Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. ! eS SS PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT ed, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Aveaus, Vor. 11th St, by The Frege P - Few York Office. 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers ia the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, o- 44 cents per mont. | Coples at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Cuited States or Canada—postage prepald—to cents per month. Saturday Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with satign potanare Part2. Che £pening Star. Pages 11-14. \dded. $3. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as second-cla. s mail matter.) 57 All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. 0., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. Advertising is not an expense, It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that 1s read regularly and thorou; by everybody worth reaching, The Sta is the ri i household and family journal the National Capital, and has no rival as an adyertising med- ium. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS Thirtieth Annual Convention of the National Association. BODY 70 ASSEMBLE HERE FEBRUARY 14 Miss Susan B. Anthony, Pioneer Advocate, Discusses the Issue. THE CONVENTION PROGRAM Although the thirtieth annual convention of the Naticnal American Woman Suffrage Association does not meet here until Feb- ruary 14, several of the officers of the as- scciation cre already in Washington. Among these are Susan B. Anthony, presi- dent of the association, who arrived in the capital last night, and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, treasurer of the association and chairman of the convention press work. These two are stopping at the Hotel Regent. Miss Anthony, whose home is in Roches- ter, came to Washington from Philadel- Phia. She spent a couple of days there ecnsulting with some of the officers of the oelation. She also visited New York, where she called upon Elizabeth Cady nton and Miss Frances E. Willard. Upton is well known in Washington, pent a number of winters here. Her fatner, Ezra B. Taylor, was a mem- ter of Congress from the Garfield district in Ohio. 1 nthony fs in excellent health and und looks forward to the coming cenvention. with the greatest interest. While the convention is designated as the thirtieth annual one, it will really, © says, be the celebration of the fiftieth niversary of the first woman's rights convention, which held in Seneca “al . ¥., July 20, 1848. The First Convention. ‘The cause of the holding of the first con- vention, as stated by Miss Anthony, was the barring out of some women from the world’s anti-abolition convention held in London. There were some women dele- gat from this country who were not per- mitted to tcke their seats in the London ion. One of these was Lucretia Q who went senta- Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose tive. husband was a delegate from this count She ing over there with him. a of forming an a rights for women in: and. It was not until eight y er, however, when the convention was led in the home of Mrs. ‘Stanton at Sen- Falls. Lucretia Mott was visiting ut eight miles from there. She at- led the convention, which was a most ecessful one. Miss Anthony sald to a r reporter, speaking of the founding of the association: “I did not become a member until 1850. In 1848 I was teaching school in Canajo- Earie I returned to Rochester, N. Y same year the association ‘was ed. I heard rothing from my family st the talk of this convention. They all enthusiastic about it. I had al- ys had the idea of equal rights for men, but did not fully embrace the idea ntil later on. I did not know about the \oting part. We were Quakers and paid tle attention to such matters. I was impressed with the idea, however, has increased in intensity every year since. ‘Am I hopeful of women being given suf- in this country? I am most assured- d think I have every cause to feel of its succe: The Cause in General. England, Scotland and Wales women cast every vote but the parliamentary one, zhich epplies in all the British provinces. In the last parliament the suffrage law passed its second reading with a majority of seventy-four, but never reached its In New Zealand and South nen are given the right, of If the states women have a school . Kansas has a municipal suf- President McKinley himself sits hite House elected partly by the These states have given age to women: Wyoming, Colo- do and Utah and Idaho. Last winter there was not a legislature In session which €id not have something of woman suffrage in it. ‘owa will send the largest delegation, owing to the great work which has been done for suffrage in that state. This agi- tation is being carried on everywhere. In New York city the mayor has appointed women school inspectors, and there are over 10,00) postmistresses In this country. They have responsible positions in Kansas. In Wyoming the state school superintend- ent fs a woman, and the county superin- tendents are likewise women. It is recog- nized that they have some of the finest schools in the country. When the clause in the Utah state constitution was exam- ined began to be questioned if this to persons who could read n German, but it was decided against it. ‘The qui thi 4 tion was propounded to Miss An- Would highest typ ou like to see women of the of intelligence, refined, and with eve ng which constitutes the highest type of womanhood, mix, with the rough element which is found about the Ss at the present day?” © responded like a flash: should much her see them there in the 1 room. thar Mrs S. Sperry daughter of San cisco, who will attend the sessions of ntion, are in the cit: Mrs. Sper- t urer