Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1898, Page 11

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PHILADELPHIA, March Ist, 1808. ‘The Board of Directors submit herewith 2 synop- sis of their Annual Report for the year 1897 ‘The gross earnings of ‘the three grand @ivisions ea of Pittsborgh and 2 embracing the Main Line, United Railzcads of New Jersey, and Philadel b and Erie RB: road, and Branches thereof, were Expenses... 2.0... Net earnings To which ad Gross income a Rentals, leased and operated reads... .. .$9,718,439 42 Interest on funded debt................ 4,261,038 74 Interest on mo-t ages and ground rents, ear trusts, taxes.de! Net income. ..... -----.-$10,833,181 85, From this amonnt the following de- dretions have been made: is meccant Sinking and Trust Funds. -. $419,190 47 Extraordinary renew- als, &e... 1,067,204 51 Balance after above payment: Dividend of 5 per cent Deduct amount transferred to Ex- traordinary Expenditure Fund to complete work already authorized. . transferred to credit of _ $1,081,466 87 Amount loss December Deduct amounts charged off as fol- lows: Reduction of valua- tion of equipment rebased through uipment Trust Gold Loan.......--. Reduction in’ valua tion of securiti-s of Coal Companies... 1,436,119 00 Amount charged off in adjustment of old ac- (eeunid225-054252- $708,336 68 Balance to credit of profit and loss December Slst, 1897 -$22,823,956 98 SINKING FUNDS. Under the provisions of the consolidated mort- gare of the Company, $824,780 were set apart on the first day of July ‘last, out of the net income, as 2 sinking fund for the redemption of the out- standing bonds secured by that mortgage. There are wow $5,319,908.41 in securities and cash in the fund for the redemption of these bonds. Under the provisions of the four per cent Equip- ment Trust Gold Loan, there was paid to the trustee during 1897, for the sinking fund. the sum of $136,400. “The trustee was unable to obtain any of the bonds at the price fixed in the lease, and in accordance with the terms thereof the whole amount has been invested in additional equipment. SECURITIES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS. The entire cost of the securities of other corpora- tions, including real estate mortgages now held by your Company, is $119,659,343.61. The direct reve- nue received ‘therefrom was $4,616,215.84, which amounted to nearly four per cent upon their cost, and more than provided for the interest on your funded debt. CAR TRUSTS. No further issues of these securities were made during th ‘The, outstanding certificates of Series “C." "D" and “E” of the Peansyl- Yania Equipment Trust were paid and cancelled. ‘These series covered 5,362 hopper gondolas in ser- vice on the Pennsylvania Railroad: 1,000 box cars, subleased to the Pennsylv: mpany: 1.256 subleased to the Northern Central Rail- aml 516 box, 100 gondola, and 400 sed to the Grand Raptds ‘and Indi- 1 Company, representing in 8.634 otal cost ‘of $4,000,000. These cars now become the property of the es which contributed to the cost respective thereof. The total _nnmbe. of cars provided under the Car-trnst system is 57. ‘Tetal smount of certificates therefor ........ Amourt redeem Palance of certificates outstanding December Sist, 1897... There were no charges to capital account during the year except for equipment. This expenditure ated to $821,737.50, and represented the usual outlay for Trust cars. number of tons of freight moved on t rand divisions east of Pittsburgh and Eric 7 was 79.562.405, an increase of 6.505.340 per cent.; the number of passengers was 34.007,524, a decrease of 1,172,696. or 2.24 per cent. ‘The other railroad companies east of Pittsburgh and Erie in which your Cempany is interested shew generally Improved results. Detafled state ments of their operations will he found in their spective annual reports, as well as in the pam- Plet report of your Company LINES WEST OF PITTSRURGH. est of Pittsburgh operated by the ‘ompany and the Pittsburgh, hieago and St. Louis Railway Company Its were as follows: — zs of Pennsyl Farn! Expenses ...... Leaving net earnin; Rental, interest, & Net prefit on Penna. Co.'s lines... Earnings of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, ‘Chicago and St. Louis Raflway... $17,771,942 18 Wspenses .-----.02---..