Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1896, Page 1

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PAPERS §8 Secretary Olney was busily engaged with his stenographer for several hours today, and there is an impression that he is pre- paring the legal argument upon which the United States government will base its ap- peal for a retrial before a civil tribunal of the men of Competitor, recently sen- tenced to death by a military court. Gen- erally, he will contend that the summary action of the military authorities in Ha- vang in the alleged trial of these men was flict with the letter and spirit of the ty ef 1795 and the Cushing protocol of Papers Sent For. al Williams has been in- forward to the department of all the offic . including s of the American captives. ation of the n to the Spanish authorities sarily be deferred until an oppor- n 1 for the considera- documents. They are ex- sach here from Havana in a few copies Amer’ s have mad for No Justification for Exeeut the allegation th arms in their ing that point for would not justify nd, argument, holds that it r execution. While not claiming it it is that cretary strong nt in favor of the the prisor friendly iations for the settler I run over several we tish gov xpedien find it ply with the reques for a ret of men tribunal put awaiting the rece the pro! views of this gov as S AND GUNS. rninent. TURRE Expected Report of a Naval Board on the Vexed Question. It is expected that the naval board of h Admiral Walker is president will make a report to the Sceretary of the Navy in a few ¢ on the important questions of the character and distribution of the turrets and guns of the battle ships au- thorized by Congress. The boerd con- sidered thoroughly the various plans sug- gested for an improved arrangement of the turrets, including the plan for super- 1 turrets, Chief Naval Constructor chborn’s recommendations on the sub- 1 the system adopted on the Indiana els of her class. These three and It is Intimated that the re m the nature of a surprise, it appears that the board favors seme recent English designs, particularly that employed in the case of the batile ship Majestic, and will report against the con- struction of the proposed neh tur- rets on the new ships. i exact char- acter of the report not yet been dis- 1, but it is unde: “i that Admiyal and his colleagues pror that battery of each of the new ships st of four th een-inch guns is much as the heav shall mounted in pairs in turrets, two forward and two aft on the central I The tur- are to be of great thi and of best armor p: guns are to of the eich er fou ht-inch In place ocurable. with. rposed turret di oft question of su it dees not settle th: Officers who talked seemed doubtful American American ttle vorthy for their ex- and that the prepo- Ww) Ary £ n to do substitute away trate any armor ships over a large arez, and inch guns woull ail to do so. nd and France favor four hig guns 2 number of sm rifles, but m of this cours seriously qu: by several oificers of the Americ a MINISTER TERRELL. Summoned Here by the President for General Consultation. jing the coming of United States Minister Terrell to Washington from his Ghe Evening Sar. ‘Texas home, it is stated that no emergency exists, nor any threat of trouble in Turkey, but the minister is summoned here by the President merely for general consultation. in view of the fact that not much of his leave of absence remains unexpired, it may be that Mr. Terrell will not return im- netiately to Texas from Washington, but will rather choose to go directly back to hi st at Constantinople. It was the nding when Rey. Dr. Kn: the an missionary expelled from Bitlis, brought to Constantinople under rges preferred by the Turkish officials ut his trial would take place before Min- Terrell, and this fact may ope! Terrell’s return to the Turkisa Death of Mrs. Almon M. Clapp. many friends of Mr. Almon M. Clapp pained to learn of the death of his Mrs. Hannah W. Clapp, which oc- curred at their heme, 927 G street north- at S:30 this morning.. Mrs Clapp was in her eighty-secend year, and she had on married sixty-four years. She leaves tind her twe sons and a daughter. Mr. app in his great grief has the sympathy an unusually large circle of friends Clapp was born at Aurora, N. Y., 1, 1815, and her marriage with Clapp occurred in the same village 9, 18 She had been ill onty a few The funeral services are to be held ki on G street at 5 o'clock to- orrow evening and the interment will be in Buffalo. —————— Prisoners Freed by Abyssinia. WAH, Abyssinia, May 13.—The Aby fans have liberated the Italians who were made prisoners at Agama, and it ts stated that Ras Mangascia will iberate the balance of them within a week. No. 13,477. - McKINLEY His Friends Make Light of the Opposi- tion’s Attempt to Embarrass Him. AND FINANCE They Say He Will Stand on as Strong a Sound Money Platform as May Be Made. ‘The McKinley people make light of the efforts of Mr. Platt and other leaders of the opposition to make it appear that Mc- Kinley is not sound on the money question. They say that it is not necessary for Mc- Kinley to adopt the forms of expression that his enemies would put in his mouth, in order to prove his position. They insist that his position 1s as clearly defined as need be to satisfy any reasonable advocate of sound money. It is argued that it would be unnecessary and poor politics for him to adopt forms of speech that would be offen- sive to those of his party who do not agree entirely with him