Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Com: 8. H. aurea IN Prest! ) Now York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, eo ‘The Evening Star ts served to submcribers ta the eity by carriers. on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month les at ti counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepald—S0 ccnts per month. Saterday Quintuple Sheet tar, $1 per year, with foreten postage a $3.00. (Entered a. the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as secend. mail matter. © All wall subacriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of sdvertising made Fnown on applicatien. —— Star. No. WASHINGTON. D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1898—FOURTEE PAGES 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 unobjec- tionable-advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable A RIGHT TO REMOVE Important Decision Affecting the Civil Service. POWER OF DEPARTMENT HEADS Morris Keim’s Petition for Rein- statement Dismissed. APPEAL + TO BE ee TAKEN The Court of Claims this morning ren- dered an important decision bearing on the power of executive officers to dis their clerks. The ¢ will go to t Siates Supreme Court. The case is that of Morris Keim, an old soldier, and v over two y rs ago. ably discharged from rmy in !865 ‘iy re on of disabiltt, ISSS, after examinaticn by the civil commission, he was appe ed toa the Post Offlee Department. al times and, on rk in the pension ary was reduced then from s beg Mr. Keim was ho the $1,200 to $1,000. July 31, 1894, he was dis- charged and has not been le to secure reinsta nt. Hig discharge was rec- ommended by Pension Commi: ren on the ground of inefficiency. The Petition Filed. Luther R. Smith and John C. Chaney of the District bar filed a petition In the Court of Claims two years ago for accrued salary for Mr. Keim d seeking by the pet to e his instatement. The petition set forth that under the law giving prefer- ence to soldiers and sailors Mr. Keim had been fhily discharged, and brought up the question of the right of a head of a department to make removals. About a year ago Col. John G. Capers, the attorney for the government, filed a demurrer to the petition of Mr. Keim, but trer was temporarily overruled rt that the case might be briefed 1 heard on thi ar- joner Loch- re wre countr! rendering d on some involve y dismisses Mr. t pro forma tha by the Supreme nted and Justice decision of the case. y took no part in the Decision. ys in th circumstance decision, afier of Keim’'s dis- into the course of 4 executive departm te in advancing or degrading or dismissing a subol who has entered the execut service * recommendation of th civil s and who is also an nidier. fendants assert that the y Not sufficiently competen Th and an effort fs made to show th : that he was dismissed for other reason than lack of sufficient abil and ny event) he was not given the preference to which on (otherwise) even terms the former sol r “The first question we h is as to our power. May a utive department, exam: Nicer, - of diseretion, put him, in effect. up > witne and. and investigate the r which influenced the exercise of this discretion? “The plaintiff seeks to show th entitlec ve to consider court enter an the acts of inquire into his exer- on clerks were less efficient than he hese clerks were retained while he was dis hut who is to decide as to this effictency. the dministrative affi- cer, responsi duct of his office upen this for his the officer and presum- ly competent and upright subject to still superior e cont and legislativ per is he to dee this, or are the courts “The civil service ide for trance into govern loy; they direct that (other things beigg equal) the soldier shall have preferen but some one in z thority must in i Lec whether the form Ss placed hi self in h a position of equality with hi Sas to be entitled to the statute ry a bread principle. the power to ap- point implies the power to rei (People exr lough Y. Sup. Ct. MIT. The Court of the United States (ex parte Hennen, 13 Peters PATSONS V. oC. CL waz, and 167, hold their « of the he t. It would t & most extra struction of th law that all were during which must inevit unless incumbent was remo: 1 of the department.’ ppoint has been limi te laws; the power remains unimpaired im the executive except for this, that (other things being equal) the removing power must retair the man who has served dur ing ar as a soidier; so again we reach the p much els to dee ‘If the courts can evamine these ques- tions, if every discharged clerk can by an t of case which (although has been said) simply is—who is appeal to the judiciary possibly override his chief and reinstated in an «ffice for which hb {f deems him incompe- tent, the di of the departments is yas! In Chishelm’s case this court held ‘upon = 3 these the executive officers decide; they are questions of which in their nature longs having the re vility.’ The the government carefully ads of th ipal execa- and important ained men of broad experi ence and fonal reputation; io them certain pressure and respons 1 in an effort to improve the subord civil i the atutes now under usideratir passed; but these star aly to selection for int do not touch upon the power except that (other tHings being sidicr shall be retained. or xXecutive officer decides Bs mov law sling, him is the unwrt f fce, Kindness and writ that (other t the soldier shall be pre vision of this purely 4 to the judicial bi ment of the United States. mssed.” The attorn that an appe prenme Court. — —? Col. Morrison Admitted. Among those admitted to practice in the Sipreme Court of the United States today was Wm. R. Morrison, who has been for so many years chairman of the interstate commerce commission, and will now re- sume practice of the law, his term of office having expired. for Mr. Keim today said 1 would be taken to the Su- BACK FROM THE KLONDIKE Passengers on the Corona Tell of Situation in Alaska. ge Confirmation of Reports Regarding the Food Supply—intensely Cold Weather—Gold Brought Down. SEATTLE, Wash., January 3.—Forty-five Klondikers arrived here last night on the steamer Corona, from Dyea and Skaguay. ‘They brought no late news, as all of them left Dawson previous to November 25. In reference to the food situation, they con- firm the stories of last week's arrivais that be there will this winter, al- though previsions are scarce. It will be ary, however, they think, to send s in the early spring, as the stock on hand will be pretty weil exhausted by the time the Yukon opens for navigation. The returned Klondikers say that the Weather at Dawson is extremely cold, th thermometer ranging from fifty to seventy degrees below zero. The {ce all along the river is piled up «s high as fifteen feet, and only the best dog teams can get over it. Many outtits which started Gown in boats were met along the river, frozen in, where they will have to remain until the ice goe no famine out. A party of mounted police, with six teen horses and twenty tons of provision Were met_at Bennett Lake, on the way down to Big Salmon, where Major Walsh is waiting for them. The town council of Skaguay has adopted t of resolutions protesting agalust the bment of the subpert of Dy The Olutions se the duty collect- since ment of the port amounted 1 the revenue to be » months will prob- People are pouring in- steamer. houses 4 taxed to influx continues mmodations will be out of the question within two weeks, it is feared. The trail: good con warm we across the mountains are not In ion at present owing to raw and ther on the coast and deep snows n the summit. The estimates of the amount of gold brought down on the Co- liffer widely. rarge all the w 000) to $500.08 Dr. Van Zandt O lil, and party of eight are said have brought $80,000. st ANCISCO, Cal., January 3.—A special from Townsend, 00 in gold mer Coron which has a ure on the fully guarded eamer was on the trip down by two watchmen day and night. Some of the nuggets high as fifteen ounces. A man nam he hail nugget thi ounces. One ‘sin Capt. Carroll's room was p from ( cked with nuggel In addition to this amount considerable more arefully tied up in sacks among the re turning Klondikers. From a careful esti- mate it is s y that in drafts and gold dust as about $1 in th aboard the Corona. Harmon MeConnell of San Francisco one of the retu en He stim: t over y the mine In his opinion, that a conservative e: timate. —<_=—__ AT ONCE A LOSS AND A GAIN. Houston, Texas, to Have w OF sen pot to Cost £300,000, HOUSTC v January 8.—Judge Wilson of the fiftieth civil district court has a decision in the the city of Houston against the International and ut Northern, being an action to deter- ne the title to about $200,000 worth of uston property now in use by the road. Phe decision quiets the title of the railroad company and they will begin work next week on the new $300,000 passenger depot. The property in question was deeded to the railroad by the city council about twen- ve nd the former has been Clyde Manw Marysvil MARYSVILLE Neck Broken Cal, Satorda Cal., January yde Manweil, one of the members of the Wheat- lar ot ball team, who was injured in a scrimmage during the last half of the game the Marysville Athletic Club team . died at 2 o'clock this morning. He received an injury to the spinal cord opposite the sixth cervical yverterbrae, which caused paralysis from the seat of injury downward. There was also some in- ternal injury in the region of the chest. death young Man- ng quarterback and ‘kled_ one arysville men. In do- ing so I caught him above the knee. Then I fell, my head resting on the leg of the man I tackh When th 1 and m body on the ground. n to pile on us in my neck cr; » and when the crowd piled off I eried, ‘Oh, my neck,” and turned over on my back. ‘That is all 1 remember. z ssris AS SENATOR STEWART SEES IT. ‘Trouble in China Portends World- Wide Financial Slavery. DENVER, Col., January 3.—Senator Stew- art of Nevada is in Denver today and will resume his journey to Washington this evening. ‘The Rothschilds syndicate. said he, “is about to divide China among the gold-standard nations of Europe. All the nations of Asia are to be reduced to financial slavery. The next movement will be to divide South America. What will then become of the free institutions of our own countr What then can intervene to support the Monroe doctrine? The muney ndicate, which began {ts work with the Gownfall of Napoleon, proposes to reduce the worid to slaver; pea Ses ESTERHAZY TO BE TRIED. Retired French Army Officer Mixed Up tn Dreyfas Case. PARIS, January 3.