Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1900, Page 1

———— = THR EVENING STAR. PUBLISIED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Business Office, 1199 Penssylvania Aveasz. The Evening Star Newsoaper Company. ‘SH. KAUPFMANS, Pres’t Mew York Office: 126 Tria: Bailsiaz, Chicags Office: Boyce Building. Lenéon Office: Trafalgar Builsiags, Tratalzar Square. ‘The Evenicg Star ts served to subscribers in the elty by carriers. © heir own account. at 10 cents Der week, or 4% cents per month. Copies at the counter, 2 cents cach. By gisll—anywhere In tbe United States or Canads—postage prepaid—50 cents with Washington, D.“O.. ma: ) bxcriptions mast be paid In advance. de known on spplicath WAITING ON ROBERTS > London Expects to Hear Soon of Fall of Bloemfontein. _—— FIGHTING MAY BE IN PROGRESS — Free State Capital Will Be Re- moved to Kroonstadt. — PLUMER AT ————— coL. LOBATS1 rch 14.—A few bours should t dispatches from Lord Rob- m Bloemfontein ghting is believed to have occurred since the comman¢ chief was t heard of. Lond: s the aceupation of the Orange Fre will occur tec jay, although s ners avy rumors of its relief, but th think the ccomplished from Kimbert t forth that n up hope more tha t © these were written the diminished numbers = forces may have rendered column Col. is possible of the "jumer's task more fe Judgin’ m the lac ything tal, whi m Herschei ment that the total collapse gent colonists is imminent. Cronje to Go to St. Helena. scording to a Cape Town na March ac- cherg prisoner: from catarrh of, e to sail for Eng- the Times, y the last para- repo! the ma- all is BOER STORY OF FIGHTING. Britixh Reported to Have Lost Heavily Last Saterday. March 13.—A dis- that in view t of gov- adt. of the fi » number was re- wounded. he h HOSTILITY THE QUEEN. Manifested at a Meeti Corporat of the Dublin ing of the lord maye . M. P., protested uproar, during ed to ch was my lord mayor umer Nears Mafeking. March S.—( ached here Tur <day lonel Plumer Boer police ‘olonel Plumer fles of Mafeking. —___~+<+<- HEARST'S LIBERALITY. MRs. She Will Foxter Explorations in Field of Archaeology. March 14.—Pres'dent ced to the regents ot experts - been engaged explorations in with reltes of an- pense of the Mrs. Phoebe A. A. Restner will have tions. Dr. Uhle will in South America and New Mexico and old of the expi estigatic ‘alife 2, recéntly professor in s school of archaeology, is now to this state to confer with Mrs. Hearst in the work in Greece and erials collected by t ~ placed in the archaeo- loxi tablished at Berke- ley. ——__--+.__ ROYALTY DINES CHEAPLY. Prince and Princess of Wales at Poor Man's Restaurant. LONDO: arch 14—The Prince ana Princess of Wales paid a surprise visit to- day to the new poor man’s restaurant in East End started by Thomas Lip- “Alexandra trust. Their royal high- purchased tickets for dinner at 41% ce (10 cents) ach of them partook THE ROAD TO FORTUNE. The Road to Fortune is through Printer’s Ink.—P. T. Barnum, No, 14,677. W ASHINGTON , D. CG. WEDNE SDAY, MARCH 14, 1900— SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS ENGLAND'S REPLY. RECEIVED Boers Wanted the United States to Act as Mediator. The President Expressed His Willing- ness to Do Anything to End the War. The reply of Lord Salisbury to the mes- sage from Presidents Kruger and Steyn, < transmitted through which w: our gov- ernment. received at a late hour last night by Secretary Hay, through Mr. As already n- White, our charge at London indicated in the London dispatche swer is a declination of the appeal. It h been transmitted to Mr. Adelbert Hay, United States consul at Pretoria, who will submit it to the two presidents. This acti marks the end of the first overture toward peace. It is believed here, hawever, that another effort will soon be made by the Boers to attain peace, though recourse be had to some other agency than United States. The President decided that it is not prap- er now to make public the text of the communications pissed hetween Pretoria, Londen and Washington relative to the peace proposition. Therefore the Allen resolnti ypted by the Senate, calling for the ence, must remain unanswered for the present, though there s use for maintain- y on that point will soon disap- admitted, however, that the atches have indicated the salient correspondence with suf- y. About the only omiseion, so far as can be learned, was the failure to develop the fact that the appeal of the Boer government that the United States might be allowed to intervene was accom- panied b: rnest expression by Pres dent McKinley of his willingness to do any- thing within his power to bring about the termination of the war, which he hoped might be attained. Lord Salisbu repl while firmly declining the request of the Eeer government, conveyed his apprecia- tion of the commendable sentiments which the the inspired the President's utterances, an closed that phase of the correspondence in so courteous a manner make the declination entirely une: Inasmuch as there apr confusion in the public mind r vari. the War it may lar correspondénce State Department ble. ome ecting the s efforts made by the Boers to end be stated that the particu- the ing through eparate and ay pas ger and continental athy with heir cause, 2 s also distinet from the appeal addressed directiy to Lord Salisbury by the two presidents. which, with his lord- ship's answer, formed the subject of the mmunication made ye: by him to ment, Comment of the London he. LOND( Mare’ the 14.