Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1902, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Bosiness Office, 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avena The Evening Star Newspaper Oompeny. 8, H. KAUFPMANN, Pree't. New York Office: 126 Tribune Building. Chicazo Offico: Boyce Building. The Evening Star fs served to subscribers fo the efty by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per month. Coples at the counter, 2 cents each. I~ mail—anywhere in the U.S. or Canada—postaze prepaid—5o ents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per sear; with foreign postage added, $3.08. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©., as second-class mail matter.) CF AN mali subseriptions must be ps Rates of advertising made known on Che Le No 15,284, W ——=s na Stave. ASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1902-SIXTEEN PAGES, TWO CENTS. Stopping a clock is a poor way to save time, and stopping an advertisement is a poor way to save money. The steady ad- vertiser, who uses a medium like The Evening Star, is the sure winner every time. SPAIN INA FOMENT Government Preparing to De- clare Martial Law. ARMY TO BECALLED OUT SERIOUS FIGHTING CONTINUES AT CITY OF BARCELONA. Citizens Fleeing Into French Territory -—The Trouble is Credited to the Anarchists. MADRID, F paring a decree e throughout Spain. the decree, it is believed, by an extreme 1 It was pe ber of deput minister of is law tablishing mart he signature will be of followed id when the cham- is evening that the war, Gen. Weyler, had a long conference with the queen regent yester- day, followed by a conference with the mil- itary authorities today. Afterward, it is asserted, arms and bail cartridges were served out to the troops in Madrid, who ure in readiness to start at a moment's no- tice. BARCEL( strik- ers today murdere wished to resume work. a bakery, w sed Was also killed. It is hourly becoming more apparent that anarchists are the prime movers in the in- cipient revolution. The marke: with- out provisions and the stri pre- Venting the slaughter of ar Additional reinforcements arriving here. A mob sto not far from Barcelona rifles, but they were sub: by the troops. Trouble at Other Points. the f bread, Ss are are the me arsenal at ah and secured f dell, rty wered. ently r fighting between the troops has oceurred at Tarrasa and Most of the ships in this harbor have been forced to leave without d ging their « PERPIGNAD wealthier here in Febry Barcelona Ss to escape pital. of The CHEATED OUT OF $50,000. indiana Bank Cashier Victim of Sure Thing Game. VINCENNES. Ind., February 20.—E. w. Roberts, an elec created a sensa- tien in a suit against Matthew Kelly and Dallas Tyler, charged with causing the downfall of Richard Davis, former bank hier, by unfair gambling schemes. He testified that at the direct ly he | Placed a new battery on and ad- justed tWo saucer m ler the Where alleged lost throwing craps ——_+0<-___ INDIANS THREATEN ARSON. Snake Tribe Jealous of Town Building in Indian Territory. HOLDENVILLE, I About twenty arme ened to burn Holdenville Wednesday, and learning of their intention. © number of deputies on February ke Indians threat- 20.— ys ard While there were some thing was dane. It has been known for some time that the Snakes are incensed at the springing up of new towns all over the Creek nation, and it is feared that serious trouble will be the out- come Mounds and Beggs, new towns along the line of the ‘Frisco, were threatened also, but they were well guarded Was not mad United arshal kogee s ordered the arr Snake indians. —> ITALIAN PARLIAMENT OPENS. The King Felicitates the Country on Its Condition. ROME. February 20.—King Victor m- Manuel opened parliament today with con- siderable ceremonial. In the speech from the throne he referred to the tranquilizing effect on the country of the government's liberal policy and to the excellent relations sting between Italy and all th v.” said his maj powe ly, “which by all our rights and all our duties rned us a large share of good -will and flattering testimonies of the esteem in Which our country is held b: ign na- tions, ifidenc at Britain -d in me, by ting me as y pleasing to me, in the concert of the great tions, in the defense of our intere: fidelity to our alliances and te friendships are fully recor Italy's supreme aim, which is et? Among the bills announced for introdue- m Were measures providing for divorce @ reduction in the price of salt. ——_++-___ RELIEF OF THE BLIND. na- International Congress to Be Held in Brussels in August. The State Department has received from the Belgian legation in this city notice of the international congress for the relief of the blind, to be held in Brussels, August 6 to 10, 12, at the Palais des Academies. An invitation fs extended to the United States to be officially represented. The membership fee is 10 fran or $1.93, and Women will be admitted to take part. An exposition of objects used in the intellec- tv sical and professional education tind will be held during the con and the organizing committee will be grateful for any gifts which may be made. ‘The last congress of this character was held in Paris in and counted more than seven hundred