Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1897-14 PAGES.. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Winnipegs Captured Their Heat at the Henley Regatta. FIRST BY ORLY HALF A LENGTH —_.— Dr. McDowell of Chicago Also in Front. = We. WW. SON ROWED ‘OR'S 14.—The trial a HENLEY, heats of the Henley today with beautiful weather, though x stiff wind bi at intervals from the Berk- ehire shore. gland, July y regatta for INv7 1 w The crowd in attendance eS ‘ollege, 1 Indian Engin- eering College In the ladi first trial h challenge (eights), Emmanuel College, ge, Oxford. cup (eight plate at, Rowing Club, winning easily and in perfe style by one and three-quarters ‘The time for half t minutes ty whol seven minutes and one se three for the twenty- nd l heat for the Grand Challenge Trinity Hz Pambridge, beat the Rowing Ladie Challenge . Oxford, beat Trinity Colles Plate, Christ . Ox- In the first trial Seulls, J. J. heat Blusse of the dam, by abridge. t for the for the Diamot De Hoop Ro S. Fairbair, Thames e cup, the Delft Rowing Club be mes Rowing Club. MeDowe trial he: Chal- t the Wins. < for the In the diamond sculls of the Bucks station Dr. W. S. MeDoweil of the Delaware Boat Club of Chi beat E. A. Guinness, Thames Rowing Clu! Dr. MeDowell m: rt, hi an ad- end of he end point rz Y. powerful si tage which hi He w Island, to be merely Xertion was con, quite cle: nd t that pie from Idi: was then thre« da beautiful race, any wash, and r in 4 min McDowell's lead by two boat McDowell irew whexé but nd soon MeDowe!! won ¢ 9 minutes 101- Tomorrow h Wachusetie wos sterda Club, will me at Club of V lusso, De Hoop Rowing Ci: 2, and T. J. Hogan, New Ro: Ire Winnipess Win. In the trial heat for the lenge cup. four, the Winnipeg ci of beat the Utrech Cana tr at « the lead. They a 41-to-the-minute s rowing at 40. stroke, the promr truck the At top of Te versity Boat Clb. l heat for the diamond sculls cks station H. T. Blackstatffe of the Ve owing Club beat C. K. Phil- New College, Oxford. The Winnmipegs won by half a length. ci 34 onds. The winners, water the collided with the pil ple Island the Utrechts From that point to bad; but ring of In th who had ot away quickly and Utr the finish their steering w S ver: so, too, for that ma the Winnipegs. y post Winnipegs were in the Utrechts’ water, an an ace, when the Dutchmen spurted, 3 then returne-! to their own chmen followed the i, in neutral w Winnipeg: Dut an the Winnipegs gth. by half a le! follows mond seulls A. Lendon Rowing Club, ‘beat Burton-on-Trent Rowin badly. t for the di eritt, K Chub. Be Be nt, rowed very twice foule latter's water. ner by on eight minu In a trial he Eton nlege. ritt was and_ thre s fifty for the lad ‘olieze crew Eton won hant the n easy win- -quariers lengths in plate th Rad assing or rowing excel- He is a 7 minutes Bue strong seconds. » winner had the tion. In for the ladies’ chal- King’s College, Cambridge, in at the Bedford Gram- ation, b — ARDS BSTITUTE. A Bill for Condemning Land at Great ethe Water Department. -ived from Gen. Secretary of vill authorizing the purchase or cor er servi of the water right at the Great nac. The report say: . Corps of . the of the Washington aque- after a careful study of of the opinion that so of Washington with Jillan has through th the by ne plying the city is concerned. the United enti the t use of a quar water several times in excess of the susumption, but that if ft uire at om out title iin the bill i: eration al diffe! tute ences ad the ¢ be pu in con- rty and to the provisions tion of the bill r rights of the t and wa Ohio ¢ that the pted to and he da substitute bill, ads for adoption e one under consideration. in the view of Capt. Gaillaré hod of condemnation pr 2 him is considered by | and proper I recot stitute bill.” in me nd the adoption of the sub MOORS WERE PUNISHED. having he stopp to the that en bh accomplished in at Tan- Mediter- port and rived at flagship, the Raleigh had preceded at the rock yesterday. ral Burke has cabled the rtment from Tangier that the rs who assaulted and robbed the agent ef an American firm in that city were both arrested and rier on nean, has le the way west braltar San The punished by authorities. There will be z ity filed on nt of the * money and the al injury sustained, but it is not re- ied as necessary to Keep the warships ‘Tangter to. insure Its collection, there little doubt that the salutaky effect ce will at bein of their presence in the first ins! be prolonged. PLANT WRECKED BY FIRE Washington Brick Oompany's Works Sus- Total Loss Estimated to Be $5,000—No Interruption in the Busi- ness is Probable. Fire broke out this morning in the stable ef the Washington Brick Company's plant, at Lith street and Florida avenue north- east, about 7:30 o'clock, and before the flames could be controlled the building was almost a complete wreck. Fortunate- ly all the horses end mules engaged in the work of hauling the brick from the plant and the clay to the work rooms were cut at the time, and not one of them was lost or injured. The stable contained about 100 bushels of corn and 500 bushels of oats, some new hay, several sets of harness and other articles requirec about a stable, and the loss incurred will amount to about $1,209. The damage to the building will reach probably $4,000, although at this time figuring on that is mere guesswork. The harness was saved and only the feed was burned. Two valuable dogs, one a hound and the other a night dog that was considered one of the best watch dogs » city, were burned. Last night was first tme they were tied up for sev- A brown setter with them, but ‘as saved. Gave the Alarm. About 7:30 o'clock this morning Foreman Schu had occasion to go into the loft of the stable at the southeast end and no- ticed that the room was completely filled with smoke. He quickly gave the alarm to these having charge of the fire apparatus, which is a part ef the plant, and then hur- ried to turn in the alarm, both by tele- phone and throvgh the box at the yard, to which engines 10 and 8 and truck A re- sponded. Upon