Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1897, Page 2

4 LATE NEWS BY WIRE Whitelaw Reid Talks of His Jubilee Impressions. WAS AN AMAZING OBJECT LESSON English Seem Anxious to Have Our Good Opinion. SURPRISED AT CRITICISM LONDON, July 24—Whitelaw Reid and Mrs. Reid, who are passengers for New York by the St. Paul, left Waterloo station this morning for Southampton in a special saloon carriage. A farge party of Americans bade them farewell, including Ambassador Hay, with the entire staff of the United States em- bassy; Creighton Webb and Mr. Hewitt, secretaries of the special embassy, and prominent members of the American colony. Col. Parr, representing the queen, was present, and bade Mr. and Mrs. Reid bon voyage in her majesty’s name. Impressions of the Jubilee. The correspondent of the Associated Press bad an interview with Mr. Reid to- Gay shortly before he left, and asked him for some expression of opinion as to the jubilee festivities and celebrations during bis six weeks’ stay in England as the spe- ctal envoy of the United States. In reply Mr. Reid said: “What most Im- pressed me was the manifest and profound devotion of the English people to their queen, and after that I was most impress- ed by their obvious and strong desire to be on good terms with the United States and by the fact that harsh words from America have surprised them more and troubied them more than harsh words from any other quarter. 1 think the werld knows England bet- since the jubilee, and that England The jubilee has an amazing object le: nm, bringing st extent of the empire, its immense Sand power, home to every mind. ‘The more men have considered it, the more they have realized what a tremendous gain for civiltzation and for mankind has been this enormous expansion during the Victorian era.” Would Not Dixcuss Politics. Mr. Reid declined to discuss the political bearings of the jubilee or the present as- pect of international relations. He also re- fused to enter into any personal details, but he added: “Nothing could exceed the consideration and cordiality that have been shown me here in every way. I have con- stantly been treated with every possible courtesy. I knew, of course, that this has been intended wholly for the President and jecple cf the United States, whom I have bad the honor to represent; and it will be my first duty on my re‘urn to report fully concerning it to President McKinley and Secretary Sherman. fa TO THE PRESIDENT. ter also knows herself better. been PINGRE! The Michigan Governor Denounces the Tariff in Alliterative Epithets. DETROIT, Mich., July 24—Gov. Pingree today wired the following message in «du- Plicate to President McKinley, Senator Burrows and Congressmen Corliss and Spaulding of Michigan: “I regard the duty on lumber, hides and sugar as unrepublican, unpatriotic and un- fair. “The lumber now used goes largely into small homes and farm houses, and to a class already overtaxed. The laborer wears twice as many shoes the millionaire, and must contribute twice as much for the tax on hides. “He must use as much sugar and pay as teuch toward the duty on sugar. “It is grossly unfair to make the poor pay as much per capita as the rich toward the rnment. Property and not human stomachs should be reach Property fs protected by our laws and should pay for its prote (Signed) 4 EX-SENATOR BOOLITTLE VERY ILL. Suffering With Bright's Disease at the Home of His Daughter. PROVIDE R. 1, July 24.—Th fan attending ex-United States Senat of Wisconsin, who is ill with ase at the home of his daugn- wood, reported this morning nt Was very weak, and that night be expected at any moment. > ‘OMEN CARLISTS Bi ACTIVE. WiN Take Advantage of Political Un- rest in Spain. MADRip, July 24.—In view of the mni- versal unrest among all classes and polit- feal parties in Spain, the Carlist leaders have decided to begin an active political Propaganda throughout the whole coun- try. ss VALUABLE STAMPS STOLEN. Dr. J. Brace Chittenden Loses a Col- lection Val at 85,000. | NEW YORK, July 24.—Dr. J. Bruce Chit- terden, who Is instructor of mathematics in Columbia CoHege, and a philatelist of note, bas been robbed of a collection of stamps which he values at $8,000. The stamp which were mounted and bound in an al- bum, disappeared a week ago from the dector’s private desk in his residence, but the loss was enly made known to the po- lice today. landers Killed. T HOLLY, N. J., July 24.—S. Koz- toski and S. Wittkowski, two well-dressed Polanders, © struck and instantly killed by a fast freight train at Burlington this mor: They attempted to cross the track order to go around a train and- ing on the siding, and in so doing stepp=d in front of the fast freight. The bodies Were terribly mangle: From a diary found on one it was learned that he had sailed from Hamburg on ‘he steamer Persia for New York in April la: oo Harrivon Kelley Dead. BURLINGTON, Kan., July 24.—Harrison Kelley, aged sixty-one, died at his home this ¢} in y today. He represented the fourth district in Congress and was de- feated for re-election by Congressman Otis. Served through the war with distinction ain of Company B, 5th Kansas Cav- — Hunt Invited to Brussels. ‘The biennial meeting of the international anti-aleoholic congress be held this year In Brussels, Belgium, from August 30 to September 3. A large share of attention Will be given “The American Educational Method for the Prevention of Intemper- auce.” Mrs. Mary H. Hunt of Boston, the Suthor of the plan for scientific temperance ,@ducation in public schools, has been es- Deciglly invited to take part In the dis- ‘ational Woman's Christian ‘emperance Union has also made Mrs. Hunt tts fraternal delegate to the congress. Mrs. SAD SCENE AT PADUCAH Partial List of Those Who Were Injured at Casino Fire, Six Hundred People Were in the Structure When It Took Fire— Wild Stampede Followed. PADUCAH, Ky., July 24.