Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1897, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1897-16 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Mr. Bliss Admits That He Will Not Enter the Cabinet. DECISION ASCRIBED 70 FAMILY AFFAIRS Senator Lodge Conferring With the President-Elect. se te AS HAS A CANDIDATE = * NEW YORK, January 14.—Cornelius Bliss today confirmed the rumor that is not to be a member of the next cabinet. He was seer at bis Worth street oilice by an Associated Press representative, to whom he said: “Iam not to be a member of Major Me- Kinley’s cabinet. Further than tins 3 Bliss would not eclined to admit that he had 1a place in the cabinet. Neither ve his reasons for making this would he statement today. From other sources it was learned that Mr. Bliss finds that he cannot aceept portfoli 1 President-elect McKiniey very serious sac- elosest friends he aid: a ve 2 mstter for a man at time of life to pull up stakes and en- » for a term of four years in pursuits concerning which ke xnows little or noth- without ma ing. [ am very doubtful as to the ad- visability ef such au undertaking.” Senator Lodge at Canton. CANTON, Ohio, January 14.—Senaior Heary Cabot Ledge of Massachusetts ar- rived in Canton this morning on the 10:36 Fort Wayne train from Washington and was driven direct from the station to the MeKiniey residence. There he was in con- ference with the President-elect for some time. Senator Lodge lunched with Maj. MeKinley and left for the cast at o'clock. Texas Hus 2 Candidate. DALLAS, Texas, January 14.—This morn- ing at 8 o'c rty of Texas republi- cans departed for Canton to pay their re- spects to -elect McKinley and to fermally present the ne of National Committeeman John Grant as a suitavle man the cabin Well as to submit a memorial asking that he be thus honored. In addition, an indorsement, signed by 12,- ‘wo Texans, will be presented io the Presi- dert-elect. There are eight bound volumes of t and the rial is printed on parchment, with veivet binding, and is a handsome specimen of the printer's art. The party wili arrive in Canton Saturday terncon and leave there that uight. Family Affairs. ing Star. Ohio, January 14.—Rriefty ult of yesterday's cabinet nton is that Senator Sher- Attributed to Special Dispatch to The CLEVELAND, i, the re: ng in ¢ sta build man wiil enter the cabinet of the next ad- Tinistration and that Cornelius N. Bliss will zo out. Both of these statements have received authentic verification. The Mr. Bliss had reconsidered S promise to enter the cabinet could not be confirmed by President-elect. McKinley f Canton up to noon today. wht that certain family affairs eloped since Mr. Bliss returned to ake a reversal of the de- he gave Major McKinley necessary. announcement that Senator sher- will be the rext premier is a notice or Buskrel! that the incoming administration relies upon him to appoint Mr. Hanna to be senator of the United ates for the unexpired term of the senior ator. This belief is based solely on the iction of the friends of the administra- on that Governor Bushnell, expecting re- mination and re-election, will see the uess of Mr. Hanna for the seat. The withdrawal of Mr. Bliss means the pening of the entire New York situa- and a general scramble for Mr. Platt’s sement. € treasury portfolio is still open. Me- would prefer Aldrich, but Aldrich ing shy. New England has ex-Gov- Long and several promising men, inley ideal. oms of Cullorn and Charles Emory e slowly dying, and there remains weeks before the cabinet of sident-elect_ must be completed. What is Thought at Co yeciat Dispatch to The Evening Sta COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 1 litical friends of Major McKinley and ator Sherman here think that Gov Bushnell will be bound by considerat for his candidacy for governor, which he has already annourc to aveid open fac- ional fig! in his party, to appoint fianna to succeed Sherman in the Senate, instead of C. L. Kurtz, to whom he would be more favorably inclined on personal grounds. THE POSTPON caucus. Action at Springfield, IL, Inspired by the Madden Me PRINGFIELD, Wl., January 14.—The ted States senatorship contest seemed in confusion today. Rumors of withdrawais of candidates aud counter-rumors were fly ing fast. The chief topic discussed was the ali-night conference held by Martin B. Ma en's Heutenants, including National Com- mitteeman Jamieson and Representative Le At the conclusion of the council E. Brainerd of Chicago, a leading Mad- man, said the Madden forces would and by their candidate to the finish. “We und no sign of weakness and resolved to a finish fight of it,” he added. ocwithstanding this show of firmness, re those who sald that Madden's re wavering. At any rate, it waz ask the joint republican steering * to postpone the senatorial cau- il Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The weary leaders, after a night of toll, en set about to get together the joint ring committee. It was 10 o'clock be- re all tne members could be rounded up. dt was generally conceded that the request ut would be granted ime r. RK. den count of the pro- iden conference. They claimed weakness in the Madden ranks: ative Hitt and his men, and those 1 Allerton and those backing the acy of Col. Clark E. Carr are watch- % the proceedings with interest, each hop- to gain a big extra following, should iden's forces go to pieces. = s0« as the joint republican steering ovamittee met it elected Senator Perry of 4 chairman and Representative An- cerson of Henderson secretary. It then oned the time for holding the repubii. «aa senatorial caucus ull o'clock tomor- von in accordance with the re- e Madden leaders. numerous sensational etorics ‘ate house and hotels to the ef- et that Governor Tanner had come out at-footed for Madden. E. R. Brainerd, the chtef of the Madden camp, made an em- phatic denial that this was true. John R. Tanner is taking no part in se lal fights whateve: ‘aid Mr. Brainerd. is not going to take part or in any ui his influence In favor of any one numerous candidates. We have not sked him to do so and will not ask If we win. and we knew we will, we