—Regarding Globe s: rth dent is of on Ame ns ang deme d to risk th brought » for the amd a xt for a diplon quarrel wi nting when the nglish € > have to be conci a AND EQUIPAGE. CLOTHING Articles Reing Shipped to Manila for the Use of the Troops. rtment has tssued a etate- that following articles ing and equipage are now being a by the qu: rm: ut for the use of the troops in the es duri © ensu six months: and waist O0u blank 10,00 linen collar 75.000 woo an yairs leather gauntlets, 50,000 nats, 10,00) D. 1. flannel shirts, 100 pairs leg 50,000 shoes, 200,000 pairs cotton 00) Khuki coats, 172.000 pairs 0 nankeen shirts 10 corn broom! Ouu barrack « uo storm flags, 500 wh 1.000 common tent hospital tents and mp ket conical tents, Rat cords Judge Taft Notifies Associates on the New Philippine Commission, Judge Taft, president of the new Philip- pine ission, has written his fellow commissioners to the effect that the new commission will convene in this city on the ith of March. Judge Taft's resignation of his judicial office takes effect tomorrow. It had been supposed that the new commission would be called together immedjately thereafter, but it is probable that the task of closing up his affairs preparatory to a long ab- sence from the United States has made it necessary for Judge Taft to defer the first meeting until the 27th instant. Meanwhile the old commisston is winding up its affairs in this cit ALABAMA P +e PBLIC LANDS. Proposition te Sell 25,000 Acres for Educational Purposes, Mr. E. M. Shackelford, principal of the Normal College (white) of Troy, Ala., and W. D. Paterson, principal of the Normal Colored School of Montgomery, Ala., are in the city in the interest of securing leg! lation appropriating 25,000 acres of the pub- nds of Ala for each of the edu- cational institutions they represent, this land to be sold and the fund derived from it to be held perpetuaily, and the interest derived from it used for the purposes of the school: —_—__—__-e-—________ To Have Hearings at Chicago. A subcommission of the industrial com- mission, consisting of Senator Daniel, Rep- resentative Lorimer, Messrs. Phillips, A. L. Harris, Farquhar, Conger, Kennedy and Clarks. will meet in Chicago next Monday morning, when they will hear testimony on industrial questions in the city of Chicago and vicinity. Return of Secretary Root. Word was received at the War Depart- ment today that Secretary Root and party will start home from Havana next Satur- Gay, coming by way of Charleston, over the Atlantic Coast Line. ‘The transport Sedgwick will probably be utilized in the trip to Charleston. The party is expec to axctee In Washirizton Tucoday. cree or Wednesday merning. —_—_—_—__~+ e+_____. A Monument to Women, Mr. Penro: today {ntroduced a bill in the Senate appropriating $5,000 for the erec- tiorr of a monument in the Natfonal ceme- tery at Ariingter in horer of the women who served as nurses during the late war. Personal Mention. ; Mr. Harry P. Godwin, who for many years was a will-known resident of Wash- ington, $s critically ill at bis home ti Bridgepect, “nn. * THE HEARING BEGUN A BOND CIRCULAR AT THE WHITE HOUSE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS ———— Proceedings in Suit Against Con- tractors for Street Sweeping. ANSWER OF THE DEFENDANTS FILED The Charges of Non-Performance of Contract Denied. ———— COUNSELADDRESS THECOURT ———— Hearing was begun this afternoon before Justice Barnard, in Equity Court No. 2, in connection with the proceedings for injunc- tion‘and the appointment of a receiver in- stituted Monday by the Fidelity and De- posit Company of Maryland against Albert Daggett and Michael A. Dugan, who are the contractors for cleaning the streets of this city. The action, it will be remem- bered, is don the alleged grounds of non-performance of contract for sweeping the streets, and the defendants’ alleged failure to pay for materials and labor sup- plied in that work, whereby, it is stated, ability fs sought to be imposed upon the complain which is surety on the contra The rea ors? ng. of the bill of complaint and the answer thereto umed an hour. Counsel then adar the court. Attor- neys J. J. Hemphill and Arthur Peter ap- pear for the complainant, while Attorneys Jere Wilson and