Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1897, Page 2

IN CONGRESS TODAY The Senate Spent Some Time in Ex- ecutive Session. — EXTRADITION TREATIES DISCUSSED No Action Withdrawing the Amend- ments Was Taken. ed ROUTINE IN THE HOUSE —— The Senate the doors ston opened to: Sherman's mo: executive session. The Extradition Treaties. Immediately after going into executive session today the Senate took up the mo- tion of Senator Sherman, made at the re- quest of Secretary Olney, to reconsider the vote by which the extradition treaties be- n this country and Argentina and the Free State were amended. The motion was debated at considerable length. The principal point in contention in the extradition treaties is the authority granting a foreign government to take by force from this country persons who escape to this country and are charged with cer- tain offen It was this point which was first stricken out, and which Secretary Ol- ney asks be retained. Senator Davis, a member of the committee on foreign rela- tions, made a strong argument against the principle which Secretary Olney desired to have retained in the treaties. The discus- sion took a wide range, and covered the general features and precedents of extra- dition. Secretary Olney was defeated at every point by the Senate in executive session to- day, when that body refused to reconsider its action on the extradition treaties, and would not consider the suggestions which he made. The treaties as amended by the Senate will stand. At 2:15 p.m. the doors were opened and the work of the regular session was re- sumed. galleries were cleared and sd immediately after the ses- on the adoption of Mr. that the Senate go into To Vote Tomorrow. ‘An agreement was reached that the final vote on the pending free homestead bill be taken at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Use of the Library Building. There was considerable debate over the resoluticn reported by Mr. Merrill (Vt.) re- stricting the uses of the new library to legitimate library purposes. Mr. Hale of Maine thought it was well enough to re- strict the building against inaugural balls, etc., but not against other uses in co*inec- tion with the government service. Mr. Morrill wanted the restriction absolute as against museum, congressional and all oth- er service unconnected with the library. ‘Yhe resolution finally went over. _ A resolution by Mr. Stewart (Nev.) was agreed to directing the committee on mines and mining to report on the best means of securing complete statistics of the output of American mines. Mr. Murphy (N.Y.) in- uced a bill for a new custom house at New York. To Recognize Cuba. The Mills resolution for the recognition of Cuban independence was called up, and Mr. Bacon (Ga.) spoke in its favor. THE HOUSE. A rumored reopening of the Johnson- Maguire controversy did uot materialize in the House today. The Senate resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make the contract for the government building at the Tennessee centennial expo- sition without the customary period of advertizement, was adopted. Minor Measures Passed. Quite a number of measures of minor importance were passed, ing bills to pay Col. Philip Kirshner $537 for the serv- ices of a band for the 16th O. V. L; to re- open the claim of Coggswell & Company of St. Louis for $1,306; to transfer Marion courty, Ala., from the rorthern to the southern judicial district of that state; to remove the charges of mutiny and conduct unbecoming an officer against Lieut. David 1 Sample of the h Michigan Infantry; to grant to the Muscogee Railroad Company right of way through the Indian territor: to authcrize Surg. P. M. Rixey, U.S.N., to accept from the King of Spain the grand cross of naval merit for services rendered at the time of the explosion on board the Santa Maria in New York harbor. Several pension bills were passed. At 2 o'clock Mr. Cox (Tenn.) demanded the reg- ular order, and the House proceeded to consider business under the call of com- mitteer. Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals. From the committee on judiciary, Mr. Henderson (lowa) called up a Senate bill, which failed in the House at the last ses- sion, to withdraw from the Supreme Court erimiral cases other than capital and give the Court of Appeals final jurisdiction over them. He said that over forty such cases were tow blccking the docket in the S Preme Court. The bill was passed. A Dill was also passed to make it unlaw- ful for federal officers to purchase or spec- ulate in claims against the United States. ——+- 2 +___ UNITED STATE: SENATORSHIPS. Selection bi: ALBANY, N. Y., January 13.—The legis- lature ts to reassemble th's evening, after @ week's recess. Little legislative work will be done this week, however. The mem- bers will tomorrow evening hold caucuses and enter upon the matter of the selectioa of a successor to United States Senator Hill, whose term expires on March 4. The task is not likely t6 be an arduous one, the preliminaries being all arranged in advance, so far as the majority are concerned, all that remains to be done being to formaily name Thomas C. Platt for the position. The Union League Club's delegation in the interest of Joseph H. Choate's candi- dacy reached the city this afternoon. Tiis mission is sure to prove futile, for the caucus will give the romination to Mr. Platt by @ practically unanimous vote. Ai the most, the Choate vote will be 4 agains: 145. The “total membership of the legis- lature is 200, so that so far as now ap- pears, Mr. Platt's election is assured be- yond possibility of contes: The democratic cau give Senator Hill the honor of a re nomination. As, however, Mr. Hill has ex- pressed a wish that he be not thusdistin- guished, it is more probuble that the com- pliment of the democratic vote will be given to Judge Porter, who was the party"s nominee for governor at the recent election, Mitehell Men Claim a Majority. SALEM, Oreg., January 13.