Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 1

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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. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. STILL ALL AT SEA District Delegates to Chicago Can- not Reach Conclusions. TRYING T0 GET TOGETHER Complications That Confront Them in tne Attempt. PERPLEXED AND PUZZLED — The democratic delegates to the Chicago national convention are still torn asunder by a variety of conflicting emotions, among which ambition is not the lest conspicuous. The failure on their part to reach anything like an agreement regarding the course they will pursue at Chicago, notwithstand- ing the numerous meetings held for har- monious purposes, has made it more diffi- cult, now that the convention ts almost at hand, to find a way out of the dilemma. It is now announced with seeming au- thority that Messrs. Morgan, Mattingly, mead, Boyle and Jordan have deter- mined to get together and agree upon a plan to be followed at Chicago, regardless of the wishes of Mr. George Killeen, the sixth member of the delegation, who, it has been alleged, has prevented anything of the sort being reached heretofore. Mr. Jordan a Candidate. There appears, however to be another hiteh even to the carrying out of this pro- gram. Mr. E. L. Jordan ts now a candidate for the position of member of the national democratic committee from the District of Columbia. It fs said that Mr. Jordan's can- didacy was inspired by the National Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association, of which Mr. Jcrdan is a prominent member, with the idea that it would be a good thing to have a representative of that organization on national committee of a great party. Jordan expects to get his ernible, th: Just where Mr. ot at present d @ so an intell: I conditic Mr. Norris as a Factor. but In what is known as the “admin wing” the District democracy seems impression that Mr. James L. Norris wiil be returned in his place as of committeeman, despite all ante- ion promises or present plans. The is to be accomplished, according ec ce in it, is very who have apparently. The national commit- @ recommending the admission of to the national convention rict, has only included two in of the number of dele- d out, and is popular colleagues thereon. It is dec that when the two deiegat tled to seats in the con- rvice on the committee on chosen Mr. Norris will se- n of two delegates fav 4@ toward him, and thus as: his present place, as it is E ly admitted now that but legates will be admitted from the therefore, are admittediy ei A Fatal Defect. The above is the plan as outlined, but it 1s subject to a fatal defect. Mr. Norris will have nothi tever to do with the selection of two members of the delega- tion. Neither will the committee. The two names cf the delegates to serve on the committee on seats above mentioned will be presented by the delegation to the na- tional committee and will be placed upon list accortingly. That, therefore, brings the pu ly back to where it was at first, and leaves the tangie as complicated as ¢ tion etill vetz do, and which two of them will be si by the whole sextet to represen: the dele- gation in the Chicego prelinunari “st s over on to Chicego. delegat — A. P. HEADQUARTERS, Waiting for President Echols to Re- turn and tabu Them. The Supreme Council of the A. P. A., It will be remembered, decided that the head- quarters of the o:der must be established in Washington. Wken the newly elected president, John W. Echols of Atlanta, left here after the meeting, it was with the understanding that he would return about 3 to arrange for the headquarters. Echols has not yet reached the city, although he has been expected for three days. Many persons have called to see him at the National Hotel, and there is much mail there for kim. It is supposed Mr. Echols will be here in a few days. Several propositions have been mad! c headquarters, but the dec'sion of tze mat- ter will be left in the hends of Mr. Echols. It is said that there is talk of establish- ing a new A. P. A. paper in this city, and th: eral prcminent Washingtonians a interested In the matter. SS FLORIDA FOR SILVER. of the Kentucky Convention and Its Effect. A prominent Florida gold standard leader told a Star reporter this morning that the result of the Kentucky convention wouid probably turn what looked Itke 2 gold ma- jcrity in Florida into a maicrity for the white metal when the state convention meets, on June 16. The indications up to a week ago pointed to a gold standard vic- tory in Florida. Of forty-five counties in the state, twenty-two had acted up to that tme. Six had declared for silver, three for gold and the remainder had elected uninstructed delegates, practically all of whom were for gold. Since the Kentucky convention every county has declared for silver, and those yet to act are expected to follow suit. “It is something on the Me- tey order,” he said. “Phe boys want to on the band wagon. It is a silver it is true, but the democrats in no reason to oppose what looks ita . tory was sent out from here a few © that Representatives Sparkman Cooper had changed their views, and joined the silver procession. This is ca, and it is stated that there has been hange of any sort. Both of the Florida embers of the House are against the free ge of silver. ee DEPUTIES GUARD THE TRACKS. Action rida s th E lik A days an had ine Protection for Trolley Car Employes at Milwaukee Demanded. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 6.—Formai no- tice has been served on the sheriff of Mil- Waukee county by the Electric Railway Company that he must protect the com- pany’s suburban lines and men who work thereon, and if unable.to do so cali must be made on the governor to order out treops. The notices were served through the company’s attorneys. As a result of this notification Sheriff Stanley took a ferce of fifty deputy sheriffs to Silver City, the suburb where riots occurred, and lined the street railway tracks with officers. The two men shot Thursday night are stiil alive, but Motorman Hreen cannot live. The police have learned that the party in ambush numbered twelve cr fifteen per- scns. Six arrests have been made. At midnight several shots wer fired into an electric car at the corner of 18th and Walnut streets, But one passenger was m the car—E. H. Thomas, a Philadelphia bus- iness man. He received a bad wound in the leg. The shots came from a point on 1Sth street, and were continued as long as the car was in sight. They were evidently intended fer the car crew, as Mr. Thomas was cn the front platform when shot. THE SILVER VICTORIES Not the Result of a Spontaneous Uprising of the People. The White Metal Forces Have Been Completely Organized in Every Democratic State. When the circumstances of the matter are known the prevailing idea that the silver victories in the democratic primaries and conventions result from a spontaneous uprising of the masses will disappear. The impression is that the silver men have not been properly organized and that their suc- cess has been that of mob over disciplined troops. It is known that silver confer- ences were held from time to time last summer and that committees were appointed. The most important of these conferences was that held at the Metro- politan Hotel in this city last August. But after the appointment of committees very little was heard of the organization, and almost nothing is known of their worl The results where the silver men hav wen have been regarded as eccentric vic- torles without work. As a matter of fact the silver men, through the efforts of the bimetallic demo- cratic committee, of which Senator Harris is chairman, have had a t ization in all the democra some states they are organized even down to precincts. They have had a nation headquarters in this city, from which hu dreds of thousands of documents have been distributed. The followin, metalic wlich full: Bimeta is a complete Hist of the democratic national committee, has not before been published in Hc democratic national commit- tee—Oificers of the committee: Hon. Isham G. Harris, chairman, Memphis, Tenn.; Hon. James K. Jones, treasurer, Washtng- ton, Ark.; T. O. Towles, secretary, Jeffer- son City, Mo. tee—Hen. Isham Tenn.; Hon. James .; Hon. David Tur sHon. Wm. J. Ston Hon. Wm. H. Hinrichsen, Springfield, Hon. Casey Young, Memphis, Tenn . Charles F. Crisp, Americus, Ga. tate committeemen—Alabama, John V Temlinson, Birmingham; Arkans: roll Armstrong, Morrilton; Thomas J. Clunie, San Colorado, C. _ S$." Thomas, Florida, Frank G. Harris, Ocala; Georgia, Patrick Walsh, Augusta; Idaho, George Ainslie, Idaho City; Mlinois, G. W. Fithian, Newton; Indiana, B. F. ‘Shively, South Bend; Iowa, S.B. Evans, Ottumwa; Kansas, Daniel J. Overmeyer, Topeka; Kentucky, H. A. Sommers, Elizabethtown; Louisiana, Melton J. Cunningham, Natchitoches; Mas- Central executive comm! G. Harris, Memphi 's, Washingto: sachusetts, Frank K. Foster, Bo: ton; Michigan, George P. Hummer, Holland; M issippi, Robert H. Tay lor, Sardis; Missouri, Lon V. Stephens, Jef- ferson City; Montana, W. A. Clark, He- lena; Nebraska, C. J. Smyth, Omaha; Ne- vada, I. H. Dennis, Ren orth Carolina, T. J._Jarvis, Greenvi!l North Dakota, Wm. M_Roach (Larimore), United States Senate, Washington; Ohio, Allen W. Thur- man, Columbus; Oregon, Thomas O'Da ; South Carolina, W. D. Mayfield, ja; Tennessee, M. Head, Nash- ille; Texas, Horace Chiiton (Tyler), United States Senate, Washington; Virginia, Peter J. Otey (Lynchburg), House of Kepresenta- tives, Washington; Washington, C. H. Warner, Colfax; West Virginia, Daniel B. Lucas, Charlestown; Wyoming, J. E. O: borne, Rawlins; Arizona, Judge Wm. H. Barn Hillsboro’; Oklahoma, Dr. A. J. Beale, Oklahoma City; Utah, O. W. Pow- ers, Salt Lake City. ° The President Invited. Among the many invitations received by the President is one to visit Winnibijou, on the Brule river, in northern Wisconsin, as the guest of Senator Vilas. The fish- ing and hunting in that vicinity are said to be excellent, especially during the month of August. It is said that the Presiderit has accepted the invitation conditionally, but that he will find it convenient to make such a long trip from the summer capital on Buzzard’s Bay is extremely improbable. Gone to Knoxville. Secretary of Agriculture Morton has gone to Knoxville to participate in the com- mencement exercises of the University of Tennessee next Tuesday. While there he will be the guest of Assistant Secretar: Dabney. Miss Morton and Mrs. Dabney accompanied the Secretary. The latter will also deliver an address at the commence- ment exercises ,of Roanoke Coliege, Roa- noke, Va., Wednesday. Chief Moore of the weather bureau has returned from a long trip of inspection of weaiher offices in the west. —-—--e Mr. McCormick's Dinner. Congressman McCormick of New York gave a dinner to the territorial delegates and some other western men a few eve: ings since. He lived so many years upon the frontier that he has a warm feeling for frontier Representatives. In the death of Austin Corbin, Mr. Me- Cermick’s present district (first New York) has suffered a great loss, and the Con- gtessman will go north this evening to at- tend the funeral of that enterprising and public spirited man. ———_—+-e+_____ Acts Approved. The President has signed the filled cheese bill, the Arizona funding bil, ihe fortifications appropriation bill, the bill re- ducing to $1.10 the price of gas in the Dis- trict of Columbia ard the Dill granting ight of way through the Grand Canon Forest reservation. ee Senor Romero Goes to Mexico. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, has gone to the City of Mexico, on leave of ab- sence, presumably for the purpose of tak- ing part in the pending presidential cam- paign. During his absence, which may last all summer, Senor Covarrubias, first secretary of the legation, will be. charge @affaires ad interim. —_—_—___e-__ Naval Movements, The Dolphin ts at Annopolis. The San Francisco arrived at Mersine, Turkey, yes- terday. The training ship Alliance has ar- rived at New York. eye es Government Receipts, National bank notes received today for redemption, $622,125. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $456,837; customs, 382,555; miscellaneous, $64,008. ANOTHER VETO The General Deficiency Appropria- tion Bill Sent Back. PRESIDENTS GROUNDS OF DISAPPROVAL An Argument Against the Payment of the Spoliation Claims. THE CHOUTEAU CLAIM —_+. The President today sent the following veto message to the House of Representa- tives: To the House of Representatives: I here- by return, without approval, House bill rumbered 8293, entitled “An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, and for prior years and for other purposes.” To the extent that the Constitution has devolved upon the President a partict- pation in legislation, I suppose his action on bills presented to him for approval in- volves a duty to be performed like others pertaining to his ojfice, with care and cir- cumspection, and in full view of his sponsibility to the people and his obliga- tion to subserve the public welfare. It is difficult to understand why, under the Con- stitution, it should be necessary to sub- mit proposed legislation to "executive scrutiny and approval except to inveke the exercises of execuiive Judgment and invite independent exccutive action, The unpleasant incidents which accom- pany the use of the veto power would tempt its avoidance if such course did not involve an abandonment of consti tional duty and an assent to legislation for which the executive is not willing to share the responsibility. I regret that I am constrained to disap- prove an important appropriation bill so near the close of the present session of Congress. I have, however, by imme- diate action, after the receipt of the bill, endeavored to delay as little as possibie ; a reconsigeration of this proposed legisla- tion, though I am thus obliged to content myself with a less complete explanation of my objections than would otherwise be submitted. This bill is In mary of its features far re- moved from a legitimate deticienc it contains a number of whick seem to me to be ex qu ticnable. Without noticing in details man of these items, I shall refer to two of them which in my judgment justify my action in the premises. Phe French Spolintion Claims. The bill appropriates $1,027,314.09 for a partial payment upon claims which orig- inated in depredaticas upon our commerce by French cruisers and vessels during th. closing years of the last Th have beceme quite fami! those hay- ing corgressional exper been pressed for recogn' inter: century. with rs. sed upon the a nee, being at war wi land, seized anfi condemed many vessels ard cargoes in vi of international iaw ane and contrary to the duty cs country as a neutral power and to our citizens; that by reason of th cts claims arese in favor of such of our citizens as were damnitied against the French nation, which claims our government attempted to enforce, and that in concluding ty with France in the year 1500 thi s were abandoned or relinquished con- sideration of the reling claims which France charge Upon these statements it is ir to our incon nment of certain against u isted b: s nch demands against us, through the abandonment of the claims of our cit- ivens against France, the government t came equitably pound as between 1 and its citizens to pay the claims thus linquishea. I do not understand it to be asserted that there exists any legal Hability ayainst the government on account of its reiution to these claims. At the,term of the Supreme Court just finishel, the chief jus in an opinion concerning them and :he action of Congress in appropriating for the ment, said: “We think that paymen:s prescribed to be made were brought within the category of } by way of gratuity—paymenis of grace and not of right.” From the time the plan was conceived to charge the government with the pay- ment of these claims they have cbided in the atmosphere of controversy. Every proposition presented in their support bas been stoutly disputed, and every inference suggested in their favor*has been promptly challenged. ‘Thus, inasmuch as it must, I think, be conceded that if a state of war existed be- tween cur country and France at the time these depredations were committed our government was not justified !n claiming indemnity for our citizens, it is asserted that we were at the time