Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1896, Page 1

* THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, s ‘United States or PSaturdey Quinteple Sheet Star, $1 with t ; year, foreign postage wiaed $3.00. a * (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. as second-class mall matter.) 7 All wail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. @ — Fye No. 13,428. WASHINGTON, D. ©., TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1896-EIGHTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. JAMESON ON TRIAL Daring Leadership of the British Adventurer. ITALIAN SOCIALISTS IN ROME Debut of the Rudini Ministry Be- fore the Deputies. ASTOR APOLOGIZES LONDON, March 17.—The examination of br. L. S. Jameson, the raider of the Trans- ®aai, and his fourteen companions, charged, under the foreign enlistment act, with “warring on a friendly state,” was re- sumed today at the Bow street police court fore Sir John Bridge, the chief magis- trate. The vsual jingo throng was pres- ent and the court was erowded. Seated on the bench near the magistrate were the Marchioness of Londonderry, the Duke of Abercorn, chairman of the British Char ed Seuth African Company, and Ladies Knutsford, Cuffe, Hartland, Biddulph,Shuw- Lete Rayleigh and Cranbourne, the Countess of Coventry, Mrs. Henry Asquith and a number of other ladies of high posi- on i ty. The first witness cailed @cday was Sergt. Ruck of the Matabele- nd mounted police. He testitied, in sul- ce, that in icaving Pisani the mem- hers of the force were told that they w teund for Johannesburg, and would found in food, forage and sto route to that place. Continuing ress described in details the evils of tHe arch in December, the arrest of the young ver leader, Eloff, who came to warn tne Party to return across the border, and the firing of the Boers, at midnight the same day, on the Jameson party. Beginning of the Fight. This, Sergt. Ruck asserted, was the first intimation they kad of the presence of the Boers in their proximity. The fire, he added, was returned, and the Beers fled. On January 1, witness also said, the Jameson party encountered sixty or sev- enty Boers. The latter opened fire upon the Yameson column; the fre was again r terned, and the Boers retired in the direc- ten of Krugersdorp, followed by the treo; he while en the wik- Trooper Hili, aiso of the Matabelelar meunted police, then took the stand, i testified to hearing Dr. Jameson making a speech at Pitsani to the men who compose the expeditionary ‘ding to Hill, Dr. Jamesen tol they were s to prete hi the Engiish won lives i Jameson, the witness also t hoped their would be there was, “Why we'll Dr. Jameson, ‘that he hoped ness further te ssured treopers a push, the Cape : that r. if it com rifles and the ording to Trooper $s to the troop- . Jameson Hill, continuing ers, assured them that food and remounts would be collected on the way to Jo- annesburg, and adged tnat the column might be joined by the Bechuanaland bor- der police. A Mysterious Letter. Replying to that Dr. Jam troopers, referred fi shich he held ia red to contain it the to a letter and, and which ap- tructions as to the n. the military com- ider of the expedition, Trooper Hill 1, also made a speech to the men on the me lines as the remarks of Dr. Jaineson and expressed the hope that the troopers would do their best. THE RUDINI CABINET. Feverish Feeling Over the Abyssinian Situation. ROME, March 17.—The authorities have taken precautions to guard against di «rder today. The guards at ali the palac and other public buildings have again keen doubied, and the troops will be kept confined to barrecks until the new cab- @tet bas made its debut and all danger of rioting has passed. The authorities as- sert that these precautiors are nothing more than usual on similar occasions; but the gathering about the chamber of dep- uties previous to the zssembling of that bedy was sufficiently we and ex enough to justify the precautions taken. ‘It was a good-natured mob, though, and several. British flags seen here and there brovght forth enthusiastic cheers for Eng- land as the ally of Italy and as her sup- porter in Africa in her hour of need. It is reported that the new cabinet will ask for a credit of 140,000,000 lires with which to defray the expenses of the Afri- can campaign, and there is reason to be- lieve that the money will be voted, al- tkough opposition to further campaigning is expected. The news that Great Britain is to create a diversion by 2 movement of British-Egyptian treops up to the Nile and Yteward Dongola is gradually causing pub- lie opinion to undergo a change in regard to the colonial policy of the country. Italy a fortnight ago believed herseif humiliated avd deserted by her allies at one of the most eritical epochs of her history. She is now again beginning to feei herself power- ful in the support of her allies and capable of prosecuting the war against Abyssinia. Inquiries made at the Russian legation have failed, up to the present, to either obtain a denial or a confirmation of the reported decorating of the Negus by the czar, and equal ignorance !s expressed in regard to the rumor that Abyssinia has asked Russia to intervene, in order to bring about the re- establishment of peace on the basis of the independence of Abyssinia, and the restora- tion of the old frontiers of Erythrea. Rudini’s Speec . The entry of the new ministers into the chamber of deputies was greeted with loud applause from their supporters. The pre- mier, Marquis di Rudini, made a statement in regard to the battle of Adowa. He said that after the defeat the cabinet had ac- cepted resolutions leaving Gen. Baldissera free to take proper measures to meet the uation, including abandoning Adigrat d Kassala, if such measures should be ed expedient. On March 8, the pre- er continued,Gen. Baldissera wes instruct- 1 to treat for peace on the best terms btalpable, aad the premier assured the house the present exbinet would continue the peace negotiations with prudence and dignity. ASTOR AND LADY SOMERSET. ‘ ‘The American Will Pay All Costs and Make Amends. LONDON, March 17.