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* ——— eee THE EVENING STAR. | No. 13,388, ny age ; PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, ‘AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, ‘Avenue, Cor. 11th Btreet, by The Frszine Star Ne Oompan, fey ee s The Eraine Sar Newspeng Company, Evening Star is served to subscribers in city by eattlers, on thetr own account, nt 10 cents per week, ar 44 cents per month. Copies at the ccenter 2 cents each. By mail—enywhere in the United — or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents oath. Materday Quinteple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with tage added, $9.00. ape Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be raid in advance. Retes of advertising made known on application. Star. WASHINGTON, D. O FIVE PERSONS KILLED Explosion of a Boiler at Hollidays- burg, Pennsylvania. DISASTER AT TRON AND NAIL WORKS Scenes of Excitement follow- the Catastrophe. A TOWN OF MOURNING. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., January 30.— Five persons were killed and nearly a score injured, some of them fatally, by the ex- plcsion of the large thirty-inch cylinder beiler at the works of the Hollidaysburg Iron and Nail Company this morning. | The boiler was blown through the roof of the works, 300 feet in mid air, and came sailing down like a spent rocket, crushing through the roof in another department of jshe works. The entire roof was precipi- tated to the floor below by the force of the ‘explosion and the works were practically wrecked. The explosion was sufficient to “rcck the earth with the force of an earth- ‘quake near the works, and broke hundreds jef window panes at a quarter of a mile ‘from th: mill. All the local physicians were called to the works to act as a hospital corps for the wounded. There was the greatest excitement around cked building, and the families of dead and wounded were frantic with grief. As soon as the bodies of the dead and injured could be gotten together Coro- ner Foust impaneled a jury. After vi2wing the wreck the jury adjourned unti! this evening. No explanation is offered as to the cause of the explosion. Some of the emplo ‘es say that they were short of steam before the accident occurred. The Hollidaysburg Iron end Nail Company operates the leading in- dustrial plant here, and it will be several days before operations can be resumed. The names of the dead and injured are: George Lane, mason, was found crushed into a lifeless mass under the boiler; Con. ns, fractured skull; Merrill Treese, fif- teen-year-old boy, head ground off by fly vheel; two unknown tramps, who had been lying near the furnace, were buried in the ruins. Wounded—Samuel _Kephart, _puddler, sealded about face and body, wil die: Rob- ert McMurray, puddier, scalded about face and body, will die; Frank Cramer, superin- tendent of the mill, several ribs broken and head cut; Samuel Marks, puddler, severely scalded; John Woomer, r, scalded badly and hip broken, Finley Fer- guson, puddier, severely Ided; George Moore, wheeler, internal injuries; David McCloskey, boss of n: department, badly injured about the bod arshall Weir, la- borer, spine badly injured, may die; John Hefferin, tramp, cut in head, may die; Geo. Rock, roller, cut about head; Robert Markt straightener, wrist and ankle broken, i ternal injuries, may die; Daniel Ounkst, catcher, internal injuries; William Hart- sock, heater, several bodily injuries; Danl. Ayres, puddler, bad!y injured about’ body. The only employes uninjured were Cra mer, the engin and Westley Athey, the fireman. Se CUBAN JUNTA PLEASED. Believe That the Senate Resolution Will Aid Their Cause. NEW YORK, Jenuary 20.—President Tomaso Estrac¢a Palma of the Cuban jun- ta was at the headquarters of the Cuban revolutionists in this city today. Several other leaders of the movement were also on hand and a secret conference was held. President Palma said that the Cubans were overjoyed at the news that the Senate com- mittee on foreign relatiors had submitted a report recommending that President Cleveland use the good offices of the United Siates to have Spain accord the Cuban insurgents the rights of belligerents. Already a synopsis of the repert has been sent to Generals Gomez and Maceo, and President Palma expressed the opinion that it will result in the leaders working with renewed hope. It was said that Gen. Garcic. who was alleged to have been seriously ill yesterday, at his home in Harlem, was present at the conference today, but this was denied by President Palma, who said that he did not even know whether Gen. Garcia was in or not. p to noon today no arrests were report- ed of any of the members of the filibuster- ing party, although many of the men who started out on the steam@r Hawkins are still in the city. Spanish Reports of Encounters. Senor Dupuy De Lome, the Spanish min- ister, today recelved the. following: HABANA, January Col. Vicuna de- feated the enemy in the cattle ranch Hato Manjuari, killing three and wounding eleven; the troops seized some horses, arms and a box of ammunition; we had a man serlously wounded. Major Perez Royo of the Saboya regiment had an encounter with Lacret, after this leader was defeated by Capt. Bernard, as I informed you by cable yesterday, killing five of the enem: I have just received news that Gen. Linares was having a very sharp encounter with the ememy between Saporte and Seiba; I have not vet received details. ‘Three companies of the Las Navas bat- talion of the column of Gen. Godoy had a skirmish in Voladura,Santa Clara province, with a group of insurgents, and captured a woman armed with a revolver, who turned out to Be the wife of the leader Aragon. Some time afterward, in the same day, the same column disbanded a group of ferty insurgents, capturing some horses. We had three men seriously and one may slightly wounded in this engagement. ——— MOVED ONLY EIGHT FEET. St. Paul's Position Unchanged Since Tuesday Night. NEW YORK, January 30.