-<+- 12,114,034 58 Leaving net earnings. . ental, interest, &c. Net prefit on Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, a zo and St. Louls Railway Companys lines. .. LStisosed $1,470,704 54 Net profit on Ines directly operated west of Pittsburgh.............. her Hines west of Pittsburgh. on of which your Company has assumed direct obli- cr in which It is largely interested rabip of securi but whieh are hk thelr own organizations, show ing results: egate gross earnings of these were : cece ees + $6,267,837 77 ez 4.504.081 arnings « ct rental, interest, &e.. less Of this Iess the Pennsylvante Rail read Is responsible for Whieh deducted from the profit shown shove z Ra 2.453.869 78 Leaves a net profit on all lines west of Pittsburgh. a au eegure oA The favorable results from the working of these lines show the improved conditions existing during the past year. The traftle avd revenue both show a Tease, and a xuletantial surplus w: the eredit of profit and lo obligations, 3 xpended on account of construction, . and real estate was $600,683.13. principal item of expenditure, in addition to the usual outlay for car-trust equipm on the elevation o tion of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway in the city of Chicago, in compliance with the requirements of {ts municipal legislation. A large part of the work Pifty-tifth Street and State Street has d, while on the Pittsburgh, Cinem- ard St. Lowis Railway the elevated Western and Ogden Avenues nax for several months past. FUNDED DEBT. e fuet that a large amount of bonds Spon the Hines embraced in your Western System Would mature early in I8B8, It was deemed wise to take advantage of the prevailing ease in the Boney market to secure, at exceptionally favorable Fat car- after providing was the “necessary fimds to meet such obliga tions. A sale was therefore made of $5,000,000 « steed Trust Certificates of the Pennsylvania Company, dated September Ist, 1807, having forty Years to’ run and hearing three and one-half per gent interest. These certificates were Issued by the 6 Life Inserance, Annuity and Trust Company Philadelphia, as Trustee, and are seeared by the depestt with that company of an equal amount of seven per cent. Guaranteed Special Stock of the Fort Wayne and Cateago Railway Com- ennsslvanla Company fucipal and interest of these covenants to pay certificates, and Jour Company guarantees the performance of that obi ‘They constitute Series A of an author- be f $20,040,000, and the other series will be available from time to time for the capital re ® nents of your Western lines. pp Ameue the Sceuriges to be provided for throuzh referred to are the second mortgage bonds of the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Rail- oad Company, maturing May Ist, 1898, and amount- tng 100.000. For the Ee. of protecting your interest in that road fa which your spstem kas’ a controlling Interest: these bonds will be par — im Looe il the relations between the ferre jaute 2 ndisnapolis Railroad Company And its leased lines are farther adjusted. Ne detinite result has yet been reached im the Mtigation growing out _of th leases: antces made by the Tere “Ragae iiroad Company prier to trol of that system. The hands of Mr. V. T. Matoct been faithfully and prudeniy interest of its owners and creditors, But reat revenues of the system are uable to 3] APPLICATION STREET STATION, PHILADELPHIA. APPREHENSIVE OF WARFARE. The Dispute Between Nicaragua and Cesta Rien. The condition of affairs between Nicara- gua and Costa Rica is beginning to arouse obligations and provide for the renewals and bet- terments absolutely esseutial to tue proper imainte- hance of the property; and it would be greatly to its advantage it an equitable basis could be reuched, satisfactory to tne various Interests in- Volved, ‘upon when ‘Its Hiavilities could ve brought More inty decord wits Its earuing capacity. ‘The revand.ux of ridge over tue Unio River at Cirewnatt wax competed cn the 22d of May, 189i, nist te an « peructure furmsjes admur: ple’ faeuities wal mighway traffie. ‘The reconstruc! ¢ panvenger sition at Co- fuihous, Valo, was ziso peacticany compieted on the second day of July, 1807, and ft is now fully adapted Co the requirenene oi Luc parvenger tame at chat point. ‘The numuer of tons of freight moved on the lines. West of Litisourgh was 1,500,058, an inerease of 5.63.16. “Lhe ummber of possengers wus 19,082, Tay, 2 deer race of $46.2 ‘The grows carpings of a:t lines east and west of | Pittsburgh for the yea: were $128,278,096.86, oper- BLURS vxpentes, $84,041,udl71, and net earhangs, WsT Wot, “an Inerease i gross earnings, com bared with IS06. of $4,690,Sic.06, and in net earn- Wg8 of 35,325,116.04. ‘There were 159,515,950 tous © freight moved, being un increase of 14,323,306 fons, sad 68,548,607 passengers carried, a decrease oF 5,041,163. GENERAL REMARKS. It will be noted that there wes no increase in the funded dect of your Compeus, and chat the obliga- tions issued by the Femmsyivaua, «ocspany were at the lowest prevailing rate of interest, and for the Purpose of redeeming seven yer cent. securities abort to matare on lines forming a part of the eystem of tout Compary. © report of the Managers of the Trust created October Vth, 1878, hereto appended, shows that there has been paid by the Company to December Bist, 1807, the sum of $4,065,450.50, that the total inceme therefrom bas been $6,525,146.98, and that or that date securities amounting par to $8,720,410 were held in the Trust. ‘There was aypropriated to the Trust for the year 18u7 the sum of $94,410.47. ‘This ‘trust Faving been in operation for nearly twenty years, it