Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t,, by i Oo The Breng Sr AST coe LORE AR SS! Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers. on their own account, at 10 ecnts week. or a4 cents per montk. les at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. p Satcréay Quint: A Steet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage 1. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ., es xecend-class mail matter. 7 All mail sutecriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made Foown om application. Che £ve ny Star. No. 13,973, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1897—-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. The regular permanent family, circulation of The Evening Star, is more than double that of any, other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjecs tionable advertisements it theres fore stands unequaled and un approachable LOCAL LEGISLATION Bills Introduced of Interest to District Citizens. ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES AND CONDUITS Se Fixing Hours of Service of Laborers on Public Works. BRIGHTWOOD RAILWAY —_—_.+____- A relating to electric 5: lighting wires and conduits in the District of Columbia was introduced in the Senate today by Mr. MeMillan. The bill provides: That until Congress shall provide for a general suly tem, and in order to diminish the cuttin; of asphalt pavements, both the electric lighting companies now a 2 business the L rict of Columbia are hereby authorized to lay service co duits to and into alleys of all blocks ac jacent to the conduits that may be con- trolled by su s, and that house h compan connections may be established between such street condu all of which are hereby legalized, and all alley conduits that may be constructed under authority of this act: Provided, That no overhead wires 3 ing over public property shall be used in making such connections, and that all overhead electric wires now tn existence in or over any read, street, ave- nue, highway, park or reservation in the city of Washington shall be placed in un- derground conduits, which conduits shali be located as closely as possible unde the overhead wires that are to be placed underground and the length of such con- duits shall be limited to that necessary for the placing underground of such overhead wire: Provided, further, That such burying of existing overhead electric wires in the city of Washington shall be completed within ene year from the passage of the act, and th any wires which may not at the ex- Ppiration of such year be buried shall be re- nd it shall become the duty of the of the District of Columbia to make such removal at the expense of the respective companies owning such wires. Provided, further, That the overhead wi and con- with the same, and h wires may be con- from the Commis- rict of Columbia: Pro- such extensions shall be 1 the fire limits of the Dis- ct of Columbia. Provided, further, That the work herein provided to be done shall be under the dl- rection of the C ioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia ¥ permit fron? the Provided, further, cept as herein above provided, no’ public streets, roads, avenues, highways, parks or reservations shall be opened in the District of Columbia for the laying therein of electric light con- duits or wire Hours of Labor. Mr. White of California today introduced in the Senate a bill to amend the act of August 1, 1892, relative to the limitation of the hours of daily services of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the Dis- triet of Columbia. The bili provides: That any office- of the government of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or any contractor or subcontractor, cr if such centracter or subcontractor be a corpora- tion or association, then any officer, agent or employe thereof whose duty, or the duty of any of whom it shall be to employ, direct or control any laborer or mechanic em- ployed upon any of the public works of the United States or of the District of Colum- bia, who shall intentionally violate any provision of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each and every such offense shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not to exceed 31,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprison- ment, in the discretion of the court having jurisdiction thereof. The term “public works” shall be con- strued to include any article or property in process of manufacture or construction, contracted for by or on behalf of the United States, and upon which any pay- ment or payments, by way of installment or otherwise, may be made by the United States, its officers or agents as the work thereon progresses, as well as to include any and all property, real, personal or mixed, the title or ownership whereof is vested in the United States or of which the United States has exclusive direction or control. h end every day in which the law of which the act is amendatory shall be violated shall constitute a distinct and separate offense and shall be punishable as such; provided that nothing herein con- tained shall affect any criminal proceed- ings brought for a violation of the act which this is amendatory, pending at the time of the passage thereof. To Open the Museum Sunday. The Vice President laid before the Senate today a petition of a committee of the Deutscher Central Verein, asking that legislation be enacted to keep open the National Museum, the