the arrival of Chief Par- ris a second and subsequently a third alarm was turned in, bringing four more engines and another truck upon the scene. ly this time the east end of the stable Was a mass of flames, and the firemen turned their attention to the grain loft, whieh is in the t end of the building. Desplie their efforts, however, the flames secured a headway, and the only thing the fire laddies could do was to confine their attack to the stavle, which they did with the uimost success. A Stubborn Fight. Stable Boss John McKeever had by this time, with a gang of men, brought out the sets of harness, while Policemen Cross and yne, the first on hand, rendered efficient rvice to the company’s fire department in ving the small buildirg adjoining and part of the stable on the west end. After a stubborn fight, particularly in the east end of the building, the flames were gotten un- der control. The east half of the structure is in all probability a total wreck, while the t half will need a new roof, and also flooring both on the ground and in the President and General Manager T. L. Ook states that the total loss will be in the neighborhood of $5,000, and that the building and its contents were fully insured. uring the progress of the fire the work the kilns and in the work room where the ‘ks are made was not stopped for an in- stant, and no one, to judge from appear- es at that part of the plant, would sup- pose for an instant that a conflagration was raging within a short distance. The fire will not interfere, it is said, with the filling of the contracts already entered into by the company, as neither kilns nor work rooms were injured in the slightest, and the wag- ons and mules and horses were saved. Origin a Mystery. The origin of the fire is a mystery, so far as any one around the yard is able to state. The hay, in which it is supposed the blaze started, was new, and had been put in but a day or two before. Just before the flames were observed a wagon load of this mate- rial had beea driven into the yard and was waiting to be unloaded. Had this been done prompily, the fire would have been discov- ered earlier and in all probability been put out with little effort. About 7 o'clock this morning a large fire was put under the kiln now being burned, and when Stable Boss McKeever went after his breakfast he was told that the yard was ablaze. Thinking that his informers were misled by the smoke from the kiln, it is said, he paid no attention to them, until he looked for himself. Then he was satisfied that the fire was out of the ordinary, and he immediately started for the scene, arriv- ing in time to join forces with Foreman Schu in saving the smaller buildings about the stable and the contents of the larger structure. The feeling in the section of the city where the yard is located was one of rather grave apprehension, as the yard employs a great number of men and it was feared that these would be thrown out of employment. A great crowd gathered as soon as the fact becamé known that the plant was threat- ed, but the police had no trouble in han- dling the spectators, the stable being lo- cated inside of the fence and in the rear of the kilns, so that the onlookers could be rasily kept at a distance. oe NO PROSPECT OF the era! years. not tied, 1 AGREEMEN Turi! Conferees Apparently Further Apart Than Ever. The conferees on the tariff bill found themselves today apparently further apart than they were at the beginning of the conference. There was no immediate prospect of agreement, and more thar” one member stated that the entanglement was such that the settlement might be indefi- nitely prolonged. They state in a very re- served manner that there are numerous questions of difference, but refuse to go into details, even to cther senators and members. From all that can be learned, however, there has been a general reces- sion from the partial agreements made on the more important articles until sugar, wool, hides, &c., can be definitely fixed. Sugar is still the principal conten- ton. The best reports represent the House conferees, with Speaker Reed behind them, as holding out for the House sugar sched- ule, without any change whatever, and the senators are quite as determined not to yield to this extent. The House con- ferees insist that this schedule must_ be nitely fixed befere other questions shall » again taken up. Une ef the other questions of secondary importance upon which sharp differences en is the Senate amendment for tax on stocks and bonds. The opposes the amendment, but the s, while not wedded to’ it, insist AS necessary for revenue. The 0 resisting strenuously the 20 duty placed upon hides and is same time persistently holding cut for a restoration of gunny bags, cotton ues, etc., to the dutiable list. A senator who talked with some of the conferees said: “They are in a temporary diock, and are tied up all along the line. It looks as if the situation might remain unchanged for a week.” While this appears to be a correct cut- line of the situation today, the prevailing impression is that a settlement of one or two important schedules would ove speed- ily followed by a complete adjustment of all other differences. The Senate conferees are disposed to re- he efforts of Speaker Reed to in- the action of the conferees. They accept as true the report that the Speaker has announced that the House sugar sched- ule must prevail, and it appears to be un- derstood that he has announced the posi- tion to the representatives of the House in the conference. The senators are inclined to construe the Speaker's participation in the. proceedings- as unwarranted, and are apparently more determined than before his attitude was made known to hold out for the Senate upon Hou it PROCURED A WARRANT. Benjamin Kirchner Charges Sister Bentrice With Harboring a Vicious Dog. Benjamin F. Kirchner, driver of one of the wagons of the Arlington Bottling Com- pany’s establishment, at 27th and K stree‘s, had a desperate struggle with two dogs in the yard in rear of Providence Hospital yeste-day