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with words of congratulation that the “vi- tuperation and scandal mongering was over.” The Senators stood with bowed heads, the rear of the chamber being lined with Serate employes, while before each desk in the front row of the chamber stood a rage with reverent air. There were Sen- tors Dubois, Cannon, Teller, Pettigrew and Mantle in-the republican party last sum- mer, and now it is hard to tell how they are to be catalogued. ut they stood in their usual plgces, exchanged nods with tkeir one-time political allies. Mr. Du- beis was as cheerful in his manner as ever, sbcwing his hopeful nature that has al- ‘ays stood by him in defeat or victory. There was no less division on the demo- cratic side of the chamber. Senator Palmer, the presidential candidate of the Indianapolis convention, was early at ats place in the rear of the Senate, but he heid no conversation with his former party al- lies, though he bowed here and there as he eatered the chamber. As the last word of the chaplain’s prayer lying on his lips Senator Cockrell’s head appeared at the east entrance of the Senate and he made his way to his accus- tomed place. was The First Bit As soon as the Senate was Teady to sur- prise the House of Representatives by noi- fying that body that it was in session and ready for business, Senator Wiison of Washington, with his usual enterprise, in- troduced a bill and asked its reference to a committee, thus getting ahead of every- body else, which he always enjoys doing. Ameng those who watched the proceed- ings In the press gallery was Mr. John lerthorpe, correspondent of the London Datly Telegraph. Getting Down to Business. The roll call showed seventy Senators present. Mr. Cullom was the first to re- ceive recognition, and his resolution that the House of Representatives be notified that the Senate was in session and ready to proceed with business was agreed to with- out comment. Mr. Hale followed with a resolution that the daily hour for meeting be lock meridian, which was agreed to. Mr. man made the customary motion for a committee of Senators and memb to wait upon the President, and upen its adoption the presiding officer named Mr. «rman and Mr. Smith (N.J.) as the Sen- aiors of the committee. Mr. Morrill (Vt) was the first to sugge: anything in the nature of legislative bus by presenting several petit he of the Dingle . to Mr. Hoar all bus’ of court of Representatives had b with, and thereupon, at @te tcok a ri n communicated 3 p.m., the Sen- 38 until 1 o'clock. At 1 o'clock there was a further recess for thirty minutes. The galleries showed impatience at the long delays, and there was a thinning of the attendance. Those in the diplomatic gallery were joined from time to time by Mr. Patenotre, the French ambassador: Minister Hatch of Hawaii and members ef the Turkish and other legation staffs. At 1: the Senators who had waited on the President had not returned, and there Was another recess until 145 p.m. The President's Messaze. Senators Sherman and Smith walked down the middle aisle of the Senate, when the jon was resumed, and the Ohio Senator ictly reported that the President had be.n waited upon and would communicate his views in writing. Secretary Pruden of the White House staff immediateiy stepped forward, message in hand, and made the formal announcement of a communication from the President. It was taken to the presiding officer's desk, where the seal was broken, and thereupon General Cox, secre- tary of the Senate, began reading the doc- ument. Most of the Senators remained in their seats while the reading of the President's message proceeded, and followed it with close interest through the early stages. Printed copies were distributed, and the Senators ran through these, picking out the features and anticipating the formal ling. The Turkish minister, Moustapha Bey, companied by his secretary, Norighian endi, and an attache, entered the gal- lery shortly before the clerk read the President's words as to prospective action to stop Turkish indignities which shocked the civilized world. They left the gallery immediately after this portion of the mes- sage was read. At the hour of going to press the mesé was still being read in both Senate House. r ac’ Ei e THE HOUSE. At noon precisely today, and with the sharp crack of the Speaker's gavel upon the desk, and the penetrating voice of Mr. Reed calling for order, the loud hum and buzz of conversation which for two hours had been filling the House ceased. In the stillness which followe¢ the chaplain offer- ed a brief prayer, while the members stood with bowed heads and reverent attention. “The clerk will call the roll,” the Speaker said, and the second session of the Fifty- fourth was formally under way. $ The session started off actively, wi every evidence of lively times ahead. 4 s much work to be done and little time In which to do it. There are great public interests to be served and smalicr private ones. Smaller in comparison, per- heps, to others, but great to the m con- cerned in them. The representatives of great Poets ee chie terests were on hand, as usual, among them the advocates of the P: railway funding bill. For days they heen thronging the hotels buttonholing Congressmen as they arrive, layin: wires and tightening old ones laid at the last session. It is well understood that it is to be a fight to a finish over this bili at the present session, and the railway men are marshaling their forces in battle array. The usual throng of curious ones packed the galleries, ladies in the majority. As early as 1 o'clock they began to ccngre- gate in the corridors, standing in line be- fore the gallery doors, making a rush for seats when the doors were opened. By 11 o'clock, one hour before the assembling of the House, there were no vacant seats in the pubic galleries. The diplomatic gallery was unusually full, the attendance being lorger, perhaps, in anticipation of the Pres- ident’s reference to Cuban affairs in his an- nual message. Floral Decorations. On the floor many desks were decorated with flowers, sent by admiring friends or relatives. One desk was draped in somber mourning, and the seat of a great man was vacant. Mr. Crisp of Georgia sat in that seat upon the last assembling of the House, and the sable drapery was in his memory, while a festoon of crepe hung over the ex-Speaker’s portrait in the lobby, The desk of Mr. Meredith of Virginia bore a floral tribute from the board of di- rectors