Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1900, Page 2

2 * THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1900—22 PAGES. EARLY IN SESSION|WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES —— Senate Listens Speeches. The to Four DISCUSSING PORTO RICAN BILL eae Messrs. Bate, Cullom, Depew and Spooner Speakers. GROSV RESOLUTION The Senate conv at 11 o'clock t In order that the de! on the Porto Ri Dill might be extended. The public gal- | Ieries were crowded. Mr. Vest Of sing to a question of privilege, said upon his return city after on ab: on account of bad found that on th to strike out the provision in the » Rican bill for a duty of 15 per cent of the Dingley duties had boen ne psent and not pair- He ained that he had a ral which he thought was sufficient. Had seem present he would have voted to rike out the duty on Porto Rican p: nets. to a he dire attention hich b the 2d shipped uments. m the vessel's deck sentenced to deat art. His sentence was commuted to mment for life in t He Lieut 2 being that he jury. as insu Court de- : nd must ; t in order to avail a trial b the jur: rial within thi mator val e em- jal limits ution ap- it act of Congress or treaty and yet agree that a different he imposed on the people of from that impesed on the p Porte Rican ‘ore the Sen- seh in op- ch will be Mr. Spooner’s Speech. «Wis» fol more wo te our gs wi nt ri institu- th ma- > Consti- Ss over Porto nhabitar ‘To Amend Perto R THE HOUSE. House Mr. Payne © leader of the maJorit met today and z us nditures. tion, calling as it atives such ws for creating xtent at r, and a rnal reve- the evenue taxes ue act of J taxed itemized as far as = June 2, Tse, Ming March 3 ters From Porto Rico. ner (Ohi then introduced the Resolved, That the ury be, and he here- ted to report to the House of Representatives the names of persons, firms ami corporations who, from time to time, have paid customs duties on goods and arti- les of every deseription which have en- dl the United States from Porto Rico since the treaty with Spain, with the arti- cles and amounts paid each and the dates of such payments.” Mr. McRae (Ark.) offered an amendment adding to the resolution the following words: “And also, If possible. from whom these importers purchased said good. Mr. Grosvenor declined to ace amendment and the democrats for aye and vete upon It. ‘The amendment was lost—S1 to S—and the resolution was then adopted without division. t the ed an The post office appropriation bill was re- | 22 ported and placed on the calendar. This being District of Columbia day the House then. proceeded to the consideration of District business, DECISION BELIEY [2D TO RECOGNIZE SLCH A CONDITION. Approval of Gen. Otix’ Action In Dis- missing Major Kirkman From the Army. ry Root today stated that Maj. G » O Kinkman, 4th Volunteer Infan- try, was no lon: in the service of the United States. It appears that he holds that under article 107 of the Articles of War the approval by Gen. Otis of the ac- tion of the court-martial which sentenced Kirkman fer dismissa! on the charge of sufficient to execute that is, the approval of as unnecessary. Kirkman on the transport Liver- veyagr from San Francisco was charged with being drunk ing Archbishop Chapelle, the to the Philippines, who was the War De- ion in this case artment, it is belleved, to a of the existence of war ppines. Art 106 of the ar express’'y provides that al, in the case of an arried out “in time of pproval of the Pres- In the case of ntry. acted upon last Capt. Walsh, week, th» Preseident took jurisdiction and commuted 4 sentence of dismissal imposed by a court-martial for precisely the same Army fn the Fi Kirkman. however, rected to hold that This article read: vurt-martia! appointed of a division or of a No sentence of a the ¢ by separate U er. shall b shall carried into ex- have been confirmed ing: e army in division or brigade the ne “army in the field” War Department that officers been, like and dis- ntoxication by Gen. ¥ conferred by this r names have not other for Otis under the 2 le of war. announ OF WANY M LIONS. Falling Of in Agricultural Impor tions From Cuba. ttement has been prepared by Frank rock, chief the foreign markets section of the Department of Agriculture, showing the sourc. mount of agricul- roducts of agriculture hed quantities dur- ba was the most con- it of the disturbed con- “iin that island during American agricultural ‘lined in value from BS . 4 8 falling off the Cul ultural imports wing a loss of more le-half of the ag: tive years came or in chief part jargely of from the in part years, 1894-1898, f the United nnual value of tensively. eight items form- of our total import products for the period r com Value averaging «MY a ear. Of this sum more Was paid for two commod- Th age r- sugar imports for 1894-1898. d to SWO4ISES5, and coffee, $s Which furnishes about two-thirds imports, headed the list. The l imports from Brazil during the had an annual value of «from coffee, the imports considerable. e of the s State: United in importance. The avera value for IS4-1S0N our agricul- jorts from the island amounted to or 10 ent of the te fter sugar. the most impor sbacco and fruits. Under normal condi- imports of agricultural produce Cuba are much larger than indi- A by th eH-1808. During the peri - was a remark- tbe fr. alue for 1898 amour 3 <6, as compared In 1894 Cuba stood foremost among the sources of our agri- cultural impe t aducts received from the Island ¢ that year exceeding in Value those from Brazil.’ ———— IN MONEY. INCREASE the ¢ Curreney. y statement of the controlier ws that at the close of the total circulation of of ntroller of the ent 1 States for the for the y lawful money ase for the year of ase for the month of t iner United States registered ty secure circulating nutes amount 14M), of which the new 2 per 400, and to secure 61080, of which $1 w 2 per cents. +—___ NE FOR COX. INFERNAL WAC Political Leader of Dynamite SATT. ©: April sidence of CINCIN? to An attempt orge B. Cox, . Was made today by seme unknown pe ing on the veran- da a package of dyn ressed to Mrs, ‘ EE. Cox. Mr. Cox suspected danger, and 1 the package over to the police. It was found (o contain a large charge of A match powder was so. ar- {that in drawing out the Hd the ma- would exploded. Mr. Cox re- ported to the pe that he was warned last night that an attempt on his life would be matte. have ———++<-—___ ‘To Superintend Philippine Education. Fred. W. Atkt of the Springfield (Mass.) informally tendered intendent of educa: Islands. Mr. city, has the tion. The offi cation is one lished by the Phi nection with it< ernment in th nson, principal High School, has been th position of super- 1 in the Philippine Atkinson, who is now in this proposition under considera- of superintendent of edu- the offices to be estab- ppine commission in con- general scheme of civil Philippines, Ss ‘Troops to Have a Rest. Adjt. Gen. Corbin received a cable mes- sage from Gen. Otis this morning saying that the home battalion of the 14th In- fantry, consisting of 4 officers and 211 men, left Manila yesterday for San Francisco. eee Movements of Transport Gen, Shafter, at San Francisco, has in- formed the War Department that the transport Grant sailed for Manila yester- day afternoon with Brig. Gen. Graham, retired; Capt. C. B. Palmer, assistant quar- termaster; Lieut. Duval, assistant surgeon; acting assistant surgeons, 118 hospital Corps Men and 2% signal corps men. Gen. Shafter also reported that the trans- = Sherldan arrived yesterday from Ma- nila, of HEALTH OF MANILA/WATER-~ FILTRATION] ASK TOO MUCH RENT —— Recent Census Shows a Death Rate of Forty. MANY — DISEASES ARE EPIDEMIC Difficulties Health Officers En- countered in Sanitary Work. NATIVES AS INSPECTORS oe Correspondence of the Axvocitted Press, MANILA, March 6, 1900. The census of Manila, just completed py the health department, gives t! city urpleasantly high rank among the un- healthful cities of the world. Tt establishes a death rate of something over 40 at a conservative estimate. Former estimates and censuses had always given Manila 300,- 600 population. ‘This census was a careful count of natives and Chinese living in buildings and boats in the police distri of Manila, and it gave a total of 196,714. of whom 30,000 were Chinamen, There are to be added the inhabitants of several vil- lages within the city limits, Americans and Europeans, and 1,400 priests In the monas- teries. From reliable Information the of- ficlals estimate their number at betwesn fifty and sixty thousand. The deaths in Manila, officially reported during the six months from July 1 to De- » Were 6,208. Of these Some of the causes tuberculosis, 385: bron- chitls, 314; dysentery, 229; fevers 287, while stomach troubles ranked high. Manila now bas three diseases epidemic, which would throw the average community into a panic— bubonic plague, beri-beri and smallpox. Beri-beri results from a diet of fish and rice, so that whites do not fear it. Small- po and leprosy the Philippines alw: have, and the people look upon them as a matter of course, avoiding direct contact, but hardly giving a second thought to their presence in the neighborhood. Smallpox Flourishes in Some Places, Smallpox flourishes in some parts of Lu- zon constantly. Half of the natives in the country districts are pitted with it, and mothers try to get their children infected with it under the belief that it is less dan- gerous to the young. The towns along the northern coast and on the railroad between Manila and Dagupan are full of smallpox now. Gen. Bell's famous volunteer regi- ment, the 36th, suffering from an epi- demic. Lieut. Toncray nt. Wing. both of whom were T ans, the for- mer holding a commission as captain in the ‘Tennessee Volunteers, and several soldiers, have died, and there are other cases in the regiment. The easy-going natives and Spaniards paid so little attention to leprosy that th» Philippines have never been noted for that disease, but there are more than a hundred lepers in the Manila hospital. Bubonic plagu> is a visitor to which dis- tance let terrors Two months ago the first case was discovered in Manila. Since that time there have been 20 cases, a cording to the estimates of the health offi- s. and at le SO per cent of them have ulted fatally. Yet there has been no panic No families have fled from) the city, nor has the usual routine of life in the city been disturbed. The repressive m officers h e been ures of comparativ the wlth simph but have proven remarkably effective, sidering the conditi they have had to ght. Their aim has ben to make the city clean and