members from all parts of the world. The questions to be’ dis- cussed are: Trades and professions | by which the bitnd support themselves: expert aids In workshops of the blind: advan- tages and disadvantages of boarding Schools and day schools fur the workshops Of adults; admission into schools and work. shops of persons afflicted with only par- tial blindness; stenography for the blind: recreation for schools of the blind; causes of blindness in populous centers and methods of struggling against such causes. or Movements of Naval Vessels. The Lancaster has sailed from Charles~ ton for Port Royal, and the Alert from Ban Francisco for San Diego. The Chicago has arrived at Algiers and the Topeka at Havana. who | tor of | are | OBJECTIONS TO MONOPOLIES IN MANCHURIA. Note Addressed by Secretary Hay to the Russian and Chinese Governments. The following is the text of the note ad- dressed by Secretary Hay to the Russian and Chinese governments, bearing date of Washington, February 1, 1902, protesting against grants of monopolies in Manchuria, reference to which has heretofore appeared in The Star: ‘An agreement whereby China gives any corporation or company the exclusive right or privilege of opening mines, establishing railroads or in any other way industrially developing Manchuria can but be viewed with the gravest concern by the govern- ment of the United States. “It constitutes a monopoly, which is a inet breach of the stipulations of the led between China and for- y iously affects . It restricts exposing it to being interfered with or the rights of Amer their rightful t discriminate | otherwise jeopardized, and strongly tends to permanently imp China’s sovereign rights in this part of the empire, while it seriously interteres with her ability to meet her intern tional obligations. sion on Chi- rt would undoubte be followed nds from other powers for similar extensive advantages elsewhere in empire, and the inevitable re- the complete wreck of the ‘ute equality of treatment to ions ing trade. gation and commer¢ the empire's confines. “On the other hand, th inment by one power of such exclusive privileges for | the commercial organizations of its sation- | ality conflicts with the assurances repeated- ly conveyed to this government by the im- peri ssian ministry of foreign affairs of the 11 government's intention to fol- y the policy of the open door as adv f= the government of the United = “+ epted by all the treaty power - commercial interests in the emp It is for these reasons that the govern- equal the Chinese sult be must of a | ment of the United States, now, as former- y, animated by the sincerest desire of in- to the whole world the fits of id fair intercourse between China and tions on a footing of equal rights and . pmits the above to the n of the imperial gov- and Russia, confident | that th portane: nd that thi as will relieve the of the United State uch, tu- adopt st and » 20.— | CHANGE PROBABLE. Reasons Why Some One Will Succeed Joseph L. Bristow. | | aes safe to predict that Joseph L. Br tow will shortly sever his connection with | the Post Office Department. It 1s generally believed, as stated in yesterday's Star, that | this is due in large measure to Mr. Bris- | tow ction In sending an inspector to West Virginia for the purpose of investi- gating the character of a man who was mentioned as postmaster for Wheeling. An stigation of this charge has brought out the fact that Mr. Bristow makes no defense action in this matter, explaining it ying that it was a blunder. however, was by yp means satisfac- to Senator § o has insisted tigation of the matter. This large number, it is tant postmaster as ignored United States senators. During Mr. McKinley's administration |there was a protest entered at the White Ho: inst continuing Mr. Bristow in office. It is said now that the President took the ground that he could not make | change in the office while the post of- | fice trials in Cuba were going on, but gate assurances that when these were completed matter would be taken up. Ex-Postmaster General Smith was also tion to his fourth , but-as far as is known took no de any recommendation look- tory an in: z Burton came to the Sen: 1 vigorous protest against Mr. taking the ground, tt is under- Bristow was inimical to him in and urging that a change be made. | use of the prominence of Senator | Burton and the Kansas delegation at Phil- adelphia in the furtherance of President Roosevelt's political ambitions, it was theught that his protest would bear fruit. Meanwhile a number of senators have called upon the President and urged that a change be made in this office. It would seem now, from indications, that their re- quest will be granted. $< _____ MORE RECIPROCITY. Sa Donmingo Considering the Question of Making Proposals. The State Department has received from United States Consul General Maxwell of San Domingo, a clipping from a San Do- mingan newspaper, the Listin Diario, in regard to the sugar industry in which Pres- ident Jiminez is quoted as saying that his government is considering the advisability | of Proposing to the United States govern- ment a reduction of its duty on sugar in exchange for a reduction of import duty on articles coming into San