—There are no new developments in the senatorial con- test beyond the claim of the Mitchell men that they have fifty signatures for a cau- cfs, four more than a majority. They also claim they will secure another signature today. While it Is admitted by the opposi- tion that Mitchell secured these signatures for a caucus, it is claimed by them all of the signers will not go Into caucus when the time arrives, and that there will 1 enough baeksiiders to prevent Mitchcil from receiving a majority. A New Ca fidate im Illinois. SPRINGFIELD, IIL, January 13.—Ex- Representative W. H. Harper, Chicago, Is @ candidate for United States senator to succeed John M. Palmer. The announce- ment caused a good deal of surprise. Mr. Harper is known to be a close personal may decide to friend of Governor Tanner. James T. Hill, j who made the anncuncement of Mr. Har- per’s candidacy, said that after looking the ground over it appears impossible to elect any of the old candidates. Mr. Harper re- fused at first to become a candidate, but consented after a long conference with his friends today. He came to the city last Sunday and left today for Chicago. ————— George McKenny was found sick on the sidewalk near 14th and N streets last night. He was taken to his home, No. 1310 Cor- coran street, in the police ambulance. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Lively Meeting 4d Election Directors. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Mé., January 18—For the past few days rumors have been afloat throughout the county to the effect that a spirited contest was brewing in the agricul- tural society, and It was mysteriously hint- ed that sensational developments would take place at the annual meeung of the seciety here today. Briefly stated, the threatened trouble grew out of whispered charges made in various quarters to the effect that tickets of membership had been illegally disposed of in order to control the election of officers of the society to scrve during the coming year. It was further asserted that the principal object in securing control of the society was a desire on the part of certain ind!- Vidi.als to make use of the patronage of the institution in future factional politics within the democratic party. When ithe meeting was called to order at 11:30 this morring there was a large attendance, and every indication that deep interest was felt in tke outcome. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting the president made a state- ment showing progress of the society for the past two years, and the treasurer read ed his annual report. At the of this part of the proceedings urice Claggett of Wheaton district arose and propounded an inquiry. He re- ferred to a report sail to have been made to the controller of the siate treasury showiag a membership of 167, and asked for an explanation of the present report of the treasurer showing a membership of Mr. John J. Higgins, the treasurer, madc a detailed explanation, showing that in a return of moneys made to him by the sec- retary he had neglected to include $56 for membership tickets, and owing to this omission the membership was reported as 167 instead of 223. The meeting then pro- ceeded with the etection of directors, which resulted in the selection of the following board: William Dorsey, John H. Gassa- way, J. H. Bagley, Lee Offutt, H. Trail, H. C. Hurley, C. W. Fields, John C. Bent- ley, H. H. Griffith, J. J. Dutton, James . Trundle, H. H. Miller. This board will have the appointment of the president, sec- retary and treasurer. There is an element in the membership of the society which is sorely disappointed at the result of the election, and although no bad blood was shown in the meeting, there was engendered a feeling of bitterness that may be heard from hereafter. ae Se TO OBSERVE SIMPLICITY. wil OLYMPIA, Wash., January 13.—Govern- or-elect John R. Rogers will be inaugurated this ofternoon at 2 o'clock. Heretofore re- tiring executive and incoming governors have always headed a procession of state officials in carriages to the capitol, where the inaugural ceremonies are held. A com- mittee of arrangements planned the cere- monies this time in conformity with the es- tablished custom, but Governor-elect Rog- ers refused to consider the carriage propo- sition, saying he preferred to start his offi- cial career with the utmost simplicity. He will watk from his boarding house to the capitol as if he were going on an ordi- nary mission, accompanied by a number of his friends. The military features of the inauguration have been dispensed with at Rogers’ request. and there will be no pa- rade. The governox will take no part in the in- auguration ball, contenting himself with re- ceiving the public at a reception in the evening. The governor's position with re- gard to the arrangements has entirely up- Set the committee on program, and has caused no end of comment. ' ae NOT PREPARED FOR A RUN. The Seattle Savings Bank Closes Its Doors. SEATTLE, Wash., January 13.—The Seattle Savings Bank has closed its doors, owing to heavy withdrawals of county funds by newly installed officers Monday. Judge Monroe, on petition, appointed H. O. Shuey receiver. The statement is made by bank officials that the affairs of the in- stitution are in good shape, but not _pre- pared for a run. The liabilities are $70,000 and the assets $104,000. The accounts among the latter regarded as first class are between $80,000 and $90,000. The institu- tion will liquidate its obligations dollar for dollar. ———————— CURRENCY REFORM. y Pi Submitied to the In- dianapolis Conference. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., January 13.