—The Evening News this afternoon announces that the suit for $25,000 damages for libel sought by the Lady Henry Somerset against Mr. William Wal- dorf Astor, as proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette, has been settled out of court. It is added that Mr. Astor will apologize to Lady Henry Somerset, and that the Pall Mall Gazette and twenty other papers will pay the costs. E ‘The libel complained of grew out of the effort made by Lady Henry Somerset to re- form the notorious drunkard, Jane Cake- bread, who has been convicted hundreds of times. ASSESSMENTS OF BENEFITS Court of Appzals Holds Them to Be Uncon- stitutional. Judge Cox’s Decision in the Van Ris- wick Case Upheld—An Inter- ’ esting Opinion. The Court of Appeals this afternoon af- firmed the decision of Judge Cox in the cese of the Van Riswick heirs against the Rock Creek Park comm’ssion, holding that the court below rightly enjoined the cor- missioners from levying an assessment cn certain lands adjoining the park for sup- Posed benefits accruing to the lands from the location of the park. The park, it will be remembered, was ac- quired by the United States under thépro- visions of the act of Congress of February 27, 1890, and the act further provided that the commission should proceed, after the acquisition of the land embraced within the park, to make an assessment for special benefits on such property in the District as would be benefited by the location and im- provement of the park, and assess the cost and expenses of the park upon the lands, lois and blocks proportionately, such assess- ments to be liens on the property assessed and to be collected as taxes. * ‘The park having been acquired and paid for the commission proceeded to make the assessment, when the Van Riswick heirs, ewrers of adjacent real estate, prayed for an injunction, contending that the pro- posed assessment is repugnant to the Con- stitution of the United States, and, th fore, void. Judge Cox so held and granted the injunction. The Court’s Opinion. ‘The opinion of the Court of Appeals was written by Mr. Justice Morris, and after deciding that the court below (the Equity Court) had jurisdiction the justice lays down as a fundamental principle that “one man cannot be taxed more in proportion than another.” “Whether taxation by way of special as- sessment is free from the objection of want of uniformity is open to grave doubt,” says the court, and further, “With all due re- spect to the public sentiment in favor of the theory of special assessments and to the great Preponderance of judicial deci- sion, by which it has been sustained, we are disposed to think that a system, to which a large part of the municipal cor- ruption that exists in our country can be traced, and which leads to a result so ab- surd as that evidenced in the act of Con- ress now under consideration, must be radically vicious and unjust. Vicious, be- cause it is arbitrary; unjust, because It compels the individual citizen in many cases, probably in most cases, to pay more than his just share of the common burden for the public good. Special assessments are levied arbitrarily and without any rule having a fixed foundation in justice.” Held to Be Absurd. Justice Morris, speaking for the court, of course, then goes on to say that if any part of the cost may be specially assessed, the whole may be. “Indeed,” he says, “iu the very case before us it is sought to nd entire cost of the enter- Prise upon the adjoining owners, and the theory is carried to its extreme extent, a ion that would make it ludicrous not so grossly oppressive. But if these works are public works, the pub- If they are the public authorities lertake them. We be- iddle ground of partner- ip in such works between the public and the individual citizen, and that compulsory payment therefor by the individual citizen is unjust when, perhaps. he has not re- quested the i ovement and may even have antagonized it.” The opinion of Judge Cox is referred to as an exceilent one, and in it the Court of Appeals fully concurs, states Mr. Justice Morris, as fairly and justly expressing the law on the subject, and the section of the act in question is declared not only uncon- stitutional, but so hopelessly inconsistent and meaningless that {ft is impossible of execution. Chief Justice Alvey Dissents. Mr. Chief Justice Alvey, however, dis- sented from his associates’ opinion, both as to the jurisdiction of the court below and as to the constitutionality of the law. Those attorneys interested in the street extension cases who read the opinion of the majority of the court were delighted with it and expressed themselves as being confident that the court will also sustain Judge Cox in holding the highway act un- constitutional. = CAPT. HEALY'S TRIAL. lic alone shouid pay for them. rot public works, The Record is Very Voluminous and is Now Under Consideration. The record in the case of Capt. Healy of the revenue marine service has reached the Treasury Department. This officer was tried at San Francisco on several charges, the most serious of which was drunkenness on a recent cruise of the Bear in Alaskan waters. The record is very voluminous, and its consideration will require severa! weeks’ time. The findings of the court- martial are temporar‘ly withheld from the public until the Secretary of the Treasury is prepared to announce his action. The case is In charge of Assistant Secretary Hamlin. It is said that Capt. Healy was found guilty of several of the specifica- tions, and that he will undoubtedly be sus- pended from duty for several