Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897-14 PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. MUS WILL HOLD A ENING, June 1, at SPIRITUALISM.—J. H. AL meeting THIS (TUESDA ‘Wonn’s Hall, ANNUAL MEBTIN s THE ts are members of Ouk Hill Cemetery pany will be held on MONDAY, June for the purpose of ¢ the ensuing year. wBt june THE UAL MEETING OF THE AMERICA ANN Awnonia Manufacturing Co. will be held at 111 N. Alfred st., Alexandria, Va., on MONDAY, June 14, 1807, at 10:30 a.m., for the election of board of directors. REUBEN DOOLITTLE, President. L. SANDERSON, Secretary. Jel-2w* OFFICE OF THE TREASURER OF THE UNITED States, ex-officio commissioner of the sinking fund of the District of pia. Washington, D. ¢., June 1, 1807.—By vit of the authority given by the act of Congress approved March 3, Isvl, entitled “An act to provide for the pay- ment of bonds of the District of Colambia fal due July 1, 1801, and July 1 and 26, 1892, hereby give nétice that the principal of the bonds ent ten-year funding issued under the act J March 3, 1891, and number- original No. 45; $500, original ‘20, both Inclusive; $1,000, o. . both inclu- sive; $1,000, original > . $25, both inclusive. “Total, $289,100. are either bonds of the “origi one serial number at ¢ . which may he kieh have ‘substitute tinguished by th are mirkéd pla stitute numbers. THIS LOAN WILL Bi INAL NUMBERS ONLY. ‘The provision of governing the in which the bonds shall be called in is as follows: “The last of the said bowls originally issued under this act, and their Substitutes, shall be first enlled in, and this or- der of payment Howed until all shall have been paid. forwarded for redemp- tion should be U.S. Washington, D. C.. urer of the United 7 As. siznments must be dated and properly acknowl- rescribed in the note printed on the Where checks in payme are desired In favor of any one but the payee, the bonds should be assigned to the “Treasurer the United States for redemption for account “(here Insert the name of the person or per- ck should be made AN, Treasurer U. S. RENCETON VERSITY mee PRiNnrrance caaminatiion will be held in Waxhing- ton, at rooms of the civil service commission, be- ginning THURSDAY, June 17, at 10 a.m, and Continuing through Friday, June Address inquiries to VICTOR KAUFFMANN, ‘The Evening office. Jel-14t '. President. NOTICE. —THE CONNE! M. FRAZIER with the Grove Lime 1 Company ceases from this date. GROVE LIME AND COAL ¢ , 1807. M. J. GROVE, Prest. NG NNECTED WITH THE Empire Carpet Clesning Company, nor with Vin- ton & Martin, of both of which [ had been aging partner, I can now be tound at 731 9 : sin the management of the Martin Bedding y, where I shall be ased to see all wy friends and patrons. We shall do a wholesale and retail Lusiness in nvat- tresses, springs and iron beds, and shall clean carpets and fine rugs in the best possible manner. S. MAILUIN, Bedding and Carpet Cleaning Co., gr: esi HSL om st. nw. SURPASSING LOW PRICES ON LUMBER! ‘No matter what low prices tne others are quoting, you'll find on investigation that ours are still lower! If you intend building, be sure to get our estimate for supplying all the Lamiber and Woodwork. ike THOS. W. SMITH, Ist a: |. ave. ‘Phone ‘Mill and wharves, foot th st. s.e. "Phone 551. 0 BPIRTLUALISM—MR. KEELER, WELL KNOW for slate writing, can be seen daily at 905 1 st. bw. Regular circles, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY ami FRIDAY NIGHTS. my24-2w ERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE Mc Tip and Hobart Interstate Caiapaign Club Woon's Hall, 721 6th st. n.w., on WEDNES- DAY, June 2, at 8 p.m. Important amend to tiie constitution and by-laws are to be con a endance 1s desired. sidered, and a full atten Fed. ont. my31-2t W. Q IOWD, Secretary. . S. B.. SOUTHERN STION OF THE United States —The next regular meeting ot Mithras Lodge of Perfection will be held at the hedral of the Rite, No, 1007 G st. n.w., on x WUESDAY, June 1, 1807, at 7:30 o'clocl Work, 4th’ond 5th degrees. By order of V my3L-2t |W. H. OLCOTT, 17th Degree, st. 3 Z election of twelve dircetors to serve the ensuing year. Polls open from 1 to 2 o'clock p.m. Traps. fer books will be closed from May 29 to June 7 cesT 20 Je1,3&5 WILL P. BOTELER, 5 $. ANDERSON & CO., 202 9TH ST. N.W. yoo today the first ir load of prime Indian River, Fla., watermelons of the season. The dealerr are invited to inspect them. my31-2t f WORK AGAI eaten ree weeks’ HIneas. T am again giving my p-rsonal attentioa to the business. better tailor; obtainable anywhere at price, and set we do not ask as much as the Dthers that turn out our class of work. Suits to order, #20 up. J. FRED GATCHELL & Co., apl3-31.5 Ge 13eb st. nw. RITUALISM—MRS. EFFIE McNEIL, CLAIR- Sry sunt, basivess and test medium, 1914 Pena. ave. my29-61 [EREAS, BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS, AP- ee eens 26, 1807, the auditor of the Su- peeme Court of the District of Columbia is em- powered and directed to examine and audit for Settlement all claims for property taken, injired vr destroyed by reason of the destruction of the Northern Liberty Market in 1872, and all claims for payments made for the purchase, rent, ot vse of any stall or privilege in said market house: Notice is hereby given to all hay- rein 0 Rouse in this city within ninety days after the 15th day of March, 1807, as further provided by the said act, otherwise ‘the claims will not be lowed. JAS. G. PAYNE, Auditor. mh16-t&ftojel3 LI KINDS OF LIFE INST purchased at investment prices. T. D. HADDAWAY, 1308 F st., Box 503. OFFICE OF THE GEORGETOWN GAS LIGHT ©o., 1118 29th st. n.w., May 18 meet- ing’ of the stockholders’ of this company for the lection of seven directors will be held at this MONDAY, June 7, 1897. Polls open 11 FRANK PAUL LEETCH, my22-14t NOTICE.—STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FIRST Co- Operative Building Association of Georgetown,- D. C—The annual meeting for the election of offi: cers will be held st the cerociation building, 1325 #24 st. nw. on TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897, AT 7 O'CLOCK P.M. Subscription bouks to the’ 16th issue of stock now open. GEO. W. KING, J. BARTON MILLER, Secy. eee wy21-Im ce DR. CHARLES DIEDEL, DENTIST, HAS RE- moved bis office from 525 11th st.’ to 731 11th st. a.w., just above the Palais Royal, and two blocks above old location. my4-1m _Ina home at Clevcland Park. ape Attention --ownersofcoun- try homes--Colonial And- irons--solid brass--were $8 ==reduced to $5! J. H. G—“Tile Shop"— int cl Pro- . "Twill be done in a neat, artistic way and delivered when prot ised. Moderate prices. Let us give an est!mat BYRON S. ADAMS, “Prompt Printer,” 512 11th a Je x Moths Can’t Injure Clothes that are packed away for the MANAHANS MOTH” BAGS. These bape which to hang clothing- i death to motks, is sweet and fragrant. 4 SEARLES ALSO FREE (Continued from First Page.) the jurisdiction of the two houses of Con- gress, beforet them for consideration and proper for their action; to questions perti- nd@&t thereto, and to facts or papers bear- ing thereon. Chapman Case Cited. In the Chapman case the questions put to the witness were whether the firm of which Chapman was a member, and which was engaged in buying and selling stocks, and in buying and selling the stock of the American Sugar Refining Company, was employed by any senater to buy or sell for him any of that stock. A branch of the subject matter of the investigation that the committee were directed to make was, under the resolution, “whether any senator has been or is speculating in what are known as sugar stocks during the consid- eration of he tariff bill now before the Senate.” Plainly the questions that were addressed to Chapman were directly per- tinent to that branch of the investigation; and while recoenizing the right of an indi- vidual to the entire control of information relating exclusively to his own private affairs, and the force of article 4 of the amendments of the Constitut‘on, insuring the right of the people to be secure in their perscrs, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, the court keld that the questions put to Chap- man could not be regarded as amounting to a violation of this provision. Scope of the Decision, In the Chapman case, said the judge, the Supreme Court limited the scope of its decision to that perticular case, leaving epen the question whether the other branches of this investigation were within the power of the Senate. The subject matter of. the investigation directed by the Senate in the resolutions adopted may be divided into four branches: 1.) Whether bribes had been offered to senators to induce them to vote st the pending tariff bill. Whether the sugar schedule as amended was made up by the committee on finance in consideration of large sums of money paid for campaign purposes of the democratic party. @.) Whether any contributions had been made by the sugar trust, or any persons connected therewith, to any political party for campaign purposes or to secure or de- feat legislation. 4.) Whether any senator has been or is speculating in sugar stocks during the con- sideration of the tariff b:ll now before the Senate. Ar additional authority conferred by the resolution upon this committee is to this effect: That they were “authorized to in- vestigate and report upon any charge or charges which may be filed before it al- leging that tne act‘on of any senator has been corruptly or improperly influenced in the consideration of said bill, or that any attempt has been made to so influence legisiation.”” Senators Not Charged. This last paragraph of the resolution may be laid aside as having no application to this case, for it appears by the report of the committee that no charge or charges were filed before them alleging-that the action of any senator has been corruptly or improperly influenced in the considera- tion of said bill, or that any attempt was made to so influence legislation. With reference to the first branch of the inquiry, whether bribes had been offered to senators to vote against the pending bill, the committee reported that they had tkeretofore made full report to the Senate £ their investigation of that question, and that no other testimony under that head had been submitted