Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1898, Page 2

AT THE WHITE HOUSE Ambassador Cambon Presented to the President. EXCHANGE OF FRIENDLY WORDS Many Callers at the Executive Mansion. HER SON PARDONED —— M. Jules Cambon, the new French am- bassador to the United States, was officially received by President McKinley at 11 o'clock this morning. The ceremony took place in the blue parlor of the White House. Ambassador Cambon, accompanied by the secretaries and attaches of the em- bassy, first visited the State Department, where they were received in the diplomatic room by Secretary Sherman, who, after the exehange of the usual courtesies, escorted them to the Executive Mansion and pre- sented them individually to the President. In presenting his credentials, Ambassador Cambon addressed the President as fol- lows: “The sentiments of sympathy and friend- ship which un.we our two nations are found- ed on historical traditions which constitute their glory in the past; time has but strengthened them; the future will, I have no doubt. see them still deepening. “The President of the French republi has been pleased to instruct me to conv to you the expression of his wishes for your personal welfare and for the pros- perity of the United States. It is for me a great honor to be his interpreter on this oceasion. “Allow me, Mr. President, to rely upon vour good will to facilitate the task which intrusted to me. I have no other ambition than to contribute by my utmost efforts to render more intimate the rela- tions of F e with the United Suates. I feel that. by so doing, I will answer to one of the dearest wishes of the French nation and to the intentions of my government.” The President's Response. President McKinley replied as follows: (ir. Ambassador: It affords me great pleasure to greet you as ambassador of the French republic to the United States and to receive from your hands the letters whereby the president of the republic ac- credits y in that high office. ‘From the dawn of their natural life un- til now the people of the United States have cherished ever-growing sentiments of brotherhood and esteem for the great French nation, whether as allies in the ccmmon cause of Uberty, as generous rivals | in the paths of modern advancement or as c¢cmmunities governed by the broad prin- ciple of self-rule. For feelings like these there can and should be no backward path. On the contrary, it is the patriotic duty of al' to strencthen their beneficent influence for the future, and to that end I welcome your cordial offer of concurrence. “Th personal regard which your pred deservedly won in th intercourse with our government and wi my en gives assurance, Mr. Am- ‘ou will enjoy the same eem, and I and my a: in government will gladly con pute that you will convey to the pres- French blic my cor appreciation of his desires for my pe welfare and for the prosperity of the Unit- éd States, and expr to my earnest reciproc: of his wishes, not alone in my own but in the name of the peo- ple of this Many Callers Re: nion ” ved. The Pr t saw many visitors during the say, ‘There were also many, who faith- fully cluns to seats in the ‘ante-rooms leoking for a opportunity to be ranked < the President's visitors. ator Davis of the foreign relations committee of the Bendte bad a long talk with the President, chiefly on the subject of the Hawalian treaty. Senator Davis goes not regard the outlook for the treaty @s bad, but states positively that he thinks the outlook 1s encouraging. Senator Quay, who is often mistaken for the Minnesota Senator, was also a caller, but seid he did not talk on the subject of Pennsylvania patronage. Senaier Mason and Reeves of Ilinois saw the matter of wages at Moline, INl.. al- ready mentioned in The Star. They be- lieve that action will be taken to increase the wages. Representative Sulloway had a chat with the President about the collectorship of the port of Portsmouth, N. H. This is one of the New Hampshire places$n which the delegation could not agree. ive Alexander and Howard H. master at Buffalo, N. Y., were with the President. Representative Northway, one of the Ohio leaders of the fight for Senator Hanna, has returned to the city and called to re- view the fight with the President. The Happiest Woman. Representative the President on The hap hington is at the White H iting to thank the Pr nt for ihe pardon of her onl: son and to receive from the President's hands the decument which will liberate thi son trom prison. s Mrs. S. W. Hatch, the mother of Clyde Mattox, whose case ts one of the most noted in the west. “He is the only ctild I have,” said Mrs. Hatch. “You may krow from chat what a happy mother I am.” Mrs. Hatch 1s from Kansas, and the story of her devotion to her son is a toa ing one. Mat as tried Clyde and convicted of murder. ighteen years old at the vas sentenced to han The to Washmgton, and with un- tion began a fight to save jent Cleveland y her appeals and commute of tne boy to life imprisonme: until a number of years h n efforts to ave the son pardon- ed. She has been in Washington four months this time, and looks back with a smile at the dark clouds which she first red and which almost made her eded in interesting several Con- en in her case, and employed a firm nown local lawyers. She saw the t and the Attorney General at «if- ferent tlmes. This morning the joyful news was told her by the Attorney General that her son would be pardoned, and ihat the President would sign the pardon this afternoon. Mrs. Hatch will take the doc- vment and leave on the first train for her heme. She will not intrust {t to the mails, and wants to deliver it to the warden of the prison herself. “I am impatient to get started, but I am joing to stay here to thank the President. have already told Mr. McKenna how heppy I am and how much | thank him.” ——_-e+-______ Death of Prof. Haldeman. LANCASTER, Pa. January 15.—Prof. John H. Haldeman, who from 1869 to 1889 ‘was principal of the is dead at Marietta, Pa., aged ars. He was a native of Penn- but graduated from the West- field school. —> —_ ‘mer Lord Mayor Dead. , January 15.