months at least. Capt. Healy has an excellent record, especially in connection with the enforce- ment of the laws against the seal poach- ers in Bering sea, and the officials are dis- posed to deal leniently with him. — THE NEBRASKA DELEGATION. What Ex-Senator Manderson Says of Mr. Thurston's Proposftion. Ex-Senatur Manderson of Nebraska, re- ferring to the proposition of Senator Thurs- ton relative to the Nebraska delegation to St. Louis, says that it simply places the cart befor’ the horse. “If I do not go into the convention with my state behind me,” he contin: ed, “I will have no status and will not be entered in the race. As I have said before, when my state delegation sees an opportunity to make a nomination by supporting another candidate it will be wel- come to do so.” oe Personal Mention. Commander N. Miyaoka, naval attache of the Jepanese legation, left this city yes- terday to attend the launching of the Jap- avese battle ship “Fuji” in England, the ceremony being booked to occur about the end of the present month. Commander Miyaoka will be absent about six weeks. Assistant Secretary Wike Is confined to his home today on account of illness. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has gone to New York on private business. Capt George B. Anderson, sixth cavairy, is in the city, on leave of absence. He is at the Metropolitan Club. Chaplain O. J. Nave of the army is on a visit to this city. Senator Cameron is at Charleston, S. C. ° Money for a Forestry Policy. The Secretary of the Interior has asked Congress for an appropriation of $25,000 to meet the expenses of an investigation and report by the National Academy of Sciences on the inauguration of a national forestry policy for the foregt-lands of the United States. sso as CHANGED HIS MIND Senator McMillan Now Opposed to Single Street Extension Bille. HEARING AS 10 RHODE ISLAND AVENUE What the Senater Told the Advo- cates of the Proposition. - OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS Senator McMillan this morning was waited on by Messrs. Thomas G. Hensey, M. C. Hooker and Melville Hensey, who asked that an amendment be added to the pending bill providing for the extension of 14th street, authorizing the extension of Rhode Island avenue across the southeast corner of the tract formerly known as Le Droit Park. This avenue is now complete to Florida avenue. At Ist street, two short blocks from its present terminus within the city limits, it is resumed in a direct line and proceeds northeasterly over lands that have been donated for* the purpose. The short space that now interrupts the continued extension of the avenue is that which is sought to be condemned by the Proposed amendment of “Messrs. Hensey and Hooker, who are interested in the land in question as trustees. They told Senator McMillan it has cost them in. taxes, inte! est and the original price about $i a foot to the present time. They urged that th condemnation be proceeded with speedily in view of the fact that this avenue is likely to become an important thorough- fare, connecting the city with Ist street west, which is now the most frequently used approach to the Sokiiers’ Home. They also told him that this property as long as it lies in the direct path of the ey tension ef the avenue cannot well be mar eted, and they urged that Congress speedily declare its intention in this matter. Senator MecMillan’s Change of Mind. Somewhat to their surprise Senator Mi Millan informed them that he was opposed to such a proposition. Not only that, but he was opposed, he went on, to all of the pending bills providing for street extension i by piecemeal. The Commissioners, he a ed, had reported adversely upon the bill for the extension of North Czpitel street | and 14th street, urging that t should be done under the authority of the general act and not by individual legis! tion. He had at first been inclined to doubt the wisdom of the Commissioners’ attitude in this matter, but he had since changed his n:ind, and was now inclined to oppose all these plans. There was some further discussion of the matter, and the Senator agreed to take the Proposed amendment under consideration. But the property owners left without fee! ing that they had much chance of securing the support of the chairman of & com- mittee. What Crused the Change. + It is understood that the attitude taken by the representatives of the Prospect Hill cemetery and the Barbour estate yesterday in the hearing before Senator McMillan on the bill to extend North Capitol street had eensiderable to do with the Senator's change of mind on this question. The ar- guments used yesterday were such as convince him, it is thought, that after a general bill would be by far the b means of securing the desired end. tendeacy of the property owners in this particular case, it is thought, is to get as much out of the public necessities as pos- ble, dnd the fear immediately arose that piecemeal legislation would result in m heavier exnenditures in street than would be the case if the undertaken on the p! outlined by ti highway act now under consideration the courts. This taatter of street extensions, there- fore, assumes a new phase as far as the District committee of the Senate is con- cerned, and at Friday's meeting of the com- mittee it will be reopened and again dis- cvesed. The bills for the extension of North Capitol and 14th streets are now on the Senate calendar, having been favorably reported, but there is nothing to hinder the committee from taking up the matter anow and recalling the bills if necessary. The episode of this morning, it is said, indicates that there will be a general d sire to get amendments to these “bilis, they should beeeme laws, adding ‘first proposed extension and then anoth til they will become virtual highway in ecctions. A point raised by Mr. sey this morning has an