to the committee, and they had nothing to add to the report that had been made. It may be concluded, therefore. that the questions put to this defendant were not by the committee deemed as having any reference whatever to this branch of the investigation. It is quite apparent that these questions were not pertinent to the fourth branch of the subject of investigation, that being whether any senator had been or was speculating in sugar stccks. Jurisdiction Considered. It is claimed, however, that the questions put are pertinent to the second and third branches of the inquiry directed. This leads us to inquire, first, whether these branches of the inquiry were within the jurisdiction and power of the Senate, and, second, whether the questions put were pertinent to either or both. If the inquiry directed in the second sub- division of the subject were directed to the ascertainment of the assured fact that a Senator being a member of the finance committee was influenced to favorable action upon the sugar schedule in consid. eration of large sums of money paid for campaign purposes of the democratic party the inquiry would be plainly within that power. With reference to the third sub- vision of this subject, it is equally plain that it means that the committee should inquire whether any senator was a perty to any compact with the sugar trust, or with any persons connected therewith, by which, and in consideration of a contribu- tion by that company for campaign pur- poses. he agreed to use his efforts to se. cure legislation in favor of that company or to defeat legislation that would be a4. verse to its interests, that inquiry was within the power of the Senate. It seems equally plain also that if the purpose of the investigation were simply to inquire whether the American Sugar Refining Company had made contributions to political parties, without any agreement with amy senator as to any benefit that the company should derive from future leg- islation, without reference io any action by cr bargain wi any senator to secure or defeat legislation, such inquiry would be an unreasonaole search into the private ‘s of that company, and that such search would be beyond the power of the Senate to make. Indefinite in Expression. This second subdivision of the resolution Is entirely indefinite in expression. It is not specifically addressed to any act of the American Sugar Refining Company in contributing sums of money for campaign purposes; it is not specifically addressed to the conduct of any senator who was a member of the finance committee. The reasonable construction of it, -however, would appear to be this: That this com- mittee shall inquire whether any one or more senators had used his influence or his vote in making up the sugar schedule in consideration of large sums of money paid for campaign purposes of the demo- cratic party. Under that construction this inquiry would be within the power of the Senate to direct, as affecting the conduct of the members of its committee, and as affecting the integrity and purity of the members of the Senate, and although there is. no specification of the sources from which this money for campaign purposes which it is charged was so used had emanated, that would not affect the juris- diction of the Senate to order the inquiry, or the power of the committee to examine any witnesses possessed of information re- lating directiy to that subject. Differences Defined. If the third subdivision of the inquiry stood alone, and related solely to the ques- tion whether any contributions had been made by the sugar trust, or any person connected therewith, to any political party for campaign purposes, it was conceded in the argument by the attorney for the United States, as I understand It, that it would be beyond the power or the Senate. It is common knowledge that the legiti- THE OFFICIAL PAR) HF AN rs HN as Mig ks mid Pl an) LN == EXPLANATORY NOTE: Obscrvations taken at bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees, Shaded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours, The words “High” ‘Small arrows fly with the wind. high and low barometer. WEATHER MAP, STILL UNDER ARREST . X« - “Small savings make large fortunes.” Vain Regrets —are useless. You'll regret it in years to come that you did Not save your money—and invest it with the “United Building and Loan Association.” 2h. No entrance fee. The par value oo —_ at a euch can be out it i it hl Doweht outright or on $1 monthly Prof. Fanciulli Oonfined to Barracks Await- ing Results. Much Indignation Felt at Lieut. Drap- ers Action—The Probable Out- : come of the Arrest. rite Prof. Francesco Fanciulli, leader of the band of the United States Marine Corps, up to a late hour today continued under the military arrest ordered by Lieutenant Shed Be Write us for prospectus. ES PT T. L. Di who commanded the detach- 2 Ocher ment of marines that participated yester- sae 2|\UNITED BUILDING AND @ Partly Cowes | aay in the Memorial day parade. As ex: rase 12 | (LOAN ASSOCIATION, OQ Coudy | plained in The Star, Lieutenant per @ rain and Prof. Fanciulli, just before the parade 1206 G ST. @snom started from the corner of 15th street and cea etes i eames Pennsylvania avenue, had a disagreement In regard to the style of music to be played by the band. Lieutenant Draper directed Prof. Fanciulli to select compositions with a full swing. While admitting that Lieu- tenant Draper was in a position to order the band when to play and where to play, Prof. Fanciulli took the stand that the Pres. & Gen. Man... HILLMAN ; HALL THOS. ¢ POR SALE (Miscellaneous), HORSES AND VEHICLES. HOOVER Yee please note that 8 a.m., 7th meridian tenth of au inch, ‘Solid Iimes are iso- Dotted lines are isotherms, or * and “Low” show location of arean of CLOUDY TONIGHT. Threatening and Warmer Weather Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Wednesday.