actually engaged in war with the French nation. ‘this posi- tion seems to be sustained by an opinion of the Attorney General of the United States, written in Iv, and by a number of decis- ions of the Supreme Court delivered scon after that time. We had certainly abrogated treaties with France, and our cruisers and umd ships were roaming the seas captucing her ves- sels and property. So, also, when it is asserted that the va- lidity of these claims was acknowledged in the treaty negotiations by the representa- tives of France, ther declarations to a con- trary purport are exhibited, The Abandonment of the Claims. And when it is alleged that the abandon- ment of these claims against France was in consideration of great benefits to the government, it is as confidently alleged that they were in point of fact abandoned because their enforcement was hopeless, and that even if any benefit really accrued to us by insistence upon their settlement in the course of diplomatic negotiation such result gave no pretext for taxing the government with liability to the claim- ants. Without noticing other considerations and contentions arising from the alleged origin of these claims, a brief reference to their treatment in the past and the develop- ment of their presentation may be useful and pertinent. It is, I believe, somewhat the fashion in interested quarters to speak of the failure by the government to pay these claims as such neglect as “amounts to repudiation, and a denial of justice to citizens who have suffered. Of course, the original clairhanzs have for years been beyond the reach of relief; but as their descendants in each generation become more numerous the volume of ad- yocacy, importunity and accusation corre- spondingly increases. If injustice has been done in the refusal of these claims it be- gan early in the present century, and may be charged against men then in public life more conversant than we can be with the facts involved, and whose honesty and sense of right ought to be secure from suspicion. Some Ancient History. As early as 1802 a committee of the House of Representatives reported the facts connected with these claims, but ap- parently without recommendation. Na ac- tlon was taken on the report. In 18% a resolution declaring that indemnity ought to be paid was negatived by a vote of the same body. A favorable committee report Was made in 1807, but it seems that no legislative action resulted. In 1818 an ad- eit verse report was made to the Senate, fol- lowed by the passage of a resolution de- claring “that the relef asked by the memorialists and petitioners ought not to be granted.” In 1822 and again in 1824 ad- verse committee reports on the subject were made to the House, concluding with similar resolutions. The presumption against these .claims arising from such unfavorable reports and resolutions,-and from the failure of Con- gress to provide for their payment at a time so near the events upon which they are based, cannot be destroyed by the interest- ed cry of injustice and neglect of tfe rights of our citizens. Until 1846 these claims were from time to time pressed upon the attention of Con- gress with varying fortunes, but never with favorable legislative action. In that year, however, a bill was passed for their as- certainment and satisfaction and $5,000,000 were appropriated for thelr payment. This Dill was vetoed by President Polk, who de- clared that he could “perceive no legal or equitable ground upon: which this appro- priation can rest.” This veto was sus- tained by the House of Representatives. Nine years afterwards, and in 1 other bill was passed similar to the one last mentioned, and appropriating for the settloment of these claims a like sum of money. This bill was also vetoed, Presi- dent Pierce concluding a thorough’ discus- ston of its demerits with these words: “In view of what has been said there would seem to be no ground on which to raise a ability of the United Btates unless it be the assumption that the United States arc to be considered the insurer and the guar- antor of all claims of whatever nature which any individual citizen may have against a foreign nation.” This veto w also ustaincd by the House of Represe: tatlves. = Probable Amount of the Claim. I think it will be found that in all bills proposed for the paymént of these claims the sum to be appropriated for that pur- pore did not exceed $5,000,000. It is now estimated that those already passed upon, With those still pending for examination tn the Court of Claims, may amount to $25,- 000,000, ‘This indicates either that the sufferers or those rer to them 1 time and blood than the present claim ants underestimated their I , or fi nm a great development ner of their presentation. Notwithstanding persistent cfforts to se- cure payment from the government and the importunity of those intere d, no ap- s ever been made for that a ttle more tHan $1,390,004), eq in the general deficienc very last } on Mareh A long list of beneficiaries who are provided for in the bill now before me, on in unt of these claims, one hundred and -two represent the’ owners of ships and their cargoes and one hundred eighty, who lost as insurers such s0es. Thes . by the terms of then ics, undertook and agreed “to bear upon themselves all risks and rils of the s men-of-war, rovers, thieves, and countermart rests, restraint prince fire AtS0€ ived on losses 33 2 large, and thi en ° within the m_ of the in- s t the busines ed upon w.th the e premiums received