Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1896, Page 1

=— THE EVENING STAR. ‘PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspap:r Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Rew York Office. 40 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tn the city by carriers, om their own account, at 10 cents Per week, oF 4¢ cents per mouth. Copies nt the ecunter 2 coats each. fy mail—suywhere Inthe United States er Canada—postage prepaid—50 ceats ef Star, $1 per year, with ice at Washington, D. C., cr tioas must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. eee ——- Che £vening Star. No. 18,421. WASHINGTON, D. C., -MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s - Mews today you can find it only in The Star. RIOTING AT BILBAO @velve Thonsand Spaniards Howl Against Aniericans. LENDENCE OF + CONSUL ATTACKED Shops and Houses Along the Way Assailed. R SISTED BY + THE POLICE RILBAO, Spain. March 9.—There was an anti-American riot her and it $ of gr pre- ¥_ous so-ca’ eos caused ress of the United w About 12 ple took part yesterday afternoon in the demonstra The exeltement was started by a group of yo men at a street corner, who be ing every sol people, cheered | natil every the crowds, and s Wo refused to r tthe na were hustled, beaten, treated. ‘The ¢ the crowd ks and re had cus so great pt aside, and an en the leadi vched teward the ri s 1, she 7m with th: armed thoroug it: e of the Unite Spam u's they hurled Ss of stores and mber of f policemen in mob ne it was confronted n swords. The mob n peliing th to charge ords with xXperienced consid. r priso: ots. gen: until furthe danger of ates con- © outbreak. » is now guard vers and tions to p HINTS AT ABDICATION. The Report That Humbert Intend to Retire Denied. ROME, March ‘The Tribuna today de- nies that King Humbert has expressed his intention to abdicate. The ort 21 y out the fact that the kirg said ly son may negotiate with the Negus, but I will of ever do 50.” The Tribuna also plishes an anti- Prench article headed “indecency and In- e,” during which it pr a French interference in Italian affair: declares that France is actuated by im- placable hatred of Italy. Services Offered to Italy. CHICAGO, Mareh 9.—Forty members of the Italia Ciub last night offered them- seives to the service of the country of their rth. While the room rang with cheers, the red, white and green col were tossed in the alr and the the club pledged their services to their king. ‘They signed a memorial addressed to the n minister of war, declaring their will- ss to leave their adopted country at pleasure of the king and proceed to ©. Where they wiil join the Italian army and take part im the Abyssinian campaign. The action was not the impulse of the mo- ment, but has been in contemplation since the first news of the Italian crisis arrived. Count Raswadonesky, the lialian consul, has cabled the following message to his government. “J. Sangrando has enlisted a company of forty members of the Italia Club, who of- fer their servires to the government for military duty in Abyssinia, or at the 4 posal of the minister of war. They will proceed at their own cost to Rome, and nly ask to be allowed to preserve their “company organization.” a STRIKERS PARADE. dial ing th Demonstration by Garment Workers in Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Md.; March 9.—The striking Karment makers paraded prince streets of the city this mor carry banners and transparencies ha moitoes, which told of the purposes of their strike and their determination to win. There were about 3,000 men in line, and much enthus- jasm prevetied. The strikers claim that their’ranks are unbroken and that they are sure to win. The manufacturers, upon the other hand, say they are getting plenty of aid from other cities and are rapidly filling the strikers’ places. The parade today was quiet and orderly ——__ JUDGE DOE DEAD. the New Hampshire's Chief Justice Stricken With Paralysis. DOVER, N. H., March 9. ief Justice Charles Doe of the svpreme court of New Hampshire was stricken with paralysis in the depot at Roliinsford today, and died almost immediately. Judge Doe was sixty-six years "of age, and was considered one of the ablest jurists in the United States. He enjoyed the dis- tinction of having been the only New Eng- land judge ever quoted by the British courts. At the time of his death he was his way to Concord to attend the law term eof the supreme court. DOCKING THE INDIANA An Event of Great Importance to the Largest Warship in the Navy. The Dock is Also the Largest in the United States—Carefal Prep- arations Made. It is expected that the battle ship Indiana will leave Hampton Roads today for a leisurely run to Port Royal, S. C., where she is to be docked on the 12th instant. On the run down, the tactical qualities of the bs will be tested, and the crew will in- dulge in target practice. On her recent official trial she