Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1896, Page 13

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TWO CENTS.” STREET EXTENSION|D!ssaTisFiec> GOLD MEN|THF DREIBUND SAFE The Matter Considered by the Sen- ate District Committee. ‘WOBILLS 10 BE AVORABLY REPORTED Commissioners’ Objections to Indi- vidual Measures Not Valid. OTHER LOCAL MATTERS The District committee of the Senate held @ long and important meeting this morning, which was attended by Senators McMillan, Gallinger, Hansbrough, Proctor, Pritchard, Baker, Harris, Faulkner, Gibson and Bacon. The main subjects of discussion were the street extension bills and the dollar gas 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 -Capiiol street to the Soldiers’ Home and the other extending Mth street to the Spring road. In the regular course of business bills were referred to the District loners an] by them reported ad- ith a letter, whicn was printed the in The Star, in which the Com- missioners stated that they deemed it inad- Visable at this time to proczed with street extensicns while the highway,act was under consideration in the courts. ‘They charac- terized the passage of individual bills for street extension as being antagonistic to the gencral and wise policy embodi the highway act, and they emphatcally vetoed the proposition that there should be in¢ vidual eet extension lezisiation pen. the decision of the Court of Appeals and per- haps of the Supreme Court on tne constit Uonality of the highway act. To this opinion of the Commissioners sev- eral Senators at once took exception, and Senators Faulkner and Gallinger expre: themselves in interviews in The Sta: terminea to take issue h the ¢ sivoners on this line. levator Faulkner, whose interview was inadvertently printed as coming from Mr. Proctor, said that, in his opinion, it looked ‘ike an attempt on the part of tke Commissioners to coerce Con- gress into passing an act curing the defects of the highway act. To Be Reported Favorably. In committee this morning Mf. Proctor called attention to the letter of the Com- ‘ioners, and urged that the committee 1 favorable report on the two bills, notwithstanding the adverse opinion of the Commissioners. He was not alone in this attitude, end the committee without dissent directed that a favorable report be made on these two measures. It was agreed that it would be better to go ahead with the im- prevement of the main thoroughfares of the city b r extension into the suburbs in system of streets upper court overruling the lewer in this matter, o- upon Congress passing a curative act. Provisions of the Bills. These bills were introduced by ‘Senator McMillan on the 2d instant. The bill to ex- tend North Capitol street to the Soldiers’ Home cts the Commissioners to open and grade that street from T street to the. home, ard to condemn, according to chapter 11 of the Revised Sta: relating to the District, for opening hig! ys, such of the lands of the Proespec: Hill cemetery and of Annie E. Earbour 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 appropriated withoug specification by the bill, but the cost of grading is not to ex- ceed $10,000. One-half of this appropriation, which is to be immediately available on the rm 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 Hth street from Park street to Spring road, and to condemn, in the manner provided by law prier to March 2, 1893, 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 concitions as in the other bill. The grading is not to ecst more than $5,000. The Dollar Gas Bill. There was complete unanimity as far as there were ary expressions of opinion in favor of the dollar gas bill passed by the House last Monday. There was a dispo- sition to der a favorable report made upen this measure today, but it was pointed out that the Washington Gaslight Company believes the provision as to the test of. purity and illuminating to be impracticable and ete and that they had asked for a ring on this particular point. In view of fact it was agreed that the bill should postponed until uext Friday, when it will be taken up for final di n. Inas- much as there was no op ion whatever Mpressed, and as there was a large ma- jority of the committee in open advocacy of the measure, it is a practical certaimy that the committee will Friday unani mous!y report the bill favorably to the Sen- vate, where it will be 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 is asserted that much influence is being exerted quietly by the comjany 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 ist how far this will be ing the passage of the bill. It is regarded as certain that no bill will be passed this session chartering new companies, and there is an overwhelming majority in Ccngress in favor of cheaper gas. There is no doubt that if the bill should come before the Senate for a vote it would be passed with practical una- 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- ate bill recently introduced by Mr. McMil- lan placed a flat rate of $1 on all gas sold (Continued on Fifth Page.) The Ohio Financial Plank Said to Be a Weak One. Eastern Men Want a Definite Declara- tion on the Money Question and Ne Straddle. = After deliberate consideration of the mat- ter, politicians appear to have-.generally come to the conclusion that the financiat plank ia the Qhio platform is going to prove dangerous to Mr. McKinley's pros- pects in the national convention. The plank is attributed to Mr. McKiniey himself, and is regarded as both indiscreet and unsound. 