Evening Star Newspaper, March 24, 1896, Page 1

4 THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. New York Offite. 49 Potter Building. eee ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. ies at the ecunter 2 cents each. BF mall—enywhere in the United — or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents mont PSarerday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oitice at Washington, D.C, &s second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. ‘Che Foen sae Star. No. 13,434, WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1896-EIGHTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. CHEERS FOR MORTON His Presidential Boom Launched at New York. ADDRESS OF TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN State Republican Convention As- sembles in the Empire City. S=CESS TAKEN UNTIL EVENING a NEW YORK, March 24.—Although the republican state convention had been called to meet at 12 o'clock, it was nearly half an hour later than that when the gavel of Mr. Hackett, chairman of the state committee, called the members to order. A few min- utes earlier ex-Senator Platt entered the hall, his appearance being the signal for a hearty greeting, the delegates and specta- tors cheering wildly and the band playing “Hail to the Chief.” After Chairman Hackett had rapped for crder the Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell offered Frayer for Divine guidance of the conven- tien. Hearty cheers were given when Ed- ward Lauterbach, Mr. Platt’s first lieuten- ant, entered the hall, and an equally en- thusiastic welcome was given Lieut. Gov. Saxton, who is looked upon as a leading #endidate for the governorship, the nomi- nation for which and for the lieutenant governorship will be made at a later con- vention. Upon the subsidence of the cheers the roll of the convention was called, and at its ecnelusion Chairman Hackett called upon Senator Cernelius R. Parsons of Rochester to act as temperary chairman. Chairman Parsons’ Ad¢res: Mr. Parsons said, In im part: ‘We are assembled together under cir- cvmstances which lend to this convention unusual importance. Next June the repub- lican party, for the first time in its history, will name as its standard bearer a citizen of the empire state; and we wiii today initiate the campaign which will restore cur party to power and promote the execu- tive of our state to the executive of our nation. ever was there such great impatience for the return of a party to power as now possesses the great majerity of the Ameri- can people. They miss many blessings which they did not know they had until they were deprived of them by the republi- ran defeat four years ago. That this coun- richest in the world in natural re- sources, should suffer beyond others from financial distress is proof demonstrative of inefficient administration of its affairs. If our distress were inevitable, if it were caused by war or pestilence, we would en- «ure it without complaint; but when we re- flect that it is the result of ignorance and perverseness, it becomes intolerable. “The democracy has shown that it is one thing to make platforms, and another to make laws. Never was there greater op- pertunity, greeter ueed for wise legislation in Washington than during the past three yezrs. Never was there a more complete failure of relief. The democracy has not advenced one great national doctrine which, when that party was in full power, became embodied in a statute, the Wilson bill notwithstanding. That bill fhe juming the chair, no doctrine or policy, and meets with the approval of no party or individual. The democratic administration of the national firances, while giving new proof of the wealth of the nation, has been characteriz- ed by costly blunders. “The republican party stands for some- thing definite. Its treatment of public cred- it and finance has invariably been conserva- tive and efficient. The certainty of its early restoration has already begun to in- spire. popular confidence that the present industrial depression will soon cease. How different was the feeling which attended the advent of the democracy to power! “The experience of the present session of Congress has emphasized the importance of a strong national party. With the growth of the Union and the development of diver- sified local interests, the difficulties of our government will increase. In the new states of the west, as in some of the old states of the south, local feeling is often stronger than national. There the dema- gogue, in the shape of a popular orator, panders to the delusions and plays on the weaknesses of the people. It requires little to excite them to a condition in which the idea of this Union seems less repugnant than their fancied grievances. In a country composed like ours the policy of the repub- lican party—call that party by whatever mame you please—is and always will be es- sential to the preservation of the Union. It is pre-eminently a national policy. Hamil- ton’s conception of nationality and national greatness has been steadily becoming the accepted republican doctrine. “Our party is committed to a currency that will command the world’s confidence, without which lucrative domestic produc- tion and progressive foreign commerce are impossible. At a time when the predomi- nant problems presented for solution per- jain to trade and finance, no man is better Riloped for the position of the chief ex- eSutive of the nation than that successful business man and statesman, Levi P. Mor- ton. He illustrates in his character and in Fis career the typical virtues of the highest American citizenship. I confidently believe that our candidate will be the choice of our party and of the nation, and that as Pres- ident of the United States a special session of a republican Congress will be called for the relief of a suffering people on the 4th of next March by President Levi P. Morton. ‘Then we will behold a noble and mighty na- tion rouse herself like a strong man recover- ing from a lingering and alarming disease, and enter upon an honorable and prosperous period, closing