demonstrated her ability of turning in a circle only three times her own length. This was done while the vessel was making twelve knots, and with a list of only one degree. It is said that there is uo other vessel of her size in the world capable of the same feat under similar con- dition: The irst Bntile Ship im the Navy. speaking of the Indiana, there is no other battleship whose guns ire capable of such cencentratien of fire ithout endangering the lives of the crew the forward turre and no other ship that can throw such a storm of projectiles a broadside a first battleship of the armer has been i her guns of her displacement, ter and maneur the hi therefore that the rd and t be ger in the thirteen- s on ts, Starboard and port, ¢: ahead on account of the d to the me be fired within ad to pre- being in some head and fired ment wiil give or- in the turret gear t » these guns canno} ead . The therefore, w An The dock is an event of g mark the dockin the United Sz in the vort Royal has just been compieted, ng of the Indiana will test to the me Umit of her ine to he experim d men from -th of the Norf ve charge of the ope th: @ entrance iver pilots who have ported that there the vessel over LAN BOUNDARY. Information and Charts in the British Btae Book. The blue book on the subject of Venezuelan boundar: ished by h government, and THE VENEZU the the jen of the British ambassador and of the ate Department. There are in reality two lumes, one of about 450 pages of text and the other containing about a dozen charts. The substance of the former has been well set out in the abstract of the volume sent by cable by the Associated I from London. As to the charts, they are exceedingly Interesting to the carto- graphist, by reason of the fidelity with which the quaint drawings of the old geog- raphers and explorers are reproduced in colors, but as far as new matt cerned they are said to be a de: eppointment. Our own Venezuelan commis- sion are in possession of all the data con- t 1 in these charts, thanks to their sys: tematic efforts to collect ail of the in- formation obtainable by their own exer- s. A significant feature of the charts furnished from British sourees, how. is that one and all appear to confine its cf Dutch settlements almost en- tireiy to the east of the Pomaroon river, and to show that up to the close of the last century the only settlement in the shhorhoed of that river was one on the dd by the Spanish Ca- +e TODAY'S NOMINATIONS. The President Sends a Number of Names to the Senate. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—R. Loper Paird of Pennsyl- vania, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Philadelphia, Pa. Justice—James M. Beck of Peansylyania, attorney of the United States of east dis- trict ef Pennsylvania; James B. Reilly of Pennsylvania, marshal of the United States east district of Pennsylvania. To be consuls of the United States—Clem- ent J. Dietrich of Biaryland, at Nantes, France; Richard L. Miller of Virginia, at Hull, England; Ethelbert Watts of Penn- sylvania, Switzerland. i interior—Chas. E. McChesney of Ne- braska, agent for Indians, Rosebud agency, in South Dakota. To be Indian inspectors—J. George Wright ef South Dakota; John Lane of Washing- to War—Sergeant Joseph Drips, eighth cav- alry, to be second lieutenant; Sergeant Wm. F. Creary, third infant to be second lieutenant; Corporal Edward T. Hartman, seventh infantry, to be second lieutenant; Ccrporal Howard W. French, first cavalry, to be second lieutenant. And a large number of postmasters. Personal Mention. Surgeon W. R. DuBose of the Naval Academy is in the city. Controller Bowler has gone to New Hamp- shire for a few days. Assistant Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo have been summoned to Bright’s Post Of- fice, near Danville, V ‘by the serious ill- ress of Mrs. Tardy, Mrs. McAdoo’s mother, who is a resident of that village. Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood has been in- vited to deliver her lecture, entitled “The New Woman,” on the 12th and 13th of this month at Patchogue and Far Rockaway, Leng Isiand, and on ‘the 6th and 7th of April at Georgetown, Ohio, and at Dan- ville Normal College, Indiana. William H. Pope, who has been confined to his home for a week on account of sick- ness, is slowly improving. Capt. Wm. B. Reynolds, fourteenth in- fantry, is in the city for a few days. Capt. Albert Kantz, commanding the re- ceiving ship Wabash, is on a visit to the city. Lieut. R. M. Doyle of the Naval Academy is in the city. AGAINST M’KINLEY Party Leaders Combining Against ‘the Ohio Man. PERILS HE MAY ENCOUNTER Even His Attitude as a Protectionist May Be Assailed. HIS SOUTHERN SUPPORT Although the friends of Mr. McKinley claim a substantial lead for him in the rresidential contest, his opponents regard him as being in a good deal of peril. His very strength at present, they think, will prove to be an element