afternoon, and before the ani- n.sls were called off he was severely bitten in several places. One of the dogs, a large St. Bernard, first attacked him, and while he was battling with this animal a small black dog, too small to reach his arms, attacked the man’s leg. : The driver was at the hospital delivering a box of ginger ale to one of the patients. He had been there before, but had not been attacked by the dogs. When the bat- tle was finally concluded and the dogs were taken away, Mr. Kirchner was taken into the hospital and turned over. to one of the physicians in St. Vincent’s ward. While in there, haying his wounds cauterized, he says the attending physician showed him a wound that the big St. Bernard dog had inflicted in his leg. Mr. Kirchner’s leg was lacerated in sev- eral places, there was an ugly wound in his left side and his arm was also slightly wounded. When the physician had finished his work on the patient the police were notified of the occurrence and this morn- ing the driver went to the Police Court to institute legal proceedings. This was done by swearing out a warrant for Sister Bea- trice, who has had charge of the hospital for a number of years. The warrant, charging her with being the owner and possessor of a fierce and dangerous dog, was issued on the oath of the driver, and the case may be heard in® the Police Court tomorrow. QUORUM WASLACKING Business in the Senate at a Stand- still. TARIFF CONFEREES HAD TO COME IN Effort to Take Up Pacific Railway Investigation Resolution. A Ss SESAW OF ROLL CALLS —__e_—___ In the Senate today Mr. Stewart (Nev.) gave notice of a motion to reconsider the action by which the Senate passed the jeint resolution directing the Secretary of War to proceed with the construction of a breakwater, etc., at San Pedro, Cal. Mr. White (Cal.) remarked that he un- derstood the Southern Pacific Railroad Company had some objection to the reso- lution, and, he said, he would move to table the motion to reconsider when It came up. Mr. Quay (Pa.) called attention to the ab- sence of a quorum. The call showed forty- two senators, three short of a quorum, present, and business came to a halt. A quorum finally appeared, and business proceeded. Mr. Davis (Minn.), from the committee on foreign relations, presented a report on the resolution recently introduced by Mr. Berry (Ark.) requesting the President to demand the release of the Competitor prisoners, held by the Spanish authorities. Mr. Davis simply submitted the report without comment, and the resolution was placed on the calendar. Mr. Harris (Kan.) moved to take up the resolution, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out provisions of the act authorizing an investigation of the books, accounts and methods of railroads which have received aid from the United States, by redeeming or otherwise clearing off the aramount lens, mortgages, etc. The vote was 24 to 19, two short of a quorum. The only motion in order was one to ad- Journ or to summon absent senators, and a sharp parliamentary contest ensued be- tween those desiring action at this session on the pending Pacific railroad resolutions and those opposing this course. Mr. Gear (la.), chairman of the Pacific railroad committee, moved to adjourn. Defeated, 35; seven short of a quorum. This necessitated another call of the Sen- ate, showing 41 senators present, four short of a quorum. Mr. Harris asked that the sergeant-at-arms be dispatched for absent senators. Mr. Gear objected. Mr. Harris then moved that the sergeant- at-arms send for senators. a Mr. Gear demanded a yea and nay vot The motion prevailed, 33-0, and the ser- geant-at-arms proceeded to summon absent senators. In the meantime business was at a standstill. The tariff conferees finally came in and made up those requisite for a quorum. Another vote was taken on Mr. Harris’ motion to take up the Pacific railroad reso- lution, resulting 23-12, ten short of a quorum. Another call of the Senate fol- lowed. The call showed 45 senators—a quorum— present. Again the Harris motion to take up the Pacific railroad resolution was voted on; resulting 28—9, sixteen short of a quorum: The seesaw of fruitless roll calls pro- ceeded for some time. A quorum was finally secured, and then, the Harris motion was again put to voi Pending the roll call a resolution was passed allowing the sculptor of the Sher- man statue to erect a studio near the site of the statue. Conclusion by Mr. Morgan. This afforded a text for some strictures by Mr. Morgan on the deadlock which had just occurrred. The Senate had a patriotic duty to per- form. The pending Pacific railroad resolu- tion. had been unanimously reported from the Pacific railroad committee, and yet the chairman of that committee had conducted the filibuster. It was late in the session to begin operations. Mr. Morgan said, how- ever, that there was no disposition on the democratic side of the chamber to retaliate against appropriation bills or the tariff bill when they came before the Senate. Demo- cratic senators would forbear from resort- ing to this miserable method of filibuster- ing, although they might be fully justified in retaliating. Mr. Thurston (Neb.) responded that on all Pacitic railroad debates the Alabama sena- tor (Morgan) and his associates had in- sisted on occupying all of the time. When it was up at the last session the senator from Alabama was the only one to object to his (Thurston’s) continuing a speech on the subject. “How many days had you spoken?” ask- Ir. Morgan. ot one-tenth of the time occupied by the senator from Alabama on unimportant questions,” responded Mr. Thurstor sharply. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. When the House of Representatives re- sumed its session today after the recess taken yesterday Mr. Henderson (lowa) asked unanimous consent for the considera- tion of a joint resolution to permit the erection of a temporary studio on the future site of the statue of Gen. Sherman, for the erection of which a contract has been made. There was no objection, and the resolution was adopted. Mr. Cannon moved non-concurrence in the Senate amendments to the general de- ficiency bil, which came over from the Senate today. Mr. Hepburn (lowa) asked if he would not permit separate vote on the amend- ments relating to armor plate. Mr. Cannon replied that the House would be given an opportunity to express its opinion on that subject, and with this as- surance Mr. Hepburn withdrew his re- quest. ‘The motion prevailed, and Messrs. Can- ron, Northway and Sayers were appointed conferees. Mr. Morris (Minn.) asked unanimous con- sent for the consideration of a resolution to appropriate $10,000 of the unexpended balanc2 of the appropriation for the Missis- s*ppi flood sufferers for the relief of those wno have been rendered destitute by the recent floods near Aitken, Minn. Mr. Powers (Vt.) objected. Subsequently Mr. Powers withdrew his objection, which was, however, renewed by Mr, Simpkins (Mass. Mr. Perkins (Lowa) asked for consent for the consideration of a resolution to print additional copies of the temporary rules of the Fifty-fifth House. Mr. Simpson (Kan.) called attention to the fact that Mr. Henderson at the open- ing of the session had announced that within thirty days a complete revision of the rules would be submitted to the House. Where was that report? he asked. Any- how, said he, the House seemed to have little use for a set of rules. This remark caused some merriment. Finally Mr. Bai- ley ebjected to the publication of the tem- porary rules. Or motion of Mr. Cannon the House at 12:30 p.m. by a vote of 117 to 106 adjourned until tomorrow. = METROPOLITAN ROAD Financial Stltenfent and the Im- provements ‘Accomplished. REGRET ON THE STREET —_.__= There was but one important topic of conversation in business and financial cir- cles today, and that was the expecied severance of the official relations existing between President George H. Harries and the Metropolitan Railroad Company. Nor was the gossip confined to these quarters. The general public was as much interested. in it as the men of active affairs, and on all sides there was but one opinion ex- Pressed, and that was that the company would be meking the most fatal mistake in its history if it permitted Mr. Harrtes to retire. The sentiment that prevailed in counting rooms and business offices was reproduced in stores and establishments and at the District building and up at the Capitol as well. It.was declared by an eminent senator that the Metropolitan Company owed more to the personality of Mr. Harries than it did to every other in- fluence it could possibly secure, because the legislators for the: District had long go become convinced that they could put absolute dependence in his representations. The employes of the company even joined in the genoral regret at the news that they would lose their president. “For the first time in. years,” said an old conductor, “we haven't got a discontented man on the road. Our hours of labor have been redueed under Mr. Harries and our conditions improved in every way. If it was left to the men Mr. Harries would stay.’ Citizens who patronize the road deplored the news and hoped it was not true. They all said that under the present manage- ment the service was the best ever known on the lines. Naturally, where there was so much dis- cussion there was a desire to learn the reasons for the expected event. Some Reasons. They were not far to seek. A well-known gentleman who Is thoroughly familiar with the affairs of the various railroad corpora- tions in the District, but who naturally wished his individuality concealed in this connection, conversed with a Star reporter this morning. “The selection of Major Harries for the presidency of the Metro- politan company last year was a good deal of a surprise,” he remarked, “but it was brought about by a set of perplexing cir- cumstances, and in the end proved to be |" Section, $48,81 providential. When Sam Phillips com- pleted the construction of the rapid transit system and determined to retire the owners of the road were im a quandary. A man was needed who could relieve the company of the many difftufties that confronted it. It was an admitted fact that there was no member of the board of directors who could solve the problem. Major Harries was suggested to Mr! Phillips as the best man for the place. Inquiry on the part of Phil- lips, of Robert Weaver, of John Cammack and those who,gwn, the majority stock in the road developed that Harries was better equipped than any’ other man in Wash- ington, despite ‘the fact that he was not perienced in railroad affairs. There were powerful influenges-exerted against his se- lection, which I could easily detail if neces- Sary, but they were overcome and Harries was elected. z “The task that confronted Harries was a herculean one.” continued the gentleman. “Ominous labor troubles threatened the road. There \yas a substantial boycott in effect against it that extended to skilled labor, such as the 'printers and the tele- graph operators. ‘fhe Knights of Labor had sworn that no legislation favorable to the road should pass,,Congress, and meny senators and members sympathized openly with the Knights. There were strained relations between the Metropoli-, tan and the Capital Traction Company. ‘There were powerful personal influences yed against the. road in Congress, were irritating diffe s between it and the District Comm: Major s successfully ameliorated all these conditions. He allayed the labor trou- bles; he secured the legislation the Knights company would never with lifferences the get; he settled Traction company, and, beside: the facilities of the road In e tion. I do not say too much when I as- sert that all this due to his fearless nonesty; his indomitable energy, end his sleepless devotion to the interesis he rep- resented. In word, his personality worked wonders.” “In every way possible he sought t make the road popular with the publi continued the gentleman. “The exchange system of transfers with the herdics when they were replaced on 16th and G streets and the extension of the Metropolitan