of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, presented “‘as a. slight token of their appreciation of his- many acts of kindness to them and the generous good will he has always extended the achee bist Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin, chairman of the congressional committee, found a floral chair upon his desk, and Mr. Mercer of Ne- brarka, secretary of the committee, ri ceived a set piece with “Secretary” inter- woven in the flowers. The scene upon the floor prior to the noon hour was an animated one. It was a kind of political family reunion among the merabers of the House, in which con- gretulations and condolences were mingled. Important events kad occurred for many of the members since the last assembling of the House. Many of the Representatives failed of renomination, beaten at the post. ‘Others were enabled to finish the race, but came in second, and will not be in the next House. Some increased their majorities, and these were the objects of admiration of those who bsrely slipped through with reduced majorities. At a time like this the feuds and factions of the session are forgotten, and men who a few months ago were nearly ready to fy at each other's throats in the heat of debate and partisan discussion fraternized cordially and wiped out old scores. The stationery room did as much business as a land office at a newly opened resery tion, and members of the House and their clerks were busy drawing the perquisites, including penknives and the wide range of articles that in later years have pertained to the stationery account. The mileage cierks were not forgotten, and many in- quiries were made at the cashier's room of che distribution of the mileage, one of the most grateful perquisites of the high office of Representatives in Congress. Each mem- ber of the House is allowed twenty-cents:a aile for the round trip from his home to they had fought. The blind chaplain, after thanking Almighty God for having kept the hand of death from the Senate since it had last met, referred to the political campaign the capital, arriving. The branch weather bureau in the lobby at the rear of the Speaker’s desk was in operation, and this popular feature was as popular as ever. Mr. Randolph, who has been in charge for several years; was -cor- diailly greeted by the arriving Representa- tives. Bears ‘ Mr. Dingley of Maine. __. $ ‘The appearance of Mr. Dingley of Maine upon the floor was the occasion of hearty greeting extended him by his colleagues. He came from the committee on ways and means through the democratic wing of the House first, and was se‘zed upon imme- diately by his democratic admirers, who handed him along a line of handshakers. When he reached the republican side he was immediately surrounded’ by those of his own party, who continued the ovation. Several members of the House District committee were in their seats when Speaker Reed rapped for order, Mr. ‘Odell, Mr. Wellington, Mr. Abbott, Mr. Richard- son, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Harmer and Mr. Cobb of Missouri. Usual Committee Appointed. The usual formal resolutions for the ap- pointment of a committee to join a similar committee of the Senate and inform the President that the House was ready to pro- ceed to business, and another directing the clerk to inform the Senate that the House Was prepared to proceéd, were adopted. The Speaker appointed Mr. Cannon (IIL), Mr. Payne (N. Y.) and Mr. Turner (Ga.) to constitute the committee. The selection of Mr. Turner was considered a significant in- dication that the Georgia member would succeed ex-Speaker Crisp as a member of the committee on rules, as it was a formal recognition of him as the leader on the democratic side. In order to await the re- Port of the committee the House, on the motion of Mr. Henderson (Iowa), took a recess until 1:30 p.m. New Members Sworn In. The roll call showed the presence of 271 members. As soon es. the Speaker an- nounced the presence of a quorum and that the House was ready to proceed to busi- ness, a dozen members demanded recogn!- tion, but the Speaker first received the usual message from the Senate stating that the Senate had a quorum present and was ready to proceed to business. J. William Stokes then came forward and was sworn in as a member from the sev- enth congressional district of South Caro- lina. The credentials of Charles J. Boat- . from the fifth district of Louisiana, ‘e also read. Both of these gentlemen received certifi- cates of election to this Congress, but their seats were contested and declared vacant by the House at the last session. They were then re-elected. At 1:30 p.m. the committee not having re- turned from the White House the House took a further recess until 2 o'clock. At 2 o'clock the House reassembled a listened to the reading of the Presiden message. he draws .this .sum. upon A Broad Smile. The opening words of the message con- gratulating the country on the result of the eiecdon created a broad smile in the House this afternoon, the democrats as well as the republicans seemingly enjoying the anom- atlous political condition which allowed a democratic President to felicitate himself upon a victory gained under the banner cf the republican party. The President's ex- pressions on Cuba and Venezuela were listened to attentively, but there were no demonstrations either when he announced that the administration had some months ago suggested home rule for Cuba to Spain or when he announced the termination of the controversy between Great Britain and the United States over the Venezuelan boundary line. ——_—___-e CAPITOL TOPICS. A Filtration Estimate. Architect Clark of the Capitol submitted to the House today an estimate of the cost of putting in a filtration p!ant for the Capi- tol. The report said that at a cost of $11,- 050 for the House wing and $19,900 for the Senate wing. a filtration plant could be provided which would furnish 300,60) gal- lons of filtered water to each wing every twenty-four hours. At a cost of $3,506 for each wing, 5,000 gallons an hour could be furnished each wing to be used in the water ccviers and bath rooms. The First Appropriation Bill. The first appropriation bill of the session was finished by the House commitice on appropriations today and reported to the House, so that it may be passed this week. It is the pension bill, which carries a totai Of $141,263,880, a decrease of about $65,000 from the estimates of the commissioner of pensions. The ll making appropriation for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government