—The national monetary convention assembled for the morning’s session about 10:3) o'clock. Many of the delegates were at- tending committee meetings, and this fact, with the general deliberation which has characterized the body, was the cause of the late meeting hour. New tickets had been provided for all the delegates, and rear- ranging of the seats had been made by which each state delegation was seated to- gether. After Chairman C. Stuart Patterson had called the convention to order plans for the improvement of the country’s financial system were read. The five-minute limit prevented the detailed reading of these various papers, and the outline of the plan was read by the secretary. These resolutions soon proved to be so great number that at 11 o'clock, when the chairman announced that the committee on resolutions would be ready to report at noon, a motion prevailed which provided that all resolutions be referred to the committee without reading, so that they all might be reported on at that hour. Mr. Bobb of Massachusetts moved that the opening address of E. O. Stannard be recommended to the committee on resolu- tions as expressing the sentiment of the Massachusetts delegation. It was adopted. A motion to adjourn till 11:45 was de- feated, and on motion of Mr. Chadwick of Brooklyn the time was given over to five- minute speeches. Mr. Chadwick reviewed briefly New England's early financial his- tory with a view to showing its effect on present conditions. : He was followed by Representative Fow- ler of New Jersey, for whose benefit the five-minute obstruction was removed. Mr. Van Slack of Wisconsin moved that the paper read by Mr. Fowler be referred to the committee on resolutions. On motion of Mr. Kelsey of "Evansville, Ind., the convention's appreciation of Mr. Fowler’s paper was expressed by a rising vote. At 12.4 o’clock word was received that the committee on resolutf0ns would not report until 2:30 p.m., and the eonvention adjourned till that hour. ee STEEL PLATE INSPECTION. ‘Those for the Battly Ship Wisconsin Up to Specifications, Constructor Dashiel has just returned to the Navy Department from Bethlehem, Pa., where he inspected the steel plates be- ing rolled for the battle ship Wisconsin, now building at the Union iron works, San Francisco. This material was found to be Tully up to specifications: The steel board is going immediately to Newport News, under the instructions of Secretary Her- bert, to look again at the big stock of steel plate accumulated there for the battle ships Kearsarge and Kentucky, with a view of modifying the present methods of inspec- tion, which haye been the subject of com- plaint, as unduly retarding the bullding of the ships. The leaves impressed with the belief that while the constructor in charge there has not in any sense gone beyond the legal requirements in testing ali suspected plates, it will be ible to simplify and hasten the inspec by: di- viding the plates into groups according to the number in each “heat,” and selecting for test one plate from each group. It is also believed that If more care is shown in working the plates to avoid bending them while cold; there will be less complaint of cracking. ———_+e+—_____ THIRTY DAYS’ LEAVE. Mr. Barret(’s DIN fm Behalf of the People. - THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1897-12 PAGES. BOARD OF CHARITIES DR. MARY WALKER Foture Plans. HER’ ONE AMBION HOW IK LIFE Publie Hearing Today by the Oommission- ers of the District. Views of = Committee of the Board ef Trade and ef Superin- tendent Tracy. She Wants.to Establish a Hospital The District Commissioners gave a public hearing this morning to the committee on bad? . charities of the board of trade, which call- for-€onsumption. ed to present arguments why the office of re the superintendent of charitics should be abolished, and why the Commissioners § should favor such a proposition. PROGRESS OF DRESS REFORM Mr. B. T. Janney opened the discussion. SoS eae He said the board of trade, after consider- ing the subject at considerable length, ar- rived at the conclusion that a board of charities composed of nine members was preferable to a superintendent. He did not want it considered that a personal fight was being made upon the present superin- tendent, but upon the office, which could not be held by a citizen of the District. Further, he believed, as did the board of trade, that a board of charities could render much more efficient service In the care ofthe dependent poor of the city. Mr. H. B. F. Macfarland followed. He was chairman of the subcommittee of the beard of trade appointed to consider this question. He disclaimed any hostile per- sonal feeling toward the incumbent of the office of supcrintendent of charities. It was the system that he opposed. The board of trade, he explained, had acted upon this matter as early as April, 1895, but for certain reasons no definite action had since been taken. It was no new ques- tion then. The object of the committee in presenting the case before the Commission- ers was to get their approval of the plan. Plan Not a New One. Not in a formal way, but to he aysured that they did not oppose the idea. ‘This was thought best, so that when the committee went before Congress it could represent that the proposition nad the indorsement of the District Commissioners. The plan of having boards to regulate charities and corrections was not a new one. In nineteen states of the United States such boards ex- isted, and ft was generally regarded as the best way of dealing with the subject. The District of Columbia certainly should be in the procession. The board, he wenz on to Say, was to be composed of nine members, who should be citizens of the District, ani the most eminent men ‘at women of the city, if the Commissioners decided to ap- point the gentler sex. This board was to have a secretary who was io be a paid official and who shoul be an expert upon the subject of char and correstions. In reply to a question from one of the Commissioners, Mr. Macfarland stated that the secretary wo occupy virtually the same position as th eni superintendent of charities did, except