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7 THE EVENING STAR. > PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY Temporary Busiaess Office, 1199 Peaagylvaaia Avequ> The Evening Star Newspaper Company. S H. KAUFPMANS, Pres't. eee = : a> Ballsing Chicago Office: Boyce Builting. London Office: Trafalgar Buildings, Tralalger Square. ore cribers in the sat the > in the jd—-50 cents with Che Fveni OS Star. Office at Washington, D. C., ater.) ptions must be made known 1d in advance. applicativ Rates of advertising No, 14,724, WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS ——————— A DEMONSTRATED FACT, There is no business that cannot be benefited by ju- dicious and there is none that may not waste money by poor use of space, advertising, MR. PEARRE INDORSED Renominated for Congress by Sixth District Maryland Republicans. CONVENTIGN BELD AT CUMBERLAND Delegates Chosen to the State and National Conventions. M’COMAS RECOMMENDED ———————— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md.. May S.—The re th Maryk Hammond Ur ho w ic Kintey ated nt Col. Pearre’s Address. 2 was ited to address the Ss introduced by Mr. Daniel Grosvenor of Montgomery, who ¢ that waited on him. He reviewed the record of the achievements names of Col. D. C. Thos. C. Noyes A. G. Sturgis of i in nomination for i he Philadelphia conven- Mr. Gould, in placing Mr. Noyes in referred to the in 1,000 democratic to It majority from Nw) t w years a Te in IS0S. These change: wrought by the young, active, ligent, enthusias republicans who red on the scene. and one stanch, per- desired Winebrenner and » twenty-one votes Frederick and Mont- three votes r- Sturgis. Harry T. Mulli braham C. > of titer, YY ace Samuel C © reported by y adopted. The Administration Indorsed. y lifiedly indorse t McKinle ts prosperous the h the has been a every doll nalt ques asst and eloquent rre, in support i the diffi- vhich have of the for- commended.’ rest eling confident late ourselves trict will resented by a to di tuency f his long continued he party in the fon of Senator delegat nal conve D. Wagaman of Hagerstown pre- he co: Joh . Wattson in Jersey in 1895. -Eéward Clifford ed in the Hudson county jail in for the murder of Di W. G. son of the in Is8 committed because Watt- ord as a ANIARD & AULTED. Vietim of Hace H. in Me: red Still Existing CITY OF ME periodical © of those Spaniards, still in- oceurred when a Spanish grocery clerk rrest by the police to the aid of th Y classes, and “death tempt was * unfortunate man, when were reinforced and put down a the polic emali riot. —_>+++___ TORNADO AT JERSEYVILLE, ILL. Trees Uprooted, Roofs Blown Away and Other Damage Done. JERSEYVILLE, Hl. May §—Jerseyvitle was visited by a tornado last evening, ich damaged a number of buildings in town. Large trees were torn up by the is, the roofs of several buildings blown and barns and small outbuildings were @emolished. The lerge iron smokestacks xt the water works and electric Nght house were blown down and the electric light and telephone w are down. As far as Jearned no one was injured. ———_++ ~ Vesuvius in Violent Eruption. ROME, May 8—Mount Vesuvius has been in a state of eruption for the last three days, and explostons within the cra- ter have thrown lava and masses of rock to @ great height. Last night the erup- tion was especially violent and was ac- companied by menacing rumblings, on SECRETARY LONGITHE SMOKE LAW HIS AVAILABILITY AS A VICE PRESI- DENTIAL CANDIDATE. Would Be Acceptable to the Presi- dent, With Whom He Has Most Cordial Relations. Secretary Long has never informed any conference of his frien or any friend, for that matter, that he considers himself ineli- gible for the republican vice presidential nomination because of the Sampson-Schley controversy. He has never intimated his intention of having his name withdrawn from consideration, and is today declared by friends to be the strongest man in the race for second place on the republican Ss something attractive and the candidacy of, Secretary Long ppreciated more and more each day by public men, particularly those who come in contact with the administration influence. Many reasons for this are found and d| s with more or less speculation at- A foremost reason is that the can- idate for Vice President must be accept- able to the President himself. The Pre: dent will make no attempt to dictate the man, but he will undoubtedly desire that his running mate shall be agreeable to him per- ally, and that his record shall be such as will not act as a millstone around the neck of the republican ticket. Nothing From the President. President McKinley h: » far given no utterance on this feature of Secretary Long's candidacy, but it asserted that everything that is known goes to show that Sere! Long will be satisfactory to the President. Of course, there are others who be cand who will not prove ob- able, and no one has gone so far to intimate that Secretary Long is the fa- vorite of the Presid There will be no favorites, but every who expects te pire to this nomination must have strength and abilits dent McKinley will be forced to friends in the conven- tion that certain men might prove danger- ous to the ticket. This would be all that is sary to end the ambitions of a candi- A close friend of President McKinley stated to a representative of The Star th i candidacy of Secretary Long had not Z would not permit