probably will be reported to the House this week. The Senate Ventilating System. The new ventilating system of the Sen- ate chamter was tested for the first time since its installation this morning. Mr. Weodbridge. who planned the new system, was at the Capitol carly today, and started up the machinery before $ o'clock. Every- thing worked satisfactorily, except that a ht odor from the kitchen was thrown into the Senate. When this was made Krown the drafts were changed, so that the smells from the kitchen were thrown out of the building in another direction. The great crowd assembled in the Senate mber enjoyed the air that was borne into the chamber and without the building before it had time to be gener belfeved that the system is thor- oughly satisfactory, but of course further tesis will be necessary in order to show this. SE MAY BE A SOUTHERN MAN. A Rumor as to a Possible Selection by Mr. McKinley. It 1s said today, as coming from very near Mr. Hanna, that President-elect Mc- Kinley has in contemplation a man for the cabinet who has had littie mention so far. This {s Major J. F. Hanson of Macon, Ga., said to be one of the ablest and wealthiest republicans in the south. Major Hanson was a democrat until a few years ago, when he announced his conversion to the protection ideas of the republican party. He has held many responsible politicul positions in Georgia, as weil as outside. He s & member of the tariff commission of 1847, and became a warm persoual friend of Major McKinley at that time. Mr. Mc- Kinley has entertained a high opinion of him ever since, and is sald to have Mr. Hanson beoked for a place in his cabinet. Mr. Hanna is understood to have said as much to a friend here. The position which it is said Mr. Hanson may get fs Secretary of the Interior. o- AGAINST THE LIBRARY. Objections to Its Use for the Inangu- ration. There is a strong feeling of opposition in the jeint committee of Congress on the [brary to the proposal to hold the inaugu- ration ball in the new Congressional Library ‘building. The opposition to, the plan is based mainly upon two grounds; It is held that the building in the first place is not adapted to the entertainment of such a crowd as would attend an inaugura- tion ball. The two entrances to the ro- tunda, where the largest throng would congregate, are very small and would not enable a great crowd to be handled either with dispatch or safety. It is also claimed that there would be danger of the serious defacement of the building in the proces- sion of such a crowd through the various corridors and rooms. The decorations which have been placed on the interior would be easily defaced, and it is suggest- ed that it would be almost impossible, even with more care than could be expected of the visitors, to prevent it. This feeling among the members of the committee has not yet taken tangible form in any expres- sion, but the matter wil probably come up for consideration at an early date. SS North Dakota’s: Official Returns. The official returns for North. Dakota, long delayed by the storms of the past two weeks, have finally all arrived at the state capital and are in the hands. of the secretary of. state. The total vote was 47,381, of which McKinley received 26,336; Bryan, 20,680; Levering, 356, There were no Palmer or Matchett electors in North Dakota: McKinley's aaa Jchnston, republican, for ‘ongress,- was elected by 4,166. THE EVENING STAR; MONDAY, DECEMBER 7%, 1896-16 PAGES, Plurality is, 5,647. |. LATE NEWS BY WIRE John B. Fellows, the Democratic Or- ator, Succumbs to Disease, —s EFFORTS 0 PROLONG- HIS LIFE Hoping That He Might Greet His Son Again. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER NEW YORK, December 7.—Col. John R. Fellows, district attorney of New York and former member of Congress, died to- day after an illness which had confined him to his bed from about the time of his return from an electioneering tour of tne middle western states. In that tour he speke frequently in behalf of Palmer and Buckner, the nominces of the national democracy. Harry Fellows, the youngest son of the dying man, said this morning: “My father is very weak. Dr. Rodenstein has been with him all night, and several times ad- ministered morphine, with the hope of keeping him alive until the arrival of my brother, John R., jr., who is expected from the south at 4 o'clock this afternoon.” John R. Fellows was born at Troy, New York, July 2), 1862. At eighteen years of age he went to Camden, Ark., where his uncle lived and studied law. He formed a partnership with Walter L. Bragg, afterward interstate commerce commissioner. He enlisted in the Ist Arkansas Regiment, and fought on the confederate side during the war, gain- ing the title of colonel. He was a delegate to the derrocratic convention of 1868 in New York city, and remained there after- ward, going actively into politics. He was twice elected district attorney, and was ccnsp'cuous in the trials of | Ferdinand Ward, Jacob Sharp, Aldermen Jaehne, Mc- Quade and O'Neil. Col. Fellows figured coaspicuously in the democratic national conventions of the last twenty-eight years and achieved a national reputation as an orator. In the conven- tion of 1884, which first nominated Grover Cleveland, he shared honors with Bourke Cockran as a leader of the Tammany Hall delegation. He made a famous sound money speech*at Chicago in cony=ntion week this year and played a promiaent part at the Indianapolis convention. He was the spokesman for the committee that notified Gea, Buckner at Louisville of bis nomination for Vice President by the na- tional democracy. = READ BY McKINLEY. The Mesnnge Attentively Considered by the President-Elect. CANTON, Ohio, December 7.