Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1896, Page 1

HE EVENING STA’ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, + no ‘Avenne, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star N Cor ' SH KAUFPMANN, Prest. Star is served to subscribers in the heir own account, at 10 cents month. es at the Eecnter 2 cents cach. By mail—onywhere in the United States or Canada- postage prepaid—50 cents Ber month. Saturday Quinteple Shect Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Otiice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mall matter.) {7 All mail subscriptions must be pald tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Ze No. 13,440. WASHINGTON, D. 0, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1896-TWENTY PAGES. SENSATIONAL SCENE|FRO™M 4 D1ZZY HEIGHTIREED) AND M’KINLEY Sharp Passage of Words Between Messrs. Milliken and White. THE NEW PRINTING OFFICE SITE That Was the Cause of the Cri cism and Retort. FULL TEXT OF THE BILL A sensational scene occurred this morn- img in the House committee on public buildings and grounds between Chairman Milliken of Maine and Representative White of Ilinois, concerning the selection of a site for the government printing office. The room was filled with an array of dis- tinguished-lookfhg New Yorkers, represent. Ing the projuce and maritime exchanges, ‘who came for a hearing on the New York fustom house site. Mr. Maple of the pro- duce exchange was proceeding with a speech when Chairman Milliken asked him to suspend for a moment. Mr. Milliken explained that when the vote ‘Was teken the other day for the selection of the Carroll lot for the government print-! ing office it was dene after 12 o'clock, and was subject to objection. He, therefore, de- sired a vote to be taken now, before 12 ©'clock, to validate the action. Mr. Keifer of Minnesota interposed With an amendment to the effect that this government printing office bill be not re- Ported until all favorable reports on public uildings should be presented to the House. Would Kill the Bill. “That means killingethe bill, then,” said Mr. Milliken. He went on to explain that the owner was about to put up a row of houses on the Carroll lot, and would go en with them unless he got a definite an- gwer at noon today that the committee had chosen this lot. this point Mr. White came into the He suggested that there was about the printing office, and that other public building bills ought to © Teported as well as this one. I am not objecting to reporting them,” said Mr. Mihken. “It is the Sveaker of the House of Representatives.” Mr.White still persisted that there should be no hurry. This led Mr. Milliken to make the remark which precipitated the scene. He said there had been too much foolish- fess and delay over this printing office site. MemSers of the committee ought to come to the front in a manly way and yete one way or the other. Mr. White's Protest. “I protest against the use of the word manly,” said Mr. White, with great vigor and evident f2eling. “It is no time for the use of such language.” He turned toward Mr. Milliken and began addressing him per- sonally You have railroaded this thing said he. “You have no business : Since the previous vote on this bill I have rec @ definite offer of the Manone lot at ._ “Weil, we don’t w; said Mr. Miiliken. trouble before “it has been a source of “ongress for years.” t want the Mahone let,” re- hite, “and I don’t want the White continued a vigorous personal on Mr. Milliken, saying th: te) had no a to gt man for anything done in committee. By this time Mr. Miliken was also much flushed and excited. “I nave not asked for your thanks,” said he, “and I do not propose to ask them this Cong: =.” A Timely Suggestion. sharp exchange continued until an- member of the committee arose and “I suggest that this is proper for an ive session, and certainly should not take place in open session.”” A motion was made to go on with the New York hearing and was carried unani- mousiy, and Mr.Marple resumed the thread of his discourse, which had. deen inter- rupted by this warm personal exchange over the government printing office. Text of the Bill. The Lill for a new government printing office which the Hicuse committee on pub- lic buildings and grounds ias prepared is in full as foiluw » That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, empowered and directed se for and in the name of the States, for the site of the govern- printing office, at and for the sum “0, exclusive of the value of any Hings thereon, that portion of square 1 the city ‘of Washington, District The other of Columbia, which lies south of Heckman Street, running through said square, with right, ail the ide, interest and appur- to belonging, and which seid according to the criginal y3 in the Disirict of Columbia, bound- m the < by Ist street exst, on the t east, and on the South by re; and on failing to secure such, des from the party or parties h &n¢ authority to make title thereto, or fi: ng the riz to secure such title as shall appear n the written statement of the Attorney rail of the ted States to have been duly certified by ene of the real esiate title ineurance companies of the District of Columbia to be good in fee simple and tree from incumbrance, as appears by the records of stid District, the said Secretary ef the Treasury is hereby empowered and directed to secure the same by condemna- tion proecedings, as provided in the act of Congr pproved June 25, 1890, to au- thorize the acquisition of certain real es- the city of Washington for an i site for a city post office. Pro- vided, ver. That if under any existing contracts any buildings or improvements shail be erected upon sail real estate be- tere the acquisii:on of tiile thereto by the United States pursuant to the terms of this act, then the same shall be corapen- sated for at the tair market value thercof, as may be agreed upon by the owner and the Secretary of the Treasury, or by con- dermnacion as hereinbefore provided. 