—Sir Polydore De Keyser, who was lord mayor of London during the year 1887-88, is dead. He w: born in 1832. pe es Prince Henry’s Fleet Safe. PORIM, January 15.—The German war- ships Deutschland and Gefion, under com- mand = ee ee of Prussia, have passed here on way to China, id signaled all well on board. = ees John A. Gano Dead. CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 15.—Mr. John A. Gano, @ well-known citizen, for- merly one of the proprietors of - cinnati Commercial, died today. a THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1898-24 PAGES, BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. “7 A reference to the statement ‘be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a bona fide one. It {s easily possible for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by, sending out thousands of papers to newsstands, which are re- turnable, and which are in fact re- turned, but nevertheless are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of eirculation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, end bogus circula- tions don’t give them. The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. Circulation of The “Evening Star.” SATURDAY, January 8, 1898. MONDAY, January 10, 1998. TUESDAY, January 11, 1998. WEDNESDAY, January 12, 1398. THURSDAY, January 13, 1398. FRIDAY, January 14, 1898. 36,260 Total. Daily average. I solemnly swear that the above statement rep- resents only the number of copies of THE EVEN- ING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, January 14, 189S—that is, the num- ber of copies actually sold, delivered, farnish- ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona fide purchasers or subscribers, and that none of the copies so counted are returnable to or remain In the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier Evening Star Newspaper Co. Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifteenth day of January, A. D. 1893. GRENVILLE A. WHITAKER, Notary Public, D. C. FOR SUFFERING CUBANS. A Milwaukee.Contribution Received at the State Department. The Secretary of State today received a centribution of $250 from Angus Smith of Milwaukee for the benefit of the suffering Cubans. The Secretary of State has received a let- ter from Mr. 8. E. Barton, chairman of the central Cuban relief committee, saying that the committee is receiving communications from the “governors throughout the coun- try, all indicating a satisfactory response to the appeals of the Department of State and that committee. He adds that a con- siderable shipment of supplies went to Havana by Ward Line steamer today, and that he hopes for much more satisfactory j results next week. The Evening Star Fund. Evening Star Co. G. B. A & eeeeees $100.00 1.00 50.00 1.00 100.00 5.00 1.00 30.00 100.00 1.00 100.00 20.40) 100.00 5.00 2.00 1.00 50.00 2.00 Vermont Avenue Baptist Church Weodward & Lothrop. Geo. W. Ray.... Thos. W. Smith. A friend Tow M. S. Quay. Cash Kimon Nicolaides. Cara Q. Bland. A friend. Maxwell Woodhull. G. M. Curti 10.00 Frederick Pilling. 25.00 20.00 1.00 00 00 1.00 i . 5.00 W. B. Lane. 5.00 Glenoarlyn citizens: 8.00 A friend........... 1.00 Total . -$930.00 — Examing Surgeons Wanted. The civil service commission announces’ that March 5 an examination will be held at Washington and at other places for the position of pension examining surgeon. Vacancies are to be filled at Bridgeport, Conn., Lynn, Mass., Washington, Ind., and Vicksburg, Miss. Applicants must be graduates of reputable medical colleges and not barred by state or other laws. Persons who are legal residents of the places where the vacancies exist will be given preference in appointment. Candi- dates should write to the civil service commission for application bianks, which should be executed and filed with the commission. No applications will be ac- cepted after Friday, February 25. soe: ARMY AND NAVY. Latest Orders Issued in Both Branches of the Service. Rear Admiral L. A. Beardslee has been detached from duty on the examining board, Washington, January 29, and or- dered to await orders. Commander H. N. Manney has been or-| dered to take charge of the Naval Home, Philadelphia, January 25. Lieut. J. A. Bell has been ordered to duty as inspector of equipments, at Camden, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, Del. Lieut. W. B. Fletcher has been ordered to resume duty on the Vicksburg. Pay Director A, J. Pritchard has been de- tached from the naval pay office, Balti- more, Md., and ordered to await orders. Ensign Y. Stirling, jr., has been ordered to the New York navy yard. ‘The following transfers are made at the request of the officers concerned: First Jteutenart William O. Johnson, from the 7th Infantry to the 2d Infantry, Company I; First Lieutenant John B. Bennet, from the 2d Infantry to the 7th Infantry, Com- pany C. First llth Infantry, leave. The leave of absence granted Second Lieutenant James G. Harbord, §th Cavalry, is extended two months. Major Henry M. Adams of the Corps of Engineers is detailed temporarily as a member of the board of ordnance and for- tifications. z Major William H. Rexford, ordnance Serene is granted three months’ sick leave. Chief Engineer L. J. Allen has been de- ached from the Continental iron works and ordered to the Union iron works; En- siga T. B. Upham has been ordered to the Olympia, relieving Lieut. W. G. Miller, who is ordered home; Lieut. A. M. Beecher, from the Gedney, and granted two months’ leave; Lieut. J. P. McGuinness, from the Albatross and granted two months’ leave; Ensign W. A. Moffatt, to the Mohican; Lieut. A. W. Dodd, from the Monadnock and granted leave of absence. Lieut. C. B. Wheeler, ordnance depart- ment, has been ordered to St. Paul, Minn., to inspect mortar carriages. Capt. Chas. F. assistant surgeon, has been granted leave of absence for two months, with permission to go abroad. By direction of the acting secretary of war, the following transfers are made: Post Quartermaster Sergeant Andrew T. Fife, now at Fort Washington, Md., post on Sullivan's