on this question, but who will support the party nominee. He kas said that he is in favor of sound money, and that the people are not pre- pared to indulge in the speculation of free and unlimited coinage. He has said, it is pointed out, that we must have money Whose every dollar is as good as every other dollar, good not by fiat of law alone, but because the whole commercial world recog- nizes its inherent and unquestioned value. Mr. McKinley's friends here say that this is certainly explicit enough, and that it is not necessary for him to denounce silver men as cranks. The suggestion that he is trying to lead silver men to believe that he would serve their ends is repudiated. In the opinion of politicians here the anti- McKinley men are placing their reliance on gettirg up a fight in St. Louis over the platform, which they think will embarrass Meliniey. The assumption on their part is thought ts be that MeKinley wiil insist upon a straddle platform, and that by pass- ing a strong gold plank they can force him into the apparent attitude of antagonism to sound mone: It is said that this plan will prove disap- that McKinley will not permit himself to be put into such a position, but will stand on as Strong a sound money plank as the convention choses to adopt. The expectation cf the McKinley men is that the A. P. A. convention here will re- pudiate the action of the advisory council in condemning McKinley, and will take a neutral position. ait ee BAN BELLIGERENCY. © Senator Morgan Explains at Some Length Hix Resolution. ‘Ihe greater part of the time of the meet- ing of the Senate committee on foreign relations today was devoted to considera- tion of Senator Morgan's joint resolution recognizing the belligerency of the Cuba but action was postponed until the next meeting. Mr. Morgan explained at some length his reasons for offering the res lution in a form which would, if it shouid be adopted by Congress, require the action of the President, saying he fclt that the time had arrived when the American gov- ent, as a whole, should declare its tion. He laid stress upon the con- on of American citizens in Cuba, and urged that action should be taken on this. if on no other, account. Nothing de- veloped to indicate what position the com- mittee may take on the resolution. ee PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. Ex-Representative Tarsney Placed on the Oklahoma Supreme Bench. The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Justice—John C. Tarsney of Missouri, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Oklahoma. Postmasters—Benjamin F. Shaffer, Canon City, Col. Also some minor army promotions. a Personal Mention. Col. G. M. Brayton, retired, is in the city on leave. He is at the Army and Navy Club. Lieut. J. G. Ord, eighteenth infantry, Is at Pennsylvania avenue. Lieut. J. W. Ruckman, first artillery, is at 1531 Vermont avenue. Lieut. R. L. Turner, sixth infantry, is at the Ebbitt. Mr. J. Walter Flandford, private secre- tary to the Secretar: who has been suffering from inflammatory rheuma- tism for several weeks past, nas returned to Weashirgton tis morring from a two weeks’ stay at Fort Monroe. He is very imuch impioved in health, and expects to be able to resume his duties at the State Department in a few days. Chief Ergineer M. L. Macarty of the Zoston is In the cit: Lieut. J. B. Blish of the navy Is on a visit to the city. . Geo. H. Wilson of New York is at Wil- at and Mrs. Woodbury of Vermont are oreham. —___—-e-_____ A Chance for Physicians. There will be held at Washington on June 15 a competitive examination of can- didates for appointment to the position of assistant surgeon in the United States marine hospital service. Candidates are required to be not less than twenty-one years of age, and no appointment is made of any candidate over thirty years of age. They must be graduates of a reputable medical college, and furnish testimonials as to character. Successful candidates having made the required grade are appointed in order of merit as vacancies arise during the suc- ceeding year. There is at present one va- cancy. A successful candidate when recommend- ed for appointment is commissioned by the President of the United States as an assistant surgeon. After four years of service and a second examination he is entitled to promotion to the grade of passed assistant surgeon, and to the rank of surgeon, according to priority, on the occurrence of vacancies in that grade. Mrs. Grant's Regrets. Col. J. M. Wilson, corps of engineers, who had charge of the arrangements for the unveiling of the statue of Gen. Han- ecck, has received a letter from Mrs. Grant, widow ef President Grant, in regard to the cceasion, in which she says: “I regret exceedingly that the extreme Peat and my seventy years prevent my being present at the unveiling of the statue of Gen. Hancock. He was a gallant sol- dier and his services to his country merit this grateful tribute. I am much obliged for being remembered with tickets to the platform. I am sincerely, “JULIA D. GRANT.” Peat Ses Colored Immigrants at Liberia. Vice Consul General Payne at Monrovia, Liberia, has informed the State Depart- ment that the American steamship Lau- rada arrived at that port March 23, twenty days from Savannah, Ga., with 318 colored immigrants from different parts of the United States. The immigrants were in the charge of Mr. D. J. Flummer, pre: dent of the International Migration Com- pany of Birmingham, Ala., which sent out a party of immigrants to Liberia in 