Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1897-16 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE|FRIENDS OF CIVIL SERVICE Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the League at Cincinnati. Fatal Collision on Chicago and East- ern Illinois Railway. Morning Session Devoted to Secret Committee Work—Good Reps THREE KILLED AND THREE INJURED resentation Present. Due to Carelessness of Crew of Extra Train. PASSENGERS ESCAPE UNHURT CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 16.—The sixteenth annual meeting of the National Civil Service Reform League began a ses- sion of two days here today, with Carl Schurz presiding. The forenoon session Was devoted to a joint meeting of the gen- eral and of the executive committees, with od closed doors. The following delegates were = - , present: ee ON Aes Donensber 10-1 rain No: | poston Charles) Warren) ¢ Samuel W: 3 on the Chicago and Eastern Ilinols | yop railroad, which left Chicago at 11:34 last |~ = = night, ran into an extra train near here} C2™bridge—Morrill Wyman. New York—Carl Schurz, Geo. McAneny, Horace E. Deming. at 5 o'clock this morning. Three employes were killed and half a dozen others in- Jured, but none of the passengers was | , butalo-Sherman 8. Rogers, Thos. Rich Philadelphia —Herbert Welsh, C. R. - Woodruff. neste Be Baltimore—C. J. Bonaparte, Sylvan ne Se Drey, Darilel Miller, A. G. Gosman. agree ete Washington, D. C.—John J. Edson, A. G. z injured—Engineer G. Foster. shtly injured—Mail Clerk W. F. Rabb, Mail Clerk H. Cadwallader, Express Mes- Wolf, S. W. Woodward, F. L. Siddons, A. J. Glassie. Cincinnati—John W. Warrington, Leopold F. Atchley. A 2 5 were badly wrecked, the | KleJbolte, Rufus B. Smith, Herman Goep was thrown down an em-| per, C. B. Wiiby, Max B. May, L. C. ban (and the mail car smashed. The | Black, H. N. Davis, Larse Anderson, J. G. the accident is not definitely | Schmidlapp. at present, but it is suppused to} Richmond, Ind.—Dudley Foulke, Jesse n due to the crew of the extra) Reeves rlooking the passenger train. was interrupted for about six Noble C. Metzger, Indianapolis—Lucius B. Swift, Butler, Hilton N. Brown, Alb Frederick W. Dewhurst. Fort Wayne—Henry M. Williams. Chicago—John W. Ela, Edwin B. Smith, Ralph M. Easley. Estimates Under Consideration for | St, Louis Henry Hitchcock, A. L. Berry, ¥ > a er r : sidan kod inlets Louisvilie—Lafon Allen, F. N. Hartwell. biota nat iio lash a Cleveland—Wm. E. Cushing, James R. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 16.—The Gartield. beard town commissioners of Hyatts-| Chattanooga—Geo. W. Ochs. ville held a special meeting last night to Ei oe Sarge = at censider the question of establishing water! Tyoiegates from municipal organizations nd sewerage in the village. are also present, representing the follow the engineer appointed to | j ans, estimates that the water Travel hours. > — IMPROVEMENTS AT HYATTSVILLE. Peet. von: Louis Civic Federation, Louisville ood City Government Club, Citizens’ com- ea othe at mittee of Vine N. J; Boston Reform re gna cS ra eae: Club, Boston National Municipal League, om; and an electric light plant, $10,000, | Chicago Civic Federation, Chicago Munic- making « tetal of $75,000. i Voters’ Li Washington board of Mr. Lyons is of the opinion that water | trade, Minneapolis board of trade, St. Paul can be obtained at a depth not greater | Chamber of commerce, Cleveland chamber than three hundred feet. He proposes to | Of Commerce, Cincinnati chamber of com- k wells upon the top of the high | ™erce- = QUARRELED ABOUT MONEY. Wine’s woods and erect a tank wells. engine will be ump the water irem the wells to The commi ners took the re- board will im- th the citizens’ commit- Proprictors of a Vrinting Office Have a Disagreement. Mordecai Harris, colored, was today held tely confe St aac pagehawchd ht AG ee in $500 bail for a jury trial, by Judge Kim- % r le to take action regard-| ball, to answer the charge of ulting improvements. and beating Allen W. Brinckley, also col- ored. The two men are 2LL DEAD. | printing office on 6th morning there w. Her Husband Was Once | rela am Minister Here. partner proprietors of a street northwest. This dispute between them and Harris struck his head with umprelle: BARONESS VON HITT It is Said over , December 16.—Baroness | following tnis by knocking Brinckley dow , who Is said ve} With a mailet and pounding him in the Hiker ahs SEAN Paces. Wititla Panola aesotret THOR INTE ofa G was n minister to 1 dead today boarding | Officer Brannan ran in and pulled Harris off of the other. Brinckley was taken to the Eme Hospital, where his wounds Were attended to. >—— erintendent of Documents. cause foil nae alee’ stators In the Senate today Mr. Lodge gave no- ew Orleans, Her hus-| tice ef the following amendment to the represented his gov- m about thirty ye: 30. legislative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill he proposes introducing, pro- viding: “That the office of superintendent of public docurcents and all government publications in charge of said office be transferred to the National Library and placed under the direction of the superin- tendent.” DEATH OF JAMES MITCHELL. Former Solicitor General in the New Brunswick Cubinet. ST. STEPH B., December 16.— Eas James Mitche tor general in the Matilda Diggs’ Offense. New nswick cabinet, and formerly | Matilda Diggs, colored, charged with premier of the province, died at his home | sending an obscene letter to Annie Lee- here tod He resigned the premiersh: last summer owing to ill health, but r tained his piace in the cabinet. He was born in } woed, also colored, today held for the action of the grand jury by Judge Scott. a Driver Was Blameless. Moses Foote, colored, thirty-four years old, who lives at No. 1234 2d street south- > TRY TO STOP PRIZE FIGHT. Long Island Citizens Vainly Asi | west, was arrested and taken to the fourth Gov. Black's Aig | precinet station this afternoon for driving ALBANY, N. Y., December 16.