Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. ——_-___ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Feansyivania Avenne, Cor. llth St, by Ths Ev Star Wewspaper Company, 5. H. OFPMANN? Prost Building. The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the efty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the t oarbe 2 cents each. By matl—anywhere in the nited States or Canada—postage prepai cents ber month Faturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreizn postuge added, $3.00. © it the Post Office et Washington, D. C., ‘ass mail matter.) ©All wail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising mace known on application. —_—_—_—_—_—__————————————— Che Evening Star. No. 13,821. WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, JUNE_18, 1897-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a per as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family Journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. A VETERAN EDITOR John M. Francis of the Troy Times Died Today. HE WAS PROMINENT IN POLITICS Had Represented the United States Abroad Several Times. LONG NEWSPAPER CAREER TROY, N. Y¥., June 18—John M. Francis, senior proprietor and editor-in-chief of the Times, and ex-minister of the United Ss to Austria, Greece and Portugal, at his home in this city at 11:05 o'clock morning. Francis had been troubled for several years with a weakness of the heart. The ness which terminated his life began three weeks ago. Sen of Richard Francis. Mr. Francis was the son ef Richard Francis, who came from Wales te this country in the latter part of the last cen- tury and made his home near Uti 2 Later he moved to Praitsburg, Steuben county, where John M. Francis was bora March 6, “1 was the twelfth cf thirteen children. served an apprentice- ship on the Ontario t Canan- daigua, N. ¥., and soon won recognition &s a forcible writer. In 1843 he was en- gaged for editorial work on the Palmyra Sentinel. Subsequently he ASSOC for a time with the late Hiram Hur in the editorship of the Roches iy ser. In IS4 he came to Troy and the chief edito> of the Northern leading democratic which he also be- At thi en one of the of the siate, of the joint owner. the splic of the demc Burner” and Mr. espoused the barn burner or fre he sold his the Budget. In 1851 he founded Daily Times. interest the Troy Joired the Republican Parts. Mr. Francis became a member of the re- publican party at its birth. In 1867-68 he Was a member of the New York state con- stitutional convention. In May, 1871, Pre: Grant appointed him United States a position which he eece, ears. ng his resignation ne made the werld. President Arthur su appointed him minister to Pot and im ISN4 he was promoted to be to Austria-Hungary. is returned to hi ome in this s was a member of the last convention of New York which met in 1S. SS UNDUE CR TY CHARGED. Sweeping Investigation to Be Made of Wisconsin Public Institutions. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 18—A move- ent being formulated to investigate the management of nine of the principal State institutions of Wisconsin on serious share Proceedings are already pending St Superintendent J. G. Hart of the 1 school for boys at Waukesha, on charges of drunkenness and cruelty, and Richard Petherick of the state board of control has been placed in temporary charge of the institution. Since these proceedings began Lynn 8. Pease, one of the attorneys for the prose- cution, has received letters demanding an inquiry into other state institutions, and {t fs expected that formal charges will soon be placed in the hands of the board of con- trol. The chief institutions against the man- agement of which complaint is made are the asylum for the insane at Mendota, with over 5) inmates; northern hospital for the insane at Oshkosh, with nearly 600 in- mates; state prison at Waupun, with about 626 inmates. ‘The number of boys confined in the state school being investigated is about 350. Un- due cruelty, it is understood, is the prin- cipal complaint in each instance. = WILL TEST AN ARMY CUSTOM. Whether Soldiers Can Be Made to Do Work of Servants. OMAHA, Neb., June 18—W. H. Patrick has been called to Fort Crook to obtain, if possible, by legal process, the release of five enlisted men, who have been sentenced to thirty days in the guard house for mutiny. According to the story told by the sol- diers who came up and engaged the serv- iees of the attorney, the privates were de- tailed a few days ago to proceed to the house of the company commander and clean it from top to bottom. The work was performed under protest, and when completed the men requested the pri commander, who sent all the men ard house. They were tried hy st court and sentenced to thirty d: guard house and to forfeit 410 pa Their names are Byron S. Browne, James §. Browne, John Larue, Joseph Henry Weiber, all of Company D, fantr: Friends of the imprisoned men have re- ined the attorney for the purpose of hav- g the question determined whether e| men can be compelled to act as serv- lings in the federal courts in order to obtain the release of his clients. The privates at Fort Crook are much excited over the affair. a RELEASED FROM HART’S BOND. Ax the Noted Filibuster Was Placed in Castedy. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. June 18—Capt. John D. Hart, convicted of filibustering in cennection with the steamer Laurada, and who was admitted to bail pending an ap- peal for a new trial, was surrendered today Robert J. Barr, one of his bondsmen. ¢ petition, In which Barr asked to be ‘ore Judges t court of Hart was re- United States ptance of new and was granted. 