Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1897, Page 2

HE URGED ACTION Senator Wellington and B. H. War- net, Jr.’s Nomination. STATEMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES The Letters Written in Behalf of the Applicant. THE SENATOR’S JUDGMENT +. ‘The announced opposition of Mr. Well- {nzton to the confirmation of Mr. B. H. Werner, jr., as consul at Leipsic stirred up the greatest amount of interest in local political and business circles. The ap- pointe is the son of Mr. B. H. Warner, and the many friends which both gentle- men pcssess are extremely indignant at what they term the treachery of the junior senator from Maryland. The claim is made, and documents are produced to sup- pert the claim, that Senator Wellington knew of and supported every step that ‘was made in securing the appointment. He saw the President in Mr. Warner's interes:, and letters are there on file from him urg- ing Mr. Warner's claims in the strongest possible terms. Mr. Wellington asserts that he supported Mr. Warner for the con- svlate at Southampton, and not for the one at Leipsic. This claim ts met by Mr. Warner's friends with the assertion that Mr. Well- ington knew that the application had been extended so as to include several consu- lates, and that at any rate ft is a well- known fact that the consulate at South- ampton is a more important post than the one at Leipsic. They profess thelr inability to understand how Senator Wellington could warmly indorse a man for one place and then object to his appointment to a less important one. State Connection. The statement that Mr. B. H. Warner and his son have not been ijentitled with Maryland affairs is strongly resenicd by Maryland people. Mr. Warner’s name has appeared on every contribution Hst of the republican party for state a1.@ county cam- paigns for a large number of years, and folowing the name there has each <tme been a good, round sum. ‘Through his work and energy Kensington, one of the finest of the Montgomery county settle- ments, has been added to the state, and for the past several years both father and son, through the publication of a newspaper and their own personal work, have labored un- ceasingly to bring about republican success in the state. Mr. Warner took an active part in the election of Senator Weilington himself, and the senator was probably the first person who was consulted when the idea was formed of securing a consulate for young Mr. Warner. Mr. B. H. Warner, jr, was absent from the city today, but his father s seen at his offfce, and, speaking of the case, Said te a Star reporter: “I am sorry not give you all the facts in regard affair at present. I will say this, ever. Mr. Wellington's actions are un- untable. He has provoked a quarrel fh the President over a comparatively «11 matter, and made himself the laugh- tock of the better element of his own as well as the one he so loves to de- people of Maryland demand that a all act half way consistently and tly, and when they get the facts in case they will wonder what manner of n they have sent to the Senate, as d' ser of offices. However, it matters litt! what attitude Mr. W gton © assume. The Pres as ap- aud 1 have the strongest kind of rea- for supposing he will be confirmed by the Senate and take his post promptly.” Sena or’s Letters. The letters written by Mr. Wellington, and which are on file, make Interesting reading. They especially urge the Presi- @en* fo hasten action on the case. One of them says: March 17, 1897. Hen. John Sherman. Secretary of State: Dear Sir: In ling the application of Mr. B. H. Warner, jr., of Kensington, Mi.. for the position of consul to Southampton, Engiand, 1 desire to call your special aud favorable attention to the same and ask onal to myself that the ap- = as early as practicable, act that the term of the t expires in June. the indorsement of the governor of Maryland, of the republican @elezation in Congress and of Mary- ican Editors’ Association, 2s well as of many other prominent and in- fluential men. He and his family were active and ef- € supporters of the republican party recent campaign, be fe during the Warner has some time pa te recomm) Very res: and as Mr. n qualifying himself for or the position I am «lad him for the appointment. , Your obedient servant, 50. L. WELLINGTON. In another two months later the senator say: SENATE CHAMBE! May 18, 1897. On thinking over the r son I am of the opin- tter urge Southampton. t early and then our . including the gov- Dear Mr. Warn appointment for y the President again about it, if Yours trul GEO. WELLINGTON. At the Capitol it is said today that the ation of Mr. B. H Warner, jr., to is being bitterly con- be conzul at Lieps: by Senater Wellington. The junior Maryland senator is using his utmost ef- forts to defeat the confirmation. The de- tails of his opposition have not been made public. it ts unde: however, that Mr. Wellington’s main objection lies in the fact that there are some other p je in Mary- land whom he has indor: whose a he de Mr. for consulates ires more than i Was very much put out y the publication of a statement in which Mr. Warner's father is said to have aided in Mr. Wellington's election as ted States senator. Br. Wellington de- ed in language that was vigorous and lurid that Mr. Warner had rendered him any assistance. ——— Healih of the District. The reports to the health department show that deaths occurred during the past week in the District. The annual ath rate per incusand Inhabltanis was 23.8. Of the decedents 72 were white, giv- ~ a rate of 19. h a rate of { colored, at w « causes of mortality were whooping cough (1 deaths), diarrheal disezses (7 deaths) prevail «14 deaths). .Of 14 fatal cases of n and 11 cf acute attacks, eight ch were from pneumonia. ere was no death fr. houses were, how e on aceou! number were re‘ic lung aff leaving twenty-eight in seariet fever two houses w two were relieved of warns seven remained in whooping cough iot health department it {s how many of them they ‘but the very conside: therefrom indicates an unusual p: of this disease, ‘The meteorological conditions pr during the week were a mean ter o! degrees, a mean relative kem‘ity of and a mean barometric ure of 29.45. The thermom Tt rose from 51 de grees on the 224 to M1 degrees on the 2éth, ranging 40 degrees. Mild southerly winds prevailed. There were five clouly days and a rainfall of about one-third of an inch. To Command the Detroit. Commander J. H. Dayton has been or- dered to command the Detroit, relievizg Commander C. C. Reiter, who ts ordered to duty at the Naval Home, Phiiadeipiia. The change of commanders will be made om the 10th proximo. 