Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1898, Page 2

= _— THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898-14 PAGES. — -- Y 4 * i. Urgent Deficiency in Senate, Army in House. CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC TAKEN UP Prospect of a Thorough Dis- cussion. IN EXECUTIVE SESSION r of the committe a fav to ing for an investigation subje of leprosy, and it was placed on the calen- dar. Mr. Vest (™ e committee, reported the which wes adopted by that c« and ve notice t he woul t an early date. ir. Platt (Conn.) an vt) report . relative to the ot unanimous. option of Secretary of srmation respecting ailor of the States ship en taken looking ed to the retary of the sons why the item of United ad been ch went over y of the com- mulgaie an or- nild be of pens! last ve my s after the d been mae rman of the » nat he belie House, carried $1 to the Senate, : bil the co ittee On appropriations were read and ed to. In addition Mr. Hale offered an amend- ment to pay Henry A. DuPont of Delaware es he incurred in mak- for a seat in the Senate, 0%), for the House tiyes, with which to pay mis- general expens 30th e Mill, carrying $ S01, of Rey ellane< rere a po wo tee asked ported yet lent author: h of io) of the Pacific railroad ideration of the nferring upon the bid on the Kans: nion Pacifle road at ty upon the it should and would y to purchase the road amendment was agreed to. vident that the bill would pro- 5 siderable discussion, Mr. Foraker rithdrew his request for immediate consid- eration. Mr. Davis moved that the Senate go into ne ‘The Census Bill. Mr. Carter, chairman of the census com- Mittee, said he desired to call attention to the notice he had given yesterday that he would today call up for consideration bill. The committee, id, regarded this bill as of great im- and felt that it should be p: sed promptly. “From published statements made by mbers of the foreign relations commit- said Mr. Carter, “it appears that the 1ate May be engaged for perhaps thirty in the conside ion of the Hawaiian sus bill ought iong as that. The the preliminary ar- as the census is evi- na ‘he ce commit- took with cquinimity upon a y of thirt uk mak days. My opinion with the ing of the cen- of which will insisted ‘upon his Carter then proposed that the time for taking a final vete upon the census 1 mendments thereto be f Wednesday after- nator Faulkner, nocratic members of committee, Mr. Carter agreed ve his request to fix a time for a until tomorrow morning. «t 1:10 p.m. went into execu- enate went into executive ses- today Senator Morgan was recognize ortin veech in support of awailan al He con- hi lew of in the nm of all rs. It wa that he sume the e 2 OF REPRESENTATIVES. election case of the i d of by the ves today. Chair- n Taylor of the committee on elections ed that Thomas F. Clark, who of contest against Jesse F. representing the second Alabama 2 abendoned his contest, and therefore unanimously re- n declaring M lings The House then resumed the considera- tion of the army appropriation bill. When the Ho: adjourned yesterday a point of order had been inst a provision of the bill m x the method of com- puting the mil offi chair overruled the point of order. M 1 id proposed pro- cost of milea, After some discussion y passed over. Mr. Say- point of order against th quiring Ub y of enlisted men in pe ned and m. The point of the provision went (Ark.) offered an amendment to appropriate $15,000 for the repair of the onal cer t Arkan- He exy that the cemetery had been totally wrecked by the storm which ed t fell under a poin Without furtt town. The amend- i order. ndment the biil was P d. solution for the appointment of members of the bovrd of regents of the Smithsonian Institution was also passed. Diplomatic Bill Taken Up. Mr Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, then called up the diplo- matic and consular appropriation bill. Mr. Bailey objected to any limitation oa the general debate. Mr. Bland and others gave notice that they desired to submit some remarks. It was evident that members of the minority proposed to debate our foreign relations extensively. Without agrecing on any time for closing the debate, Mr. Hitt entered tpon a general explanation of the pro- visions of the bill. As soon as the enacting clause had been read Mr. DeArmond (Mo.) offered an amendment to recognize the Cuban insur- ents as belligerents. Mr. Hitt raised the point of order that | yesterday morning. j hi the amendment was new legislation and obnoxious to the rules of the House. Chairman Hitt Challenged. Mr. Bailey (Tex.), amid a burst of ap- piause, challenged Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, to state that it was the intention of those in authority to give this House an opportunity to vote on a Cuban belligerency resolution. Mr. Hitt made no reply but to protest that Mr. Bailey was out of order. Mr. Hepburn, in the chair, sustained the point of order. Mr. De Armond thereupon appealed from the decision of the chair and urged mem- bers to seize this opportunity. = Mr. Dingley, the floor leader of the ma- jority, hurried to the rescue. Great excitement prevailed. The Speak- er entered the hail of the House while Mr. Dir appealed to his side of the House to disregard aH their personal inclinations toward the amendments and stand by the rules of the House. to Mr. Dingley, Mr. DeArmond members to free the House for a r from a ‘dominion so absolute members coud get consideration for except after those in authority approved it.” Su ee DUELLISTS UNDER BOND. that nothing had Outcome of the Hundlcy-Cussons Con- versy at Richmond. The Evening Star. cases of Gon. George J. Hundley of Amelia and dohn Cusscns of Glen AMen, who ged with being