1 in custody of t hal, pending the ac SS COMPLIMENTARY TO MR. TAYLOR. cial Epoea of Madrid Regrets His Leaving Spain. RID, June 18.—The official Epoca. z on the retirement of Hannis United States minister to Spain, Taylor has largely contributed to maintain the good relations (between the United States and Spain) and he will leave the best impression here. --— Anotber Bomb Found in Paris. PARIS, June 18.—The Soleil says that @ fresh bomb was discovered at 10:30 o'clock this morning at the corner ot the Boulevard St. Denis and the Rue St. Denia The find in other quarters is declared to be only e hermless hoax. CUYAHOGA IS FOR HANNA He Will Control the County Convention by a Small Majority. Several Men on the Hanna Legislative Slate, However, Were Defeated— Gossip About McKisson. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 18.—Senator Hanna's slate was badly shattered at last night's republican primaries, but ‘this friends wil control the county convention tomor- row morning. The fight waged at the polls did not involve a question of Hanna’s in- dorsement. That mattcr was a settled fact @ good many days ago, no matter which faction controlled the convention. The con- test was simply a fight between the fricnds ef Senator Hanna and the McKisson ma- chine for control of the party machinery in Cuyahoga county. Wanted Everything in Sight. Incidentally, and, perhaps, ill-advisedly, the Hanna managers placed a legislative slate in the field along with a delegation slate in each ward. The McKisson people rallied to the fight and smashed the slate— once on the senator ticket by nominating Burke, and twice on the representative ticket by nominating Bramley and Mason, at the expense of Doty and Kuzel. The rest of the Hanna slate went through, but it was not a decided Hanna victory, because most of them, at least Breck, Crifford and Henry, were not opposed by the McKisson people. ‘The battle waged yesterday will go down in history as one of the most impoftant ever fought. ‘True, the vote was light, much lighter than the pleasant day and important issues gave promise of. But from the moment the polls opened at 4 o’cloca until ¥ o'clock the leaders in both factions were active in the thick of the bottle. Indeed, never at a primary elec- tion were there more workers surrounding the bocths. Hanna Will Control Delegation. By virtue of the result of yesterday's pri- maries Senator Hanna's friends have at least probably prevented Mayor McKisson frcm going to the Toledo convention at the head of the Cuyahoga county conven- ticn. The conirol of the powerful Cuy: hega delegation will be in Mr. Hanna's hands by a dangerously close margin, and may pass entirely from him yet. The delegations to the convention are s0 badly mixed that the exact control of the con- vention cannot be precisely determined un- til itm altuough Senator Hanna prob- ably has is fact will thwart the gubernatorial ambitions of Mayor McKis- son to a large extent. = It is said here that Senator Foraker ex- pected to push him for Bushne ac in case the governor did not car the battle again. It may be that Mayor McKisson will be pusned for chairman of the convention. —_>+—_—_ DUTY ON WEARING APPAREL. Fight to Limit Free Admission to $100 to a Person. A vigorous onslaught is being made on section 666 of the Senate tariff bill, which exempts from duties all wearing apparel imported from foreign countries by tour- ists. The Dingley bill limited the amount of wearing apparel to be impor*ed duty free to the value of $100. Under the lead- ership of the Merchants and Manufaciur- ers’ Board of Trade of New York mer- chants, manufacturers and artisans all over the country have been pouring in let- ters on the members of the Senate urging the restoration of the House limitations, and Messrs. Shayne and Hickman cf New York, who have been here leading the fight, claim that they have won, and that a poll of the Senate showed that free im- portations of foreign goods under the guise of wearing apparel would be abol- ished. it has been claimed that the government is annually swindled out of from $20,000,000 to $40,000,000 in duties by the importation of foreign goods under the free wearing apparel clause of the Wilson bill. So persistent were the claims cf this kind on the part of merchants of New York and other seaport cities that the ‘Treasury Department detailed a corps of special agents, under Chief Special Agent Cross, to investigate the matter. Mr. Cross’ report was filed at the department yesterday. : The report of the special agent shows that information was obtained by inter- views with returning passengers, from which estimates were made. Twenty-five passengers were interviewed on six dif- ferent days from six steamers, showing that the additions to the personal effects while abroad for the whole number was $21,490, with an average of $489.80 to each passenger. The amounts for each pas- senger ranged from $40 to $3,500. All this baggage, the report says, had free entry. ‘The estimate of the surveyor's department was that on the personal effects purchased abroad would average $400 for each pi nger, which is brought in free under ex- ing law. The estimate is made that MM) passengers arrive annually, and the lue of the goods they bring in free is 1 at $40,000,000. It is stated that Par- isian shopkeepers encourage persons to buy large amounts of goods, and explained to ene lady that in bringing three dozen pairs of gloves she would have to break the third