Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1900, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1900-16 PAGES. CLAIMS DISPLACED|HE Wit SAIL TOMORROW |GATES MAY RETIRE House Preferred to Consider the Naval Bill. EXTRA PAY POR ARMY OFFICERS Conference Report on Deficiency Bill Adopted. SOVERNMENT OF HAWAII _— Gay devoted under the rules jeration of war claims in the t the naval affairs committes de- » ahead with the naval appropria- Mr. Foss. acting chairman of the moved to proceed with its con- but the motion was contested mmittee on war claims and a roll naval committee won, 100 to ssideration of the naval appropria- ts resumed. mn, rman of the appropria- smmittee, asked unanimous consent modification of the language of the nt adopted y y relative to Ac ‘The proposed modifi- the Naval demy. cation marie only one antial change in the amendment. authorizing the Secretary of after the plans hav ral polis within the $6,- to contract i he was not disposed in uded the n- pon the state of Mary- plied that the 1 Acad- h the concern of Illinois as ion was adopt- em relative to the ne solv It would limit which he regarded as said he, would be reck- extravagance The amendment was agreed to. Active Lixt of Surgeons. Dinsme the re (Ark.) made a point of order section to increase the active ons to fifty-five and of assistant ms te 10, and providing that assist- rved in the war with vy might be without lim- rvided that as- fr army. latter provi- raise the old aff. on 1 the ulty corps om- would “drank. > point offered mendment. which to, pre e receiving i du’ and the ution was in- made response to a challen: Mr. Chandler. He had r n the s t, and, in- urances that no such asi Bacon to be understood as extravagance against n or the army offi- te information re- ures of officers in Porto . but prejudicial rumors re- xpenditures were afloat. It h expenditures rs and furnish- r offi n Porto Rico and in for their other expenses than had for the comfort and convenience governors of those lid not vouch for these state- thought they ought to be in- suth resolutions were objected » Mr. made on U presented the conference report tional urgency deficiency bill, as agreed to. nger offered a sub: introduced yeste ormation as to the revenues de- m Stamp taxes. The substitute di- Secretary of the Treasury to fur- ment of the sum derived from the items regarding tute for the day asking Hawaiian Government Bill. . Cullom called up the conference re- © Hawaiian government bill and ral expla ‘nt by residents ; before vote tiring the ii of a poll t ed. s. Tillman, art and othe . In charge of the report, sald that if it were sent back to conference he would favor the elimination of the poll-tax pro- Vision. COMMITTEE NOTES. Many te m have been received by the House committee on judiciary as to the pro- posed legislation growing out of the case of ex-Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, and the recent decision of Judge Prown in the cases of Messrs. Gaynor, Green and Connolly. The + has already passed a bill, on lines i by Attorne zeneral Grigg: pro- removal from one locality to persons United committee de on the fixed. Dr. Hugh before the adding much materially already been ideration of the eight-hour law i today by the House com- tee on labor, and the subject went over til tomorrow. pmmittee on judiciary today rably reported a bill creating a middle 1 district in Pennsylvania in addition to the two present districts, and authorizing the President to appoint a district judge and other off for the new court. The new district will be attached to the third U: States circuit. oer eniten Mincett cous Senate Measures. Senator Gallinger today reported back from the committee on pensions the bill heretofor introduced by himself providing for the adjudication by the Court of Claims of pension claims Involving i - tions of law So ee Senator Davis today introduced an amend- he sundry civil appropriation bill appropriating $25,000 for defraying the ex- penses of a delegation from the United States to the international conference of American states proposed to be held in Mexico In the-interest of the union of Amer- ican republics. The amendment ts offered i yosponse to a suggestion by the Presi- ent. Senator Hale today introduced a bill au- thorizing the purchase of about 1,800 acres of land in the vicinity of Pearl harbor, Hewati, for naval purposes. One hundred nd fifty thousand dollars is proposed to be “ppropriated for the purpose specified. —_———- ++ ______ Platt to See the President. It Is believed that Senator Platt will have & conference with President McKinley in New York tomorrow, and it is possible that something interesting about the vice presi- dential nomination may be talked of. GOV. ALLENS DEPARTURE FOR PORTO RICO. Had an Hours Conference With the Secretary of War—Plans to Receive Him. Although he had taken formal leave of the employes of the Navy Department yes- terday, Mr. Allen was today still discharg- ing the duties of assistant secretary of the navy, not having been informed of the con- firmation of Mr. Hackett, his successor. The new governor has already begun to feel the cares of his new office, being busily engaged with the adjustment of very many details which require to be settled before he can safely assume office. He spent an hour today in conference with the Secre- tary of War in that work. The Porto Rican Courts. Although no report has come from Gen. Davis respecting the necessity for continu- ing the existence of the Porto Rican courts as at present constituted until the new judicial order can be established under the terms of the organic act, the Porto Rican agitation on that point has not failed to attract the attention of the officials here. it is realized that the island might be thrown into a state of semi-anarchy were it deprived completely of courts for the perivd of five months, and it is probable that the War Department will make a spe- cial recommendation to Congress on that ubject, proposing to the House of Repre- sentatives an amendment to the pending Senate resolution extending the functions of the customs officers in Porto Rico, so as to include the court officials. WII! Sail Tomorrow. Gov. Allen expects to sail for Porto Rico tomorrow, taking with him Mr. Wheeler, his private stenographer, to serve in the same capacity in Porto Rico. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Allen and his daugh- ter, Miss Allen. The Doiphin is now making ready for the trip at the Washington navy yard. With ordinarily good weather the vessel should arrive off San Juan de Porto Rico about the 27th instant. Admiral Farquhar cabled the Navy Department this morning from Ber- muda that, in execution of his orders to escort the new governor on his entry into the harbor of San Juan, the New York and Texas will sail from Bermuda early tomerrow morning for San Juan. The Machias, also of his squadron, sailed yes- terday for Samana bay. San Domingo. The vessels of the squadron will not proceed directly to San Juan, but after spending in exercises at sea they will off San Juan harbor until the arriv and then make the entry phin in stat ‘TEM. —————__+: MUNICIPAL TELEPHONE SY Chicago Starts Inn ation With Order for 1,500 Instruments. CHICAGO, April —The Chronicle says: Chicago Is to have a municipal telephone system—an innovation in America. Its Im- mediate use is to be confined to the police and fire departments, but its projectors say that eventually it will serve the nucleus of a great metropolitan system that is ex- pected to become a rival to the old and new telephone companies. Rates sufficient- ly low to make the telephone a cheap con- fenes are predicted by those who see a at future in the municipal 1 Ellicott. has Electrician ) instruments. The con- duits have completed, so that with the purchas2 apparatus no delay will be in installing the s em. The 1.500 telephon will be placed in all the police and fire stations and in the street corner police patrol boxes. cg BANK TE! HIEF. Georgk M. Wilson of Toronto Con- fexses to Stealing. TORONTO, Ont.. April 20.—George M. Wilson, paying teller in the Merchants’ Bank, has reported to the manager that a package containing $10,000 had be2n stolen from his compartment. Detectives were notified and Wilson inspected. He was de- tained at the bank until his books were ex- amined and found to be $2,000 short. H- then confessed that he had been systemat- uy stealing since 1 ovember, but de- clined to tell what became of the $10,000, which he is believed to have handed to a confederate ——_+<--___ AN SOCIATION FORMED. Representatives of Catholic Colleges Complete Their Work. CHICAGO, April 20.—The representatives of Catholic colleges of America and Canad who have been holding a two days sion in this city, before adjourning last night adopted articles of association under the name of the “Association of Catholic Colleges of the United Stat The ob- jects of the association, it was announced, were to be the interchange of ideas and in- formation on all college matters, the guard- ing of Catholic interests in case of any pro- poséd legfslation as to collegiate education and the furtherance of Catholic college in- terests generally. A resolution offered by a spectal com- mittee appointed to investigate the matter of elective studies, declaring against the policy of giving students unlimited power of choice of studies, was adopted. A spe- cial committee appointed to investigate the question of taking advisement from cu: ms of Protestant colleges when thought desirable reported in favor of doing so. Action, however, was postpor —__e--___ FEW MEN RETURN TO WORK. Arrests at Croton Dam Has Little Effect on Strike. CROTON LANDING, N. ¥., April 20.— The arrests of strike leaders yesterday has had no visible effect on their comrades, who still refuse to go back to the works unless they get the Increase in wages for which they struck. Their number has been depleted by scores of men having gone elsewhere to seek work, and many more may follow suit. Fewer men answered the whistle today than on Wednesday and yesterday. Scarce- ly forty laborers put in an appearance, and this gang cannot keep more than one of the twelve big derricks working. ‘The con- tractors say they will bring plenty of la- borers to the valley if the strikers do not return to their places on Monday morning. Until then lttle will be done to further the work on the big dam, and if new men are brought in there is not much chance of a row ensuing, as the military on the ground is sufficient to suppress fiv imes as many strikers as might try to prevent their suc- cessors from going to work. —— ee LIVES WITH A BROKEN NECK, Frank Nicholl, the Acrob; to Be Improving. NEW YORK, April 20.—Frank Nicholl, the acrobat who broke his neck last Tues- day afternoon while performing at a local theater, is improving at Bellevue Hospital. His temperature is lower, as is his pulse, and an operation probably will be perform- ed tonight. Nicholl is conscious and chats with his friends. ——_+--___ TAYLOR NOT INDICTED. Reported Gov. Rumor That He Was Set at Rest by the Court. . FRANKFORT, Ky., April 20.