—There is a sad scene today about Ramonia Park, where the Casino summer theater was burned last night. A performance was being given to about 600 people when the fire broke out from a fireworks display on the stage. The audience was panic stricken and many were trampled almost to death, while some were seriously burned. List of the Injured. The following ts a partial list of those more seriously burned: ‘Ed. G. Bourne and wife, C. C. Rose and wife, Mrs. Brant- ley, R. R. Howland and wife, Miss Ora Clark, Fred. Hummel’s two children, A. C, Einstein, Miss Grigsby, Fred. Schroder, Henry Kellar, John Byng, George C. Wal- lace and his three children, Mrs. Lehr and ten children, Mrs. Gregory end daugh- ter of Yazoo, Miss., terribly burned about the face and hands; Harry Gilbert, Ike Bleidel and Hal Waters. Mrs. Bleich also sustained painful in- juries by being trampled upon, as well as scores of others, who were taken to their homes from the burning theater in hacks and other conveyances. Covered With Tar Paper. The building was covered with tar paper and was a mass of flames In a very short time. The theater is abeut three miles from the city, and was principally patronized by women and children. Ed. G. Bourne's eom- pany has been playing in the building ail the season. “The Streets of New York” was teing produced. The third act ts principally composed of a fire scene, and excelsior wrapped about wires was used on the stage to produce the scenic effect. When the ex- celsior was ignited a lamp on the stage exploded and the tar paper board roofing on the building was instantly ignited. The curtain was instantly raised, and as soon as the crowd observed that the build- ing was on fire a panic ensued and a rush Was made for the front and side entrances. The building was a large one-story frame structure, and had formerly been used as a skating rink. Men and Women Go Wild. Men and women went wild, running over ch other. Children were trampled down, as well as women by the score. The building, although about 300 fect in length, was a mass of flames in about three minutes. Mothers and fathers in the wild scramble to save their lives were lost from their children. Many children were rescued from the burning building by heroic men, who themselves were terribly burned about the face and hands in accomplishing the undertaking. Those not injured rushed panic-stricken through the woods toward the city, not even waiting for the long trains of street cars in waiting to take the crowd home. While there will be no fatalities resulting from the pante at the Casino Theater last night, It is announced by the physicians today that none of those burned or tram- pled upon are in a serious condition. No limbs were broken, and the bruises cre slight. Owing to the audience consisting mostly of women and children there was much screaming, and the reports during the night and early this morning were greatly exaggerated. There is much relief today over the fact that no lives were lost, and that no one was seriously injured. ee TO DEFEND MRS. FORD. Rev. Sam Small Employs Noted Coun- sel for His Daughter. Special Dispetch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 24.—Rev. Sam. W. Small has employed Serator Daniel and John S. Wise to deféht his daughter in the divorce proceedings between her and Stuart Ford. Mr. Small, in a communication to a Richmond paper, says: “I propose to push the {issue to its ultimate conclusion come what will and fall who He makes very sé€rious charges against Stuart Ford. > -—_ ENGLISH TEAM WINS AT BISLEY. The Canadians Are Second, With a Score of 70 Points. LONDON, July 24—At Bisley today in the volley firing for the Mackinnon chal- lenge cup, squad competition, open to tecms of ten, and a captain from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Canada and each British eolony or dependency. the cup was Wen by the English team, with a secre of St. The Canadian team was second, with ». The distance was 500 yar firing from the kn position in singie rank, each, five targets. —__—_ Jobn W. Holland Dene. Special D-spate ning Star, RICHMOND, Va., July 24.—John W. Hol- land, the leading tobacco manufacturer of Danville, In which business he amassed a undsome fortune, died yesterday morning. © Was noted as a progressive and public- spirited man —_——_- Thinks Ohio Will Go Republican. Stecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 24.—Commis- sioner Ben. Butterwerth is in the city, and when asked about the Ohio situation he said: “I think the republican party will win. Of course, this is an ‘off year,’ a year following a presidential election, and we must all take our coats off and work with a will. I think we are going to do that, and that we will win. ————_—_. Commissioner Rice at Vani VANCOUVER, B. C., July —W. Mw Rice, newly appointed United States com- missioner, arrived here last night to as- sume the duties of his position. Rice was formerly editor of the Fort Scott, Kan., Monitor. —— Gov. MeCord Sworn In. Myron H. McCord took the oath of office as governor of Arizona before Associate Justice Harlan of the United States Su- preme Court yesterday. Secretary Bliss has directed Governor Franklin to turn over the office to the territorial secretary. ——+e+—___- Cuban Planter Died in Exile. From the Berryville (Va.) Times. The body of Mr. John Albert Sowers, who died on Saturday at the Church Home and Infirmary, in Baltimore, was brought here Monday and interred. Mr. Sowers was a soa of the late Wiil- jam Sowers of Clarke county. He served gallantly in the confederate army, and soon after the war emigrated to Cuba, where he engaged in the planting of sugar. About the tUme of the breaking out of the present Cuban war he was Suspected by the Span- ish of being a sympathizer with the insur- gents, was imprisoned, and upon being re- leased was @-iven from the island, leaving behind him his wife and family and all his valuable property, and his family are at the rresent time in Havana. z eae a Plants Blenehed by Zine Works. From the Pittsburg News. A faded bunch of flowers, together with a handful of whithered grass,waspresented to Mayor Ziegenhein yesterday by a dele- gation of citizens of Carondelet. The citi- zens came to the mayor with a complaint She satls from New York on the Normannia the 2uth tustant. She will spend the few Weeks before the congress in England, France and Switzerland, followed by a trip up the Rhine. ee