important bearing en the question. He urged that if the Rhode Island avenue amendment were xdd- ed the owners of that property would pro- test against the provision now in the bl! which’ provid:s a method of condemnation that permits tke benefits to be derived ty the improvement to be assessed aga'nst the cost of the property taken. The committee, it 13 understood to be quite certain, will not consent to any scheme of street ex- tension that does not recognize the prin- ciple of benefits. Mr. Hensey made an ar- gument in favor of street extension by general taxation without reference to the effect of improvements upon surrounding property. * Potomac Light and Power Company. Senator McMillan today introduced the bill recently prepared by the District Com- missioners to author:ze the extension of the lines of the Potomac Light and Power Company. This bill is presented to the Senate by Senator McMilian just as it came from the Commissioners, in order that the official proposition on the subject may be laid be- fore the District committee when it comes to take up this matter of wires and con- @uits. There is a disposition on the part of the committee to make an inquiry into this subject just as soon as the bills on the gas and water supply questions have been finally disposed of. It is thought that th's matter of wires and conduits is as vitally important to the public as the question of gas, for it involves many of the same con- ditions aud complications. The officers of the Potomac company have been quite active of late around the con mittee, urging that the bill formerly intro- duced to much the same purpose as this one should be pressed to an early consid- eration. Recent developments in the Dis- trict in the overhead wire and conduit d’s- putes between the rival companies and the Commissioners have attracted much at- tention to the general subject, and some members of the committee feel that the whole case ought to be opened, without spectal regard to the claims of any one company, and that the legislation emanat- ing from any such investigation should be framed in the interests of the whole peo- ple of the District for a dong time to come. The Commissioners’ bill grants the Poto- mac company the priv.leges it desires, and that were embodied in the former bill, pro- viding for the contingencies of municipal ownership and for the use meanwhile of the poles and conduits of the company for the public service. This bill will go to the committee as a basis for the legislation that Is to be evolved. The work will not be hastily done, as urged by the Potomac company, but the matter will be carefully and thoroughly sifted. Mr. Moses’ Protest. Senator McMillan today received a letter from the firm of W. B. Moses and Sons, protesting against the stoppage of the Ana~. costia cars at the market, as proposed by the bill now pending before the Senate Dis- trict committee. 1 To Relieve A. H. Herr’s Estate. Senator Mitchell today made a favorable report from the committee on claims on the ; Senate today were the following: For jus Dill for the relief of the estate of the late A. H. Herr of this District. Veurt of Appeals’ Decisions. Senator Hoar today introduced a bill pro- viding, that the decision of the District Court of Appeals shall be ffal in all cases where the decision of a ‘cireuit court of appeals of the United States: would have been final if the question inv#lved in such decision had arisen in any state. The bill was referred to the committee on the Judiciary. . An Electric Light Hearing. The House District committee will re- sume its hearings on the electric light bill next Thursday at 10 o'clock, at which time the United States Electrie Light Com- pany and the Fotomac Company will be given an opportunity to diseugs the pend- ing bill. : To Extend Connectitut* Avenue. Late yesterday afternoon féenator Harris introduced a bill providing for the exten- sion of Connecticut avenue; similar to that introduced in the House ‘by Mr. Bab- cock. To Extend 17th Street. Mr. Catchings of Mississippi introduced a Dill in the House today to provide for the extension of 17th street from Florida avenue to Park street, at a width of ninety feet, the grading to cost not more than $7,000, and one-half of the expense to be borne by the District of Columbia. MARYLAND POLITICS Senator George Day to Antagonize Speaker Mndi. A Lively Congressional Campaign— Legislative Routine at + Annapolis. > Speclal Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, March 17.—In the absence of President Bruce, whe is kept at home by sickness, Senator Crothers of Cecil was again today chosen temporary chairman. Senator Talbott introduced two bills to- dey, one to curtail the limits of the town of Rockville, Montgomery county, and the other to authorize the Baltimore and Weshington Transit Company to employ electricity and to perpetuate its charter. Among the civil nominations sent to the ond election nt tice of the peace in the s district of Prince George's co Robe C. Langley, in place of Louis Wisman, re- jected by the senate; for justi of the peace in the first and third clection dis- tricts of Howard county, Samuel Holland and George W. Grime respectively Delegate Abercrombie introduced a Lexow investigation bill, which has been referred to the committee on rules. Delegate Bye introduced an order to have his Lexow bill introduced two months ago reported. His order was referred to the committee on organization. No Lexow legislation is anticipated her: nd neither of these measures sre expected to come up for considera Candidacy on. of Senator Bay. The announcement of the camlidacy of Senator George Day of Howard county for the republican congressional nomination from the fifth district h eated quite a little ripple of comment : mong the fre- quenters of the howse, wad some con- cern has been m a by the po! who