of the association in She is the wife of one of the nufacturers of San Francis- co. Tomorrow morning Mrs. 8. E. Gross of Chicago will arrive in Wash- to attend the convention. The Prominent Delegates. There will be a number of women in at- ce who ve attained distinction in erent professions and also in politics. Among the latter will be Mrs. Martha H. Cannon, state senator of Utah. There will Mrs. Martha B. Conine, member of ature of Colorado. of attendance T Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskell of Montan: the convention will 1 an interesting little romance with h she is connected. Mrs. Haskell ts ant attorney general of the state. ran on the populist ticket. as Miss Ella wles. Her opponent on the republican ticket was Mr. Haskell, who was elected. married his fair opposing candidate, ppointed her assistant attorney gen- he kK Florence Buck, pastor of the Uni- ureh, Cleveland, will attend the nition, as will Emma P. Ewing, who is as the famous cooking school pre- executive committee will be held. The con- vention will be formally opened at 10 o'clock, when routine work will be carried on. In the afternoon short addresses by the presidents of several of the state as- sociations will be delivered. In the evening at 8 o'clock Miss Anthony, as president of the association, will deliver her annual ad- dress. There will be a number of addresses by others. Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock a hearing will be had before the Senate committee on woman's suffrage in the marble room. Addresses will be made by William Lloyd Garrison and Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis. At the same time there will be a hearing before the judiciary committee in the House. Delegates to iae convention will wear a unique badge. This shows an American flag, the four stars in a blue field. These stars represent the states of Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and Utah, they having al- ready extended suffrage to women. Sou- venirs will consist of miniatures of Miss Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Lucretia Mott. The Program. The program for the convention, from Tuesday on, follows: Tuesday morning, congressional hearing. Tuesday afternoon, work conference. ‘Tuesday evening, “Women in Education,” May Wright Sewall, Indiana; “The New Education,” Grace Epsy Patton, Colorado; “A Glimpse of the Past and Present,” Caro- line Hallowell Miller, Maryland; ‘‘Social Changes in the South,” Belle Kearney, Mis- sissippi; roll call of the years, beginning with 1848. Each year will be called and responses by name aud sentiment will be made by pioneers, and by name only by the yceunger workers. Wednesday morning, report of committee on press work, by Jessie J. Cassidy, chair- man; report of headquarters work, Carrie Chapman Catt; report of treasurer, Har- riett Taylor Upton; report of committee on organization, Carrie Chapman Catt. Wed- nesday afternoon, memorial hour; consid- eration of resolutions offered by Clara Be- wick Colby; report of committee on plan of work, Mariana W. Chapman. Wednesday evening, “Marriage in the Light of Wo- man's Freedom,” Clara Neymann, New Yor! ‘ifty Years in Medicine,” Dr. Clara Marshall, Pennsylvania; “The Ministry of igion as a Calling for Women,” Rev. Florence Buck, Ohio; vocal solo, Sopha Church Hall; “Women in the Legal Pro- fession.”” Ella Knowles Haskell, Montana. Thursday morning, report of committee on ‘al suffrage, Sarah Clay Bennett, chairman; report of committee on legisla tion, Lillie Devereux Blake: report of com- miitee oa resolutions. Thursday afternoon, work conference. Thursday evening, ‘“Wo- men in the Departmental Service of the United States,” August W. Machen, Wash- Inston: “The Progress of Cookery,” Emma . E ing, New York: vecal solo, Guelma ‘The Civil Rights of Women,” Rev. ic A. Hinckley, Pennsylvania; “The Economic Status of Women,” Waugh McCulloch, Ilinots. Frid: morning, report of committee on presidential suffrage, Henry B. Blackwell; report of committee on Tennessee exposi- tion, Laura Clay: report of committee on credentials, election of officers, reception of invitations for thirty-first annual conven- tion. Friday afternoo: ort addresses by ntucky, Louisiana, d, Massachusetts, Michigan, f Missouri_and Ne- ska: “V s Demand for Freedom— Its Influence Upon the World,” Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ilinois; “The Relation of the N, A. W. S. A. to the National Council of Women,” May Wright Sewall. Friday evening, “United States Citizenship,” Isa- bella Beecher Hooker, Connecticut; “The Progress of Colored Women,” Mary Church Terrell, Washington; “The Norsk Kvindes- temmertsforening,” Elizabeth Lange Aus, Norway. Sunday afternoon, the 13th instant, at 3 o'clock, there will be a religious service at the Columbia Theater, under the auspices of the association. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw will preach at this service. gamers ae Sm Soldier Clerks and Their Pensions. To the Editor of The Evening Star: I think you can assure my comrades that there is no occasion for worry; that the proposed measure to deprive all federal office holders receiving an annual salary of $1,200 or upward, which would include the departmental clerks, will not become a_law. If it were possible for such a measure to be passed by Congress, President McKinley would then have something to say about it, and can any one believe that he, a com- rade, would approve such a bill? Living here in Washington, we understand that $50,000 per annum, even with free house and stable rent and cther small emolu- ments added, is not an excessive salary, and is really insufficient, not enabling him to save anything for the future. But to the average soldier, in his poverty and distress, it