1895. The Laurada cleared March 29 for Barba- does. —_——_---—______ A Customs Laws Consultation. Mr. Marshal Field of Chicago was at the Treasury Department today in consultation with Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Sec- retary Hamlin in regard to the adminis- tration of the customs laws. WASHINGTON, D. ©. WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. GOT DOWN TO WORK The A. P, A. Supreme Council At- tending to Business, PRESIDENT TRAYNOR'S ADDRESS READ Delegates More Interested in Poli- tics Than in the Convention. DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED The A. P. A. Council got down to regular work this merning, the sessions yesterday having been spent in comparatively unin- teresting preliminary work, such as the appointment of committees, ete. There were some disputes to be settled yesterday as to the admission of certain delegates. One of these contests was over the admis- sion of Dec. Ford, state president of New York. Dr. Ford, it is stated, has been guilty of contempt in defying a desree of the judiciary board. He was ordered to resign hts office and was virtually suspend- ed from membership. He refused to obey the order. The case has been referred to a special committee. Some of the New York delegates say that the action of Dr. Ford has considerably crippled the order in that state. Dr. Ford wa; also a member of the campaign committee, and aided in the preparaticn of the report against Mckin- ley. ms This Morning's Work. It has been decided that the sessions of the convention shall be from 9 o'clock in the mornirg until 1 o'clock in the after- noon. The reinainder of the day will be given to committee work. Soon after the convention was called to order this morning President Traynor be- gan the reading of his annual report. This vas followed by the reading of the reports of Supreme Secretary Beatty and Supreme Treasurer Campbell. Th+ reading of these reports corsumed practically all the time of the convention. [ne reports were t ferred to committees and will not be brought officially to the attention of the convention until the committees report to- dey. Chairman De Wolf of the press com- mittee stated that nothing of the reports could be given to the press until after they had been passed upon by the committees. It is understood that the report or ad dress of President Traynor is full of bree. matter. It i: also understocd that he at- tacks the campaign committee in lively fashion. A few weeks wgo it was s that President Traynor fully agreed with the cempzign committee in its opposition to McKinley, and the friends of the com- mittee have counted upon him to stand to them. In an interview in a New York pa- per several weeks ago Mr. 'T\ quoted as saying that the order doubtedly cpposed to McKinle: ported interview was obtained whi dent Trayror was on a visit to Savannan. Mr. Traynor told a Star reporter yesterday that he had never given any .such inter- view. Polities All the Go. The real business of the convention does not seem to be half as interesting to the delegates as the political muddle. Every- body talks politics in a mysterious way and caucuses are fashionable affairs. It is amusing, however, to see how quickly these conversations cease on the approach of a newspaper man. It was thought yesterday that the po- litical stir would commence in dead earnest last night, when the advisory board was to have met. The board did not meet, and the session was postponed until this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The campaign committee is a subcommittee of the advisory board, and the full board will have to pass upon the work of the campaign committee. The session this afternoon will be for that pur- pose. There was a meeting of the full cam- paign committee last night In the room of Chairman ,Stevens. All of the thirteen members composing the board were pres- ent. They unanimously agreed, it is said, to stand by their report as to McKinley and will go to the advisory board with a bold front. What the advisory board will do with the report this ufternoon is a question which all the delegates would like to know. The full board is composed of two members from each state, and they are supposed to be of oppusite political parties. It is ru- mored that the board is almost unanimous in its opposition to the mapaign commit- tee. This rumor is denied by the friends of the committee. One of the Propositions. A certain proposition is to be submitted to the advisory board for a settlement of the matter. It is something of this kind, if it should be adopted: There shall be ap- pointed a committee of five to take charge of the whole matter. Two of the members shall be appointed by President Traynor, two by Vice President Jackson, and the fifth shall be selected by the four others. This committee is to have the power to in- vestigate the legality of the cxistence of the campaign committee; how it obtained its information relative to McKinle: whether the alleged affidavits as to McKin- ley are from responsible people, and what influence, if any, was exerted on the com- mittee. This special committee of five have the power to cite persons to appear as wit- nesses and give testimony bearing on the whole matter. = The proposition will not meet with the assent of the friends of the campaign committee, and if passed will show a hos- tile spirit to the committee. The node of the appointment of the committee of five is peculiar, it is said. It throws the ap- pointment of the committee entirely