favor and not welcome #sneh an ag- gressive compeiitor as to prove. Speaker Mnd: r nt hi district known, and waile i guine of his uit realize the X likely mbition to for the nom 5 strong personal follow pie of his county and d strict. They rep. trust in him that prominent men in which is significant he enjoys. ‘The coun es one of them, and 1} and the abhorren:e frilis” has gone ity he po: An ‘Aggressive Campnign. In speaking of his candidacy with “The Star correspondent this morning Senator Day said: “I have de’ fight for the place, and if I don't win, it won't be for the lack of effort. As soon as the assembly adjourns I intend to make a tour of the entire country and bring myself in touch with ihe people. I expect to covi the ground thoroughly and make a person: al campaign. I am confident of carrying Howard county and the first and thirteenth election districts of Haltimore county, and the seventeenth ward of Baitimore city as well. Should I be nominated, I believe thai my election will follow Senator Day says that Goy. Morton is his preterence for the republican presidential nomination, with McKinley second. the in among CHANDLER AND McKINLEY. The Senator Thinks There is No Need for Replying to Gen, Grosvenor. Senator Chandler said to a Star reporter this afternoon that there was no need of any rejoincer by him to Mr. Grosvenor's reply to the interview concerning the methods of the McKinley boomers. He said: “] had my say. Mr. Grosyenor re- plied without answering anything, and there is nothing more, it seems to me, to In conversing upon the subject last ng Mr. Chandler sald: “I was very cautious in speaking about McKinley, but it certainly dges seem to me that he is in the hands of Whscrupulous managers. They say that this year the republicans can elect a yellow dog if we nominate ore. At the same time, look at the situation. If Mc- Kinley is nominated, we shail heve to meet the charge thet we fried the fat out of the manvfacturers in tie last campaign, that he fried the fat out of them again to se- cure his nomization, that he is continuing to fry the fat to buy his election, and that as 2 result, he will pay his political debts with a high tariff pill framed solely in the interests of the manufacturers. With such charges as these’to meet on the stump, the campaign on the part of the republicans will be defensive instead of offensive.” THE CASE-OF WALLER. What the Information of the Sinte Department as to It is. Some one has evidently imposed on La Patrie of Paris in the case of John L. Waller, formerly United States consul at Tamatave, or else Ambassador Eustis and the United States government are badly informed. The Patrie says that Waller ts still in prison in Fyagee, and that negotiations are in pro- gress hetween France and the United States in.regard. to his cxse, “According to the official records of the state’ Department, Wailer was released on the @ivsultimo and has been, at liberty ever since. On the 20th of February. Ambassa- or Eustis capied Secretary Olney that the president of the French republic had signed a decree for the pardon of Wailer, and that he wouid soon be reieased. The next day he again cabled Secretary Gney that Wai- jer had been reteased. ‘There has been no further ¢ on the subject, and the inal rrespondence ent in diplo- matic language is “al re Waller's whereabouts is unknown,, iit he is sup- posed to be on his way te fi country. He has been heard from ‘a Lorton and other places since his release... mined to make a! .MB.MORGAN ON CUBA ships, tiphaas Continues His Speech on the Con- ference Resolutions, SENOR DELOME'S STATEMENT CRITICISED Senator Pugh Also Continues His Speech on Silver. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE The Senate galleries are beginning to as- sume their normal condition, owing to the delays and uncertainties on the Cuban res- olutions. Minister Mendonca of Brizil and Mrs. John W. Foster, wife of the ex-Secre- tary of State, were among those in the diplomatic gallery today. Mr. Elkins’ resolution directing the com- mittee on foreign relations to report on the status of the Cuban war, went over until tomorrow after a conference between Mr. Elkins and Mr, Sherman. There were numerous small measures pressing for attention, which led Mr. Mit- chell (Oreg.), in charge of the pending Du Pont case, to say that he had reluctantly given way to the Cuban resolutions, but no headway was being made. He was will- ing to yield further if the Cuban question could be disposed of in any reasonable time; if not_he must insist on goltig on with the Du Pent case. Mr. Pagh on Silver. Mr. Sherman responded that he saw no reason why the Cuban question covld noi be disposed of in a day or so. But he did not desire to cut off speezhes. So far as he was concerned he would insist on keep- ing the Cuban resolutions before the Sen- ate to the exclusion of any other subject, yielding oniy to speeches. With this ex- planation Mr. Pugh of Alabama was rec- ognized for a continuance of his silver Speech begun yesterday. He argued that the movement for an in- ternational monetary conference was fu- lle, as England would not consent to it. The Senator declared that if the f1 of silver in the three political — p: could be united on one man they would elect a President by an jority. But, unfor | free silver” wi parate pol fact was the ¢ | stacle in the way of next presidential clectic: unreasonab! id Mr. Pugh, io expect free coinage dem. who constitcte four fifths of the party, to go over ulist party, mal of the friends of fr the White House block to free coinage, so that aS pgrferi that no tegislation friendly t@ silver could become a law while Mr, Cleveland was Fresident. Mr. Morgan on Cuba. Mr. Pugh concluded at 1 p.m. The Cuban resolutions were then taken up, and Mr. Morgan of Ala! eeded with his speech in suppor jution. He yoke of