is a fabulous sum, and they would loathe the recipient of it who or- dained that petty pensions should be con- fiseated (and pensions average less than $12 per month, while their years average full sixty), in order that his salary and the salary of congressmen and other high officials should be undisturbed. There are over a million survivors of the late war, and back of them more than a million voting relatives, and those who compose this mighty host rightfully think they have some vart in the management of governmental affairs, and they mean to have a considerable part in the selection of men to run this government. The average congressman fully understands this, and he will not vote for the proposed bill. That bill would not save $1,000,000 a year, while reducing the pay of congressmen from $5,000 to $4,000 would save half that sum, and the honorable M. C. would be speech- less when one of his soldier constituents, reminding him that the government now pays his desk hire, should ask him why he did not “divvy” with the poor veteran, and vote for the reduction of his own salary. There are many pensioners now in office receiving pensicns ranging from $20 to $40 per month, and the absence of limbs shows why they are pensioned. Crippled for life, having full faith in the government that their pensions were for life, they have been struggling to pay for homes. Let that bill pass and fully 500 houses will be thrown upon the Washington market. Some of those pensioners, by accepting reduction to the $1,000 class, would save their pensions. There are many soidiers’ widows, whose faithful services have Hfted them into the 71,200 class or upward. To strike down the pensions of the widows of Vicksburg and Gettysburg would be a sorry spectacle. There are not a few ex-confederate sol- diers and wiows receiving salaries of $1,200 or upward. Themselves undisturbed, they will chuckle or wonder whether the sons, of such parents would be eager to go into the ranks to save an endangered coun- try, as their fathers did. The bill says, in substance, to all sol- diers who desire public positions: ‘Seek humble and menial positions; be servants, laborers, watchmen, messengers and you will not be disturbed, but aspire high and we will tear from you your pensior And this insult will be resented by the poor- est of the veterans, as well as by the most highly favored of them. No; it will not pass, for never was a measure proposed sa insulting to the men who saved the Union, and congressmen know that. February §S, 1898. T. J. —__+—__ ‘The Excuse a Valid One. A young colored man named Monmouth Milton, whose child was probably fatally burned several days ago, was before the Police Court today on complaint of a mem- ber of the police bicycle squad for fast riding. He pleaded guilty to the charge, and said he was hurrying home to his sick Catharine the state presidents of Maine, Mary t ceptress. therine. Waugh McCullock will be in attendance. A number of female physicians will be here. Most of the dele- gates to the convention, it is stated, are married women who have homes and chil- dren. Miss Lucy Clay, daughter of Gen. Cassius Clay, will be here. The Opening Session. The first session of the convention will begin Monday morning at 9 o'clock in the Columbia Theater, when a meeting of the child. This excuse, the court thought, was @ reasonable one, and took the def: t's "Charles Branch and J charged aries ne! john Doyle, with not having beils on their wheels, for- feited $2 collateral each. Henry Brown for- feited % collateral for fast riding. peed aE King Leopold of Belgium, the purchaser of the late Mr. Ogden Goclet's steam yacht Mayflower, will rechristen her Clementine, pessibly efter his third daughter. TOPIC OF THE HOUR The Alleged Letter of the Spanish GROSS ABUSE OF THE PRESIDENT Communication to Journalist. a Spanish STORY OF CUBAN JUNTA The sensation of the hour Is the alleged insult to the President of the Unit2d States by Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister at this capital, as contained in a let- ter which he is said to have written to Senor Canelejas, a Spanish journalist, who recently visit2d this country to sound the sentiment of the people on the Cuban ques- tion. It is asserted that the letter was written in the latter part of December, or early in January, and the minister is rep- resented as having made the following statements in referenc2 to the President’s message to Congress in December las! “The message has undeceived the insur- gents, who 2xpected something else, and has paralyzed the action of Congress, but I consider it bad. Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he re- Peats all that the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler, it shows onc3 more what McKinley is, weak and catering to the rabble, and, besides, a low politician who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingo of his party.” Discovery of the Letter. A ccpy of the letter was given to the press in New York last evening by Horatio S. Rubens, counsel for the Junta, who veuched for its authenticity. He said the letter was taken from Senor Canelejas’ private papers wnile he was in Havana, and that the original is now in the pos- session of the man who brought it to New Yerk from Cuba, adding that it will be produced if its authenticity is disputed. The story of the discovery of the letter as told by one writer in New York is as fol- lows: “So astonishing vere the contents of the letter that Canelejas could not help telling scme of his friends in the palace bout it. It was the subject of much gossip among the officers of the captain general's staff. “Later, however, the comment on it be- came too pronounced, and Canelejas denied it. A Cuban in Havana, who was