Evening Star Newspaper, February 19, 1897, Page 2

a THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1897-12 PAGES, LATE NEWS BY WIR Senator Wolcott Encouraged With the Result of His Trip. > HIS OBJECTS HAVE BEEN MISSTATED Has Been Received With the Ut- most Courtesy. WAS THE GOLD MEN - (Copyet |. IS07, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, Febri nator Edward O. Woleott of Colorado, who been vis London, Paris and B the in- returned here today In an interview with the Associated Press ter from the @ repre tall city. of i wish you to say to those interested in the United States that I retur tirely touraged with the result of my mission. * good reason to believe that it will ome of the The exact objec’ results hoped for. r which I came over have been largely misstated by the f all cou =, and their very ni we premature di w have thwarte the whole of my trip. I am, there- fore. vnable to contr ict them or issue a ton the subject. I am satis the result, when all will be Known. everywhere been received with most courtesy and kind offi and financiers. [ have not seen many ametallists and co ot give the time to ace their h ties, as to so woul mply round cle and the passing anew which were passed for years. ‘old men were thos i I must say they rece every apparent desire to » far as they could.” 1 was received by Prince with the utmest kindness and attention. { am afraid from the statements of the North German Gazette y whic referring to the far-reaching bimetailic jons some newspapers attached to declared that the senator's au- was purely one of courtesy), that some ardent. silv has been talking. But I saw none of them in Berlin, and the to which the North German red by me or s. Of course, in coming bi fate and that ef such a mi: hands. “I repeat that I am en by the result.” — EXAMINING CECIL ly encouraged RHODE Investigation of the Transvaal Raid Continued. bruary 19,—The South Afri- committee, appointed by par- vestigate the Transvaal raid, today in Westminster was manifested in the of Wales occupied ay, when the pro- seated next to the inquiry to i Its session ned, borne. Sir William Vernon Harcourt examination of Col. Cecil Rhodes, r premier of Cape Colony. ination of Colonel Rhodes,which developed nothing new of The witness frequently did not want to shirk the ty and that he acted solely in » capacity of a private citizen interested in the welfare of South Africa. lid net attempt to defend himself om the charge of having applied the re- sources of the chartered company in aid of the revolution, and reiterated that he had not communicated with the Duke of € Abercorn or other mem- sof the chartered company in London relative to the raid. ol. Rhodes showed censiderable skill in direct answers to awkward ques- continued the committee sday next. finally adjourn il >-— FIVE W PROBABLY DIE. soline E: m Causes a Fatal Fire at Cleveland. 2LAND, Ohio. February 19.—The of Jacob Ciclez of No. 683 Canal t was almost completely wiped out of istence this morning by flames. Eight persons were burned and five will probably die. Jacob and Mary Ciclez, husband and wife, were fatally burned, and their four ehtldren, who are all under six years of se. received severe burns. Albert Jerno and Joseph Jerga, boarders, were also badly burned. Ciclez arose about 5 o'clock to light the fire and mistook the gasoline lamp for Kerosene lamp. The result was a territic explosion when he applied the torch. The eatest difficulty was experienced in get- ting the family out of bed and into the yard. All of them are now at the General Hospital. The father and mother and three of the children are dying. CLEV Congress to Be Petitioned of Boston and New England have been asked by New York artists and fine art crafts- men, through ry G. Wilfrid Pearce of the S: rative Art, to Join in ting a petition to Congress relative to certain provisions of the present tariff, wh they claim, have worked grievous injury to thousands of decorative artists throughout the country, through the im- portation of the pro¢ uropean artists and sculptors, work of stained glass a 4% calimed tha ts ef more than 1.000 American artists and 3,000 Stained ylass workers have been seriously affected, and the Soctety of Decerative Arts is engaged in gathering statistics, with 4 view to presenting the fact to Con- ef spe that ific instances. Representative Chi gress ia the Is expecte F. Sprague of tts will preser the petition. it is stated that the move- aid and support of the most patrons of art in Boston and Se Se BRYAN GOES TO TOPEKA. Will Address the Kansas Legislature Tonigh KANSAS CITY, Mc., February 19—W. J. Sryan arrived here this morning from Lin- vin, Nw, and was met and escorted to tion committee, com- Householder and Rothweller, Har- er, Speaker Street of lature and Mayor Fellows ‘apital During the afternoon Mr. bold jon at Topeka, ani WW o'clock a the evening will address the ‘egislature, he house and senate meeting iu ‘oint ses- sion. After this gathering he is booked to ddress a muss meeting. Mr. Bryan ad- the legislature in response to an pectal invitation from that bedy. He ts accompanted by Mrs. Bryan ard their hter, Grace. ‘The Evening Stai . Va., February nouacement from Danville of the death of Mrs. Maria Louise Bossieu adds another ‘o a list of remarkable mortality in that family, five havirg died in two mon:hs and four in twenty days. She was the wife of W_ ©. Bossteu, revenue commissioner, who died Monday. a ‘W. D. Smith Convicted. ‘al Diapatch to The Evening Stai RICHMOND, Va., February 19.—The trial of W. D. Smith, in the celebrated felony case in Radford, hac resulted in a sen- tence of two years in the penitentiary of he accused. The trial of Benjamin H. ‘mith will commence today. He will be tried by a jury from another county. TRUSTS INVESTIGATION. Plan of the Committee if Time Per- mits. NEW YORK, February 19.