Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1897, Page 2

2 LATE NEWS BY WIRE DEMOCRATS DIVIDED Reports Continue of Loss of Life in the Flooded District. GOVERNMENT LENDS ITS AID Fresh Breaks in the Mississippi Levees. _ THE DISTRESSED ee SUCCORING MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 19.—Hugh Mc- Vetgh, secretary of the St. Francis levee board of Arkansas, received a telegram from J. J. Willlams of Caruthersville, Mo., president of the St. Francis levee board of Missouri, simply giving the information that the main levee had been cut Wednes- day night below ihe city. Capt. Pharr of a this city is the engineer for both boards and the telegram was addressed to him, but the captain was out of the city, being now on the upper works. J. L. McLellan, received a telegram from a friend in Caruthersville ng that there was a hole in the levee one mile be- low the city, ut neither of the m«ssage= gave any information as to why or how the job was done, ner the ameunt of damage that it would do. More Reports of Loss of L MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 19.—Rumors of @ sensational nature are afloat today as to the breaking of levees above and below this city, and of the consequent serious damage to property and stock. So far these reports have not been verified in full, but sufficient is known to warrant « statement that before nightfall an addi- ticnal 4 square miles of territory will Le submerge The points where the levees are alleged to have failed are remote from telegraph stal making it impossible to get au- In the territory relief steamers under super tizens’ relief committee of ng facts came to light ownin: nformation. ny th of the vision until the list now lief committee t far have ample ed and clothe all the affli city. but the work is necessaril; gra ints sixty-five miles h of this place ask for steamers t © people left by the last trip of hoa Two steamers were dispatched post has‘ and are exvected to return at midnight with several hundred persons and a lot of stock, if the time can be spared to rese re the latter. The government is aiding the city in the work of rescue. A dispatch from Washirgton authorized government engineers to lend time and service to further the protection of life and property. The gavge this morning reads S71, a rise of 0.2 In eighteen hours. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 19.—Over six inches of rain has fallen in the past week, and there are no signs of aa abate. ment of the duwnpour. The rainfall yes- terday was 17 inches. The continuous rains have been general all ever the Ar- kansas river valley and that stream has begun to boom. A rapid rise set In yes- terday and between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. the river rose three feet, the stage at the latter hour registering eighteen feet. The darger point is twenty-one feet, and there is serious cause for alarm among the peo- ple in the lowlands. The river to rise rapidly and a stage of will probably be reached smaller streams are over- All the flowed and a number of bridges have been a s today. AW this vicinity and damage Seventeen Lives Lost. ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 19.—Advices from s Mo., a town on the Mis- souri river bank in the extreme southern part of the state, are to the effect that a levee fifty miles below that place is re- perted to have broken and that seventeen lives have been lost. Efforts are being made to verify the report. The pressure on the levee is very great. All weak spats strengthened, but the work is pped by rain, as the earth used in is turned into mud. Many fami- living on the river bank in the county ave abandoned their houses and taken refuge in Caruthersville. A large amount of stock has been lost on the Tenness side of the river, all the entire bottom ing inundated. The levee near Cottonwood, about eight miles from Caruthersville, is expected to break at almost any hour and overflow that part of the country. PADUCAH, Ky., March 19. — Padu- exh Is beta surrounded and invaded by water. Every inch of low land in Mc- unty is overed. Every stream in West of streets 3 houses wrecked, fences swept away and roads rendered im- passable. No lives have yet been lost, but every hour may bring news of drowning and fatal disaster. The loss to property within a radius of five miles around the flood-ridden town already amounts to thou- The river now stands nearly forty- feet on th: gauge and is rising rap- Weather Bureau Bulletin. The weather bureau jas issued the fol- lewing bulletin: The stages ot water reported this morn- ® in the rivers of the Ohio and lower sissippt val together with the heavy rainfalls that have occurred in those re s.ons during the past forty-eight hours, and which are Ikely to continue today, render it highly probable tnat the floods in lower Mississippi during the next ten days or two weeks will in many places equal or exceed in magnitude and destrac- liveness thoes of any previous years, and iditional wurning is given to the res!- ts of the threatened districts In Arkan- . Louisiana and western Mississippi to from the region of danger. Follow- e some of the stages (in feet and as) reported this morning, and their relght above the danger line, viz.: Cairo, 1. ) occurred during the p: viz.: Memphis, 4 1.4; Knoxvilie, ttle ; Fort Smith, 11. fons due t probably oc sive rain- ur in the rivers Ings of the ex under tnstrt = local weathe ned regios ninated throughout the te danger. T great floods im tne lower Missis- i. during which levees were broken and iderable sections of country inundated, ISS2, ISS4 and 1S00 ted rise have tions from_ this bureau offictals nd widely dis- erritory exposed 2 highest stages recorded in any previous years we 2 Cairo, 52.2, in 1883; Memphi: m 1890; Vicksburg, 51.7, in 1862; New Orleans, 17.0, in 1593. ee ATLANTA SELECTED. Officers Chosen at the Railway Mail Service Conventio: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 19.