ip the hands of men hostile to the campaign com- mittee, and in that way begins the Invesil gation in a prejudicial manner, At any rate, whatever is done by the ad- visory board will be reported to the su- preme council tomorrow or next day, and the fight over the opposition to McKinley will be on. A large number of A. P. A. friends of McKinley are arriving in the city to take part in the contest. Two of the most prom- inent of these are George Hester of Cleve- land and Andrew Powell, a_ well-known business man of New York. Mr. Powell, it is said, has long been active in the A. P. A. ranks and has spent time and money in the interest of the order. He thinks that McKinley has been done an injustice. What May Be a Sensation. The seeds of what may develop into a big sensation were sown yesterday. The facts are known to but a few. It seems that there was some correspondence be- tween General Grosvenor and Judge Stev- ens; at least, some messages passed be- tween the men. General Grosvenor made some threats, and was told to go ahead and take whatever action he liked. The in- side of the matter may not get te the pub- lic, but it is said to be of an exceedingly sensational nature. The end of it has not been reached. General Grosvenor, it is said, has all along put the blame for the A.P.A. opposition to McKinley entirely upon Judge Stevens. The latter has no great amount of love for General Gros- venor, and this feeling is what brought around the messages between the men. Judge Stevens’ friends declare that he has never had any personal feeling to Mc- Kinley, and that he has acted throughout the entire matter as he thought his duty to his order made it necessary to act. It is further said that Judge Stevens is doing nothing to check the McKinley talk, which is so prominent, and that he will not do anything to check it. The Ohio delegates held a caucus last night to talk over their position as to the campaign committee. The delegation is practically unanimous for McKinley. The majority of the Mlinois delegates ‘hold sirailar opinions. Next Plnce of Meeting. When not talking politics, the delegates today have given some time to considering the election of president and the place for the next meeting of the supreme council. Two cities are striving for the honor of en- tertaining the next supreme council. They are Baltimore and Atlanta. The advocates of Atlanta say that Baltimore is too close to the present place of meeting to be con- sidered, and that Atlanta ts the great con- vention town of the south. The chances are that Atlanta will be chosen. An At- lanta man is tooming up as the next su- preme president. He is State President Echols of Georgia, and has a Strong fol- lowing. It is being urged for Mr. Echols that he is not identified in any way with the McKinley fight, inasmuch as he is a democrat. It would not do, his friends say, to elect either a McKinley or anti-McKin- ley man, ag it would be dangerous. Mr. Echols, it is urged, is a splendid compro- mise candidate. He is, furthermore, they, Say, a brainy man and a good fellow. The outlook today was that he was very much in the race. Notes of the Meeting. The order is strenger in Michigan than in any other state of the Union. About 70,000 members are claimed in that state. Cali- fornia comes next, with a total active membership, it is said, of 60,000. In both of there states the order has taken a stand in politics. In California its members claim to hold the balance of power, and its influ- ence is feared, The headquart of the A. P. A. will hereafter be in Washington. This was de- clded on at the meeting a year ago. The majority cf the supreme officers will have to make their homes he As the political end of the order is regarded as the most important of all, it thought that the national st preme officers ought to be sta tioned here. An effort is being made to have bureau established in conn national officers, for the circulation of eches and for giving to the members throughout the country whatever informa- tion they +t on any maticr. a literary ction with the The United American, edited by A. J. haa beea severe in Its It Boyer of this city ticism of the campaign committee. as charge] that money was used. It d clares that Linton wouid have been th republican vice presidential nominee nad not been for the “Big Seven.” denounces what it calls the piracy,” and speaks of Dr. sleekest politician” in the order. It quot from other A. P. A. organs and publishes the resolutions of various councils to show that the sentiment of the order is against the Stevens committee. A large number of the coples of this week's paper have been circulated among the delegat he friends of the campaign committee y that there are too many “bard wagon members of the order. These men, Dunn as the say, see that McKinley is going to he nor inated and probably elected, and they want to climb on the wagon. Many of those fighting the committce were ainst M Kinley a few weeks turn until the Illinois « for him. Several A P. A. papers are chargir ¥ Ige Stevens was here in March tae anti-McKinley combine had offered cach ef the merabers of the campaign committee $10,000 for a repo against McKinley. He declared that} could pot be corrupted. ‘These papers ask why Juc evens and the other McKin- ley men changed their minds. One of the members of the campaign committee who is very bitterly spoken of is C. P. Johnson of Minols. It is charged that his reason for wanting a decision against McKinley was to control the A. P. A. delegctes in the Mlinols convention against the Ohio man. He undertook, it is charged, to “lay down the law” to the A P. A. men who were delegates to the Illi- nols convention, but they rebelled and pas: ed resolutions just befcre the convention denouncing the attempt to discredit the candidacy of McKinley. Linton buttons are increasing in number. It is said that they are merely compliments to Mr. Linton’s popularity in the order. One of the well-known delegates to the convention is John Sargent of Rochester, N. .