—The joint legislative committee appointed to investi- gate the existence of trusts and monopolies in this state continued its session here to- day. James B. Ford, president of the United States Rubber Company, was early on hand with an armful of books and papers a. for yesterday by Senator Lexow. Tre vrer Charles R. Flint came in a few min- s later. The inquisitors will meet tomorrow morn- ing at the usual hour, and the inquiry will be continued Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. Time permitting, the committee will probe into the coal. grain and tobacco combines. The report ot the committee must be filed with -he legislature March 1. In case an extension of time be granted by the legislature, the committee will con- tinue its work and will look into the meth- eds of increasing capital and dividends in coal, grain and tobacco companies. Burn, president of the National per Company, was recalled to the vss stand as the first witness of the He had with him, and handed to the chairman, a copy of the agreement between the corporation and its factors. He vigorously denied that his company a large number of jobbers out of s In repiy to Senator Lexow on the of labor testified to having an with the labor union, under hich he was compelled to give his em- ployes work for eleventh months in each year. * Asked by Senator Lexow what had been done with the men thrown out of employ- ment through the closing of the J. J. Lind- SI factory, Mr. Burn said they had been transferred to two of the four factories in Philadelphia. “We can’t keep our men in bondage,” added Mr. Burn. “What do you mean when you say you cannot keep your men in bondage?” “I mean that it is optienal with them. to leave when they feel so disposed.” sos ge THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. question agreement informal Conference of the at Memphis Monday. Mr. George F. Washburn, the chairman of the populist state committee of Massa- chusetts and a member of the national ex- ecutive committee of the people's party, is in Washington, on his way to Memphis, Tenn., to attend the annual meeting of the Reform Press Association on the 22d. He is averse to discussing in advance of the meeting of the association the probable outcome of its deliberations. He does say, however, that the coming meeting will be the first gathering of the populist leaders and editors since the campaign, and, the latter coming fresh from their constitu . the sentiment of the party will be in- dicated and measured by the conferenc: Leaders The middle-of-the-road sentiment Mr. Washburn thinks will predominate at Memphis. This, gathering he characterizes as the regular conference called by Pre i Vandervoert, and indorsed by the executive committee of the Reform Press Association and recognized by National Chairman Butler, while the Kansas y meeting, he sa: is ag irregular one, called by Secretary Roselle of the National Reform Press Association hecause of di agreements affecting party policy between him and President Vandervoort. The Kan- sas City meeting was indorsed by Secre- tary Edgerton of the national committee of the people's party. Each meeting will be attended by such leaders as may desire. There will be no official party declaration from either meeting. Both will be informal and unofficial so far as the people's party is concerned, and their declarations will not be binding on the party in any sense. Mr. Washburn, as has been shown by his published letters on ti den the he subject, is an ar- t advocate for separate party action on part of the populists, and he goes to armed with a resolution declar- z such action hereafter by the peo- ple’s party. The middle-of-the-road sen- timent predominating there, he feels con- fident that the association will indorse such a resolution as an expression of its opinion. In substantiation of his belief on this matter he says he has heard from leaders and editors in every state. ee Lieut. Owen's Sentence. The President has approved the sentenc> of dismissal imposed by the court-martial in the case of First Lieut. Frank Owen of thé lith Infantry, convicted of falsifying his pay accounts to the extent of $150 (one month's pay) while stationed at Vancouver barracks, Wash., in November last. The sentence will take effect. March 1 next, from which date Lieut. Owen will cease to be an officer of the army. This officer is a ative of Oregon, and before receiving his commission in the army served in the ranks as a private, corporal and sergeant, respectively. He was appointed second lieutenant Sth Infantry October 22, 1SS6, ard first Heutenant 1éth Infantry March DISTRICT IN CONGRESS Mr, Sands’ Nomination Referred to a Special Subcommittee. Measures of Local Interest in Hoth Senate and House. qo ate The Senate committee on the District of Coiumbia held a meeting this morning and appointed 2 committee to consider the nom- ination of F. P. L. Sands as Commissioner of the District of Columbia. This subcom- mittee consists of Messrs. Gallinger, Proc- tor and Faulkner, and they will report at a meeting of the full committee, to be held next Wednesday. The nomination of Mr. Sands was not discussed at any length by the committee, and was merely referred to sufficiently to allow the appointment of a subcommittee to consider it. There were present at the meeting of the committee today Messrs, McMillan, Gal- linger, Hansbrough, Proctor, Pritchard. Baker, Wetmore, Gibson, Smith, Martin and Bacon. One of the questions discussed by the committee this morning was the manner of the burial of persons dying in the Dis trict of Columbia in indigent circum- stances, who have heretofore been interred in poitgr’s field. It was stated to the com- mittee that it has been customary for four or five bodies to be buried in one grave in potter's field,,and the propriety of estab- lishing a crematory to cremate such hodi was discussed. No action, however, aken on the matter. The amendment before the committee, which had been placed before the Senate, providing for condemnation proceedings through the Barbour estate, on the line of North Capitol street, was laid on the table. This was done, as it was considered that the highway