sys- tein to Washington Heights are two ex- amples of his wisdom in this regard, which have also added substantially to the reve- nues of. the company. ‘This modern way of doing things, however, I am told, did not suit the views of the majority inter- est. They seemed to regard the office of president as one’ ‘0 be filled by a mere clerk, who should do nothing without con- sulting them on every detail, and in broad questions they antag¢nized Major Harries steadily.” The Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the M+tropolitan Railroad Company is in session at the company offyes, 14th and East Capitol streets, this afternoon. The meeting began, after a delightful cham- pagne lunch, with Mr. Samuel L. Pnil- lips in the chair. Among the stockholders present were H. Clay Stewart, Dorsey Clagett, A. B, Grunwell, John B. Larner, Charles R. Spence of Baltimore, John Cam- mack, Robert. D.. ‘Weaver, Edward F. Droop, C. O. Edmonston, A. B. Grunwell, S. Thomas Brown; Wiliam B. Guriey, George Gray, Archibald Greenlees, Thomas Somerville, John ©. Wilson and a number of others. The interest in the meeting was intense, as it was generally known that the result of it would be the retirement of President icectee H. Harries from the service of the road. “The meeting was commenced by the read- Ing of the report of the secretary and gen- eral manager by that officer, Griffin B. Coleman. ‘This was a detailed statement. During the reading: of: the report tickets containing the, names to be, voted for for directors were.passed around. The ticket was as followg: Sc Thos. Brown, John Cammack, Griffin. Coleman, John’ Joy Edson, Wm. 8, Gurley, A. B. Grunwell, Charles R. Spepce,;Robert D. Weaver and Nathaniel Wilson.; Many of the minority stockholders placed George H, Harries’ name on their tickefg and scratched Brown, Cammack, Coleman, Grunwell and Weaver. At the conclusion of, Secretary Coleman’s report President Harries read his. It cre- ated a sensatiéh dhong the stockholders who represented the minority. Mr. Harries” Statement. After the meetin this afternoon Maj. Harries, in his? atinual statement to the stockholders, give “tnany items of changes which had takeff piiite in the road since his term of office began. "One of these was that when hé“took charge the road was boycotted by. every Jabor organization. All of these were finally reconciled with the exception of the K. of L., which fought every effort to make the Cglumbia >oad ex- tension, .which was-completed inside of the specified time. : In.the matter -of coal between $4,000 and $5,000 bas been saved by inducing competi- tion. 2 To the carrying of passengers has been added that of transpérting the United States mail, which will 2dd to the revenue of the company about $3,400 annually, The receipts for the year ending June 3v, 1897, exceeded those for the preceding year by $207,448.07. = 2 Electric traction on “pth street brought $201,803.18 in 1806; tn 1897 the amount was $230,192.70. In. October, 1896, the cars traveled 280,888 miles; in June, 18v7, the dis- traversed was 305,675 miles. In Octo- per. 2nd cars made 29,913 trips; in June, 31, In October the number-of passengers per trip was 33.3; in June, 43.27. In October the ts per mile were $15.39; in June. $19.68. Fecelpts have moved from an average in October of $1,427 per day to an average exceeding at present $2.00 per y- ‘The company has purchased its own first mortgage bonds, and holds $34,800 of them. In addition to this there is in bank credit funds that, added to the bond values, give @ total-of $151,8v0—all available for any use the company may see fit to put it to, and altogether unincumbered. Receipts for the menth of June were $00,184.36. Ordinary expenses were $29,226.22, while the monthy interest charged, including div- idends, averages up $18,7: This gives a total expense of $48,053.72, leaving a bal- ance of net profit that will, the report states, even if business dees not increase, amount to more than $12,000 a month, or $145,000 per annum. No Resignation. It can be stated that Mr. Harries will not resign this afternoon and also that he will be forced out at the meeting of the di- rectors. THE LIST PREPARED Engineer Department Adopts Schedule for Street Improvements. TOTAL APPROPRIATION 18 SMALL List of the Thoroughfares to Be Paved and Graded. DISTRIBUTION OF FUND The engineer department has just com- pleted its list of streets which will be im- proved during the current fiscal year. It is small, because of the meager appropria- tions made by Congress to carry out the necessary improvements of the streets and avenues of the city, and disappointing, be- cause of the hundreds of property owners who have waited and waited for their re- spective streets to be improved. Some idea of this may be gained when it is stated that the schedule is four years behind. And it is getting further behind every year. Con- gress stipulates that the schedule, as adopt- ed, shall be strictly followed, and the Com- missioners, being bound by this, are com- pelled to improve the streets in the order they appear on the schedule. It is only necessary to set forth the amount appropriated for the improvement of thoroughfares in the several sections to convince one that little can be accomplished this year in the way of street development. Distribution of the Fund. There will be expended in the northwest ; Georgetown will receive in streets, $15,1) he northeast will have ex- pended in its section, $42,735; Southeast Washington must be content with 3 Southwest Washington must be satisfied with $22,550. Congress has a way of getting around i own laws, sometimes, and experience has demonstrated that great influence will cause a street to be improved outside of its regular turn. This is called a special schedule, and during this fiscal year sev- eral streets will be improved under it. The great mass of citizens are interested in the regular schedule. They want to krow just when their street is to be im- proved. The schedule which is presented below is strictly authentic, and represents just