—The read- ing of President Cleveland’s message to Congress had scarcely been finished when President-elect. McKinley was presented with a copy of it from the Associated Press. He immediately dropped his work in hand and, seating himself in a comforta- ble rocking chair, proceeded to read the important state paper. It was a bright, sunshiny day outside, almost springlike in the balminess of the air, and the major was evidently in the best of his usual gcod spirits when he read aloud to friends about him the first two paragraphs uttered by Mr. Cleveland, re- ferring to the recent election. At these in- troductory sentences Mr. McKinley made no effort to conceal ‘hfs pleasure at the pleasant references made to the result of the contest. Perhaps the greatest interest shown was in his reading of Mr. Cleveland's expo- siticn of the Cuban situation, which he followed closely and read in full. At this time, however, neither his face nor his words gave any indication as to his senti- merts, except the indication of the deep- est interest in the subject under considera- tion. When the next President read Mr. Cleve- land's words considering the operation and ffects of the present tariff law, although it was certain he did not concur in the be- liefs expressed, he made no sign by ex- pression of countenance or use of words which would indicate his differing ideas on that subject, although these about him were inclined to commen Mr. Cleveland's utterances on the statis- tics of the Treasury Department, retire- ment of greenbacks and national banks were all read with apparent concern, and his consideration of trusts was 12ad in full wiih decpzst interest. Ry this time dozens of visitors were waiting in the hall for an audience with Maj. McKinley, but he excused himself to go into the hanis of ais barpe-, having spent considerable tme, for him, in the reading of the message, as it is seldom he is engaged for so long a time in continuous reading. — A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. Senators of That Party to Meet To- morrow Morning. - A republican caucus of the Senate has been called to meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The great question of interest at this caucus is whether the silver Sena- tors who left the convention at St. Louis will attend the meeting. Senator Du Bois, one of the leaders of the silver forces, who kicked over the party traces, is secretary of the caucus, and his action in attending or staying away from the caucus will be watched with interest. Senator Sherman was asked by a Star re- porter this afternoon whether the silver Senators would be received in the caucus. He replied: @“All republicans will attend the caucus.” @From this answer it is considered likely that the republicans will not expect to meet the men wo have left their party in this little family pow-pow tomorrow morn- ing. ——e-_____ DIPLOMATIC CIVIL SERVICE. A Chance to Extend Reform in a Pro- fitable Direction. From the Springfield Republican, Consider also the diplomatic service. There is no more reason for changing our minister to Italy or our ambassadors to Paris and Lordon every four years than there is for ousting the consul at Halifax or Hong Kong. Yet the consuls have been placed under the merit system, for which we are very thankful, while the higher diplomatic posts are still handed around to “reward” rich men, politicians with “claims” and odds and ends of celebrity who may desire to spend a few years atroad. So long as this continues it per- petuates a system of rank favoritism, for the great New York editor is no more en- titled on the score of party service to be ambassador to France than is the chatr- men of some obscure township committee to be consul at Dahomey. The whole diplomatic service, indeed, must be placed on a new basis if we are to be consistent with the civil service reform principle as now exemplified in the raflroad mail service and in the departments at Washington. We shall never have first- class diplomatists in the service of our gov- ernment until this is done. When Lord Salisbury succeeded Lord Rosebery as prime mirister of Great Britain, was Sir Julian Pauncefote immediately removed from his post _as British ambassador at Washington? Why, then, should the Amer- ican ambassador at London be replaced every four years when an administration at |. Washington changes? The politics or even the foreign policy of an administration need require no change in the legations abroad, since ambassadors and foreign ministers are nothing but subordinate agents, mouth- pieces of the rome office. And it is their ‘business in every other country to serve one administration as faithfully as another. ‘The reform in our civil service is inevita- bly a slow growth, although great progress has been made during the past ten years. It will never be complete until this final discrimination is rigorously done away with—a discrimination that places on one basis the offices to which the rank and file may aspire and on another those most eagerly sought by the rich and powerful. ————-+ee-. ‘The Due D'Aumale is ill at Chantilly, France. The duc is seventy-four years old, MONEY FOR THE- DISTRICT Ttems of Local Fiterest Submitted in the Appropriations: Asked for Municipal and Governmental Instiiations ogy Egcnteq Here. Items relating to\the District and to gov- ernmental interests located in the Dis- trict are scattered throughout the annual “book of estimates” submitted by the Sec- retary of the ‘Treasury today. Among thesc may be mentioned the following, briefly stated“ for purposes of condensa- tion: For repairs to the Maltby building, $1,000. For the custedy; care and maintenance of the new library building, $48,600, divided as follows: Compensation of cust6dian, $3,000; one clerk, $1,600; one captain of the watch, $1,200; twelve watchmen, at $720 each, $5,640; one. chief engineer, $1,500; five assistant engineers, at $1,000 each, $5,000; ten firemen, at $720 each, $7,200; one elec- trician, $1,200; three elevator conductors, at $720 each, $2,160; three mechanics, at $000 each, $2,700; ten laborers (skilled), at $720 each, $7,200; thirty charwomen, at $240 each, $7,200. , For fuel, lights; ete., for the new library building, $35,000; for furniture, etc., $50,000; for expenses of removing the books, etc., $8,000. Repairs to the Butler and Winder build- ings, and treasury building, Treasury De- partment, $30 7. For new building for the laboratory of the marine hospital service, $25,000. Washington City Post Office. For completion of the Washington city post office building, $410,000. For new building for storage and stable, bureau of engraving and printing, $92,000. For improvements at the Washington navy yard, $56,1! as follows: For im- proving electric plant, $16,000; dredging in front of sea wall, $3,861; new scale house, 31,271.82; for store house for guns and mounts, $35,000, ; For continuing the grading ‘in the grounds of the new naval observatory and other improvements there, $5,000. For repairs to the Interior Department and pension building, $5,000; elevator for Interior Department building, $4,000; for excavating the Inner court of the Interior Department building and the construction of a building for a steam plant, heating ap- paratus, boilers, dynamos, etc., $75,000. For additional accommodations