Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1896, Page 1

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STREET EXTENSION The Matter Considered by the Sen- ate District pam TWOBILLS 10 BE PAVORABLY REPORTED Commissioners’ Objections to Indi- vidual Measures Not Valid. OTHER LOCAL MATTERS The District committee of the Senate held a long and important meeting this morning, which was attended by Senators McMillan, Galiinger, Hansbrough, Proctor, Pritchard, Baker, Harris, The main subject: street extension bill, and on both of these the committee as- sumed a favorable attitude. Street Extension Matter. The street extension matter came before the committee in the form of the two bills recently introduced, one extending North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home and the other extending Lith street to the Spring road. In the regular course of business these bills were referred to the District Commissioners ani by them reported ad- versely, with a letter, whicn was printed the other day in The Star, in which the Com- missioners stated that they deemel it inad- visable at this time to proe: extensicns while the highway act was under consideration in the courts. They charac- terized the passage of individual bills fer street extension as being antagonistic to the general and wise policy embodiel in the highway act, and they emphaucally vetoed the proposition that bills and the dollar gas d with street there should he in n of the Court of haps of the tionality of tb way act. To this opinion cf the Commissioners sev- eral Senators st once took exception, and Senators kner and Gallinger expressed fhemselv interviews In The Star as de- ter minea ‘ommis- siomers on * Faulkner, whose interview Bae inadve ently printed as coming from Mr. Proctor, said that, in his opinion, it looked ‘ike an attempt onthe part ef the Commissioners to coerce Con- gre of the highway To Be Reported Favorably. In committee this morning Mr. Proctor called attention to the letter of the Com- missieners, and urged that the committee make a favorable report on the two bills, standing the adverse opinion of the foners. He was not alone in this nd the committee without dissent that a favorable report be made on these two measures. It was agreed that it r to g0 ahead with the im- he main thoroughfares of the sion into the suburbs in the city system of str. to wait for the slow process of ‘The evident unconstitutionality ot the high- way act was accepted as a foregone conclu- sion, and it was thought inadvisable to place depemlence upon the possibility of the upper court overruling the lewer in this matter, o- upon Congress passing a curative act. n act curing the defects Provisions of the Bills. These bills were introduced by Senator McMillan on the 2d instant. The bil! to ex- tend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home directs the Commissioners to open and grade that street from T street to the home, and to condemn, accoréing to chapter li of the Revised Statutes, relating to the Di ict, for opening highways, such of the lands of the Prospec: Hill cemetery and of Annie E. Parbour as may be necessary for the extension of the street, and the amount of money necessary to pay the judgment of condemration and the cost of grading is #pprepriated without specification by the bill, but the cost of grading is not to ex- ceed $10,000. which One-half of this appropriation, is to be immediately available on the ge of the act, is to be paid out of the revenues of the District. The other bill directs the Commissioners to open «nd grade lith street from Park street to Spring read, and to condemn, in the manner provided by iaw pricr to March 2, 1492, for the condemnation of land in the District, such of the lands of the Mattingly estate and of the estate of John T. Lenman and Saunders and Lipscomb, trustees, as may be necessary for such extension. The money necessary for this purpose is appro- priated without specification under the Same conditions as in the other bill. The grading is not to cast more than $5,004 The Dollar Gas Bill. There was complete unanimity as far as there were any expressions of opinion in favor of the dollar gas bill passed by the House last Monday. There was a dispo- sition to order a favorable report made upon this measure today, but it was pointed out that the Washington Gaslight Company believe the provision as to the t of purity and illuminating to be impracticabie and ob jete and that they had asked for a hearing on this particular point. In view of faci it w eed that the biil should poned until next Friday, when it 2 Up for final disposition. Inas- a ion whatever S a large ma- ommittee in open advocacy . it is a practi that the committee will next Friday mous!¥ rep bill favorably to the Sen- ate, Where > placed upon the calen- dar, ready to be called up at any time for final action. The Gas Company's Influence. The gas company has, so far as public appearances go, withdrawn its opposition to *his measure, but it ts asserted that much influence is being exerted quietly by the com any and by its collateral interests, such as the Standard Oil Company and the coal corporations that supply it with ma- terial, against the bill, and it remains to be seen, of course, just how far this will be effective in preventing the passage of the Dill. It is regarded as certain that no bill will be passed this session chartering new comyanies, and there is an overwhelming majority in Congress in favor of cheaper gas. There is no doubt that if the bill should come before the Senate fer a vote it would be passed with practical a= nimity, and it is presumed that the efforts @of the gaslight company are directed tow- ard preventing a vote being taken. Experts to Be