Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1897, Page 11

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Judging from the way we grow that will be an easy task. The Yale Laundry, 518 1oth—’phone 1092. ee Refuses to Concur With Senate on Pearl Harbor. 2 STRONG ARGUMENT BY MR HITT Importance of a Naval Station in the Pacific. EFFORTS OF ENGLAND The House of Reoresentatives late yes- terday afternoon by a vote of §5 nays to 58 yeas refused to concur ih the Senate amendment to the sundry civil bill appro- priating $50,000 to improve the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawatian Islands, and the item was sent into conference committee. Mr. Hitt of Ilinais, long time chairman of the committee on forzign affairs, and who will probably fill that position egain when committees are appointed, advocated concurrence in the amendment. Mr. Hitt said: Importance of the Amendment. “I was haping that the xentleman from Illinois (Mr. Cannon) would move to con- cur in this amendment to improve the en- trance of Pearl Harbor. As he has not done so, I will make that motion. I will briefly point out the importance of this amendment. It is « judiciohs, a very prop- er, an urgent expenditure. It has been commended for many years over and over again by our chief naval officers, by several secretaries, both of the Navy and State Departments, and just now the mat- ter is particularly urgent in view of the enlargement of our navy and onr- present relations with the Hawatian government. “The treaty of 1875 with Hawaii—called the reciprocity treaty, in consideration of the advantages of reciprocity we granied therein—contained a provision that the gov- ernment of Hawaii should never grant any privilege or exclusive right In u port cr harbor or in any part of her territory to any other nation than tne United States. ‘That treaty was terminable «i tne demcnd of either party on twelve months’ notice after seven years. It proved greatly ad- vantageous to Hawaii. Its policy was doybted by many in this country, and when the question of renewal arose in 1884 a supplemental convention of two articles was made, one continuing that ad- vantageous reciprocity provision for seven years and then terminable on twelve months’ notice, and the second containing a grant of Pearl Harbor to the United States. “The Senate has now before it in a pend- ing tariff bill a clause which will practi- cally abrugate the reciprocity treaty of 1875. There is a contention on the friends of the Hawaiian governime: that contention would be supported with all their influence by the governments of Great Britain and Japan—that the grant of Pearl Harbor in the supplemental con- vention woutd fall with the original treaty, and thus we would lose Pearl Harbor. That is the contention of many gentlemen—some of them our own citizens—and, of course, it will be the contention of the Hawaiian government. But I do not admit it.” “If that is the contention,” suggested Mr. Sayers, “of the Hawaiian government and some of our own citizens, why, then, at this time, go to the expense of improv- | ing a harbor which may not belong to us, should this contemplated legislation of the Senate be enacted into law?” “That is the point to which I am com- ing,” replied Mr. Hitt. “I believe the grant m the supplemental convention is com- plete—is for a consideration that has been paid. Consideration for Pearl Harbor. “The treaty in which is expressed the consideration granted to the United States for the favor of reciprocity says expressly that it shall continue so long as this treaty ‘shall remain in force. That consideration was the absolute exclusion of all other governments in the world from any right to lease or hold any part of the territory of the Hawaiian Islands. In the grant of Pearl Harbor there is no such qualification, but it is an absolute grant, and the pro~ vision going with it in the previous article shows that the new consideration given for this new grant is that this favoring re- ciprocity, which gave Hawaiians so much money, should be continued seven years longer. Hawaii could not claim those seven years under the, terms of the original treaty, which was terminable at any time on twelve months’ notice by either party. That grant of Pearl Harbor was a new grant, and was paid for separately. It has cost $23,000,000. “If the Hawaiian Islands were annexed tomorrow, the necessity for the adoption of this amendment would remain as urgent as ever. If the whole of the islands should become a part of the United States, {t would be an urgent duty in organizing the defensive and aggressive forces of the United States to have a naval station there. What have we been spending money for by tens of millions in building our new navy, creating those great engines of de- struction that traverse the sea, except for effective war? Need of a Naval Station. “A naval station is part of an effective navy. Naval