dozen to comply with the United States customs regulations. it was shown that the amount col- lected frem passengers was great- est in 1891, under the McKinle; law, when 9,554 passengers paid $96,012. The special agent says that the exemption of $100 would require a critical examina- tion of the trunks of passengers and vio- late the present regulations of the Separt- ment on this point. He suggests that the best method would be to require all pas- Sengers returning from abroad io pa? duties on articles purchased by them as if en ordered and ‘mported. Mr. C. C. Sh: president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Board of Trade of New York, has furnished the finance committee with the details of the evils of which complaint is made. See CHARGES AGAINST McCORD. Alleged Attempted Bribery of the Nominee for Governor of Arizona. The Senate committee on territories to- day resumed consideration of the charges against Myron H. McCord, who has becn nominated for governor of Arizona. The ncmination, after being favorably reported, Was recommitted Monday on account of new charges. These charges are maintaia- ed in an affidavit mede by a Mr. Gardner, who was Indian inspector in 1891, who es that McCord offered him $2,000 to influeace the location ef an Indian school in Wisconsin. The committee read this and also an affidavit in re- ply from Mr. McCord characterizing Mr. Gardner’s statement as untrue. The com- mittee cecided to send for Mr. Gardner be- fore deciding the case. — — — REDEEMING BANK NOTES. Senator Telicr Introduces a Bill Pro- viding That It Be in Coin. Senator Teiler imtrcduced a bill today providing that all bank notes shall be re- ceemed in coin, and another that all-na- ticnai banking associations shall keep their reserves in their own vaults. AT THE WHITE HOUSE An Unimportant Meeting of the Cab- inet. GEN. WOODFORD GOES TO NEW YORK The President in the Dentist’s Hands for an Hour. PROPOSED CHICAGO TRIP The cabinet meeting at the White House today was commonplace, to use the ex- pression of one of the cabinet officials. Nothing of deep public interest was dis- cussed. The appointment of the new min- ister to Madrid naturally induced some discussion, but this was not prolonged or especially interesting. It was brought out that Gen. Woodford will leave for Madrid as scon as he can possibly get his affairs in shape. It is hoped he will be ready to sail in « fortnight; the earlier, the more it will please the President. General Woodford was with the President yesterday afternoon and dined with him last night. He left for New York this morning. He will probably return here before sailing for Spain. This will be for a final conference with the President, covering the latest phases of the Cuban situation to that time. The cabinet congratulated the President on his selection of General Woodford, and the opinion was generally expressed’ that the selection was a good one. The nomination of a consul general to Cuba is next on the administration pro- gram. Ex-Representative Frank Aldrich is the man picked out, and lis name will be sent in soon. 1t is the desire of thé President to have republican machinery at work in Madrid and Havana about the same time. Mr. Aldrich has had time to arrange his affairs and will be able to leave promptly upon confirmation. It will not be necessary that he shall be named for a few weeks longer. The President saw but few people out- side of the cabinet officials today. He spent from 10 o'clock until 11 o'clock this morning with a dentist, who went to the White House to do some work on the President’s teeth. Judge Day was with the President for a wnile efore 10 o'clock. It is understood that Special Commis- sioner Calhoun will finish his work today, and will probably leave for his home to- night or tomorrow. President May Go to Chicago. President McKinley has not fully decided that he will go to Chicago to take part in the unveiling of the John A. Logan statue in the Lake Front Park, July 22. The Chicago people are anxious that he should make the trip, and so 1s Mrs. Logan, who dined at the White House last night, but the President cannot say what he will do this far in advance. Much depends on the position of the tariff bill. The President, however, is willing to inake the journey. It he goes he will be accompanied by the members of the cabinet. He will review a procession of veterans on that day that promises to be one of the biggest in recent years, the longest line of regiments from the regular army that has marched since the war, the entire Illinois militia of 7,000 men and the governors and their staffs from many of the western states. The application of James W. Poe, col- ored, for the deputy auditorship of the Post Office Department was filed at the White House today. Poe is a North Caro- linian, but was in government service up to a few years ago. He 1s indorsed by the entire delegation from his state, as well as by many representative republicans of Maryland. A strong indorsement of Dr. C, B. Purvis for reinstatement as surgcon-in-chiet of Freedman’s Hospital was also filed. Among the papers are indorsements by the Na- tional Republican Protective Association and McKinley and Hobart Marching Club. Representative Mahon and a delegation of citizens from Waynesboro’, Pa., have invited the President to attend a celebra- tion in that city in September, and while there to visit the battlefields of Gettys- burg, Antietam and South Mountain, all in close proximity. Southern Hlinois Officers. Senator Mason is understood to be still vigorously protesting