out- wardly a Spaniard but at heart a patriot, heard of the letter. He learned by acci- dent that it was one of a pile of documents in a certain pigeon hole in Canelejas’ desk. “He waited his chance. One day when no one was in the room he slipped the letter out of its envelope and carried it away with him. He left the envelope where he found It, so that the letter was not missed until weeks afterwar “Canelejas afterward came to New York. He met several prominent Cubans by ap- pointment one evening at the Fifth Ave- rue Hotel. He asked them politely if they would ever accept autonomy, and they as politely said no. “Then the Spanish editor went to Wash- ington and was the guest of the Spanish minister for several weeks. The Cuban who stole the letter arrived here Monday and at once turned this letter over to the Junta.” The Letter. The letter, as translated, reads as fol- lows: LEGATION DE ESPANA, Washington. Eximo Senor Don Jose Canalejas. My Distinguished and Dear Friend: You need not apologize for not having written to me. I also ought to have written to you, but have not done so on account of being weighed down with work and nous sommes quittes. The situation here continues unchanged. Everything depends on the political and military success in Cuba. The prologue of this second method of warfare will end the day that the colonial cabinet will be ap- pointed, and it relieves us in the eyes of this country of a part of the responsibility of what may happen there, and they must cast the responsibility upon the Cubans, whom they believe to be so immaculate. Until then we will not be able to see clearly, and I consider it to be a loss of time and an advance by the wrong road, the sending of emissaries to the rebel field, the negotiating with the autonomists not yet declared to be legally constituted, and the discovery of the intentions and pur- pose of this government. The exiles will return one by one, and when they return will come walking into the sheep fold, and the chiefs will gradually return. Neither of these had the courage to leave en masse, and they will not have the courage to thus return. The message has undeceived the insur- gents, who expected something else, and has paralyzed the action of Congress, but I consider it bad. Besides the natural and inevitable coarseness with which he repeats all that the press and public opinion of Spain has said of Weyler, it shows once more what McKinley is, weak and catering to the rabble, and besides a low politician. who desires to leave a door open to me and to stand well with the jingoes of his party. Nevertheless, as a matter of fact, it will enly depend on ourselves whether he will prove bad and adverse to us. I agree sn- tirely with you, without a military success nothing will be accomplished there, and without military and political success there is here always danger that the insurgents will b2 encouraged, if not by the govern- ment, at least by part of the public opin- fon. I do rot bélieve you pay enough attention to the role of England. Nearly all the newspaper canaille which swarms in your hotel are English, and at the same tima that they are correspondents of the Jour- nal, they are also correspondents of the best newspapers and reviews of London. Thus it has been since the beginning. To my mind the only object of England ts that the Americans should occupy themselves with us and leave her in peace, and if there is a war, so much the better; that would further remov3 what is threatening her—although that will never happen. It would be most important that you should agitate the question of commercial relations, even thovgh it would be only for effect, and that you should send hers a man of importance in order that I might use him to make @ propaganda among the senators and others in opposition to the junta and to win over exiles. There goes Amblarad. I belisve he comes too deeply taken up with litgle political matters, and there must be something very great or we shall lose. Adela returns your salutation, and we wish you in the new year to be a megsen- ger of peace and take this new year’s pres- ent to poor Spain. Always your attentive friend and ssr- vant, who kisses your hands, ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LOMB. In giving out the letter Mr. Rubens made the following statement: “We know that the letter is genuine, as it has bean care- fully compared by experts with the hand- writing of Senor Dupuy de Lome, and it was written on the official letter-head of the Spanish l2gation at Washington. We tock great care to verify it before we it public, as we believe thet the letter is. of the greatest importance in tha present sit- uation as showing how Spain her min- ister feel toward the United States.” An Incorporation. Articles incorporating “The Patent Of- fice News Company” have been filed by. Horace Randall Kenney, ‘Webb and John Sidney Webb, CAPT. RAY’S FINE NERVE, Faced the Mob From Dawson’ ana Overawed It. E. Hazard Wells, the special courier who brought out Captain Ray’s dispatches from the Yukon, has reachéd Washington. In an interview, he said: “TI cannot property say anything as to Captain Ray’s repert, but I can say that I left him in a rather critical position, anda the sooner the gevernment gets support in to him the better. Captain Ray had only ene man with him, Lieutenant Richardson. They reached Fort Yukon somewhat ahead of a mob of between eighty and 100 of the toughest men that could be picked out of Dawson, and when I left the captain he was standing off this mob from the provi- sion caches largely by virtue of a small American flag and his own magnificent nerve. When the food panic struck Daw- son this mob of toughs left for Fort Yukon, knowing that the Weare company and the Alaska Commercial