will tation that the al losses ar nce cor without an, adait o} showing that the bu: a proiit to these them ag they undertook, the fact that the money not to be paid except payments as of grac y gratuity and not of right. iations to inde es Test upon We to me, than those cf owner nt of all the facts and c! stances surroundin.; these spoliation cl as they are calle ne of them, in my opinion, should be paid by the government The Chouteau Claim. Another item in this bill which seems ts me especially objectionable is an appropri ion In favor of Charles P. Chouteau, vivor, ete., of $174,445.75 in fuil sat'sfa of all claims arising out of the construc’ of the ironclad steam battery Btlah. The contract for the construction of attery Was made by the governr Charles W. McCord during jhe war, was to be paid therefor the sum of $s He was paid this sum, and $210,401 for e: tras, and in May, i866, gave his receij full. ‘The gnee of McCord ta ruptey assigned to Chouteau and his ciates in 156: the United Sta bar k- s for the preci: which he had receipted in full two y before. Choutehu brought suit in th of Claims for such extras ani was de ed. I cannot gather from the facts I have been able to coilect concerning this appro- priation that it is justified on uny grounl. In isl my immediate preiecessor vet a bill allowing the matter to be examin! again by the Court of Claim d If the onal payment proposed in this bill s made, the cost of the 1 ery in question woull be almost double that of the contract price. I have determined to submit this incom- plete pre ntation of my obj i to this Dill at once in order that the Congress may act the-eon without embarr: meat, or the interruption of plans for an early adjourn- ment. GROVER © /SLAND. Executive Mansion, June 4, i A New Bill Prepored. Chairman Cannon of the House comn tee on appropriations has a deficiency Will prepared, with the claims objected to by the Presiitent eliminated. As soon as the veto of the deficiency bill is sustained, which he anticipates, he will imme move the consideration of the new bill. 1s belleved the new bill can pass imtned ately. ately It Senator Hale, who will have charge of the deficiency bill cn behalf of the Senate today committee on appropriations, said the new bill would probably be a by the Senate as passed by the Hou : that if the bill'came to the Senate with the French spoliation elaims and the ciaims urder'the Bowman act eliminated he thought there would be no effort in com- mittee to reirsert them. He also expressed the opinion that the committee would take a position against the amendment of the bul! in sny way in the Senate. FESTIVITIES AT BUDA PESTH. Splendid Weather Attends Today's Ceremonies. BUDA PESTH, June 6—The weather was splendid today when Emperor Francis Joseph laid the foundation stone of the new wing of the Buda Hofburg. The cabinet, all the high officers of state, the members of the diplomatic corps, the members of the diet and all the promiment court offi- cials, etc., were present, ——————— WANTS TO MEET CORBETT. Sharkey, the Heavy Weight of the Navy, Has Aspirations. SAN FRANCISCO, “June 6.—Thomas Sharkey, the heavy-welght pugilist of the navy, who knocked out Jim Williams of Salt Lake. Wednesday night in eight rounds, has aspirations to wear the cham- plonship belt. He has deposited $500 for forfeit to meet James J. Corbett in a four- round go. He says that the man who put Sullivan and Mitchell out will not have any show so far as making him quit in a four-round bout ts concerned. —_ > NEARY 4,000 PERISHED. Four ThousandMore Were Injured in the Moscow Calamity. aw ase es = PARIS, June 6—The Eclair asserts that 3,873 persons perished and that 4,000 per- sons were injured in the crush on Kho- dijnskoje plain, outside of Moscow, last Saturday morning. THE GAS QUESTION Tt Comes Up Again in the Sundry Civil Bill. CONFEREES ARE UNABLE 10 AGREE The Matter Discussed at Some Length in the Senate. OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS The debate on the question of the price of gas in the District of Columbia was re- newed in the Senate this afternoon, when Chairman Allson of the appropriations committe» presented the conference report on the sundry civil bill, and asked for in- structions from the Senate in regard to the items remaining in dispute between the two houses. Among these items upor which no agreement has yet been reached there are several relating to the lighting of the Ex- ccutive Mansion grounds and other public grounds in this city. Mr. Allison explained that the House conferees refused to accept the amendments of the Senate establishing the rate fixed by the bill which recently ed both houses, which ts now awaiting e Epproxal. ‘The Senate conferees, r, he went on, feel bound by this and can not see their way clear to squiesce in the demands of the House He therefure asked that some ber from the committee which original- framed the gas b.ll in.ght make a state- nt that would cither strengthen or ken the posit.on of the conferees. Mr. Faulkner's Statement. In response to this request Mr. Faulkner took the flocr. He said he was‘very much surprised at the announcement of this d agreement. The bill that has just passed both houses, he said, far as the pub- lighting is concerned, the original bill of the House of Representatives. The ver stion that the House now antagonizes ate upon was surrendered to the nference, where the Senate d to a provision for dolia: ernment and for the Dis- prence the Senate con- 3 submitted