—District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, partly cloudy weather tonight; Wednesday, cloudy and threatening weather; warmer Wednesday; northeasterly winds becoming southeasterly. Weather conditions and general forecast. <A depression is central over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and covers the New England states. An area of high pressure Is central in the upper lake region and covers the Onio valley and the east gulf states. The pressure is low throughout the Rocky mountain districts, with a moderate de- pression central in Colorado. The barom- eter has risen in all districts east of the Mississippi river, also on the Rocky moun- tain plateau; it has fallea on the Rocky mountain slope. The temperature is lower in New England and in the north Atlentic states. also on the northern Rocky moun- tain plateau; it is higher in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and on the southern Rocky mountain slope. Showers have oc- curred near the Atlanvic coast, in ihe lower lake region and throughout the Missouri valley and the Rocky mountain plateau. Threatening and cloudy weather {s irdi- cated for New England, the lower lake region ard the Ohio valley tenight, and with occasional ligat showers. The weather will be generally fair throughout the south Atlantic and gulf states. Slowly rising temperature is indleated for the Ohio val- ley and lower lake region. Rivers.—The following changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) nave occurred: First-class facilition Teader was the sole judge of what_ should notes for te every sennc of the 7 be played. Further words followed, ai PIANOS AND ORGANS. w © rooms The river at New Orleans is 2.0 above the t © ried danger line aud bas fallen (2. At Vicks-| finally Lieutenant Draper oxneret pied Suse ae ee BOATS, storage is cma wane and burg it is 24 above the fanger line and | Fanclulli to report to the officer in com: es vaneed or furnl- has fallen 0.8. mand of the marine barracks, under arrest, | RAILROADS on the ground sone = had been insub- te and impertinent. Smeially. Col. Charles Heywood, com- mandant of the Marine Corps, was in ab- solute ignorance of the unpleasant occur— rence today when a Star reporter visited him at his office at the barracks. - “T can say nothing about the affair, even it were proper for me to do so,” said (We’reoftenableto forecas Coionel Heywood, in answer to a query. ¢ —a rise or fall in the Stock and SEASHORE REAL ESTATE. SPECIAL NOTICES. STEAM CARPET CLEA‘ ture sold on request. 687 La. ave. "Phone 286. Storage at 214-216 4% st. my21-3m,20 Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 1:53 a.m. and 2:52 p.m. hig's tide, 8:12 a.m. and 8:21 p.m. Tomorrcw—Low tide, 2:29 a.m and 3:29 p.m.; high tide, §:52 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. The Sun and Moon. ‘Today—Sun rises, 4:36 a.m.; sun sects, noted! =a ‘There IIS a ews is moncy on the right wide of —— p.m. Mocn sets, 8:54 p.m. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 4:36 a.m. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 8:58 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 3:44 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps Hghted at>8:13 p.m.; extin- guished at 3:59 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 66; condi- tion, 19. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 69; condition at north connection, 24; condi- tion at south connection, 10. Distributing reservoir, temperature, 69; condition at in- fluent gate house, 8; effluent gate house, 9. Temperatures for Twenty-Four Hours The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afterncon: we 31—4 p.m., 73; 8 p.m., 66; midnight, WANTED (Miscellaneous). WANTED (Rooms) WANTED (Situat AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN bP ference to the incident has 5 : xe report in refcreadquarters from Lieu Grain markets. Any and all in formation at our disposal is tenant Draper 53 hi wood Cid say, however, that 4 5 Colonel Hey’ given our customers at all times. Best facilities for receiving quick ds expected the report, to be in his han rome time during the fa t must reach correct quotations. Grain 1-16, Stocks 1-8 com. me today,” he added, “for, you know, C. T. HAVENNER, 14 is going to Philadelphia tomorrow: eernis latter remark is regarded as siguaifi- Member Wash'n Stock Exch . 