Company each had a cache of provisions there. The Dawson men intended to appropriate these supplies and let the rest of the camp shift for itself. Captain Ray learned of-this and he posted himself at one cache, while Lieutenant Richardson guarded the other. They were in uniform and had each of them a small American flag. The mob tackled the cap- tain first and ordered him to give up. He refused, and for a time it looked as though there would he shooting, but between his uniform and the flag the mob was over- awed. Ray then established himself as a sort of military dictator, superintended the sale and distribution of provisions, and will ‘make an accounting to the companies when it is all over. When I left he had the sup- Port: of about sixty of the decent element, and there are about 600 of the better ele- ment there @lso, but a few bad men in a Place of that sort can usually make trouble and tun things if they get started. “As to provisions, the people will need the government relief by the time it reaches them, but there 1s no reason it should -not get In all right. I came out by the White Pass and the road is Cee though the Dyea trail has recently been buried by a big snow slide. S: Z “One thing cannot be too strongly im- pressed on those who contemplate joining the spring rush. Major Walsh, the Cana- dian commissioner, will allow no man in over Canadian sofl who does not bring 1,000 pounds of provisions. To start with- out that will be to be turned back. “As to the reported trouble with Cana- dian collectors on American so{l between Lake Linderman and Lake Bennett, I do not believe it. The Canadians were collect- ing at Tagish, where I came out, but that is in unquestioned British territory. They seem to be a very decent class of officials and not inclined to make-trouble. “The rush next year, so far as one can judge, is going to be on ‘the Tanana river, in the heart of Alaska, southwest of the Klondike, and in Americem territory. There is where the most of the 100,000 new comers will strike. The tramsportation companies cannot get provisions*enough in for all that crowd, and the government probably will have to help them again mext winter.” ——_—__ +s —____ SHOULD SEIZE THE "OPPORTUNITY. Francis B. Sears on Reform of the Currency. Mr. Francis B. Sears, the vice president of the Third National Bank of Boston, voices the sentiment ef many business men of New England in a fetter to the secretary of the monetary commission. Mr. Sears compliments the commissfon on its report, embodying a plan for am improvement of our monetary system, and expresses the hope that all business men will waive their objection to certain details of the report, which may not meet their views, and work “persistently and energetically together to secure a settlement of the currency ques- tion on this basis.” The remainder of Mr. Sears’ letter con- tains a warning note to those who’ are disposed to favor a ‘‘do-nothing” policy, because, in their judgment, it is inexpedient at this time to inject 2 new issue into the elections of this year. Mr. Sears says: “Action can be secured readily if we show that no party and no candidate are to get any assistance, either by subscrip- tions of money or by votes, unless they work in good faith for this object. There is no political reason now to make such united action impossible. The time 7lso is favorable as regards business conditions. No great financial measure can be passed in a time of monetary stringency or Panic. A_-great opportunity is before ue, and eae not be allowed to pass without ion.” ————__--e. SECRETARY BLISS MUCH OPPOSED. Views on the Bill to Take Land of Annette Island Indians. Secretary Bliss has returned to the Sen- ate, with his unqualified disapproval, the bill to settle and segregate on lands of about twenty-one miles in area the In- dlans now occupying Annstte Island, in Alagka, and opsning the remainder to set- tlement. The Secretary says he 1s con- vinced that the Indians should be permit- ted to remain in undisputed possession of their reservations, and that no part should be cpened to the public. Incorporated in the report on the bill is a communication from William Duncan, a missionary, who has been laboring among the Indians for some years, setting forth at length why, in his opinion, the bill should not become a law. Ha refers to the prcgress “the Indians. now occupying the island have made, and expresses the belief that should the bill be enacted into law all these gains would ba lost to the people. What the natives crave of the government in their present condition is “protection” and isolation from vicious whites. ‘Should the. measure pass,” he says, “it will not only injure us morally, but it will se- mously.impaverish us materially.” A recent examination, he concludes, shows that so far-as present indications go the report which hag ‘been published that the island is rich in‘mineral deposits, and Which has been advanced as one of th2 reasons why {t should be opened to settle- ment, is grossly exaggerated. ———+e: Nominations Confirmed. ‘The Senate yesterday. afternoon confirm- ed the following nomfrations: Postmasters —New York; R. T. Coan, Albion. Montana: G. W. Irvin, Butte; J. H. Miskineen, at Glendive. South Dakota: 'F: J. Corey, Wa- tertown; J. A. Stanley, Hot Springs. Cali- fornia: A. A. Withrow, Santa Clara. Ne- braska: A. N. Thomas, Aurora; T. C. Buckley, Stromsburg; L. H. Jewett, Brok- en Bow; J. Peters, Albiom oO Tired of Waiting. Mary McKay, a good-looking young col- ored woman, got tired of waiting for her sweetheart to call_om her last night, and, dressing in her best, she went out in search of him. She soon jearmed that he had called on another damsel in Goat alley. Fearing trouble, she refrained from visit- sary collateral, and was | up. This me in the Police Court she sted it, and wag fined $5, with the al- NEW TERMINAL DEAL|? Southern Roads Want Better Facili- ties for Entering This City. BILL BEFORE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE State Senator Mushbach is the Patron of the Measure. FULL TEXT OF THE BILL Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., February 9.