Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1896, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Indignities to American Missionaries Reported From Asia Minor. THEIR HOUSES HAVE BEEN BLOCKADED Charges That Have Been Made Against Mr. Knapp. SIR PHILIP CURRIE’S PART —_+—_—_—_ CONSTANTINOPLE. Apri! 18—Telegrams frcm Bitlis, eastern Turkey, state that the houses of Rev. George H. Knapp and Rev. Royal M. Cole, missionaries of the Amerti- can board of foreign misstons of Boston, have been blockaded by the Turkish gov- ernment, and that their servants have not been allowed to go and come from the markets. ‘ On March 15 orders were given by Turkish government requiring that and thetr families should ail le the southern route. The roads were then impassable. The miss‘onaries heartily ac knowledged the activity of Mr. John W - Riddle, the United States charge d'affaires, im securing the nullification of the order issued March 26 for the expulsion of Messrs. Knapp and Cole and their families, and the zeal of Sir Philip Currie, the Brit ish ambassador, in supporting Mr. Riddle’s demands. - Sir Philip Currie told the Turkish minis- ter for foreign affairs that the American missionaries co-operated with Great Brit- ain in the distribution of relfef, and that he would not see them driven away. The depositions that have been made against the Rev. George H. Knapp charge him with having planned and led on an at- tack upon the mosque, with having used the school bell for giving signals for the attack. and that on October 25, 1 , he was responsible for the slaughter of [4*) or more people, and for the plunder of thou- sands upon thousands of lres’ worth of property from the markets of Bitlis. the they A timely telegram from the United States minister, Mr. Alex. W. Terrell, a few weeks ago, saved him from being forcibly seized” and cast into prison, Should the Turkish government decline to follow up the cas: n it wold be feasible for the United ates government te demand damages for lil The claim for indemnity for the assault in ISS! of Mousa Bey on Rev. George ©. Knapp, father of the Rev. George H. Knapp, end of Dr. Reynolds, now of Van, eastern Turkey, was made, but it has never n peid. Indemnity for the murder of Mr. Lenz, the American bicyclist, is another unsatis- fied claim - > TO STRENGTHEN FORTIFICATIONS. ‘The Spanish to Take Additional Pre- cautions in Cu HAVANA, April 15.—I: ts reported that the correspondent of a New Orleans paper has succeeded in penetrating into the in- surgent camp. The government has deci the strength of the fortitications parts of the Island. A numerous band of insurgents at Place- tas surprised the local guerrilla force while the latter were out fcraging, and Kille nine and wounded twenty-four with m chets. In an engagement with the troops com manded by Gen. Suar2z Valdes near Paso Real, province of Pinar Del Rio, the surgents left nine Kliled and retired with their wounded. CINCINNATI, Apeil 13.—The Comme Gazette's special from Mrs. Woodward, dated Havana, April 1 in part “The Spanish Me and the Cubans lie. ‘ou pay your money and take your choic The deadly hatred between these two peo- ple must be taken into consideration and used as a common divisor ct the state- ments giv out oy hot Gen. Weyler according to his story, has Maceo and thi ost of the insurgent forces surrounded by the Spanish army in the province of Pinar Del_ Ri “The latest from the insurgent forces i that, with fresh supplies of ammunition, they are moving slowly but surely on Ha- vana. erday I went by rail ten miles out to Mariano, a strongly fortified purpost. Peo- ple at my hotel thought It a foofhardy ad- venture for a woman. I met nothing but the most courteous treatment. The town is powerfuliy fortitied. Maceo will accom- plish wonders if he forces this line; if he tries to force it and fatls, the result will be Very serious “Weyler says Maceo will never escape | frem the vanish net set fer him. The | present line from Mariel to Ensenada i: formidably intrenched and capable of pow- erful resistance. “I have exclusive news that last Monday a battle wis fought at Begona plantation, near Mario, and that Col. Inarez, a Spanish officer, was killed. The police have given out no details of this battie, but on Wed- hesday twenty-five wounde are more than eM) wounded soldiers in the Havana hospital today, yet the Span- | iards report but 500 killed in the entire w: Picket firing can frequently be heard Havana.” in PERIL OF BULUWAYO. It In Asserted at Cape Town That It is in Great Danger. (Copyright, 1896, by the Associated Press.) CAPE TOWN, April 18.—No official state- ment from any source is worth consider- ing for a moment !f it takes the ground that Buluwayo is not in danger. Buluwayo is in the greatest danger; in fact, ere this the town may be in the hands of the Mata beles, and one of the most terrible massa- cres on record may have occurred. The latest advic elved here f Buluweyo have greatly increased the an icty felt for the safety of that place. Mil {tary men, scouts. Dutchmen and Engiish- ren, civilians of all classes, veteran troop- ers and goverment officials concur in the statement that the governor of pe Col- ery, Sir Hercules Robinson, has not told the truth if he has notified the home gov ernment that Buluwayo is in no dang it Is evident to anybody here that tho British at Buluwayo are in a most critic. Brarren ost critical sor m —e THE POTATO PLAN. It Will Be Tried Again Th he Asm Year by fated Charities, The Pingree potato plan is to be given a second trial by the board of managers of the Associated Charities. A special meet- ing of the board was held yesterday to consider plans for summer work, and the potato pl an, among other things, was fully discussed. It was decided to raise $2,000 for the needs of the peor during the sum- mer, and to keep cne agent in each divi- sion of the city to attend to all applica- tiers for help. May 1 was designated as aenation day, when friends of the work will be asked to contribute. A public meet. ing of the board will be held next week to make arrangements for the season's work. There have been reverul applications by people who had potato lots last year for a chance this year to raise a crop. ounting. filed in the Probate Court today by