5 That the Secretary of the Treas- soon as such site shall be acquired, shall cause the supervisimg architect, with the advice of the public printer, to pre- pare the requisite plans for a government printing establishment, fire proof through- out, which shall be fully equal to the prompt and efficient performance of the work now required by the government, such plans to be so arranged as to admit of progressive extensions as the growing de- Mand upon the establishment may from time to time require. - Sec. 3. That the sum of $250,000 appro- Priated to provide accommodations for the government printing office and the ccn- struction of the needed storage and distri- bution warehouses in connection therewith, im the act making appropriations for sun- dry civil expenses of the government, ap- proved August 30, 1890, and suspended by act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal ear ending June 30, 1802, approved March 1801, is -hereby made available for pur- chasing the site and beginning the work of constructing said building. Sec. 4. That this act shall take effec: from the date of its approval. ——————_e— —___ Interest Checks Assistant Treasurer Maline today mailed £26,756 checks, aggregating $4,902,578, In pay- ment of the interest due April 1 on United Btates 4 per cent consols of 1907. Another Victim of New City Post Office Methods. Daniel Beach Falls From the Third Story of the New Stractare— Lack of Precaution. Another victim of the negligence of the authorities in charge of the construction of the new post office building and the con- tractors working under them was added to the already long list this morning, when Daniel Beach, an iron worker, residing at 514 R street northwest, received a fractured skull by falling from the third story of the structure to the basement beneath. For several days Beach and some fellow work- iren have been engaged in removing girders in the 12th street wing of the building, mid- way between C and D streets, to make room for the vaults that are to be placed in posi- tion there. These girders were attached to chains, which in turn were joined to the pulley rope of a derr‘ck, and, when their fastenings were removed, they were low- ered to the basement. This inorning shortly after .11 o'clock Beach was standing on a four-inch iron girder in the third story, keeping his balance by leaning against one of the iron upright columns. It was his duty when one of the girders which was to be removed had been loosened to push it out so that it could be lowered without striking the stationary girders on its way down. When he saw that it was straight he would give the order to lower away. At the time mentioned he leaned forward and pushed the rope nolding a suspended girder, and in doing so was compe'led to move away from the post by which he had kept his balance. He swung the girder into space and gave the order to lower, and, in attempting to recover himself, iost his balance and fell forward. He made a desperate effort to grasp the girder and threw an arm around it, but the beam gave -beneath his touch and he could not retain his hold. Ap- preaching the first story his body turned and went down head first, striking with terrific force upon an iron girder in the basement below. When assistance reached Beach it was seen that his head was split directly in the center from the: forehead back. The injured man was taken at once to the Emergency Hospital, where an ex- amination was made by Dr. Peralio, and it was found that he was suffering from a fracture of the skull. Preparations were at once made for an operation to stop the hemorrhage and relieve the pres- sure upon the brain by trephining- The accident had a very serious effect upon the other men engaged in the dan- gerous work upon the building, and the general query among them was “Who will be the next?” It was learned that many men had given up employment in the past three months because of their inability to work with any degree of satisfaction with absolutely no safeguards to protect them while laboring upon the dizzy height of the new structure. In all the ten stories of the building there are but two or ee small temporary platforms made of boards carelessly thrown across the iron girders, while the workmen are compclied to go about their duties on the precarious footing affcrded by the girders alone. The acci- dent to Beach, occurring as it did at a time when the avenue and the streets ad- jacent to the new post office were crowded with peuple, caused a great deal of com- ment, and the opinion was expressed in two or three quarters that the attention of the grand jury would be called to the conditions and action secured similar to that in the case of the other government death trap, known as the government printing office. Mr. Beach is a young man about thirty years of age and very highly thought of. He is a native of Baltimore and has a young wife, to whom he was married seven or eight months ago. His recovery is extremely doubtful. —_—— THE MANUFACTURERS’ CLUB. What Senators Teller and Cannon Say of Its Resolutions. A Star reporter this morning interviewed Senatcrs Teller ard Canncn on the action of the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia lest night in repudiating the idea that the club was for the free coinage of silver and in repudiating the conference here ox ce! tein manufacturers and Senators as repr senting the views of the club. Senator Teller said: “I am not surprised at the action of the club. I never thought that the club was for silver. Of the gentle- men who came kere some were for free coinage, some for bimetallism and some for the gold standard. I know, however, that eventually the manufacturers will have. more interest in the free coinage of silver than my own state or any other class of men.” “Why do you say so?” “Because the present monetary system is acting as an automatic tariff to keep our manufactured articles out of other coun- tries. The manufacturers will find, after