has become quite difficult to perchase the securities prescribed by its terms, its operation veing now confined to bonds, or stocxs, of which the principal or the interest or dividend thereon had veen guaranteed by your Company prior to its creaticn. fore, that its It is deemed wise, there- cope shall be entarged 80 ai ‘3 mude since 1875, and its con- cy thus assured. A resolution to that effect will be brought before the stockholders at the next arnual meeting, the notice required by the terms of the Trust making i necessary to defer action until that time. ssets of the Insurance Fund at the end of rm Were $3,886,363.56, being an increase of 29 as compared with 1896, he inembership Of the Employes’ Relief Fund of the lines cast of Pittsburgh and Erie at the close of the year was 43,675, the largest since its estab- Daring ‘the’ year the members contrii- 4 21, while the Company and its altili- ated lines contributed $169,619.89 for operating Penses, and $45,109.90 for extra benefits to msm. bers whore disability had continued for over 52 Weeks, and who were therefore no longer entitled to regular benefits from the Fund. The total re- celbte were, $01 #12, and the balance on hand e beginning of the year $436,968.09. After distributing $308,284.31 in death benefits, and $324,- 933.96 in cases of disability arising from sickness and accident, and meeting all its obligations and Providing for’ unadjusted death claims, a balance of 3508, 95 remained to the eredit of the Fund as the result of its operations for the last three years, out of which must be paid unadjusted claims for benefits growing out of sickness or accident occur. ring during that period. There will probably surplus of $246, 67.50 after providing for suc les, making its Tegate surplus = tire period of the Fund $618,503 1s OT He eB The number of depositors in the Emp ing Fund at the end of the crease of 323. during the year was $479 anes the fund at the close of the year was $1,953,11 of which $1,800,000 is invested in ing interest at the average rate of four per cent. it will be remembered, as stated the last nual report, that the hea ry reduction in and revenue cons-quent up in the ceprss:on th fore existing In the commercial and interests of the country, had compel Uroance of the greater portion of the worl Was in progress in revising the grades of the Main Line. As a consequ of, the large expenditure already mut to in- a remained unproductive, and the work was not resumed until the latter of 1 when more favorall tions justified its continuance. It has. » regularly prosecuted at Kinzer on the Phils OF Division, and between Lilly and Portage and from Conemaugh Furnace to Nineveh on the Pitts! Division, while it has been finished at Rie: cus the former division, and, except the Is ying track, at Radebaugh on the latter division. In consequence of the late period in the year a which the work was resumed, a la: portion there- of still rematns to be done, ‘and, as further noted, ® special appropriation has been made for. its speedy completion. In order to facilitate the movement of trains over the Allegheny } being made for four tracks from Altoona to K tarning Point, and for a comp! tem from Kittannin: Point to Gallitzin Tunnel. le tracking of the Port- ag: Read from the tunnel to Cresson have also Leen pleced under contract. In order to secure the best results from outlays of this character, it Is necessary that the work sheuld, when once begun, be pushed to completio and to that end it bas been decided to create Extraordinary Expenditure Fund, in which sb b> set apart from time to time such sum as < tly be spared for such purposes from the cur- feng income, Without encrcaching upon the dividend fu ‘A portion of this fund will also be applicable to m¢et the large expenditure necessitated within the next two years by the provisions of the Interstate cmmerce legislation, compelling the equipment of 1 freight cars with air brakes and antomatie ccuplers, and other improvements to the equi- ment. ‘The bridge over the Scsqnchenna River at Co- huebia, about a mile in length, which was d reyed by a wind storm late in 1896, was fully restored and for traffic on July 8th, 1897. The piers that had heen demaged were entirely re- Dullt a new steel superstructure replaced the eld wooden spans. The erection of the new spans a crediteble piece of work, several of them having been placed in position in ten working Ecurs, whil2 the whole structure was erected in twenty-one days. ‘arious improvements were made during the = the United Railroads of New Jersey ivision. A change of line was made in New Brunswick and four tracks Inid through the city, and further progress was made toward completing the automatic signals between Monmouth June- tion and ‘Trenton, aid between Morrisville and Helmesburg Junction. ‘The new ferry between Jersey City and Twents- third Street, New York, was put in opera(ion May 16th, 1897. The public convenience has bes lurgely promoted by the establishment