—By telephone from the steamer St. Paul, it is stated that no effort to float the steamer was made either last night or this morning, and that there is no change in her position. It is not Known when another effort will be made to pull the steamer off, as the wind is very Vght from the west and there is no sea on to make the swell necessary to aid the steamer In her work. All the cargo be- ing off and a numter of the deck fittings having been removed to lighten the steam- er, she is now about as light as she can be made, and the probabilities are that noth- ing further will be done until there is a strong easterly wind and a high tide. President Griscom and Supefintendent Shbockford and party remained aboard the St. Paul last night, in the hope that she Would be floated this morning. Today they came to New York. Since Tuesday night the steamer has not been moved more than eight feet. Three powerful tugs are continually haul- ing at the three kedges anchored about 500 yards from thesbig ship. On board the steamer the great windlass is being used to pull at the kedges by the three big cables. The sea is now becoming quite cboppy, which element will greatly aid the wrecking company. There is not ten feet of water where the Sc. Paul lies, between the inner and outer bey, and Capt. Mulligan of the life-saving station No. 4 says there is at least three — less to pass over in crossing the outer MR. BAYARD'S SPEECHES Lively Discussion in the House Oonimittee on Foreign Affairs. Resolutions of Widely Varying Senti- ments—Some Censure Him by Name; Others Are General in Character. No decision in the matter of censuring Ambassador Bayard was attained today by the House committee on foreign affairs, but the discussion upon the question, which absorbed the entire hour, was one of the most Interesting which that committee had indulged in for a long time. The mem- bers were opposed, practically, along party lines, the republicans urging a resolution of cersure and the democrats standing by the ambassador. The subcommittee, consisting of Messrs. Draper of Massachu- setts, Pearson of North Carclina and Dins- more of Arkansas, which had been charged with the settlement of the matter. report- ed that it had been unable to agree upon the form of a resolution. It laid before the full committee five drafts of resolu- tions which had been submitted by mem- bers of the committee. There was a wide range of difference between these reso- lutions. The most radical of them de- nounced In strong terms the Edinburgh and Boston speeches, and called pon the President to recall the ambassador. The most mild, on the other hand, did not men- tion the utterances of Mr. Bayard, but simply expressed general disapproval of the practice of making speeches on home politics by any foreign representatives of ine United States in the countrics to which they are accredited. = The three other resolutions covered the Tange between these two extremes. Mr. McCreary of Kentucky made a motion to increase the subcommittee from three to five members. - No action had been taken uven this mo- tion or on the main question whei the hour of noon arrived, and Mr. brought about an adjournmen egn affairs committee has not leave to meet while the House is in session. The discussion is said by members of the committee to have heen much warmer than usually characterizes its sessions. Mr Pearson suggested to the committee a resclution which censured Ambassador Bayard very strongly. Mr. Newlands (Nev.) proposed to amend this by asking the Pres- ident to recall the ambassader. Me. McCreary (Ky.) and Mr. Money (Miss.), both democrats, took the principal parts in the discussion. Their chief argument was that the mat- ter was one for action by the President, if teps were to be taken to censure Mr. i, and that the House would be en- ng upon the prerogatives of the President if it adopted any of the resolu- tions naming the ambassador. Mr. Pearson remarked that the Presi- dent had not hesitated to encroach upon the prerogatives of Congress, and even to refer in terms of censure of some of its legislation. it is understood that Mr: Couzins of Iowa has prepared a resolution which calls Mr. Bayard by name and censures him, which meets the approve! of a majority of the republican members of the committee. Chairman Hitt fs said to favor a milder form of censure than most of his party col- leagues on the committee desire. The democrats are not disposed to agree to any more radical expression than a gen- eral statement that American representa- tives abroad should not utter reflections upon the pecpie of the United States. In the meeting Mi. Money and other dem expressed disapproval of Mr. Bay- ard’s speeches, but argued that the House had no jurisdiction in the case. ~ After the meeting the republicans con- ferred with their party colleagues on the floor to secure the consensus of party opin- ion on the form of resolution most appro- priate. The matier is assuming the form of a partisan contest. THE PATRIARCH OF THE NAVY. He Did an Unusual Amount of Work on His Eighty-Fifth Birthday. William Plume Moran, the patriarch of the navy, celebrated his eighty-fifth birth- day yesterday by doing-an unusual amount of work at his desk in the Navy Depart- ment and receiving the congratulations of friends in the naval establishment from all over the world. Mr. Moran has been {den- tifiad_with the navy a few montis less than seventy years, having enlisted in 1827, when but sixteen years of age. In 1843 he en- tered the Navy Department as a clerk, and has served there continuously ever since. Fis special function has been the prepara- tion of the commissions of officers appoint- ed to the navy, a duty he began before the outbreak of the civil war, and has per- formed religiously ever since. There is not an officer in the service today whose com- ission does not contain the initials of this veteran clerk. He is one of the oldest em- ployes In the service of the government, and there is probably no record of any one having a longer continuous service record He is still in good health, and bids fair to continue im active service for some time to ccme. He is known to every man in the navy, eltaer personally or by reputation. WILL NOT BE TRIED. - The “Charges Against Maj. Armes Will Be Allowed to Drop. It is stated with authority that Major George W. Armes, retired, will not