Mrs. R. Shallcross, setting forth that April 2), 1894, she was appointed guar- dian of the minor children of herself and Henry C. Shallcross, and gave bond in the sum of $1,500, with S. J. Block as surety. Block, she aileges, received a legacy of $90) bequeathed the children, and insists upon charging a commission of 10 per cent for acting as surety..The court is asked to require Block to make an accounting. A petition w: Killed by Her Coasin. RICHMOND, Tex., April 18—Miss Ella Somerville was shot and killed this morn- ing by her cousin, Albert Somerville, whom she was leading to her father’s residence from a drunken carousal down town. The young man is from New York city, where his father resides, and who is visiting rela- tives here. ve Bitlis by: in all} eras | soldiers were | brought into the hospital at Havana. There | BONA-FIDH UIRCULATION, A reference to the statement be- Jew will show that the olroulation sworn to is a bona fide one It 1s easily possible for = news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstaids,’which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don't give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands tn excess of any other Washington paper and ts be- lieved to be fully five times that of our afternpon contemporary. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, April 11, 1996. 35,881 MONDAY, April 13, 1896. 20,725 TUESDAY, April 14, 1996... .29,589 WEDNESDAY, April 15, 1396... -29,613 THURSDAY, April 16, 1896. FRIDAY, April 17, 1596. 29,224 29,437 Total, Daily average... s - 30,578 1 solemnly awear that the above statement rerp- resents only the number of copies of ‘Tar Eve: ING Sar circulated during the six secular days end- ing Friday, April if, 19%¢—that f6, the num- ber of coples actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the office unsold. “ 3. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this eighteenth day of April, A. D. 1896. BENJAMIN MARTIN, JR., Notary Public, D. C. PACIFIC RAILR OA s Senator Allen Creates a Sensation on the Funding Bill’s Introduction. A Lively Debate Between Him and Senator Gear—Other Senators Participate. During the debate on the Peffer bond res- olution in the Senate yesterday afternoon Senator Allen caused a diversion of an ex- | citing interest by remarks that he made | when Senator Gear, as chairman of the | committee on Pacific railroads, introduced the funding bill that has been jointly pre- pared by the two committees on that sub- | ject. The first evidence of bad feeling be- tween the Senators was when Mr. Allen started in to catechise Mr. Gear as to the character of the testimony taken by the committee during its hearings on the fund- ing bill. Mr. Gear impatiently replied that he had not the time to recapitulate all the evidence, which filled a large book, which | the Senator could get by applying at the committee room. He Intimated that of course the Senator could read. The Hearings Criticised. I can read,” replied Mr. Allen. He then went on to criticise the committee for ial notices of hear- range and the na- tional and state alliances through which the railroads run, the boards of trade, the chambers of commerce and the great body of shippers whose interests are deeply af- fected by the jegislation. He asserted that it appeared like a studied effort on the | part of the committee to cut these people | off from any opportunity to appear and to! afford a free and fair expression of public ion on the question. Mr. Gear repudiated the idea that the committee had cut anybody off from a hearing, and asserted that’ everything usual had been done. Huntington and the Committee. Mr. Allen answered that he could not understand why the people whose interests were directly and deeply affected were not given a chance to be heard. He sald that he spoke of what he had seen with his own eyes, and continued: “I have been in the Pacific railroads committee room on two different occasions when this so-called in- vestigation was going on, and I have seen that supreme magnate of American rail- reads and American politics, himself t embodiment of force and corruption, Collis P. Huntington, sitting there, apparently a lord over the committee and everybody around him, and his lobbyists occupying | the seats in the committee room; not a ; farmer, not a merchant, not a man living | upon the prairies, not a man living along the line of the railroads there—not one. He added that the bill now presented was merely the extension of the debt of the railroads substantially on the lines laid dewn by Huntington. Changes of Political Faith, Mr. Gear protested that Mr. Allen had had the opportunity to appear before the committee himself, and had failed to avail himself of the chance. He alluded to Mr. Allen's political faith in a Nght manner, and this drew the populist into a detailed | Statement of his votes for the presidency ince 1864. In that year he voted for M incoin, in IN6S and IS72 for Grant, in 1N76 | for Tilden, in IS80 for Garfield, in 1884 for | Elaine, in 1888 for Harrison and in 1892 for | Weaver. This caused Mr. Chandler to re- mark that he supposed it was a test of a man’s knowledge to change iis politics once in a while, and Mr. Allen replied that the man who puts his party above his country is one of the most dangerous ene- mies the nation can have. There was a lengthy colloquy between Messrs. Chandler and Allen, in which Mr. Stewart occasion- ally joined, and then Allen made a eulogistic reference to Gen. Weaver that caused Mr. Gear to laugh aloud in a deris- ive manner that aroused Mr. Allen’s ire. Gen, Weaver Defended, Mr. Gear charged that Gen. Weaver ad- vocated the confiscation of private property and this led Mr. Allen to say> “1 will not “dispute with James B, Weaver himself; I dispute with the Sena- tor from Iowa. He !s In this chamber. I am his equal here, and arywhere else, for that matter. He can not stand here and utter falsehoods of that kind against one of the greatest and most Hlustrious citizens of the United States because he happens to be a populist and go unwhipped of the rebuke his language justly and necessarily | deserves.” ar called Mr. Allen to order and | nanded that his words be taken down. | Mr. Faulkner moved that Mr. Allen be al- lowed to proceed in order, and after some debate this was agreed to by a viva voce vote. Mr. Gear's Responne. When order had be2n restored Mr. Gear | said: “To the language used by the Sena- } tor from Nebraska I take no exception. 