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the general government pay onc-half of the cost thereof. = Question of Repeal. Mr. Ballinger #a‘d he wanted the act re- pealed at once If it could not be passed at this sess being ground has been indicated as within thor- oughfares on the maps prepared by the Commissioners can neither seil nor borrow on their property, ard that as loars come due they are urable to renew them. Senator Faulkner said he did rot Ike the idea of giving up the highway act entirely by its repeel, and he asked Mr. Worthing- toh if he would not expiain whether there some way to give relief to property owrers whose ground has been shown to b» marked cut for street extensions with- cut absolutely repealing the whole act. Worthington replied that he did not of any way in which that could be dene witheut providing for a change in the maps. He ssid that a repeal of the act of "%: would not help so far as that was con- cerned. The act of SSS could not be car- owt and was still in force, and it was t act could not be executed that $ was required. He said if the was to be repealed the act of ‘SS 3 well be repealed, too. Otherwise the thoroughfares could not be extended. Senator Faulkner said would like if the citizens present could get together and ferm some plan by which property owners could be relieved from their embarassment in not being able to sell or to borrow mun- ey without entirely repealing the highway act. Mr. Faulkner said he did not like to give up the idea of « uniform plan for the om of streets. Senator McMillan suggested that those ptesent appoint a committee to take up the question suggested by Mr. Faulkner to ee the points he mentioned. Worthington said those present had a gieat deal of confidence in the importance of a favorsble recommendation from the rate committee on the District of Colum- nfiseated because people wiicse a w G bia, and thought the highway bill would be passed by the Senate if that committee s favorably recommend that it be P: providing that the generai govern- ment p: -half of the expense incurred. Mr. McMillan suggested that it would be | 0¢ very hard to have the bill passed in that shape ard he did not believe it could be dene. Edward T. Bates of the Brightwood Ave- nue Citiz-ns’ Association suggested a num- amendments which he said his as- ored. ajury to Property. L. Cole, representing Citizens’ Association, ber of ciation se the Mt. spoke at Mr. Pleasant some length and dwelt upon the injury that property is being done by being tied up under the present highway legislation. W. Riley Deeble also spoke upon the in- jury being done to property and said that not only were selling values aff>cted, but that the rental value of land was being in- jurec, and he cited an instance of this kind. H» said that something ought to be done right away, as a large number of five- year loans were made in 18%} and are now about coming due and unless property can be transferred a great hardship will be in- curred by many p2eple. Evan H. Tucker of the Northeast Wash- ington Cituzeas’ Association and vice chair- man of the Citizens’ Association central committee, said that his association favored the amendment to the highway act con- tained iz: Senat> bill 2085, but that it want- ed a provision made that money appropri- ated for this purpose should be expended so that all sections of the city shouid have an equal benefit from it, and he want:d condemnation proceedings in all sections of the city started at the same time. He also wanted the bonds to be issucd under the bill in denominations az low as $100. Cox of the Brightwood Ave- zens’ Association presented to the ee some statistics in regard to ory represented by his associa- Ssociation takes in that part of “t lying between Rock Creek iW: a st w nue Cii subcom: Ww he Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks, in which reside 18,427 persons, the total building improvements segregating 33,450,760, hile th> a 1 tion cf the land there aggregated $14, OFFICERS UARD THE Difficult to KEY W ST battieship Maine resumed its sessions her: at 10 o'clock this morning. listed men were boar of ‘Ten more en the fu.t yth, the fi prerexd . it is under the coal- navy yard here examined by z nd Commander F sses not on the lis pf the Maine, was stood, gave testimony regard ing of the battleship at the The torpedo boat Ericsson left here thi+ morning with mail mat Tortugas. noon. The fact is becoming more the days pass, that any from members of the United States of inquiry into the loss of the battle Maine, and from those app fs guarded with unusual ¢ tically no information court has been disclosed. The restrictions are so severe that the communications between the naval men who have been before the court have been most guarded. Naval offic a er for the fieet a: She is expected back this after th formation hi ring before i Prac the Seness. presented to rs at this station who are not conne, with the court express the guarded view that very little testimony has yet been heard tending to show that the e plosion was the result of a conspiracy or as of the disaster. h > FAIL TO FIND BODIES. Divers Think Many “laine Victim: Were Blown to Pieces. HAVANA, March da. 2.—The city is qui but the public and private greetings 1 uiser Vizcaya, which arriy , have not lessened in ferve: are working hard It is fea blown to upon tt ed that man ces, whi would account for the fai.ure to find the bodies where expected. or Proctor has a will spend the by Miss C e trip can €: and eight hou he Maine ad were to Matanza “He was a ton and Mr si made in ¢ may be spent in M day gees DISCREDITED !N LONDON. Rumor That Spain Hax Bought Thre New Warships. LONDON, March 2.