—When the orders of the circuit court were read today all names announced as having been indict- ed yesterday were read by the clerk, but the name of Gov. W. 8. Taylor was not mentioned. This disposes of the rumor that an indict- ment had been handed down against Tay- lor. : In the circuit court today the case of Henry E. Youtsey, one of the men indicted as principals in the assassination of Gov. Goebel, was called. Youtsey pleaded not guilty. Motion was entered for bail and the hear- ing was set for Monday, April 30. The court officers refuse to state whether or not an indictment has been found against Gov. W. 8. Taylor and suppressed for service. It is not known whether a bench warrant has been issued. WILL BE GIVEN CANNED BEEF {te DEPARTMENT'S DECISION REGARD- ING TROOPS IN PHILIPPINES. Dt suite Rumors of Consolidation of the Big Steel Interests. MEETING IN NEW YORK TODAY Commissary,,Oficer at Chicago In- structed to A?range for Ship- "9 ping @ Lagge Quantity. ” £ 9 a Notwithstanding «the scandal that fol- lowed the usesof canned roast beef in the army during the Spanish war the officials have been cotfpeHled to again resort to its use for the subsistéfice of the army In the Philippines. This; is due to the fact that it is absolutely essential that the soldiers shall be served with fresh meat and be- cause of the impossibility of providing re- frigerated beef or cattle on the hoof under existing conditions. When the bulk of the army was located near the seashore and at easily accessible points there was no diffi- culty in providing them with fresh meats, but conditions have now changed, and the army is scattered among 160 posts in va- rious parts of the archipelago, a great many of them at considerable distance from the nearest shipping point, There are no cat- tle available and the refrigerated beet which has heretofore formed the principal basis of subsistence for the troops cannot be preserved in good condition long enough to reach many of the inland posts. Conse- quently {it became negessary to look for some suitable substitute, and the American canned roast beef was the only thing found to meet the requirements. The suggestion for its use came originally from the subsistence officers in the Philip- pines, and the chief commissary officer at Manila recently cabled a requisition for an immediate delivery of about 100,000 cans of roast beef and subsequent deliveries at the rate of about 50,000 cans a month. Act- ing Commissary General Weston presented the matter to the Secretary of War with a strong indorsement of the proposition. As & measure of extreme caution, however, it was decided to get a personal opinion from Major General Otis before taking final action. A cable message of inquiry was forwarded at once and General Otis’ reply was received yesterday. Its text was ngt made public, but its gen- eral character may be clearly inferred from the fact that instructions haye been sent to Colonel Alexander, the commissary offi- cer at Chicago, to arrange for the imme- diate dispatch of a large quantity of canned roast beef to San Francisco for shipment to Manila by the first available steamer. Special precautions will be taken to obtain the best quality of beef and to insure its proper care and preservation at all stages of its long journay to the Philippines in order that it may be delivered to the troops in the field in perfect condition. WILL RETURN HOME, Said to Be Relative to Closing Down of Mills. GATES WILL NOT TALK NEW YORK, April 20.—A special meeting of the directors of the American Steel and Wire Company was held today in the New York offices of the company. The chief purpose of the meeting, according to re- perts, is to take some action relative to the recent closing of twelve of the company's mills by order of Chairman of the Execu- tive Committee John W. Gates. The meet- ing was scheduled to begin at 11 o'clock. At that time Mr. Gates and three or four directors of the company were present, but President Lambert, who arrived from Chi- cago last night, had not put in an appear- ance. There were a number of newspaper men present when Mr. Gates reached the office, and he requested them to leave. He had nothing to say regarding the rumors con- cerning his relations, with the company. “I've stopped guessing,” he said. “I find that some of my recent guesses have been bad, so I've decided to say nothing.” Henry Seligman of J. & W. Seligman & Co. and another representative of the firm entered the meeting room shortly after 11 o'clock. The Seligmans are supposed to represent the anti-Gates faction. Mr. Selig- man declined to discuss the probable out- come of the meeting. CHICAGO, April 20.—The Tribune today says: The New York rumor of the prospective consolidation of the Carnegie and American Steel and Wire companies was also current in Chicago yesterday. It was reported the Carnegie company had been heavy buyers of steel and wire stock, both preferred and common. ‘The statement was reiterat- ed that John W. Gates would retire from the American company and that H. C. Frick would succeed him. It was said that Andrew Carnegie would be a factor in the management of the Steel and Wire Com- pany hereafter. The rumor could not be verified here. ——_2+-___ HILL SAYS ALL IS HARMONY. we of Wolfert’s Roost Discusses the Democratic Outlook. NEW YORK, April 20.—The state demo- cratic committee met here today to fix the date for the convention to select delegates to Kansas City. About three-quarters of the fifty members of the committee were present and the rest were represented proxy. Ex-Senator Edward Murphy was not present, being represented by former Mayor Francis J. Molloy of Troy. Prior to the meeting of the committee an informal conference was held by former Senator David B. Hill and the up-state After the conference Senator No Need for the Philadelphia and the Detroit in Southern Waters. The flagship Philadelphia arrived at Pan- ama today. She will be ordered home at once, as will alsp the Detroit, which has been lying at Chiriqui Lagoon on the gun side of the isthmus. The reports received at the Navy Department are to the effect that the occasion for the presence of the warships no longer exists, the revolutionary troubles on the isthmus having subsided, perhaps, In part, owing