—The Rev. | his wagon over John Miller, three years Charles Park and J. Rufus Terry of Long} old. The child was but slightly injured. An investigation of the case showed that the affair was an accident, and the driver was not held. Island City argued in vain with Governor Black today to have him stop the Cree- don-McCoy fight, which ts scheduled to take place at that city tomorrow night. ‘The gentlemen said that the local author- ities, including Mayor Gleason, were hand- in-glove with the baser element of the city and paid no attention to the requests of | individuals who desired the law and order. | ‘The governor said that it was not for him to assume that the law was to be violated by the local powers, and did not choose to indicate to the public in advance what — Held for Grand Jury. Peter Washington, colored, charged with the larceny of a coat, valued at $10, from Jack White, also colored, was today held by Judge Kimball in $500 bail for the ac- tion of the grand jury. It was Washing- ton’s second offense. >—_— Switzerland's President-Elect. BERNE, Switzerland, December 16.—The Newton aon ee tng, aw Should be | federa! assembly has elected Eugene Rufty ated. How, then, in this case, could he Ee : erat as governor know that a tight adecrisci | t2 te president of the confederation. M. as a glove contest was to be a prize fight? | Mueller was clected vice president. Both Mr. Terry and Mr. Park left the chamber, {| president and vice president-elect are rad- Saying to the newspaper men that the fight | icals. Tre new president was the vice Was soing to be stopped by them somehow. | president for 187 and succeeds Adolphe ee Deucher. ——— Japan Will Not Act Alone. PARIS, Deember 16—The Gaulois today prints an interview with the Japanese min- ister here, in which he is quoted as declar- ing that Japan will not take any action with reference to the German occupation of RESOLUTIONS PROPOSED. Second Day of the A. F. of L. Meeting at Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn., D American Federation of in adjourned s mber 16.—The por met today The committee on sion. resolutions introduced a resolution which | Kiao Chou bay without consulting the had been prey and submitted by Dele- | Powers interested in the far east. gate W. E. Klapetzky of the Journeymen [pene aes Barbers’ international U urging the & co ane ; Federation of Labor to give its earnest | NEW YORK, December 16—Arrived, encour. “nt to the prop legislation | Kaiser Wilhelm I, from Naples; Ethiopia, in behalf of the union barbers of the coun- | 10m Glasgow; Cufic, from Liverpool. try. Th ution was discussed by sev- ERS Hambarg’s Dam Brings 81:3,000, LEXINGTON, Ky., December 16.—Kd. A. Tipton has purchased Lady Reel, dam of Hamburg, and a brood mare by Rayon DOr, of S. S. Brown; price, $15,000 for the two, Hamburg’s dam being rated at $13,- ou. - and finally referréd to the s without recommendation. jerkin offered a resolution, at as the supreme court In the the Arago case has held that ments of contracts to labor d by the Constitution ot ——— the Uniteg States, the American Federa- Pioneer Californian Murdered. Uon of La®or appeals “to ail lovers of their =o 5 kind to watch for and if possible prevent| OAKLAND, Cal., December 16.—Patrick any legisiation by any siate legislature or | Murphy, a pioneer resident of Temescal, by Congress which shall in any way give| vas murdered by an unknown assassin force and effect to the principle laid down | just night. He was shot through the heart in this decision.” The resolution also urges | as he left his cottage to go to a nelghbor- upon Congress “to blot from the present | ing store. statute e provisions which now make ese this forcible upon seamen and _ y . ¥ ‘. fishe ‘The resolution was adopted. | Gormam! Will Not Move td New York. W YORK, December 16.—Senator Gor- man, who is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, said today that there was no truth in the report that he intended to become a New Yorker and join Tammany Hall. hae eee eras King George Ratifies the Treaty. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 16.—A dispatch from Athens, received today, an- nounces that the treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece been ratified by King George and that it will be dispatch- ed today by a special steamer to this city. One of the most important reports of the Session was that of the special committee sense of the at the employment of conviet be primarily for self support, at the furthest for the making of gocds which should be used in state institu- . The recent legislation of the state of Pennsylvania on the subject was com- mended ard provided that not more than 5 per cent of the prisoners of the state shall be erployed in any one industry, and th intre c of labor-saving mach: Ty is forbidden. The Southwick bill, which is to be introduced before Congress, embodies Re the ide the committee, and it was ayment om Unlow Pacific. recommended that st be sanctioned by the | NEW YORK, December 16—The pay- federation. i Snited State: 5 ‘The adoption cf the committee's recog. | MeMt to the United States of $5,500,000 on mendations of the Southwick bill whys | #¢count of the purchase of the. Union moved, but it was objected by some that | Pacific raflroad by the Union Pacific re- the pill does not provide that this law shali | organization committee wus made today cover the United States prisons, as well as the state prisons, and another reading of the committee's report was called for. ee BLIZZARD RAGING IN NEBRASKA. through the medium of a check for that sum deposited in the United States sub- treasury in this city. SSS Asylum Wants an Alarm Box. The Commissioners today informed Dr. W. W. Godding, superintendent of St. Eliz- abeth’s Insane Asylum, that they regret that there are no funds at their disposal with which to place a fire alarm box at Heavy Snow Falling and Thermome- ter Below Zero. OMAHA, Neb.. December 16.