that he would be merely a ministerial agent of che boar? and not have any powers except those which came through the board. ‘This secre- tary should receive a compensation coi- mensurate with uties. He was in fa- vor of having 2n expert, well paid, who should be competent to advise the pourd upon vexed questions. H> thought a goal analogy of the plan of the board of trade was a board similar to that of the As- sociated Charities. He promised the Com- missioners to send them a list of the states where these boards had been formed. He remembered that in Michigan and Massa- chusetts such boards were in existence. The national conference of charities and corrections favored such a plan, and he quoted from some of its reports upon the subject. He would furnish the Commis- sioners, he said, with the reperts in ques- tion. Dr. Mary Walker, famous throughout the United States as the first woman to adopt man’s apparel in this country, is in the city and was at the Capitol today. Dr. Walker was seen by a Star reporter, and to him she gave an account of her present ambittons in life. Dr. Walker still wears the dress that has for years made her conspicuous every- where she has gone. She wears high-top- ped man’s “boots, a frock coat, black trousers, @ top coat, and swings herself as gracefully as she walks about as ever did Ward McAllister in his palmy days as a gallant. Dr. Walker belfeves, that great Progress has been’ made among women in throwing off the fetters of custom, which has, in her opinion, without warrant, kept them in skirts these many years. Progress of Dress Reform. “Many women come to me,” said Dr. Walker, “and tell me how mueh they wish they could adopt the dress I wear, if they could only do so without attracting public attention and unpleasant comment. For this reason they hesitate to be known as women wearing a man's dress, and for this reason, too, very many women who have to go out into the world to earn a living adopt'the dress of men and pass as men. When I was in Chicago a woman came to me and said that for three years she had dressed as a man, had been employed in a large office, where only men could seek employmert, and that she was a young ™mun among young men. She mixed with them on equal terms and kept her disguise a secret. “Many other women are doing this same thing. You do not know when you meet them, but they have thrown off the thral- dom of corsets and skirts, and, not wishing to have it known that they are women, be- cause itw ould make them conspicuous, pass as men. “This is one of the ways in which the dress reform among women, which I was the first to introduce, has been gaining headway. But it has gained headway in many other ways. The bloomer {s an ex- pression of the idea I have long advocated, only in a form that seems to have been more readily adopted by women. Women have adopted this form of dress for bi- cycling and for mountain climbing to a very large extent. Then, too, the custom prevailing at bathing beaches is partly an outgrowth of woman's independence in dress. “Years ago only a few women would go to the beach, put off bathing suits and enjoy a dip in the surf, Now any woman does not think anything of doing so, and there is no mock modesty #bout her. A man cannot form any conc¢ptian of the inconvenience of @ woman's dréss, Hut every woman knows how her dress, drags her down, makes her life a burden, thtough weaknesses econ- tracted by if’ and causes her face to wrinkle and héer hair to turn white long before the time thgt change should come.” Not SoAtrong as Formerly. “You do noj,seam to change in appear- ance through,,the,course of years,” sug- gested the reporter. “Oh, but Ijam not nearly so strong as when I was ip, Washington formerly. It is now between sever and eight years since I left this city. I had received a very seFious fall,. which cracked the bone of my leg in may ea places, and that con- Mr. Truesdell's Suggestion. Commissioner Truesdell, in discussing the plan with Mr. Macfarland, asked if the same result as that sought by the proposed scheme would not be obtained by associat- ing with the superintendent of charities such a board as that recommended. He thought not. ‘The committee was of the opinion that the board should have more power than the superintendent now has, and that the power should be with the board and not with its ministerial offi- cer. The board would be composed of citi- zens representing every part of the Dis- trict, of such men that would immediately command the respect and confidence not only of the citizens, but of Congress. Such a board, by its work, would bring the pri- vate institutions into a closer relationship and a greater co-operation than now ex- ists. The appointment of such a. board would have a far-reaching influence. There would then be no occasion to appoint cen- tral relief committees. The board would be ready to take up such subjects and render efficient aid. Col. Tracy’s Statement. Col. Tracy said that the presentation to the Commissioners of such a recommenda- tion regarding the superintendency of char- ities and in a public and official manner seemed to render it incumbent upon him to say a few words regarding the duties of the office, which evidently were not fully un- derstood in their practical operation. “The fundamental error made by the commit- tee,” he continued, “seems to be failure to appreciate the fact that there is already an official board of charities for @istrict pur- poses, composed of the Commissioners of the District, through whom all official ac- tion is taken and official payments are made. And that for all District relations the superintendent of charities is simply the inspecting and examining officer of the District board. “Ail estimates for appropriations and all action regarding the expenditure of them are under the direction of the Commis- sioners, and the superintendent of charities does nothing in such