to the unexpected appearance there of the American cruisers. The Detroit will sail within a day or two for Portsmouth, N. H. touching at Key West en route for coal. She is to be ex- tensively repaired, and put out of commis- sion at Portsmouth, . is our year this year. You can say that there is harmony with a big H in the democra ty of the state. That's all I have t Mr. Hill's statement that harmony once ee . more prevailed was echoed by Chairman CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT. Campb Eliot F. Danforth, Andrew A. McLean of Rockland, J. Ilig of Buffalo | Petitions Fited in the United States and several othe The up-state demo- Supreme Court. aid Mr. MeLean. In the Supreme @ 4 e ipreme Court today Attorney gommitisemen the. Wee seemed to prevail | Richard Crowley ited petitions for writs that ex-Senator Murphy, Richard Croker, @x-Senator Hill and probably James She’ lin of Brooklyn would be the delegates at large. ———_+++—___ NOT DISCUSS POLITICS. Ex-President Harrison in Attendance at Ecumenical Council. NEW YORK, April 20.—Former President Benjamin Harrison and Mrs. Harrison re- ceived many calls at the Fifth Avenue Ho- tel today. Mr. Harrison will presids at the ecumenical conference which convenes here tomorrow. When questioned regarding the political outlook, he said: “I must decline to discuss that subject. I do not car to meddle in political affairs, ——_++<+—___. CISSY LOFTUS OVERBOARD. of certiorari te the-Cireult Court of Ap- peals for the sadond circuit to bring two Chinese exclusion eases to this court, which raise several new questions. The cases are those of Pin Kwan and Ping Yik, two Chinamen engaged as merchants in Buf- falo, N, Y, They were arrested seventeen months after their arrival on the strength of the ruling of Attorney General Griges that Chinese traders are “laborers” within the meaning of the exclusion iaws. The soundness of this construction is called into question in the case. The question as to whether the exclusion act of 1888 is in operation will also probably be decided in passing upon the case. There are said to be a number of Chinese who will be affected by the decision of the case. + © +— SVERISH ACTIVITY. WOULD WITH F The Actress May Have Tried to Com- mit Suicide. cial Dispatch to The Evening Star. NORFOLK, Va., April 20.—Cissy Loftus, the actress, fell from the pier at Old Point last night, and was rescued by a marine. It was supposedly an accidental fall, which, however, came near costing the little ac- tress her life. The theory of accident is upset by the statement of bystanders, who assert that Miss Loftus laid down her wraps before stepping overboard. She refuses to make any statement or to discuss the matter at all. —++-___ SOCIAL SCIENCE MEETIN Russians Pushing Work on the Rail- way to Vladivostock, Minister Conger reports that the Russians are working with feverish activity to finish the railroad between Moukden and Vladi- vostock, the eastern terminus of the Sibert- an railroad, and he says the belief is that Russia's two great strategic points in the far east—Port Arthur and Vladivostock— where she 1s said to have garrisons vari- ously estimated at from 120,000 to 200,000 men, will be connected by rail not later than August of this year. As a matter of fact, there is already un- interrupted steam communication between St. Petersburg and the Pacific over the Si- berian railroad, though at present it is necessary to use the river route on the Shilka for that part of the distance be- tween Stretensk and Khabarovsk. ‘The schedule from St. Petersburg to Viadivo- stock is nineteen days. It is expected that the gap in the railroad now covered by the water route ‘will be completed in about eighteen months. Minister Conger also reports the comple- tion of the Chinese railroad from ‘Tientsin to Niuchwang, 348 miles long. The new line from Tientsin to Chinchow 1s already paying 14 per cent on the investment, and it {s expected that the entire line, When opened, will return 30 per cent. —— Exportation of Swiss Watches. Consul General DuBois, at St. Gall, in- forms the State Department that Switzer- land’s export trade with Tripoli, which has suffered much during the past year, 1s be- ing revived with renewed vigor. Switzer- lav, for some time past, has carried on a successful export business with Tripoli and the entire Sudan region, especially in watch- es and jewelry. The defeat recently suf- fered by the rebels in that region wiil tend to greatly inercase the trade, as the cara- vans can now venture into thé interior with impunity. Swiss timepicces and jewelry to the amount of $244,830 were exported to the Sudan countries,jn 1897, and this was increased to $416,800 in 1sy8. ————————2-—___ Naval ‘Orders, Assistant Naval Constructor J. W. Powell has been detached from the bureau of con- struction and. repair, and ordered to the New York navy yard. Lieut. W. K. Hartison, to duty in ord- nance department @t Washington navy yard. : 5 Lieut. J. M. Pickrell, ordered home when discharged from the 'Mare Island Hospital and granted sick leave for three months. Commander, 6. E. Ye, from the Yosemite to the command of the New Orleans. Acting Warrant Machinist G. C. Bllerton, from the Vermont to duty with the Ken- Sp Addresses on Interesting Topics by Prominent Men. PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—Interesting address2s were made at today’s session of the American academy of political and so- cial science meeting. A large audience of professional anu business men was in at- tendance. Thomas W. Phillips, vice chair- man of the United States industrial com- mission, presided. The subject under con- sideration was “The Combination of Capi- tal as a Factor in Industrial Progress.” Previous to the meeting the members of the academy made a tour of inspection through the University of Pennsylvania. Address>s were made by James B. Dill of New York city on “Industrials as Investors for Smail Capital,” by John Wanamaker on “The Evolution of Mercantile Business,” by William H. Baldwin, jr., president of the Long Island railroad, on'“The Interest ot Labor in the Economics of Railroad Construction,” and by M. D. Ratchford of Indiana, member of the United States in- dustrial commission, on “Ths Attitude of Labor Toward Industrial Combination.” ——_>o>___ Enterprise Surrounded by Water. MERIDIAN, Miss., April 20.~A dispatch from Enterprise says that place is now completely surrounded by water. Late last night the Wanita cotton mill dam, six miles above Enterprise, gave way. A body of water fifteen feet deep and covering ten acres rushed down through the Chunky river swamp. Many plantation hands are reported to have lost their lives in a wild rush for higher ground.” Many buildings in the path of the flood were thrown from their foundations and destroyed. No relief has yet been afforded the thir- ty-flve passengers aboard the water-bound train at Quitman. The town of Hickory, on the Alabama and Vicksburg railway, is completely sur- rounded by water. Hundreds of cattle and hogs have been drowned. Farm property was destroyed over a wide area in the vic | tUCkY- clnity of Hickory. See ‘The river rose here two feet during the Porto, Not. Puerto, night. Railway traffic throughout the | From the Springfield Republican. state: ts paralyzed. The executive branch of the federal gov- > ernment still follows the decision of the board of geographical names in spelling it “Puerto Rico.” And the legislative branch still insists upon “Porto Rico,” and this is the form in which It appears in the Con- gressional Record for both branches of Con- gress. It was also the recognized American form before annexation. There is no reason why it should be de-Americanized. ——___> 2 ___ John W. Patterson today entered suit in equity against Eliza Combs, E. B. Hay, her attorney, and Watson J. Newton, presi- dent of the District Title Insurance Com- pany, asking that the defendants be re- strained from interfering with certain real estate purchase money until he has been paid certain charges for services rendered under a power of attorney from Eliza Combs. T. L. Jones appears as solicitor for the complainant. Marine Orders. Major C. H. Lauchheimer, inspector, has been ordered to Annapolis for the purpose of inspecting the rifle range. Major O. C. Berryman, from Annapolis, Md., to Portsmouth, N. H. Captain H. C. Haines, sick leave for three months. Captain F. H. Corrie, authorized to re- main abroad for another year. Second Lieutenants Thomas Holcomb, jr., F. J. Schwable and F. C. Lander, recently appointed, have been ordered to report to the brigadier commandant for orders. Second Lieutenants D. W. Blake, E. T. Fryer, W. T. Pritchett and J. P. V. Grid- ley have been ordered to various to! for instruction. spp THE CENSUS CLERKS Three Thousand to Be Appointed by August 1. GREAT PRESSURE FOR PLACES Plan for Gradual Increase of Force. LETTERS SENT OUT Between now and the Ist of August there will be appointed 3,000 additional clerks in the census office. The eligible list at pres- -ent contains almost enough names to fill these places, and from time to time the ap- plicants who have successfully passed the examination are being notified when to re- port for duty. It has been necessary in planning out this immense work to so ar- range the taking on of clerks that as fast as they are needed there will be work for them to do. This has been perhaps one of the mest difficult propesitions that has con- fronted Director Merriam; and Appoint- ment Clerk Langley, who has immediate charge of this matter, has been threatened with paresis several times. It is impossible for one to appreciate the enormous pressure that has been and 1s being brought to bear upon the census officials for positions. When the director hit upon the plan of dividing the appointments among the sena- tors and representatives he believed he had overcome perhaps the greatest obstacle which would confront him. Pressure for Places. But experience has proved this to be a false position. Senators and representa- tives have been insisting, from the day the director was appointed, that their friends should be immediately put in office. For mcnths there was absolutely nothing for them to do, but the senators and represen- tatives were just as persistent, and either could not, or did not, want to understand the exact condition of affairs. Since, how- ever, the preliminary work of taking the census commenced, the effort of these con- fressmen to have their constituents ap- pointed has been redoubled. As fast as pos- sible the director has made appointments in line with their recommendations, en- deavoring at all times to equitably dis- tribute the patronage. The office has grown immensely within the last three months, and within the next three the office force will have been completed. Those who have passed the examination and have not been appointed are living in the hope of early recognition, and that great army of applicants who have never been examined. augmented by that smaller but more persistent force of those who have been examined and failed. are anx- jously waiting a chance to show_ their merits in an examination. Chief Exam- iner Garber, who conducts the examina. tions, has returned from his flying trip e; and west, and taken up new quarters in the Union building, on G street between 6th and 7th, where, beginning next Monday, examinations will be conducted every day until the 15th of June. The director has arranged to have at least forty examined a day, and hopes by the middle of June to have an eligible list of at least 80), which number he anticipates will