Island, South to relieve Post Richard J. Kembali; Sergeant Kemball, ba thus relieved, to Fort Washington, ‘William T. Helms of West Vi: bas been appointed a chapiain in tho’navy. Lieutenant Clarence E.. Deutler, is granted four months’ HAWAIIAN TREATY Methods Resorted to by Opponents to Annexation, MISREPRESENTING GEN. SCHOFIELD The Veteran Officer a Firm Believer in Annexing the Islands. HIS REASONS GIVEN ——— “The opponents to the Hawaiian annexa- tion treaty are so hard pressed that they are being forced to conspiracy, forgery and fraud to bolster up their cause.” Such was the statement made by a gentleman who has kept pretty well posted on the mat- ter to a Star reporter today. “They are flooding the country with pamphlets, maga- zines, circular letters and prepared. edl- torial matter antagonistic to annexation. If they confined themselves to facis and truthful statements, no one could reason- ably object to this method of disseminating information; but by reason of their lack of facts they have been reduced to the : cessity of issuing fraudulent statements. One of the pamphlets being issued Ly the opponents to annexation and examined by a Star reporter is entitled: “Hawaiian Annexation Scheme (A Sugar Trust Plot), Exposed by General Schofield.” The manifest intent of the title of this pamphlet is to indicate that Gen. Schofield is the author thereof, and that he is op- posed to annexation. Gen. Schoficld, it is asserted, is not the author of the pamphlet; had nothing to do with it, and is a radical supporter of an- nexation, as is evidenced by his letter to Senator Morgan, published below. The pamphlet, which purports. to have been written by Gen. Schofield, has no ref- erence to him, and contains nothing ever “exposed” or written by him, with tae ex- ception that on pages 17 and 18 there is a brief extract m a report made by Gen. Schofield in it concerning Pearl iiarbor, in which he says that many of the Ha- watian sugar planters of that day favored annexation for the purpose of getting their sugar into the United States free of duty, the report being made prior to the negotia- ii ciprocity treaty. let is one that is being pub- disseminated anonymously, without even the name of the printer at- tached thereto. It is being mailed by those who, it is alleged, are masquerading 43 the representatives of the beet sugar people of the coun who are in fact the agents of the sugar trust. Gen. Schofield’s Letter. The letter from Gen. Schofield to Sen- ator John T. Morgan is as follows: ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Jan. 12, "98. Hon. JOHN T. MORGAN, United States Senate, Washington, D. C.: My Dear Senator: In compliance with the request contained in your letter of January 9, I do not hesitate to write you without reser in respect to my views upon the pending question of annexation of the Hawaiian Islands. From the time, twenty-five years ago, when I made a personal examination, for the purpose of ascertaining the value of those nds to this country for military and naval purposes, I have always regard- ed uitimate annexation of the islands to this country as a public necessity. But the time when this should be accomplished had to depend on natural poiitical de opment. In the meantime our national in- terests should i pcured by the exclusive right to occupy, improve and fortify Pearl River harbor, so as to insure our posses- sion of that harbor in time of war. To illustrate my views on this subject, I have likened that harbor to a command- ing position in front of a defensive line which an army in the field is compeiied_ to occupy. The army must occupy that advanced position and hold it, at whatever cost, or else the enemy will oceupy it with his arti and thus dominate the main lire. It we do not occupy and fortify Pearl River harbor our enemy will occupy it as a base from which to conduct operations rainst our Pacific coast and the Isthmean canal, which must, of course, in due time, be constructed and controlled by this coun- try. The possession of such a base at a convenient distance from our Pacific coast vould be a great temptation to an un- friendly nation to undertake hostile opera> tions against us. One of the greatest advantages of Pearl River harbor to us consists in the fact that no navy would be required to defend it. It is a deep, jand-locked arm of the sea, easily defended by fortifications placed rear its mouth, with its anchorage be- yond the reach of guns from the ocean. Cruisers or other warships which might be overpowered at sea, as well as mer- chant vessels, would find there, behind the land defenses, absolute security against a naval attack. A moderate garrison of regular troops, with the militia of the island, would give sufficient protection against any landing parties from a hos- tile fleet. Of course, an army on trans- ports, supported by a powerful fleet, could land and capture the place. But that would be an expensive operation; one much less likely to be undertaken than the occupation of an undefended harbor, as a hecessary preliminary to an aitack on our coast or upon our commerce. The value of such a place of refuge and of supplies for our merchant marine and our cruisers in time of war can hardly :e overestimated. Yet the greatest value to us of that wonderful harbor consists in the fact that its position and adequate defense by us prevents the possibility of an enemy using it against us. So far as 1 know, the leading statesmen, no less than the military and naval author- ities of this country, have always been in accord on this subject. While it has not been proposed to inter- fere with the continued occupation by for- eign nations of their military strongholds in this hemisphere, it has been publicly and emphatically declared that none of those strongholds should ever be allowed to pass into the possession of any other nation whose interests might be antagonistic to ours. Now, for the first time, the occasion has arisen to carry into effect our lor.g-declared national policy. A little state like Hawaii cannot stand alone among the great