Congressional Li- )rary and the botanical garden on Sundays from 1 until 5 o'clock p.m. A Statue of Admiral Porter. A bill appropriating $50,000 for the erec- tion of a monument and statue to the late Admiral David D. Porter in the ¢ ot Washington was introduced in the 3 today by Mr. Chandler. The bill was 1 ferred to the committee on navel affairs. Brightweo Railway Compan Mr. Gailinger today introduced in the Senate a bill for the relief of the Bright- weod Railway Company, which was re- ferred to the committee on the District of Columbia. It provides as follows: “The Brightwood Railway Company of the District of Columbia shall not be re- quired to pay any sum or sums in lieu of taxes upon its personal property, as r quired by the sccond section of its char- ter, and which may have hereafter ac- crued, or which shall prior to the Ist of January, 1900, accrue thereunder, and from and after that date shall only pay such taxes upon its personal property as may be provided by law with reference to the taxation of the personal property of said railway, ami other street railway com- panies in the District of Columbia belong- ing to the same taxable class as the said Brightwood Railway Company. For District Suffrage. Mr. McMillan placed before the Senate today a resolution of members of the Fed- eration of Labor, Knights of Labor, Cen- tral Labor Union and citizens of the Dis- trict of Columbia in regard to the goy- ernment of the District of Columbia. It provides for popular elections in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and was lately pub- lished in The Star in tull. Heirs of Pom Kwang Soh. Also a bill for the relief of the heirs of the late Pom Kwang Soh, late minister to the United States from Corea. The bill grants @ quit claim from the United States to lot 35, in Barr & Sanner’s subdivision, Colum- oe and conveys the same to Ed- Frazar, consul general of Corea at jew York, in trust for the heirs of Pom Kwang Soh, subject to the dower of the latter's widow. An Insurance Bureau. Mr. Platt intreduced a bill in the Senate today to establish a division in the Treas- ury Department for the regulation of insur- ance among the several states, ete. Referendum on Local Government. Mr. Hartman of Montana has introduced a bill in the House submitting to popular vote of the residents of the District the question whether there shall be a change im the form of government for the District. ‘The bill is identical in terms with measures of like import introduced in previous Con- gresses. House District Committee. The House District committee assembled today for the first time in this Congress. All members of the committee were present except Mr. Peters, Mr. White and Mr. Sprague. Mr. Sprague is !l and has gone to Florida for an indefinite stay. No business was transacted at today’s meeting. A general discussion occurred cver the scope of the work, but action up- on bills and the appointment of sutcom mittees was postponed until next Wednes- day. Capitol Filtering Company. Mr. Barrett has introduced’ a bill in the House providirg for the installation of a complete filtering system for the water used in the Capitol puilding. o— LAID TO REST. Funeral Services Over the Late Gardi- ner Hubbard. ‘The funeral of the late Gardiner Green Hubbard took place this aftcrnoun at 2 o'clock from the Church of the Covenant. Lerg before the remains of the distin- guished scientist and philanthropist reach- ed the church the edifice was weil filled. Preminert statesmen, scientists and men and women prominent in Washington busi- ness and soctal circles were present to do Femage to the dead. Noticeable by their numbers were the young people, for Mr. Hubbard was a prime favorite with youth, and participated in their mall degree. It s past the hour when the remains reached the church. Headed by the ushers of the church, the procession moved down the middle aisle. First came the honorary pallbearers, Mr. own, Senater Hoar, ex-Senator sident Gillman of Johns Hop- ent. Whitman of Columbian ex-Secretary John W. Foster. ry Herbert, Prof. Langley of the n Institution, Prof. Newcomb al observatory, Charles D. Wal- cott of the geological survey, Major Powell of the bureau of cihnology, Anthony Pol- lok and Mr. James E. Fitch. ely following were the remains, with the folio 'g active pallbearers, tak- en from the National Geographic Soctet Gen. A. W. Greely ker, Wm. Di Hart Merriam, Prof. C. a S. Ogden, Everett Hayden, newt, H. F y. J. Me H. Neweil, = John Hyde and F. V. ‘The casket was of black, with hea ver trimmings, and devoid of flowers, 2utiful palm leaves being the only or mtation. The interment was at Reck Creek cemetery, cnly the immediaie family being present. Tribute to Mr. Hubbard. At a called meeting of the Memorial As- sociation, held at the residence of Chief Justice Fuller this morning, the foilowing tribute to Mr. Hubbard was adopted, 4 copy to be furnished to the family of the deceased: “The Memorial Association of the Dis- trict of Columbia records with tender sor- row the death of one of its charter mem- bers, Mr. Gardiner Greene Hubbard. ‘To him, in very large measure, our organiza- tion owes its existence. He recognized his duties as a citizen; and, among others, this, to do his share to give the national capital interest and attractiveness by car- rying out the object of this organization. “He gave frecly of time and money to preserve the house in which President Lin- coln died; and