the supersensitiveness of Spain, , he said, she felt the send slipping from under her feet, while the gem of the Antilles was p. & out of her grasp. Spain had sucked this orange welinigh dry, until the sweetness was about exhausted. A Most Weak Effort. Morgan said the Spanish ement, made public yesterday, | Most weak effort. It had been kept in se- doubtless because all its prophecies of subduing tne insurgents were disproved by facts. The Spanish minister said that the insurgeits would not come out for an open fight, for the etiquette and chivalry of Spanish warfare. And yet the insurgents free their prisoners, being unable to feed them, and they maintain no prisons such ;as the Spanish have at Ceuta, Africa. | Spain's conduct of the war in Cuba ian with blood. The Spanish minister's refer- ence lo sugar, and our iterests in sugar, was not sufficient, said M: Morgan, sweeten the sentiment of the commiit: levd it to close its eyes to the feeling of the American people. ‘The Senator said the Spanish minister, his statement, admitted a condition of ¥, ing in Cuba. Mr. Morgan referred to Minister Dupuy de Lome's celebrated diatribe “criticising Senators and appealing over their heads to the American people. Such an act by a ‘supercilious fcreign minister’ was most re- markable, and it would ve high e for the American Congress to retire if the Ameri- ean people ever listened to the appeal of a foreigner, calling in question words used, in debate. News From Cuba Questioned. Mr. Morgan had the cierks read the s: ment of the Spanish minister concerning Senators. The Senator said it was remark- able how the Spanish minister questioned the news from Cuba, when Spanish censors controlled the sources of information and doctored all dispatches coming to this coun- try. It was a presumptous. act for the Spanish minister to misquote him (Morgan), and he had lost respect for the minister as a gentleman for adopting a misquotation in order to appeal to the American people. THE HOUSE. The House today without preliminary busi- less went into committee of the whole and tock up the consideration of the bill to emerd the customs administrative act of 1890. Mr. Payne (N. Y.), who had charge of the bill, explained its provisions at length. The administrative act of 1890 provided for a board of general appraisers for the review of the cases, with an ultimate appeal to the circuit court. The law had, he said, during the six years of its operation, worked fairly well and had undoubtedly saved to the reve- rues much money, but like ail laws, it had developed weak spots. Of course, said he, no law could make men honest, and the ex- perience under this law had been that vari- ous methods of evasion and undervaluation had been employed. The favorite method was by consigning goods, the value of which it was difficult to ascertain; another source of prolific trouble was the importation of a kind peculiar to a loclity or factory, the whole output of which is sometimes purchas- ed by an importer. The ways and means committee, he said, had confined their efforts to strengthening the law by amendments. The advice and assistance of the Treasury Department, the board of general apprais- ers, importers and others with practical ex- perierce, and of the Fairchild commission, appointed in 1893. to investigate the subject, had been obtained and followed in the form- ulation of the bill. Mr. Johnson’s Question Payne's Reply. Mr. Johrson (Cal.) asked Mr. Payne why the ways and means cemmittee had not re- ported a bill reforming the tariff schedules. “If we were simply playing to the gal- leries,? replied Mr. Payne, “we might bring in such a bill, knowing it could not become a law. I hope to join with the gentleman from California if, in the Fifty- fifth Congress in the enactment of a law and Mr. that will furnish ample protection to American industries.” (Republican ap- plause.) Toduy’s Cabinet Meeting. All the members were present at today’s meeting of the cabinet. The session was shorter than usual. CARLISLE’S CANDIDACY SANG THE DOXOLOGY The Announcement of Administration Sup- port Not Taken Seriously. Believed That Olney is Mr. Cleveland's Choice, but It Would Not Do to Now Make This Known. The statement made by the “Associated Press that Mr. Carlisle is to be the adminis- tration candidate for the democratic presi- dential nomination, and that this fact, to- gether with Mr. Cieveland’s “declination,” will soon be formally announced, causes no great surprise. At the same time there is an irdisposition to take the Carlisle candidacy seriously. The opinion is expressed that be- hind it there is something else. There is a growing belief that Secretary Olney is the n.an upon whom the anti-silver democrats will ultimately decide as their standard bear- er. It is well known that Mr. Olney does not want to appear in the light of a candidate seeking the nomination. In the first place, it is repugnant to his temperament to be placed in the attitude of seeking the public favor. In the second place, it might em- barrass him in dealing with our foreign com- plications if everything he did might be pointed to as the act of a candidate playing politics, The poiiticlans are looking for the ad ministration candidate, and opinion gradually been settling upon Olney. The suggestion is made that the annouucement of Carlisle's candidacy is only a temporary matter to put sn end to speculation unt the administration people shall be ready to make a more serious mov. There is such a bitter feeling in Ken- tucky, and Carlisle is so seriously in- volved in the factional fight, that his g ting a majecrity of that delegation is regard- ed as improbable. Even a “sound money delegation might not favor him, since many of that faith who are believers in caucus rute and are personally friendly to Biack- burn resent the action of Cartisie’s friends