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 sliver sections, 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 section after the fight s well on in the conyention. 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 votes 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 eestern republicens 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. Trere 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 grartirg ir one breath alf that the sil- ver men are ccnterding for; while the qual- ifying cla.se is the negative to this prop- ositicn. It_is left a matter of doubt which Lropositicn the most stress is put upon. The opinion is very widely expressed that Mr. McKinley would have lost nothing by 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 from New York and Pennsylvania, if not from some parts of New England. Tkis plank in the Ohio platform is regard- ed as the break in, McKinley's brilliant canvass for the nomination. —-.-______ ROAD TO THE BAY. THE Favorable Report Made to the Mary- Inand House. Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March —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. Thomas 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 ingrance 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. Mr. Freeman Raisin occupied the position for some years. Mr. Kurtz's election is along the line of folitical advancement indicated in the cao:ce of Mr. W. W. Johnson as po- lice commissioner. His principal opponent was Mr. Joshua Horner, president of the American National Bank of Baltimore, who had a strong backing of representative bus- mess men of the city. Mr. Kartz is a strong Wellington man, acd cast his influence in behalf of the sixth district congressmen during the latter's senatcrial 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 Barber secreta The members look for Governor Lowrdes’ veto, and are working hard to effect an agreement so that a bill may be Passed over it. Spe ee DEFENDS THE BLUE BOOK. . = The British Attorney That There is but One Mistake in It. LONDON, March 13.—Sir Richard Web- ster, the attorney general, replying in :he hose of commons to che criticisms upon alleged discrepancies in the Venezuelan General Says 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 ail of the quotations will be found in the original documents, of ch a second collection will shortly be ublished. Continuing, Sir Richard Webster said that the only e of a mistake was in a quotation on page 5. —— CANADIANS TO OR NIZE. * Labor Men to Cut Adrift From the United States. OTTAWA, Ont., March 13.—At a meeting of the executive committee of the Vaights of Labor, and other prominent labor men, it wes decided to form a Canadian Federa- tion of Labor, having ng connection with the United States labor organizations, and to organize at once. Canadians believe there is no longer anything to be gained by 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 Bimetalli BRUSSELS, March 13.—The premier, M. P. De S. Dé Naeyer, replying to a question urging the re-establishment of interna- tional: bimetallism, said it was easy to ac- knowledge the importance international bi- metsllism 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 Been Concluded 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. Se rs ee Passing of the. Storm Caused by Baratieri’s Defeat. TFVECT OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE England Offered to Send Aid to the Italian Forces. 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” rioting hag ceased. The reserv- ists who fled from the country sooner than go to Africa at the call of the government foe the class of 1872 are returning, and it is not believed 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 antictpated. Under these circumstances Italy breathes freer than for some time past, and there is a feeling of gratitude for those who have alded in Berlin during the past few days in bringing about ths change frem blank despair to great hope in the future. Effect of the Berlin Conference. The conferences which have taken place here recently between the Marquis di Ru- dini, the new premier, 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 foreign affairs, Count Goiu- chowski; the German foreign minis er, Baron Marschall von Biebersteia; the Ital- ian ambassador to Germany, Count Lanza di Busca, and the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, supplemented by audi- erces with Emperor William. Out of all these exchanges of views, it is believed, has grown a much healthier state of affairs for all Europe. The German em- peror is understood to have been some- what. if not entirely weaned from his !ong- ings for closer