1 nave lived among the pecple where I have | made my home for more years almost than | the Senator has lved in his life. They know best whether the words he has stated are true or false. I am satisfied now, if I never was before, of the truth of an old alage. When I got into this unfortunate al- tercation with the Senator from Nebraska I made a mistake. It is an old saying that you can not ‘touch pitch without being de- filed." I am sorry that I had the altercation with him.” Mr. Allen replied at length, and after dis- claiming any ill-feeling for Mr. Gear ang defending Gen. Weaver, he closed by sar- j castically thanking Mr. Hear for keeping so close a watch over his words and ac- tions in the Senate. The debate on the bond resolution then proceeded without conclusion until adjourament. | prosperity. Sound Money Democrats Select -It for a Battle Ground. APTER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA They Are Said to Have an Up-Hill Fight Before Them. THE ADMINSTRATION ACTIVE The “sound money” democrats are center- ing their efforts upon Indiana and Illinois, chiefly upon the latter, with the hope of capturing the delegations to the Chicago convention. Current report is that the sil- ver men have the upper hand tn both those states, and the silver men are sald to be growing reckless in their confidence. Mr. Springer, who has been here several days, and Senator Palmer, the two principal “sound money” democrats of Ilinois known in Washington, speak as if they thought it was a hopeless case for their friends in Illinois. Mr. Springer says that it does not look as if the “sound money” people were deing anything toward capturing the dele- gation. This is only surface talk. The fact is that, as quietly as possible, the administration people are putting forth a tremerdous effort to capture the Illinois delegation. Ald Summoned From the East. It is not intended to leave it to the locals oniy, but to get all possible ald from the “sound money" democrats in the east, chiefly in New York and Massachusetts, and to use the influence of the national administration. Ex-Represencative Ben. Cable and Morrison, through his leuten- ants at home, are conducting a quiet and earnest campaign. Their efforts are at present beirg directed chlefly to the capture of the Cook county delegates, who consti- tute about 40 per cent of the state conven- tion. Mr. Cable Is qucted as reporting that the prespects are very good of success In Couk county, though a few days ago he express- ed a different opinion. It is said that the rerewed hopefulness ts due not to Mr. Car- lisle’s visit to Chicago, but to the expecia- tion that ex-Mayor Hopkins will repudiate Altagld, and to his determination to throw his influence in favor of the anti-silver people. nierest of the Administration, The claim that Hopkins will throw the Cook connty delegates against Altgeld cemes from admunis‘rition sources. It is understood that Bynum of Indiana and Cable of Ilmois, when they came to Wash- ington a few days ago, mate very discour- aging reports to the Pre from their spective states, and s re taken to strengchen the lines. the President has the “sound money’ ts of the east that if they hope to capture the Chicago convention, they must give substantial as- sistance to their friends in Indiana and Unois. The Fight In Missourt. Representative Hall of Missourt, one of the two gold democrats from that state in Congress, has returned from his home. He says that the fight over the money question between democrats in Missouri is perfectly frantic. The most bitter personal enmity Is be- ing engendered, and families are being divided. He says that father and son, tak- ing opposite sides, refuse to speak to each other. “If the Bimetallic League would keep their hands off,” he said, “I could carry my district, but they are doing everything they can against me. If the democratic national convention should declare for silver T would not accept a renomination for Congress,any- hew--not if it were tendered to me unani- mously. “The declaration of the Missouri conven- tion in favor of Bland for President was perfectly seriovs, and st is my sincere eon- Vietion that if the silver men capture the national convention they will nominate him. But I do not think they are going to capture it. I think Illinois, Lowa, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota il send sound money delegates to the convention. A very earnest fight is being made in Iilinois.” to impress upon JURY DISCHARGED, No Verdict in the Third Oleomar- garine Cane. The jury in the case of Joseph T. Childress, charged with violating the ole magarine law, was, at noon today, dls- charged, the members being hopelessly 1:n- able to agree, The jury retired shortly be- fore 3 o’elcck yesterday afternoon, bat failed to reach a verdict and were locked up for the night. When court opened this twelve men filed in the ruon man reported that no conclu: reached, and that the prosp all bright for a concurre: of opinion on the question. Judge Cole directed the jury to again retire, adding that the case seem- ed one in which a verdict could be reacied. After further deliberation for two hours, the jury again reported as stated and were discharged. District Attorney Birney then gaye no- tice that ke would call the same case tor second trial Monday morning. Mr. Henry A. Davis maile a motion for a new trial in the case of Wilkes C. Prather, convicted Thursday. The motion was oyer- ruled, and an appeal is to be taken to the Court of Appeals after sentence is imposed. =~ CAPITOL ‘TOPICS. morning and the fore- mn had been 8 were not at Confirmations. The Scnate has confirmed the following rominations: Postmasters — Rhode Hayward, at Providenc River Point. Also John P. J. Ryan of New York, J. R. Morris of Missourt and Chester Wells of Pennsylvania, to be assistant engineers in the navy, and John H. O'Donnell of the District of Columbi: to be justice of the peace in the District of Columbia, Island: Richard Charles Quinn, at ———___ + e+ Onc SmaHl-Bore ¥ From the Montgomery (Md.) Press. The burdens