of this new route, and your passenger traftie increas thereby. A cab service similar to that in opera- tion at Brond Street Station, Philadelphia, was also established in connection with this ferry, ani provision made therefor through the purchase of property and the erection of the necessary build- ings taereon. ‘Khe amount expended in construction ou branch and auxiliary lines was $189,800.65, on account of which there was received from those companies the sum of $144,947.06 In cash. This expenditure was mainly in the completion of the all-rail con nection via the Delaware River Bridge, near Frankford, between your lines in Pennsylvania and our seushore lines, and in the construction of a branch and sidings on the South Fork Railroad. On the seventh day of January a consolidation was made of the Hanover and York Railroad Com- pany and Frederick and Northern Railroad Com- pany under the name of the York, Hanover and Frederick Railroad Company. thus placing the en: tire Hne between York and Frederick under one or- nization. Satie property heretofore known as the Brooklyn Annex, and comprising the ferry boats operating Tetween your Jersey City piers and Brooklyn and other polits in the hartor of New York, has been purchased by your company with the view of im- Proving the fucllities for the passenger traille to ind from those important centers. “ih ‘connection with the widening of Delaware Avenue and the general improvement of the harbor front on the Delaare River by the City of Philadel- phia, the work of reconstructing the ferry facili- ties at Market Street Wharf is being rapidiy prose- cuted. It is expected that by the Ist ¢ v the southern balf of this work will be completed, and the convenience of the public will be thereby ma- terlally promoted. With the view of further in- easing the facilities for seashore travel the double-tracking of the line of the old Camden anc ‘Atlantic road is being completed with rail weigh: ing 160 pounds to the yard, and by the Ist of May will be in excellent condition to meet the require- ments of the passenger traffle, which reaches the West Jersey and hore Railroad by the ferries as well as by the all-rail connection via the Del- aware River Bridge. When the $3,000,600 of four per cent. Equipment Trust Gold Bonds were issued by your Company in 1889 i practi Fund pledse be applicd to to he also the bonds h: of this provision tion naturally sure to the hol possession value. td The orixt nt, and the amounting to 1078 ears, hav! carried at cost on vour Nook continned Iv equal in secu: of standing ai of the Profit and Tass Xeconnt 1 rou in the proceedings by th condition of this pense resulting have made its do wise in your ac the increased © workings, ry problematical, and it lice the valuation of its mnt rdingl loss by death, ISG. ving been A date until Decerat n he was promoted to be its hy the responsible nm him with the utmo end possessed th vl. devolving and ability, and resard ‘ough confidence fon, Mr. - 1897. ‘ap Los nted pany 4s kereto append ‘The Ti the efficteney with which th duties during the past By order of the Board. GENERAL BALANCE December Dr. FRANK THOMSON, President. SHEET. (Condensed.) ‘Bist, 1897. ASSETS. Cost of road and equipment. Cost of securities owned... Securities received with the -$121,189,246 88 119,691,845 61 8,283,462 25 lease of the U. N. J. RR. and C. Co.. CURRENT ASSETS. Due for advances for Bills __recelvabl Sos miscellaneous assets Mater Zor oan 08 Cash. Sinking Fund, Trust Insurance Fund 26,376,351 81 8,882,836 50 LIABILITI Capital stock. Funded debt mand rents). $129,303,700 00 $87,943,910 Securities received with th of the U. RR. and C. C Extraordinary Expenditure Fun: CURRENT LIABILITIE: rolls, vouchers and balances. | Sinking Funds and 7 | Profit and loss. . STOCKHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN IN PERSON OR BY LETTER COPIES OF | Total.. i THE REPORT IN PAMPHLET FORM ON TO THE SECRETARY, KOOM 271, BROAD serious apprehensicn in official circles, and it is said to threaten to involve not only these two countries in war, but also to draw all of the Central American repub- les into an armed conflict. The diet of the Greater Republic, including Nicaragua, Henduras and Salvador, has submitted a demand on Costa Rica for an explanation of the entrance of an armed force of 500 men from Costa Rica into Nicaragua. No reply has been given, so far as is known to officials here. The real controversy between Nicaragua and Costa Rica is over the territory ad- jacent to the Inter-Oceanic canal. A re- cent incident has intensified the feeling of the Costa Ricans over the boundary mat- ter. This was the arrest of Mr. Bache, the Costa Rican consul general to Nica- ragua, on the charge of being a rebel. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment, but subsequently es- “aR'fs not generally known that Secretary Sherman intervened in this affair and re- quested President Zelaya of Nicaragua in the intcrest of peace to release Bache. President Zelaya promptly assented, and in a decree announced that Bache would be liberated in accordance with Mr. Sher- man’s request, if the tribunal convicted him of a revolutionary movement. Ase WEE Po ST Will Become a Captain. {ommander Lamberton has been relieved from duty as inspector of the fifth light heuse district at Baltimore and ordered to the Boston at Mare Island on the 16th, on which date he becomes a captain. He will bé succeeded ne eaters os ee inspector bj mander Hutchins, ee ta eres from the een ship or resigna- Gon of Ensign Osborne has been accepted to take effect March 16. DEATH OF COL. SCHARF. Former Inspector of Chinese and Prominent Ex-Confederate. Col. J. Thos. Scharf, ex-Chinese inspector at the port of New York, and widely known throughout Baltimcre and Maryland, dicd yesterday of paralysis of th2 heart at his heme, No. 80 Manhattan avenue, New York. Col. Scharf was taken ill last Sun- day morning and gradually grew weaker. ‘The funcral arrangements have not been definitely d2cided upon as yet. ‘ol. Schart was born in Baltimore, May 1, 1843, and was the son of the late Thomas G. Scharf. He received his education at St. Peter's Catholic and at a private school in Harford county. After leaving school he was employed in th> counting room of his father until the outbreak of the civil war, wken he ‘espoused the cause of the con- federacy. He served in both the army and navy of th2 southern states with consider- able distinction, and was wounded several tmes. ——+0 READY TO TEST THE HOLLAND. Each Cartridge Used in Test WIN Cost $2,200. A special dispstch to the Baltimore Sun from New York says: Everything is in readiness for th final trials of the sub- mgrine torpedo boat Holland, and her actual value to the naval world wili be thoroughly demonstrated in a few days. The Holland is moorsd to a wharf at the Raritan dry dock, Perth Amboy, N. J. This week her guns will be t2sted. Each cartridge used in the guns will, it is esti- mated, cost $2,200, and for that reason “dummies” will be used in the test. * —— Gambler Shoots Former Friend. Emil Guzman shot and killed Nicholas W. Pontius in the street in New York yes- terday afternoon. Guzman met Pontius on the sidewalk in front of No. 217 East 59th street, drew his rsvolver and discharged it twice in his face, both bullets taking effect. Rey (ofp ace pertinent awed op was ‘result of a dispute over a gam- bling pool. 2 DR. HURST OPPOSES Bishop's Views of Proposed: Washing- ton Memorial University, DISCOURAGES PLAN OF RAISING FONDS The Status of American University and Its Prospects. oe UNION OF THE CHURCHES So many inquiries have come to Bishop Hurst as to whether or not the American University, of which he is the head, and the pfoposed university in memory of George Washington are one and the same that the bishop has reached the conclusion that he should make an address to the peo- ple of the country on the subject. Bishop Hurst is of the opinion that the George Washington University will never mate- rialize, and he is strongly opposed to the Proposition made by the ladies who met in convention in Washington in December last, which was to ask contributions from the children in the public schools of the country February 22 and other national days in aid of the erection of the first building of this university. The bishop says further that-he hopes no school committee or the principals of schools or parents or children will be per- suaded to contribute, in the public schools or cut of them, any money to further a movement founded on other principles than these of evangelical Christianity, and he fears if the George Washington University becomes an established fact the Catholic, the Protestant, the Hebrew, the Theoso- phist and the Agnostic would have equal claim to any of the positions which might be at the disposal of the governing board, and each salary would be paid out of the government treasury. He is also of the opin- fon that the struggle for place would be ac- companied by political animeslty and reli- gious prejudice, and there would be such an exhibition of strife and tension of temper as Washingt has never yet seen. Its Present § As to the present status of the American University Pishop Hurst says: “The assets of the American University have gone a little yond $1,000,000. Its college of history is completed. It is hoped that the historical department can be op: atan nS ed for instruction at an early day. This de- partment is already endowed to the extent of $155,000, the gift of one lady and a part ef the one million of assets. utors, however, have erect marble building. “One of the the American U lege of the sci dividual has w Many contrib- a@ magnificent t needed departments of ersity is that of the c of government. One ir few weeks given 600 for this de ment Dui’ ought to cost no lees than $20,000 or $25), 000, and it ou eqval sum for uilding the political and ¢f the world under such» thentes_ as the ons of capital ef finance, the