of weakness. He has a long line to protect, and there is full three months’ time in which its weak places say be sounded for and attacked. More favorite sons may be brought out and other steps taken befere the St. Louis conyen- Uon meets in an effort to keep his vote down on the opening ballots to as low a figure as possible. As the hope of the opposition seems to rest largely on combinations, it is fortunate Tor the opposition that it possesses so much talent for that kind of maneuvering. The leading managers of the party are anti- McKinley. Mr. Quay, Mr. Piatt, Mr. Clark- son. Mr. Fessenden, Mr. Chandler, Mr. New and Mr. Kellogg are men of reputa- tion in the matter of handling delegates at conventions. They are not in agreement, it is true, as to the candidate, but they are Lnited in opposition to the Ohio aspirant. Their first object is to beat him, and If that can be assured they will then confer as to the next step. They are divided at pres- ent between Mr. Reed and Mr. Allison. To Attack the Southern Line. The first attack will be on the MeKiaiey southern line. That is thought to be weak. ‘There may not, however, be good ground for this belief. It may be founded only on the behavior of certain southern delegates in past national conventions. It has been premised that the south at St. Louis this “ur will not be the south that was repre- sented at Chicago In 18S¥ or at Minneapo- lis in 1892. Men of more substance are to appear as delegates, and of the ciass not to be manipulated by any “flush manager who may come along with his fascinations if this promise is kept and Mr. y's support in that section comes irom such sources he ougit not to have y more trouble holding his southern than his northern line. Sill his opponents chink he will be weak there, and they are prepar- ing for a vigorous assault on him. Not on One Issue Alone. The anti-MeKinley people insist, too, that mattcrs are matericily broadening. The campaign, they declare, will not be fought on the one issue for which Mr. MeKinley is thought to stand so conspicuously. ‘The tariff, they say, is important, but not all important. The money question will be up, and a foreign policy under discussion. w, they ask, where does Mr. McKin nd on the money question? And 3 he to say about foreign affairs? he take prec of these two portant subjects? Both of them will entcr into the national platform. The tariff plank alone will not constitute that instrument. So, as the anti-McKinley people reason, the man best qualified to lead the party this year is not the man 0 stands for one thing, but the man ose record and convictions bring him the closest in touch with popular sentiment and party professions on all the things that will enter into the campaign. Questioned as a Protectionis: The fight is getting so warm, indeed, Mr. McKinley is arraigned even as a prot Uonist. It Is charged that several of the schedules of the McKinley bill—the wool schedule among the number—failed in ap- plication to yield returns that have been promised when the bill was before Con- gress, and that the reciprocity features of the bill—now so much lauded—were not only not of Mr. McKinley's devising, but were actually resistel by him when first pre- sented; that it required all of Mr. Blaine's pewer to secure their incorporation into the bill. In fact, it is now declared that the McKinley bill as it passed the Hoi in the Fifty-first Congress was as defec- tive a measure as was the Wilson bill in the last Congress before Mr. Gorman took it in nand and changed the whole aspect of it. . Still, the fact remains that Mr. McKinley is in_the lead, and unless he is headed off is going te St. Louis with a very strong following. Does -Jer.ce of anybody on either ——_____+-e IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. The Contests Between the Silver and Sound Money Men. The various campaigns now in progress in the southern states are being watched here with more than usual interest by not only the citizens of the respective states, but by those who are watching the progress of national affairs. In Tennessee fifteen counties have so far acted in the matter of deciding on their choice for governor. All of them have voted for ex-Gov. Bob Tayior, who seems to be sweeping the field without any effort. His only opponent is Attorney General Harris. All of the fifteen ccunties have also adopted strong free silver resolutions. The hope of Congressman Patterson that the sound money men in Tennessee would be able to make a respectable stand seems to be blast- ed. None of the counties in Mr. Patter- son's district have acted so far. Mr. Tay- lor is an out-and-out silver man. Senator Jones of Arkansas returned to his state several days ago to again enter ac- tively into the joint campaign with Gov. Clark, who is opposing him for the Senate. The contest in that state is between silver men, and furnishes no opportunity to show whether