of the national capital ‘are very heavy and are rendered doubly so by the expense of entertaining people from all sections of the Union who have friends at the seat of government. The hospitality of the nation’s capital is welt understood throughout the country, and the residents of Washington are always glad to do their full share in the way of entertaining their guests. They may, therefore, be excused for becoming indignant when men like Mr, Powers, sent down from such a state as Vermont, help to defeat a bill which looks to improving the population by giving them greater inducements to read and study than they have at present. We are glad te see that several different organizations have taken this matter up, and are going to send home to the constituency which Mr. Powers represents a full account of his antagonism to the cause of information. monter. | Vermont has done a great deal for Wash- ington by sending to it bright-minded pub- lic men wno have been glad to foster its Foremost among them have | been Senators Edmunds, Morrill, Proctor and Representative Grout, who has been chairman of the District committee. It is, perhaps, therefore a necessity in the fitness of thi that Washington should be visited by a statesman of so narrow a callber as to bring down the average of those who have Preceded him. — 0 Marriage Licenses, Marriage licenses have been issued by the clerk of the court to the following: J. George Bryer and Ida F. Scheppach, both of Baltimore, Md.; Frederick Fugitt ard Mary Julia Glasgow; W. W. G. Mur- ray of Charlestown, W. Va., and Hester ArnrStrong of Washington. —_—>__. Auction Sale of Real Estate. Duncarson Bros., auctioneers, sold yes- terday at public sale house 1714 N street, to Charles H. Danman for $9,900. Ohairman Mott Baya That It is Organising The White Mptat at Chicago — He Thinks Iu Will Have « Mas Dr. J. J. Mott, chairman of the executive committee of ,the free allver party, ex- presses the opinion that the silver demo- crats will be in.a majority at Chicago, and that they will nomtaate silver candidates and adopt a platform in harmony there- with. ‘ “Will the silver party support the tick- et?” a Star reporter asked. “I think we will support the ticket if the democrats give us the iight kind of as- surances. Of course, we want to know that we will be treated fairly. I suppese that committees cf :he two parties will confer with each other, and that an un- derstand:ng will be reached.” ‘The tone of the chairman's voice indi- cated more thaa he said. It indicated that the silver men would have to know that they would get their share of things if there was victory, it is said that many of the new party men and populists have secretly hoped that the “scund money” men would control at Chicago. They want this because they have au Sdea they can put up candidates of their own and mak2 a good showing in the election. They even say that if a “sound money” ticket is nominated at Chicago, they can win in November. They do not much relish the prospect of @ democratic victory, tor fear they will not be properly recognized in the Jivision which will take place afterward, but it is generally said that they will be forced to support the Ucket. Gen. Warner, who was chairman of the allver conference which met here and Inaugurated the new party, said, when avked a question ut that time by a Star reporter, that if the silver men won at Chicago, the fight of the new party would be won, and that the new party would sup- bert the dentocraiic ticket. Are Organising Rapidly. “What are you doing in the way of or- ganization at the. headquarters of your party?” Dr. Mott was asked: “We are getting. along swimmingly and are very much encouraged. We have regu- lar chairmen in thirty states, and will have the other states organized in a short time. We have heen careful in picking our men. We wanted men who could be trust- ed, and we refused to take any unt we got what we wanted. It is no small rat- ter to organize a new party and put it in fighting trim. Our state chairmen appoint couniy chairmen, and they, in turn, appoint township chairmen.” “When will the first state convention of the party meet?” “No convention hag yet been called, but we have assurances that every convention will be well attended, and that the dele- gates to St. Louis will be representative and prominent men, in whom the people will have confidénce. You see, our boys are waiting unUl the big national conven- tions meet, and’ then they will know what they will be called upon to do.” The Game of the Populists. Some of thi list leaders haye said that if there sigs silver ticket put out from Chicago they will support it, as well as the silverites of all the parties. But what they wilt wiht for their support of the ticket and-Wh#t can be promised them is not yet known. They will forego any demand that any of their “isms” be in- corporated in the xdemocratic platform, it is°said, but that’s not what they want or, it Is believed. Will insist on. ‘They will be satisfied té let the stiver issue pre- dominate everything else, but whether they will also want some promises as to offices and whether the democrats will make these promises, nobody knows, although this question has been thought over, and the answer has almost invarlably been that no promises an ‘or will be made. The democratic party, some say, could not ai- ford to compromise itself by open deals with the populiste, Some quiet promises might be made and carried out to cet the support of the populists. Besides chis, a feeling of thankfulness to those who as- sist in what might be a victory. would perhaps induce a consideration of the claims of the populists, Then it is vaid that the populists would be satisfied with fusions for congressional and state candi- dates. In this way they would get a good share of the pie in some states, and would stand a chance of holding the balance of power in the next House. That Is the goal they are striving for, and their ambition, May Want a Lurger Share. The view of other populist leaders 1s that they see as good an opportunity for victory this year as they will ever have, and that they do not propose fo be put in the back- ground merely for the sake of patriotism. If they help elect the democratic ticket they want a share