in the senatorial fight. But if he should get a majority of the delegates it would pro! ably be in a split convention, and there might be a contest at Chicago. L It does not appear where outside of Ken- tucky Mr. Carlisle could show any original strength in the convention. Hin Position as a Sound Money Man. In so far as he at present stands as an advocate of “sound money,” he might be preferred in the east*to a candidate avow- edly for silver or whose present attitude as to the money question is in doubt, but it is thought hardly likely that the New Eng- land, New York and other sound morey states would select him, of all “sound money” men, as their choice. For some time there has been a movement looking to the capture of the Pennsylvania delegation, but there is not now any evidence that great progress has been made in that direction. It is not understood that Mr. Carlisle has at- tained the position amon “sound money men as a leading, cons; cuous champion, but it is thought that he is rather regarded as deriving his standing in this connectio: from his official relations to Mr. Clevelar administration. He is rather regarded among politicians as having lost the sup- port of many of his former associates, with- out having yet been raised to a command- ing position among his new associates. Management of the Treasury Criti- cised. Moreover, his general management of the treasury is criticised by “sound money” people, in spite of his adyanced anti-silver position. There seems to be a disposition to attribute to Cleveland that which fs ap- pes of, and to charge mistakes upon Car- isie. BRITISH FLEET sTORY. TH No Warrant Can Be Found for It at the Legatio No warrant can be fcourd here for the statements coming from Caracas to the ef- fect that a British fleet issabout to make a hostile demonstration at La Guayra to en- force the collection of an indemnity for the ill treatment of a British officer at Uruan. The Venezuelan government has not in- formed its minister here of the impending demonstration, nor is anything of such a program kiown to the British fepresenta- tives here. It is probable that the story has its only foundation in the routine move- ments of some of the vessels of the British North Atlantic squadron. As it is impossi- We or at least iaexpedient to keep these vesseis in one port all the time, and as every movement gives rise to a fear of hos- Ule intent, it is said that such stories may be expected ai regular intervals. Negotiations in Progress. Touching the negotiations which Mr. Curzon has admitted are in progress be- tween the United States and Great Britain, Icoking to the settlement of the boundary dispute, nothing can be gleaned at the State Depariment, and the officials have apparently taken Mr. Curzon’s view of the inadvisability of making public the nature of the notes or propositions exchanged pending negotiations. The fact that Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister, will at- tend the reception at the British embassy, follewing the dinner in honor of Secretary Olney tonight, has led to the surmise that this might be the preliminary step to the restoration of diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela. It is a fact, however, that although for years past these diplomatic representatives have- been un- known to each other officially, personally they have been on good terms, and this will not be the first time by any means that Senor Andrade has been a guest at the British embassy. A Story Specifically Denied. The statement that Sir Stafford North- cote of the British parliament is here on purely private business was again made today, and the story that his visit relates to. the Venezuelan affair was specifically denied. —-—______ Restricting Immigration. The House committee on immigration today decided to favorably report two im- portant restrictive measures introduced hy Mr. McCall of Massachusetts and Mr. W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania. ‘The Stone bill establishes as a requisite for admission to the United States that the immigrants shall be provided with a cer- tificate from the United States consul or other authorized representative of the United States of the place of his last resi- dence that he is eligible to admission to the United States under the existing law The McCall bill, as amended by the com- mittee, excludes all males between the ages of sixteen and sixty who are not able to read and write English or some other sete original bill placed the age limits at fourteen end sixty and applied to both sexes. The omission of fernales from its provision was decided upon to prevent the separation of families. = In Favor of the Railroad. Judge Bradley today directed a verdict for the defendsnt in the case of Otto Rein- ers, by his next friend, Jacob Reiners, against the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company. The child, about five years of age, was struck by a cable car on 8th street southeast August 27, 1834, and was severely injured. Suit for $10,019 damages was thereupon filed. The company, however, showed that the child wandered upon the tracks, and the court held, therefore, that the road could not be made Mable upon such a show!>g. Rollicking Good Humor at Fran’ fort. SESSION CLOSED WITH NO ELECTION Troops Still Garrison the State House. CENSURING BRADLEY Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. FRANKFORT, March 17.