Evening Star Newspaper, April 1, 1896, Page 1

SS THE EV NG STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 101 —— irene Cor. 11th es by The Eveniag Star Newspaper Com S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pores t, Ho New York Potter Building, ‘The Erening Star ts served to subscribers In the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 19 cents Per week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the ecenter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United —— or Canada—postage prepald—SO cents 7 mont P'Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foretzn postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. @s second-class mall matter.) [All mat! subscriptions must be patd tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. a No. 13,441. SUFFOCATED IN BED Ten Lives Lost in a Tenement House Fire, ESCAPE BY STAIRWAY COT OFF Disaster in the Italian Colony in Brooklyn. SS MANY EXCITING INCIDENTS —— NEW YORK, April 1—Ten persons per- ished by suffocation in a Brooklyn tene- ment house, In Union street, early today. ‘The names of the victims are as follows: August Buno, his wife and two children, Sally, flve years old, and Johanna, eighteen months. bia, eighteen years old. olo Tralia, eighty years; his daughter, Lena Tralla, twenty-four years; Dominick Tralia, his son, twenty-four years, and an eighteen days’ old bab: Cornelia Marretti, twenty-six years. All met their death by suffocation. The bodies of some of them were badly burned. Buno and his family lived on the third floor, the rest of the unfortunates lived on the second floor. The fourth floor was unoccupied. The oc- cupents of the first floor escaped without injury. John Calabla, husband of Lena alabia, also escaped from the second floor ning The cause of the fire, which ‘originated in the hallway of the first floor, ‘Is unknown. The pecuniary loss is about Started in the lower hallway of ilding, which is a four-story tene- nt, and before the sleeping tenants could © all escave was flames swept up the stairways and the halls and rooms were quickly filled with smoke. Ten of the tenants were suf- 1 in their beds. tion of the elty where this terri- ster occurred is near the water The majority of the residents are f the poorer class,’and they form eolony of their race in Brook- . The firemen succeeded in getting the fire under control after a short time. The aera to the building is estimated at 4,004, There were many exciting Incidents con- d with the fire. One man, an Italian, © name is unknown, jumped from a window in the third story and escaped » only a few burns and bruises. muy of Joseph Es' ‘o, living on had a nar- re, cape leath. When aroused found y cut off, and the were sweeping into their apart- > ito led his wife and three the cornice in front of the and guided them along {t to the wilding adjeining, from the roof of which hey were taken by firemen. ch tloor of the burned bi into five room: ilding was di- There was one targe front room, with two windows open- ing on the street. A hall bed room ad- joined, with a window also Street. In the room, with two with a good- sized kitchen The front and rear rooms we ed by a hall and bed room. An iron ladder at the rear of the house ran down bet reen the kitchen window and the wine ¥ of the rear room, so that it ould ex: y be reached from either win- It had been rendered so hot by the however, that the Inmates of the dared not use it. pt the fire escapes, the only outlet from the crowded room in the upper floors was thé narro’ wooden stair » escape by which was cut off soon after the fire 3 found uncenscious, lying on scape. He had gotten’ out of a “story window so completely “J that he could go no farther. will recover. His wife was dead in h apartments. Subsequently nine other bodies were found. When he had somewhat rallied from the t on and heat, Calabria told the story of how he escaped and left his wife behind, and, while he seemed to be still somewhat dazed, he had a clear conception of the events of the night. Later he that he tried to carry his wife to the win- dow, but could not, and hurt his hands in getting out. He had called for help, but none came, as the “house was red” before the firemen came. ‘The Espositos were aroused by the calis of and say that five minutes after ould not have got out of the bullding. vodies of the Buno family, who lived in the top floor, were found huddled to- gether, showing that the family woke dur- ing the fire and made efforts to escape. Buno's body was found close beside the window. The Italian family were on the floor below. Fire Chief Dale expresses the opinion that the was the work of an incendl- ary. He says that the firemen did not know that there was anybody in the housa i after the fire had been extinguished. he chief is not at all impressed with the story Calabria tells. The latter says he made eral attempts to get out of the burning building, but on account of the heat could not. He finally fell exhausted on the fire escape, from where he was taken by the firemen. The man was fully dress- ed, and before he fell on the escape he was seen by the firemen on the roof of the burning building. ANOTHER TRA HELD UP.” Three Mask: Men Rob the Express cacnpe. The eastbound LeERANOD » April 1 cannen ball train, No. 6, on ihe St. Leuis and ‘Frisco railroad, was hell up three east of t! at ) this morning and the safe blown robkers boarded the a.m nd after hy three mas nd robbed. at this place at The zineer and fireman, stopped the 1 with the engineer in front of m, marched to the express car. The enger refused to open up, and the doer was blown open with dynamite, the safe and its contents remove. ses of valuable papers were $s morning beside the track, and which had been overlooked in of departure. The roh- yandoned. urried back to the city and ff Jones and a posse on the he robber: tranger3 who are supposed to be were seen. drinking in one of ons at 10 o'clock last nicht, and were sean near the depot hy Night r Martin enly a few minutes before ed. ished a fair descrip- akeman f 2 of the men to the officers in pursuit, ! the railway officials are confident they Will be speedily apprehended. While the ameunt of money secured by tke robbers is known to have been consid- erable, the local express officiais will not place an estimate on it. ——— ‘Treasurcr Barbour Dying. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 1—News has been received here that Mr. T. O. Barbour, treasurer of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- ‘Way, is lying at the point of death in In- @sanapolis, and that his friegds are looking 1.~ him to pass away at any moment. WASHINGTON, D. ©., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1896—-TWELVE PAGES. ¢ Evening Star. i REED MEN COMFORTABLE |RAILWAY EXTENSION What Representative Aldrich Says of the Reaults of Yesterday. The Periodical Attempts to Stampede the Party for McKinley Will Not Pan -Out. Representative Aldrich when asked this morning by a Star reporter how the Reed men felt about the presidential situation, in the light of the New Hampshire resolution, sald: “Oh, the Reed men are feeling very com- fortable this morning, thank you. The New Hampshire incident does not disturb us in the least. The six delegates are all ‘rock-ribbed,’ ‘die-in-the-ditch’ Reed men, and the graceful compliment to McKinley is no more than the earnest tribute to the New England candidate which Ohio is paying every day through letters which we are recelving from some of its foremost citizens. This is the proper spirit—it is the spirit which preyalls among the friends of the other candidates, and should be en- couraged, but, in the parlance of the day, ‘cuts no ice,’ so far as the make-up of the convention roll is concerned. Mr. Reed's oe are entirely satisfied with the situa- tion. Yesterday's Results Analyzed. “If you will sean the dispatches carefully this morning you will note that McKinley has carried two delegates in Illinois, the same which Grosvenor put down in his es- timate nearly a week ago, and in every estimate since. You will see that McKinley also carried a district convention in Ohio, at Zanesville. But you will also find in the same ne columns that Cullom delegates were elected in the nineteenth Illinois dis- trict yesterday, and McKinley instructions defeated. You will note that delegates were also elected in the first congressional district of South Carolina who are not for McKinley. So that of the fourteen dele- gates elected in various parts of the coun- try yesterday but four of them are for M I may add, furthermore, that Vir- ginia has not gone for McKinley, either, notwithstanding the dispatches which came ver the wires yesterday that two coun- had instructed for him. In the same atches mention was made of two other counties which did not instruct, and are not for McKinley. Virginia, in my judg- ment, is not a McKinley state, as the re- turns, when they are all in, will show. Attempts to Stampede Won't Pan Ont. “These pericdical attempts to stampeJe the party to the Ghio candidate are not go- ‘rg to ‘pan cut.’ The delegates selected from now on will, in the main, be anti-Mc- Kinley delegates, and a large number of these will be for Mr. Reed, and while the ‘hurrah’ sentiment seems to be for Mc- Kinley, it's votes that we are after. Senti- ment born of impulse is all very well, but it is the sober, deliberative judgment of the ntion that will and ought to control, a while the returns continue to come in as satisfactorily as they are now doing we are quite willing that the other fellows should make as much noise ag they please.” “What about the situation in your own state of Rlinois?” Mr. Aldrich was asked. “Well, we have elected eighteen dele- gates In the state thus far, of whom four- teen are for Cullom and four for McKinley. Cullom will have the large share of the delegates from Illinois; of this there is no coubt whatever.” —__-e+______ THE RETIREMENT OF CLERKS. A Petition Favoring the Project Cir- culated in the Treasury. A petition asking Congress to pass the Tawney bill (or a revised and perfected bill having the same object in view), providing for a fund to enable employes in the classi- fied service to retire on three-quarters pay under certain conditions, has been cireu- lated in the Treasury Department. So far it has received about 400 signatures, with many offices yet to hear from. The men in charge of the movement say they do not see how any employe can refuse to sign It, regardless of present grade or length of service. One of their number said to a Star reporter today: “The Tawney bill, now being considered by the committee on civil service reform, seems to have some enemies and adverse critics, but in this it is not unlike every other meritorious thing. In fact, it seems to sive some cause for suspicion when you meet @ man or a measure absolutely with- cut enemies. “The bill, or some such bill as now pro- posed by the House committee on civil serv- ice reform, ought at least to meet with the sympathy and co-operation of every em- ploye of the departments, as he must in some form become a beneficiary thereun- der. The young men who for any reason go out before the age fixed for retirement get their money back, with 4 per cent in- terest thereon, which to many of them would be an undisgulised blessing. But to most of them (for a majority stay until in some way forced out) there is the other and more effective argument that this bill will facilitate the retiremént of the older clerks, either under its optional clause at sixty years of age and thirty years’ service, or at the compulsory age of seventy, and thus make vacancies through which their ad- vancement must follow. The petition in support of Mr. Tawney’s bill ‘or some Dill of like character’ now being circulated through the Treasury Department is being generally signed, and it 1s understood to Teve the good will of the bureau officers and beads ‘of departments.” ——___+e. PENSIONS FOR SOLDIERS’ HEIRS. A Decision Today That Former Rulings. Rulings of the last administration