2 Change in Sentiment of Those Whe Favored Abrogation. _ ‘The ‘Senate this afternoon passed over the Hawaiian question as involved in the tariff bill by permitting to stand i the bill the House clause exempting from duty goods imported from Hawaii under the provisions of the reciprocity treaty. When the question was taken up Mr. Al- lison suggested that the matter be left as the House had put it. : Some objection was made to this on the part of the democrats; and Mr. Jones of Arkansas criticised the reciprocity as_un- fair to the United States. After that Mr. White of California criti- cixed the treaty and said that he was in favor of providing a year’s notice of abro- gation, but that in view of the conditions (referring to the treaty of annexation) it weuld be worse than folly to insist upon action in the matter. He therefore thought the best thing would be to follow the suggestion of M. Allison and let the matter pass. This was done, and the exemption clause stands in the bill A number of prominent business men and ccmmercial organizations in San Francisco and vicinity, whose names were attached to a petition in favor of the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty, have their names strick- en from the petition stating that their sig- natures were secured under a misappre- hension or by misrepresentation. Senator Perkins said to a Star reporter today that there had been a number of changes made in the petitions of the ques- tion of the reciprocity treaty prior to the treaty of annexation being sent to the Senate. Some, whose names had been on the pe- tition against the treaty, have recalled them, and also a number who had been on petitions favorable to the treaty have done likewise. He said he thought these changes about balanced each other. The representatives of the sugar beet districts, he said, have not changed their position of antagonism to the treaty. The changes favorable to the treaty, he said, had been chiefly in commercial circles or due to commercial influences. —_——__§_-e._____ HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION. Memorial From the Sgn Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Senator Perkins of California today pre- sented to the Senate a memorial from the chamber of commerce of San Francisco, which was received by telegraph this morn- ing. The memorial 1s addressed to the Senate and House of Representatives, and says: “Your memorialists, citizens of the Pa- cific coast of the United States, respect- fully, but urgently, petition your august body for the prompt arnexation of the Hawaiian republic. Ki “While it is true that the Pacific coast’s interests demand it, we respectfully plead for annexation en the broader ground of national policy, prestige and commercial necessity. We protest against the possi- bility ef the great stronghold in mid-Pa- cific being permitted occupation by any for- eign power as a constant menace to our country. Every consideration of patriot- ism, national safety and commercial inter- est demands prompt territorial annexa- tion. “If we object to Hawalian annexation, we should consistently cede Alaska to Great Britain. But we are confident that every intelligent American, unbiased by prejudice or personal interest, will support the policy of the administration in the annexation of this friendly island republic, which has these many years sought to be incorporated with the American nation. As a political commercial necassity we also pray that the United States govern- ment will aid and facilitate the connection by cable of the Pacific coast with this splendid new territory. “Confident in the wisdom and patriotism of our countrymen in Congress assembled, we inscribe ourselves your fellow citizens. “Chambers of Commerce San Francisco, “(Signed.) HUGH CRAIG, President. “WILLIAM L. MERRY, Secretary and ‘Treasurer.” oe MIGHT VOTE SATURDAY ON TARIFF. Democratic Senators Believed to Be Agreenble to It. It is understood that the democrats in the Senate will agree to a final vote on the tariff bill at 4 o’clock on Saturday. DOWN, GO, THE PRICES. The Expected Break. in Bicycles Comes at Lant. According to all appearances, the condi- tion of affairs in the bicycle wortd “that has long been looked for by wheelmen— that of iower-priced high-grade wheels— will very shorty come-about. = The pace was set yesterday by the Pope Manufacturing Company. the makers of the Columbia and Hartford wheels, which fixed the price of the $100 Columbia wheel at $75, the crder to take effect July 1. To every one conversant with the run- ning of things in the bicycle trade this means an ultimate reduction of almost every other wheel in the market. The Pope Manufacturing Company kas long made the boast that as Ivng as it remained in existence the price of its high-grade wheel would be $100, and the reduction in price is looked upon as the beginning of a very general reduction in all the makes of the high-grade wheel. Agents of the Pope Company seen today in Washington and in other citfes said that Col. Pope had read the signs of the times y accurately. The low-priced wheels were cutting a big ugire in the business of high-grade whecls sola in the h-grade wheels wei tion. The Columbia wheel, they said, could not compete with this new phase of the bicy- cle question, and the result was a drop in prices to meet the demand for a lower figure on the Columbia as well as all the rest of the high-grade wheels. — eee PERMITS R PROJECTIONS. Col. Bingham Will Make Invenstiga- tion Refore They Are Granted. Secretary Alger has adopted a new plan of action In connection with the issue of per- mits for the construction of projections to buildings In the District of Columbia. Hereafter all applications of that kind sub- mitted to him with. the approval of the District Commissioners will be referred to Col. Bingham, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, with spe- cific instructions to make a personal ex- amination of the premises in question, in order to determine how the proposed tm- provement will affect the rights of the owners of adjacent property. : The Secretary of War was led to adopt this extra precaution as a consequence of his recent personal investigation of the case of Mr. Gordon McKay, who applicd for_a permit to-consiruct a projection at ‘1607 I street. - WILLIAMS INDICTED. The Ex-Policeman to Stand Trial for imbezslement. Ex-Policeman Daniel Williams, or “Dan” Williams, as he was more widely known, who, from October 3, 1878, to August 25, 1896, collected fines imposed in the Police Court, was this afternoon indicted for the alleged embezzlement of $4,975.08 of such funds from the District between the 1st of May, 1896. and August 15, 1896. Wil- liams, who {s out on bail in the sum of $5,000, will be called upon to plead to the indictment In a day or two, and his trial will probably take place early next month. =o Urging Annexation of Hawaii. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 30.—At a special meeting of the chantber of com- merce here it was “decided to indorse unanimously a memorial to Congress urg- ing prompt action looking to the annexa- tien Top Cee eer Sega upon . the bread ground of national policy, prestige and commercial necessity. ote ——__ A Minnesota paper prints pictures of the “faeulty of instruction” and of the -grad- uating class in the local high school. The faculty numbers nineteen persons; the sraduating “class eight. x + e+—______ It matters little what it is tirat you want crwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. im The Star will reach the per- fon who can fill your ate Their Morits Discussed Before Com- that the resolution meant that the matter should be eave t° the approval of the Commissioners; t We company could adopt, but the adoption could not take ber il the Commissioners approved. ~% would like to ask you gentle- THE AIR MOTORS men, qugstion is a proper o1 it you \ thts ® proper and satisfae- missioners Toda: tory e powert if your engineer has ye taken up (hese questions in his report.” Captain “I will tell you that the Com: ve not seen that report at all. 1fds in my , and I have one ARGUMENTS OF INTERESTED CITIZENS) si mv ex tac Seiase’ ‘hes see been consiie by me. ie from it, and will try and we can.” 4 é A Pint ipf Great Interest. * Mr. Servén: “This is a point of great in- terest to us, and means a greut deal. The ability of the eas to run has been demon- strated. Thecqyestion ts, whether it will run in a proper aya satisfactory manner‘ for the convenience of the people. “It scems to us that the Commissioners, as the representatives of our people, and acting for us in this matter, are called upon to determine whether it has been es+ tablished’that-these motors will furnish us @ satisfactory service. “As to the time in which they are to make the test, it appears that both acts of Ccngress contemplate allowing them one year in which to equip their Hnes, and if they take a ‘part of that year for experi- thent, then’ they'll have’ that much less time in which to equip. But the intention of the resolution is that the line shall be equipped, either with one motive power or the other, by the Ist of July, 1898. “Our idea in coming before you gentle men this mo‘ning was to see if we could be of any service tu you !n coming tu a conclusion. We do want rapid transit, and while we have a nutaber of people who are Prejudiced against. air motors by reason of what they consider dangerous points, they want rapid transit, tco, and if the Commiscioners f2el that the air motors will give us a satisfactory system of rapid tran- sit—if they are satisfied, we are perfecily satisfied to rest sur case. We do want the Commissioners, however, to be thor- ougbly and absolutely satisfied that the air motors are going to do what it is claimed they will do before they authoriza the equipment of these lines with them. “In case the air motors are authorized and do. not prove satisfactory, the results will be @ very great damage and detriment and embarrassment to all of us. It will be @ demage to our property as well as per- sonal interests,” Mr. Kane’s Data. Mr. Kane—“I would like to supplement what Mr. Serven has stated by reading Some memoranda relative to the law in the case.” The following statement was then read by Mr. Kane: 1. Act requires test, etc., by both Belt and Eckington companies. Test by one does not suffice for other. Words of act are plural and distributive. Beit has failed to comply, and is subject to penalty. Re- sult anomolous if Commissioners approve, “Now, the act of June 10, 1696, as we| as Belt would have to accept alternative have seen, provides that if after a trial of | and put in underground electric, and Eck- three months the compressed air cars shail, | ington the air motor. in the judgment of the Commissioners, Action of Commissicners is limited to prove to be in all respects a proper and | approval or disapproval of first car, as act Satisfactory motive power, then the Com-|ccrtemplates expressly a three months’ missioners are to issue a permit for the | trial. Company admit this car to be a fail- complete equipment of the road with such | ure. New car has only been tested few cars. If the Commissioners are satistied | weeks, and cannot, therefore, under terms that the cars have done this, then it be-| of act be approved. Time has-expired for comes their duty to issue the permit. further test to make up three months. “Now, it seems to us that thus far the| 3. Motor to meet approval must be found Comrrissioners have not had 2u opportu- | by the Commigsioners to be “in all respects nity to become satisfied that the cars are}|a proper and satisfactory motive power ‘in all respects a proper and satisfactory | for the speady and convenient propulsion of motive power.’ There are a rumber of | street Test by District of Columbia things which do not seem to have been sat-| expert was only,as to one element—me- isfied by the tests. As far as the mechan-| chanical construction and operation. If ical part goes, I understand that you gen-| motor defective in any respect, the Com- tlemen had an engineer, especially appoint- | missioners are not authorized to a»prove. ed or detailed, to examine and report upon | Defective iq not ibeing able to carry suffi- by the Commissioners or tement is being prepared other sources, and we nthe points as well as Authorities to Determine Whether System is a Good One. THE POINTS AT ISSUE ———.