be tried by court-martial for his treatment of Lieu- tenant General Schofield on the day of his retirement from command of the army. Formal charges were formulated by the judge advocate general of the army against Major Armes predicated upon his conduct cnahat cccasion. They were fur conduct to the prejudice of good order and mili- tary discipline and for conduct unbecom- ing an officer and a gentleman. It is said at the War Department that these charges were prepared in good faith for investiza- tion by a military court, Judge Bradley’s intimation to the contrary notwithstand- ing. So far as can be learned the only reason why the case is allowed to drop is that no one in authority takes sufficient interest in it to bring it to trial. General Schofield reported the facts originally to the War Department, since which time he has made no communication to the department on the subject, one way or the other. His lack of interest in the matter spread among the officiais, up to Secretary La-- mont, resulting in a conclusion to allow the charges against Major Armes to be dropped. . ———-o+____ Personal Mention, A party of Rhode Isiand newspaper men stopping at the Riggs House comprisés Irving Watson and J. G. Berens of Nar- ragansett Pier and George Carmichael of Shamrock. Ex-Congressman James G. White of Ohio is at the Ebbitt. Robert E. McKisson, mayor of Cleveland, arrived at the Ebbitt House today. P. G. Bowman, a leading lawyer-of Birm- ingham, is at the Ebbitt. Commander John L. D. Borthwick and ane Cadet E. H. De Laney are at the itt. Mr. and Mrs. Lokse-Klatsky of the Dam- resch Opera Company are at the Raleigh. Other members of the company also there are D. Popovici, W. G. Vuning and 8, Mulder. Judge MacArthur, who recently has been somewhat indisposed, is reported today to be_ better. Passed Assistant Surgeon Guthrie of the Katahdin is visiting this city. Capt. Thoraas W. Symons, corps of engi- neers, formerly connected with the District government, is in ie city_on business with the chief of e1 eers. He is stopping at 1713 K street. shies Se } « DISTRICT EXPENSES House Appropriation Committee Makes Big Cuts. REPORT ON THE BILL AS AGREED ON Limitations Proposed as to Certain Expenditures. SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS >—_— The report on the District of Columbia appropriation bill, as agreed upon this afternoon by the House committee on ap- prcpriations, Is as follows: The ccmmittee on appropriations, in pre- senting the bill making appropriations for the support of the government of the Dis- trict of Columbia for the fiscal year ending Jvne 30, 1897, submit the following in ex- planation thereof: The estimates of @he Commissioners of the District of Columbia, upon which the bill Is based, will be found on pages 267 to 284 of the Book of Estimates, and, exclu- sive of the water department, aggregate $7,491, 7, one-half of which amount, or so much thereof as Congress may appro- priate, is required to be drawn from the revenues of the general government, and the remaining one-half to be levied upon the taxable property and privileges in the District of Columbia other than the prop- erty of the United States and the District of Columbia, pursuant to section 3 of the act approved June 11, 1878, entitled “An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia.” (Stat. L., vol. 20, p. 102.) The Secretary of the Treasury, on page 284 of the Book of Estimates for 1897, sub- mitted the following recommendation: The Secretary of the Treasury not being in possession of such information as would enable him to formulate a proper estimate of the needs of the District government, aad not desiring that its interests should be prejudiced thereby, approves the estimates as submitted by the Commissioners, with the recommendation that Congress appro- priates as much of the desired amount as may, upon careful examination, appear to be necessary. The total amount recommended fo be ap- propriated for the general expenses cf the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1897, in the bill submitted herewith, is, exclusive of the water department, 225,685.97, of which sum the general goverament is re- quired to pay $2,612,832.98, that being onc- half of the whole. The form»r amount is 8 G91. less than the estimates sub- The amount appropriated for the general expenses of the District »f Columbia for the current fiscal year, 1896 including 315,040 in the sundry ci deficiency acts), is $5,559,26 being $333,908 more than is recommended in the accompanying Dill for 1897, and the whole amount recom- mended in th> accompanying bill, including the sums for the water department, is $813,122.88 less than was appcopriated’ for the current fiscai year. The amount recommended for the vater department, all of which is the water revenues, is #19: amount appropriated for the water depart- ment for the current fiscal year is $202,- 119.28, being a reduction of $9,524: It is estimated that ‘the water revenues for the fiscal year 1807 will amount to $307,- 500, but it is provided in the accompanying bill, as it was in the acts for the current and four preceding fiscal years, that any surplus of these revenues over the appro- priations made specifically therefrom shall be applied to the work of extending the high-seryice system of water distribution. This mprovement, it was estimated by the enginecr officer in charge at the time, would cost, when completed, about $600,000. The surplus of water revenues devcted to this object, on acecunt of expenditures made and obligations incurred since the sald authority was granted, amount at this time to . The total general revenues of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1897, it is estimated by the Commissioners, will amount, exclusive of any estimated sur- plus of the revenues of prior years, to $3,- 225,081.56, or a surplus of $547,388.58 after meeting the appropriations proposed by the accompanying bill, together with the ob- ligaticns (estimated at $64,860) imposed up- on the District by the act of March 2, 1889, establishing the National Zoological Park, and fer orfe-half the expenses of the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the