—Gen. Saussier, the military governor of Paris, has decided to try Maj. Count Esterhazy by court-martial behind closed doors on January 10. Count Esterhazy is the French officer on the retired jist who, at the time of the Dreyfvs agitation, was brought into prom- inence by the publication in the Figaro of a number of letiers, of which ne has admitted the authorship, reflecting most severely upon the French army and upon France. also been alleged that Count Bster- 2 author of an anonymous note yed a prominent part in the court- martial of Alfred Dreyfus, the former cap- tain of French artillery, sentenced to mm- prisonment for life after having been con- victed of se!ling important military plans to the agents of a foreign power. Sess ee PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS GIVE UP. Sal ite Spanish Flag Hoister Camoerent and Biacubate. MADRID, January 3.—An official dispatch from Manila, capital of the Philippine Is- jands, announces that the Spanish flag nas been hoisted at Camoerent and Biacubato. It is added that the insurgents rendered military honors and cheered for Spain. at BESET ON ALL SIDES England Faces Grave Situations in China, Egypt and India. a ee BOLD TALK OF MANCHESTER PAPER Troops Dispatched to the Nile Against King Menelek. —__+—__-—__ FIGHTING 1N INDIA MANCHESTER, England, January ‘The Manchester Guardian today says: “The government has categorically stated that Great Britain will refuse to recognize any special rights granted at any Chinese Port or any particular power. Any port opened to other powers must be opened to all or open to none. If Russia has been granted the right to winter ships at Port Arthur, Great Britain will enforces her rights to the same privilege and her ships will winter there, whether China cunsents or does not concede the right.” Continuing, the Guardian says: “If Germany obtains a naval station at Kiao Chou, Great Britain insists upon hav- ing a lease of ground for a naval station at the same port, and she will support every ether power making the same claim. Favored Nation Clause. “The contention of the government is that the most favored nation clause in the British and all other treaties with Ch! forbids any special concessions of the ture contemplated by Germany at Kiao Chou and prevents nations from acquiring Special benefits in which the others have bot a share. “The government has also declared that the same principle applies to such transac- tions as railway and mine monopuies. ‘Tak- ing her nd on the treaties, Great Britain refuses to acknowledge such concessions, and will insist upon similar railway and mine rights and will use such fore cure defend them as may be nec “This declaration does not apply to ¢ sions of territory to which the existing treaties do not refer, but relative to this ingency the dispatch of Great Britain to China says that when it oceurs graver questions will arise. The government will then consider the manner in which British interests can best be saieguarded, and the form which the compensation to Great Britain for the special advantages of other nations must take. Supporte by Japan. “It is reported that a similar declaration has been delivered to the Chinese and other governments by Japan." Russo-Japanese Allinnce Urged. ‘Tr. PETERSBURG, Japuary The Novosti publishes an article strongly urg- ing a Russo-Japanese alliance, as the best means of guaranteeing their mutual in- ter nd the maintenance of the political equilibrium. It is understood this view is favored in Russian officiel circles, in which it is feit that such an alliance would contribute to very serious complications in ihe far east. Powerful at Hong Kong. HONG KONG, January 3.—The British warship Powerful has arrived here. The Powerful is a first-class cruiser of over 14.000 tons displacement and 25,000 indicated horse power, with an estimated speed of about twenty-two knots. She car- ries a crew of $40 men. inese Officinl Recalled. PEKIN, January 2 (Delayed in transmis- sion).—The Chinese authorities spent three hours at the German legation today, dis- cussing the recall of the commandant of ‘Tsao Chou, province of Shan Tung, who is charged with having used threatening lan- to a German missionary, and finally nted to summon him to Pekin for ex- amination, also promising that he should not return to Tsao Chou. The Trouble in Egypt. LONDON, January It is semt-official- ly announced in this city that the mov. ments of Bfitish troops in Egypt are en- Urely due to the news of the threatened northerly advance of the Dervishes, and that they don’t imply an immediate ad- vance in the direction of Khartoum. The Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mail says, as part explanation of the Brit- ish advance up the Nile, that it is believed French expeditions have arrived quite close to Khartoum. According to the same au- thority, the British force wl be com- manded by Major General Sir Francis Gren- fell. The Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “I learn from private sources that the Italian foreign office has received informa- tion that Emperor Menelik has summoned the | Abyssini to arms in support of French enterprises in equatorial Africa, and especially the plans of the Russian Count Leontieff, governor of the equatorial prov- inces of Abyssinia. “Menelik himself is setting out at the head of an army, and it is believed the movement masks an expedition against the Anglophile Ras Mangascia, whose province, Tigre, the Negus wishes to annex. I also hear that Menelik, calculating upon the remissness of the Italian government, pur- poses an advance toward the coast.” The Daily Mail, commenting editorially on the foregoing dispatches from Rome and Cairo, suggests that the Marchand expedi- tion has gone beyond Fashoda and reached Khartoum. “It is impossible,” says the Daily Mail, ‘for the expedition to have fought its way there, and it can only have arrived in alliance with the Khalifa, thus creating a very serious situation. A dispatch from Cairo, via Parfs, on Fri- day announced that a French expedition had occupied Fashoda, on the Nile, about 400 miles south of Khartoum, and ‘that it Was reported among the natives that the French were descending the river. CAIRO, January 3.