—At the United States railway mail service con- vention Atlanta, Ga., has been unanimously selected as the city in which to hold the next convention, one year from September next. The election of officers for the ensu- ing term resulted: President, J. M. Butler of Lincoln, Neb.; secretary, C. E. Lagrave; vice president, first, S. W. Separdson; sec- ord, W. J. McFarden: third, John W. Hole Kday; fourth, Wm. Harnold; fifth, W. G. Bands; sixth, Wm. Trayer: seventh, F. A. Sharon; eighth, Harry Lewis: ninth, W. A. Nichols; tenth, W. A. Madagan: eleventh, H, C. Voss; directors, W. J. Butrichs, W. J. Water, A. W. Cox, A. E. Elworth, A. C. McIntyre, C. Hilton, W. Meridith, C. Scher- ner and H. B. Chilton. Difference of Opinion as te a Tax on Raw Materials. Two Minority Reports om the Tariff Bill Likely—The Future Party Policy. There is a division among democrats over the tariff question. All but two mem- bers of the minority of the ways and means committee are in favor of a tax or raw materials, and it is believed that a large majority of the democrats in the Hevse are also in favor of raw material duties. This is a radical charge from the position occupied by Mr. Cleveland on the tariff question, he advocating free raw materials. This is one of the features of the realignment of parties in the last Presidential campaign. The free silver men of the west and middle west are many of them in favor of protection as affecting the raw materials, of which they are the chief producers. The free silver republl- cars who claim to be protectionists are so only to this extent. The sanction of incidental protection on raw materials, it is calculated, will practically remove the only barr:er to the co-operation, politically, of the several elements which compose the silver political aggregation. A modification of the former democratic position on this question of raw material was involved in the construction of the platform of the last democratic nattonal convention. The word “only” in the ex- pression “tariff for revenue only,” was voted out of the platform in the commit- tee on resolutions, and a declaration was made in favor of levying duties for revenue on the products of all sections of the coun- try without discrimination. This declara- tion was advocated in the tnterest of a auty on raw materials, including wool. The policy is to satisfy the western senti- ment by a revenue tariff on their products anc to center the anti-protection fight upen the manufactured products of the east. In the committee on ways and means Mr. McMillin and Mr. Wheeler were the only demecrats who voted for the proposi- ticn to substitute the Wilson wool and vecolen schedules for the schedules of the new bill. The other democrats voted for a proposition of Mr. Bailey, to make a 33 per cent reduction in the schedule propose] by the Dingley bill, and they all voted fer a duty on wool. it is likely that there will be two minority reports—one signed by McMillin and Wheeler in support of the old Cleveland-Carlisle-Morrison idea of free raw material and the other signed by Bailey, Robertson, Swanson and Me- Laurin in favor of duty on raw material. An effort is being made to avoid the dif- ference of opinion among the democrats being advertised in this manner at the start, but it will probably fail. The Bailey report will necessarily deal with the sub- ject in general terms, the majority not having had time to thoroughly digest the bill so as to treat it in detail, and will be confined to a general declaration of prin- ciple on the tariff which will be expected to form the basis of future policy to the party. It will probably be in line with the clause in the democratic platform, declar- ing in favor of duty on raw materials equivalent to that on manufactured arti- cles, end in opposition to the high rates of the Dingley bill, especially on manu- factured articles. This indicates a three-cornered fight in the House and a division among the demo- crats which will permanently alienate the Cleveland element of the party, while mak- ing closer the alliance between the western silver republicans and demecrats. It indi- cates that there will be less resistance to the passage of the tariff bill in the Sen- ate, though it may lead to a counter propo- sition to the McKtinely bill being made in the Senate by the combined silver forces there. ‘The slender thread which holds the gold democrats in the Senate to the party will probably be broken on account of the ad- vocacy by the party of a tax on raw ma- terials, and the silver forces will be satis- fied to simply make clear their opposition to the Dingley bill and their advocacy of tax on raw materials with a lower duty in all the general schedules. ————_—_-«._____ GORDY SAFE FOR THE PRESENT. Extra Deputies Sworn in to Protect the Prisoner. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. GEORGETOWN, Del., March 19.—This usually quiet section was in a state of con- fusion and turmoil last night, and the ex- citement has not subsided. Feeling against James M. Gordy, the accused mur- derer of Mrs. Mary Lewis of New York, became so intense after the coroner's inquest at Milton yesterday afternoon that several parties organized for the pur- pose of coming here to take Gordy from nis cell and lynch him. One party formed at Milton and another at Milford, and a third at Seaford. Sheriff John H. Joknson heard of the movement and became alarmed. At mid- night he received a dispatch informing him that 550 men were on their way to lynch Gordy. Immediately he swore in twenty deputies, ten of whom were sta- tioned outside of the jail armed with Win- chester rifles. An extra guard was placed near the cell in which Gordy is confined. Besides the deputy sheriffs Johnson swore in several men who acted in the capacity of Scouts. The latter drove to and from over the various roads near the town in order to be able to warn the sheriff of the approach of the lynchers. The scouts operated all night, and every time they drove into town to report to the sheriff there was great commotion among the people. At daylight the lynching parties had not appeared, and Sheriff Johnson re- leased ten of the deputies. At 10 o'clock tnis morning he received a telegram saying that the lynching parties had temperarily abandoned their project owing to the bad condition of the roads. ‘The sheriff still fears an attempt to take Gordy out of the jail. He says he is