keep it This is the last thing that the masses of Filininos and Chinamen propose to do unless driven to it, Regarded ax Persecution. “They don’t understand; they consider it only a form of persecution.” explained Sur- geon Major Ira C. Brown, when asked if the natives were disposed to co-operate in this work. The Flilpinos are one of the me erupulous people in the world about personal cleanliness. Their knowledge of Sanitation, however, was gained entirely from the Spaniards, and is defective. The lower classes of Chinese are worse, as the fact that two-thirds of the plague cases have been among them, although they num- ber but a small minority of the population, testifies. White people have escuped alto- Manila is practically without s nd because of its low level the cost item on modern line uld be al- most prohibitive. As an offset is the ch: acter of the nipa huts, inhablted by most of the natives, which stand on posts above the ground, free from rats, and well ventilated. The plague Is supposed to have begun in Cavite. It first appeared in Manila in the walled city, only a stone's throw from the palace, where army headqua . and three persons were dead before the nature of their disease was suspected. Most of the later cases have been in the tion of the walled city or in the Chinese quarter, hear the Water front. Immediately Surgeon Major Edie, the health officer, org: force of inspectors to enforce rigid meusures on everybody. It was nec to have men w of the 1 inspections keep their prem! to be enlisted. ‘The complications imme and Chinamen, betw an inveterated hatred. tors delighted in the grudges against their tradit n. anitary ple to ain to them what the and direct them how to clean, so Filipinos had ce stion created iMpinos n_ whom there exists liptno insy to, They pro to fi batch of warrants for maintaining nuisan and most of them against Chinamen who proved on in- vestigation to be the most prominent and least offending of thelr r: Help From Unexpected Quarter. Help came from an unexpected quarter, for the rich Chinese merchants under the leadership of Palanka, the former consul general and chief magnate among them, offered to furnish thirty inspectors to work mong their countrymen and keep the Chi- clean. There are now 1 inspectors at work In anila, 40 of them Chinamen and the others Wlipinos. They are sent out in’ squads, usually two Filipino and a Chinaman, with a soldier to boss them and see that do their work and abstain from black- ‘The officers of the health depart- ment, under Maj. Brown, boss the soldie the Whenever a victim is discovered he is nese or the Filipino hospital if it is po s to move him. The house is thor- oughly disinfected, a bonfire is made of everything movable, a yel’ow placard an- nouncing “bubonic pest” appears on the door, while a sentry stands guard to keep people away. Four days the house is kept closed and the inmates are isolated. When two or three cases develop in one street the street is barred against business. The dead Chinamen are buried in a grave eight feet deep in the Chinese cemetery and covered with lime. The bodies of Filipinos are burned, when the relatives will con- sent. Cremation is desirable for all, but the Chinese superstition against burning their dead is so strong that any attempt to compel it would result in concealment of the cases and possibly riots. The estimates of 200 deaths includes the probabie number of cases which have been kept from the knowledge of the authorities. The officials have hoped that when the rainy season gets fairly under way with a few six-inch showers it will wash up the town so thoroughly that plague will be im- possible. Even at its worst the surgeons who had experience dealing with yellow fever in Cuba consider the bubonic plague easier to control than its South American rival. Already the number of cases weekly reported is decreasing. ——_~++<-__ THREE CASES OF SMALLPOX. Brought From Lower Virg Lumber Schooner.. The schooner Annie Martin, Capt. Wm. Collison, laden with lumber, from southern Virginia, arrived at. the wharf here this afternoon with three supposed cases of smallpox on board. Harbormaster Sutton reported the case to the health officer, and a physician examined the sufferers, who are Capt. Collison and two members of the crew, and pronounced the disease smallpox. The ambulance was sent for and the men taken to the smallpox hospital. Report on’ Proposed Plant for the Potomac Supply. AMERICAN: SYSTEM. RECOMMENDED ah ¥: Estimated Cost Will Reach Nearly {Twd Millions A PUBLIC NEUESSITY The Secretary of War has transmitted to Congress the report of officers of the en- gineer corps of the army on the subject of a filtration plant for the Potomac water supplied to this city. The report recom- mends a plan involving the use of the American system of filtration, and recom- mends an appropriation of $80,000 to begin the work. The American system of filtra- tion fs a mechanical process, as opposed to the English or slow sand fiiter. The esti- mated cost of the entfre work 1s $1,957,400. The report was made in accordance with a resolution of the Senate, and was submil- ted by Lieutenant Colonel A. M. Miller, corps of engineers, in local charge of the Washington aqueduct and of increasing the water supply of this city. Necessary to Public Health. General