nations, all of whom covet her incomparable harbor. She must have the protection of this country or of some other great nation. But a prctecto- rate withoit sovereignty 1s the last thing this country could afford to assume. In the absence of authority to regulate and control the interccurse between the islands and other countries controversies must arise which would lead to war or to the loss of our invaluable military posses- sion in the islands. No half-way measures will suffice. We must accept the islands and hold and gov- ern them, or else let some other great na- tion de it. To fail now to carry into effect our own great national policy upon the first occa- sion offered to us would, in my judgment, be one of those blunders which are worse than crimes. ‘To my mind, what may be regarded per- haps as the sentimental aspect of the ques- tion is entitled to consideration. A colony of intelligent, virtuous and pa- triotic Americans have rescued a country fiom barbarism and raised it to a high state of civilization and prosperity, until in the natural course of events the govern- ment of that country has fallen entirely into their hands. They now ask the privi- lege of adding that country to their own native land; of returning with their new possessions to the parental fold. Can they be turned away to seek a home among strangers? Not without violating one of the most sacred laws of nature and in- curring the penalty which must, sooner or later, necessarily follow. Iam, dear senator, with great respect, Sincerely yours, J. M. SCHOFIELD. —-2-—_____. New Bills in the House. The following bills were introduced in the House today: By Mr. Bromwell (Ohio), to make all em- ployes on public engineering works in- Sergces to the exionetie department, ex- cept in employ contractors, appointive by the officer of the corps in charge, in or- der to fix responsibility for the works. Mr. Cooper (Texas), to make Sabine Pass, Texas, a subport of customs entry. Mr. Lewis (Wash.), to ‘the hour law in all states territories, TWO STOMAGHS REMOVEO/GAME OF SHARPERS ‘ 1 u * Unsuccessful Atteuptsto Repeat Dr. Scblat- | tev’s Opesation.— A Woman in Milwaukee and a Man - at St. utd were the bjegts. gh] iT ae CHICAGO, January 15.—The cperation of removing the stémacH from a woman, which was succéssfully performed in Zu- rich last September, ang startled the surgi- cal world, was repeated under favorable conditions yesterdayin Milwaukee. Dr. E. J. Farnum of Chicago was as- sisted by Dr. D. P. G. Hankwita of Milwau- kee. Mrs. E. Bestian was the patient. She died four hours after the operation. Her malady, cancer of the stomach, had pro- sressed further than had been apparent, and an operation to which she was sub- jected on November 26 Jast left her ill- Prepared for the operation of yesterday. Case at St, Louis. A dispatch from St. Louis says: Until Dr. Carl Schlatter of Zurich, Switzerland, removed Arna Landis’ stomach, Dr. A. C. Bernays of St. Louié lacked, he says, the courage and knowledge to attempt the same operation. Dr, Schlatter having es- tablished a precedent, Dr. Bernays’ consti- tutional and chabitual daring asserted itself. He cut out the stomach of a laboring man named Beek, Wednesday, at Rebekah Hos- pital, establishing tne American precedent for the latest demonstration of excisive surgery. Though Beck did not survive the author- ities at the hospital admit that it was un- questiorably a great operation. The entire stomach was taken out, and neither the shock nor the hemorrhage proved fatal. Following the example of Dr. Schlatter, Dr. Bernays attempted to keep his patient alive by the anaematic process of feeding, and was successful for nearly three days. Beck was sent to Rebekah Hospital by Dr. Suma to be operated on by Dr. Ber- nays. Dr. Suma had diagnosed the case as incurable carcer of the stomach. Dr. Ber- nays is famous for his skill with the knife and his daring as an operator. His report of the operation says: “‘Assist- ed by Dr. Robert E. Wilson and Dr. Spen- cer Graves and his‘regular corps of nurses and assistants, I opened the abdomen in the usual vay, and upon examination of the stomach it was found that the major curvature was not involved at all; that the disease was located along the minor curva- ture and that it extended the whole length from the oesophagus to within an inch of the pylorus. This latter outlet of the stom- ach was entirely free from disease. It was fourd that all the organs excepting this smail portion of about one inch would have to be removed in order to give the patient a charce to get well. This operation w done and the lower end of the oesophagus was united to the pyloric end or outlet of the stomach. “The operaticn, in my, opinion, be on the experierce of Wednesday, w become a common one, It is exceedingly difficult of performance and requires great resourcefulneys and: endurance on the part of the surgeon ang his assistants. The op- eration lasted two hours and six minutes. It was somewhat different from Schlatter’s in detail of the gperation.” a OMAHA EXPOSPTION STAMPS. Protest of the tee Society Pre- sented to Pd¥t OMice Department. Messrs. J. M. Bartdls, Charles B. Ball and G. A. Camp; a committee appointed at a meeting of the Washington Philatelic Society, to formplate ;and prepare on be- half of the society. a: protest against the special issue of stamps proposed tn honor of the Omatia éXposition, today presented the protest to, the |P§st OMice Department. The paper inyjtes, attention to the fact that the number: pfistamp collectors and dealers in the eduntfy hus increased until they now numbér at l¢dst 500,000, ana that the list includeS,many persons of influence and wealth. The pursuit of philately, it is stated, is no longer @ pastime of school boys, but a systepiatic study of the course of international eyents, and in money value the collections owned .in this country are not unworthy. of consideration. Within the last few years, the interests represented have, the local society says, fbeen menaced by certain governments, mainly of the smalier nations, in sending out