what the Commissioners are going to do this year in the matter of improv ments. Contracts to Come. Contracts for these streets have not yet been let. In fact, they have not even been advertised. But along about the latter part of August proposals will be invited, und as the cool September breezes begin to disperse themselves the work of im- provenent will begin, and will be finished before the breezes attain a frosty tin Northwest section—I, from 23d to 26th, ve; 10th, from D to F, widen and regu- late; C, from Mth to 12th, pave; 12th, from C_ to D, pave; llth, from B to C, pave; 25th, from H to K, pave; T, from 7th to Florida nue, pave; Rhode Island avenue, from New Jersey avenue to Flori- avenue, pave; K, from Ist to North Capitol, pave; H, from 224 to 23d, pav North Capitol, from O to Q, pave. Northeast section—F, from 3d to 9th, pave; Florida avenue, from M to Brent- wood road, grade and macadamize; from East Capitol to C, pave; 4th, from K to L, pave; Morris, from 8th to Southeast section—B, from 1: pave; 4th, from C to Virginia avenue, pave; {th, from Pennsylvania avenue to’ South ; South Capitol, from E, from 3d to 4th, pave; D, H to K, pav from 6th to 7th, remove cobble and replace with asphalt blocks. Southwest section—3d, pave; 6%, from D to E, pave; Virginia ave- nue, from South Cavitol to Delaware ave- nue; N, from 4 to 6th, pave. from_H to K, Georgetown—M, from to 33d, pave; h, from M to P, grade and regulate. Suburban Schedule. Connecticut avenue and Columbia read from Florida avenue to 18th, pave. Any surplus remaining of the $36,000 after improving above avenue and road, to be used for regulating, grading and paving Baltimore street from Columbia road to 20th street and on 20th street to Adams Mill road, entrance to the Zoo Park, provided as to dedicating Baltimore and 20th streets so improved. To grade and regulate Clifton, Irving, Yale, Bismark, Harvard, Columbia, Steu- ben, Kenesaw, Wallach and 13th and Roa- noke and Princeton sireets. Grade and regulate Sherman avenue. Grade and regulate Kenesaw avenue and Park road, subject to dedication. Grade and regulate 12th street extended from Florida avenue to Mt. Olivet road. Pave Massachusetts avenue extended from 22d street to Sheridan circle; Emporia from 12th street to Brentwood road, grade and regulate; 37th street from Back street to Tenleytown road, improve. Pave Spruce and Bohrer streets from Larch to Florida avenue. Grade ard gravel Joliet street from Con- recticut avenue extended to Zoo Park. This Breet to be purchased or condemned to width of 130 feet. Pave Princeton and Roanoke streets from 13th to léth. —— SUGAR TRUST INVESTIGATION. Representative Simpson Proposes a Special Committee of Five. Represeatative Simpson of Kansas today introduced in the House a resolution direct- ing the Speaker to appoint a committee of five to investigate the svgar trust. The resolution fs preceded by two where- ases, the first of which declares that it is “currently asserted” that the American Su- gar Refining Company has in violation of law created a “gigantic monopoly,” and the second that said corporation, “by the use of watered stock, by unfair competition and by illegal combination, has crushed out le- gitimate competition to afi extent which gives it the power to depress the price of the raw material and to advance the price of the manufactured article at will, thus throttling the cane and beet agricultural- ists with one hand and grasping the purses of the consumers with the other.” The committee authorized by the resolu- tion is empowered to send for persons and papers, and is to -investigate the methods of the company, its effects upon agriculture and commerce, “as well as the enhanced cost of one of the necessaries of life,” and the committee is directed to report their findings, and, if the facts warrant it, a bill instituting proceedings by the Attorney General in quo warranto to annul the cor- porate existence of the trust. a Am Officer Relieved. (The Commissioners have relieved officer Maurice W-. Quinlan from special duty in the detective office, and detailed Officer Frank N. Helan as detective on and after the 15th instant. oe If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody what you wish, you will get an answ CANNOT GRANT THE PERMIT Defining the Authority of the Rook Oreck Park Oommission, District Water Department Wanted to Construct a Reservoir Within the mits of the Park. Attorney General McKenna has given an opinion to the Secretary of War to the ef- fect that the Rock Creek Park commission has no authority to grant permission to the water department of the District of Colum- bia to construct a reservoir for the use of the District within the iimits of Rock Creek Park. Application for such permission was made by the water department. When the Rock Creek Park commission considered the matter it was deemed best to find out from the attorney now far the authority of the commission extended. Rock Creek Park was created by the act of September 27, 1890, in which It was pro- vided: ‘That a tract of land * * * shail be secured as hereinafter set out, and be perpetually dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the Inited States, to be known by the name of Rock Creek Park.” Section 7 of the act provides that the park “shall be under the joint control of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and the chief of engineers of the United States army, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to lay out and prepare roadways and bridle paths, to be used for driving and for horseback riding, respec- lively, and footways for pedestrians; and whose duty it shall also be to make ana publish such regulations as they deem necessary or proper for the care and man- agemert of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from in- jury or spoliation of all timber, animals or curiosities within said park, and their re- tention in their natural condition, as nearly a8 possible.” The question submitted to the Attorney General was: “Whether this board of con- trol of lands thus