since entering the Senate, and he was ac- corded close attention. The Silver Bond Bill. At 2 o’clock the silver bond bill was taken up, and Mr. Jones (Ark.) asked unanimous consent for the vote to be fixed for Thurs- Gay at 2 p.m. Mr. Carter (Mon.) suggested Wednesday er Friday, as he and other Senators would be absent Thursday. Mr. Chandler (N.H.) proposed that the de- bate proceed under the five-minute rule after a fixed hour, and the vote taken at a designated time thereafter. > Mr. Hill (N.Y.) said that Mr. Palmer (111) and Mr. Vilas (Wis.) desired to speak, and he cculd not therefore consent to fixing the time of the vote. Mr. Hill said he thought an agreement could be reached on Thursday. “Then,” said Mr. Jones, “I give notice that on Thursday I will ask the Senate to remain in session until this bill is disposed ef, and I ask all Senaters to come prepared on Thursday for such action.” Against a Test of Endurance. Mr. Wolcott (Col.) said he hoped the physical test of endurance would not be- come necessary as a means of securing a vote. He pointed out that the friends of silver had becn accused of opposing legis- lation. Now it was the Senators from the east who interposed opposition. Mr. Wolcott strongly urged that the physical, all-night struggle be not resorted to. Mr. Jones modified the request so that the debate be restricted to ten minutes after 3 o'clock Thursday. Mr. Hill again objected and Mr. Jones asked Senators to hold long sessions as a means of disposing of long speeches and preparing fer a vote on Thursday. Mr. Clarke (Wyo.) then addressed the Senate in behalf of silver. + THE HOUSE. During the morning hour in the House to- day several bills were passed by unani- mous consent. On motion of Mr. Fletcher Minn.) a bill was passed granting to the Brainard and Northern Minnesota Railroad Company a tight of way through the Leach Lake and Chippewa Indian reservations; on moticn of Mr. Powers (Vt.), to authorize the scns of veterans to wear the distinc- tive badge of that order on publie occa- sions. : A :esolution reported by Mr. Odell (N.Y.), chairman of the ittee on account for the empicyment cf an additional clerk in the folding room led to a discussion of the nuraber of additional employes carried on tho House rolis under the preeent organt- zation. Mr. Dockery (Mo.) contended that twelve additional officers had been created ‘ should thunder until! at salaries $15,875 per annum. Mr. Money , who has just been “elected "to the to succeed Senator George, entered the House while the dis- ‘cussion was and received tne congratuiations of his friends. ~ Mr. C. W. Stone (Pa.), repiying to Mr. Dockery, called attention to the fact that five democrats had veen retained on the .folls out of courtesy to the minority. “If Weare to be taunted,” said he, “because we have employed democrats, perhaps we can find a way to dispense with their services.” Simn-ered down, he said, the increase amounted to six. The resolution was adopted. , Diplomatic Appropriation BHI, The House then wenc into commitiee of the whole, Mr. Grosvenor (Ohie) in the chair, and took up the consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. The bil carried $1,637,058, $98,600 in ex- cess cf the apprepriation for the present fiscal year. : Mr. Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, explained that the bill was practically a re-enactment of the present law, with such increase as the service Te- quired. An amendment was adopted including in the $50,000 appropriated for the relief and Protection of American seamen in foreign countries similar provision for American seamen on the coust of Alaska. Without further amendment the committee rose, and the bill was Mr. Hadley (1l.) announced the death of his predecessor, Frederick Remann from the eightcenth Illincis district, which oc- curred July 24, 1895. Approprirte resolu- tions were adopted, after which, at 2:35, the House, as a further mark of respect, adjourned. -——____—_ CAPITOL TOPICS. Colonising Negroes. President Cleveland sent to the House yesterday all the correspondence in pcsses- sion of the State Department regarding the Alabama negroes who were colonized in Coahualilo, Mexico, and repeated his for- immer recommendation that an appropriation be made for their return to the United States. More Counters Wanted. The Secretary of the Treasury, in-a let- ter to the House, asks the passage of a resolution authorizing nim to appoint, tem- porarily, a force of expert money cour ters in the redemption division, to bring the work, which is $7,500,000 behind, up to date. This is supplementary to a similar request made some time ago, which was published in The Star. A Park at Vicksburg. The House committee on military affairs decided today to recommend the creation of a national military park on the Vicksburg battlefield and will report