Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, aS Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth 8t, by he Evening Star Yew: Com; 8. H. KAUFYMA’ N Prost Few York Offce, 49 Petter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Per week. or 44 cents month. at the counter 2 cents each. mai! United Siates or mont! MGaturday Quint Sheet Star, $1 pez year, with fereten postage added, $8.00. im the ecats (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. fn The Star pay because they bring answers. as cecond-clase mail matter.) ©7 All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Retee of advertising made known on application WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, MAROH 19, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. GREEKS ARE UNITED Few Reserves Fail to Respond to Their Country’s Call. Two Bills Introduced in the Senate That May Pass. THREATENING OUTLOOK IN THESSALY . oeer to compicic che anne- Alleged Plot Against the Govern- ment at Constantinople. In view of the fact that a number of sen- ators are introducing District bills in the Senate, though it was not intended to take- up any District bustness in the committee Re at this session, Senator McMillan today in- GRAVE STATE OF AFFAIRS | troduced a number of bills, two of which may be acted upon. These are the bill ee providing for the maintenance of the free library in the District of Columbia, which simply appropriates a lump sum of $6,725, half to come from the District revenues, March 19, 3 a.m.—The Greek boats Alpheios and Pinios from Cretan walters. The former is now coaling at | for the fuel, lighting, fitting up of rooms Cerigi and a salary of librarian and assistant; and another providing for the completion of the aqueduct tunnel, the provisions of which are the same that were introduced as an amendment to the appropriation bill in the last Congress. Washington Cooling Company. Mr. McMillan also introduced a new bill providing for the incorporation of the Washington Cooling Company. The incor- porators named in the bill are J. M. Field, L. W.Ritchie, Hyman Powdermaker, Camp- bell Whitehead of the District of Columbia, and T. C. Clark of New York. The bill pro- vides for the construction of refrigerating works and for laying of the system of underground pipes within the streets and alleys of the District of Columbia for the purpose of conveying the cooling fluids. It is provided that a map of the proposed sys- tem shall be jbmitted to the District Com- miss‘oners hin ninety days after the passage of the act and subjected to their net was in session until 2 a.m. y stated that only 1,500 out (0 army reserve men called out have failed to respond, thus setting at rest the stories circulated of wholesale failure to answer the call to arms. A dispatch from Canea today says that an Austrian newspaper man, Herr Pinter, who recently visited the camp of Col. V: commander of the Greek army of oc- ation, has been arrested and there de- tained under close guard. « Vasses remains at T Greek warship 4% has arrived at the Piraet twelve prisoners, who were captured there during a recent attack which the Turks nodendri, near Platania. ries of the Turkish legation at Athens have been arrested in the camp of Col sos Alikangu. rchos Miaulis ., having on board An is expected today at | Passas Pie tarep octane Menexe, on the frontier of Thessaly, owing spec paper = ‘wuthorized to the reinforcing of the Turkish garrison | 1098, 0f Me pipe S¥oitnorized to dig up Mere the streets for the purpose. The work is :o NDON, March 19—A dispatch from | begin within six months after the passage Canea to the Daily News says that the | of the law, and at least one mile of pipes ste communicated to Col. Vassos by the | must be laid within the year. The author- neh and Itallan officers yesterday did not order him to leave the island, but mere- ly informed him of the blockade and re- quested him to promote the distribution of the admirals’ proclamation. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 19.—The Ser- vian minister here has called the serious attention of the Turkish government to the situation of affairs existing in the province of Kossovo, where, it is asserted, tians are panle sicken in 1 the mobilizing of the Turkish reserves and Bashibazouks. The minister also drew the porte’s atten- tion to the recent attack upon the Servian and Austrian consuls in a cafe at Uskub (situated about 100 miles northwest of Sa- lonica), and referred to the correct attitude ervia during the _presei pressing the hope that the port a stop to the existing situation. tinuation of which,” it was added, ity is given also for the laying of railroad sidings upon Ist street northeast, Delaware avenue northeast, Maryland avenue or Vir- ginia avenue southwest, provided that such sidings do not extend over more than 300 feet upon any public property. The capi- tal stock of the company is fixed at $500,- 000. Bills Reintroduced. Bills reintroduced by Mr. McMillan com- ing over from the last Cong-ess were: To incorporate the East Washington Heights Traction Railroad Ccmpany; to protect the first day of the week as a day of rest in the District of Columbia; to regu- late the use of public parks and reserva- tions In the District of Columbia, under the direction of the chief of engineers of the United States army; to amend the act pro- hibiting horse cars in the District of Co- lumbia; to raise the age of protection of have serious con: % a: soe J . fore. | €itls in the District of Columbia; to au- thiy preventing the Geeck Benes Moree; |thorize the Washington and Glen Echo Railrozd Company to obtain right of way; to compel railroad companies to remove abandoned track, and a bill in regulation of tax sales in the District of Columbia. Mr. Kyle reintroduced the bill for the University of the United States. _ not Mohammedans who pay the capitation tax), who are Ottoman subjects, from leav- ing Epirus to Join the Greek forces. 