928 F ork, Factange, z is construed to mean that the Satter ae to be disposed of before the hour set for the departure of the band for the Quaker city. The reporter engaged in con- versation with several members of the hand, and also with a number of friends of Prof. Fanciulli, and they were of the opin- fon that the leader will be released from arrest in time to accompany the band on the trip. It was intimated that the trouble would be brought to a conclusion by fol- lowing what is considered the least intricate channel—the tender of an apology by Prof. Fanclulli to Lieutenant Draper for the leged impertinence. At all events, the gen- era! opinion seems to be that the incident wiil not, officially, be called to the attention of authority higher than Colonel Heywood. Of course a court-martial is among the possibilities. While the reporter was with Colonel Hey- Wm. Richardson, a Colored Laborer, In- ~ jured by a Cave-In. Two Scorchers Overh: led by Police- IF YOU WISH TO Move or Store Furniture YCU WILL FIND THE Best Furniture Vans AND Best Storage Warehouses aT 929-931 D St. N. W. m Pierce—Wm. Wheeler Creates a Scene—Sales of Stock. William Richardson, a colored laborer, aged about twenty-two years, was serious- ly injured this morning about 9 o'clock by the caving in of a gravel bank at the intersection of the Little Falls and Canal roads. The laborer was in the employ of June 14 a.m,, 52; 8 am., 62; 12 m., 63, and 2 p.m., 68. Maximum, 73, at 4 p.m., May 31; mini- mum, 50, at 5 a.m., June 1. dividual or of a private corporation to make contributions for such purposes have not been and cannot be questioned. The mere fact that such a contribution had been made without some accompanying charge uffecting the election or conduct of some senator, would not be subject for in- vestigation by the Senate. It would be es- sentially a private matter. Senate Without Power. That the Senate of the United States does not possess the broad power to investigate the general conduct of individuals or of corporations not its own creatures in mak- ing contributions for political or campaign purposes would appear to be a necessary conciusion from the reasoning of the Su- Ereme Court of the United States in the case of Kilbourn vs. Thompson, 103 U. 8., p. 168. Judge Bradley referred at very great length to the decision in the Kilbourn case, holding that it applied in great part to the holding that the questions Searles could not be regarded as pertinent to any possible inquiry that might be directed by the Senate into the election, return and qualifications of any of its own members, for the questions relate to contri- butions generally for political purposes in the state, having no reference whatever to the action of the state legislature in the election of a United States senator. If the inquiry related to the use of money in the state legislature for the purpose of electing some particular individual to the Senate of the United Staies, it would be apparently within the power of the Senate of the United States. Money for Campaigns. If the inquiry related solely to the use of money for campaign purposes, which was employed in the election of members of the state legislature, it would appear to be beyond the power of the Senate. As to the election, return and qualifications’ of their own members, the two branches of the state legislature must be deemed to be the exclusive judges, and that it is beyond the power of the Senate of the United States to go behind the acts of the two houses cf the state legislature in their organization to inquire whether those two houses were justified in seating any of their members. It wovld appear that the Senate of the United States, in judging of the election, return and qualifications of its own mem- bers, must necessarily accept the organiza- tions of the two houses of the stale Iegis- lature by which the senator was elected as independent entities, and that the acts of those houses in effecting their own or- ganization, so far as the seating of ther own members is concerned, were conciu- sive upon the Senate of the United States. So that it would appear to have been be- yond the power of the Senate of the United States to inquire whether the American Sugar Refining Company had contributed money for stat? purposes, or to assist in the election of any member of the state legislature without more authority. If that be so with reference to state purposes, it is much more clearly so with reference to local or municipal purposes. With the elec- tion of municipal officers the Senate had absolutely no concern, Such elections,witn all of their incidents, are matters exclu- sively of local interest, subject to state power and control and to state inquiry alone. Mr. Davis’ Admission. “Judge Bradley referred to Mr. Davis’ ad-. mirsion that the pertinency of the commit- tee’s quegtions is a matter of law for the court, and he said: “Suppose the answer to these questions had indicated the amount that had been confributed for local campaign purposes, or for state political purpos: ‘was any pos- sible inference to be drawn from that fact that the sugar schedule had been made up by reason thereof, or that the