in affairs, and they want a good share. They are for silver in pref- erence to anything else, but they do not Propose to be swallowed up by any other party, do a lot of the work, and then get no thanks for it. The independent attitude of the populists In North Carolina is poin ed to as an example of how they will stand. Leading democrats say that they have no fear of not getting the populisis’ support. They say the populist party was organized for the purpose of getting silver legisla- tion, and that if the populists do not heartily support the democratic ticket they will lose the biggest‘ part of thelr voters through their returning to the democratic ranks, which most of them left. 7. Turning Out Lights. Ever since the warm weather set in complaints have been received at the Dis- trict building that people ta the different sections of the city have been extinguish- ing the street lamps of evenings, when the Nght is an annoyarice to those who may be sitting on door steps near by. The po- lice have been notified to look out for cases of this sort, and have been instructed to bring the offenders into the Police Court without further warning. The penalty for turning out a stréet lamp is a fine of $5. —_——-— Suits for Damages. James Carey King and his wife, Mary L. King this afternoon filed suit at law against the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company to recover $10,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by Mrs. King September 21 last, when a car of the company is said to have col- ded with @ large bumper near Brook- Jand. A similar sult tb recover a like sum has been filed by Chafles G. Nichols and Ma- lda Nichols f6r‘itijuries said to have been received by Mrs. Nichols in the same col- lision. Mr. Prevoyt’s Resideuce. Plans are in“course uf preparation by F. B. Pyle, architect,’ for a handsome rest- dence for George Hi Prevost, 1423 T street, The frent is td be’ built of garnet Roman tile, in the coldnialsstyle, with an elliptical bay window. ; aes The Emmy, Willard Association. Mrs. H. L. Palmér, secretary of the bio- graphical comf#iittee of the Emma Willard Association, is In the city seeking the ad- dress of former pupils of the Troy Female Seminary, foudéed ®y Mrs. Emma Willard, In whose memory 4 volume is about to be published. Mrs. Palmer is at 1012 14th street, and will remain another week. es A Discussion on Patriotism. The Legion of Loyal Women will hold a very interesting open meeting at their hall, 419 10th street northwest, next Monday evening. The topic of the evening ng “Patriotism, an animated discussion anticipated on the question, “What is Pa- tr:otism?” Music, recitations and address- es are combined in the program. —_—->__ Released on Bail, i Cornelius Teehasi, indicted for bigamy, was released on ball today pending trial, John T. Burdette becoming surety in the sum of $500. Provisions of the Appropriation Bill Reported to the House, MANY TEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST Financial Management of Several Institutions Changed. REPARATION TO ITALIANS —_+——_ The deficiency appropriation bill was re- ported to the House today, carrying a total of $4,791,340.45. This is the last of the gen- eral appropriation bills of this session. Ons of the legislative provisions of the bill is as follows: “That on and after July 1, 1896, all ex- Penditures on account of the reform ‘school for boys, the girls’ reform school and the board of children’s guardians shall be maie by the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, upon itemized vouchers approved by the auditor of the District and certified by the Commissioners, as required by the act of June 11, 1878, in the case of other expenses of the government of the District of Columbia. And all acts or paris of acts providing for treasurers for the in- stitutions herein named are hereby repeal- ed, to take effect June 30, 1896.” Many Miscellaneous Items. Among the principal local items of appro- priation were the following: Repairs to Holt mansion, Zoological Park, $026; coron- er's office, $155; advertising for the Dis- trict, $405; W. H. Smith, for court services, $18. for electric lighting in Eckington and West Eckington for 1896, $500; for mis- cellaneous expenses of public’ schools, $6,900; for janitors’ expenses, $467; witness fees in police courts, $3,233.75; ‘writs of lunacy, $756.70; repairing roof of Jail, $3,000; for completing smallpox hospital, $6,000; for cure of feeble-minded children, $5,500; for treasurer of reform school for girls to June 30, 1896, $300; Freedman's Hospital, $131.96. For the following judgments against the District: Alice M. Boswell, $5,- 071.00; E. N. Gray, $4,659.00; James R. Gib- son, $1,096.45; Joel Mann, $300.98; Lemuel BE. Mayhew, $301; John and Mary Stuckert, $1,568.55; for altering rooms in the third story of court house building, $2,700; for repairs to the Aqueduct bridge, $85,000; for expenses incurred by the highway exten- sion act, $5,491, wholly out of the District revenues. Excise Expenses. “Fcr amount required to cnable tho ex- cise board to pay for Nquors obtained from pl.ces where intoxicants are sold, and for the purpose of having analyses made of the same, to be pald wholly trom the revenues of the District, $100." To J. R. Spransy for tax sale certificate, $1,081. Kor burial of indigent soldiers and sailors, $700. For l'ghting Capitol grounds, $7,414.88, The Commissioners are authorized to use an unexpended balance of the fire depart- ment appropriation to complste engine hous# No. 2. Other Deficiencies. The other principal deficiencies for which it provides are: Treasury Derartment, $1,- 074,000" War Department, $607,000; Navy Department, $199,000; Interior Department, $04,000; Department of Justice, $251,000; government printing office, $190,000; House 00; judgments, ; Indian depreda- tion claims, $40,000; audited claims, $169,000; out of postal revenues, $1,421,000, Damages for Injured Italians. There is an item of $10,000 to be paid the Italian government for indemnity to the | heirs of three of its subjects, who were killed, and two others tnjured by mob vio- lenes In Colorado. In making the appro- priation for Indian depredation claims the committee provides that rone of the judg- ments shail be paid until the