—Senator Mushbach’s bill to incorporate the Wash- ington Terminal Railroad Company, which was introduced in the senate Saturday last, will doubtless go through both houses of the legislature. So far there has been no opposition developed against the bill, which was considered yesterday afternoon by the senate committee on roads and internal navigation. The committee considered the measure for only a short time, and there were no railroad officials present to speak on the question so far as is known. Sen- ator Mushbach, the patron of the measure, explained the bill, setting forth its objects and benefits to the traveling public. He said the measure is designed to give the several railrcads entering Washington, and especially thcse from the south—the South- ern, Chesapeake and Ohio and Atlantic Coast Line—the privilege of having more convenient, effective and independent facil- ities for getting into Washington from the south and of having more convenient and satisfactory arrangements in the way of a union railroad station, For Elevated Terminals. Senator Mushbach said to a Star corres- pond2nt that sooner or later it would be necessary for the railroads to establish ele- vatec terminal arrangements in Washing- ton, so as to do away with the complicated and inconvenient arrangements now exist- ing in the way of stre2t crossings and the like. “It yuld be more convenient and in every way more satisfactory to the travel- ing public that this new terminal arrange- ment should be made,” said Senator Mush- back. “Instead of these roads being de- Pendent upon the Pennsylvania, as at present, to get into Washington, they could all have a more complete and much better plan, in which each road would be sepa- rately inter2sted. The new arrangement would necessitate the enlargement of the Leng bridge, and the construction of a new system of tracks from Alexandria county across to Washington. The sev- eral roads nan.ed ar3 all anxious to effect such an arrangement, and if the bill be- came a law, the work of constructing the new terminal facilities would soon be com- menced.” The full text of the bill, as introduced in tha Senate and favorably reported by the committee on roads and internal naviga- tion, is as follows: ‘Text of the Bill. To incorporate the Washington Terminal Railroad Company, and to authorize said corporation to acquire, by purchase, leaze, agreement cr otherwise, and to own, op- erate and dispose of, line or lines of rail- read, stations, works and other property connected therewith, in the state of Vir- ginia and the District of Columbia, includ- ing the Long bridge across the Potomac river; to issue slocks and bonds, and also to own stocks and bonds of other corpora- tions using or connecting with any rail- road, station, works or property it may so acquire; and to guaranty the bonds, stock, covenants or undertakings of any such cor- poration. Whereas in order to improve the railroad terminal and station facilities at the na- tional capital, and thereby promote the mor3 convenient and easy intercourse therewith of all sections of the country, and especially of the south, it is deemed advisable that the passenger station of the Faltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and the whol2 or suc’ portion as may be agreed on of the railroad be- longing to the said company situated in the District of Columbia, and southward, including the Long bridge across the Po- tomac river; and also the whole or such pertion of the railroad of the Washington Scuthern Railway Company leading there- frcm toward the south as may be agreed upon between the company hereby creuted and the said Washirgton Southern Railway Company, should b2 managed and operated by an independent agency; and the repre- sentatives of the several lines of railroad from the south to Washington which now use said station and the terminal railroads connected therewith, as well as the rep- resentatives of the several companies owners respectively of said station and terminal railroads, are desirous of effect- ing such arrangement, which can be prac- tically accomplished only through the pos- session by such independent corporation of the corporate powars needed therefor; Whereas it is intended by this act to create e corporation and invest it with the requisite powers for such purpose: There- fore The New Company. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia that Frank Thomson, Samuel Spencer, M. E. Ingalls, H. Waiters, John P. Green, Charles E. Pugh and Samuel Rea, and such other persons as may be as- sociated with them, and their successors, be, and hereby are, created and constituted a@ body politic and corporate, under the name and title of Washington Terminal Railroad Company, and by that name and title shall have and enjoy perpetual suc- cession, with power to sue and to be sued, plead and, be impleaded, in all courts of Jaw and equity; to have and use a common seal, which may be altered or renewed at Pleasure; to enact and ordain by-laws and prescribe all necessary rules and regula- tions for the government of the corpora- tion and the control and management of its property, business and affairs, and from time to time fo add to, alter or amend the same, as may be found necessary or ad- visable, and generally to have, possess and enjoy all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises conferred and be subject to all the general restrictions imposed by the laws of this state upon corporations of gen- erally like character. 