3ERLIN, March 19.—According ‘to a dis- P: received here from Larissa, the Turkish consuls in Thessaly, having point- ed out to the Turkish government the HIDDEN IN THE BED. threatening attitude of the Greeks, have ‘S authorized by the porte, if they con- Mrs. Porter's Jewelry Disappears and Mysteriously Reappears. ‘There was considerable commotion yes- terday morning in the apartments of Sec- retary and Mrs. J. Addison Porter, at the Ebbitt House, over the disappearance of a r it advisable, to va return to Constantinople. A special dispatch says it is an- their posts and nounced there in Greek circles that a plot is veing hatched among the Greeks at Con- ple, where there are smo Well” | jot of valuable jewelry belonging to Mrs. government. It ts added that there are | Perter. The disappearance was discovered few Turkish troops now at Constantinople, except the sultan’s body guard, and that it would be impossible to hurriedly recall troops from the Greek frontier in the event of a revolt at Constantinople. by Mrs. Porter early in the morning. After the police got to work on the case they found the jewelry hidden under the mattress on the springs. A story that Mrs. Porter had put it there herself is said not to be true. It is thought that the jewelry was stolen, and that the thief, becoming frightened, returned unnoticed to the room and deposited the stolen arti- cles where they were found. The theft was probably suggested by the fact that Secretary and Mrs. Porter were preparing to move from their apartments to a house they have rented. Sao ess MARYLAND'S MINES. deport of the State Inspector to the Governo: Md., March 19.—State Hohing of Frostburg to Gov. Lowndes his re- CUMBERLAND, Mine Inspector Ott h. fcrwarded t showing the operations of the coal aa mines in Marylar coal fields for the A TEA STANDARD. year 156. Sees The report shows that nineteen mines are | Secretary Gage Appoints a Board to Determine It. Secretary Gage took action today for the execution of the act of Congress, March 2, Cumberland ict, employing for 1806 2 the and new operating in a S Seo nat ae Petiod | 1x97, the purpose of which is to prevent of the region, | the tmportation of impure or unwholesome r cent has been | tea into the United States. Under author- est oe ity of that act, he appointed A. P. Upham rs and the and E. A. Schoyer of Chicago, Herbert G. Woodworth of Boston, T. A. Phelan and W. P. Roome of New York, Andrew P. Ir- win of Philadelphia and Robert B. Bain of San Francisco a board to prepare a stand- ard sample of tea to be submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for adoption by the government. These gentlemen are known as “tea experts,” and are considered fully competent to discharge the duty as- signed them. In order that there may be no delay in the matter, the gentlemen have MAJOR DICK’S APPOINTMENT. Will Be s tary of the Republican 1%.—Major c last cam- | been requested to assemble in New York ee was the confidential advi of | city next Monday to consider the establish- Hanna, announced today that he | @eBt of a standard sample, with a view an way that he | to the protection of the American people next secretary of the republi- | against the use of inferior or adulterated committee. He declined to | tea. Under the act of Congress, the gen- the subject of his appointment | Uemen will each be allowed $0 and ex- than to corroborate the rumor | PeBSes: When the required standard 1s és eng adopted, customs officers will be informed would be identified with the na- | with a view to the rejection of all impor- nal headquarters and not hold office un- | tations of tea falling below its require- federal gove nt. He said the | ments. ent of his olntmy would gE and SUCCESSFUL CADETS. il that was done ai liberty to discuss the Those Who Passed the Examination— One Was From the District. tion, r the effect ; the ap- | Out of 184 principals and alternates desig- vostmaster | nated to take the examination for admis- th Pos: sion to the United States Military Acad- emy 118 passed the mental examination. Of this number twenty were alternates, for whom no vacancies exist, leaving but eigh- ty-six entitled to enter the academy in June next. Of the total number examined fiity-seven were mentally disqualified, friend aving in mind the ss for the place with and the irman's sen- t the Major Dick’: the fourth as- | twelve physically disqualified and nine both s mentally and physically disqualified. : thing on Joseph F. Barnes, the sole representative s page Kesed of the District of Columbia, was among O aaikithens pee ore the successful candidates. Three cadets-at- So Major Dick was slated | are, appointed by ex-President Cleveland, Lautioaneee 0 ‘passed successfully, viz, Henry E. rests of Mr. Mitchell, son of the late Gen. Mitchel e, Frederick Mears, and Win. his be son of Capt. Ennis of the 4th Ar- and the oan The last named was the alternate remun. | Richard P. Williams, son of Maj. Will- f the na. | ##ms, who failed. Mr. Mears is not entitled ‘ood, wilt | adiaission, on account of the success of "ss, his principal. ; sterday that he Was temic, | Another candidate who successfully met mentioned in the Post Offic. | ll requirements is Robert Mason Lee, epartment. but declined it. nephew of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. He was re- ais jected at the January examination, but ; ao : on the recommendation of the academic Fire im the Marlboro’ Jail. beard ke was reappointed and given an- to The Evening Star. other examination in March. MARLBORO’, Md., March 19.