about to commit ch of the peace by fighting a duel, up in the police court today the court was crowded to the limit with inter- ested spectators, among whom were some of the most prominent citizens of Rich- mond and vicinity, a number of the mem- bers of the legislature who had served with Gen. Hundley ody, and many well- krown confed veteran friends of both of the accused watched the proceedings With interest. Col. Cussons was the first ef the two accused to appear. He was foliowed in a few Gen. Hundley, who chatted cheerily with ounse! W. F. Reddy and Tsaac D Chief of Police Howard, who had the wai rent sworn out for the arrest of the two men, was put on the stand, and testified that atter reading in the papers the spicy came reom minutes by controve between the two men, and knowing their dispositicn, he feared there would be trouble when he learned they artered at the same hotel. These supplemented by stories in the which he regarded sufficient ve the men arrested lest they nds to h culd fight a o further ny was taken, and ley and Col. Cussuns were both bond to keep the peace in the sum of $1,000 each. State Senator Foster, Col. John Murphy and George C. Jefferson, in of Gen. Hundicy’s, went on his while C: R. N. Thomas and Col. Murphy e Col. Cussons’ bonds- men. The two confederate officers bowed ecurteously to each other in the court rcom. —— BELIEVERS BIMETALLISM. Meeting of the ecutive Committee of the National Union, The executive commitice of the Bimetal- > Union met this afternoon at No. 1114 F reet. There were present, besides Gen. A. J. Warner, the president, R. C. Cham- bers of Utah, first vice president; Henry G. Miller of Hlinois, second vice president; Jcseph Sheldon of Connecticut, C. A. Towne, Minnesota; Thomas G. Merrill, Mont: H. F. Bartine, Llinois; Senator Allen, Nebraska; 0. W. Underwood, Ala- bama, and L. M. Rumsey, Missouri. In conversation with a Star reporter General Warner sketched the intention of the committee: The object of the meeting,” said Gen- eral Warner to a Star reporter, “Is to out- line the work to be done the coming year, especially with the view of meeting the present situation brought about by the proposed currency scheme of Mr. Gage. “Of course, all bimetallists are opposed not only to the permanent establishment of the single gold standard, but are equally gainst the substitution of non-legal ten- der promises of banks to pay money in place of United States legal tender notes, “We hold that the currency cannot be mace better by Such a prooess, and that no other enlightened couatry would enter- tain, even for discussion, such a proposi- ion as now confronts the people of this ntry. “The forces in Ohio opposed to monopoly and the gold trast, which embraces all ether monopolies, were never so well united as now, and they are constantly increasing in numbers. They will stay united in the apaign this year and in 1), ‘All attempts to repeat the tactics of 1892 and impose on the party another Cleveland as its leader will utterly fail. That an attempt will be made to a Bryan and elevate some man like Cle ose land has been anticipated, and the people are on to it. It will not work. The pevple will stay with Bryan and he with them.” General Warner, before the meeting, said that his health had suffered very much of late by overwork, and it was his intention to spend the next few months in Georgia. He did not at present feel physically able to continue the work in hand, and some time during the present session he would ask the executive com- mii to name some one to take his plac temporarily at | union, st, at the head of the ee SE: COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Dingley’s Bill Providing for Its Government. Mr. Dingley has introduced a bill in the House providing that the Columbian Unt- ver after the first day of June, 1s9s, shail be under the management and control of a board of trustes, consisting of twenty- two members: the president of the uni- versity shall be ex ofticio a member of the board, and the remaining twenty-one shall be divided into three classes, with sev members in each cl. A majority of the board e to be residents of the District of Columbia, and seven members shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Before the 31st day of May, 1898, a meeting of the trustees and overseers of the university shall be held, and the meet- ing shall elect twenty-one trustees, seven of whom shall be designated to serve from the Ist day of June, 1598, until the annual mceting in 1800, and seven from the same date until the annual meeting in 1900, and Seven until the annual meeting in 1901. Two-thirds of the trustees and the pres- ident of the university shall be members of regular Baptist church The truste so el i shall serve for the periods men- tioned and until theiy successors are elect- ed. June 1, 1808S, the terms of office of th present trustees and overseers shall cease and determine, and thereupon the control and management of said university, its property and trusts, shall vest in the board of trustees. The bill also limits the terms of office: and provides other regulations for t election. SPANISH © MP BESIEGED. insurgents Finally Compelled to Re- tire by a Gunboat, HAVANA, January 18—News receive] here from Spanish sources today says the insurgents recently besieged the Spanisn camp at Echuela, in the Manzanillo dis- trict of the province of Santiago de Cuba. The insurgents, it is added, fired fifty-six cannon shots and kept up a continuous musketry fire from 6 a.m. to 130 a.m. At 3 o'clock the same afternoon, date not mentioned, a Spanish gunboat -and a column of 300 Spenish troops raised the siege of the place. The garrison had five men wounded, the Spaniards say. ee EXPOSING