are re- versed in a decision rendered today by As- sistant Secretery of the Interior Reynolds in a pension case having a bearing favor- s#ble to a large numter of claims now on file. The ruling holds that where a widow and minor children under sixteen years of age survive a soldier, the children may, after attaining the age of sixteen, and where the death of the mother cccurs there- after without payment to her ef any part of the persion, apply in their own right ard receive the same pension as the father would have been entitled to had he been totally disabled. This pension ts to com- mence from the date of his death and to continue until they respectively arrive at the age of sixteen years. This nolding en- ttles those whose rights to apply did not accrue until after they had passed their sixteenth year to be pensioned 2s chough their rights had acv:ued while under the age of sixteen, as held by the department ® year ago, and hence not subject to any Mmitation. Reverses: o—___ DYGERTS CASE. He is Well, but Cannot Be Relensed at Present. Official advices received by the State De- partment from the representatives of the United States in Cuba show that Dygert, the citizen of Illinois arrested by the Span- ish authorities, is alive and is well treated; that the Spaniards have had under con- sideration the question of his release at once, but after an examination reached the conclusion that the circumstances which have come to light concerning his move- ments warranted at least further inquiry before his case can be disposed of. The in- quiry into Dygert’s case, therefore, is still proceeding, and Dygert will be held at least until it is completed. Ohairman Baboock’s Bill Introduced in the House Today. MORE TERRITORY FOR TAREE COMPANIES Differences Between the Commis- sioners and Falls Church Co. OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS Chairman Babcock has introduced bills in the House providing for a material ex- tension of the street railway system of the city. The extensions are proposed by the Belt Line, the Columbia Company and Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Company. The Eckington Extension. The Eckington ard Soldiers’ Home ex- tension is as follews: Beginning at the junction of 7th and D streets northeast, thence along 7th street to M street south; thence east on M street south to Georgia avenue; thence northeast on Georgia avenue to 9th street east. Also, beginning at the intersection of North Capitol street and Michigan avenue, thence eastwardly on Michigan avenue to the Bunker Hill road; thence along the Bunker Hill road to its junction with 4th street northeast extended, so as to con- nect with the track now located on 4th street and the Bunker Hill road: Provided, That the work on said extensions shall be commenced and completed on so much of the streets and avenues and roads men- tioned above as are now opened within two years after the approval of this act, and on the remaining streets and avenues men- tioned herein within one year after said treets and avenues are opened: Provided farther, That if electricity is used as a motive power, overhead wires shall not be permitted within the limits of the city of Washington. Also, the use of horses as a motive power is prohibited. Said company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding 6 certs per passenger; and the sald company may make arrangements with all existing railway companies in the District of Columbia for the interchange of tickets In payment for fare on its road: Provided, ‘That within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for 25 cents. For the Columbia Road. The Columbia extension is proposed as follows: Beginning at the present terminus at the intersection of H and 15th streets northeast, thence along the Bladensburg road to the boundary line of the District of Columbia: Provided, That the Bladens- burg road shall be widered 24 feet or re- Iceated for such width, and along the lines laid down upon the adopied or proposed highway extension plans, and such widened or relocated part dedicated to the District of Columbia befcre said company shall be permitted to lay its tracks thereon. Also, beginning at the present terminus of said road et the aforesaid intersection of H and 15th streets northeast, and_ thence along the Benning road, crossing the East- ern branch by bridge, to be built by said company in accordance with plans and lo- cation to be approved by the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia, to Anacostia road; thence north along the Anacostia read to the boundary line of the District of Columbia, and from the intersection of Benning road and Anacostia road, along Benning road, passing under, or by bridge across, the tracks of the ival- timcre and Potomac railroad and the Lal- timore and Ohio railroad companies, in accordance with plans approved by the District Commissioners, to the intersection of Benning road and Central avenue: Pro- vided, That said parts of Benning and Anacostia roads shall be widened 30 feet, or relocated for such width, and along lires laid down upon the adopted or pro- posed highway-extension plans, and such widened or relocated part dedicated to the District of Columbia before the company shall be permitted to lay its tracks thereon. “The right of said company to use an overhead single trolley in any street or road outside of the city limits shall cease six months after the date of the approval of an act of Congress appropriating money for or otherwise authorizing the paving of the roadway of such street or part of street except in connection with continuous track rails: And provided further, That the right of said company to use overhead single trolley in any public space in the District of Columbia, except in connection with continuous track rails, shall, in any event, cease on July 1, 1899. Should said company use electric power it shall be Mable for all damages made thereby to subsurface metal pipes and to other public or private property.” That in the event