endment to this ef- feet which included the term “government vuildings,” but the House ces feared h might cut out the str Jamps upon the phrase- to include the las the government In the conference it ed that the present streets is a mistake, tead of having a cer- lamps burning six he twice an hour. d in the conference that the h; ample power at this a change and to enable y should see fit to take > Mghting was nd teet rather ca yer lamp. Mr. Faulkner appended to his rema: them to dot a step, the fixed at so than for so m submitted, to be ry Vashing- cheaper ton than now all shting two, © ure tured Mr. rman asked if the dollar a thou- sand was to be exclusive of the cost of maintaining the lamps. Mr. Faulkner that the dollar was to pay enly for S consiuned, Mr. Gallinger’s Protest. Mr. Gallinger protested cpening cf the gas ques been settled by both hous of arducus labo: member of the Senate committee, he said, is now congra ing himself that a fair and just adjustment of tne question has expense tees. Each been reached, su that thi m would not trouble the commit n in the near future He thought that the gas bill, as recently passed, made a very large reduction, and he declared that it d have been doing the committe and the company injustice to make a further cut in the of gas. protested against such methods of le tion as that proposed by the Ho ferees, and the sundry civil bill, and ap- pealed to the Senate to ratify the work of the committee and the work of beth houses this regard. At the conclusion of Mr. Gallinger’s re- marks the Senate voted, without dissent, to instruct the conferees to stand by the Sen- ste amendments to the bill in this particu- ar. Accordiifs to the report by Mr, son, made today, two other loeai i till in dispute. One is the Al- S 1 a appropria- tion for an additional building for the Na- ticnal Museum, which covered in the unanimous vote of the Senate, insisting up- on all of the public building amendments stil in dispute. The other controverted item is that relating to Providence and Gar- field Hospitals. District Appropriation Bill. There was a further conference on the District appropriation bill yesterday after- noon, but no definite results were attained. Again this afternoon the conferees met and werk was resumed. There is a stub- born fight over the amendment of the Sen- ate providing for an increase of the wa supply by means of the completion of the aqueduct tunnel. Represer New Jersey, one of the conferees House, insists that i supply ef water at preseat, 2 uiltcient ims to know that the propesed plan of compiciing | the tunnel is not feasible. He points to the fact that the late Gen. Casey did not approve of the plan as reported from: the War Department to Congress. The Senate conferees stoutly icsist his propositions, and at the couference today particular tention was called to the editorial in last Evening’s Star appealing to the Senate to stand by its amendment. Capt. Burr, one of the engineer officers on duty at the Dis- trict building, was summoned to the coa- ference room and made a brief sta showing that a further increase in the ter supply is urgently necessary in order to avert the constantly impending possi- bility of a water famine. Up to the time The Star went to press this afternoon no agreement had been an- nounced from the committee on this bill. To Investigate the Colored Schools. The petition which was introduced in the House “Tuesday by Representative” Skin- ner, by request, asking Congress to inves- tigate charges made by colored citizens against-the conduct of the public school system of Washington, is in the hands of the District of Columbia committee. Representative Skinner says he doesn’t know anything about the petition, except that a colored man named Black, supposed to be Oliver C. Black, had been frying to get the petition introduced for some time and did not succeed until Mr. Skinner con- sented to put it in for him. Mr. Skinner says he doesn’t know anything about the facts, and told Black that he would have to fight it out in committee for himself. ‘The petition, Mr. Skinner says, was drawn up by Black, who presided over a meeting which appointed a committee, of which Black was chairman, to formulate the peti- tion and charges, ‘The other members of the committee were William J. Tyler and John W. M. Stewart. The petition sets forth that the Commis- stoners have for years ignored the condi- tions which are alleged to exist. Favor- itism is charged in appointments, and the useless expenditure of money is alleged. The petition asks an investigation by Con- gress into the following charges: “Waste of public moneys in creating of- flces not needed; paying too high prices for school lands; persons paid to teach branches for which they have no practical knowledge; favoritism in making appoint- ments and promotions; we ask that not more than one in any one family be allow- ed to teach school, and that day teachers shall not be allowed to teach night school cast aside discrimination; positions ha’ been sold, extra charges have been re- quired of pupils in our High School for coaching.” ———_+..