Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1897, Page 11

es Foldings Bed." | Elsewhere they would ask you at least $18 for it. Soiid potished oak, chiffonier style—tull size—neatly carved front—good springs. It is an all-round excellent piece of jurniture. This price of $11.25 is only for today and tomorrow. Great chances never wait; they must be seized at once. “ Our Carpet Department is an envy unto many. Such rich va- riety of design and make, and such low prices cannot be matched. Lansbu rgh Furniture Co., os 13th and F Streets. j 85 e ‘ WOMEN SHOW FIGHT ————ae Marchers Dispersed by Soidiers at Point of the Bayonet. ATTACK «ON COMPANY'S STORE Se Trouble Breaks Out Afresh at the Lattimer Mines. STRIKERS CARRY REVOLVERS net bn HAZLETON, Pa.. Sepiember 20.~The Strike situs again med an uncer- tain p Ss morning. An attempt to resume Work was mae at Pardee’s Lat- timer mi but only 300 out of 1,300 miners returned to work. ‘These’ were ‘mainly Italians, with a few English-speak- ing men. Women Flank the Soldiers. k about 150 Italian ‘l with clubs and stones, di- ree companies and marened the camp by the sen- nk station, and three nh were sent over, un- jor Whitney. The women outflank- soldiers by s another cuim ere within twenty feet of the the of the tries of copmenic 2 before the troops reached Missiles w flying through the air, and the rabble ignored the command to reireat. iers then lined up, shoulder to with guns presented, push- un they dispersed. attack on ed in the s © company store ene of the wome: us a weapon, wa Strikers Armed With Revolvers. A body of miners from Butler valley came q@er to Lattimer to work this morn- *“irg, but were compelled to go back by a | band of strikers, at the points of revolvers. During ght the Hungarians paraded \through the settlement, beating tin cans “and kettles and ralsing a big racket. This was done to notify those of their race that they must not go back ‘9 work. The warn- ling was observed and ihis morning a band f Hungarians, led by women, were mass- ing and threatening to march on the mines Plater in the days The Lith Regiment is keeping close watch for further ttouble. Disturbance at Eckley. News of a disturbance at Eckley reached brigade headquarters about 9 o'clock this tmorning. The strikers there bad fixed to- }day for the decision whether or not to ‘strike. About half the strikers attempted to return and the others gathered about the mines in a menacing manner. Com- panies C and E of the ith Regiment were sent over and the would-be workers Protection. ; The men at Drifton and Jeddo in the same district did not go out. The 2,5 tminers at the Lehigt ard Wilkesbarre :McAdoo mines kept their word and re- }turned to work under heavy military pro- | tection. ————— CARPENTERS NEW STEEL FROCESS. Government Officials Visit His Pro- jectile Plant at Reading. READING, Pa. September 20.—Several government oificials were in this city last yWeek in consultation with J. H. Carpenter, the sicel projectile manufacturer, whose proposition to make armor plate for $100 a ‘ton is now before armer board. By his new metheds he claims io have eliminated a serious difficulty, all have to con- tend with; that is acid reactions in the molten metal, which have prevented steel from being used more confider and saving in enox lage of cas ings, w 2 used, because Were unsound and full o : nt is now being &S pyards, Pintle Carpenier's supervision, ready for t ; vita hich will soon be castings and the carrying on of any further experimental work which he m esite to enter into. The present method of making steel for armor plate is by what ts called the open hearth process, which takes from eight to ten hours to canvert iron, mixed with steel scrap into steel, while by the new process the same amount of steel is made in less than an Lour and without the difficulties of casting incident to the open hearth meth od. si ———— REFUSED TO BRING AN ANARCHIST. Capt. Buricy Declined to Allow Ventre on His Vessel. NEW YORK, September 20,—Capt. Bur- ley of Ward line steamer City of Ww ington, which arrived today from ‘Tampico and Havana, reports that when about sail from Tampico, Jose Ventre, alias ( 4, the Spanish anarchist, was brought to the dock by a guard of Mexi- can officers to be put on board the steamer for passage to New York. Capt. Burley, how refused to take the man as a passenger, and the vessel safled without him. 7? > CHARGED WITH SERIOUS OFFENSE. Philadelphia eturer Arrested for Burning Hix Own Faetory. PHILADELPHIA, September 20.—The flewerks factory of Mayer, Landis & Co., at 20th and Allegheny ‘avenue, was de- stroyed by fire this morning. The loss is $20,000. The butiding had scarcely been de- stroyed when Harry A. Landis, a member of the firm, was placed under arrest and held in $3,000 bait for a further hearing, charged with ting the place on fire. ‘There was an insurance of $20,000 on the Place. , —_+ —__ Death Results From Cycle Accident. ' LONDON, Septemther 20.