frequent and numerous series of stamps for which no necessity existed in the postal services of these governments. Those issues to which the society make special objection as speculative and un- called for have been the so-called ‘‘com- memorative” stamps, which are supposed to attract world-wide attention to some event or celebration, otherwise unknown. Attention is also directed to the late ses- sion of the universal postal congress, when it was determined to exclude from the international mails, after January 1, 18%), commemorative and speculative issues, a8 indicating 1n a formal manner the disap- proval of that body of the many special series heretofore issued. The committee submitted certain extracts from philatelic papers, which suggest the strong objections generally held among collectors to the ephemeral stamps to which they referred. Continuing, the committee say: “The consistent attitude of our own pos- tal authorities in refusing to dignify mat- ters of only local interest with the indorse- ment of the department has won our ap- proval. The two instances“in which ex- ceptions were made, in 1876 and 1892, mark- ed such significant’ milestones in the his- tory of the nation as to attract universal attention. “We are strongly of the opinion that the trans-Mississippi exposition will not mark an epoch of national progress sufficient to justify special recognition in the manner proposed, “If it be, as we apprehended, the fact that you have decided to assist the Omaha exposition by the issue of stamps, and that decision is mot open to further re- vision, we respectfully request that two iggestions we make as to details be con- dered: “First—We ask that the highest denomt- nations be not greater than 50 cents, as stamps of higher value are but little u; If 3-cent and 6-tent designs be substi- tuted for the proposed high denominations the issue would bé much less subject to criticism as to its speculative characte and more acceptable to the entire com- munity. . “Second—We desire that the series place the current set rather than be used simultaneously therewith. If the present stamps be continued in circulation, and the new ones only furnished on request by postmasters it would seem clear that no postal requirement: ‘would be met by this issue. If on e €$ntrary, the current stamps are re’ “gnd special ones fur- nished on all ‘¥equfsltions for a limited period, their id. become a neces- sity and the tsally on entirely different grounds, be hey Panel tlh RESTRAIN|¥G'GRDER ISSUED. Judge Cox Ipfer, Judge Cox td@ay 'signed an order re- straining the CgfimisSioners of the District of Columbia fom gutting off or in any wise interfering; with the water supply for the premisé# oceapied as a stable at 11th street and ‘Plorida avenue by the Belt Railway Company, afid the premises owned by the company at the corner of 8d and B streets, until further.order of the court, to be made, if at all,’after a hearing which is fixed for the 18th instant. The foregoirg action was taken by Judge Cox on a petition presented by W. Kelsey Schoepf, receiver of the Belt Railway Com- pany, asking the court to restrain the Com- missioners from cutting off the water sup- ply from the pre! referred to until the Belt railway case {6 finally determined, or 80 long as the receiver may be responsible for the operation ‘of the road. It seems that the Belt company is indebt- ed to the city Being unable hould be, forthcoming the supply of water would be ‘shut off.” @ state of affairs would cause some degree Some Methods Which Are Criticised by Local Stockholders, RAID MADE UPON CORPORATE EARNINGS Resistance to Be Made to the De- mands of Lobbyists, AN ALLEGED INFLUENCE ee As has been stated in The Star, there has been, and is now, more or less talk in regard to the consolidation of corporate in- terests in this city in several lines of busi- ness. A great deal of the comment heard no doubt originates from the speculative spirit which is always more or less promi- rent, and thea there is some of it which is mere solidly based on statements which allege a greater economy of the adminis- tration when one corporation performs the same business. which is now done by sev- eral. Growing out of the general discussion is the current gossip in regard to the adminis- trative expenses of various corporations, and in this connection an item is fre- quently mentioned which it is sald repre- sents the amount expended in procuring or preventing legislation. It is generally understood that’ more or less money is expended for this purpose, although there are corporations which are likely to be yearly affected by legislation or which need legislation that are said to get along without the expenditure of money for this purpose except to meet the proper ex- penses of accredited agents who do legiti- mate work in appearing before committees ot Congress. A Tax for a Lobby. On the other kand, there are corporations —and this is the subject of considerable complaint—that are subject to what may be called a tax for the purpose of maintain- ing a lobby. It 4s claimed representations are made that in order to secure even meri- torious legislation it is necessary to pro- vide certain members of Congress with. money. It is said mer. who claim to exercise in- fluence at the Capitol and who assert that they either control votes or know how such votes can be controlled, call upon the officials of corporations and assert posi- tively that nothing can be done unless the® are supplied with mioney. It is, of course, represented that the corporation must not appear in the matter, not even to the persons supposed to be influenced, so that perfect reliance must be placed upon the agents that the money intrusted to them is expended for the purposes con- templated. Deceiving Outsiders. It is claimed that capitalists from other places who have+become interested in en- terprises here are especially subject to be deceived by such representations, and that while in some cases they have given cre- dence to such statements, yet in other cases the claims of the lobbyists have