of the consolidation of said Metropolitan Railroad Company and the Columbia Railway Company, the capi- tal stock of the consolidated company shall not exceed the aggregate of the capital stock of the two companies; and said con- solidated company is authorized und em- powered to increase its capital stock and to issue its bonds, secured by mortgage on its franchises an real «and personal prop- erty, for the purpose of making and equip- ping such extensions of its route or routes as are or may be authorized by law, the amount of stock and bonds to be shall be subject to the approval o! Supreme Court of the District of Colum- bia. The amount of stock and bonds to te issued shall not exceed the cost of such extensions and the equipment thereof and the expenses incident thereto. The Met- ropolitan Railroal Company and the Co- lumbla Railway Company shall charge but one fare for each passenger conveyed over the lines of said comparies or over any Fart thereof, which fare shall not exceed 5 cents, and six tickets shall be sold for 25 cents. That in the event of the consoli- dation of said companies the consolidated company shall be called the Metropolitan Electric Traction Company. SS The Belt Line. The Belt Line extension is proposed as follows: Beginning at 4th and O streets northwest; thence north on 4th street west to Florida avenue; thence north, crossing Fierida avenue, to Harewood street; thence along Harewood street to Elm street; thence west along Elm street to Linden street; thence nerth on Linden street to Pomeroy street; thence west on Pomeroy street to the east building line of 7th street west extended. Also beginning at 11th street west and Florida avenue; thence east along Florida and Grant avenues to Sherman avenue; thence ncrth on Sherman avenue to Wal- lach street; thence west on Wallach street and Kenesaw avenue to the street on the cast boundary of the Zoological Park, with the right to lIsy down and_ operate such turn-outs and cross-over tracks at the terminus of this line at the Zoological Park as may be necessary to secure the expedi- tious handling of their cars. Also beginning at the present terminus of the Belt railway on Water street near N street souta; thence south along Water street to P street south; thence east along P street south to Delaware avenue: Provid- ed, that the construction of said extensions hereby authorized shall be completed on so much of the sireets and avenues men- tioned above as are now opened within two years after tho approval of this act, and on the streets and avenues not now’ onened within one year from the time such streets and avenues are opened, with the right to lay down and operate at the terminus of said line on Delaware avenue such turn- outs and cross-over tracks as may be neces- sary to expedite the handling of their cars: And also provided, that if electricity is used as a motive power in the operation of the cars of said company no overhead wires shall be constructed of used: Pro- vided further, that the use of horses is prohibited. That said company shall be and it is hereby authorized to gbangon the operation of its cars over and remove its tracks from the following named streets and avenues, to wit: On 4th street and New Jersey avenue between O and P streets north, on P street between New Jersey avenue and lith street west, cn O street between 4th and llth streets west. Also on E street betweep 11th and 9th streets, dn 9th street between E street and Louisiara avenue, on Louisiana avenue westwardly to 12th street and on 12th street southerly to B street south, provided that where the said company thus abandons its tracks the company shall remove from the street the rails, crogsties and other de- vices “of the abandoned part, and shall cause the space thus disturbed te be paved with material as good as the pavement contiguous thereto, in accordance with specifications prepared by the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia. ‘That said railway company shall furnish and maintain a passenger house at 14th and B streets southwest if, in the opinion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, such a passenger house is neces- sary. ‘That sald company shall receive a rate of fare not exceeding 5 cents per passen- ger; and the said company may make ar- rangements with all existing railway com- panies in the District of Columbia for the interchange of tickets in payment for fare on its road, provided that within the limits of the District of Columbia six tickets shall be sold for 25 cents, Against Taxing a Gas Company. In the report upon the bill authorizing the Pintsch Gas Company to lay a gas pipe through certain streets to connect the two railway depots and South Washington, the Commissioners recommended a tax of 4 per cent on the gross receipts of the company for the use of the streets. Today Mr. John J, Hemphill appeared be- fore the House District committee to show why the Commissioners’ recommendations of the 4 per cent tax should not be adopted. He said the gas company does not propose to light the streets or private buildings, but to furnish an illumjnant to the mail cars and passenger coaches of the steam rail- way companies. He did not think the com- pany should be put on the same basis es the street railway companies, that use the streets constantly. He said the improvement is in the interest of protecting human life and the United States mails, and will not derive any profits for many years to come. No other city in the United States taxes the com- pany, and no other corporation in this city that lays down pipes is taxed. The com- pany pays tax upon its real estate, but shculd not be taxed for the laying of its pipes. The company charges the railways $a thousand feet for the gas, and it will cost at least $10 a thousand to furnish it for some years to come. The Post Office Department wants to do away with oil lamp3 on its railway mail cers, but the nearest stations are now lo- cated at Cincinnati and Chicago, and a suf- ficient supply cannot be furnished