stations are necessary ad- juncts of a navy. This port at Pearl river is 2,100 miles out, and a naval station for coaling and repairs extends the range of effective action of the navy of the United States in the Pacific ocean over 2,000 miles. We have tried for thirty years to secure naval stations in many parts of the world. We have tried irregularly and vainly. Mr. Seward tried often in the south and tn the Mediterranean. We made strong efforts to secure the Mole St. Nicholas in the West Indies. We failed. We made an effort— and this House appropriated $250,000 to carry out a negotiation for the purpose—to secure one at Samana, and it failed. A ne- gotiation was entered into to secure St. Thomag for a compensation of over $7,000,- 000, and that failed. We have tried in sev- eral instances to secure naval stations in South and Central America, and not one have we there today.”” “The gentleman will permit me to in- quire whether he can point the committee of the whole to any damage that we have suffered by reason of not having those sta- tions?” asked Mr. Bailey of Texas. “We cannot say that we have suffered any specific damage by not having con- structed one more great naval vessel,” re- plied Mr. Hitt, “or that we have gained any tangible and visible advantage from having had one built. It was a question of policy as to having a larger or less navy. It is a great weapon in the hands of the nation for the contingency of war, and the greatest naval power in the world spends its money in large part for ships and also largely for naval stations. British naval stations dot the world, so that any part of the navy of Great Britain, which is so pow- erful, can be placed in any part of the globe and be within reach of supplies as well as facilities for repair. Our nation, in case of war, would find its cruisers help- ‘less as soon as their coal ran out. that been expended? Not to fight with France; not for the possibility of a strug- gle with Russia, her great rival. It is because those ships carry guns that may come. into our poris; it is because they will | be the most terrible weapon against us in the contingency of war. Is it not plain that such a naval! station is a tremendous adjanct of Britisn naval operations against our coast in war? “Now, if that Hawaiian reciprocity treaty is abrogated, Great Britain will imme- diately press for new, and closer rela- tions with Hawail. Instantly Japan will be pressing, and fiercely pressing. In the telegrams of this morning I read that the cruiser Ninewa, bearing a representative of the Japanese foreign office, has already arrived at Hawaii to present »menacing claims upon that feeble government. And there comes at the same time the report from the Senate that the treaty is to be abrogated, thus taking away from the Ha- wallan government the support of the United States. “When we discussed here, not long ago, the preject of a Pacific cable, all of the old members recollect how it was brought out in that debate that the Hawaiian gov- ernment resisted a propositién of the Brit- ish government to land a British gov- ernment cable upon the Hawaiian Islands, fal.ing hack upon that provision of the treaty which gave them the suppert of the United States, they having covenanted with us that no other power than the United States should have a foothold or lending upon the islands.” “The genticman speaks of the fact that Great Britain will likely move in the di- rection of procuring concessions in Ha- wail,” said Mr. McMillin, “and that that night be damaging to the United States. not my friend ccncede that Great Britain already hes coaling stations and privileges on this continent that are fdr superior to any she could obtain in that ocean England's Struggle in Hawaii. “The coaling privileges she has on the seas east of this continent are of no avail and have no relation to a war waged in the Pacific,” answered Mr. Hitt. “She can not yet get the Hawaiian Islands for that pur- pose, and she has been struggling by every means to get a foothold there. There was a memorable race between a little boat of the Hawalian government and a British light vessel to reach a bare rock in a tem- Pestuous sea, so that they might claim by right of ogcupation a footing which Great Britain intended to use as a. fortified post upon which to land a government cable; but the Hawalian boat beat them by a few hours; then claimed that rock as hers, and that under the treaty with the United States the British could not come there. They mage that bold answer, knowing that Uncie Sam would back them, and would enforce his exclusive rights under the reci- procity treaty of 1875. If we now abrogate ear the English may come unre- sisted. Pearl Harbor. “Pearl Harbor is a great harbor, enticing to any eye that sees it, and it would have been the seat of commerce long ago but for the fact that there was a reef across the entrance, which, it was thought, was