it is largely due to his wide acquaintance and great influence that the Congress has purchased that property to be perpetually held as a shrine of patriotic pilgrimage. We feel that in his death our association loses one of its most efficient members, and all of us a true and valued friend. We tender our heartfelt sympathy to his bereaved household.” eS SUBPOST OFFICE STATION. Lively Contest in Regard to a Pro- posed Removal on 1lith Street. There is a local fight on hand for the subpost office station which Is at present Iceated at the southwest corner of iith and P streets northwest. Some time ago the drug store where the substation is no-vy located was sold, and the purchaser before he closed the deal called upon the post of- fice officials and asked if there was any complaint, and if they contemplated mov- ing the station. He was infcrmed that everything was moving satisfactorily, and tkat no suggestions of a change had been mide. To make himself more certain he called upon Postmaster Willett and asked the same questions. Receiving like replies he asked Postmaster Willett if any change were suggested would he stand’ by him, and it is understood the postmaster re- pled in the affirmative. No sooner had the deal been close@, however, and the new proprietor safely in possession than a fight started to have the station moved to the northwest corner of 14th and Rhode Island avenue. This fight continues now with unabated interest, and it looks very much as if the station would be moved. A num- ber of citizens have called upon the first assistant postmaster gencral and urged the change. No reasons were advanced. Sen- ator Teller, it is understood, has interested himself in the matter, and is in favor of moving the staticn. The outcome will be announced in a few days. - CURTAILMENT OF LEGISLATION. The House Without Power to Rule Out “Riders” by the Senate. A story was put cut last night that Speaker Reed proposed an amendment of the rules of the House which would prevent “riders” being put on appropria- tion bills by the Senate. There is no such thing contemplated and no such thing pos- sible. The House cannot make rules which will control the Senate, and what may be addea to an appropriation bill in the Senate depends upon the Senate rules and the Senate votes. The republicans of the house may adopt @ policy for the treatmert of such “riders” as may be put upon appropriation bills by the Senate, but this would simply deter- mine the degree of resistance the House should offer to the will of the Senate. The House could net rule out any Senate omendment. It .could simply reject the amendment and permit the bill to fail, if the Senate insisted and stood firm. No rule of the House could affect this matter in any way, except cne to make the House rules as liberal to riders as are the rules of the Senate. The subject is cne that can be dealt with only through an agreement between the two houses of Congress. If they con- cur in policy the desired curtailment of legislation can be accomplished, or great firmness on the part of the house may cause the Senate to yleld to a considera- ble extent, but there is to force that can be exerted tarough the rules of the House. e+ _____ Death of Lieut. Col. McKee, Adjutant General Breck received a tele- gram this morning announcing the death of Lieut. Col. J. C. McKee of the medical department, retired, which occurred at his eetaeere 110 South Washington street, ON INTERVENTION Opinion in Havana on the Message of President McKinley. WHAT IS A “REASONABLE TIME” ES Opinions of Insurgents and the Spanish Elements. eee! THE AMERICAN COLONY (Copyright, 1897, by Chas. M. Pepper.) HAVANA, Cuba, December 9, 1897. International relations is a long term for Havana to digest. The people have no stomach for it. When their molders of public opinion put it more tersely as “this business of the United States and Spain,” the subject is better understood. The bull fight was over before the meeting of ihe American Congress and the message of President McKinley. Consequently they did not have to enter a competition in which the odds would have been all in fa- vor of the bull fight as a topic of popular interest. So this business of the United States and Spain has a fair field for analy- sis and discussion. Time has been given to correct first impressions where they were hasty or based on meager inforniation. The feeling of the community is what might be called settled. What it is today it will be a fortnight or perhaps even a month hence. The Date Fixed. An interrogation point would best sum- rarize this state of mind. What is a rea- scnable time? What the period in which Spain should re-estab!ish peace and secure the adoption of autonomy? What is the hear future? Probably the same questions are being asked In the United States, but they have more significance in Cuba. ‘Their meaning here implies distrust. If confi- dence in the ability of the government to pacify the island was strong these ques- ticns would not be asked. The inquiry is made and the answer given according to the leanings of the inquirer. The planters and merchants of Havana province, who some time ago decided to -wait till May, and then, if Spain had not - ablished her sovereignty, to ask a protectorate of the United States, have not put forward the time a single day. Five months is the limit of their loyalty to the mother coun- try, and in the meantime it is a half-heart- ed loyalty, for they are not