— Sea The roof of the jail caught fire last even- Senate Comeeeeey ing, and the flames were extinguished with difficulty. Isaac Tippett of Surratt’s is re. sponsible for the fire. The prisoners were removed to the grand jury rcom in the court house until this morning, when Sher- if Underwocd returned from the lower part of the county, when they were returned to the Jail and piaced in the lower cells. neminations: John Hey of the District of Columbia, to be ambassador of the United States to Great Britain; Horace Porter Qt New York, to be ambassador of the Unitea States to France; Henry White of Island, to be secretary of the embassy of the United States to Great Britain. DISTRICT IN CONGRESS| JAPANESE INVASION The Senate has confirmed the following. the continuity of the treaty, the Hawaiian government will be helpless to resist. “The royalists of Hawali recognize that pe omeber tee is at atx snare Me a very large degree cony, tO annexation to the United States as the sole salvation of the country from Japanese domination, as the treaty bétween Japan and the United States, negotiated in 1464, contains a clause which allows the United States to legislate against the introduction of Japanese laborers. i “Undoubtedly the Hawaifan government is waiting to see what action will be taken by the United States government concern- ing the subject of annexation. If that question is not acted upon soon a grave issue will soon arise between Hawali and Japan, the outcome of which no one can undertake to foretell.” TODAY'S. CABINET MEETING Probable Effect It Will Have Upon UNLESS ANNEXATION BE SECURED The Islands May Be Dominated by the Enterprising Asiatics. TALK WITH MR. THURSTON ——— Lerrin A. Thurston, ex-minister from Ha- Three More American Citizen wail to Washington, now president of the Annexation Club of Honolulu, and at pres- ent in Washington in behalf of the interest of that organization, was seen by a repre- sentative of The Star this morning con- cerning the telegraphic news from San Francisco ,that the Hawaiian government had refused to allow 537 Japanese laborers, who had recently come from Japan, to land in Honolulu, and the statement that the government believed that they had un- earthed an attempt to import Japanese into Honolulu in violation of the immigration laws. Mr. Thurston replied that the subject was one of the gravest now confronting the Ha- walian government. In‘ substance, he said: “One of the legacies which the republic inherited from the late monarchy was a treaty with Japan, under the terms of which all Japanese have unlimited right of ingress into Hawaii. By another clause of the treaty it cannot be amended or abro- gated except by consent of both parties. Until recently no Japanese were allowed by Japan to come to Hawaii except under labor contract, which the Hawaiian govern- ment guaranteed should be carried out in favor of the laborer. “Recently the Japanese government has changed its policy in this respect, and al- lows free emigration to Hawaii. Four or five immigration companies have been formed in Japan, which consist largely of leading Japanese officials, the late Japanese minister to Washington being a member of one of them, which companies for the year last past have been bringing large numbers of free Japanese immigrants to Hawail. The Monthly Arriva “There are now five lines of steamers between Honolulu and Japan, making monthly trips, and every steamer that comes into Honolulu brings from 250 to 750 Japanese, who are turned loose on the ccmmunity without any knowledge or check on the part of the government of who they are or what they propese to do. “As the amount of employment in the islands is necessarily limited, it 1s 4 serious question whether or not this in-pouring flood of men, almost unaccompanied by women, will not, at an early date, through entirely natural causes, create a large, un- controllable mass of men without employ- ment and without means. “A short time since the Hawaiian gov- ernment, in order to meet any such contin- gency, passed a law prohibiting the land- ing of any person in Hawaii unless he pos- sessed cash to the amount of $50. The next lot of immigrants who arrived after the law was passed produced orders on the Japanese bank in Honolulu for $55 each, which were presented to the custom house officers as the equivalent of so much cash. The government had information that the orders were fictitious, in that they were simply meant to get the men ashore, and that when presented at the bank they wculd be surrendered without payment. A censiderable shipment of Japanese were refused the privilege of landing, under these conditions, and were returned to Japan. “The next move was for every Japanese to produce fifty-odd dollars in Japanese Paper money upon arrival at Honolulu, which is not current in Honolulu, but is convertible into Hawaiian money’ at the Japanese bank. The government was in- formed that this money was being fur- nished to the men by the immigration com- panies for the simple purpose of evading the law, and that when the money was presented to the bank for change it was taken up precisely the same as the previous orders had been. The government accord- ingly refused to allow a lot of these men to land. The Japanese took out habeas corpus proceedings, and the government being unable to prove that the money did not bona fide belong to the immigrants, jhe court allowed them to land. Evasions of the Law. “This was several months ago, and since then the imntigrants have been coming in in constantly increasing numbers. It is a moral certainty that the money produced by the immigrants is provided by some third party for the purpose of evading the law, but heretofore the government has been unable to prove it. Each of the immi- gration companies freely states that the others