Relieved From Study. Lieutenant Girard Sturtevant, 25th In- fantry, has been relived from the opera- ton of the orders detailing him to a course of imstruction at the military schoo at Fort Leavenworth, and Lieutenant H. L. Kinnlson, 2th Infantry, has been detailed to such course in his stead. ay _— A merchant in Copenhagen was recently fine@) ten crowns for having used the American flag for an advertising medium. that they suffer damage and inconvenience because of the operations of the Glendale zinc works, at the foot of Nagel avenue. Vast quantities of sulphuric gases are iD erated by the furnaces of the works, and these gases are carried by the wind to points far distant. Wherever they strike, so the citizens gay, vegetation Is blasted, all the colors are bleached out of the flow- ers in the gardens, and the people are made to euffer because of the hurtful odors. The faded flowers and withered blades of grass were exhibited in evidence. The omnibuses of one London company covered just about 20,000,000 miles in the course of a year, the distance sufficient to take them nearly three times around the i world every day. 5 THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1897-24 PAGES. BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the’ circulation Sworn to is # bona fide one. It is easily possible for a news- Paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, Judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is Many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Cireulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, July 11, 1897. MONDAY, July 19, 1897. TUESDAY, July 20, 1897. WEDNESDAY, July 21, 1897 THURSDAY, July 22, 1997. FRIDAY, July 28, 1897. seceeeDTR,141 .+-28,690 I solemnly swear that the above statement Tep- Tesents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, July 98, 1807—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain in the oMice unsold. Total. set teceweceeees Daily average J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-fourth day of July, A. D. 1897. GRENVILLE A. WHITAKER, Notary Public, D. C. MR. JONES OF NEVADA. Belief That the Senator is Drifting Back to the Republicans, In the opinion of a good many, among them some of those who have been asso- ciated with him in the fight for silver, Senator Jones of Nevada is drifting back into the republican party. He and his col- league, Senator Stewart, were the first silver bolters. It was never quite certain where Jones landed when he got out of the republican party. At first he was called a populist, and then simply a silver man. For some time he has been drifting about without any definite party association. During many years he has been regarded as the greatest authority on the money question on the silver side. His speech on the subject delivered several years ago, which occupied him for several days in the Senate, and which constitutes a large yolume in print, has been the basis of most of the speeches and books that have been delivered or published in behalf of silver since. He went more exhaustively into the subject than would be practicable in a pamphlet for general circulation. The very volume of the speech appals the average reader. Pamphleteers and silver agitators have, therefore, drawn on it for material ith which to supply literature for popular tribution. This material was available for the author of ‘“Coin’s Financial School” and for many others who have tried to make the subject popular. But that speech, which Mr. Jones delivered during the discussion over the repeal of the Sher- man law, was about the last conspicuous act of his in promotion of the silver agita- tion. He figured prominently in the mone- tary conference, which *fafled to accom- plish anything, and, though it dtd’ not then appear, it is likely that he was impressed with some new ideas at that conference. He was then associated with Baron Rothschilds and some of the ablest finan- ciers of Europe, and his training and natural intellectual grasp enabled him to fully comprehend their views and their plans. Since then he has in no sense heen a leader in the silver movement, though his name has continued to be associated with it He did not figure at all in the last presidential campaign. He was con- sulted little, if at all, by either populls democrats or silver republicans, and since the campaign ended he has not be party to the many conferences the s senators have held. This appears to have ely to a disinclination on his He appears to have gradually withdrawn from the position he at one time held, and his course during t tariff fight, while it has been sed by republicans on account. of the he is supposed to have held the > committee, has received much more severe criticism privately from his former silver associates. His vote has not been available for them in either the committee or in the Senate to carry out certain plans they would have liked to put into ope tion. is believed that his inclinations now place him much more in sympathy with the party which he deserted to. he- come a detached pcpulist than he is with the aggressive silver element in the Senate. The work on the tariff bill in committee and ir conference has in a large *measure revived his old republican associations, and it is believed that he has a disposition to drift back into the old camp. GERMANY HAS NOT PROTESTED. Proposed Joint Control of Years Ago. The story coming from Paris to the ef- fect that Germany has lodged a protest with our government against the annexa- tion of the Hawalian Islands has, it is said at the State Department, just this treasure of truth in it—that the German government did propose a joint control of the islands, but that was many years ago, and the proposition was promptly declined by the United States, without having led to any subsequent proceedings or a renewal of the offer. Though no official advices have been re- ceived at either the State Department or the Japanese legation here confirmatory of the report that Japan has agreed to the Proposal of the Hawailan government to arbitrate the questions at issue between the two governments growing out of the immigration