pre- pared to defend the jail to the death, and hagordered more rifles from the armory. Gordy, the accused murderer, was awake all night. He got an inkling of the move- ment to lynch him, and when he heard the deputies outside he became thoroughly frightened and paced up and down his cell. Several umes he inquired of the guard around his cell, “Have they come?” The verdict of the coroner's jury holding him for murder reached Gordy this morn- ing, and so completely unnerved him that he is now temporarily insane. His condi- tion is such that the authorities apprehend that he will become a raving maniac. Superintendent W. H. Hancker of the Del- aware State Hospital of the Insane at Farnhurst, was notified by Attorney Gen- eral White of Gordy’s condition, and it may be necessary to place him in the hos- pital. ee STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. The Wages for Which They Contend- ed WHll Be Paid Them. PATERSON, N. J., March 19.—The 300 strikers of the Enterprise silk mill who went out for an increase of wages of 30 per cent returned to work today. The old scale of wages, for which they struck, will be paid them. Their victory is the first gained by strikers In Paterson. The strike fm the Phoentx silk mill is still on, but the mills are running with non-union hands, and the proprietors say that they will not make any attempt to induce the strikers to return to work. The strike In the Oldham tapestry works, where forty weavers went out yesterd: for an increase of 20 per cent, may be s ted today. There were various confer- ences held with the superintendent yester- day and It is expected that another will be held today, at which the differences wil!l be settled. ee Bolden Also Wanted in Macon. Henry Bolden, colored, who was arrested yesterday for housebreaking in entering the establisnment of Quigley & Hart, will be given a hearing in the Police Court Tues- day next. It was learned at headquarters this af- ternoon that Bolden is wanted in Macon, Ga., for a larceny from the Hotel Lanter. A warrant has been fssved for the arrest of a colored man who is supposed to be an accomplice of Bolden’s, but he has not yet been taken into custody. The prisoner con- tinues to maintain an obstinate silence and the detectives have not received an; mation from him. : re THE. EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1897-12 PAGES. NEW TARIFF BILL It Was Reported to the House by Mr. Dingley. RULES 70 GOVERN THE DEBATE Criticism by the Democrats Causes Lively Discussion. MATTERS IN THE SENATE All the premonitory symptoms that the House was about to plunge into the work Lefore it existed when the Speaker rapped the members to order today. The desks were piled high with the appropriation biils which fafled- Chairman Dingley of the Ways and means committee was in his place, as were Mr. Cannon of the appropri- ations committee and Mr. Henderson of the rules committee. Immediately after the reading of the journal Mr. Dingley, amid some applause, report2d the tariff bill. Mr. Bailey of Texas, on behalf of the minority, secured unanimous consent to extend uniil Monday the time in which the minority re- pcrt may be filed. Mr. McMillin showed a disposition to object to Mr. Dingley’s re- quest for the printing of additional copies of the bil} and report unless a comparative Statement accompanied the bill. Unless this was done, he declared, the bill would be unintelligible, as the duties in so many cases were compounded. There was a good deal of sharp cross firing between Mr. Dingley and Mr. Mc- Millin, but it was finally arranged that 5,000 extra copies of the majority and min- ority reports and also 5,000 copies of the comparative statement should be printed. Rules for the Tariff! Debate. Mr. Dalzeli (Pa.), from the committee on rules, then presented the special rule un- der which the House was to operate dur- ing the tariff debate. The rule provided that the general debate should begin on Monday at 10 o'clock and continue until and including Thursday, March 25, with night sessions, after which the bill should be cpen to amendment under the five- minute rule (committee amendments to have precedence) until 3 o'clock on Wed- nesday, March 31, when the bill, with perding amendments, should be reported from the commitise of the whole and the previous question should be considered as ordered on the third reading and final passage of the bill. The rule also gave leave to print for twenty days. Mr. Dalzell demanded the previous ques- tion, which was ordered by a strict party vote, 163 to 130, the populists voting with the democrats. In deference to the request of the minor- ity Mr. Dalzell agreed to an extension of che debate on the special order to thirty minutes on a side. Mr. Dalzell, in taking the floor in support of the rule, explained its provisions and dwelt on the great na- tional exigency which confronted Congress. He pointed out, giving the figures, how for three years the government revenues had been running behind the expenditures, how for the last nine months the deficit exceed- €d $46,000,000, and how the government had been forced to borrow $262,000,000 to make good the deficit. This condition, he de- red, was a great national calamity which alled for immediate relief at the hands of the representatives of the American peo- ple. (Republican applause.) He read the words of Mr. McKinley’s message pointing out the urgency of the situation and con- gratulated the House on the fact that by dint of hard labor, day and night, the re- publican members were now able to offer a bill for the consideration of the house. In answer to a question from Mr. Smith (Mich.) Mr. Dalzell declared that all whe members would have opportunity to offer amendments as the paragraphs were read. Mr. McMillin pressed him on this point with the purpose of showing that if the bill was only really half through no op- portunity would be offered members to amend the bill in the remaining sections. Mr. Dalzell countered by showing that this was exactly what happened in the case of the Wilson bill, but he gave it as his Judgment that if the minority refrained from offering any but amendments on which they really destred to test the sense