his name to be ssed a minute after the President uted that it was not judicious. Cordial Relatio: The rejations of the two men border on affection. It is asserted that no member of the ¢ a warmer place in Pré: dent heart in a personal way than § Long. This attachment e isted pi : Pre dent, and h: nd offic: relations. ving no The President regards Mr. Long peer in statesmanship and mn he could find as a running chusetts is a and the second candidate should come from a doubt- ful or weak stat » word, it nd Secretary Long: as Mr. Long looks up of such high honor that presidency. fice as o terpreted as seeking the pla To him the subject is one of extreme delicacy. It among the possibilit the Preside: and his Secretary, even should the latter be nominated at Phi phia, will ney word with each ambitions an e President, ar of Secre mpson-Schley er about the Sec- purposes, by friends, would Long because administration regards this controver: as one of the things of the pa: The Case of Roosevelt. When Gov. Roosevelt eo to Washi ton tomorrow the politicians and leaders m alk some about the vice presidenc ng out in Washington & nomination would be forced upon elt at Philadelphia. Such a course is said, tend to encourage state- hat the President was weak popular favorite on the tt will nc i The but the idea is dy: that Roose would, ments are not huntin; ful @ sons from doubt States as candidates. They don't his is necessary. They be Court of Appeals Holds It is Consti- tutional. CASE CARRIED UP FROM POLICE COURT Provisions of Act of Congress of February 2, 1899. REVIEW OF THE CASE The Court of Appeals in an opinion writ- ten by Mr. Justice Shepard and handed down today holds that the smoke law, ap- plicable to the District of Columbia, is constitutional. The case was taken to the Court of Appeals on writ of error from the Police Court to review a judgment of con- viction urder the provisions of the act of Congress approved February 2, 1800, Find- ing no error the judgment of the Police Court is affirmed by the Court of Appeal The case was that of William h. Moses, Harry C. Moses and Arthur C. Moses, plaintiffs in error, against the United States, ‘The plaintiffs in error were prosecuted in the Police Court for violation of the act entitled, “An act for the prevention of smoke In the District of Columbia,yand for other purposes.” ‘The sections of the act which were material to the consideration of the case were: “That on and after six months from the passage of this act the emission of dense or thick black or gray smoke or cinders from any smokestack or chimney used in connection with any stationary engine, steam boiler or furnace of any descrip- tion within the District of Columbia shall be deemed, apd is hereby, declared, to be a public nuisance; Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as applied to chimneys of buildings used exclusively for private residences. “That the owner, agent, lessee or occu- pant of any building of any description from the smokestack or chimney of which there shall issue or be emitted thick or dense b'ack or gray smoke or cinders with- in the District of Columbia on or after the day above named shall be deemed and held guilty of creating a public nuisance and of violating the provisions of this act. That any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall, upon convie- tion thereof } the Police Court of the District of Columbia, be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $10) for each and every offense: and each and every day n the provisions of this act shail d shall constitute a te of- The Charges Made. ‘The information charged ‘that the defend- ants were the occupants of a certain bulld- ing used as a furniture store, situated on the southwest corner of 11th and F streets, to which building there is attached a smoke- stack and chimney used in connection with a stationary engine, steam boiler and fur- nace in the building; that the defendants caused, permitted and allowed the emission Into the vpen air from the smokestack and chimney of certain thick and dense black d gray smoke, which was then and there a public nuisance, against the form of the statute, &¢. A motion to quash the information hav- ing been overruled, the defendants pleaded not guilty and were tried by a jury, Evi- dence was introduced on the part of the government tending to prove that the de- fendants had in their building a furnace connected with a statfonary steam engine, a smokestack and a steam pipe; that on the day alleged in the information ‘dense, thick black and gray smoke issued from the stack at the following times: At 9 o'clock a.m., the emission lasting one minute and a half; at 11 o'clock a.m., the emission lasting about the same length of time, and at 3:20 o'clock p.m., the emission continuing from two to three minutes. At the conclusion of the testimony on the part of the government the defendants moved the court to direct the jury to re- turn a verdict of not guilty, because the government had failed to prove that dense, thick black or gray smoke, charged © information to have been emitted defendants’ chimney, constituted or common-law nuisance, which was overruled and an exception motion taken. The defendants thereupon offered to prove not favorite sons or per: . Will decide the contest t is also said to b and numerous other reasons are point showing the great strength of Se y Long