extension act was amply suf- jent to deal with the opening of North Capitol street through the Barbour ate. A subcommittee, consisting of Messrs. MeMillan, Bacon and Procter, was appoint- ed to consider the extension of Conneciicut avenue, and will consider all the methods of this extension, both over the direct and deviated lines. The age of consent bill was acted upon favorably, and Mr. Pritchard was author- ized to report it to the Senate. The bill providing a new Sunday law for the District of Columbia was discussed briefly, and it was determined by the com- mittee to further consider it at its next meeting. was To Grade Joliet Street. Mr. Catchings of Mississippi has intro- duced a mill in the House providing that the sum of $5,000 be appropriated for grad- ing and graveling Joliet street from Con- necticut avenue extended to the Zoological Park, and acquiring the same by pur- chase cr condemnation. A Memorial Hall Site. ‘The Senate tcday passed a bill providir that a plot of public ground in this city be set aside for memorial purposes, wider the auspices of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The bill was favorably reported to th: Senate by Mr. Gear, from the committee on public buildings and grounds. It provid ta plot of 4 feet square at the inte ction of 14th and B streets, bounded o north by B street and on the east by th ast b 14th street, be set aside to be used for the rurposes of a memorial building to com- memorate the services and perpetuate the memory of the heroes of the revolut war, to be erected and owned by tae 3 tional Society of the Daughters of American Revolution, and when it ce te be used for that purpose it s| te the United States. The re} panying the bill states taat it i pose of the above socicty to erect in ity @ memorial continental hail in honc of the statesmen, soldiers and patriots, men and women, of the American tion and for the preservation of r war, peace, domestic life and indu sociated with the period of the conilict for American independence. This idea was started by the late Mrs. Harrison, wife cf President Harrison. T! will make no request for any financial aid from the government, but merely wishes to secure the use of this site. More Accommodations at St. Eliza- beth's, Mr. Sewell gave notice in the Senate to- day of an amendment he would propose to the sundry civil appropriation bill, as fo!- lows: “To construct additional accommodations at the Government Hospital forthe Insane at Washington, D.C., for the mentally and bodily infirm soldiers received from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Scl- diers, yo."” A blic Telephone in the Senate. 1, 1804. Subsequently he was graduated at the infantry and cavalry school. os Executive Clemency. The President has pardoned Thomas Prin- deville, sentenced in California to ten months’ imprisonment for contempt of court. A pardon has ben denied to W. C. Garvin of Colorado, sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for embezzling national bank funds. The President says this was a case of deliberate embezziement of bank funds by a trusted employe extending through two years and the falsification of books to cover his crime. A pardon has been re- fused to Lucien Hubbard, convicted in Ili is of counterfeiting, whose sentence has expired, and who seeks to be restored to citizenship. es c rehes on Reservations. ‘The investigation of the matter of grant- ing permits to the Catholic Church for buildings at West Point and other military reservations was not taken up by the mil- itary committee of the House today, and it is the opinion of members of the com- mittee that it will be dropped. A motion to postpone the matter was carried at a committee meeting last week, and at to- day's meeting no mention of it was made. Representative Fenton of Ohio, who started the investigation, says that he can- 4 not tell whether anything more will be done. The commitiece had expected to consider the bills proposing an appropriation for bringing the West Point cadets to Wash- ington io take part in the inaugural pa- rade. A request had been made of Secre- tary of War Lamont for a report on the maiter, but the SecFétary had not been heard from, so nothing was done today. —_— Presidential Nominations, The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Postmasters: W. B. Markham, East Hzempton, Conn.; E. Clark, Ruthven, lowa; Richard A. Wilson, Herington, Kan.; E. J. Martin, New Rochelle, N. ¥.; Wm. R. Criss, New ‘Wilmington, Pa.; T."6. Ken- nard, Longview, Texas. ere Senor De Lome’s Dispateh. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister, has received the following telegram from the president of the chamber of com- merce of Havana: “The sugar plantations in the larger manufacturing districts are grinding cane. Railroads and telegraphic communications are regu’ FERNANDEZ.” (Signed) The larger sugar-producing districts of Cuba, it is explained, are eastern Pinar del Rio, Haba Matanzas and Santa Clara. eee Acts Approved. The President has signed the act amend- ing the railroad land-grant forfeiture act of September 29, 1890, by extending the time allowed purchasers of the iand. The ect granting pensions to Gray’s Battalion of Arkansas Volunteers and the act for the relief of Barzilla Hudson have be- come laws without signature of the Presi- dent The Saturday Star By Mail One Year One Dollar. ‘The Senate has been provided with a public pay telephone station. This tele- phone is located in the post office of the Senate, and fs a nickel-in-the-slot_ machine of a late type. Through it persons can be connected either with local stations or with any of the cities connected with this city by telephone. The service costs 10 cents. The Senate has long been provided with a public telegraph station, but until this accommodation was introduced there was no means for the public to us2 the tel- ephone in the Senate wing of the Capitol. Hours for Policemen. Mr. Gallinger introduced in the Senate today a b‘ll providing that the hours of