giving the new colonial policy the fair trial which Presi- dent McKinley asks the American people to give it. They profess to find encourage- ment for their netion of a protectorate in the reference which the message makes to the United States having interests in Cuba which will not permit the suggestion of Huropean interference, The brief and vague synopsis cabled on this point is a doubtful straw for these Spaniards who are annexationists to grasp at, but they will do so. And May is thelr answer to what is meant by a reasonable time. Fecling at the Palace. The visible representation of Spain’s au- thority in Cuba, the palace officials, place the near future a year hence. While in- dividuals have changed with the change in administration, the atmosphere of the palace is the same. And in that atmos- phere President McKinley's message is looked upon as less menacing than was Mr. Cleveland’s a year ago. The official mind seems to run in a circular channel. If Spain could keep the United States from intervening during the last twelve months, wken the American people were worked up over Weyler's policy, the present of- ficials think they may reasonably expect non-intervention, when tkey are carrying out a more humane policy. ‘The elections in February, under autonomy, military operations against the insurgents if they continué to hold out, the coming on of the rairy season in May, when the movement of troops is im; ticable, and a cessation of active movements till the dry season agein, is the way Captain General Blanco hopes to span the gap. Naturally, he also hopes there will be no gap to span, and that the island will be pacified by spring, yet he has to consider the embarrassments which may destroy this hope and call for a definite program. Doubt Regarding Congress. In this palace view of the time within which intervention may come there is sometimes an inflection of doubt-regarding Congress. Mr. Canalyas, the Madrid editor and political leader, after his study of the present conditions in Cuba, hesitates to held out the idea to the people of Spain that they can leok for early results, and solicitously asks his American friends whether they think Congress will be likely to take action before May. I have been asked the same question in a different form by pelace officials, who are not familiar with our parliamentary methods, yet who have an indefinite notion that Congress, at some stage, dies a natural death. “Is it not the short session, and is not your cortes dissolved in May?” asked one of the ofll- clals who came from Spain with Gen. Blanco. Secretary General Congoste and others understood the practice better, but they all appear to feel that a crisis will be avoided if the national legislature is not in session in May. t In the meantime the Havana newspapers hold out expectations of Congress being kept in check through executive influence. For instance, “Diario de la Marina” re- publishes approvingly, though with some sly malice, what purports to be the utter- ance of a conservative New York news- paper. It is as follows: “The Pivsident has told that he has de- cided to use all his resources, including the distribution of political favors, with the purpose of preventing the Cuban question from reaching a critical stage in Congress. Some of the leaders of the jingo element of last year have been already converted by this method, and the President has re- ceived assurances of a support much stronger and more efficacious than any President has had for many years. This placating of the senators is a work of diplomacy. To placate some of the sena- ters Mr. McKinley ‘has hed the tact to harmonize differences. Besides a judicious distribution of the patronage the ident has made various important ‘concessions on certain subjects in exchange for the support which some senators will be able to give him.” % They know how to use the patronage in Cuba, also. The officials have been chang- ed, even to the administration of the gov- ernment lo’ NARROW ESCAPE FOR GOMEZ Insurgent Leader Takes Refuge in Moun- tains of Las Delicias, Closely Pursued by Spanish Force Under Gen. Pande—Autonomist Commissioners Hanged. HAVANA, via Key West, Fla., December 13.—It_is officially announced that the Spanish forces under the command of Gen- eral Pando in the province of Puerto Prin- cipe have been pushing insurgent leader General Maximo Gemez so closely that he was obliged, with about 200 men of his escort, to seek refuge in the woods und mountairs of Las Delictas. The commissioners sent by General Pen- do to different parts of the island, with in- structions to negotiate with the insurgents for their acceptance of the autonomous ferm of government proposed by Spain, have not returned in a single case, which seems to confirm the reports that some of them have been hanged by the insurgents, and others have elected to remain with t enemy. It is reported that Juan Delgado, the in- surgent leader, has hanged the two com- missioners who were sent to him with peace propositions. A dispatch recently received here from Madrid says that the autonomic cabinet for Cuba will not ve formed until the refomists and autonomists unite in one party, and it is added that the reformist deputy, Amb- lard, who is now in Madrid, will, on‘his ar- rival in New York, offer to Manuel Rafael Angulo, a member of, the Cuban revolu- tionary junta, a portfolio in the new au- tonomic cabinet in order to induce hitn to return to Cuba. ae a MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE. President McKinley’s Friends Re- member Him in Hix Affliction. CANTON, Ohio, December 13.