as a candidate. PREPARING FOR THE WAR'S END. Germans Anticipating the Early Com- ing of Peace. “Immense quantities of goods from Ger- many, more particularly machinery, are being prepared for shipment to South Africa, it is stated, in anticipation of the closing of the war,” says Consul George Sawter, at Giauchau, In a recent dispatch to the State Department. The agents of leading German firms, says the consul, are proceeding to Cape Town, in order to give their principals the earliest information as to affairs in the republics and thelr probable needs when the war is brought to a close. The general belief is that the end of the war will be followed b boom, the like of which the world has n n since the days of the Australian go'd discoveries. to official accounts the imports of German xoods into South Africa vanced from 354 in 1801 to $6,154,360 in 1806. In ISOS ft amounted to $4,548,405. The importation of German textiles annually, under even unfave tions, Increasing from $42), $500.25 In 188 Consul Sawter says that {t is unhesitat- ingly admitted by our competitors that goods from the United States are given the preference in South Africa, and he believes it advisable for our exporters to direct their interest In the directon of the Transvaal. + 2+ _____ ELECTRICITY AT VLADIVOSTOCK. Contracts to Be Awarded for a Rail- way and Lights. Commercial Agent Greener at Viadivo- stock, Russia, writes to the State Depart- ment in regard to a new electric raflway and electric ight system about to be es- tablished in that city. No favoritism on the ground of nationality, it is sald, will be shown in awarding the contracts for these enterprises. The road will be about twelve miles in length. No time Itmit for sending in proposals for the completion of the work has been set. The city will be responsible for payment. All these conditions, Mr. Greener believes, should make inquiry on this subject worth the while of persons in the i States who are skilled in such work. Mr. Greener says that {t is Impossible to state th® number of electric lights that will be necessary to illuminate the city. ‘The new Russo-Chinese bank building, lately completed, he says, is by far the best-equipped building in Vladivostock. All the modern appliances and inside fittings from the steel ceilings to the furniture are of American workmanship, that they had equipped their furnaces with a smoke consumer, which, while it would not prevent the emission of thick Black or ay smoke during the process of coaling ded soft or bituminous coal is used, as good a device as there was on the market for the prevention of smoke, Also that there is no known device for the pre- vention or consumption of dense, thick black or gray smoke when soft or bitumin- 1s coal sed; that from the construc- tion of defendants’ furnaces and boilers it would be impossible to secure a sufficient amount of steam for the conduct of their business with the use of hard coal; that if the defendants were required to use hard coal the present plant would have to be re- ‘placed and another different system af boll- ers installed. The defendants also made proffer of testi- mony tending to prove by several persons whoze places of busin re in close prox- y to their store that the emission of smoke from the chimney has not been in- jurious to the property or dangerous to their lives or safety, or detrimental to their health, or caused them any inconvenience or nuisance; also that at about the same time that it was charged their chimney was emitting the smoke, similar smoke was be- ing emitted from the chimneys of two Structures under the supervision of the Dis- trict Commisstoners. Refused by the Court. ‘These several offers of testimony were re- fused by the court, to which defendants ex- cepted. The court gave an instruction to the jury to which the defendants excepted, and exception was also made to the refusal to give certain instructions asked in their behalf. The jury found the defendants guilty and a fine of $10 in each case was imposed, execution of sentence being sus- pended. The plaintiffs in error assailed the legisla- tion in question as being unconstitutional and void on four grounas. In that it is re- pugnant to the fourteenth amendment; in that it fs unreasonable; in that it does not affect alke all persons similarly situated, and in that it discriminates against some and favors others. A nuisance is public or private according to the extent or scope of its injurious effect, Says the Court of Appeals, among other things. That whi¢h may constitute a pri- vate nuisance by reason of special injury to an adjacent or neighboring proprietor may not amount to a general public nuisance. On the other hand that may be a public nuisance, affecting injuriously the public the public interests, while not operating & perceptibly special injury to one member of the community moré than other: May Work Discomfort. Nor whiist the emission of ordinary smoke from the chimneys of houses does not amount to a nuisance per se, says the Court of Appeals, it is nevertheless a matter of common knowledge, not to be ignored by the courts, that the emission. of a volume of dense, black smoke from a single smoke- stack or chimney of a large furnace may under some circumstances work physical discomfort to the general public coming Within its circle of distribution upon public thoroughfares, and may possibly also work | injury to public interests in other respects. Whenever it may become a special source of legal injury to an individual he will have an action of damagestherefor, and, in cases of continuation, equity would afford com- plete relief by process of injunction. The Court of Appeals goes on to say that in a large and growing community condi- tions like those suggested, and others. might well be apprehended to become wid- ened in distribution as well as increased in degree through contributions to the vol- ume of smoke made by other smokestacks or chimneys of like use. Charged with the duty of guarding the public interests and vested with wide discretion and liberty of choice in the means adopted thereto, Con- gress, it must be presumed, inquired into and duly considered the effect, present and prospective, of the continued emission, con- stantly or at intervals, of dense, black or gray smoke upon these public fnterests in respect of safety, comfort and cleanliness. And it must also be presumed, adds the Court of Appeals, that it apprehended and duly considered the probable injury to or burden upon private property in such pse, through the increased expense that may be involved in the use of smoke-consuming ap- pliances, or, in ease of their inefficiency, in the substitution of smokeless coal, coke or other fuel for the soft bituminous coal which produces the objectionable smoke. Adopting a Regulatio The policy of adopting a regulation to meet the conditions, the Court of Appeals holds, is a matter peculiarly and exclusively within the province of the legislative de- partment. The judiciary can only interfere with the exercise of the power where it is manifest that the regulation has no real or substantial relation to objects within the police power, and constitutes a palpable In- vasion of private right. “In the light of the principles stated,” says the Court of Appeals, “the statute does not appear upon its face to have been be- yond the power of Congress to enact; hence the motion to quash upon that ground was rightly overruled. “Nor can we concur in the contention that the proviso excluding front the application of the act ‘chimneys of: buildings used ex- clusively for private residences’ renders the statute void because of inequality and un- just discrimination. And the same may be said as regards the Imitation of the pro- hibited smoke to its emission ‘from any smokestack or chimney used in connection with any stationary engine, steam boiler or furnace. In conclusion the court sa: “If the smoke constitutes a public nulsance at all it does not matter that it may not be con- stantly emitted, but only at intervals, from day to day.” —_.—___ THEIR WIDOWS PENSIONED. Death of the Caprons Brought Before Congress, By the adoption of conference reports in House and Senate yester@ay Congress passed two bills granting pensions to the widows of two distinguished soldiers, father and son, both well known in Wash- ington. : Mrs. Lillian Capron, widow of Capt. Al- lyn K. Capron of the Ist Regiment, United States Volunteer Cavalry, gets $35 a month. Mrs. Agnes K. Capron, widow of Capt. Al- lyn Capron, 1st United States Artillery, gets $30 a month, with $2 a month addi- tional for each child under the age of six- teen. The bills now go to the President for sig- nature, The younger Cypt, Capron was Killed in the La Guastmas fight. before Santiago, Cuba, and histather died as a result of disease ‘contracted in the war with Spain. ‘ ———__+ WORK ON NAVAL VESSELS. Chief Constructor Hichborn Reports Favorable Progress. Favorable progress in the construction of naval vessels is shown in a statement just prepared by Admiral Hichborn, chief of the bureau of construction and repair. The battle ships Kearsarge and_ Kentucky at Newsport News; the protected crulser Al- bany at Armstrongs, England, and the torpedo boat Goldsborough, building by Wolff & Zwicker, are practically completed, less than I per cent work remaining to be done. Other vesscis nearing completion are the battle ship. Alabama at Philadel- phia, 95 per cent; battle ship Wiseonsin at San Francisco, $1 per,cent; the torpedo boat destroyers Lawrence and Macdonough at Fall River, Mass., 90 peg cent and 80 per cent, respectively; the torpedo boat Stringham at Wilmington, Del., 98 per cent; the Bailey at New York, 87 per cent; the Stockton, Shubrick sand Thornton, all at Richmond, 8 per cent, 8 per cent and 81 per cent, respectively. Vessels in a slightly less stage of com- pletion are the battle ships Illinois at New- port News, 7% per cent; the torpedo boat desrtyores Dale and Decatur at Richmond, 72 per cent and 71 per cent; the Paul Jone Perry and Preble at San ‘Francisco, each 72 per cent; the torpedo beats Blakely and De Long, building by Lawley & Son, each 83 per cent, and the submarine torpedo boat Plunger at Baltimore, $5 per cent. The monitors Connecticut and Wyoming, building by the Bath iron works and Union works, respectively, are nearly one-half finished, and work on the monitors Florida and Arkansas is only slightly behind the others. Louis Nixon has begun work on the sheathed protected cruiser Chatta- nooga, and is making fair progress. ————+++_. Personal Mention. Col. D. D. Whee'er of the quartermaster's department, in charge of the important de- pot at St. Louts, is in the city for a few days in consultation with the officials of the War Department in regard to the