be necessary to complete his force, The examinations will be similar to those already held, a little more care being given to practical mathe- matics, spelling and chirography. Gradual Increase of Force. During this month 14 additional clerks will be appointed; in May 195 will go to work. June will call for the greatest num- ber; 1,069 will be added to the pay rolls during that month. In July 838 additional ones will go to work, while August calls for 244. Of course, there will be other ap- pointments in the early fall, but they will be comparatively small in number. The large increase in the force for June is explained by the director to be due to the “punchers” who use the registering ma- chines for counting the population of the United States. Already contracts ~ have been let for the desks upon which these machines will be operated, together with all of the paraphernalia necessary. This punching force, which will number approxi- mately 1,200 people, will be located in one of the large halls on the first floor of the census building. It will b2 divided into sections containing twenty-eight punchers and each section presided over by a chief and an assistant. There will be at least fifty sections. The desks will all be on hand and in position by the middl2 of May and the machines will follow shortly after- ward. It must not be understood that because the census office will require approximately 8,000 clerks between now and August that there is the slightest opportunity for any one who is not on the eligible list to get one of these appointments. The director has had an estimate made up by the chiefs of the several divisions of the number of clerks they will require during the different months, and already letters are being sent advising certain applicants of their appoint- ment and wh2n they will be expected to re- port. Notifications Sent Out. This letter states briefly that upon the recommendation of Mr. So-and-So their appoiniment has been ordered, at a salary of $900 per annum, upon the conditi6n that they report to the office on a certain day. It also states that the work to which they have been assigned cannot be delayed, and unless they are ready to enter upon duty on the day named it will be necessary to appoint some one else. All appointees, the letter says, will be given a fair opportunity to show their fitness for the work, and only those will be retained who are satisfactory. Promotions will depend entirely upon merit. The letter closes with the statement that if the foregoing conditions are acceptable the applicant sign the blank at the bottom and return the Same at once to the director. The blank at the bottom which they are required to sign states: “I accept the ap- pointment tendered above upon the condi- tions named, and will report at the census office tor duty (blank date), 1900.” ——__ + ____ BILL NOT FAVORED. The Proposed Commission for Con- demnation Proceedings. Reporting today to the House District committee on the House bill proposing to create a permanent commission for con- demnation proceedings, the Commissioners stated that they do not favor the measure. The commission proposed by the bill is to consist of five members, to be appointed by the District Supreme Court, to serve dur- ing good behavior and their compensation to be $10 per day for the time actually em- ployed. Under existing law condemnation proceedings are tried before a jury of sev- en summoned by the marshal, the compen- sation of thé jurors being $5 per day. The present system is less expensive, the Commissioners state, than the one Propos- ed, and it Is more flexible and capable of accomplishing better results in that it per- mits of the choice of a jury for each case and the securing of men having intimate knowledge of the particular locality under consideration. There is nothing, the Com- missioners believe, to prevent the same jury from passing on several cases where such action is deemed wise or desirable. ——.—_ The British Ship Quito Engaged. The vessel which has been secured for the conveyance to Bombay of the relief supplies for the Indian plague and famine sufferers is the British steamship Quito. It was the purpose to secure a vessel under the American flag, but no available craft was offered. The cargo will not be in charge of a naval officer on this trip, but the persops who collected the relief sup- plies will send an agent along. —_—-2+______ Personal Mention. Gen. Weston, acting commissary general of subsistence, has gone to New York for a few days. Gen. Thos. C. Sullivan, retired, formerly {commissary general, who has recently made his residence at Troy, Ohio, is on a Visit to this city. He is at the Ebbitt House. Mr. Harrison J. Barrett, assistant at- torney general for the Post Office Depart- ment, returned this morning to his duties after a short vacation to his home in North Carolina. REPORT ON’ CLARK CASE DIFFICULTY IN AGREEING ON CER- TAIN POINTS. ~ No Div! mas to Declaring the Seat of the Senator Va- ennt. It was intended to hold a meeting of the Senate committee on privileges and elec- tions today to consider the report of the committee in the case of Senator Clark of Montana, but owing to the recent changes made in the text of the report it was found impossible to prepare it for presen- tation today. It now seems probable that no meeting will be held before Monday. This postponement will render it practically impossible to dispose of the case in the Sen- ate before the vote is taken in the Quay case, as some senators had expressed a desire to have done, but there {s a general understanding about the Senate that ail questions on this point will be settled by Senator Clark’s refraining from voting in the Quay case. ‘The principal difficulty in agreeing upon a report is found in the treatment of the