PENSION FRAUDS. Aim of the Resolution Introduced by Representative Salzer. Representative Sulzer introduced in the House today the following resolution, in- tended chance to hunt out fraudulent pension cases from their district “That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, directéd to order the commissioner of pensions to. exhibit .to members of Congréss, on their request, the list of persons drawing pensions’ within their respective districts.” ~ Ex-Representative in bes and eee 8. Hooper died suddenly at Farm to give members of Congress a. THE WATER METERS Reasons Advanced by Commissioners * for Wanting Legislation. WASTE OF WATER AND POOR FACILITIES Effort to Utilize to Advantage Ex- isting Distribution Service. THE REPORT OF THE BOARD ——— The District Commissioners today, at the request of the House subcommittee on ap- propriations, transmitted their reasons for asking for authority to introduce the water meters proposed by them, and the probable increase of pressure which may be ex- pected therefrom. The Commissioners claim that the ex- perience of other cities has proved that the only way of avoiding what they term “preventable waste” is by the use of water meters. They state that with such funds as they may beable to spare from the rev- enues of the water department the total cost for the first year will be about $75,000 for 3,500 meters, it being their purpose to introduce them gradually. The Commissioners’ Report. The report is as follows: “Tt is admitted on all sides that there is a scarcity of water in certain portions of the city of Washingten, notably on Capitol Hill, causing a loss of head sufficient to prevent the water from reaching the upper floors of dwellings. On investigating the subject it is found that this loss of pres- sure can be ascribed to two causes: First, on account of the waste of water, and sec- end, on account of insufficient suppiy fa- cilities. “When this matter was brought to the attention of Congress in recent years the answer,was made that the amount of wa- ter used per capita in Washington was ex- cessive, and that while this use contin- ued to be excessive it could not be shown that every effort was being made to util- ize the fullest capacity of the existing dis- tribution system. Investigation made dur- ing the past season, the results of which were presented to you in the printed re- port of the operations of the engineer de- partment of the Distri report transmitted by the president of the board of Commissioners January 11, 1898, shows that there is a great waste of wa- ter, which to a great extent is prevent- able. Experience in other citles has proved that the only way of preventing this waste is by the use of water meters. “Recognizing this, the Commissioners have asked authority to extend the use of meters. For reasons which have been given it has been considered desirable to inake this extension gradually, taking first only those cases. where the abuse of the water privileges is most marked, and also Introducing meters at such points as will give the most Ynmediate results in in- creasing pressures where they are now de- ficient. Thirty-Five Hundred Meters. “The Commissioners desire to prosecute this work with such funds as they may be able to spare from the revenues of the wa- ter department, the total estimated expen- diture for the first year being limited to about $75,000, which would permit the in- troduction of about 3,500 meters. It should be stated, however, that if the authority to ke the extension of the meter service as requested, within such limits as to the amount to be expended as Congress may deem best is granted, the main desidera- tum will be obtained, aud correspondingly defer to a more disiant future the necessi- ty for a large outlay for new mains and pumps. It is not considered desirable to attempt to place meters at a greater rate than 5,000 a year, until by the experience ef at least a year an organization can be perfected and a plan provided which will permit the work of installation to be done on the most advantageous and economic basis possible. “Beiore going further attention is invited to the fact that if the present per capita consumption of water in the District of Co- lumbia is permitted to continue, with the population Increasing at its present rate, but a very few years must,clapse before the capacity of the aqueduct from Great Falls will have been taxed to its fullest extent, and there will be an immediate necessity for the construction of a second aqueduct. This is shown on page 4009, ap- pendix AAA, annual report of the chief of engineers, 1807, being the report of Capt. D. D. Gaillard, Matter of Filtration. “Any scheme for thes filtration of the water supply of Washington will have its cost, in a measure, based upon the quan- iity of water to be filtered, and it is im- portant that the waste of water should be reduced to a minimum in order to make this very necessary improvement the more practicable. Attention is also invited to the fact that any means which will reduce the per capita consumption to 100 gallons per diem will increase by more than one-third the avail- able capacity for service of the existing pumps, mains, &c. “As the metering of so large a city as Washington must necessarily be a matter of time, it is respectfully submitted that it is desirable to begin on this work at as early a date as pi ‘The second UL acticable. use of the insufficient s stated earlier, is to be found supply facilities. Water is now brought into the District through mains of a maximure size of four feet. The loss of available head, through friction in the pipes, 1s well known, and it does not re- quire an expert hydraulic engineer to know that the shorter the pipe through