—Telegrams of condolence are pouring in by the hun- dreds today. Early this morning President McKinley took a brisk walk in the bracing air for exercise. Every pedestrian that met him lifted his hat. ‘The indications row are that the funeral will be the largest ever held in Canton. Business will practically be suspended in the city. Ail the churches will be repre- sented at ihe services, and distinguished men will be present from all parts of the country. t Fs Rev. Dr. Menchester, paster of Mrs. Kinley's church, will make a very brief address, in order to permit the pastors of other churches time to express a senti- ment. CONFIDENT OF HA: Opposition -Factiom Claim Eleven Votes—Senator Undismayed. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio,” December 13.—The anti-Hanna republicans “are showing this week more confidence in their ability to prevent the election of Hanna to the Sen- ate. A friend of Charles L. Kurtz, former- ly chairman of the republican state com- mittee, states that Kurtz showed him let- ters from cleven republican members of the legislature, ia which they say they are unwilling to vote for Senator Hanna. Kurtz left the city Saturday and is said to be traveling over the state marshaling the anti-Hanna forces for the fight against him next month. Senator Hanna's friends, however, say his chances have not been im= paired and that he is sure to be elected. eS DEFEAT. oes SAYS DURRANT WILL NOT HANG. His Attorney Claims to Have Discov- ered Sensational Evidence. ST. LOUIS, December 13.—A special to the Globe Demccrat from San Francisco says: In an interview published this morning Eugene Deuprey, the attorney who is making such a fight.for Theodore Durrant, gives warning of sensational developments. He says that Durrant will not hang in January, as-is generally supposed, and that he will eventually go free. The at- torney says that revelations, are soon to be made in the case that will cause a profound sensation: Deuprey says that they are on the track of the real murderer and that. arrests will soon be made. eee THE HERBERT FULLER TRAGEDY. Decision of the Lower Court Reversed in Bram’s Case. In the United States Supreme Court to- day an opinion was handed down by Jus- tice White in the case of Thomas Bram, under sentence of déath by the Untied States circuit court for the Massachusetts district for the murder of the captain and the mate of the bark Herbert Fuller and also the wife of the captain at sea in July, 1896, the name of the captain being Charles Nash and that of the mate August W. Blomberg. The decision of the circuit court was reversed, on the ground that the lower court erred in ad- mitting the testimony of the detective with whom Bram conversed in Halifax. ‘The vessel cn Which the tragedy oggurred was bound from New York to South Amer- ica, and after the erime was discovered her course was changed and the first land- ing made at Haffax. A seaman named Brown was first arrested by shipmates, charged with the commission of the crime, and afterward, actvated by a statement of Brown's, they alsc took Bram into custody. The reversal Was based upon the admis- sion of Bram’s statement to the detective in Halifax. In the United States Supreme Court to- day the case of the yden Power Brake Company agt. the ‘ing&ouse company was restored to the docket for reargument and assigned to the first Monday in March. ‘This will make the third hearing in the case. The decision of the Supreme Court of New Mexico in the eage of the Springer Lund Association vsi Patrik P. Ford was tccay sustained in an-opiniom by the United States Supreme Cours, rem@ered by Chief Justice Fuller. The question involved was whether a mechanjée® lien ‘mpon an immi- gration system co ionly the ditches and reservoirs, or in to'these the lands under the ditch. cour® held the lien applied to the lands‘ held under the ditch as well as to the diteh itself, in this case involving 22,000 acres, Justice Brewer u hamded down the opinion of the United! esSupreme Court in the ease of the Midkigan Land and Lum- ber Company, plaintiffin error, vs. Charles A. Rust. Thé decision in the court of ap- peals was favorable to-Rust, and that de- irmed by today’s action of the It was held in brief that cision was Supreme Court. for in the current law LEGISLATIVE BILL Reported to the House by the Appro- priations Committee. BG COT FROM THE ESTIMATES A Notable Change in Rules for Sick Leaves. INCREASE IN CLERICAL FORCE —————— The legislative, executive and judicial ap- propriation bill, which carries the salaries for the clerical force of the executive de- partments for the fiscal year 18%), wes re- ported to the House of Representatives from the appropriatiors committee today. The estimates upon which the bill is based aggregate $22,343,286.65, of which amount there is recommended in the Dill $21,562,425.65. The appropriations for the same purposes for the current fiscal year aggregate $21,719.566.90, being $157,141.25 more than is recommended for the service of the fiscal year 1899. The total amount recommended in the bill is $780,861 less than the aggregate es- timates submitted. The whole number of salaries specifically “provided for is 10,00), being 198 less than the number estimated for and 25 less than the number provided Sick Leaves Made Exceptional. The most