w to win on the merits of our candidate.” ———_—_ Extensive Fire at Montreal MONTREAL, January M4— her & Caverhill’s heavy goods warehouses were destroyed by fire today. The stock carried was said to be worth fully $300,000: in- sured for about $200,000. —— Mr. Morgan's Offer. NEW YORK, January 14—At the meet- ing of the board of governors of the New York Lying tn Hospital today a letter was read from J. Pierpomt Morgan Offering to erect @ new building for the institution to cost $1,000,000. The only condition Mr. rgan makes to the magnificent gift is that funds sufficient to insure the work of the hospital be raised. The board ac- cepted the gift with thanks. MANY APPEALS FOR .AID Se Relief-Giving Organizations Overrun With Applicants. Their Disposat Are In- adequate und a General C Mny Re Necessary. Although the weather is not as cold to- day as it has been befere, the snow flurry has given a touch of real winter, resulting in a deciied increase in the number of applicants for relief through the regular charliy organizations. The money at the disposal of the central relief committee is about gone and the contributions have by no means kept up with the demands for assistar For more than 2 week past the Asso- clated Charities, through its different agencies, has been taking care of about a hundred people a day. Within the past twenty-four hours the number of appli- cants has grown at an alarming rate, and by noon today there had been at least fifty rersons ‘at-the main office. Many of them had stories to tell of suf- fering and privation that were pitiful in the extreme. Every case was sent at once to the proper subdivision, and If found worthy little time was lost in extending relief. A particularly sad feature of the situa- tion is the appearance of so many new faces. Secretary Wilson said this afternoon that within the last few weeks a great many men and women had come to ask as- sistance whe a couple of years ago were themseives in a position to give for the relief of distress, but who have been out of employment for so long now that what- ever savings Uney may have had put away have disappeared. To such as these it is no pleasant thing to ask assistance, and they put it off as long as they can. Cold and hunger are insistent, however, and it is hard to see one’s children without food. Of those who have asked for help this week, for instance, there have been few “regulars,” and as a rule they have been found to be in genuine need and well de- serving assistance. Food and fuel are, of course, the things most often sought. Lit- tie or nothing in the way of contributions has been received at that office today. The answers to the appeal sent out through the daily press by the central re- Nef committee have not been as frequent or as generous as it was hoped they would be, and at the meeting of the committee this afternoon the question of ways and means will be considered. The subcommit- tee on canvass will hold a meeting just be- fore the meeting of the general body, and the chances are now that it will recom- mend that a house-to-house canvass be made, similar to the one a couple of years ago. Mr. Fitch, the chairman of the sub- committee, said this afternoon that no con- tributions had been sent to him direct to- day. <A fair amount has been received at The Star office, but this is only a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed, and those in charge of the work realize that some organized effort will have to be made if the cry of suffering is to be answered. The Police Are Helping. The police were called upon today by a great number who wanted food or fuel, while some wanted hospital treatment. Chief Clerk Sylvester's morning mail brought a number of appeals for ald and some of the cases were so distressing that Mr. Sylvester found a way to help them, although the charity fund is exhausted. Speaking of raising funds and suppites for the poor Mr. Sylvester suggested that each school child be requested to resist in the ™ma‘ter, as they did In the case of The Evening Star Santa Claus pound party, by contributing one potatu or some other in- expensive article of food. With a generous response of this kind, even if each child should bring only a po- tato, the proceeds would go far toward re- Neving a great many suffering families. Should the school authorities see fit to au- thorize such collection the proceeds would be collected and dispensed by the police or some charity organization. Today Mr. Sylvester received contribu- tions from M. enmann & Bros. and Lansburgh & Bro. The former firm con- tributed a number of children’s sacks and cloaks, while the latter sent some under- wear. While scores of poor and destitute per- sons are asking for food, fuel and clothing, there are scores of others wno are sick and ask for hospital treatment. Yesterday San- itary Officer Frank sent twenty-three such persons to the various hospitals. Most of the free wards in the hospitals are now filled Some of them are overcrowded, and no more patients will be taken. The drivers of the ambulances have some sad experi- ences in the maiter of removing these peo- ple, and they understand full well the needs of many poor familles. The Evening Star has received contri- butions for the central relief committee s follows: Heretofore acknowledged eo Geo. N. Brown. 10.00 R. E. L. 10.00 Coke een 5.00 Mrs. E. R. Middleton. 5.00 Mrs. M. J. Perry.... 