Attorney Gen- eral has certified to the Secretary of the Treasury that he has caused to be exam- ined evidence heretofore presented to the Court of Claims, and such other evidence as he shall be able to procure as to whether fraud has been done to the United States or exorbitant sums allowed and finds no grounds to support a new trial. Appropriations That Have Passed. Iu addition to this bill, the urgent de- ficiency act, passed early in the session, carried $6,305,436, making a total for de- ficiencies this session of $11,096,776. The following is a lst of the regular ap- propriation bills as they passed the House, with their amounts Agriculture, $3,215,392; army, $23,275,902; diplomatic and consular, $1,630,058; District of Columbia, $5,418,960: fortifications, $5,- S- Indian, $8,420,445; legislative, ete. $21,380,765; Military Academy, $448,317; 239; pension, $141,325,820; post river and harbor, $10,- sundry civil, $29, 2; sundry civil, $2, $374,013,444. —__+e+_____ Divorces Granted. Judge Hagner today signed a decree divoreing Alfreda Powell from John D. N. R. Powell, jr. In her bill of complaint, filed October 3, 1895, Mrs. Powell stated that she married the defendant October 27, 1S Her husband cruelly beat and® otherwise ill- treated her, she recited, from the date of the marrisge, and at no time supported her or their two children. Furthermore, it was claimed, the husband, about October 1, 182, cruelly drove his wife from their house, and sold every piece of furniture therein, even to the bed herself and her daughter sient in. ‘Mr. Powell, so it was claimed, then deserted his wife and family. John W. Gilliam has been divorced from Jannie B. Gilkam. They were married April 3, 1866, at Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetowa, and the husband claimed his wife deserted him ten years thereafter, —_—.__. Returned Home. Joseph Richcreek, the race map who re- turned home after being acquitted in court of a charge of threats and assaulted his wife, so it is charged, was arrested last night near his wife’s home, on Indiana avenue, and locked up. Bond in his case was fixed at $300 for his appearance in court Monday morning. ———-__ Baltimore Markets, BALTIMORE, Md., April 18.—Flour dull, unchanged—receipts, 11,038; shipments, 79 barrels; sales, 150 barrels. Wheat dull— spot and month, 71%a72; May, 71\%a714; Jul; , 71% a71%—receipts, 700 bushels; stock. 2 bushels—southern wheat by sample, do on grade, 7la74. Corn easy—spot, month and May, 35%a311s; June, 35% bid; July, 36%2256%; steamer mixed, 34a34\%; re- shipments, 51,429: stock, 5,000; southern white corn, . 3 37a37%~. Oats steady— No. 2 white western, 26; No. 2 mixed, do., 244a25—receipts, 5,639; shipments, 50,000: stock, 217,473. Rye inactive—No. 2, 40a41 nearby; 42a43 western; stock, 61,320. Hay firm—choice timothy, $16.00 bid. Grain freights, quiet, inquiry only fair; unchang- ed. Sugar very strong, unchanged. But- ter weak—fancy creamery, 17a18; do. imi- tation, 15a16; do. ladle, 14; good ladle, 12a13; store packed, 8ai0. Eggs weak—fresh, 10al0%%. Cheese quiet, unchanged. Whisky unchanged. —_+__ Grain and Cotton Markets, Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York, GRAIN. Open.” High. Low. Close. on oo ora Si Sos ty BL Syn Ban ah BR ad” Sa Bog aes 8.92 8.80 8. 4.97 492 4 - Tow. Ol 7.63 a tm 7. aa fF: 1 Li ‘SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES, THE MIDDLE WEST|THE SILVER PARTY/FOR DEFICIENCIES) NATIONAL EVILIFINANCE A Correspondent Considers the Subject of Foreign Immigration Pertinent Queries on an Insue That is Receiving Prefound Attent All Over the Union. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I am much gratified to see your very re- cent editorial, entitled “Cannot the Evil Be Averted?” pertaining to the employment by a certain contractor of non-resident, and, as I have no doubt, alien or unnaturalized men, in preference to the legitimate and worthy citizen of the District of Columbia. All that you have written is, I think, well put, but as applicable to the country at large as well as to the District of Columbia. We may favor the employment of local labor upon these works, but, notwithstand- ing this, what assurance have we that the District contractor would not have em- ployed these same objectionable workmen, for the identical reason, that it is to the advantage of the present contractor to em- ploy them? Have we any law in this District, or eught we to have one, unlike any that I have ever heard of in this country, which would pro- hibit the present, or any local contractor, from employing these workmen in this or any other jurisdiction, even to the detriment of what you consider legitimate employes? Have we a Chinese wall about the District of Columbia, which will actually prevent such people from coming and performing honest public labor? Can these people be admitted to the United States and excluded from the District of Columbia? Are not our gates open, as I contend they ought not to be? Have these people not been invited thereby to come upon a tour of inspection, experiment and risk of obtain- Ing subsistence? Are they not here for the very purpose of performing this labor, which, it is suggested, ought to be denied them? If they are not allowed to work, what can they do after having been not only’ permitted, but encouraged, to come? Is our legislature at fault, or are these people, of whom we complain? Can we discriminate? Is not the evil of which you complain na- tonal in its character, far-reaching beyond the District of Columbia, and extending over this broad land, and is it not felt every- where, now that we are beginning to realize the true nature, effect and extent of this national neglect to afford proper protection for the citizens and taxpayers of the United States? If we are to be able a hundred years hence to boast, as we can now, of our Union, and rely then as we now do, upon feel- ings of patriotism of our people to support the same, and resist the evil influences which are now at work, and well calculated to uadermine not only our Union, our form of goverrment, but our Institutions, we must as a nation protect ourselve: we must see that such laws are enacted as will secure to the nation and the people j protection from undesirable competition arising