ef the House, every paragraph of the bill would be read and opportunity given to amend. He reviewed the manner in which the Wilson bill was finally passed after the conference refused to agree. Action, Not Oratory, Wanted. “The country dees not want declama- tion,” he continued amid republican ap- Plause; “it wants action. Words are poor substitutes for men who want work. Ora- tory wili not open a single mill or kindle a single furnace fire. The press and the public all join in the demand for instant, immediate and efficient action.” In con- cluding, hg appealed to those on his side of the Hous¢ to stand shoulder to shoulder in the impending battle. Mr. McMillin, to whom Mr. Bailey yleld- ed, followed Mr. Dalzeli with a sharp crit- ic'sm of the Pennsylvania member's lack of candor. He detailed the circumstances under which the Wilson bill was passed, putting the case in a different light. He pointed out the alleged shortcomings of the rule, showing that the ways and means committee could at any time supersede the amendment of an individual. He aroused the minority to applause when he referred to the bill as a “hothed for trusts.” “Are not the revenues of the government increasing?” asked Mr. Smith (Mich.), “be- cause of the flood of importations in an- ticipation of the enactment of this repub- lican legislation?’ “Considering the fact that the people already have notice that you intend to rob them it is not unnatural,” replied Mr. Mc- Millin, “that they should try to get in all they can before the holdup begins.” (Dem- ocratic applause.) Mr. Bland Cheered. Mr. Bland of Missouri arose for the first time this session, and his democratic col- leagues cheered lustily. He insisted that the House might as well swallow the bill as it was presented, because in this shape it would be forced through. When he re- called the methods of the extra session called to curtail the circulating mediums 350,000,000 a year, the republicans greeted this first ref2rence to the silver question with jeers and groans, but Mr. Bland did not seem purturbed. “In the last campaign,” he said, “you contracted debts with trusts and monopo- lies, labor was outraged and intimidated as it never was before in our history, and you are here today eager to discharge those debts. (Democratic applause.) Do your best. We know it means the worst.” Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) got three minutes, which he used to ask for “six lines of new legislat:on” that would bring relief to the people. | “I hope you will not fall to tell us what hose six lines are,” interposed Mr. W. A. tone (Pa.). , “Reduce the tax on whisky to a revenue basis,” shouted Mr. Wheeler with great energy. | The House laughed so long and heartily that Mr. Wheeler’s time expired before he could give the other five lines in his pros- perity program. The Closing of the Debate. Mr. Bailey closed the debate for his side. It was worthy of remark, he said at the outset, that the campaign of four years ago turned entirely on the tariff, yet the President called an extra session to deal with the financial question, and that the last campaign turned on the financial ques- tion, yet Congress was called in extra ses- sion to deal with the tariff. He declared that there was no disposition on the dem- oeratic aide to unduly protract the debate on the tariff. If it could produce good re- sults, as its authors prophesied, the coun- try was entitled to the benefits. “If it fails, as fail it will,” said he, addressing the other side, “you will not live to see the day when you can seture a patient audience with the people for the doctrine that you can make them prosperous by taxing them.” (Loud democratic ap- plause.) Mr. Dingley closed for the republicans. They cheered him heartily as he took the floor. He said Mr. Bailsy’s prophesy car- ried him back several years, when in the same prophetic tones, from the same desk, he Istened to the same prophesy at the end of the debate on the McKinley law. a? he come ned. “the country is much wiser today than it was seven years ag. The country followed that prophesy, it Ustened to those siren promises, cost the country $50,000,000 a year. He sid the time allotted for debate was ample. The vote om the adoption of the rule was taken by yeas and nays and it yas ado} 170 to 182. The Delayéa Appropriation, Bills. Mr. Hendersba (lewa), from the com- mittee on rules, then presented the other special order_ the immediate considera- tion of the appropriation bills which failed to become laws at the last session. Mr. Holmag,(Ind.), the “old watchdog of the treasury,” came forward at once to assume his ge role, and demanded a di- vision on the demand for the previous question. The previous question was or- dered—107 to‘ $5. Then the time came to recognize the minority therewas a three-cornered clash on the democratic side which afforded the republicans much amusement. Mr. Holman attempted to secure recog- nition, which-belonged to Mr. McMillin as & member of the rules committee which re- ported the ofder. Mr. Sayers (Tex.), who was at the head of the minority of the appropriations com- mittee in the last House, rather sharply ex- Pressed the opinion that some one ought to be given charge of the time who knows something about these bills. This led to an exchange of personalities. “I'll have my say whether I know any- thing about these bills or not,” shouted Mr. McMillin. Mr. Sayers disclaimed any reflection on Mr. McMillin, but the Tenesseean rather warmly retorted that Mr. Sayers had bet- ter bridle his tongue, and that he only stood on his rights. Mr. Sayers smiled and adjured the Tennesseean to keep cool. The Speaker put an end to the controversy by recognizing Mr. McMillin. Mr. McMillin declared that it was unfair to ask new members to rush bills through with their eyes shut which they had no voice in framing. Mr. Holman denounced the four bills as the most extravagant that ever passed. ‘HE SENATE. ind they The first copy of the Senate calendar was on the desks of senators today. Two Pacific railroad bills, reported yesterday, were number 1 and number 2. These and Mr. Turpie’s resolution for the election of senators by the people constituted the