—It is impossible t the report that Spain has rais the necessary funds for the purchase « three Chilean warships, which are said t have been on the market for some time The Spanish government will not adm that it has ever lacked the funds to pur chase known here verify bi ti 5 necessary ships, and nothing officially or in shipbuildi efre The Armstrongs, who are buildin; the three battle ships, have heard nothing of the report. © fi a CHAIRWAN BOUT 1 ATTITUDE. Seeretary Long Says That bes Been Mixund Secretary Long said this afternoon thai Representative Boutelle has been misin- formed in regard to his attitude toward an increase of the naval appropriations, and that the representative, who 1s one of the Most patriotle men in the world, is always stood. ea tric Washington cit eral control and direction of the Postmaster subscriber shall be sufficient to pay eperating and maintaining the telephone system and to provide for a sinking fund to liquidate the cost of building and equip- ping it. telephone s telephone company in the District. $38 such a service for one-half that price. Butler cited instances of cheapening tele- phone services in other cities. the Distri Hale moved yesterday. Hale Mr. Perkins w ecneurrent for invest i. office murder, and on objection’ by jen Spon the the 2,466 republicans end 512 democrats who were employed in the government printing office on April 1, 189 names and politics of all who have since Designers field, recenily sent to Havana for the Spanish A POSTAL TELEPHONE + He said that property is now | Senator Butler’s Amendment to the District Bill. INSTANCES OF CHEAPENING RATES Discussion of the Bankruptcy Measure. LOUD BILL AGAIN TAKEN UP The propositicn to establish a postal-tele- phone serv’ce in the District of Columbia eccupied the attention of the Senate this Mr. Butler of North Carolina fternoon. submitted an amendment he proposed to sake to the District appropriation bill, hich reads as follows: “That there shall be established, built, eperated and carried on a postal-telephone system in Washington, D. C., and the Dis- of Columbia, to be operated by the post office, under the gen- enerai.”* The amendment provides for the equip- ping of this telephone system with modern appliances, and that all the public build- ings of the city shall be at once connected wi ith this system, while the charge to each for For this purpose the sum of $100,- 00 is appropriated by the amendment. Senaicr Butler then proceeded to address the Senate upon the methods of a postal ystem. He said a bill was pend- ing before Corgress fer chartering another He said such a preposition was absurd; that if the new compa’ could furnish ervice for %0 for business purposes and for private houses, in view of two a telephone telephone companies existing in the Dis- trist, it was ressonable to suppose that single telephone system could provide Mr. He said that at Roanoke, Va., a second company haa been allowed to come in and, notwithstanding two companies made it necessary to pay doub! and double dividends, the second company coming into Roanoke were furnishing tele- Phones for business purposes at $20 and for private houses at $12 per annum, whereas the former rate had been $48 and $40. He said that at Detroit, Mich., formerly the charge had been $72 for business pur- poses and $50 for private houses, but a sec- ond company had come in and reduced the rate to $50 for business purposes and $35 for private houses. Senator Butler cited a number of other in- ances of this kind. He concluded by showing that if such reductions could be secured under such circumstances a postal telephone service could be operated at a very small cost, indeed. His amendment ‘as referred to the Senate committee on “t of Columbia. As soon as the Senate convened today, on motion of Mr. Hale (Me.), it went into executi session. the executive session to reconsider the During vote hich the In id that h entering the motion rmed, er to permit an inve: Mills and Chilton of Tex: agreed to. Mr. Mason (ll.) of ost offices and post roads resolution from the committee (Neb.) the resolution ntil tomorrow. Mr. Jones (Ark.) introduced a resolution, over until tomorrow, ib was bich went ic printer for the names asons therefor. A bill appropriating $100,000 for the erec- jon Of a pubiic building at New Castle, was pas-ed. Mr. § wart HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A resol ne Hous tizens of Mex ution Comp2ny, and the acticn thereon. A bill was passed creating Knoxville, -mn., @ port of entry. The House then resumed oud bill, tter. “Mr. Bell (Col), Mr. Simpson (Kan.) and ir. Clark (Mo.) opposed the bill, mainly on he ground that it was inimical to the in- rests of the country editor. ——————— COULD BE RAISED, MAINE of Floating Dock Havana Explain How. LONDON, ut March Commenting upon Sir by tward James r written Reed, formerly chief of construction of the British navy. which appeared in the Times yesterday, expressing the opinion that the atte ship Maine could be refloated for a the of her cost, Messrs. Clark & Stand- the designers of the floating dock have written to the overnment, Times saying that the dock is “perfectly capable f dealing with the Maine, even in the water-logged state it would be in when rst raised.” Continuing, Messrs. Clark & Standfield say: “Lifting the ship, therefore, reduces itself merely to a question of placing col- lision mats over the rents in the bottom nd a temporary timber and canvas bul- wark ralsed ,above the decks sufficient to keep out the water while towing her across the harbor to the place where the dock is moored.” es AN EXTRAORDINARY CONTRAOT, Georgia Supreme Court So Regards Marriage Agreements, operating expenses ‘ Senator by nomination of Webster Flana- icn. gan, to be collector of internal revenue for the third district of Texas was confirmed Mr. had received letters say- that Mr. Flanagan should not be con- and that he merely asked recon- D. sideration in orde iga- tion. ators NEWS. opposed the motion, saying that while they did not agree politically with Mr. Flana- set Facts From Court of | 82, they thought his confirmation should Inquiry. stand. The motion was not acted upon. ” + At p.m. the Senate resumed the