¥ Mr. Sargent is an extensive mer- chant in that city, and has long2been,an ar- dent supporter of the principles of the order. W. W. Lanning, one of the Ohio delegates, is conspicuous in the political fight. In the address issued three weeks ago by the cam- paign coramittee, Mr. Lanning was referred to as an A. P. A. man who had been turn- ed down by Gov. McKinley in an appoint- ment to office. Mr. Lanning now says that McKinley has always treated him Tespect- fully, and did not discriminate against him because he was a member of the order. SS GREAT BRITAI) ago. They did not onyention instructed CLAIM AGAIN Investigation Axked of a Demand for Lands in the Fiji Islands. Senator Lodge, from the committee on foreign relations, today submitted a resolu- tion requesting the President to continue the investigation in the matter of the claims of B. H. Henry and other American citizens against the government of Great Britain In regard to lands claimed by them in the Fiji Islands, looking to such an ad- justment of them as the facts may war- rant. The resolution is based upon a mes- sage sent to the Senate by the President on February 14 last. Mr. Lodge presented a report with the resolution reviewing the facts in regard to the claims made by Hen- ty and his associates, from which it ap- pears that they are based on lands ceded to the claimants by the native authorities before the islands came into the posses- sion of Great Britain. The treaty of annex- ation provided that grants previously made should be respected by Great Britain, but this provision appears to have been disre- garded by the British authorities and the lands seized. It 1s shown that in similar cases where the interests of German citi- zens were affected the action of the British authorities was reviewed by a joint com- mission, resulting ¢ither.in ihe restoration of the land or the payment of a money value. The land involyed “fs represented as of great value. < ———___-2+—_____—_ THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. Only Routine Procee@ings at Its Ses- sion Today. All of the members of the Venezuelan boundary commission were present at the regular meeting today, save Justice Brew- er, who was called to Texas by the death of his daughter. The proceedings were of a routine character, being confined to the consideration of special reports from the individual members of the progress achieved by them in their respective lines of work. Professor Jameson, the expert historian, was presented to the full commission for the first time, and it was amnounced that the Secretary of the Interfor had detailed Mr. Baker, who has been engaged from time to time upon cartographical work for the commission, to devote his full time to that work. ; = A limited number of maps have been or- dered to be prepared showing the features of all of the maps so far presented to the commission that are regarded as of value in the pursult of ite object. Resolutions of sympathy with President Brewer in his bereavement were adopted by the commis- sion. i Acts Approved. The President has approved the act pro- viding for the deportatign of refugee Ca- nadian Cre@ Indians {rdm the state of Montana and their delivery to the Cana- dian authorities. The act te amend the record of Wm. H. De Freest and the act granting a pen- sion to Sarah A. Boyd have become laws without the President's aj proval. _.TWO CENTS, THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Subscribers chang- ing their address from one Post- office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. NO MORE POLES|ONE MoRE FaTaLiTy/RIVERS AND HARBORS The Amendment in the District Ap- propriation Bill to Be Withdrawn. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CITIZENS PROTEST New Light Thrown on the Ques- tion of Mr. Gallinger’s Report. OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS It is regarded as highly probable that the amendment inserted in the District appro- priation bill by the Senate committee on ap- Propriations authorizing the Commissioners to permit the erection of poles for telephone and other purposes outside the city of Wash- ington will disappear from the bill before that measure is finally approved by the Sen- ate. Representations have been made by certain public-spirited citizens to several of the Senators, and especially those in charge of the bill, within the last day or two to show that this amendment in its present form will permit the most indiscriminate stringing of wires and erection of poles in the suburban sections, d without grant- ing any protection from such nuisances to the residents of the comparatively thickly populated belt immediately north of the city limits, A delegation of citizens from Columbia Heights was at the Capitol yesterday afver- noon and again today, presenting facts for te con. on of the subcom- mittee on the strict bill in the Senate, and also certain other members of the up- per house, who are directly interested in local legisla received comfort- ing assurances of co-operaticn