important feature of the bil! to employes of the departments is an amendment to the law regulating the granting of thirty days ck leave” in each year. The new law proposed is as follo “That section 5 act making ap- propriations for | executive and judicial expenses, approved March 3, 1803, is hereby amended to read as follows: “Hereafter it shall be the duty of the heads of the several executive depart- ments, in the interest of the public’ serv- ice ,to require of all clerks and other em- ployes, cf whatever grade or class in their respective departments not less than 5 labor each day, except declared public holi- utive order: Provided, That the heads of the departments may, by special order, stating the reason, further extend or limit the hours of any clerk or employe in their departments, respectively: but in case of an ension it shall be without additional compensation: Provided further, That t may grant thir pay if any one ploye: And prov some member of mediate femily ot pleye afflicted with a con- and requires the care and attendance such employe, or where his or her presence in the department would jeopardize the health feilow-clerks, and in exceptional and meritorious cases where a clerk or employe is personally {ll and where to limit the annual leave to thirty days in one calendar year would work peculiar hardship, it may be extended, in the discretion of the head of the depart- ment, with pay, not exceeding thirty days in any one case or in any one calendar year. “This section shall rot be construed to mean that so long as a clerk or employe is borne upon the roils cf the department in excess of the time herein provided for or granted, he or she shall be entitled to pay during the period of such excessive absence, but that the pay shall stop upon the expiration of the granted leave. Keeping Up to Date. “Hereafter it shall be the duty of th head of each executive department to re- quire monthly reports to be made to him @s to the condition of the public business in th2 several bureaus or offices in his de- partment at Washington; and in each case where such reports disclose that the pub- lic business is in arrears, the head of the department in which such arrears exist shall require, as provided herein, an ex- tension of the hours of service of such clerks or employes as may be necessary to bring up such arrears of public business. And all such extensions of hours of service shall be reported to Congress at the begin- ning of each regular session in the annual estimates of appropriations. “Hereafter it shall be the duty of the head of each executive department, and other government establishment, at the seat of government not under an executive department, to make quarterly a written report to the President as tc the condition of the public business in his executive de- partment or government establishment, and whether any branch thereof is in arrears.” The changes proposed by the bill in the clerical forces of the several departments are as follows: Trensury Department. Secretary's office—The office of the Secre- tary and the several divisions therein are rearranged as desired by the Secretary, and there are also transferred thereto from other offices or bureaus of the department fourteen employes, with salaries aggregat- ing $13,580; a copyist, at $840, in the loans division is omitted, and there is trans- ferred from the Secretary’s office to the office of the controller of the currency one clerk of class 1, $1,200, making an ap- parent, but not real, net increase of twelve employes, with salaries aggregating $11,540. In addition, two expert accountants, at $2,000 each, are provided for in the im- mediate office of the Secretary. Office auditor for the War Department— Two clerks of class 1 are transferred from this office to the appointment division of the treasury, and one clerk of class 1 is transferred from the office of the auditor for the Interior Department to this office. Office auditor for the Navy Department— One law clerk, at $2,000, is omitted, and a laborer, at $660, is transferred to the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Office auditor for the Interior Department —Four clerks of class 2 are transferred, re- spectively, to the offices of disbursing clerks in the Treasury, auditor for the Post Office Department, treasurey and secret service division; two clerks of class 1 are trans- ferred, respectively, to the office of the au- ditor for the War Department and the ap- pointment division of the Treasury; one clerk, at $1,000, is transferred to the ap- Pointment division of the Treasury; six clerks of class 1 are omitted entirely: one clerk, at $1,000, and one clerk, at $900, ditional are provided for, making an actual net reductton of four clerks, $4,300. law or exe: head of any department y days’ annual leave with ) h clerk or em- further, That where ef office of the auditor for the Interior De- partment. Department of the Interior. General land office—One clerk of class 4 and one clerk of class 3 are omitted. A depositary, acting for the missioner as receiver of public moneys and also as confidential secretary, at $2,000, ts provided for. One assistant messenger and five pack- ers, at $720 each, $4,320, are omitted. Six laborers, at $860 each, $3,960, are pro- vided for. Office commissioner of railroads—An as- Sistant bookkeeper, at $1,800, is omitted. Post Office Department. Postmaster General—A private to the Postmaster General is aiven in