relat‘ons with Russia, and a possible alliance of the three emperors, and the attitude of Germany toward Great Britain, it is anticipated, will undergo a change for the better. ‘This is due to the fact, according to re- port, that Great Britain, when the situa- tion was outlined to her from Berlin, he- fore the arrival there of Count Goluchow- ski, promised loyal support for the Italiai in the emergency, and took steps to order an advance up the Nile from Wady Halfa, toward Dongola, of a strong-column of Brit. ish-Egyplian troops to act as a diversion and prevent the concentration of the na- tives for a joint attack upon the Italians. An Italian loan, it is further stated, could have been floated in London, und the half- pledged support to the dreibund, a support hitherto involving iittle else than an {Irri- tating uncertainty, is rumor2d to have de- veloped into a much more lial 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 possibility 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 dreiband, wkich is intended to demonstrate to all whom it may concern that Italy, instead of being friendless, upon the verge of bank- ruptey 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 emergency. 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 den-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 European war will be driven further and further into the beckground. To Explain the Recent Defeat. Orders have been sent from the war office to Massowah that the report of Generis 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 Baratieri 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 thet it is under- stood that General Ricotti has @ecided to have the unfortunate officer tried in public end in this city. é There is a strong movement, however, among certain military men and other’ 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- anes will have to bow to the popular will. 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 not been for the fact that the native troops under the Ttalian fing 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 cause 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- eral Baratieri. @pparently unjust comments upon his Conduyet of the campaign seem to have goaded ‘4 to push forward wheh 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 15,000 reinforcements were on their way to General Baratieri when the news of his utter defeat was flashed from Massowagh. Politics, it also appears, may have en- tered somewhat into the situation, for Ba- ratieri was a recently elected deputy (elect- ed as a mark of pubjic appreciation of his previous victories in’ Africa),.and he was known to have formed political ambitions, possibly aiming at the war portfolio. when he met the great check which has forced him oft of political and military life for- ever. “If he had only waited for hjs reinforce- rents,” say his friends. And there seems to be the key to the whole trouble. The General did not wait for his reinforcements, and the real cause for hjs 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 another 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 ¥ecretary of state for the foreign effice, Mr. George N. Curzon, in reply, said that the government had no news of the reported reverses in which the Italian garrison of Sabdevati, between Kassala and Agordat, had been compeiled to retreat to the hills. Mr. Curzon added that the telegraph line 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. COL. CLARKSON’S TRIP Considered an Afti-McKinley Movement by the Old Combination. Will Endeavor te Break Into the Ohio Man's ist of Delegates— His Friends Sot Uneasy. ; . Col. Clarkson of Iowa is en route to the Pacific coast, aecempanied 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-et-large to the $t. Lovis convention prevents a too serious meaning from being attached to his.assurance. The geveral opinion is that he and’ his friends will be heard from in a political way as soon as or soon after they reach thcir destination. An Anti-jckKinley Movement. The maneuver. is regarded as anti-Mc- Kinley in aim. The Ohio candidate is ac- credited with a good deal of strength in the west, and up to this time it has escaped atteck. His strength in the south has for some 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 travel. companions are thought to represent Mr. Platt and Mr. Quay. It is the old combination, and stands for anything to beat Mr. McKinley. Jf the McKinley line in the far west can be brcken as his line in the south has been, the chances for protracting the balloting #t St. Louis will be by that much improved. And the lengthening of the distance in any race with the ficld against the favorite makes it the more difficult for the favorite to win. Protection Has a New Value. The west is an interesting section just now for another reason hesides 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 vew much alarmed on this score. Japan is al- ready underselling America in csrtain lines of manufactured gopids, and the lst is growing. In the past, competition with the pauper labor of Hurope