labor of policemen in the District of Co- lumbia shall be eight hours per day and ro more, except in cages in which they may be called upon to testify in the courts. Mr. Chandler introduced in the Senate today an amendment proposed to be offered to the sundry civil bill authorizing the President to examine and review all the various rules promulgated since the pas- sage of the act of Janvary 16, 188%, to regulate or improve the civil service of the United States and to revise, modify or enlarge such rules in accordance with the conditions of good administration. — 1: further provides that it shall be the duty of the President, within two months from the passage of this act, to promulgate such revised rules for the classified service. An appropriation of $5,000 is placed at the dis- posal of the President to carry out the purposes of this act. Sale of Market Products. Mr. Gallinger reported favorably from the committee on the District of Columbia today the following joint resolution, which was passed by the Senate: “Be it resolved, et that Senate joint resolution No. 14s, Fifty-fourth Congress, second gession, shall not be construed as reviving the statute, chapter 69, of August 23, 1871, of the first district legislative assembly, but only so much thereof as exempts from license tax persons bringing marketing to the Dis- trict or the sale of produce of their own raising.” This joint resoluticn is for the purnose of correcting what is regarded as a flaw in the present liw relating to the sale of market products In the District of Colum- bia. ————-+o+__ Arrested on Suspicion. A young man who gave his name as James Buie, and who said he has relatives living in Norfolk, Va., was arrested this morning by Detectives Boyd and Hartigan on suspicion of being a boarding ‘house thief. The accused was locked up at the sixth precinct station, pending the result of further investigations which are being made by the detectives. “Buie, according to his own statements, came to Washington from South Carolina about three years ago and is by trade a marble worker, though he has been em- ployed as a clerk. For a considerable period he has, it is alleged, occupied a room on Pennsylvania avenue between 2d and 3d streets northwest, and at intervals has dis- appeared for two or three weeks at a time, on each occasion of which some smali article would, it 1s said, also disappear from the house. Today the police authorities decided that they would be justified in placing Buie under arrest, and Detectives Boyd and Hartigan were detailed by Inspector Hol- nberger to take him into custody. Buie was searched at police headquarters, and a handsome diamond ring inscribed “From Papa” and a number of letters said to be of an incriminating character were found upon him, IN CONGRESS TODAY|FATALLY MR, TELLER-AGATNTS A “VOTE NOW oe Urgent Deficiency Bill Up in the * House. MR. GROW ON FREE HOMES ———o The Senete today agreed to the confer- ence report on the bill fixing the pension of the widow of General Stoneman at #0) per month. A bill wes passed removing the political abilities of Col. Wm. E. Simms. Mr. Hoar (Mass.) intfoduced his custom- resolution, which was agreed to, pro- viding that on Monday next, that being Washiugion’s birthday, Washington's fare- well address be read to the Senate by Mr. Daniel of Virginia, and that the business of the Senate shall proceed thereafter. House bill was passed for a bridge over the Monongahela river from McKeesport to the township of Mifflin, Allegheny county, Pa. Also Senate bill setting apart a plot of © ground in Washington for memorial purposes under the auspices of the National Society of the Daughters of the American 0 p.m., on motion of Mr. Sherman, cnate went into executive session. enty Brought Up. r Sherman prompt in d his promise, made in executive sion yesterday to the friends of the arbi- tration treaty, to ask the Senate to ecutive session today consider for the purp: & the treaty and with the of concluding its corsideration days of adjournment. The doors the publi son hej ate for the before the an Senator earr appeal to the § »ption of his motion to posi- Pone the treaty until the 5th of March. He said that he speke as a friend of the treaty, but that he was convinced from hat he had seen and neard s the con- sideration of subject was first begun that final As out of the quest at the present ion. He admitied thi: his especial int in having the treaty 0 » time for the consid- ion of the aptey billy for th 1 ge of wh said, there a cry ing demand from all parts of the country. Senators Veller and Stewart upported the go over was to a motion to postpone in brief speeches. Sen- ator Platt took the op view, urging prompt action. He said that while the treaty was new the subject of arbitration v ald and the country was fully ore Pared to accept with favor the Senate's ' ification of th ent document. E tor Lodge followed Mr. Platt with a five-minute speech, in which he appealed to the ady es of postponement to with- draw their op fon to a vote on ratifi- cation, and, ro to this ind: direct Vote, To this inquiry Senator Telier responded, saying that there was no intention on the part of advocates of postponement to per- mit an immediate vote. He did not think a > could be secured today, for he did not consider that there was time to discuss the subject sufliciently to bring out all the points of the treaty He thereupon proceeded to make a speech on the merits of the treaty. He dwelt up- on the fact that there had not been sufli- cient time for senators to give the agrec- iving no favorable response inquiry, put the question they meant to permit a PEL whether ment the attention which its importance demands for it, and said that he would not agree to w vote until he should have op- portunity taBpoint out what he conceived to be the defects of the document. In view of this occurrence and others elually sig- niticant, it hayl .become. evident to the sup- porters of the treaty by 2 o'¢lock that if they secured a vote at all today it