are working in this fraudulent man- ner, but protest innocence on its own part. The arrest by the government of the 537 immigrants stated is undoubtedly ow- ing to its having obtained evidence which is deemed sufficient to warrant the action taken. “I have no idea that the Japanese govern- ment meditates any hostile, forcible ac- Uon against Hawali, but unless something can be done to stop the influx of Japanese, above indicated, they will by this peaceful invasion accomplish far more than they could hope to by force. “By the census taken last September, the Japanese in Hawaii numbered 24,000; more than any other nationality except native Hawaiians, who numbered 33,000. Within five years from now, if the present rate of Japanese immigration to Hawaii con- tinues, they will be a majority of the in- habitants of the entire country. It needs no argument to demonstrate what this means. “In the long run there is no possible com- petition between Asiatics and Anglo-Sax- ons. Wherever the two are brought in conflict, it no longer 1s a question of com- petition, but there is inevitable substitu- tion of the one for the other in a very large number of businesses. Moreover, with the pulation of the islands consist- ing of a majority of Japanese citizens, Japan and the Japanese will acquire the same moral right that the Uitlanders are today claiming in South Africa. The Question of Annexation. “Annexation of Hawali and the United States can be accomplished now without opposition from any responsible quarter. What changes the future may bring about no one can tell. It is the well nigh uni- versal belief in Hawaii that the present extraordinary movement from Japan to Hawaii is part of a systematic plan, with the full approval of the Japanese govern- mert, to gain control of the islands. Whether this is so or not I cannot say. Certainly no more sure or certain method of accomplishing that result can be fol- lowed then that which is now going on. “What the Hawaiian government will do I do not know, as I have no official connec- tion with it. If-they do not stop the in- vasion, Anglo-Saxon civilization will very soon be swamped out of the country. The evasion of the present law is so easy that whether they succeed in stopping this Ict or not will not make much difference. “It the Hawaiian government attempt tc discriminate against Japanese, as is now done against Chinese, they will be met by: a clain: on the part of the Japanese gov- ernment that there is a violation of the treaty. “If Hawaii were enough she could big 8 Stricter Enforcement of the Neutral- ity Laws Discussed, but No Im- portant Action Taken. Secretary Sherman announced with a good deal cf satisfaction at the cabinet meeting today that three more American citizens had been released by the Spanish authorities in Cuba. These are Charles Scott, Esteben Venero and Theodore Vives. Scott’s case was interesting from the fact that Consul General Lee made it the basis for his inquiry as to whether warships were available for Havana, in case the authorities refused to grant his demand that the man (against whom the evidence to support the charge of conspiracy was only that he was in possession of Cuban postage stamps) be immediately placed in communication with the outside world. Venero is a native of Cuba, twenty-two years of age, and was naturalized here in 1895. He was arrested in Los Palos, Ha- vana province, about September 22 last, though no charges were preferred. Upon his claim of American citizenship the cap- tain general called for his papers, and these were submitted December 9 last, since which time his case has been pending with- out attempt to settle the question of juris- diction between the civil and military tribu- nals. Vives is a native of Cienfuegos, but was also naturalized in the United States.in 1806. He was arrested November, 1806, charged first with disorderly conduct, and then with cffering insults to Spain, amd has been held since in jail for trial. It appears that this man was actually released on Febru- ary last, but nothing of it is known to the officials here, and his friends were in ig- norance of his release. By some oversight Consul General Lee did not report the fact to the department until yesterday, and then only in response to @ telegram of specific inquiry. Today's cabinet meeting was unusually short, lasting only a little over an hour, and one of the members is authority for the statement that no action of importance was taken. The question of a strieter en- forcement of the neutrality laws« against Cuban filibusters was briefly considered, but further action was suspehded.pending the submission of an opinion of the Attor- ney General on the subject. ‘The Treasury Department has adopted the pglicy of re- fusing clearance to vessels, desiring to clear; for unnamed or fictittous “ports, un- less the masters make affdavit that they will not violate the neutrality laws. oe eS MORE APPLICATIONS. Many Who Desire to Serve Under the Treasury Department. The following applications for presidential offices were bulletined at the Treasury De- partment today: George A. Benham of Chicego, IIl., to be assistant secretary of the treasury. J. C. Napier of Nashville, Tenn., to be register of the treasury, and W. P. Barry of Minreapolis, Minn., to be assistant reg- ister of the treasury. Fred E. Bach of Wilmington, Del., to be auditor for the State and other depart- ments. C. E. Kindt of Portland, Ore., to be com- missioner gencral of immigration at Wash- ington, D. C. Collectors and surveyors of customs—E. B. Calkins of Watertown, N. Y., at Cape Vincent, N. Y.; J. U. Fellows of Houston, Texas, and M. Hightower of Center, Texas, at Galveston; Wm. Schuchart of San Antonio, Texas, at Eagle Pass, Texas; M. M. Higgins of Easton, Mil., at Balti- more; I. D, McKee of Philadelphia, at Philadelphia; R. R. Dashiell of Lexington, Ky., at Memphis, "enn. Naval officer at New York—Charles Bur- rows of Rutherford, N. J. Appraisers—D. E. Shanahan of Chicago, at Chicago; J. H. Brewer of Trenton, N. J at New York; W. S. Carver of Washington, D. C., at New York. 2 Examiner of drugs—R. C. Evans of Win- chester, Mass., at Boston; W, H. Betz and W. H. Heistand of Philadelphia, at Phila- delphia, Mint assayer—F. D. Hetrick of San Lean- dro, Cal., at San Francisco; BE. P. Leech of Denver, Col., at Denver. | § Surgeon gencral of the marine hospital service—H. E. Felter cf Centersville, Ga., and John McKenlock of Chicago. Supervising inspector of steam vessels at Men.phis, Tenn.