Dis- trict. This surplus, to the extent of $300,- 000, will be applied under the operation of section 3 of the District of Columbia appro- priation act-for the fiscal year 1893 and a provision of the accompanying hill to the satisfaction of the indektedness of the Dis- trict to the United States on account of the cost of the increased water supply of the city of Washington under acts approv- ed July 15, 1882, and March 3, 1891. Limitations, Limitations with reference to appropria- | tions made in the bill, not heretofore im- posed, or changes in existing limitations, are recommended as follows: In conacction with the appropriation for market masters and for hire of laborers for cleaning markets, the following: That hereafter all rents, fees and income derived from the markets herein appropri- ated for shall be paid to the collector of }and no person employed by the Dis- of Columbia in or about the same shall receive any fees or compensation of any eee in addition to the salary provided by avr. In connection with the appropriation for contingent expenses of the government of the District of Columbia the following: That the whole cost of maintaining and keeping in good order the laboratory and apparatus in the office of the inspector of gas and meters shall hereafter be paid by the Washington Gaslight Company. In connection with the appropriations for making or repairing concrete or asphalt pavement the maximum prices authorized to be paid are reduced from $2 to $1.75 per square yard for a quality equal to the best laid in the District prior to July 1, 1886, and with same depth of base, and from $2.25 to $2 per square yard for pavements required to be of more than ordinary strength. In connection with the appropriation for current work of repairs of county roads and suburban streets, the following: That this appropriation shall be available for the repair of all county roads, except such as are rendered useless by the opening and improving of new highways established under the act approved March 2, 1893. In connection with the appropriation for grading and regulating Sherman avenue, Roanoke and Irving streets, the following: ‘That this apprepriation shall be available for removing buildings, terracing banks and replacing fences of Garfield Hospital grounds and other premises abutting on Sherman avenue between Grant and Prince- ten streets: Provided, That the owners thereof dedicate to the District of Columbia the ground for widening Sherman avenue for conformity with the adopted and re- corded plans of highway extensions. In connection with the appropriations for lighting streets, the maximum price for gas lighting is limited to not exceeding $16 per annum per lamp burning every night on the average from 41 minutes after sunset to 45 minutes before sunrise, instead of $20.60 per lamp burning not less than 3,000 hours per annum; the maximum price per arc electric Nght, burning from 45 min- utes after sunset to 45 minutes before sun- rise, is limited to not exceeding 28 cents night, instead of 40 cents per night burning from sunset to sunrise; and: itis required that contracts for the entire gas and elec- tric light services, respectively, shall be let after due advertisement to the lowest re- sponsible" therefor.” _ , THURSDAY, JANUARY 380, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Then follows a detailed statement of the amounts appropriated for the: current fiscal year, the amounts estimated: for 1897 and the amounts recommended {n the accom- panying bill. The Reductions. This statement is im tabular form and schedules the appropriations for 1896, the estimates for 1897, and in the final column the appropriations recommended for 1807. Under thie item of salaries in the executive office the Commissioners’ estimates are re- duced from $65,203.50 to $49,869. In the assessor's office there is a reduction of $4,000. In the engincer’s office the estl- mates are reduced $3,060, and tn the sur- veyor’s office the estimaies are cut $2,500. The contingent fund of the District is re- duced from $25,000 to $22,500, The total estimates for salaries and miscellaneous items are reduced from $321,300.50 to $273,- 670. This involves a reduction in the num- ber of salaries from 1983 tq 169. The item of assessment and permit work for alleys, sidewalks an@ sewers is cut down from $195,000 to $185,000, while the item of permit work for the roadways and streets, for which the Commissioners esti- mated $15,000, is omitted, altogether. Un- der the head of “improvements and re- pairs,” the item, “work sundry streets and avenues,” is reduced’ from $600,000 to $100,000, while the item of!condemnation of streets goes from $15,000 to $1,000, bringing down the total under the head of “im- provements and repairs,” from $771,000 to $257,000. Under the head of sewers there is a total reduction from $605,264 to $268,520. In this department the item of $83,000 for main. and pipe sewers is reduced to $75,000, whtle the Rock Creek and B street intercepting sewer is given $40,000 Instead of $190,000, as estimated by the Commissioners. $6,000 is taken off the estimate of $10,000 for the Kenesaw avenue sewer, the item of $30,000 for the Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue intercepting sewer is omitted; and the esti- mate of $121,000 for suburban: sewers is re- duced to $18,520. : The estimate for the pay of teachers in the public ._ schools, while leaving the number of salaries at 1,071, is re- duced from $736,375 to $734,875. The item of new buildings and sites is reduced from $308,000 to -$117,000, while the entire public school appropriation falls from an estimate of $1,306,051 to $1,078,550. , Under the head of police, the number of salaries is cut down from 605 to 562, a re- duction in the appropriation of $102,000. The estimate for $16,650 for the relief fund -deficiency is omitted. The total po- lice appropriation is reduced from $708,418 to $576,730. In the fire department theré is a reduction of seven in the number of salaries, bring- ing the estimate for that purpose down from_ $167,540 to $140,900, For increase of the fire department $28,080 is given instead of $117,606, as estimated. . * The total of the telegraph and telephone service gces down from $61,1™ to $26,800. The appropriation for the suppert of the in- sane is left untouched at $1008), while the total for reformatories and prisons {s re- duced by $24, —E— FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH. Were Overcome by Simoke Could Not Escape, DETROIT, Mich., January 30.