5.00 $210.50 The Alley Question. The central relief committee will hold a meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the rooms of the board of trade to consider ways and means for raising funds. As Stated in The Star yesterday, the funds at the disposal of the committee are at a very low ebb, and it may be necessary to ugurate a house-to-house canvass. This proposition will be considered at the meet- ing today, but it will probably be adopted only as a last resort. Yesterday afternoon there was a confer- erce on the subject of alley dwellings in the cfice of Surgeon General Sternberg be- tween Health Officer Woodward, Mr. G. A. Weber of the department of labor and the subcommittee of the central relief commit- tee having under consideration the ques- tion of providing proper ganitary dweilings for the poor. The members of the com- mittee present, besides the chairman, Gen- eral Sternberg, were Bishop Satterice, Dr. W. Ritchie, Judge C. C. Cole, Mr. Simon Wolf and Secretary George S. Wilson. ‘The recent report of the Civic Center on the subject was generally discussed and commended. The cost of condemning prop- erty in the alleys of the city was ccn- sidered, and a committee was appointed to all upon the District Commissiouers to learn, if possible, the amount of money in the treasury of the District available for this purpose, in the event of favorable leg- islation. Other conferences will be held on the sub- ject in the future, and {i will be some time before the committe: is ready to make its final report. >— THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY. Senate Committee to Allow the Con- trol to Remain as at Present. The subcommittee of the Senate com- mittee on appropriations which has been considering the section of the legislative appropriation bill making provisions for the Library of Congress has about com- pleted its work. There has been a good deal of discussion in the committee re- garding the proper manner for the control of the library. Some members have been in favor of placing the control under a board of regents, and this policy has been approved by the librarian of Congress. Others favor allowing it to remain as at present, under the control of the joint com- mittee of Congress. It is understood that the subcommittee will report to the full committee in favor of allowing the control to remain as at present, with a provision for the appointment of a librarian and a superintendent, both to be nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The subcommittee will probably report to the full committee tomorrow, and there is litle doubt that the full committee will adopt the recommendations made by the subcommittee. —_>-e-+______ Miss Jacob Has Not Confessed. YOKOHAMA, Japan, January 14.—It is pow stated that Miss Mary Jacob, the goy- erness of the Carew family, who was re- cently arrested on suspicion of being con- nected with the death by polson of Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew, has not con- fessed, although announcement to that ef- fect was made public. It is further stated that the trial of Mrs. Carew, who is charg- ed with causing the death of her husband by the administration of is not finished. Miss Jacob, howev been remanded until January 25, SIX HOUSES ON FIRE. Several Cotered Families Rendered Homeless by the Flames. Shortly before 1 o'clock this afterneon | , fire was dlacovered at 1521 26th street, the end house of a row of six two-story frames, at the corner of 26th and Q streets, all but. one occupied by colored people, in some cases two families living in a house. As soon as the fire was discovered an alarm was tyrned in, and though the engines re- sponded promptly, the well-seasoned wood in the buildings furnished excellent fuel for the flames, and almost the entire row was in flames. The fire spread upward and in short or- der embraced the roofs of almost all of the houses in the row, and, monster like, was endeavoring to spread forth and start feeding on other frame dwellings in the immediate locality. For a time it looked as though the entire row was not only doomed. but also the adjoining houses on the south, separated from the burning buildings by only a narrow alley. The firemen had hard work for a time, and at first the flames seemed to be holding their own, but after nearly an hour's -vork they were gotten under control and the fire not only kept from spreading, but from burning the entire row to the ground. Just how the blaze started no one knows. ‘There was no one in the house where it originated, which is rented by Tracy Fair- fax, colored. The blaze started on the first floor, in a back room, and is supposed to have been caused by an overheated stove. The fire had evidently gained considerable headway before it was discovered. E. Stan- ton occupied the house adjoining, and his residence suffered almost as much as the house in which the fire started. Steve Har- ris rented premises 1525, and at the time of the fire his wife was lying in bed with a serious illness. She was carried out before the flames reached her house, and taken to the home of a friend in a carriage. Daisy Mounton rented premises 1527, while the adjoining house was unoccupied. Mrs. Car- ter lived in the corner house, which escaped with less damage than any of the others. Very few of the household goods of the occupants were saved. In the house where the fire started and the adjoining one noth- ing was saved. In the other houses the neighbors succeeded in pulling out some of the household goods before the angry flames consumed them. The damage to the furniture of the residents will, per- haps, amount to $00, not a very large sum to some, but meaning a good deal to the 5 Swept across the alley from 1521, and threatened to take in the three- story frame known as No. 1517, owned by Alice Carroll, and occupied by her and the family of Clara Morgan. Though the flames caught on to this place several times, the firemen were successful in ex- tinguishing them. The shingle roof suf- fered the most, and the total damage to the house is placed at $100, The damage to the six houses in the row is placed at $1,000, the roofs being entirely burned up and the interiors gutted by the fire and water. The property is a part of the Joseph Libbey estate, and is covered by insurance. ae ae MR. THOMSO) ESTATE. Another Will Filed by Relatives ‘Today. A second will of the late Strong John Thomson was filed for probate late this af- ternoon. It is dated July 1, 1890, and leaves to a daughter-in-law of the deceased, Caroline N. Thomson, certain real estate in Prince George's county, Md. The rest of Mr. Thomson's esiate, except life insurance policies, is devised to his stepdaughter, Mary O. Cross. Caroline N. Thomson is named as execu- trix. The will filed yesterday related only to life insurance policies, and was dated June 10, 188s. —_o—___ GERMAN PAPERS S§) EER. Contempt Expressed in Berlin for the Anglo-American Treaty. LONDON, January 14.