to the House the bili introduced by Mr. Catchings. The park contemplated will embrace 1,200 acres where the opposing armies were lined at the siege of Vicksburg. The bill provides for a commission of three to outline the site, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, und a secretery and historian. The cost of the lana is limited to $50,000, but the entire expense of the park, if the pro- Ject is carried out, will be $500,000. To Redeem Bank Notes in Coin. Senator Teller today offered the following amendment to the pending financial bill: “That after the Ist of July, 1896, all bank notes issued by national banking associa- tions shall be redeemed in coin when pre- sented for redemption to the national bank- ing associations issuing the same, and any such nationai banking association failing to redeem its notes on presentation shall be dissolved. Pacific Railroad Fanding Bill. Mr. Francis B. Thurber of New York ap- peared before the House committee on Pa- cific railroads teday as a representative of the national board of trade and transporia- tion to advocate the passage of a funding bill for the Pacific railroad. He recommended Senator Frye's bill, which is for an 100-year extension of the debt at 3 per cent. The settlement of the Pacific railroad finances, he said, affected the business interests of the entire country. Seeretaries to the Utah Senators. The Utah Senators, who took their seats yesterday, are accompanied by their pri- vate secretaries. Senator Cannon has se- lected as his private secretary Mr. G. G. Graves, son of a prominent physician at Ogden, and Senator Brown has chosen Mr. Frederick T. McGurrin, a young attorney at Salt Lake City. Both are capable, ac- tive young men, both popular and well known. To Hay a Portrait of Lincoln. Mr. Voorhees has introduced in the Sen- ate a bill appropriating $15,000 to purchase @ life-size of] painting of the late Abraham Lincoln (painted by G. W. F. Travis), to be hung in the United States Capitol. Civil Service in the Printing Office. Mr. Lodge introduced a resolution in the Senate today directing the civil service commission to furnish the Senate all cor- respondence respecting the enforcement of the civil ser law beiween the public printer and said commission between July 1, 1895, and November 1, 1895. To Investigate Mail Bag Repair Shop. Mr. Kyle introduced a resclution in the Senate today instruciing the committee on Post offices and post roads to investigate certain charges made regarding alleged ir- regularities existing in the mail bag repair shop of the Post Office Department. A Medal of Honor. A medal of honor has been granted to Alonzo Woodruff of Luther, Mich., late sergeant company J, first United States sharpshooters, for most distinguished gai- lantry in action at Hatcher's Run, Va., October 27, 1864. This non-commissioned officer saved a wounded comrade from cap- ture, if not death, at imminent risk of his own life, —s A Public Document Cainloguer. The examination which was announced by the civil service commission to take place on February 12 for a library clerk in the office of the superintendent of docu- ments should have been entitled public document cataloguer instead of Mbrary clerk. Those who make application for the examination should do so under the desig- nation here given. —~e+____ Dr. Hamlin Delivered the Address. The oldest Bible Society in the countr the Charleston Bible Socicty, was eighty five years old Sunday last, ané@ the event was celebrated by holding a public mect- ing, which was largely attended. The ad- dress was delivered by the Rey. Teunis S. -tamlin, D. D., the pastor of the Churcn of the Covenant of this city, and hi was “The Bible a Finality sequent Attitude Toward It.’ —_—.__ Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchanze, correspondents Messrs Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. GRAIN. ng High. Low. Close. 4% OY; Se Se Bis 31 « 0B 214 21 202,-% jots ots 102 10. 10.70 10.92 10.92 10.90 600 6.00 5.95 612 6.12 6.07 5.45 5.45 5.37 5.50 5.55 5.62 OTTON. Opn. High. Close. Tiss 7 798 7 801 7. 799 8.06 8.06 8.04 81 8.09 a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Jannary’ 28.—Flour firm, unchai a Sa a 14,488 barrels; shipments, FINANCE AND TRADE London Well Represented in the Buying. LOOKING FORWARD [0 AN ADVANCE Exchange Rates Fall Below the Gold Export Point. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 28.