—The Hon. Barry Somerset Maxwell, the eldest son , and heir of Baron Farnham, -died’ yester- OPPOSE RING RULE Virginia Editors Espouse the Cause of Primary Elections. DANTEL'S POSITION CRITICISED United States Senator Losing His Popularity With the People. MADE MISTAKE AT ROANOKE Special Correspontience of The Evening Star, RICHMOND, Va., September 18, 1807. A very strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of holding primary elections for the choice of candidates for political nomi- nations is gaining force throughout the state, and bids fair to become a poweriul factor in Virginia politics. For years this sentiment appears to have been smolder- ing, and not until a comparatively recent date has it taken a definite shape and ex- pressed itself in public gatherings for the ncmination of candidates. That an era in the political feeling of the state has been reached is clearly evident. ‘The democratic forces in the state have been practically under the control of a few men. The masses for years have not dared t» assert themselves in any united strength against these few leaders who have been known as the head of the machine. Con- spicious among these has been Senator John W. Daniel. Maj. Daniel has had plain sailing ever since he became a promi- nent figure on the floor of the United States Senate. Few ventured to oppose him in his opinions and his tactics. He has reld a wonderful power over the people, and what he said “went” with his many thousands of followers, who accepted -his views as a matter of course without an- tagonism or question. Of late there has been a fast-growing opposition to Senator Daniel. When he used his powerful influence in the recent state convention at Roanoke against the plan of choosing United States senators by a direct vote of the people, he struck a stag that has since done no little toward decreasing his power in the state. Hereto- fore Maj. Daniel has been regarded by the majority of his followers as a vigorous champion of the people’s rights and not a leader of the machine. Country Editors Aroused. His antagonism of the primary plan intro- duced at the Roanoke convention aroused the opposition of some of the best knowa country editors in, the state. They cham- peoned the cause of ths masses and have been making editorial shots at the major ever since. The consequence is that he has been losing ground with the people at large, and the fight in favor of the primary elections on ail occasions goes merrily on. It is believed that this stand taken by Senator Daniel is the beginning of a long, and eventualiy successtul, opposition 10 him as senator, and that his successor will be more a people’s rights man, and not a machine leader, ‘To show how strong the sentiment cx- ists in favor of holding primaries, a con- vention at Parksley, Accomac county, for the purpose of nominating a democratic candidate for the house of delegates fur- nishes an illustration, There were deie- tes from Accomac and Elizabeth City » and a lively meeting was held. a wrangle and many warm speeches, the whole contest was referred to Eliza beth City democrats to be determined by primaries. This was one of a number of similar cases which have attracted much comment m the state of late. The Spottsylvania convention did the same thing, and the Nelson and Amherst convention, after a great deal of wrangling, broke up in the same way. Several others have resulted similarly, including the convention at Lun- enberg. It is believed by conservative ob- servers who have been watching the growth of the primary movement that it will event- ually result in the abolition of the conven- tion scheme, and take the power away from the machine, and put it into the hands of the people. This is regarded as the liberal policy which will eventually re- sult in a more democratic form of govern- ment throughout the state. It will break up a certain political ring which overstep- ped the limit in regulating and engineering political movements. Their cut-and-dried methods, together with a disposition to be greedy in patronage and_ political prefer- ment, fs thought to he the foundation of the new condition of affairs and the stead- fly growing sentiment in favor of the pri- mary system. Populists Opposed Echols. A very strong fight is being made in the state among the straightout populists against Edward Echols for lieutenant gov- ernor. In Chatham.a few days ago some of the delegates to the county convention were sore over the action of that body in allowing the populists to partially control it, as well as to name as one of their stand- ard bearers one who has in no way pledged himself to support the platform. The pop- ulists were smart enough to await the ac- tion of the democratic convention, and ihe statement of the populist chairman, that he was unable to tell whether or not his party will indorse the ticket named, is thought to be quite significant. At the re- cent meeting of the populists’ special com- mittee in Lynchburg the address to the people's party of Virginia severely cen- sured the democratic state convention for its refusal to nominate Captain Cocke, populist, for lieutenant governor, charac- terizing it as an insult to the populist party. It urges that populists use all pos- sible means to elect Cocke, and to elect members for the legislature wherever they can. The committee aflirmed that many patriotic democratic votes will indicate their disapproval of the democratic nomi- nation by voting with the populists. The committee would not consider the question of fusion with the republican party. The argument is being made by the popu- lists that Mr, Echols, who is running for lieutenant governor on the Roanoke plat- form and ticket, is at heart a gold stand- ard man, but joined his party when they made the big leap to the silver standard, This is true. Echols was