____ WORK OF THE HOUSE Much Has Been Accomplished During the Seseion Nearing a Close. Chairman Dingley Mentions Some of the More Important Meas- ures Passed. ‘While it is common to refer to this Con- gress as the “do-nothing Corgress,” this term cannot properly be applied to the House. The work of the House has not attracted much attention, for the reason thit ii has been known that nothing of great general importance could be got through the Senate. Tnough the session his been phenomenally short, more work has been done by the House than has been accomplished usually at long ses- sions. Mr. Dingley, the chairman of the ways and means committee and leader of the Heuse, speaking of the work of the ses- sion today, sald: he House has been working steadily since the session began, and has done more work than many sessicns which have lasted three months longer. Not mention- ing the great number of bills. important , but not measures of great you may call attention ng measures which have = in themsely general to intere the follo d the Ho Principal Measures Passed. “A bill increasing the revenue of the coun- try $40,000,000 a year; a bill reducing the interest and the term of bonds, providing for popular lcans and restricting the sale of bonds for any purpose except for re- demption purposes; authorizing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to issue certificates of indebtedness to meet in ate detic! of revenue; a Will amending the customs administration laws.so as to prevent under- ion; the bankruptcy bill; the bill r ting immigration; the filled cheese Lill bill to abolish fees of marshals and dis- trict attorneys; the labor commission bill, and 1 ‘pension bill ee er measures ed by the House besides the great number of minor mezsures, but these are the principal ones that attract general interest. The Senate has adopted ma: of the minor measures, but the tilled chee bill is the only one of those I have men tioned that has been passed by the Senate. House Prompt in Its Work. “If little of general importance except the general appropriation bills has been enacted, it is not the fault of the House, which has been active and prompt in its work. Among the important matters that have been reported from committee in the House are the reciprocity measure and the report against the Butler bond bill.” +2 + HAS WRITTEN TO SPAIN. y oth of importance Secretary Olney Speaks of the Un- sutisfactory Condition in Cuba, Secretary Olney has written a lett ing the attention of the Spanish gove ment to the unsatisfactory condition of affairs in Cuba, and suggesting that it cannot be expected, in view of the interest and public sentiment here, that this coun- try will refrain from interference if the war is not brought to a speedy close. The letter is frien and diplomatic in tone, refraining from any expression of sympathy with the revolution, but calls attention to the evident sentiment of the people of this country, and is firm in the intimation that a speedy termination mvst be put to the struggle. eRe METOR WO: AGAL The Kaiser's Speedy Yacht Again Beats the Britannia. LONDON, June 6.—Britannia, Meteor, Ailsa and Satanita started at 10:20 a.m. in the foregoing order in a race from the Nore to Dover. They carried jib tops: and club topsails. The weather was aimost a dead calm and the channel was smooth. Metes~ won, arriving at Dover at 4.05.58. Britannia was second, Satanita third and Ailsa fourth. —_——_ New Asylum Superintendent. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STAUNTON, Va., June 6.—The board of visitors of the State Deaf, Dumb and Blind Instituticn today elected Wm. A. Bowles superinicndent, succeeding Thos. S. Doyle. It will be remembered that the state was aroused by charges of mismanagement at the institution, and that for weeks here in Richmond a special committee of the legi: leture was engged in investigation. 2 the result the vld board was dissolved by the leg:slature, end Gov. O'Ferrall named a new board, retaining an old member, G. A. Mus#bach of Alexandria. The new superintendent is an experienced educator, and was recently superintendent of Staunton public schools and later prin- SEVERE SENTENCES Mr. Birney Will Ask Their Imposi- tion in Oleomargarine Cases, TALK WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY Light Punishment Will Not Meet the Necessities in the Case. MORE PROSECUTIONS Se District Attorney Birney stated to a Star reporter today that he would ask Judge Cole to impose sentence Monday next on W. O. Lusby and Israel C. Pollock, re- cently convicted cf viclating the oleomar- garine laws. These men were convicted of both selling the stuff witaout the required license, and also of selling !t as and for butter without it being stamped as required by law. For the first-named offens only a fine can be imposed, but for the second the law provides a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, and imprisonment in jail fcr not more than two years. Mr. Birney stated that he would ask Judge Cole to impose @ severe sentence cn both Lusby and Pollock, believing theirs to be aggravated offenses. Under the law both defendants must suffer imprisonment, he explained, and he will ask the judge to make their sentences such as will forever hereafter deter others from violating the law. Many More Awaiting Trial. Quite a number of dealers are awaiting trial under similar indictments, and Mr. Birney said that he intends trying them during the present month. The indicted parties will be tried before Judge Cole, and the first case will be called in a few days, not later than Monday week. Of should the remaining defendants plead guilty, sald Mr. Birney, he would agree to the imposition of light sentences, but on all who require a trial and are convicted h will recommend the imposition of sentences. The Court of Appeals having sustained the law in the case of Wilkes C. who was sentenced to a fine of $50 and costs of suit, and be imprisoned cour: in jail for three hours, Mr. Birney re- marked he will compromise no case here after, but will prosecute them vigorously and determinedly. He also called attention to the fact that Judge Cole, in senten Prather, stated that much severer tences would be impos: fter in cases where the indi tated a trial of their cases. Fright Among the Dealers. There is consternation, th the merchants, large and sma been engaged in the illegal they are moving heaven and earth to di- vert the punishment they see impending. Confronted by strong evidence in the cases to ve tried under indictments already found as well as those to come, and by the de- cision of the Court of Appeals that the oleomargarine laws are sound and stable, they do not know which way to turn. Tere 1s feverish interest also among those who are already under indictme: as well a3 those who have good reasons to expect to be, over the action to as by Justice Cole next Monday, when M Lusby and Pollock are arraigned for sen- tence. More Casex of Importance, The treasury authoritics have been se- curing evidence of an important character against certain large dealers who have been discovered, it is said, sending out ole- omargarine from this city in vielation of the law governing its export, und it is probabie that more prosecutions will follow in a very short time. PATENT OFFIC Why the Recent Reductions Changes Were Made. and The following changes in the patent of- by fice were today officially announce Acting Commissioner Fisher: The follo were reduced from first assistant iners, at $1,800, to fourth assistant iners, at $1,200 a year: Warren I, Collamer, Vermont; Th . Tipton, Nebraska; Hen- ry Blandy, Ohio; D. G. Purham, Wiscon- sin; H. C. Hunteman, Ohio; Frank M. Ward, District of Columbia. S. T. Cameron of Arkansas, a first assist- ant examiner, at $1,400, is The following a e $1,600, are reduced to fourth as: aminers, at $1 pa yea Nebraska; W. 8. Chase, Dis \ Mrs. F’ R. Lybrand, Fuller, Connecticut necticut; H. E. Baker, M trict of Colum- Ohio; Luther The following promotions have been made: Second assistant examiners, at $1,600, promoted to first assistant e: ners, at $1,800 a year: E. D. achusetts; J. W. Anderson. J. HH. Griffin, Massachuset Wisconsin; H. P. Gerald, . Chapman, Michigan; A. trict of Columbia. The following third assistant examines at $1,400 a year, were promoted to seconc sistant examiners, at_ $1,600. : E A. Kinn: Charles F. Fitts, Ma: etts Colwell, Penn vania; I. P. Disne »wali, Mas land; M. Ba!dwin, Louis 3 i. man, phusetts; A York; G. « Wedderburn, jr. cipal of the High Schocl in Richmond. Profs. De Long and Enritt are re-clected. aaa Sundry Civil Conference. The conferees on the sundry civil ap- propriation bill agreed today on a partial report covering only two amendments in the bill, and leaving twenty still in dispute. The item appropriating $179,597 for the im- provement of the canal at the cascades of the Columbia river in Oregon fs finally Gt pesed of by the agreement. It was com- promised so as to provide that the work Wright, P sachusetts Pond. The ers at $1 star Benson, nnecticut. g fourth assistant examin- A. A. Buck, Woodward, Kentuck ; B.C. Powell, Missouri. Ohio Holton, authorized shall be continued as proposed by the Senate, and not completed was contemplated by the House bill. ‘The Sen- ete receded from its amendment providing for the expenditure of $20,000 of the amount on the canal walls. The provision for the survey of the public lands was also com- promised, the figure being fixed at $325,000 irstead of $250,000 as fixed by the House and $400,000 by the Senate. The items re- maining in dispute include appropria-ions for public buildings at Boise, Idaho; He- lena, Mont., and Cheyenne, Wy Ear SEN AES Personal Mention, Adjutant General Ruggles has gone to West Point to attend the gradua i exer- cises at the Military Academy next week, and Gen. Vincent Is acting as adjutant general of the army. Mr. Terrell, United States minister to Turkey, has returned to Washington from a visit to his mother at Lynchburg, Va. He has abandoned his original plan of going back to Texas to spend the remain- der of his vacation, and now expects to start for Constantinople early next week. Rev. Thomas Chalmers Easton, D. D., of this city will deliver the baccalaureate ser- mon to the students of the Agricultural College, Maryland, Sunday, June 14, 189. 1d send in connection with t charg: ting Commission “that the reductions in no wi those affected by them. The commissioner has acted in conformity with the order of the Secretary of the Interior ef April ISM, requiring th quarterly on the efficienc: in the classified s tion of the faith been reduc “it sho who hav . however, ulness of those fhe aim has be th for to provide opportunity ac ment of examiners, who have fitted ¢ selves in technologica! schools and bring to this office the best talent available. Politics has not entered inio the matter at all. The Commissioner nor the knows what may be the politics those who have been promot of the service has been tion. The promotions have bee the eligible list in the regu may add that in all probability have been reduced will be cons ible for promotion.” r order, — e- For Three Battle Ships. The conferees on the nav appropria- tion bill have agreed upon a final report op that bill. The agreement provides for three new baitle ships and fixes the price of urmor plute at $425 per ton.