and support, and it is understeod that some of the Sen- vtors to whom they explained the situa- uon declared that had they known of the true facts in the case before the bill was reported from the committee this amend- ment would not have been adopted. A_new light is thrown on the entire ques- tion today by the submission of the minor- ity report from the District committee by Senator Gallinger on the bill to authoriz the extension of the lines of the Potomac Electric Light Company. This report,wh' appears elsewhere in this afternoon's § shows that there has been a change en the part of the District Commissioner: within the past tw on the qu ef chartering rival companies to compete in the locel field with already existing cor perations, supplying light telepho and other service to the people of the Dis- triet The submission of this report ha semewhat of a sensation, and § gossiped this afterncon that the amend- ment in the appropriation that has caus the presence at the Capitol of the lumbia Heights citizens will soon be drawn by the friends of the Potor pany, at whose instance it w posed and afterward adopted. s understood that the District Commi: ers, when asked about this amendment by the members of the subcommittee, gave it their hearty approval, and that it was upon their recommendation that it was in- serted in the bill. At all events, if the amendment is not withdrawn, it will be savagely attacked in the Senate, and the minority report on the Potomac bill presented today wiil be made the basis of the assault on this proposition. Mr. Brigg’s Plan for D Street. Mrs. Olivia Briggs appeared before the House District committee today to ask the intervention of Congress in behalf of the residents of D street between 6th and 7th streets southeast. She said this street is paved with rough cobblestones; that it is little better than an all and property is depreciated by the conlition of the street. Mrs. Briggs said the residents have been trying for twenty-four years to get the Commissioners to pave the street. Strenuous efforts have been mae recently, but the Commissioners are obdurate in their refusal to come to the rélief of the titioners. “I will pay over $1,000 in taxes this year,” said Mrs. Briggs, “and yet I am only one resident on the street, and there are many finer houses than mine.” Mr. Curtis asked what reason the Com- missioners give for failing to pave the street. Mrs. Briggs said they claim there are too many other streets io be cared for, and that the residents of D street have man- aged to get along all these years with the cobblestones. s The committee listened sympathetically to Mrs. Briggs’ plea, and promised to call the matter to the attention of the Commis- sioners. The created Baltimore and Washington Transit Company. Mr. Winslow Williams of Baltimore, rep- resenting the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company, asked the reporting of the bill authorizing that company to con- struct one-third of a mile.of track within the District line. He sald the road is build- ing to Burnt Mills and Sandy Springs, and will enter Washington on the Brightwood and Metropolitan tracks. It is necessary, however, to build a short distance in the District to make the connection. The bill will be reported by the subcom- mittee to the full committee at the rext regular meeting. Mr. Babeock Has a Cold. Chairman Babcock of the House District committee is confined to his home by a severe cold. i Guardians for Pensioners, Senator Peffer today called up the Senate bill providing for the appointment of com- mittees or guardians for pensioners in the District of Columbia. At his request the measure was given immediate considera- tion, and after being amended so as to pro- vide for the compensetion of the commit- tees cr guardians at a rate not to exceed 5 per cent of the-money hancled, the Dill was passed without dissent. Want Illinois Avenue Graded. Senator Carter today preserted a petition from certain citizers of the District of Co- lumbia praying for the adoption of the amendment to the District appropriation bill providing $5,000 for grading and reg- ulating Illinois avenue. Days of Grace Abolished. Senator Faulkner today called up in the Senate the House bill abolishing days of grace in the District, and put it on its pas- Sage. There was no cbjection and the bill was adopted. Escorted the President. The Star, in its description of the parade preceding the unveiling of the Hancock statue yesterday, inadvertently omitted to meation troop H, sixth United States cay- alry, who escorted the President. Troop H is commanded by Capt. Louis A. Craig. The troopers belonging to this organiza- tion are proud of being chosen as body guard for their commander-in-chief, and they devoted a great deal of time and labor the past few days in making themselves, their horses and their equipments present the fine appearance that they did. ——————e._____. Naval Movements. Word has reached the Navy Department that the Charleston arrived at Cheefoo this morning and that the Castine has ar- rived at Buenos Ayres. at the New City Post Dead Man Found . Office. Must Have Fallen From the Feurth Story Some Time Yesterday—Was a Discharged Workman. Another fatal accident occurred at the new city post office yesterday afternoon, though it was not discovered until today. Shortly after 12 o'clock this afternoon one of the workmen, who gas down in the basement, found the dead body of a man lying inside of one of the turrets on the west side of the building. The body was identified as that of Thomas F. James, a laborer, who had been employ- ed for some time in the work of “pointing up” the plaster on the outside of the walls. He had been on the work for about six weeks, but was discharged Monday morn- ing. Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, he made his way to the fourth floor of the building and across the iron beams to where the man who is in charge of that portion of the work was standing. He asked to be put back at work, but foreman told him that there were no vacancies. James acted as though he had been drinking, and for this reason especially the forema1 ordered him down from that dangerous height. A few minutes later the man attempted to get out onto the scaffolding where a number of men were engaged on the walls, but they refused to allow him to do so. No one saw him after that, but it is supposed that he made his way into the turret, from the windows of which a fine view could be nad of the parade on the avenue. The girders are farther apart there than in other portions of the struc- ture, and the supposition is that he miss his footing and fell through to the’ ground, some feet below the ievel of the strett. The workmen on that part of the building were watching the prc ion, and did not the accident, and they all took it for granted that the man had made his way down in safety. From the character of thi injuries about the head and body ix is evi- dent that the man must have been instant- ly Killed. The body was well dressed, as James had left off his working clothes and was enjoying a holiday. This Is the fifth fatal accident that has hapr since work on the building was commenced. James’ was about thirty-three years of age and was unmarried. He flved on North Capitol street. The body was re- moved to the morgue and the coroner noti- fled. POLICE CAPTAIN ON TRIAL. Charged With Receiving a Gift Doing Hix Dut V YORK, for upreme court, ing him with and second counts of the indictme had been dropped, and that the prosecution would go to trial ‘on the third, which al- leged the acceptance of a gratuity. The a cusation is that in November, 1Sf 3 Killilea accepted a gift of $100 for an extra squad of policemen to preserve order at the polo grounds during the Yal Princeton foot The examination of talesmen was not compieted when the court took its midday reces: FOR AIDING A PRIZE FIGHT. Three Men Held for Trial and Other Arrests Will Follow NEW BRITAIN, Conn., May 13.—John J. Walsh, John Farr and Luke Bowen were today held for trial on the charge of aiding and abetting the prize fight by which “Johnny Houlihan” lost his life last week. More arrests will probably follow. Noian, who struck the fatal blow, has disappeared, it being stated that he was spirited away by his friends that he might escape pros cution on the charge of man Rumor kas it that Nolan fs in delirium, and that the chances for his re- covery are poor. The remains of Houlihan were buried this afternoon. —_ SHOT BY ID Mccoy. The Bullet Was Intended Saloonkeeper. CHICAGO, May 13.—Comedian Charles Stewart, formerly a member of the Haver- ly minstrels, and lately one of the mana- gers of the Stewart & Young grapho- phone combination, was fatally shoi by William Newell, alias “Kid? MeCoy, un ex- convict, in Pat Hickey’s saloon about mid- night. Newell had words with Hickey over the for the payment for drinks, and puiled a revolver, intending to shoot Hickey. He fire the bullet striking Stewart, who 4 standing at the bar. Newell and Stewart had en- tered the saloon together, and were friends. Newell was arrested. IN BEHALF OF THE LITTLE ONES. They Must Not Be Strapped on Bicy- cles in Iinoix. CHICAGO, May 13.—The fond father, the admiring uncle and the’ doting big brother who have been in the habit of strapping baby into a basket or other contrivance and giving the youngster a ride on the cycle must forego that sort of amusement or incur the liability of prosecution, Such is the edict of the Hlinois Humane Society, the officers of the sotiety having given the matter serious investigation, The brunt of a shock when a collision occurs is only one of the lgast objections raised. Medical experts, they say, are convinced that the rapid and unnatural motion af- fects the child's brain. The official protec- tors of the children propose to invoke the aid of the law. —— TRANSVAAL PLOTTERS RELEASED. ‘ =r All But the Five Leaders Given Their Liberty. LONDON, May 13.—It was reported on the stock exchange this afternoon that the Pretoria reform prisoners, with the excep- tion of the five leaders, had been released subject to three years’ police supervision. These prisoners were fifty-nine in number, and each of them was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, with £2,000 ($10,000) fire, or, failing payment, one year's addi- tional imprisonment and three years’ ban- ishment afier the expiration of the term of imprisonment. ——._—_ SWEPT BY FLAMES. Williams, Pa., Ha: Fire. Special Dispatch to The Evening’ Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 13.—A report has just reached here that Williams, Pa., twenty miles west of this city, was wiped out by fire last night. About twenty dwell- ings and the Maxwell fire-brick works were a Visitation of destroyed. The loss, it is said, will reach $100,000. —— Hobart-Williams, SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.