against the slate ar- ranged for district attorney, marshal and collector for southern Illinois. This slate is expected to be nominated shortly. Rich- ard Yates is to be collector of internal revenue; Otis Humphrey, district attorney, and C. P. Hitch, marshal. The selection of Mr. Yates is a personal one with the Presi- dent. The three men have been agreed upon by Senator Cullom. Senator Mason’s par- ticular fight 1s for the marshalship. He wants Jesse Tull instead of C. P. Hitch. Mr. Mason's selections for the three places were Richard Yates, for district attorney; Col. Merriam, for collector, and Otis Hum- phrey, for marshal. It 18 argued that southern [linols is the territory of Senator Cullom, and that Sen- ator Mason ought to keep out of it. Sena- tor Cullom will not seriously interfere with offices in the northern district, which is the special bailiwick of Senator Macon. The President has decided, it is said, to appoint Col. Powell collector of the Cairo district. Kentucky Offices. The revenue coliectorships of Kentucky are still unsettled. Senator Deboe and State Chairman Samuel J. Roberts of Ken- tucky called at the White House today to discuss these matters with the President, but did not get to see him. Representa- tive Evans was also a caller with Ken- tucky matters to discuss. ——____-e-—. HOUSING THE IMMIGRANTS, Object of Assistant Secretary Howell's Visit to New York. Assistant Secretary Howell of the treas- ury has returned from New York, where he has been‘for several days pest confer- ring with the immigration authorities with regard to the best system of examining immigrants until Congress makes pro- vision for rebuilding the staticn on Ellis Island recently destroyed by fire. Immi- grants are now landed at the piers of the various steamship lines, and are examined as well as possible under the circum- stances. Those detained for further ex- amination or for deportation are tempor- arily domiciled on the government ferry boats formerly used for thelr transporia- tion to and from Ellis Island. Arrangements have been made for the use of the barge office annex as an immi- grant station, and it is expected that it will be ready for the purpose ‘by next week. The seized goods stored there are being removed, and it will be provided with every possible facility for the care and comfort of immigrants peading tbeir examination. Congress will be asked to make an appropriation for the reconstr:c- tion of the buildings on Ellis Island, but under the most. favorable circumstances it will be a long time before that island can be again used as an immigrant station. Treasurer Roberis Goes to New York. United States Treasurer Roberts hys gone to New York to arrange his private. irs, 80 as to be able to formrilly asysme_ the qeeerins examination by the solicitor of | MAY ADJOURN BY JULY 15 The Tariff Bill Likely to-Become a Law Before Then, Probable That It Will Be Through the Senate by June 30—Dingley Rates to Be Insisted Upon in Important Cas In the opinion of some of the leading re- Publicans of the Senate it will be impos- sible for a quorum of senators to be kept in Washington for other legislation after the tariff bill is passed. Under any cir- cumstances it would be difficult to hold a quorum efter this bill is disposed of, and there is an. additional difficulty found in the fact that certain republicans, while not wanting to be placed in antagonism to the wishes of the administratton, are opposed to the authorization of a currency com- mission. Moreover, there is danger of a conflict with some of the democrats if it is not understood that an adjournment is to follow immediately after the tariff is disposed of. There is a probability that the tariff bill may be passed through the Senate by the 29th or 30th of this month, and the pros- pects now are that it will be held in con- ference but a few days. Very little conflict between the two houses in conference is expected. It is an- ticipated that those important features of the Dingley bill, which the House will naturally insist upon, will be promptly yielded by the Senate conferees. The House svgar schedule will probably be restored almost in its entirety. It is in- timated in the innner circles that the Dill finally enacted into a law will be substan- tlally the Heuse bill in its important fea- tures. Certain items in which the Senate is par- ticularly interested will be ylelded by the House, and there is little prospect of a pro- lorged fight. It is likely that the bill will become a law early enough to admit of an adjournmnt by the 15th of July, and it is probable that nothing else will be taken up to prolong the session. TO PUNISH MONOPOLY. Senator Nelson’s Anti-Trust Amend- ment to the Tariff Rill. Senator Nelson of Minnesota has pre- pared an anti-trust amendment, which he will offer to the tariff bill, and which he thinks will meet the objecifens that have been made to other amendments of a‘sim- ilar character. It follows: “Every person, firm or corporation, who shall monopolize or engross, or attempt to monopolize or engross, or who shall com- bine or conspire with any other person, firm or corporation to monopolize or en- gross the trade or commeree in raw or re- fined sugar of any kind among the several states or with foreign nations for the pur- pose of unduly enhancing the price of such sugar, ‘shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of’not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, or by im+ prisonment at ‘hard labor not less than six months nor more than two years or by both said. punishments, in