Wilson says he concurs in the conclusions of Colonel Miller that it is feasible to satisfactorily filter the water supply of this city and that it is not only proper but eminently necessary for the pubic heash that the said filtration be undertaken as soon as practicable. ‘The report says if Congress should con- clude to adopt any system of filtration it is absolutely necessary that an immediate appropriation be madé@ for the constru tion of the dam for the clear water reser- voir. Whatever system is adopted this clear water reservoir would be absolutely necessary. The dam should be constructed, the report says, before the new reservoir is placed In operation, and it is urgently recommended that an appropriation for this purpose be made. Estimates for the Work. Of the estimate of $1,957,400 involved in the work, $555,600 is for the purchase of 1,111,176 square feet of land at 50 cents a foot. Grading the site Is estimated to cost $219,300. ‘The operating expense is placed at 8516, 000 under one plan and $441,500 under an- other, The report is accompanied by various re- ports on the character of the Potomac er and on different systems of filtration, as well as results attained from such plants all over the world. ———— re PEOPLE'S MINDS MADE UP ILLINOIS REPUBLICA PORTO RICAN TARIFF. Representative Warner Describes the Sent ent in His Distr t—Equal Treatment Under Flag Wanted. tepresentative Warner of Illinois, one of the republicans who voted against the Porto Rican tariff bi'l in the House, has just returned from his district, where he renominated by acclamation. tis safe to say,” he said this morning, “that four-fifths of the republicans in IM- nois opposed to the Porto Rican tariff. In my district, composed of six countic they are practically unanimous in opp tion to the proposed tariff. Thelr opposi- tion is based on principle. They belie that justice and the observance of our prin- ciples demands that the people of Porto Rico be accorded the same privileges and advantages of trade and commerce that are enjoyed by the rest of our people. It is absurd to say that the people do not know what they are talking about; that they are emotiona!, hysterical, and that they will feel differently when better in- formed. I find that popular sentiment on this subject is based on reason and prin- ciple. “The people know as much about this ques- tion and talk as intelligently about {t as do these gentlemen in Congress. All the intel- ligence of the country is not exhausted in filling up the two houses of Congress. Some well-informed and intelligent people are left at home when Congress is In session, and they have reasons for their opinions as well as do the men in Congress. Electing a man to Congress does not make him at once the wisest man of his community. “The people are opposed to discrimination in revenues between states, territorfes, dis- tricts, possessions or whatever name a com- munity may be known by when the Amer- ican flag files, They belleve in equality un- der the flag. The sentiment is overwhelming; the proposition to levy the tax and then to ex- pend it for the island does not relieve the situation. The people object to the tariff on principle, and this fs the same whatever is done with the money. ‘They are willing to have money appropriated for the relief and. They want Congress to come lief Of the people of Porto Rico, but y do not want the principle of equality under the flag violated.” ————— LONDON IS URPRISED. News of British Defeat Painful Shock. LONDON, April 2.—The public is painful- ly surprised to learn after all that has come and gone that British officers of high post- tion can still neglect precautions which the veriest tyro might be expected to observe and blunder {nto traps which the observ- ance of the elementary military rules would lave revealed. There is no attempt here to minimize the edit which attaches to the whole affair, so far us the British are concerned, or de- tract frum the dexterity of the Boers, who were apparently commanded by Gen. Dewet. The tactics of the burghers were evidently excellently conceived and boldly carried out, and unless the reinforcements sent by Lord Roberts have turned the tide and re- captured the prisoners a couple of hundred men from two crack corps of the House- hold Cavalry and the 10th Hussars are now on their wa to swell the growing deposit of British prisoners at Preto: President Kiger is said to have promised to reoccupy Bloemfontein this week, and the stubborn butghers seem to be closing around the place in such force as promises te be troubledome,” especially when it 1s realized that ghe.actlvity of a strong Boer force in the vicinity of Paardeberg has al- ready Interrupied fitpect communication be- tween Lord Roberta and Kimberley.” Bat for the overwhelming numbers at the dis- posal of Lord. Roberts the situation would justly cause Great Britain greater anxiety. As it is the nations beginning to realize from the na! the guerrilla warfare that it is Hable { embarrass the future movements of'the“Btitish troops. Comes a di +o is ERimian court. t Two Prisoners Convicted — Action in Other Canes. Cora Curry" indfdtea- tor larceny, and Benjamin Bradley, indicted for housebreak- ing, were tried today in Criminal Court No. 1 a verdict of guilty being reported in each case. Michael F, Dowling, held under a charge of larceny from the person, was today re- leased on bail in the sum of $1,000. F. A. Lewis, indicted for false pretenses, and who has been out of the city, surren- dered himself into custody today and was remanded. —— To Amend District Bi Mr. McMillan has given notice in the Senate of an amendment he proposes mak- ing to the District appropriation bill appre- priating $4,009 for grading, repairing, pav- ing of gutters and improvement of 37th street between New Cut road and: Tenley- town road and other streets in Burleltl addition. % National League Demands Will Pre- vent Base Ball Here. ~ ——Et EASTERN LEAGUE IS FAVORABLE Matter Will Be Decided at the Coming Meeting. VIEWS OF MEMBERS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, April 2.