which the water is carried the more nearly the height of the outflow will equal the height of the supply, “The completion of the Howard Uni- versity reservoir and of some means of filling it will bring the source of supply for all practical purposes about four miles nearer to the Capitol than it is at present, and will produce a ccrresponding increase of pressure at all points to the south and east of the reservoir, and, indeed, its ef- fects will reach to the west nearly half y between the reservoirs. “The following statements show the in- crease of pressures which may be reason- ably expected from the stoppage of waste and from the completion of the reservoir and its appurtenances. Water Supply and Pressures, “Since the deficiercy in the water supply and in the pressures in the street mains is greatest on Capitol Hill, figures will be given only for that section, although the effect will be similar in all sections of the city and to a greater or less amount. As nearly as can be determined from the figures now available, the forty-eight-inch main which supplies Capitol Hill is, under ordinary conditions, furnishing water at an average rate of about 21,000,000 gallons a day. With a population og 145,000 in the sections supplied by this main, the average per capita supply per diem is, roughly, 145 gallons. With the -use of meters, a re- duction to a per capita consumption of 100 gallons per diem is expected. With such a reduction of waste throughout the entire section supplied by this main, thes daily supply would be reduced approxi- mately to what it was in 180, immediate- ly after this main was placed in service, and the condition of the supply would be improved to what it was in 1890 and no more. “The increased pressure and the increas- ed height io which water would rise in buildings on East Capitol street. would correspond, therefore, only to the loss since 1800, This loss at the highest points is five or six feet, and a gain of that much over the present conditions would not car- ry water to fixtures on the third floors or give a satisfactory water supply. The pres- sure in 1800 at 2d and East Capitol streets was only fifteen pounds, sufficient only to carry the water thirty-five feet above ihe street level. A return, therefore, to the conditicns existing in 1890 would still leave the third floors of some dwellings without water. With the completion of the Howard University reservoir and of the Lydecker tunnel, the total loss of head due to fric- ‘| tion’ in mains between the reservoir and the highest points on Capitol Hill would be ‘lprobably not greater six feet, and | the pressures would be sufficient to raise water to a height of forty-seven feet above the street level, twelve feet higher than in 1890, and sufficiently high to give a supply to the highest figtures in any dwelling in that logality,..with an increase also in all other points now supplied by the low-service system” ACCI DENTAL SUFFOCATION Blisha Burrfss Found Dead in Bed at the . Thygon House, Supposed to Have Failed to Properly it ” Turn, Off. the Gas—His ¥riengs Notified. Elisha Burriss, a white man, apparently about twenty-eight years of age, was found dead in bed absut 7 o'clock this morning at the Thyson House, corner 7th and P streets northwest. The cause of death fs given as accidental suffocation by gas. Burriss came to the Thyson House last night and registered as from Southport, N. C. He retired about 10 o'clock, seem- ingly in good spirits. He had not been drinking. This morning, about 7 o'clock, the odor of gas was noticed in the house and was traced to the room to which he had been assigned. The door was opened and Burriss was discovered lying in bed, partly covered with the bedclothes. His overcoat was also upon the bed. He had evidently placed it there in the night as an addition to the covering. There were no signs of a struggle, and it would seem as though death had come almost painlessly. Dr. Miller was immediately summoned, but he could give no aid and said, in his opinion, the man had been dead ‘since 3 o'clock. Coroner Carr, who had also been sent for, arrived about 11 o'clock, and upon examination gave a certificate of accidentat death, the body being removed to the Morgue soon after. It is believed to be probable that Burriss arose in the night to get his overcoat and either turned the gas on and then, not fi ing matches failed to turn it off again, or failed to turn off the flow completely when he first retired. Letters in His Pocket. A pocketbook with $42 in it» was found under the pillow and several letters in his coat pocket. The letters were from his nother and sister and breathed affection and sympathy: for the recipient in every line. His sister eepectally cautioned him te be a good boy and not to lose every- thirg he had. From other papers it is !n- ferred he had been in the employ of the tug Isabel, as his sister mentioned the fact of his going ashore and spending his money. It would appear from the letters that this was the first time he had ever been away from his home. Burriss was of medium badly freckled face and light, | reddish mustache. He wore glasses ‘and rather neat and prepossessing in gene’ appearance. He seemed to be of a very quiet demeanor last night, although not £0 much so as to cause any comment. He left no note or word of any kind, and this, covpled with the fact that he had ap- parently fixed himself in bed for a warm night's rest, leads to the theory of accident. His mother and sister, who live in South- port, North Carolina, according to the let- ters found in the pocket of the coat, will be communjcated, with, the authorities taking charge of tt body meanwhile at the Tr.ci gue. 3 height, had a a # 7 MAKING sEVERYTHING READY. 