con- struction of new buildings at that post. Mr. Graves, formerly axsistant United States treasurer and chief of the bureau of engraving and printing, who has been in the banking busi1ess in Seattle, Wash., for several years past, is on a visit to this city on his way to Scotland for a pedestrian tour through that country, Dr. M. J. Stack cf St, Elizabeth's physi- cinas’ staff hus returned to duty after a month's absence in the west. —————+ e+ -____ Movements of Naval Vensels. The Bennington yesterday sailed from Nagasaki for Yokohama, while:the Oregon today sailed from Yokohama for Nagasaki. ‘The torpedo boat Talbot today arrived at the New York navy yard. The Massachusetts sailed yesterday from New York for League Is‘and. The cruiser Prairie today gailea from New Orleans for Key West. Admiral Schley, with bis flagship Chi- cago, and the gunboats-Montgomery and Wilmington, sailed today from Bahai for Rio, where the vessels will dock, and re- pair some portions of the.machimery which have given way. ‘The Alliance has arrived at Key West. The Oregon has salled: from. Yokohama for Nagasaki. It is her turnsamong the vessels of the Asiatic fleet to go nortn for the benefit of the climatic change. ——————____ The Price of Primting Paper. The advance in the price of printing pa- per in this country ts reflected in a decided inerease in the cost of papers of all kinds in France, as set forth in a recent report to the State Department from United States Consul Skinner at Marseilles. The advance in the price of wood pulp, rags, chemical products and other raw materials is claim- ed to be responsible for the deficient supply of paper, and the conditions, it is feared, point to a continuance of the present crisis until 1902 at least. ij 2+ _____ Tribute to Judge Culberson. The judiciary committee of the House to- day adopted resolutions on the death of Judge Culberson of Texas, who for a long time was chairman of the committee and one of the most influential members of the House. The resolutions pay a tribute to the great ability of Judge Culberson as.a states- man and jurist and to-the important part he took in shaping national legislation. OLEO RESOLUTION House Refused to Lay It on the Table, ADOPTED BY A DECISIVE Vote Ingredients of the Product to Be Furnished. A LIVELY DEBATE When the House convened today the Tawney oleomargarine resolution of in- quiry came up for consideration. This is a resolution calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish information con- cerning the kind and amounts of ingre- dients used by manufacturers of oleomar- garine. The ways and means committee reported adversely on the resolution, on the ground that existing law prevents the Secretary of the Treasury from furnishing the infor- mation. Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who presented the majority report, explained this position of the committee. Mr. Tawney's Contention. Mr. Tawney, discussing the resolution, sald that if this resolution is defeated the House will take the positicn that Congress has no right to learn what are the ingre- dients of a food product which is manu- factured for the people under the super- vision of the United States government, and which the law contemplates shal] be publicly supervised. Mr. Tawney said that the friends of oleo must come with some- thing more than this flimsy excuse of law before they can convince the people that they ought not to know what articles go into their food product. Mr. Tawney read the law to which Mr. Dalzell referred. Analyzing this he showed thgt the law prohibits the divulging only of] information obtained by the personal visi- tation of officers of the internal revenue bureau, and touched only process of manu- facture. Mr. Tawney contended that the section of the oleomargarine act rejating to furnishing the ingredients contemplated making the process public so that the pub- thelic can know what they are eating. Not a Trade Secret. “The idea of claiming that that which is patented can be treated by this House as a trade secret is ridiculous,” said Mr. Taw- ney. Mr. Tawney said he had gone through those patents and nowhere had he found that they permitted the use of stearine, yet stearine is used in large quantities. Mr. Tawney held up to view a chunk of this substance. He said it is indigestible and will not melt below 150 degrees Fahren- heit. It has been stated that large quan- tities of this are used in the manufacture of oleomargarine, and the country is entitied to know, from the reports filed with the Treasury Department, just how much of this deleterious substance is used. Mr. Bail of Texas argued in favor of the majority report to lay the resolution on the table. “I ask this House, In the name of the grext cotton and cattle industries,” said Mr. Ball, “not to enact this inquisitorial legislation.” Mr. Richardson of Tennessee said the committee on ways and means held that the matter involved was purely a legal question, and that the resolution proposed to repeal a statute, In the Interest of Pure Food. Mr. Lamb. of Virginia said that the best chemists of Europe had declared oleomar- sarine to be deleterious to the human sys- tem. He did not propose to wage war on the cattle and cotton industries, but he wanted, in the interest of pure food, to know just how much cotton seed ofl and beef products entered into the manufacture of oleomargerine. Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin said he re- gretted very much the necessity of oppos- ing this great committee of ways and means, for the members of which he en- tertained high regard. But,” said Mr. Babcock, “the cattle In- terests, the cotton seed interests or any other interests ought not to defeat this res- olution. If oleomargarine a good food product; if it is not deleterious to public health, and does not contain ingredients which are poisonous or dangerous to hea'th, the people ought not to be cut off from knowing it. Give them the facts (ap- plau: That is what they want to know, and the people have a right to know it.” Mr. Tawney was then recognized. He said he did not want the House to be fool- ed by the subterfuge advanced by the com- mittee on ys and means as to the alleged point of law at issue. - Mr. Tawney pointed out very clearly that the law to which Mr. Dalze!l referred ap- plied only to Information obtained by the personal visits of internal revenue officers to the oleomargarine factories, and related to the machinery and methods of operation. He showed that it did not refer to the information furnished the department by the oleomargarine act and which that act intended should be public. : No lawyer in this House,” said Mr. Tawney, “will draw an indictment against the Secretary of the Treasury for obeying this resolution and furnishing the informa- tion which law provides shall be put on file.” Mr. Dalzell’s Closing Remarks. Mr. Dalzel! closed the debate on the reso- lution with a reiteration of the claim that it proposed to betray trade secrets. When the vote was taken on the motion to lay the resolution on the table the noes seemed to outnumber the ayes, whereupon Mr. Dalzell calied for a division. “Let us have the yeas and nays, then,” said Mr. Babcock. “This suggestion was adopted, and the roll was called. Resolution Adopted. By a vote of S2 yeas to 136 noes the House refused to lay the resolution on the table. Mr. Tawney then moved to adopt the resolution, which motion was carried by a viva voce vote. The resolution was as follows: “Resolved, That the Sccretary of the Treasury be, and he Is hereby, requested .o furnish the House of Representatives infor- mation concerning the amount and charac- ter of the material used in the manufacture of oleomargarine by the several manufac- turers, as shown by the monthly duplicates of pages one and two, of form two hundred and sixteen for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899: also for the month of December of the same year, as returne] by the various manufacturers of oleomargarine throughout the United States for the above periods.” Victory for Pure Food. ‘This is the first signal victory for dairy and pure food legislation. It is considered a test of strength, and the advocates of re- medial pure food legislation will now move on the committee of agriculture in an en- deavor to secure a report on the Grout bill. Mr. Charles Y. Knight, secretary of the National Dairy, Union, who has been before Congress for the past two months in the in- terests of the Grout oleomargarine bill, sald: “This is practically a test vote. One or two of our friends from the ways and means committee stood by the majority re- port of the committee, but outside of that the line was closely drawn between the friends and opponents of the Grout bill. The roll call shows that practically every member upon whom we count for two hun- dred votes for the Grout bill in the House stood by the dairymen and friends of pure food. Of course, we are all elated, and give much credit to Mr. Tawney for his splendid work.” TWO DIE IN BURNING HOTEL A THIRD PERSON THOUGHT TO HAVE PERISHED. American House at Geneseo, N. Y., Thought to Have Been Set on Fire. GENESEO, N. Y., May §—The American Fiotel here was destroyed by fire at an early hour today. At first it was thought that all the guests had escaped from the burning building, but a search after the fire had been gotten under control resulted in the finding of the bodies of Lafayette Carney and Sherman Deboray of West Sparta, on the third floor. The bodies were not char- red, the men having evidently been suf- focated by the smoke. It is thought a wo- man also lost her life, but her identity is unknown, and the body has not yet been found. Miss Schreiner, a waitress employed in the hotel, says she was awakened by hear- ing two men plotting to set fire to the hotel. The men were in an alley that runs along the side of the he arose and saw the men running nd almost imme- diately the building v covered to be on fire. ‘The flames rted in the rear vas di . Which si of the hment near the kitchen, spread with great rapidit Many of the guests had narrow and most of them lost everything except their night clothing. M: Kidmore, a niece of the Proprietor, Jumped from a veranda and was quite seriousiy injured. James Sweety jumped from a second-story window and ‘ned a broken ankle. sts were slightly injured. to building and contents is $10,000 0000, ——_+<--___ DAUGHERTY'S FRIENDS FOR CO} Cincinnati Man Muy Get Place on Na- tional Committee. Spectal Dispatch to The COLUMBUS, Ohio, vening Star. May 8.