—A special to the News from Marshall,” Mich., says: Harvey Page, wife and two young sons aged, respectively, three years and three months, were entrapped amd burned to death in their home In Marengo township, six miles northwest of this city, at 2 o'clock this morning. Harvey Page: family oc- cupied one-half of the dotble log house where they lived, his brother Wilbur and family the other half. The latter family, however, slept on the first! floor. Harvey's family slept upstairs. Le When Wilbur discovered the fire he and his hired man tried vainly to reach the hepless people upstairs, who were over- come by smoke and burned to death. There Was but one window in the upper room. The house burned to the ground, and the bodies, horribly burned, fell {nto the cellar. and —_——___ LOOKS LIKE A SPLIT. Indications of Two Republican Louis- fana Conventions. NEW ORLEANS, J@uary 30.—The re- publican convention did not get together this morning, the credentials committee, which had been out all night, not being able to report. Both the McKinley and Reed forces are making a desperate fight for control of ‘the convention when it is again called to order. There are indications of a split and the holding of the two conventions before night, VENGEANCE ON THE TURKS. Armenians at Zelioun Say That They Retaliated. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 30.—A re- newal of the massacre in Aintab, Amassia and Van is feared, and the ambassadors of the powers have caleld the attention of the porte to alarming rumors in circulation. Letters received here from the insurgents of Zeitoun say no excesses were committed by them until they heard of the massacre at Marash. Then they took vengeance on the Turks. A ——.—__ SMILES INSTEAD OF TEARS, Novel Scene at a Funéral in Chicago. CHICAGO, January 30.—Theosophists met yesterday in Graceland cemetery and watch- ed the cremation of the remains of Miss Meri Topelius. Instead of the scene being a sad_one, the general feeling which perme- ated the assemblage was one of calm re- joicing, partaken of even by the nearest and dearest friends of the girl who had died. Instead of tears there wére songs and music, flowers, an address of cheerful strain and a noticeable absence of the usual em- blems of death. : This was the second theosophical funeral which has taken place in Chicago. Miss Topelius, who wag a native of Fin- land, had been a teacher of manual training in the Agassiz school. She was tall and handsome and had beeh a member of the society for some time. ——___ BREAK IN HUNTER’S RANKS. Another Fruitless Ballot at Yrankfort for United States Senator, FRANKFORT, Ky,,-Jamary 30.—The first break in the Hunter ranks occurred today when Dr. J. E. Chambers of Kenton voted for Judge W. H. Holt‘ of Frankfort for United States Senator té succeed Sena- tor Blackburn. The anneuneement of Chambers’ vote caused a ery to go up among thé anti-Hunter people, who de- clared that it was all over with that candi- date. Whether this will turm out to be the case or not remains to be seen. Judge Holt’s friends, it is said, assert that if all ens pep onicans will go to Hin he can be elected. ; ¥. The following pairs were: anmounted: J. G. Furnish, dem., with Hortén, rep.; Hayes, dem., with King, rep. © a The roll call showed 132 members present and voting; necessary for’ a» choice, 67. The ballot resulted ag follows: Hunter, 64; Blackburn, 66; Bucknér, 2; Carlisle, 5; Evans, 1; Holt, 1; Hazelrigi,.1; Brown, 1; Grace, 1. —_—>__ MR. WAGGAMAN’S GALLERY. To Be Opened for the Benefit of the Poor, Mr. Thomas E. Waggaman has very gen- erously opened his art galiery on Thurs- days during the months of February, March and April from 11. unt} 4 o'clock. The tickets, which “Wilk he 50‘cefits, can be ob- tained, at the door, the money to be spent through the St. Viricent de Paul Society of this elty for the poor, Pe t a : Mr. -Waggaman ately some valuable’ additions ees fine. . lon, and the gallery has claims to rank among the most im private collec- in the cor THE CAUSE OF CUBA It Neither Gained Nor Lost by the Senate Resolutions. SPAIN'S ANSWER CAN NOW BE WREPTEN No Likelihood of Acquiescing in Either Proposition. SHE HAS THE ADVANTAGE The cause of Cuba gains nothing by the action of the Senete committee on foreign relations. But it loses nothing, The Star en Monday quoted an American gentle- man who was just from Havana to the effect that the insurgent leaders had abat- ed much of their expectation of assistance from this government, and were governing themselves accordingly. The Senate com- mittee’s action therefore will not affect the Cuban leaders as a surprise. The necessity of going it alone will simply be confirmed to them, and, so confirmed, will develop to the full all of their restricted resources and intensify their courage. Spain's Probable Answer. The friends of Cuba suggest that Spain's answer to both the majority and the minority propositions of the Senate commit- tee can now be written. The majority proposition is that Spain recognize the belligerency of the insurgents and accord them corresponding treatment. Spain has just passed upon that point by recaling Gen. Campos, her own soldier, who pro- posed something on that line, and appoint- ing in his place Gen. Weyler. who is under- stood to be a man of fiercer nature. Cam- pos went to Cuba with instructions to administer heroic treatment to those in arms against the Spanish rule. After an investigation of the situation he refused to carry out such a policy, and even used all of his influence with the home government in an effort to induce a change of policy. But the Madrid politicians were deaf to him. They tried to bully him into obedi- ence, and failing in that they stripped him of his office and ordered him home. Gen. Weyler is understood to be in sympathy with the Madrid junta. Will