controversy, it is not doubted that this is the fact. Such unofficial in- formation as has come to hand showing that the proffer was made and was under consideration in Tokio all tends to war- rant the belief that this satisfactory out- come of the affair has been arranged, though there is no means of knowing what will be the nature of the machinery of the arbitration, nor the exact amounts and issues involved. The offer of the Hawaiian government to arbitrate the controversy has been sanctioned by this government. ——_--e.._____ FOR ADJOURNMENT TONIGHT. Hawail Resolution Favored by the Ways and Means Committee. The republican members of the ways and means committee met at 2:30 p.m. and decided to report a resolution for a sine die adjournment at 9 o'clock tonight. The currency commission bill will probably be passed by the House as soon as the mes- sage is received, when the House recon- venes. = —s Pneumatic Tube Mail Service. The Post Office Department has made a contract with the Boston Pneumatic Tran- sit Company for pneumatic tube mail serv- ice between the general post office in Bos- ton and the Northern Union railway sta- ton. Letter and other mail matter, as far as practicable, ts to be carried in pneu- matic tubes which have a diameter of 83-16 inches inside measurement; larger mail matter is to be carried in regulation mail wagons on a satisfactory schedule. In the event of temporary interruption of the tube service all ‘mail is to-be mean- while carried in the wayon. ' —_—____.-__ It matters little what it is that you want qrwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star wilt reach the Person who can fill your need. ° THE REPORT ADOPTED Tariff Bil the Senate by 40 to 30, On the Pagific #Railroad Reso- oe «s lution: SPEECHES IN THE SENATE The tariff conference report passed the Serate this afternoon by the vote of 40 te 30. There will be no delay about the Presi- dent's signature, and the bill will become a law and go into effect today. Though the friends of the Pacific railroad resolution introduced by Mr. Harris threaten to pre- vent an adjournment before Monday if a vote on that resolution is not permitted, yet it is probable that thjs will be the last day of the extra session of the Fifty-fifth Con- gress, The House will send’a-resolution to the Senate providing that ‘when the Congress adjourns today it be to meet on the first Monday of Decemter. Senator Harris threatens to object to the consideration of this resolution by the Sen- ate today, and to send it over until Mon- day. Likely to Be Patched Up. The chances are, however, that the mat- ter will be patched up, and that either a vote will be allowed on the Pacific rail- road resolution or else the Vice President will rule that an adjournment resolution is not subject to objection, as are other resolutions, and that {t may be voted on when presented, without regard to objec- tions. The republican leaders and the Vice President have been looking up authorities this morning, and are said to be inclined to the opinion that an objection need not be entertained by ‘the chair. What Senator Harris Says. Senator Harrls of Kansas, who has the Pacific railroad resolution in charge, said this morning: “Our plans are all complete, and we have a perfect understanding in regard to adjournment. Under the rules one objection to the joint resolution for ad- journment carries it over until Monday. We will not object if consent is given for a vote on the Pacific railroad resolution, but If It Is refused objection will be made and the resolution Will go over until Monday. Senator Thurston has the floor on the Pa- cific railroad resolution, and, when the tariff report is adopted he will be forced to show his hand. He 1s opposed to the resolution. “He will be, asked if he will consent to a vote; if he depuis, then either Senator Morgan, Allen, iGutleyjor myself will object to the consideration of the joint resolution for adjournment’ siné! die. So, you see, it all depends upon Senftor Thurston whether we adjourn today or,pot.” The close of the loeg and exciting strug- gle was near atfhandzwhen the Senate met, at 10 o'clock this morning, under the unani- mous agreemerit of 14St night that the final vote be taken at’3'p th. today. Only eleven senators were ‘én hand when the session opened and several of these ‘busied them- selves with clédringTout ‘their desks and preparing for ‘eparturé.’ There was no prayer, as this'was & reéess session from yesterday. ImYnedidtely after the Vice President had éaNed the: Sénate to order Mr. Chandler (X.'H’f moved*an executive session. He yidided, however, to Mr. Bate (Tenn.), who desiréd* to have a day fixed for eulogies on'his fate colléague, Mr. Har- ris of Tenne: 4 ‘ January 13° Wext was agreed upon, and then, at 10:05, the Senate went into ex- ecutive sesstor * ¥ Mr, Allen Resumes. The doors werg,opened at 10:20 a.m, and Mr. Allen (Neb.) resumed his speech in cypposition to the tariff conference report ard the bill in general. By this time the attendance of senators had increased to thirty, and the galleries were filling in anticipation of the final scene in the tariff contest. Mr. Allen criticised the effects of the bill on the farmers. He instanced barbed wire, required by them for fences, on which they were placed by the bill at the cold-hearted mercy of the barbed wire trust. How different it was in the case of the moneyed aristocracy, It was all right, the senator sald; irontcalty, for the “sharks and money gamblers of Wall street’ to 100,000" dut of the sugar sched- uié sinee the Dingley bill was first report- ed. It was all right for Pierpont Morgan to make 000,000 out of government bonds illegally ned under the admin- istration of Grover Cleveland. Farmers ought to understand, Mr. Allen declared, that the legislation of Russia is as ben ficial to them as the legislation of the United States Congress. As a sequel to Mr, Allen’s heated personal colloquy with Mr. Foraker over alleged fraud in Ohio at the last election, the Nebraska senacor presented tables comparing the vote cast for McKinley, Bryan, Harrison and Cleve- land. One column showed “fraudulent excess,” that