not been recognized. + It is further asserted by those who have had experience in urging legis!ation before Congress that practically the only profit which accrues from the corrupt use of money is enjoyed by those who have the handling of tne money. Or the part of stockholders and others who are interested in corporations, wher it is asserted money is being spent for this purpose, there is a decided feeling that such items of expenditures are not neces sary, and it is said that it is iikely that changes in management will take place rather than a continuance of the policy or allowing a tax of this character to be made upon tte earnings of corporations. It is not claimed that any very large sums of money are expended in this way, but {t is quite certain, judging from the current talk, that there is a decided revolt against the encouragement of the methods of men whom, it is asserted, pose as pro- moters of legislation, and in this way make their entire living or a portion of it levying a tax upon the earnings of cor- porations in the Distric —>—— COMMERCIAL M| ‘SS INTERESTS. Another Hearing on the Anti-“Ticket Sealping” Bill. The Senate committee on interstate com- merce this morning at 10:45 resumed its hearing on the “anti-scalping” bill. Pend- ing the resumption of the testimony of Geo. M. McKenzie of Chicago, a statement was submitted to the committee by Bert W. Lyon, editor of the Commercial Tray- eller of St. Louis. Mr. Lyon said that he made the state- ment in rebuttal of some assertions here- tofore made to the committee by F. J. Feely of Chicago and P. E. Dow of New York, who claimed to represent the com- mercial travelers of the country. These gentlemen claim, said Mr. Lyon, to repre- sent 350,000 traveling salesmen of the country. That statement, Mr. Lyon said, was absolutely false. While he did not desire to be understood as claiming to represent all of the commercial travelers of the country, he was absolutely satisfied that a great majority of these travelers were in favor of the pending Dill. He thought it absurd to suppose, as Messrs. Dow and Feely would have the committee to suppose, that the hundreds of thousands of commercial travelers could not make ar- rangements with the railroads as favor- able to themselves as the few thousand ticket brokers could make for them. The trouble with many of the men like Dow and Feely is that they desire to get car- load rates on case lots. Twenty per cent of the traveling public are commercial travelers. If it were not for the severe restrictions placed by the railroads upon local rates, made necessary by the business of the ticket brokers, it would be possible for commercial travelers to make much better arrangements for their transportation than they are now able to make. Mr. Lyon held that as a business proposition the railroads could afford to sell transportation in large quantities at a lower rate than they could sell small quantities. He held therefore that the commercial traveler who was on the railroads practically all the time was entitled to lower rates than the person who traveled only occasionally and then a short distance. Mr. McKenzie, the Chicago ticket broker, then resumed his testimony. Se Cannot Attend. Owing to social engagements in Washing- ton Secretary Wilson has had to decline the invitation to attend the sugar beet conven- tion to be held at Fredericksburg January 21, but the Department of Agriculture will be represented by Mr, C. F. Saylor, the beet expert. The convention promises to be a success. The judges of twenty-two counties in Pied- mont and Tidewater, Va., have appointed delegates, and a number of progressive farmers will make addresses. ——___ Restoring Wages. Representative Young of the second dis- trict of Virginia called at the Navy Depart- ment today to ascertain if Secretary I.ong was ready to decide as to what he would do in the matter of wages at the Gosport navy yard. The order reducing taborers from $1.52 to $1.28 and oakum spinners, house carpenters and other mechanics in like proportion, which was promulgated by the Gosport board on the Ist of Januray, was suspended last week, in response to a protest from the men. While the secretary UNDER INVESTIGATION. Circumstances Attending the Death of Alberta Harrison. Dr. Woodward, the health officer of the District, is today having investigated the circumstances attending the death Thurs- day last of Alberta Harrison, a little col- ored girl, six years of age. The child, so the health officer has been informed, died of consumption either at the Children's Hospital, or on the way back from that institution to the Maulsby Home, 34 and C streets, from which latter institution she had been sent to the hospital for treat- ment. Whether the child died at the hospital or on the way to or from it, Dr. Woodward kas not yet definitely ascertained; but this morning the driver of the dead wagon, while in front of the District building on his way with the body to potter's field, in- formed Dr. Woodward that the matron of the Maulsby Home was not thoroughly ccenvinced that the child was really dead. Dr. Weodward at once directed the man to take the body back to the home, and there he had it examined by a physician, who rronounced the child dead, and as having evidently been dead, from ‘the condition of the body, for two or three days. The body was therefore carried to pot- ter’s field, and it is now buried. The health officer has no doubt, of course, that the child died Thursday, and will now enly endeavor to discover whether or not the little one died at the hospital and was returned to the Maulsby Home, or whether it died cn the way to or from the hos- pital. If the child died after being re- ceived at the hespital, he thinks the body ae ceca been kept there until buried, £ent to the morgue, instead of being re- turned to the Maulsby Home. 3d And if the child was carried to the hos- pital when in a dying condition, he thinks that should be called to the attention of the proper authorities. The child, it is said by the ambulance driver, died at the hospital a few minutes