Domingo from the United States. President Jiminez is also represented as considering the question of abolishing the smal tax of three cents on sugar, of placing empty ‘sacks on the free list, and of negotiating with the trans- | port company for freight reductions and for the lowering of wharf and warehouse charges. —++-—__ BURNED AT SEA. The Loss of the American $chooner ~ James W. Fitch. The Department of State is in receipt of information concerning the loss of the American schooner, James W. Fitch, which was burned at sea December 18, 1901. The schooner was on her way from New York to Rosario, Argentine Republic, laden with 1,200 tons of petroleum, when, dur- a severe storm, it is believed lightning struck her. She became a total wreck and the eleven men cn board left her in two small boats at ‘clock in the afternoon. For two hours these small boats were in great danger, owing to the gale which was Licwing. ‘Then the German bark Hedwig, Captain M. Behuhr, discovering the tw boats, came to their aid and rescued the men therein under great ‘difficulties. ‘The rescued men were landed at their re- quest on the Island of Porto Rico. rer SOUTHERN SUBTREASURY. Its Need Described to Ways and Means : Committee. The need of a subtreasury in the south was presented to the ways and means com- mittee today by Mayor Meyers and a dele- gation of business men from Savannah, who asked for the establishment of such a treasury branch at that city. It was stated that such a branch would be of material aid in financial dealings in the south, par- ticularly at the time when the cotton crop and other southern staples are being moved. tse ores 0147 THE WAIT HOUSE Elliott Woods Appointed Su- perintendent of Capitol. GEN. TORRANCE CALLS CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS ON THE SCHLEY DECISION. Pardon for a Maryland Convict—Talk About the Haytian Mission— Some of the Visitors. President Roosevelt today appointed El- liott Woods of Indiana superintendent of the Capitol building and grounds, to fill an original vacancy created by an act of Congress approved February 14, 1902. The appointment does not go to the Senate and does not have to be confirmed by that body. The appointment will give Ssatisfac- tion at the Capitol. Upon the death of Edward Clark, who was the architect for the Capitol, and the proposal to appoint his assistant, Mr. Woods, to fill the va- cancy there was opposition to this action from certain architects, on the ground that Mr. Woods was not an architect and should not be given this position. To meet this objection Congress provided for a su- perintendent for the Capitol building and grounds, changing the title of architect. The President has acted as Congress de- sired and has selected Mr. Woods for the original vacancy. To Paint San Juan Fight. The Russian ambassador this afternoon presented to the President the famous Rus- sian war painter, Vassili -Verestchagin. The artist has crossed the ocean for the purpose of painting the fight of San Juan Hill, Cuba, where the President distinguished himself by gallantly leading a desperate charge. It was appropriate that Verest- chagin should meet one of the central fig- ures of that memorable conflict and to hear something of the fight that will aid in mak- ing an accurate picture. Mr. Verestchagin is going to Santiago and will study the bat- tleground on the spot. He wiil spend some time on San Juan Hill and in the vicinity, and will afterward confer with American and Spanish officers. The size of the paint- ing will be determined after-a study of the scene and talks with those who took part. G. A. R. Officials Call. Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., and the members of the execu- tice committee of the organization called on the President. The party was accom- panied by Henry S. Peck, Joseph W. Kay, Silas H. Towler, Charles Burrows and other officials of the G. A. R. At the request of the President Com- mander Torrance remained for a confer- ence with him. The two men talked for a long time. Representative Foster of Vermont intro- duced Colonel Zoypher, collector of customs at Newport, and C. B. Nelson of Vermont. Senator Foster of Washington introduced ex-Governor McGraw of that state. Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania presented Col. F. E. Windsor of Warren, Pa., to the President. Colonel Windsor commanded the 16th Pennsylvania Regi- ment in the war with Spain and was in the fight at Coamo, Porto Rico. The Schley Decision. The President received a number of tele- grams today congratulating him on his con- clusions in the appeal made to him by Ad- miral Schley, A number of his callers like- wise expressed approval of his disposition of the case. Representative Littleflela of Maine wsa especially hearty in hls com- mendation. He called to express his satis- faction, but the President was engaged in a_long conference with the Secretary of War, and Mr. Littlefield did not remain. “The entire document meets with my ap- proval,” said Mr. Littlefield. Mr. Cortelyou is Better. Secretary Cortelyou’s condition was im- proved today, and it was thought that he would be at his office tomorrow or next day. He has been suffering from a severe cold and his physician thought