he be able to make the work bloody cnough? He will if he has a stomach for it, and at the same time be able to hide the bulk of his operations. With a rigid press censorship in force on the island—and such procedure can be made very rigid—how are the real facts about what may be going on to be obtained? Could not the roll of victims in Cuba be made as difficult of verification as that of victims in Armenia? Could not slaughter proceed and be denied and con- cealed.in the one case as it has proceeded and been denied and partly concealed in the other? Will Refuse Independence. As for the second prgposition, that Spain release her hold on Cuba ard allow the es- tablishment of sovereignty there, it is so intimately associated with mere business considerations. and so unlikely of accept- ance, it seems strange that it should have been bronght forward. Spain talks senti- ment about Cuba, but acis on commercial lines. It is a rich province, worth holding. Spain values it highly, as is evidenced by the large amount of money she has ex- pended at one time or another to maintain her authority there. She has invested mil- lions in the past, and is investing millicns row, to keep her yoke riveted on the islang. The talk of independence is based upon the proposition that the people of Cuba not only desire independence, but are worthy of it, and that this war $s the legit- imate expression of that desire. Spain sneers at this. She insists that Gomez and Maceo are only cutthroats, and are leading cutthroats; that the representative people of Cuba do not desire separation from the mother country, and are not helping along the present revoJt. Cuba, therefore, in her eyes, is a rich plantation, where the “hands” have rebelled against the mistress” and the overseer, and where heroic meas- ures are the only ones worthy of applica- tion. A parley would dignify the rascals, and.talk of handing over the property to them Js an insult. This, in substance, has been the deliverance in the past, and there seems to be no reason to suppose that she will change her tone now. The Advantage With Spain. If the House has nothing more effective to propose on the subject, the insurgents, it is plain, will find it very difficult to win. The advantages are all with Spain--money, men, communication with the outside world. The friends of Cuba in this country stand with their hands tied. There are money and sympathy both here, but in a large measure powerless. Nothing can be dene except at great risk and under thick cover, and this leads to the embarking of men and treasure on rotten ships and to disaster. —_—_—_—_-e+—____ SENATOR CALL GETS LEFT. Controller Bowler Decides Against the Allowance of His Claim. Judge Bowler, controller of the treasury, kas had the temerity to dechne to author- ize the District Commissioners to do what a Senator of the United States wanted them to do. Several days ago Senator Wil- kinson Call of Florida applied to the Dis- trict Commissioners to be reimbursed one- half the cost of a sidewalk which he had laid in front of his premises, No. 1903 N street northwest. The Commissioners re- ferred the matter to the controller of the treasury, with a statement of the case, from which it appears that the Commis? sioners, et the request of Senator Cail, made an estimate of the cost of a sidewalk | in front of his premises, but that the Sen- ator failed to deposit one-half of the csti- mated cest of the sidewalk, in accordance with the method described by the act of August 7, 1894, relating to “assessment and permit work.” Because of this omission 1 the part of the Senator, the Commis- ~soners took no action in the matter. Subsequently the Senator himself had the sidewalk laid at his own expense, and then made demand upon the Commission- ers for reimbursement of one-half the amount so expended. he Commissioners asked the controller, Bowler, whether they were authorized to pay the claim, In response the controller has informed the Commissioners that he knows of no law which authorizes the repayment te any one of any portion of the expense incurred by him in laying a sidewalk in the District. “A clause in the act above referred to,” said the controiler, “provides a method by which a person desiring to be relieved from one-half of the expense of laying such a sidewalk may proceed. It provides for the entire work being done by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbiq, un- der the laws relating to the manner in which public improvements shall be made. As the sidewalk was not laid in this man- ner, and as the provisions of the act of; August 7, 1894, have not been complied with, and as there is no law authorizing the repayment by the Commissioners of one-half of the cost of any improvement made by an individual, the Commissioners are clearly without authority to pay Sena- tor Call’s claim.” —_—__ Presidential Nominations. The President today sent to, the Senate the following nominations: : Collectors of customs—John H. Brock- lesby of Connecticut, district of Hartford, Cong.; D. W. Andrew, district of Plymouth, Mass.; John H. Puck of Ohio, district of Miami, Ohio. =. Postmasters—J. H. Hertz, Macon, Ga.; Martha Brown, Fort Valley, Ga; DISTRICT IN CONGRESS|SENATE AND HOUSE. Measures of Local Interest Before the Committecs. Legislators to Visit the Center Market —The Needs of East Washington— Street Railroad Charters. Senator Martin, chairman of the sub- committee to which was referred the Sen- ate resolution in regard to the order of the Commissioners affecting the allotment of spaces about the Center Market to small farmers, will, on Saturday morning, visit the Center Market in company with Sena- tors Proctor and Gallinger, in order to make a personal inspection of the premises before taking action regarding the Com- missioners’ order. They will probably go to the market at about 9:30 o'clock, so that they may witness the farmers selling their wares and determine whether or not they should be removed from the sidewalks about the market house. Until this visit is made the subcommittee will make no report to the full committee. Daughters of the American Revolu: tion. The House today passed the bill to in- corporate