Heard. Next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the committee will grant a hearing to certain New York experts, who have been sum- moned by the company in its behalf to give testimony in regard to the tests to be ap- plied to gas to determine its power and purity. The provisions of the bill regarding this matter were drawn by Commissioner Powell, who will be called Before the com- mittee to explain the reasons for providing the tests that are now included in the bill. It is the contention of the company that the required standard of thirty-two candle power is impracticable of attainment if the tests now provided in the bill are insist- ed upon, as it is urged that these tests are impracticable, and have long been discard- ed by gas companies. The House bill, which is to be accepted by the Senate committee fixes the price of gas in the city of Washington at $1 per 1,000, and in Georgetown at $1.25. The Sen- ete bill recently introduced by Mr. McMil- lan placed a flat rate of $1 on all gas sold (Continued on Fifth Page.) ————— DISSATISFIED GOLD MEN The Ohio Financial Plank Said to Be a Weak Ona. Eastern Men Want a Definite Declara- tion on the Money Question and No Straddle. After deliberate consideration of the mat- ter, politicians appear to have generally come to the conclusion that the financial plank ia the Ohio platform is going to prove dangerous to Mr. McKinley's pros- pects in the rational convention. The nee is attributed to Mr. McKinley himself, ani is regarded as both indiscrect and eavaaes It does not appear to please either faction. The gold standard people are dissatisfied and the silver men are angry at the idea that they are to be trifled with. The pre- diction is made that nothing will be gained in the silver sectiors, and that it will weaken him in the east. The McKinley people are counting on the popularity of their candidate in the eastern manufactur- ing centers to give him many votes from that sectior after the fight s well on in the convention. They have been claiming pri- vately that after the first two or three bal- lots they would make a break into Reed’s New England support, getting yotes from both Massachusetts and Connecticut. They claim also that the McKinley sentiment in Pennsylvania and New York cannot be held in check by Quay ana Platt. The opinion is now expressed here that their calcula- tions will ali be thrown out of kilter by this evidence of weakness on the financial question. A Direct Declaration Wanted. The belief amcng the leading “sound money” men is that the demand of the eastern republicans is for a direct and emphatic declaration on the money ques- tion. No better time, it is thought, could be for the settlement of the question, and, they want the settlement to be decisive. Tkere is a decided aversion to the idea of dodging the question and leaving the issue still in doubt when the election is over. The declaration in favor of silver, as well as gold, “‘as standard money” is regarded as grartng ir one breath all that the sil- Ver men are ccnterding for; while the qual- ifying clacse is the negative to this prop- ositicn. It is left a matter of doubt which fropositien the most stress is put upon. The opinion is very widely expressed that Mr. McKinley would have lost nothing hy making a clear declaration in favor of the gold standard. On the contrary, it is thought that such a declaration would have either driven the other candidates to de- clare themselves to similar purpose, or would have made it safe for him to count en very substantial assistance at the con- vention irom New York and Pennsylvania, if not from some parts of New Englan This plank in the Ohio platform is regard- ed as the break in MeKinley’s brilliant canvass for the nomination. —————__.- = _ THE ROAD TO THE BAY. Favorable Report Made to the Mary- Iand House. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 13.—The house committee on corporations reported favor- ably today the bill to enlarge the powers of the Washington, Annapolis and Chesa- peake railroad. The bill recently passed the senate. Gen. Joseph B. Seth and Mr. Tkomas S. Constatine of Washington are here looking after the interests of the cor- poretion. ‘The bill will probably pass witi- out objection. The new board of public works this morn- ing unanimously elected F. Albert Kurtz of Baltimore state insurance commissioner in place of Mr. Thomas Townsend, re- moved. The office pays $2,500 a year, and is in many respects the most important Place at the disposal of the board. Freeman Kaisin occupied the position some years. Mr. Kurtz’s election is alot the line of rohtical advancement indicat in the caoice of Mr. W. W. Johnson as po- Uce commissioner. His principal upponent was Mr. Joshua Horner, pres.dent of the American National Bank of Baitimore, who had a strong backing of representative bus- ipess men of the city. Mr. Kartz is a strong Wellington man, and cast his mfiuence in behalf of the sixth district congressmen during the latter's senatorial contest. Mr. Kurtz was essistant postmaster of Baltimore during President Harrison's ad- ministration, The conference committee on assessments held its first meeting this morning and elected Senator Hering (author of the sen- ate bill) chairman and Delegate Burber secretary. The members look for Governar- Lowrdes’ veto, and are working hard to effect an agreement so that a bill may be Passed over it. ——__ DEFENDS THE BLUE BOOK. The British Attorney General Says That There is but One Mistake in It. LONDON, March 13.