___ Eckington and Brookland conferred with the District Commissioners this afternoon through a select committce upon the sub- ject of air motors and their application as a motive power to the Eckington and Belt railroads. Mr. A. R. Serven was the first speaker. He introduced the subject by referring to the recent tests of the air motor on the Eckington road, and said: “The act of February 3, 1897, provides for an extension of time within which the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company and the Belt Railway Company are to comply with the provisions of the act of June 10, 1896. For that purpose the time for the trial of the air motors is ex- tended to July 1. Section 3 of the act of February 3, 1897, provides that if the compressed air motors are not adopted on or before July 1, 1897, the railway com- panies shall, within one year of that date, equip their respective lines with an un- derground electric system. . “The act of June 10, 1896, section 1, pro- vides that ‘if after a trial of three months the said compressed air motors shall, in the judgment of the Commissioners, prove to be in all respects a proper and satis- factory motive power for the speedy and convenient propulsion of street cars, then the said Commissioners are hereby author- ized and directed to issue to the said rail- way companies, respectively, permits to equip their lines with such compressed air motors.’ Simply a Repetition. “It appears that this 1s simply a repeti- tion of section 10 of the original charter of the company, which provides that the company shall place cars of the best con- struction on sald railways, with all mod2rn improvements necessary to the cduvenience and comfort of passengers. It is simply stating the same thing in another way. this point. We feel very much indebt2d to | cient power, for.gmergencies or inclement the Commissioners for assigning some one | weather, etc. Sunday grade and distance to give special attention to the matter. | test proved! car Meficlent in power. We feel that this is the first time that the 4. If thet Corhtnissioners approve, they air motor, as appiled to street car propul- will assert);officially what no engineer not sion, has been given an opportunity for an] personally jnteregted in air motor will say official and unprejudiced investigation. under his name, that the air motor is now, Se Cen on not some ‘time ‘Hence, “in all respects a Proper and satisfactory motive power.” oxtends to District. If Cémmissioners approve, under terms of aft afr motor must be placed on all lines of ¢ompany in the District of Co- lumbia, not city mits. 6. Association not opposed to air motor because alg motor, but-because it has not been shown by, cginpany to be all that is re- quired by ‘law. "Burden is on company, which has allowed time to go by without taking’ ‘tke ‘Recéssary steps to prove its case. Pah Fe. a Numbers 6f'peopld residing along line cf road will not use ‘motor car becaase’ afraid of explosion. “That ‘it will not explode is mere thecry—act’-ontemplates ascertain- ment of fact: Neither the proval. : Thinky Test Not Sufficient. I do not think such a test of the car has “But the law states that the Commission- ers must be satisficd in all respects that this is a proper and satisfactory motive power for the speedy and convenient pro- puision of street cars. We do not think that the Commissioners have had oppor- tunity to satisfy themselves of thi3. Another potat. It seems that the pco- who are interested in the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Ratiroad Company are also fhiterested in this particular systera of air motcrs.” 3 Capt. that?” . Mr. Serven—‘‘Simply report; that fs all. I understand that Mr. Hoadley has stated that, and I have also heard it from other quarters, the stockholders of the railway company are stockholders also in the air n.ctor.”” Mr. Kane—“I will state that Mr. Dolan of Philadelphia has admitted that in a pub- Blick—“Have you any proof of facts nor law justify ap- lished statement in the New York Mail and | been made as would be required by rail- Express. He stated that they had Invest-| road men contemplating the adoption of ed large sums of money in this particular the system, who were not inte the patent itself. They shculd have been required to state how far the car would run on one charging, how many trips it could make without re- charging, and how long it would take be- tween trips to recharge. Then they should have been required to file with the Commissioners a schedule based upon such clajms and to run the car on such schedule for several days at least. Such a test would enable people to know whether a schedule, uninterrupted and reg- ular, could be mainiained, and whether the car could be relied upon’ to take them to the rai!road depot, if they wanted to catch a train, or to their places of business on time if they depended upon the schedule time: Instead of such a test the car has been run at irregular intervals and doctored up for official tests. ‘The pcople have no confidence in the sys- tem, and many of them are afraid to ride on the car. ‘They do ‘not believe that any regular, certain or satisfactory service cun be maintained with it and do not belfeve that it is the intention of the company to fully and permanently equip their lines with it. It ts believed to be a temporary expedient resorted to for tae purpose of evading and postpuning the putting in of the under- ground electric system, without any inten- tion of permanently adopting it. The approval of the system by the Com- misstoners will be a disappointment to the public, and simply means that they reject a motive power known to be in all respects certain and satisfactory, as proven by an extended trial,, for something uncertain, experimental and rejected elsewhere after trial, and also considered to be dangerous by a large number of people who will be compelled to ride upon it. Mr. Sparhawk Concurs. Mr. B. F. Sparhawk of Brookland: “Mr. Serven has stated the ideas of the people of the section in which I reside. We fully concur in everything he has said. If 1 were to speak on the matter I could only repeat what he-has stated.” Mr. Serven: “We feel that we should have a system that is equal to any emer- gency in the, way, of heavy travel, embar- rassinent rms and the. like. We eo not feels} cit e air motor is equal to sted in motor, and had condemned it as far as its adoption on the Metropolitan line in New York city was