originally a gold man. He followed the party, however, and this has been the cause of some people calling him an “India rubber gold man.” Rampant silverites who claim that the party should be the boss at the same time object to Echols because he was not an original silver man when the currency question trumped up as an issue and split the party. His original currency views are working against him to such an extent that some observant politicians express: grave doubts of bis election, claiming that Cocke will be supported by a number of original free silver democrats. Will Not Afiect Willard’s Case. This condition of affairs will not hold in the case of Mr. Joseph E. Willard of Fair- fax, who has been nominated for re-elec- tion to the house. Mr, Willard is one of the most popular members in the body, and his preference for a gold standard at first will not cause his defeat. He will be re- elected by a large majority. The fact that ex-Governor William E. Cameron of Petersburg has written a let- ter stating that he will support the demo- cratic gubernatorial ticket this fall has eaused much comment among the free sil- ver people. Col. Cameron, who was the principal stumper of the gold democrats last fall, says that since national issues will take no part in the campaign, he does not see how a futile attempt to introduce them should influence him against the nominees. He takes the ticket as the best in the field, and intimates that, while the platform might worse, should the straight-out populists put a ticket in the field, he will accept the situation phito- sophically as the best under the eircum- stan é ces. A fight against the re-election of Massey as superintendent of tion fs on in ‘THE EVENING STAR, ‘MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: 1897-19 P QUESTION 9£ TAXES Injustice of Oongréss Tuarard Citizens " of the Ditstrist. ee CASE STATED: AT LENGTH B10 of delegates _from Southampton county, which met af Courtland, @ resolu- Ton” opposing, tho re-election of Mtr. Sas. sey. At this convention J. C. Parker was "ll Be. G We -Generous because the ladies are appreciative—and the six specials from the Wrap and Suit * that we've offered for today will hold good tomorrow at the same prices. As well equipped as we were to serve you last season, it was a beginning. Now we shall add the advantages experi- ence has brought. We know better what your tastes require—and the knowledge is reflected in our new stock. You'll find more to praise now than ever. Don't miss these extra big values, We call ’em “‘boomers”—because there’s more notoriety in °em than money for us. Ladies’ Man-tailored | Black Silk | Black Satin Suits = the to of the present law, to vigorously oppose the efforts of those who advocate its repeal and the substitu- tion of a measure by which the ignorant voters in the state cannot be so easily cheated out of the right of franchise. a AUDITOR CASTLES REFORM. will Mr. Blankman’s igs Against Street Extension Plans. See Dress Skirts. Blouse Waists. Brocaded—and ha: are the Iai of rocaded—ai — — ‘test fad—in Ame The clerks of the office of the auditor tote = ndsomels, too—made Sea ee after @ Pangat, which ts the acknowledged tt i tea and through with black ha ‘ve come to stay. You’ for the Post Office Department have re- Se ThE, are petchling ed. We uarantee ing Le, Ht the unity of, aile—the Rant, cne—and here ceived a startling shock at the hands of a won't buy a tut : $5 Sixth Audjtor Henry A. Castle. Late Sat- POW ERS OF CONGRESS gait angwhere. ‘AM sizes $12 50 For Tuesday ......-—ccececeseses.+ urday afterncon Mr. Castle sent a notice > For Tuesday..... ne to five of his seven chiefs of divisions and to twenty-five clerks requesting them to show cause why they should not be re- @uced. These statements are to be made in writing by the chiefs and clerks, after which Mr. Castle will take the matter up and decide the cases. ‘This action was taken by Mr. Castle In To the Editor of The Evening Star: The history of taxation imposed by Con- gress upon the private Owners of real prop-- erty in the District of Columbia from its organization to the present time presents to the careful student of past “events one of the saddest and most lamentable chapters Black Clay Top Coats. need of the bour—made Black Silk Underskirts. ‘ Made of the best Black Taffeta Silk that ever went into $16 skirts—and the making We want to impress on your minds that Furs are to be a on jen Scarfs, the mew shapes, with ten tail tabs: fur on both sides ta” Fall weight—the up with fy fro brand “new sleeves; lined all through ae oes Black satin searf that can’! cated under ursusnce: of section Ear erate aules a of oppressive and unjust taxation to be ee A Pibined deep fel. “$6 rhadame. | Wocth $1 $8 = n't be duplicat " $5 regulations promulgated yy Secretary 4 - = For Tuesday. oe) - For Tuesday. Gage for the idance of officials of h found recorded. in the annals of constitu- jesday . tional government. Statement of the Case.? More than one hundred years ago the people of the United States realized, as other nations had done before them, that they must have a permanent seat of gov- ernment, with the necessary public build- ings, streets, avenues and other instrumen- talities, in order to transact the necessary affairs of the ‘nation. A provision of the federal Constitution was therefore adopted giving to Congress the right to acquire by cession from the states as a permanent seat of government a tract of territory not exceeding ten miles square.’ No money was appropriated by Congress for the purchase of the lands department. The rule reads as follows: “Sec. XII. The report of deficient and Gelinquent clerks required: by the thirteenth section of the act of August 26, 1802, will be made monthly as required by said act, ard in all cases where clerks having higher salaries are less efficient than those having less salaries that fact shall be re- ported that the salaries may be arranged on the ground of merit orly.” A Star reporter today asked Mr. Castle how he had selected employes of his of- fice to whom the letter was sent. Mr. Castle replied: “Various charges have come to me re- garding clerks oi the office during the past four months, and in order to arrive at a ccnelusion in the cases I have asked them to show cause why they should not be re- duced. It had been represented to me that For Get the Boys the Best you can, mothers, for your money. And you know the place to get that is where the stock is a stock—and not a side line—where expert knowledge presides over the selection of styles and the making. We're out-talked often—but it is absolute’ impossible for anybody in town to parallel our offerings—for we've got the facilities to buy and the outlet to sell, too—and we're LEADERS! Boys’ Reefers. Tomorrow we shall give you three more proofs of it—three more big savings. Young Men’s Boys’ Long Pants Suits. Short Pants Suits. within this area, and Ropes oe the gen- Dark Blue, Chinchilla, lined with taney = § San away is E, during the last administration many | eral government therefore merely acquired cassimere. Color and loth both Brown 2nd en Mixed Alla tof Blue Mixed All- changes were made that were baséd on | not property, but exclusive jurisdiction or ‘The slnes 3 to 8 ace made witt safle col- Gheriot Long Pants Sults, lined with Itallan with favoritism, and I want to get at the facts. | sovereignty within the limits thereof; that Pee ee eg eS aati icapee Sizes Back, as Size 14 ask io have them compa Lest you can find $7.50. ‘Tomorrow The same order will be sent to other em- ployes of the office shortly, and when I have once secured a satisfactory organiza- tion of the force I hope to have an effici- ercy record which will be the basis of pro- motions in the future.” When asked whether he would hold any examinations to discover the relative mer- its of the clerks, Mr. Castle said that course was not contemplated, that he had the charges in his possession and that when he received the replies of the clerks he would decide what would be done. It is not likely that many, if any, re- movals of clerks will be made, though it is urderstood that some of the higher grade cierks will resign if they are placed in the lowest grades. Some time ago the Secretary of the Treasury caused a commission to inquire into the methods of keeping efficiency rec- ords in the various bureaus under him, and it was found that in the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department uch records were but partially and imper- fectly kept, and were wholly unfit as a means for judging of the merits of clerks. ——-o-_____ WAIVED AN EXAMINATION. is to say, the exclusive right to make Jaws for and govern the same within the limits and powers allowed or given by the Con- stitution of the United States to the ex- clusion of jurisdiction of any state or terri- tory of the United States. The terrtory now known as the District of Columbia was therefore ceded to the general govern- ment by the states of Maryland and Vir- ‘ginia, but the land from high-water mark on the Virginia side of the Potomac was subsequently receded to the state of Vir- ginia, Gift ef the People. When the general government acquired the District of Columbia occurred a spec- tacle never before known in the history of governments, namely, the individual owners of the land upon which the national capital was to be located gave to the gen- eral government free of cost all the lands required for streets, avenues, alleys and also every alternate lot in the various squares into which the city was subdivided. These alternate lots were sold for cash by the general government to purchasers from time to time, and the proceeds thereof paid into the treasury of the United States as the money of the United States, and amounting to many millions of dollars, a very large part of which was used by the United States to pay for the erection of the government buildings ‘if the city of Wash- ington. “Notwithstanding the’ facts dbove stated, from the organization of the city of Washington down to the passage of the act-of Congress of. June 21, 2879, a period of seventy-nine years,: almost the entire Reefors, in oMering 15 are regular | .w nthe x $2.50 “$6 Saks’ “Little Trooper’’ is a $1.25 worth of Boys’ Shoes for $1. Saks and Company, “Saks’ Corner.” Seereneedrerereeenreneepeegooneneesereeegee Se ee ee ee ed you the value of the property absolutely lost to the owner, but in the effect upon the balance of his property of the cutting out of the part taken.’’ x The result of the full operation of act, therefore, must be that either adjoining property owners’ will have their j property confiscated, or else that the prop- erty owners throughout the District of Co- I.mbia will have such a burden of taxation imposed upon them and against their property that it will be absolut ty confis- cated. Perhaps both of these things may occur. ‘And this scheme of confiscation, throagh the channel of the doctrine of “unlimited taxing power,” seems destined to be re- peated so long as the District of Colum- bia remains the s of th ational gov- ernment, unless somewhere the Consti- tution of the United States can be foand rovision which precludes Congress of murder and other felony; it could not grant to its own members absolute immu- nity for murder or other felony such mem- bers might commit in the District. When Congress abolished all seif-government by the inhabitants of the District, municipal or legislative, and substituted therefor management by three Commissioners, ap- pointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, thus depriving the people of the District of all management and government of their own affairs or the right to desig- nate the disposition of their own money raised by taxation upon them and _ their property, or to name their own officials, or custodians of their funds, it thereby ipso facto reduced the District of Columbia by legislative ercetment to the condition of a mere bureau, department ‘or teservation of the national government, and thereby, in accordance with the constitutional prin- ciple that taxation and representation go PRAYS FOR DIVORCE. for Separation tone: In praying today to be divorced from D. Louis Brady, Julia 4. Brady, whose maid- en name was Pennell, states that they were married at Everett, Pa., October 1, 1881, her husband giving his name then as * Lewis Delaplane Brady. Mrs. Brady, who is represented by Attorney Alphonso Hart, sa: she and the defendant lived together until the ist of last March, and charges that instead of providing for her, he spent his wages and earnings upon women of bad character. §| sks to be allow: resume her maid carted Frederick C. Coburn’s Case Will Go te the Grand Jury. The preliminary hearing of Frederick C. Coburn, charged with embezzling money from the United States government by means of the fraudulent issue of post office money orders, which was commenced be- fore United States Commissioner Samuel name, ——_> Bank Divid is Declared. topeticen dies See Ss, | The controller Cine Naat Nowa, wee conbtnael thie | ee ee petine RTT OF coin een a a eae eae | Elke Cue Sonnet was in this Semoten’ ws | Cased aividoets Ae shee mea eas o> afternoon. Attorney Thomas C. Taylor] 2ng the cost of Sodtitalhing he ‘police | cy," constituting: In Htselt a subtie Judicial trict, CROCE Bee eee rene, OF sald | of insolvent national banks, as foliows: A appeared for the accused and “Assistant | force and other incidental expenses of mu-| poison, repeatedly injected during a period | Di REIL yOKORSEG CSEE aie dees | Met lividans, So cent, in favor of the District Attorney Joseph Shillington for} nicipal and county affairs.in the city and | Of more than seventy years by the judi- | Cr any other government reservation or de- | CTeditors of the First National Bank of the government. The ease is already fa-| County of Washington Were paid from the | ciery of this country (in direct violation of | partment, which power of taxing the in- | Wellington, Kan., on ci: "amounting imillar to Washington people. Coburn was | ‘4Xes levied upon the real property of pri-| tne constitutional provision) into the ar-| habitants for improving government prop- | to siLacs in *, See ee . 5 S vate Individual property owners in the city | teries of constitutional government, there was not on Sobmiach< ix a clerk in the sixth auditor's office, and} and county of Washington, and not from to poison the body politic and througn iis snes erdligrhaterice A, Second dividend, 5 per cent, in the eRe rity ees ee Oa the funds of the general government of | jystrumentality place the life of the ma- Expenses of the Reservation. Sek ef the Merchants’ National ‘Bank of e be in > vel |] the United States. { Seattle, Wash.. making in a on claims amouating to $22.94 A final dividend, 18 per cent, in the case of the First National Bank of Redfield, S. D., making in all 100 per cent and inter. est in full to September 1897, on Claims Proved, amounting to $65,671.37. ~—e——. ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM ANDRE ticn at the mercy of powerful and un- principled trusts and corporations, and three-fourths of the municipalities of the ecrntry in the control of the worst ele- ments of society. : : The Supreme Court of the United States has sustained the constitutionality of the act of Congress known as the street ex- tension act, but there are some constitu- tional and legal points which might have heen raised in these cases by judges ant lawyers, and which were not so raised, and which, to my mind, might induce the Su- preme Court in subsequent cases to decide the law to be unconstitutional and void. Powers of Congress to Impose Taxes. The powers of Congress to impose tax- ation are only such powers as are impliedly and implicitly granted by the Constitution ef the United States. Congress deriving its own existence from that instrument cannot exercise greater powers than that conferred by its own creator—the Constitution itself. The provisions of the federal Constitution giving Congress the power to impose taxes are only three as follows. Article one, section 8, clause 1—“Congress shall have power to lay and coliect taxes, duties, im- posts and excises, to pay