of Ohio being stated at 94,500. In closing Mr. Allen announced his pur- Ecse to withhold his vote on the question eing to the report. ote Cattery (La.) followed in criticism of the sugar, schedule. He stated that ships from all parts of the world were hurrying in with cargoes of raw sugar to avoid the duties of the bill. Already eight months’ supply had been Drought in, thus cutting off government revenue to that extent and giving enormous profits to the trust. Mr. Gear questioned these figures, saying only four months’ supply of raw sugar had rought in. bee (Mich.), a member of the finance committee, then took the floor for one of the few speeches from the republi- can side of the chamber. He said he had intended to refrain from speaking, but was frduced to enter the debate because of the assaults made upon the lumber schedule. He gave the vast extent of the lumber in- dustry in twenty-two states, with an ag- gregate capital of $750,000,000, employing 600,000 people and paying $130,000,000 in wages annually. In his own state forty millions were invested in Iumber, and wages of $17,000,000-were- paid. annually. Refer- ring to the rates, :Mr. Burrows said those on lumber woge thg, lowest of any in the bill, being aboit 15,40 18 per cent ad valor- em, and only,,J0 gt cent on white pine. The senator #feryed to his visits to the Michigan lumper sgctlons, where, he said, mills were idle and men out of work, when. the Canadian mills and the Canadian work- men were thriving. Mr. ‘Burrow® too up the statements of Mr. Allen that sixfmen owned the stand- ing pine and;of Mr. Pettigrew that one 1ran in Michigan, Mr. Blodgett, owned the standing pine: He‘ read from’ census re- ports that 1,188 pedple owned this class ot timber and ‘sresen¢ed estimates showing ninety-five owsersiof white pine in Michi- gan. Insteadséf being the “most infamous schedule,” as these Senators had declared, it was one of-the most meritorious of the bill.. The sengfor.yeferred to the personal criticisms of Mr. Pettigrew to the effect that Mr. Blodgett, the owner of pine lands in Michigan, was'the one “who manipulat- ed the election of senators in Michigan.” “{ do not understand the meaning of this remark,or the inference to be drawn from it, but if the intimation is that my election was secured by other than hon- orable means then-it is a slander on the people of my state and on the legislature from which I hold my commission." He declared that Mr. Blodgett was a man of such unimpeachable integrity that nothing Mr. Pettigrew could. possibly say could detract from.his high character. As to the statements. that the lumber sched- ule would be an-advantage to lumber, Mr. Burrows said this was.so. It would ad- vantage the. lumberman,. the wool raiser, the farmer, andthe believed it would re- store to the labor of the country the une counted millions from. which it had been robbed by four years.of,free trade. At 1 o'clock there Was a pleasant diver- sion for thé spectators in’ the galleries, when the Senate, om Mr Allison's motion, | of Mr. in order to inaugurate the legislative day of Saturday, until 108 p.m. The ‘spectators had a gitmpse of parliamentary fiction. Three “minutes later the Senate reconvened. Mr. Turple (Ind.) said that at this late day he would not ask the Benate to set aside time for the delivery of trib- utes to the memory of the late Judge Hol- man, but he ave Rotice that early in the next session he would ask the Senate to lO 50. Mr. Morgan Takes the Floor. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) then took the floor. His purpose, he said, was to address him- self to a grave question of law, practice and poiicy involved in the adoption of the pending conference report. It was the contention of the conference ecmmittee that Congress could not tax one class of bonds and stock certificates without taxing all. This doctrine, he declared, was fraught with serious danger to the people of the United States, and he desired to enter his protest against it as a destruction of tke power of the Con- gress to tax property that ought to go into the taxation. This rule of uniformity, he said, had been violated by Congress s0 many times that it would require a week's effort to enu- merate the Instances. Mr. Alltson disclaimed any affirmation of the contention Mr. Morgan was controvert- ing. He had not, he said, examined the constitutional phase of the question. Mr. Morgan cited the tax upon the Issues of state banks and the exemption of the issues of national banks, and also the !m- posts levied on some articles and the ex- emption of others as evidences of the power cf Congress to exempt of taxation any property it saw fit. Mr. Morgan stated that the abandonment of the stamp tax on bonds and stocks was in the Interest of the New York trust. Im- mediately the conference report became known sugar stock went up with a bound, until it was said $30,000,000 had been made. The meaning of this, he said, was that the speculators felt secure that their stock transfers were to continue without tribute. “And I charge,” exclaimed Mr. Morgan, vehemently, “that the abandonment oc- curred under the command of the sugar trust.”” Mr. Stewart Speaks. At 2:40 p.m. Mr. Stewart (Nev.) took the floor. He said the tariff could not alleviate the distress of the country, and he urged that the main injustice of tariff legislation was the inequalities of the benefits and burdens it carried. The time for the final vote was now al- most at nand, and there was an air of eager expectancy throughcut the chamber. The senators had ccme from the cloak rooms and lobbies, until there was hardly a vacant seat on either side of the cham- ber. Mr. Dingley, the author of the bill, was present. At 3 p.m. the Senate began to vote. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. When thc House of Representatives re- sumed its session tcday at noon many of the members believed that it would be the last day of the session, and there was a general expression of rejoicing and relief that the end was at hand. Whether it was the last day of the session or not, it was well understood that it was the last day on which business would be transacted. Most of the members had their !uggage packed and were prepared to leave the city to- night. As soon as the Speaker called the Hcuse to order Mr. Dingley moved a re- ess until 3:30 this afternoon. In repiy to a question, he explained that the Senate would vote on the tariff conference report at 8 o'clock, and it was exceedingly im- pertant that the House should be in ses- sion when the engrossed bill came back frem that bedy. Mr. McRae (Ark.) attempted to draw out Dingley a statement as to whether a currency commission bill was to be pass- ed this afternoon, but the latter evasively replied that there was as yet no such prop- osition before the House Mr. McRae said it the passage of such a bill was not contemplated many demo- crats would like to go home. The Speaker then stated in view of the approach of the end of the session that in his cpinion it was the duty of every mem- ber to remain. “Otherwise,” said he, "we may find curselves without a quorum, and to that extent every absent member will be_respensible.”” The recess until 3:30 p.m. was then or- dered. —__—__-e+_______ INDIGNITY TO BRITISH FLAG. Torn, Cut in Picces and Bespattered With Mud. NEW YORK, July 24—A big British flag which hung last night across Cleve- land street, Brooklyn, was found this mcrning to have been torn and cut in pieces, besides being bespattered with mud. On the rope which held it was the Ameri- can flag. It had not been touched. Both flags were hung up by the Fort- nightly Club in honor of a iawn party to be held at the house of H. Pierson Brocklesby, an Englishman. The rope on which the two big flags were strung stretched across to the opposite house. The police have been asked to investigate. a RENOWN NOT A MENACE. No Significance in the Ordering Here of the British Warship. LONDON, July 24.—Dispatches from Washington say that in many parts of the United States the ordering of H. M. 8. Renown to American waters as the flag- ship of the British North Atlantic squadron is regarded as Lord Salisbury’s answer to Mr. Sherman’s sealing controversy, inas- much as this Is the first time that a battle- ship of the first class has been sent into that quarter. The facts of the case are that the ed- miralty had decided to send the Renown weeks before Secretary Sherman's special dispatch to Ambassador Hay was written. Se GENERAL STRIKE JULY 26. Resolution Adopted by the Miners of New River Region. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 24.—Fred Dilcher of the national executive board, wires from Thurmond, W. Va., to national headquar- ters, that at a mass meeting at Sewall, New River region, last evening, the miners adopted a resolution calling for a general strike July 26. They ask for a fifty-cent rate per ton, check weighman and no set- tlement unttl it is made national. President Ratchford is expected here at 2:30 p.m. ee GERMAN EPWORTH LEAGUE. Large Attendance Today at the Cin- _ cinnati Convention. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 24.—There was @ very large attendance today at the an- nual convention of the German Epworth League of America. Reports from thirty- six societies were made. It was decided to publish a history of the German Methodist Church, the historian to be selected by the executive committee. A paper on training Epworth Leaguers- for active church membership was read by O. E. Krieg of Omaha, and discussed. It was decided to meet at Lakeside, Ohio, next year. The executive committee was directed to publish a notice six months in advance of the next annual convention of the proposition to change the name from Der Jugenbund to Epworth Ligo. The pub- lic meetings in the parks for the afternoon were abandoned on account of the rain. Special exercises will be held in all the churches tomorrow. ————___ Vallejo Syndicate for Klondyke. VALLEJO, Cal., July 24.—A. Klondyke syndicate has been formed here. Among the members are Admiral Kirkland, com- mander of Mare Island; W. H. Skerrett, his cierk; Gen. Whithorne and V. V. Harrier, who will send O. B. Gentry, an old miner, into the frozen north. —>_—_ The surviving merhbers of the Virginia se ion convention are to write out their recallections of its sessions at the request of the Virginia Historical Society. Mrs. Susan Burlingame Phillips of Chi- cago and Mrs. Betsy Burlingame Hinman of Lorin, Alameda county, Cal., only sur- viving sisters of the late Anson Burlingame of Massachusetts, are preparing a volume of reminiscences of their famous brother. A devil fish captured in the Pacific off Los Angeljes, Cal., and preserved on ice has been for a week past a potent attraction as displayed in a shop window in Chicago. It fs described by a local paper as a pulpy mass with seven shaky arms. The Indian popuiation of. the Dominion of Canada is said to.be 122,000, of whom about 38,000 are Roman Catholfes and the same number. Protestants.: _ : GETTING A CONVENTION Preliminary Executive Committee for Na- tional Educational Meeting. Appointmeat of Subcommittees am Outline of Necessary Work. The preliminary executive committee of the committee of one hundred, appointed to arrange for the entertainment of the National Educational Association, if it should meet tn convention in this city next year, met at the rooms of the board of trade this morning. Col. Henry F. Blount, cheirman, called the committee to order, there being present Secretary O'Neill, Mrs. Sara A. Spencer, Miss Anna Tolman Smith, Prof. W. B. Powell, S. B. Hege, A. M. Read, Thomas W. Smith, Marcus Baker, Archibald Greenlees and A. T. Stuart. Secretary O'Neill read communications from the president and vice president of the National Educational Association, which had been received by Mrs. Spencer. Prest- dent J. M. Greenwood of Missouri and Vice President Charles R. Skinner of New York stated that a committee would visit this city late in August or early in September to confer with the iocal committee here re- garding facilities of the city for entertain- ing the convention. This committee would consist of Charles R. Skinner of New York, Secretary Irwin Shepagd of Minnesota and perhaps Superintendent A. G. Lane of the Chicago schools. Chairman