the century in a halo of glory. Cheers for Morton. ‘The speaker's references to Gov. Morton Were received with enthus‘astic cheering. Temporary secretaries having been select- ed and the rules of the state assembly adopted as the rules of the convention. Senator John Raines, author of the excise bill, which is known by his name, arose to make a motion. As he was recognized, he was loudly cheered. His motion, that all resolutions be referred without debate to the committee on resolutions, was adopted. Resolutions for the appointment of the usual committees were put through. Sena- tor Clarence Lexow was made chairman of the committee on resolutions, the an- houncement of his appointment eliciting cheers and a much Weaker demonstration of disapproval. , 2 There was a Calf for'Heers for greater New York, which were given, a resonant groan from the mfdst-ef the Kings county delegation marring the unanimity of the incident. The convention was in session only fifty- three minutes. There were no counter mo- tions and there was no debate upon any of the motions made. The adjournment was until 7:30 o'clock this evening, when per- M™munent organization will be effected with Congressman Southwick in the chair; vice presidents fcr each congressional district and full corps of secretaries and assistants appointed. ‘The McKinley element in the convention is not formidable and it is scarcely probable that it will be heard from in this evening's session. <A petition originating with the Erie county delegation, asking that the names of Platt an] Lauterbach be dropped from the list of delegates and the names of Samuel Thomas of New York and Mayor E. B. Jewett of Buffalo substituted, received but twenty-five signatures out of the total ef 600 membership of the convention. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS STILL ON CUBA THE Bil Proposed Home and Workshop for Dastitute Ocloced Children of Both Sexea. More Petitions for Rapid Transit by Citizens of Eckington—Other Matters of Interest. Senator Gallinger today, by request, intro- duced a bill to enable the Educational and Relief Association of the District of Colum- bia to erect a home, with worksnops and rooms, for the colored children of both sexes. It appropriates $20,000 for this pur- Pose. The buildings are to be erected on Good Hope Hill, to be known as a “Home for Destitute Colored Children of Both Sexes and a National Training School for Colored Youths.” The institution is to be under the care of the association, subject to such laws and regulations as may be in force in the District for the government of similar charitable associations. All of the property of the association is forever to be exempt from all taxes. The fund !s to be paid on special vouchers, as needed in the progress of the building, but no part shall be paid until the association shall have filed with the District Commissioners a satisfactory proof of title to the land on which the home is to be erected, and a pian of the structure has been approved by the Engineer Commissioner. The bili was re- ferred to the District committee. “More Eckington Petitions. Senator McMillan today presented an- other batch of petitions from citizens liv- ing on the line of the Eckington railroad, asking that the company be speedily com- pelled to adopt rapid transit. He also hand- ed In to the Senate a series of resolutions recently adopted by the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Association, to the same effect. The resolutions contain the following clause: ‘Action on this bill (S. 1888) should not be delayed because of rep- resentations made by the management of said company of their purpose to equip the line In the near future with compressed air motors, as such proposed equipment is ouly an experiment to be tried by the own- ers of the system, to demonstrate, if pos- sible, to the Eckington company, and with- out expense to said company, the practica- bility of air motors for street car propul- sion. The passage of the bill will in no ise prevent or interfere with the pro- posed experiment, ample time being given under its provisions to determine upon a satisfactory motive power, but its enact- ment into law will insure to the patrons of the line something more definite and certain in the way of a permanent and modern equipm2it with an untried motive power, with a possible return to the inade- quate service of the present in the event uch air motor system proves im- able.” The Letter Received. Commissioners’ letter relative to the The Proposition to purchase Analosian Island for hospital purposes, which has already been published in Lhe Star, has just heen received by Senator McMillan. ‘To Redeem Board of Audit Certificates Senator McMillan has reccived from the Commissioners a letter transmitting the re- port of Auditor Petty on the bill “to re- deem outstanding certificates issued by the board of audit and the board of public works of the District of Columbia.” He recommends action, with certain amend- ments. For a Farmers’ Market. Representative Wellington was today called upon by Messrs. R. B. Farquhar, Robert H. Miller, Arthur Stabler and Chas. F. Brooks of Montgomery county, Md., and F. S. Hill and Major Hines of Virginia, who advocated the passage of the bill providing a farmers’ market in this city. Postmaster Willett’s Salary. Mr. Swanson of Virginia today endeavored to secure unanimous consent in the House for the consideration of the bill reclassify- ing certain postmasters’ salaries and in- creasing the salary of Postmaster Willet of this city to $6,000 a year. Mr. Pickler of Scuth Dakota objected to consideration on the grcund that the bill did nothing for the fourth-class postmasters. —_____- e-___—_ A MODEL SWISS VILLAGE. How Rural Life Can Be Made Attrac- tive and Profitable. : It may be for little Switzerland, the old- €st of the family of republics, to earn the honor of solving for America the problem of how to prevent the concentration of population in great cities, an evil believed by economists to be fatal to welfare. The president of the Swiss national exposition, to