—The British gun- boats made a reconnaissance past Shendy and Metemme, the Dervish posts between Berber and Khartoum, on Sunday last. The Dervishes kept up a smart fire from both banks of the Nile. The gunboats pro- ceeded twenty miles south and captured a number of boats laden with grain, Still Fighting on the Frontier. A dispatch from Calcutta says: The Zakka-Khels have blocked the roud from All-Musjid to Lundi Koial, preventing the establishment of communtcation with Gen. Sir William Lockhart. The enemy is very active and has fired on the Oxfordshire Regiment, which is engaged In convoy duty aut Khyber Pass, wounding Col. Plowden and Lieut. Owen. Some of the men, being hampered by the task of removing the wounded, had difficulty in gaining shelter. Three men were killed and twelve (includ- ing Capt. Parr, were wounded in subse- quent fighting. Finally they were joined by another company and retired into the walled inclosures, where they are awaiting reinforcements. Y It is reported from Kurram that the Af- ridis are assembling in tribal council with a view of concluding peace. While Gen. Hammond was examining the enemy's caves near Lundi-Kotal, after the recent fighting, shots were fired at the group of officers standing with him. Lieut. Hammond, his orderly officer, waa severely wounded. THE CUBAN REEIEF FUND It Has Already Reached Good Propor- tions, Nearly $7,000 Recetved at the State Department—Recent | Contributions —What is Needed Most. The Cuban relief fund, inaugurated by the President, has already reached good proportions, and there are indications of a Zenerous response from all parts of the country to the appeals issued by the State Department. The peopie of this country are so sincere in thelr sympathy for the Cubans im their struggle for independence that there is no probability that they will allow the present occasion to pass to con- tribute to a fund intended solely for the benefit of the families who are reported as dying in large numbets from want of proper food, medicines and clothing. Although the State Department has sug- gested that contributions of money be sent direct to Consul General Lee, tn order that there be no delay in ite use for alleviating prevailing distress, contributions are stil! being made to the State Department. In addition to the $5,00% contributed by tn- known persons, the $500 contributed by the citizens of Montana and the $1,000 prom- ised by the Christian Herald, the follow- Ing contributions to the Cuban relief fund have been received at the State Depart- Mrs. B. H. Warder, Washington, D. ), D. C. Irish, Pittsburg, $5; F. 8. Big- Yhio, $5; cash, Union Springs, isco, $2; “One of N. Y., $2; W. A. Ford, Co- ., H. Beckman, Galveston, through the Oswego Times, $40, : Bart Lynch, $10; A. S. Page, $10; de, $5; F.C. Comstock, $5; 1: 5 $10. The total contributions so far received at the State Department, therefore, aggregate nearly $7,000. The principal contribution of $5,000 is said to have been contributed Jointly by President McKinley and his cabinet, but the report to this effect can- rot be verified. The President's Interest. President McKinley is receiving assur- arces from all portions of the country that his call for help for the Cubans will be generously responded to. These assur- ances are ceming in more rapidly now than at any time since the appeal was issued. The President is greatly encouraged. He reads the newspapers closely to see what is being done and keeps an eye on subscrip- ticns being made here and elsewhere. What Is Needed im Cuba. Consul General Lee, at Havana, men- tions the following articles.as appropriate to be contributed; all of them, he reports, being greatly needed: Summer clothing for women and children; medicines for fevers, principally quinine; hard bread, flour, corn neat, cereal preparations, acon, rice, lard, potaioes, beans, peas, salt fish, any canned gcods, particularly vourishing soups, meat extracts, blankets, and especially’ large quantities of condensed milk, as many per- Sonus are at first too feeble for any Other nourishment. Conttibutions of mozey are also urgent: necded, to enable the purchase of immediate stpplies of medicines and articles of prime necessity, and to meet the expenses of local transportation in Cuba. The consul general, to whom all supplies and money Will be sent, will at once organize arrange- ments for the receipt, storage and most ef- fective distribution of whatever he may receive from the human people of the United States, Evening Star Fund. Evening Star Co...... $100.00 G. B... 1.00 A friend.. 50.00 R. W. Farrelly 1.00 A friend 100.00 Cash. 5.00 M. M. L 1.00 St. John’ 50.00 100.00 1.00 400.00 —— CLINCHING THE MATTER, Shepherd Has Had or Illness. From the Times, December 31. Governor Shepherd, who was_ recently prostrated by illness at his home, Bato- pilas, Mexico, rapidly recovered and is now quite well. * * * ‘The stroke from which the governor suffered was received three or four weeks ago. * * * CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, December 30.