Fla.. March 2—The Unites | oven States court of inquiry into the loss of the | pe: appropriation bill presented by | on. The conference report on the the committee on presented a gating the Lake City, S. C., post | Mr, Al- laid ‘over calling ot together with the at time been reduced or removed, and the “(Nev.) then resumed bis peech on the bankruptcy bill passed by the House. tion of inquiry was adopted by of Revresentatives today asking *he President to transmit to the House a opy of the proceedings of the interna- ‘oral commission on the subject of the uitable distribution of the waters of the » Grande river, required of said commis- ion by the protocol of May 6, 1896; also he protest of Mr. Horcasitas, representing co, against the construction { dams by the Rio Grande Dim and Irri- debate on the relating to second-class mail THE DISTRICT BILL Appropriations Inoressed by fenate Com- mittee $1,469,650.63. Seiceer neue Pavorably Considered— A Comprehensive Amendment Re- garding Electric Wires. The committee on appropriations reported. to the Senate this afternoon the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The report shows that the total appro- priations as passed by the House of Rep- resentatives have been increased by the Senate committee $1,489,600.68, the amount appropriated by the House being” $5,606,- CAT. This makes the total amount as reported to the Senate by the appropria- ticys committee $7,076,208.20. ‘The increases over those of the bill as it passed the House follow: For cxecutive office, $600; assessor's of- fice, $2,200; auditor's office, $900; sealer of weights and measures’ office, $840; free public library, $6,720; rent police headquar- ters, $1,500; repairs to the morgue, $2,190; grading streets and alleys and roads, $2,- 00; suburban sewers, $20,000. Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue sew- er, completing, $181,000; Tiber creek aril New Jersey avenue sewer, commencing. nerthern portion, $20,000; construction of sewage pumping station, $25,000; arranging District records, $1,500; reproducing rec- ords, register of wills, $2,000; special re- pairs market houses, $2,500; topographical surveys in Georgetown, $8,000; condemna- tien for extension of 16th street, $242,850. Enforcing game and fish laws, $500; work on streets and avenues, as per schedule, $100,000; paving roadways under permit system, $1,500; improvement of specific streets, $25,500; replacing and repairing sidewalks and curbs, $10,000; repairs to county rords, $10,00 ‘onstruction and repair of county roads, $73,000; sprinkling, sweeping and cleaning streets, avenues and alleys, $34,100; clearing snow and ice, $4,000; parking commission, $5,000; lighting by ga: and oil, $15,000; new machinery for harbor boat, $7,000; public pumps, $6,000; or- dinary ‘care of bridges, $500; _" new floor for Aqueduct _ bridge, $15,000; Washington aqueduct, $12,000; inquiry as to filtering water supply, $5,000; Washing- ton aqueduct tunnel, completing. $293,882.70; school teachers and janiiors, $2,500; kinder- garten instruction, $12,000; manual train- ing, $1,000; necessary repairs to plumbing in_existing school buildings, $42,100. Text books and school supplies, $5,000; eight-room ool building, third division, southeast, $45,000; four-room school build- ing on Grant road, $12,000; eight-room school building and site, ninth division, $41,250; manual training school building, commencipg construction, $50,(XK); Metro- politan police, salaries und expenses, $35,- 205; fire department, salaries and ex- penses, $15,477. Health department, salaries and ex- penses, $3,720; Washington Asylum, sal- aries and expenses, $20,265; chariiles and charitable institutions, $3,000; Columbia Hespital for Women, repairs and furniture, }00; Industrial Home School, furniture and equipment, $1,500; board of children’s guardians, $500; militia, $400. The amounts of District appropriation acts of fiscal years from 1890 to 189%, in- clusive, 1890, $5,682,409 1801, 59 1893, $5, + 78; 1806, $5 5,186,091. Electric Wires. ‘Ths Senate committce inserted in the bill the following provision regarding electric light and telephone wires: “Prov J, further, that the poles sup- porting electric light and telephone wires not the property of the United States or tne District of Columbia within the section bounded by B street north, Ist street east, the fire iimits and Rock creek, shall be re- moved within one year from the date of the passage of this act, excepting such al- ley poles as may be needed for distribution purposes as hereinbefore provided. “In the District of Columbia all existing conduits within the fire limits and: all overhead telephone and electric iight wires without the fire limits are hereby legalized ur til otherwise provided by law. The Com- missioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to issue permits for the corstreetion of such conduits as may be necessary to replace the overkead lines required to be remeved above and to con- nect such new conduits with existing con- Guits at the nearest and most accessible point for each or to acccmmodate the wires of any telegraph company in said section; provided that said conduits shall be locat- ed as nearly as practicable under the over- h lines which they replace. Said Commissioners are further author- ized to issue permits for the construction of surface conduits to ell squares adjacent to street conduits, and for such use poies and overhead wires may be connected therewith as may b> necessary for distri- bution in the square. Also for the construction of overhead telephone lines outsid> the aforesaid fire limits by any company or corporation now authorized to occupy the streets of Wash- ington with conduits, and also for the con- struction by the United States Electric Lighting Company additional conduit on 14th street as may be necessary to give that company two continuous linas of con- duit on 14th street northwest between B street north and the fire mits. “And to extend its 9th street conduit from the corner of 9th and U streets northwest- erly on Florida avenue to 13th street, thence north on 13th street to the fire lim- its, provided that all conduits and over- head lines constructed under authority of this act shall be subject to such regulations as the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia m prescribe as to location, size and character of construction, and of au conduits such number of ducts as the Com- missioners may prescribe shaJl be reserved for the sole use of the United States in the District of Columbia, free of charge, and the owners of any conduit may rent their conduit room in any other conduit upon agreement with the owner thereof.” ———_++ e -____ ‘TUDY THE AMERICANS, Object of the Visit of Prince Albert of Belgium. LONDON, March 2.