—‘I have made every arrangement for the Eastern League to acquire the Washington and Baltimore franchises.” said President Powers this morning, before the delegates assembled at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. “After ten days of the hardest kind of work I have enlisted some capital and have my plans in such shape now that the league can be started and that Baltimore and Washington may both be members of our organization this year. However, I am frank to say before the meeting begins that I do not believe our organization will take Baltimore and Wash- ington in. 1 shall not be surprised to see the Eastern League go ahead with the same circuit that it carried in 1899. The reason for this is the high price that is asked by the National League magnates for the priv- flege of taking up their franchises. Our members believe it is not likely to be an easy task to build up base ball at Balti- more, consequently all expect to lose when they play there. “We have no fear as to Washington. We would certainly put a good team in Wash- ington, and we bellevye that the base ball enthusiasts of that city would find it to their profit to patronize it. I can assure you that some ‘of the Eastern League base ball of the last two years is not so very far behind the standard of that played by the National League, particularly by those clubs in the Natlonal League that never could get above the second division. 3 Baltimore Indifferent to the Game. “Baltimore, however, has not chosen to give base ball of any kind much patronage re- cently, and it would be folly for us to go there and assume large liabilities, with lit- tle or no prospect of realizing a dollar on the investment. If we could come out even we would not care so very much, but there are none of the members of the league who would want to go to Baltimore and lose, for money is not so plentiful in the astern as it might be. I do not know whether Washington would be accepted if Baltimore did not come in. I doubt, however, that we could afford to put a club in Washington alone, for it is so far south that the mileage would eat up our funds too fast. You » it would necessi- tate a big jump every time we made a trip to the capital city. Col. John I. Rogers, who has the matter of allotting us Balti- more and Washington, has been too high in his demands, and I think it would hay been far more to the advantage of the N: ticnal League if he had shown a dispos! tion to mect the Eastern League half way.” ‘he delegates from nada and New England arrived on the early morning ins. All of them are anxious to =: shington and Baltimore get in the cir- cuit, but they do not see how the Eastern League can afford to carry the load with, which they will be saddled if the terms pro- posed by Rogers are accepted Mr. Barnie’n Views. We are expected,” said “BIL “to take up $5,000 worth of liabilities at Baltimore. That's about what it amount to in round num! You know, so docs y base ball man know, that a load of ize is altogether too much for any ball team to carry, especially when we can only get a guarantee of the grounds for a year. Suppose we sunk just what we were compelled by the National League to pay? Then we would not have a chance to get a dollar back next y because we could not hold the grounds. The circuit committee went Into session shorily before noon. The meeting will be over tonight, and the matter of a ctireuit will be fully determined when it adjourns. NEW YORK, April 2—The circuit com- mittee was a long time in session. While it went thoroughly over the ground the dele- gates to the league meeting waited in the lobby. It was considerably past the noon hour When one of the members of the com- mittee appeared outside the room where the meeting was being held’ and said that no decision had been reached. He thought, however, that the committee would be in readiness to report at the end of half an hour. He said that the commit- tee fayored taning in Washington and Bal- timor>, but were adverse to committing the league to the expense that might not be met in the first year, particularly when base ball enthusiasm was at such a low ebb In Baltimore. In his opinion if the National League had met the Eastern League haif way there would have been no trouble about putting. clubs in both cities. It looks as if the Fastern League will leave out both. If they do so the National League will have a nice item of expense on foot for which it will not get a dollar in return. The schedule will not be adopted at this meet- ing, but at a later session to be held in about two weeks. —— SPRING SEASON AT BEN that base NING. Weather and Attendance Wan That Could Be Desired. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BENNING RACE TRACK, April 2.—The Washington Jockey Club today inaugurated the castern racing season of 1900 by throw- ing open the gates of the Benning course for Its fifth spring meeting. It is doubtful if the club ever enjoyed a more auspicicus opening day, the weather being all that could well be desired, the attendance large, including a very large number of horse- men and racegoers from New York, while the day's card of five races 3S a well- filled one. The track itself was in good condition, and the grounds and buildings never showed to better advantage. The features of today’s program was the full-course steeplechase, a race particu- larly attractive to local racegoers, and especiall, ‘9 to the ladies, of whom there was an unusvally large number out, and the Benning Meap, at six furlongs. The fact that Imp, the greatest horse in train- ing in this country today, and probably the greatest that has ever run on the Ameri- can turf, was a starter in this race, was one of the drawing cards of the opening day. every cne being desirous of seeing the peerless mare run. Mr. 8S. S. Howland, the president of the club, was the presiding steward, his associates being Mr. Samuel Ross, the vice president of the organiza- tion, and Mr. Jesse Brown of the executive committee. Mr. Clarence McDowell was the presiding judge, while Mr. Mars — sidy, a local man, started the horses. The number of speculators was large. and speculation was quite active, despite the difficulties which beset the pickers of win- ners in the spring. The racing was com- menced at a little later hour than usual— 3:20—but if the day's races prove such an hour inadvisable the first race wiil here- after be called earlier. Entries for Tomorrow. First race, five and a half furlongs—Jack Gay, 111; X-Ray, 106; Connover, 105; D. Grandeur, 102; Golden Rattle, 101; Ortrude, 97; Decimal, 97; Hall Bell, 92; Rough Rider, 89. Second race, maiden two-year-olds, one- half mile—Checkmate, 110; Seip, 110; Frank Morrison, 110; Gray Morn, 110; Educate. 107; Juniper, 107; Daisy Chain, 107; Albert Enright, 107; Moor, 107; Bounder, 107. Moor and Bounder coupled as Goughacre entry. ‘Third race, selling, seven furlongs—Sh: fane, 116; Bannerck, 108; Post Haste, 102: Queen of Song, 101; Robert Metcalf, 59. Fourth race, three-year-olds, six furlongs —First Whip, 103; Grandeur, 101; Candia, 94; Balkan, 93. Fifth race, five and a half furlongs—Sir Christopher, 115; Lady Exile, 113; Aratoma, 1 Lemson, 108; Parade, 102; Wallada, 101; Cupidity, 101; Thermos, 92. Note.—Fifth race having failed to fill, first was divided, last half running as the fifth race. All LOGAL INSURANCE BILL DISTRICT BUSINESS TAKEN UP BY THE HOUSE._ The Measure Exp! ned af Length by Representative Jenkins—All Com- panies Treated Alike. Under the arrangement made last week this was District day in the House, and after the transaction of morning business Chairman Babcock was recognized by the Sp2aker. The first bill called up was House bill 9283, to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia. The bill was read at length. It consists of twenty-three pages, and, in effect, has been published in The Star h-re- tofore. It establishes a department of in- surance in the office of the assessor of the District, with that official as superintend- ent. A standard form of fir> insurance policy is provided, the New York state pol- icy betng adopted, and regulations are pro- vided for the conduct of companies doing business in the District. Mr. Hepburn of lowa thought the Dill should be consicered in committee of the whole, and upon the request of Mr. Jenkins of Wisconsin, in charge of the bill, it was considered in the House as in committee of the whole. Mr. Jenkins Explains. In response to a question from Mr. Hep- burn, Mr. Jenkins said that all the com- panies would be treated alike. Mr. Hep- burn then said that some of the forelen companies would pay taxes in their own states, and would be taxed here also. Mr. Jenkins said that all the companies were represented before the committe their Interests protected. He said that the oc 1 board of unéerwriters had asked the bill. sage of an insurance panies had been repr b ings before the Commissioners, and had dissented from the bill. “No one need be afraid that thi corporations,” he said, “will not after. They have friends everywhere, ex- cept in heaven.” Mr. Jenkins then recited the action of the District committee upon the bill and the work of Assessor Dar- neille in framing the measure, showing that the fullest hearing had been given all in- terests concerned. “The assessor told us this morning,” said Mr. Jenkins, “that every insurance com- pany doing business here had given assent to the bill.” Mr. Jenkins then explained the principal features of the bill in detail. He said that while not intended as a rev nue producer, tke bill would increase the revenues. Mr. Jenkins caused to be read a letter from the assessor siating that some of the foreign fire insurance companies charge rates in this city in excess of the rat the same companies charge in other cities. On Behalf of Hartford Companies. Mr. Henry of Connecticut said