at St. Blizabeth’s Asylum for 115 insane pa- tients from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, $75,000; for a chapel building at the asylum, $5,000; for rebuild- ing shops, $7,000; for new laundry, $18,000. For annual repairs to the court house building, $2,000; for repairing vault, cur- ing and placing metallic shelving, file hold- ers, &c., in the office of regisier of wills, $2,000, : For the improvement_and care of public grounds in this city, $74,600; for the care and repair of the Executive Mansion, $30,- oo. For removal of sheds now adjacent to the Smithsonian building and -ebuilding them, $2,500. : For maintenance of the National Zoologi- cal Park, $75,000. For fucl, lights, &c., in the new rst office building, $30,000, deducting $10,000 for the period that the building will not be oceupied In whole, leaving an estimate of $20,400; for an electric lighting plant for the new p office bullding, wiring, dyna- mos, &c., $65,000. For maintenance of the Columbia Insti- tution for the Deaf and Dumb, inclu 3,000 for repairs to building, &c., $57 for the maintenance of Howard University, $22,600, 3 “ —_ 9 __ POLICY TO BE ADOPTED. Some Favor an, Exira Session and Some Oppose It There is manifestly an intense interest on the part of the members of the two houses of Congress assembling as to the policy to be adopted for this winter. These who are in favor of immediate action ‘on important questions appear to be largely in the minority, but among those who take a different position there are many who simply feel that nothing can be done and who are subject to a change of posi- tion. Alertness is shown in every act and expression of the republicans. ‘They seem eager for the command which is to decide their action. It is evident that there is sufficient difference of opinion among them to render a caucus at an early Gay desirable. Some strong men have extremely positive convictions on one side or the other and there is some evidence of friction. An Extra Sexsion. Those who want action at this session are generally very positive in their posi- tion, and insist that it will be ruinous to permit the new administration to come in without any steps having been taken for its protection. There is likely to be an earnest, though perhaps amiable, contro- versy over the question of an extra ses- sion of the next Congress. Certain forces, it is said, will be exerted to the utmost to secure the adoption of such a policy as will render an extra session unnecessary. This will be earrestly combatted by some of those understood to be closest to Major McKinley. It 1s no longer a matter of doubt trat Major McKinley is determined upon an extra session about the middle of March, and that anything intended to in- terfere with that program will be opposed by his particular friends in Congress. What Mr. Grosvenor Says. Representative Grosvenor said today that if any adjustment of the tariff and finan- cial question was attempted by the Sen- ate at this session, with the view of pre- venting an extra session, it would not work. He said that there was bound to be an extra session, no matter what was at- tempted at this session. He did not think that a proposition to render the Dingley bill acceptable to Mr. Cleveland and to the gcid democrats by adding a provision for the retirement of the greenbacks would be agreed to by the House~ “No retirement of the greenbacks can be had,”he said, “‘without going generally in- to the financial question. We cannot have @ contraction of the currency. One of our arguments against silver was that it would drive out the greenbacks and contract the currency. If the greenbacks are retired it must be in connection with other legisla- tion which will provide sufficient currency. I have yo doubt Mr, Cleveland again recommends the retirement of greenbacks, but his recommendation will not be acted upon.” ; ne SUSTAINED THE GOVERNMENT. % oS = Vote in the French Deputies on the Madagascar Policy. PARIS, December: 7.—The chamber of deputies today, after discussing the Mada- gascar credits adapted the order of the day, and approved:\the:policy of the gov- ernment by a,vote of 431 yeas to 91 noes. —_——>—__. FATAL EXPLOSION. | Ten or a boxén' Persons Reported Killed @r Injured. DENVER, Col.; “December 7.—A report reached policé healquarters at 11:15 a.m. that a locomptive poller had exploded in the railroad yards dnd ten or twelve peo- ple were killed or Jnjured. Senate; Distmict Committee. The first meeting of the Senate District cemmittee will be held Friday. There is no business af cohsequence to be brought tefore this committee unless some bills are introduced béfore the day of meeting. —— Board of ‘Trade Meeting. ‘There will be a meeting of the Washing- ton board.of trade at the Builders’ Ex- change next Wednesday. evening at. 7:30 o'clock. “Industrial Training in the Public Schools—the Necessity for Its Develop- ment” wil Ibe the topic discussed, and the meeting will be in charge ef the committee on public schools. pase ee A hundred constables raided the Batten- berg Club, on Goswel road, -London, early yesterday morning. and arrested one, hun- dred - and; fifty. persons, including -many women. : SOME COMMENTS What is Thought of the President's Message. LESS PARTISAN CRITICISM THAN USUAL The Cuban Paragraph is Particu- larly Referred To. EXPRESSIONS VARIOUS The President's annual, message to Con- gress today was read eagerly not oniy by members of Congress, but by people gen- erally, who received it through the medium of newspaper extras, as soon as it had been delivered to Congress. The main interest, of course, was in what the President had to say regarding Cuba and our relations with Spain. Briefly summarized, the President reported that there has been practically no Progress in the pacificaiion of Cuba, that the Cuban insurgents had no civil govern- ment that can be recognized 2s 4n inde- pendent government, and that practically outside of the large towns, where Spanish rule is still maintained, the island is with- out government. He says that our government has sug- gested to Spain to grent to Cuba genuine autonomy or home rule, and that the Ui ted States should guarantee to the insur gents the fulfillment of any promises in this respect made by Spain. This sugges- tion, though no definite resporse has been received from Spain, is understood not 10 be unwelcome to the Spanish government. The President suggests at the same time that in case such suggestion Is not acted vpon a situation may be presented in which patience