Meu of a stenographer, at $1,800, and a telephone operator, at $660, is pro- vided for. Office first assistent postmaster gencral— The salary of the superintendent of the money order system is reduced from $3,- 500 to $3,000; two additional superintend- ents of free delivery, at $2,000 each, an ad- ditional clerk of class 1, and an udditional clerk, at £0, are provided for. Office third assistant postmaster general wen additional clerk, at $900, is provided or Office fourth assistant postmaster gen- eral—An additional clerk of class 3, a two clerks, at $00 each, are provided for. Ia addition to the foregoing, a rear- rangement of the clerical force of the several offices to the Post Office Depart- ment has been made, in accordance with the recommendation of the Postmast without increasing the numb or compensation, and six employes now employed in the department and paid from general appropriations for the postal ser- vice are specifically provided for in the bill, and a provision of law is recom- mended prohii ng in the future any fur- ther employments of this character. Other Departments. Provision is made for an additional as- sistant secretary in the executive office, at $2,500, and for one clerk of class 2, $1,400, in lieu of a clerk of class 4, $1,800, making a net increase of $2,100. Three laborers, at $660 each, are trans- ferred to the State Department from the office of the superintendent of the State, War and Navy building. Provision is made for a clerk to the Sec- retary of W 2 400 Office secretary r Y general, a ‘tion is made of one clerk of class 1. appropriation for employes in the office publication ef Records of the Re- beliion heretofore carried in this bill omitted, with a view to providing for the concluding of publication of the Records of the Rebe ja~ s, at $660 each, are trans- ferred to the State Depart The aj 8 Ss omitted from the office of the Nautical Almanac. Limitations on Appropriations. The following limitations and restric- tions on appropriations not heretofore im- pesed are recommended: “Taat hereafter law books, books of ref- erence and periodicals for the use of any executive department, or other govern nent establishment not under an executive de- partment, at the seat of government, shali ased or paid for from any ap- not be purc propriation made for contingent expenses or for any specific or general purpose un- less such purchase is authorized and pay- ided in the ment therefor specifically provic law granting the appropriation. “Hereafter the Secretary of State shall cause to be delivered to the superintende of documents the Revised Statutes, suop! menis the sessicn laws and Statutes- at-large, to supply deficiencies, and to be sold by him under the provisions of sec- tion 61 of the act approved January 1895, entitled “An act providing for the p lic printing and binding and distribution of public documents.’ “Section 3711 of the Revised Statutes as amended by section 6° of the act making appropriations for legislative, executive and ivdicial expenses, approved March 1895, is amended to read as follows: “Section 3711. It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the civil, military or navul service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wocd for the public service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or n.easured by some competent person, to be appointed by the head of the department or chief of the branch of the service for which the purchase is made from among the persons authorized co be employed in such department or branch of the service. The ;erson appointed under this section shall ascertain that each ton of coal weighed by him shall consist of 2,240 pounds, and that each cord of wood to be so measured shall be of the standara measure of 128 cubic feet. Each load or parcel of wood or coal weighed and meas- ured by him shall be accompanied by his certificate of the number of tons or pounds of coal and the number of cords or parts of cerds of wood in each load or parcet.’”” —————~e+ —___ THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. Col, Allen Reports on the Progress of the Survey. Col. Allen of the Engineer Corps, who is making a survey for the propcsed me- morial bridge across the Potomac river from the old naval observatory to the Arlington estate, says he expects to com- plete the making of test borings on the trial lines of survey before the close of the month and also to complete the map of survey. Twenty borings were made in and near the main channel of the Potomac during November. These borings requir2d a total penetration of 280.8 feet, of which 129.3 feet were in mud, 117 feet in sand and gravel and 24.4 feet in rock. Borings were also made in the Little river behind the training dike and the lower end of Analostan Isiand. In that locality there was a total penetration of 206 feet, of which 188 feet were in mud, 88 feet in sand andé gravel and 9.2 feet in rock. Little river is now so shallow that the snag boat used in the work can be moved only at high tide, and as northwest winds Erevailed during November, causing the tides below the average, the work has been greatly delayed. —_——_-2—______ TO BE SENT TO IRELAND. Remains of the Late Secretary of the British Embassy. It has been decided to send the remaine of Mr. Osborne McM. Kavanagh, late third secretary of the British embassy, who died in this city last Thursday, to Ireland for interment. Religious services will be held over the remains at the embassy tomor- row. They will be private. ——_ e--___ Personal Mention. Lieut. 