—-The sun shone down upon a peaceful scene in the little town of Frankfcrt this morning. The ex- citing proceedings of the past few days seemed to have ccoled down entirely and if it were not for the fact that the boys in blue paced back and forth in front of the capitol building with guns on shoulders no one would have thought there was any- thing out of the ordinary going on. It was evident even before the legislature met for the last time that there would be ro legis- lation of consequence passed. The feeling between the demccrats in the senate and the republican house mzjority was so in- tense that all hcpe of agreeing upon any- thing was gi@n up. The revenue bills stood no more chance to gét through than if they had never been introduced. Many members of the house and senate crowded the office of the auditor all morning get- ting their per diem for the session in order that they might get out of town and home at the earliest possible moment after the adjournment. A meeting_of the senate majority investi-+ galing committee lest night made it cer- tain that there would be lively times in that body, and perazps inflammatory speeches made by the Blackburn leaders. Just before 10 o'clock Senators James and Walton walked into the senate chamber, and stepping up to Clerk Cromwell, asked him for their certificates showing that they were entitled to salary for the entire ses- sion. Cromwell said: “I will give you the vouchers up to and including February 11, but for no longei The senators declined to take this, and immediately said that they would have the Neutenant governor give them the certifi- cates, and that “they feit confident that the auditor would issue them warrants.” Almost a Fight. This morning a personal encounter that would certainly have resulted in the death of either or both men, had it not been for the intervention of Gen. P. Wat Hardin and others, occurred just outside the Capi- tol Hotel. About 9:30 o'clock Col. E. P. Gaither of the second regiment, State Guard, was walking up to the hotel when he met Jack Chinn. Col. Gaither said: “How are you, Jack?” Gaither was passing on when Chinn re- plied: “D—n you; don’t you speak to me,” and at the same time made a movement for his hip pocket. Before a weapon could be drawn Gen. Hardin rushed in between the two men and succeeded in preventing a fight; not be- fore Col. Gaither, however, had said to Chinn, “I am ready for you, sir; at any time, sir; it don’t matter whether you speak to me or not.” The courage of the two men Is too well known to need anything further said. Had the fight commenced, it would have been one to the death, as each man is dead game. When the story of this encounter became known, it created great excitement, and many said that it was but a beginning of hot times between the friends of Black- burn and those who upheld the course of the governor in calling out the militia. In the Senate. The senate opened quietly. The clerk started to read the journal. It wes dis- pensed with in order to allow the commit- tee on enrollments to report. At least half a dozen enrolled bills were read. Senators hurried to and fro, while they were being read, and held quiet conversations with each other. Senator Goebel is at work in his room in the Capitol Hotel, writing up the report of the senate investigating commit- tee. Outside in the corridor a detachment of troops stood around the iron railing, with guns on the floor. Some were reading the morning newspapers, while others gazed idly down on the large number of unfor- tunates who had not the necessary pass en- titling them to get upstairs. Capt. Gaines of the McCreary Guards again stood at the foot of the stairway and closely scrutinized the passes of all who entered the building. The assistants of the sergeant-at-arms of the senate did not make another attempt tu enter. They did not even attempt to enter the capitol building. The sight of the militia was evidently distasteful. A Stormy House. ‘The house had another stormy beginning this morning. Rev. Grider, the republican member from Cesey county, opened the house in prayer, and sent up a most elo- quent appeal for peace and harmony, and the hope that the session would close without bloodshed. At the close of the prayer Mr. Barnett of Ohio county offered a resclution indersing the action of the governor in calling out the militia. Mr. Howard of Butler county moved the pre- vious question. In a moment almost every dcmocrat in the house was on his feet demanding to be heard. The speaker ruled that the previous questicn had been order- ed and no speeches were in order. This did not silence the democrats, and at least a half dozen speeches were made at the same time in the greatest of confusion, during which bayonet rule, carpet baggers, soldiers, mffitia, anarchy, cowardice and such epithets were thrown at the repub- licans. The resolution was adopted by a yea and nay vote of 51 to 45. To Fine and imprison Bradicy. It has leaked out that a meeting of Blackburn democrats is to be held tonight, at which addresses are to be delivered by Senator Blackburn, Gen. Hardin, Ollie James and others, in which they will claim that the fact that no United States Senator was elected at this session is a great vic- tory for Blackburn. The meeting, it is said, will be an opening of the free silver campaign in Kentucky. No doubt Gov. Bradley will come in for a good stare of abuse. The report of the senate investigat- i mittee, according to Senator Goe- li not be ready until after the joint session. It will be lengthy and score the governor unmercifully. One story has it ihat the committee will recommend that the senate fine the governor $5), tocether with imprisonment for six months. That this is contemplated is shown by the re- mark of a member of the committee a few minutes ago. He szid: “The committee has power to recommend such punishment as you have just suggested.” The only thing that will prevent such a report being made is the fact that it is known that a number of democratic senators will not consent to it. Sang the Doxology. The joint session assembled today as peaceably as yesterday. A feeling of better humor pe ded the house. The occasion d by a number of ladies, who were allowed for the first time since last Friday to enter the galleries. The doors