a coral reef. The city of Honolulu has been built upon an open pocket, into which the free commerce of the world could go; but it is a small harbor. It is already near- ly all occupied. It is not suitable for a naval station. It would be a costly pur- chase to get even the shore space. Our government has had a careful examination made by soundings and borings of the channel or entrance to Pearl Harbor from the outer deep sea to the inner harbor, and the reef is found to be easily movable sand. The cost of a channel 250 feet wide would be $100,000. The cost of a channel 200 feet wide would be '$80,000.” In Case of Wi “I did suppose,” remarked Mr. Cummings of New York, “that the chairman of the great committee on appropriations in the last House had some knowledge of naval affairs. He says that United States men- of-war can get coal in Honolulu. Let us see. We obtained $15,000,000 from England by the Geneva award. What did we give in return? We sanctioned Engliad’s propo- sition that coal should be considered as contraband of war. That government had at that time 271 coeling stations on the globe, while the United States had not one. Ergland has today over 300 of these sta- tions. We have two, if they are worthy of the name—Pago-Pago, in the Samoan Islands, and this shadowy affair at Pearl Harbor, in the Sandwich Islanis. “Now, in case of war, how are you going to coal your war vessels in the port of Honolulu? Coal is contraband of war. ‘The only way in which you can coal American vessels in time of war will be to carry the cecal to the vessels in lighters on the ocean or coal them at United States ports, “Sir, it is time that something was done to secure the coaling stations which we have offered to us instead of seeking coal- ing stations at Mole St. Nicholas, Samana Bay, or elsewhere. What good"is Pearl Harbor to us if we cannot get into it? This paragraph proposes an appropriation of only $50,000 toward establishing a coaling station in that harbor, and we are told that $50,000 more will make it entirely accessi- “Mr. Chairman, there is one reason why I might feel induced to vote against this proposition. The chairman of the con:mit- tee on foreign affairs in the iast House had it in his power to save this appropriation by reporting a bill for the annexation of Hawaii. Then, indeed, we might readily cecal our vessels in Honolulu in time cf war. I have faith enough in the Ameri- canism and the patriotism of President Mc- Kinley to believe that before he leaves the White House Hawaii will be an integral part of the United States. (Applause.) In view of that belief I might vote against this proposition; but as the matter is now presented, 1 shall vote for it. It is better to be sure than to be sorry. ““We have had this harbor for many years under treaty stipulation. It is of no use to us unless we can get into it. Let us ap- propriate the money and make a “oaling station out of it, for we need it, and it seems to me to be playing into the hands of England to neglect it. She would probably give fifty times $50,000 te secure it.” No La Given With the Harbor. Mr. Hilborn of California opposed the amendment. He said: “Mr. Chairman, there are certain facts in relation to this proposition which I think the committee should understand before we come to a vote. The Hawaiian government transferred to the United States a sheet of water in the Hewaiiam Islands known es Pearl Harbor, but she gave us not one inch of land. It was the old transaction—a pound of flesh, but not one drop of blood. if wé acquire any land at Pearl Harbor— and we shall certainly want some }: apis shall have to buy it and pay oe “All the available land which is adjacent to that body of water is owned by: specula- tors aif is held for the purpose of being sold to the United States. On the occasion of my visit to those islands ea short_time ago, a gentleman was pointed out to me as @ prospective millionaire. He owns Fords Island in Pearl Harbor; and it was stated that that body of land was indispensable to the United States; that the United States would ultimately have to buy that piece of jJand for a navy yard. “We have no right of eminent domain, I apprehend, in Hawaii. Now, this property could be of no use to us except as a mili- tary or navel site. In that view the first thing required would be to build docks und navy yards there. It costs in the neighbor- hood of $1,000,000 to build a dock. “The United States itself is too poor to build docks for its own use at home. We have only three docks in the United States where we dock our val I battle shi to go into the dock at Port Orchard. Now, when our country is in this destitute condi- tion at home as to docks, is it good policy to go abroad to construct them? If we have money enough to build docks, let us build them at home. “The harbor at Honolulu is amply suffi- ctent for all of our war vessels-and all of our merchgnt marine. If we owned the Ha- waiian Islands, if we should annex them, we should never utilize Pearl Harbor, be- cause the harbor of Honolulu is ample aid sufficient. And if we do not annex the is- lands, do we want a valuable property 2,100 miles out in the Pacific, which, in case of war, we should have to defend with all of the power of the navy of the United States or abandon it?” Mr. Cannon of Hlinois also opposed the amendment, using an argument in line with Mr. Hilborn’s remarks.’ - After some further debate for and against it the amendment was non-concurred in, and sent to conference. ——— GOMEZ APPROACHES HAVANA. Reported Battle Near Guines, Thirty Miles From the City. ‘Gen. Gomez, the insurgent leader, is re- ported to be in’ Havana provines, and that a big battle was fought Sunday near Guines, thirty. miles. -from Havana, in which the Spaniards were routed with heavy losses. Eighty wounded Spanish soldiers were brought to Havana by the cailroad. It is believed that they fought in a battie against Gomer. Great excitement .was created by the news that Gen. Gomez, was at Beringja, in Matanzas province, less than fifteen miles from the border of the province of Hava 1a. The Havana authorities denied the fact in a*semi-oflicial way, and asserted that ‘the Cuban chief at Bermeja was Gen. Quintin Banderas with his.forces of infantry from Orient. But Quintin Banderas happens to be in Pinar del Rio province, and arother report was received confirming the ews of Gen. Gomez's presence near Havana. ‘The guerrilla force of Bermeja, captured by Gen. Gomez, consisted of forty-two men, of whom thirty-two were Cuoans und ten Englishmen. Ger. Gomez freed the ten and ogdered the thirty-two Cubans to he hang- ed on the spot as traitors to their covntry. The order was immediately ex2cuted. This military movement of Gen. Gomez, following closely upon the great military march of Gen. Banderas from Santiago de Cuba. to Pinar-del Rio, is perhaps the decis- ive blow of ‘the campaign «gainst Gen. Weyler. A raid was made on Casqua, in Havana province, Friday, and the jail’ was broken open. kifteen prisoners, who had been kept there a long while, were liberated, seven women and eight men.. Among the men were two insurgent officers who had been sentenced to be shot Saturday. At the jail the insargemts found a little boy, aged seven years; who had been im- prisoned over six mofiths*in the vile place simply because he had wern a Cuban fieg on his shirt waist one day. The boy was emaciated and could hardly stand. RBSVOET ENDED. The Government Snférmed That it Has Cofupticd. The State Department hfs received a dis- patch from United Sfates*Consul Little at Tegucigalpa, the cap{tal of Honduras, stat- ing the revolution has comte to an end. He furnishes no details/of the events sur- rounding the collapse. The last heard offi- cially at the department’ from Honduras was that the 1evdluttofiists were im force at Puerto Cortez, and that the government had been obliged to declare that port closed, and were moving with troops upon the place. + @--_______ MME. HERRMANN’S LOST CAR, It Contained Many of the Effects of : Her Late Husband. Mrs. Adelaide Herrmann, widow of Pro- fessor Herrmann, the great conjurer, has been much troubled over the disappearance of a car luad of her late husband's effects. ‘The car contained scenery, mechanical ef- fects and housghold goods, and was part of the wizard’s traveling equipment. On the death of Herrmann the car was brought to the railroad yards at Jersey City, but when the agents of the widow went there to remove some of the contents the car had gone—nobedy knew where. Mrs. Herrmann has -retained attorneys to look after her interests, and a law sult will result if the lost, strayed or stolen vehicle is not soon recovered. —_—_-—-+ e+ —_—_ BICYCLES GO AS BAGGAGE, Trunk Line Association Decides in Favor of Wheelmen. The passenger committee of the Trunk Line Association, in session lh New York yesterday, decided to aecept bicycles as per- sonal baggage betweerf states, but not be- tween Canada and the. United States. Be- tween these points wheels will have to be checked and paid for ag regular baggage. See totr inal aviaatetis 7 he Venczucla Waiting for England. Some days will elapse before the final ratifications of the boundary line arbitra- tion treaty between Great Britain and Venezuela are exchanged. This is duc to the non-arrival of the copy of the treaty prepared in London for presentation to the Venezuelan government through. its minis- ter at Washington The timeof its arrival is uncertain, the officials of the British em- bassy saying they have.not been advised re- garding the matter. Mr. W. L. Scruggs having reached this country-with the copy of the treaty prepared by “Venezuela for the British government, Senor .Andrade, the Venezuelan minister here, announces his readiness to exchangerratifications. He is awaiting the pleasure of Sir Julian Paurce- fote