matters, however gteat the exigency, without instant report or previous authorizing concurrence of the president of the board of €ommisssioners, within whose immediate province charita- ble administration falls. There are, how- ever, relations of the District with the United States government, the latter pay- ing half of all expenditures and the whole of some of them, which Congress saw fit to consider in establishing the office, and made it a United States office to facilitate co-operation, save money and improve ad- ministration in the federal capital city. “For example, Providence and Garfield Hospitals, provided for under the sundry civil bill, receive District patients, and are to that extent general municipal hospitals. On the other hand, there are institutions, such as the Temporary Home for Soldiers and Sailors, and the Municipal Lodging House, exclusively for the accommodation of indigent strangers, a very large number of whom come here entirely upon business connected with the federal government. “In his relations to the District the sup- erintendent of charities fulfills precisely the functions mapped out by the commit- tee of the board of trade. As to the ques- tion of economy, the superintendency of charities costs the public $3,900 per year only, namely $3,000 for superintendent, $840 for messenger and $150 for contingencies and all office supplies. Whether the pro- posed board should consist of nine mem- bers, as suggested by one plan, or fifteen, by another, the cost of its support would necessarily be much greater, as the execu- tive officer or secretary would need to be under suftable salary, with subordinate cierks and inspectors to the board.” Col. ‘Tracey gave a sketch of the duties of the office. He asked the representatives of the board of trade to visit the public instit: tions and see for themselves to what ex- tent their workings had been improved, simplified and made cheaper. Mr. Macfarland, in reply, stated that there was little chance of any action being taken this session by the congressional commission. Had the committee any way of bringing this matter to the_attention of fined me to my bed here for a year. Bven spow I have Wah@age my leg’ frdti®the knee down and I ‘cannot stand as much as I used to. The doctors told me'that my leg would have to be amputated, but I told them that I’knew better and that I would not amputate it. But the suffering that has come to me through this accident has borne quite heavily upon me, and if I were to give up as most people do when they are ill I would have died years ago.” “T would not ask a woman her age, Dr. Walker,” said the reporter, “but as you have thrown off all woman's weakness, may I inquire how many years have pass- ed over you?” “Oh,” replied Dr. Mary, a little fll at ease, and laughing nervously, “I am pretty rear as old as Methuselah.” “I see you have one of woman’s weak- ness, even if you Lave thrown off all oth- ers,” suggested the reporter. “Well,” said Dr. Mary, “I do not tell my age because it is the weakness of all men to want to know every woman’s age, and I think it is just as well not to satisfy their curlosity.”” “What are your present plans?” the re- porter asked. A Hospital for Consumptives. “I have come here,” she replied, “to sce if I can interest people in the establishment of a hospital for consumptives. I have a place containing about thirty-three acres four miles and a half froim our old home at Oswego, N.Y., and before I die I hope to establish there a hospital in which I can plant for time to come my methods for the cure of consumption. “I have not any lymph to offer or any- thing of that sort to cure tuberculosis. All this talk about microbes getting down one’s threat and causing consumption is nonsense. That thecry was put forth by certain very eminent’—with stress laid upon eminent, and with a sarcastic turn to her voice—“physicians of Europe, and has been adopted by other eminent physiciarfs in this country. But there is nothing in it.” —_.—__ COXEY’S “REFORM PARTY.” A Convention Called to Assemble at Nashville July 4, ST. LOUIS, January 13.—Tha convention ealled ty “General” Coxey to organize a new reform party has adopted the follow- ing resolutions: “Whereas the action of the majority of the people’s party national committee in the recent campaign in making the peo- ple’s-party merely a tail to the democratic ticket has so crippled its good name as to Practically kill its future usefulness with- out any action taken to enlarge its scope and to purify it, and as we believe the only satisfactory, way the purification can take place will, be through an early na- tional conventign, the fundamental idea of which:should be -that all official. power be curtailed to cigrivtd “duties only, and that the initiative gnd‘referendum and impera- tive mandate be put in operation~ through the trionomic,Ameican ballot system, so that’a systemadic club organization may be immediately p¥bjected, as there is no hope that the majority Bf the national commit- of ‘the pet wed party will call a‘ con- vention; thererbre,- “Resolved, ‘That fre put in eperation the active principl je initiative and: re! ‘eby formers and all true not believe in the fusion in favor -of ‘the above, the Senate commission, it would have most | to meet at ie, ‘Tenn., on the gen- certainly taken advantage of it. But the | erous invitation of‘the public-spirited citi- ee seems to ee gone upon he oy of that oft: i of 4 faakGreet oe recks. nator Harris of Tennessee refus- | Tennessee on, , rgan: ed to serve, and his successor would un. | the campaign’ 6t 1688-snd 1000 on the non- doubtedly not be appointed until the new administration came in. He called atten- tion to the recommendation of Superin- tendent Tracey’s predecessor in office for the abolition of the office. Mr. Simon Wolf folloy cating a change in t legal tender paper money to do the businees of the paatd fare to put the ile