a Kittle, that they can’t compete with oriental covntries, with the system as it is, and that they will also be driven out of their own markets.” Senaior Cannon sald: “I was surprised at that portion of the resolutions which con- tains the assumption that the manufactu- rers are the only persons who do not bar- gain for legislation in their own behalf. My experience has been that they are the most persistent. lobbyists who come to Washington. As far as the west is con- cerned, we are not selfish on this question. We are now producing more gold than sil- ver. If this Asiatic wave should continue, we would be benefited more than any other people. If the manufacturers wait to see an international agreement, they will die by inches. The monarchial countries will never consent to it.” —-o-—____ AMBASSSADOR BAYARD. His Friends Do Not Believe He Will Resign His Position, Friends of Ambassador Bayard in Wash- ington scout the idea that the vacation of tis house in Wilmington, Del., is to be tak- en as evidence of an intention on his part to resign his office and return immediately to the United States. They say that Mr. Pyle, the lessee of the house, gave it up voluntarily at the date of expiration of the lease, ana that so far from desiring to obtain possession now, Mr. Bayard was casting about for another tenant when he was last in the United States. The belief prevails that Mr. Bayard desires to serve out his full term, despite the censure pass- ber upon“him by tha House of Representa- ives. ————+o+__ Contracts for’ Seeds. Secretary Morton has let the contract for the 10,125,000 packets of vegetable seeds to be distributed to the public under the re- cent act of Congress to D. Landreth & Sons of Philadelphia. The price fixed is $70,000, the seeds to be delivered subject to germinative tests, under a very carefully drawn contract, free of cost, at the depart- ment in Washington, ready for mailing. The contract for a million packets of flower seeds was let to L. L. May & Co. of St. Paul, Minn., at one-half cent per packet. Senator , chairman of the commit- of the agricultural committee in the to- gether with Dr. ton, constituted the board of a1 . S Lieut. Nicolson Retired. Lieut. John ©. Nicolson of the havy"has placed on the retired Hst today because of disabilities. 5 Both Indorsed by the New Hamp- shire Republicans. ADDRESS BY MR, CHANDLER, CHAIRMAN Delegates-at-Large Chosen With- out Opposition. STATE. CAMPAIGN OPENED _—— CONCORD, H., March 31.—The repub- licans of New Hampshire seem to be in pos- session of this city on this, the day of their state convention. The convention, aside from its bearing on the presidential election, opened the state campaign, and candidates for governor and for the United States Sen- ate got in some telling work. Phoenix Hall, in which the convention was held, was crowded to the doors with en- thuslastic delegates. The presidential sit- uation was the theme of discussion last night and this morning, and the fact that McKinley had many supporters in the con- vention, which had been apparent from the first, was distinctly recognized in the plat- form. Reed sentiment was much the stronger, however, and campaign buttons bearing the portrait of the Speaker were seen on all sides, The general opinion was that the con- vention would be a harmonious gathering, without a contest on the election of dele- gates, und with no attempt to instruct them in the interest of any candidate. United States Scnator William E. Chand- ler presided. Senator Chandler was greeted enthusiastically. é Senator Chandler's Address. The opening portion of Mr. Chandler's ad- dress upon assuming the chair was de- voted to a review of the history of the re- publican party of New Hampshire and of the nation. The election of Cleveland in 1884, he said, was a reaction and reverse resulting from the very lapse of time. The democratic attack upon the protective tar- iff system, under which the country had grown rich and prosperous, brought a re- action the other way, and under the banner of protection Harrison was elected Presi- ident. A new tariff bill was enacted, which restored prosperity, yet strangely enough, when the wealth of the country was great- er and the wages of the wage earners were higher than had ever been the case before in this country or in any nation on the globe, a second reacticn against the repub- lican party came to pass. Cleveland was again chosen President. Mr. Chandler proceeded to say that un- der the Wilson tariff bill of 1894, ““Agricul- ture is prostrated; it is not profitable for the farmer to raise wool, yet the woolen mills are stopped because the markets are giutted by the outpcurings from English woolen factories. President Harrison in four years reduced the rational debt $236,- 527,666; President Cleveland in three years has _increa: the interest-bearing bonded debt $262, 5. Therefore the second re- action has set in against the men and the party that have’ done these things. In 184 there was a republican uprising, which fave greater majorities against the de- mocracy than ever had been known since Dabney and Secretary Mor- ward. . the organization of the republican party, and today there is a settled determination in the minds of the Americin people to restore in November of this year, the re- publican party to more complete power in state and ration than it ever yet pos- sessed; all this we hope and trust, to be accomplished under the banner of our ener- getic, strong, positive and magnificent New England leader, Thomas B. Reed.” Mr. Chandler depicted changes which, he said, would come with the inauguration of a republican President. There will then be, he said, proper recognition of the Union soldiers; there will be no unjust vetoes of pension bills. There will be a re-establish- ment of protetctive duties, with consequent higher wages. “Republican victory,” he said, “will also mean the settlement of the currency ques- tion. Precisely in what way it will be set- tled, & have no