has been much inveighed- against: but that danger is triv- ial in comparison with this. If 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’ be evolved from it at St. Louis, that Colonel Clarkson is now traveling across the continent. What McKinley Men Say. The McKinley. men claim 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 enough: to shut out all sbjection- able traffic, whether fram Europe or Asia, made so by the starvation wages paid to labor. The more pratection is lauded, the greater the necessity for it is conceded to be, the better they shall like it. Fell No. Unegsiness. »Colonel Clarkson’s journeyings, there- fcre, are giving the. McKinley people no uneasiness. They pelieye that his mission is political, but they; have no fear of the result. They regard th¢jir 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 f: that he represents all there is in prot @s against all the world. eS To Act ax Coptrolier. Mr. Eckels, controller of the ourrency, has 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 the appointment of Mr. Coffin is that it is the first time the office of deputy controller has been filled by pro- mction. Heretofore ‘the office. has been filled by appointment from the outside. —___ eo. Personal Mention. Maj. C. W. Williams of the quartermas- ter’s department is zegistered at the War Department. Lieut. F: 0. Fé: e oreham. —> first infantry; is at ywndes of the navy is of absence. _ 3 om the Vandalia. larch 18.—A passenger train on the Vs has been wrecked. Many miners and‘ trainmen were badly in- jured: ~ : ; - EOE i GETTING THE FACTS|SALLINGTON BooTH Union Pacific Management De- soribed to Senators. ry RECEIVER OLIVER MINK A WITNESS Intimation of the Influence of Gould and Sage. INTERESTING STATISTICS The Senate committee on Pacific railroads resumed its sitting today, devoting itseif to the Union Pacific. 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 Pacific system about 5,000 miles of road, of which about 1,430 miles were government aided road, and about 1,822 which belorg to the Union Pa- cific Compary. For ttese 1,822 miles the gross earnings had been for the twenty-six -months since the road came into the hands of receivers $32,832,632, 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 ‘t held 3,347,000 acres. Course of the Receivers. Mr. Mink said, in reply to questions by Mr. Wolcott, that the receivers had paid some ‘interest on 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 $150,- 080 on account of the Omaha bridge, which might othcrwise have been devoted to the payment of the first mortgage interest. He stated the first mortgage coupons for July, 1895, and for January, 1805, were in de- fault, but he thougkt they would soon be paid. There was, however. no ulterior pur- pose looking to the reorganization in the failure to pay this interest. The re ‘Ss always had borne in mind the importance of keeping the interest account up. They at first had believed that the earnings would be sufficient to meet the interest and to hold all collateral lines. They had, how ever, soon discovered tnat this was imp: sible, and had early lost the Denver and Gulf and the Oregon Short Line. Principal Difficult to Meet. -He thought there could be no question that the main line would always be able to Meet its 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 much for the Pacific line, on which interest amounting to about $750,000 is now due, none having been puid since 1994. This line was in the courts: and the ease 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 cendition of the affairs of the line. Mr. Mink said that Judge John F. 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 relations hip Wés 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 ar the trustees for the consolidated mortgage on the Kansas Pacific line, had prevented the payment of the first mortgage interest, but Mr. Mink hesi- 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 said that there was but one mind in the management of the entire system and that the divisions were merely technical. To this Mr. Mink replied that it had been the constant aém of the receivers to meet the interest on the first mortgage bonds, but. that the disasters of ‘93 and "4 had necessarily changed their plans somewhat, and it should be remembered that when the receivers took hold cf the road in 1893 its coffers were almost empty. He admitted that there was a close traffic agreement between the Union Pa- cific. and the’ Chicago and Northwestern lines. —_—_—_____-2+-—___ FEW FAVOR THE FUNDING BILL. Mayor Sutro Comments on Mr. Hunt- ington’s Assertion 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 Cail- fornia with regard to the Central Pacific funding scheme Mr. Huntington is said to 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: “Of the 1,500,000 persons in California it may safely he 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- rageovs 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 is 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 that 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. ——— SHOSHONES STIRRED UP. Jim Washakie Shot by Abductors of 2 His Wife. DENVER, Col., March 13.