A, A, Hoebling, jr, repre- sent the defendant The hearing was in progress when this re- port closed. > Answer of the Defendants. The answer of the defendants, Albert Daggett and Michael A. Dugan, to the com- plaint of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland was filed this afternoon by Attorneys J. M. Wilson and A. A. Hochling, jr., their solicito: After admitting the ex- istence of the t sweeping contract, and thi ainant became surety upon have failed at any time since the commencement of the York under their contract to perform the in accordance with its spe e to the charges thelr labore: the on whieh the men—July In the first case the vouc able Juiy 15 for work de dants from July 1 to July 15 was tempor: ily withheld by the District, and thereb there was a delay in paying off the men. matter, they dec satisfactor d and work at o| ing on the part of 1 portion of their employes, owing to the fi that the defendants did not the due from the District on November 1 it was thereupon clain tain employes y men were . nt one umed work upon the matt.r being explained to them. Matter Satisfactori Settled. The defendar Ss admit that In July, 1890 they were cited by the District to show cau the contract should not be sus- pended and others employed to do the work, the allegation being that the work Ss net being performed tions. The L matters of diff according to defendants claim that ence were adjusted and tie ttled whereby the t was closed 80 far as they a 1, no ch: has been made by the District since that time, or by any one acting In its behalf, cting the manner of performance by jefendants of work required under the et sweeping contr They further ny that they have fi to thoroughly in the streets in the last two weeks, or ave failed to properly provide sweepers with bigs or bag carriers, or that the sup- erintendent of str has warned them that they were violating their contract in that respect. On t ontrary, they say in doing the work a large number at are used which, from time to time, eut, and have to be replaced by recently, to replace worn-out pought and p: for 240, but delay in one day of their de- t time the super- rs mentioned the mitter to the defendants’ superintendent, nd upon having it explained to him was entirely satisfied, Admit Indebtedness. Defendants admit being indebted to the Austen and Western Company and the Né tional Broom and Brush Company for ma terlal, but say each purchase was made upon credit, and that while payments hay not been made they pected, and sull expect, to make satisfactory adjust- ment and payment of the amounts so due. ‘ontinuing in this connection the answer says the defendants deny either of the said creditors has made any threats to the defendants to enter suit for the collec- tion ef sald amounts, but they are that complainant has denied to each creditors any liability under the bond afore- id for cither of the amounts; but that while denying such lability, complainant, us defendants are advised, immediately prior to the filing of thts bill, requested the attorney for ihe creditors named in the par- agraph, to immediately enter suits against ic under the said bond, to recover the amount of their respective ciaims, with the further statement made by complainant in that connection that it wished to preverft the payment of moneys by the District due on the 15th of the present month.” Defendants declare this was attempted for the purpose of bringing about a default on their part to meet their pay roll and other current expenses under their con- tract. « Denial of Atlegations. ‘The allegations of the complainant's biil that the defendants have numerous judg- ments pending against them; that they or either of them {s Insolvent; that their horses, carts and other articles necessary to performing their contract are in danger of being levied upon, are ail denied cate- gorically and at length, as well as the charge that frreconcilable differences exist between the defendants, are denied. The respondent Dugan also denies the allega- tion that he stated his intention to apply for a receiver to take charge of the con- tract. The defendants deny any intention to appropriate the $2,800 due March 15 to their own use, as alleged.. The defendants further declare that they will suff2r a loss of several thousand dol- jars on the contract by reason of the fact that they became indebted to one Herbert P. Pillsbury, and not Edwin H. Pillsbury, as averred in complainants’ bills, in the sum of $2.800 for feed furnished to horses, and, being unable to pay him th> amount, had agreed with him to give him a bill of sale for the property used by them in the work on thelr contract, and would renew the same every twenty days therzafter un- til the completion of the contract, he mean- time continuing to furnish all feed neces- sary. This bill of sale was duly execut:d on March 10, states the answer, and