nship, arbitra- uch topics be in the cap- it around object will general pub- 5 not be long before the entire amount of $250.01 I be secured for the college of the science of government. The first drawings for this structure have al- ready been made.” endowment. In cience of the nation should be taugh international la and labor, proper duties and rights o tion and the Itke. strongly and wise} ital and the influence would be the world. It is hoped that t receive such approval from the cit Let Success Threatened. There is a belief, however, in many quar. ters that the versity another direction from that indicated in the efforts of the ladies of the country to establish a great university in memory of George Washing- ton and in accordance with his wishes as expressed during the revolutionary war. It will be remembered by the readers of ‘The Star that a few months ago there assem- bled in Washingtcn a joint commission, composed of some of the leading ministers and laymen of the M. E. Church and M. E. Chureb South, respectively, and after much discussion of the subject these gentlemen agreed upon certain things as a basis of federation between these two great bodies. It was declared that “the two churches are one in faith and in most features of polity. They closely resemble in religious fervor and in the methods of extending the King- dom of God and edifying believers. The reasons for harmony and hearty co-opera- uen between them are very strong, W do not desire to reopen any dispute of is44 or later dates.. We view the present situa. tion, its responsibilities and opportunities. After a number of resolutions milar tenor were adopted they decided “that the year 1950 and 1901 should be the period for the présentation of the subject of higher ducation to all Methodists in. the United States and of their gifts to the cause. Also and that the American University is worthy of the confidence and benefactions of the people in all our churches; we, there- that it is the imperative duty of the Pro- testant Church to provide in the y ot Washington a university, Christian, Catho- lic, tolerant and American, having for its sole aim post-graduate study and research, fore, recommend that the claims of this institution be commended to both churches for special contributions during the closing year of the present and the opening year of the coming centur. Action by Congress. Soon after the adjournment of the joint commission, and when everything appeared to indicate that the suggestions of that body would be adopted, the House of Rep- resentatives passed a bill, which is now pending in the Senate, to appropriate $288,- 000 to the publishing house -of, the South- ern Methodjst Church at Nashville, Tenn., to reimburse that organization for prop- erty destroyed by the federal army during the war, and while the Union troops were in possession of Nashville, and ‘despite the fact that the late General Clinton B. Fisk. the Union commander, certified that the ciaim made was a just one, and that the property destroyed did not come under the head of that which could be appropriated to the support of the army without com- pensation, the act of the House evoked a torrent of abuse from some of the leading Methodist ministers in the northwest, which not only threatens to defeat the proposed federation of Methodist churches, but also to deprive the American institution of large sums of money which otherwise it might have secured from wealthy members of the Southern Methodist Church. Already “steps have been taken by the 8t, Louis conference of the M. E. Church South to memorialize the general conference of the Methodist elscorel Church Fee rae meets in Baltimore shortly, to lay on the church an’ annual assessment of $100,000 for four consecutive years, Beetnning. sed 1 next, to endow chairs in the th department of Vanderbilt University. What the Memorial Recites. The memorial which will be presented to the conference at Baltimore will recite “that the Methodist .Epiacojal ‘Church Scuth has always been the fried of ticn and. has considered the growth @f her fend its doctrines against the attacks of rationalism, agnosticism and destructive, critieism, and to enrich the theological thought bequeathed by the fathers; that the hope for furnishing such _ theological equipment to the preachers of ihe’ M. E. Church South as shall enable the pulpit to meet the demands of the time, and to hold the strong in the pew, rests with Van- derbilt University, and that Cornelius Van- derbilt, W. H. Vanderbilt and Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., have given to the M. E. Church South $1,480,000 to establish and endow this university, while only $75,000 have been given by the entire Southern Methodist Church to show appreciation of this magnificent gift from those named, and in order to further the great object of the founder and to provide the university with additional teaching force, so that it can keep pace with the increase of stu- dents and