cal- endar. The claim of J. Edward Addicks of Del- aware made its reappearance by a petition from Mr. Addicks, presented by Mr. Bur- rows (Mich.). It set forth that on January 2 last he was duly elected to the senate by a majority of the duly qualified inembers of the legislature of Delaware. He further says that Mr. Kenney, now holding a seat in the Senate, was not duly elected and is not entitled to hold his seat. The peti- tion then recites details of alleged frauds by which, it is claimed, fourteen cf the duly elected representatives in the legisla- ture were displaced. It is stated, also, that a canvass made since the election sub- Stantiates this claim. Mr. Gray (Del.) said he desired to state, as a matter of fact, that there had been bo canvass of an official characier since the election. ‘The petition was referred to the commit- tee on privileges and elections, The Oregon Case. Following this, Mr. Chandler (N. H.) presented a memorial from Gov. W. P. Lord and the secretary of state of Ore- gon, detailing the circumstances of the recent failure of the legislature of that state to organize and elect a senator. The document ateted that as a result of this failure no “sésSion of the Oregon legisla- ture had been held since February, 1895. The purposé of the memorial was to estab- lish the right'of the governor to appoint a senator... The memorial, like Mr. Ad- dicks’ petition, was referred to the commit- tee on privilegés and elections. A Tariff Resolution. The early opening of the tariff work in the Senate was indicated by the agree- ment to a resglution for the preparation of a comparative statement on revenue questions and for an increase of the cleri- cal staf€ of thefinance committee. A resolution by Mr. Gear was agreed to calling om the Attorney General for infor- mation as to the Pacific railroad foreclos- ure suits. « i A resolution by Mr. Pettigrew (S.,,D.) for a committee of five senators io lock into Pacific railroad questions was re- ferred. Another large consignment of bills came ) the Senate went into executive jon or the arbitration treaty. The Executive Session. Senator Allen took advantage of the ex- ecutive session of the Senate today to lec- ture that body on its failure to iill the vacancies on the various committecs. The secret session was ordered a few minutes before 1 o'clock on the motion of Senator Davis for the purpose of taking up the arbitration treaty, but had nu sooner convered than Mr. Allen took the floor and proceeded with a speech upon the entirely different subject of the Senate organization. His address was in the nat- ure of a criticism of the republican and democratic parues for thelr failure to resch an understanding under which the committees could be prepared for the trans- action of business. He said the business of the country could not wait upon the partisan convenience of either of the old parties. No reply was made to Mr. Allen be- yond the statement by Mr. Chandler that as no party had a majority in the Senate none could fill the committees without the co-operation of senators from other par- ues. It was suggested that if Mr. Allen would join the republicans his vote would be sufficient to give that party a working majority. With this incident disposed of the reso- lution for the ratification of the arbitra- tion treaty was laid before the Senate. Senator Davis as chairman of the com- mittee on foreign relations was immediate- ly recognized. He spoke at length, pre- senting the views of a majority of the committee favorable to the treaty, and was listened to with the utmost attention. Many senators gathered together in the Senate nearest the speaker. It was the first speech the Minnesota senator had made upon the subject, and there was a general feeling that he would present the law and the precedents, and that his argu- ment would exhaust all that could be said in behalf of the agreement. Mr. Davis went into the history of the negotiations of the treaty at some length, and made a strong appeal for its ratification as the first important step between the two na- tions in the recognition of the first princi- pie. of a peaceful adjudication of disputes. He said that as’amended the treaty of- fered perfect security against a violation of the prerogatives of the Senate as an integral part of the treaty-making powers of the United States, and that under the provisions of these amendments there was no danger of snap judgment in any trans- action under the treaty. MGR. DEL VAL’S MISSION. |The Papa{ Uélegute to Canada Sails (LU. .Fomorrow. LONDON, March 19.—Monsignor Merry Del Val, ttle ffapal delegate to Canada, sa%s for Mew ‘York tomorrow on board the Cunard,jine,steamship Aurania. In an interview with a representative of the As- sociated Press-today Mgr. Del Val said: “My mission-4arone of peace. I have no intention tO) dofanything but remove the controversy: bycfinding a modus vivend! agreeable to eil and based on right and inthe Lill pasted by the Manitoba. legt be 1e 1e anitol legis- lature, embbayide the Laurier and Green- way comprimist, comes to me as a pain- y fal surprisé, ast can hardly act favorably toward. a ipettlgment of the question to which I ag adgressing myself. “T think 3 Was due to the pope to wait until he had t! fe to place before the gov- ernment his views and wishes, “At no time in the last two years has the pope been in such good health and spirits as now. The recent rumors of faintings, etc., are absolutely untrue.” ee A Claim for $10,000 Damages. Adolphus 8. Jenkins, through Attorney John Criteher,: today sued the Herdic Phac- ton Company, clalming $10,000 damages because of injuries alleged to have been sustained by him the 3d of lust Novemoer. Mr. Jenkins claims that while. standing on the avenue near The Stay bi dn compact mass of people, oH aan teto by one cf the company’s phaetons. and per- manently injured. a : A DIPLOMAT’S FALL Our Vice Consul General at Paris Emberrles $30,000. HE 1S NOW SAFE IN LONDON No Action to Be Taken Against Him by the Government. MRS. BARNES’ PARTY Full detatis have been recently received at the State Department of the escapades and peccadilloes of Clyde Shropshire of Rome, Ga., while holding the office