would not be until late, and it looked then as if the entire day would be consumed with speeches intended largely to prevent the result. THE HOUSE. The desks of Mr. Hopkins of Kentucky, who was seated yesterday by the House in place of Mr. Kendall, and Messrs. Royce of Indiava and 1 made the pri were graced flowers, roses, azalias and The conference report on the bill to pen- sion the widow of Major General Joseph B. ‘arr at $75 was presented by Mr. Layton (Ohio). The House had fixed the rate at sw, Mr. Layton explained the exceptional cir- cumstances which induced the conferees to. depart in this instaace from the rule adopt- ed fixing the maximum rate for the wid- ows of general officers at $#). The wid was in straitened circumstances and had an invalid daughter depending upon her for support. Mr. Crowther (Mo.), one of the conferees, dissented from the report, declaring that there was neither merit, justice or equit to support it. He affirmed that the Ho record on private pension legislation would return to curse the members in the future. General Carr, if living, could not secure more than per morth. The report was rejected, 44-100, and the bill was vent to further conference. General Deticiency Bill. Thereupon the House went into committee of the whole and proceeded to the consider- ation of the general deficiency appropria- tion bill. An attempt was made to fix a limit to the general debate, but Mr. Grow (Pa.), who demanded time to speak on the “subject of general importance,” objected despite the warnings that some of the general appro- priation bills might fail. Mr. Cannon, chuirman of the appropriations committee, moved to limit genéral debate on the bill to one minute. This proceeding aroused censiderable resentment, and his motion on @ division was defeated, 79-91. This was followed by Mr. Grow'’s demand for a yea and nay vote, in which the sppropriacions committee was defeated, Mr. Cannon changed his tactics, and of- fered to concede forty minutes for general debate, the item to repay to the Southern Pacific railroad $1,300,000 withheld from moneys due it to be reserved, and one and a half hours of debate to be allowed on each side. 4 Mr. Grow, however, declined to agree to this, and when the House again went into committee he sécured the floor in his own right. He ther proceeded to discuss the free home bill, which was pocketed in the committee on’public lands. He spoke fecl. ingly of his p&rt In the passage of the original homéstead act of 62. For ten years he had’ advocated that measure, in season and out of season, and he said he could not allow this session to close with. out calling attention to the fate of the free home bill now slumbering in the committee Mr. Grow spoke for an hour. General de- bate was thén’ closed, but an agreement was reached to ‘allow one and a half hours on a side for debate on the Southern Pacific item. ——— The Sen ‘Const Artillery Board. Lieuts. Wm. C. Rafferty, ist Artillery, and Isaac N: Lewis, 2d Artillery, have been retired frotm duty as members of the board on seacoast fire. The former will Join his regiment and the latter will do duty under the board. Lieut. Chas. F. Parker, 2d Artillery, has been detailed to duty as a member of the board. ee Government Receipts. National bank. notes received today~ for redemption, $267,642. Government receipts— From_ internal: revenue, $451,652; customs, $324,470; miscellaticous, $343,635, ————-e+_____ ‘Wires Ordered Down. ‘The Commissioners have ordered the United States Electric Light Company to remove three overhead wires from 14th street between G and New York avenue; also six cverhead wires on 14th street be- tween E and F streets; also eight overhead wires on 15th street between Albaugh’s al- ley and Pennsylvania avenue, 3 = inney of North Carolina, who arguments in his behalf, of today by large baskets Jaster 1 INJURED Harry York Dies at the Hospital. Emergency A Freight Brakeman Employed at the New Jersey Avenue Rail- road Yards. Harry A. W. York, aged twenty-four years, who had been employed for about three months as a freight brakeman by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, was fatally injured about 8 o'clock last evening while attending to his duties in the New Jersey avenue yard, and died within an hour afterward at the Emergency Hospital. < The rain was falling heavily at the time of the’ accident, and it is supposed that foot slipped on the rail just as he giving a signal to go ahead to En- gineer Charles Shelton, who was running the engine in conncetion with which York was working. The engineer was expecting a signal from the unfortunate man, and not seeing it stopped his engine, but was not able to do this until an express car which was being switched, pushed York against the freight house of the United States E ss Company, and mashed him in a hor- rible manner about the chest and arms. York at once realized that he would prob- ably die, and so informed those who came his assistance. His sister, Mrs. John ervert, living at 507 Florida avenue, wa’ t for at his request, but she was 7m » to reach the hospital befor had. no other relatives in W: it is understood he has another in Baltimore. REVOLUTION OF THIRTY YEARS. he died. Secretary Herbert Spexks of the 1897 1 harleston. Mr. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy, the officers of the fleet and other visitors were h anniversary banquet of the Charleston chamber of commerce, at Charleston, 3. C., last night. Secretary Herbert was the principal speaker. Secretary Herbert opened with a touching tate, saying: ou and the chamber of com- » for this welcome to my native state. 