designated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States has any power or dominion over the park save those conferred in sec- tion 7.” Powers of the Board. In hiz opinion the Attorney General quotes the law in the case, and says: “In ecnsidering this statute and the pow- ers of the board of control, we must not, of ccurse, restrict it to limits which would preclude the objects which are plainly in- terded by the statute; that is, the crea- tion of a public park or pleasure ground where people of the United States couid re- scrt and find a place of enjoyment. In or- der to constitute a park of this sort it is necessary for the board of control to have the power to make it a place of enjoyment and of pleasure by the improvement of the scenery, the opening of roadways, bridle paths, footways, the construction of foun- tains, rustic seats, arbors and such other ccnveniences as are required in a park which is set aside for the pleasure and en- jeyment of the people. It is no doubt also within their power, if they see proper, <0 piant trees, shrubbery, cultivate flower gardens and do things of a like nature which would tend to adorn and make the place more attractive. But here the ques- tion preserted is whether or not they can devote this property, thus set apart, for the purpose of the erection of a reservoir to be used as a part of the water system of the District of Columbia. In other words, has the board of control the power to take this property, designated and set apart by the Tongress as a pleasure resort for all the people of the United States who desire to come and enjey it, and devote it in part to the municipal uses of the Dis- trict cf Columbia by tne erection of a res- ervoir to be used in connection with the water system of the said District. Does Not Admit of Argument. “The question does not seeni to admit of argument, and I unhesitatingly say that there is no such power vested in tie board of control. It would, in my opinion, be an entire perversion of the purposes of the dedication. If the board of control has the pcwer under the act to authorize the water department of the District of Columbia to construct a reservoir within the limits the park for the use of the District, then it would follow that the board has tne right to authorize the use of the park for any other public purpose demanded by the District authorities, and thus this tract of which was condemned under an act of Cengress and dedicated as a pubiic park for the benefit of the whole people of the United States, might eventually be devoted entirely to the necessities of the District of Cclumbia and the object of the dedication defeated.” ee eS CONSULAR NOMINATION: A Large Batch Sent to the Senate by by the President. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: State—William L. Merry of California, to be minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador; Horace N. Allen of Ohio, to be minister resident and consul general to Corea. Perry M. De Leon of Georgia, to be con- sul general at Guayaquil, Ecuador. To be consuls of the United States—Wm. L. Sewell of Ohio at Toronto, Ont.; Edw. H. Ozmun of Minnesota at Stuttgart, Ger- many; Henry W. Diederich of the District of Columbia at Magdeburg, Germany Chas. W. Erdman of Kentucky at Furth, Germany; Samuel E. Magill of Illinois at Tampico, Mexico; George J. Corey of Illi nois at Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Greenville James of New York at Prescott, Ontario; Radcliffe H. Ford of Maine at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; Frederick W. Hossfield of Iowa at Trieste, Austria; John Cc. Covert of Ohio at Lyons, France; Wm. K. Anderson of Michigan at Hanover, Ger- many; Wm. W. Henry of Vermont at Que- bec, Canada; John F. Caples of Oregon at Valparaiso, Chile; Daniel T. Phillips of lilinois at Cardiff, Wales; Mahlon Van Horne of Rhode Island at St. Thomas, West Indies; Adam Lieberknecht of 4ili- nois at Zurich, Switzerland; James M. Shepard of Michigan at Hamilton, Ontario; Wm. Harrison Bradley of Illinois at Tun- stall, England; Charles A. McCullough of Maine at St. Stephen, New Brunswick; Paul Lang of New Hampshire at Sher- brooke, Quebec; Charles Deai of New York at St. Johns, Quebec; Delmar J. Vail of Vermont at' Charlottetown, Prince Ed- ward's Island; Edmond Z. Brodowski of Illinois at Breslau, Germany; Joseph G. Stephens of Indiana at Plymouth, England. SSS Appointed Chief of Division. Secretary Gage today appointed Elias Mann of Ohio to be chief of a division in the office ef the auditor for the War De- partment, at $2,000, vice Jackson Kirkman of Mississippi, reduced to $1,400. Mr. Mann was a cierk of the $1,400 class. —_—_—_- Baltimore Markets. id., July 14.—Flour firm, um. aed teagan Tins “barrels: exports, 14,571 barre! sales, 300 barrels. Wheat firmer—spot, ; mouth, 73a73%; August and reptembe Tigate steamet No. 2 red. G¥ bid—receipts, 5 bushe's; exports, ‘none; stock, 418,281 busii- fis! ‘sales, 71,000 busbels—soutuern what by sam. TUs74%; do. on grade, 72442744. Corn firm— spot and month, 3ui290%; August, | 30! Seip Toate? bushels: exports, 10,237, Conbets receipts, 104, as 257 Stock, 788,72 bushels; sales, "61,490 | bushels southern white corn, 23434; do. Scllow, #435. Outs tirm—No, 2 white, 25%a26¥9; No. 2 mixed, 23u23%—receipte, 11,790 bushels; ‘exports, 40,000 bushels; stock, 151,504 bushels. tye urmer—No. 2 nearby, 3/a3¥i4; No. 2 western, 394240—receipts, 500 barrels; exports, 51,368 barrels; stock, 11.804 barrels, Hay steady—cholce timothy, $13.00a$i4. a Grain and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. pl ‘Spon. High. Low. Close et ee - ay 674 Gye F 26% . 26 ze it ix 2% Inn“ ist Hey nig? Tes 700 735 7.45 as2 3.02 325 3.90 402 492 395 3m 4.32 4382 422 427 Open Low. Close. ay ae Yee Fe 730 732 726 7.26 i344 716 700 710 Tio Ti 766 706 FINANCE AND TRADE Sugar Stock Falls Off 2 Per Cent Today. Se eee DUE 0 WASHINGTON ie ecenlaae Coal Stocks and Granger Shares Showed Strength. ADVICES GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star NEW YORK, July 14.