with other universities, and to enable it to carry on to the best advan- tage the great work, so nobly begun by it, the sum of $400,000 in annual install- ments of $100,000 each should be raised, as above stated. It is not alone in St. Louis that the ac- tion of the northwestern Methodists, above referred to, has awakened feeling of re- sentment, and at a meeting held a few days ago in Wilmington, N. C., the sub- ject was considered, and attention was drawn to the fact that the fiery denuncia- tion of the bill to pay the Southern Metho- dist Church for damages incurred at Nash- ville was not by obscure ministers, but by men in authority and leaders in the M. E. Church councils, and the sentiment was expressed by many present that the day of actual federation between the two bodies was a long way off. ———— RAILWAYS IN ALASKA, Discussing the Bill Extending the Homestend Laws. After the Corbett case was disposed of by the Senate yesierday afternoon a bill authorizing the Mississippi River, Ham- burg and Western railroad to construct a bridge across Bayou Bartholomew, in Ar- kansas, was passed. On motion of Mr. Hansbrough (N. D.), the Senate then proceeded to ihe consider- ation of a bi!l extending the homestead laws and providing for right of way for railroads in the district of Alzska. Mr. Stewart offered an amendment to section 1 of the bill, providing that no homestead should be located within 1,000 feet of na ble water: In the cow of the discussion of this Proposed amendment Mr. Rawlins (Utah) entagonized the entire measure, charging that it was arifully drawn in the i of speculators and terest t in the interesi of the public. Interrupting Mr. Rawlins, Mr. Carter (Mont.), a member of the committee re- porting tne bil, there was really no foundation for the charges he had made, as every point he had referred to had been careful ed by the committee and guarded fully at all potnis. Mr. Rawlins still maintained that his point against the measure was well taken and that ra were grantec reads to which va through the pro: measure were not sufficient rare- fuliy bound by this grant, if they should fail to compiy with all the conditions of the grant. He said that the fake railreads and Paper corporations were given preferential rights in Alaska over the people who de- sired honestly to file homestead claims. Mr. Carter pointed out the fact that the right of way provision of the pending measure was a reproduction of the law which has been on the statute books for many years. Ast had seemed to the committee wise and prudent to prevent the gathering in of paper rights of way over the district it had provided that no corporation could get a right of way and hold it for more than twenty-four months without building at least twenty miles of railroad. Before Mr. Rawlins concluded, at 4:50 p.m., the Senate went into executive ses- sion. At 5:3 the Senate The Senatescontirmed th J. D. Hughe Sonneberg. To be at trict of Mis of Montana. djourn nominations: —W. Warner, wester: . W. B. Rod; EFFORT! Report of Secretary Gage to the House of Representatives, In a report sent to the House of Repre- sentatives yesterday Secretary Gage said that nothing has been done by the Treas- ury Department to prevent the conveyance, in accordanc? with Jaw, to the resideuts of Cuba of articles produced in the United States, and that the department has put fcrth its best efforts to prevent the de- parture of vessels for Cuba in violation of acts of Congress applicable to such cass. The results of these endeavors, he says, have been generally successful. He in- closes a report dated Nov2mber 30, 189% covering the department's operations con cerning filibustering expeditions up to that date, which was published at the time, a supplementary statem2nt bringing the mat- ter up to date and a reply of December 17 last to a Senate resolution as to violations of the neutrality laws. Owing to the time that would be required to learn the cost of this work to the de- partmer.t that information is not transmit- ted at this time. The fill tering cases since November 20 are given as those of the Dauntless, Tillie and De Agremont. Se Railways in Indian Territory. ‘The sundry civil bill was passed by the House of Representatives yesterday after- neon and the House went back into com- mittee of the whole and took up the bill re- ported by the ways and means committee to authorize the transportation of distilled spirits to general bonded warehouses and to regulate removal therefrom. ‘The bill gives the owners of distilled spirits the privileges as to transportation now enjoyed solely by the distiller. It was passed, e A bill was passed granting to the Nebras- ka, Kansas and Gulf railroad a right of way through the Indian territory. Mr. Todd (Mich.) offered an amendment pro- viding in certain contingencies for the gov- ernment of the road. It was ruled out on @ point of order. A bill was also passed granting a right of way through the In- dian territory to the Dennison and