the digcre- tion of the court. i “And in case of a corporétion feund guilty of said offense the.jary shall also ascertain and find what officers of the corporatign caused or cted the cor- poration to commit such offense, and such officers, on being found guilty of causifig or directing the corporation to com#nit the offense of which it is found. guilty, shall be lable to the punishment aforesaid. “It shall be a sufficient pleading in the indictment to describe the offense in the language of this law; and the fact that a manufacturer or refiner of, sugar refuses to sell his sugar to the public, in inter- state or forcign trade, otherwise than through special factors or agents, shall be deemed prima facie evidence of monopoliz- ing or attempting to monopolize the tra in sugar amorig the several states or wit! foreign nations. “The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdic- tion to prevent and restrain violations of this law, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations. Such pro- ceedings may be by way of pétition setting forth the case and praying that such vio- lation shall be enjoined or otherwise pro- hibited. When the parties, eomplained of shall have been duly notifi¢d of such peti- ticn the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case, and pending such petition and before @ final decree the caurt may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. —————. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. Mrs. Washington, a Descendant of the First President, Promoted. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary—Appointment by trarsfer from general land office and pro- motion from copyist at $90), Mrs. Frances V. Washington of Virginia, clerk, to sign land patents, $1,200, vice Mrs. Marcia Me- Kean, deceased, { General land office—Reinstatements, Fred- erick S. Goodrich of Oklahoma territory and George Carmichael of Rhode Island, special agents, $1,200. Prométion, Samuel W. Lyon of the District of Columbia, clerk, $1,400 to $1,600. J. O. Maxon of Lewiston, Idaho, has been appointed surveyor on the Nez Perce In- dian reservation in Idaho, $1,200 per an- num, vice James Stuart; resigned. Mrs. Washington, transferred to the gen- eral land office to sign land patents, is a collateral descendant of the first President of the United States. Her maiden name was also Washington, ‘ ——_-e+__+___ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Names Sent to the Senate for Its Action, The President today, sent the following nominations to the Senate: Treasury—Freeland H. @akes of Maine, to be collector of customs, “district of Saco, Maine. 2 To be collectors of internal revenue— Frank W. Howbert of Colerado; for the dis- trict of Colorado; Harmon .L..Remmel of Arkansas, for the district of Afkansas. Justice—Walter H. Jphnson of Georgia, to be United States marshal ‘for the northern district of Georgia, —_-e-+______ WILL NOT RETURN TO BNGLAND. Mrs. Yarde-Baller Wilk Remain Here After Securing a Divorce. OAKLAND, Cal., June 48.@Mrs. Yarde- Buller’s visit to California was not solely to secure an- Amerigan divorce from her English husband. 2 “My mother will nat return to England,” said the oldest son,’Lieut. Kirkham Blair. “Of course she expects to secure an abso lute separation het husband. That a ae beste ft meat eee mar- settlement , Ich the judj- cial decision given {9 En; d_ does not.” _ He added that there wereee amounts due from her father’s: might be necessary to to secure. _ Meavy Eitine ff was sworn many questions. It is claimed that this was @ sufficient summons under the statute, court, SHRIVER NOT GUILTY Justics Bradley Directs Return of Verdict of Acquittal. DEFENDANT WARMLY CONGRATULATED District Attorney Davis Begins the Trial of Another Defendant. JUDGE BRADLEY’S OPINION As foreshadowed in The Star yesterday, Judge Bradley, in the case of Mr. John 8. Shriver, the Washington representative of the New York Mail and Express, charged with contumacy before Senator Gray’s sugar trust investigating committee, in June, 1894, this morning granted the mo- tion of the defense for a verdict of not guilty, and directed the jury to acquit. The formal verdict of not guilty was at once rendered, and then, after the court had discharged the journalistic defendant from further liability and custody under the indictment, Mr. Shriver was warmly congratulated by his counsel and the many friends who had come into court in antici- pation of the favorable action. District Attorney Davis took his defeat philosophically, and gave notice that he will at 1 o'clock this afternoon proceed with the case of Mr. E. Jay Edwards, the Wash- ington correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, who stands similarly indicted. An, Elaborate Opinion. In granting the motion for a verdict of not guilty, Judge Bradley presented an elaborate and carefully prepared opinion, reading it from typewritten sheets. The opinion was not nearly so lengthy as that delivered by the judge in the Searles case, and it was based principally on two grounds, viz., that Mr. Shriver was not duly summoned to appear before the in- vestigating committee, and because the question asked him, and which he was al- leged to have declined to answer, was not a@ pertinent one. . The judge, while not agreeing with the contention of counsel for the defense that confidential communications made to news- Papers and newspaper men are privileged, held, nevertheless, that Mr. Shriver was not obliged to give the name of the person from whom he obtained the information on which he based