—The change in foreign speculative sentiment and the re- opening of credits incident thereto are fa- vorably reflected in the course of local stock values. London was again well rep- resented in the buying, Reading and St. Paul being especially favored. The foreign short interest is being rapidly liquidated in anticipation of higher prices and the long account is being substantially increased for the same reason. The market continues narrow, however, and a professional move- ment, in which both the buying power and the short interest are exhausted, lacks two important elements of stability. If the foreign demand should continue until after the bond issue is completed a broader local market might reasonably be expected to continue the advance. It fs to be feared that the locai professional ele- meni is not ecual to performing its share Sf the task without first talking the profits now apparent on the tape. The decline occasioned by such action, should it materialize during the week, will afford unuswal opportunities for securing cheap securities. ‘The r-ost important change in actual con- ditions wes reflected in the market for fore eign exchange, rates having receded below the speci point without the sale of a sin- gle gold bill, The market for foreizn ac- commodations for the first time in months is weak and void of any significant de- mend. The s.pply of loan bills is good, and they are well distributed among the larger foreign houses. The supply of commercial bills has de- cidediy improved owing to the revival of grain exports, and is almost equal to the entire demand now in sight. Gold exports in amounts worthy of notice are not con- sidered probable by the houses usually in- terested in important movements. Tho money market promises to come through the stringent period occasioned by the terms of the treasury's circular without Significant advances in rates. The supply of borrowable funds will undoubtedly be incurred after the middle of next week, and rates Should Crop back to a normai vel. The movement of corn along the lines of the Granger roads, Burlington in particu- lar, is assuming proportions which must Sooner or later be recognized as an im- portant speculative factor. The shares of the several members of this group were advanced to prices from 5 to 10 per « beyond their present level, merely in an- ticipation of the effect of this movement on earnings. Now that the predictions of last year are on the verge of fulfillment and with gener- al improvement apparent in other direc- tions, it is altogether natural that these rcads should lead the advance. The marrowness of the market is tts | Sreatest drawback at the moment, but"this is a condition much easicr to overcome than many within recent experience. Lower prices may precede a substantial upward movement, but not to the extent of war- ranting short selling at the present level. >— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the hijh- est and the lowest and the closing price of the New York stock market today, as re ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. low Last Wey 106 6 ct Wich. 106 American Sugar. American Sugar, Prd. American Tobaeco. Canada Southern. Cauada Pacific, Chesapeake 7 « 4 Oii3, St. L. . fa. Dis. & Caitle Feeding General Electric... Ulinols Central. Lake Shore. ie. Louts 3 ie. Long Island Traction. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacite, N.Y.C. & St. Lou Northern Pacific. Northern Pacific, North American, Ont. & Western. Pacific Mail —__ + Washington Stock Exchange. regular call unk. 10 at 100. Bonds, ; Miscelinneous Bonds. - bid. Metropolitan 1 cour. Gs, 111 bid, 2 asked. Belt Rati Bs, 80 bid, Eckington Ratiroad 6s, ha, 101 asked. Railroad €s, 11234 bid, 1 Company Ge, series in peake and F asked. American Security an 100 bid, 14 “ Securii ed . 105 asked. |. Mason Washington Ligh: asked. Cent and Mechanics’, 180 bid. od. Second, Did, 187 asked. Citize 130 bid. Colum*ia, bid, 140 asked. Capital, 115 Dil. West Endl, 164, bid, 108 asked. Trader’, 9Sbid, 100 asked. Lint col, 98 bid. 100 axked. ‘Ohtb, $5 bid, 90 asiced Safe Depoxit and ‘Trust Comp Deposit and ‘Trust, *119 od. Washing- ton Loan and Trust, *117 bid, 121 asked. American Security and Trust, 140 bid,’ 150 asked. Washing- ton Safe Deposit, 50 Lid. Railroad Stocks.Capital Traction Company. 75 bid, 77 asked. Metropolitan, 96% bid, 100 asked. Columbia, 55 bid. Belt, 8 bid, 12 asked. Erking- ton, 12 bid. Georgetown and Tennallytown, id, 30 ‘asked. Gi le Light Stocks. —W on : Georgetown Gas, 45 bid. 53 asked. U. 8. Eleciric Ligst, 116 bid, 120 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Iiremen's, 30 bid, 40 asked. Franklin, 38 b'd, 45 asked. Metropolitan, TL bid 50 bi Me Wid. 7% asked. asked. District Title, § bid, one Stocks.—Peonsylvania, 28 bid. 50 asked. 2 bid. asked. Aaer- re and amet ee L. 55 Gu Eaton 23 vid, .24 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Mergentlialer Linotype, 210 Lansion Monotype, 6 bid, 1 asked. bid, 233 asked. W: Market, 18 bid. Falls Ice, 120 wid, aH asked. Lincolu Hall, 70 bid, 90 asked. iv. —— ee by es over he were ‘perpet upon him, Patrick McMahon, the son of a rich New York carpenter, tely hacked the heads Sunday deliberat ie of his uncle and aunt with an ax