2 —— Preparing tor the Diplomatt tion! Tontorrow Night. The Whitd' Hou¥e will be closed to all except official visitors tomorrow to permit of the decorations and arrangements for the receptiom: at night. Work was begun today putting evetything in readiness for the first important, reception at the Execu- tive Mansion, ang Secretary Porter and Col. Bingham, master of ceremonies, are hard at work trytig to arrange everything satisfactorily. They have spent much ume with this end in yiew. They have given particular atgention,to details, possible, as well as certain, event&being arranged for carefully, 4 «4 = The doors will not ‘be opened to the gen- eral public upiil 9 o'clock. ‘The reception to the diplomats will begin at about 8:30 o'clock, and will be concluded by the time the doors aré “opened to ‘the other guesis lt is not intended that the members of the diplomatic corps shall take their departure at the conclusion of the reception to them. instead, the wish is expressed tiat zhe will remain, if so inclined, and share m th pleasures of the evening with th guests. They are expected to remain long as they desire. : Work will begin on the exits tomorrow. ‘The window on the north side of the house, Just east of the portico, wiil be used as an exit as formerly. Platforms will be built inside and outside of the window. : Requests for invitations are still reaching the White House in large numbers, but Sceretary Porter declines to issue any ‘more Recep- decorations will be exceptionally pretty. In addition to floral decorations there will be small red, white and llue electric lights. The electrician is putting them up today. —-______ THE BUTTERWORTH FUNERAL, Arrangements Completed Services Tomorrow. All arrangements for the funeral of Com- missioner Butterworth have been made. The remains will arrive in this city: to- night at 1 by the Pennsylvania rail- road. A delegation from the Senate and House of Representatives will be on hand, together with representatives from the patent office and the Ohio Republican Club. The remains will be taken at once to the commissioner's late home on T street, Le Droit Park. There will be no service at the house, the funeral services being con- ducted at the Church of the Covenant to- morrow at 2 o'clock. Mr. W. E. Curtis has charge of the arrangements. The honorary palibearers will be Secre- tary C. N. Bliss, Speaker ‘Thomas B. Reed, Senator Mark A. Hanna, Judge Jere M. Wilson, Judge William R. Day, assistant secretary’ of state; Judge Thomas Ryan, assistant secretary of the interior; Repre- sentative Joseph G. Cannon, Judge Louls E. McComas, Senetcr J. C. Burrows, Rep- resentative Amos G. Cummings, Mr. Gree- ley, assistant commissioner of patents, and Messrs. Julian C. Dowell and Henry W. Coffin. The active pallbearers were select- ed from the employes of the office, and are as follows: L. W. Mexson, J. H. Brick- enstein, Eugene Byrnes, W. L. Aughin- baugh, L. H. Campbell ard W. A. Megrath, The ushers at the church will be Major H. O. S. Heistand, Mr. Heath, assistant postmaster general; Henry E. Davis, Chas. D. Wolcott, 3. E.-Chureh, Dr. J. E. Jones, W. J. Lampton, Walter F. Rogers, John W. Holcomb, O. P. Austin, John F. Wil- kins, H. B. F, Macfarland, C. C. Stauffer and George L. Morton. The cabinet will probably attend the funeral in a body, accompanied by Presi- dent McKinley. After the services at the church the re- mains will be jtakeh to-Oak Hill cemetery, where they will bq deposited in the vault, pending a decisi by the family as to their final resting place. It is understood the burial will be either at Spring Grove cemetery, Cippinn: or at Mainville, War- ren county, -fhe old homestead of the Butterworth: a= - The committee appointed to make ar- rangement fér afloral tribute on behalf of the patent office-togay decided to decorate the church. 5,» - There was 4 meeting of the Patent Bar Association ffiis ‘afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Warder building, at which suitable res- olutions were passed. —-e-—____ 2 Fire in South Washingto: An alarm of fire was turned in from box 417 about 10’clock this afternoon for fire in the house. of Dennis Sargent, No. 231 Monument court _ southwest. The cause of the fire is not known. Bed cloth- ing valued at about $10 was destroyed. About the same time an alarm was turn- ed in from box 153 at 13th and B streets northwest. This alarm, it is thought, was made also for the South Washington fire. —_—_. ~ Court Adjourns to February 8. The Court of Appeals this afternoon ad- journed until the 8th of February. x for the FRIENDS OF SILVER|'N ANNUAL MEETING/FINANCE AND TRADE Teller Resolution Adopted by the - Finance Committee. ONLY REPUBLICANS OPPOSED IT Bill Against Ticket Scalpers to Be Reported. WORK OF THE COMMITTEES The Senate committee on finance voted today to report the Teller resolution de- claring for the payment of the national bonds in silver as well as gold. The vote stood 8 to 5. The resolution is practically the same as the Stanley Matthews resolution adopted twenty years ago. Those voting for the resolution were Messrs. Vest, Jones (Ark), White, Walthall, Turple, Daniel, democrats; Jones (Nev.), silver republican, and Wolk ‘ott, republican. Those against—Morrill, Allison, Aldrich, Platt (Conn.) and Burrow: Senator Jones (Nev.) was not present, but his vote was by his request recorded in favor of the resolution. The vote was preceded by a discussion which was generally participated in by the members of the committee. The general tenor of the discussion was along the lines of that a week ago, the republicans contending that the resolution was Uuse- less and would be devoid of resul and the democrats end their allies taking the op- posite po ion. The republicans