his article in the Mail and Express relative to the famous con- ference between members of the Senate and those of the sugar trust at the Arling- ton Hotel in this city. Victory for the Press. Therefore, Mr. Shriver, his counsel and his newspaper friends consider the opinion of Judge Bradley as a most substantial and gratifying victory for members of the press. Speaking of the decision, Judge Ditten- hoefer, one of Mr. Shriver’s counsel, said: “We consider it a great victory for the newspaper profession. While the judge held that in the absence of legislation by Congress to grant to newspaper men the privilege of refusing to disclose confiden- tial communications he was not prepared 4o hold that such privilege existed, yet in his decision that it could not be pertinent or relevant to any issue, either in court or before a legislative committee, to compel a newspaper man to give the name of his informant, the same result was practically reached. “The profession of journalism under this decision obtains virtually the privilege of refusing to disclose the name of an in- formant, but under a different legal prin- ciple, which fs that such evidence is not pertinent or relative. This was one of the principal points discussed by Judge Wilson and myself before Judge Bradley.” As the case of Mr. Edwards is consid- ered to be identical with that of Mr. Shri- ver, it is not doubted that the court will also promptly direct his acquittal. In disposing of the motion Judge Brad- ley stated that it was based on several rounds, one of them being that Mr. hriver was not directed or required to answer the question, but the judge held that the circumstances testified to tend- ed to praye that the defendant was advised by the committee that they required an answer. The judge held further that there was a deliberate declination to answer the question calling for the source of Mr. Shriver’s information, the one alleged in the indictment. Judge Bradley’s Reasons. Referring to the contention that Mr. Shriver, being a newspaper man, was priv- ileged not to disclose the name of his in- formant, Judge Bradley said: “Communications by client to attorney in the source of professional employment, and confidential communications between husband and wife, are privileged at com- mon law, and protected from disclosure in judicial proceedings. In some of the states of the Union this protection has been ex- tended .by statute to confidential communi- cations made by a patient to a physician in his professional capacity, and to informa- tion obtained by the physician in his at- tendance upon the patient. It has been extended by statute in some of the states to communications made to spiritual ad- visers. It appears that communications made to editors, or reporters, or cor- respondents uf newspapers, have received such legislative protection in but one of the states. “The Congress of the United States has not, yet so yielded to the force of the de- mahds of public pelicy for such legisiation, strenuously urged in argument, as to,pro- vide a statute -protecting newspaper men, called as witnesses before a congressional committee or before a court of justice, from disclosing relevant facts within their knowledge. Until it does, I will not be able to distinguish the public duty of the newsgatherer from that cf other indi- viduals to make such disclosure when call- ed to do so by a court of justice, or by an inquisitorial body having jurisdiction cf the subject.” Discussed the Summons. The court next considered the contention of Mr. Shriver’s counsel that the defendant was not summoned to appear before tho committee. of investigation, and that his refusal to answer was not a misdemeanor under section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the Unied States. = = “It appears,” said the judge, by the evi- dence that no writ was issued, but that he was sent for by the committee, and by their messenger asked to appear before them; that he was informed that a sum- mons would be served upon him !f he did not appear voluntarily; that he did appear, as a witness and answered and that the summons need not be by service of a writ.” Judge Bradley ‘said that a witness ap- pearing before a court of law can be pun- isliéd for contempt only after he has n properly. served with a subpoena, yet if to voluntarily appears he waives the right and its servi the -writ ice. But the to its court held that whether an unserved wit- ess before a congressional committce can punished by the legislature for refusing to answer a question was not before the TO GO TO THE POTOMAC CO The Award for Electrio Lighting of the Parks, The Attorney General Decides That Conduits Cannot Be Laid or Overhead Wires Erected. Secretary Alger today received a letter from Attorney General McKenna in re- sponse to his request for an opinion “as to whether either the Commissioners of the District of Columbig or the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, under the terms of the act, approved March 3, 1897, making appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia, can authorize the laying of conduits or erection of overhead wircs, for electric lighting purposes, in any park or reserva- tion, for the purpose of lighting the park or reservation.” By the act above referred to it was pro- vided as follows: “Until Congress shall Provide for a conduit aystem it shall be unlawful to lay conduits or erect over- head wires for electric lighting purposes in any road, street, avenue, highway, park or reservation except az hereafter specifi- cally authorized by law: Provided, how- ever, That the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue permits for house connections with ccnduits and overhead wires now existing adjacent to the premises with which euch cornection is to be made; and also per- mits for public lighting connections with conduits already in the portion of the street proposed to be lighted.” The Attorney General quotes the above- given provision and says: “I am of opinion that under this act the laying of conduits, or erection of overhead Wires, for electric lighting purposes in any Park or reservation for the purpose of lighting the park or reservation is prohib- ed. In accordance with the Attorney Gen- eral’s opinion, Col. Bingham, in charge of public buildings and grounds, with the ap- proval of Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers, will award the contract for electric lighting of Lafayette, Franklin, Judiciary and Lin- coln ks, for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, to the Potomac Electric Power Co., at its bid of $91.25 per lamp per an- num. ‘The authorities hold that the provision above quoted prohibited the acceptance of the bid of the United States Electric Light- ing Co. to light Franklin, Lafayette and Judiciary Parks, at the rate of $10 per lamp per annum. -—e-+—____ BISHOP CHENEY EXPLAINS. Defines His Position Regarding the Matter of Vestments. CHICAGO, June 18.—Bishop Cheney, who has just returned from New York, where he has been attending the general council of the Reformed Episcopal Church, was asked for his version of the exciting con- troversy which took place in the council and which has come to be known as the “vestment contest.” Bishop Cheney said: “I wish it to be un- derstood that I favor no particular garment or church vestment, but I am opposed to any particular garment or robe being pre- scribed. If we are restricted in what we shall wear we shall be told what we must sing or eat, for instance. I was opposed to any restriction being put upon our Chris- tian church liberty. A layman of Philadel- phia precipitated the difficulty by offering a resolution prescribing a black robe, and that only, as the clerical dress for church service. “The white surplice and the black scarf were decried as Roman Catholic, and ihe bishop's robes, which I only wear in the discharge of some Episcopal office, were denounced. I contended only for the fullest liberty in choice of vestments. “My resignation of certain chairmanships cf committees and trusteeships, the gifts of the general council, does not mean sep- aration from the church. There is no ques- tion of secession involved. The synod of Chicago, which supported me in the posi- tion I took of fullest liberty, will not sep- arate from the church, but the result may be that the synod may feel indifferent about representation in the general council in the future or when it meets three years hence. ———— SADDLE HORSE FOR WEYLER. Handsome Bay Bought in Kansas City for the Spanish General. KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 18.—Weyler, the Spanish general, will soon be astride a saddle horse which was bought in Kansas City and raised somewhere in Missouri. The animal has beén shipped via New Or- leans to Weyler by a local firm, which has sent nearly 500 mules to Cuba during the past sixty days for the Spanish army. Recently an order came from Weyler for a first-class saddle horse, and a handsome bay was selected. It is stated that the price paid was $300. —— CONVICTED OF PERJURY. George H. Jackson, Who Figured in the Pearl Bry Marder. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 18.—A Times- Star special from Springfield, Ohio, says that George H. Jackson, who became fa- mcus in the Pearl Bryan murder trial by testifying that he drove the carriage ™ ‘Which Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling conveyed their victim to the Kentucky highlands, where her body was found, was today found guilty of perjury in a case where he had given testimony in a crim- inal trial in Springfield. Sentence has not been pronounced. —_—~——__ ANOTHER BROTHER OF BARNATO. This One Hails From the Erie County Penitentiary. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 18.—Samuel Bar- nett, who is serving a year’s sentence in the Erie ccunty penitentiary for assault, declares that he is the brother of Barney Barnato, the South African “diamond king” who committed suicide recently by jumping overboard from a steamer. Roland: Barnett of Montreal, who has also clained that he was a brother of the “diamond king,”, he says is his brother, and the Chicago woman calling herself Alice Esther he believes to be his sister, Alice Esther Barnett, who Went to Africa several years after Barney had established himself there to keep house for him. Since then he had lost all track of his brother and sister. a EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS CONTINUE. The Ruin in the Province of Assam, India, ‘is, Appalling. CALCUTTA, June 18.