be held this year, has adUressed United States Consul Ridgely at Geneva ‘on the subject, and the latter has forwarded his communication to the Department of State. President Turrettini’s suggestion is that Americans may learn how rural life can be made at once attractive and profitable by studying the model Swiss village which will ferm an important section of the ex- position, illustrating as it will the happy village life of the Swiss, with the numer- ous home industries which are so profit- able in full operation. If this can be stud- fed in connection with the agricultural sec- tion, in which Swiss methods of dealing with produce will be exemplified, and the best breeds of cattle exhibited, much valu- able information may be obtained, which might prove to be of substantial value to persons who are seeking to solve the prob- lem of over-concentration of population. COMMERCIAL RELATIONS. The Introductory Review Now Press by the State Department. The State Department has now in press the introductory review of the cemmerce of the world compiled from the Com- mercial Relations of the United States with foreign countries. While the Com- mercial Relations have appeared with reg- ularity the publication of the introduction has been suspended since 1881, owing to lack of clerical force. As this introduction was in reality a summary of the Com- médfcial Relations and embodied the con- clusions which might safely be drawn from the vast array of facts comprised in the full volume, the loss of this feature was severely felt. The main object of this summary is to set forth the special conditions of trade in the various coun- tries which seem to offer favorable open- ings for the introduction of United States produccs, in order that the hindrances as well as the-epportunities for the expansion of our commerce may be understood. ————— re * Personal Mention. Judge Nelson Cas2 of Oswego, Kan., is at the National. He is here to argue before the Supreme Court a case involving the title to a portion of the city of Chetopa, Kan., in an ejectment suit brought by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad. Capt. J. O. Watson, governor of the Naval Home, Philadelphia, is in the city on leave of absence. Col. O. H. Ernst, superintendent of the Military Academy, is on a visit to this city on official business. = Mrs. Wm. R. Hodges, 1527 Q street north- west, is again il with the Representative Dockery. has. been sud- denly called home by the announcement of the death of his brother-in-law, Judge J..E. Senator Mills Strongly Advocates His Joint Resolutions. WR. HALE MAKES A. PROTEST The House Passes the Bill Abok ishing the Death Penalty. OTHER ACTION TAKEN ed Tke displacement of the Cuban resolu- ttors had no apparent effect in diminish- ing the attendance in the Senate galleries today, as it was expected that Mr. Mills’ resolutions proposing the use of the army and navy in taking possession of Cuba and holding it until the people had estab- lished local self-government would occa- sion further detate. Fills were passed amer-ding the law pro- scribing the death penalty for Indians con- victed of rape, and leaving the punish- ment discretionary with the courts; au- thorizing the Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company to build a bridge across the Red river at Alexandria, La. A resolution offered by Mr. Hoar was adopted requesting the President to trans- mit to the Senate all dispatches, corre- spondence, ete., from November 5, 187 1878, concerning the pacification of the then pendirg conflict in Cuba. Mr. Mills on His Cuban Resolution. Mr. Mills was recognized at this point in support of the Cuban resolution introduced by him yesterday. He said the resolutions heretofore before the Senate were steps in the right direction, but very short steps. The people of Cuba had far greater claims on the United States than mere recognition of Lelligerercy. If Ireland had struck for literty today the hearts of the American Eevple would beat in sympathy, and so if Poland or Hungary asserted the right of liberty. But the United States had much cleser relations to Cuba than to Ireland or Poland or Hungary, for it was part of the western hemisphere over which the Monroe doctrine extended the influence of this country. ~ Mr. Mills-declared that the Monroe doctrine was a law of protection, and as such God was the author of it. It was the same right of self-protection which an individual exercised in abating a nuisance or destroying a powder house near his premises. Jefferson had used plain words in threat- ening to join England and sweep the French fleets from the seas if France per- sisted in holding the-mouth of the Missis- sippi river. The same spirit had brought forth President Cleveland’s Venezuela mes- sage. The Key to the Gulf. Cuba stood as the key to the gulf, and our unvarying policy, said Mr. Mills, had been to resist any transfer of Cuba to another monarchy. The United States had stood by as a jailer and prevented Cuba from going to France or England. And, if we insisted on keeping Cuba in the pcssession of Spain, was it not the moral obligation of the Unit= ed States to see that Spain gave Cuba fair government; to see that the hell of Spanish despotism was lifted from the Cuban peo- ple. “The day will come,” said Mr. Mills, “when th2 American ccrscience will be erovsed to its guilt in permitting the op- pression of Cuba, and when that conscious- ness comes the American people will fill this chamber with Senators who will stop that oppression.” The Senator read of atrocities attributed to Gen. Weyler, and added: “This is the work of that atrocious scoundrel. He could not be in Cuba today if the United States would draw her sword. How the cheeks of our American women must be suffused, how cur chiidren must blush -to know that this government stands idly by while Spain, with the keys of her dungeons dangling at her side, permits such an atrocious villain to raise his hand against defenseless women.” The protection which Spain gave to Cuba was the protection which the hawk gives to the dove. Cuba cries to