3 now many years ago since my father took me, then a small boy, with him to another southern state, and there made his home. There my home is now, and I do not mean to imply by anything I shall say that the home of my adoption has any second place in my affections, but I have never ceased to remember with fond affec- tion the house where I was bora, the grand old oaks that stood about it, the fields and streams where I hunted and fished, the ojd school house on the hill and the dear com- panions of my youth. “South Carolina is not great in the ex- tent of her territory or in the number of her people, or in the v: y of her natural resou nor is she as yet a leader among her sister states in manufacturing, though in this regard she is fast forging to the front, but her pride i always been, and as I trust, e ll be, her men and women. “I am proud, my fellow citizens of South Carolina, to call to mind that I am by birth a Carolinian, but I am more gratified still to be reminded by the toast which you have proposed, and to which I respond, of the broader fact that you and I are Americans, fellow-countrymen of all those who live under the flag that is carried by ‘Our coun- try’s navy.’ “Al of us here this evening, wherever have stood during the civil war, recall the deeds done around rieston in the brave days from 1861 to . Whether by federals or confederates. have no time to particularize, but was one exploit here that deserves to » its place among the classics. Victor Hugo extols as beyond comparison the con- temptuous answer given by the French officer to the English Gen. Picton when he rode up and asked the surrender of a hollow square of the Old Guard that was melting away under a deadly fire from all sides. And writers never tire of telling us of the discipline and devotion of the Ro- man soldier as illustrated by the remains of a centurion dug out from the ruins of Herculaneum, where, standing erect at his post, he had been overwhelmed by the E but beyond and above these seem to me to stand the heroism of Lieut. Dixon and Capt. Cariton and the five men who, with a little torpedo boat, sank the Housa- tonic in these waters. Five times this boat had sunk before she could be brought to ar upon an enemy. Each time all her crew, except one at one time and three at another, had perished beneath the water; hut there were always volunteers to man > lite craft. The sixth crew was suc- ful. ank the Housatonic, but for the sixth time the torpedo boat went down with her crew. When, after the war, the ere being removed, the little boat overed on the bottom about a ‘.un- yards from the Housatonic. Every man was at his post. If there be anything to surpass this I know not where to find it in the literature of past ages, but it has its parallel in the sinking of the confederate ship Albemarle by Lieut. Cushing in the waters of North Carolina, in 1864, and his miraculous escape. The Revolution of Thirty Years, “What is it, Mr. Chairman, that has wrought the revolution that has taken place between February, 1865, and Febru- ary, 1897? How happens it that the fleet that blockades Charleston harbor in 1897 is sent here by a Secretary who is an ex- confederate soldier? And how does it hap- per that the people of the north and the south are better friends and that the pros- pects of a perpetual union are more as- sured today than at any time from the foundation of our government dowa_ to 1860? These results are phenomenal in his- tory, but the causes are not far to seek. The change has grown out of the nature and character of the issues that were at stake in the civil war and out of the broad- mindedness of the American people. On both sides we were fighting for the Con- stitution of the fathers as we understood it. The issu» that was left unsettled py the founders was, how much power did the Federal Constitution give to the general government, and how much did it leave with the states? “This issue had narrowed itself down to the right of secession, and the question of secession was settled forever by the war, just as ghis arbiter in the last resort has settled every boundary line between the nations of Europe. Slavery, an incidental issue, was also decided. With secession and slavery both out of the way, there was nothing left to divide the north from the south but passion and prejudice. These dis- appeared when the smoke of battle had lifted and the victors took a survey of the field. The blood that had been poured out on both sides like water had not been shed in vain. Mutual respect and admiration took the place of the hatred and ignorance that had inspired the combat.” Secretary Herbert concluded with a trib- ute to the bravery of the officers of the new navy and the gallant service of the officers of the old. ‘I am proud to respond to this toast tonight as the representative of these officers, and of young Gherardi and his brother officers,who have never smelled the smoke of battle, and of Creelman and his sailor companions, for these, and those for whom they stand, constitute our country’s navy, which is ready today, as in the past, to do and dare for the integrity and honor of the country.” ee Mr. Clephane’s Will. The will of the late Lewis Clephane wis today admitted to probate. Walter C. Cle- phane, a son of the deceased, qualified as executor, furnishing a special bond in the sum of $4,000. ———_—_— Confirmations by the Senate. After a protracted session lasting nearly all day yesterday the Senate, by a vote of 35 to 14, confirmed the nomination of Charles F. Amidon to be United: States dis- trict judge of the district of North Dakota. ‘The nomination of Thomas William Peters the District of Columbia as consul at auen, Germany, was also confirmed; also the following promotions in the quarter- master’s department of the army: Col. George Henry Weeks, to be quarter- master general, with the rank of brigadier general; Lieut. Col. James Grafton Carle- ton Lee, to be assistant quartermaster gen- eral, with rank of colonel; Maj. James M. Marshall, to be deputy quartermaster gen- eral, with the rank of leutenant colonel; Capt. Jonn Wesley Pullman, to be quar- termaster, with the rank of major; Lieut. Alfred M. Palmer, to be assistant quarter- master, with rank of captain. © Acting Second Assistant Engineer Sam- uel M. Rock of Pennsylvania, to be second assistant engineer in the revenue cutter service of the United States, Corre OOOO ny THE