it would be safer for him to remain In bed for several days. Pardon for a Maryland Man. At the earnest solicitation of Representa- tives Wachter and Schrim of Baltimore, and upon presentation of proper facts, the President today granted a pardon to Walter T. Holmes, who is serving a three-year sen- tence in the Maryland penitentiary for stealing a few dollars from the Baltimore city post office. He was convicted in Octo- ber, 1900, and has served about half of his term. He is dying of consumption, and It is desired that he shall die at his home as a free man. Not a Candidate for Hayti. James T. Bradford, colored, of Maryland, was with Representatives Wachter and Schirm, and the two representatives talked with the chief executive about an office for Mr. Bradford. After the interview with the President, Mr. Bradford said: “There is ab- solutely no truth in the telegram that origi- nated in New York, and has gained wide circulation, placing me among the numer- ous candidates for the Haytian mission. ‘True, I have been approached by a number .of friends who were willing to urge my claims for this position before President Roosevelt, but to each and all I have posi- tively refused to consider such a proposi- tion. I am interested in my party in my native state. ‘How this telegram was originated I can- not conceive, except that perhaps some candidate thought that to multiply the con- fusion might help his chances, or perhaps hurry the President to a decision. I am a candidate for an auditorship; my people understand this, and I am relying upon their support to convince the President of the fitness of my selection to such a post.” It is-reported that President Roosevelt is going to appoint a minister to Hayti to succeed William F. Powell of New Jersey. Many colored aspirants for the position have come to the front. T. Thomas For- tune of New York is talked about, and it is said that Senator McComas of Maryland has a strong candidate in H. S. Cummings of Baltimore. New York republicans have indorsed Charles W. Anderson of New York city. The New York colored repub- licans declare that their vote is potential, and that they ought to be fully recognized. The Arizona Marshalship. Ex-Gov. Myron H. McCord of Arizona had an interview with the President today. Col. McCord was United States marshal of Arizona at the time of Ben. Daniels’ selec- tion for that place, and there was nothing against his record. His friends are now urging the President to nominate Col. Mc- Cord for marshal. As the influence for him is strong, and as the President is well sat- isfled with his conduct of the office, it is thought to be quite probable that Col. Mc- aed aseaed a good chance of succeeding mself. Medal of Honor for Capt. Pickett. Representative Lamb of Virginia present- ed to the President today a request from the Virginia delegation in Congress that | porter of the supreme judicial the name of Capt, Geofge E. Pickett, a son of the late General Pfckett, should be in- cluded in the list of Persons whose names are submitted to Comigress for medals of honor for gallant and meritorious conduct. Captain Pickett is a paymaster In the regu- lar army and was in charge of a detail of soldiers accompanying money to pay off troops in the Philippines. The detail was attacked by Fillpinos and, under command of Captain Pickett, defeated the enemy. National Park at Fredericksburg. The commission appointed by Virginia to urge Congress to make a national park of the battlefield of Fredericksburg called on the President this morning and talked with him about the hopes of the commission for action. The President expressed sympa- thy with the objects of the commission, and gave it as-his belief that all the his- toric battlefields should be -secured and made into national parks. Those present included Gen. Horatio C. King, Gen. Geo. D. Ruggles, Col. St. George R. Fitzhugh, Gen. T. L. Rosser, Maj. T. E. Morris, H. F. Chrismond, Capt. 8. J. Quinn, Gen. Ell Tor- France. For Consular Reform. A delegation of representatives of boards of trade and chambers of commerce of the country called on the President today to talk with him about their efforts to secure reform in the consular service. The dele- gation appeared during the day before a committee of the House. Among those present were Harry A. Garfield, W. R. Wer- ner, F. C. Howe, W. D. Rees and F. A, Scott of the Cleveland, Ohio, chamber of commerce. J. Collin Vincent and George 8S. Jackson of the Baltimore chamber of com- merce, Wm. H. Love of the Baltimore board of trade, W. R. Corwin of the Mer- chants’ Association of New York, Ansiey Wilcox of Buffalo, and others. Wants to Commit Congress. Miss Elizabeth Harrison of West Union, Iowa, who has been attending the conven- tion of the National Woman's Suffrage As- sociation, called on the President today to invite him to come out to Iowa and take a long hunt on a fine game preserve in Fay- ette county. She told the President that the people would like to see him and that there were wolves, foxes, coons and rabbits in abundance. Miss Harrison went to the White House with her mind made up to ask the Presi- dent to help her secure the privilege of the floor ‘of the House of Representatives. “I like to make some