—Sir Richard Web- ster, the attorney gencral, replying in the house of commons to c<he criticisms upon alleged discrepancies in tne Venezuelan blue book, said that the reason all the quotations in the preliminary statement were not found in the appendix was that some of the documents were not printed. He added that all of the quotations will be found in the original documents, of which a second collection will shortly be publisked. Continuing, Sir Richard Webster said that the only case of a mistake was in a quotation on page 5. ———.__ CANADIANS TO ORGANIZE. Labor Men te Cut Adrift From the United States. OTTAWA, Ont., March 13.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the }“nights of Labor, and other prominent labor men, it was decided to form a Canadian Federa- tion of Labor, having no connection with the United States labor organizations, = to organize at once. Canadians belicy. there is no longer anything to be gained ie their connection with the internatio1al as- sociation, since the alien law, as enforced by the United States, prevents a Canadian member of affiliated bodies” from obtaining employment in the states. —_.__ BELGIUM'S POSITION. Insuring Stability of International Bimetallism, ees March 13.—The premier, M. P. De S. De Naeyer, replying to a question urging the re-establishment of interna- tional bimetallism, said it, was easy to ac- knowledge the importance international bi- metallism has acquired, and he assured the chamber that the government would acquiesce in any measure insuring, by in- ternational agreement, the stability of the monetary exchange of gold and silver. —— RUSSO-CHINESE TREATY. Report That It “Has 1 Been Comcindew Confirmed. PEKING, March 13.—It is stated here in official circles that confirmation has been obtained of the report circulated some months ago that a secret treaty has been concluded between Russia and China, giv- ing the former extraordinary rights in’ the way of railroad building through Man- churia, &c. THE DREIBUND SAFE Passing of the Storm Caused by Baratieri’s Defeat. EFFECT OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE England Offered to Send Aid to the Italian Forces. i NO MORE RIOTING IN ROME ———— ROME, March 13.—Out of the terrible storm of popular anger which swept over Italy when the news of the defeat of the army under Gen. Baratieri reached here little remains but a feeling of great resent- ment against the Italian commander. All wioting has ceased. The reserv- ists who fled from the country sooner than go to Africa at the call of the government foc the class of 1872 are returning, and it is not belteved any steps will be taken to punish them. Negotiations with King Men- elik have been opened. It is anticipated that peace will be concluded before long, and the war office has countermanded the instructions sent to various points for the hurrying forward of reinforcements to Africa. The new cabinet is settling down to work, and the financial situation is brighter than antic!pated. Under these circumstances Italy breathes freer than for some time past, and there is a feeling of gratitude for those who have aided in Berl.n during the past few days in bringing about this change from blank despair to great hope in the future. Effect of the Kerlin Conference. The conferences which have taken place here recently between the Marquis di Ru- dini, the new premter, and the Duke of Sermoneta, their audiences with King Humbert and the constant exchange of tel- egraphic messages between this city and the German capital have been coincident with the meetings in Berlin of the Austrian minister for forelgn affairs, Count Goiu- chowski; the German foreign minis er, Baron Marschall von Biebersteia; the Ital- ian ambassador to Germany, Count Lanza di Busea, and the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, supplemented by audi- peror William. Out of all these exchanges of views, believed, has grown a much he of affairs for all Europe. The G peror is understood to have what. if not entirely wea: ings for closer relat‘on! possible alliance of the three emp the attitude of Germany toward Britain, it is anticipated, change for the better. ‘This is due to the fact, according to re- port, that Great Britain, when the situa on’ was outlined to her from Berlin, he. fore the arrival there of Count Goluchow- ski, promised loyal support for the Italians in the emergency, and took Steps to order an advance up the Nile from Wady Halfa, toward Dongola, of a strong-column of Bri ish-Egyplian troops to act as a Giversion and prevent the concentration ‘of the ra- tives for a joint attack upon the Italians. An Italian loan, it is furth tated, could have been fleated in London, and the half- pledged support to the dreibund, a support bitherto involving jittle els> than an irri- tating uncertainty, is rumored to have de- veloped into a much more cordial and solid understanding with the powers forming the dreibund. Both Emperer Francis Joseph and Em- peror William are praised for this result, as it is known that they have striven night and day since the storm broke to relieve the strain here, which at one time was severe enough to threaten the foundations of the throne. In fact, now that the crisis is over, it is admitted that King Humbert, at one time, was face to face with the Mm ibility: of outbreaks serious enough to develop into almost anything. This condition of affairs, of course, was greatly to the advantage of the socialists, who profited by it to obtain concessions which they could not otherwise have commanded. A Royal Conference. To cap the peaceful climax comes the pleasant report that Emperor William of Germany, Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus- tria and King Humbert will meet at Genoa in a few days, and that a series of brilliant fetes will mark this public proof of the re- newal of ties which compose the dreib.nd, which is Intended to demonstrate to all whom it may concern that Italy, instead of being