of vice consul general at Paris under Consul Gen- eral Morss. This enterprising individual decamped from Paris last summer, after having, it is reported, victimized the consul general out of nearly $30,000 during the three years he was in his service. Shropshire is described as a lawyer by profession, but an adven- turer by habit, and popular with the fast set of Americans who make Paris their headquarters in the summer season. He had been living in Paris for five or six years previous to his appotntment. Mr. Morss,being a stranger and unfamiliar with the practices and dutles of the oftice, left everything to Mr. Shropshire, and re- tained confidence in him to the very last, although he was frequently warned by friends that his deputy was running with a rapid crowd, was an habitue of the gamb- ling clubs, and had the reputation of play- ing a high and reckless game. Given Fair Warning. Mr. Morss was also informed frequently that Mr. Shropshire was living in sus- picious style, and had developed extrava- gant habits that were the subject of much gossip in the American colony. But Shrop- shire was such a nice fellow that Mr. Morss refused to believe these reports, and when he did allude to them once or twice the ex- planations of his deputy were plausible and satisfactory. When his swindling practices were dis- covered last June Shropshire fled, and has not been located. He is said, however, to be in London, in company with Mrs. Hattie Barnes, a woman of much notoriety from San Francisco. She is said to be engaged on the stage of one of the London the: while he is doing newspaper work. Th intimacy was notorious in Paris for sev- eral months before Shropshire disappeared. In addition to having imposed on the consul general to a large financial extent in consular fees, trusi funds, etc., it is said that Shronshire also swindled the French government out of 1,000 francs, which he charged for certifying to the claims of exhibitors at the world’s fair at Chicago, whose exhibits were destroyed or injured in the fire at the manufacturers’ building. Recovery Impossible. As an act of courtesy, these claims should have been certified without charge, but it appears that Shropshire demanded $200 for his services as # notary, and made no en- try of that fee upon the books. According to reports received at the State Department the evidence of his rascality was plentiful and manifest after his de- parture, although nothing tangible had been offered against him so long as he remained in Paris. Mr. Morss does not fix the amount of his deputy’s embezzlements, but it will rot be far from $30,000, if the money he borrowed from patrcns of the consulate is included. Mr. Morse has taken no steps for his ar- Test because it is impossible to recover anything and he wishes to avoid a scandal. The, government suffers no financial loss by Shropshire’s transactions. eee HEAVY WIND IN TEXAS. Damage Reported at Fort Worth, Sherman, McKinney and Plano. DALLAS, Tex., March 19.—Damage from heavy wind is reported from Fort Worth, Sherman, McKinney and Plano. All the wires are down south and east. Rain, which has been falling intermittently for four Gays, continues. The storm is thought to have been severe in remote portions of the state, where telegraphic communication is interrupted. A terrific tornado, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, struck Dennison at about 9:30 o'clock last night, and alihough nobody was badly hurt it did many thou- sand dollars of damage, houses being biown off their foundation, and some de- molished, chimneys and fences torn down, plate glass broken and other smaller items. The wind seems to have been divided into two parts before it struck the ciiy, one part coming in southern part of the town ard the other first striking in the extreme southwestern corner of the city JACKSON, Miss., March 19.—A severe windstorm struck Jackson this morning about 6 o'clock, coming from the southwest and accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain. So far as known there has been no loss of life, although heavy trees were blown up by the roots, houses unroofed, fences and outbuildings destroyed and signs blown away. Jackson is entirely isotated in the matter of telegraphic communications and on ac- count of that nothing can be heard from the surrounding country, but it is prob- able that s.rious damage has been done. It is reported from Glendale, Miss., that the levee kas broken there and that Lake Tchula has risen four feet. It is reported from Raymond, Miss., that the property at Coopers and Wells, a summer resort near there, has been considerably damaged by the cyclone. —_——. NEW LAND DECISION. Secretary Bliss Holds an Entry May Take Less Than a Quarter Section. ‘The issue.as to an entry of a quarter sec- tion of public land containing less than the prescribed 160 acres, under the act of May 2, 1890, is said to be raised for the first time in an Enid, Okla., land case just de- cided. Secretary Bliss says that as quar- ter section entries containing more than 160 acres have been allowed to stand sim- ply because the quarter section conforms to legal subdivisions, it would seem that where the deficiency is shown to be small, the rule should work both ways. a Contents of Two Wills. The will of the late Margaret Donovan, dated November 6, 1882, and naming Rich- ard R. Crawford as executor, was filed to- day. The sum of $620, deposited with the treasurer of Georgetown College, is given to that institution. No other bequest or devise is mentioned in the will. A certified copy of the will of the late Medical Inspector Somerset Robinson, U. 8. N., was also filed here tod: the original having been filed in San Luis,Obispo-coun- ty, Cal. It is dated June 28, . 1890, and three-fourths of the estate are given to Mrs. Florence A. R. Judd of Buffalo, N. Y., wife of Lieut. Chas. H. Jutti, U. 8. N., and the remaining fourth to ‘the testator’s heirs-at-law. Mrs. Judd is also named as executrix. ——— The Alleged Railway Combine. NEW YORK, March 19.