—A Vienna dis- Patch to the Times say “The Anglo-American treaty seems like- ly to revive the old popular movement against militarism. Never were the news- papers more unanimous in judging of a great international event. ‘The opinions they express are an echo of a widespread feeling against the bloated armaments of Europe, and of a hope of a dawn of a bet- ter era, The correspondent of the Times at Ber- lin remarks upon the anglophobia display- €d by the Norddeutsch Allgemeine Zeitung, Which seizes upon the occasion of the sign- ing of the treaty to point out that it serves the interests of the Anglo-Saxon race, claiming a predominance and spreading it- self to all quarters of the globe. According to the same correspondent the clerical Kolnische Zeitung rejoices in the event, and says of ft: “This success is calculated to lead to others. If the aims of the pan-American congress in 1889 should be realized, guar- antees will be secured for the permanent Peace of 120,000,000 inhabitants of North and South America and of millions of other English-speaking people.” The Zeitung mentions the efforts of three Catholic cardinals, namely, the archbishops of Baltimore, of Armagh and of Westmin- nee in favor of Anglo-American arbitra- ion. All of the German newspapers except the radical press, according to a Berlin dis- patch to the Standard, express contempt for the Anglo-American treaty. The Daily News says: “After the coun- cil yesterday Lord Salisbury received Mr. Bayard, the United States ambassador, and the two exchanged mutual congratulations on the arbitration treaty. Mr. Arthur Bal- four, first lord of the treasury; Mr. Her- bert Asquith, Lord Rothschild and Lord Lonsdale were among the guests at Mr. Henry White's dinner on Monday in honor of Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado and of the treaty.” The Datly News Berlin dispatch says: “The Norddeutsch Allgemeine Zeitung sarcastically observes that the Anglo- American arbitration treaty will bring grist to the mill of the socialists and democrats, who have always demanded that parlia- ments and not sovereigns should decide peace or war, and the anarchists will ap- plaud the treaty as a success for their cause.” —————— CUBAN BELLIGERENCY. Resolutions Demanding Recoguition Introduced in the New York Assembly ALBANY, N. Y., January 14.—Resolutions. calling upon Congress to recognize the bel- ligerency of Cuban insurgents were intro- duced in the assembly today, and made a special order for next Monday night. Eee an A CONSUL DEAD. Wm. D. Warner at Cologne Expired This Morning. A telegram was received at the State De- partment this afternoon saying that Mr. William D. Wamer of Scuth Carolina, United States consul at Cologne, died this morning. ———_____+e+ A PERMANENT CENSUS SERVICE. Bill Providing for That Introduced in the House Today. A bill providing for a permanent census service was today introduced by Represen- tative Sayers of Texas. It is proposed that it shall be under the supervision of a di- rector of the census, who shall receive a salary of $6,000. Thirty-two employes, in- cluding an assistant director, are also in- cluded. The director shall proceed at once to make necessary preparations for the next decennial enumeration, and report to Congress next December. Seventy-five thousand dollars shall be available upon the passage ofthe bill for immediate ex- penses. —————————_e—_______ Use of the Library Building. Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Morrill re- ported from the select committee on addi- tional accommodations for the IMbrary of Congress ‘his concurrent resolution provid- ing that the Mbrary building shall not be used for any purpose other than that con- nected with the library. Under an objection by Mr. Hale the con- current resolution was passed over. ——_—_—_-e+______ No Compromise Pending. Senor Quesada declares there is absolute- ly no truth in the reports of a pending compromise on a basis of hofne rule for the Cubans, and says “the Cubans are de- termined to fall like men rather than shamefully and with cowardice renounce, by entering into and accepting any ngree- ment which would mean the abandonment forever of the high ideal of complete eman- wh rege To all such projects the Cubans now and always with their motto, per.demece or death.’” cent ‘AND = HOUSE WR, TELLER'S STRONG ADVOCACY y= The Old Frigate Constitution to Be MANY 2 ROUTINE MATTERS ne The Senate today ordered the printing of 8,500 extra copies of the Anglo-American arbitration treaty just concluded, and also 2,000 extra copies of the memorandum re- cently presented by Mr. Hale (Me.) as to the right of recognizing foreign govern- ments. : ‘The army appropriation bill was reported back from the committee on appropria- tions by Mr. Quay (Pa.) and placed on the calendar. Mr. Cullom (Iil.) secured the adoption of @ resolution calling on the civil service commission for information as to whether it had submitted an annual report for 1895 and for 1898, in accordance with law, and, if not, to give the reasons for such failure and neglect. It was agreed, on motion of Mr. Hale, that when the Senate adjourned today it be until Monday next. - Senate bill was passed for an examina- tion of the improvements at the Pass of Aransas, Texas. Mr. Chandler (N. H.) secured the adop= tion of a resolution directing the commit- tee on interstate commerce to extend its inquiries as to alleged combinations, here- tofore ordered, to an inquiry as to the re- ported’ recent ‘agreement of the managers of vessels on the great lakes to maintain rates established by the Joint Traffic As- sociation. Senate bill for a bridge across the Co- lumbia river in Washington state was passed on the request of Mr. Wilson of Washington. Pacific Railroad Resolutio: Mr. Morgan (Ala.) introduced the follow- ing resolution: ‘‘Whereas, it is alleged that certain bonds issued by the United States In aid of the Central Pacific railroad, and also the Union Pacific railroad, have fallen due and remain unpaid, and that by reason of the default the property held and owned by each of said companies