—J. D. Hedger of Metrop- olis, Ill, and Seraph Semonin of Evans- ville, Ind. Collector of internal revenue—J. C. Thom~- as of Pottsville, Ala., and W. J. Stevens of Anniston, Ala., at Birmingham, Ala.; A. A. Thayer of Colusa, Cal., at Sacramento; Ned McLenon of Jasper, Fla., at Jackson- ville; J. A. Ravenscroft. of Mishawaka. Ind., at Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Robt. Wil- liams of New Orleans at New Orleans; 0. R. Winslow of Marshfield, Mo., and E. E. Kellogg of Rich Hill, Mo., at Kansas City, Mo.; John Moffitt of Helena, Mont., at He- lena; A. R. Houck of Lebanon, Pa., at Lancaster, Pa.; W. L. Miner of Hudson, 8. D., at Omaha, Neb.; J. A. Gibson of Tim- ber Ridge, Va., at Lynchburg, Va. THE JAMESON RAID. Damaging Testimony Given Against Ceetl Rhodes. LONDON, March 19.—The parliamentary inquiry into the Transvaal‘ taid and the administration of the affairs of the Char- tered Company of South Africa: was again resumed today in the committee room of Westminster Hall. Mr. Edward Blake, liberal member of parliament for south division of Longford examinedthe Hon. W. P. Schreiner, form- erly attorney general of Cape Colony. Mr. Schreiner testified to the attempts of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, when premier’ of’ Cape Col- ony, to delay the cabinet’s action in pro- claiming the government's fepudiation of the raid, with the view, aecording to the witness, of gaining time to allow the in- surgents of Johannesburg “to join the Jameson raiders before thé former were aware of the government's attitude, thus giving the raiders a better chipnee to reach thelr goal. John C. Bigham, unionist; member of parliament for the exchange division of Liverpocl and a queen’s coynsellor, then examined Mr. Schreiner retative to the alleged oppressive acts of the eal government. The witness appeared to be very forgetful on this subject, but when pressed for answers to the qui aput tp. him recalled _gaveral instances. of resident er attempting. breaches.of the Londo convention. _ / S When frther~ ed: Mre - ham, co} Pr Do abrogate the anyway, on the that it was in derogation of the sovereign right of an independent country, but if she Goes this and Japan chooses to insist upon The committee then adjourped. Secretary Sherman Announces the Release of DINGLEY’S REPORT Ways and Means Committee's Expla- nation of the Tariff Bill. MORE REVENUE AND PROTECTION That Was the Aim in Framing the Measure. SCHEDULES REVIEWED Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee today presented in the House the report on the new tariff bill. The report follows largely the lines of the explanatory statement on the bill made by Mr. Dingley on Monday. The report says that a deficiency in revenue amount- ing to $203,000,000 in four years justifies the convocation of Congress to make a remedy. Although the government realized $298,481,894 from the sale of bonds to re- deem demand notes, $203,000,000 of the notes were paid out to meet the deficiency, which notes, it says, have begn a potent cause of the distrust in business circles. At least $16,000,000 of the $196,000,000 in the treasury will be paid out before July 1 to meet the deficiency, and of the remalnder at least $150,000,000 is gold, which ought to remain in the reserve, leaving but $30,- 000,000 as a working balance, which is as small as safety admits. The tariff of 1890 was practicatly nullified in fiscal year 18}4, the report argues, by the expectation of a lower tariff. If the revenue had continued to rise after the opening of the year 1893, as it had before, the revenue would have been ample to meet all expenditures and the government would have been spared the humiliation of issuing bonds to meet deficienct: To Protect American Industries. The report continues: “Another impera- tive duty resting on Congress is so to ad- just duties to secure needed revenue to carry on the government as will better protect the industries which have suffered the past three years from unequal foreign competition and from the comsequent loss of purchasing power of the masses of the people, upon which the demand for pro- ducts and the prosperity of every citizen depends. “The feasibility of uniting in a tariff both revenue and protective qualities has been amply demonstrated by the results of the protective tariffs in force from 1861 to 1893, at which latter date the tariff of 1800 was practically nullified by the anticipation of a revision on a non-protective basis. The working of the wool and woolens schedule of the tariff of 1890 on a protective basis and of the same schedules in the tariff of 1894 on an anti-protective basis is exceed- ingly instructive on this point.” Mr. Dingley says that wool has been placed practically at the rates of the Mc- Kiniey law with compensatory duties to manufacturers to place them on the same basis as to materials as their foreign com- petitorsand, in addition, given compound duties, largely eonverted into specifics equivalent to the 40 and 50 per cent ad valorem duties of the tariffs of 