Blount then announced the appointment of the following subcommit- tees, which are to report progress at the meeting of the executive committee next Saturday morning at 10:30 o’cloc On finance—Thomas W. Smith, chairman; Dr. B. I. Whitman, S. W. Woodward, Charles B. Church, A. T. Stuart, Mrs. Sara A. Spencer. A meeting of the finance com- mittee has been called tor 4 o'clock Mon- day. On halls—W. B. Powell, chairman; Mar- cus Baker, Miss A. T. Smith. On_hotels—Tneodore W. Noyes, chair- man; Gen. Ellie Spear, Henry F. Blount. On transportation—Archibaid Greenlees, chairman; S. B. Hege, Colin Studds and Albert M. Read. Col. Blount impressed the necessity for prompt action on all members of the sub- committees. A doubt about the ability of the committee to secure cheap rates on the railroads caused a statement from Mr. Hege of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to the effect that the directors of the Balti- more and Ohio railroad had already agreed upon one fare for the round trip for the convention. After a short session the committee ad- Journed until next Saturday at 10:30 a.m. ——> DEATH OF R. F. CARDELLA. Employe of the War Department Suc- cumbs to Heart Disease. Mr. R. F. Cardella, who had been em- plcyed in the surgeon general's office of the War Department for many years, dled suddenly at his residence, No. 503 H street northwest, early yesterday morning of neu- ralgia of the heart. Mr. Cardella was a Shriner, an Elk and a member of different Masonic lodges. He was also a member of the G. A. R. He attended Washington Chapter, No. 2 Thursday evening, where he served as or- ganist. He returned home and complained of feeling badly, but retired to bed at the usual time. During the night his wife was awakened by him, when he again com- plained of being ill, and two of the per- sons in the house were aroused. He con- tinued to grow worse, complaining of hav- ing pains in the region of the heart, and Dr. Kolipinski was summoned. Mr. Car- della died about 3:15 o'clock. He had been for years troubled with pains about the heart. Drs. Kolipinski and Hall performed an autopsy and de- cided death was due to neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Cardella leaves a_ wife, Miss Margare: Scanlon of St. Louis. couple came here from that city, where Mr. Cardelia was a professor of music, be- fore entering the governmental service, ¢bout cighteen years ago. He was born in Lexington, Ky., but lived some time in St. Louis. He was a fine organist and pianist, and had many friends in musical circles in who was The “ He was popular with every one who knew him. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock to- morrow from the family residence under No, Interment will be in Arlington cemetery. Se PRISON the auspices of Columbia Commandery, 2. TE) SYSTEM. Bloodhounds by Night. he Wagon Holds Day, Conviets by; From the Toledo Blade. Texas, according to those who have driven through the state, has some queer ways. The climate is said to be the hot- test, coldest, wettest and driest in all the country} Conv Ss work on the roads in this state. Following the chain gang is a wagon con- veying a big cage, in which bloodhounds of are kept in the daytime. The dogs, course, are used to track escaped pris At night the brutes are turnec convicts sleep in the cage. The chain gang processions are seen on the roads summer and winter. ——___+e-+ Hard to Find. From Geed Words. A lawyer's clerk is trying to serve a pro- cess on a miner named Adam Green. He has tried in vain to find his man, when a young woman who has witnessed his la- bors volunteers to assist him. “Oy say, “Bullyed, she cried to the first man they met, “dost thou know a man named Adam Green?” The bullhead was shaken in token of ignorance. Then they came to another man. “ ‘Loy-a-bed,’ dost thee?” “Lie. bed” could not answer, either. “Stumpy (@ man with a wooden leg), ‘“‘Cowskin. “Spindle-shanks,” “‘Cockeye” and ‘Pigtail’ were all consulted to no purpose. At last the damsel, having talked it over with sev- eral of her friends, suddenly brightens up, and, slapping a neighbor on the shoulder, exclaims: “Dash my wig, why he means moy feather.” Then, turning to the aston- ished clerk, she crie ‘You should’n ax’d for Ode Blackbird.” So it appears that the old miner’s name, though he was a man cf substance, was hardly known even ‘to his own daughter. Baltimore Marke: BALTIMORE, July 27.—Flour firm, unchanged— receipts, 5,205 barrels; exports, 158 barrels; sales, 850_ barrels. Wheat "unsettled—spot and month 79a79'4; August, 76784: September, 7%a7 steamer No. 2 red, 75a75%—recelpts, 1 els; exports, 160,000 bushels: stock, $90, sales, 197,000 bushels—southern wheat’ by 78a81; do. on grade, 77%as0\s. | Corn firmer—spot and month, 3144a31%; August, 31%u311%¢; Septem- ber, 31%4a31%; steamer mixed, 27% 92,341 bushels: exports, none; stock, 709, sales, 96,000 bughels—southern whit do. yellow, pons Oats ee 5 26a20%;" No. "2 mixed, 23%a24—receipts, tock, 125,280 bushels. Rye 2 Western, 4114 gales exports, none; stock B . Hay firm—choice timothy, $13.50 $14.00. Grain freights very quiet, unchanged. Su- ir firm, unchanged. Butter quiet, unchanged. firm, unchanged. Cheese steady, unchanged. hisky onchanged, —_—-—- Government Bo: Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. 2 per cents, registered... . 4 per cents, cou of 1907. ae tt 4 per cents, tered of 1907.02.22 111! 4 per cents, coupon of 1925. . - 135) 4 ber cents, registered of 1925.0.°-7 124 5 per cents, coupon of = : 5 ber cents, registered of 180.0... Hag Qurrency 6 ‘per cents of 1898....2. 101: Currency 6 per cents of 1899....... 104% eee 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. GRAIN. Hi i oH aeaeee High. 73 1 1 1710-% i ita! 1 7. 1 7. 415 417 415-417 4120 412 412 412 452 400 452 4.60 COFTON. s ‘Open. - Close. re FE es We 72 TR2 728 727 ToT TAZ Tor 7.08 Toe Tle. 702 Fee FINANCE AND TRADE Generally Higher Prices Prevailed on Wall Street Today. GRANGER SHARES LED THE ADVANCE Sugar Closed the Week With Net Gain of Ten Points. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Diapatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 24.