in the matter. —_——-e+—___ Nominations ' Confirmed. The Senate yesterday confirmed the fol- lowing nominations: , Stanford Newel of Mitinesata, to be min- ister to the Netherlands; Edward G. Brad- ford, United States district-gudge, district of Delaware; George Moulton, jr., collector of customs, district of Bath, Maine; Cassi- us M. Barnes, governor of*Oklahoma terri- tory; Henry A. Castié-of Minnesota, to be auditor for the Post Qfice Department; Thomas Richards, hh m agent at Fort Berthold agency in NorthtDakota; Samuel B. Grubbs of New York,’ tobe an assistant surgeon in the marine hospital service. % . Reprimanded by Gem. Weyler. The President hks ‘communicated to the Senate the information that the mayor of Sagua le Grande has been reprimanded by Captain Generai ler for refusing to germit the consul of United States at Sagua-la Grande to cosmusicate with Con- sul General Lee, at Havatia, by means of cipher dispatches, 1a Ba Chinamen to Be Excluded. The Secretary of. the Zreasury. is in- formed of the arrival’ of 257 Chinamen at San Francisco to take part in the Nash- vile exposition. Of thig number only 21 are needed to comply: with the terms of oe contracts see ainto by the ed lon company and the, remainder wi returned to China. sp: be BORN IN TENNESSEE The Remarkable Claim That is Made for Osman Pasha, COMMANDER OF THE TURKISH FORCES Has Been a Soldier of Fortune All His Life. STORY OF HIS BOYHOOD ee SS Osman Pasha, who distinguished himself at Plevna during the Russo-Turkish war in 1877, by holding that place for many months against the utmost endeavors of the Russian army to dislodge him, but ,Who was finally compelled to surrender with 43,000 men to a much larger force, and who has recently been appointed com- mander-in-chief of the armies of the Ot- toman empire by the sultan, is an American by birth, at least that is what quite a num- ber of the former residents of east Tennes- see claim. An ex-confederate soldier, George Mc- Henry, a former Tennessean, and recently visiting in this city, knew him and his family many years ago before he was Os- man Pasha. Acccrding to this gentleman he was born in the little village of Rogers- ville, which is a pretty and interesting vil- lage nestled among the hilis of east Ten. nessee, and numbers of his relatives reside there at the present time. The event which gave to the world this noted character oc- curred sixty-three years ago. Robert Crawford was the name he bore from his early years until scme time shortly after the civil war. His father was also named Rob- ert Crawford, and for many years taught school in this little Tennessee town. His father was a good English scholar and a mathematician of more than ordinary al ity, but had seemingly no control what- ever over his son, who early developed a cruel, malicious disposition. The boy Rob- ert in his school days was a fine mathe- matician and unusually bright, but his cruelty and wantonness:led to his leaving the parental roof at,the age of seventeen or eighteen. A story told by the old sol- dier from ‘Whom the information contained herein was derived illustrates perhaps bet- ter than anything else could the nature of ‘the Turkish commander-in-chief when he was a boy. An Artist With a Knife. “Bob Crawford,” said this gentleman to a Star reporter, “‘as we all knew him back in the forties, was a perfect gentus for meanness, and nothing pleased him better than to get some of the younger boys into a bad scrape. I remember one day, I don’t think I could ever forget it, no matter how long I might live, I was on my way to school, which was at that time taught by a widow, Mrs. Jane Carden, and in going to her house I passed along the road in front of old man Crawford's. It was in the summer, and the old man only ‘kept school’ during the winter season. Bob was sitting on the woodpile, busily engaged making a cedar bow with hts jack-knife; he was an artist with a knife, even then, and I stop- ped and eyed the bow enviously. “I was about nine years old at the time and. Bob was three years older. He saw the longing look tn my eyes, ahd finally said, ‘George, how would you like to have this bow I am making? It is going to be a beauty, I can tell Pee and if you would like to have it I café tell you how you can earn it.” I know my eyes must have danced and my eagerness shown in my face, for of all things in the world that I longed to possess it was a cedar bow and arrow. ‘Yes,’ I said, ‘I would like to have it. What must I do to earn it?” ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I wouldn't take any amount of money for it, but if you will do as I tell you I will give it to you. It is a fine bow, and it is almost finished.” “I agreed with him that it was a mag- nificent bow and again asked him what I must do to earn, it. He kept steadily cutting away at it putting on the finishing touches. At one time there had been a fence around the Crawford place, but tt had gone to ruin and all that was left of it was the two tall old gate posts that stood directly in front of the house and. perhaps, 100 yards from it. They appeared to be perfectly sound, but had been honey- combed at the base from the long years in the soil. Finally he said: A Cruel Nature. “*Well, it’s done, and there ain't a finer bow in East Tennessee. That's cedar wood and the very best thing in the worid to makg a bow out of,’ and he placed one end on the ground and sprung it with his knee, He praised the bow at great length and it seems to me now that he was merely work- ing upon my feelings to be more sure of the success of his plot. ‘Now, George,’ he said at last, ‘you see that tallest post out there.” I said I did and was all eager- ness to know what the post had to do with my getting the bow. ‘Well, if you'll do just as I say and climb to the top of that post and set straddle of it till 1 can run around the house I'll give you this ” I was all eagerness to do as he. id, and stagted for the post. ‘Wait, you ™must take off your hat and roll up your pants as high as you can. You can climb better if you do, and if you want this bow you must do as I say!’ I rolled up my pants and took off my hat and was soon on top the post, perhaps, twelve feet from the ground. Just as I got well seated, strad- dle the top Bob struck the old post a blow with a big stick that shook it from top to bottom, and then stuck the stick in a large hole near the base. He had no sooner done so than he started and ran off a short distance, then turned and watched me. 1 wondered for a second why he had stopped instead of going on around the house as he said, and then I found out. Yellow jackets made the old post their home and 1 was in the midst of a swarm of these most vicious and vindictive insects. I had been extremely eager to get to the top of that post, but eagerness doesn’t ex- press the way I wanted to get down. 4 just let loose and dropped. Meanwhile Bob was laughing hysterically at the plight I was in. Did I get the bow? Why, of course not. But I'll say now that I never felt half as near death’s door when fed- eral bullets: were whistling about me as 1 did in that nest of yellow jackets.” ‘With such a spirit it needs no astrologer to foretell that Bob’ would get in many se- rious scrapes as he grew older. At one time he was appointed a cadet at West Point and was admitted to that institution. His turned to his old home. The records of the ‘West Point Academy will give any one who cares to investigate the particu! In the @ivil War. Shortly after he left home he was ar- opportunity presenting itself to get hold of a large amount of government funds he availed himself of it, and in consequence was dishonorably dismissed from the serv- ice. The War Department records verify this, About the close of the war Crawford got together a band of choice spirits of his ilk and _ started on a filibustering expedition to Mexico. It was reported that they crossed the Texas border and sacked a town on the Mexican side, securing several hundred thousand in Mexican securttics and returning to the United States, where they disbanded, Crawford taking away the lion's share of the spoils, which he after- ward realized on. He is next heard of as the owner of the Biddle estate near Philadelphia. He owned a yacht, a number of fine horses and lived in a style that would have done credit to any oriental prince. Just why or how he came to go to Turkey fs not known, but there are cuite a number of the one-time residents of Rogersville whg are firmly con- vinced that Robert Crawford is one and the same with the man called Osman Pasha, who now commands the victorious armies of his imperial highness, the Sultan of Turkey. THEY FILE OBJECTIONS. Property Owners Protest Against Order Affecting Manure Boxe: All manure boxes now occupying the pub- lic spaces in alleys must be taken aw: The order has gone forth and the poiice have since been kept busy serving notices upon the owners. When the District offices opened yesterday morning a number of those who own ima- nure boxes were on hand to object to the rew regulation, or failing to have their protest considered, to ask for instruction and time to make the change. Misunder- standing the order, the police spread the news and incidentally gave instructions that threw the owners into all kinds of fits. Some of the officers stated that the boxes must be erected in the yards of the houses, others that pits must be dug. The resvli was that when the objectors reached the District building there was a long, loud protest. It was soon quieted, however. The Com- missioners explained that the manure box could be kept in the yard or the stable, but that it was a violation of the law to keep it in the alley. They stated, how- ever, that a pit could be dug in the alley, which, if properly constructed, would have the approval of the Commissioners, and