at that time be- came the property of the United States, and that said property of every description so held and owned by said companies at the time of such default now rightfully be- longs to the United States, “Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary is directed to examine into and report whether such allegation is true in fact and in law, and that they report the nature and character of the right and title of the United States in and to said prop- erty and the descriptions of or classes of property that have so inured to the United States under the law and whether either of said railroad companies has any lawful right or equity, of redemption of said prop- erty. The resolution was ordered to lie on the table, Senator Morgan announcing that he desired to addres the Senate upon it. Free Homestend Bill. The bill for free homesteads on public lands acquired from the Indians was taken up with a view to taking the final vote at 4 o'clock. Mr, Jones (Ark.) supported the bill, say- ing it was for the benefit of the body of the people. whereas most of the legislation of Congress was for favored interests. It was refreshing, he said, to find a measure not supported by a lobby repre- senting sore private interests. Mr. Teller (Col.) sald the bill would help build up the west, while the defeat of the measure wowld result.tn the humillating spectacle of the United States evicting these settlers’ from’ their lands: Extent of the Lands Covered. Mr. Allison €lowa), speaking for the first time this-sessfon, made inquiries as to the extent of the lands covered by the Vill. Mr. Pettigrew (North Dakota) explaired that it did nut cover Indian tands not yet acquired. “But anothef bill will come in," inter- posed Mr. Cockrell (Missouri). “giving away the rest of the land. “I have no doubt of it,” Pettigrew. The latter explained that the measure was restricted to agricultural lands, and did not cover the timber sections of Minne- sota and other states. Mr. Teller, resuming his remarks, spoke in impassioned tones on the tendency to grant millions to favored interests and withhold this small pittance from the set- tlers. Congress wasted more than the sum involved annually on the army, on rivers and harbors and on naval expenditure, which brought vast profits to the makers of armor. And yet this bill, in effect, giv- ing a settler $100, was resisted, and the settler was to be turned out as a tramp. A Danger to the Republic. "The great danger to the republic, de- clared Mr. Teller, was in its not encourag- ing the great farming community. There were too many men in the mills and the factories. The idea of our forefathers, that the people of the nation should not be crowded into shops, was bcing forgotten. Mr. Tcller referred to the free homestead planks in the various national platforms, and criticised the course of senators in op- posing this principle of platforms which they profeesed to accept. Mr. Platt (Conn.) said the logical result of this bill was that the United States should embark on the policy of donating “lands to the landless and homes to the homeless,” not only through the beneficient terms of the homestead laws, but by buy- ing lands and then giving them away. Mr. Platt declared that no sectional question of the east against the west was involved. Bill Too Sweeping. Mr, Allison said the bill appeared to be too sweeping and too general. It had come from the House relating to lands in Okla- homa, and was now broadened to cover all lands thus far acquired from the Indians. He did not believe in going into this whole- sale manner of desling with these lands, some of them near towns and worth'up to $500 and possibly $700 per acre. He might vote for the bill, but it should be limited to those agricultuzal lands actually held by settlers, and not those valuable lands near towns held by speculators. THE HOUSE. conceded Mr. Some routise Sbusiness of minor im- portance was ‘trahsacted by the House to- day at the opentiig of the session. The Speaker fecognized a number of me-nbers to move the passage of private peasion and reflef, bills. A resolution was adopted on motion of Mr. Fitzgerald! (Mass.) calling on the Sec- Yetary of the Nevy for an estimate of the amount of money,,which would be required to place the frigate Constitution, now lying at the Portsmouth navy yard, in such a seaworthy condition as would enable her to make the trip'frém Portsmouth to Wash- ington. Mr, Fi ‘ald spoke brietiy of the matchless record’ of the old Constitution and the memories which clung about her. He said she Was ‘tow in danger of sinking at her dock. object of bringing her to Washington, he id, was to preserve and use her as a ‘titval museum. He presented in connection with the resolution a me- morial from the Massachusetts Historical Society. ‘ A Pension for Mrs. Carter. Among the pension bills passed was ane granting a pension of $50 per month to Martha Custis Carter, widow of Rear Admiral 8. -P.. Carter. After the Dill passed Mr. Loud :(Cal.) said he had con- sistently opposed bills carrying so large an amount, and should have objected in this case had his attention not been distracted. The regular order. was demanded at 120 p.m. fats “The Oleomargarinc Bill. The House then: resumed the considera- tion of the Grout bill, to make oleomarga- rine and other imitation dairy products subject to the laws of the state or territory into which they are transported. An ar- rangement was agreed to, to extend the de- bate an hour and a half, and then take a vote. Mr. Cooper (Fla.) opposed the bill. He argued that the principle involved in the bill was a much broader one than the ques- tion as to whether the people of Vermont were entitled to discriminate against a product of Hiinois. He said it would take away from Congress the rights specifically vested in Congress by the Constitution to regulate commerce between the states. Congress had abrogated its power in the case of whisky. That was, he said, per- haps defensible. But the moment Congress delegated this power in the case of another product interstate commerce would be de- moralized. If this bill were passed the pre- cedent would arise to