especially deprecated the agitation of the financial question at the present time, saying there was no effort and likely to be none to pass a general financial measure through the S nitely to the gold s' To this the demo; the efforts of Secreia tor Edmunds to have Congress take question in a wv which looked to pk the country definitely upon a goid ate committing the country more deti- ndard. ats replied by citing Gage and ex-Sena- p the They contended that it was the evident puryx of the administration. to secure legislation in the interest of the single whenever opportunity offered, the'r purpose of securing a declaration in favor of a double standard such a8 was proposed in this resolution, if possible to do so, in order to show that there had been no change in sentiment. If, they , the business interests were to be injured by the agitation of the finan- cial question at this time, the blame should be placed upon the republican administra- tion and not upon themselves. When some of the republican senators were reminded that they had voted for the resolutio when presented by Stanley Matthews twenty years ago, they admitted such to be the fact, but said in explanation of their present attitude *that conditions had rhanged. ator Wolcott did not vote with his republican friends, but heartily supported the resolution, saying he would vote for it every time it came up. Work in the Committees. The House committee on commerce to- day voted to report the anti-ticket scalp- ing bill in the form of a substitute pre- pared by Mr. Sherman of New York. The substitute follows the general lines of the original bill, with some additional fea- tures. It places a penalty on railroad ofti- cers who deal with scalpers. Heretofore » plan has been to hold the corporation liable, but the new provision extends the liability to officials, making them subject to a misdemeanor, with fine or imprison- ment on conviction. A new paragraph is inserted in section 2, making it unlawful for general passenger agents to supply tickets to other than authorized ticket agents. ‘Another clause provides that unused tickets shall be redeemed at any time within one year. Any company failing to redeem a ticket is made liable in a civil action to a penalty of $100 in excess of the redemption money on the ticket. Mr. Sherman will write the report and present it tornorrow. cretary Gage on the Currency. Secretary Gage proceeded today with the currency hearing before the House com- mittee on banking and currency. The Sec- had concluded his statement, and hearing took a generaf range with la view to developing Mr. Gage's views on {general financial questions and his judg- standard, and avowed ment on the various measures, including | his own, for currency revision. Ex-Secre- tary Fairchild and Solicitor of the Treas- ury O'Connell also were present. The early hours of the hearing were giv- en to a discussion of the sufficiency of the bank guaranty on unsecured circulation, as provided by the various bills. Chairman Walker, in a series of questions, sought to how that the aranty required by the Gage bill and the monetary bill was too great, thus imposing an onerous burden on the banks, far beyond the losses which ex- perience had shown would occur. Mr. | Gage said that the safety fund in his bill placed at a point which he regarded rd if found too high, it could be re- Fairchild said it was felt that in a of this character, it had been deemed best to make the guaranty too great rath an too little. Mr. Gage stated in this connection that he saw objections to the plaa of imposing a mutual responsibility on all banks, as proposed in the monetary commission. bill. It would be an unfortunate requirement, he felt, as it would operate to keep desir- able banks from entering the system and imposing on themselves a responsibility for outside banks. The banker, as a rule, did not want to be responsible for losses other than his own. Whether the guaranty was to be by a 2 per cent tax on banke, as he provided, or by a muiual guaranty from al! banks, as the commission provided, or some other adequate plan, Mr. Gage said he was willing to concede this detail so long as some safe security for the redemption of the bank notes was provided. Proposed Cable to Hawait. James A. Scrymser, president of the Pa- cific Cable Company, appeared before the House comiittee on interstate and foreign commerce today to a with the United States, which, he su’ would not call a subsidy, whereby ithe com- pany would transmit ail official mussages for $175,000 per year for twenty years from San Francisco to Hawaii, China and Japa with a proposition to extend it to Australia for $75,000 additional per year. He said that during the Venezuelan trou- ble it had cost the government $5,000 for one diplomatic message, and no one knew what the government's aggregate expense was in this connection. It would take 8,000 miles of cable from San Francisco to Honolulu. He was sharply questioned by the com- mittee ag to the monopolistic features of his proposition. He said his company was responsible and had experience to do what they proposed. —EEEE——— JUDGE LONG'S PENSION. His Case Considered at Length by the Commissioner. The case of Judge Long, who recently ap- plied to the commissioner of pensions for restoration to the $72 class, from which. he was reduced to $50 by Commissioner Loch- ren, was up for firal aétion today. The «mmissioner of pensicns went over the case carefully, and, it is understood, bas decided adversely the application’ for restoration. The case will now go before the Secretary of the Interior for his -ac- tion, and in the event it ould be in sup- port of the commissior..s, it is under- stood the attorneys for Judge Long will take