the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, limiting, by amendment, the incorporation to the District of Columbia. The following are named as the incorporators: Mrs. John W. Foster of Indiana, Mrs. Wm. D. Cabell of Virginia, Mrs. Henry V. Boynton of Ohio, Mrs. A. W.Greely of Washington, Mrs. F. QO. Saint Clair of Maryland, Mrs. A. Leo Knott of Maryland, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor of New York, Mrs. G. Brown Goode of Washington, Mary Desha of Kentucky, Mrs. Stephen J. Field of California, Mrs. Thomas Alexander of Washington, Rosa Wright Smith of Washington, Mrs. Hugh Hagan of Georgia, Mrs. John Risley Putnam of New York, Mrs. George H. Shields of Missouri, Ellen Hardin Walworth of New York, Mrs. Marshall MacDonald of Virginia, Eugenia Washingto:: of Virginia, Mrs. A. Howard Clarke of Massachusetts, Clara Barton of Washington, Mary S. Lockwood of Wash- ington, Mrs. Teunis S. Hamlin of Washing- ten, Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke of New Hamp- shire, Mrs: Henry Bloung of Indiana, Mrs. Randolph De B. Keim of Connecticut, Louise Ward McAllister of New York, Mrs. Frank Stuart Osborne of Illinois, Marie Devereux of Washington, Mrs. Joshua Wilbour of Rhode Island, Mrs. W. W. Shippen of New Jersey, Mrs. N. B. Hogg of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Clifton R. Breckinridge of Arkansas, Mrs. Adolphus S. Hubbard of California, Mrs. Charies E. Putnam of Iowa, Mrs. Simon B. Buckner of Kentucky, Mrs. Sam'l Eliot of Massachusetts, Mrs. William Wirt Henry of Virginia, any izabeth Blair Lee of Maryland. To Sell Street’Railway Franchises. Mr. Wiliems of Mississippi has reintro- duced in the House his bill requiring that hereafter in all applications for street rail- way franchises in’the District the fran- chise shall be sold to the highest bidder. To Sell Aqueduct Land. Mr. Turner of Virginia has introduced a bill in the House authorizing the Secretary of War to sell to Margaret Shugrue and Caroline Lochbuchler certain tracts of land on the Washington aqueduct, heretofore deemed to have been their own, but found by recent survey to be within the reserva- tion of the United States. What East. Washington Wants. In the Senate today Mr. McMillan pre- sented a memorial from the East Washing- ton Citizens’ Association praying that Cor- gress see that ihe Anacostia flats be reclaimed and that the Metropolitan Rail- way Company be empowered to extend its tracks along East Capitol street to 1Sth street. . The Repair Shop Resolution. Mr. Kyle did not succeed in having his resolution ordering an investigation of al- leged abuses in the mail bags repair shop taken up today. The resolution retains its place on the calendar, however, and will be discussed before the Senate at an early day. Taxes Due the District. The Commissioners have responded to the resoluticn of the Senate requesting a statement regarding the taxes of the Dis- trict of Columbia. They say: “On January 1, 1896, the balance due the District on account realty tax was $681,465.88, and on personal tax, $393,936.27, covering the pe- riod from 1877 to 18%, both years inclu- sive. We collect in interest and penalties from $80,000 to $100,000 annually. Two- thirds of this amount would be lost if but 6 per cent is charged, and part of this loss would include the amount paid by the Dis- trict for advertisement.” — CAPITOL TOPICS. Buffalo Harbor Improvement. A delegation of fifty prominent citizens of Buffalo were given a hearing by the House committee on rivers and harbors to- day upon the bill introduced by Represen- tative Mahany to expend half a million upon the improvement of the Buffalo har- bor. Gen. Everett, the mayor of the city, and representatives of the common council, the board of aldermen, the canal union, lumbermen az.d lake vessels made speeches. Urgent Deficiency Bill, The urgent deficiency bill was today re- ported to the Senate from the committee propriation bills to be reported to the Sen- propriration bills to be reported to the Sen- ate this session. It increases the total ap- propriation for deficiencies over the amount appropriated by the House bill to the e: tent of $1,500,664, the total being $5,920,6: The principal items of Increase are: $4! for the new Congressional Library building, $441,104 to pay judgments of the Court of Claims, $299,739 to pay expenses of United States courts, 80 for back pensions and bounties, and $50,000 for the Brooklya navy yard. It is estimated that the $480,009 added by the committee for the library will com- plete the building. The bill is also amended so as to provide for the payment to M. W. Ransom, minister to Mexico, of $2,806, being the amount of salary due for July and Au- gust, 1895, for which he received no pay, owing to the irregularity of his appoint- ment. Appropriation is also made for the temporary é¢mployment of twenty-five ex- pert money counters at the Treasury De- partment. The principal judgments of the Court of Claims, for the payment of which provision is made, are those in favor of letter carriers. ———+2+_____ Caucus Postponed. The republican senatcrial caucus to con- sider the question of reorganization, which was to have been held today, has been postponed until tomorrow at 4 o'clock. The postponement was made necessary by the absence of some Senators and the commit- tee engagements of others. A Proposed Indian Commission. The committee on Indian affairs today authorfzed a favorable report on a bill hav- ing for its object the appointment of a commission to treat with the Shoshone and Bannock Indians. It is the purpose of the bill to induce these Indians so to modify their treaty rights that the privilege which they now possess of hunting on the unoc- cupied lands shall not conflict with state game laws and give occasion for such dis- turbances as occurred at Jackson's Hole, Wyo.; last year. eee Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $653,780. Government receipts —From_ internal reyenue, $510,538; cus- toms, $893,143; miscellaneous, $33,639. Routine Matters in Both Branches of Congress, SENATOR GEORGE DEFENDS MR. MORTON Mr. Call Continues His Speech on the Silver Bond Bill. THE DAY IN THE HOUSE