plague Congress in the future and lead to infinite confusion. Mr. Northway (Ohio) argued in favor of the rill, that the people of one state should not be allowed to im: into another state and sell therein products which the people of that state could not themselves put upor. the market. Mr. Tucker (Va.) said if the principle of this bill was right why should not Congress by one general act turn over the entire control of interstate commerce to the sev- eral states. Mr. Lacey (Iowa) called the attenticn of Mr. Williams (Miss.), who was in charge of the opposition to the bill, to the fact that the state of Mississippi pro- hibited the sale of oleomargarine except when branded as such. He said that the states certainly should have the right and had the right to regulate the sale of dele- terious food products just as they had the right to regulate the sale of whisky and tobacco. Mr. Cannon (111). in opposition to the bill, insisted that -oleomargarine was not a deleterious food product, was in fact more wholesome than threc-fourths of the but- ter sold in the United States. If the prin- ciple of this bill were applled, he said, all those manufactures could be barred from sale in other states. — MR. DAMROSCH EXPLAINS. He Tells What He Really Said About Baltimore’s Alleged Musical Taste. Mr. Walter Damrosch arrived in town at noon today. Within half an hour after his arrival his ordinarily placid counte- nance exhibited a rather heavy degree of weariness, and there was something of a hunted gleam in his mild eyes. His Wash- ington friends, who met him at the depot, had put in the tnirty minutes in reproach- ing bim, and solemnly guying him, and in general heaping contumely upon him on accornt of that alleged extraordinary in- terview published a few days ago in a Baltimore newspaper, in whica Mr. Dam- rosch Was represented as having formu- lated a sweeping indictment of Baltimore as a community and the people thereof, on account of their degenerate or undevel- oped musical tastes, as exhibited in their lack of appreciation of the Damrosch Op- era Company. On the Lafayette Opera House stage this afternoon Mr. Damrosch said some things to a Star man with re- gard to that interview. “That Baltimore interview’ has been dinned into my ears ever since I arrived in Waskington,” he said, “and the horrible iniquity of the thing has been hurled at me by everybody I know here until I am Positively dazed. The echoes of the storm which that purely fictitious, asinine inter- view created reached me in Philadelphia, wherce I have just come, and, although I denied it there through the Associated Prors, I had no idea that the baiderdash had reached Washington and been com- mented upon here. “This Baltimore affair is the first in which I have ever suffered at the hands of a newspaper man. It makes me out pro- lx, verbose, garrulous and an idiot in gen- eral, and a whimpering school boy in par- ticular. The reader of it had no choice but to believe me insane or suffering from absinthe. I have forgotten Who the chap was who, about two thousand years ago, made an encompassing indictment of the Roman empire, but I am very certain that I have never been moved to follow in his suicidal footsteps. “As I was about to leave Baltimore, a young man came to me, announced that he was a reporter, and, before I had a chance to discover his mental altitude and dimen- sions, he hurled this question at me, which he had apparently prepared with some elaboration: ‘How do you account for the dormant, undeveloped musical tastes of the Balti- more people? You see, he had ar- ranged his query with some craftiness, himself taking it for granted that the musi- cal tastes of the Baltimoreans were in the state he represented them to be in. It was nol a particularly easy question for a man to answer who was upon the point of run- ning for a train, but I told him, very brief- ly, that if it were true, as he said, that the Baltimre people lacked appreciation for music in its higher forms, this was prob- ably due to the fact that the wealthy men of Baltimore, unlike those of some others of the great American cities, did not lend their support to the better class of music, and that without such support and encouragement first-rate musical or- ganizations could not exist in this coun- try. Oniy this, and nothing more. Then I grabbed my hand bag and ran for the train.” ——____-. FORESEES NO GOOD FROM IT. Representative Walker Criticises the Monetary Conference. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 14.— Many of the delegates to the monetary convention remained over till today. A general sense of satisfaction at the result of the convention is expressed by a large majority of them. Representative J. H. Walker of Massachusetts, chairman of the House banking and currency committee, is as strongly against the convention's work as ever. Today Mr. Walker said: “I do not think any good will come out of this convention. I think that it has adopted a platform that will delay, if it does not defeat, the purpose it had in view.” —— OUR WATER SUPPLY. Capt. Burr Points Out Its Glaring Lack of Facilitie The Commiseioners today, in compliance with a request from Chairman Grout of the subcommittee on the District of Columbia, forwarded to Congress a report of Capt. Burr upon the subject of the District water supply. After explaining the system, its revenues and its expenses, Capt. Burr say: The water mains are sufficient for pres- ent requirements, but must be extended from year to year to supply water where needed. With the completion in a few weeks of the pumping engine now under contract, the pumping facilities will, with the aid of reservoirs of sufficient capacity, be ample for some years. One portion of the high service has been provided with a reservoir, but the other and much larger portion has practically no reservoir to hold @ supply of water to be drawn upon in case of fatlure or stoppage of the pumping service. In case of any serious mishap to the pumping machinery, which, like all steam machinery, is subject to such mis- haps, the larger portion of the area sup- plied by the high service would be without water until