us, ‘Deliver us from these monsters.” But we stand meek- ly, serving only as Spain’s jailer. In his own State of Texas they had, he said, drunk of the dregs of Spanish brutality. He re- lated the circumstances of the annihilation of Santa Anna’s forces on Texan soil and reviewed the bloodiness of the Virginius affair. To the st.ame of this gscvernment, we had permitted the Virginius atrocity to stand almost without reparation. For fifty-three people butchered by Spain, while rightfully claiming the protection of the United States, after a diplomatic correspondence of years, Spain paid $77,000. Mr. Stewart asked if Spanish bonds were not a potent factor in resisting intervention. Some Mysterious Force Existed. Mr. Mills replied that there was something beneath the surface; he did not know what this mysterious force was, but he felt that it existed. He did not know how far sugar stocks would be affected by action on the part of the United States. It was asserted that trade would suffer, but Mr. Mills de- clared that $100,000,000' would be a small expenditure for the glory of releasing the prisoners on the island of pines. It was the duty of the United States to protect and re- lieve these people, or else say to England or Russia: “Take that island and protect its people.” Until we did this a stock of bloody guilt is on our hands. Referring to the objections coming from commercial sources, Mr. Mills quoted the words of Goldsmith: “Honor fails when commerce long prevails.” The Senator said he had just received a letter asserting that “another fool had turned jingo,”” and asking him why he had not left jingoism to Mr. Lodge and Mr. Chandler. The letter was signed “A Dis- gusted Democrat.” ‘Now, if I had the X rays,” said Mr. Mills, “and used it in examining the pocket of the writer of that letter, I would find sugar stock there.’’ The Senator closed with the figurative picture of Cuba lying like a cripple at our gate, with extended arms and shrunken cheek, crying: “‘Help us! Help us!” serse of justice of the American people was aroused by this spectacle and the answer would be given at no distant day: “Rise to your feet and walk, we will ex- tend to you our powerful right arm that you may rise.” There was a ripple of applause as Mr. Mills closed, which was quickly checked by the presiding officer. The Senator re- ceived many congratulations from his as- scciates. Mr. Hale’s Protest. Mr. Morgan followed with further evi- dence of the existence of war in Cuba. This brought out a protest from Mr. Hale, who pointed out that the Cuban resolutions had been formally recommitted to a con- ference committee, the understanding being that the entire subject was recommitted. Under these circumstances, Mr. Hale said, he would insist, after Mr. Morgan’s, re- marks, that ¢he new resolutions offered w Mr. Mills should follow the usual parlia- mentary course and go to the calendar. Mr. Morgan insisted that the Mills reso- lution presented an entirely new phase of the subject, one involving the propo- sition that we go to Spain and demand that she give autonomy to Cuba. He went on to discuss the general subject. THE HOUSE. Over a hundred members have taken ad-’ vantage of the fact that the’ House has no important matters pending at this time to go home, and the attendance consequently is very slim. The pending question after “~~ (Continued on Second Page) Awarded Sixty-eight Thousand Dollars by the Oonrt, Suit Against the Metropelita: and the Final Judgment Announced, ———— st Road i The suit instituted by the) District against the Metropolitan Railmoad Company No- vember 27, 1880, to recover the sum of $161,- 622.52 for work done and materials fur- nished in paving certal streets of Wash- ington and Georgetown ‘at various times, in and adjacent to the company’s tracks, from 1871 to 1875, in cangequence of the failure of the company to do the work and furnish the materials, which, the District claimed, it was the duty of the company to do and furnish under its charter, was today finally disposed of in the Court of Appeals in favor of the District, the District being awarded the sum of $34,136.12, with interest thereon from November 27, 1880. The award, with interest, wil lamount to about $68,000. The court in deciding the case to- day divided, Mr. Justice Shepard dissenting from the opinion of the majority of the court, which was written by Mr. Justice Morris. By the provisions of a special act of Congress of August 2, 1894, the long pending case was transferred to the Court ‘of Appeais, both parties to the case agree- ing that the decision of the court should be a final determination of the controversy. Hence, the action of the court today is an end of the matter, there being no further appeal open to either side. Long Battle. Tke opinion is an unuspally voluminous ore, and Mr. Justice Morrip recites at great length the history of tha tase. He shows that the work was done by the board of public works, and that when the suit was instituted the railroad company urged, amcng other things, that the suit wes barred by the stacute of limitations. The case went to trial, a verdict awarding the District $147,507.05 being rendered. But in 1889 the United States Supreme Court reversed that judgment, on the ground that the District's claim was barred by the statute of limitations. There the mat- ter rested for about four years, Congress meantime endeavoring to compel the com- peny tu pay the judgment or forfeit its charter. Various extensions were given, however, the last extension being granted by the act of August 2, 1894, alove referred to. Upon the reference of the case to the Court of Appeals that court referred’ the cavse to Colonel James G. Payne, auditor of the District Supreme Court, ta state’an account. THat reference was made last June, and Colonel Payne awarded the Dis- trict $34,136.12. To that finding both sides excepted, the District because its whole cleim was not allowed, and the company because of the allowance. Claims Disallowed. Counsel for the District, Messrs. S, T. ‘Thomas and A. B. Duvall, admitted that the claim of the District for work done in Georgetown was without foundation, and that admission reduced the amount claimed to $132,214. Col. Payne disallowed the claim of $75,816.40 for work done on East Capitol, Ist and 9th a and $22,261.90 for work done on 17th anf P streets, the company claiming that it fad two years in which to do the work. The disallowance of those amounts the majority of the Court of Appeals affirmed, but Mr. Justice Shepard, in his dissenting opinion, holds that the Dis- trict should have been allowed the sur of 32,214.42, with interest. Mr. Justice Morris says, among other things, that the company is merely an in- habitant of the municipality, the latter representing the sovereign power of the general government, the government's con- trol over the public highways being su- preme. 