—A severe blizzard is raging in Nebraska and neigh- the asylum. boring states, the temperature having fal- len 40 degrees within a few hours, reach- ing below zero. A heavy snow fall is re- ported in northwestern Nebraska, and ra:l- road traffic is being interfered with. If, however, the asylum will Meet the actual cost of a box, $120, the Commissioners will grant the required use of the wires. They agree with Dr. Godding at there should be a box located at the asylum. EES SEE EE ee eee TO RELIEVE MINERS Bills Promptly Passed by Both Houses of Congress, SENATOR WOLCOTPS FOREIGN TRIP a Prohibition of Pelagic Sealing Taken Up in the House. AN ANIMATED DEBATE Mr. Hanna of Ohio, after an illness of a week, appeared in the Senate today and was cordially greeted by his colleagues. Mr. Frye of the commerce committee favorably reported a bill directing the Sec- retary of the Treasury to purchase or con- struct a suitable vessel for revenue cutter service on the Yukon river, Alaska, the cest not to exceed $40,000, Mr. Frye asked for immediate consideration of the bill, as the necessity for its enactment was im- perative. The bill was passed. Mr. Morgan of the foreign relations com- mittee favorably reported a bill for the re- Lef of the heirs of Pom K. Soh, the late Corean minister. Mr, Morgan said in ex- planation that the bill simply enabled the heirs of the late minister to acquire title to certain prorerty in the District of Co- lumibla. The bill was passed. Mr. Allison of the appropriations commit- tee reported favorably the House joint res- olution providing for a recess of Congress from December 18, 1807, to January 5, 1598. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Hawley ‘of the military affairs com- mittee reported the resolution of Mr. Mc- Br (Ore.) for tne relief of American miners and Giher sufferers in the Yukon valley, Alaska. The committee struck out all but the enacting clause and amended the resolution by appropriating ),000, which is to be used hy the Secretary of Wer for the purchase of subsistence and supplies and for their transportation and distribution, the consent of the Canadian government first to be obtained to pass over the Canadian territory. The resolution further provides that the supplies are to pe distributed among the needy miners, as the retary ef War may determine, and that the supplies are to be transported by means ot reindeer, the reindeer to be sold after they have performed their service. Mr. Hawley asked for immediate consid- ation of the resolution and it was then adopted, Mr. Pettigrew secured the adoption of a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to furnish the Senate an itemized statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Central Pacific railroad for each year from 1871 to 1897, the statement also io show the subsidies paid to steamboat companies. Mr. Cannon (Utah) offered and had passed a resolution directing the Sec tary of the Treasury to furnish the Sen- ate the names of the revenue cutters em- ployed on the coast of Florida to pre- vent filibustering; how many such expedi- tions were thwarted; what vessels were tured; what armed expeditions were taken, and by what authority of law the Secretary of the Treasury acted in the matter. The Bimetallice Mr. Allen’s resolution calling upon the President for information about the 1n- structions given to the international mone- tary commission and the report made to him by the commission then came up. Mr. Wolcott (Col.), chairman of the com- sion, said that the commission had not > a report to the President. The Eng- lish government, he added, has publishe a resume of the proceedings of the com- ion in Great Britain. That document will soon be here, and as it covers the sub- ject fully it will be valuable to senators and to others. “I hope soon,” said Mr. Wolcott, “to make a statement concerning the work of the monetary commission. Quite natur- ally the statement I shall make Will be unofficial, but it will contain some infor- mation that may be of interest and value to the Senate. “As I have been absent from the coun- try about nine months I have not, since my return, on account of an accumulation of business been able to prepare such a statement as I should like to make to the Senate. If the senator from Nebraska (Allen) will permit the question might go over until after the recess, when, about the middle of next month, I shall be able to discuss the subject.” Mr. Wolcott asked that a speech deliver- ed by M. Meline in the French chamber of deputies on the 20th of November last, in which he dealt at considerable length with all subjects bearing upon bimetallism, be printed. Meline shows said Mr. Wolcott, hat the steady depreciation of prices of agricultural products is due solely to com- petition between gold and silver coun- tries.” The translation was ordered print- ed. Mr. Stewart (Nev.) sald that he had been satisfied from the first that the ef- forts of the commission would fail. In the course of his remarkg Mr. Stewart said that the utterances of the President and Secretary of the Treasury proved that this was a gold standard administration. This statement brought Mr. Chandler to his feet. He said that Secretary Gage had never announced that the present admin- istration was in favor of a gold standard, and he did not believe that the senator from Nevada desired to misrepresent the administration. Mr. Stewart disclaimed any intent to mis- present President McKinley or Secretary se, but he insisted that the words and actions of the Secretary had established the truthfulness of his statement. Mr. Allen (Neb.), the author of the reso- tution, said he ‘3 not disposed to press it at this time if the senator from Colorado (Wolcott) desired to speak upon it at a later date, but he thought that the matter ought to be cleared away. In response to an inquiry, Mr, Wolcott said that he did not think the commission had any intention of making a report at this time, and, as a matter of fact, he did not know when the report would be made. “There is no desire upon the part of any- ”" said Mr. Wolcott, “to prolong the jations after all hope of success has ppeared. No member of the commission Id delay for an hour the announcement of its decision, after a decision, one way or the other, shall have been reached.” Mr. Allen said he had always been satis- fied that international