the debts and pro- vide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States, but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.” It will be seen from perusal of this clause that Con- gress has no right (therein) to single out the District of Columbia and impose a tax for extending or improving the fee simple property of the United States, to wit, the streets and avenues of the city of Wash- ington. For although the same are un- doubtedly for the welfare of the United States, for it would be impossible for the government employes and others to trans- act the nation’s business or even gain ac- cess of egress to or from the government public buildings, without the use of said streets and avenues, yet as the tax levied lacks the essential constitutional element of “uniformity throughout the United But it became the duty of Congress to defray the expenses incidental to the reser- vation known as the District of Columbia just In the same way as it does for other government reservation or departments. The District of Columbia was established for the “general welfare” of the United States. There certainly can be no doubt on that point. Its public buildings were erected to be used for the general welfare of the nation, and, as streets and avenues Were essential instrumentalities for the use | COPEN September 20.—A dis« of the government buildings and people ; bent on government business, they 209 Were | rortherseasee doen ee ee 4 pe, in Norway, for the general welfare of the nation, but, 4 in addition, they were the fee simple proper- | ®2Y8 the whaling ship Falken has brought there the third pigeon dispatch from Prof. ty ot the jee States. It becomes therefore @ logical deduction from: these premises | Andcce, ‘ that it is the duty of Congress to pay for | of Takeo ies De she Deft the 3itane the improvement and extension of its own | on attenne 2, 2 balloon on July 11 last in Property, the’ streetS and avenues afore- | osase proven ee ee, Bolar regions. ‘The said, out of the morey of the United States | ™iyyi8* 2Tought by the Falken reads: government, in accordance with the before | jonvitnae 12 ese ng, atitude 82.2 north, mentioned provisions of the Constitution, | ail'well’ > “28 G00 Voyage eastward, -which directs Congress to. provide for the : debts and general wefare out of money raised by taxation, duties, &c., in propor- tion to the census or enumeration and uni- formity throughout the United States. Con- gress has no more constitutional right to apply money raised by taxation upon pri- vate property in the District of Columbia to improve the fce.simple property of the United States (streets and avenues) than it would have to apply said money to the erection of a custom house in Chicago or improving the harbor of New York. What greater right has Congress under the Constitution or known principles of law to compe! the sald property own- ers to pay for the extension or improve- ment of the fee simple property of the United States, over which its own officials and employes must pass in order to en- ter or leave the various public buildin; than it would have to compel said offi- cials, clerks and employes and. taxpay- ers to pay for keeping said buildings in repair or for enlarging the same? There is another -aspéct of this matter of street northwest, which was a substation of the Unijed States post office, with authority to sell stamps, issue money orders and carry on the usual collateral work of-a post office. The government alleges that Coburn illegally collected money on three money orders of $100 each. The accused was recently arrested in Canada by post office inspectors and brought to this city. The proceedings were exceedingly brief this afternoon. Witnesses were gathered and several spectators were in attendance. Upon the arrival of Commissioner Mills Attorney Taylor announced that he would waive an examination for his client, and let higher courts settle it. Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Shillington immediately ac- quiesced and Commissioner Mills contin- ued the bail of Coburn in $3,000 bonds for the action of the grand jury, Robert Y. Slater and A. R. Taylor qualifying as sure- tes. But for the generous acts of these private property owners and the erection by vari- ous private individuals of npmerous private dwellings for the. use of. government em-) ployes, it would have been impoSbible for the government to have carried on the af- fairs of the nation at the national capital. In other words, the genera) government paid scarcely any of the raunicipal ex- penses incident to its own existence at the nation’s capital city, notwithstanding the millions of money it had received directly and indirectly from the generous owners of land upon which its capital was located and its public buildings erected. : Unjust Taxation. How. unjust, oppressive and. gruel pas been the taxation imposed upon the in- dividual real property owners of the Di trict of Columbia by Congress will appédr from the following’ statement of. facts, | which 1 hereby call upon any reader of this article to refute if he can, viz.: Re- mcve ‘from any one or more lots,in the city of Washington the buildings ‘thereon and there would not then be in that city twenty-five vaeant lots which would seil for an amount equal to the amount cf gen- eral and special taxes with the interest and penalties which have been imposed upen said loi or lots for the last thirty- five years. In thé yéar 1883 there were not twénty-five vacant lots in the city lo- cated upon improved streets and avenues which would sell for an amount equal to the previous fifteen years of special and general taxes with interest and penalties assessed against said property. There ar now numerous lots in the city, improved and .nimproved, the taxes upon which have not been ¢ollected by the District of Columbia for many years past because the property thus taxed would not sell for the amount of taxes, interest and penalties assessed against it. It is not necessary in this article to go into details of amounts and dates of taxes imposed upon the prop- erty owners of the District of Columbia. per cent iG. ——.