2. The capital stock of the said company (which may be partly preferfed or partly common stock) shall consist of 25,000 shares of the par value of $100 each, which may be increased from time to time as the necessities of the company may re- quire, and with the assent of a majority in amount of the stockholders thereof, evi- denced by resolution adopted by such ma> capital stock shall be payable either in cash at such times and in such installments as the directors shall designate by appro- priate resolution, or in real and personal oy. suitable for its business at such fair valuation as may be agreed upon be- tween the directors and subscribers, who are ewners thereof, or by the rental or SPRING E TROUSERINGS, D(6)_ten doilar values. “Expert in Trou LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EE EEE EE EEE EET TET EEE PEE FEET EEE pany as the by-laws shall provide. Fach share of said capital stock shall entitle its holder to vote in all meetings of the stock- holders of said company, which may be cast by the owner thereof or his duly con- stituted proxy. Management. 3. The property, business and affairs of the said company shal! be controlled, con- ducted and managed by a board of seven directors, each of whom shall be a stock- | holder, but the number thereof of the stockholders evidenced by resolution adopted by a majority in amount of the holders of all the stock at any annual or general meeting of such stockholders, and by the addition to said number of the vice president or vice presidents as provided for in section 4. The directors shall be elected by the stockholders at cach annual meeting thereof, and shall hold their of- fice until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, but in case of omission to hold such annual meeting in any year the directcrs theretofore in olfice shall continue therein and discharge all the functions thereof until the next annual meeting and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. If any vacancy shall occur in the office of director by death, recignation, incapacity or refusal to serve, such vacancy shall be filled by the remaining directors, and the person or per- sons so chosen shall continue in office until 4aheir successors shall have been duly elect- ed and qualified. 4. The officers of the said company shall consist of a president, one or more vice presidents, as the by-laws shall prescribe, a secretary and treasurer (who may be the same or different persons), and there shall be such other officers, servants and em- ployes as the by-laws shall prescribe or as the directors may from time to time deem necessary to properly conduct the business of the said company. The president, vice president or vice presidents, secretary and treasurer shall be elected annually by the board of directors. The president shall be chosen from their own number, and the vice presidents may either be chosen there- from or otherwise, but when elected shall each (if more than one), be ex-officio mem- bers of the board of directors, and exercise fully the functions and prerogatives of a director. 5. The corporators named in the first sec- tion of this act, or a majority of them, shall be, and hereby are, authorized and empowered to meet within six months after the passage of this act, at such time and place as they may agree upon, to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of the said company, and when and as soon as 0 shares thereof shall have been sub- scribed the said corporation shall be deemed duly organized, and thereupon the said cor- porators shall be and become the first di- rectors thereof, shall prescribe and adopt the necessary by-laws for the government of the corporation, elect a president and the other officers designated in section 4 of this act, and generally exercise the functions and parform all the duties of directors as fully and effectually as if elected by the stockholders, until the first annual meeting of the stockholders thereafter and until their successors shall have been duly elect- ed and qualified. Power of the Corporation. 6. The corporation hereby created shall have power and authority to acquire and become possesesd, by purchase, lease, agree- ment, or otherwise, and to use, operate and dispose of, all or any portion of the rail- road stations, tracks, bridges and other property and appurtenances of the Balti- more and Potomac Railroad Company situ- ated within the limits of the District of Co- lumbia, or southward thereof, including the Long bridge over the Potomac river, and the whole or any part of the line of rail- road, branches, railroad stations, tracks, property and appurtenances of the Wash- ington Southern Railway Company in the state of Virginia, together with all the cor- porate rights and franchises which are or may be exercisable upon the portion of property acquired from the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company or the Wash- ington Southern Railway Company, with the right to exercise the same as fully, completely and entirely as they might or could have been exercised, or might or could hereafter be exercisable, by each of the said last named corporations; and au- thority necessary to effectuate and consum- mate any such purchase, lease, agreement or other arrangement, herein contemplated, and to execute the uisite deeds, leass or other agreements to evidence and effectuate the same,is hereby expressly conferred upon each of the parties thereto. The said cor- poration hereby created shall also have Power and authority to acquire, own, hold and operate, lease and dispose of any other railroad or station property, as well as any other real and personal property, including stocks, bonds and securities of corporations which shall, in the judgment of its direc- tors be deemed advisable to effectuate the P es herein specifically authorized, and shall also have power for the same pur- poses to assume the undertaking and obli- gation of any other corporation, and, for like purposes, to guarantee payment or performance of any obligation, covenant or und of any corporation. 