friendless, upon the verge of bank- ruptcy and incumbered by a tottering throne, is strong in the earnest support of Germany and Austria, and will be backed by Great Britain in any great nergency. That the latter report is true is no longer doubted here, and it is added that a Brit- ish naval squadron will be ordered to Genoa, upon the occasion of the meet- ing of the emperors and King Humbert, in order to openly der-onstrate Great Britain's sympathy with Italy and the dreibund. Finally, it is said that before the em- perors meet at Genoa Emperor Francis Joseph will have succeeded in entirely reconciling Queen ‘Victoria with her im- perial grandson, and so the peace of En- rope, it is hoped, will be further cemented and the possibility of a Muropean war will be driven further and further into the background. To Explain the Recent Defeat. Orders have been sent from the war office to Massowah that the report of Generals Baldissera and Baratieri on the defeat of the Italians at Adowa is to be supplement- ed by the forwarding to this city of a num- ber of important witnesses of the engage- ment. It was at first proposed to court- martial General Baratierl at Massowah. In fact, that plan has not ‘been entirely abandoned, but there were so many utter- ances of disapproval in the press when the plan was outlined that it is under- stood that General Ricotti has decided to have the unfortunate officer tried in public end in this city. There is a strong movement, however, among certain military men and others to have the trial conducted in secret, as it is feared that revelations may be made which will not tend to strengthen the case of Italy before the world. But the general public demands publicity in the matter, and it is believed that the war office au- thorities will have to bow to the popular wi Every fresh advice from Africa only tends to confirm the most alarming reports as to the extent of the disaster at Adowa, and although the official figures have not yet been made public it is admitted that over 12,000 men were killed, wounded or made prisoners. It is believed that the loss of Abyssinians was almost as great. The Abyssinians captured almost all the Italian artillery, ammunition and supplies. The Commander's Plan. General Baratieri, however, repeats that the disaster, though unavoidable under the circumstances, was not due to any desire to strike a big blow before the arrival from Italy of his successor, General Baldissera. He claims that the plan of battle was care- fully mapped out between himself and his generals, that all the latter approved it, and that it would have succeeded had it net been for the fact that the native troops under the Italian flag became panic-stricken and so brought about the complete defeat of the Italian forces. Cause of the Defeat. Disinterested judges still hold that the real cguse for the defeat of the Italians is to be found in the almost unceasing clamor of certain newspapers of this city and other parts of Italy at the alleged inaction of Gen- erces with EF: it is Great will undergo a eral Baratleri. ‘Phése apparently unjust comments upon his conduct of the campaign seem to have goaded him to push forward when good generalship would have avoided such a step until the pians for the advance upon the Tigre were completed, which is not believed to have been the case, as over 15,0000 reinforcements were on their way to General Baratieri when the news of his utter defeat was flashed from Massowah. Politics, it also appears, may have en- tered somewhat intg the situation, for Pa- ratierl was a recently elected deputy (elect- ed as a mark of public appreciation of his previous victories in Africa), and he was knewn to have formed political ambitions, possibly aiming at the war portfolio. when he met the great check which has forced him out of political and military life for- ever. “If he had only waited for his reinforce- ments,” say his friends. And there seems to be the key to the whole trouble. The general did net wait for his reinforcements, and the real cause for his failure to do so may be found in his possible political fu- ture, which was threatened by the taunts of certain newspapers at his alleged inac- tivity, when, as everybody now sees clear- ly, he should have remaiaed inactive for quite a time longer. But the new troops also meant the com- ing of a new commander, and, although Baratieri denies it, this may have been an- other feature of the case and «nother in- direct cause of the great disaster. Sensational Reports of Reverses. LONDON, March 13.—The government Was questioned in the house of commons today regarding the sensational reports cir- culated by a aews agency that the Italians had suffered additional reverses in Africa recently. ‘The under secretary of state for the foretgn office, Mr. George N. Curzon, in reply, sald that the government no news of the reported reverses in which the Italian garrison of Sabdevati, between Kassala and Agordat, had been compelled to retreat to the hills. Mr. Curzon added that the telegraph tne from Kassala to the north was open, Showing, he added, that nothing important had happened. Mr. Curzon also promised, on Monday next, to make a statement to the house in regard to the reports that British-Egyptian troops were to be moved from Wady Halfa up the Nile and in the direction of Don- gola, in order to make a diversion and thus assist the Italian troops, which had been pressed by the Abyssinians. > eee COL. CLARKSON’S TRIP Considered an Anti-McKinley Movement by the Old Gombinatioz. Will Endeavor to Break Into the Ohio Man’s List of Delegates— His Friends Not Uneasy. Col. Clarkson of Towa is en route to the Pacific coast, accompanied by several Prominent politicians from New York and Pennsylvania. He declares that his trip has no connection with politics, but the fact that he is one of the principal Allison boomers and has just been chosen a dele- gate-st-large to the St. Lovis convention prevents u too seriods meaning from being attached to his aagurance. The general cpinion is that he amd. his.friends will be heard from in a political way as soon as or soon after they reach their destinatton. An Anti-MeKinley Movement. The maneuver {s tegarded as anti-Mc- Kinley in aim. The Ohio candidate is ac- credited with a good deal of strength in the west, and up to thia time it has escaped attack. His strength in the south has for gome time been under fire. The Reed, the Morton, the Allison and the Quay people, all have been moving on his works down there, and in several states with effect. Is the warfare to be extended to the west? Col. Clarkson’s traveling companions are thought to represent Mr.. Platt and Mr. Quzy. It is the old combination, and stands for anything to beat Mr. McKinley. Ji the McKinley line in the far west can be broken as his lina in te south has been, the chances pipracting the balloting St. Lonis will be by that much improved. And the lengthening of theglistance in any race with the field agatvst th® favorite makes it the more difficult for the favorite to win. Protection Has a New Value. The west is an’ imteresting section just now for another reason besides that relat- ing to silver. Protection there has acquired a new value, and this is being studied. The question is coming up at St. Louis, and will have to be dealt with. This is the question of competition with Asiatic coun- tries, which, with Japan at their head, will soon be formidable in the markets of the world. The people of the west are very much alarmed on this score. Japan is al- ready underselling America in cgrtain lines of manufactured goods, and the list is growing. In the past, competition with the pauper labor of Europe has been much inveighed against; but that danger ts triv- ial in comparison -with this. Hf the markets of this country are to be open to the pro- ducts of people who are able to live and many of whom do live on less than ten cents a day, the American laborer will be forced to such-a tumble as never he took in his lif: before: It--is for the purpose, along with other: things, of examining into this “matter thoroughly, and estimating combinations that may: he evolved from it at St. Louis, that Cofonel Clarkson is now traveling across: the ‘continent. What McKinley Men Say. The McKinley men ¢laim to have already looked into the situation, and to be assured of reaping the full fruits of whatever the question may yield. They declare that it is precisely in the line of their contention, It emphasizes all that they are asserting. It demonstrates, as ‘they believe, the ab- solute necessity of keeping procection fig- ures high enovgh to shut owt al objection- able traffic, whether from Europe or Asia, made so by the starvation wages paid to ‘labor. The more protection is lauded, the greater the necessity, for it is conceded to be, the better they. shall like it. Fell Noe Unensiness, Colonel Clarkson’s fourneyings, there- fcre, are giving the! McKinley people no uneasiness. They ‘believe that his mission is political, but they have no fear of the result. They regard their line in the west as being invincible, and’as well so by rea- son of their favorite's attitude as a bimetal- list as for the fact thathe represents all there is in protgetion es against all the world. —_—___+»+_____ To Act as Controller. Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency, bas gone to Elizabeth, N.C., for a short season of hunting} Deputy Controller Cof- fin will act as controller in his absence. A singular feature of tke appointment of Mr. Coffin is that it isthe first time the office of deputy controller fas been filled by pro- metion. Heretofore the office has been filled by appointment’ from the outside. Pereskai Mention. Maj. C. W. 3 of the quartermas- Department. Lieut. F: 0. the Shoreham. Surgeon in the city ice Bad Wacck BRAZIL,: Ind.,. train on the Vandalia has been wrec! Many miners and trainmen were badly in- jured. ~ first infantry, is at ‘Lowndes of the navy is of absence. - GETTING THE FACTS|/P4LUINGTON B00TH|A CUBAN FLURRY Union Pacific Management De- scribed to Senators. RECEIVER OLIVER MINK A WITNESS Intimation of the Influence of Gould and Sage. NTERESTING STATISTICS ———— The Senate committee on Pacific railroads resumed Its sitting today, devoting itseif to the Union Pacifi Mr. Oliver W. Mink, one of -he receivers of that road, was the first witness called. He was interrogated by Senator Wolcott, and said there were in- cluded in the Union Pactfic system about 000 miles of road, of which about 1,430 miles were government aided road, and about 1,822 which belorg to the Union Fa- cific Compary. For trese 1,422 miles the gross earnings had been for the twenty-six months since the road came into the hands of receivers $3 632, and the operating expenses $21,179,233. He said that in this time the company had paid $3,505,365 in in- terest on debts secured, especially upon the company’s lands, of which it held 3,347,000 acres. Course of the Recelvers. Mr. Mink said, in reply to questions by Mr. Wolcott, that the receivers had paid some interest ou the debts of the branch lines; that the earnings from the parent read had been thus diverted to hold the system intact. They had not expected the receivership to continue so long and had now discontinued the plan. He said that $116,000 had been paid in this way on ac- count of the Kansas Pacific road and $ 09 on account of the Omaha bridge, whic might otherwise have been devoted to the payment of the first mortgage interest. He