such time as repairs «ould be made. It is, therefore, urgently necessary for the comfort and safety of the area r::pplied by pumping that a reservoir of sufficient capacity be supplied for the high service area as soon as practicable. ——— Bids for the Reviewing Stands. “The subcommittee on reviewing stands, consisting of Messrs. Thos. H. Gale, 8. Ash- ford and Tom C. Noyes of the committee on parks and reservations, at 2 o'clock to- day opened bids at Mr. H. A. Willard’s office for designs and erection of the re- viewing stand to be placed in front of the White House. A number of builders and interested parties wer present. A number of elaborate dcsigns were submitted, cach accompanied by a proposal from a builder. The names of the designers were not dis- . ol he following bids were made: J. T. Pearson, a design, “Old Glory.” $8,408; C. W. Sommervi! design, “From Atlan’ Bie geo Jenn” Moceegor”’ on. design eet "$5,000; GH Pobl own design te ir., design, western supe PURE FOOD TESTS | Secretary Morton Writes to the Senate Dis- trict Committee. He Thinks the District Commixsion- , ers Should Establish the Stand- ards to Be Followed. Secretary Morton of the Department of Agriculture has written to Mr. McMitlan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, in reference to Senate bill 3485, relative to the adulteration of food and drugs in the District 6f Columbia. Mr. Morton says he takes liberiy io submit a few comments on certain portions of this bill which, it seems to him, would be bene- fited by further corsideratioa. In the definition of aduiteration of drugs, he says, 1t should be stated that only in cases in which they profess to be in har- mony with the United States pharma- copoeia should they comply with its re- quiremerts. He says it would probably be very difficult to pass any bill with the pro- vision relating to patent medicines as pro- vided in the measure under consideration on accourt of the active opposition of man- ufacturers and dealers in patent medicines to such a provision. He says the whole bill would probably be defeated with this clause left in. Mr. Morton says it seems to him it would be far better, instead of trying to define standards by statute, to simply state that all the articles of food should conform to standards to be established by the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia and to be approved by the Secretary of Agri- culture. The legal fixing of standards, he says, is attended with many difficulties, and is not a proper subject of lezislation. In case these standards are fixed, how- ever, by Congress the description of one for ‘cream should be inserted. There is probably more fraud practiced In the. Dis- trict of Columbia, he says, in the selling of cream than in any one article. If tne standards to be used ir the bill are to be retained, that for cream, he says, should certainly be inserted, and the butter fat therein should not be less than 20 per cent. He says the whole description of fiour in the bill is of such a nature as to cause all samples of buckWheat, rye flour, Indian corn flour and rice flour to be re- garded as adulterated. He says no attempt should be made in describing flour to fix the limit of protein matters as the cereal from which the flour is made may contain from 7 to 17 per cent of such material. He says the provisicn that the analysis should be done in the presence of the owner or his agent is wholly unnecessary, mas- much as the presence of strangers in a -aboratory where aaalysis is going on can only impede the work, and such persoas not being professionals can have no idea of the processes which are used. It is pre- sumed, Mr. Morton says, that the District Commissioners will have their analyses made by competent experts and need not be watched by persons who are utterly ignorant of what they ar2 ding. Mr. Morton says that the provision found in iine © of the bill wili tend to invalidate the efficiency of the law. It is not suffi- cient, he says, that the seller make known orally to the purchescr ihe character of the goods. The character of the goods sold should appear plainly written or print- ed upon the package, ctherwise there would be endless confusion hetween what the pur- chaser said was said and what the seller said was said in all such cases. Mr. Mor- ton concludes that the whole bill appears to be rather loosely drawn and without an adequate conception of the purpose for which such a bill should be enacted. He says the provision which repeals all other laws on the same subject might affect very seriously the standing of the oleomargarine and the filled cheese acts, especially in regard to color, when it is considered that under the present bill the coloring of but- ter is rot permitted. ———--+0+ McDONALD HELD. Still Amother Charge Against the Seap Merchant. W. F. McDonald, a young man, who claims to be engaged in tfe soap business, and who has been in the Police Court three times during the past few wecks on charges of false pretenses, was before Judge Mil- ler again this afternoon to plead to an in- formation setting forth forgery. The complainant was a colored man named Ollie Thomas. The latter testified that he was employed by McDonald to drive a delivery wagon, and was required to make a deposit of $14.50. At the end of one week, he said, he was discharged, and, on making application for the return of the deposit, was told to call for it later. Finally Thomas was informed that the deposit had been returned, McDonald producing a re- ceipt for the amount, bearing the signature, “Ollie Thomas.” Thomas declared the sig- nature to be a forgery, and the arrest of McDonald followed. McDonali maintained that Thomas sign- ed the receipt, but after a careful scrutiny of the handwriting of the two men, Judge Miller ruled that the presumption of guilt was against McDonald, and held him for the action of the grand jury in $500 bonds. —_—>—__ A WORTHY CHARITY. Contributions for the Newsboys and Childre Sectety. The ladies of the Newsboys and Chil- dren’s Aid Society wish to acknowledge the foilowing donations for the furnishing of the new gymnasium: From The Evening Star Newspaper Company, $100; Miss Cor- son, $50; Mrs, Cunningham, $10; Mrs. Dr. Richardson, $4; Mrs. J. C. Heald, $5; Miss Ward, $5; Mrs. Geo. McLanuhan, $25; Mr John Hay, %; Rev. Mr. Cornell, $3; Mi Totten, $5, and Gen. Whittlesey, $5. —>——_ Divorce Asked. Ellen Whitley late this afternoon filed suit for divorce from Ransom Whitley. Adultery is given as the reason for asking the separation. > —_—_ A Presidential Veto. The President today sent to the House his veto of a bill to establish a new division of the eastern judicial district in Texas and providing for holding court at Beau- mont, Texas. ————————+___ Grain a Cottum Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, corresponcents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. ¥. GRAIN. Ce bats ren 26 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, January 14.