7. The said company hereby created shall have full pcwer and authority from time to time and as the necessities of its busi- ness may require, to borrow G. WARFIELD SIMPSON, may be} from time to time increased by authority | * For the “early birds” we show a line of about one dozen patterns of fine Early Spring-weight Eng- lish Trouserings, which we shall start the season with at $6 to order. You'll pay ten dollars for these qualities when the flowers begin to bloom. sers,” 1208 F St. - seseseeestssseeesseseet PEER EEE EEE LEEPER EEE EEE EE EET PEE Eee et: ing to it under any agreement it may make or become party to under the authority of this uct, and also its corporate franchises. May astruct Branches. The said c y hereby created shall e power and hority from time to cate, ¢ and 0; orate | . Spur tracks and sidines from | onnection with the stations, raile j Toads wnd property which it may acquire vnder authority o hall have power and laws of th. within said state refor, or for addie ations or terminal facilities in con- therewith. 9. The first and subsequent annual meet- ings of the stockholders shall be held at such times and places within the state of Virg:nia as shall be prescribed by the by-laws, and the by-laws shall likewise de for mes of directors 10. Whenev corporation hereby cre- ated shall exercise any of the privileges conferred by act it shall be liable for the same taxes as may be imposed by law ations or persons ex- es, and all taxes due »y the said compan: shall be paid in lawful money of the United States and not in coupons. 11. This act shall be in force from its passage. It can be stated on the highest auth. that the information which wae ted tae. graphed from Richmond to The St tive to the proposed chartering by the Vir sinia legislature of a company to build ex- tensive terminal facilities In this city is correct. These facilities will be for the jot of the Pennsylvania, Southern, Chemapeon, and Ohio and Atlantic Coast Line companies. It is stated that unless unfores seen delays occur the great impro will soon be begun and pushed tion as rapidly as circums mit. The fact that among the tneerr named in the bill before the Virginia legis- lature there are four officials of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Company and but cre each from the other lines interested wag brought by a Star reporter to the atten- tion of a gentleman who is fully conver- sant With all the steps taken by ihe incor- porators, and he replied that this would not indicate that the Pennsylvania would hold any greater amount of stock in the new concern than either of the others, but the right to name so many of the incor- porators had been conceded by the others because of the Pennsylvania’s ownership of the present terminal facilities, Companies in Accord. “It has been reported,” he continued, “in many quarters, from time to time, that there was to a certain extent a want of harmony between the companies above named in regard to the use of the Pennsyi- vania’s terminal facilities in Washington, but as a matter of fact there js no friction whatever. The companies which are using the Pennsylvania's station under a trzifie contract are satisfied that the Ponnsy! vania is affording them as much accome modation as is possible under all the cire cumstances, but all interested recoguize thd fact that the present station is entirely in« adequate (o accommodate the growing pas- senger traffic of each linc, and each reas lizes that the erection of a new station is. @ matter of necessity which must be at- tended to in the near future.” It has been feared in some quarters that the fact that the Southern, and perhaps the other lines mentioned except the Penn- sylvania, are under a long-time contract to deliver all passengers brought by them from southern or western points and who! destination is north of Washington, to the Pennsylvania at this city, would interfere with any contemplated improvements that the Southern, at least, might wish to make, but it is stated on the highest authority that while the Pennsyivania owns the only track between the south end of the Long bridge and Alexandria, the Souther. is in a position to parallel that line between the points named if it ws considered by it desirable to do 50, and is aireacy the owner of a large amount of property which runs entirely up to the bridge. One explanation given for the comstantly growing tide of travel to this city fs that nearly all western, northwestern and south- western roads point out the advantages of Washington as a place to visit, arc make their tickets read via Washington if at all consistent to do so, aud this practice ob- tains even as far west as San Francisco. a aelbeacuees The Hyattsville Water To the Editor of The Evening Star: In the report contained in your issue of February 8 concerning the hearing before the Prince George's delegation at Annapolis relative to water works in Hyattsville, your reporter says that “those in favor of tho ™movement advocated the reference of the question for decision to the voters of the town at the May election, and provision is made for this in the bill as drawn wu Messrs. Ralston and Dunning, despite condition, opposed the measure. Senator Clagett closed their protests by announcing his intention of introducing the bill.” The above is very far from Works.