concerned. If yoa would like to have a copy of that interview I will get it for yo Capt. Blas ‘We are glad to get all the information we can on the subject.” Other Subjects of Inquiry. Mr. Severn: “In addition, there are some other things In connection with the car which the Commissioners have to inquire into. I don’t know how satisfactory the tests have been as to the ability of the car to run over all the lines without re- charging, but I suppose the report of your engineer will probably furnish that. I un- derstand in the mest exhaustive tests made the car failed to make the round trip as far as Brookiand. They started from the power house, then went down-on the 5th street line, and down to 7th street, but on the return trip they failed to quite reach Brookland. “I suppose the Brookland people are very much interested in that. It would mean oue of two things for them. They would either have to be transferred from one car to another, or else the air car would have to draw a trailer, and if it is not able to run to Brookland, the question arises, would it be able to draw a trailer? “It is presumed that your engineer has discovered how many trips the car can make without recharging, and how long it would také to recharge. It would also seem that the Commissioners should be- fore being satisfied in the matter require the company or its responsible officers, 1f they have any, to file a sort of statement with the Commissioners, showing what sort of schedules can be run, and whether the cars can run anywhere continuously; over what sections of the line the cars can run; statement in regard to the num- ber of cars that have to be taken out ut service to be recharged; length of time ot recharging. The Schedules, “The cars to be proper and satisfactory certainly should be abie to make an un- interrupted schedule throughout the day, and maintain a good service during’ ttt business hours of the day.. They should be reasonably safe and sure in making a fairly satisfactory schedule, and the Com- missioners should ‘be satistied of this’ before authorizing their use, and unless they can do thmt, it cannot be considered a satis- factory motive power. »"It is trué that thp ¢ars have been mak- this. We do,jot think it has proven it. Un- Ger this law, we feel that the Commissioners will have. tf. say, iow whether it is satis- factory or, pot.:; We do not. think they ing short trips, and have been running at | can.” ats oo intervals, but they have not been put toa| At the cincijiston’ of the hearing the business test at all. If they want to fully | Commissiongrs promised to give the argu- test it, put the car on at-6 in the morning | Ments ‘full ¢orisideration. and run it, say, until 6 o'clock in the even- —— ing, or until 12 o'clock at night. “Another question comes up in this con- nection. The act of February 3, 1897, seems to extend the time until July 1, 1897, for the preliminaries of the trial. The act of Feb- ruary 3, 1897, requires that if said motors are adopted, the companies shall equip their lines with such motive power on or fore July 1, 1898." Inquiry by Mr. Ross. Mr. Ross—“Do you think they are re- Gorilin on a Street Car. From the Chidigo’ Mihies-Herald. A wild hyena: thaming about the north side and a:gor#lia. loose in the down-town business Gigtrictidhelped to make life ex- citing. here todayto The hyena escaped from Lincoln Park ‘three days ago, and it is thought thq, goriila heard of the unsuc- cessful attempt to recapture him and con- cluded to iry the.seme thing. It has been @ star attractiOn in. one of the = quired, taking the two acts into considera- pel pl a when it otecryed tae percore tion, to come to a decision by the Ist of'} lesa attendant. jeft the cage door un- July, or will they have three months long- | fastened the ive quietly slipped out, er to continue their experiments?” climbed thro a dow and clambered down to the sidew: . Passers-by scat- teréd wien the* ugly lecking brute ap- but it paéd little attention to them. newsboys, however, got on its trail, and the gcrilla ¢ ted out in the street and boarded a cable car, to the ferna- Mr. Serven—‘Well, the way it is worded, it may mean that they are simply to begin to equip by July: 1, 1897. It seems that the act of February 3, 1897, which should be, considered in connection with section 1 of° the act of June 10, 1896, provides that they: shall —— this motive power on er before July 1, oa x ae Ross—“They say they have adopted. ‘Mr. Serven—“I urderstard that the mat-_ ter of the approval of the Commissioners® ‘was discussed on the floor of the House when this act of February 3, 1897, was: under consideration, and it was stated | tion’ of the passehgefs at the sight of the hairy curlo, which is about el high. The car started, .but.the es- MR. TURPIE’S ATTACK Onslaught on the Tariff Bill by the ~ "Indiana Senator. HE DENOUNCES Jf AS SPOLIATION Declares the Measure Will Not Produce the Expected Revenue. AN ANIMATED DEBATE ——— In the Senate today Mr. Perkins (Cal.) presented a telegraphic memorial from San Francisco in favor of tbe annexation of Hawull. The tariff bill was taken up. Mr. Allison proceeded with the detached Paragraphs heretofore passed over. On bleaching powder the duty was changed from 1-4 to 1-5 cent per pound. Mr. Vest moved to place the article on the free list, and.an extended debate en- sued on the use of bleach in paper pulp Zac- tcries. Mr. Gallinger (N. H.) stated that the production of bleach was being built up in this country, and that the industry would be destroyed if this du:y was withheld. It was essentially an infant industry. “An unborn infant,” remarked Mr. Gray. Mr. Gallinger said that while there were paper factories in his section, yet he must in this instance disregard their protests againts the duty,just as he would have dis. regarded the protests from New England against the duty on hides had he been Present when the vote was taken.” “I am a national proiectionis: stated Mr. Gallinger, ‘‘and in favor of protecting all industries alike, north, south, east and west.”” Mr. Allen (Neb.) asserted that the doc- trine of protection had never been more boldly stated than by Mr. Gallinger. It Was a plain admission that duties were rot imposed for the purposes of revenue, but because they would transfer money from the pockets of one class of people into those of another class. That was about ss near confiscation as