because of foreign immigration. We all know that our progenitors were foreigners. The class wao came here more than twenty-five years ago was better, and the number less than since, and the object of their coming was different. Then they came of thelr own volition, for the bona fide purpose of becoming citizens, with the intention of adopting our customs, abiding by. and supporting our laws, and therefore finbued with a patriotic feeling. Recently, as we ail know, they have been coming under other influences. Offers and inducements made by corporations, con- tractors in charge of public and quasi-pub- Me works and by organizers of land syndi- cates and schemes. Inducements of every kind are offered and promises are made on | the other side, and too often broken on this; the result is, that we have upon us thousands upon thousands of roaming, i Uterate, cnwilling and disappointed people. There exists another class, who are here perhaps hot exactly In the same way. I re- fer to settlements in the west, com: posed of foreigners of various nationalities who have been hers for years, who are voters exer.ising all the rights of citizenship, and yet they can scarceiy, if at all, speak our language, and they jealously require their children to learn their own. They are not famillar with our Constitution, they know little or nothing of our institutions, they have not adopted our manners and cus- toms, but on the contrary are actualiy do- ing all in their power to perpetuate their own. Is this in touch with the sentiment and purpose of our people, and destiny of the republic? Many will answer this question by say- ing we could not otherwise have accom- plished as a nation such extensive develop- ments in our internal improvements. I am not urging for the past or future that foreign immigration should be excluded, only that it ought to be and should have been very materially restricted, and assert that the class we have has proved to a great extent bad and undesirable. Thinking of the subject in behalf of the nation, I am not prepared to say that our development ought to have been so rapid. Other republics of greater duration than ours have fallen from some cause. These objections, this condition of affairs and these disadvantages may be a beginning, or even more than a beginning of trouble with us. As a nation, a hundred years ago we pur- sved a certain course by inviting every able-bodied man and woman to come, but this is no reason, obviously, why we should indiscriminately pursue the same course new. Tken we were without a common stock upon which we could rely for a legiti- mate and suffictent increase of the number of our people. Then we had territory which we were anxious to people to a reasonable extent. Then there existed every incentive, every reason why inducements should have been offered to foreign immigration, and par- t'cularly considering the number, the class that came, and the purpose, intention and manner of their coming; but now, and, in- deed, more than twenty-five years ago, the situation changed entirely, and it became, and is now, a question in the interest of the | uation whether or not we are growing too fast, whether or not we are taking in more than we can digest, whether or not it is possible for us to make good citizens of all the people who are coming here, whether or not we are giving our country simply to those who ask for it, without knowing that the recipients of our bounty would make good, law-abiding, educated, self-support- ing, patriotic American citizens, for the territory we are granting free, and the rights, powers and obligations with which we are clothing them. Were our feelings of patriotism strength- ened when twenty years ago we saw San Francisco, and I may say California, over- run with Chinese, and the citizens affected by their demoralizing influences? The situ- ation was alarming, and the effect it has had upon not only the working class is | known to all. Are our feelings of patriotism strength- ened when we witness in Washington city, under the eaves of the Capitol building, upon one of our principal streets, several Chinese laundries on one square, many others throughout the city? Does it ind cate that we are sufliciently protected by cur government, when we find that we are not only surrounded by these, but thou- sands upon thousands of people of this and other nationalities, who are almost of the lowest order of human beings? May we not conclude that if many exist- ing evila are not corrected, and greater pro- tection afforded for patriotic Americans, that men who are such in name only will come to the front and cause changes sup- ported by people of their class and senti- ment which will be calculated to seriously threaten the durability of our republic? L. P. 8. Treasury Departm Changes. The following changes have been made in the classified service of the Treasury Department: Appointments: Clifton R. Clark, Missouri, $720, Secretary's offic: George I. Bouton, Misscuri, $1,440, light house board; Arthur H. Bailey, Georgia, $720, coast survey; Clade V. Martin, Ohio. 3900, coast surve’ M. Holt, Wiscon- sin, $720, office controller of the treasury; Edward I. Wade, Georgia, $000, office con- troller of curreacy; James E. Richmond, Kansas, $720, Secretary's office; Wm. B. Renner, District of Columbia, $400), office of auditor for Interior Department. Promo- tons: H. W. Porter, Coanecticut, $1,200 to $1,400, office of auditor for Treasury De- tment; D. P. MeCornack, Wisconsin, 1,000 to $1,200, office of auditor for Treas- ury Department; D. L. Burnett, Iowa, $1,400 to $1,600, office of auditor for Post’ Office Department. Returned to the Asylum. Franklin P. Davis, an insane patient at St. Elizabeth's Asylum, who escaped from the Institution while taking recreation in the nds 8 tow days ago, was recap- tured this morning in Washington, and taken back to the asylum. AND TRADE Sentiment Points to a Higher Level of Values, PROGRESS OF REORGANIZATION PLANS Bank Statement Shows a Large Increase in Loans. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 18.—The concessions recorded in yesterday's stock market were in mary instances fully recovered this morning on a small volume of business, Sentiment at the close of the week is strongly optimistic, and indications point to a higher level of values during the com- irg week, traders not yet having recovered yesterd. 