right positively to assert. This*convention may utter its views; the national convention ‘will lay down its plat- form; the President and Congress to be elected will carry out the national prin- ciples.” “The coming republican victory,” Mr. Chandler cont‘nued, ‘will give to the gov- ernment a new foreign policy, base’ upon sound principle and considerations tending to the interest and honor of the naticn. Under President Cleveiand there has been vacillation from one extrem? to another extreme very remote. Our next President and his Congress wil devote themselves in all fitting ways and on all proper occasions to aiding to maintain the safety and the happiness of the indenendent nations of the western hemisphere outside our own borders.” Mr. Chandler spoke for a policy that shall make the United States once we a first- class power upon the s:1 and for a rehapil- itation of the merchant marine. Reverting again to our foreign policy Mr. Chandler took up the Venezuelan ques- tion, saying that ‘For the first time since we urged the French to evacuate Mexico, and in consequence of our demand our sister republic was enabled to destroy the Maximilian monarchy, an opportunity l.as come to give indispensable aid in_protect- ing an American republic from European aggression. “By a regard for the Monroe doctrine, which is a traditional principle of the Americia government, by a consideration, not so very remote, of wh due to our own safety and peace, and above all, by our just and reasonable Juty to Venezuela he! , in whose capital of Caracas stand together the staiies of Bolivar and Wash- ington, we are bound to.espous2 the vroper eause of the little republic against the cvergrown nation which threatens her, and to bind that vepeblic, and all the other South American republics, tirmly to cur- selves by tics uf indissoluble ob!!zation and gratitude.” Mr. Chandler also spoke strongly in favor of recorsnition of the belligerent rights of Cuban insurgents in the same strain as he has spoken in the United States Senate. Enthusiasm for Reed. Senator Chandler’s speech was given close attention, and was frequently interrupted by applause. His mention of Thomas B. Reed as the nation’s choice created great enthusiasm. Of the 700 entitled to seats in the con- vention, 679 were present. But one ticket for delegate-at-large for the St. Louis con- vention was presented, and that bore the names of Stephen S. Jewett of Laconia, Gen. Frank S. Streeter of Concord, Charles T. Means of Mxnchester and Col. James A. Wood of Acworth. These four candidates for delcgates-at-large were elected by ac- clamation. George A. Clarke of Manchester, Stephen H. Gale of Exeter, Oscar Hatch of Little- ton end Dexter Richards of Newport were elected alternates. ‘The committee on resolutions, through its chairman, Henry M: Putney of Man- chester, then reported the following: ‘The Platform. “The republicans of New Hampshire con- gratulate their fellcw citizens of ali parties upon the near appreach of an opportunity to rescue their country from the misrule of the democracy, which fcr three. years has, by its incompetency and wickedness, ‘Paralyzed their productive industries and appointment, privation and distress, which has aided constantly and rapidly to the na- tional debt, impaired the national credit, cast suspicion upon the national currency and sullied the national reputation at home and abroad, which has profited none of our own people, except sheriffs,- assignees and the favored speculatorg in government bonds, and which though rebuked by the voters in 184 and 18% with an emphasis rever equaled, doggedly fefuses to be cor- rected by its ehastisement and “persists in using the power it retains to perpetuate end intensify the misery and disgrace it has brought upon us. S “To the end that this great deliverance may be fully accomplished and our nation may be restored to the honor, the glory and the material pre~verity to which it attained under republican policy ard continued the wonderful development which was brought to a stop by the ircoming of President Cleveland and his Congress, we demand of the national convertion sucn to assemble at St. Louis the nomiration of candidates whose election will mean the speedy repeal of the infamous and ruinous democratic tariff and the substitution therefor of one based on the principles of the McKinley act, for the protection of our domestic in- dustries, the promoticn of reciprocal trade with other countries and the procurement of abundant revenues, as far as is possib:e, at the expense of foreigners who market their merchandise in competition with our own productions; the enactment of cur- rency laws that will. provide a circulating medium in gold, silver and. paper, which will always be interchangeable at its face value, because cach and every doilar of it is of the same purchasing power as a gold dollar; liberal appropriations for an ade- quate navy and coast and harbor defenses and interr al improvemert; fair and gener- ous treatrient of Union veterans; a foreign policy characterized by sturdy American- ism, including the assertion of the Monroe doctrine, and the moral and material sup- port of the Cuban patriots, if they have not already achieved their independence, and an immeiiate return to all the policies in which the republican party has so success- fully illustrated the scurdnesg of United States principles, and to the methods by which it has demonstrated its ability to ap- ply those principles in the administration of the government. 