contribution made was made for the purpose of secur- ing or defeating legislation? There does not ap) to be any connection between the fact that was sought as an evidentiary fact and the fact that was sought to be conclusion or inference. juggested in argument by the torney for the United States that the answers to these questions might have shown that the money contributed was ven to certain individuals named, and hat by calling these named individuals it could be ascertained what they did with the money, and so on, until eventually it might be ascertained that it had been paid corruptly to some senator, or that it had been paid, corruptly, under some bargain made in such a way that it resulted in the election of a senator of the United States. It will be a sufficient answer to this sug- wood, Prof. Fanciulli could be plainly seen, seated on the veranda just outside the band quarters at the southern extremity of the barracks. He was attired in his fatigue uniform and was smoking a cigar. ‘Two individuals in civilian attire were con- versing with the “incarcerated” leader, and, from his manner, he was in the best of spirits. Prof. Fanciulli being under ar- rest, the reporter was not allowed to even approach the bounds of his place of con- finement. ‘Although the members of the band are permitted to live outside, their official home is in the barracks,” explained Colonel Hey- wood. ‘Therefore when a bandsman is ordered under arrest, it follows that the confinement 1s within the barracks.” The reporter learned, however, that Prof. Fengiulli spent last night at his residence, on A street northeast, reporting at the barracks after breakfast this morning. Al- though Prof. Fanciulli was present, it is understood that the regular rehearsal of the band this morning was conducted by the assistant director, Charles Larson. Citizens today in discussing the matter have been unanimous in deploring the af- fair. Prof. Fanciulli has made a musical reputation of which this city ts proud, and his earnest, capable work has raised the Marine Band to a high standard of excel- lence. As a composer and as- a leader there are few musicians in the country who can stand con.parison with the popu- lar leader of the Marine Band, and there is a general feeling of rogret that any: thing should have cccurred to bring up even the possibility of Prof. Fanciulli sun- dering his relations with the national or- ganization. Many citizens today were se- vere in their criticisms of what they term- ed Lieut. Draper's unwarranted meddling with the band music. They point out that Prof. Fanciulli was playing selections ap- propriate to the day, and the solemn mis- sion on which the parade was engaged, and they call attention to the light, joyful music which afterward was rendered by Lieut. Draper's order. ———— Fanciulli_ Upheld. To the Editer of The Evening Star: I trust that you will allow me to express, through your columns, my indignation, = = = lishing any connection between the +-vi- dence that was sought by these questions and the ultimate fact toward which the investigation was directed. “It would appear that tions were put to the witness, the defend- ant in this case, the commitiee were not in possession of any informatian or of any suggestion that would tend to make the necessary connection betwecn,,those ques- tions and the questions which the com- mittee were investigating. Questions Not Pertinent. “Under such circumstances the pertinency of these questions to the subject matter of the investigation, or, to use the language of section 102, ‘to the question under in- quiry,’ being absolutely and entirely want- ing, it must be held that the defendant was under no obligation to answer those questions; that they related exclusively to the private affairs of the American Sugar Refining Company and were .entirely un- connected with the conduct or the action of any senator; that if they were pertinent to the inquiries directed tobe made by the committee, literally construed, and if they could be consjdered as authorized and di- rected by the Senate of the United States, such inquiries. were beyond its power, as unwarranted intrusions into the private affairs of the citizen. “Another question has been raised, with reference to the attitude of the commit- tee as a whole to the questions asked, and to the alleged contumacy of the witness. The questions were put by Senator Allen, not by the chairman of the committee. Senator Allen, in common with other mem- bers of the committee, as it appears by the evidence, had the power to make proper inquiries of the witness who was under examination. That right cannot be ques- tioned; and, if a witness before the com- mittee refusing to answer, on the ground of privilege or on any other ground that Was deemed sufficient by him, a question put by any member of the committee, were advised by the committee that the ques- tion was put by its authority, and that it insisted upon an answer, the contumacy of the witness upon refusing to answer after Merchants’ Parcel Delivery my19-200 THOMAS P, MORGAN, TELEPHONE 1126. the District government, which is operat- ing the gravel bank, and