—Prince Albert of Belgium spent the night in London, em- barked for America on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at Southampton, accompanied by Colonel Jungblutte, Dr. Mills, his pri- | vate physician, and two servants. The ; Officials of the Belgian legation bade the | prince farewell at the depot. Colonel Jungblutte said the tour of the prince was more for study than pleasure. | He expects to study the United States | Bovernment methods, the colonel explain- | ed, to visit the factories, mines and farms, | and to observe the people of the United States in their habits, thought ahd manner of living, all of which, he added, would be useful for the prince’s future. In conclu- sion the colonel said the prince had not given a thought to tha social phase of his trip and had not decided whether he would or would not travel incognito. ee CORNELL'S DISCHARGE REFUSED. Judge Said His Financial Status Was THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1898-12 PAGES. THINK IT UNWISE Feeling ip Oapgrese in Rogard to Secretary. Long’s Declaration, POLICY” OF WYSTIFICATION It Prevents Action on Measures Really Needed. in 5° | MINORITY’S POSITION ———_—— Congress is in a state of confusion on the subject of making preparations for the | Possible contingency of war. The few men who are opposed to anything being done Under any conditions are able to check all action, because the rest cannot get such an avowal from the administration as would warrant them in going ahead. The atti- tude of Secretary Long is cited as peculiar- ly perplexing, while some of his utterances are regarded as indiscreet and unnecessary. A considerable number of men in Congress who are opposed on general principles to any increase of the military force, except for an emergency, are perfectly willing to vote whatever is needed either to avert war or to prepare for it if it is threatened. { Others who are strongly in favor of the needed increase of our defensive force even if danger is not imminent do not feel that they can justify their insistence upon im- mediate emergency action if the adminis- tration is not prepared to sustain requests that have been made by the departments. ‘The Policy of Mystification. The policy of mystification is disarming those who want to do the patriotic thing and placing them at the mercy of the small, bat strong, opposition. The special legisia- tion to provide for two additional artillery regiments and for authority for the Navy Department to enlist 1,500 men, necessary to man the vessels in reserve at League Is- land, could not be hung up as it is, it is claimed, if the administration would stand firmly by the propositiop that the situation requires such action. It is represented, hewever, that the administration shrinks from committing itself to the statement that there is anything in the present situ- ation which demards such legislation at this time rather than heretofore or here- after. “It appears that there is a persist- ence in the form of request that these in- creases are needed, without reference to any present danger, and this gives the op- pesition the chance to contend that there is no need of haste, if, indeed, the legisla- tion should be had at all. If the obvious facts are cited as showing the pressing need that preparations should be made for an emergency that is moment- arily threatened, this is met with quaga- ons from Mr.; Long to show that there 1s no reason for apprehension. It is not felt by those who think preparation should pe made that it Is necessary for the adminis- tration to make any sensational utterance, but only that requests made by the di partments should not be discredited by th heads of the department themselves. Dig- nified silence cn the part of members of the administration on 'the subject of the Maine Gisaster and pri¥ate assurance that the measures asked for are really needed and desired woul4, it fs belleved, insure the ad- ministration’ ali'''the assistance required froni Congréss in'preparation for an emer- gency. ¥ uh Secretary Long's Declaration. The declaration! by Secretary Long yes- terday thatthe idea of Spain’s having any participatiofh inthe destruction of the Maine has caused the utmost dissatisfac- tion in Compress) except among thos do not want anyi preparation for defense: to be made, It is:regarded as a gratuitous anticipation -of the finding of the board of inquiry, foy which the public have been admonished to wait with patience, The personal opinions and the official opinions of a cabinet offieér are itecessarily so close- ly associated, thatvit is feit to be wiser for a cabinet! officer not to express personal epinions on a subject concerning which his official opinions would-be untimely and out of place. 