1 In granting the company the right to occupy the streets a great privilege was granted, in consideration of which it be- came the duty of the company to keep. the portions of the highways occupied by it in good repair and well pavetl. , Congress never intended to withdraw sueh portions of the highways from the control and jurisdiction of the District and commit that control ex- clusively to the company. ‘It is,” says the court, “for the municipality, then, to de- termine what grades it will establish for the streets, what pavements it will lay and what changes, if any, it will make from time to time in those grades and pave- ments, and it is specifically made the duty of the railroad company to conform thereto. The power of the municipality does not ex- tend merefy to the portion ef the highway occupied by the railroad, for entire control over the whole area of the highway is given to it” ee THE SUGAR CASES. Mr. Chapman’s Appeal Was Argued Today. The Court of Appeals today was occupied in hearing the appeal of Mr. Elverton R. Chapman, who was convicted several weeks ago before Judge Cole of refusing to un- swer certain questions askéd him by the Senate sugar trust investigating commit- tee, and sentenced to thirty days in jail and to pay a fine of $100, Mr. Chapman’s counsel base the appeal on the rulings made by Judge Cole during the trial, the alleged errors of the court being two score or more, Ex-Senator Ed- munds of Vermont, and Judge Dittenhoef- fer of New Ycrk addressed the court today, District Attorney Birney following. Mr. Jere M. Wilson will probably conclude the arguments tomorrow on behalf of Mr. Chapman. SS FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT LIKELY. France and Great Britain Discussing the Egyptian Question. LONDON, March 24.—It is understood that France and Great Britain will have settled their Egyptian difficulty before the next meeting of the Egyptian debt com- mission on ‘Fhursday next. Explanations of a satisfactory nature are proceeding. The Baron De Courcel, the French am- bassador here, who was, suddenly recalled to London after he had left this city on leave of absence, will return to France on Saturday, and the Marquis of Salisbury has arranged to start for Beaulieu on Thursday. PARIS, March 24.—The ‘cabinet council today was devoted to discnssing the nego- tiations between Great Britain and France relative to Egypt. * M. Lockroy, the minister of marine, an- nounced that the French northern squadron would not go to its usual cruising grounds, but would shortly proceed to the Engi'sa channel and the Bay of Biscay. —_——-_—__ PREPARING TO FIGHT. The Transvaal Burghers Assuming an Alarming A(titade. LONDON, March 24—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette this afterfioon from Jo- hannesburg says that .the Transvaal burgher: are assuming an alarming atti- tude. It is added that’a strong feeling exists among the Dutch throughout South Africa, and that they merving them- selves fcr a supreme s1 with Great Britain. : No feason is asslened for the sudden withdrawal of the bail: ae members of the reform committe had been permitted to go to Jol ‘& in order to attend to their pri irs; but all have now been arrest. a. are kept under guard in a private house at Pretoria. STRICT WINSIFQR A NEW NAVY Provisions for More Battleships in the Appropriation Bill. MONEY 70 BE AVAILABLE FOR REPAIRS Authority Given for Officers to Allot Their Pay. THE DIFFERENT NAVY YARDS The naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year, which begins on July 1 next, was completed today by the House committee on naval affairs, and may be considered by the House this week. The total amount carried by the bill is $31,611,034, of which $12,779,133 is for the increase of the navy. The appropriation is an increase over the amount cf the last bill, which was about twenty nine and one-third millions. Under the increase of the navy the chief items are the four new battleships and fifteen torpedo boats, the former “to carry the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance upon a displacement of about 11,000 tons, and to have the highest practicable speed for vessels of their class.” Speed premiums are not to be offered; all parts of the ves- sels are to be of domestic manufacture, and the contracts are to be let within ninety days after the passage of the act. One firm, under the act, may bid for all of the vessels. For the hulls and outfits of vessels and steam machinery heretofore authorized, $7,- 670,679 is made available; for armor and armament for vessels authorized by the acts of 1886, 1890, 1892, 1893 and this act, and the three torpedo boats authorized by the act of 1895, $4,871,454 is appropriated. For the completion of the equipment of new vessels, $237,000. Under the bureau of construction and re- pair $1,250,000 is carried for the construction and repair of vessels, and an additional sum of $350,000 is made immediately avail- able for work urgently required on the Mi- artonomah, Bennington, Baltimore, Petrel, Mohican, Ranger, Atlanta, Vesuvius, the tugs Fortune and Standish, and the Pensa- cola and Swartara, the latter two of which are to be sold. It is stipuiated that no ex- penditures are to be made for the repair of any wooden ships when the estimated cost of repairs exceeds 