lakorer to work on pul ay phbdecrorep and such other sdhttors: as he convention may tee fit to do. “Resolved, That @ provisional organizing committee, consisting-of the chairman, sec- retary, and four working mem- bers, be selected: by thia.conference to or- fanize the said initiative and. referendum cluts,to send delegates to the said national representation MR. FRANCIS’ Considered in Euegutive Session, but No Action Taken. The Senate in executive session today had Up for a time the nomination of Devid R. Frencis to be Seoretary of the {nterior, but no action was taken. Senator Vest cf Missouri was the principal opponent of confirmetion, but he was also seeonded by Senator Pugh of Alabema. Both of these senators made speeches against the confirmation, and alleged various reasons. ‘The conduct of Mr. Fran- cis during the campaign was mentioned, and Mr. Vest refered to the letter which Secretary Francis wrote supporting the Indianapolis, ticket and opposing the regu- lar democratic ticket nominated at Chicago. ral senators announcei their inten- tion of voting for the confirmation of Sec- retary Francis, and the prospects of his confirmation are good; in fact, it is stated that only a few votes will be cast in op- position. Senator White (Cal.) said that while he did not approve of the course of Secretary Francis during the campaign, he would vote for his confirmation. Both democrats and republicans who are silver men stated that they would vote for confirmation, and that it was a foregone conclusion that when the vote was taken the Secretary will be confirmed. ——___+-e+________ NEGOTIATIONS WITH SPAIN. NOMINATION WHITE RIBBON WORKERS. Quarterly Meeting Held Today the District W. C. T. U. ‘Phe members of the Woman's Christian Temperagce Union of the District of Co- lumbla at their quarterly meeting today at Ryland M. EB. Church, corner of 10th and D streets southwest, cordially indorsed the remarks of thelr president, Mrs. Margaret B. Platt, tm reference to the now famous Seeley dianer in New York a few weeks @g0, and regarding which an investigation is now being made dy the police com=i9- sioners of that city. Mrs. Platt, after commenting upon what had been accom- plished by the Flower Mission and by other branches of the work of the W. C. T. U., sald she was more than amazed upon be- irg asked by a woman a few days ago if the W. C. T. U. had not about outlived its usefulness. “It ever,” said Mrs. Platt, “there was a time for the Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union to exist, that time is now. The strongest evidence of this that I can now present is that which is being published in the daily papers in reference to the disgraceful scenes which are said to have occurred some weeks ago at a dinner in New York city. The session began at 10 o'clock. Mrs. M. B. Platt presided and conducted devotional exercises, Rev. Dr. Hartsock leading in prayer and later making a bricf address of welcome. The response w. made at the suggestion of Mrs. Platt b: all present standing and singing the dox- ology, “Praise God, from whom all bessings A report was made by Miss Chapin, superintendent of temperance literature. At the suggestion of Mrs. M. B. Piatt, a new depariment, to be known as the de- partment ef “Proportionate and Systematic Giving,” was created. The report of the work of the Flower Mission, Mrs, Trotter, superintendent, fol- Icwed, and this was succeeded by the re- marks of President Platt, as above re- ferred to. Not Renched a Stage to Insure an Marly Satisfactory Conclusion. Negotiations are still in progress be- tween Secretary Olney and Prime Minister Canovas, through Spanish Minister De Lome at Washington and United States Minister Taylor at Madrid, for a settle- ment of the Cuban troubles on a basis in accord with the suggestions made in Presi- dent Cleveland's message to Congress. Although it is difficult to obtain definite information on the subject, there are good reasons for the belief that the negotiations have not reached a stage to insure a satis- factory conclusion in the near future, and this despite the impression that parties to the issue are striving to reach an agree- ment before the close of the present ad- ministration. —___-e-______ TWO WILLS FILED. Upen the conclusion of Mrs. Platt’s re- marks, and fn response to her appeal, every member of the organization present arose anil pledged herself to work harder and pray more earnestly during the next three months for the success of the efforts made by the W. C. T. U. than ever before, and Mrs. Caroline E. Scovel of Philadel- phia arose and asked that she and her husband, Col. James M. Scovel, be admit- ted to the District W. C. T. U. as honorary members. The request was granted. The report of the treasurer stated that there was now in the treasury $35.60, which was considered such a gratifying showing that the ladies again sang the long meter doxolcgy. A report was made by Mrs. W. F. Crafts, superintendent of the Sunday school de- partment of the World's Woman's Chris- tian Temperance Union. One That ef S. Johm Thomson, the Late Schoolmaster. The will of the late S. John Thomson, the well-known teacher, was filed today. It is dated June 10, 1888, and gives to his sister, Julia, a certificate in the New York Masonic Relief Association of Buffalo; to bis stepdaughter, Mary O. Cross, a certifi- cate in the Southern Tier Masonic Relief Association of Elmira is given. For the benefit of the testator’s grand- children, a certificate is given to Mrs. Cross in the St. Paul, Minn., Relief Asso- ciation. No executor is named in the will, nor is any other property mentioned. The will of the late Charles C. Smith, dated November 20, 1895, was also filed to- day. Tc the testator’s widow, Mary Louise Smith, all the effects in premises 1211 R street are given for life, also said premises for life. At Mrs. Smith’s death the said premises are to go to the children, Charles and James Smith, Mary E. Butler and Georgianna Austin. The children are also to have the residence of the estate. ——_.