5 “We recognize as most _ conspicuous among such candidates New England's no- ble and illustrious son, Mr. Thos. B. Reed of Maine, and that pure and able states- man and champion of protection, Mr. Wil- lam McKinley of Ohio. “We will give the electoral vote of New Hampshire to any nominee who worthily represents the party, but we prefer one of ie because either {s in himself a plat- orm.” Platform Unanimously Adopted. There was a slight stir In the even cur- rent of the proceedings. when Col. Frank W. Rollins of Concord offéred a substitute financial plank, identica? with that adopted by the Massachusetts convention last week as an amendment to the resolutions, but Chairman Putney, Senater) Gallinger and others opposed the proposition, and the amendment was lost by an overwhelming viva voce vote. The adoption of the platform as presented by the committee was made unanimous. . Adjournment followed the adoption of the platform. A NEW POLITICAL ORDER The Patriotic Sons of ‘America Have Head- quarters in This City. a Tho latest thing in the way of a secret Political organization was organized in this city about a month ago and is now said to be spreading over the country. lis organ- ization has been conducted so secretly that nothing was known of it until a Star re- porter came into possession of some facts about it . The membership is not made up of men of prominence in the political world, but of what Is called “the industrial classes”— followers of Coxey’s ideas. The order is known as‘‘The Patriotic Sons of America’—different from Harvey's “‘Pat- riots of America.” The founder of this new organtzation is a Dr. Marion, the man- ufacturer of a patent mediciife. He is from the south, and during greenback days was a leader in the greembatk agitation in Georgia. He claims to be a direct descend- ant of Gen. Marion. His headquarters are in Arthur place, which runs back of the Maltby building. Purposes of the Order. The members of the order really consider themselves patriots, notwithstanding they hope to be well paid for their alleged patri- otic services. The organization may have been—and probably was—gotten up for the selfish ends of certain men, but, anyhow, it is working on the feelings of that class of men who followed Coxey to Washington. Besides the president, the order has 1,300 vice presidents. These officers are the or- ganizers, and they have been appointed in every state. It is the duty of the vice pres- idents to organize lodges and secure sig- natures to a “petition and protest.” The petition will set forth to Congress that there is'no money In this country and that the workingmen are every day getting poorer. It-will recite that the per capita circulation is less than $20, when it ought to be $50.. It will go on to ask Congress to pass a bill authorizing the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to issue $2,000,000,000 of green- backs and to coin all the silver and gold bullion in the treasury and to grant free coinage to everything and everybody. The protest will allege that the Secre- taries of the Treasury, aided and abetted by the Presidents, have for years de- liberately taken piles of greenbacks and burned them to keep them from circulating and to make the people pocrer. It is proposed to get 5,000,000 signatures to the petition to Congress... The members of the order say that Congress could not resist such a large number. of- the people of the country. If it did so, the members say, there would be another invasion of Wishington by a gigantic army of men, a hundred times larger than that of Coxey. To Distribute the Money. The ‘plan for distributing the money which Congress will be asked to authorize is the most novel ever proposed by any financial Napoleon. The money is to be divided among the members of the orer, and those who were not patriotic enough to become members will be shared out. The president gives to each vice presi- dent an order or check on, the secretary of the treasury for $10,000 in payment of his services. As stated, -there are 1,500 vice presidents. Each man;who becomes a member of the order, and fs not an officer, is given a check for $900.’ These checks or orders are to be ordered paid by Con- gress when it passes the bill authorizing the issue of the Fillions of mbacks and the coinage of all silver and gold. Readers of The Star <nay be disposed to Icok with doubt upon the existence of such an order, but it has headquarters in Wash-. ington, all the same, A Star reporter has seen some of the printed orders, by which the patriots hope to become rich. He has seen the $10,000 checks issued to vice pres- idents. ——_——_+ e+ __. Maj. Bergland Retired. Maj. Eric Berglund, corps. of engineers,, ‘was placed on the retired list of the army ~ under the thirty is a native of THE DU PONT CASE|°!stRIcT In conaress|GQQD FEELING THERE Senator George Argues Against His Right to His Seat. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL IN THE HOUSE The Silver Men and Manufacturers’ Conference Referred To. NO INCREASE FOR DUFFIELD The Senate, after biief attention to rou- tine business today, proceeded to the con- sideration of the Du Pont election case, and Mr. George (Miss.) was recognized for a speech in opposition to the claims of Mr. Du Pcnt for a seat in the Senate from Del- aware. It was mainly a legal argument on the question at issue. Mr. George ccnterded that the rigid sep- aration of the three branches of govern- ment—legislative, executive and judicial— was the dictum of Montesque, but that Madiscr and other American statesmen did not accept it. He showed that in many states governors acted as surrogates or judges, and in some the upper branch of the legislature was made a judicial body. From this Mr. George argued that Gov. Watsen of Delaware-had a right to vote as senator in the state senate. It is on this point that the claim of Mr. Du Pont hinges. Other Services Cited. In support of his position Mr. George cited the service of Mr. Justice Brewer on the Venezuela commission; that of Senator Morgan and Justice Harlan on the Bering séa court of arbitration, and that of Sena- tors Allison and Jones on the international monetary conference, as instances of the interchangeability of legislative, executive and judicial functions. Speaking of Mr. Mitchell’s presentation of the case Mr. George declared that Mr. Mitchell's speech had been excellent in all respects but one; it was entirely devoid of constitutional reasoning. He said