that he spoke in behalf of the companies located in Hartford, which have an aggres ital and assets of more than $200,000,000, He said they all pay heavy local taxe: in fact, the insurance companies of Cor necticut pay one-fourth of the state taxe! The companies of the District, he said, pay only a nominal tax. Mr. Jenkins said that on the contrary the local companies are well taxed. Mr. Babcock said that in his opinion the bill taxed the foreign companies too lo’ They ought to be taxed 4 per cent instead of the rate provided by the bill. Mr. Hepburn sald the rate charged here is just 100 per cent higher than is charged by the same companies in other cities. One of the local companies here which charges The 8) cents on the hundred had written a policy in Philadelphia for cents. He thought the local companie should be taxed 50 per cent on their premium: Mr. Ray of New York sugg d that the property risks might not have been the same. The character of the risk affects rate. Mr. Hepburn sald he found in this bill ten pages of exceptions. The bill was one cf twenty-three pages and ten of them ex- en-pted the companies from Hability. He held that the bill discriminated largely in favor of the local companies in the question of taxation. Alleged Discrimination. Mr. Russell of Connecticut said that he was not the representative of corporations, but the bill was clearly in the interest of local companies, because {t discriminated in their favor. He said the chief burden of taxation upon insurance companics rests in their home states, and the companies are not supposed to bear the same taxes in other cities as the local compantes. For that reason the out- of-tewn corporations ought not to be taxed equally with the home companie Mr. Russell read an article from an Insur. ance journal criticising the placing insurance departmert under the asse: Mr. Jenkins said the writer of that article had gone to the assessor and recommended that course. He now comes forward with a criticism of it. That shows, said Mr. Jen- kins, how much credit could be placed in the arifcle. ——__- e-_______ BLOEMFONTEIN WITHOUT WATER. Boerne Cut Off the Supply From the Waterworks. LONDON, April 2—A special dispatch from Bloemfontein this morning reports that the water supply of the place has been cut off. This is the natural sequence of the Boer success at the water works. But the authorities are hopeful that the strong reinforcements sent by the commander-in- chief will promptly remedy this. It 1s evident from Lord Roberts’ dispatch that a big engagement is in progress. Al- though it ts difficult to estimate the num- ber of British engaged they probably ex- ceed even the 8,000 or 10,000 men which the oers are estimated to number. The scene of the British disaster appears to be Mealie Spruft, where the Bloemfon- Saas road crosses a tributary of the Modder river. ——_~+~--___ Miss Emily Coghlan Insane. NEW YORK, Apri! 2.—Miss Emily Cogh- lan, sister of Rose Coghlan, the actress, and herself well known on the stage, was taken to Bellevue Hospital today appar- ently insane. She has been ill several days and yesterday she became so violent that her physician directed that she be sent to Bellevue. ——_+~+-___ Cleveland Plumbers Go on Strike. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2—Journey- men plumbers to the number of about 300 went on strike in this city today for higher wages. The journeymen are at present re- ceiving $3 per day, while junior plumbers get They demand $3.50 and $2.25, re- spectively, all men who have served five years or more to be entitled to the maxi- mum pay. ——_-+-___ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, April 2 ebanged; receipts, 15, rels. Wheat dull: spot. me steumer 2 rel, 633,409 by sample, 70475, ‘orn firmer; . 34 bushels: ellow, “$8044. Oats steady. o. 2 mixed, 2ha2sig. No. : e dull a: very firm 5 May; Cork for orders, per quarter, 45. April. 8s. 9d. May. Sugar firm, unchanged: coarse granulated, B.1y; fine do., 6.31%. Cheese, market steady: for fancy of all makes; large, 13ai3ic: medium, 1344; small, 13%ai3%, fancy cream ladle, 19a22: rolls, 17820. ve Butter firm, unchanged: aM; do. Laitation, Bur: do. do., 18819; store-packed, . Walz, ee Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. CHICAGO, April 2.—Grain: Wheat—May July. Corn—M+ Close, 9.09 9.04. 00 BOT Open. 9.07 9.04 5.4 8.04 (FINANCE AND TRADE Realizing Sales Were the Feature in Stocks Today, ——____ WERE WELL TAKEN OFFERINGS Sugar Dropped Off Four Points Under Pressure. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS a Special Dispatch to The Ewening Star. NEW YORK, April 2—The puying de- maad in today’s stock market was liberal in volume, but was offset to a considerab degree by persistent realizing in the activ shares. London traded both ways and th as nothing of an adverse nature recorded excepting the selling of such shares as re fected to ierge profits to speculative hald- ers. The great stress laid upon pending activity in the steel stocks was the result of some disappointment around the room These shares were bought in good volume during the opening hour and at high price Later in the day the supply seemed to ex- ceed the demand, and a gene ction e erratic action of American Sugar, Ming dowa 4 per cent and recovering an equal amount, had a tendency to