—__. RESTITUTION TO INDIANS. ———__ INDICTED. GUILTY As Verdict Aga‘ Mr. Emrich’s Alleged Assailant. The case of Charles Phillips, the young colered man charged with shooting Fred- erlck W. Emrich last September, was given te the jury about 10:30 this morning. About noon they reported to the court that they Were unable to agree, but were sent back for further deliberation. Shortly before 3 o'clock they reported that they had reached a verdict, and stated in answer to the usual inquiry that they had found the prisoner guilty as indicted. His attorney gave notice of motion for a new trial, and the man was remanded to jail to await sentence. The penalty is not Jess than two nor more than eight years in the penitentiary. ——— THE ARBITRATION TREATY. The Klamath Reservation Survey Found to Be Incorrect. The report of the Klamath boundary commission has been submitted to Secre- tary Francis, and will be transmitted to Congress. The commission consists of W. P. Coleman of St. Louis, Mo., chairman, and R. P. Hammond of California and I D. Applegate of Oregon. The issue of the investigation, which was begun early in October, is an Indian claim for land out- side of the present reservation in Oregon, on the north and east boundaries, probably e@ggregating 1,250,000 acres. The commis- sion reports that the survey made by the United States government in 1871 was de- fective and not in accordance with the lines described by the treaty making. the reservation. The commission found no difficulty in harmonizing the testimony of the Indians and the language of the treaty on the western boundary, where the sur- veyor made his first error. Here the In- dians lost 75,000 acres. The northern boundary line claimed by the Indians is re- jected. The error on the west line caused a loss of about 75,000 acres more to the In- dians on the north line, which the com- mission now restore in rectifying the north and west line. The main point of the con- troversy was the large urea left out on the eastern side of the reservation. Here the Indians’ claim was clearly established. The commission accordingly awards the Indians between 450.000 and 475,000 acres there, making a total award of 617,490 acres. The report places a valuation of 86 36-100 cents per acre, aggregating $533,270. This is recommended to be paid one-fourth in cash, to purchase cattle, wagons and mowing machines, to insure self-support; the rest to be held in trust by the government, with interest payable annually. The lands row being allotted are to be non-transferable. NO SUGAR BOUNTY. Some Opposition Disclosed in the Senate Forcign Relations Committee. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions today had under consideration the general arbitration treaty recently negéti- ated between the government of this coun- try and that of Great Britain, but did not reach any conclusion as to the proper dis- Position to be made of it. The meeting served to develop the fact that the committee is a unit in favor of the general principle of arbitration between na- tions, but it was made evident that each individual was likely to have his own ideas as to how this desired result should be at- tained. The committee decided to recommend to the Senate to make the treaty public. The Senate later in the day, in execut:ve session, adopted the recommendation of the foreign relations committee for the re- moval of the injunction of secrecy from the arbitration treaty. —————__-e-______ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Adverse Action. The Commissioners recommend adverse action on Senate bill 3349, “To enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to refuse a permit to erect stable on lot 43, square 358, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia," which was referred to them for their examina- tion and report. They say whatever might be the local advantages of the proposed legislation in the specific case mentioned in this bill, the legislation de- sired would, if enacted, create an embar- rassing precedent of far reaching effect. ‘The Commissioners are vf the opinion that nothing of a temporizing nature should be done toward modifying che present law with respect to dwellings in czileys, but that the matter should be made the subject of general law for the rectification of the system of alleys, especially those intended for human habitation, and the closing of any class of alleys whose cxistence may be found prejudicial to the public interests. They have under consideration a measure having that object in view, and hope to be able to submit the same with a full report of their conclusione ‘o Congress during the present session. ————— Metropolitan Bai At a meeting of the directors of the Na- tional Metropolitan Bank today officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President, John W. Thompson; vice presi- dent, Henry A. Willard; cashier, Geo. H. B. White; assistant cashier, J. Gales Moore. House Ways and Means Committee Will Recommend a High Duty. ‘There appears to be a definite understand- ing that the ways and means committee will not restore the sugar bounty of the McKinley bill, but will provide a duty on sugar as large as, if not larger, than that in the present law. This policy is regarded as necessary in order to insure the large increase of revenue which is desired. ———————— Death of John 0. O'Neill. Mr. John O. O'Neill, a resident of East ‘Washington, died at his home, No. 208 9th street, at 8:30 o'clock this morning, after an illness of several years. He was sixty- five years old. During-the war he com- marged the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the attack on Mares’ Heights, during the battle of Fredericgsburg, and it was in this conflict that he received wounds, from the effects of which he has never recovered. During the war he alsa served in the 2d Army Corps, and was a.member of the Irish Brigade. His body will be interred in the Arlington cemetery. —.