8. L. Fraiser is at the Cochran on leave. Capt. W. 8S. Mercer, 8th Infantry, is at the Ebbitt. Lieut. Charles E. Helena is here on leave of Vreeland of the absence. He is at 1122 com- GIRLS AGAINST BILL Richmond, Va, Belles Oppose Anti= Foot Ball Legislation. APPEAR BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE In Spite of Th ure is Favorably Reported. Influence Meass LIVELY FIGHT ea eres AHEAD Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 13.—The foot ball fight started this morning in the <ene ate committee on general laws, and was ree ported favorably by a vote of 5 to 4. Quite a number of young ladies were present who had brothers and sweethearts at Richmond College, and applauded so en- thusiastically whatever was said in favon of the game that Senator Mushbach, the chairman, had to request that no further demonstrations be made. Senator Barksdale said that there was @ disposition to ridicule his bill, but that he offered it in good faith; tt -vas a bratal game and should be prohibited. A representative of Richmond College Was present with the headgear and foot ball suit, which he donned and demons strated that the player was well protects ed from injury. Mrs. Virgin’ Morgan Robinson, whose son is an invalid from a blow received in a game a r ago, was present and spoke. A letter Was read from President Elliot of Harvard in strong support of the game, and several speeches were made in ite defense. The adoption of the bill by the commit- tee was a surprise to those present. The close vote indicates that the fight in the senate will be hotly contested. Senator Parr introduced a bill today pro- viding for a decrease in salari of state treasurers of cities id counties. When collections are $60,000 they are to get 1g per cent; when $15,000 and under, 4 per cent; for delinquent taxes they are to get in addition 2 p mounts under $10,000, per cent when over that amour Mr. Kizer’s bill to protect girls under fourteen from Immoral influences was ena ercssed and will The an cia! order in the I bill was made the spew ate for tomorrow. COLOR LINE «HT IN ILLINOIS. School Question at Alton Before State Supreme Court, ALTON, Ill, December 13.—The Alton public school ccior line fight will be trans- ferred to Springfield. Mayor Henry Brueg- geman, City Counseilor H. 8. Baker and Attorney J. F. McGinnis will go there today to fight in the state supreme court the final answer of this city to the petition of the colored citizens, Palmer and Brenholt, for a writ of mandamus to compel the admis- ion of colored-children indiscriminately to ail public schools in this city. It will be argued that the points set forth in the petition are all null and void; that the city in providing new, conveniently lo- cated and perfectly equipped school houses and assigning the colored pupils thereto, has acted elearly within the law, and has not only not discriminated against the col- cred children, but acted for their best moral and intellectual advancement. Meantime the fight here, while it has ceased to be aggressive, is on as severely as ever. No colored child is allowed to enter any other than the new schools as- signed to them. and while the attendance in the latter has slightly increased, the ceiored people generally have persisted in their policy of kecping their children at home rather than to submit to the dictation of the board of education. > TRAGEDY AT FIDDLETOWN, TEX, & Fred. Barth Kills Wife, Wo Daughter and Attempis Suicide. ST. LOUIS, December 13.—A special tq the Globe Democrat from San Antonio, Tex., say: News was received here today of a terria ble tragedy which occurred in the settlee ment known as Fiddletown, forty-miles north of here. Fred. Barth, sr.. a prose perous German farmer, without warning, took his shotgun and, placing it at the back of his wife, fired. His daughter, upon hearing the shot, ran into the hall, and, seeing her mother lying upon the floor with her clothes burning, bent over her to ex- tinguish the flames, when her father, who in the meantime had secured a razor, step- ped up behind her, saying, ow I will finish you a'so,” took hold of her and at- tempted to cut her throat. His aim was too high, and he cut her from the forehead down to the chin. The girl ran out and called for help. When neighbors arrived they found that the old man had cut the throat of his wife and had also cut both of his arms at the wrists and was bleeding to death. Barth was arrested and placed in jail. He will give no reasum for the deed. He is apparently sane. D ROBBED. CHLOROFORM a) Proprietor of Boarding House at Uni« versity of Virgin! Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 13.—John Campbell, proprietor of the University of Virginia Student Bvarding House, was ckloroformed in his room last night an@ robbed of $240. The robbers tied him hand and feet. oss the bed. When he was discovered he was unconscious. There is no clue ag yet to the robbers. ——— CYCLONE VISITS LOUISIANA, Houses Destroyed and Shipping Wrecked at La Hache. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 13.—& small cyclone visited Pointe La Hache, forty-five miles below New Orleans, this morning. Seven houses were capsized and La Touraine Overdue. NEW YORK, December 13.—The French line steamer La Touraine, which sailed from New York December 4 for Havre, and which was due to arrive at Havre yesters