10 per cent of the cost of a new ship of the same material and size, and special items are included of $250,000 for repairs to the Chicago and $100,000 for the Hartford, the latter vessel being ex- empted from the 10 per cent proviso. For steam machinery of vessels $728,500 is appropriated, and, in addition, there are speéial items of $150,000 for the Chicago, $100,000 for the Atlanta (immediately avail- able), $60,000 for the Dolphin (Gmmediately available), and $75,000 for the Hartford. For equipment of vessels, $1,312,147 is carried; for ordnance and ordnance stores, $792,000; reserve guns for auxiliary cruis- ers, $250,000; new brick or stone buildings at the Fort Mifflin, Pa., naval magazine, $50,000; Newpert, R. I, torpedo station, $75,000, includirg $15,000 for extending the sea wall; for arming and equipping the nayal militia, $50,000. Under the bureau of Whe and docks there is an appropriation of $265,000 for maintenance of yards and doeks, $75,000 for repairs at the Brooklyn navy yard, $37,500 for the League Island, Pa., yard; $44,000 for Norfolk, $180,000 for the Port Royal, S. C., station, which cludes $150,000 for dredging the c! and $15,000 for an artesian well; $9’ the Mare Island, Cal., yard, including $50,- 000 for extension of the quay wall and $30,000 for a ship fitter’s shed; $102,000 for the Puget Sound dry dock, including $60,000 for corstruction and repair shops and $20,000 for a storehouse, and $35,000 for the Naval Academy, of which $30,000 is for two double houses for officers’ quarters. The allowance for the equipment of ves- sels is $1,312,147. Under the pay of the navy a clause is Inserted in the bill to over- come the recent ruling by the Treasury Department that it is unlawful for officers at sea to make assignments of their pay to members of their families. Authority is given the Secretary of the Navy to maxe regulations under which the officers of the navy and marine corps may make allot- ments from their pay for the support of families while they are at sea, or on dis- tant duty, or under other special circum- stances. ——————-_e-___ A JOINT PRODUCTION. The Probable Kind of a Pacific Rail- road Bill to Be Presented. Whatever Pacific railrcad bill is presented to the House will probably be the joint pro- duction of the House ard Senate commit- tees. The swbcommittee of five appointed by Chairman Powers is waiting for the Senate committee to select a similar body to meet it before it begins work, and it is ex- pected that joint conferences will be held within a week. It is understood that Speaker Reed will not select a successor to Mr. Boatner of Louisiana on the committee for several reasons. Mr. Boatner, who was unseated last week, confidently predicts that he will be re-elected at the special election to be held within the month and will again take his seat in the House and resume his com- mittee work. A member who had not given particular attention to the question would be at a disadvantage to join the committee at this time, because there have been many hearings and committee discussions which he would have missed and which would be scmewhat essential to a complete under- standing of the legislation. In the last Con- gress Mr. Boatner led the opposition to the funding bill, and his views are unchanged, go that the California delegation, which is working for foreclosure, is anxious for his retention on the committce. ——_—_—___---——____- = NARROW ESCAPE. An Iron Worker at the Treasury Nearly Killed Today. George Ernest Hunter, an iron worker, employed in the work of building a freight elevator in the west wing of the Treas- ury Department building, had a narrow es- cape from, death today. He was engaged in piecing the ‘ron lattice work inclosing the shaft ‘on the third floor of the build- ing, in doing which he had occasion to lean over into the shaft. Thoroughly intent on his werk he entirely forgot his danger fgom the moving car. It was at the top at the time, slowly descending, and before he or any one else realized his peril, it struck him on the back of the head and forced his forehead against the sharp iron edge of the frame, cutting his head badly and causing a free flow of blood. Luckily his fellow workmen saw his predicament and stoppéd the car instantly, otherwise the unfortuhate nian would certainly have been crushed to death. As it was he suffered a bad laceration of the scalp and a fracture of the skull. He ‘Was taken at once to the Emergency Hos- pital and received prompt and skillful treatment. The physicians say his injuries are not very serious, cnd that he will prob- ably be able to be removed to his home in a few days. He lives at 630 3d street northeast. The accicent occurred during the lunch hour, while the corridors were thronged with clerks, and caused con- siderable‘excitement for a short time. ———_——_— Gevernment Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $237,038. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $250,041; customs, $32,002, $67,651; miscellaneous, THE CASE OF MKINLEY Oharges Made by His Opponents and Re- pies of His Friends. The Financial Straddle, the Invasion of States and the Part He Had in Framing the Tariff Bi The republicans of New York will in- dorse Gov. Morton tonight, and later in the week the republicans of Massachusetts will indorse Mr. Reed. Both conventions are expected to deal clearly with the money question, and to somewhat the same im- pert, and thus the issue between the Mc- Kinley and the anti-McKinley forces, both as to candidates and the platform, will ve Seined. The case for and against Mr. McKinley, as stated in political circles, is semething like this: The Financial Straddle. (1) The anti-McKinley men charge that the financial plank of the Columbus plat- fcrm is a straddle, and indicates a luck of courege on the part of the Onio candidate. The McKinley men reply that the plank is strictly in line with the Minneapolis plat- fcrm of 1892, and represents the conserva- tive republican sentiment of the country. They hold that the money question in its relation to the situation of today can only be dealt