2 The belief is very generally held in Con- gress that steps should be taken promptly to man whatever guns and_ fortifications we have along the coast and to train the men in the manipulation of the big guns, the management of which they are now in entire ignorance; and to man, equip and put in commission all of the naval vessels that are now in reserve; but this cannot be done if the departments after asking for the authority say on being questioned aboutit that there is no special reason why the request was made. One of the repub- lican members of the House military com- mittee said today that the attitude of offi- cers of the administration was absoluteiy bewildering, and he added that the decla- ration of Mr. Long with respect to the re- sponsibility of Spain for the Maine explo- sion was uncalled for and unwise. The chairman of this committee, who is in charge of the artillery bill, said this morning that he was going to try to get action im the measure as soon as the Loud bill was disposed of by the House, but in order to do so he would have to get the assistance of the committee on rules and that had not yet been secured. A Proposed Resolution. Representative J. Hamilton Lewis pro- pcses to introduce a resclution in the House disapproving of Mr. Long's discus- sing with the public, in advarce of the re- port of the board, his theories of the Maine disaster. He will probably rot be able to get consideration for such a resolution, for, though members of the House of both par- ties criticise the Secretary, the general feeling is that it will not better matters any for the House to agitate the question. ‘There has been some comment on the fact that members of the minority who were formerly so active in their 2fforts to get recognition of Cuba are now silent and make no effort to do anytning to strengthea the hands of the administration in antici- pation of trouble. A number of leading democrats who w2re asked about the mat- ter this morning said that they did not think it proper for them to add in any way to the irritation of the situation; that they would be ready to do whatever might be necessary for the defense of the honor and safety of :he government, but that while the administration was awaiting ihe re- port of the board of inquiry and until the | President had had time to act thay did not feel that they shouid take the initiative. Nor, they said, did they think that while the Maine question was pending wis a time to be agitating belligerency resolu- tions. A request for authority for military prep- arations would properly come through the majority, and if the preparations were ne- eeciet the responsibility for such neglect ould rest;;upon the administration or upon the jority e This, it ip beligved, represents the atti- tude of the gninomty generally. Today gung are, shipped from the Washington navy yard gun shops to New York, prberg Fhe 4 2re to be stored in readi- ness for t! eatipment of the auxiliary cruisers shduld it -be necessary to take Cuban question we know through private letters and other trustworthy sources that the people expect seme actton on Cuba.- If it je pot taken there won't be twenty re- | Senna Members elected to the next “Just let a resolution be reported to ad- Journ this Congress without action on Cuba. and you will see the liveliest row ever wit- messed in the House. The President and Speaker Reed will learn that the opposition will not come from hotheads, but from some.of the most conservative men on the republican side. The democrats are al- ready pledged to stand by us. “The canvass is being made, and in a few hours we will have the pledges from the republican members who can be abso- Ivtely relicd upon. Alreaily there is every — of enough votes to carry out our pian.” ‘The represertative who submitted to the above interview drew from his pocket a letter from the governor of his state, ex- pressing the popular feeling on the subject, and saying he had pledges from sources which would enable him to guarantee he could place 100,000 men inthe field at once were it shown they were needed. AT THE WHITE HOUSE Marshall J. King Named as Collector at = Alexandria. Nominations Sent to the Sennte— Some of the € ers on the President. ‘The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Marshall L. King of Virginia, to ne col- lector of customs, district of Alexandria, Va.: Wm. L. Buechle of Missouri, to be surveyor of customs for the port of St. Joseph, Mo.; Edward A. Rozier cf Mis souri, to be United States attorney, eastera istrict of Missouri; Louis C. Bohle of Mis- souri, marshal of the United States, east- ern district of Missouri; Wm. L. Avery of Montana, to be consul at Belize, British Honduras. Representative Latimer of South Carolina again saw the President today regarding the appropriation of $15,000 for the New- berry College of South Carolina. A letter was written to the President after the pas- sage of the bill claiming that the title to the college property was not in college hands, and that the appropriation might not get to the college. Mr. Latimer today submitted affidavits showing that the title to the college prop- erty 1s in the Lutheran Synod of South ‘arolina, to which it has all along be2n said to belong. If the President is con- vinced of this he will sign the act. He has until next Monday to place his signa- ture to it or to veto it. Mr. Bowden, the republican national ccmmitteeman of Virginia, today present- ed the papers of Edmund Waddill, jr., of Richmond, for federal judge to succeed Judge Robert Hughes, who wili retire on the 4th of March. The application is signed by Virginians of all parties and classes, and it is claimed that there is n> doubt that Mr. Waddill will reccive the nomination. Representative White, the colored mem- ber of the House from ..orth Carolina, was at the White House today to see about the nomination of Mrs. Collin Anthony, colored, as postmistress at Scotland Neck, N.C. A number of colored people have been given post offices in Mr. White's district without opposition from the white people. es are committed in North Carolina against colored people who hold office,” id Representative White. ‘“Out- side of the buncombe which manifests it- self in compaigns in our state the best of feeling prevails between the black and people. The white people of North 2 are among the best in the world. orth Carolina for n in politics for y in that time we have not had any massacres like those reported y in other states. We g over but that is as far as we go. Se ACTION REVERSED. Decisions of Assistant Secretary Davis in a Number of Pension Cases. Webster Duvis, assistent secretary of the intericr, today reversed the action of the pension bureau in a number of de- cisions, among them being the following: The claim of Mary Ann Waters, widow of Richard S. Waters, late of Company 142d Pennsyivania Infantry, having refer- ence to the date of commencement of pen- sicn under the act of June 27, 1890. 