duly delivere@ to Pillsbury, but by agreement was not placed on record. The usual demurrers then follow and the customary prayer that th recent restrain- ing order be vacated and the cause dis- missed. pee Issued by the Secretary of the Treasury This Afternoon. How Exchauges May Be Made Under the Provinions of the New Rill Immediately after the signing of the financial hill by President McKinley today Secretary Gage {issued a ¢trcular “to holders of United States 5 per cent bonds of the act of January 14, 1875, 4 per cent consols acts of July 34, 1870, and January 1871, and 8 per cent bonds of 1908, act of June 13, 1898." The Secretary quotes the provistons of the new Dill authorizing the exchange of these bonds for 2 per cents of the new issue and then describes how the change can be made, He says: To Effect the Exchange. “To effect the exchange, the oustanding bonds should be surrendered to the Secre- ry In accordance with the terms of this clrevlar; they will be accepted for that purpose in the order of the sur- render of them to him, and new bonds bearing interest at the rate of 2 per centum per annum will be isstted in the same order in lieu thereof. A letter of transmittal should accompany each package of bonds for exchange, setting forth the purpose for which they are forwarded and giving the address to which the new bonds and checks for the interest thereon shall be sent. “Bonds, held by the treasurer of the Vnited Siates in trust for 2 national bank, may be surrendered by letter addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with the treasurer's r¢ pt representing the bonds, iogeiber with a resolution of the hoard ef directors of the bank, authorizing the treasurer to assign the bonds. “The priority of issue of the new bonds will be determined by the date of the re- ceipt by the Secretary of the Treasury of the outstanding bonds or the papers repre- senting the same, provided that the bonds or papers are in proper condition for such surrender as set forth hereafter in this circular. If any correction is required, the priority of the bonds to be issued will ‘take date from the receipt and aceeptance of corrected bonds or papers at this office. Registered Bonds. “Any registered bonds forwarded should be assigned to the Secretary of the Treas- ury for exchange into 2 per centum bonds. Registered bonds inscribed in the name of an institution, forwarded for exchange, must be accompanied by a resolution of the board of directors of the institution, au- thorizing their ment to the Seeretary of ths Treasury for such exchange. The resolution must bear the seal of the institu- tion, or, if the institution have no_ seal, mu! + furnished with the resolution ing forth that fact. nce of any bonds for ex- > under the conditions of this circular nt worth of the surrendered bonds 1 an income of 24 per centum per culated as 6f the date of '>, except as provided in the representing the present worth s heir par .v4lne will be owner thereof in due edurse by wn in his favor by the treasurer of the United States nt will Include payment by tof accrued interest on the id to th old bonds \o the date of their acceptance for exchange and a charge against the ewner for accrued interest on the new bonds from the date of their fssug to said date of a unce, Bonds surrendered upon which int not be accomp.nt such prepaid inter will deduct at the time any amount which ma’ of wnmatured inte paid, has been prepaid necd a deposit to cover s the department of the settlement be due on nt est Which had bec A ny New Bonds Dated Apri 1. “The new bonds wili be dated April 1, 1900; the 1 outstanding bonds sur- rendered for exchange and accepted for that purpose prior to that date will bear interest to April 1, when Interest on the new bonds will begin; and the present Worth of such surrendercd bonds will be calculated as of the said April 1. 1 bonds will be issued in denominati follows: Coupen, $50, $100, $500, $1,000 istered, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, 000, $50,000, ‘All bonds forwarded for exchange will be regarded as the property of the person, firm or institution in whosa favor the new bonds are to be issued, and in each case the check in settlement of the ‘present worth,’ cte., above referred to, will be drawn in favor of such person, firm or institution; but, if the agent forwarding the bonds shall- desire, and xo request, the bonds and the check may be forwarded to such agent's address for delivery to the owner. ‘Packages containing bonds for sur- render, of papers representing’ bonds held by the treasurer of the United States in t for a national bank, should be ad- dressed to the Secretary of the Treasur: on of Loans and Currency, Washin ton, D. C., and be plainly marked ‘Bonds (or papers) for exchange.” “In exercise of the diseretion given to the Secretary of the Treasury under section 11 of the