the case into the courts. SS SS LIBERTY MARKET CLAIMS, sioners Doubt Their Authority to Approve Findings. rare In response to a request from ex-Repre- sentative John J. Hemphill, counsel in the cases, the District Commissioners today wrote him that they have grave doubts a3 to thelr right or power to approve the find: ings made by the auditor of the District Supreme Court in seventy-three of the cases growing out of the destruction of the old Northern Liberty market and forward them to the Speakér of the House of Rep- resentatives or to the House on. Commi: Oolonization Society Holds an Interesting Conference. ‘The Report of Work in Liberia Election of Of- ficers. The annual meeting of the American Col- onization Society was held today at noon at the headquarters of the society in this city, 450 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The societies represented and the dele- gates present were: Pennsylvania Colonization Society—Ar- thur M. Burton, Rey. Charles E. Milnor and Mr. John W. Duties. Maryland Colonization W. S. Hall and Ma: Soc iward T. Jor chusetts Colonization Soc! n. executive committee ent wer Byron Sunderland, D. } Reginald Fendall, Dr. W. W. Godding, Huntington, D.D., and J. Or- son. Those who were Were present we y—George ty—Rev. Daniel Dulany Addis th Members of invited Isaac to attend vr. and Smith, New a Rey ‘No: Re Ww Hampton jor prin Industrial In Grammer of iitut Organiz: ted by the election of Rev. nd of th irst Presby chairman in place of : York, president of the society, who could not attend. Com een Named. A committee on credentials was appoint- ed, afier prayer had been offered by Rev. Dr. Grammer. posed of Messrs dail. Other committees were appointed, as fol- lows: Education and foreign relations—Messrs. Addison, Godding and furton. Accounts and finance—Messrs. son and Goddin Auxiliary ties and Duiles, This committee was com- Godding, Wilson and Fen- Hall, Wil- y agencies—Messrs. Milnor and Jones. Emigration—Me Burton, Godding Addison, omination of an executive committee, ereta and trea -Messrs. Hall, Dul- les and Addison. @ death of Rev. Thomas G. Addi was referred to touchingly. ‘The chairm put the name of Rev. Dr. Mackay-S of St. John’s Church here in to live Ke his place committee, Tt of the officers of the soci the colonization work done {n Lil read by the secretary. The rey Was one: of particular interest, dealing i it did with important toptes of the de rd to foreign colonization pelicy of this government in as member of the execu- The re on and its foreiga and the appointment of consuls ard missionaric After referring at length to the Unitea States the in its relations with Li usion that the inning, stands n independent Chri hegro state on the continent of Afri a great benefaction to {ts own citizens nd an uplifting influence on the entire race. After the report was fil ished lunch served to th present, in an adjoining room, succeeding which the session was resumed. The election of officers res as follows: The Society Officers. President, Right Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., New York; yv presidenis, Rev. Rob- ert Ryland, D.I Kentucky; Mr. Samuel ; Mr. Robert Arth- Bishop R. S. Fos Mr. Sam: Massachusett son, New Jerse: D.D., Pennsylvania; Rev. Bishop H. M Turner, D.D., Georgia; Rev. William E. Schenck, D.D., Pennsylvania; Richard W. Appleton, Thompson, Indiaua; Rey. Bishop H. W. Warren, D.D., Coloraao; Mr. Henry G. Marquand, New York George D. Boardman, — D.D. Penn: Rev. Bishop E. G. Andrews, Prot. Edw. W. Blyden, Alexander B. Hagner, Di Rey. Aspinwall Hodge, vanla; Mr. Arthur M. ; Rev. Li -t of Columbia D.D., Pennsy Burton, Pennsylva- ighton Parks, Massachusetts; Edward W. Appleton, D.D., Penn- sylvania; Rev. William A. Bartlett, D.D. New York; Mr. Osmun Latre aryland Rt. Rev. Thos. U. Dudley, D.L entucky; Mr. J. C. Baneroft Davis, District of Co- lum? Mr. John T. Morgan, Alabam: Mr. Robert B. Davidson, Pennsyly Mr. Isaac T. Smith, New H. Arnoux, New Re Julius C. Grammer, D.D., M Bishop J. A. Handy, D.D., ; Rev. Wilbur F. Paddock, D.L Pennsylyani. Mr. George A. Pope, Maryland; Rev. Waila D.D., District of Columbi Stanley, England; Rt. Rev. terlee, D.D., District of Columb! 3ishop J. F. Hurst, D.D., District of Co- Mr. John Welsh Dulles, Pennsyl- cliffe, 3 Mr. Henry M! Y. 8a i were also chosen, committee—Rev. By Mr. Reginald Fen- dall, Dr. Will! Godding, Judge Chi Nott, Rev. A. J. Huntington, D.D. J. Ormond Wiison and Rev. Dr. Mackay Smith; secretary, Mr. J. Ormond Wilson; treasurer, Mr. Reginald Fendall. eretary Wilson stated that the general egent, Henry 'T. Buell, had made no report for the year. The matter of continuing him as general agent was discussed. The motion was made, and carried, Mr. Buell be continued’ gene the society at a salary of $1 The report cf the treasure! showed thai total rec: and disbursements $1 ance of $3,319.28. —__.—___ KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED. ren Sunde! that agent of Complaint of Joseph H. Givens at Police Headquarters, Joseph H. Givens, who lives at 247 Pome- roy street, made complaint to the police last night that he had been attacked by two colored footpads and robbed. He the affair happened on E street southw between 2d and 3d streets about 11 o'clock iast night. - According to the report received by the police Mr. Givens was walking along the street when he was stopped by the two colored men. They knocked him down and took from his pockets the amount of money stated. William M. Haws made a report of a larceny from the person. His complaint is that last night while on Rhode Island avenue a colored boy snatched a ring from his hand. H. C. Givens, Virginia flats, reports that his ulster was stolen from the hallway ot his house. The theft was committed yes- terday afternoon. —— Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets " Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1127 F st, members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmant, & Co., New York. GRAIN. ws “a 9 mi ee gt Be 29 295 BBY -% 2 Bem S0ky 2 Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, January 18.