he hoped to convince even the Senator Yrom Oregon of the falsity of his position before con- cluding. He said in reply to a question that he considered that Mr. Watson held the office of governor by virtue of his posi- tiof as speaker of the senate. THE HOUSE. Some preliminary routine business pre- ceded the resumption of the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation hill in the House tod2y. Several resolutions presented by Mr. Hcoker, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee, were adopted, as fol- lows: To direct the Secretary of War to sub- mit estimates for the improvément, to the depth of thirty feet, at mean low water, of Pcrtland harbor, Maine; to direct the Sec- retary of War to submit estimates for a channel 400 feet wide through Providence river and Narragansett bay, and to author- ize the expenditure of $20,000 of the unex- pended balance of the appropriation for the cascades of the Columbia river for the con- strvetion of protecting walls necessary to the opening of the canal to navigation. The House disagreed to the Senate amend- ments to the legislative, executive and judi- celal appropriation bill, and agreed te a con- ference. Messrs. Bingham (Pa.), McCall (Tenn.) and Dockery (Mo.) were appointed ccnferees. The cons!deration of the sundry civil bill was then resumed. Freezing Out Prof. Mendenhall. During the consideration of the items un- der the head of “coast and geodetic survey,” Mr. Cannon took occasion to criticise sharp- Jy the administration for “freezing out” Prof. T. C. Mendenhall, the predecessor of Gen. Duffield, the present superintendent. He described Prof. Mendenhall as the most ccmpetent man who ever had presided as superintendent, and a man whose scientific attainments were recognized all over the country. He referred to the present super- intendent as a ‘inew discovery,” but said he did not desire to reflect in any way on his competency or ability. The appropriation for field work on the Atlantic coast was in- creased $6,000, on motion of Mr. Miles (Md.) Silver Men Aroused. Mr. Adams (Pa.) took advantage of the latitude allowed in debate on appropriation bills to arouse the ire of the silver republi- cans from the west by bringing up the question of the cut reports about the Washington conference between several of the silver republicans and some Philadel- phia manufacturers, which was the subject of a formal meeting of the manufacturers of that city last night. He referred to the false and misleading reports in the papers of an alleged compact between the free silver republicans and the manufacturers, by which, he said, it was even proposed to yield the great doctrine of protection. He called attent:on to the fact that one of the western states (South Dakota) had only a few days ago rebuked her Senator by de- claring for protection and sound money. Last night, he said, the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia had responded by the passage of strong resolutions denouncing and repudiating this aileged compact. He had the resolutions read at the desk. Mr. Hartman (Mont.) and Mr. Allen (Utah), both free silver men, replied indig- nantly to Mr. Adams. Mr. Hartman’s Statement. Mr. Hartman (Mont.) said he was glad of an opportunity to say on the floor what should have been said several days ago. He agreed that the reports printed broad- cast by the press regarding the so-called Washingtcn conference had been false and misleading. But the silver men were in no wise responsible for those false reports. The plain truth was that some manufac- turers of Philadelphia had requested a conference. The invitation had been accepted, and twenty-eight manufac- turers had -:ome over from Philadelphia and a three hours’ consultation was had. The report of that meeting had been pre- pared by Senators Mantle, Carter, Cannon, Dubois ard himself. it was absolutely true. There was no suggestion of any agreement. In fact, it was distinctly stated that no conclusions ad been reached. “But,” said he, indignantly, “for the pur- pose of breaking down and villifying the republicans who had the hardihood to stand up for silver the goid press de- nounced us. No more willful falsehood and slander was ever circulated in the public press. They coined a lie and attempted to force it down our throats.”" Mr. Allen supported what Mr. Hartman had said, and declared that a cause that had to be bolstered up by such methods as the gold men pursued, must be inher- extly bad. Mr. Stone’s Amendment Defeated. The deSate then recurred to the coast and geodetic survey items. Mr. C. W. Stone (@a.) moved to restore the salary of the superintendent to $6,000, and in closing re- pelled the insinuations as to G®n. Duffield. He referred to Gen. Duffield’s gallant ser-' vice In the Mexican and civil wars, and his brilliant record as an engineer. The amend- ment was defeated. —+o+_____ Landed Her Cargo. in Cuba. The Treasury Department has evidence tending to show that the steamship “‘Com- modore,” which recently cleared from the port of Charleston, S. C., with arms and ammunition, did not lose her cargo in a storm at sea, as reported by her captain, but landed it on the coast of Cuba. How to Get the Marlboro’ Rai!way Into the District. Senator Gorman’ Amendment—The Eckington’s Effort to Use Com- pressed Ais Motors. Senator Gorman today introduced a bl in the Senate proposing certain amend- ments to the charter of the Washington and Marlboro’ Railroad Company. The amend- ments are in the form of a new section to take the place of the second paragraph of the charter, and outlines a new route into the District and the city. This route begins on the southeast boundary line of the Dis- trict, where the line of the railway shall enter the District from the state of Mary- land, and will run thence by the Suitland road, Bowen read and Branch avenue, or by such other practicable route as the Com- missioners may approve, to connect with Pennsylvania avenue extended; thence by that avenue to and