to the cars. Furthermore, the Hght house board de- sires to light the buoys on the Potomac river with this gas, and the station here will enable that to be done. A supply of gas is furnished to each buoy sufficient to Light it for six months. The Baltimore and Qhio Ratroezd Company is now contemplat- ing putting the gas upon. 300 day coaches and passenger cars. In some cities the gas is used in street railway cars. Mr. Hemphill made the point that the streets belong to the government, and the government desires to use them in this se to aid in lighting its mail cars and the light buoys on the river. The committee also favorably reported the bill granting the Pintsch Compressing Company permission’ to lay pipes for the distributicn of gas in certain streets. ‘The 4 per cent tax recommended b: Commissicners was omitted from the bill. The committee will give a hearing next Monday at 10 o'clock on the market house bill. A subcommittee will give a hearing Pri- day at 10:30 o'clock an the racing bill. The Falls Church Railway. The differences existing between the Commissioners and the Falls Church and Potomac Electric Railway Company, which heve heretofore been explained in these columns were again revicwed today be- fore the Hovse District committee. Com- tissioner Powell, for the local authorities, and Major Hines, for the railway com- pany, presented the respective sides of the vase. Briefly stated, the Commissioners de- sire the Falls Church Company to change the route of its road, build a bridge across the Potomac at the Three Sisters, above the Agueduct bridge, and enter the union station in Georgetown, making that the terminus. The railway vompany desires to come to the river on the east side of Ar- \rgton reservation, cross by a steam ferry at the foot of E street, and then extend its lines along E street to 17th and B streets to the Baltimore &nd Potomac de- pot. Major Powell contended that the project for a steam ferry {s impracticable and that the territéry proposed to be occupied by the road within the city has already been requested by existing railway lines. Major Hines claimed that the Commis- sioners’ plan, if insiste? upon, would pro- hibit the building of the road. It would carry the road through an ursettled coun- try, land the passengers in Georgetown and make them pay another fare to get to the city. Practically the road would be merely a feeder for the Capital Traction Company. The bridge at the Three Sis- ters would cost $300,000, and the whole sciteme would be impracticable. Moreover his company desired the revenue from the city traffic. F?| The committce subsequently reported fa- yorably the bill to authorize the company to extend its line into the city. The Case of Insane Persons. Mr. Woodman of Iinois has introduced a bill In the House providing that no in- sane person or person who is alleged to be insane, whether charged with crime or otherwise, shall be incarcerated in any in- sane asylum or hospital in the District of Columbia or in ahy of the territories, nor shall he be detained or confined by any one until he has been brought before a court of records and adjudged to be in- sane. Such insane pergon shall be repre- sented by coursel. ; Telephone Hearing Postponed. There was to have been a hearing at 2 o'clock today before: the Senate District committee on the bill to incorporate the Home Telephone Company, and at that hour representatives of the company, in- cluding ex-Congressmen Butterworth ‘and Hemphill, were in attendance, but it was | found t6 ‘be impossible to secure the pres- ence of any members of the committee, so the hearing was postponed. ——— Personal: Mention. The leave of absence granted Post Chap- lain Wm. H. Scott has been extended four months, on account of ‘illness. Lieut. Robert J. Duff, eighth cavalry, has been granted an extra month's leave of absence. Mr. Frank L. Midaieton and Mr. Arthur F. Middleton have gone on a pleasure trip to the Island of Jamaica, and expect to be gone about three weeks. Capt. H. L. Ripley, second cavalry, has reported at Fort Myer for duty as a mem- ber of a board to ‘examine non-commis- sioned officers for promotion, Assistant Secretary Curtis has returned to the city trom a°visit to New York on oficial business. } Col. J. K. Mizner, tenth cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. Capt. E. L. Huggin, second cavalry, ts at 1725 H. street. r Called on the President. Mr. S. W. Booth of Cape Coleny, S. A., who Is now in this country on a lecturing tocr, was one of President Cleveland’s vis- itors today. INGENIOUS SWINDLE An Inventor Sells His Device a Dozen Times. HE MADE MANY THOUSANDS BY It Patent Attorneys in This City Saw the Man. NO CLUE FOUND A scheme to defraud which extended to various cities throughout the country, and in which a number of people in all those cities fell victims in varying sums, in- cluding $1,200, by an Atlanta investor, has been discovered by the patent office offi- cials. The scheme is the sale of a sart interest in an alleged thill-coupler inven- tion, the purported inventor lisappearing after taking the purchase money and leav- ing all the expenses for the investor. Twelve different applications from cleven cities, accompanied by drawings, which show that they were all made from the same aluminum model, are already on file here, and the name of the inventor varies in each case, except in two sets of papers forwarded by different attorneys in Les Angeles, Cal. Joseph Evans, J. Evans, Porter Potter, and, it is said, Jacob Owen of Duluta, are among the names used, and the cities operated in, so far as the rec- ords show, are as follows: Portland, Ore.; Memphis, Tenn.; New Orleans, La.; At- lanta, Ga.