—No direct advices haye been received here from Batopilas mining camp, Governor Shep- herd’s home, for about three weeks. The latest information was that Governor Shep- herd was recovering slowly from his stroke of apoplexy. His condition at that time was regarded as serious, and a second at- tack was feared, The Times’ story that Governor Shepherd has been seriously ill ig, as a matter of course, true. The denials of it are-lies. Gov. No Stroke From Gov. Shepherd. Desiring to finaly set at rest all ma- licious stories as to the ill health of Gov- ernor Alexander R, Shepherd, direct com- munication was had with him by telegraph to Batopilas, Mexico. A local newspaper originally stated, on December 29, that Gov. Shepherd’ was then serfously iM from a stroke of apoplexy. After dispatches from Mexico, had shown the utter falsehood of this sensational and cruel statement, the paper alluded to made the assertion that, while the governor was then well, he had suffered a stroke of apoplexy three or four weeks ago. In order to-relieve any remain- ing anxiety of Governer Shepherd's friends in this city, the follewing dispatch was sent to him last Friday: “Have you had stroke of epoplexy in last month? Times repeats storysto that effect.” Late Saturday afternoon the following re- ply was received: BATOPILAS, via Chinipas, Mexico, Janu- ary 1.—Crosby S. Noyes, Washington, D. C.: Had no stroke ard nojsickness. Happy New Year, dear old fellow.) AL RéSHEPHERD. NOT AN INFRINGEMENT. The Government's cous in Harden- ing Armpr Plate. The ‘recent exhaustive search of the pat- ent office upon the s@bject of the Harvey patents and the extent to which they were being infringed by the government in the making of armor plate chenges existing conditions, and ppacticaliy gives the goy- ernment the right to face harden its armor plates without fear of infringing existing patents, See It will be recalled the Secretary of, the Navy submitted the question to the patent office experts whether the Harvey patents are limited to tha use of a temperature exceeding that necess: to melt cast iron. The patent office replied that such was the limitation of the Harvey patents. It now appears that the government in hardening the face of its armor plate does not employ heat of such a high tempere- ture. This being the case, it follows there is no infringement of the Harvey patents. ; National Bank, Reeetver. Mr. John McNuita has been appointed receiver of the National Bank of Illinois in place of John C, McKeon, resigned, CITIZENS’ PROTEST Petition Against Discontinuance of Police Relief Work. MANY BUSINESS FIRMS REPRESENTED Paper Presented to the Commis- sioners This Morning. ee WILL CONSIDER IT BOARD Mr. A. M. Raymond and Dr. L. D. Wal- ter called upon Commissioner Ross this tjornir.g for the purpose of presenting a rumercusly signed petition _ protesting against the proposed discontinuance of the charitable work of the police department. Mr. Ross, in accepting the petition, said he would lay the matter before the bourd of Commissioners at the earliest cppor- tunity, In presenting the petition, Mr. Raymond said he was directed by the merchants wao suggested its circulation to say that he had called upon 140 business firms, and all but five had cheerfully signed it. It was, explained Mr. Raymond, superfluous for him to say that al! persons who had signed the petition did not read it through. But from their own observations of the two systems, however, he felt safe in saying for them that they believe the change un- warranted, and that they are, therefore, strenuously opposed to the proposed change. The Petition, The petition was as follows: “In entering our solemn protest again: the abandonment of the custom of allow- ing the police department to temper i stern duties by acts of charity, we, the undersigned business men, would respect- fully represent: We believe that the etticient work of the police in relieving the indigent has had salutary effects that should not be lost sight of. Instead of affording addi- tional protection to society, we are of a firm belief that the abandonment of tnis >rempt and efficient system of relief wil! lead to the commission of many crimes daVe DEEN prevented oy yest this, there are other considerations worthy of notice at this ti “It should be borne in mind that durir the winter of 15-'93 the police departn distributed $4,500 among the Indigent,wh: ch did not cost one cent for investigation or vhile the cost to philanthropy the distribution, to have $2,600 distributed through Associated Charities was about $6,000, “It matters not whether this $6 paid out of District funds or paid by phil thropy, since it was virtually that much taken out of the mouths of the poor, and this alone foreshadows the direful condi- tions that will be sprung upon the poor through substituting the praiseworthy methods of bluccoats by what is known as the ‘peeping system,’ system the agents of which soon become s 1 known that ,they are hampered in their investigations through being avoided by citizens at every turh who fancy that neighbors might mi: trust that they are applying for charitable relief, or through fear that they might be suspected of giving pointers about persons who have applied for relief. “This is a system that is looked upon by fair-minded people everywhere as