North- ern railroad, and at 5:20 p.m. the House adjourned. —_——__+-« -______ Grand Lodge, A. 0. W. ‘The Grand Lodge of Maryland, Ancient Order of Workmen, will hold its nineteenth annual meeting March 15 and 16 in Balti- more. The lodge includes within its juris- diction Maryland, Virginia and the Dis- trict of Columbia, and has for its execu- tive officers F. B. Sappington of Freder- ick, Md., grand master workman; A. F. grand recorder, and -. Baltimore, grand re- . Sixty-one subordinate lodges are included in the Grand Lodge, and the mem- bership reaches into thousands. re Seizure of British Ships. The President yesterday sent to the Sen- ate a full record of the proceedings be- tween the United States and Great Britain sation for the seizure of British ships in Bering sea under the treaty of February 29, 1892. + 2+______ Honor for an American Sailor. The queen regent of Holland has con- Advértising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably con will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. ¢ Star is the ized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. Tomorrow ==We will sel $4 English patterns, at This is our way of making =-and Every man sppreciates a bargain! TPOUSOES, : | Trousers, neat. dressy We'll give you Your money back if you are not fully satisfied! D. J. KAUFMAN, Comainy., I 120 pairs Men’s Fine “427 $9 OO business between seasons— making friends. * “oro. &: Tu a) the best values always. ith ie | | WILL RETURN TO HAVANA. The Court of Inquiry to Secure Divers’ Evidence. The Navy Department Is officially advised that the Maine court 01 quiry must return to Havana to secure evidence from divers after further work on the wreck. A tele- gram to that effect was received from Ad- miral Sicard at Key West last night. This communication sets at rest rumors that have been current for some days past that the court was not to return to Havana for the reason that it had discovered the cause cf the sinking of the Maine, which was not an accident, and that {t had consequent- ly no further business in Havana. One im- portant deduction to be drawn from the ™ “e was that the report of the court of inquiry can searcely be expected for sev- eral weeks to come. it is expected that a] good deal of time must elapse before the divers can get through the mud which now encompasses the lower part of the wreck of the Maine and examine the bottom. Af- ter this is done the court must deliberate in order to secure an agreement upon its findings. The prevalent belief at the Navy artment is that up to this moment the court has not once undertaken to compare notes and endeavor to reach such an agree- ment. A Cuban mail was received during the Gay, and with the candor which has so far characterized all his dealings with the pub- lic in this matter, Secretary Long caused it to be given to the newspaper reporters as soon as he had read it himself. It was | made up of one letter from Captain Samp- son, dated at Havana, February 23, and, | although it is simply a'statement of events | that had already been reported by tele- graph, one fact is significant, viz. the Statement that the testimony of certain | civilian witn es before the court would be | of no importance. The gunboat Wilmington sailed from La Guayra yesterday for Barbadoes, traveling over the ground covered a few days before by the Cincinnati and Castine. All of the are slowly cruising around in the Caribbeen, and will be so employed until April, when they will go south again. Sec- | retary Long sald at the close of office hours that no orders had gone out to send another warship to Havana, reports to the contrary notwithstanding. 2+ IN THE CHURCHES. Services During Lenten Season and Other Special Features. Evangelist Duncanson is conducting a series of Gospel meetings at the colored Lutheran church, Rev. D. E. Wiseman, pastor. Service every evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Duncanson is a native of the Island of Jamaica, West Indies. A series of lectures under the auspic ef the Ghurchman’s League of the District of Columbia will be given in Lent, at 8 p.m., as follows: March 1, Church of the Ascension; sub- ject, “Christ and Socialism,” Bishop Sat- terlee. March 8 Trinity Church, “Christ and Morality,” Rev, W. A. Guerry of the University of the South. March St. Paul's Church, “Christ and Literature, Rev. Richard P. Williams of Washington. March 22, Pro-Cathedral of St. Mark's, “Christ and Art,” Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, bishop of Long Island. March 29, Chureh ; cf the Epiphany, “Christ and Creeds,” Rev. Dr. Smith, president of Trinity Col- lege. The Rey. Frank Sewall is holding in the pastor’s study of the New Church, on Cor- coran street, classes for the study of the spiritual sense of the Holy Scriptures; a ladies’ class on Wednesdays at p.m., and a men’s on Fridays at 7:30 p.m., to which all interested in these studies are cordially invited. 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