—The Daugher- ty faction republicans, who secured a num- ber the delegates to the Philadelphia convention in the contest for the nomina- tion of Howard Mannington for Secretary of State openly state that these will vote for Geo. B. Cox. instead of Congressman Dick for member of the national commit- tee. Unless Senator Hanna can induce Cox to retire from the contest, it looks as though he would be made national committeeman. ——>+-—__ CUMBERLA PAYS THE Costs. Speedy Settlement of River Pollution Question Seems Assured. Special Dispateb to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 8.—The last object in the way of effecting a compromise between the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, owners of the pulp mill at Luke, and the city of Cumberland was removed Jast night by the city council agreeing to assume the costs fn the injunction suit to restrain the pulp mill frem polluting the Potomac river. The elty kept on taking testimony and there had been a hitch as to who would pay the costs, amounting to about $100. The case was so near settlement that the council thought, after spending thousands of dollars with- out getting pure water, the $400 costs should not prevent the desired result from being attained. By the terms of the com- promise the pulp mill people abandon the obnoxious sulphite process of pulp making and subsitute the soda process, which is harmless to running water. This is to be done by August J, The pulp mill people have commenced the erection of a mammoth three-story brick pulp mill at Luke to tage the place of the present wooden structure. os AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. Gen. MacArthur Reports the Seizure of Garcia. The adjutant general received the follow- ing message from Gen. MacArthur this morning: MANILA, May 8, 1900. Adjutant General, Washington: General Pantaloon Garcia, prominent in- surgent officer, northern provinces, was cap- tured yesterday. with some valuable docu- Funsion’s troops. Regard cap- important. MacARTHUR. ture as os Naval Order: Surgeon George P. Lumsden has been dered to the Kentucky. Lieut. J. T. Tompkins, from the Wabash to the Indiana. Assistant Surgeon G. F. Freeman, from the naval hospital, Washingtén, to the Essex, at Norfolk, relieving Assistant Sur- geon C. H. DeLancy, who is ordered to the naval hospital, Washington. Lieut. C. T. Jewel, from the Detroit to the Washington navy yard for ordnance in- struction. Cadet A. W. Johnson, from the Detroit to the Kearsarge. - ——_—_0+_____ Army Orders. . On his own application Captain Daniel Robinson has been detailed as professor of military science and tactics at Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. Lieutenant Ira L. Reeves, 4th Infantry, has been ordered to conduct a detachment of the Sth Infantry from Fort Sheridan, Mll., to Santiago, Cuba. x Major T. F. Forbes, 5th Infantry, has been granied four months’ leave of ab- sence. - ge Liquor in the Philippines. The War Department has received the report of the officer of the quartermaster’s department who investigated the charges made by Chaplain Wells, late of the Ten- nessee volunteers, as to the use of liquor in the Philippines. The document is in the custody of the quartermaster general, and is withheld from publication at this stage. Chaplain Wells declares that the result has been to sustain his allegations. ——_+ «+______ Responsibility for a Mule. A board of survey has been appointed to meet at St. Asaph, Va., to examine into and fix the responsibility for the condition of one mule, for which Capt. E. H. Parsons, assistant quartermaster, U. S. V., is ac- countable. The detail for the board is Capt. Danie! H. Boughton, First Lieut. Ervin L. Phillips, Second Lieut. Godwin Ordway, alk of the 3d Cavalry. —————— Military Academy Bill. The Military Academy appropriation bill, the last but one of the supply bills, was taken up today by the House committee on. military affairs, and Col. A. L. Mills, super- intendent of the academy, was heard on the needs of the institution. The estimates amount to $702,202, of which $243,843 ts for: buildings and grounds. The bill last year carried $575,774. 2 e+ The Plague at Hong Kong. ‘The consul general at Hong Kong cabled the Secretary of State today that the plague has broken out at that port. ——-~2—____ Post Office at Blue Ridge Inn. The Postmaster General bas established @ post office at Blue Ridge Inn, Va., and Mr. Jules Demonet of this city has been appointed postmaster. — TO RUN WITH BRYAN’ Populists at Sioux Falls Looking for a Good Sprinter. PROSPECT OF LIVELY CONVENTION Second Place on the Ticket May Not Be Filled. OBJECTIONS TO TOWNE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., May &—Senator Pettigrew is looked upon as a silver repub+ lican throughout the country generally, though he has already expressed himself a8 favoring the populist princfples and party. The tenth Dakota state populist convention held at Canton today will elect the senator a delegate-at-large to the national conven- tion meeting here tomorrow. This will be the first formal recognition of Senator Pet- ligrew as a populist and will leave no doubt as to his identification with that party in congressional affairs. The contest in the convention which be- gins here tomorrow will be over the ques- tion of nominating a populist Vice President as a running mate for Bryan. There is a strong faction in favor of leaving the whole matter until action is taken by the demo- crats, so as to have the populist and demo- cratic national tickets synonymous. On the other hand, there ix undoubtedly a faction opposed to the wiping out