with authoritatively, so far as the party is concerned, by the St. Louis con- vention. Their favorite, they engage, will be fully prepared by his record to stand on the next national party deliverance, whai- ever it may ke. The McKinley Tariff Bi (@) The anti-McKinley men assert that it falsifies ithe record to place the whole credit of the McKinley bill to the account of the Ohio candidate; that the bill was drawn in obedience to a principle to which every republican subscribed at that time, an@ still subscribes, and, moreover, that the man whose name the measure was made to bear had no more to do with fram- ing it than a dozen other eminent republi- cans in one branch cr the other of Con- gress at that time. The McKinley men reply to this by de- claring that their favorite stands for pro- tection just as Mr. Lincoln stands for emancipation and John Sherman for the resumplion of spe@ie ments. Mr. Lin- coln was not th2 only republican who fa- vored ireeing the slaves, nor was John Sherman the only republican who favored resuming specie payments. But both were in leadership to give active force to those principles, and hence their fame is identi- fied with those great performances. Mr. McKinley was in leadership when pro- tection was put into more notable force than ever before, and hence he stands for the principle in the minds and hearts of the people more conspicuously than any other man. The Invasion of States. @) The anti-McKinley men complain of the invading of the bailiwicks of other can- didates by the McKinley managers. This, they contend, is not only In bad taste, but is positively unseemly. Mr. Reed, Mr. Alli- son, Governor Morton, Mr. Davis, Mr. Quay, Mr. Cullom and Mr. Manderson, each, it is insisted, should have been free at home from outside interference. The McKinley men deny that they have carried matters to the point complained of. They justify what they have done by the statement that it was forced upon them. McKinley sentiment, anxious to express. it- self, existed in every section of the coun- try, and an unfair advantage was sought over it by the bringing out of favorite sons, with no other aim in view but to cripple Mr. McKinley. There was but one way to meet this maneuver, and that was to ex- pose the hollowness of these candidacies. The desired effect, the McKinley men claim, has been produced. ‘The country, they insist, now understands the difference between the real and the unreal booms, and this, they think, explains the great strides their favorite has been making re- cently. A Popular Wave Claimed. The friends of Mr. McKinley are relying for success upon the belief that an irre- sistible popular wave is bearing their can- didate toward the goal. The gathering of this force is the work of no man or set of men, but the outgrowth of condemnation of the democratic policy, and a desire to re- turn to the republican policy as interpreted and as it would be administered by a man in whom the people believe. Bosses, divis- iors, combinations and detractions, all molded into one agency, cannot, they as- sert, prevail against popular decree. ———__-e A. A. P. MEN MEET. Advisory Board of the Order in Ses- sion in This City. The advisory board of the American Pro- tective Association bezan what members say is the most important session in the history of the order in this city this after- noon at 2 o'clock. The metting was secret, even the plece of meeting being guarded as a profound mystery. There are thirteen members of the ad- visory board, and all of them are expected to be in attendance at tonight's session. Among ‘the prominent members now in the city are Judge Stephens of Missouri, Mr. Sheldon of California and Dr. Dunn of Bos- ton, ‘The advisory board of the A. P. A. is the political machine “ef the order, and the meeting now being held is a special one. The anncuncement has been made tn an interview in The Star of the intention of the A. P. A. to enter actively into the com- ing political campaign. The present meet- ing is therefore regarded with more than usual interest. The future political policy and the plans of the order will be mapped out by the advisory board, and the mem- bership will, it is said, follow the recom- mendations of this chosen body. One main object ef the meeting of the advisory board is, it is said, to formulate demands on the political parties for the insertion in their respective platforms of planks opposing sectarian appropriations of public money. The board will probably adopt resolu- tions favoring Representative Linton’s bill amending the Constitution. Mr. Linton will push his bill and try to secure a favorable report on it at this session. The proposed amendment is identical with that intro- duced by Mr. Blaine in 1876, and is as follows: “Article XVI. Neither Congress nor any state shall pass any law respecting an establisl:ment of religicn, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or use the property or credit of the United States, or of any state, or any money raised by taxation, or authorize either to be used, for the pur- pese of founding, maintaining, or aiding, by appropriation, payment for services, ex- penses or otherwise, any church, religious denomination or religious society, or any institution, society or undertaking, which is wholly or in part under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.” - Altogether, the advisory board will, it is said, deal with a wide range of political matters. —_———_—_-o+_____ The Case of Walter Dygart. Consul General Williams et Havana has telegraphed the State Department that he has made two applications to the governor general of Cuba for information as to the case of Walter Dygart, a citizen of Illinois, arrested by the Spanish officials for com- plicity in the rebellion. So far he has re- ceived no response to his applications. MR. DAVIS OUT OF IT The Minnesota Senator Announces His Withdrawal. ACTION OF DISTRICT CONVENTIONS They Refused to Indorse His Cans didacy. M’KINLEY GAINS VOTES Se eS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, March 24.