unchris- an, cruel, humiliating, mortif,: mis- chief-breeding and grossly in t, a system similar to non-rehef-giving organi- zations of other cities, which, upon investi- gation, turned out to be a scheme of shrewd men making use of whole-souled, well- meaning and prominent citizens as mem- bers to lend color to their charitable pre- tensions, in working the poor with one string, as it were, and philanthropists with another. We do not mean by this to re- flect any dishonesty upon the Associated Charities. It is sufficient for us to know that their methods are costly, ineffi and not up to the spirit of the times in : ing that class who, within the pa years, have fallen to the sorry level of want. “The substitution of the services that may be afforded the destitute by Mr. Wil- son and half a dozen women for the eff!- cient methods of the police department, with telephone service to all parts of the city, mounted messengers and brass-but- toned agents upon every street, has jusuly aroused public indignation. We believe that the police system of relief has been a beon to society in the prevention of criine, a means of inspiring philanthropists to give generously in the cold hours of want, and the only protection the poor had against the iron hand of that grasping power to which they would be doomed by discontinuing it. An Annual Report. “That organization tells us in its an- nuzl report for 18% that a similar organi- zation in New York investigated every c¢: of charity that came under it for many years and failed to find a single worthy case, and that another found but one wor- thy case during a period covering eieven years. What reasonable person would be- Meve such statements? It tells also about persons leaving work to live upon charity, and about people coming from Kansas for the same purpose. They tell us, too, that forty-six pe 8 gave false addresses dur- ing the month of January, but Mr. Wii- son knows that the false addres: were given because he or one of his assistants threatened them with humiliating investi- gations among their neighbors. Therefore it will be understood that these people are not frauds, and that these derogatory statements are made about the poor to create organization stock out of them by conveying the idea to the public that the preponderance of frauds among them is enormous, when, in fact, they are so few that they would not cost philanthropy under police management one-tenth of what it costs to support that organization. “They have printed upon the cover of this report: ‘Though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing,’ and then they go on to say that charity does not consist of giv- ing alms either in money, food or fuel, but in friendly visiting. Then they intimate that it would be a sin akin to a crime to give anything of consequence, as it would make them feel easy in thcir poverty. If thieis charity we do not understand what Christ meant when He said that the widow who gave her mite had given more than the rest, but we think He meant that there Was more real charity tthe heart that gave as freely as the widow gave her mite; as the bluecoats who gave where they found cold stoves and hungry, shivering children; or as the late Jim Fiske, who sent train loads of provisions to sufferers at the time of the great fire at Chicago, than there is in the millions of dollars that annually passes through the fingers of the so-cilled charity agents. Those Who Cry Down the Poor. “It would seem no less unreasonable :to look for figs upon thistle bushes than to expect men who cry down the poor as frauds to have at heart their interests, and if they have any more pity for the peor than cats have for mice may heaven forgive our barbarism in not giving honor where honor is due. If charity consists of trying to get along without going pock- et deep, would have re- set the Good Master sand, peal Stabe nea alate les five loaves and two fishes, that because they cannot spend all the poor funds the like, they say that «Con! i 4 i REVERSED THE DECISION Van Riswick Heirs’ Case Against the Rock Oreek Commission, Opinion of the United States Supreme Court Opposed to That of the Dis- trict Court of Appeals. In the Supreme Court of the United States today Justice Shiras delivered the opinion of the court im the case of Wm. P. Craighill and others, the commission to select tae land for Rock Creek Park, appellant, agt. Avarilla Lambert and others. The case came to the Supreme Court from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. ‘The opinion recites that in January, 1895, Mary Van Riswick, widow, and Avarilla Lambert and Martina Carr, children and heirs of John Van Riswick, deceased, filed a bill of complaint in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia against the com- mission under the Rock Creek Park act of September 27, 1890, seeking to restrain the sald commission from assessing lan of the complainants for any portion of the cost and expenses of locating and impro ing the Rock Creek Park, for the al reason that the sixth section of the sald act, under which the commission was act- in proposing to make such assessment, unconstitutional and vo The cause was so proceeded in that on September 30, 1895, the Supreme Court of » District of Columbia rendered a final ¢ as prayed for in the bill... From t decree an appeal was taken to the Cou of Appeals of the District of Columbia and by that court on March 17, 1896, Ue decree of