the caprice of Con- gres would permit. At this stage Mr. Turpie (Ind.) took the floor for a speech im support of the amend- ment proposed by the minority cf the finance committee for a tax of 2 per cent on inheritances over $5,000, the tax to be in operation for the next five years, with ex- emptions to charitable, religious and like inheritances. Mr. Turple spoke cf the statements fre- quently made as to the straits of the United States treasury, its insolvency and bankruptcy. Such statements were oun- Warranted and tended only to shake pub- lic confidence. Today there was a large surplus in the treasury, the last official statement showing $135,000,000 available cash balance. In sarcastic tones Mr. Turpie declared that the tariff biil was the jvint preduct of two parties—one the party that had come into power last November; the cther the party in office. One was a mercenary organization; the other political, and both ‘had entered into a compet for a tariff bill. The senator said :here were tivo ways of meeting a deficiency: By decr2asing ex- benses or by increasing taxes. Mr. Turpie declared his belief that the pending pill would not bring the requisite revenue of $450,064 ‘The bill was founded on pro- hibitory lines, to keep out artizles yielding revenue, and, in his jadgment, it could not produc with all other sources of reve- nue, $450,000,000, - ‘Bhe theory pursued was the fallacious one that raising rates raised revenue. Mr. Turpie bitterly arraigned the bill, say- ing that no measure had ever been pre- sented making “so large and unprovoked a spoliation of the world’s commerce.” ‘There was “compound larceny” in nearly every schedule. One-third of the bill was a decla- ration of war against France, Germany and the continent of Hurope. We had hope- fully looked toward the trade of South America, but this bill made it almost a penal offense to carry on trade with the people of the southern republics. We talk of the freedom of the seas, when by this bill the very seas are tainted with the virus of protection. No vessel can ex- pect to nav gate against such avarice. We had developed in this country a new breed of animals. “They are the tarift swine,” exclaimed Mr. Turpi high protective tariff swine. They are voracious feeders, with fierce appetites, and a re- gard cnly for the infant industry of bris- tles.”” The senator went on to characterize the rates of the bill as akin to bribery and rapine, dictated by a “banditti of syndi- cate: Mr. Turpie spoke about two hours and received clese attention, owing to the pic- turesqueness of his utterances. He ciosed with a reference to the silver question, serting that there was no more right to abandon the free coinage of silver than to abandon the free coinage of gold. ‘The debate then came back to the amend- ment on bleaching powder. Hawaiian Reciprocity Restored. Mr. Allison, in charge of the tariff btll, moved to restore the House provision rela- tive to the Hawatian treaty as follows: “Provided that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and he King of the Hawailan Islands January 30, 1875, or the provisions of any act ot Congress heretofore passed for the execu- tion of the seme.” The treaty provision was restored after a brief discussion and without a vote. ——————-2-_____ Cuba and the Trusts, Special Disprich to ‘The Evening Star. = COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30.-At the con- vention today, the anti-trust resolution presented to the committee last night was offered by Caspar Loewenstein and adopted as follows: “We hereby declare all trusts and mono- polies hostile and dangerous to the people's interest and a standing menace to the perpetuity of our free institutions; and we demand the vigorous enforcement of all anti-trust laws and such additional legisla- tion as may be necessary for their im- mediate and final suppression.” L. C. Cole presented the Cuban resolution that had been offered to the committee last night, and it was adopted as follows: “We demand the immediate recognition of the belligerent rights of the republic of Cuba as an act of justice to an American nation struggling for liberty against fo: eign oppression, and we denounce and pro- test against the action of Senator Hanna in voting to nullify the memorial presented to Congress unanimously by the legislature of Ohio in favor of the Cuban patriots.” A Mass of Legistation. E. L. Godiin in the July Atlantic. o cee The: mass: of legislation or attempts at’ legislation ‘is something startling. I have’ been unable to obtain records of the acts and resolutions of all the states the same year. I am obliged to take those of Arkan- sas for the year 1803, four other states for 1894, ten for 1896 and the rest for 1895. But I have taken only one year for each state. The total of such acts and resolu- tions is 15,730, and this is for a population of 70,000,000. Besides this Congress in 1893- 96 passed 457 acts and resolutions. But the amount of work turned out is really not very surprising when we consider the number of the legislators. There are no less than 447 national legislators and 6,578 state legislators, in all 7,025, exclusive of county, city and all other local authorities capable of passing rules or ordinances. At ratio of legislators to population, 4,000 at least would be engaged on the laws of Great Britain, without provision for India and the colenies; on those of France, about 5,000 on those of Germany and 3,000 on those of Italy. It will be easily seen what a draft is on the’ small amount of legislative capacity which ‘ery community contains. Nothing like it has ever been geen in the history of t! world. There is no country w! has shown itself capable of than one small first-class f re F l ie - SHB. INNOCENT CONVICTED. Phot Defending His Master and Hang as a Murderer. From the Chteago rst. “Appearances are deceiving,” said an old lawyer the other day. “The strongest case of circumstantial eviderite I ever knew was against an innocent man. My father was a lawyer, and in the criminal practice. One of his clients was hanged for a murder which he never committed. Listen. “Just at the edge of our town lived a rich old man in a grand old house. He had nce family, and was alone with his servants. One night there was a fearful disturbangs in his house, and neighbors hurried int Several pistol shots had been fired. The rich old man was dead, with