bimeta!lism was a dream—an ideality that would never be at- tained, but he was willing to afford the commission all reasonable latitude. He asked that the resolution go over until the 15th of next month, and it was so agreed. The Census Force. Mr. Gallinger called up the census bill for the purpose of replying briefly to a state- ment by Carroll D. Wright incorporated in Mr. Lodge’s speech of yesterday, in which Mr. Wright was reported to have said $2,- (00,000 would have been saved if the last census had been taken by a force under the classified service. Mr. Gallinger stated that Mr. Wright's calculation was based largely upon the printed space occupied by the census reports as compared with the re- ports of the labor bureau. He expressed surprise that so reckless a statement should have been made by a man usually so care- ful as Mr. Wright. Mr. Pritchard (N. C.), chairman of the committee on civil service, which is en- gaged in a general investigation of the civil service system, followed in a speech dealing with the general features of the civil service law, contending that under the democratic administration there had not been an honest enforcement of the law. He did not, he said, impute corrupt motives to those administering the law, but ne did assert that they had “permitted their par- tisan zeal to induce them to place a con. struction on the‘civil service law, in many instances, that is at variance with the = as well as the plain letter of the jaw.” “There can be,” he continued, ‘no such thing as an honest enforcement of the law if we are to permit the classification as made by Mr. Cleveland to remain in force, and it is the imperative duty of the repub- lican party to modify the faw so as to give expression to the honest intentions of the framers of the statute.” It was, he said, a singular coincidence that it never occurred to Mr. Cleveland to make his sweeping extensions of the civil service law until he reached that point where it was obvious to him that his party was to be repudiated by the Commission, American people at the next general elec- tion nor until ‘he: all republicans had been removed from pffice and their places filled with simon paye democrats. _. The Govermment Printing Office. Hé continued?! ~ *? “The classifftaticr{; of the governmhent Printing office; is, within my judgment, without warrant of ixw. In the first place, to adopt the language of the public printer, the government printing office is simply a great manufactiring’ plant, involving var- fed branches of, skilled labor of high grade, and the civil service;rules are, in my judg- ment, an obstruction rather than an a‘d to efficiency and to egonomy. In my opin- fon, the civil service.rules, as promulgated for enforcement here, should be modified radically, susp@nded, ‘6r repealed.” “So far as I have assumed for argument’s sake, the civil. service law authorized the Classification of the government printing office, but as a matter of fact, I think I am prepared to show that Mr. Cleveland's action in promulgating rules for the gov- ernment printing. office was unauthorized by law.” Mr. Pritchard quoted sections of revised statutes to uphold his position and con- tinued to say that this law expressly con- fers upon the public printer the authority to prescribe such rules as he may deem necessary for the proper selection of the employes of the government printing office. He said this law was enacted subsequent to the enactment of the civil service law and that we are governed by it. “Iam prepared to show,” he continued, “by the express wording of the civil service law that the classification of laborers and workmen is not ohly unwarranted, but is in violation of the act itself.” He continued to maintain this positloa, and said: “In order to extend the civil service law to limits beyond its legitimate scope the civil service commission has undertaken to draw a distinction between laborers, classifying one grade as skilled laborers and the other as mere laborers, and in the gcvernment printing office an entirely new device has been adopted by which those who in other departments are dominated as mere laborers are divided into two clesses, and one class is designated as ‘helpers,’ when in truth and in fact they are performing similar duties to those who are designated as mere laborers.” He continued to criticise the way in which employes in the government printing of- fice are designated, and said: “It is the duty of the republican party to correct this abuse at orce, because if we do not there can be no such thing as an honest enforcement of the law. The ugliest feature connected with the classification of the government printing office is the fact that numbers of unskilled laborers working irside the government printing office are det.ominated as ‘helpers’ in order to evade the plain letter of the la He quoted a letter from Mr. Palmer re- garding this matter, and then said: “Before I conclude there is another view desire to call to The civil ser- limits of this question that I the attention of the Senate. vice law within certain prescribed vests the chicf executive with ‘disi ary power as to its application. It purely a question as to“what extent we should go in applying the civil service rules as respects the executive departments in order to secure the best result in the way of efficient service. I have given this subject much. thought, and I am convineed that aa! positins in the ervice requiring executive abilit excluded’ from the classified s ems to me that those who favor the merit ystem should agree that you can test the clerteal ability of an Individual in a meas- ire by a_ written: ex: ation, but t you cannot test the executive ability of an lividual by sych.exgymination,” Mr. Pritchard then’ quoted letters from Secretary Wilon of the Department of Agriculture, Seeretary Bliss of the Depart- ment of the Interior; Commissioner Her mann of the gpneral jand office and ( missioner Evans of the pension office, sho: ing the positiths these officials thought should not be included in the classified service. Con¢luding, his remarks, Mr. Pritchard said “We may have ever so many theories in regard to thi but after all it is our duty as representatives of the people to be guided by those who have had practical ex- perienc! tters. While I am op- pose now administered, at the same time:E propose to confine my op- position to it-dinside of republican line! as I do, that the republican party ttle sugh a question as it always has settled them, for the benefit of the servic and at the samg¢ time not infringe upon the rights of the American people. At 2 o'clock ;the bill went over to a fu- ture day, and, on motion of M the Senate went into executive s Mexienn Treaty Ratified. The Senate today ratified the treaty for the extension of the time of the Mexican boundary line treaty. ‘There was no debate. in executive session REPRESENTATIVES. In the House today Mr. Cannon (Ill) ask- ed unanimous consent for the consideration of the bill appropriating $175,000 for the purchase of subsistence stores for the re- lef of miners in the Yukon river district and for their transportation and distribu- tion. Mr. Cannon said the bill had not been technically considered by the appro- priations committee, but tHe members of the committee had consulted about the matter. Mr. Sayers (Tex.), the leading minority member of the committee, testified to the urgent necessity for the passage of the bill owing to the absolute impossibility of pri- vate parties getting food supplies into the district. Mr. Bailey (Tex.) said he did not be- lieve in the government going into the stor- age business, but he would not object to the consideration of the bill. Mr. Simpson (Kan.) reserved the right to object, and the propriety of the bill was discussed with this reservation. Mr. Cannon submitted to the House a statement prepared by Dr. Sheldon Jack- son, one of the agents of the commissioner of education, who was in the Klondike re- gion as late as September » af to the conditions there. Dr. aJckson expressed the opinion that there would be no suffer- ing as far up the river as Fort Yukon. The food supply on the upper Yukon, however, in his opinion, would not last be- yond March, and he indorsed the recom- trendation of the Secretary of War that food be sent in by reindeer via Dyea. Mr. Cannon said whether these miners were in America or British territory,wheth- er they were American or British subjects, if they were starving it did not become the American Congress to hesitate about voting them relief. (Applause.) After this statement unanimous consent was given for the consideration of the bi. Mr. Bailey said he had never been able to be charitable out of the public funds. He believed charity cught to be voluntary, and he had never voted for relief funds to those stricken by fire or flood. But he realized that distress appealed to the hearts of all, and he would, not protest against a bill designed to 'reli¢ve that distress. But he did protést against the government set- ting up store h § and becoming a vender of provisions. H' this was to be done the government should give the relief freely, without hope “dr eXpectation of getting back a single @dllar. “He thought the pro- vision in the bill forthe sale of the pro- visions to suchyas were able to buy should be stricken from the bill. Mr. Sayers (Texas) tulled attention to the fact that whetiit was proposed to send relief to the ngturalized citizens residing in Cuba there was net a dissenting vote. Why not, ther,’ relléve our citizens who might be on British: soil? The bill was passed without division, al- though there te scattering noes when HOUSE OF the Speaker called for the negative vote. Secretary Alger wa8 on the floor during the debate, =f To Prohibit Pelagic Sealing. Mr. Hitt (Ill), chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, secured unanimous con- ‘sent for the consideration of the bill passed by the Senate yesterday to brohibit pelagic sealing by citizens of the United States. He explained its scope and purpose, and the necessity for its enactment, in view of the pending uegotiations with Great Britain. Mr. Hopkins (Ill.) thought that a time limit should be placed on the operation of the act, so that in case the negotiations should collapse our citizens would not be at a disadvant: Mr, Hitt said our government did not ad- Was a right; it mit that pelagic was a barbarity. We were pressing upon Great Britain a negotiation for the protec- tion of tke seals that three governments had already to. If we were sin- cere we should o2ss this measure. Mr. Johnson (N. D.) made a vigorous speech of an hour in opposition to the bill. TO RETIRE CLERKS Representative Tawney’s Bill Intro- duced in the House. TO LAY OFF THE AGED EMPLOYES Optional and Compulsory Provisions in the Measure. ITS OBJECT EXPLAINED Representative Tawney of Minnesota to- day introduced in the House a bill “to increase the efficiency of the public service by optional and cempulsory retirement of superannuated and disabled government em- ployes,” creating a fund by withholding each month from the salary of the em- ployes 3 per cent of such salary, or so much as the Secretary of the Treasury deems necessary, of which fund those who are retired shall receive a certain percentage of the average salary which they received during their service. The bill applies only to employes in the classified service. On the money thus withheld the govern- ment will be required to pay interest at 4 per cent per annum, to go to the credit of the fund. After July 1, 1901, employes who have reached the age of fifty years or more and have been in the service twenty years, and for any cause except vicious habits are disabled, shall be compulsorily retired, receiving 50 per cent of the average annual pay they received while in the service. All employes who have been in the ser- vice for a period of thirty years may be re- tired upon their own request and paid an annuity equal to 65 per centum of their average annual pay while in the service. Compulsory Retirement. Those who have reached the age of sixty- five years and who have been in the service for thirty years, shall be compulsorily re- tired and paid an annuity equal to sixty- five per cent of their average annual pay while in the service. Persons voluntarily or otherwise leaving the service, who withdraw from the retire- ment fund tne amount to which they are entitled, and thereafter re-enter the servi shall not be entitled to the time they serv. prior to leaving the service. if they are separated from the service but still keep up their payments and enter the service again, they retain all their privilege: From the annuities paid to those who are retired pricr to July, 1912, the sum of 5 per cent shail be retained in the fund. This for the reason that such persons will en- joy the full benefit of the retirement privi- lege and fund without having contributed to the retirement fund in proportion to thelr benefits. In Case of Death or Dismissal. Any employe having contributed to this fund who shall die before retirement, or who has been dismissed, or who may re- sign, shall be returned the amount with- held. This provision also allows interest on the salary withheid to those who are de prived of employment by reason of an. legislative enactment, or whose dismissai is due to a reduction of the force. The payment of these annuities must be made monthly by the Secretary of the Treasury. Applications for retirement must be made to the civil service commission, who will make the retirements and certify them to the Secretary of the ‘Treasury. Whet Mr. Tawney Says. Mr. Tawney has made some careful cal- tions of the probable effect of this taw, king into consideration the conditions as they exist in the departments. He said to a Star reporter today that 4,000 will be about the annual average number on the retired list. This would necessitate the payment of about $3,300,000 Into the funds each year to meet the demands. The total annual income of the fund would be $3,439, sou if 3 per cent of the annual average sal- ary of all employes in the classified service is withheld. In 1901, when the retirement provision goes into effect, there will be 4,000 persons subject to its provisions, in- cluding those who would be entitled to voluntary retirement. The vacancies thus occasioned would ne- cessitate about 20,400 promutions in the classified service. BEVERLY WARD, JR., DEAD. Intimation That He Commited Suicide ause of Love Affair. NEW YORK, December 16.—Beverly Ward, jr., a young man well known to New York society, was found dead in bed at the club house of the Baltusrol Golf Club, near Short Hills, N. J., today. It is said that his death was caused by poison. Dr. Campbell, who had been at- tending Mr. Ward, admitted this fact, and said that the poisoning was purely acci- dental. Every effort was made, however, to suppress the particulars of the case. Mr. Ward was about twenty-two years of age and unmarried. He had been in low spirits for some time, owing, it is said, to the announcement of the engagement of a young lady of this city to whom he had been paying attentions. = PROFESSIONAL THIEVES. Detectives Believe None Are Now Operating in Washington. * “The stores are crowded today,” remark- ed a member of the detective corps to a Star reporter this afternoon, “and things begin to look like Christmas.” “What about thieves?” asked the xe- porter. “There may be some petty stealing going cn,” he answered, “and that cannot be stcpped, but I don’t believe any profes- nal shoplifters have been at work.” He explained that because of the manner in which goods are displayed it is impos- sible to prevent some petty thefts. Pro- fessional workers, however, are not look- ing for small things. They are after such valuables as sealskins and furs and bolts of silk. Most of the dealers have been warned and detectives are on the lookout for the crooks. SS USED AN IMPROVISED STILETTO. Antonio Demnarco’s Victims Are Now Both Dead. STAMFORD, Conn., December 16.—Au- gustino Corelli died today of the wound inflicted by his nephew, Antonio Demarco, last night, at the time the latter killed Fillepo Corelli, Augustino’s brother. The weapon with which the double murder was committed was found today near the scene of the affray. It is a steel file sharpened to a point and at the sides, making a keen edged dagger seven inches long. se es Confirmed by the Senate. The Scnate also confirmed a large num- ber of promotions in the army, the most important being: Col. Samuel Breck, es- sistant adjutant general, to be adjutart general with rank of brigadier general; Capt. Henry O. Sheldon Heistand, 11th In- fantry, to be assistant adjutant general with rank of major. Col. William H. Bell, assistant commis- sary general of subsistence, to be commis- sary general of subsistence, with rank of brigadier general; Lieut. Col. James Gilliss, deputy quartermaster general, to be assistant quartermaster general, with rank of colonel; Lieutenant Col. Thos. Ward, assistant, adjutant general, to be assistant adjutant general with rank THE FALL OF KIAO CHOU | FINANCE AND TRADE German Admiral Would Not Listen to Propo- sitions of Delay. Gave Three Hours to Comply With His Demands and Then Clear- ed for Action. VANCOUVER, B. C., December 16.— Chinese papers brought by the Empress of India thus describe tie taking of Kiao Chou by Germans: On Sunday morning, November 14, the three German warships, the Kaiser, flag- ship, with the admiral on board; the Prin- cess Wilhelme and the Arcona, entered the bay, and the admiral sent word to the gen- eral commanding the garrison that he had come to obtain satisfaction for the murder of the two German missionaries, of Bishop Ansors, a Roman Catholic missionary, which took place November 1 at Yon Tu, in the east of the province, and that he in- tended landing a strong party of men and occupying the forts. The Chinese general in command sent back an evasive answer and tried to refer the matter to Peking, saying he had nothing to do with it. Peremptory Reply Given. The admiral returned a peremptory reply, saying he would land his men in three hours, and would use force to carry out his orders, giving the Chinese garrison that much time to evacuate the forts. The Chinese soldiery, composed of the coolle warriors, were scared out of their wits when they saw the “foreign devils’ ships make ominous preparations for busi- ness by running out their guns and lower- ing the yards, while the boats were swung out in readiness for landing men. The Chinese general sent word to the German fiagship that “he yielded to su- perior force,” and meekly bowed his head to the inevitable. He begged to place his life and those of his wives and numerous family under German protection, and ready to obey the honored commands of the German adiriral. Strong Force Landed. Then several hundred men, with six guns, were landed without the slightest oppos' tion and in admirable order at three points, each division marching straight to the nearest fort, which they found tenantless. The Chinese flags were promptly hauled down and the German ensign run up, Nhereupon the three warships fired a sa- juie, There was no confusion whatever, and the few country people in the neighbor- heed, quickly recognizing what had hap- pened, accepted the situation. es CHILDREN CARED FOR. Court Ord * That They Be Kept by Board of Guardinas. Irene ard Jenny Nichvlson, the two little daughters of the late Frank Nicholson. who committed suicide some months ago, were today temporarily turned over to the board of children’s guardians, and a third child, aged three years, w left in the care of the mother until the finel disposi- tion of the case tomorrew. The children were brought into court by Humane Officer Samuel Wilson, who mad= cath that the three children were kept by their mother amidst vicious-and immoral association, and are destitute of a suitable home. The mother made a pathetic appeal to Judge Kimball to be allowed to keep the children, at least for a time, but the urt stated that, in view of the cireum- ance: he would only graut her request so far as the youngest child was concern- ed, and he would not even decide as to that before tomorrow. * —— Mrs. Carter’s Case. The case of Mrs. Deborah H. Carter, who was released a few days ago from St. Eliz- abeth’s Asylum on a writ of habeas cor- pus by Judge Bradley, end who was ar- rested Friday last on the charge of de- stroying private property, will come before Judge Scott this afternoon after recess. —— Price of British Protection. From the Indianapolis Journal. John Chinaman has had a thought and wants his head rubbed. He has found that he can get Great Britain to defend all his coasts. All he has to do is to give Great Britain the aforesaid coasts and she wil! defend them to the bitter end. It is as sim- ple and practical as the Irishman’s plan for selling his frying pan to get something to cook in it. ——__+s—____ The Squirrel Track Run tp a Tree. From the Springfield Republican. “T am thinking seriously of withdrawing from politics’—such is the astonishing and sensational remark attributed to William Jennings Bryan. But since we find it in the Galveston (Tex.) News, which saw it in the Chicago Inter-Ocean, which took it from the Richmond (Va.) Times, which heard of it from an anonymous correspondent, who says that Bryan told him so on a railroad train near St. Louis, there is no immediate necessity for the democracy to seek a new leader. —_—__+ ++ —____ A Grent Operation. From the New York Werld. As exemplifying the magnitude of Amer- ican commercial operations it*ls worth re- cording that Leiter yesterday sold 5,000,000 bushels of wheat in Chicago, engaged freight cars on the Pennsylvania line to transport it to tide-water, and chariered five steamships to carry a part of It to Europe. This is believed to be the largest operation of the kind that was ever made in any country. ——__~+++___ Lash the Villains, Confound *Em. From the Philadelphia Press. Santa Claus has survived tempest and famine, pestilence and hard times too many Icng ages to be knocked out of the juvenile hearts of Christendom by a lot of icono- clastic asses whose alleged stern and un- bending adherence to truth is nothing more than an attempt to achieve cheap notoriety at the expense of one of childhood’s dear- est and most harmless illusions. Out upon the whole crew of Santa Claus smashers! ———_+ +2 —___ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, December 16.—Flour dull, un- changed—receipts, 21.853 barrels; exports, 29,621 barrels; sales. 600 barrels, Wheat firmer—spot and month. 95%a97; January, 97 2 red, 91a14y—receipts,” 48,229 bushels; none; stock, 1,142,949 bushels; sales, 1 els—southern wheat by sample, grade, 92%4297%. Corn firm—spot, month, 32%ja83: December, new or BQ ntz%: Janvary, 32\4a32%; February, 32%a22%; steamer mixed, "311431%4—receipts, 119,088 bushels; ex- ports, 64.28 bushels: stock, 915.659 bushels; sales, 2.000, bushels—southern white and yellow coi 27%a32%. Onts steady—No. 2 white, 20%.930: 2 mixed. 27a27%4—receipts, 17,136 bushel: none; stock. 476,374 bushels. Rye firm—No. nearby. 51 No, 2 western, 52%a52%;--receints, 30,097 bushels; exports, $1,412 bushels; stock. 229,- 601 bushels. “Hay stendy—choice timothy, $13.06. Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Sugar strong, unchanged. — Batter quiet—fancy creamery, 23. Eggs and cheese steady, unchanged. Whisky un- a ——_»>—_—_ Government Bonds. Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. ae Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets ‘Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, beer Co., New York. Open, High. Low. Close. of colonel; Lieut. Col. Wm. Anthony Elder- 91% 921 ‘1 ronan | kin, assistant commissary general, to be 83 a | assistant commissary general of subsist- 29 % ary ence with rank of colonel. % 30) ae J. Waldere Ktwl, who recently shot Rich- a ard Mundelbaum in a hotel in New York, an was discharged from custody yesterday. 455 It is reported that John W. Schorr, the turfman, has offered Jockey Tommy Burns cee $10,000 to ride for him eee = ss Emperor William arrived at Kiel yester- | yay.. 5.84 Southern Railroad’s Dividend Causes Advance in Its Stock. COAL ROAD STOCKS IMPROVED Market Was Irregular and Showed Weakness at Close. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, December 16.