27, In this decision the assistant secre? holds: “First. That a declaration alleging mere- ly that claimant is the widow of a de- ceased pensioner, and thereby apphes for pension as a widow, is invalid and void, as a declaration under either the general law or the act of June 27, 1890, and is gpt cur- able by amendment. “Seccnd. That a declaration ctating it is under the act of June 27, 189), but fail- ing to state the claimant's lack of means of support except by her daily labor cr marriage prior to date of said act, ts valid to the extent that pension may be allowed from date of filing such declaration upon stch cmissions being supplied by amendl- ment.” The claim of Jonathan W. Barber, late private Company B, Powell's Battalion, Missouri Mounted Volunteers, Mexican wer. In this case the assistant secretary decides that: “The provisions of the act of Congress of January 5, 1893, providing an increase of the rate cf pension granted on account of service in the Mexican war to survivors of said war, are applicable to survivors of Powell's Battalion of Missouri Mounted Volunteers, Mexican war, who are pen- sicned under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1891, for service during the war with Mexico, and such surviving memb of said organization are entitled to receive the increased rate of pension provided by said act of January 5, 1893, under the same conditions, limitations and regulations as other Mexican war survivors who are pen- sioned under the provisions of the act of January 29, 1887." Also the claim of Noah Perry, late pri- vate Company I, 68d Mlinois V. L. and Thomas W. Rea, Company H, 105th Penn- sylvania Infantry, and Company F, 9th Vv. R. C. —_—_—_—___-2+__ TIME CLOCKS SATISFACTORY. They Will Be Installed Throughout the Treasury. ‘Treasury officials have decided that they will install time clocks in every part of the department in a short while. It is claimed that the clocks now on trial have be2n so satisfactory as to leave no further doubt ebout using them. veral designs of the clocks are now being tried in the office of the auditor for the War Department, in the Winéer building, and another design ts on trial in the office of the supervising archi- tect in the treasury building. “We are going to put the clocks in throughout the building shortly,” said As- sistant Secretary Vandarlip today. “They are working well, and a majority of the FINANCE AND TRADE Another Sharp Break in Stocks Takes Place Today. CONFIDENCE OF YESTERDAY GONE Prices of All the Leading Shares Take a Tumble. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS aise eR Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 2.—The advance 1 prices noted yesterday was abruptly di continued this morning, the consensus of opinion being that the movement had been overdone. Traders sold stocks liberally af- ter the first hour, a decline varying from ! to 3 per cent following. At the close of the noon hour the market had lost all sem- blance of buoyancy and stocks were press- ed for sale in considerable volume. Talk of an advance in money rates was heard ariong the arguments favorable to the decline. This argument is scarcely werthy of serious consideration, howev at this juncture, because of the available funds abroad, which may be brought over the moment a need of an increase in tie supply beecmes patent. Tall money ai 2% per cent, today’s rate, cannot of itself b> used as argument against the accumulation of the better class of speculative securities. The short interest has been forced out of the market on the presumption that Cuban situation was no longer a menace the siability of the gencral market. The elimination of this interest ‘has de- prived the market of one of its strorigest features. A new short interest was un- doubtedly created today, but the lack of support on all sides very naturally gav incressed confidence to those predisposed to skepticism as to the present level of prices. The selling of American Sugar was con- siderably better than the buying through- out the day, the professional element fol- lewing the tactics of brokers usually rep- resenting important inside interests. Ail questions of diplomacy and politics aside, the prevailing opinion js that the American Stgar monopoly is nearer disruption than ever before. How much of this opinion is directly traceable to a strong manipulative bear clique it is impossible to determine, but Sugar is expected to lead the general mar- ket for a few days. The Traction ‘stocks were inclined to weakness, and the Granger and Vanderbilt groups also were conspicuous in the selling. The selling of New York Central was from sources usually most active in the opposite account. Rumors relative to a movement of two warships t> Havaaa were circulated during the period of the greatest weakness in all departments, sharp declines following in censequence. The market is extremely ner- vous ani will, in all probability, continue to fluctuate widely for a few days. Buying on a scale down may continue on the part of the larger interests, but the gencral public is not disposed *to buy into such a complex situation. Mistrust as to the future of prices prevailed today in de- gree equal to the confidence noted yester- lay. to pero as, FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- perted by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondent Messrs. Mcore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. Ht; American Sugar. Il debig 1808) is: American Sugar, pfd. ve American Tobacco . 