remarks to that she said, “about striking out the ons of the Constitution referring to citizens. The Constitution has no ‘male’ business discriminating between male or female citizens. I would like to make ev- ery congressman express himself on this issue, so that we would know who are our friends and who are not. “Some of these représentatives who are against us at heart now would feel the ef- fects if we could just get them committed. The trouble is I don’t know who would give me this authority. Speaker Henderson is a good friend, and we all like him. I don't suppose the President could do anything for us, although he is our friend. All during our convention the talk was that he was our friend, and that we were for him.” “Who told you this?’ she was asked. “Oh, everybody,” saié Miss Harrison. “It was general talk, and I know it must be so. We all like the President very much, and if we had a chance would vote for him sure. The trouble ig that tle representa- tive from my district is not friendly to us, although I may say confidentially that I put him in.” Owing to the pressure on the President's time Miss Harrison @id not talk to the President about getting on the floor of the House. 3 rr REGARDED IT AS ILLEGAL. The Attorney General Will Proceed Against Railway Merger. Within a very short time a bill will be filed by the United States to test the legali- ty of the merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railway systems through the instrumentality of the North- ern Securities Company. In speaking of the matter Attorney General Knox said: “Some time ago the President requested an opinion as to the legality of this merger, and I have recently given him one to the effect that, in my judgment, it violates the provisions of the Sherman act of 1890; whereupon he directed that suitable action should be taken to have the question judi- cially determined. A bill in equity is now in course of preparation, which will be filed within a very short time, which will ask that the merger effected through the exchange of shares of the Northern Securi- ties Company for shares of the two rail- road companies be dissolved, and such shares ordered re-exchanged to restore the stocks of the two railroad companies to their original holders, The two railroad companies, the Northern Securities Com- pany, J. Pierpont Morgan, and James J. Hill, and their associates, stockholders in the two companies, will be the defendants in the bill. The district in which the pro- ceedings will be instituted has not yet been determined. Most likely it will be in Min- nesota.” er ___. COL. McCLURE RETIRED After Forty Years’ Active Service in the Army. x After practically continuous service for forty years, Lieut. Col. Charles McClure of the pay department of the army was to- day placed on the retired list on account of age. He entered the service in April, 1862, from Pennsylvania, his birthplace, as a vol- unteer captain In the subsistence depart- ment. He was brevetted four times, the last as colonel of volunteers for faithful and meritorious services in the subsistence department during the war of the rebellion. In August, 1866, Col. McClure entered the regular army as a captain in the subsist- ence department and after gradual promo- tion became a deputy paymaster general with the rank of leutenant colonel in May last. His last active service was in the paymaster general's office in this city. <r +- —_—_—<_— Is Suffering From « Slight Stroke of Paralysis. Justice Horace Gray of the United States Supreme Court is confit 'to“his house, 1601 I street northwest, cere trom a slight attack of paralysis. + this afternoon his condition was som@wHat improved, and his physicians gave hope that nothing seri- ous would result. Justice Gray is nearly sévefity-four years old, and a native of Boston. ‘He was grad- uated from Harvard Céllege“in the class of 1845, and from the Harvard law school in 1849. He was admitted to the practice of the law in 1851. From 1854 to 1861 he was ‘the official re- court of Massachusetts. In 186% he was appointed associate justice of the gupreme court of the state, and in 1873 was made chief jus- tice. President Arthur commissioned him an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court in December, 1881. He is = in point of service on the supreme n Second sHieutenants recently appointed have been assigned as follows: ~~ I. L. Humsaker, to the #d Cavalry; C. E. Swartz, to the 24th Infantry; C. O. Thomas, Jr., to the ist Cayairy; S G. Talbott, to the 28th hi ;_J. B. Caughey, to the ‘to the 24th Infantry, B. Reese, isth Infantry, ‘ | eee eee eee eee ee ee ee eeeeeeeeeeeEeEeEeeeeeeeeeeeEeEeEeeeee—eee—eeEeee FOR FREE TRANSFERS Engineer Commissioner Fa- vors Senate Bill. CARRIERS PROTEST LETTERS FROM MR. HARRIES AND MR. DUNLOP. Former Claims Law Would Work Hardship to Street Railroads and is Unjust. Col. John Biddle, the Engineer Commis- sioner, has recommended to his associates of the District board that a favorable re- port be made upon Senate bill 3557, “to pro- vide for free transfers between street rail- way lines in the District of Columbia.” The colonel also recommends that the Commis- sioners state in their report to the Senate committee on the subject that