—Walter Scott Hobart, the young mining millionaire and famous horseman, was married last even- ing to Miss Hannah Neil Williams, daugh- ter of Pay Directcr W.W.Williams, United States navy, and niece of Brig. Gen. 3. W. Forsyth, United States army, commandant of the department of California. The cere- mony took place in the suburban town of San Rafael. i] The Gorman Amendment to the BilJ Finally Tabled. SHARP DEBATE ———— BEFORE VOTING Contested Election Case Occupies the House’s Attention. . DISCUSSION STILL ON The river and harbor bill was taken up as s00n as the Senate convened y, the egrecment being that the final vote be taken at 3 p.m. The pending question was Mr. Gorman's amendment directing the Secretary of War to so apportion contract 2ppropriations that not more than $10,000,- 000 be expended on contracts in any one yea tox Before proceeding Mr. Vest (Mo.) gave notice of a minority report on the “filled cheese” bill by himself and Senators Wal- thall (Miss.), Harris (Tenn.), and W 2 Cal). ill was passed for the appointment of gvsrdians for pensioners in the District of Coumbia found to be “squandering pen- sion moaey by drinking or Vicious habits.” Jones (Ark.) The Gorman Amendment. Proceeding with the river and herbor bill, Mr. Vest opposed the Gorman amendment, declaring that it would permit the Secre- tary of War to nullify the river and harbor bill and to substitute his opinion in lieu ef that of Congress. He did not believe there could be a partisan in the who would give such autocratic power t chamber a Cabinet offi He never known a Sec- retary of War to whom he would extend such vast power. While he lemo- cat, and knew the expenditures would be democratic offic March 3 next, yet that was not a factor ” considered, as he epposed any such abdi- ation of power by Congress and its trans- fer to one official. Mr. Gorman’s Reply. Mr. Gorman insisted that this was not an abdication of power. Tne Secret War had always controlled the amou an appropriation that could be profi spent. This was merely a limitation of the power of the Secretary of War, 89 that not an ten millions woull be spent an- Iy on con It w al_pro- Mr. made by up to hb An amendment by Mr. G making the $1¢ wr ly to cont propriations. Mr. Allis ing the limita: at $12,000,000 Mr. n On contract expe nnually, Gorman’s Pro Vest moved tion Tabled. le the ¢ Mr. to epublicans—Aldrich, Baker, Bur- rows, Cameron, Cullom, Dubois, Elkins, Frye, Gallinger, Lodge, Mei Mantle, Mitchell (Ore.), Neison, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Qua: ewell, Sherman, houp, Squife, Thurston, Wetmore, Wil democ! Bacon, Berry, Biackburn seorge, Jones (Ark.), Mills, Pasco, Vest, Walthall and White, 12; pop- Butler, Jones (Nev.) and Stewart, Total, 40. ays—Republicans—Allisen, § dler, Gear, Hawley, Prector, Bate, Brice, Cockrell, Faulk Gray, Harris, Hill, Lindsay, ell (Wis), Roach, Smith a’ ulists, Allen, Peffer and K The Sabine Pass, Tex., was reduced from $1,406. on motioa of Mr. : Mr. Lindsay's Amendment Tabled. Mr. Lindsay (Ky.) offered an amendment directing the Sec’ of War » ad- just contracts that not more than 20 per nt of any cne appropriat would be xpended in any one year. Smith (N. J. said he hoped some limiting exp ‘ould ate of th includ about § an), an 2 and doutle that an the best ate times of che cour Considering the busin couniry and of the tr government money being re Congress was not justified in a greater amount than ever condition of the history of the governr On motion of Mr the amendinent of Mr. Linas: 1, yeas, 37; nays, 18; the de! being substantially the same as the previous one. v nous Mutual explanations about unimportant private bills which Mr, Pitney (N. J.) and Mr. Evans (Ky.) had called up and which had been objected to by each of these gen= th tlemen occupied the time of at the beginning of today's House n, Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) followed this incident by iating upon Mr. ne ), whe yesterday supported a resolution to climi= nate from the permanent record some in- terpolations im his (Wheeler's) remarks. He offered a resoluti to strike from the Record some interpolations in the remarks Y.) made yesterday of Mr, Payne © ; out a word in the I did not utter?” asked Mr. Payne “I can,” replied Mr. Wheeler. He proceeded to point out from the ste Mr. F ne had rapher’s notes places whi interpolated here and there a we nd had occasionally “da noun from singular to plural. anghed im- mode! at the insignificance of tha changes aileged to have been made, and Mr. Wheeler ’ to hol? hi was r te all into a gener: charges preferred agalr Mr. Payne made no re who at the concl drew the resolution. Rinaker-Downing Contes! The House then resumed the considerat tion of the Rinaker-Downing contested eit tion case from the sixteenth Illinois dis- trict. Mr. Cook (1) continued his s favor of the contestant. ech in he debate on the contested election case will continue until about 4 o'clock, when the vote will be taken. The case is being sharps ly contested. Quite a number of republicans are known to be in favor of the minority report for a recount of the ballots in dispute, and the result is in doubt. -< SEEING THE FAR ‘WEST. Seerctary Morton's First Visit to the ncific Coast. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. Secretary of Agricultur first tour of the Pacific coast, arrived in this city lest night. He said he believed the democratic convention would indorse Mir. orton, who is making his the financial policy of the ad-n/nistration. The Secretary, who is traveling as the guest of his sor, Paul Morton, third vice president of the Atchison, will remain in this city about a week.