of the populjst party by falling completely into the hands of the democrats, and an attempt will be made to force the convention to make a vice presidential nomination. If this is done, the nominee will not be exe Representative Towne of Minnesota: neither will it-be any one the democrats are at all likely to indorse at Kansas City. The Min- nesota delegation will arrive tomorrow morning, advocating Towne's candidacy. What the Cincinnati Convention Rep- resents. The leaders now here estimate that the Cincinnati populist convention, also in ses- sion tomorrow, represents about one-third of the populist vote of the country, which 1s claimed to be ever one million, or as mu and perhaps more than was cast for Weaver in 1892, While it is allowed that the Cine cinnat presents this third, it is pointed out as all coming from the souths ern or largely democratic states, where the populist vote cuts little figure. The Sioux Falis convention is held to represent the populist vote in states where this vote § more or less the balance of power and t embrace in gg membership the men who are the reat leaders and backbone of the populist national organization. The platform to be adopted here will pay more attention to Cuban affairs than any political declaration yet recorded, and an attempt will be made therein to bring Cuba. into the campaign by putting the republi- cans on the defensive in their administra- tion of the affairs of that island and theig interpretation of the congressional resolu- tion of good faith. It is probable that the convention will adjourn Friday, and from present indleas tions about 3,000 people will be in atten ance. The town of Sioux Falls will be fo) greatly overtaxed in its effort to care the crowd. Senator Pettigrew's candidacy for re-election as United States Senator was the reason for the convention coming here. Bryan Will Not Carry the State, It seems generally understood by reput licans and democrats alike that Bryan will not carry South Dakota this year, but that a fusion legislature will be elected to send Pettigrew back to the Senate. This will be accomplished by his strong person following, and a sacrifice of the state anl even national ticket to accomplish it, A new scheme on the populist vice presi; dential nomination has been brought th town by the Nebraska, Kansas and Texas delegations, which arrived this morning. It is proposed to nominate a half doze or more candidates for Vive President, ao as to give the democrats a choice. The objections urged to this plan are that the candidates so chosen would quarrel amo, themselves and all be rendered inelligible by the time of the Kansas City conventioag George Fred Williams is talked of for vice presidential nomination, but E. Gerry Brown is doing his best to defeat himz The choice for chairman of the nationa} populist committee will probably be J. Edmiston, who has been chairman of the Populist committee for two campaigns. Gi F. Washburn fs also talked of for national chairman, though Gerry Brown is ore ing him as he is opposing Williams for vice presidency. Harry Tracy end Cyclai Davis of Texas arrived this morning. =e and Tracy claim that of the 100,000 pop- list votes In Texas the Stoux Fails del tion represents at les 60,000. They claii that of the other 40.000 votes one half aré not represented anywhere and that the representation in Cincinnati is not over 20,000. ——_++-___. FOREST FIRES IN MICHIGAN, Vast Amount of Timber Destroyed Near Traverse City. TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Mey 8.—Forest fires are raging north and south of the city, and a vast amount of damage to tim- ber is being done, and farmers are losing great quantities of wood cut during the winter. South of Williamsburgh, near this place, the wcods are all afire and farmers for miles arcend are spending all their days and nights fighting it. ear Barker creek % stretch of five miles aze, and farm buildings are threat- ened in every direction. Unless rain comes soon the damage can scarcely be estimated, —_——2.oo—_ y SAS CITY'S CONVENTION HALL, Democratic Committeemen Pleased at Progress of Reconstructio: ' KANSAS CITY, Mo., May &—For the second time since the convention hall wi destroyed by fire on April 4 the subcomft mittee of the national democratic commity tee has held a meeting. They approved the hall and the general. arrangements being made for the July gathering. The memberg of the committee present were J. G. Joh: son, Kansas; Judge Adair Wilson, Colorad C. A. Walsh, Iowa; D. J. Campau, Micht igan, and W. J. Stone, Missouri. : Col. J. I. Martin, St. Louis, sergeant-ate arms, and L. H. Wager of New York, assistant, were also in attendance. members of the committee were surp at the remarkable progress in reconstructs ing the building. —__+ <2 OLD GLORY FLOATS OVER TUTUILA, KA) Inhabitants of Manua Also Want to Come Under AUCKLAND, N. Z., May 8.—Advices ree ceived from Samoa, announce that the American flag bas bten hoisted over the island of Tutuila, amid great nflive re-, jeicing, and that the chiefs have made @ formal cession of the island ‘te the United States. The inhabitants of Manua, it Is also an- nounced, request the formal hoisting of tl American flag over that island, which Ukewise be ceded. ‘The natives of the istands will rule them- selves under governors appointed by the commandant of the naval station. Quiet pnevails in German Samoa, s