will be exhausted and our obliga- tions to the severeignty of Spain will be superseded by higher obligations which w: can hardly hesitate to recognize and dis- charge. American Interests in Turkey. With relation to Turkey the message Says that everything possible has been done to protect American interests. We can- not, it says, interfere with the ction of the government of Turkey where our pco- ple are not directly concerned. He docs not think the present aspect of affairs in Turkey will long be permit‘ed to offend the sight of Christendom. The President reports to Congress the satisfactory working of the exam:nations in the consular service, and notes an im- provement in the character of immigration He favors coast defenses as _promdters of peace. He urges also the foreclosure of the government's lien on the Union Pacific railroad if action is not taken by Con- gress. Financial Suggestions. He defends the present tariff, notwith- standing its shortcomings, thinks it will furnish sufficient revenue, and that it has cheapened the necessaries of life. The peo- ple should not be deprived, he says, of this latter advantage. The retirement of greenbacks is urged, through the sale of bonds, or by cancella- tion when presented for redemption. The Sherman notes should, he thinks, be grad- ually replaced by silver coin. Sma!l banks and branch banks should be established to distribute curren He condemns trusts, but confesses the inadequacy of the powers of the federal government to deal with them. Less Partisan Criticism Than Usanl. The message was listened to with the greatest interest, and there was less parti- san criticism of {t than messages are usually subjected to. The greatest interest was with relation to the reference to the Cuban question. This was regarded as a matter of the gravest consequence, and the impression created was that his conserva- tive treatment of the subject did not con- ceal the seriousness of the situation. The message was thought to be tempered throughout by the thought that the b ness interests must be pacified. This was shown no less in the reference to the avail- able surplus in the treasury than in tne temperate treatment of the Cuban ques- tion. It is regarded as evident that in his refer- ence to the possibility of the patience of this government being exhausted, :onnect- ed with the statement that the autonomy of Cuba has been suggested to Spain, the President discloses the fact that the Span- ish government has been given to under- stand that the proiongation of the struggle would lead to interference on our pa 4s has been stated in The Star heretofore. The republicans simply smile at the sug- gestion that the present tariff will furnish suflicient revenue, but they think they de- tect in his more moderate tone in refer- ence to the general subject of the tariff that he has some realization of the situa- tion. = Gen. Groxvenor's Views. Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio commented brief- ly on the Cuban portion of the message as follows: “The message as to Cuba is a perfectly frank and candid recitation of the situation, and, perhaps, upon the state- ment of facts che suggestions of the future action of the United States are all that the friends of Cuba Libre can claim. But the people of the United States will deeply re- gret that the issue of the complications seems to be so far away. “While we are discussing these details murder and outrage run riot in Cuba, but while it is apparent that Mr. Cleveland has given this subject very careful con- sideration, and, perhaps, no just criticism can be made, yet it is to be deeply regre:ted that the next administration is to be the ad- ministrator de bonis non of the current ex- ecutive department in a grave matter that so many feel ought to have been acted upon long ago. The whole question fs ‘in the air’ on both flanks. Representative Dockery. Representative Dock>ry of Missouri said: “The message a3 to Cuba seems to contem- plate the intervention of the United States in Cuban affairs. While there is no specitic statement as to the time this intervention skall become decisive and mandatory, yet the tone evideatly looks to a speedy settle- ment of the disturbed condition of affairs in the unhappy island. There is an indis- tinctness about the messag> which may mean that Mr. Cleveland vill allow the matter to go over to his successor, but it may also mean that he contemplates de- cisive action before he goes out of cifice. “I concur heartily with the President's views on the tariff, but dissent from his position in respect to his proposed reform in the monetary system.” Representative Sulzer. Representative Sulzer of New York, who has been one of the strongest supporters in the House of propositions to grant bellig- erent rights to the Cubans, did not wish to discuss the President's position, but said: “I think the time has come for this gov ernment to recognize the independence of Cuba. This policy is demanded in the in- terests of justice and humanity, and a ma- jority of the people of this country desire {+ ana will sanction any action Congress or the President may take. Spain has lost Cuba forever. She never can gain posses- sion of the island. I hope something will be done shortly, and if it is not done I am ccnfident that the final result will be that the Cubans will drive the Spaniards from the island. I am willing to do all in my power to recognize the independence cf Cuba.” Senator Cockrell. Senator Cockrell of Missouri: “The Presi- dent’s message on the subject of Cuba has much the same ring that we heard in his ‘Venezuelan message. It practically says that if Spain does nothing we will step in, find exactly what the situation is, and do something ourselves.” Senator Chandler. Senator Chandler (N. H.): “Its treatment’ of Cuba is elaborate and strong. While not going as far as I wish it would, it does, by implication from the last sentences, very plainly say if Spain does not suppress the rebellion very quickly the United States will be sure to intervene to secure the in- dependence of the island. The most nota- ble feature in the message is the omission 'to-meéntiOn the ‘fréé coinage’ of silver of the’ |’ currency question, except to make the use- less recommendation that the greenbacks be retired or not reissued when they come into the 5 “The brief allusions to the tariff reiterate the Cleveland idea that the amount of duty always increases the cost to that amount, but his feeble treatment of the tariff ques- tion compared with the