—Almost the whole of the province of Assam has been de- vastated by the earthquake. The ruin is appalling. The courts, treasuries, jails and hospitals have collapsed. The loss of food supplies is enormous. The crops are most- ly ruined and great scarcity of food is ex- ‘pected. All traffic is difficult, as numbers of the roads have been completely demol- ished. - iB especially as renewed shocks MR.SHERMAN’SSTAND Opposed ag a Rule to Our Acquiring Outlying Territory. HAWAI REGARDED AS EXCEPTIONAL He Therefore Approves the Annex- ation Treaty. SENATOR DAVIS’ INTENTIONS In view of the fact that false and mis- leading statements have been sent out from Washington as to Secretary Sherman's po- sition on the question of the annexation of Hawali, the Secretary today said to the Associated Press that, as a rule, he was opposed to the United States acquiring out- lying territory, but he regarded the condi- tion of the Hawaiian Islands as exceptional on account of the claim of Japan to these islands. He therefore approved the treaty making Hawaii a possession of the United States, but not entitled to admission as « state. To a Star reporter Secretary Sherman said: “It is absolut entrue that I am opposed to the annexation of Hawall. I don't see how such a report originated, much less now it came to be circulated. My opinicn on the g al question of the annexaticn of territory by the United States 1s well knowa from speeshes I have made at different times ainst such a policy, but in the case of Hawaii, owing to the controversy between Japan and Ha- wail, with the possidility of war between the two countries, I am convinced that it is highly proper to take steps for the an- nexatiorn of Hawail. You can say in the most positive teoms that I am decidedly in favor of the annexation of Hawaii.” Will Not Pash the Treaty. Senator Davis, chairman of the Senate committee on foreign relations, said today that he would not make an effort to pres the Hawatian treaty to tinal consideration in the Senate during the present session of Congress. “While,” he said, “the opposition to the ratification of the treaty is not formid- able as to numbers, it has already been made evident that it will be quite determin- ed, and this fact, coupled with the impos- sibility of holding a quorum ‘or any length of time after the passage of the tariff bill, has already forced the conclusion that an effort to secure immediate action would be futile; hence it will not be made. We shall, however,” he added, “be able to get the treaty reported enate. We shall also have it formally ta’ up 80 as to have it well to the front at the begin- ning of the next session.” Senator Davis expressed the opinion that there would be no dificuliy in getting a ratification resolution through the commit- tee at the present session. Regarding Liltuckal He said, in reply to a question, that he did not believe the committee would be Cigposed to give ex-Qucen Liliuokalani a verbal hearing. ‘ould, of course,” be said, at she might be disposed to file with us, but the commit- tee’s aversion to verbal statement is such that I am convinced she would not be heard if she should make application to that end.” “We ¥ o--—______ NO ONE TO SPEAK FOR THEM. Appeal of the Colored People in the Choctaw Nation. Away out in the Indian territory, about a month ago, a little band of colored people got together to talk over the wrongs which they thought had been inflicted upon them by a treaty made by a government commis- sion. They lifted up their voices in humble protest, and the echo has sounded in Con- gress. A memorial addressed to the Indian agent, signed by the people, which had passed through the hands of many govern- ment officials, has been laid before the Senate and House. The petition said: “We, as the committee in convention, as colored people of the Choctaw freedmen, do hereby make application to you for help and guidance in regards to the Dawes com- mission and Choctaw agreement. They have left the colored people out entirely in regards to schools and money. All we can see is the promise of that forty acres of land, Now the poor colored people of this Choctaw nation have no one to represent them. They are poor in this world’s goods. ‘They have no money, and the Choctaws and Chickasaws knew all this when they mado that agreement. The Choctaws knew they had adopted the freedmen as ciiizens of this nation. We are under their laws; we obey end are ruled by their laws; we are drawn up and whipped and shot until we are dead by those laws. Therefore we humbly ask you to put this matter before the Indian office at Washington before it ts approved. We are only as beasts to be led to the slaughter, or as a lamb before a shearer. So we as colored citizens of the Choctaw nation do hereby, in the most humble manner, ask him to see that this matter be laid before the Interior Depart ment. We trust that the Lord will bless you in all that is pleasing to him.” —_— NO DISCOURTESY ‘TENDED. Navy Department's Reply to Repre- sentative Lewis’ Complaint. It was stated at the Navy Department today that no discourtesy was intended to Representative Lewis of Washington, who has compained that a warship was ordered to Tacoma on the Fourth of July instead of to Seattle, as had been promised him. it was explained that the selection of the former city was due to the special request of the Christian Endeavor Society, which will go there on the date given. The ar- rangements were made before the depart- ment received the request from Mr. Lewis on behalf of Seattle, and all that Senator hope t! oblige the Christian Endeavorers. Moreover, it was stated that there were other reasons, mostly of an economical character, why it was not desirable to send the Oregon, which is the vessel order- ed to Tacoma, to sea just at present, which would be necessary in case she were or- dered to Seattle. The two vessels recently ordered to Portland, Oreg., are the Mon- terey and the Monadnock. They will re- ceive, on behalf of the navy, the silver ser- corfine to the limits of Puget sound until after she has been put in dry dock to re- ceive her bilge keels. ————_—e-+_____ Army and Navy Personals.