act he reserves the right to sus- pend the exchange of bonds above contem- Plated whenever, in his opinion, the inter- ests of the government may be best served thereby. The Secretary of the Treasury also rserves the right to change the terms of exchange above set forth, either by re- quiring a bonus or premium upon the 2 per cent bonds or by requiring the holders of bonds outstanding to surrender the same in exchange for the new bonds at a rate to yield Income of more than 2% per cent per annum. —— +2 PENSION FRAUDS DETECTED. Record of Proxecutions Recetved by the Bureau. The following record of criminal prosecu- tions has been received by the pension of- fice: Jennie Desouzer, alias Ramsey, was sen- tenced to six months’ imprisonment in the Stillwater, Minn., penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $50 by Judge William Lochren, she having been convicted en a@ charge of perjury in connection with her elaim for pension. United States Commissioner J. L. Adler, at Cincinnati, committed Daniel Lewis and Leonard Gants to jail in default: of $500 bond to await the action ef. the United States grand jury on a charge Of perjury in connection with Daniel Lew! claim for pension. Joseph Drake, pet Cee with having committed perjury im connection with the claim, was held for a‘preliminary Heeoe: Se + Frederick J. Seymour, alias Gardiner, was Indicted by the United States grand jury at Chicago, charged with committing per- jury in connection with the claim of Julia Hardy. Julia Hardy, the pensioner, was indicted for the same offense. moo Ley oe by the United es gral 'y at Chieago, d with post-dating pension vouchers, fe = ———_+ ++ ______ Wants More Clerks. The Secretary of the Treasury has for- warded to the Senate a communication of Mr. Morris, auditor for the War: Depart- ment, requesting that an appropriation of $2,044.40 be made for the purpas yf in- creasing his clerical foree. He stat 3 that during the last two months his force has been reduced by nine clerks, owing to the lack of appropriation, this reduction caus- ing him much inconvenience, « a. Conferences Held on the Porto Rican Tariff Bill. SENATORS ALLISON AND SPOONER Both Talk With the President for Some Time. NO RESULT REACHED ——— Two long conferences as to thee Porto Rican bill were held at the White House this morning. Senator Allison, chairman of the Senate republican caucus and memb2r of the steering committee, spent a long time with the President. Later Senator Spooner, likewise a member of the steering commit- tee, and recognized as one of the foremost of the administration leaders, was with the President nearly an hour. Senators Elkins, Scott and Penrose wer2 others who saw the President, but the chief executive's desires as to the Porto Rtcan bill were intrusted to Senators Allison and Spooner. These two also put before’ the President the strong fight made in the Sen- ate against the bill as it came from the House, and told him of the difficulties and complications which beset the path of the Dill yet. No Definite Understanding Reached. The two long confer2nces with the Presi- dent did not result, it is declared, in any understanding definite enough to warrant 2 prgdiction as to the outcome. The Presi- dent stands by his position that the pro- posed tariff is so small as to amount to no tariff at all, but he counsels harmony and unity aboy: anything else. Personally he will accept solution which will leave room for a test case as to the right of Congress to impose independent tariff rates on the new pos ons. A test case must be had. The President has no arbitrary views on the subject of the exac! amount of duty to be fixed so long as it is sufficient to give the courts a case on which’ to ren- der a final and complete decision. The opinion of several senators was that the most favored amendments before the Senate are those which admit American goods to Porto Rico free and charge a duty on goods coming to this country from the iskind. ‘The opinion was strong t the bill will contain the mendmen| when it passes both houses and reaches the President. Talking Over England's Attitade. y Hay was at the White House o'clock this morning and found President McKinley in his office waiting for him. The conference lasted nearly thirty minutes. The appeared to hay improved from his indisposition of yester- day. The authoritative statement can be made that t titude of Gr the indirect séntations made to her by this tountry at the request of the Boer government was exactly what w pected by Secretary Hay and State Depart- ment offic It is generaily y that the incident dicted in cabinet circles is closed, and that it will the only e+ ction which this country have to the war in South Africa, Collector of Customs rt Toledo. Re} entitive FP. B. De Witt of uulding county, Ohio, saw the President this morning. Mr. De Witt is the most prominent of a dozen