—The holiday in the London security market, while shifting the responsibility for making prices solely to this side, had no perceptible influence on the volume of local business. Opening prices reflected advances varying from 1-8 to 1-2 per cent, and, in most instances, Substantial additions were subsequently recorded. The buying was well distributed and con- fidence in continued tmprovement was nev- er more conspicuous. The adjournment of Congress 1s universally construed into an argument for good and is the immediate cause of the present upward tendency in prices. Beyond all sentimental influences Is the outlook for heavy exports of cereals. This latter factor establishes a natural basis for improvement which is superior to all the artificial obstacles of legislation. The currency question will solve itself by a wider listribution of the circulating me- dium. The farmer receiving a profit for his labors will see no cause for legislation against the corporation which transports his merchandise to the seaboard markets. The corporation will in turn reduce its consul fees, made necessary by hostile leg- islative attacks, and may increase iis div- ldends to shareholders. With the presperity of the agricultural districts as a condition precedent to gen- etal prosperity, it is only natural that the attention of capital should have been turn- jed toward the gra y Inves- tigation of these propert seloses the fact that earnings are improving, and indi- cations point strongly toward an era of prosperity. S prices throughout this group re- flect gains varying from 3 to 8 per cent by comparison with the closing figures one week ago. The industrials have been prominent dur- ing tne week, and, at times, extremely sen- sational. Sugar, tobacco ‘and lead have been bought in round amounts, and have prefited handsomely in consequence. The former has attracted special at tion and closes at an advance of 10 per cent for the week. The other members of this group have done well, but the character of the dealings has been more conservative than in sugar. The trading directly at the close of today’s business was not at the 8, realizing sales being respo: ble for the reactionary tendency. The u: dertone was not changed, however, and the prospects are encouraging for renewed favorabie activity next week. The bank statement represents a gain of $3,639,300, mostly in legal tenders receiv from interior points. An increase of near- ly $6,000,000 In loans indicate an improving demand for money. This increase is about evenly divided between customs payments and the increased speculative demand The two increases voted are pretty accu- rately reflected in a gain of $9,258,500 in de- posits. The net result of the week's bank- ing operations increases the surplus $1,- 3 bringing the total reserve holdings of the associated banks up to $ The figures quoted demonstrate | very clearly that confidence in reviving business has extended beyond the merely specula- tive element in Wall street. Traders’ reactions are to be expected in the very near future, but conditions do not warrant any material setbacks in prices. It is well to discriminate between the stocks which have gone up because of im- proving merit and those which haye prof- ited by the surplus strength of the general martet. There are many of the latter, and i- their turning point will be reached prior to a general recession in the active list. Se FINANCIAL AND COMMERE#AL. The following are the opening, the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as reported Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. " Correspondent Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Spirits. 13S 18M Te BK American Spirits, pf BIW Bg BI Bay American Sugar....... 144 American Sugar, pfd... 113 American Tobacco. 80x American Cotton Oli... 4, Atchison ....... . . Baltimore ¥ Omo. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern Canada Pacific. ... 11) Chesapeake & Ohio. c & St. Lous. Chicago, St. Paul, M.&£0. Consolid Del, Li . Delaware & Hudson..... Den. & Rio Grande, pfd. Erie Generai Electnic Ilinois Central Lake Shore Louisville & i Metropolitan Tractiol Mahattan Elevated. Michigan Centrai.. Missouri Pacitic. National Lead Co. National Lead Uo., pid New Jersey Ceutral New York Centrai Northern Paciti 144 Northern Pacific, pd... 483 Ont. & Western... 6 Pacitic Mail... 31K Phila. & Reading. Ey Puliman P. ©. Co m Southern Ry., pfd Phila. Traction Texas Pacific Tenn. Coal & Union Pacific. . U.S. Leather, pi Wabash, pfd- Western Union Tel. Silver. Sales —regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lanston Mono- type, 35 at 16; 5 at 16; 100 at 15%; 100 at 15%. After call—Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 118%; 10 at 118, District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund 5s, 101 bid. 30-year fund 6s, gold, 112 bid. Water stock Zs, 1901, currency, 112 Water stock 7s, 1903, currency, 112 bid. 3.658, funding, currency, Mi Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 3s. Gs, 114 bid. 116% bid. Metropolitan Raflroad conv Metropolitan Railroad certiseates. of ind A. 109 bid. Metropolitan Ruilroad certifi indebtedness, B, 108 bid, 110 @sked. Columbia Railrgd 6s, 117 bid, 11914 asked. Washington Gas ComjBiy Ge, series’ A, 110 bid. hington Gas Comphuy 6s, series B, 111 bid. U. 8. Electrie Light debenture iup., 100 bid. Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone os," 103 bid. American Security and Trust os, F. and A., 100 bid. American Se curity and Trust ‘Ss, A. and 0.. 100 bid.” Washing. ing 68, 106 bid. | Washington .. 68, 106 bid. Masonic National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 200 bid. Bank of the Republic, 200 bid. Metrop 277 bid, 310 asked. tral, 256 bid. Farmers Mechanics’, 170 bid. Sceond, 130 bid. Citizens, 133 bid. Columbia, 125 |. Capital, 118 bid. West End, 104 bid, 107 asked. Lincoln, 102 107 asked. — “hg Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—Washington Loan and Trust, x118 bid, 124 asked. Am Security and Trust, 142 bid. Washington Safe De- posit, 55 bid. ii Railroad Storks.—Capital Traction, 54 bid, 35 asked. Metropoliian, Belt, 20 asked.