—A special to the Republican. from Lander, Wyo., says: There is considerable excitement amoung the Indians of Shoshone agency, caused by the shooting of Jim Washakie, a grand- son of the venerable chief of that name. Dick Lamoreaux and Cal. O'Neal, haif- breeds, and. two white men, named Frank O'Dell and-Bill Roberts, stole Jim Waska- kie’s wife and made for the Montana Hne with her. Washakie went in pursuit and overtook the abductors fifty-miles north of the agency. In the fight which followed Washakie was shot through the body and thigh. The doctor of. the agency- reports that the wounds are not necessarily fatal. Capt. Wilson is sccuring the reservation with his Indian police in search of the party. e Effort to Have Him Take Charge of the National Gospel Mission Union. What Mr. Bailey Says of the Steps Taken 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 m 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 suggested Gen. Ballington Booth. the desirability of him taking hold of it. The letters that Gen. Booth has received on the subject, both from this city and from other places in the United States where the work of the union has made an impression, have rot explained the work of the organization thoroughly, judging from a reply sent to Mr. Bailey, so that it is deemed advisable to Mave him made thoroughiy aware of the situation, in the hope of inducihg him to acc: What Me. Bailey * Mr. Bailey, in talking io a Star reporter today, said: “I received lately several let- ters from various parts of the country esesting to me that If Ballington Booth had determined to leave the Salvation Army, an effort should be made to enlist him in the work of uniting and extending gospel missions, which 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. fF thovght 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 sion movement no antagonism with his old associates woul] exist. I wrote to Mr. Booth briefly on t subject. The reply was very cordial, but he had already determined to start a movement among the ‘middle or artisan class.’ I inferred from this that his plans are still very indefinite, and that he really does 1ot 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 reeds of the poor in winter. I shall correspond with him further on the subject, and with some of the prominent persons 1-ho 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 yer from or- gerization, number nearly fifty missions, scattered all over the-country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and the entire property represented by these missions wiil ageregate 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 American 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 influences. 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- —————————— TO ADMIT NEW MEX! 2a. The Senate Committee on Territories to Favorably Report the Bill. The Senate committee on territories today decided with only one negative vote to re- port favorably Senator Gear's bill for the admission of New Mexico as a state. The negative vote was cast by Senator Sewell of New Jersey, who gave as the reason for his opposition that the American popula- tion was in the minority in the territory. The other Senators present were Mess: Davis, Shoup,*Elkins, Thurston, Bate and White, ieaving Messrs. Hill, Blackburn, Squire and Call absent. It is understood that Senator Hill is opposed to admission. The bill reporied is an enabling act, and authorizes the people of the territory to hold a constitutional convention, the ele tion for which is 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 clection, the time for which is 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 usual quota of state officers, who are to be voted for when the constitution is submitted. ARMY DOCTORS. Graduating Exercises of the Army 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 institutton. 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 instruc- 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: Assistant Surgeon J. H. Stone, Irving C. Rand, Powell C. Fauntle- roy, Thomas J. Kirkpatrick and James 8. "Wilson. Two members of the District Na- tional Guard and a member of the Na- tional Guard of Massachusetts have taken a partial course at the school, and its use- fulness is extending in other directions. At the clese of today’s exercises the audience | was invited to inspect the laboratories. “no executive session and cannot have |A CUBAN FLURRY Senators Anxious to See Some of the Confidential Documents, MR. COCKRELL'S SPEECH ON SILVER He Thinks the President's Recom- mendation Unwise. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE The Senate chamber was again file] by large crowds come to hear a continu- ance of the Cuban debs and there was some impatience over a lengthy pre- lude on the less interesting subject of tariff and finance, on which Mr. Cockrell of Mis- souri had given notice of addressing the Senate. Mr. Lodge's Expla jon. There was a brief flurry over Cuba as soon as the journal had been read. Mr. Lodge (Mass.) rose to state that Mr. Sher- man had made in inadvertent error in bis statement yesterday in saying that he (Lodge) 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 papers which Mr. Sherman had referred to came to the committee on foreign relations from. the State Department. They included a full statement from the Spanish minister, Dupuy de Lome, giving the Spanish view and the Spanish side of the case. This statement from the minister was read to the committee by one of its members. 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 State Depariment at the request of the committee, and that the statement of the Spanish case “wy ihe Span- ish minister had been read aloud to the committee by the Senator from Maine (Mr. Frye). ° Mr. Hoar Again. This brought Mr. Hear to his feet with a surprised inquiry as to whether the Sen- ate should not have the benetit of this statement of the Spanish case hy the Span- ish minister. Mr. Hoar regarded this as a most important phase not heretofore Gis- closed. “It would be proper to lay it before the Senate in executive session,” responded Mr. Sherman, “Then,” continued Mr. Hoar, “it) would Seem quite appropriate for the committee on foreign relations to move such an ex- ecutive se: m as a means of xiving the important facis on which is based.” Mr. Wolcott added, in decisive tones, that the explanation just given placed the Sen- ate in a most unusual dilemma. “Senators are asked,” said Mr. Wolcott, “to vote an a question of fact, on testimony reposing in the breast of members of the commiitee on foreign relations; on testimony that cannot be disclosed to the public or to us, ezgept in executitve session. And these resoliftions are to go to another chamber which hes session of this testimony. I would be ylad to ask whether we are io yield our fudg- ment and our conscience to ihe commi:tes on foreign relations? Mr. Hawley (Conn.) rose to state briefly that he hoped some declaration on Cuba could be offered on which all would agree. He added that at the proper time he would insist on a further conference on this par- ticular 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 bill, which measure has been in abeyance since the refusal of the Senate to adopt Mr. Morrill’s motion to consider it. Mr. Cockrell called attention to the bal- ances in the treasury, including over $123,- 00,000 gold, coin and bullion, over $24,000,- 0) standard silver dollars, $177,000.00) of silver bullion (coinage valuc), on which the profit of seigniorage had been $53,004") $14,000,000 subsidiary silver coin, $106,009, of greenbacks, of 1890. ” and $30,000 of treasury notes Bonds Outst ing. Mr. Cockrell took up the enormous amount of United States bonds outstanding, aggre- Eating $846,000,000, of which over §262,000,- 600 had been issued in times of peace. These bonds, the Senator maintained, can be paid as well in silver as in gold, and he quoted eminent authority for this statement. It in- cluded Secretary Carlis Herbert, who had voted while in the House of Representatives for the Stanley Mat- the! resolution, declaring bonds yvayable in either coin. The Senator referred also to Senator Sherman as “that distinguished gold monometaliist-bimetallist, from Mr. Sherman's utters when he wa: retary of the Treasury, that the government reserved the legal right to redeem government obligations in silver. If this policy ad been carried out there would have been no trouble, no treasury agitation. There would have been no raids on the Exclusive gold payments ry assumption on the part pean) cold raids prior to 1891, because the silver dollar, up to s cl dog of the recent: Saeed ies iw nd it was a more potent watchdog th dog than any of the Rothschilds or the Is : dded Mr. Cockrell,» °T ‘he Belmonts, 7 ary Foster had not redeemed a dol- lar of treasury notes in silver, while retary Carlisle had redeemed some $1:1,000,. 000 of them in standard silver dollars. Presiden(s Proposition Unwixe. The Senator proceeded to urge that the Proposition 6f the President to issue fifty- year bonds to retire notes was unwise. It Was the worst financial Proposition that had ever eminated from an executive officer, end if adopted "it would cost tha People $2,631,000,000, Secretary Carlisle had recently, in a speech, proclaimed himself for gold. There was no further effort to disguise the issue behind “sound meney,” which meant ab- selute gold monometallism. At 2 o'clock the regular order was laid aside !n order to permit Mr. Cockrell to proceed. The galleries had wearied wait- ing for the Cuban debate, and the crowd gradually thinned out. Mr. Cockrell spoke-of the timidity of gold as a money, and referred to the agitation caused by Presideni Cleveland’s “Venezu- elan message of war with a string tied to it.” That message made the whole country tremble like jelly, and the press of New 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 civided by the silver question. It was the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, the great constitutional 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 Ag. and Secretary