91° MI 8, 80 American Cotton Ot) 1% 0 «19% BO Atchison Baltimore Bay State Gas. Canada Southern. Canada Pacific Chesapeake & ©..C.C. & St. Lous. tuwestern icago Gas... M..& St. Paul : CM. & St. Paul, pia. £0, Rol. & Pac Minos Centra: Lake Shore. Louisvule Metropolitan ‘Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. | National Lead Co. National Leau Uo. pi New Jersey Centrai.. w York Central Northern Pacific. . Phila. & Keading. Puiimaa bP. C. c Southern Ry... pfc Phila. Traction ... Texas Pacitc Tenn. Coa & iron. Union Paci Union Pacitic, pfa. Wabash, pid. Western Limon Siiver. Broo Chig. & G Western. . *Ex-div. 2 Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—Capital Trac- tion, 20 at . Washington Gas, 10 at £ . Electric Light, 10 at 104%; 10 at 105; 10 at 105. Ameri- can Graphophone, 50 at 35; 100 at 154. Mergen. thaler Linotype, 10 at 144i: 10 at 144%: 10 at 144i; 10 at 144 10 at 144; 10 ac 144g. After cull—Eckington Railroad 6s, $500 %. Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 1444 C. Electrie Light. 10 at 103. District of “Columbia Bonds.—20-vear fund 5s, 101% bid. 30-year fund Gs, gold, 110 bid, 3.658, funding, currency, 116 bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropelitan Ratiroad 5s. 118 bid. Metropolitan Railroad av. Gs, 118 bid. Metropolitan Railroad e:rifficates of Indebtedness. A, 123 bid. Metropolitan Raflrcad certificates uf indebtedness. B. 113 bid. Belt Railroad 5s, 50 |, 60 asked. Eckington Railroad 6s. 9) bid, 100 asked. Columbia Ruflroad €s, 119 bid. Washing. ton Gi Company 6s, series A. 1 bi Wash- ington Gas Company 6s, ceries B, 112 bid. U. 8. Electric Light debenture imp.. 1 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone 6s, 102%; bid, Aner. ican Security and Trust 5s, F.'snd A., 100 bid. Amerlean Security and Trust 5s, A. and 0., 100 bid. | Washington Market Cempany 1st Os, 1 Washington Market Company at 8. imp. Gs," 110 Washington Market Company ext. 6s, 110 bid Masonic Hall Association 5x, 108 bid.’ Washing- ton Light Infantry Ist @s, 90 bid. 50 asked. Farmers and Mechan- Jes’, 180 bid. “Second, 140 bid, 155 asked. Citi- zens’, 140 bid. Columbia, 120'bid. Capi 125 bid. “West End, 103 bid, 107 asked. Traders’, bid. Lincoln, 113% bid,’ 117 asked. Safe Deposit acd Trest Compantes.—National Safe and Trust, 114 bid, 116 asked. Wash- ington and Trust, 129 bid. American Se- curity and Trust, 149 bid. Railroad Stocks:—Capital Traction. 71% bid, 71% asked. Metropolitan, 120 bid. Columbla, 76 bid, 75 asked. Eckington, 2 bid. Gas and Electric Light Stocks —Wasbington Gas, Government Nonds, Quotations reported by Cors od ney, bankers. a ee registered coupon of 19 registered of (a7 compon of 1425. . registered of 1n25, coupon of 1904 registered of 10.4 Currency G/per cents of 1800 Grat Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co. and brokers, 142 t.. members New York steck exchange, BPO Ladenburg, Thalma: « Wheat—May...... Corn Oats Pork—May. duly. Lard—May_ Joly. Ribs—May.. July, Mor Investigat »: Rabe Fou Coroner Carr held an ingi after neon at the sixth prec in case of the white infant found near 5 and E strects northcast th morning the 19th of last month. Dr. Isabella Ha iup testified that she wes visiting th Bruen Home daily the time the child was there. The first time she caw the child it Was well. She saw it a second time, and ft was then sick. The matron toll her not to prescribe for the child; that it was not regularly there and she expected it to be taken away by the authorities. Cross-examined by a juror, witness said her attention was called to the child's ill- ness, but she did not prescribe for it. St regarded herself as physician only to the who were regularly there The child was !! when sh> saw ft, Had she becn asked to do so she would have prescribed for it. Would you let a child die for want of medical attention because it was not an inmate of the home?” asked a juror. “I would have prescribed for the infant,” she answered, “had I been requested to do 80.” Dolly Scott, the colored woman who found the babe, said tt had on a red skirt and was Wrapped in white goods when it was picked up. She cared for the infant until the ar- rival of the police. pea ae WOMAN WILL REPRESEXT CORY Novelty in the Coming Intercollegiate Debate ITHACA, N. Y., March ere is much anticipatory interest her the intercol- legiate debate, University of Pennaylvania against Cornell, which is to take place here tomorrow. The topic is “Restriction of Im- migration,” Pennsylvania having the af- firmative and Cornell the negative. Each sity will be represented by three speakers. For the first time in th history of debating at Cornell this univer- sity will be represented by a woman, Miss Laughlin, e of its speakers. s include two and Thomas White. Miss Won the "04 memorial prize to Cornell from Portland, s graduated from Wellesle: rse of arts and sciences, as nia’s representatiy Roy W. zhiin, wh this year, come I te in the school of law in June. aaa ae Her 1 liquor, Annie Fol Jently fast near- ing her grave, hobbled through the deck at Judge Kimball's court this morning to ar swer a charge of vagrancy. Anaie has spent al years of her life on the farm. Until! a year ago she wes an active wo- man. Since her release from the tetitu- tion, a period of but one week, she ma aged to get a black eye. and her plea today was that she wanted to go to the hospital for treatment. Liquor is fhe cause of the old woman's sad condition, and she was ar- rested last night while endeavoring to get something to drink. She begged the court to excuse her this time, saying she would not drink any more liquor, But she hed made this promise fully twenty umes, and the judge sent her down for three months. — + Centenaria to Tarn Pedestrian. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 2.