's sales. The rapid progress being made with the Severai organization schemes is having a gccd effect on both the local and foreign markets, and an increased demand for the securities involved in these schemes is to be noted among the week's favorable de- velopmnts. Activity in the bond market is an important factor, the demand from abroad beirg especially marked. The accumulation of idle funds in London and the high rate for all interest-bearing securities at that center seem likely to re- sult in an outward movement of securities, rather than gold, from this side, The mar- ket for foreign exchange has been dull dur- ing the week, the special shipment of $700,000 reported on Tuesday being the only important transaction. Rates at the close of the week are at the lowest point recorded since the shipment and no urgent demand is reported. A much tasier market for commercial paper and a freer movement of merchandise are in- fluences of more than ordinary significance and should find almost immediate reflection in stock values. Rallroad earnings have been, in the ain, encouraging, and increased traffic incident to the new season is relied upon to pro- long the period of improvement in these items. The bank statement reflects another small gain in lawful money, principally in legal tenders. An increase of more than $6%),000 in loans is an encouraging feature of the weekly statement. Money rates continue easy and should eventually attract a better borrowing demand for speculative pur- poses. Higher Londen quotations may serve to stimulate buying in the near future, but should expectations in this particular prove disappointing it is Likely that local inier- ests will organize for the purpose of sus- taining values. In the industrial list there have been frequent evidences of supporting oréers from 1 to 2 per cent under the week's highest level. Sugar, for instance, has twice failed to sell under 123 on Iheral realizing movements. The market is gradually emerging from the control of the room element, the in- creased volume of commission buying ve- ing ucted on several occasions during the week. Fracticnal declines may be record- eq from time to time on profit-taking, but there is apparently little disposition trade extensively on the short side of the market. While the really desirable features of the present situation are majnly dependent on future contingencies for effective develop- ment, there are almost no tangible reasons on which to base pessimistic arguments. The adjournment of the New York stata legislature on April f0,and the final adjourn- ment of the federal Congress, perhaps a fortnight later, will make up for any de- ficiencies in statistics. A tendency toward a higher and broader market seems to be the natural deduction from the present out- look. Se FINANCIAL AND COMMERICIAL, The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York steck exchange. Correspondents Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broacway. Open. High. Low. 4 American Sugar... 2 band 25: American Sngar, Pia... 102%, 1025 102% American Tobacco...... ia American Cotton Off is Atchison. 16y Balto. & Ohio. w Canada Southern. Canada Pacific. wee 5 Chesapeake & Oni5. ie, “16, “16y “i6y & StL. MX MN My bay Ws: 8% 76% % Den. & * Dis. & Cattie Feeding. General E Ulinois Central. Lake Shore. é Erie. gore sores Louisville & Nashville.. 51 Bim OL 51% Long Island Traction... q : Metropolitan Traction... 15% Iig 1054) 106g Manhattan Elevated ne Wy wo Michigan Central 3 Missouri Pacitic ‘ational Lead onal Lead Co., ew York Central... Y.&N. Eng. Cis N.4.C. Lou! Northern Pacific... Northern Pacific, Pia’ Unt. & Western. Pacific Mai Vhila. & Reading. Pullman Pal. Car Southern Railway, Pfd Phila. Tractio Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & iro Union Pacit Wabasa Wabash, Wheeling & T. Wheeling & L Krie, Western Union ‘Tel! Biiver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12° o'clock =m. — I on Railroad 65, $1,000 OW) at TOL. National Bank of the Republic, 1 at 235. Metropolitan Rail- road, Sat 1. V Gas, 52 at $43. Lanston Monotype, 15 MH at Sy ent Bouds. rexiste asked. U. mipon, TU 4 Did. UL 8. Ss, 19d, 1134 Columbia. Bonds. 20. Fond. Ss, year Pund. gold 6s, 108 bid. Water 2 1901 Stock cur az currency 3.65a, , 100 Ss, 113 "bid, 10k bid, “113 shingtou ser. B, 6s, 1 116 asked Company Cony. 1 States El and Pe curity and Trust os, F. A American Security ‘and ‘Trust ‘Ss, Did, 104 asked. “Washington Mark $8,108 Md. “Washington Market 63, 108 bid.” Washington Market Company” exten, 6s, 105 bid. Masonic Hail Association im, 104 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist Gs, 100 bl National Bank f Washington, 256 bid. Bank of I bid. Met tan, 20) bid, 310 aske 26) bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid, 100 aeked. Second, ay bid, 188 asked 133. bid a. 13 bid) 140 asked. 1, 116 bid. West tid, 1 , 101 asked coln, 5S bid, Safe Deposit and Trust ¢ os. —Na Deposit and ‘Trust, 120 bid, 122 asked. Loan and Trust, 121% id, asked Security and Trust, 148 bid, 146 asked. Railroad Stocks.—Capital’ Traction Company, id, 74 asked. Metropolita: lly bid. 57 ‘bid. Belt, 80 asked. Bekingion, asked. Georgetown and Tennallytown, Gas ant Blectrle Light. Stocks 248 44% asked. Georgetown Gas, 124 bid, United States Hlcctrie Light, 123 bid 125% asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, 31 id, 36_neke@ Franklin, 38 bid, 45 asked. Metropolitan, 72 bid. Corcoran, 52 bid. Potomac, 6) bid. Ariiugto 140 bid. German American, bid. "Natio Union, At as os asked. | 6 ee be ig pid, BY a People's, bi =r bide B34 asked. Commercial, du bid, 5 asked. Title Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Title, 108 pid, 110 asked. Columbia Titic, 5% bid, Oi asked. Washington Title, 3 bid. Dusteioe ithe, thik Telephone Stocks. Peunsylvania,8§ vid, 50 asked, Chesapeake and Potomac, 52" bid, “03 usked American Graphopbong, 774 bid; Si ssked. ‘Trew 24 asked. matic Gun Carriage, .28 bi Miscellaneous Sto‘ks.—Merganthuler Linotype, 1 id, 110% seked. | Lianston Monotype, Sh bid, I asked. Washington Market, 13 bid. ‘Great Falls 129, bid, 130 asked, Lincoln Hail, 90 asked. v.