-Flour quiet and lower do. 108, do., FINANCE AND TRADE Wistinglen ikon Ragutieg Pa- cific Railways Variously Construed. THE FIGHT WITH THE SUGAR TRUST | Opening Prices Steadied by Gains in London. ap GENERAL | = cial Dispatch to The Evening Star NEW YORK, January 14.--Opening prices this morning were generally steady under the influence of fractional gains in the Lon don market. The volume of business was confined to professional proportions, and consequently no significant net > changes were recorded. St. Paul and Burlington were bought by traders in the belief that the predicted prosperity ahead will first find reflection in the conservative railroad Issv ‘The sear- city of stocks serves to deter any material extension of the short account, which has already given evidence of becoming un- wieldy. fT REPORTS - - MARK Washington advices as to the further proceedings in the Union Pacitic contro: versy had the effect of increasing the com oned by the at of the ! funding bill. The subcommittee’s action in considering a proposition based on the lines of the Harrison substitute ts variously con- strued as to its effects on po: e fore- closure proceedi The various commit- tees representing the bondholders of the property are undoubtedly in favor of for: closure, with the assistance of the govern ment, but are not sure that the Washington authorities will act pending the progress of the new proposition. If legal proceedings are undertaken, how- ever, it is certain that there will be no lack’ of harmony between the private in terests concerned and the government. The stock must be asssessed $15 per share un- der the new plan, and the privilege of mak- ing this contribution is all the present pur chasers subscribe to when dealing in the stock now listed. The attempt to feree a receivership for the Woolson Spice Company is generally regarded as being evidence of weakness on the part of the American Sugar “om- pany’s rivals in the wade. The latter com- pany is said to have added Mberally to its already large surplus during the pas’ and is therefore thoroughly the controversy in hand. The local element is consquently disposed to favor what it considers the stronger half of the argument. The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company is being pushed conspicuously forward in the of daily’ gossip the street, past achieve- menis and future prospects being freely commented upon, after a period of pro- tracted obscurity. The sales of iron to E rope and Japan by this company and fts nearest competitor are announced at this juncture to explain the interest taken in the property by the two strong person- alities added to the management of the property at yesterday's meeting. Similar publicity was given the company’s affairs at the time of the last important stock movemen The stock wus given good support throvghout the day, but no general moy«- ment has as yet been attra The dullness of the local market is the greatest drawback to uniform improve ment. The undertone is steady, out ac ity is necessary to stimulate buying 0: right sort. London seems willing to sist local operators, if the confidence pressed in values is more generously re ognized in the public transactions o: commission house > FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing pric New York stock markct tolay, as by Corson & Macartney, members York stock exchange. ' Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 89 Broadway. en. High. Cho a ey 13% Lan By American Spirits... American Spirits, pfd.. American Sugar 4 Lids 199j 118s; ‘American Sugar, pd Seige | American Tobacco. iy RK America: Cotton Oli. MK 1d Atchison . iy 34 Baltimore & Onio. we 1 Bay Stuie Gas... 1% c la Southern. Canada Pacific. e & Ohio. & St. Louts 1s Consolidated Gas. Del., Lack. & W Delaware & Hudson... Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. General Eiectri Mlinols Central. Lake Shore...... Louisville & Nashvilie. Metropolitan Traction. Mahattan Elevated. iichigan’ Central ‘Missouri Pacitic National Lead Co. National Lead Co., pid. New Jersey Central. New York Central. Northern Pacia: Northern Pacific, pi ‘Ont. & Western Pacitic Maul Phila. & Readi Pullman P. C.Co.. Southern Ky., pfd. Phila. Traction Sales—regular call tion, 02 at 57; 23 100 at 31 cents; 100 at 31 cents; 100 at 31 cent 100 at 32 cents; 100 at 83 cents; 100 at 83 cent 100 at 33 ceuts. Mergenthaler Linotype, 4 at 124 4 at 124. Lanste type, 10 at 6%. After call—Washingion Gas, 50 at 45%. District of Columbia Bouds.— 20-year fund 5s, 10% id. 30-year fund Gs, goid, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 110 bid. Water stock 7s, 1 {arrenes, 110 id, 3.656," funding, “currency, 1 Miscellaneous Tonds.--Metropolitan Railroad 5s, 196 Lid) 112 asked. Metropolitan Ratiroad conv. @, 0 bid, 113 asked. Metropolitan Ratiroad certifi: cates of indebtedness, 122 bid. Belt Railroad fa, 60 Vid, 80 asked. Eckington Ratirond @s, 85 Mid, 95 asked. Columbia Railroad @s, 113 bid! Wash: ington Gas Company Gs, series A, 112 bid. Wash- peake ant Potomne Telephone Se; 10 bid. Amen jomae Tele} Ameri- ean Security and Trust Ss, F. ‘and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust Se, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 107 bid. Washington Market Compauy imp. $a, 10 Tela. Washington Market Company ext. ca x Association 104