—Capt. E. D. G. Demond, who will be 102 years of age on May 1, is about to start on a pe trian trip to New York. He helped to build the Erie canal and was formerly United States quartermaster at St. Louis. He has never married, because his intended bride died in his arms at a ball given in honor of President Polk. — Steambo: Company BEilcection, The stockholders of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company today elected tors as follows: Levi Wood- bury, C. F. Norment, A Britton, Geo. W. Pearson, H. Libby, R Baker, John Callahan and W. H. Butler. Officers were : Levi Woodbury, pre sident: BR. and John 5 , Vice pr Baker, secretary and treasurer, Callahan, general manager. pete et A Hot Fight ded. Fourth-class postmasters in Vir been appointed as follows: Hyter’s Gap. Birty E. Hayter; Lick Run, R. G. Lemon; Newport, John M. Smith; Upperville, F. M Kendall. There has been a hot fight for the post office at Upperville for som: months and as a consequence the case was held up. Last summer three applicants entered the field for the office. They were Frank Kendall, B. L. Glasscock and a Mr. Fletcher. Mr. Glasscock was backed by the Fauquier county republican officials and Yardiey T. Brown of the Loudoun T: phone iooked after the interests of Ken- dall. Several hearings were had before the Postmaster General, and today the appoint- ment was made as above siated. —-2 + Second Corps Rew The Second Army Corps Association, of which Gen. M. I. Luddington is president, will hold its eighth annual banquet the 15th instant at the Shoreham. The ban- quet hall will be appropriately decorate’. Eminent guests have been invited, who will contribute to the interest of the occasion. More than one hundred of the war-worn veterans who served unéer Sumner, Han- cock, Humpreys and Birney, will grace the festive board. inia have ce 7% Due to Extravagan them from he merchant vi bid, 47 own Gas, 40 bid. U.] Arizona Demam ready to do everything th ce. ‘rom ihe ni marine for naval as Cubs’ mente te Oe ex att ning that can be done for ,ATLANTA, Ga., March 2—One million! yonpon, March 2—In the bankruptcy | 8¢fvice. Farty-cight six-inch guns and a amperes who have tried seeks = STS 105% asked. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 2-1 om ae In ‘iis annual report, the Sectetary saia| Collars’ worth of real estate {3 affected by | curt here’ tod number of five-inch were being loaded onto | We are still operating those ee - . ; ae estecenaeanaa er sen caee be ante the decision of the state supreme court, | the tates a lay, H. M. Cornell, son of the cars for’shiprient this morning. and it may be a sort eotors ae son have been adopted by a mass meeting of {9 the enlisted force on account of the in-| holding the marriage contract made on econ ae Savi, Via ase Rumired' Offer ¢o Adjourn. ihn flock ace weeking an such patieenns peta Gf a peri wgnieesye hace 4 crease in t number of ships. ie naval " y Vi * man t x ; Crease in the number of ships. The naval| sunday valid. The young coming 11! bankrupt in this clty on Novembec 17| The statemsent,fs made by some of the | tory manner that I would not be surp Sees ha ene ok eee ee pcssession of this property is Reuben Hay- den, hitherto known as a social leader. It seems that In 180, Mrs. Cone, Hay- den’s grandmother, married W. H. Under- wood and reserved her estate for herself, and at her death the property was to go to her children, Mr. Hayden, In the trial in the superior court, wanted to introduce as evidence the marriage contract of Mr. and Mrs. Underwood. The defense objacted, as it was entered into on Sunday and therefore was not legal. The presiding judge upheld the ob- jection. In the decision .of the supreme ens ie ee contract was declared jogal, as the legislature could only regulate orly ordinary employed, and the entering into of a marriage contract was not ordi- to see them extended te branches of the man, Secretary Long said eided to grant this increa: naval appropriation bill Meantime, the Secretary said, if there be any immediate necessity for the same committee and Mr. as its chairman, are ready to make provision to that effect at once. _— has already de- republican , members of the House that in the regular they have Sager to belleve that an effort 1 be made to get rid of the appropriation bills and 1 tf Congress before any- last, applied for an order of discharge. The judge said he considered that Mr. Cornell’s bankruptcy was due to gross extravagance and suspended his discharge for four yean a 3 y ornell, accor to report, I~ dition to his income off $20,000 a ee et ceived $125,000 under the will of his father in 1887. Since August, 1896, it is added, Mr. Cornell has lived at the rate of $55,000 a year. ing the independence of Cuba. eee Thatcher Home Buras Down, Inn, a large suburban hotel at Darby, on ‘the western outskirts of the city, which has for years been a popular summer home for Philadelph‘ans, was completely de- BERLIN. March 2. tee of the reichstag today adopted, in ac- cordance with the government proposals, section one, paragraph one, of the naval bill, fixing the number of ships to be held in readiness for service as follows: A flag- ship. 18 battl» ships, 12 large cruisers, 30 —_>—— smail cruisers, 8 coast def ironciads for Viadt aga and 13 gunboats, ‘besides torpedo boats, | 7 “ployment ‘ LaLa ‘Hydraulic Min- schooJships and small gunboats. Edward L. Price Kills Himself. Vietory for Associated _ oe 3 7 Bohemian Dict Dissolved. LEXINGTON, Ky.; March 2—Edward L. | OCHIcaGd, March'2—The ue bet PRAGUE, Bohemia, March 2—In Price tted forty-seven, & prominent and | the Inter-Ocean for an injunction a . . rel —In pursu- wealthy business man, committed suicide | strain the Associated Press from reves he ance of an imperial order, the Bohemian today by shooti:g himself in the forehead. | off its news service to that na diet will be closed after today’s business. | Hs was despondent over ill-health. denied by Judge Waterman today.