the pit in which the men worked, it is said, has all along been regarded as dangerous. In fact, warning has been given several times. Richardson was working on one side of the pit when the cave-in occurred, and he was covered by several wagon loads of dirt and gravel, knocking him to the ground. He was quickly taken out, it requiring less than ten minutes to rescue him, but he was in an unconscious condition. The pa- trol wagon was summoned and he was car- ried to the Emergency Hospital. The un- fortunate man lives in McCarthy's row, in Tenleytown. Caught Scorching. There were many thousand bicyclists on the Conduit road yesterday, a good many of whom attended the race meet at the In- ternational Athletic Park. Among the num- ber were John Jervis, aged twenty-two, and Charles Ludwell, aged twenty-three, both clerks, who rode a tandem. They were scorching into town at a great rate on the return trip, when Policeman C. C. Pearce of the county mounted force cautioned them, and then went in pursuit. The chase lasted for nearly a mile, but the scorchers were finally overhauled and taken to the police station in the patrol wagon, where they were réleased on $2.50 collateral each. Later in the evening Policeman Pearce ar- rested Nellie Lewis, white, aged thirty-two, a housekeeper, for fast driving on the Con- duit road. A Painful Accident. Laura Brace, a colored woman aged thirty years, met with a painful accident yesterday afternoon shortly before 4 o'clock. She was walking down the fight of steps leading from the Aqueduct bridge to the towpath, when she slipped and fell @ distance of about fiftcen feet, her head coming in contact with the rocks at the bettom. She was picked up in an uncon- scious condition. Dr. Medford of Colum- bian Hospital happened to be near and ® hen these ques- 1333 F STREET. Life Insurance & Annuities, ASSETS OF COMPANY, . = $236,000,006, $100,000, FOR QUICK LOANS AT LOW RATES On Washington city real estate. WESCOTT, WILCOX & HIESTON, 1907 Pa. ave. nw. i ‘One sum of $50, — $50,000 at 4% per cent. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company, Of the District of Columbia, CORNER 15TH ST. AND NEW YORK AVE Clartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Fob., 1893, Capital: One [lillion Dollars SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside ourglar-proof vaults at $5 per arrum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuables of all kinds in owner's package, trunk or case taken on deporit at moderate cost. rendered medical assistance. Later the | 8AVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. such advice would be complete. In the | which I am sure is shared by the multitude | woman was sent to the Emergency Hos- Deposits received from TEN CENTS upwerd, case cf the defendant, however, it ap- | of cultivated readers of The Star, at the | Pital in the patrol wagon. pears that he was not advised that the answer was insisted upon by any one. As to Contumaey. “After his refusal to answer the ques- tions that were put, his examination pro- ceeded at great length. He was examined before the committee on the 1sth day of June, 1894. His contumacy was reported to the Sengte by the committee on the 2ist day of June, 1894, after his examination had been completed and he had been dis- charged as a witness. Ordinarily when In open court a witness refuses to answer a question put by counsel, he can not be fe- garded as being in contempt of court until his right to decline to answer has been passed upon by the court. The court must determine the propriety of the question, and the necessity of an answer, and ad- vise the witness of such determination, and the witness must then decline to an- swer before he can be deemed to be guilty of contempt of court in refusing to an- swer, + and interest allowed on $5 and above. Loans money on rcal estate and collateral security. Seis first-class real estate and other securities in sums of $500 and upward. ‘TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, receiver, assignee and executes trusts of ali kinds. Wills prepared by @ competist attorney in daily attendance. OFFICERS: BENJAMIN P. SNYDER. E. FRANCIS RIGGS. W. RILEY DEEBLE. unprecedented and monstrous affront of- fered Professor Fanciulli in the military parade of yesterday. I have no desire to criticize the authorized actions of the pow- ers that be, but if every officer whose prerogative is purely military is at liberty to direct or interrupt the program of ‘he musical feature on every occasion, of what character and dignity is the position of :he leader and director of the official musical organization, and what can he hope to ::c- complish in his position? I do not know the qualifications of the officer who so an- warrantebly, as I consider, rebuked Pro- fessor Fanciulli (indeed, I do not just now recall his name) to direct musical per- formers, but in common with all pers who have any knowledge or respect f music and have seen Professor Fanciulli even once direct the band through a pe! formance, I know him to be a most mas- terly musician and compétent above any other person I know of who has ever had the