Senators were late in arriving at the Sen- ate chamber today. Mr. Hale (Me.) reported back the urgent deficiency appropriation bill and gave notice that he would ask to take it up tomorrow. The bill was passed providing for the ap- pointment by the Secretary of War of @ chaplain for the United States Military Academy. A committce amendment to the bill was agreed to making the President the ap- pointing power. Relief for Mra, Miller. Mr. Morrill (Vt) called up the bill for the payment to the widow of Samuel F. Miller, justice of the Supreme Court, a sum equal to the balance of his salary for the year in which he died. Mr. Morrill ex- plained that the justice had left only a house, incumbered by $10,000, and that the widow’s circumstances were such as to make the appropriation desirable. The bill was passed. The resolution directing the Secretary of Agriculture to execute the law relative to seed distribution was then taken up, and Mr. George (Miss.) spoke in defense of the course of the etary. Mr. Gallinger (N.H.) and Mr. Allen (Neb.) supported the resolution. Mr. Call Continues. * The resolution gave way at 2 o'clock to the silver bond bill, and Mr. Call (Fla) continued his speech, begun yesterday. THE HOUSE. The attendance in the House was slim to- day. Mr. Wadsworth (N. Y.), from the come mittee on agriculture, reported the agricul- tural appropriation bill. All points of order were reserved, and the bill went to the cal- endar. Mr. McCall (Mass.), chairman of the elec- tions committce No. 3, presented the report of that committee on the contested election case of J. H. Davis vs. D. B. Culberson, from the fourth Texas district. The report was un.@ mous in favor of Mr. Culberson, and was adopted without division. Mr. Jenkins (Wis.), from the same com- mittee, reported on the case of J. H. Rosen- thal vs. Miles Crowley, from the tenth Texas district. The report was also unani- mous in favor of the sitting member. Mr. Jenkins gave notice that he would call up the case tomorrow, and it was agreed that Mr. Rosenthal, the contestant, should have an hour to present his case. Or motion of Mr. Doolittle (Wash.) a reso- lution was adopted requesting the Prest- dent, at his earliest convenience, to trans- mit to Congress the report of the board of engineers On the Nicaragua canal. Dependent Pension Act. Mr. Howard (Aia.) demanded the regular order, which was the bill called up by Mr. Poole (N.Y.) yesterday tc amend the de- pendent pension act of 1890, so that in con- sidering widows’ claims seven years of un- explained absence should be deemed suffl- cient proof of the death of the soldier. Mr. McClellan (N.Y.) demanded a division on the bill, v hich resulted 122—4, and fol- lowed that up by making the point of no quorum. The Speaker thereupon counted @ quorum, and the bill was passed. A bill was passed, on motion of Mr, Quigg (N.Y.), to incorporate the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mr. Mercer (Neb.) called up @ bill to grant to the city of Omana the use of the Fort Omaha military reservation, which is to be abandoned by the govern- ment next spring. There was a suggestion that the government should realize equal property, and Mr. Steele (Ind.) caWed atten- tion to the fact that the act of July 22, 1:88, provided for the sale of this reserva- tion. Mr. Mercer explained that there was a doubt whether the property could be sold, as it had been constitutionally acnated to the United States for military purposes. The bill was pussed. Committee Appointments. The Speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Wellington (Md.) on the committee on Jabor, and Mr. Belknap (IH.) on railway and canals. On motion of Mr. Dingley, chairman of the committee on ways and means, a bill was passed for the reorganization of the customs collection district of Alabama, vy which the Secretary of the Treasury should have a discretionary power to designate such places as subports of entry as the in- terests of revenue and commerce might re- quire. On motion of Mr. Shafroth (Col) a bill Was passed to open forest reservations in the state of Colorado for the Jocation of mining claims; also on motion of Mr. Bish- op (Mich.) to confirm certain cash entries of offered lands. The House then, at 2 o'clock, adjourned till tomorrow. —-<—_____.. DEVOTED TO’ THE STUARTS, Many Put Wreaths on the Statue of Charles I. LONDON, January 30.—An extraordinary seene was witnessed on Trafalgar Square here during the early morning today. This was the anniversary of the execution of Charles I of England, who was beheaded by order of a special high court of justice appointed by the house of commons. The king was executed in front of the ban- queting house, White Hall, which leads up to Trafalgar Square from Wesiminster, on January 30, 1619. This morning many small parties of so- called “legit’ ts” arrived at Trafalgar Square with floral wreaths bearing divers inscriptions. These offerings they attempt- ed to place at the foot of the statue of Charles I. The first of the “Jegitimists” to appear arrived at 3.o'clock in the morn- ing, and many others came as the day wore on. The police, however, compelled them to remove the wreaths, as such a demonstration is contrary to la The crowd, which was at no time vi obeyed, and then, with uncov they repeated the collect referring to the so-called “Martyred Sovereign. “legitimists” offered up praye dead king, but when the demonstration be- gan to attract too much attention they were dispersed by the police. During the morning, how@@er, other admirers of King Charles I came singly to the statue on Trafalgar Squere, and, apparently by or- ders received from the chief of police at Scotlend Yard, a number of beautiful wreaths of flowers inscribed “In memory of the White King” were allowed to be placed at the foot of the pedestal and re- main there during the early part of the day. ———— SOUTH CAROLINA JUSTICES. Pope Re-Elected and Speaker Jones Elevated to the Bench. COLUMBIA, S. C., January 29.—The leg- islature today by unanimous votes re-elect~ ed Associate Justice Pope to the supreme court for eight years, and elected Speaker Ira B. Jones, the third associate justice, for the same term.