candidates for col- lector of customs at Toledo. He lives fifty miles away, lt the republicans of that district outs lectorship as a position which belongs to the entire district. The fight over the place has been hard and fast. Five or six of the hi » heen to Washington rred with Senators Foraker o will virtually fill the pla much as the man selected by them will receive the nominations is now thought the nomination will be ade in a few days, and the expectation is that Mr. De Witt Will be the candidate. For man earnest, loyal suppo 0 aker, and has been on good terms with Sen- ator Hanna. His relations with the Pres- ident 50 most pleasant. Whatever the decision arrived at, there are sure to be some sore spots left. Nearly all of the candidates are men of influence in the party, and the prize contended for is one which will not be relinquished without some bittern! ‘Today‘s Nominations, The President today sent the following nominations of postmasters to the Senate: Maine, E. A. Fairfield, Kennebunk. Massa- chusetts, Asa B. Fay, Northborough. New Jersey, R. S. Snyder, Atlantic Highlands; Louis D. Gallison, Orange. New York, Jas. Fox, St. Johnsville; Ebenezer Evans, Wa- terville. “Ohio, Wm. A. Coble, Delpho: Kentucky, Jesse K. Freeman, Central City. Michigan, W. H. White, Decatur, Minne- a, Eva Kaiser, Bemidji; C. H. Pierce, Northfield. Nebraska, H. H. Whitfield, Peru; T. J. Taylor, Wilber. North Caro- lina, A. L. McCaskill, Fayetteville. North Dakota, E. K. Myhre. Valley City. Indian territory, James E. Elliott, Duncan. Colo- rado, C. B. Chrysler, Delta. California, F. L, Glass, Martinez. The Financial Bill Signed. Just before 1 o'clock this afternoon Presi- dent McKinley signed the financial bill, making important changes in the financial system of the country. The bill, printed on parchment, was taken to the White House by Representative Overstreet of Indianapolis. Mr. Overstreet introduced the bill in the House and was in charge of it at varlous stages through that body. Mr. Overstreet took with him a gold pen set in a gold staff, the top of which was pearl. The bill was signed with this pen. “The gold standard bill was signed by a gold pen bought from Goldsmith,” said Mr. Overstreet later. When the President was appending his signature he, remarked, as a coincidence, that nearly all the important financial legislation of the country had been signed on the 14th of the month. The refunding act was signed on July 14, 1870, the re- sumption act on January 14, 1875, and the Sherman act on July 14, 1890. The President did not read the bill over, merely asking Mr. Overstreet if care had been taken to see that nothing had been left out. J The gold pen will be presented to Mr. H. H. Hanna of Indianapolis. Mr. Overstreet said that a great deal was due to Mr. Hanna in the passage of the bill. Bank Cashier's Sentence Commuted. President McKinley has commuted the sentence of William Steele, the cashier of the defunct Chestrut Street National Bank of Philadelphia. The failure of this bank was one of the heaviest in nancial history in the country, and created a sensation. Steele was tried on the charge of aiding and abetting in allowing ‘egal loans, was convicted and sentenced to six years and six months in the Eastern (Pa.) Peniten- Uary. A petition asking his pardon was recently circulated and was recommended by the judg2 and district attorney. The President was asked to grant the pardon on the ground that Steele was only tech- nically guilty, and was not the real cul- prit in the misdeeds of the bank officials. As commuted, Steele will be released from prison June 19. de of Toledo look upon the col-” THE DISTRICT BILL Favorable Reports Ordered by the House District Committees, Local Appropriation Meniars Up iy the House, The New Insurance Bill — Wesley Heights Railway Company GENERAL DEBATE 102 END TODAY Incorporated. The House District committee today fav- orahly reported the new Insurance bill (H. R. 9283) which has been prepared by the Commissioners, The bill provides regula- tions for the conduct of insurance business in the District. and Ras been published in The Star heretofore. No amendments were made to the Comm mers’ recommenda- ticns by the commitiee. Its Provisions Fully Explained by Mr. Grout. QUESTIONS SOME ASKED The District of ¢ May Recome Surettes, bia appropriat A favorable report was also made on | Dill was taken up for consideration in the bil 9143, providing as follows: “That any | Hvuse in committee of the whole to company now authorized or which may | “ith Mr. Sherman of New York in the hereafter be authorized by act of Congress | Chir to do lan insurance bultn Mr. Grout of Vermont was in charge of s in the Di of Columbia, having x paid-up capital of {the bill and Mr. Allen controlled the time not less than $250,000, may engage in a se- | f0F the mir curity, guaranty i business; { At the outset Mr. Richardson wanted ania Senere by law nig more sureties are | time to enable the democrats to make some equired upon any obligation which aign speeches on the bf Y company is authorized to insure it may Se ee eres et eee ee as sole surety thereon, and may be ecepted | Shied at this pro n. He h by the court or other officer or person au- | aid, the democrats would resery thorized to approve the sufficiency of any | steam and expend it upon the arr bond or undertaking. Wesley Helghts Railway Company. ext. which is coming along 1 This was j a plain, business bill, and it ought to xe A favorable report was ordered on Ho quickly bill 7502 to incorp ¢ Wesley Heights | Mr. Richardson insisted upon his side Railway Company. provides as fol- | having ample time to talk. jow ‘ouldn’t Contain Himself. That M. C. Butler, John ‘T. Arms, Thos. the E. Waggaman, Dr. Henry D. Fry and John asked Mr. Grout F. Wazgaman of + y of Washington, Mr. Richardson District of Columbia, assigns, be cre der the name Railway Compan The company is authorized and operate a street railw ing passengers, parcels the! ates body corporate he Wesley assoc and un- Heights amid laughter on the democratic then, how little time can you get asked Mr. Grout. to construct for ¢ : a Mr. Grout was too much other freight along the following-named | time Couldn’ SaanNee Tot amie Wie reute: Beginning on Prospect avenue and let ‘ation of the bill ¢ the Union passenger mence after tt Traction Company: * | morrow? along Prospect avenue and Prospect ave- | "No, 2 o'clock tomorrow would be ax early nne extended to a pont near the east side | as they could finish. So finally, after much of Arizona avenue, or for the distance or | gickering. in which My. Grout offeret to any portion ther route coinciding | yie‘d the r i agrecd 10 with the route Washington and | end g. Great Falls E y; thence on property to be acqu' by the company te Arizona avenue: thence northerly along | Mr. Grout then explained the bill, He rizona avenue to projected took up first the electric ligh n : é 3 ook uy the elec ht ps h ping ADs st through the in nd said the commi had left the rate sth and Galveston strer pee a a thai projected avenue i asi atone the same as in the last bill, He said that north on 45th to Lowell" street: | Mr. Crosby's electric light company had ret; thence west on str and into | claimed in the gress that service an extension of the projec avenue; » furnished the mates thence northwe jected aver i fixed. Since th company when exte See thence nx has been mittee is sx y Hepburn w to know if n appropri in the bill f right of of the that ju ement Grout repli rh brane the river and diction over th fwa a Water Supply. Mr. Boutell of Hlinois wanted about the water supply. He men who E the bath, I ms to be fit only for ion. He would like ar the water at shington ought to be the model sued for the con: erein: provided, route is along feet the expe: widen in width before construction of ¢ 5 The motive power shall he electricity, and if the trolley system is u: of equal capacity to © gent and in er water now s ued for the her tion or fertiliz: scmething done intake. W ilarly insulated Union, and the water supply car shall be eguijpe. > trolley. subject of municipal im- No portion of the ele: uit shall. » also thought that larger under any circumstances Howed to | appropri wld be made for sprin- p: through the ear nd neither pole of | Kling th == dynamo fur & power to the line} When N concluded his expla ul be grounded, tion of the followed by Mr To Quitclaim Johanna Block. che dea ouuke a ae cn A favorable report was made on House al. bill 5149, providing the the Interior be aw i and directed to ri iim to Johanna C. Block, all the right, release and qu heirs and title and intere ble, of the United numbered 1 in ment by Joni as the Si ceem jus Johanna ©. Dealers U Passage of Grout Bil large delezation of Philadely a representatives Philadelph fore the smmittee on agriculture y in support of the Grout bill to in- the tax on colored oleomargarine to a pound, and to make fmit: products subject to the laws of America to lot upon the pas - Block of such a s ihe Block pay to of the District of Coi tofore assessed ag: eral nd spec 1, now unpaid and st, inst the prope or territory into which they are ———__-+ e+ ported. TH ion was compoved ULT OF HAGUE of J. M. Da lent of the produce ex- change; Mr. B. L. Kimball, Messrs. J. 8. Belicf Expressed That the Agreements | McCulloch, E. S$. Stachhouse, W. R. brice, Will Amount to Nothing. 8. Jumison, Herbert Brown, H. 8. Lesher J. K. Cleaver, S. Moffett, V Donald and Dr. Urquart. firms in Philadelphia. The s . Messrs. Davis and Kimball, beth of w urged the importance of having a heavy tax put upon oleomargarine when ccicred In diplomatic circles here an unpleasant suggestion has been thrown out to the ef- fect that The Hague uference has result- ed in a complete faiiure and that even the limited program agreed upon will never be PS . - to imitate butter, in order to protect the peniseaie ae is Aearned that the (basis Zor] oe apaings ran an abe maciere be bute this view is the fact that up to this mo-| ter against dishonest competition. Both ment it is not known officially that a single one of the powers represented in the con- ference has ratified the three conventions prepared there. The treaties themselves require that each of the participants in the conference shall be notified whenever the other parties ratify the conventions. Up to this time no such notice has reached this country as to any other country. So far as the United States government is con- cerned, only one of the three treaties has been ratified by the Senate. and even in that case the formalities have not been carried to completion. ft is probable, how- ever, that the appearance at Washington of the newly appointed minister from the Netherlands, bringing with him the official copies of the conventions, may result in further action by the United States upon these conventions. speakers said that the great margin be- tween the value of butter and oleomare rine Was a temptation to fraud. Mr. Kim- ball expressed the opinion that 90 per of the oleomargarine sold in Phila was sold illegally as butter. It wa serted that there was no objection to sale of oleo as such, and that if a tax were imposed on colored ‘cleo sufficient to equal- ize its value with the price got for it wien sold as butter much of the fraud could b: prevented. They very earnestly r= mended the tax of 10 cents @ pound on oleo colered to imitate butter. ee WORK ON THE WARSHI he The Albany, Kearsarge and Kent Are Nearest to Completion. Admiral Hichborn’s latest report of the progress of the work of building up the navy shows that of the battle ships construction the Kearsarge and the Ke tucky at Newport Ws are advanced to- ward completion 99 per cent and 98 y cent, respectively. The Illinois at the same place stands at 75 per cent, and the M souri has just been started. The Alabama at Cramp’s is set down at 98 per cent; the Maine, at the same place, at 22 per Gent and the Wisconsin and the Ohio, at th Union tron works, at 88 per cent and 15 per cent, respectively. The Albany is the only one of the sheath- ed protected cruisers ugon which any work has been done. She has been practically finished, standing at 99 per cent, but work has not begun on the Denver, Des Moines, Chuttanooga, Galveston, Tacoma and Cleve- land. The four monitors are reported as fol- lows: The Kansas, at Newport News, 19 per cent; Connecticut, at Bath, 41 per cent Florida, at Nixon's, 25 per cent, and Wy ming, at Union iron works, 43 per cent. All of the sixteen torpedo boat destroyers are at last under construction, the work accomplished ranging from $5 per cent upon the Lawrence, building by the Fore River Engine Company, down to 9 per cent on the three boats in the yards of the Mary- land Steel Company. The fifteen torpedo boats are also now on the stocks or afloat, the state of the work ranging from 98 per cent in the case of the Goldsborough at Wolff & Zwicker's, to 5 per cent on the Biddle at Bath. The sub- marine boat Plunger stands at 85 per cent. —_—_—<_<—_o.___ Capt. Jewell Reports. Capt. Theodore F. Jewell, who com- manded the cruiser Brooklyn on her recent CALLED AT WAR DEPARTMENT. State Militia Officers Paid Their Re- spects to the Offic! The adjutant generals of the various states now in this city endeavoring to se- cure an Increased appropriation from Con- gress called at the War Department today, under the escort of Gen. Harries of the Dis- trict militia, and paid their respects to Act- ing Secretary Meiklejohn, Gen. Miles and Adjt. Gen. Corbin, age: ich they partook of luncheon at the’Army and Navy Club as the guests of Gen. Harries. THE FRENCH TREATY. France Willing to Extend ‘the Allowed for Ratification. The State Department has been advised formally of the willingness of the French government to extend the period of time allowed for the ratification of the pending French reciprocity treaty. In the absence of an agreement of that kind the treaty would fail completely on the 24th instant through the emission of the necessary rati- fication. ‘The length of the extension to be granted has not yet been arranged. Movements of Naval Vessels, ‘The Marblehead, which was ordered back to San Fran cisco on account of a break- down in her machinery, sailed yesterday from San Diego to Santa Barbara. ‘The Yankton has sailed from Gibara for Time Nu fitance has sailed from Trinidad for | erulse to the Philippines, has arrived in this Santa Cruz. city from the Asiatic station. He reported ‘The collier Alexander was put out of com- his return to the Secretary of the Navy thit mission today at Norfolk. morning, and was placed on waiting orders.