ated the first mortgage coupons for Jul », and for January, 189%, were in d fault, but he thought they would soon I paid. There was, however. no ulterior pur- pose looking to the reorganization in the failure to pay this interest. The 1 always had borne in mind the importan:e of keeping the interest account up. The first hed believed that the earnings wo be suificient to meet the interest and They Aad, how. iscovered that this was im; ad early lost the Denver and Gulf’ and the Oregon Short Line. Difficult to Meet: He thought there could be no question that the main line would always be able to meet Sts interest; the danger would come when the principal, should fall due. He thought there was no doubt that in the future these first mortgage bonds would be paid so as to protect the government: in- terest in the main line. He could not prom- ise so mueh for the Pacific line, on which interest ampunting to about $750,000 Is now due, none line was in the courts and the case was greatly complicated. The first. mortgage bondholders had made no application for interest, but he did not think this failure on their part was part of a scheme to se. cure a reorganization. He thought that, on the contrary, it was entirely due to the com- plicated condition of the affairs of the line. Mr. Mink said that Judge John Ff. Dillon Was cne of the trustees of the first mortgage bondholders and was also counsel for the Union Pacific receivers. Sena:or Stewart asked if this dcuble relationship Was not anomalous, but Mr. Mink said he had thought very little about it. Gould and Sage. Mr. Welcott then directed his efforts to show that Russell Sage and George Gould, who ars the trustees for the consolidated re 1d to hold all collateral lines. ever, seon mortgage on the Kansas Pacific line, had prevented the payment of the first mortgage interest, but Mr. Mink hesj- tated to reply to these questions, saying they involved legal questions with which he was not familiar. Senator Brice of the committee here in- terposed to say that it was apparent that there was a cloud upon the action of the receivers, trustees and counsel in this imatter, and to call for a full and frank explanation. He sald that there was but cne mind in the management of the entire system and that tne divifons were merely technical. ‘fo this Mr. Miak replied that it had been the constant aim of the receivers to mee! the interest on the first mortgage bonds, but that the disasters of ‘03 and ’04 had necessarily changed their plans somewhat, and it should be remembered that when the receivers took hold cf the road in 18% its coffers were almost empty. He admitted that there was a close tlie agreement between tne Union Pa- and the Chicago and Northwestern c lines. FEW FAVOR THE FUNDING BILL. Mayor Sutro Comments on Mr. Hunt- ington's Assertions, SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.—California read the report of the testimony given by c. P. Huntington yesterday before the House committee on Pacific railroads with mingled feelings of amusement and indig- nation. In discussing the public feeling in C. fornia with regard to the Central Pac funding scheme Mr. Huntington is said io have remarked that there were perhaps 109 people in the state who are opposed to the project. How near Mr. Huntington’s estimate is to the truth may be judged from the fol- lowing statement made by Mayor Sutro: 40,000 persons in California it may safely be said that 1,400,000 are op- posed to the funding bill. The 100,000 who favor the scheme are bankers, who hold the bonds of the company, and people under the control of the company. It is out- Yageovs that Huntington should have the effrontery to tell such barefaced falsehoods to a congressional committee. He would have Congress believe that I am the only man in the state who ts opposed to the funding bill when, as a matter of fact, the sentiment here is almost unanimously against it. It will be the greatest calamity thaf ever befell_a state if Huntington suc- ceeds in hoodwinking Congress to pass the bill. The funding scheme proposed by Sen- ator Morgan will be fairly acceptable.” SS SHOSHONES STIRRED UP. “Of the Jim Washakie Shot by Abductors of His Wife. DENVER, Ccl., March 13.—A special to the Republican. from Lander, Wyo., says: There fs considerable excitement among the Indians of Sheshone agency, caused by the shooting of Jim Washakie, a grand- son of the venerable chief of that name. Dick Lamoreaux and Cal. O'Neal, half- breeds, and two white men, named Frank O'Dell and-Bill Roberts, stole Jim Washa- kic’s wife and made for the Montana line with her. Washakie went in pursuit and overtook the abductors tifty miles north of the agency. In. the fight ezick followed Washakie was shot through the body and thigh.. The doctor of. the agency- that the wounds are not- necessarily y fatal Capt. Wilson is scouring the reservation with his Indian police in search of the party. ving been pid since 1894. This, Effort to Have Him Take Charge of the National Gospel Mission Union. What Mr. Bailey Says of the Steps Tal and of the Extent of the Movement. Last week negotiations were opened from this city looking to having Ballington Booth take charge of the National Gospel Mission Union, which was organized in Washington less than a year ago and which still retain; its headquarters here. Mr. E. D. Bailey, one of the officers of the Mission Union, wrote today to Maj. George A. Hil- ton, the national organizer, asking him if he couldn't arrange his work so that the matter might be placed before Gen. Booth in a proper light. Maj. Hilton is now at Montrose, Pa., in the northeastern part of the state, within a few hours’ ride of New York, so that Gen. Booth need not be sur- prised to receive a visit from