1890 and 1894, the change to specific rates being made to prevent undervaluations of foreign goods mad2 by cheap labor. The new schedule, it is predicted, will restore the wool-growing industry to the farmers, re- vive manufacturing and largely increase the revenue from that source, which, be- cause of the character of fine goods im- ported under the tariff of 180, was prac- Ucally derived from luxuries. The Sugar Schedale. Concerning the sugar schedule the report say: We have increased the duty from the 40 per cent ad valorem imposed by the present tariff on raw sugars (now only nine-tenths of one cent per poung on raw sugars polarizing 96 degrees on account of the decline of sugars, although about 1% cents when the tariff was enacted in 1894) to 1.63 cents, with a countervailing duty on all sugars equivalent to the net export bounty paid by any country in order to increase our revenue and at the same time afford sufficient protection to enable our own farmers and planters to ultimately Produce whatever sugar we may require for consumption. The production of cane sugar is a large and, under proper pro- tection, a growing industry now. “The production of beet sugar in at least twenty-three states of our Union, which only seven years ago was regarded as of doubtful promise, is a demonstrated suc- cess, with such protection as we recom- men which is less than those bounties given at the inception of sugar produc- tion by Germany, France and other Euro- peen countries, which now produce about two-thirds of the world’s sugar.” The report says that the reduced differ- ential on sugar will maintain the refining industry, especially in connection with the countervailing duty on the product of ex- port bounty countries, and it adds: “Our experietice under the tarff of 1883, with specific duties on sugar, and under the present tariff, with ad valorem duties, has convinced us, as it has the administrators of the law and the sugar trade generally, although refiners dissent from this view, that specific duties are preferable, more easily and certainly administered, and ab- solutely essential to reliable revenues.” There is then a review of various other schedules in the bill, the effect of each being described and commented upon at some length. Only the most general com- parisons have been made. Regarding Reciprocity. Regarding reciprocity it is said that the extension of the policy of 1890, strength- ened by the tenders of lower duties, as a concession in return for equivalent con- cessions, will result in even more advan- tagecus commercial advantages than those that were secured under the act of 1890. After giving a table estimating the in- crease of revenue from the bill at $113,000,- 000, Mr. Dingley says: “If the bill should become a lew by May 1, it is more than probable that it would yield an increase of $75,000,000. It is easy to see how a delay in the enactment of the bill to July 1, for example, would easily take from the treas- ury $15,000,000 of revenue and turn it into the pockets of speculators importing wool, woolen goods, sugar and other articles on which it is proposed to increase the rev- enue and at the same time deprive wool growers and producers and manufacturers of the benefit that would arise from the prompt passage of the bill proposed.” A new paragraph has been added to the wool schedule by the republican members of the committee as follows: Oriental, Berlin and similar rugs and mats and carpets woven whole for rooms, valued at not more than 30 cents per square yard, 15 cents per square yard at:d 20 per cent ad valorem, valued at more than 30 and nut more thaa 60 cents per square yard. 30 cents and 2 per cent; valued at more“than 60 cents and not more thar $1 per square yard, 40 cents and 20 per cent; valued at more than $1 and not more than $2, 80 cents and 25 per cent; more than $2 per square yard, $1.25 and 30 per cent. ONE NOMINATION. Chas. U. Goxdon to Be Postmaster at | Chicago. : DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS ANTI-BRYAN VICTORY That is Considered the Effect of Mr. Bailey's Selection. The President to Take Up All the Papers This Afternoon. inations May Go to the Senate Tomorrow—Appeals in Behalf of Dodge and Truesdell. WHILLIN STOOD FOR THE COALITION ~~. Democrats Who Believe They Can Get Together on the Tariff. —— PLAN OF ACTION It is not improbable that the nomination of a District Commissioner will be an- nounced from the White House tomorrow. The nomination may be delayed until the first of next week, however. It can be definitely stated today that the President will this afternoon take up all the papers relating to these appointments. Whether he can give the papers all the consideration he desires and which is neces- essary between now and tomorrow is an oper question. Other matters may, of course, delay action from him. The last of the delegations to see the President on the commissionerships was scheduled to talk with the chief executive at 2 o'clock this afternoon, but the appoint- ment was not filled until a later hour. This delegation was from East Washington, and the appointment was arranged for yester- day by Dr. W. A. Croffut, who withdrew from the committee representing citizens’ associations on Wednesday. The delegation this afternoon was also composed of men from the citizens’ associations. They asked for the appointment of W. ©. Dodge, and did not present the name of Commissioner Ross. Early this mcrning Senator Kyle called at the White House with Dr. Croffut, and they had a talk of ten minutes with the President. Senator Kyle 1s favorable to the appointment of Mr. Dodge, believing, he says, that he will make a good man, Dr. Croffut strongly pressed his own views and gave his version of the memorial which was presented a few days ago