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Milwau- kee, Wis.; Seatule, Wash.; San Francisco, Los Angeles; Duluth, Mich., and Houston, Texas. Most of the victims bought a half inter- est in the invention. A singular feature is the fact that punishment can only be made after proof that the operator had sold an interest in more than the whole of the patent, and to prove this would mean the gathering of three men from three of these widely separated cities, in view of the half interest generally assigned. Even then the orerator could be prosecuted only on the petty charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Meanwhile, in the absence of further papers, action on all the cases is suspended. No Clue to the Swindlecr. There is no clue to the present where- abouts of the swindler. nor can any one make even a probable guess as to his name. ‘The first name that appeared in the patent otfice was Owen, the last one ia Porter Pot- ter. Evidently the same mun has signed each of the twelve applications for a pat- ent, the handwriting being the same, al- though a different name was used in each case. The fellow sezms ‘0 have worked his me by stopping two or three months in h city, where he doubtless made the ac- quaintance of some cart builder or liveryman, and while staying in the place pretended to make his inve n. Then, working his victim into a beliez in it, he would take him to some local patent attor- vey. That attorney would send the draw- irgs on to an attorney in Washington to make an examinatic Local attorneys who have seen the thill-coupler Cevice say it has merit, of course being new and meri- torlous, and the Washington patent attor- rey, not asking any quesiions of the patent office as to pr us pheations, would make a favorable repor' Then the vic- im’s confidence increasing, he would un- hesitatingly put in his money. How the Cases Came Here. The Heuston case came here to Mr. Ar- thur W. Harrison, a well-known attorucy, through Wright, Brown & Quimby of Bos- ton, to whom it was sent by one of their correspondents in Houston. The Atlanta case came directly to E. B. Stocking. The Duluth case came through Howard G. Un- derwood of Milwaukee, formerly a patent attorney in Washington. Both Mr. Stock- ing and Mr. Underwood saw the man and could identify him. Mr. Stocking said to- day that the fellow was an old telegraph operator, and his left hand and arm were paralyzed. As it will take at least three of the parties victimized by the swindler to join In a case against him, and the co- operation of the patent office would be necessary, the testimony of the attorneys who saw the man is of the greatest im- portance. The government placed the first six cases in interference when the attor- neys, who sent in the cases, were asked for affidavits from the inventor and the as- signees 2s to the time when the invention was made, the assignees replied that they could not find the inventor, that he had left the town and they did not know where he was. The subsequent applications being evi- dently the work of the same man the de- partment simply left them on file without declaring any interference. As the law stands, the assignee in the first case can put the thing through and get a patent, but all the rest will lose whatever they paid. The scheme was a most ingenious one, showing far greater ingenulty than the device itself, and the fellow who work- ed it has made a good many thousand dol- lars more out of it than he would if he had stayed honest and got a patent for himself. It is believed the fellow is still trying to work his game, and an effort will be made to trap him. He sent on in the Houston case his alumi=1im model, and asked to have it returned to him, which was done. ————————————— HOWARD IVERSITY. The Amount Stricken Ovt in Com- mittee Inserted by the House, In the House this after:ccn during the consideration of the sundry civil appro- priation bill Mr. Evans of Kentucky moved to insert in the bill tha appropriation of $32,500 for the suppcrt cf Howard Uni- versity in this city, which had been stri en out in committee. amendment was Th carried and Howard University will ve pro- vided for as usual. Today’s Presidential Nominations. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters—Cheney E. Parker, Phillips, Me.; James Hudson, Guilford, Me.; Simon B. Guthrie, Gorham, Me.; Wm. Morgan, South River, N. J.; Charles M. Goo weed, Shamrock, N. Y.; J. Crawford Hoag, ak- ron, N. Y.; John Leonard, Port Chester, N. Y.; Jay R. Werst, Berwyn, Pa. J. Myers, Natrona, Pa.; Char! Riverpoint, R. 1; Richard P. neau, Alaska; I. B. Barnes, F Mary Hansborough, Unive: M. Greene, Tifte: a. Mich.; Wim. O. Catherine E. Meir Chas. 8. Millen, King City Rodgers, Wymore, Neb.; Bernard indle- kofer, Weston, Ohio; Frank Verrier, Pay- ette, Ohio; Landrum Padg % Daniel Rice, Tennessee Ci Q. Epes, Biacks chior, Ahnar Maysville, W is Schuknecht, is. a ee Engineer Corps Promotions. The retirement cf Maj. Eric Bergland has resulted in the foilowing promotions in the corps of engineers: Capt. Thomas W. Symons, stationed at Buifalo, to be major; First Lieut. Wm. L. Sibert, station- ed at Little Rock, Ark., to be captain: Sec- ond Lieut. James F. McIndon, stationed at Chaitanooga, to be first lieutenant; Ad- ditional Second Lieut- Wm. J. Barden, stationed at Willets Point, to be second leutenant. AGAINST HAWAII'S CABLE The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Adverse to It, The Action Taken Causes Consider- able Feeling, but is Regarded as Only a Temporary Delay. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions at its meeting today failed to agree to report a bill for a cable to Hawail. This result was reached after quite an ex- citing meeting, and caused considerable feeling among members. There were two ballots taken. A bill had been drafted and accepted by a majority of the committee which was be- lieved to contain the best features of the two propositions under consideration, one coming from the New York or Scrymser company, and the other from the New Jer- sey or Spaulding company. This bill was complete, except for the absence of the Pame of the company to which the con- tract should be awarded, and it was upon filling this important blank that the com. mittee divided. The bill had been submit- ted to both companies, and each had agreed to accept its provisions in case it should be named as the one to which the contract should go. How It Happened. The negative result of today’s meeting was made possible by the fact that the committee was divided into three factions. Four of the democratic members, Mess:s. Gray, Turple, Daniel and Mills, were op- posed to granting any subsidy for a cable, leaving the six sepublican Senators and Serator Morgan favorable to the under- taking by one company or the other. They were divided, towever, between the two companies. The first vote was on filling the blank in the bill with the name of one of the ap- plicant companies, and this ballot resulted in favor of the New York company, the four Senators who opposed any billgcast- ing their votes for this company. When the vote was taken upon reporting the bill awarding the contract these four Sena- tors cast their votes against it, and were joined by the friends of S ling, who thus announced their opposition to any fable unless it was to be built by Spauld- ing. Temporary Delay. A motion was then made to insert the New Jersey or Spaulding company, but this was defeated also by the four demo- crats and others favoring the New York company. As a consequence no bill will be reported unless some compromise is reached. The advocates of the cabie do not admit that the adverse action will result in any- thing more serious than a temporary 4 lay, but say they will be able to get to- gether on the proposition in some shape. It is suggested that the contesting com- panies may be joined in the bill and their friends thus united. Gov. ———— a HUGHES’ REMOVAL, The Official Notice to Turn the Office Over to the Secretary, Acting Secretary Reynolds of the Inter- for Department today telegraphed Gov. Hughes of Arizona that he had been re- moved from office, to take effect at once, and directed him to turn over his office to Secretary Bruce. The telegram was sent in response to a message }jrom Mr. Bruce, saying that Mr. Hughes refused to vacate Lis office at this time, and asking what he (Bruce) should do. The dispatches sent this morning to Gov. Hughes and to the secretary of the terri- tory by Acting Secretary Reynolds, follow: “Louis C. Hughes, Phoenix, Ariz. You have been removed from the office of Bov- ernor. The President directs that you turn over the office to the secretary at once. “J. M. REYNOLDS, Acting Secy.”” “Charles M. Bruce, Secretary of Arizona, Phoenix, Ariz. Mr. Hughes has been re- moved as govérnor. The President directs that you take possession of the office at once as acting governor under the law.” ——-o+______ PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE To Consider the Future of the Bureau of American Republics. In accordance with a call issued by Sec- retary Olney, representatives of the coun- tries party to the Pan-American conference gathered in the diplomatic room at the State Department today to consider the needs of the bureau of American republics, which is maintained by joint contributions of these countrics. Secretary Olney pre- sided, and there were present in addition Senor Romero, the Mexican minister; Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister; Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister; Senor Gana, the Chilean minister; Senor Rengifo, the Colombian minister; Senor Carbo, the Ecuadorian minister; Senor *Arriago, the minister from Guatemala and Honduras; Consul General Strauss, representing Nica- ragua; Senor Calvo, the Costa Rican minis- ter; Senor Peraza, representing Salvador, and Consul General P. D. Murguindo, rep- resenting Uruguay; Director Ferbish of the bureau of American republics and Dr. Rod- riguez of the same bureau. Mr. Ferbish explained briefly the status of the bureau and showed that it had nearly exhausted all of the work outlined for it according to the original plan, and represented the necessity for further di- rection from the controlling body -fn its future work, After some consideration Secretary Olney was authorized to appoint a committee of five members to take the subject under advisement and to present to the conference a yan of work for the bu- reau at the next meeting, which will be on the 18th instant. This was substantially all that was done at today’s meeting save the passage of an order looking to the printing of the publications of the bureau hereafter In French as well as in English and Span- ish and a recommendation that the work of compiling the commercial tariff by the bureau of American republics be hastened. ——— AN OLD COUNTERFEITER. His Confexsion Clears up a Puzzling Mystery. Chief Hazen of the secret service has received information from his agent in ‘New York of the arrest of Emanucl Ninger, the maker of one of the most dangerous series of ounterfeit notes known to the service. Ninger, it is sail, has been en-zazrad since 1879 in the manufacture of $10, $20, $59 and $190 United States notes, with the pen and brush, of such excellence? as to deceive even experts. Up to within a short time #go there has been absolutely no clew to cither the maker or shover of these notes, and, in spite of the utmost vigilance on ithe part of the sceret se the nov conunued to appear peri vals of ve or six menths year cr so Ninser confine: immself to $10, $20 an $50, but of late xe ! 51 notes have appeared. i'e has now made a full confession, and evidence found at his house in Flagiown, N. J., confirm: what he si ihe arrest is regarded as one of the most important in the history of the service. a Coinage During Marc! The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows the coinage at the United States mints during Marcn to have Leen as follows: Gold, $1,510, silver, $1,083,550; minor coin, $48,817. Total, $3,272,903. r- p to within a 7 If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star, A NAVAL FORCE Senator Call’s Resolution to Send One to Cuba, WANTS 10 STOP THE BARBAROUS WAR Florida Senators Differ Over a, Land Bill. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE In the Senate teday Mr. Butler (N.C.) ins trcduced @ bill requiring the acceptance of current legal tender funds in payment of notes, bonds or cther private obligations. The Senator explained that the purpose of the measure was to put a stop to gold notes, gold mortgages, ete., which were bee ing wrung from the people owing to their dire financial distress. Both of the old parties, said the Senator, had favored this pian in their platforms, and this proposed tc make party promises good by a law. “Does this propose to affect existing con- tracts?” asked Mr. Hill. “It does not,” responded Mr. Butler. “I do not believe in breaking contracts.” The bill was referred to the finance coms mittee. A Difference of Opinion. A slight difference of opinion was mants fested between the two Florida Senators, Mr. Call and Mr. Pasco, over a Florida’ land resolution. Mr. Call offered a resoiu- ton directing an inquiry by the committee en public lands of the patenting of unsur-t veyed public lands in Florida. He asserted that there was much irregularity on the part of the Interior Department ag to the lands, and that foreign corporations were’ alsorbing them. Mr. Pasco opposed giving the committee directions to investigate, und moved to re= fer the resolution to the committee with= out directions. Mr. Call appealed to his associates to des feat the Pasco n.otion to refer. On a viva voce vote Senators appeared to be about! evenly divided in their support of Mr. Call and Mr. Pasco. On a roll call the Pasco motion was carried; 20—20, A Naval Force for Cuba. At this point Mr. Call offered a joint resoe lution directing the sending of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put an end to har- barities and the violation of treaty obliga- tions. The resolution is as follows: “‘Re- solved, That the continued violations of the usages and rules of war between civilized people, the inhuman and brutal outrages on men, women and ohildren, constantly reported on reasonable evidence, either au- thorized or permitted, not only on the Cuban revelutionists, but also on citizens of the United States, in the war now car- ried on between the government of Spain and the revolutionary forces organized as the republic of Cuba, demand imme- diate action by the United States, not only for the protection of the citizens of. the United States who have become resi-. dents and acquired interests in Cuba under treaties with Spain for their protection, but also under the Kigher considerations of a common humanity and civilization, shamed and imperiled by barbarities and crucities known only in the darkest, most crucl and most bloody periods of human history. “Resolved, That an adequate naval force of the United States shall be immediately, sent to Cuba, sufficient to protect by force, if necessary, citizens of the United States from wrong. and the violation of treaty ob- Iigations between Spain and the Untied States. “Resolved, That the President of the United States communicate to the govern- meni of Spain these resolutions and inform t government that the United States wilt forcibly intervene to protect the rights of American citizens and the interests of lization if there shall be a further occure rence of murder and outrage or the shoot- ing or putting to death of prisoners of war’ in the conflict between Spain and the revoe lutionary forces of Cuba. The resolution went over under the rule® until tomorrow. Mr. George Resumed His Speech, Mr. George (Mfiss.) then resumed hig, speech in opposition to the claims of Min Du Pont to a seat in the Senate. THE HOUSE. i Some minor business was transacted a{ the opening of the session of the Housq today. Bills were passed to authorize th¢ lighthouse board te proceed with the cond structicn of a lighthouse and fog signal on Nerth Manitou Island, Lake Michigan; t constitute Stamford, Conn., a subport entry. At 12:30 the House went into committeq of the whole and resumed the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation bill. An amendment allowing extra compensa tion for surveys through the mountains on heavily-wooded territory in Colorady an@ Utah was adopted. An amendment offered by Mr. Evans (Ky.) was adopted, appropri< ating $32,6) for the Howard University. An amendment was also adopted making an appropriation for the expenses of oum representation at the meeting of the intere national prison conference. Mr. Bartlett (N. Y.) offered an amends ment, which fell under a point of order, to authorize the preservation and publication of the revolutionary archives. ‘To Purchase the House Where Lincoln Died. Mr. Sayers (Tex.) offered an amendment to appropriate $30,000 for the purchase of the house in: Washington In which Presi+ dent Lincoln died, and which is now rente ed by an historical society The amendment w2s adopted. Mr. Hyde (Wash.) offered an amendment 1o appropriate 875,00 of the $304,000 czr- ried by the bill fer the construction of military posts to commence the ei permanent buildings at the mili at Spokane, Wash. The site of comprising ‘over 1,000 acres, Mr. said, sad been dcnated to the government by his state. +2 -—____ TO BUY THE HOUSE. The Bullding on 10th Street in Which President Lincoln Died. The House this afternoon adepted an amendment to the sundry civil appropria- tion bill, appropriating $31,000 for the pur chase and repair of the house in which Lincoin died. This house is to be placed under the care cf the Memorial Sov! ganized by act of Congr The amendment ety, or- exas, Mr. Cannon of acquiescing in it, but Mr. Bartlett of York opposed it in a Vigorous speeci. Mr. Charles Newell of Oregon was today appointed to a position in the office of the Secretary of the Senate, at a salary of 2,200 per annum. Mr. Newell was formerly employed in the same capacity under the republican control of the Senate and sery= ed until the democratic reorganization of 1893. He has been placed in charge of all matiers relating to the government print- ing office, the printing of documents, etc., the duties that he formerly performed. Thig is the first appointment under the new re organization project.