give all the space necessary. ‘They called attention-to the necessity, however, of having a pit of the proper character, stipulating that it must be of suitable construction, water-tight and cov- ered with an iron door, and having a flue escaping through the stable to carry off the fumes. = — APPLICATIONS FILED. Positions in the Treasury Department. Additional applications for places under the Treasury Lepariment have been filed as follows: T. C. Fletcher of Jefferson City, Ma, to be register of the treasury; W. R. White of Ogden, Utah, to be auditor for the Post Oiice Department: W. C. Draper of Ports- mouth, Ohio, to be deputy auditor for the Treasury Department; W. M. King of Phelps, N. Y., te be deputy auditor for the Post Office Department; J C. Bauman of Louisiana to be coiner in the New Orleans mint; A. P. Webster of Montana to be as- sayer at Helena, Mont.; R. H, Hunt of Mis- souri to be surveyor of custons at Kansas City, Mo.; G. H. Lufburrow of Shrews- bury, N. J.. ssistant appraiser at New York; James Le of Loaisiana to be naval officer at New Orleans; I. N. Moffitt of Glasboro’, N. J., to be collestor of inter- nal revenue for the first district of New York; R. E. Fisk of Montana to be col- lector of internal revenue at Helena, Mont. SS D’AUMALE’S SECRET MARRIAGE. Secking Belief in Paris That Comtesse Clin- champ Was His Wife. There appears to be no doubt that Duc d@’Aumale, who recently died from shock on hearing of the death of Duchess D’Alencon, had contracted 4 secret marriage with the Comtesse Berthe de Clinchamp. The mar- riage was celebrated in the private chapel of an Austrian cardinal in Rome. Several reasons caused the duke to keep the matter a secret, the chief of which was because it was impossible to plaée the coun- tess in a position in which she could be re- ceived in the same circle with the Orleans family. The Comtesse de Clinchamp is an elderly, refined woman, to whom the duke, her hus- band, bequeathed a princely annuity, with a life residence in the beautiful Chateau de la Novette, close to Chantilly. ——_—_+e-+____ THE HAVEMEYER ESTATE. Sugar King’s Wealth Not So Great as Commonly Believed. Before his death Theodore A. Havemeycr was generally reputed to be one of the very few rich men of the country whose invest- ments and persoyalty could be realized upon without sacrifice. It Was estimated that, owing to his close connection with the sugar trust, his estate was worth no less than $10,000,000. It is now believed that its entire value will not reach $4,000,000. John E. Parsons, his legal adviser, made this statement in relation to the estate: “I desire it to be understood that I have made ro statement as to the amount of the estate left by Mr. Havemeyer, except to cay that there is no reason to believe that the estate is any less than might have been ex- pected.” ——__+e+____ FOREST FIRES IN MINNESOTA, Done and More Ex- Umiess Rain Fa Heavy forest fires are raging in the pine belt, about eighteen miles east of the agen- cy at White Earth, Minn., and consider- able damage is being done to timber. A party of men was sent from here to save the government saw mill, 220 miles east of here. They returned and report that the country is all on fire, and that the govern- ment saw, shingle and planing mills were completely destroyed by fire despite all efferts to save them. The fire cut them off from their horses and they were com- pelled to run about eight miles to a lake to save their lives. A number of lumber camy re also burned, with~ outfits of A heavy wind is prevailing, and if a rainfall does not come soon the whole country will be on So Extra Session of the New Jersey Legislatare. Gov. Griggs hes issued a proclamation for @ spectal session of the legislature on Tues- day, May 25, for the purpose of considering the bill pass24 providing for the submission of the proposed constitutional amendmen| to the voters of the state next September. approachable. EFFECT OF DELAY The Government Will Have Less Revenue From the Tariff. STATEMENT BY HR. DINGLEY Comparing Rates of Amended and Original Bill. —-_--__ ANTICIPATED IMPORTATIC INS ——_-_>—___ Representative Dingley, chairman of the House committee on ways and means, has made the following statement to the As- sociated Press as to the probable additional revenue that would be yielded the first year by the Senate committee tariff bill: “It must be borne in mind,” he said, “th there is no Senate bill as yet. What ts im- Properly spoken of as the Senate bill is the House bill reported to the Senate by the finance committee, with certain amend- ments recommended. What the Senate bill will be when that bedy shall have made it, no one can as yet say. “While the amendments of the House bill, recommended by the Senate finance com- mittee (about 70) appear ta be multitudin- ous, yet about 200 of them are mainly verbal—such as amending the spelling of ‘asbestus’ by substituting ‘o’ for ‘u’—lea ing about 509 which change rates, This about the number of amendments to ¢ McKanley bill adopted by the INK), and of these remaining 5 proportion involve nothing of There are, however, mary dments which are important not only on revenu but other grounds. I do not propose r to speak of these proposed amendments, except as they affect revenue. Ax Producing Revenues. “The effect of these amendments as a whole—outside of the amendments impos- ing a duty on tea for two years and a half, and the amendment increasing the internal revenue tax on beer 44 cents per barrel for the same period, and the increase pro- posed on tobacco and cigarette: duce less revenue than would be } by the House bill. For example, the amen¢ ments returning to the free list argols, cer- tain acids and olls, paintings and statuary for private use, and reducing the dutics on liquors, tobacco, precious stones, te lose more revenue than could be obtaine by the duty on tea. The amendments ry ducing the duty on clothing wool and in- creasing the duty on carpet wool would also diminish the revenue. The amendment increasing the duty on opium from $6 to $8 per pound would not increase the revenue, in the judgment of the administrators of the law, who informed the ways and means committee that $6 was the point which would yield the largest revenue. The pro- posed ‘duty on hides and a few other amendments would increase the revenue somewhat. Effect of the Sugar Schedule. “Of covrse the estimate of an increased revente from sugar, through an abroga- tion of the treaty with Hawaii, has noth- ing to do with the tariff legislation, for this could be done as well by accepting the House sugar schedule as the sugar sched- ule proposed. ‘The ways"and means com- mittee did not even consider the question of abrogating this treaty, because they took it for granted that if it was considered de- sirable to abrogate this or any other treat it would be done in aightforwat manner provided L fact that the Se recommended an ad valorem duty on sugar apparently a little higher than the specific duty of the Hows bill, does not insure a lorger revenue, as pas: experience with ad valorem duties has shown. In our judg- ment the revenue from sagar under the House sugar schedule (setting aside the question of abrogating the Hawaiian treaty) would be larger than under the Senate amendments. “The proposed temporary duty on tea would increase the revenve, although not so much the first year as estimated, because of the large stocks on hand and the short stocks that would be maintained with the knowledge that tea would soon go back to the free list, and the proposed increase of internal revenue taxes would also increase the revenue to the exteat estimated. But the other amendments would as a whole diminish rather than increase the revenue. Mr. Dingley Defe “Some criticism has been made on the estimates of the ways and means commit- tee ag to the revenue that would be pro- duced by the bill as it passed the House. These criticisms overlooked the fact that the ways and means committee estimates of the revenue that might be expected the first year were based on the assumption that the bill would become a law on or be- fore May 1. The committee in their report expressly said that while there couid be no question that the House bill would in any event yield sufficient revenue to carry on the government and leave the surplus the second year of its operations—which nobody even now contradicts—and probably suffl- cient for the first year if it covld be prompt- ly put in force, yet if there should be a de- lay in its enactment beyond May 1, antici- patory importations would inevitably cause a serious inroad in the prospective revenue for the first year.- Here is what the com- mitice said on this point: The Committee's Statement, “What the actual revenue would prove to be in the year following the enactment of the proposed measure into law is, of course, dependent vpon contingencies which cannot he forecasted with any approach to certainty, and will therefore be subject to varying estimates. Undoubtedly the con- tingency which would exert the largest in- fluence in diminishing the estimated rev- enue would be detay in the passage of the proposed bill, in consequence of which there would be large importations of such articles as wool, woolen goods, sugar, etc., on which it is proposed to increase the duty.’ Effect of Delany. “If the ways and means committee had supposed when they made this statement, March 18, that the bill would be delayed as leng as now seems probable, it would have said that such delay would inevitably re- sult in lergely nullifying the revenue quali- ties of the bill the first year, through im- Ppertations of wool, sugar and other articles before the new duties should go into force, urless such a retroactive provision as was is prompt to prevent such a loss of revenue for the first year.” Hele tr BY §