—Argument on the appeal from Judge Wheeler's decision in the action brought in the name of the United States against the Joint Traffic As- sociation, alleged to be an illegal combina- tion of railroad interests formed for the purpose of defeating competition and for the pooling of traffic and earnings, was continued today before Judges Wallace and Lacombe of the United States circuit court of appeals. At the outset it was announced that the entire day would be given to he hearing of arguments by James C. Carter and E. J. Phelps in favor of the Joint ‘Traffic Association and against the appeal taken by the United States government. SSS GEES Ets Ex-Gov. McKinney Ill. FARMVILLE, Va., March 19.—P. W. Mc- Kinney, ex-governor of Virginia, is crit- ically fll at his home in this place suffering from a complication of diseases involving both his heart and lungs, ——_—-—_— Over Two Hundred Bills. - Over 200 bills were introduced in the Sen- ate today. GERMAN NAVAL ESTIMATES. Merr Velimar the Opposi- tiem of the Socialints. BERLIN, March 19.—The debate on the Raval estimates was continued in the Teichstag today. Prince Henry of Prussia was present im the royal box. The secretary of the imperial treasury, Count Posadowsky, said he believed the financial situation justified the house in granting the government's demands, all of which, he claimed, had been proved to be necessary. Herr Vollmar, socialist, explained the grounds of the opposition of the socialts: Party to the naval grants. Referring to the larger prospective demands for the navy, he said: ‘Hitherto the government has been play- ing hide and seek with the reichstag. The house has been decetved.” Herr Volimar declared that the secretary for the navy, Vice Admira! von Hollmann, had launched the naval projects without the knowledge of Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, or of the bundesrath. Continuing he said: “Why did he (von Hollmann) not say frankly that it was solely the emperor's wish? There are always ecnougi ships available to represent the country, and the committee has not cut the estimates enough. The threat of a conflict is an un- worthy appeal to fear. If a conflict comes we will fight it out.” (Cheers from the left ard hisses from the right.) Prince Hohenlohe thereupon rose and said he had given his assent to the action of Admiral von Hollmann ‘in committee because he regarded the admural’s course as perfectly straightforward, and there was therefore no violation of a constitu- tional principle. (Cheers from the right.) Dr. Bennigsen, national Hberal, though the German army should be superior to any other, but the German navy could noi take first rank, nor even equal that of France. A second rank navy, he added, would be sufficient to maintain peace. The strengthening of the navy, therefore, would increase the feeling of tranquility in Eu- rope. —_—-__ PICTURES OF PRIZE FIGHTS. An Illinois Lawmaker Proposes to Prohibit Their Reproductio: SPRINGFIELD, Il, March 19.—Repre- sentative W. E. Lamont of Chicago today introduced a bill in the legislature, with an emergency clause attached, which will pro- hibit the reproduction of pictures of prize fights, and fixes a severe penalty for vio- lating it. Mr. Lamont had in mind such a measure ever since it was announced by the press that the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight would be reproduced in this manner. Dur- ing the last three or four days he has re- ceived a large number of letters from bust- ness men and fathers advocating the pas- sage of such a bill. The bill prohibits the exhibition not only of pictures of prize fights, but any other act prohibited in the criminal code of this state. The Dill in full is as follow: “Whereas, there has recently been a mest brutal, demoralizing and disgusting prize fight at Carson City, Nev.. between two men of the name of Corbett and Fitz- simmons; and, whereas, such exhibitions are prohibited by the criminal code in this state; and, “Whereas, such exhibitiors have a ten- dency to degrade, corrupt and injure the morals of the citizens of this state, and more especially the morals of the young j men and the children of this state; “Whereas, certain persons have by means of electricity, scientifically applied, taken photographs of the said prize fight, which will present the fight on canvas in all its disgusting, revolting and demoralizing details, and whereas such a reproduction will be as injurious to the morals of the people of this state as the prize fight itself, therefore. “Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the state of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, that it shall be unlawful for any person, persons or corporation to exhibit in this state by means of the bio- graph, kinetoscope or any kindred device or machine, any picture of any prize fight. glove contest or other match between men or animals that is prohibited by the crim- inal code of this state. — SENATOR WOLCOTT HOPEFUL. Belleves That Internatio: Bimetal- lism is Coming Soon. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19.—Senator Wolcott ef Colorado has written to his brother in this city, saying: “I am interest- ed in international bimetallism. It 1s feasi- ble, and I think it is surely coming soon. It all rests with the people of this voun- try.” —_———_ “Want” ads. in The Star pay because they bring answers. Unfortunate Woman's Death. A young women, who was at one time handsome, judging from her appearance, died rather suddenly about 9 o'clock last evening at Myers’ Hotel annex, 326 Penn- sylvania avenue. She had stopped at the house very often during the past few weeks and last evening rushed to the land- lady with the remark that she was dying. Her demise occurred a few moments there- after. the cause, so it was stated this after- noon, being alcoholism. The deceased was in the habit of appro- priating the names of women of ill fame. Her real name, so she said just before her death, was Maude Virgie Duvall. The un- fortunate woman, it is said, once held a $1,200 position in one of the departments, and was the particular friend of a promi- nent congressman. The latter, so the story goes, deserted her, and since then Miss Duvall has been drifting from bad to worse. A trunk belonging to the deceased was delivered at police headquarters today by Knox Express Company. The company obtained it at a house on 15th street to be delivered at one on H street northeast, but the parties at the last mentioned place re- fused to receive it. The body was this afternoon prepared for burial at Lee’s undertaking establish- ment. It was stated at Lee's that friends would take charge of the remains, and no inquest would be held. An Sudden Intimate friends who viewed the body late this afternoon at Gawler’s undertak- ing establishment stated to a Star reporter in the most emphatic terms that the man found dead at the lime kiln of the Wash- ington Gaslight Company Wednesday is not “Lowry” King, as supposed. eee Government Bonds. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Mesers. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. 3 cid i 73 ae i 8 5.93 892 9.05 4270 430 437 4.37 430 4.85 4.82 455 Low. Close. 7.04 7.04 70 7.08 7100 7.13 sample, Corn May, a iy, 2748295: steaner ‘Dashels: FINANCE AND TRADE Sales to Realize Profits Prevented Improvement in Values. GAS CONSOLIDATION AT CHICAGO The Bill Regarded as Certain of Passage. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS aa Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 19.—Realizing sales in the Vanderbilt group and professional selling of New Jersey Ce: significant improvement in stock values this morning. In a majority of instan. activity was followed by coacessions vary- ing from \ to 2 per cent. This result was neither unexpected nor undesirable. ‘The recent advance in the market has not es- tablished a speculative plane of sulfictent breadth to preclude irequ>nt interrup’ in the dominant tendency. Conditions, are sufficiently en couraging to prevent substantial or per. maneut declines. In view of these facts commission buying for outside interests should increese in volume with every action which does not alter the prin. movement. The securities scid today at the fractional declines noted above were re- almost exclusively for the accouats of traders. Having taken profits on early week purchases the trading element im- mediately began operations in the short account. The seiling for this account resulted in a further increase in the holdings of the larger interests. The proposed introduction of a bill tidate the Chicago gas compan’ und @ the authority of the state of Iilinols, had a beneficial influence of Chicago Gas, 11-4 per cent being added :o opening figure The bill is apparently certain of becoming a law, but with delays in the state s reason interests confident sults which may rassing. The circulation of an unfounded rumor relative to the purchase of the Ogden ¢ Company, the Chicago company’s prin rival, attracted a few susceptible buyers at the higher prices. Freedom from hostile legislation is alone essential to the future welfare of this property, and improbable inventions cannot be regarded as contribut- ing to assured results. In some quarters there is a dis attach more significance to the date of the passage of the tariff bill than to the bill it- self. The promptness of the House, which is practically guaranteed, will not 7 a thorough debate in the Senate, b tory tactics are not likely. the assuran garded because radical chang: schedules are probable. In a market founded on sound principles and performing Its naturai functions of emphasizing merit and demerit, it is pos- sible for a sharp break to be recorded in one property at a time of extreme buoyancy in another. This possibility has been re- flecte¢ during nt week by the If the manage- sr should suc- convincing the public that che sugar schedule is ruinous to the profits cf that cencern the stock might decline with- out material hurt to the general market The downward movement should termi- nate once the possibility of legislation is removed and the same schedule defined more accurately. Demonstrations to retain what now seems essured are not unlikely to assum ‘arily tu tempor embar- sition to in a few in this property, but the whole market is not to be held up during the process, pane FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. " Correspondents, Messrs. Meore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. 13 (3B 12m American Sugar, pf American Tobacco American Cotton Oil Chesapeake & Ohio €.,C.C. & St. Louis. URicago, BA Q. Chicago& Nortnwesti Den. & Rio Grande, pfd General Electric Louisville & Nashvilie: Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacit National Lead Co. National Lead Co., pfd.. New Jersey Ceutral. New York Centrat. Northern Pactt Northern Pacific, ptd Unt. & Western Puliman FP. ©. Co . Southern Ry., ptd Phila. Tracii 6% 6 146% 2Ex-div. 147. Sipe ane Washington Stock Exchange. Sales call12 o'clock m.—Lincoln Na- tional Bai Poeumatic Gan Carr 8 at 103. Phe ts Mergenthaler Linotype, Water stock 7s, 1902, funding, currency, 109 jl, curreacy, $s, Me bid. Miscellaneous Bonds. — Metropol 121 Did. Metropolitan Railroad 115 asked. Metropolitan Railroa indebtedness, 113 bid. 130 asked. Belt Ratl~wad 6 bid, 80 asked. Eckington Railroad @s, 82 tid, asked. Columbia Rallrond 6s, ae Gas Company 6s, series A, Washington Gas Company 6s, series B, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone bid. Am-rican Security and Trust 58, F. amd American Security and Trust 5s, A Washington Market Company’ 1si ¥ Company imp. |.” Washington Market Company ext. tis, 108 bid. Masonic Hall Association Js, 105 bid Washington Light Infantry Int Gs, 5 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 265 Bid, 275 asked. “Bank of, the Republic, 200" Nid, |. Metropolitan, id, Sa bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid, . 132 bid. Columbia, 125 bid.’ Capital, 1; West Ei |. 107 bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 95 bid, SF amked.” Lincoln, 143 bid. 1044 asked” “Onto. bid, 100 ‘asked. fe Deposit and Trast Companies.—National Save . 119 |. Ami 0 y ‘Teast a, 138 “Seted. “Washington Safe Det posit,” 50 Rail Stocks.—Tapital Traction ny, *50 id BD aaked Sictropolitan, 108% bid TIT eked. Columbia, 51 bid. Gaw ani Electric Light Sto-ks.—Washineion aGs, si ‘aaked. Georgetown Gas, 43 D: Steet Light. °S7_ bid. 0 asked jet Mr. E. R. Speer of Georgia tendered his resignation as chief of division in the office