episode connecting the Montana supreme court with the Clark contest. There also are some differences as to the method of treating Representative Campbell's and ex- State Senator Whiteside’s connection with the case. The majority of the committee are disposed to use the testimony concern- ing the state court as strongly corrobora- tive of the general charges against Mr. Clark, while Senators Pettus, Harris and McComas take the position that as there Was no proof connecting Mr. Clark with the alleged approaches to the court, th testimony should not be used as desired by the majority. There is an effort in proz- ress to adjust the differences of opinion. but if this is found impracticable the three senators mentioned w: while agreeing in the general verdict, expre: ssenting Views on this point. There also is a possibility of dissent upon the methods of Campbell and Whiteside. But in no event will there be any division as to the recommendation that the seat occupied by Mr. Clark shall be declared vacant. The parts of the report upon which there will be unanimity of opinion are those deal- ing with the general charges against Mr. Clark. Especial stress is laid upon the testimony concerning the business dealings with members of the iegislature, such as McLaughlin, Woods and Warner, and the Present to Mr. Day, and to the acknowl- edged use of large sums of money. Con- siderable attention is given to the fact that Senator Clark's committee disregarded the laws of the state in failing to make reports of expenditures in the campaign. In the matter of the Whiteside exposure, including his handing over to the state $30,000, alleged to have been paid by Clark's friends for votes, there is a frank avowal of difference of opinion. The incident is therefore related without any specific con- clusion as to its bearing on the result. DEMED WITH RIDICULE. The Report About German Aspirations in South America. With reference to the telegram from Rio de Janeiro published this morning, credi! to federalist newspapers, about certain al- leged German aspirations in south Brazil and Uruguay, the German ambassador to- day authorized a distinct denial of the sal- fent features of the dispatch. He recog- nizes this story as an old acquaintance which he met for the first time twenty-five years ago, when he was in those countries, Periodically since that time the same story has appeared in one form or another. The ambassador ridicules the idea that the Germans in the Brazilian territory chiefly occupied by them have any intention or desire to organize a revolution against the existing government. Even if that de- sire existed, the ambassador points out, the German population of south Brazil and Uruguay is not now and fs not likely ever to be powerful enough successfully to carry out such a plan. a Funeral of Lieut. Waugh. The remains of Second Lieut. John R. ‘Waugh, 38th Volunteer Infantry, will be buried at the Arlington national cemetery next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock with full milltary honors. Lieut. Waugh died at Manila, February 27, as a result of injuries incurred in the line of duty. His remains arrived at San Francisco a few days ago and are now on their way to this city. Lieut. Waugh was a resident of Platts- mouth, Neb., and rendered excellent service in Cuba as a member of the signal corps during the Spanish war. His subsequent appointment to the volunteer army was based on his record during that campaign. He has a number of friends in this city. ——__. The Clarke Divorce Case. ‘The trial of the divorce suit brought by Mr. James King Clarke against his wife, who was Miss Esther Bartlett, a well- known Washington girl, is creating a great deal of interest in Pittsburg, where it is going on. Mr. Clarke charges his wife with improper conduct with McIntosh Kellogg almost immediately after the wedding, which took place in this city about a year ago. Mr. Kellogg was one of the ushers at the ceremony. Yesterday at Pittsburg Mrs. Clarke occupied the stand during the day, She absolutely denied any impropriety with Mr. Kellogg, and further stated that con- fessions made to her by her husband of improper conduct before he was married aa caused her feelings for him to become co) —_————__ Sale of Delinquent Property. The annual sale of property in arrears for taxes, which began the lth instant, was ended today. The property sold was that in arrears July 1, 1899, and the sale concluded today, it is believed, will exceed in the amount of property bought by pri- vate parties that of last year, when more thar. $100,000. of property was purchased by those attending the sale. As was the case last year, Mr. C. H. Wiltsie of Roch- ester, N. Y., was the largest purchaser, his purchases again being made, it is sald, in the interests of a syndicate of capitalists he represents. —.___ Will Attend National Association, Maj. Sylvester, the chief of Police, was today authorized to attend the annual con- vention of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, which will meet this year at Cincinnati, Ohio, commencing May 8. eee Clerk Appointed. Sumter Phillips has been appointed by the District Commissioners a clerk in the health department, vice Dr. 8. A. Ransom, resigned, at an annual salary of $1,000 —_>—__ Young Woman Jumps Overboard. NEW YORK, April 20.—A well-dressed young woman sprang from the Brooklyn bridge into East river about 2 o'clock this afternoon. She alighted from a cab near the center of the bridge, and in some way got over the railing and made the leap. She was picked up by a boat, but it is not known yet whether she was injured. —+r-__ Government Bonds. FINANCE AND TRADE Stocks Were Weak Again on New York Exchange. LITTLE COMMISSION HOUSE BUYING Short Covering the Only Indication of Live Interest. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS ——>—___ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. W YORK, April 20.—London sent ov. a higher range of prices for the middle class railways this morning and reported an improved demand for the Pacific shares from the continent. In spite of this seem- ing encouragement, the local market fail- ed to make any decided progress toward higher prices. A few short contracts were covered from time to time, but there no public demand worthy of note. The meeting of the Steel and Wire ai- rectors was relied upon to produce some sensational disclosures and the market for those shares moved about in an erratic Manner in consequence. Recent developments have awakened a considerable feeling against the abuse of official information and its use for private gain. Stockholders are being brought to a realizing sense of the neglect which has been shown them by those intrusted with the management of their vested rights. Considerable indignation is expressed, but there is some doubt about its immediate effectiveness. An effort to reopen the mills of the Steel and Wire is promised, and some resignations in the directory are prob- able. The entire market relapsed into dullnes pending some news from this meeting, eve the railroads being neglected. Baitim and Ohio shares were moderately active, the common selling ex-rights. The privi- lege of subscribing to one share of new stock at 80 for every six shares now owned was valued at 1% to 1%, per cent. ‘The dealings in the “rights” were on a Uberal scale, and added another interesting bit of evidence as to the evolution of an important transaction of which the public is not fully advised. The covering of short contracts in Southern Pacific advanced the price of those shares for a time, and the banking Interest expresses Itself as belng well pleased with recent behavior of the stock under pressure, The investment demand was reflected in the bond market to a greater extent than in the stock department. Dividend paying stocks were allowed to drag in sympathy with the general tone of the market. An increasé in the commission house demand for the preferred shares of the industrials was reported, but their movement was of small proportions. New Jersey Centr but the coal s tien of the roi was 1 advanced for a time, ocks failed to hold the atten- om. A good bank statement ——.__. 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 Messrs. La- denburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. Open. High. Low. Close. Big BALE 6 MY Ameriean Cotton Ol. Am. Steel & Wire pid. American Sugar... American Tobacco... Atchisor Atchison, pfd. Baltimore &Ohio.x-rets. Baltimore € Ohio. pia. BrooklynRepid Transit. Chesapeake & Ohio... «., CC, St, Louis. Caf aud St Pau -hicago R. I. & Pacific. Chie. St P.M. & O. Chie.'& G. Western.” Colorado Fuel and Iron Consolidated Gas... Con. Tobacco. Con. Tobacco, pia. Delaware & Hud: Federai Steel. Federal Steel. pid. General Electric. linois Centrai Louisviue & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. New Jersey Central. New York Central oo N. Y.Ontario & Western Northern Pacitic. Northern Pacific, pid Pacific Mati... Penusylvanis i. Phila.& Reading, Ist 527! Southern Pacific. 6 Southern Railw iW” 142 ia Southern Keilway, pf, 58%; 598 FO 4 Texas Pacific ey 201g 201g ‘Tenn. Coaland iron, 87° ast} 56 Union Pacific. bale 8734 Union Pacific, pid. 76 Fi 124 Lz Thy Rn Eri & eh, sl ag ——— ‘Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regutar ~all, 12 o'clock m.—National Union Snsurance, 1 at 124. Capital Traction scrip, $413 At 107, $350 at 10T%, $96 at 107%. Capital Trace tion, 2"at 104, 5 at 1d%, 20 at 109% cash, 50 ab 103% cash, 5 sit 104 Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at INSEE. G at 193%, 10 at 199, 10 at 193%, Lanston Monotype, 15 at 18%, 100 at 13%. 100 at 18% 100 at 13%, 100 at 13%, 100 at 13%, 100 at 134, bo at 13%, 5U at 134, 50 at 13%. 50 at 18%, 100 at 13%, 500 at 13, 500 at 13, 100 at 13%, 100 at 13%, 15 at 33%, 15 at 13%, 100 at 18% “American Grapho- phone, 50 at 11%, 50 at 11%. American Grapho- hone preferred, 10 at 18%. After call—Capital $1,000 at 3 Capital ‘Traction, 100 at 103%, 500 at 104, 100 at 104, 20 at 104, 100 at 104, 100 at 104%, 20 at 104%. “Lanston Mono- type, 100 ax 136. trict of Columbla Bonds.—ts, 1! ‘30-year funding, 104 bid. 8.65s, funding, 120 bid. ‘$s, 107% itan Rallroed Sm, 121%, bid, 107% asked. Metropol bid, 122% asked. Metropolitan Railroad cert. int debt., A, 110 bid. Metropolitan Rallroud cert. in- B, 110 bid. Columbia Rallroad 6s, 126 bid, Columbia Raliroad 2d mort. 58, 111% bid, 11 asked. Washington Gas Oo. series A, 6s, 117 bi 125 asked. Washington Gas Co. series B, 68, 11 bid, 125 asked. U.S. Electric Light deb.’ imp. és, 108 bid. U.S. Electric Light cert. indebt., 68, 112 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephoud 5s, 104 bid. American Security and Trust 4s, 100° bid. Washington Market Ist 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market imp. Gs, 110 bid. Washington Market extn. 6s, 110 bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, 108 bid. American Grapbophone deb. 5s, 100 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Wasiington, 263 bid, 400 asked. Metropolitan, 000 bid. Central, 200 bid. Farmers snd Mechanics’, 210 bid. Second, 160 bid. Citizens’, 100 bid. Columbia, 160 bid. Gupi- tal, 150 bid. 160 asked. West End, 119 bid, 121 asked. Traders’, 125 bid, 135 asked. Lincoln, 118 bid, 125 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 135 bid, asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 157 bid, 160 asked. American Security and Trust, Washing- 's, 30 bid. Franklin, Corcoran, ton Safe Deposit, 70 bid, 80 asked. Insurance Stocks.—Firemen' 40 bid. Matopsiten, 4 80 bid, 90 asked. 62 bid.