—Flour inactive, un- changed—receipts, 18,579 barrels; exports. none. Wheat dull- and February, 974973; Irregularity Was the Feature on New York Stock Board, CAUSED BY UNFOUNDED WAR TALK - Granger Shares and Traction Stock Shared the Decline. —_—_—_—____ GENERAL MARKET REPORTS eee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, Janvary 18.—The action of ock market was less satisfactory of its recent predecessors, and nce ely. in higher decid prices, if not lacking finished. Tr was tion ou the Teller resolution into an excuse for sellin anding the futility of such action t is already em- tion, That such a report would be made has been generaily mown for a Week past, but the strength precluded its being used as ket was extrem sensiiive iy wrospectiv vana, and t construed into an adve was influence. omdary element of weakness wes supplied by the flagrant manipulation in the Traction stocks. Opening prices for both ttan and Metropolitan we up 21 r cent from the final of yester and immediately suc- under their own weight. A few ed shares served to make the inital and then ers to Sell came in m all sides. move tem € to fail, m . from such sale: i general r more sympa- thetic, however, flighty advances must lack e: The Grang given good sup- port for : jer cover of the dullness were sold down fractionally dui ing the The earnings in th afternc merit to them, ; a cing market material- effort to & nition of their 1 not be Coal and Iron, > of 2 per cent, was iclt In the yearly ste Amerlean Sugar w relative sense, hold fa’ und last closing level, although failing to ain i rly morning advance. he short interest in this property was tive during the opening hour, forcing the price up to 15%, The belief in ulti- ly lower prices is unabated, but the varying for of the Hawaiian treaty may ca orary rallies of the trading in the to substitute irregu- disposition to move circles it considered in from new commitments iod of sensational rumors atures of the situation rrowness at this level permiis changes in the character of the trading, and it is impossible to promote a general demand until the prospect is re- lieved of its vague dangers. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, wiser to r during this p The min f good, but na sudden The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley American Spirits. American Spirits, pfd American Sugar. American Sugar, pi Aimerican Tobi Amer Atchiso Baitime bay State ( ron fee Zou NoTimWestern Chigago Gas... cM &S Chie. St. P., M. & O Consolidated Gas Det. Lack & W Delaware & Audson . Dea. & Kio Grande, brie. General © Miinois Centrai Lake Louisvi Mi @ Nasher ppolttan “Tracts Michigan Central... Missouri Pacific National Lead ¢ Nationa! Lena Co.. pla. New Jersey Centr: New York Central. Northern Pacitic Northern Pacific Unt. & Wester: Pacitie Mai Phila. & ke Pullman P. Southern Ri Texas Paci ‘Venn. Coai & iron Chion Pacific 4 309, U.S. Leatner, pra...” coe sh, pid. 5 18s vesiern Union lei % 90%, Silver, = nee, Brook B0y Chig. & G. Western lis —_> Washington §s Sales—regular call—12 0’ Light, 10 at lod; 10 at 105; le 10544." Americ 1 Falls ck Exchange. 7. S. Klectric Blectric Light, 10 at "105 ». SOO al 44 cents. of Columbia -yeur tund ¢ ro reucy, 115 cellancous “Honds.--Metropolitan Ratlzond Ss, MetropoWiian Railroad conv. certificates fleates of asked. Belt. Raibrowd ngton Railroad 6e Rullroad 8, 120 Washington Gas Company 6s, series A) 113 Washington Gas Company 6s, series B. 114, bi U.S. Electric Light debenture tmp., ‘104%’ Chesapeake and Potomac 103 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, F. and A., 100 bid. Amerte arity and ‘Trust 5s, A. and O., 400 bid. “Washington Market Company ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Company imp, 6s, 110 bid) Washington Market Company ext. 68, Lo Did. Masonie Hall Association és, 108 bid. Wasn- ingion Light nifantry Ist 6s, % bid. National Bank Stocks-—-Bank of Washington, 290 bid. Metropolitan, 805 bid. Central (new stock 133 bid, 150 asked. "Farmers and Mechaul bid. Second, 138 bid. Citizens’, 140 ‘bid. Colun- bia, 130 140 asked. Capital, 125 bid. West End, 104 bid, 105 asked. ‘Traders’, 93 Mid. Lin- coln, 110 bid! Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 114 bid, 117 asked. W ington Loan and Trust, 129 bid, 130 asked. Ameri- can Security and Trust, 147% bid. Washington Safe Deposit, 59 bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 68 bid, 69 asked. Metropolitan, 120 bid. Coluiubia, 64 ‘bid, 70 asked. sand Electric Light Stocks.—-Washingten Gas, bid, #51 asked. Georgetown Gus, 45 asked. 8. biectric Light, 106% bid, 105% asised. Insurance Stocks. 30 bid. Franklin, 38 bid. Metropolitan, Corcoran, 58 bid! Potomac, 63 bid. Arlington, 184 bid, 147 asked. German-American, 185 bid. National’ Union, 10% bid. Columbia, i2 bid, 12% asked. Riggs, 75 bid, 8 asked. People’s, BY bid, 6 asked. . 9% bid. Commercial, 4 bid, 44 asked, Tide Insurance Stocks.—iteal Estate Title, 90 asked. Columbia Title, 4% bid, 5 asked. Wash- ington Title, 2 wid. “District “Title, Bh bid, 6 Stocks.—Pennsylvania, 40 48 wives me mont American Gra) phone, preferred, bid, we Poeumatic .Gun Carriage, .44 bid, .46 i Stocks. — Mergenthaler ; 142% bid, 143% asked. Lauston Mi 5 oid, 19 asked. Market, 10 | Great Falls Ice, 140 bid. Norfolk and W: Steam. boat, 100’ asked. =Ex Hall, 90 div. 7 s