—__ SERIOUS CHARGE. Cornelius Campbell Held for Assault- ing His Own Daughter. Cornelius Campbell, colored, was today held by Judge Mills in $1,600 bail for the action of the grand jury to answer the charge of committing a felonious assault on his daughter Celia, aged fourteen years. ‘The child stated that she was asleep with her sister Sophie when her father reached heme shortly after 12 o'clock Saturday night. He went to the room in which the two were in bed and attempted to assault the older girl, Sophie; but she managed to get away from him and went in another room. He then assaulted the younger child, who could not get away and was afraid to cry for help. As soon a3 she could she ran out of doors and up the street to where Policemen Sul- livan and Als were standing, and told them of what had occurred. The officers arrest- ed Campbell and he was locked up. He de- nied the accusation, but Lieutenant Hollin- —_—~___ NEW YORK BROKERS ASSIGN, Rise im Silver Causes Faller & Wilson to Suspend, NEW YORK, September 20.—Fuller & Wilson, @ealers in domestic and foreign exchange, made an assignment today for the benefit of creditors to William H, Fleet, with a preference for $6,000 to Jas. B. Colgate. The failure, it is said in bui- lion circles, is due to the recent rally in the London price of bar silver, which found the firm short on contracts for September delivery. The firm has the balance of this month to make good its accounts, but its resumption is considered doubtful. No def- irite statement has yet been made by any representative of the firm. 5 Fuller & Wilson were the Successors of One of the oldest and best-known bullion : Suffice to say that instead of Congress = sete “hic é wih jreiy | BOUSES im this city. The firm was ori berger had had the girl examined by sev- States,” it is therefore null and void. extensions which seems to have entirely | jy Nesclase’ . ; Zs making appropriations from the national ates, s me i Pa aw. | 2...Nesstage, Colgate & Compan: ¢ral physicians, who agreed that the condl- | treasury to defray expenses incident to | ‘The next provision of the Constitution Is | escaped the notice of Judges and law-| prospered until the junior membe tion of the ch iid Justified the charge. ix | Providing a piace for the national govern- | article 1, sec. , clause 4, “No capitation or | yers ayers generally, namely, | tal infelicities caused Mr Mex 5 other direct tax shall be laid unless in pro- | While Congress has provided in the act ment to conduct the affairs of the nation, weeks ago, but yesterday she called at the rosea r he act | his withdrawal from the firm: Hollinberger that she did not believe her | Property owners of the District of Colum- | tofore directed to ae te., are direct,| fited Mad the other half shall be paid by Nesslage died about au year husband had committed the crime alleged, | Dit in from fifteen to thirty-five years a ee ne ea aso tthe Euainiet ot Cone yet every individ. Sle ce mn Cosrapuinea wy than the value of oll the vote of land wink: | 285; Hylton vs. U. 8, 3 Dallas, 171; the | ual whose property ts benefited () 1s per. | £4e, Sdmission of William Ciark’ Wilson, than the value of all the lots of land with- in the city ef Washington. That is to say, Congress hes practically. in’ that space of time confiscated all the lands of private owners in the-city of Washington for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to providing the general government with a place of business wherein to conduct the nation’s affairs. Yet, in the face of these facts, and be- cause the people of this District have been, and still are, without representation. in Congress, possessing no voice in their own government and affairs, and reduced by operation of law to the condition of polit- ical nonentities, there ate always those in’ Congress ready and ‘willing to brand the people of the Districtséf Cgiumbia as pau- pers, feeding on thi lonal treasury. Having in the past colifiscated by taxation the property of the individuals, as above shown, and now after such property has in consequence of said -oppressive -taxation mostly passed into thé/postéssior-and own+ ership of newcomers fo the national capi- | tal, Congress has enacted,a new measure of taxation worse thaw alrthers, and this measure has rectived”the/tontirmation: of the Supreme Court of! ‘United States. I refer to the case ntl), decided im the Supreme Court of the United Stataes, ana known as the “‘street .extepgion cases.” Street Exter#jon' Plans, ; It Is my belief, attes’ ul calculation, that if that plan is ried.put the cost of opening, grading, sewert inl; id paving the new streets and avetiae hea the subse- Hotel