a bullet in his brain, and the butler lay, with his hands full of jewelry and watches, right in the deorway of the old man's room, with a bullet somewhere in his head, but he was not dead. . “His revolver lay by his side, and, #0 far as could be seen, the whole story was told right there. The butler, who had been | | in the house only about stx months, had attempted to rob his master, had been caught in the act and shot, but had killea the old man in the fight. That was the only translation of it, and there was ne other for several days, because the butler kad a very serious wound and was de- lirious for a week. However, it was not fatal, and as soon as he was himself he made a statement to the effect that he had ened in the night by footsteps, and had taken his pistol,which had only two loads in it cut of five, and gone down into the hall below to see what the noise was. “He noticed that his master’s door 8 Partly open, at the far end of the hall, ana hurried toward it. As he approached it he heard nis master speak to ‘some cne, asking who was there, and with that there was a pistol shot and he jumped into the room, grabbing a burglar as he did so, and at the same time getting ‘a shot in the head from his master’s pistol. Beyond that he remembered nothing more. His story was generally disbelieved, for there was no evidence of any persor in the house with evil designs, and all the plunder that he had not caught in his hands was lying on the floor about him, so that there was 10 apparent reason why a burglar should be there. All the doors were found locked by those who came in response to the alarm, and there were absolutely no signs of any burglarizing from the outside, “Another strong point was that the bul- let which was found in the butler’s head exactly fitted the pistol of his master, showing conclusively that it was the mas- ter and not the burglar who shot him. This was the condition of the affair when my father took charge of it, and though he really believed the butler’s story and tried to prove it, he could not do it, and the man was finally hanged. A year later a burglar was shot by a policeman in the city near- est us, and he confessed on his death bed that he was the murderer of our rich man. He had hidden in the house early in the evening, had collected ali he could of jew- elry and other portable valuables and was about getting out when he was caught both by the old man and the butler, and that the butler had got the bullet intended for him, as he had run into the room just as the old man fired. Dropping everything in his sudden surprise, he had rushed down Stairs and hidden in the hallway, from Where he had slipped out as soon as the front door was opened. In the excitement he was not observed, and he got away without any trouble at all, as the nearness to the city made strangers so common that their presence excited no suspicion. I'll never forget that incident, and I'll never be in favor of the death penalty on cir- cumstantial evidence, I don’t care how strong it is. Even lynch | rein lynch law is less un. > 0 —__ A Watch That Victoria Gave. From the Boston Transcript. Because his grandfather sent some Amer- ican oysters to Queen Victoria some fifty years ago, Thomas Downing, in the foreign mail division at the post office, enjoys an inherited distinction that is particularly Pleasant to him at this moment, when there Is so much talk about England's queen and what she has done. Oysters Were scarce in Europe, especially in Eng- land. Now, Thomas Downing, who had made the nature and habits of oysters a study, and had prepared them in all the Ways known, did a large business in New York. He. sent some choice oysters to Queen Victoria gratuitously, and in 1856 was rewarded with a gold chronometer watch, which Capt. Joseph Comstock brought to America and personally jeliver- ed. It bears the queen's initials, the royal crown is engraved upon the case, and the works are set with diamonds and rubies. Before Mr. Downing died, in 1865, he deliv- ered the royal gift to his grandson Thoma: who carries it about with him, though it has stopped running. The works are so much worn that they cannot be repaired, jewelers say; but, because of its associa~ tion, the watch is highly prized by its owner. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call_12 o'clock m.—District of Columbia 3.658, $1,000 at 111%, $1,000 at 111%. Capital Traction, 160 at 54%. Ameri- can Graphophone, 50 at 8%. Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 115%, 10 at 115%, 5 at 116. Lanston Monotype, District of Columbia nds.—20-year Fund. 5s, 13 bid. 20-year Fund. gold 4s, 112 bid. Water Stock currenc; 113% bid. Water Stock ¢ { 114% bid. Fund. currency 3.65s, 111 bid, 113 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Rail- road 5s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 6s, 116 bid. Metropolitan Railroad Certificate Indebtedness, A. and AP- Certificate of Indebtedness, A, 110 bid. Met- ropolitan Railroad Certificate of Indebted- ness, B, 108%, bid, 119 asked. Belt Railroad hs, 6) bid, 80 asked. gton Railroad 8 bid. ‘Columbia Railroad 63, 116. bid. Washington Gas Company, ser. A, 6s, 110 bid. Washington Gas Company, ser. B, 6s, 111 bid. United States Electric Light Debenture Improvement, 190 bid, 106 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone is, 102 bid. American Secutiry and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Market Company Ist 6s, 103 bid. Washing- ton Market Company imp. 63, 106 bid. Washington Market Company exten. 6s, 106 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wash- ington, *255 bid, 300 asked. Bank of Repub- lic, #1200 bid, 225 asked. Metropolitan, *270 bid, 300 asked. Central, *259 bid. Farmers’ and Mechanics’, *175 bid, 200 asked. Second, *1331% bid. Citizens’, 125 bid. Columbia, 125, *125 bid, 130 asked. Capital, 118 bid. West End, *104 bid, 107 asked. Traders’, "90 bid. Lircoln, *100 bi, 106 asked. Ohio, 90 asked. Sage Deposit and Trust Companies.— Washington Loan and Trust, 119 bid, 122 asked. American Security and Trust, *141% bid. Washington Safe Deposit, 55 bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Com- pany, 54% bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 113 bid. Columbia, 56 bid. Belt, 20 asked. Eck- ington, 20 asked. Georgetown and Tenally- town, 30 asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washing- ton Gas, 4244 bid, 43% asked. Georgetown Gas, 32% bid. United States Electric Light, *92 bid, 94 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen’s, %30 bid. Franklin, 38 . Metropolitan, *70 Did, 80 ‘wsked. Corcoran, *55 bid. Potomac, “66 bia.’ Arlington, 135 bid, 150 asked. Ger- man-American, 19) bid. National Union, *10 bid; 14’asked. Columbia, 12 bid, 18 asked. Riggs, *7 3-4 bid, 81-4 asked. Peo- ple's, * bid. Lincoln, $1-2 bid. Commer- cial, 41-2 bid. Title Insurance Stocks.—Reai Estate Ti- tle, 108 bid. Columpia Title, *5 bid, 6 asked. Telephone Stocks.--Pennsylvania, 39 bid, 50 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 64 bid, 67 asked. American Graphophone, 5 3-4 bid, 9 asked. American Graphophone, pre- ferred, 101-8 bid. Pneumatic Gun Car- riage, .50 bid, .60 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks.—Mergenthaler Lin- stock ¢xcha: d s Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. Wheat—July. FINANCE AND TRADE Activity Marked the Operations of the Day. ———_s—___ LOWER PRICES RULED. GENERALLY Waiting for the Tariff Bill to Pass. ethencsiiaiaas TRANQUILLITY REIGNS Spectal Dispeteh to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, June 30. The reactionary tendency noticed in yes- terday’s market was even more pronounced this morning, as the result of the increas ing boldness of professional operators. Dering the morning one trader is estimated to have sold KN) shares of the various active railroad stocks. This selling at- tracted an imitative following, and lower prices prevailed for a time in all the de- partments, It Is important to note that no significant selling came from non-profes- sicnal sources. The undertone of the market clearly demonstrated a lack of weakness in the customary application of that term. Prices were fractionally lower, but the buying was decidedly better than the seli- ing. The almost continuous rise in the gen- eral ma-ket has increased the probabilities of a reaction from day to day, and it is not wholly unfortunate that the recession came at this juncture. The semi-annual disbursements of in- terest and dividends will create a new in- vestment fund, and those properties which have withstood realizing should attract a fair proportion of this new money. Organ- ized efforts to force more than a traders’ reaction seem unlikely. Arguments war- ranting further improvement will be more sought after than those of an opposite character. A safe purchasing level is more in de- mand than a reasonably safe selling level. Under such conditions ordinary speculative devices will not revolutionize sentiment. The passage of the tariff bill in the Senate and the final adjournment of Congress are both sufficiently near to warrant some enthusiasm over the removal of the great- est menace to speculative tranquillity. The temporary elimination of Washing- ton as a faction should be beneficial to the entire market. London ignored the local realizing and bought back some of the securities sold yesterday. Foreign confidence in future prosperity is, at intervals, more marked than our own. It is quite possible that the influence of London has been greatly un- derestimated in the present market. The actual demonstration of this fact may not be possible at the moment, but many shrewd observers admit its likelihood. Gold shipmencs during the balance af the week seem likely to be confined to small proportions. Foreign houses report an ab- sence of intention to ship at all. ‘The refunding plan of Northwestern is to be submitted to the full board at a very cerly date, probably within a fortnight. It is said to include about thirty separate mortgages and will materially benefit the stock's prospects. The contract of the Western Union Com- pany with the Stock Exchange has practi- cally been renewed. The terms and condi- tions have been changed slightly, but the main features are unaltered. The stock of the Western Union Company reflected this assurance throughout the day. The coal shares were advanced under a further de- mand from the short interest inspired by the proposed advance in rates. The granger shares were active and er- retic. St. Pau: was sold in round amounts and forced sympathetic weakness through- out the entire list. It is thought that co siderable covering was in progress un ecver of the weakness. Sugar and Chicago Gas were strong and weak by turns. There is. apparently no in- tention of allowing any material setback in either at this juncture. The market is aisposed to become dill at the decline, and this faet ¢ommands ad- miration in conservative cir The holi- day on Monday is thé only obstacle té @ sharp recovery at the end of the week. =~ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. r The following are the opening, the higher and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 8) Broadway. ‘Open. High. ‘Close American Spirits. -FoS8 Lae Oe American Spirits, p Sly By By BLY IBY 1, 126% 126% American § 108108 108, American 3 Sy 8K we American Cotton Oil, lay 14g WY Atchison . i Baltimore Bay State Wanada Canada Pacific... . Chesapeake & Ohio... 12% c. & St. Louis. Unicago, B. & Q,..... Chicago& Nortawestern. Chicago Gas. CM. a St. Pauls 2207 C.M. & st. Paul, pfa. 2Chicago, RI. & Pacitic. Citicago, St. Paul, M.. Consolidated Gas Del . Lack. & W Leiaware & Hindson.- . & Rio Grande, pid. electric... Mitnois Central 3Lake Shore. Louisville & Nashville 4Metropolitan Traction. Manattan Elevated 5Michigan Central Missouri Pacific National Lead Go National Leaa Go., ptd. New Jersey Central. 6New York Centrai Northern Pacitic. Northern Pacific, Ont. & Western.” Pacite Mail Phila. & Reading: Pulunan P. C. Co Southern Ky., pfd. Phila. Trachon ‘Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & iron. Union Pacific... U.S. Leatner, pta.. Wabash, pid... Western Union Tei. Stiver..... Laciede Gas. 1EX-dtv. 1. 2EX-div. 4. BEx-div. 3. 4bx-div. 5EX~dlv. 6Ex-div. 1. Ee Paneer ary Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B, Hibbs & Co., bankers nge, correspondents GRAIN, ‘Open. Sept opacaaaaaaeass otype, *115 bid, 116 1-2 asked. Lanston Mo- a: 8 ton Market, Teal Is Ice, bid, 125 eslied. ‘ : Baltt Markets, x. div. Bats Jane 30.—Flouy dail, unchanged — * = rece ; exports, 3.074 barrels; sales, 1Ex, div. 54 er cent. ipts, 9,934 dail dod easy _ “barrels. 2H a70; July, OdYadD\ 83100; steamer No. 2 red, = Senenne secseeba: