Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1900, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1900-26 PAGES. IN BOTH BRANCHES ——_+——_ Dependencies Discussed in House and Senate, — RIGHT OF PORTO RiCO’S LEGISLATURE ———+—_—_- Attempt to Restrict Its Authority Voted Down. FORTIFICATIONS BILL THE » heginning of today's session of the h.) offered and had ing the Secretary to report what surveys have ade in the islands recently acquired d States. - fcllowing bills were passed: Grant- lands to the state of Alabama for the ation ef colored students at Mont- y and Troy, Ala.; to refund to W. T. oie other $2,750 each, which they sureties of Davis B. Bonfoy of establish light and fog signal at yint, Puget sound; for the relief man Sawtell; to enable John Collin- a subject of Great Britain, to dispose . title and interest to and in in lands situated in New Mexico. Consideration of the Porto Rico bill be- med Mr. Bacon (Ga.) made a state- concerning the substitute he offered yesterday for the pending unfinished -busi- r He desired, he said, to arrogate to himself no credit for the substitute. as it was the measure originally prepared by Mr. Foraker. amended slightly. He could not speak for all members on his side of the chamber, but he knew that as he had intro- the measure in the utmost good taith. some democrats, at least, would sup- port it. It presented, he thought, the best proposition yet made as to Porto Rico, in- asmuch as It provided a free, territorial g5¥ernment of the United States. Mr. Foraker said he was not Insensible to the compliment paid him by Mr. Bacon in adopting his “original draft” of the Porto Rican measure, and was inclined to con- gratulate him upon having reached the point where he (Foraker) was two months ago. The bill, as he now regarded it, was entirely inadequate, although at the time drafted it he deemed it an excellent provide for many y the pending bill, red it was utterly inadequate on the amend- offered by Mr. Allen (Neb), providing the bill should designate Porto Rico a3 ory of the United States. len read a brief prepared by Har- *. Randolph, r of the New . on the constitutional status of A few minutes refused perm! printed as a public Tomas objecting read about one of the brief he was nt it as a part of The pending question ment hat then had read a_ recent emeyer, president of fining Company. in hat © belief m when it would dverted sarca: upen the Porto Rican ques- i Mr. Havemeyer and Mr. Right to, Conflict With Constitution. ion of the bill relating to assembly of Perto Rico was Pettus (Ala) offered this tive assembly have no power or Jaw in conflict with on of the United The ‘as lost, 31 Constirut Im then addres: he pending m of his remarks is prin umn. + in sunport of abstract ther « THE HOUSE, passing a bill to author- tion of a dam across the spi river between Coon Rapids and limits of the city of Minne- led to ons appro) ‘al « the consideration of riation bill. It was © upon the mea two and one-half be charge of the ms. It carries s than tae s in the rcause it had been * government could guns cheaper than it appropriations our gun fac- for the : . he sald, nch guns cheaper by 1 be purchased, and » cheap . under the latitude al- 4 jowed with an politi ics, puthern election Replies to Tillman. of his remark. the in in demar rse Mr. Shat- y of south- ng that the na- ons be given all ° American citizenship While they were using all their ingenuity h Toes of the con- He ed upon them. of Seuth Caro- southern senator,”” ng for the people in e by comparison 50 eit-government while claiming rights; right to t is at nd boasting of it, government itself nm of our be who r our Constitution the same rights exactly as they have ou shoot a poor Filipino into he asks. ‘Would you force ; become citizens of the United States? he queries. : Not if every per- son im the Philippine Islands should peti- to if they were to treatment, after ing citizens of lions of our peo- in the t f the democratic party, ing submission into them and fore. m to give up their (political) citizen- (Applause on the republican side.) u Want to learn how the consent of verned ts obtained In a larger ficid, right here at home, just read the reports of the contested election cases which come up ;Rere annually from the southern states. Why. sir, they vote men down there who Shave been dead for five years. They stuff ballot boxes. They bulldoze and they adopt pony measure and go to every extreme to | accumplish their purpose. ' become “So, Mr. Speaker. knowing all these facts as I know them. I do not attach any tm- portance whatever to the Inconsistent argu- ‘ments of these constitutional expounders or to the ‘sympathy racket’ of the opposition.” Increased Cost of Government. Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, chal- lenged some of Mr. Shuttuc’s statements relative to the advantage which the latter claimed accrued to the country from the Passage of the Dingley law. Proceeding, Mr. Richardson contrasted the appropriations immediately preceding the Spanish war with those during and subse- quent to it, contending that the latter ex- ceeded the former by $200,000,000 annually. “That sum,” said he, “represents the cost of the empire over the cost of the republic.” “Does not the gentleman concede that much of the expense for the coming year grows out of the insurrection in the Philip- pines?” asked Mr. Hemenway. “I do,” replied Mr. Richardson, “but the insurrection grows out of the empire.” eS PRESIDENT COLOMBO RESI@NS. Outcome of Recent Troubles in Italian Chamber of Deputies. ROME, March 31.—Signor Palberti, the vice president of the house, took the chair at the opening of the chamber of deputies today and announced that Signor Colombo had resigned the presidency, and that the other officials attached to the presidency had also resigned. After a speech delivered by Signor Ciolitti, the former premier, who urged conciliation, the chamber adopted a mo- tion submitted by the premier, Gen. Pel- loux, making the election of a president of the house the first business of Monday's session. The sitting today was calm, though the socialists were exiltant at the resignation of Signor Colombo, which, with the with- drawal of the decree law, they attribute to their uncompromising obstruction. —___+ 2-2 _—_ LOOKS LIKE CASE OF MURDER. Body of a Man Found Floating at Brooklyn Dock. NEW YORK, March 31.—The body of a man was found floating in the river at the foot of South 4th street, Brooklyn, today with his legs closely bound with a rope. The police believe that it was a murder committed for robbery and this belief is sustained by the fact that nothing was found on the body but_a bunch of keys. The man was about thirty-five or forty years old, five feet seven inches in height. His clothing was of good texture. There is no clew as to his identity. ——+<+2___ MAY KIDNAP FENLEY. Kentucky Democrats Said to Be Shadowing Him in Indianapolis, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 31.—It is believed by prominent residents that Ken- tucky democrats are here waiting a favor- able opportunity to take Charles P. Fintey, ex-secretary of state of -Kentucky, and carry him to Kentucky to be tried for com- plicity in the assassination of Senator Goe- bel. Finley is known to be in conceealment here. He has been at the residence of the sheriff, a part of the county jail, here. The republicans here say any stich effort will be resisted, and that if the two factions meet there will undoubtedly be bloodshed in this city. ——+++___ HOLLAND BOAT EXHIBITION. Submerged Runs and Porpoise Dives on the Potomac. The submarine torpedo boat Holland was exhibited this morning on the Potomac tn the presence of a large number of congress- men, department officials, newspaper men and prominent Washingtonians. The Hol- land left the navy yard about 8 o'clock and proceeded to a point in the channel oppo- site Shepherd's landing, where it awaited the coming of the inspecting party. ‘The latter, which were aboard the Presi- dent's yacht, the SyIph, and the Holland Boat Company's yacht, the Josephine, in- cluded Representatives Payne, New York; Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Babcock, Wisconsin; Richardson, Tennessee; J=tt, Illinois; Dolli- McPherson, lowa: Lacey, Iowa; Bartholdt, Missourt; ; White, North Car- Gillette, Mas: olina; Lloyd, Missouri; Bail, Texas; Ray, Virginia: Elliott, South Carolina; Henry, Connecticut; Fleming, Georgia; R. ertson, Massachusetts; Griggs, Georgia’ McClelland, New York, Stelle, Indiana; Ohio; Myers, Indiana; Burleson, Dinsmore, Arkansas; Haydon,Texas; Little, Nebraska Florida; S. I. Kim- ving service; Gen. supervising inspector of mmander Kimball of the wv of the army, Paymas- > Mr. V. K. Deyber, ler, Mr. J. Tarbell Dyer, and others. bail, chief of th . A. Demont steamboats: _¢ navy, Capt. Tay ter Sniffen, U. Mr. John W. Be Mr. John A. J “inventor John P. Holland, Frost, Mr. C. Creery, Mr. 5 Mr. Moore and Mr. C. S. McNeir had charge the guests as representatives of the Hol- 1 company. he Holland made two submerged runs feet und water, of three minutes h, and a number of porpoise dives, and altogether under water eighteen mit Mr. —_—.—_ .. Chicago’ Theater Burns. The Columbia-Theater, on? of the oldest and most popular play houses in the city of Chicago, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, entailing a total loss of $190,000. The fire was discovered in the Jaundry of the Iroquois Club, which occupled apart- ments on the sixth floor of the building. It is supposed that some hof coals dropped from th to the floor. The flames rapidity, and within ten fter the discovery of the fire the theater was beyond saving. Attempted Suicide. Mamie Thomas, colored, eighteen years old, living at No, 1609 12th street north- west, taken to the Homeopathic Hos- pital She lice. will probably recov —_+—__- Cornell Alumni Reunion. The Washington Alumni of Cornell Uni- versity has arranged to give its annual dinner Thursday, April 5, at p.m., at the Shoreham. President Schurman will be present. The Cornell nine will play Georgetown on that date, and it i: expected that the members will be gue BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION. A reference to the statement be- low will show that the circulation sworn to is a boaa-fide one. it is easily possible. for a news- paper with an elastic conscience to swell its legitimate circulation enor- mously, in order to deceive adver- tisers, by sending out thousands of Papers to newsstands which are re- turnable, and which are, in fact, re- turned, are in- cluded in what purports to be an honest statement of circulation. Intelligent advertisers, however, judge by results, and bogus circula- tions don't give them. ‘The family circulation of The Star is many thousands in excess of any other Washington paper. but nevertheless Cireulation of The “Evening Star.” ‘Turspay, March 27, 1900. Webxespay, March 28, 1900. Tuvespay, March 29, 1900. Fetay, March 3, 1900. Total..... 202,237 --seeee 385706 I solemnly swear that the above statement represents only the number of copies of THE EVENING STAR circulated during the six secular days ending Friday, March 30, 1900—that is, the number of. “copies actually sold, delivered, furnished or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona-fide pur- chasers or subscribers, and that the copies so counted are not returnable to or remain in the office unsold. J. WHIT. HERRON, Cashier, Evening Star Newspaper Co, Subscribed and swérn to before me this thirty-first day of March, A.D. 1900. GEN. .C. MeQuay, Notary Public, D. C. cs PORTO RICAN TARIFF | OPPOSE THE PENDING BILL] ALL BRYAN’S FRIENDS Opponents Are Enoouraged at the Outlook. WHEN THE BILL LEAVES THE SENATE Discussing the Contingency of a Conference. A PROCLAMATION DRAFTED The opponents of the Porto Rican tariff are greatly encouraged in the belief that the bill, if passed by the Senate as amend- ed, cannot be put through the House. The seriousness of the situation {s sufficiently impressed upon the members of the ways and means committee to cause them great uneasiness. They and the Speaker are giving much thought to the matter of parliamentary pro- cedure after the bill comes back from the Senate, if passed there, as expected. There is a strong impression that if the House gets a chance to vote on the question the tariff will be stricken out and a provision for free trade substituted. If the Senate amendments can be dis- agreed to and the bill sent to conference it will not be possible to substitute free trade, and the only choice will be between the House and the Senate bills. Therefore there will be determined opposition to this course if an amended bill comes over from the Senate. There is another objection to submitting the question to settlement by conference. It is that this involves action on the civil government features, whica have never becn considered in the Hous. A conference is therefore objected to by those who oppose the tariff, and by those who, accepting the tariff feature, are op- posed to the adoptioin of a civil government without discussion or consideration of any sort by the House. Desire the Bill to Go to Conference. “The men who are in the scheme to carry oat the wishes of the sugar and tobacco men want the bilt, if adopted with amend- ments by the Senate, to go to conference so as to get it out of the hands of the House and leave its settlement to a com- mittee of the two houses selected especially with a view to their support of the tariff. It is not likely, therefore, that the bill will go into conference if passed by the Senat2 before instructions to the conferees of the House have been adopted, unless the power of the Speaker, who has discre- tion as to recognitions, which are of the utmost importance to members of th> House, and other power in the hands of those who are in control of the order of business and the politics of the House are used arbitrarily to force members to sub- mission. Hearing the Popular Sentiment. Many members are hearing those things from the people at home which cause them to consider seriously what they do. The speech of Senator Proctor following that of- Senator Davis appears to have made a great impression. Republicans are asking themselves how they can afford to oppose public sentiment when they will be called upon to answer the arguments of these two men, standing, as they do, in the party and others who have spoken freely in opposition to the policy followed at the command of Mr. Oxnard and Mr. Myrick. A Free Trade Proclamation. It 1s not a secret that Secretary Root soon after he became Secretary of War and had carefully studied the situation pre- pared a proclamation to be signed by the President, declaring Porto Rico a part of the territory of the United States and free from tariff duties. * He took this:to the President, who was-| ‘then at Lake @hamplain, to be signed, and it was expected to be promulgated at once on the Secretary's return, but for some rea- son its promulgation was delayed and finally abandoned, the matter being left to Congress with a recommendation by the President that free trade be extended to the island, ——_—___+2+____ REPORT FAVORABLY. Municipal Building Bill Approved by Commisstoners. The District Commissioners today trans- mitted to Representative Mercer, chairman ef the House committee on public buildings and grounds, a favorable report on House bill 9709, to provide for the purchase of a site for and the erection thereon of a muni- cipal building for the District. The bill has been published in full in The Star, and provides for a commission to select the site for the proposed building, consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General and the Engineer Commissioner of the District, the commis- sion being restricted to one of the squares on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between the Capitol and 15th street for the site. The bill propeses an appropriation of $2,500,000 > the purchase of the site and the erectiv. of the building. “While the Commissioners have on fre- quent occasions," they explain In their re- port, “urged the importance of this meas- ure, they cannot refrain from again em- phasizing the very great need for such a building, or from expressing the hope that action may be taken at this session of Congress which will provide for the pur- chase of the ground and beginning the con- struction of the building. They, therefore, earnestly recommend that the bill may be enacted into law at the earliest practicable period of time.” zs . —_.—_—_ A CURIOUS EXPERIMENT. Writing That Grows and Expands Un- der the Eye. From the Scientifle American. A curious experiment which any one can perform at the cost of a few cents Is here- with explained. Buy one ounce of liquid sodium amalgam, a sheet of aluminum costing a few cents, and about six inches of stout copper wire. With a file sharpen one end of the copper. wire, so as to give it the shape of a pencil. Rub off the surface of the aluminum plate with a knife just before beginning the ex- periment. Dip the pointed end of the wire into the amalgam, and, after removing it, covered with the liquid alloy, write or draw on the aluminum plate. Dip your wire into the amalgam from time to time, just as if you were writing With pen and ink. Never mind the fact that your ink Is a metal, your pen a metal, your tablet a metal, and that your pen seems to write nothing but scratches on your tablet. Finish your work, and then watch and see what happens. The lines just traced by your pen will suddenly assume a dull whitish tint, con- trasting with the brightness of the metal. Then they will rise above the metallic sur- face at the rate of about one inch an hour. in less than five minutes your drawing will be in strong relief. You may wipe out the white substance which has thus sprung from the metal; it will develop again with the same vigar, as would some kind of mushroom gifted with the rather abnormal Property of thriving on metallic ground. ‘These white formations consist principally of alumina. The cause of their growth is the formation of an amalgam of aluminum, in which that metal is in a molecular state altogether different from that in which it exists in its coherent form. Although mer- cury has jess affinity for oxygen than alu- minum, as soon as an alloy of the two metals is made aluminum loses its previous chemical inertia and undergoes a slow combustion, the product of which fs alumi- na. . Sodium plays no direct part -t) ‘tion, yet without it I found ie aimeutt get the mercury to adhere to the alumi- num. Sodium facilitates also the adhesion of mercury to the copper wire. The best re- sults are obtained in damp weather. If the air is dry at the moment of the e: ts just as good will to time on the amal- breathing gently from time dra SarUF teams mola te GEORGETOWN ~ 2rTizeNs pisar- PROVE CHANGRIN SCHOOL LAW. ce ( Se Resoluti ‘Adopted Recommending Changes the Measure Congréss—Other Matters. A special meeting f the Georgetown Cit- izens’ Association was held last evening at the hall of the First Co-operative Bullding Association, 13% 32d street, to consider the proposed schoo} legislation now before Con- gress. Action-was taken in opposition to the proposed changes, and resolutions to that effect will be forwarded to Congress. The meeting was well attended, and consid- erable interest taken in the matter under discussion. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mr. B. ‘T. Janney, with Mr. Jas. H. Taylor, the secretary, present. The call for the special meeting, signed by Messrs. Archibald Greenlees, A. B. Jack- sons oee! H. Wilson, A. K, Parris and J. W. Bogley was read. Mr. Greenlees presented an analysis of the proposed bill now pending before Con- gress for the transfer of the management of the public schools of tke District into the hands of a commission to be appointed by the President. : Ses editorial from The Star of March»27 was read, in which the wisdom of entrust- ing the management of the public schools to other than bona-fide residents of the city was very much doubted, the best interests to be secured being obtainable only from those whose hearts and souls were in the public school system. £ “The parallel Desporition in any state in the Union,” said . Greenless, “that the governor should.designate the school trus- tees for any city of the state would not be tolerated for an instant by the people. The tendency of legislation for some years past has been to infringe upon the principie of local government. The proposition that the President, by and with the advice and con- sent of the Senate shall appoint the trus- tees, is the most radical and far-reaching effort of such legislation in the past twenty years. The wording of the bill that ‘five persons residing in'the District of Colum- bia,” does not insure that a trustee will be identified with the interests of the city. It is not necessary that he be a bona fide citizen, Mr. Greenleen’ Recommendation. Mr. Greenlees recommended that the ap- pointing power should be vested in the Commission2rs of the District of Columbia and not in the President of the United States, and that the trustees shouu be limited to bona fide residents of the Dis- trict. He further recommended that th> pay, if any, of the'trustees shall not exceed $250 each, $5 for each member for a p2r- sonal attendance at a meeting, the larger sum of $1,000 causing the places to be sought after for the salary alone. At the conclusion of his remarks Mr. Greenl2es mtroduced the resolutions, which were unanimously adopted, as follows: “1. While the association is strongly op- posed to any radical change in the present school system. If legislation of this char- acter is In the opinion of Congress neces- sary we recommend the following changes be made in the proposed measure: “2. That the number of trustees be eleven, or one for each schgol division; that the appointing power Should be vested in the Commissioners and not the President of the United Statés; and that the word ‘re- siding’ should be changed to ‘who have been citizens of the District of Columbia during the five years immediately preceding their appomtment, “3. That the provisfon for the compensa-~ tion for trustees should not exceed $5 for each meeting they attend. Experience has shown that attendance has readily been se- cured without compensation, It is firmly believed that a better class of men, a higher order of public service, can be secured when the duties are honorary rather than for a stipend. = “4. Such change should be made in the resolution as will insure proper co-relation of the fiscal regponsibjlities of the proposed school department with those of the Com- missioners of the District of Columbia. That care showRi be taken that the existing law provfiing for appointment of Normal Schoo!’ grefuates -shall be pre- served. Communiedtions Read. A letter Was reat’from the North Capitol and Eckington Cftizens’ Association asking the approval of the pending Senate schoul reform bill. Upon motion, the secretary was instructed to forward to the associa- Before tion a copy of the resolutions adopted on the subject. A letter was also read from Samuel Ross, requesting representatives of the Georgetown Citizens’ Association to at- tend a meeting of the Senate subcommittee at a hearing on telephones, which will pe committee, consisting of Mesars. E. P, Ber- ry, Samuel C. Palmer and J. Hite Miller held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. was appointed to-attend the meeting. es CHANGES IN POLICE FORCE. Detective Hartigan Recomes a Ser- geant—Other Promotions. Major Sylvester announced a number of changes in the police department today. Probably the most important change made is the promotion of Detective Thomas P. Hartigan, who is made a sergeant. officer’s excellent record. sion. Spanish-American war House. Sergeant Hartigan will take the place of the sixth precinct, who is made a full sergeant. Acting Sergeant Samuel Murphy of Sergeant E. N. Burgess of the ninth pre- cinct is reduced to a private of class 2, and will be given an eight-hour detail. This re- duction was made at the sergeant's own re- quest. He has served on the police force a number of years. In consideration of his long and faithful devotion to duty he was selected for a detail on post duty. Detective Collin E. E. Flather, who does duty at the Baltimore and Potomac depot, gets the position in the detective office made vacant by the promotion of Detective Hartigan. This promotion also was made because of the g00¢ work done by the offi- cer. Yolicemah W. J. Barbee of the third precinct will succeed Detective Flather at the depot. Policeman John P. Hinkel of the fifth pre- cinet goes on the retired list. This action was taken because of the disability incurred by the officer during the thirty-one years he has served as a member of the force. Ber- nard R. Johnson was appointed to the va- cancy caused by the retirement of Police- man Hinkel... : Policeman William Green, colored, of the third precinct, resigned, and John R. Ash- ton, also colored, was appointed to succeed him. “i oe STABBING " AFFRAY. Ernest Rodgers, Colored, in Custody of the Ofticers, Ernest Rodgeys, “eol , driver of a mail Wagon, was arrested afternoon by De- tective Eyser @nd*lW€ked up at the first precinct statioj. on @ charge of stabbing Charles Johnson, alse colored. It is alleged that he cut Jatinsdtj“jn the abdomen, in- flicting a dangerous sound. The trouble occurred near the enter market on B street this afternoon, and caused constder- able excitemenf, A “farge crowd gathered about the men, and“Rodgers was soon in custody. It is alleged jthat he used a knife and then threw the weapon over the iron fence inclosing the Smithsonian grounds. ‘The cause of the trouble Is not known. It was reported this afternoon that the wounded man’s condition was critical, —_—_ Favor the Mussle Order. John McPhaul of .B the hope that they will_continue the order when De securely ‘muzzled: "Both correspondents ‘believe the protect of children demand a land, expressing continuance of the This promotion was based, it Is said, on the He has filled a number of positions on the force and has always proved himself equal to the occa- The change takes place tomorrow, and the new sergeant will do duty in the ninth precinct under Lieut. John C, Daley. For about five years he served as precinct detective under Lieut. Kelly. During the he was selected, with Detective Boyd, for duty at the White Meeting of Democrats Declares for the Nebraska Man. FAVORS INSTRUCTED DELEGATION Stirring Speeches by Leading Representatives of the Party. WANT JUDGES AT POLLS “Bryan democrats welcome,” was the in- vitation on a sign board which stood west of the F street entrance to Masonic Temple last night, and which contained also the announcement that a mass meeting would be held in the hall upstairs, and addressed by several speakers and presided over by Mr. Stilson Hutchins. Several hundred persons accepted the invitation, filling the hall to its capacity, and when Capt. I. H. Collins called the meeting to order he in- troduced Mr. Hutchins as president. The following list of vice presidents, appointed for the evening, was read: William McK. Clayton, John H. Lauer, Harry J. Datly,-A. Burgdorf, Enos New- man, G. A. McKimmie, E. W. Mackintosh, George W. Osborn, Samuel Jones, R. Sew- art, L. D. Jones, William F. Shields, W. B. Wood, J. 8. Benham, W. T. Lindsay, James T. Loveless, Norman Pruitt, A. Loffier, James Beyer, James 8. Vowles, J. B. Keliher, A. M. Lawson, George W. Driver, William L. Wells, B. F. Vernon, Charles H. Turner, Timothy F. Whalen, Zach Thompson, T. H. Whitney, William J. Lee, Col. J. D. Pennybacker, George A. David- son, J. Thompson, Col. Robert Cristy, Arthur Chaires, F. B. Peake, D. P. Mc- Carthy, William T. Keenan, Edward Sif- ton, Wash. Natlor, 'T. Talks, B. H. Swart, Wm. Weinberger, P. E. Gibbons, Chas. A. Senseney, John T. Moylan, P. B. Anderson, Charles 8. Eisinger, M. Potter, H. 8. Ryan, John Keefe, Herman J. Schulteis, J. J. Connelly, J. J. O'Day, Dr. Charles G. Stone, William Gass, L. S. Lipscomb, James T. Levy, William H. Germann, BE. C. More- land, Hugh Horten, John C. Kramer, Wm. King, J. B. Gaddess, John Kelly, Dr. W. J. S. Riegel, W. J. Creamer, C. E. Phelps, George T. Ridgeway, Emerich Carstens, John Denekas, L. Orndorf, Hugh Cosgrove, William M. Reagan, Charles W. Emrich, Samuel De Nedrey, George W. Bauer, L. H. Corter, William F. Holtzman, Charles A. Krause, Emory A. Bryant, Charles Cool- man, Edwin Roach, George Neitzey, John A. Brett, Robert Doyle, C. R. Peyton, Wm. Hannan, J. W. Thomas, Dr. Whit Ham- mett, Oscar Schmidt, William A, O’Brien, James Cullman, W. J. Chapman, George F. Brown, Mr. Shields, Patrick T. Niland, D. Mullany, J. H. Kuehling, F. Tompkins, Cot- ter T. Bride, F. Edward Mitchell, Frank E. Hopkins, W. T. Talbott, A. L. Ray, N. E. Vowles, M. P. Sullivan, William Holmead, J. O'Keefe, John A. Moore, William A. Saunders, J. Gittings, Thomas Waters, Jas. Kelly, James Carroll, T. D. Gilman, B. T. Rhodes, John Heicklejohn, Frank P. Mor- gan, W. 8. Crown, J. M. Padgett, Charles W. Clagett, William Millér, George Fields, R. E. Doyle, H. 8. Waple, Thomas Casey, George