—The course of Prices in today’s stock market was gen- erally in the direction of improvement London bought St. Paul and Atchison, and was moderately sympathetic with the ad- vances elsewhere. This foreign demand would have developed a strong local move- rent had not the action of Sugar been in opposition Washington advices relative to the un- expected holding out of the House confer- ees had a tendency to weaken confidence in the wisdom of continued advance in th property, Some realizing was consequently in progress during the opening period, the stock declining 2 per cent from the closing level. The stock marketed during this period Was forced out at the lowest prices of the morning, the price being restored the mo- ment the pressure was relieved. The bulk of the day’s transactions were made be- the buying being credit- to the interests identified with the nal movement. As has been the case heretofore, little or no assurance justifying the advance has tween 134 and 135, ed come out from Washit.gtoa unless through channels not wholly public. The natural conclusion is that even the House rates are sv‘ficient to mais twelve per cent dividends. With the divi- dend ability of the company unquestioned ent prices fall far short of a proper ion of intrinsic value. It must be remembered that traders, al- though very powerful, are in possession of @ considerable block of long sugar, not a single share of which is held for invest- ment. sappointment at Washington would force a sharp liquidation of sucn holdirgs, and success at that center would invite profit-taking. To those interested in ultimate resulis, however, these events of the near fuvure are of little interest. The new high level is likely to be surpassed on earnings alone, even should the company get the least that has been offered in Washington The coal shares and the grangers were in good demand at better prices. The trading in the regular list reflected a degree of ¢ lence superior to that recently exhibl In the opinion of many the market had taken on new energy, and barring accident, would work toward a higher level The various industrial issues interested in tariff legislation were strong, American a featu of considerable prominence. Earnings were good, in the main, and are expected to improve. The low-priced issues are taken up at every cpportunily and respond easily to even a moderate demand. Routine developments are in harmony with the advancing ten- dency, and no considerable effort is being je 'to depress prices. Profit-taking will be in order at every fresh advance, but this, being entirely nat- ural, will cause no setback to the main movement. Unanimous belief in future prosperity is regarded as a possibility, and consequently some special shock wili be necessary to force a natural decline. —$<—————— AL AND COMMERCIAL. FINANC! The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. " Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. Ny My UK American Spirits, pid... 29° 99" 9" gy American Sugar......°. 13434 IBS4y 182 TR47y American Sugar, pfd... 108\ 109% Sy osx American Tobacco. 0.1) 784 S04 Som American Cotton O....... eae Atchison oS ie, “1239 12 Paltimore & Omo.. asses ce. never. Bay State Gas et ed Canada South: 50 OBO Canada Pacitic 6% 66% 665; Chesapeake & Wy 7 & St. 2% BBR chicago, B.& Qo... SQ 888 Chicago& Norinwestern, us z Chicago Gas... M. & St. Pau icazo, KI. & Pacitic.. nicago, St. Paul, M.&O olidated Gas. - Del. Lack. & W .. velaware & hudson Den. & Rio Grande, ptd. Erie. : Generai Electric Miinois Central. Lake Shor - Louisville & Nashvilie.. Metropolitan Traction... Mabattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacitic National Lead National Leaa o., pi New Jersey Central New York Centra: orthern Pacific. . Northern Pacitle, pfd. Ont. & Western Pacitie Maul. Phila. & Reading Pulman P. ©. © Southern Ky., pfd. Phila. Traction . Texas Paciti Tenn. Coal & iron. Union Pacitic....... ‘S. Leather, pfa.. Wabash, pt... Western Union Tei Silver...... Laclede Gas Washington Steck Excha) Sales—regelar call—12 o'clock _m,—Washington Gas, 25 at . 35 at 42% Mergenthaler Lino- type, 10 at 120, 10 at 120, 10 at 120, 10 at 120. District of « bia Bonds. —20-year Fund. 5s, 101 bid. 30-year Fund. gold Gs, 1i2 bid. Water Stock currency 7s, 1901, 110 bid.’ Water Stock cur- 7s, 1903, 111 bid: Miscellaneous Bonds. bid. Fund. ‘currency 3.658, 1 bid. Metropolitan Raflron Metropolitan Railroad cony. fs, 1 d itan Railroad A = 8 bid, if Indebtedaess, 0S Railroad Gs, 115 “wid. ser. A, 6s, 110. bid. Washington Washington B, 6s, 111 bid. United States El Imp., 100 bid, 104 asked. Telephone ‘Ss, rust _ 5s, F. Ist Gs, bY Company imp. Gs, bid. Washington Market Comuany Exten. 6s, bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 103 bid. National Bank | Stocks.—Rank "ot Washincton, 260 bid. Metropolitan, a, sked. C ntral, 255 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’. 170 bid. itt: zens’, 130 bid. Columbia, 125. b Capital, 118 bid. “West End, 103 bid, 108 asked. Linc 10 Safe, Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Sate Deporit and Trust, 115 asked. Washington Laan and Trust, 119% ‘bid. 125 asked. eurity and Trust, xl41% bid. Deposit, 54 bid. Railroad Stocks,—Oapitat 54% bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 113 bid. Colum: Dia, 54 bid. Belt. 20 asked. Eckington, 20 asked. Gas and Flectric Light Stocks —Washington Gi pid. worgetown Gas, 43. bid. United States Electric Light. 034 bid. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 30 bid. 40 asked. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 65 bid, 80 asked. Corcoran, 56 pid. Potomac, 67 bid, 73 asked. Ar- singtwa, 135 bid. German-American, 190 bid. American Se- Washington Sate Traction Company, Inmb’ 2x Riggs, 7% bid. People’s, 5 bid. ‘, aS bid. Title’ Insurance — Stocks.—Keal raphophone, pfd. i) bid. " Pheumati: = riage, .40 bra, 43° asked. > ~ Miscellaneous” Stocks. — Mergenthaler Tanetree, 119% bid, 120 asked. Lanston Monotype, 144>bkd, 15 asked. Washingt, Market, 10 bid. Great Patty Tce, 115 bid, 135 asked. . ‘