the Suprem: ourt of the Dis trict was affirmed. The cause was then brought to the Supreme Court of the United States on appeal. In his opinion Justic i udes as follows: “Ha the conclusion, then. that the sixth scction of the Rock © k Park ct is not invalid for want of con- fcrmity to constitutional neiples, we think it follows that the rees ot the evurts below should be versed and the bill of complaint be dis “The oth objection reibly dweit are all questions of construction and inistration, and ould be permitted rise and be determined in the regular redure of the court to which Cungress rrying the pro- of the act into effect. t may turn out tbat the practical ditm- anticipated may disappear when with by that court to which power is given to ‘hear and determine all matters nuected with said assessment and to re- vies, amend and conform eaid assessment, in whole or in part, or order a new assess- ent.’ It does not appear that these when final action shall fes of construing the act y in the act itself, but nbject matter. Its visions a somewnat vague and cbse and it is possible that further legislatio: | may be found requisite to carry out th intentions of Congress. But s ques- tions are not before us for determination. Should errors supervene in the administra- tion of the act, parties affected wiil have redress by appeal. "We adopt the observation made in the disserting opinion in the court of appeals: ““There can be no reason or p) y in appealing to a court of equity to rm strain proceedings that are being conducted in other courts competent to construe the Statutes under which decide every question t th urs of the procee litigations to be diverted tends to the mui- Uplication of litigation, and the preduc- tion of unnecessary delay and expense—to appli say nothing of the unnecessary vexation to parties.’ “The decree of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded to the Supreme Court of the District with di- rections to suid court to reverse its de- cree and dismiss the bill of complaint.” —-— -e- ORDERS FOR SMOKE! S POWDER. Introducing It Inte the Naval Service. The Navy Department is gradually intro- ducing into actual service the smokeless powder adopted about a year ago, and its practical use in the great guns of the battle ships will be watched with interest. It has been thoroughly tested in the smai er guns with satisfactory results. ‘The new powder is a special variety of nit cellulose and it is guaranteed not to d teriorate with age nor to lose its efficiency through climatic changes. Contracts for a large supply of this pow- der have beea made with the Duponts of Wilmington and the California powder works ly 100,000 pounds of the new explosive have been delivered and issued to the yarious ships in commission. Captain Charles O'Neil, chief of the bu- reau of ordnance, describes the powder as “a colloid of extreme toughness, that burns progressively in gular mann and which may b ted directly in smokeless powd: ¥ burned wholly,” gase products, a a high ballistic etit- ciency Captain O'Neil tes that with the form of colloid velocities of about foot seconds have been obtained with five and six-inch rapid-fire guns, By this is meant that the projectiles of the abov caliber guns are given velocities of feet per second at the time of leaving their pieces. --e+—___ Personal Mention, Secretary Long, who is on a visit to Bos- ton, is expected to return to this city next Wednesday. Secretary Alger is still confined to his bed with the grip. He is on the mend, how- ever, and will probably be able to resume his duties at the War Department by the end of the week. Assistant Secretary Day has returned from a short visit to his home at Canton, Ohio, and was at the State Department to- Gay. Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, bas returned to the city from a visit otf inspection of the government works at New Crleans and Galveston. Lieutenant Commander M. C. Niles is in the city on leave of absence and was at the Navy Department this morning. Paymaster James A. King of the lowa is at 1312 19th street. Col. G. L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, has come to Washington to attend a meet- ing of the light house board. First Lieut. Henry C. Davis, 3d Artillery, is in the city on personal business. He 1s at_1498 2ist street. First Lieut. George Squire, 3d Artillery, register2d at the War Department today. He is stopping at the Army and Navy Club, The Secretary of the Intericr, after spend- ing the holigays with his family, returned to the city yesterday and was at his desk this morning. D. C. Croizsant of the junior class at Princeton spent the holidays with his friends here. He read an essay before the last Abracadabra Club on ethics, which re- ceived very favorable criticism. Mr. Crois- sant returns to Princeton tomorrow to con- tinue his studies. Mr. Thomes I. Snyder of Reading, Pa., and the sophomore class of Princeton Uni- versity, is spending part of the Christmas holidays with his classmate, Laurance Chambers. — Government Reeeipts. Receipts today from customs amounted to $602,016.83; internal revenue, $841,212.21; miscellaneous, $134,018.93. Total receipts, $1,568,147.97, Expenditures, $1,603,000, GOES AGAINST HANNA Pea en Fusionists Capture Both Branches of the Ohio Legislature, —o—_—___ BURKE FOR PRESIDENT OF SENATE Mason Beats Boxwell for Speaker of the House. eee, GREAT EXCITEMENT THERE a ee COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 3.—The Ohio legislature was organized in both branches today by the opponents of Senator Hannes The legislature convened at 10. a.m. today, Owing to the senatorial contest unusual iv- terest Was taken in the organization of both houses. The caucuses last Saturday night Were not on the vsual lines between the re- publicans and the democrats, owing to some of the republican members having formed a fusion with the democratic members for defeat of Senator Hanna. The senate nds 18 democrats and 18 republicans, the latter including Senator Voight, who was elected on a fusion ticket from Cineine nati and who did not attend either caucus. At the senate republican caucus Satur- day night, Senator Burke, rep can, of Cleveland, was not only abse but he was at the same time nominated by the democratic caucus for president pro tem. of the senate. The republican caucus nomi- nated Si er for presi- tent pro. tem. ef Senator urke today st only his s for opposed A, Hanna. With party 1 - sen- ate Lieut. Jones, repubiican, would te vote te cast and he red to stands sixty-two republicans end forty-seven democrats, the former ine cluding four fusionists from Cincinnati. At the republican house ci Saiurday night there were only fifty-two present and pledged to Alexander Loxwell for aker. Of the ten absentees, Griffith of ton was the oF one offeriz an ex- He was sick. The other 1 ve can members were absent use are opp. to Hanna and regard Boxwell as the na te. T nine republic ors t with the democratic ¥ rs and indorsed Harry C. Mason of Cleveland, an anti-Hanna republican, for speak With these re- publican members and the feriy-seven dom- ocratic members, Mason would hav ntes, than necessary to ele me cemocratic mer fuse: be pledged to republican dates for senator, speaker or other offices in the jon of the ex Ow ing to in the: es, as Well as “sin chairmanshipe and the composition of all the committees, it was generaily ed thai the fate of ator Hann. fall of hte pporters, dep: nization legislature claimed he would be . even if the Boxwell ticket was e , and his friends admitted that the were against him if Boxweli was defeated. Owing to the senatorship being at stake, there wae an unusually atendance about the state house hour. Hour to ine Credentials. It required an hour to examine the cre- dentials and swear In the 1s members of the house, but the 36 senators soon quall~ fied. All were present in the senate chamber except Senator Burke of Cleveland, the re- publican who is opposed to Hanna, an@ Senator Voight, the fustonist from Cinein= nati; but even then the vote stood I to 17 in favor of the democrats, who elected all the officers. O. D. Cassell ciem.) was elected chief clerk over A. C. Caine (rep.), the latter having expected re-election by Burke's presence, although Burke would not support Hanna. As Senator Purke was absent and could nbdt be sworn in. Thaddeus E. Cromwell (dem.) was elected president pro tem. of the senate, but it is understood that he will ve way to Senator Burke for that soon as the latter arrives to ta plage > his nization of the sen- ate was m in a very quiet way, while a de ment of policem was need- ed to hold back the crowd t filled the hall of the house and pressed about its entrance: Wild Scenes in the House. In the hall of the house the wi were witnessed during the first lest scenes hour of the session, All of the 109 members were in the After the name of Boxwell had been presented as the regular republican candidate for aker, the name of Repre- sentative Mason, republican, was presented by Representative Jones, republican, and seconded by two othe ublicans, The democrats did not partic in the speak- were loud cheers as the doubtful members responded tovtheir games, and when the roll call ap- proached the close and necessary majority there on that delayed the official announce- vote rst ballot resulted: M 36; Box- 2, as had bes imed since Satur- the combined opposition pnator . The combine then completed the organization of the house. The Speaker ro Tem. election of Mason had been all along openly opposed to the re-election of Senator Hanna, but John P. Griffith of Union county had been claimed by both sides. The Hanna men say they counted on him till he was nomi- nated Saturday night by the combine for speaker pro tem. When Representative Griffith cast his vote in a clear voice for Mason for speaker there was a wild scene, and the excitement continued till Griffith was elected speaker pro tem. by the same vote as that for speaker. The regular republican candidate for chief clerk of the house was John R. Malloy, sec- retary of the republican state committee, Malloy has held the position three terms und was very competent. His voice has been heard at national conventions and he was a favorite, but he was defeated by Chas. H. Gerrish, a republican who has been Mr. Kurtz's close lieutenant in the or. ganization of the opposition to Senator Hanna. The combine slate went through for all the minor places by the same vote of 56 to 5%, and after the election of Ger- rish the proceedings were very quiet, many retiring from the crowded lobbies and gal- leries. One of the first things considered on the assembling of the general assembly is the appointment of a joint committee on ar- rangements for the inauguration of the gcvernor. When this joint resolution came up today in the senate the republican sena. ters as a rule declined to vote on