there is any sound money senti- ment in the state. While Senator Jones’ friends say that he is not uneasy, they ad- mit that an able and popular man is op- posing him, and that he must fight hard to win. In Alabama the sound money men have a splendid cpportunity to show what they can do, and they are taking advantage of it. If there Is a southern state which sends gold standard delegates to Chicago it will be Alabama. Corgressman Clark, who is running for governor, is making a vigorous fight against Capt. Johnson, the silver can- didate, ard is sald to be making headway. Uni:ke in most scuthern states, the present state officers of Alabama are gold standard men. Gov. Oates is an open advocate of sound money, snd. both he and ex-Gov. Jones are supporting Clark. This gives Clark influential support. SS The Dry Dock at Puget Sound. The contractors for building the big dry dock on Puget sound have been rushing the work in a manner that has been very gratifying to the Navy Department, and in consequence have come so nearly com- pleting the structure that the Monterey has been ordered north to try the dock for the first time. is is the first time in recent years, it is said, that naval dock work has been completed ahead of the | CRUSHED BY THE CARS A Young Man Instantly Killed on the Pennsylvania Tracks ing the Freight Yard and Got Between the Eampers on . ® Switching Coal Train. John Jenkins, a young white man employ- ed as a wiper in the Pennsylvania railroad round house: in South Washington, was crushed and instantly killed about 7 o'clock this morning between some cars in the freight yard. No one saw the accident, but the circumstances tell very plainly how it occurred. Jenkins was last seen alive by some of his fellow workmen, who were go- ing to work a few minutes before 7 o'clock. He was cutting across by a short path through the freight yards, and going in the directicn of the round house. This, it is said, was at 6:53. At 7:17 some negroes who hang about the coal cars pick- ing up lumps of coal that, fall off, saw Jenkins’ body caught between the bumpers of two coal cars. He had evidently crossed the track between the two cars, which stood bout six feet apart, and the switch- ing engine just then “ihrew” a car onto the track against the few coal cars. These by the force of this car were thrown suddenly back, and Jenkins, not knowing the engine was on that track, was caught instantly and the life crushed out of him. His body was not mangled and outwardly there were no bruises. His chest was crush- ed in and the internal organs ruptured. ‘The round house men called the Emergency Hos- pital ambulance and the body was removed in it. Jenkins was unmarried and lived with his sister, who also works for the Pennsyl- vania road as a car cleaner in the same car yards where the young man was killed. He was a steady, hard-working young fellow and had been employed in the round house for a year past. oe HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE. Destruction of a Warehouse at Louis- ville—Pittsburg Homes Burned. LOUISVILLE, K, March 9.—Fire broke out In warehouse No. 3 of the Union Ware- house Company at 1 o'clock, entailing a loss of $175,000 on contents, which consisted of merchandise, hay and farming implements, and $30,000 on the building; all covered by insurance. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 9.—An East End fire at 7:30 o’clock this morning destroyed a block of ten houses on Aurel'a street, render- ing ten families homeless and eausing a lo: of $50,000. The fire originated from a de- fective flue and spread so rapidly that the cceupants barely escaped with their lives and Jost all their household effects. Capt. Fred Beckett of Engine Comp. 16 felt twenty feet and was sericusly, but not fatally, injured. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., March dwelling house, barns, out bulidings, the farm of Aquilla Jones, neay Mooresto were Ccstruyed by fire at a late hour night. Thirty horses ard cows perished in the flames. ‘fhe origin of the fire is un- known; loss, $10,000. ee APPROVE THE SULZER BILL. “Sweat Shops” Considered at a Mass “Meeting in Chicago. CHICAGO, March 9.—The sweat shop and the system that supports It were under con- sideration at Central Music Hall last even- ing. Nine speakers, representing the pul- pit, bar, the state government and the trade that is most closely identified with the sweat shop, explained its history, its operation, the evils of its existence and its tenacity of life, and suggested methods of reform. Judge M. F. Tuley, who was one of the speakers, advised workingmen and women that legislatures and courts would give them littie relief until they should manifest their power by organtzation. The resolution. which was adopted by the meeting is as follows: “Kesolved, That this mass meeting of citizens, assembled in Music Hall, Chicag declares its approval of the proposal now. before Congress in the Sulzer bill for the federal regulation of tenement house manu- facture, requests the Senaters and Repre- sentatives in Congress from Illinois to vote for it, and instructs the secretary of this meeting to send a copy of this resolution to each of them.” er MACEO’S DEFEAT CLAIMED: Col. Vicuna Said to Have Beaten Him With Great Loss. MADRID, March 9.