across the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Railroad avenue, thence along that avenue to Naylor road, to the Anacostia river. The read ts to be carried across the river by a steel or iron truss bridge, built by the company on masonry pliers that are to rest parallel with the direction of the current. The plans of ihe bridge are to be approved, in writing, by the Secre- tary of War. If at any time it shall be determined by-the Secretary that a draw spat in such bridge is needed by the inter- ests of navigation, then the company shall place such a span over tne river channel in the bridge, or the bridge shall be other- wise altered in accordance with plans ap- proved by the Secretary. When the tracks are oace on this sice of the river they shail be carried across the Baltimore and Po- tomac railroad at such height and in such manner is not to interfere with the use of the latter tracks, ard shall then go to 15th street east, thence north on h street to Florida avenre, thence to street west. When the proposed extension of Penn- sylvania avenue shall have been completed to the Bowen road, then the route of the Washingtcn and Martboro’ road may be ex- tended from the intersection of Branch avenue to the Bowen road by Pennsylvania avenue, and by such further praciicabie rcute as may be approved by the Comm's- sioners tc the boundary line of the District at or near the Suitland road. But such ex- tension shall be made within cne year after the opening of Pennsydvanila avenue. There is another branch provided along Minnesota avenue to Harrison street. The presentation of the amendment by Senator Gorman practically makes the propored Marlboro’ road a direct ompeti- tor with the East Washington Heights road for the privilege of connecting the territory near Overlook Inn witn the city, although this road seks primar to con- nect Marlboro’ and that vicinity with Washington. The bill incorporating the East Wash- ington Heights Company has been ordered to a favorable report by the Senate com- mittee, and is in-a position to be parsed by the Senate at any time. The Wash- Ington’ and Marlboro's road already hi charter, but cannot well get into the city under its prpvisions The amendments pro- posed by Mr. Gorman were this morning referred to the District committee. h EXECUTIV: CLEMENCY, Pardons Granted to Several Convicts by the President. The President today granted pardons in the cases of George H. Heatley, W. J. Gleason and E. H. Brockway, convicted of perjury in Tennessee; O. W. Bradley, con- victed in Iowa of counterfeiting; Clarence Meyer, sentenced in November, 1893, to five years in the District of Columbia reform school for forging a money order in Ala- bama; G. W. P. Fowler, convicted in Utah of adultery, and Peter W. Crawford, coi- victed in Mississippi of violating pension laws. Heatley, Brockway and Gleason were denied a pardon on November 5, 1894, in his present indorsement, the . President says the convicts have been sufficienuy punished and are entitled to sympathy. The pardons cre granted on condition that ezch convict report to the district attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee as to tkeir place of residence annualiy for five years at the beginning of each year, and that they respond to any process for them to appear as witnesses against one Howacd. ——_—____—_o-~—__ TREATIES WITH THE HOVAS., Some Action by This G Wiil Soon Be Catied For. While it cannot be learned that the Uni- ted States has actually joined with Great Britain in representations to France re- specting the setting aside by the latter of the treaties of commerce and amity that have existed between them and the Hova government of Madagascar, it is believed that the matter is rapidly assuming a phase that will soon call for some action by our government. Like Great Britain, the United States has a treaty with the Hova government that guarantees to our citizens privileges equal to those accorded iy other nation. This means for one thing that no greater duties shail be im- posed on goods imported into Madagascar from the United Siates than from any other country. It is the purpose of the French government to remove this equality and reserve special privileges for French merchants. As the trade of the United States with Madagascar is really of large importance, this is a matter that concerns our exporters very deeply. The government ‘of France has notified our State Department that by virtue of its assumption of control over the foreign re- lations of Madagascar these treaties shall fall. If France has annexed Madagascar or made it a French colo: then our gov- ernment, it is admitted, must admit her right to abrogate the treaties in this fash- fon, but it is not certain that the present anomalous status of the French on the island can be regarded as sufficient to war- rant the assumption of any such right, and it may be that before out government will admit it there must be a much more ex- plicit definition of the exact scope of French authority in Madagascar and a clear assumption of the responsibility for the government of the island. —_2-__ Capt. Reed’s Assignment. The officials of the Navy Department are now considering the assignment to the command of a ship of Captain Allan V. Reed, at present commandant of the Ports- meuth, N. H., navy yard, whose promotion to the grade of commodore is subject to a year’s probationary trial. By virtuc of his position at the head of the list of cap- tains he is entitled to the command of one of the finest ships in the navy, and it is therefore possible that he may be ass! to the Oregon or the Massachu- setts, battle ships of the class of the In- diana. One of the conditions of his pro- motion to the grade of commodore is that he shall prove his efficiency in com- mand of a ship in active service. ———-e Acts Approved. ‘The President has approved the act to grant condemned cannon and cannon balls to the thirteenth and forty-third separative companies, National Guard of New York. The act authorizing the St. Louis, Oklahoma and Southern Railway Company to con- struct a railway through the Indian terri. tory and Oklahoma, became a law today without the President's signature. Democrats and Republicans at An- napolis Exchange Compliments. SPEAKER MUDD WAS EULOGIZED Events of the Closing of the Ses. sion. PARTY PLEDGES WERE KEPT —$—$ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 31.