W. Goldenstroth, Andrew J. San- ford, Joseph B. Fenton, James Philip At- orey, Robert J. Kirkpatrick, J. K. Ed- monds, George MacDonald, E, E Hunter, William W. Wright, Jerry McCarthy, Frank D. Clements, John W. Drew, J. P. Wilson, C. 8S. Thompson, Dr. R. L. Magruder. L. S. Smith, William W. Swart, Charles G. Mc- Chesney, D. Carroll Diggs, P. N. McChes- ney, S. Spriggs Beit, Patrick T. Moran, Charles Connors, Harry Haydoner, D. F. Taylor, E. E. Bonds, Jas. Connors, C. W. T. Jarrell, Henry W. Heine, J. F. Lynch, Thos. Heany, Rev. Alex. Kent, E. W. Anderson, Fulton R. Gordon, H. B. Martin, E. L. Jordon, William Stolpp, Solomon Lewis, L F. Pierce, George H. Maisak, James A. Dillon, C. F. Blackledge, Charles Hauer, Charles R. Morgan, P. Sullivan, Samuel Waters, W. J. Mullen, John Maher, John Curtain, John Devine, John J. Horigan, John Sarman, George Cole, Charles Strine, J, H. Feaster, Robert B. Mattingly, Edwin. L. Springman, Patrick Carr, George Lauer, Peter Garland, William Murphy, Victor Beyer, Joseph Barrett, R. J. Cox, James E. Beyer, W. B. Page, William Wells, Milton H. Hawkins, Webster Downing, Josiah R. Bailey, John F. Key, Walter Johnson, Ed- ward Waltz, L. C. Moore, Col. Boyer, Mi- chael Cudmore, R. E. Dittoe, Harvey B. Varns, M. C. Heaton, John F. Sullivan, J. H. Jones, R. W. Talks, George Killeen, T. E. Shugrue, Robert Pettitt, Jacob A. Birch, Joseph McKinley, William H. Lloyd, John T. Morgan, John White, J. 8. Red- man, H. W. Blunt, James T. Clements, John M. Connor, Henry Stello, Thomas Miller, B. F. Edwards, James E. Beyer, H. C. Stroman, James Hyde, William Dick- son, J. H. P. Benson, George W. Rae, An- drew A. Lipscomb, F. J. Ettinger, Lieut. John F. Kelley, Thomas Ryan, H. M. Bea- die, C. Moran, Emmett R. Lewis, Patrick O'Farrell, W. G. Eimer, Edward O. Scaggs, John W. Beal, C. A. Holmes, John Sulli- van, J. J. Cook, Christopher Hager, Will- fam McKinley, John McCauley, John H. Gates, James E. Rose, Joseph Stephens, James F. Scaggs, Arthur Small, Frederick L. Siddons, Charles H. Heitmiller, William Miller, Charles McGee, James T. Fowler, gerree Shilling, G. N. Garland, Thomas The Opening Proceedings. Vice President William Holmead occupied @ conspicuous place on the stage, at the back of which was hung a large lithograph of William J. Bryan draped with an Ameri- can flag. The introductory remarks of Capt. Collins, the address of Mr. Hutch- ins and the speeches of the orators of the evening, who were Representa- tives Cochran of Missouri and Rhea of Kentucky and Mr. A. A. Lipscomb of Vir- ginia, all breathed the same theme—the ne- cessity of supporting Bryan and the Chi- cago platform and of sending a delegation instructed to support both to Kansas City. The speeches were punctuated with ap- plause, as were the brief remarks made at the close by Representative Norton of Ohio and Mr. James R. Sovereign. Indulges in No Criticism. “I shall not indulge in any criticism of any democrat’s opinion who does not agree with me in my high esteem for Mr. Bryan and the propriety of his nomination,”. sald Mr. Hutchins, “but it is right, and fair as well as right, that the wishes of the ma- jority of the democrats of this District should not only be respected by their rep- resentatives, but carried out willingly, if aa enthusiasm. “It is, therefore, eminently proper that a delegation shall be elected who are known. to be for Mr. Bryan, and to render assur- ance doubly sure that they should be in- structed for him, so that there may be no uncertainty as to their position,” Mr. Hutchins next introduced Mr. Coch- ran, who declared emphatically in favor of prin an instructed delegation to Kansas y. “They should be sent there,” he said, “not with instructions to nominate the man who would make the strongest candidate and secure the largest number of votes, be- cause some of the weak-minded believe there is.no hope of electing a democratic President, but they should be instructed to nominate the only man who can and will be elected. The democrats who go to that con- vention should and must be told what to do after they get there. They must not be made cowards use a few have already shown that characteristic.” Mr. Cochran then proceeded to say that “no government can be better than its party,” and a party that has bound itself hand and foot to trusts fs not the party that should be in power. He referred to the law which regulates the freight rates of the country as a “travesty on justice, and said the same stock jobbers who are the head of the government departments are the kind of men who framed the law, and these are of the kind of men who pro- pose to establish fn imperial government in our new 8. said, make William Mc- ae ee ley of the emperor of the Philippines at a Makes Earnest Plea. __ Mr. A. A. Lipscomb followed in the same line, eloquently advocating the sending of an instructed delegation. Six men should be. sent.who are not afraid to say in ad- vance what they propose to do, and who Wishes of the people. His reference to Mr. Bryan as the man whose nomination all its wanted was greeted with “Rthey are tealtors io demecriee: soeking to deceive you, who decline to accept your instruction to cast their votes for him.” hen Representative Rhea was an- nounced his name was greeted with ap- plause. He declared himself to be an Amer- ican democrat, and said he did not care to return to Congress cxcept upon a declara- tion for Bryan and the Chicago platform. This was in defiance of the warning which he said had been given him to the effect that if he (Rhea) should become involved in District politics his success at home would be endangered. Would Choose Bryan. “As between Bryan and what he stands for and Gorman and what he stands for.” said Mr. Rhea, “there is no question as to my position.” He added that he was in the Interest of no faction, but that he would rather go down with