after reaching there, and ne carried the body back to the Maulsby Home. —— CHARGED TO DROSTE. Ex-Representative Towne on ure to Defeat Hanna. Ex-Representative Towne, chairman of the silver republican national committee, who went to Columbus to join in the fight against the election of Senator Hanna, has returned to Washington. The failure of the fight is charged by the anti-Hanna people to Droste, a silver republican, wno voted for Hanna. Mr. Towne is very warm in his expressions of dissatisfaction at the result. He said to a Star reporter: “Paradoxical as it may seem, this con- test, resulting in the election of the arch- expeneat of gold and monopoly to the Sen- ate of the United States, has, nevertheless, been productive of much advantage to the cause of bimetallism and good government. It has presented so conspicuously the meth- ods by which plutocracy expects to control the couniry, that the patriotism and moral decency of the nation cannot but be shock- ed into seme realization of the danger that threatens its liberties. I cannot too highly praise the democratic members of the Ohio general assembly for their superb conduct all through the fight. Their discipline and unity were gnificent. Admirable, too, was their readiness to subordinate ail temp- tation to make mere party capital out. of the situation to the higher question of the cause and the welfare of the people as in- volved in the defeat of Hanna and the election of a man whose vote would not have been given for the gold standard. This fact will do more to advance the union of all reform forces throughout the country and to commend the new democ- racy to the confidence of the who! than any other event since Bryan’ ination. The electicn of Hanna by means that notorioi shirk investigation will, under all the circumstances, possess many consolations after all. iiver republicans cannot sufficiently ex- press their regret and humiliation that a man nomiraliy of their faith should have been the pivot on which this infamy turned. We cai only plead that Droste was not one of the men whom our organization re- quested to be put on the legislative ticket in Cincfanati, and that we are not fully re- sponsi'le for Fim. After reading his state- ment of his aileged views in the newspa- and after having heard his early tic declarations against Hanna, the inference is unavojdable that he never knew whet his opinion on the money ques- i and that he ought not to be charged up to anybody but Hanna. ee ee CLERKS ARE ON THE ALERT. the Effect of a Rumor of Proposed Dis- missals, There is renewed energy among the clerks in the pension office these days. The records show few late arrivals, and the rules of the office are being carefully ob- served. The reason for all this is the state- ment which has reached the department that the appropriation for clerk hire will be materially reduced this year, and the statement of Commissioner Evans before the subcommittee on appropriations that he could operate the bureau with 100 clerks less, if permitted to make the reductions, is taken as an evidence that this time next year there will be many absent faces. It is learned from excelient authority that were the commissioner permitted to make the reductions he would be ready im- mediately with his ax. And it is not a po- tical ax, either, sharpened by the wishes of congressmen’ and a desire to capture votes. It is an ax ground for the purpose of rendering the government good service. It is said the office is full to overflowing with inefficient clerks, who could well be spared. But it is a fact that already a list of in- efficient clerks has been made out, and when the time comes for distributing it there will be many surprises. It is the de- sire of the commissioner of pensions to op- erate the pension bureau upon a sound business policy, and the list which has been Trepared has been compiled strictly accord- ing to merit, with no politicai considera- tion whatever. In an interview with Com- missioner Evans today upon the subject said: “I have no hesitancy in saying that this bureau could be operated by at least 100 clerks less. There are divisions that are overcrowded, and the pay rolls carry con- siderable dead lumber. It is true that the heads of the several Givisions keep lists, setting forth the relative efficiency of the clerks ,under them, and when the time comes ‘for a reduction the changes will be made entirely upon their recommendations. No, sir,” said the commissioner, emphatic- ally, ‘‘politics will cut no figure in the mat- ter. What is wanted is efficient clerks, without regard to politics, and these ckanges, if they come, will rot be for par- tisan reasons.”” Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, January 15.—Flour dull, unchang- ed—receipts, 6,428 barrels; exports, 320 barrels: sales, 550 barrels. Wheat steady—spot and ‘mouth, 984u96'4 > 960964; May, 92taa23; February, steamer No. 2 red, 1 x 78,863 bush. sales, 8,000 busbels—southern’ wheat by sam ple, 92u97%4; do. on grade, 92%u07. spot, month aid February, 32! mixed, 30%4a30%—receipts, 183, ports,” 97,286. bushels; stock, sales, 75,000 busbels—southern w' $0; Rod's ized, 271g028—reccipts, 58, ; No. 2 mixes kK Tecel exports, 35,200 "bushels; stock, 477,872 bushels. Saigabsts—receipte, 6.610 buuhela® exports” €5.005 53 ts, 6. +e 92, bushels: stock, 436,106 Dushels; Hay tite’ for’ the better grades —cholce timothy, $18. "Grain fretghts Fery dull, unchanged. Sugar strong, “unchanged. Buiter and es = eese steady, unchanged. unchat ‘35 bushels; Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmant & Co., New York. SSE FINANCE AND TRADE War Rumors Cause a Break in tho Stock List. LONG SELLING HELPED THE BEARS Sugar, New York Central and Grangers Worst Sufferers. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——$_.—— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, January 15.