in the irterest of Messrs. Dodge and Ross, with- out prejudice to either man. B. H. Warner saw the President this morning in behalf of the reappointment of Commissioner Truesdell. The committee which saw the President this afternoon was composed of Dr. Crof- fut, Major S. H. Walker, Charles White, tp Josiah Millard, Chappel Loring, Isaac The defeat of Mr. McMillin by Mr. Bailey for the democratic caucus nomination for Speaker of the House ts still the subject of scme discussion in political circles, and the impression is strong that the result was a defeat for the Bryan coalition. McMillin Stands for Bryan. Mr. McMillin stands as near to Mr. Bryan as any democrat of national reputa- tion, Their intimacy began when they served together as members of the ways and means committee in the Fifty-third Congress. They collaborated in drafting the Income tax feature of the Wilson bill, and In their speeches in the debate on that Teasure they took substantially the same ground on every important proposition that was advanced. This intimacy was renewed in the campaign of last year, and it was a ccmmon prediction that in case Mr. Bryan was elected Mr. MeMillin would be a mem- ber of his cabinet. When Mr. Bryan came to Washington late in February Mr. Mc- Millin was almost constantly with him, es- ccrting him about and attending the con- ferences that took place. At one of these ecnferences Governor Black of Pennsy! vania, president of the League of Dem cratic Clubs, was present, an¢ only a few days before the speakership caucus was held Governor Black appointed Mr. McMil- lin to a prominent office in the league. All of this is quoted to show that Mr. Bryan ard his friends, standi 80 ch X ea ng so close to Mr. Slater, F. J. Deiudonne, George W. must have favored his aspira- Boyd, B. A. Colonna, A. P. Clark, J. Farns- | Uons in the speakership contest. And had Sorte he teen chosen by the caucus, the action, They presented a memorial asking the appointment of W. C. Dodge, stating that they consider him the only “ast Washing- ton man in the race. “We are for W. C. Dodge and nobody else,” Dr. Croffut said to a Star reporter. “We haven't any alternate candidate. We it Is asserted, would have been heralded as another evidence of the continud hold of last year’s coalition on the party's organi- zation. Balley Does Not Admire Bryan. Mr. Bailey, for his part, has never even are not opposed to Mr. Ross, but we are | been an admirer of Mr. an. He does for Mr. Dodge. not consider him a good democrat. He all The memorial, in addition to giving the | tut bolted his nomination for President reasons why Mr. Dodge should be appoint- |iast year. He afterward took ed, says that East Washington has not E ward took the stump been represented by a Con-missioner since the District was deprived of the franchise in 1871. Such discrimination, it says, is in violation of the principles of home rule. Mr. Dodge, it is alleged in the memorial, is not interested in any corporation or syn- dicate. tor the ticket, but he spoke for the party, without once mentioning Mr. Bryan's name. He has never recalled his references to Mr. Bryan's populistic teachings and lean- ings. It is distinctly the Bryan coalition that marks the difference between Mr. Bailey and Mr. MeMillin as democrats. Both men are for free silver and for tariff reform, but the former does not regard Mr. Bryan as a good democrat and worthy of democratic leadership, while the latter dees. Get Together on the Tariff. The bringing forward of the Dingley tariff bill—a consistently prepared protec- tien measure—sets the anti-Bryan demo- crats to talking. “Here now,” they say, “we have an issue upon which the party can be reunited, and probably put in con- dition for a victory next year. Say this bill falls. Then protection fails, and a campaign next year on the issue of a re- vision of the tariff which shall avoid the extremes of the Dingley bill and the mis- takes of the Wilson bili will be most prom- ising. But in order to seize such an oppor- tunity it will be necessary to remove ail fear of a revival of Bryanism. The coun- try does not want Bryanism, and will not have it. The bare thread of Bryanism will keep democrats divided, and enable the re- publicans to pull out of their difficulty in scme way and hold on to power. Let's get together again, and if on but one issue, on ene which held the party together for years, and on which it won the campaigns of 1884 and 1892. The democratic party in national convention never declared but once for free silver at 16 to 1 as an independent act by this government, and then it lost the fight. If we are to put all of our eggs into one basket, let’s choose a safe basket.” ee BOTH WILL BE HANGED. Latest Alleged Confession of Jackson and Walling Avails Not. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 19.—Jackson and Walling, murderers of Pearl Bryan, wil) beth hang. The governor has just ordered the troops to Newport. He told the Asso- Gated Press repreecitatives that he would arnounce his decision this afternoon, and also told, by a nod, that the decision would tean that both must hang. The troops to help keep order at tomor- row’s execution will leave this afternoon instead of this morning, having been held up till the governor could make at least a show of considering Walling and Jackson's confessions. But the latter have meant nothing to him from the first. He evident- ly thinks there is little, if anything, in the confession. There is little doubt about the double hanging tomorrow, and there has been little since the day the appellate court passed on the cases, CINCINNATI, Ohio. March 19.