him next week, especially as Maj. Hilton has had the idea in view himself and has suggessed Gen. Bi ington Booth. ity of him taking hold of it, The letters that Gen. Boath has received on the subject, both from this city and from other piaces in the United States where the work of the union has made an impression, have rot explained the work of the crganizaiion thorough from a reply nt to Mr. Bai is deemed ble “to have therouz uation, hope of inducing him to ace What Mr. Bailey Says. Bailey, in taiking to a Star reporter today, sald: “I received lately several let- ters from various parts of the country suggesting to me that if Ballington Booth had determined to leave the Salvation Army, an effort should be made to enlist him in the work ofggniting and extending gospel missions,. are increasing so rapidly in this country and are doing such a vast amount of good. The suggestion seemed to me to have some merit. I thorght it would be urfortunate for him to engage in rivalry with the Salvation Army, which must. be the inevitable re- sult of a new movement .patterned after the old methods, while if he were simply to join the gospel mission movement no antagonism with his old associates would exist. IT wrote to Mr. Buoth briefly on the subject. The reply was very cordial, but he had already determined to start a movement among the ‘middle or artisan class.’ J inferred from this that his plans are still very indefinite. and that he really does rot understand the scope of the mis- sion movement, for that is just what we do, reach the laboring man, though, of course, we do not relieve the needs of the poor in winter. I shall correspond with him further on the subject, and with some of the promineat persons szho are said to be his backers in his new movement. The Most Extensive Movement. “The gospel mission movement has not attracted the public attention which its im- pcrtance merits. It is the most extensive mcvement in this country for reaching the laboring classes, and its progress is simply astonishing. We now, in a year from or- ganization, number nearly fifty missions, scattered all over the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the entire property represented by these missions will aggregate over two hundred thousand dol- lars. If I were foot loose, as General Booth seems to be just now, I would con- sider it the opportunity of my life to lead the movement. It is emphatically an Arrerican movement, with no objectionable military attachments, not centralized, but thoroughly democratic, not in rivalry with the churches or antagonistic to them, but in close sympathy with them and re- markably successful in reaching the com- con people who are outside of ordinary cherch influenc The possibilities of this movement are simply immense. If the backers of Mr. Booth only realized the fact these missions are the shortest road to the hearts of the artisans of this coun- try.” judring y, SO that it him made in the advis y aware of the si Mr. —— TO ADMIT NEW MEXICO. The Senate Committee on Territories to Favorably Report the Bi The Senate committee on territories today decided with only one negative vote to re- port favorably Senator Gear's bill for the ion of New Mexico as a state. The © vote was cast by Senator Sewell Jersey, who gave as the reason for his opposition that the American popula- tion was in the minority in the territory. The oth®r Senators present were Messrs. Davis, Shoup, Elkins, Thurston, Bate and White, ieavia Messrs. Hill, Blackburn, Squire and Call absent. It is understood that Senator Hill is opposed to admission. The bill reporved is an enabling act, and authorizes the people of the territory to hold a constitutional convention, the elcc- tion for which ts to be held on the sixth Tuesday after the bill shall become a law, the convention to convene five weeks after the election. The constitution adopted by the convention is to be submitted to the voters at an election, the time for which ts to be fixed by the convention, and if it is accepted the territory becomes a state. The new state is to be entitled to one rep- resentative in Congress and to the usuai quota of state oilicers, who are to be voted fer when the constitution is submitted. ARMY DOCTORS. Graduating Exercises of the Arm: Medical School Took Place Today. The graduating exercises of the Army Medical School took place this afternoon at the Army Medical Museum, with a good at- tendance of the friends of the institution. Introductory remarks were made by Col. Charles H. Alden, assistant surgeon gen- eral, president of the faculty. Professor J. H. Brinton of Jefferson College, Philadel- phia, delivered an interesting and instru tive address to the class, after which Sena- tor Jcs. R. Hawley of Connecticut pre- sented diplomas to the following members of the class, who had taken the full course of instruction: Assistgpt Surgeon J. H. Stone, Irving C. Rand, Powell C. Fauntle- roy, Thomas J. Kirkpatrick and James 5. Wilson. Two members of the District N: tional Guard: and a member of the Na- tional Guard of Massachusetts have taken @ partial course at the schonl, and its use- fulness is extending in other directions. At the close of today’s exercises the audience ‘was invited to inspect the laboratories. Senators Anxious to See Some of the Confidential Documents. MR. CCCKRELL'S SP2ECH ON SILVER He Thinks the President's Recom- mendation Unwise. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE —— The Senate chamber was again filet by large crowds come to hear @ continu- ance of the Cuban debste, and the: Was some impatience over a lengthy lude on the less interesting subject of tariff and finance, on which Mr. Cockrell of Mis- souri had given notice of addressing the see ae ir. Lodre’s Expla ee was a brief flurry o soon as the journal had been read. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) rose to state that Mr. Sher- man had made in inadvertent error in his tion. Cuba as statement yesterday in saying that he (Ledge) had seen Seecretary Olney, and had secured from him private papers and information as to Cuba. Mr. Lodge said he had received no papers from the State De- partment, and had had no communication with Mr. Olney in this respect. The pers which Mr. Sherman had referred to came to the committee on foreign relations from the State Department. They :ncladed a full statement from the Spanish minister, Dupuy de Lome, giving the Spanisn \iew and the Spanish side of the case. This statement from the minister was read to the committee by one of its memly-rs. This aad other papers were of such a contiden- tiai character that they could not be quoted or made public. Mr. Sherman assented to Mr. Lodge's Statement, saying he recalled that the pa- pers came from the Siate De ment at the request of the committee, and that the statement of the Spanish case ihe Spar ish m had been read aloud to the by the Senator from Maine (ir. Mr. Hoar Again. This brought Mr. Hoar to his feet with a surprised inquiry as to whether the Sen- ate should not have benetit of statement of the Spanish case ish minister. Mr. Hoar rega most important phase not he: closed. t would be proper to lay it before the Senate in executive session,” responded Mr. Sherman. “Then,” continued Mr. Hoar, seem quite appropriate for the commitice on foreign relations to move such an ¢x- ecutive session as a means of xiving the Senate these important facis on which judgment is based.” Mr. Wolcott added, in decisive iones, that the explanation just given placed the Se ate in a most unusual dilemma. “Seagtors are asked,” said Mr. Wolcott, “to vote an a question of fact, on testimony reporing in the breast of members of the coramiztee on foreign relations; on testimony that cannot be disclosed to the public or to us, except in executitve session. And these rc solutions are to go to another chamber which has no executive session and cannot have pos- session of this testimony. I would be glad to ask whether we are io ment and our conse! on foreign relations? Mr. Hawley (Conn.) rose to state brie fly that he hoped some declaration on ( “aba could be offered on which all would agres. He added that at the proper time he would insist on a further conference on this par- ‘cular declaration. Mr. Cockrell on Silver. This closed the incident, and Mr. Cock- rell was recognized for a speech in sup- port of the silver amendment to the tariff this tofore dis- bill, which measure has been in aberance to adopt since the refusal of the Senate Mr. rrill’s motion to consider M ‘ockrell called attention ances in the treasury, including €00,000 gold, coin and bullion, oy @0 standard silver dollars, $17' silver bullion (coinage valuc), on which 1) profit of seigniorage had been* $553,000,0K $14,000,000 subsidiary silver coin, $198,009.00 of greenbacks, and $30,000 of treasury notes of 1890, Bonds Outstanding. Mr. Cockrell took up the enormous amount of United States bonds outstanding, agere- gating $16,000,000, of which over $262,000, 000 had been issued in times of peace. These bonds, the Senator maintained, can be pai as well in silver as in gold, and he quoted eminent authority for this statement. It in- cluded Secretary Carlisle Ss Herbert, who had voted w of Representatives f thews’ resolution, in either Senator rman gold monome: from Mr. When he E that the government res rved the legal to redeem government obligatic If this policy had been c would have been no trouble. no t agitation. There would have been on the treasury lusive gold payments was a voluntary assumption on the part of the Secretary of the Treasury had been no gold raids prior to 181. 1 the silver dollar, up to that > the vatcrdog of the treasi And it was a more pot y of the Rothschilds or added M Cock F imetallist. Sherman's utteranc aids nt watchdog tha the Belnu er had not redeemed a tok lar of treast: notes in silver, wh: retary Carlisle had rede med some $10,000,- 000 of them in standard silver dollars. Presidents Proposition Unwike, The Senator proceeded to urge that th Proposition of the President to issue fifty year bonds to retire notes was unwise. It was the worst financial proposition that had ever eminated from an execuliva olficer, end if adopted it would co: tha People $2,631,000,000, Secretary Carlisle had recently, in a speech, proclaimed himself for goid. There was no further effort to disguise the issue behind “sound money.” which meant ai selute gold monometailicm. At 2 o'clock the regular order was laid aside “mn order to permit Mr. Cockrell to proceod. The galleries had wearied wai ing for the Cuban debate, and the crowd gradually thinned out. Mr. Cockrell spoke of the timidity as a money. caused by of gold and referred fo the agitation deni Cleveland's “Venezu- Pr elan message of war with a string tied to it. That message made the whole sge etch mble like jelly, and the press of 3 York declared that $100,000,000 had been lost in consequence. The Beacon of the Democratic Party. The Senator declared that the democratic party could not be Ccivided by the silver question. It was the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, the great ebnstitutional beaccn of the democratic party, the one on which all its victories had been won, and those who opposed it would slough off from the party, but would not divide it. THE HOUSE. Some routine business preceded the re- sumption of the debate on the Aldrich- Robbins contested election case in the House today. Bills were passed to grant an American register to the steamer As-