STOLEN DOCUMENTS. Tracing the Missing Autographs and Letters From the Library. William F. Havemeyer, one of the wealthiest men in New York, is said to have secured some of the valuable docu- ments alleged to have been stolen from the Congressional Library by Philip McEihone and Wiliam McK. Turner. Mr. Havemeyer has a fondness for collecting relics of ail kinds, as well as autographs, and when he found that W. E. Benjamin, a New York dealer in old books, had in his possession Benedict Arnoid’s last letter to Washing- ton, he was so highly pleased that he was willing to pay almost any amount for the document. He was suspicious, however, and asked Mr. Benjamin to have the matter investi- gated. The letters which Mr. Benjamin wrote here on the subject are what led to the detection and arrest of McElhone and Turner. Mr. Havemeyer did purchase a number of other papers, and is now busy going throvgh his collection to get from it, for return to the government, the arti- cles stolen from the library. = eEsy Laid to Rest, The remains of the late Judge William C. Harper, whose death occurred Monday last at his home, No. 1S Sth_ street northeast, -were interred yesterday after- noon in Congressioral cemetery. The funeral services were attended by a large concourse of friends, many of whom sent handsome floral offerings. One of the most Leautiful of these was from the officials of the Police Court, where the late Judge had frequently presided. The serv- ices were conducted by Rev. Schmitt, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, as- sted by Rev. Fathers Stafford, Dillon and McGee. The sermon was preached by Dr. Stafford, who paid a feeling tribute to the memory of the deceased. During the exercises Miss Eichhorn sang as_ solos, “Lead.Kindly Light. arer, My God, to Thee." The pallbearers were Capt. M. A. Austin of the police department, Mr. William J. Miller of the bar of the District of Columbia, Judge: C. S. Bundy and 8. C. Mills, representing the justices of the peace of the District, and Messrs. F. D. Orme and Rudoiph Eichhorn, who are intimate friends of Mr. Harper's family. Last Wills, By her will which has been filed for pro- bate, the late Margaret Rice left $100 to the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions and $100 for other chari- ties. Considerable other property is de- vised to Lucy W. Whipple, Ella W. Shaw, Lizzie M. Cook, Elizabeth M. Whipple and Martha S. Pomeroy. The will was signed May 1, 1800. The estate of the late Annie Cairns is left to her daughter, Elizabeth Sullivan, with the exception of $100, which is set apart for religious masses. The final testament of Milly Carter, dated June 16, 1804, has also been filed for p bate. The property of the deceased ix di- vided among her children, John, Willlam, Agnes and Charles, while William B. John- son is named as executor. Robberies Reported. Mrs. P. J. Galligan of No. 41 Quincy street northeast late last evening reported to Inspector Hollimberger that shortly be- fore noon yesterday her home was entered by forcing open the basemeat widow and two gold pins, set with diamonds and emeralds, thirty suares of stock in a local corporation and $35 in money were taken. John W. Sterzer, 414 H street northeast, repcrted to the police today that thirty yards of dress goods were stolen Wednes- day afternoon from in front of his store. A rubber horse cover, belonging to J. A. Kunlo was sivlen yesterday from off his horse while in front of the Center market. Augustus Burgdorf informs the polices that two walrut chairs were stolen y terday from ,in front of his warehouse, Ls New York avenue. SS Broke Her Leg. Mary Brown, aged twenty-tive years, liv- ing on I street southwest, broke her right leg by jumping from a second-story window this afternocn. She said she had been quarreling with a male friend and leaped from the window to keep him from cutting her with a knife. She was taken to the Emergency Hespitai. r Trespass. Solcmon Greenwald late this afternoon filed suit at law against Marshal A. A. Wilson, Hezekiah G. Caase and Henry M. Kelly for $10,000 Gamages for an alieged trespass upon a shoe store of the plain- uff. —_—__. The Arbitration Treaty. In executive session of the Senate yester: Gay the arbitration treaty was noi consid- ered until 5 o'clock. There were no speeci es on the merits of the treaty, but all that were made were devoted to a motion by Senator Nelson of Minnesota to posipo the treaty until the 5th of March. ‘The sp2eches in favor of this motion were made by Senators Nelson, Allison and Frye, and those in opposition by Senators Sherman, Ledge, Hoar and Vest. The first three were without exception friendly to the treaty, but they urged the pressing char- acter of other business and the apparent futility of trying to get a vote on the treaty at the present session. Messrs. Sher- man, Lodge. Hoar and Vest contended that a vote could be had if the friends of the treaty, who, Mr. Sherman said. embraced three-fourths of the Senate, would only show their devotion by maintaining a quor- um day and night until a vote could be reached. On motion of Mr. Sherman, the oe at 6:30 o'clock adjourned uniil to- lay. ——_+e+_____ West Point Cadets Appointed. Appointments of cadets at the United States Military Academy have been an- nounced as follows: G. P. Hawes, jr., alter- nate, Richmond, Va.; E. Llewellyn Bull, alternate, Basking Ridge, N. J.; Emory J. Pike, alternate, Legowney, Ia.; Walbridge Hi. Powell, Rolla, Mo.; Beverly F. Browne, Accomac county, Va.; John J. McCracken, alternate, Fredericksburg, Va.; John A. Lancaster, jr., Wetumpka, Ala.: Albert H. Hornady, alternate, Lafayette, Ala.; G. Walter Duvall, alternate, Cheraw, S. C. Edmund K. Sterling, Detroit, Mich.; Chas. F. Delbridge, alternate, Detroit, 'Mich.: os H. Wood, alternate, Lynchburg, a Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Febroary 19.