vehement assaults upon the tariff in previous messages is no- ticeable. The tone and temper of the whole is excellent, and the fervid patriotism and intcnse personal virtue shown in it are doubtless sincere.” Representative Reyburn. Representative Reyburn said that Mr. Cleveland in deaiing with the Cuban ques- tion recognized the importance of not ex- citing the country; he had learned some- tring from his Venezuelan experience, but that the message indicated the situation in very conservative terms. “The fact is that we are going to get Cuba,” ine said, “and we do not want a war if we can Jelp it. We shall probably have to purchase it if Spain will agree, but we cannot permit the present state of affairs io cortinue indefinitely. If it comes to a war it is hardly likely the European powers will refrain from interference and, therefore, the situation is one of great delicacy.” Mr. Cieveland’s reference to a surplus in the treasury, Mr. Reyburn said, was de- lvsive. It Was a matter of false bookkeep- ig «such as had been practiced by and ruined some railroads. ‘The fact was plain to every one that there was not a suifictent evenue, and that the deficiency should be provided against. “Mr, Cleveland is right about the retirement 0? the greenbacks,” said Mr. Reyburn. “The greenbacks should be retired at orce. The course he proposes is proper. He is right on that subject. There is no doubt in my mind that « measure can be passed at this session which will provide for revenue from cus- tems, retire the greenbacks and provide an encouragement to the banks to © id their currency. The banks should be iteved from all tax, and should be allowed to issue up to the face value of their bonds This should be extended to state ba: § Any bank depositing bonds should be al lowed to issue currency.” Other Representatives. Representative Adams of Pennsylvania theught the message was a frank sta’ ment of the condition of affairs in Cuba. Representative McCall of Tennessee: “I am In line with the President on the Cuban question. He talks about it as a states- man and an American. We are not ready yet to go to war with Spain.” Representative Brumm of Pennsylvania was very much dissatisfied with the mes- sage, and jumped on it in strozg words. “I think,” he said, “that it trims the qu tion and is flat. My tea is that the only way to deal with the questioa is to go at it ‘olcally. There is a siate of anarchy in Cuba and we ought io put a stop to it There is a system of barbarism which ought not to prevail. I am in favor of drastic measures.” resentative Shafroth of Colorado :“I don't think the message as to Cuba is strong enough. We ough: to have had u more positive declaration in favor of at least granting belligerent rights to the Cu- bans. We have put action off long enough and I am in favor of something being done. Representative Woodman of Illinois was red-hot over the failure of the President to say something in favor of Cuba. Part of what he had to say was too strong for pub- lication. “The message,” he saul, “is a plea for Spain end an apology for inurder, and all the other atr committed by T hav. 1 a joint pa, and Want The vesolution the Spaniards. resolution toda: to see hasty action upon it. is as follows: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the President be and he is hereby, authorized and directed to take such official action as will be a recognition by the government of the United States of the independence of the republic of Cuba, and of the right of said republic to govern and administrate the foreign and domestic affairs of the people of the Island of Cuba.” Representative Hardy of Indiana said “The message as to Cuba Is a straddle. It blows hot and it blows cold. Representative Cobb of | Missouri said that he approved of the messaxe as far as he had been abl> to hear it, and tha: scemed to him to be particularly st nd conservative as to Cuba, the t westion and the retirement of the gre. ack: Representative Wellington. Representative Wellington of Mar: said that he could not tell what Mr. ¢ land wanted dene by what he sald cone ing Cuba. He treated the question uy one side and down the other and on all sides, but made no recommendation and save no indication of what should be done It looked to him as if it were merely leaving the question for his successor to Ceal with. Mr. Wellington did not think that Mr. Cleveland’s reference to the tariff and the alleged surplus in the treasury was worth consideration. He said that everybody knew that there was a deficiency in the revenue, and that whatever surplus moneys there might be in the treasury were what was left of the proceeds of bond sales, a matter to which Mr. Cleveland made no reference. Representative Curtis. Representative Curtis of that he approved of what the Pre: said concerning Cuba. Ue regarded it as a conservative and proper position to take. on As to the matter of reveaue, Mr. Curtis said that in his judgment chere could be no doubt about the aecossity for providing acditional revenue. “If we to not do this at once, at this session, there will Fave to be a bond sale. I think that something can and must be done.” —S Marriage License: Marriage licenses have been issued the following: White—Fred. D. Pridham and Sarah E. Dolema; David Elein and Marie Clark; Della K. Allan of Pittsburg, to Pa., and May E. Atwell of this city; John Conway and Margaret Hanaberry; Frank H. Sloan of Baltimore, Md., and Mar- guerite H. Whiteley of Branchville, Ma. Colored—Walker H. C. Wright of Hills- dale, D. C., and Mary J. Tates of this city; Edward W. Jones and Alice Jackson; Jas. D. Carter and Sophronia Curry. ————__ Government Receip National bank notes received today for redemption, $467,750. Government receipts Internal revenue, $561,862; customs, miscellaneous, $241 Dinner for Mr. Hanna. Chairman Babcock and the members of the congressional committee will give a dinner at the Metropolitan “lub tomorrow evening to Mr. Hanna and those of his as- sociates on the national commitiee who are here with him. ee Baltimore Markeis, BALTIMORE, December 7.