—Wall street was influenced this morning by additional rumors of war complications and the short session resulted in uniform declines in all departments. From a feverish open- ing, in which reductions varying from \% to % per cent were recorded, prices shaded off until the decline, during the last hour, had extended to more substantial propor- tions, Selling for the short account was more conspicuous than at any time for several days, and liquidation of long stock was forced upon the weaker holders. The idea of complications with Spain is prevalent to a degree wholly unwarranted by the facts. A chronic misinterpretation of the orders to the fleet now en route for southern waters is influencing prices ad- versely, and the room, as yet, has not given serious thought to the wisdom of this course. There was 1o concerted attempt to ward off the effects of the seare on prices. Manhatten, Sugar and New York Central were active on the descending scale and closed somewhat ‘feverish notwithstanding evidences of scale buying by commission houses. Burlington was weak in sym- pathy with the general market and adverse ip as to the findings in the Nebraska As all opinions on this case are merely guesses, no serious trading Ss at- tracted by them. It is highly probable that today’s market represented a successful attack on unpro- tected issues The stocks sold are yet to be purchased, however, and the failure to fcree a war with Spain will result in an expensive failure in the retention of today’s ing. With Manhattan down 5 per cent from yesterday, Burlington under par and Suger 10 per cent cheaper than at the beginning of the decline a forced covering move- ment uid not require any particular genius. The street has half a dozen opera- tors fully equal to this effort and fully alive to the certainty of success. So long as the threatened war with Spain is the only obsticie to contend with, the stock market has everything in its favor so far as ultimate results are concerned. The banks have gained $5,000,000 in law- ful money during the week, and have ex- tended their loans $1,250,000. The increase cash holdings is divided between the asury and the interior, an increase of over $6,000,009 in the deposits incre surplus $3,704,200, making the to: holding something more than § . This shows a sound banking basis and in- sures continued cheap money. agp seaiae FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ee The following are the opening, the bigh- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, memers New York stock exchange. Correspondent Mesers. Moore & Schley. No. % Br Open. High, Low. Close. American Spirits, 35g ame! American ¢ Atchison Baltim Bay State Gas.. Canada Southern. Canada Paci Chesapeake & Ohio.: C..C. 0. & St. Louis. enicago, B&Q. Cihicages Nottuwestern Chicago Gas... % © Ma St. Pant © M. & St. Paul, pi Ru. & Paci Consolidated Del. Lack & W Delaware & findson Den. & kio Grande, ptd Erie... Generai Fecinc. Ihnote Centrai.. Lake Shore Louisville « Naan' Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Flevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacitic Nationa) Lead C Nationai Leau Uo.. pid New Jersey Centrai New York Centrai Northern Pacitl Northern Pacitte, pfd Ont. & Western Pacitie Manl...... Phila. & keading. | Pullman P. C. Co. Southern Ry.. pf Phila. ‘Traction ‘Yexas Pacitic Tenn. Coai & Union Pacific... U.S. Leather, pfa.. Wabash, pid... Western Union Tei... Siver. Brookiyn. R. Transit. Chig. & G. Western..... 15% —— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—32 o'clock m.U. 8 Electric Light, 10 at 102%. Commercial Fire Insurance, 00 at 4; 100 at 4; 100 at 4. Pheumatie Gun Car: Wy 4K age, 100 at 4 deents. American Graphophe red, 2 at 13%; 14. Mergenthaler Lino- ype, 2 at 149%; 10 at 142%. After call—U. 8. Electric Light, J at 103; 10 at 103. “Pneumatic Gun Carriage,’ 100 at 43’ cents; 209 at 43 cents; 200 at 43 cents. District of Columbia Bonds.—2)-year fund 5s, 102 bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 111 bid. 3.658, fund- ing, currency, 116 bid. Miscelluncous Bonds.—Metropolitan Rallroad 5s, 119 bid. Metropolitan Railroad conv. 68, 120 bid, 123 usked. Metropolitan allroad certificates of indebtedness, A, 125 bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates of in Belt Raliroad Railroad 6s. %4 ptedness, B, 110 bid, 115 asked. Eckington . 50 bid, TO asked. id, 100 asked. Ce 6s, 1 bid. Washington Gr A, 113 bid. Washington Gas € B, 1144 bid. U. 8. Electric Light 104% bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 103 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. American Security and Trust r 100 bid. Washington Market Co Com id O., Ist 6s, 110. tid. Washington Market imp. 6a, 110 bid, Washington Market Comp ext. 6s, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association Ss, 10 ‘svid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 6s, 46 bid. ‘ ‘National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 290 bid. Metropolitan, 305 bid. Central (new 183 bid, 150 asked, Farmers and Mechanics bid, 187 asked. Second, 138 bid. Citizens’) 140 |. Columbia, 130 bid.’ Capital, 126 bid. West End, 108 bid, 108 asked. Traders’, 93 bid. Lin- coln, 110 bid, 115 asked. Sate Deposit and Trost Companies. Washington Loan and Trust, 128 bid, 130 asked. American Security snd Trust, ‘148 ‘bid. Washington Safe it, 50 bid. road ital Traction, @7 bid, 69 a bid. Colimbia, 64 bi, gked, Metropolitan, a a Electri t Stocks.— Washington Gas, Se tha, ates as CoS iectse Light, Biase anced asked. tieurance Stocks.—Biremen's, 20 bid. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, 67 Corcoran, 58 bid. Potomac, 63 bid. A: ton, 134 bid. 147 asked. German-American, 185 bid.” National Union, 10 bid, 12 asked. Columbia, 12 pid, 1 Banked. Riggs, bid, 6 asked. People's, 5% bid, 6 asked. Lin: , x04 bid. Commercial, 4 bid, 44 asked. Title, 43% bid. Sie waked, Wash. igi ‘TDide 2 Md. District Tiue, 8h Ud. 6 American 12% bid, 18% asked. American Sees ee ‘Title Insurance 2 asked.” Lanston Mowotrpe ve, iene i Teen 110, Bid. Norfetk i Wi fon Steamboat, 100 asked. Lincoln Hall, ae ate Quotations ‘Corson & Macart- ney, benkers. Asked. 2 per cents, a 4 per cents, is 4 per cents, 113 4 per cents, 4 per cents, ———_ is per cents, Currency 6 per sevens