Arrivals. Raleigh—C. H. Stevens, Boston, Mass.; C. E. Wall, H. H..Sonnehill, C. Y. Wheeler and P. Sawyer, New York; W. H. Hunt, San Antonio, Tex.; M. K. Henry, Seattle, Wash.; K. E. Baker, Fall River, Mass.; J. C. Homes, Kansas City, Mo.; B. Harris, St. Louis, Mo.; G. D. Davis, Chicago, Ill. Ebbitt—L. C. Grove, Hartford, Conn.; A. W. Barrett, Los Angeles, Cal.; Com. How- ell, U.S.N.; W. 8. Patton, U.S.A; P. 8. Connor, Cincinnati, Ohio; F. F, Becker and ee Philadelphia, Pa.; W. J, Carroll, New ‘ork. National—A. J. Snyder, Chicago, HL; C. N. Thompson, New York. Metropolitan—Judge J. B. McCabe, Lees- burg, Va.; A. W. Gunther, Philadelphia, Pa.; H. Johnson, Atlanta, Ga.; F. Damson, Hot Springs, Ark. \ St. James—A. D. Austin, Butler, Mo.; J. Cc. Bauer ard wife, St. Louis, Mo.; C. D. Bray and C. R. Case, Lynn, Mass.; E. C. Brill and G. S. Seaman, New York. * Arlington—A. E. Valois and Dr. T. W. Evans, Paris, France; H. Chenoweth and H. W. Chenoweth, Louisville, Ky.; W. Hvdson and H. Hadson, London, England; J. W. Jones, Harrisburg, Pa.; L..O. Brews- ter, New York; Dr. Pedro O. Luro, Buenos Ayres. Riggs—J. F. Evans, San Francisco, Cal.; O. Wears, Denver, Col.; C. C. Eggert and R. Karl, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bruen, Boston, Mass, * Normandie—H. P. Sullivan and wife, Erie, signument created genuine surprise in the street, where the firm had an excel- lent reputation and was considered sound. It is thought that the firm's abilities will be quite small. boas “HEIL DER KAISER.” Federalist, No. 21, Loughborcugh vs. Blak 5 Wheaton, 325; Story’s Cons’ and the famous income tax case recently decided in the Supreme Court of the United States.” te “Direct taxes must be by rule of appor- tionment.” The license-cases, 5 Wallace, 471, “Uniformity or equality is the cardinal principles,” Breman couniy vs. Railroad Company, 44 IIL, 238, “If Congress sees fit to impose a capitation or other direct tax it must be laid in proportion to the census; if to impose duties, imposts and excises they must be uniform throughout the United States. These are not limita- tions, but rules showing how the power shall be exercised,” Veazie Bank vs. Ferno, 8, Wall, 541. ‘Will it be contended that while these constitutional provisions and decisions of the courts a. that naga is wedge impro government property cinawiae ovk for the general we! sonally liable for the amount of the tax assessed agairst his property whether thr tax is greater or less than the vaiue of the same, while if the District of Colum- bia should fail to pay the contractors who did the work upon such extensions, such contractor would have the right to sue the District of Columbia for the amoiint due him, and if he could find no property be- longing to the District upon which to levy his execution he could then compel the marshal of the District to levy upon the property of any street railway company, market house, church, hotel or private residence, sell the same*at public auction and apply the proceeds on his judgment against the District of Columbia, based upon the cost and area embraced in the limits of the city of Washington hitherto improved under the system of the board of public works, it will be apparent that the same class of work to be done in the extension district will cost not less than sixty million dollars. Where is the money to come from to pay the bills? In conclusion I cite the beautiful prin- ciple of constitutional law announced by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Exparte Melligan, 4 Wallace, pages 320 and 121: “The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and peo- ple; equaliy in war and in peace, and cov- ers with the shicki of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances.” JOHN 8. BLANKMAN. ge Sain oie & Emperor William Entha: lastienliy Received at Francis Joseph's Court. BUDAPEST, September 20. — Emperor William of Germany arrived here at o'clock this morning, and was welcomed by Emperor Francis Joseph, the cabinet ministers and the civil and military au- . thorities. The approach of the imperial train was heralded by a salute of twenty- four guns, and when it steamed into the railroad station all those present on the platform loudly cheered his majesty, and Kaiser.” the bard played “Hell Der —_—_—_. Beheaded Trying to Get on a Trai SCRANTON, Pa., September 20.—Charles Newcomb of Conkling, Ohio, was beheaded at the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern railroad passenger station here this morning. He was in charge of a car of poultry en route from the west for New York city, Newcomb* left the train and had gene to the restaurant for his break- fast. While there the train started, and in trying to board a car he fell beneath the wheels and was instantly killed. Control Over the District. ‘The next provision of the federal Consti- tution is article 1, section 8, clause 17, Bae ae z= = wise quent grading of the lands‘upon the lines Shoreham—P.. E. Byznes, eapolis, | of such extended streets and avenues wilt Miun.; W. 8. Guitterez' and 0. Benjamin, n e New York; Wo H.C! lain and wite, | 2™@ouRt to more than the value of all the Cleveland, @hio; H. McKenna, Omaha, Neb.; H. 8. Booth, Philadelphia, Pa-; C. 8, Walther, Pittsburg, Pa. > strausn Philedciptia, Pas at, Me Gatland, ‘auss, a fr Ld J. O. Connell, Wellington—W. Floeckher, B. H. Harri- son and F. L. Bowerman, New York; L. G. ae L. C. Sanford