—Flour_firm—western super, $2.65a$3.30; do. extra, $3.500$4.15: do. f ty, 4.508455; Sinter wheat patent. $5.00 spring” do., 095.00; spring “wheat streizi $4.000a$4.70—recelpin, “15,078 Duttels; ekporie, T0i barrels; sales, spot, 90a90%;' May, 88a 8314’ asked—receipts, 17,553 bushels: 191° bushels: stock,” 387,598 bushels: sales, bushels—souibern wheat ‘by sample, Mat: ade, S6%a90%. Corn firm—spot.” 20a HaRG; | Junuary, § 284a2se: ° 23545 steamer mixed,’ 2 hazs bushels; exports, 120,185 bushels; st bushels; sales, %a29; ‘do. yellow’, 22%4a: white’ westera, barrels, — Wheat unsettled — steamer -No. 2 tw, exports; 113, 6,000 do. on celpta, 22, stock,” 1.287, . No. 2 near ¥, 42043; "western, 44—receipts, 1,263 busliels; rts, none; stock, 99,021 bushels. Hay frm choice timothy, $18.50a$14.00. Grain, fre! —steam to Liverpool per bushel, 34.1 Cork for orders per quarter, 3s.3d. 3s.1%4. January. Sugar stexdy—granulated, : 100 pounds. “Butter steady—fancy cream: ery, 24225; do. imitation, 16a ladle, 143 gcod ladle, 11412; store packed, Sal2; roll, 12a) Bes, steady —fresh, 22: cold storage. 10417; lmod 15016. Cheese firin—farey New York, 80 104a10X%: do. 35 pounds, 1o%a10y pounds, 10%a1l. Whisky,” $1.30a$1.31° per for ‘finished in car loads; gallon for Jobbing lots. Grain jarket: Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York. gellon $1.31a$1.32 per GRAIN. High. Low. Ciose. By in s 26 3 21% 2t 75 7. 790 782 790 385 380 4:07 400 4.07 B82 380 Sse 400 390 4.00 High. Low. Close. Le te Tr 748 738 40 Tt Te Ta Té 750 750 FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Depressed by the President's Message. THE COBAN AND ANTI-TROST CLAUSES Awaiting Foreign Comment on the Document. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS SpaMal Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 7.—Opening prices this morning were generally steady around iast week's final figures, and in many instances gained a few fractions from the purchases against short sales. London prices were fractionally higher, but no considerable business was transacted for that account. The market was giv good support by the room during the pe- riod of doubt which preceded the reading of the President's message. All sorts of speculation was indulged in as to the prob- able contents of this interesting state pa- per, but the result was, in the main, favor- able to vaiue. Tradérs were positive that nothing but pacific utterances were likely on any of the great questions under dis- cussion. Sugar was conceded to be the most vul- nerable of the entire list of securities likely to be influenced by the message, and halted decidedly throughout the morning. This property was confronted with both the Cu- ban and anti-trust clauses, and broke sharply upon the publication of that pari of the document covering these subjects. The short interest already in the property probably responsible for thwarting a more decisive decline. The declaration of the regular dividends on both the common and preferred stocks two days in advance of the time anticipated had little effect on the price of the stock. Just what Spair will consider it proper to do in order to maintain her dignity is an open question, and foreign comment on the message will be necessary to deter- mine the ccurse of prices to a very con- siderable degree. London's quotation tomorrow morning be the first indication of the docu- ment’s real significance from a forciga standpoint. Locally, opinion is divided on the sentimental influences likely to find mmediate refi ction in security values, but the opinions formed over night are not kKely to see only the undesirable possi- ties suggest In some quarters it is ered as an invitafion, unintentional, aps, to Congress to resume debate on the various resolutions looking to a con- clesion of Cuban hostilities and to dictate 4 coLrse of action. In otter circh as a material the message is regard ontribution to the caw: i insuring a business revival. Its real sig nificance, however, cannot be determine ata , and nothing more is as possible. With the exception of Washington ad- Vices the news of the day was of Little ecnsequence and had little effect on th: day's business. The decline in Sugar was reflected sympathetically in the raiiroad I'st, but to an extent causing no appre- nsion Traders are unanimously of the fon that the well-learned recitations of spec ar Congress will st them in sll further depressing values. The outs! is plainiy becoming restive under the illogical domination of the room, and conflict a of the oj & factions is threatened. Should the new. fn: t win the firs ‘kK the natural tendency cf pri resulting from an improving busi- hess outlook will be more fully reflected. ear FINANCIAL ax» comminciaL The following are the opening.the highcst nd the lowest and the closing prices of the ‘ew York stock market today, as ~eported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. "Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway. ‘Open. High. Low. Clow l 4 «18h Uéy 164 115% American Spirits... American Sugar American Sugar, Pf; American Tobaceo, American Cotton Oli Bay State Gas Canada Soutne! Canada Pacitic. Chesapeake & Ohio, CC. CX St. Louis’. Chicago, B.& Q Chicago'& 3 Chicago Gas COM. & dt. Fadi Delaware & Hudson. Den. & Kio Erie. Iinvis Laclide Gas Lake Shore. Loueville & Nash Metropolitan Tractlot Mauhattan Elevated. Michigan Ceutr Missouri Pacith fational Lead North American Ont. & Western, Pacitic Mail. Phila. & Keadin Puliman #. C. Co. Southern Ry., Pfd ila. Traction Snion Pacific... U.S. veatner pra. Wabash, Pid. Wheeling & L. Erie Wheeling& L. Erie,F Western Union Tel Silver... Washington s Sales regular cal ock m.—Wasliington Gas, 30 at 45%, 1 Fire Insurance, 100 ook Stock Tx, 1903, curreney, 111% bid. currency, 107 Miscellsneous Tonds. ad Sa, Mz asked, bid, tes. Ratleoad conv, Ki Ingion Gas Company and Potomac Te an Security and Trust 3s, » 100 bid merican Security and ‘Trust A. and 0. 100 Washington Market Company Ist_6s, 108 bid. shington Market Company’ itup. 108 bid. on Market Company ext 10S bid. » Hall Assoclatiog Ss, 13% 5 asad Bank Stocks. Bank of Wash bid, Bas t Repulllic, 240 bid. Me 20 vid, 3 venival, 270 vid. 9? asked. Se a C lumbis, 118 bid, ‘ap- Eod. 105 bid, 111 asked. Lincoln,” 101 bid, 407 National Safe Washington Loam » 119 bid, 123 ask: st, 136% bid, 143 w Deposit, 35 0 Katlroad s i, S44 bia. ‘and Electric Light Stocks Capital Tratcion Company, 53% asked. Metropolitan, 110 bid. Columbia, Washington G: n Gas, 40 bid. . IW) asked. Iremen’s, 35 bid, 45 asked ed. Metropolitan, 68 bid. | Potoma, Arlington, German-An in, 13 bid National Union, 9 bid, 14 asked. Columbia, 113; Riggs, Ty bid, 8 asked. People's, | . S44 bid, 9 asked. Commercial, 4% —Real Extate Title, 115 asked. Columbia Title, 5 bid. District Title, 19 arked. ‘Telephone Stocks.— Linotype, oy Norfolk and Washington Steam- boat, 98 asked: Linco G Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ncy, bankers.