—A dispatch received here from official sources in Havana says that Colonel Vicuna has defeated Maceo with a loss of seventy-two killed and a great number of wounded. The Spanish troops also captured 210 horses and a large quantity of arms. The Spaniards, who only lost twenty-two wounded, are still pursuing the enemy. a DETAINED IN QUARANTINE. The Steamer Polyphemus Lost Two of Her Crew by Smallpox. NEW YORK, March 9.—The British steamer Polyphemus arrived this morning from China and Japan ports with a general cargo. While in port at Shangha! small- pox broke out on board. Two of the crew ‘died and three others were sent ashore to the marine hospital. On arrival at quaran- tine today the ship was subjected to a close inspection, and all hands found healthy. As a precautionary measure, Dr. Doty decided to hold the steamer for a thorough disinfection and cleansing. The entire ship's crew will be transferred to Hoffman Island. The steamer will be al- lowed to proceed to her dock this after- neon. — DANGER OF BLOODSHED. Sheepmen Told by Colorado 'Cowmen to Vacate. DELTA, Col., March 9.—Thé shbepmen in the western part of Delta county were noti- fied last night by a party of ‘masked cow- men that their sheep must" be moved at once, or they would be killed. The sheep have occupied their present range for ten years, and their right to it has been gen- erally conceded. Bloodshed is expected if the cattlemen attempt to carry out their threat. . —— Railway Men Coming Hére. PEORIA, Ill., March 9.—In)'ten"days rep- ‘resentatives of the Railroad Brotherhoods will meet in Washington to consfer legis- lation pending before Congréss afid decide what to support. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March 9.—T. W. Harper, attorney of the Brotherhood. of Locomotive Firemen, left for Washington last night, to appear before a congressional committee on behalf of two bills he pre- pared, and which were introduced in both branches of Congress. One vides for an appeal in contempt cases in federal courts, and also trial by-jury h wherein the * “The ground we take,” Mr. Der ‘8 that if Congress has @ right to reguls the rates for hauling it has the prices paid for erent riekt to regulate SENATOR HILL He Will Be the Most Prominent Leader at Chicago, WHAT MAY GROW OUT OF Als His Fortunes Said te Be Now * Rising at Home. THE ROLE OF PACIFICATOR If announcements already made are ad- hered to Senator Hill will be the most prominent leader of his party at the. Chi- + cago convention. Moreover, as chairman of the New York delegation, he may be expected to cut an important figure there, both in the building of the platform and in the naming of the candidate. What May Develop. What may grow out of this opportunity 1s now the subject of much speculation in political circles. Mr. Hill is an astute man, and, despite recent reverses, still an ambitious man. He is not a candidate for the Chicago nomination. He has said some pleasant things about Colonel Mor- rison, and this has caused him to be “la as a Morrison boomer. ‘The better judg- ment seems to be, however, that he no man’s boomer, but considers that the task which will confront the party at Chi will rise very far superior to ail-q of mere personal moment and adv ment. The main point will be to hold the party together, and make the nomination worth one’s while in the interests of the party's future welfare. Will Represent Sound Money Men. Mr. Hill’s opportunity is best appreciated by glancing at the list of the leaders who will not attend the convention. Mr. Gor- man, Mr, Brice, Mr. Watterson, Mr. Cro- ker, Mr. Cockran will not participate. Mr. Whitney may rot go, althouzh he has not forbidden the use of his me as a delegate. Mr. Hill, therefore, is expecied largely to represent and to present the views of the gound money wing of the party when the inevitable clash comes between the sound money wing and the siive And New York, it is claimed, will rightfully lead in that cont both by reason of the fact that she is the great money center of the country and becouse the party there so cordially indorses the course that the Presi- dent has pursued. A Diplomat Needed. It is suggested, however, that t sion will call for a diplomat rati eve v than for an aggressive man of action. The sil- ver men are not of the fiber to be forced into measures. Argument, appeal, a time- ly and skillful playing on the old strings of past comrs ip, will be worth more than rtion. Is Mr. Hill capabic of this role? It is not natural to him. He has tried it in a lwecal way, be formance at Syracuse last year, w tried to bring Tammany and the Fairchild people tegether, was a failure. His suc- at hom= have been en hnes of dash and determination. rse in the Senate here has been s y fash- i . He has bold hing he didn’t like, and ‘n the income tax case he refused all overtures tor « romise, Flow will he carry himself at Chicasso? The eurrency question is a far more importint question than that of an income tax, and popular expectation is that it must be com- promised in some way if a party di- vision is to be avoided at the convention. His Fortunes Rising at Home. But, regardless of whether anything of national consequence to him grows out of the part he plays at Chicago, the friends of Mr. Hill believe that his fortunes at home are rising again. For a time the elections in New York last fall were accepted as having marked him for the shelf. The legislature chosen was largely republican, and a repub- lican successor to Mr. Hill was so confidently predicted that the leaders of the party began to prepare for the fray. As a starter, they could count on thirty-s:x hold-over senators to fourteen democrats who ld partici- pate in the election of Mr. Hill's successor in the Senate, and h the tude likely to continue to run strongly in their favor, suc- cess seemed assured. The outlook, Mr. Hill's friends claim, is different now: The present legislature under Mr. Platt’s influence has done some very unpopular things, and re- volt is the order of the day. Bolts from republican local tickets this year are threat- ened from the Battery to Buffalo, and so great is the general disaffection that the democrats are plucking up spirit and talking of electing a legislature in November. If such should be the result of the contest, Mr. Hill,-It is thought, will be certain to profit by it and succeed himself as Senator. State Convention Not Yet Called. The state convention to select the dele- gates to Chicago bas not yet been called. Discussion of the matter reveals a division of opinion as to the place. Saratoga and New York cliy are both suggested. June will probably be the time. Tne delegation is not likely to be instructed. Neither Mr. Hill nor Mr. Whitney is a candidate for the nominaticn, and no other New York names are associated with the distinction. The chief ccncern seems to be to assist in preventing a rupture in the national cr- garization, and.at the same time secure a party deliverance upon which eastern democrats may comfortably stand. New York's part at Chicago, therefore, as now cut out, will be that of pacificator—spelt with a large P, and pronounced with a deep bass voice. WANTS IT PAVED. Mr. McAdoo’s Letter to the Congres- sional Naval Committee Chairmen. Assistant Secretary McAdoo has written to the chairmen of the congressional naval committees calling attention to an esti- mate of $15,000 sent to Congress for the paving of the street running between the Navy Department building and the White House grounds, and to the urgent neces- sity for the same in the interest of the Preservation of -the Navy Department building. “That building,” he says, “is now badly discolored and injured by the dust and grave) which ts driven against it with great force by the winds, and at times it is very inconvenient and annoying to carry on business when the windows are open. In addition the typewriters in the building are much injured by the dust, as well as the furniture and fixtures in the room. I therefore respectfully urge that the esti- mato asked for be granted by the Con- gressr’” o- Acts Approved. The President has approved the joint resolution authorizing Lieutenant. S. 3. Jordon, fifth artillery, and Captain E. C. Carter, assistant surgeon, U.S.A., to accept medals from the British government for humane services to the shipwrecked crew of the British ship Strathblane. Also the act donating condemned cannon to Lin- coln Post, G.A-R., Hope Valley, R. 1; the ‘Women's Relief Corps, Taylorsville, 11., and the town of Newton, N. J. —_o-_______ Naval Movements. The cruiser Boston arrived at Nagasaki today. The Marion has arrived at Co- quimbo and the Dolphin is at Puerto Cor- tez, Honduras. EXPLAINING THEIR PLANS Commissioners’ Letter Relating to Under- . ground Oonduits. The Cost of a Complete System the Number of Miles to Cover. The Commissioners today sent a letter to Senator McMillan upon the subject of un- derground conduits. In-this letter they say: “It is reasonable to expect that for some years to come the urgent needs of the D' trict will absorb all, or nearly all, of its revenues. In this connection it should be remembered that, if the bonded debt of the District is increased to carry out the high- way act and the system of seweraze dis- posal, and trunk sewers already recom- mended by the Commissioners, about $400,- 000 additional will annually be required to meet the interest and provide a sinking fund for the payment of the principal. Un- der these circumstances the Commissioners do not feel justified in ng that any con- siderable sum can advantagecusly be di- verted from more important objects to Uh construction of a system of public sul ke such a work,’ t was in view of these facis that the Commissioners were led to suggest, in their proposed subway bill, that the privi- lege of laying subways in t st he sold to the highest bid of thirty years, at the expir would become the pronert w subway bill framed by the Commissioners they are in favor of at least’ making beginning of a system of publi the manver mplated by 340, which will in time gt What the Commissioners hoped provided within their subway bil to the length of a conduit system provide for those portions of the city Washington where it is most desiraly! underground wires, the Commi. " timate is sixty-two (f2) mi The Tri-Weekly Receptions in Room Resxamed. the amed receptions in the east use Their populari- shown by the fact that about 30) per- gathered in the east room to pay their the affair n tri-weekly rcom of the White Hi ty is sens respe public and ple: y smile and a cordial hand: Ss mt had hake for usual, the fair sex w: There were no introd mony of his visitor: in the majo A be continued eve day and Saturday intended especially 70: its of Washington, —EEEE DR. KERSHNER'S CASE, Many Promotions De of the Presid nyed by Failure to Act. Naval officers are puzzled to account for { the delay that has marked the case of Medical Director Kershner. That officer was convicted by court-mar akin to perjury, and sentence: ed from the service. The record in his has been in the President's hands for over six months, but for unexplained rea- sons he does not seem inclined to act upon it. A large number of promotions in the ical department hinge upon the result Dr. Ker is a prominent eral clubs in Ne York, and has many influential tr: in- cluding Mr. Benedict, the President’s host | of last summer. It vithin the power of the executive to set aside the findings of the court and restore Dr. Kershner to duty, but he seems no more inclined to do that than to approve the sentence of dism'ssai ‘The case is almost without parallel in th history of the navy, and there is consider- able interest to know how it will terminate, A Discovery Claimed to Have Been Made at Denver. DENVER, Colo., March Preliminary experiments in “X rays" conducted jointly by the Recky Mountain News and the Honteopathic College have disproved the theory advanced that Crookes tubes made of lead glass would not permit the X rays to pass through the wails of the tube. The experiments were conducted by C. E. ‘Ten- nant, jr., on b@half of the college, and H. H. Buckwalter, reporter for the News, also a practical photographer. It being impos- sible to procure a genuine Crookes tube, a substitute was made of common lead glass used In incandescent globes and made by the company. Several negatives were made in-a remarkably short time after some un: known change had taken piace in the glas: structure directly where the cathode and > rays impinge on the glass opposiie the aluminum disc. This supposed molecular change took about an hour, after w the rays came forth in such quantity th: perfect negative of the bones of a man’s hand was obtainable in five minutes. The current was from an induction coil, giving a three-inch spark. Other negatives were made to determine the absorbing powers of various substances, and none of these negatives were given an hour's exposure. Development lasted less than fifteen minutes. ——.__. Representative Watson Renominnted. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 9.—David K. Watson today was renominated by the re- publicans for Congress in the twelfth dis- trict. which is usually democratic, Mr. Watscn breaking the rccoré by defeating Mr. Outhwaite during the political land- slide two years ago. Mr. Watson is fort seven years of age, attorney-at-law, * been attorney general of Ohio two term: attorney for the government in Pacit railrond cases, assistant United States dis- trict attorney. As attorney general of Ohio he compelled the reorganization of the Standard Oil Company. SS The Alert at Corinto. Secretary Herbert has received a cable message arnouncing the arrival of the cruiser Alert at Corinto, Nicaragua, in pur- suance of telegraphic orders, to see that American interests are fully respected dur- ing the revclution now in progress in that country. The message makes no mention of the landing’ of a force of marines, but no doubt is expressed that such action was taken if justified by the Situation. The landing of armed forces -would indicate a serious state of affairs, and possibly that the trouble has gotten beyond the con‘rol of the authorities. The State Department has received advices from Minister Baker at Managua to the effect that President Zelaya is taking vigorous measures 70 crush the revolution. —— An Assignment. Wm. H. Keister, trading at 220-22 9th street and Louisiana avenue, as W. H. Keister & Co., wholesale grocers, today made an assignment to Edwin Nauck, for the benefit of creditors. The assets are eee $8,168.63, and the libilities at A DOLLAR GAS BILL The Measure Passes the House With but One Amendment, OTHER LOCAL MEASURES ACTED OR The Free Library Bill Discussed at Length. THE ARGUMENTS MADE This was District day in the House, and Chairman Babcock and his colieaznes cn the committee were on hand at the open- ing of the session to avail themselves of the privilege of presenting District busi- ness for considerztion. The first measure called up for action was the bill to incorporate the convention of the Protestant Ej pal Chirch of the diocese of Washington. The Senate bill was substituted for the House bill, being in effect the same. ‘This bill has been printed heretofore in The Star. Mr. Cannon of Minois discu: for the purpose of stating that the church property in the District mated frem taxation amo! = to 000,000, Mr. Odell said this bill does not « the sum of church prop: but the property already owned. Babeock suggested it w * city of Washington that there 4) of church property here, The bill wes passed without ame Street Raifrond Franchise Acts. Mr. Babcock then called up the concurrent resolution providing that there be printed and bor ed the bill dd to divides Mr. 1 into one convenier ns at the government printing office all the various acts of Congress re to street railway franchises in ihe District ef Co- luinbia, and that 200 cop of the same she of the Sen- for the ihe House missioner The r bate, of the Di sof Grace Abolished. following bill w: ‘That on all no ances, bills of exchange, dences of indel; cepted The wn or ion after and i te the Ist di there fs no ex trary whieh the con- i ihersin © Mr. Curtis of 19 the mended by t “Great incon sult both to d : the fact that notes and sim! be paid on any one an ‘= from tions veral of the ndable before the + s of grace. iditional cre y all of the ired to e such sent bee if not en- yed the © show! Ulinois, € . Pennsvly New Jersey. It is desired in thi munity to keep pace with such by progress.”" The bili was passed without amendment. The Dollar-Gas Bill The dollar gas bill was the next one to be presented to the House. read in full ed in The Its pro- last i getown $1.25 thousand feet. Mr. Babcock said his cc taken a different method f: ying to get at this ges question. They had not considered the relative cost of gas In other cit companies in deliver it, To determine this question of cost committee took the gas comy statement as a basis for their c and reached the in the my accompanying the hed between the pri companies, it Georgetown company more than the other company to m The bill, in adat- tion to lessening the price of gas, requires an increase in the iluminatinge power of the gas from sixteen te twenty-two candle pow- er. S, byt solely wv this city to 1 t it cost the ake gas and the One Section Stricken Out. Upon motion of Mr. Dockery, section 5 of the gas bill was stricken out. That section provides: “That a clerk shail be appointed by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to perform clerical services and assist gen- erally in the work required in the labora- tories of the inspector of gas and] meters, and his compensation shall be $1,000 per arnum. That an additional tor of lamps shall be appointed by seid Commis- sicners, and h's compensation shall be $900 per annum.” Mr. Dockery said the District appropriae tion bill will provide for these officials. The dollar-gas then passed with- out further debate or amendment. Free Library Bil Mr. Babeock then called up the Senate Dili to establish and provide for the main- tenance of a free publig y and reading reem tn the District. Mr. ington of Maryland took the floor to advocate the passage of the bill, He re- ferred to the fact t housands of books in this city 1 Mibraries, and yet there is not a lib exteal where the averaze citizen can get 2 book to take to his home and read. “Lt is like the case of the marine ho fond wa meetin yg mut a Me He said this is the only city of in the United Siates that is wii brary. The labor unions of the city, the people gen ard the public S are e demand fer The a wht to be provided, should maintain it. In resp se tc en inquiry from XN non, Mr. Babcock said he is in large sums of money and extensive colle tions of books are at hard, to be turned im when the library Is organized. Mr. Dockery offered an amendment prov viding that no liability shall be incurred under this act unless Ccngress shall have first made approyriation for the cbjecta herein stated. This was acceptable to the committee an@ was sadopicd. Mr. Powers’ Amendment. Mr. Powers cf Vermont then offered am amendment striking out section 6 of the bIH and providing that all expenses of the library shali be charged to the Distrigg and the city