Bryan to de- feat after an honest fight than to win the offices on a compromise. Mr. Rhea was followed by Representa- tlve Norton of Ohio, who pledged the de- mocracy of his state to Bryan. James R. Sovereign, who was invited to address the assemblage, responded briefly, declaring himself unqualifiedly for Bryan, and stat- ing that he would work for his nomination and election. Resolutions, offered by F. Edward Mitch- ell, were adopted reciting that repr2sent: tive democrats of the District of Columbia demand of the District central committee that the executive committee of th» Bryan democrats who favor instructions to dele- Bates be allowed to name one-half of the election judges at all the precincts, and also b> permitted to name three watchers at each voting place, who shall be allowed to watch the count of the ballots, the mem- bers of the central committee who oppose instructions to delegates to be allowed the sam2 privileges if they so desire. Mr. Hutchins appointed Mr. Mitchell, Thomas F. O'Dea and W. L. Dewart asa committee to wait on the central commit- tee for the purpose indicated. No Action by Central ¢ mimittee. The expectation which prevailed in many quarters that thedemocratic central commit- tee wouldsettle the question of rulesand regu- lations to govern the primaries, April 10, was not realized at the meeting last night. Every one of the twenty-two districts was represented in the assemblage gathered in Costello's Hall, on G street Detweea 6th and ith streets, but no business was transacted ther than the reading ahd approval of the minutes of the last meeting. en this was concluded Mr. M. B. Scanlon of the committee appointed to draw up rules for the election announced that more time would be required to complete the report, Gun aoe ee was accordingly had nex! inesday Aprii until next 5 night, April 4, at the Mr. Beyer’s Proxy. The democrats of the first district, who are taking an active part in all the ar- rangements and discussions going on in the ranks of the party in the District, are just now interested in the proxy of Mr. Victor Beyer, who is the representative from the district on the central democratic com- mittee. Mr. Beyer is ill, and, it ts under- stood, he has delivered his proxy to some person, but who this person is is a matter of speculation, at least among the men who are associated with the Norris side of the controversy. Both the Norris and the Holmead men in the District have been giving the case of Mr. Beyer'’s proxy at- ee = = rieoe, and it is thought to now in the hands of t - pelea he Holmead rep: Another matter under discussion in the first district is the alleged plan of the Norris men to support one of the Norris delegates from Anacostia to the city con- vention, in the event of his ticket winning, for the position of delegate to the Kan. sas City convention. This plan is said to haye gone beyond the talking stage, and to be in definite shape. The ticket which representatives of Mr. Norris in the dis- trict will name is being made up, and the names of those likely to be placed thereon are given as Messrs. J. W. Tolson, a Moore and J. E. Minnix, In the Meantime the supporters of Mr. Holmead are remaining quiet, awaiting the nomina- ra oi the ay ticket. They, however, ‘e claiming a victory for their del from the first district. oe Judges at the Polls. Members of the democratic central com- mittee representing the majority sentiment of that body, which is, as well known, overwhelmingly Norvis, would not discuss for publication today the probable action the committee will take upon the request of the other faction for representation at the polls as judges. That was a matter, they sald, for the committee to settle. It is pretty easy to predict, however, that the request will not be'complied with. The central committce will mect again next Wednesday night, and the Bryan dem- ecratic committee is expected to then ap- Pear, present the resolutions passed at the mass meeting last night and urge favorable consideration of their demands. . ——+._. Some House Plants Poisonous. From the Boston Transcript. Are there house plants the leaves or flow- ers of which are poisonous to animals? Here is a story which is quite remarkable. I cannot answer the question which it pre- sents, but I hope some reader can. The letter comes from a lady in Brookline: “I have had a peculiar and trying exper- ience recently in the death by poison of a dear house pet; a young cat of bright, lov- ing and interesting disposition. While ar- ranging some flowers in a vase early one morning, this kitten, who was fond of flow- ers, smelled of them, and in her playful Way bit the leaves of some of them. Ten minutes later she was taken with what seemed to be a fit and, knowing that fresh air was the best remedy for that, we al- lowed ker to run out. As she did not re- turn, after a little time we went in search of her and found her (to our dismay and grief) lying dead, a short distance from the house. As she was apparently in perfect health before she touched the plants, we are compelied to believe that she was pois- oned by one of the plants in the vase. I have learned that the pinks, fuchsias and asparagus that were in the vase were harmless, but I am in doubt about the be- gonia, which was there also. Can you help me in this matter? I think all owners of house pets would be glad to know more about the healthful qualities of our more common plants of the house and conserva- tory. I know from my own experience that the smell oe eee flowers like the Spanish narcissus room will affect some per- Sons most unpleasantly, and I am told that domestic animals are more susceptible and sensitive to the influence of plants than men and women are.” ———_—— The Way It Works. From the Indianapolis Press. “Young man, don’t you know you spend too much money on the theater?” “Yes, I know; but E am too poor to ever get any passes.” —_—_—_—_-e-—_____ A Bit Lazy. From the Indianapolis Journal. One—“Have you any idea of the hour?” The Other—“No. I have killed so much time lately that I am ashamed to look a clock in the face." Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. CHICAGO, March 31 -Grain:, (Wines tay. Low. Close. (FINANCE AND TRADE Decidedly Stronger Tone to the Whole Stock List, ADVANCE IN THE STEEL ISSUES Sugar Also Showed a Marked Improvement Today. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, March 31.—Today's market was strong in tone and Hberal in voltime. London sent over a higher range of prices and advices from that center were ex- tremely confident. The breadth of the market during the week has attracted wide- spread attention, and the public ts becom- ing more interested in prices. Realizing sales hhve been large, but no Significant declines followed. Holders refused to sell even at the higher prices, because of the lack of any definite occupation for the funds realized. The low- priced shares have been put upon the divi- dend lst in many instances and others are approaching that distinction. Even at pres- ent prices there is value left and holders refuse to sell in consequence This group clesed about top prices and no selling be- yond the taking of speculative profits ts reported. The older dividend payers are well bought, but there is less of an attempt to make them features, Stocks like Pennsylvania, New York Cen- tral and the Grangers are in demand by in- vestors and are going gradually forward through the lasting medium of a decreased supply. Rumors of an early s>ttlement of the western labor troubles had a beneficial in- fluence on the Steel stocks. The street has been prepared for activity in this group for some time, but tha movement has been dwarfed by the persistent selling by Chi+ cago. The settlement of the grievances at that center, coupled with an fmportant confer- ence of Steel interests next week, would supply the necessary incentive to higher prices. Federal Steel and American Steel and a were active features in today's ing. The Sugar situation is involved in mys- tery, and a considerable surprise seems to be in store for traders in the securities of that company. Rumors of an early reconciliation of the contending factions are numerous, but are officially denied by the American company. However this may be, something of great importance has developed within the last forty-eight hours, and the tape would indi- cate that the development has been favor- able to the American company. The stock was erratic today, but between the extreme prices there was an excellent buying de- mand. The war in the trade is not over, but it is quite probable that it will end ab- ruptly in the near future. The bank statement was better than had been expected, and served to give fresh impetus to the market. The banks have gained $5,943,900 in lawful money and have added $7,700,000 to their deposits. An i- crease of $3,280,900 in loans reflects the in- creased activity in the stock market. This increase is extremely small considering the recent daily volume of business, An increase in reserve of $4,018,850 is the net result of all chang bringing the sur- plus reserve up to $9,836,150. With the April disbursements at hand, the new coal schedule operative, easy money and a set- tlement of the strike situation the ad- vances In the market would seem to have = supplied with further expansion facili- ties, ——__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents a La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New American Cotton on... Bt; Past A. S. Wire... Am. Steel & Wire pfd__. American Sugar... American To! ES Atchison, pfd. = Baltimore & Ohio. pfd.. Baltimore &Ohio,W 1... BrooklynRspid Transit. Chesaj 1, C C&S «bicago, B. & Q.... _ Chic & Northwestern. cnicago Gas... C, M.and St. Paul Chicago Kf. & Pacific. Chic., 8t P.M. & O. Chic.'& G. Western.. Consolidated Gas. Con. Tobacco. Con. Tobacco, pf. Delaware & Hudson Federal Steel. nl Federal Steel. pf. General Electric... Illinois Centra - Louisville & Nashville... Metropolitan Traction... Mannattan Elevated. Missouri Pacitic. M..K. & T., pfa. National leead Co. New Jersey Centrai, - NewYork Central.X-ris_ Northern Pacitic... - Northern Pacific, pid. Pacific Mai... Z ‘él Colorado Fuel and Leather.. Ontario _Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguiar call, 12 o'clock m,—Capltal Trac- tion Rights, $90 at 5 cash, $243 at Gi. casb, $243 at 6% cash. Capital Traction, 30 at 103%4,'30 at 103%, 20 at 1034, 2 at 103s, 20 at Last,” 20 at 108%, 20 at 108%, 20 at 10314, 3 at 1034, 100 st 103%, 20 at 16812! 20 at 108%, 20 at LOK, 20 at 103%, 20 at 103%, 100 at 108%.” Mergenthaler Lino- type, 4 at 1944. 10 at 194%. Lanston Monotsp 100 ‘at 134. 50 ‘at 13%, 30 at 13%, 10 at 13%. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 360 at 21 vente. After call—Traders’ National Bank, 11 at 130. c Fire Insurance, 10 at 76. District of Commbia Bonds.—Gs, 1902, ‘$0-year funding, 105 bid. 3.658, 1924, funding, 118% bid, 120 asked. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Hailroad Ss, 122 bid. Metropetitan Railroad cert. indett. A, Metropolitan Railroad cert. indebt., Columbia Railroad 6s, 139 vid. Cs mort. 58, 112 bid. City and Ral Washington Ges Co. series A, 6s, 115 bid. Washington Gas Co. series B, Os, 115 bid. U.S. Blectric Light deb. imp, 6s, 108’ bid. U. 8 Electric Light cert, indebt., Gs, 105 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac ‘Tel 5s, 103 bid. Chesi mac Chesapeake and Potomac 1 7 bid. Citizens’, 160 bid. Capital, 147 bid. West End. 1 “Rate Deporic ard rast Compal Deposit. and 135 bid. Trost, 150 bid. 165 asked. Americas Security aut ‘Trust, bid. Washington Safe it, 73 bid. mr Stocks.—Firemen’s, ‘30 tia” Branktin, 40 bid. I TRVREERE HUH ie