unsetth the trading in other parts of the list. The buying, however, was on a sufficiently large scale to indicate some inside de concerning which the public has best. only partially enlightened. The various cliques in the Pacific stock were disposed take profits during the period of the greatest public demand, but at the declines there was a <eeming will- ingness to buy back nearly equal amounts. Earnings for the group keep up and the Prospects for increased dividends are ex- ceedingly bright. in Northern Pacific the buying Is based largely on the prospect of 4 per cent dividends for the common stock. Union Pacific common is said to be earning something over 6 per cent and is likely to follow Northern Pacific in increasing its rate. The extent of the adva: priced ts: pe in the middie- ues is operating against an unob- structed movement from the present level, but the shares which maintain thetr new position best are probably th ison Issues. This property is commission houves, traders and the invest— ment public. the preferred shares respond- ing easily to a demand inspired by the it fidence fn per cent dividend The granger issues were tak time with the i terest in= total amount of money to go into the of the Investment public this month is timated at something near Such a sum should make a very dec $50,.000,0 ie. impression on prices, but it is to be re- membered that the professional operator made his recent purchases in the hope of supplying just this demand. It follows, therefore, that the public buying may do little more than hold the market steady while allowing the speculative ele- ment to sell out at a profit. In the long run, however, such buying makes ttseif felt since strong boxes are substituted for margins, nd the better class of stocks are given the added value of @ diminished sup- ply. ———— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1419 F st., members w York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York. Open. igh. Low. Cl * Steel Wire pid. American Sugar... American Tobacec. Atchison.. a Atehison, pfd Baltimore « Ohio. j Baltinore & Ohio,w BrooklynRapid Transit. Chesapeake & Obi «., CC, & St Louis. « Hicago, BL & CUbie. & G. ester: Consolidated Gas. Con. Tobacco...... Con. Tobacco, pia Delaware & Hudson Federal Steel Federal Steel. pidt. General Electric. Mlinois Centrai.. Louisvilie & Nashville Metropolitan Traction. Mannattan Elevated Missouri Pacitic. M..K.& T., pfd National Lead Co. w Jersey Centra, NewYork Central .X-ris. Northern Pacitic. Northern Pacitic, pf Pacific M Pennsylvania R. Reading, Ist pfd Southern racific. Southern Railway. uthern Railway, pid. Texas Pacific... Tenn. Coal and Iron Union Pacific... Calon Pacite, pf Leather, pf O'S. Rubber. = Wabash pid. Western Union Tel. Colorado Fuel and iron Leather Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call, 12 o'clock m. pital “Tr: tion Serip. $: At 100%, at 104, 9 at WS%, 20 at am 4.5 at 10g. type, 42,10 at 19die 1944s, 10 at 194 at 13ly, 40 at 13%, at Lanston Monotype, District. of funding, 105 bid. 3.658, 1 4 ® Misckilaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 122 bid, 125 asked. Metropolitan Railroad cert. debt., A, 110 bid.” Metropolitan Raflroad cert. Ble bid, jumbia Railroad Gx, Colmmbia Ratlroad 2d mort. 5s, 199i, bid. “Wash- as Co. series A. Gs, bid) Washi: series B, G8, 115 bid, 125 asked Electric Light deb. imp. 65, 113 asked, U tric Light cert. Indebt., Gs, 112 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone 5s, 103 bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone con. 5s, 108%, Wid, 10% asked. American Security aud Trust 4s. 100 bid. Washing- ton Mark: . Ist de, 113!y bid. Washington Mar- k 113ty' bid. “Washington Market Co. 3% bid. Masonic Hall Assoc: 107 bid.” Anericnn Grapbophone deb. ba, 1 National Bank Stocks. —Rank of Washington, sked. Metropolitan, 600 bid. Farvers and Mechanl bid. Citizens’, 160 bid.” 19? apital, 147 bid. West End, 120 bid. Trad- 12 did, 135 asked. Lincoln, 129 bid, 125 c Deposit and ‘rast Compantes.—National Sate Deposit and Trust, 134 bid, 140 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 160 bid, 165 asked. “American curity and ‘Trust, x198 bid. Washington Safe 1 posit, 73 bid. Jusurance Storks.—Firemen's, 30° did. Franktin, 40 bid. Metropolitan, 80 bid) Corcoran, 60 bid. Potomac, 74 bid. Arlington, 146 bid. | Gerumn: American, 200 bid. “National Union, 11 bid. lumbla, 12% bid, 12% asked. Riggs, S%\ bid, asked. | People’s, 6% bid, GX asked. Commercial, 4 Did, 4% asked. Colonial, 111 bd. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.—keal Estate Title, 8 bid, 85 asked. Columbia Title, $% bid, 5 asked.” Wasi ington Title. 3% bid. Tvistrict Title, 3% Wid. ‘ a pital Traction. 109% 3 UB% asked. tion bond s, tal Traction scrip, 100% bid, Jorg asked? Suburban, 30 bid, 38 asked. Georgetown ‘enleytown, 20 bid. Gas Stocks.—Washington Gas, 53 bid, 55% asked. Georgetown Gas. 56 bid. ‘Telepione Stocks. —Chesaperke and Potomac, ‘65 anked. Penneylvanin. 36 bd. isccliancous | Stocks, “Mengentiaier Linotype. 14% bid. 194% asked. Lanston Monotype, . uae Ameri Traypcopeoes fer He asked. “American e pre 13% asked. Pneumatic . wsked. We Norfolk Wasbing!on Steatabout, 140°bid. “Lincoln x Ex. dividend. S 2 per 3 per 3 per 4 per 4 per 4 per 4 per conts, 5 per ceats, 5 per cents,