—_—_ Home Plate Glass Insurance Directors At the annual election of directors of the Home Plate Glass Insurance Company, held this afternoon, the following were chosen to serve for the ensuing year: C. C. Dun- carson, F. Miiler, T. Somerville, N. D. Lar- ner, R. O. Holtzman, A. 8. Taylor, H. O. Towles, J. B. Larner, A. H. Stephenson. a Eckington Railroad. Owing to the fact that a majority of the stock was not represented, either in per- son or by proxy, at the annual meeting of. the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Rail- read Company today, the election of di- rectors was postponed indefinitely. It was stated at the office of the company this af- ternoon that a meeting may be held before the end of the month for the purpose of electing a board of directors. — Alleged Forged Letters. Frederick,- alias Herbert, Smith, the elderly white man who was arrested here last October upon charges of having de- frauded several -prominent people by means of forged letters, was placed on trial before Chief Justice Bingham, in Criminal Court No. 1, this afternoon. ——— Graim and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exc! correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thi & Co., New York. ee 2 Considering a Charge of Libel. It is understood that the grand jury were engaged today in considering the charge preferred, last summer against Hobart Brooks and Marshall Cushing of libeling Charles G. Conn, then the proprietor of the Washington Times. Perished in @ Hotel Fire. Te es ‘WALLACEBURG, Ont., January 13.—The 3 gales, 3,000 Queen’s Hotel. was burned to the ground today. An unknown man from Gieveland ie supposed to have perished. ee Speed of Street Cars. After several conferences with the presi- Y dngton a oe a iit PiATT Hyer : Fal 4 «|FINANCE AND TRADE Money is Plenty and Seeking Invest- ment Abroad. HIGHER RATES 70 BE OBTAINED THERE — + Days News Mostty of a Routine Nature. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS skins ceed Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 13.—Tae covering of short contracts by London and the local trading element re: ed in a general ad- vance in prices this morning. There was ro significant improvement in the volume of business, complete inaction being nar- rowly averted at times. city of securities asd the liberal proportions of the short interest are factors warranting con- fidence in the probability of higher prices. The news of the day was mainly of a routine nature, and was about evenly di- vided in its influence on the two speculative accounts. The reports of earnings from the west continue to reflect the influences of the recent blizzard in that section, and consequentiy compare unfavorably with the record for the same period ast year. Louis- ville and Nashville having reported a small increase for the period named inspires con- fidence in the profitable handling of south- ern products, notably fron. ‘The foreig2 Gemand for the ores and pig product of the ircn districts in the south is thought to be capable of material extension in the near future. From the data at hand the average operator in the active securi- ties of the speculative list draws conclu- sions almost invariably favorable to im- provement. Aggressiveness is, however, to be a product of the future. Expressed con- fidence in a position unaccompanied with ection js of little moment. On all sides ultimate results are thought to be assured, Dut the immediate future is a difficult prob- jem which none will solve. A leader at this juncture is lamentably lacking. The death of the present Congress may mark the birth of the period which for many months has just been beyond reach. The meeting of the stoCkholders of the American Sugar Company resulted in the election of the old board of directors and the adoption of a resolution indorsing the past achievements of the management. The suggestion veatured yesterday that the advance in the stock was due largely to a wish for complete representation at the meeting was verified by a decline of 1 per cent following the adjournment. The booming of the stock for purposes of rep- resentation was generally commented upon in the street at the close of yesterday's business. It is stated on good authority that the Union Pacific foreclosure proceedings will be undertaken at an early date, the gov- ernment being fully protected and acting in harmeny with the reorganization com- mittee. The stock of the company was depressed slightly during the day, but the opinion prevails that support will be met around the recent low level. The election of two new directors for Tennessee Coal and Iron was announced curing the day, the stock yielding, as in the case of Sugar, after the object of recent purchases had been fulfilled. Money continues to be plentiful, and for lack of better employment is seeking in- vestment abroad, where money rates are more favorable to the lender than here at home. ———_-— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. American Spirits. American Spirits, pf. American Sugar. American Sugar, pfd. American Tobacco American Cotton Oil Baltimore & Ohio. State Gas... ir call—12 o'clock m,.—Columbia Rail- road Gs, 000 at 113; 000 at 113; $3.000 at 113; $1,000 at 113; $1, at 113. West Dod N ‘Natioaal fe Deposit ai t, at gmt Bonet a to ire cents. After Gas, 16 ‘at 45%: at 45%; 25 at 454; 25 at 454; 25 at 45%. District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 103 bid. 30-year fund 6s, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, cu » 110 Water stock 7s, 1908, currency, 110 bid’ 3.650, >, currency, i "Matiroed FS (8 asked. Railroad 6s, 55 ‘Golnmbie tallest Ga, 118 bid, 113% naked. Ges Company Os; series B11 ina Telephone 5s,” asked. Wash iff ‘can Security and i : Fa EE FF A if i i 8