—Just before the state republican convention was called to order this afternoon, it was an- nounced that Senator Davis had wired Con- gresyman Tawney withdrawing from the presidential race. This action was due to the refusal of three of the five Minnesota district conventions of yesterday to in- = dorse his candidacy. His determination to withdraw makes it certain that Minneso- ' ta’s eighteen votes at St. Louis will be for McKinley. Senator Davis’ message reads as follows? “Washington, D. C., March 24, 1896.—To Frank B. Kellogg, James A. Tawney, Hen+ ry A. Castle, C. A. Severance: I am bound to always, and do most loyally respect the wishes of the people of Minnesota. For that reason, I request that my name be not considered in the deliberations of the Minneapolis convention. Give all my friends my mosi enduring and heartfelt thanks. “Minnesota republicans should, in my opinion, declare against the United States undertaking the unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of sixteen to one, should also declare for a protective tariff that courage, secure and perpetuate do: production of everything agricultural, min- ing or manufactured that we can produce or make; that will in consequence cause steady employment to be given to the American wage earner at wuges adequate to the American standard of living; that will also pledge the republican party to protect American industry and manhooid against the competition now threatening them from the orient, particularly Japan;, that will also by provision for reciprocity’ enlarge our foreign commerce with nations: who produce what we can’t produce. It should also assert the policy of the United States as declared by James Monroe and by every one of our statesmen since, declare that the people of Cuba ought to be recog- nized as belligerents, declare for coast de- fenses, and such other naval and military preparations as will surely make us able to secure peace by our manifest invincibility In war.” The Convention. It was neariy 1 o'clock before the con- vention was callled to order by Chairman Tams. Congressman James A. Tawney arose before anything else was done and read Senator Davis’ telegram of withdraw- al. There was unbounded excitement. cieared the atmosphere wonderfully. The first clash was on the temporary chairmanship, the two cand:dates being ex~ Lieutenant Governor A. E. Rice of Willmar and ex-Lieutenant Governor Gideon 8S. Ives of St. Peter. Rice won, 632 to 00. evenly on this vote, most solidly for Ives. — DISTRESS IN THE ANTIPODES, But it Hennepin divided ile Ramsey went al- Violent Climatic Dist canes, Fevers and VANCOUVER, B. C., March 21.—The most violent climatic disturbances still prevail in the antipodes. A second hot wave sent the thermometer upward, ihe mercury climbing to @ point never beiora reached. At Adelaide the temperatuy reached the highest point yet recorded, While at Melbourne deaths from heat, apoplexy and sunstroke have reached an alarming number. Numerous serious fires also took plaze, started by spontaneous combustion, and at all the factories double guards have been placed to prevent combustion through heat generating in closely stored goods. In the country large ranges cf bush have been set on fire and surrounding settlements are threatened. At Alexander, Waterloo and Wage typhoid fever is raging, the mortality pe- ing very great. The epidemic is caused by impure water, owing te the wells being dried up. At Mclbourne the typhoid epidemic has assumed alarming preportions, the fever wards in the hospitals are full and large nees—Haurri< ‘tense Heat. za numbers are turned awa: The rivers were all rising in Queens!s The damage to the crops is bie and great Jestitution t Adelaide a je lasting twenty-four ours did much damag ing prevails at Tow are bemg asked for all © the homeless. Arter the wind earthquake in south Australia there were two distinct shocks from east to west. VICTORIA, B. C., March 24.—The Cana- dian-Austral’an steamer Warrimoo,which arrived here late Sunday night, rep$rts en- countering a terrific hurricane on the 6th instant, she then being one day out of Suva, Fiji. So fierce was the storm that the steamer was forced to slow down for forty consecutive hours, and her owners assert that not only Suva, but every set- tlement in the Fijian group, must’ have been totally devastated by a gale which for ferocity surpassed even the memorable hurricane of three years ago, which laid the Fijian apd Samoan Islands in ruins. Purser Humprey has communicated with the imperial uthorities, so firmly con- vinced are he and his brother officers that Suva cannot have escaped desolation. Aside from the storm, the Warrimoo had a comparatively uneventful voyage. She brings word of the loss of the temporary ferry steamer Pearl in the Brisbane river on February 13, through a collision in a strong current with the anchored govern- ment steamer Lucinia, the ferry being cut in two, and thirty-seven lives being lost. LOCAL MATTERS AT ANNAPOLIS. Wheelmen’s ib House Near Laurel Opposed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 24.—A strong lobby is working against the bill to consoli- date the proposed electric railw between Baltimore and Washington. The Pennsyl- vania and Baltimore and Ohio roads are fighting the bill, and their represeniatives are on the ground continually. Ex-Congressman Barnes Compton ap- peared at the state house today to protest against the bill to permit Washington and Baltimore wheelmen to erect a club house near Laurel, and to carry on the sale of liquor therein. The bill was reported un- favorably in the senate, but an effort is on foot to have the vote by which the un- favorable report was adopted reconsidered, ‘ and it is against this movement that Mr. Compton protests. The bill was originally introduced in the house by Delegate Holmes of Prince George’ Gov. Lowndes has sent a message to the assembly advocating the appointment of a joint committee from the house and senate to meet a like committee appointed by the general assembly of Virginia to consider matters relative to fishing in the Potomac and Pocomoke rivers and ioke sound,