—The clos- ing hours of the general assembly early this morning were marked by the usual scenes of noise and confusion, but con- trary to the general rule there was no drunkenness or rioting, and the speaker's gavel fell on a crowd full of good nature and kind feeling. In fact, the whole affair terminated in a | sort of love feast, in which democrats and republicans alike took part, and of whic Speaker Mudd was the central figure. Speeches were made by the leading demo- cratic members, eulogizing Mr. Mudd for bis fairness and impartiality in the treat- ment he accorded the democratic minority, and the republicans rejoined by eulogizing the democrats for their action during the entire se:sicn. The most noticeable feature of this session, as far as the House was concerned, was the almost entire absence of partisanship in the debates and in the consideration of all important Speaker Mudd has won the p: political opponents for the way in which he treated them, and the fact that he broke all records by giving the minority at least two representatives on all the im portant committees has caused much favor- able comment, for it was not expected. Reviewing the Session. The session just closed has been econom- ical in every respect, and the legislation enacted will redound greatly to the credit ef the republican party. Every pledge made at the Cambridge convention has been kept in some form, and the laws pessed are in accord with those pieiges. ‘The assessment bill, which was approved by the governer after midnight, the new election law, the submission to the people of a constitutional amendment providing for civil service reform, as well as the eeneral legislutioa, are all conservative in character, and will no doubt be beneficial to the entire people. The absence of par- tisanship, the absence of a “boodli lobby, the failure of almost all th called “bocdle bills so- mark the session just closed as ore of the bestyin man and the periy in pewer can go be people with an untarnished record so tar as Annapolis is concerned. Democratiic members conced2 this, and in some of ihe speeches made last night after the sion hal closed. the democrat lea Fracticaly stated the above ‘fac Mr. Laird’s Rejection The rejection of Mr. Philip D. Laird as land commissioner was not a surprise. Sen- ator Talbott"of Montgomery county was aided by six other democratic senators in the fight -against Mr. Laird, end five re- pubficans joined with the seven detuocrats and secured Mr. Laird’s rejection. Mr. W. 0. Mitchell of Dorchester county was given the place, «nd was promptly confirmed by the senat>. The other appointees of Gov which have been held up for were also confirmed by the senate the final adjournment early this morning. Election Law. The best bill passed was the new bi-par- tisan election law, prepared by the Reform League of Baltimore city. It is conceded on all hands that this is one of the best election laws ever enacted in any state. Efferis have been made from ‘sion to session in years past to secure the passage of a good election law, but have heretofore failed. The republicans promised to do this act and they have fulfilled their promise. Anne Arundel Democrats, The democrats of Anne Arundel held a mass mecting at the court house today and nominated Dr. George W\ for clerk of the circuit court and Messrs. Grafion Du- veli and Gailoway Cheston for judges cf the orphans’ court, the places declared va- cant by the house of delegat ing was largely attended and v astic. Mr. Nicholas Green was elected chairman of the meeting and Mr. Bruner R. Anderson secretary eae CAPT. CAMPBELL’S STORY. he meet- ent’ He Narrates the Circumstances of the Firing on the NEW YOR March the World from Kingston, Jamai The American scheoner, Wiii lay becalm Tod m , six miles south of the Isle of Pines, her captain reports to United § Consul Eckford, when she was fired on by Spanish gurboais. Capt. Can:pbell, her master, did not at first realize the importance of the inci- dent, and only reported the outrage when the consul drew the facts out of him by inquiries regarding his voyage. Then he stated that his vessel was fired cn March 16, in latitude 21.12, longitude First a blank cartridge was fited. three solid shot, while the Ame z hoisted. guaboats were engaged in Two Spar the affatr. The Todd was searched by armed men from the warships, being held two hours for the purpose. As previously cabled to the World, the schooner had nothing contraband aboard, nothing but a clearly legal cargo, and when the Spanish commenders satistied themseives of it she was released, —— BESSIE RECWS MURDER. Beginning the Coroner's Inquest at May's Landiug. MAY'S LANDING, N. J., March 31.—The ccroner’s inquest Into the death of Mrs, Elizabeth Rech, who was brutally murder- ed at her home, Estelleville, began this afternoon. Prosecutor Perry inspected the interior of the house in which the murdered woman lived this morning, and says he secured sev- eral papers that have an important bearing on the case. ‘of John Rech, the husband, is still locked in Philadelphia awaiting the arrival requisition pepers. Jt is expected that he will be brought to the county jail here to- morrow. ——_—-——_— Promotion Papers Approved. ‘The President has approved the papers for the promotion of the following named officers of the navy: Lieuts. Thomas Snow- den and Robert F. Lopoz; Enginecrs Chese ter M. Knepper, Clarence S. Williams, Wil- Mam G. Miller and Joshua Streuss; Sur- geon Robert A. Marmion; Passed Assis‘ant Paymaster Charles S. Williams and As- sistant Paymaster Walter L. Wiison.