—A spe- celal dispatch from Nicholasville, Ky., says: When I woke Walter Hendren up at 4 o'clock this morning and told him the full meaning of Jackson’s confession he was much surorised. He is satisfied that the whcle of the statements implicating Dr. Wagner are malicious lies. Walter Hendren himself first told Dr. Wagner of the Pearl Bryan murder while the doctor was visiting here a day or two after the crime. Hendren is thoroughly re- liable; he has the respect of the town. The following telegram from Mr. Hen- dren has been received: NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., ——__s»—__. SACRIFICED HIS LIFE, Death of James Do » Whe Rescu Others From the Fire. March 19.— While it is rather a difficu!t matter for any | NEW YORK, March 19.—James Dolan, ore to go back a year and establish the | one of the herces of the fatal fire in Au- exact dates of a visitor's journey, I think burn place, Brooklyn, March who, at we will have no trouble in establishing that my brother-in-law, Dr. Wagner, was at the home of my father, William Hen- dren, near town, at the time of the Pearl Bryan murder. As nearly as I can re- memter, Dr. Wagner was here from Jan- uary 23 to February 3, 1896. (Signed) WALTER S. HENDREN. ALEXANDRIA, Ky., March 19.—Judge Helm has at last given orders to keep the prisoners separated. It is known that their confessions were written while they were together, and the risk of his life, helped io rescue others, died in the Flatbush Insane Asylum today from injvries sustained at the fire, Dolan, who was a strapping big fellow, thirty years , Tesi with widowed mother a half bleck fron e of the fire. He was cn ye é the fire and did gall. people from the irs. Dolan noti fire that her son’s mind was wandering. the stories show | His condition became so nt that on that the two ign Bad agreed on the main | iast Saturday he was sent to the insane contd rae idently in the hope that they | asylum. He failed r. and from ihst could raise a question that would cause a Stay of execution at least. But their plan is apparently too trans- parent, and now on their last day, while separated, an opportunity will be afforded for them to tell the truth. No one is permitted to see them today without an order from Judge Helm. Wall- ing is kept in the upper room of the jail. The men are unable to describe Dr. Wag- ner or his house, or even the cab or wagon in which they sald the body was borne away. lime until his death about the dre ——— BALLOT BOX STUFFERS, ‘aved constantly After a Long Legal Fight They Are Sent to Pri JERSEY CITY, N. J., March 19.—Afier making a fight extending over a period of five years the last five of the fifty-eight men convicted of ballot box stuffing in 1891 were taken to prison today to serve their terms. Nearly all of the convicted men appealed, but one after another of the convictions have been affirmed. The court of appeals has just decided the last five cases. The convicted men were James Jorden, Nathaniel Fowler, John Daly, Patrick Ma- loney and Wm. Reed. The first four must serve six months in the penitentiary, while Reed must go to the state prison for fif- teen months. He had been in the Hudson county jail for the past sixteen months, awaiting the decision of the court, because he was unable to furnish a bondsman to take the place of Patrick Roche, who died. It is probabie that he will be pardoned, because he has served one month more than his sentence. There were many friends of the prisoners at the depot to see them off. —_—— COLLEGE PROFESSORS FOR PEACE. ——.__ ST. NAZAIRE SURVIVORS. Condition of the Four Men Reported Improved. NEW YORK, March 19.—The condition of Captain Berri, one of the survivors of the Ville de St. Nazaire, was said to be much improved at the Hotel Martin today. He is able to be about his room and has taken some liquid nourishment. The only per- sons who are permitted to enter his apart- ments are his physician and Mr. Forget of the French line. The ccndition of Dr. Maire and Engineer Stauts was also said to be greatly im- proved. They are still on board the steam- er La Normandie, but arrangements for re, moving them to a hotel will probably be completed today. Both men sleep a great part of the time and milk is the only food they have taken thus far. Dr. Albarez, who is in attendance upon Juan de Dios Tejada, said that his pa- tient’s hands and feet were swollen from long exposure to the cold and salt water, and that his fever was high, but recovery was probable. —.>—__. Personal Mention. Mr. Joseph A. Wheelock, for more than a third of a century editor of that sterling newspaper the St. Paul Pioneer-Press, is in the city for a stay of some time, enjoy- ing a period of well-earned rest, at the Ebbitt. This is Mr. Wheelcck’s first visit to Washington for more than fifteen years, and he naturally finds great growth and mauny improvements since then. Members of the Dartmouth Faculty Favor the Arbitration Treaty. NEW YORK, March 19.—A dispatch from Hanover, N. H., to the Evening Post says: ‘Twenty-six members of the faculty of Dartmouth College, headed by President Tucker, have sent to Senaters Chandler and Gallinger a communication urging them to aid by every means in their power the securing of the early ratification by the Senate of the arbitration treaty. er Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, March 19.—Arrived: Ob- dam, Rotterdam; Manitoba, London; West- erniand, Antwerp; Spree, Bremen, Capt. C. M. Chester, late in LONDON, March 19.—Arrived: Mobile, the Newark, is in this city for a few days, | New York. ‘Commander Thee F. Jewell is in the | HAMBURG, March 19—Arrived: Bo- c hemia. timore; Phoenicia, Ni Maj. J. M. Kelly, 10th Cavalry, is at the manectes 3 en Greater Kew York Charter. ALBANY, N. ¥., March 19.—The Greater New York s L. S. Tesson of the Med‘cal Corps ta visting fiends at 616 stn strost. Lieut: & Whipple, 7th Cavaly, is in the city on leave of absence.