—Flour dull_unchang- ed—receipts, 6,948 barrels; exports, 34,615 barrel gales, 150 barrels. Wheat firmer—spot, 801, bi May, 82a82\4—receipts, 40.44 bushels; exports, 71 S04 Dushels: stock, 304.031 bushels southern wheat sample, 90a91; "on grade, 843;a89%. Corn firmer ot and month, 25%a25%; March, 25%a26: April, emu 2a5,: steamer mixed, 24a24\ receipt 3 exports, 521.748 bush- els; stock, 1,991,693 bushels: sales, 26.000 bushelx— southern white corn, 28%a29; do.’ yellow, 26ia27. 2 23024; No. 2 mixed, 2a ‘80, bushels; stock, . firm—No. 2 nearbj 404,040%4; Western, 414a41%—rece! els; exports, none; stock, 233, firm—cholce timothy, $13.50a$14 active for steamers, steady, unchanged. frm, active, firm—fresh, 16%. Whisky unchanged. See Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Wheat—2iay "oe ee ix ‘Corn—May. 214-3, = 4 Lard—May. 05 i i 13,185 bush: bushels. “Hay Ses Cheese FINANCE AND TRADE > Cable Advices Regarding Crete Cause a Decline AN ATTACK ON THE COAL SHARE? —o—___ Ali Signs of the Business Sit uation Are Encouraging. eS L GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——_. Special Dispatch te The E img Star NEW YORK, February 19.—Cable advices relative to the diplomatic complications in- voived in the Cretean outbreak we con- strued advers: in financial cir this morning. London prices were frac ally lower on this account, and no new business was reported at that center. The unfavor- able disclosures made by witm sin the South African investigation had a dep: ing influence on the mining shares of that district. Moderate recovery from the ex- treme low level was reported, but the best opinions were unanimous in declaring the political sifuation to be extremely critical The local market disregarced the tors to some extent and was steady under narrow trading. sional clement made an attack ¢ shares under cover of the gene and for a time for “1 subst sions, especially in Inv ment New Jersey Central buying of Lake Shore up i538, making a new high level in the mar history of this property, and the declaya- ion of the regular quarterly dividend on Burlington were facts opposed to d pres sion, The significance of these developments realized during tne carly afternoon tracted a general demand from interest Pric re advanced yond opening figur onsid aracter of the ported. The main situation, while offering small incentive to short saies, contains little to encourage the hazarding of any consider- dema able sum in the opposi scount. Opti- mism is in the ascendancy, but has nc reached the aggressive point Earnings are vuraging, trade reports are improving, and barring unforseen diffi- culties “the predicted era of prosperity seems assured of materialization. All this indicates that value will eventually added to a majority of the best manage corporations. It does not insure imme- diate profits to impetuous operators. Th new administration will be a reality within a fortnight, and prices may be relied upon to reflect the public estimate of its emer- gency contrivances, ‘The debate cn the new tariff bill is relied upon to make activity in the market with- out prejudice for either account. New in- centive is essential to sustained improve- ment, and it is believed that the passage of a revenue measure which does not belie its name will supply the same. Commis- sion houses are consequently advising con- servative purchases during the period! raids of the room. It however, the buying capacity has been is to be remember duced considerably by reason of the treme financial demands of the last se: of panics. New clients are i and because of their tnexperience will pro- ceed slowly. Large orders are usually the result of both capital and experic latter at leasi_in many particula be acquired. When the demand does the properties with the best div records and those recently reorganize be most conspicuous. > FINANCIAL AND COMMERC ‘The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as repor by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. " Correspondents, Messrs. Mvore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open, Migh. Low. Close, American Spirits....... 14 id 4 American Spirits, pf 33 32 American Sugar. Tay 1187, American Sugar, pfd wey, wey American Tobacco Ry i American Cotion Oil Atchison Baltimore & Onio. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern. Canada Pacitie c “ake & 10. Cte & St. Louis ago, B&Q... Chicagoa Northwestern, Chicago Gas... C.M. de St. Paul... C.M. & St. Paul, pfd Chicago, KI. & Pacific Consolidated Gas. . Del., Lack. & W.... Delaware & Hudson Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. Erie... pseecscets General Electric... Minols Central Lake Shore Louisville & Nasbville Metropolitan Traction Mahattan Elevated Michigan Céntral. Missouri Pacitic ay w Jersey Central ew York Central. Pullman P. C. Go Southern Ry., ptd Phila. Traction . ‘Texas Pacific... Tenn. Coal & Iron. Union Pacific... U.S. Leather, pfd. Wabash, pfd. 4 Wheeling & L. Erie... "> Wheeling & L. Erie,pfd. Western Union Tel Sliver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock om. Ameri Gi hone, 100 at 94: ; loo at 100 at Ys. “Pheumatic 100 tT 109 at 1.30; 100 at 1. 5 100 at 126 100 at 1.27. Lanston Monotype. 50 at 64. After call—Paeumatic Gun Carriage, 100 at 1.27: 100 at 1.27. District of Columbia Bonds. —20-ycar fund bs, 103 Did. 30-year fand 6s, gold, 110 bid. Water xtox Zs, 1901, currency, 111 bid. Water stock 7s, 1160 currency, 114g bid. 3.658, funding, currency, 100) bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 110 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of i debtedness, 120 |. Belt Railroad Ss, G tid, asked. Eckington Railroad @s, 85 bid, 82 a Columbia Ratiread Ga, . Washington Mm y Gs, series A, 113 bid Washingt« curity and Trost Ss, F. and A. 100 bid. Ame: Security and Trust Ss, A. and 0., 100 bid. W ington Market Compiny Ist Gs, 108 bid. ington Market Company 108 bid. | Wat ington Market © y ext. 108 bid. Meson’ Hall Association Sx, 104 bid.” Washington Light Infantry 1st 6s, 90 bid. > 4 tonal Bank Stocks. Bank of Washington, 265 bid. Bank of the Insurance Stocks.—Real Esiste Title, 95 Columbia Title, 4% bid, @ asked.