—The senti- mental first effects of yesterday's action on the part of the Southern railroad man- agement in declaring a 1 per cent dividend on the preferred stock of that company Was reflected in higher Prices in both the foreign and domestic markets. This ac- tion, coupled with the resumption of div- idends on the preferred stock of the “Big Four,” clearly demonstrates the position of the largest financial interests in ine stock market. Lower prices might result from unfore- seen causes, but a campaign in that in- terest would not be preceeded by dividend disbursements on stocks in no wise pledg- ed to such expenditures. hstanding the preponderance of be in favor of higher prices, the morning devoted to an effort to force a large + out of a liberal line of long stocks. ‘isten: was, of course, encountered at almost every point of ack, but advances were by no means the feature of the day's trading. Metropolitan and Manhattan were ex- tremely nervous at times, and covering purchases alone seemed to’ sustain pric The Northern Pacific issues were the sub- jects of considerabié realizing during the the prices of both the common and erred stock reflecting the increased sales. The coal shares, with New Jerse’ ntral leading at an advance i per . were the most conspicuous features of the day. These stocks as a group have been neglect- ed for a time, owing to the vagueness of all data concerning future plans and pros- pects. Late developments have demonstrated that inside efforts to bring about harmon- fous action on the subject of the total out- put and individual percentages of the traf- fic have been multiplied and with good re- sults. The anthracite coal issues are con- sequently regarded as probable leaders In the next general advan. The Grangers, particularly are weil taken on the recessions and hay undoubtedly a double advantage in large eernings and organized effert to make the most of them. rrowness Burlington, is to be contended with for a time, and realizations over the holiday period may force fractional recessions, even though the selling interests arc forced t higher prices to regain their holdings after the New Year. The ef American Sugar attracted ion by on of the steady yielding although a fraction over 1 per ed the decline, depression this active industrial, while limited in in pric cent cove: in degree and relatively of small moment, had an adverse influence elsewhere. The adjournment of Congress at the end of the week is general! regarded as an addition to the fund of favorable influences, but operations are not suffic ing the last hour prices were off down aroun and in man tances t of va prevailed during this period. There was i fpecial news to inspire selling, the al of a demand suficing to curtail prices. The decline may extend to the cus- temary limits of a traders’ reaction, Wut nothing more substantial seems likely for the present. —— pe FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices oi the New York stock market today, as rm ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 8) Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sprrita..... American Spirits, American Sugar. American Sugar, pi American Tobacco. Ametican Cotton Oi Atchison: . Baltimore & Ohio. Bay State Gas. Canada Southern. Canada Pacitle. . Chesapeake & Ohio. C.C.C. & St. Lous. BB ig enicago, BL & Q.... 2. 908 ChicagoaNortuwestern§ 121% Chicago Gas... 26% C M. & St. Paul . My C M.& St. Paul, pfd. oe Chicago, RI. & Pacific. “Stiy Chicago, St. Paul, M.& 4 Consolidated Gas. Det. Lack & W . Delaware &Hudson ..., U3 14118314 Den. & KioGrande, pid 46 46 45K 48K Generai Blectric Ihneis Centra. Lake Shore. Louisville « Nashviiie. Metropolitan Traction, Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central... Missouri Pacific. ‘ational Lead Co. ional Leau Uo. pid. New Jersey Centrai. . New York Centrat Northern Paeitic Northern Pacific, Ont. & Western. Pacitic Matt... Phila. & keading. Puliman P. €. Co. Southern Ky., pfa_ Phila. Traction ..! ‘Texas Pacitic Tenn. Coa: & iron. Union Pacitic. U.S. Leather, ptd. bash, Western Union Tei; Sliver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Lincoln Na- tional Bank, 10 at 110. Washington ¢ 4614; 25 at 464; 25 at 46g; 25 Electric Light, 10 at 100, Atueriean ¢ preferred, 12 1 Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 14: 10 at 142%; 10 at 142% 10 at 2 Columbia matic Gun Carriage, 700 at 60 cents District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fund Fr 102% bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 111 bid, asked. Water stock 7s, 1901, currency, 112 bid. Water ‘stock 1993, currency, 112 bid. 3.468, funding. currency. 114° bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitun Railroad 5a, jetropolitan Railroad cony. 6s, 122 bid, Metropolitan Rallroad certificates of , A, 125 bid, 130 asked. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indebtedners, B, 114 bid. Belt Rallrond 6s, 75 asked. Eckington Railroad 6s, 95 bid, 100 asked. Columbia Railrord Gs, 121 bid, 125 asked. Washington Gas Compauy 6s, se- Hes A 112 bid, Washington Gas Company Gs, we- ries B, 112 bid. CU. 8. Electric Light debenture imp., 104 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 102 bid. American Security and Trust Ss, F. and A. 100 bid: American Security and ‘Trust 5s, A. and 0. 100 bid) Washington Market Company ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Compa ext. 68, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5x, 10% Washington Light Infantry ist 6s, 90’ bid, National Bark Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 270 bid, 300 asked. Metropolitan, B02 bid, 315 asked. Central, 200 bid. Farmers and Mechanios’, 153 bid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 135 bid. Colum- bia, 130 bid. 107 asked. Lincoln, 109% bid, 111 Safe Deposit and- Trust Companies, Safe Deposit and Trust, 115% ‘bid, Washington Lon and Teast, 1 x American Security and Trust, 146.tid, 150 asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 50" bid. Railroad Stocks.. asked. M. Papital, 120 bid! West Kod; 103 od.