position to fill it in a wholly musician- ly manner. In the interest of the establish- ment of a good and true standard of mu- sical taste among us, therefore, I beg that Professor Fanciulli will be upheld in his reasonable and, indeed, absolutely neces- sary claims, to be arbitrary (as much as he may wish to be) in his position. I :ub- mit this in the behalf of art, not personal interest, as I have no acquaintance with Professor Fanclulli, and he does not know of my existence. MUSIC LOVER. CONDENSED LOCALS. Rose Colbert, colored, three years was lost yesterday. She was found by police and sent Lome to her parents. Several obstructed sewers, broken limbs of trees und hcles in pavements were re- ported by the police today. Anderson Brooks, a colored resident of Wheeler Created a Scene. William Wheeler, a colored man well known in police circles, created quite a scene all along 33d street yesterday. He was arrested about S$ o'clock by Policeman Harrison on a charge of assaulting Samuel Payne. The wagon being busy the police- man started to walk the prisoner to the station. His wife and chudren followed and a big crowd was attracted. Wheeler resisted all of the way and the policeman had a tard time, being struck a number of times. Some friend of the prisoner in the crowd of followers threw a brick at the policeman, which narrowly escaped his head. At the siation house an additional charge of assaulting an officer was placed egainst Wheeler's name. Stock Sales. At the Arlington stock yards yesterday some few cuttle were offered and sold as follows: Best, 4 and 4% cents per pound; good, 3% and 4 cents; medium, 3 and 3% cents; common, 2 and 3 cents. There were 262 sheep and lambs sold at the following quotations: Sheep, 3 and 3% cents; * 5% and 6% cents; calves, 5 and 5% cents. A number of hogs sold from 4 and 4l5 cents per pound. Ten cows and calves scld from $20 to $35 per head. The state of the market was good. ——— For Additional Judges. Senator Mason today introduced a bill providing for the appointment of an addi- tional circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit and an additional district judge for the northern Mlinois district. < —-2--_ ___ Rates on Mica. Senator Pritchard gave notice today of an amendment he will offer to the tariff bill, changing the rates on-mica as fol- lows: Cut mica, 30 cents per pound; sheet mica, 20 cents per pound; mica in the block, 15 cents per pound. SS Philadelphia is making a collection of oll portraits of her mayors. WOODBURY PLaIR. $o21 T. J. HODGEN & CO., Brokers & Dealers, Stocks, Cotton, Grain and Provisions, Rooms 10 and 11, Corcoran building, cor. 15th & F, and 005 7th st. Silsby & Company, Faults Pointed Out. “In this case it would seem that it would have been at least a reasonable act for the interrogator to apply the committee to adopt the question as own or to ins sist upon an answer, or to so advise ihe witness, certainly before the could be deem- ed guilty of contempt of the committee. He could not have been deemed in con- tempt of the Senate for the purposes of contumacy proceeding until he had been brought before the bar of the Senate, and he then persisted in hjs refusal to answer. “I very much doubt. whether, under the circumstances of this case, if the question Were pertinent to the subject matter un- der investigation by the committee, and that committee as the arm, of «be Senate had power to make the ipquiry, the wit- ness would be in contempt,@nd, guilty of a Sad ne Se sacra en adv! that ce in his refi would subject moe penalties. I do not regard:it. as essential, however, that the decision: of; this case skould be put upon that grpund. I deter- mine merely that the questionsaasked were pot pertinentston a I Onee_conmi Ea oe ot ‘the reso! recting ti tf inquiry, and that, if the Ray bee re strued what 75 mntended for je : ae rod BANKERS AND BROKERS, Oa, 613 15th st. nw, Four leaky fire plugs were reported to the water department by the police today. They are at 4th and Florida avenue north- west, Sth and £ streets and 7th and C streets scutheast and Marion and P streets nortnwest. A broken pump at the corner of 10th and North Carolina avenue south- east and a leaky water trough at the cor- Hereafter it will be possible to check trunks from New York to all large cities in Europe. as beyond riggiction of gestion that the question does not ask to whom the money was contributed, to whom it was paid over. That question was not mate expenses of pelitical campaigns, us they have been conducted for some years, are many and at times very large. These expenses are provided for by contributions made for the purpose. The right of an in- sizes, 25, 40, 50 and 6c. Easton & Rupp, 421 11thSt POPULAR-PRICED STATIONERS. _my31-14d RUN DOWN.” Tha what ails a host of CASTORI o FOR ——- eS LEONIDAS SCH ner of North tol and P streets were OOF EY: RETURNS. Capt For What Money Was Paid. “It is my opinion that these questione called for an answer which, as an evi- Schoofey, the zormer ° private to Representatiye Bartlett of at this time Notice is hereby gh “ak the acu Notice ven existing betwee Therese K. Scheller and ward Steveus,