in the event of the enactment of the bill into law they will hear all parties interested and endeav- or to adjust the schedules upon a basfs fair to all concerned. The bill in question gives the Commissioners authority to fix a sched- ule of the points of intersection and con- Junction at which street car companies, in- cluding competing lines, shall issue free transfers. The District Commissioners, in their con- sideration of the measure, asked for an opinion from the Washington Traction and Electric Company, and from the Capital Traction Company on the subject. Mr. Harries, vice president of the former com- pany, replied as follows: Mr. Harries Replies. _ “Mhave the honor to suggest that the measure contemplates the establishment of conditions which would be onerous and un- just to our companies, inasmuch as it pro- poses to compel us to furnish the public with extraordinary facilities and does not even hint at proffer of recompense. “The theory of the bill is fundamentally erreneous. It cannot equitably be claimed that any person has the right to demand street car transportation from any part of the District of Columbia ‘to any other part thereof.’ Such a proposition is commercial- ly uutenable and has never been advanced anywhere with any show of earnestness save in municipal campaigns, where ‘re- duced fares’ and ‘universal transfers’ have served for a brief season as political war crles, and have then been laid away until another political exigency should cail them forth to again deceive the credulous voter. “Public demands, legislative require- ments and a remarkable spirit of corporate willingness have established in this city a transportation system which required an investment exceeding twice the amount necessary to install the same mileage in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Cleve- land, Buffalo or Detroit. Coupled with the insistence which resulted in such an enor- mous and largely unprofitable investment was adherence to the low rate of fare—six tickets for twenty-five cents. The injus- tice of such an adverse combination was manifest, but the companies declined to be discouraged; they determined. to make the best of the situation, although many dis- interested legislators and very many Wash- ingtonians were of the opinion that there should either be a straight five-cent fare or a two-cent or three-cent transfer. The establishment of the former would require congressional enactment, but the latter suggestion could be made effective by in- ter-company agreement, yet the companies have refrained from exercising this valu- able privilege solely because their major consideration has been the public and not the corporate interest. Have Been Too Liberal, He Says. “So far as the companies controlled by us are concerned, there has been lavish distribution of transfers, so lavish that the chairman of the House committee on the District of Columbia declared on the floor of the House that the management was, in this matter, most foolishly liberal. Yet now there comes a demand for universal transfers; a demand that takes no note of anything other than the desire of the framers of the bill to ride anywhere they please within the District, each for the sum of four cents. Operation of the ac- quisitive faculty, when not unreasonable or unlawful, is to be commended; the minor economies of life should always be con- sidered by persons of limited means, but there should be no encouragement for those who, either individually or collec- tively, seek selfish advantage and who would disregard the legal and equitable rights of persons or corporations with | whom they may have business dealing. “My acquaintance with the authors of this measure leads me to believe that they cannot have any information as to the in- jury which would be wrought our com- panies by such legislation as they pro- pose. Had they been in possession of the facts this bill would never have been framed by them.” Mr. Dunlop’s Statement. Mr. G. T. Dunlop, president of the Capi- tal Traction Company, has forwarded to the Commissioners a copy of a letter writ- ten by him to Senator McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, in which he says: “We beg to state that the tenor of this bill leads to a universal free transfer be- tween all the railways in the District of Columbia, inasmuch as it places at the dis- cretion of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia the power to order free trans- fer between the railways whenever and wherever they desire. We do not think there is any necessity for such legislation, and it would work a great hardship and loss to all the companies. We do not be- lieve that with the present systems and existing transfers received by the public, there is any just cause for complaint, and we respectfully request that the bill be not favorably reported by your honorable com- mittee.” Other Recommendations. Colonel Biddle has also recommended to his associates that the modified copy of Senate bill 5822, ‘““To regulate the operation of street railways in the District and for other purposes,” introduced during the sec- ond session of the Fifty-sixth Congress and feported by the Commissioners with certain proposed amendments, be transmitted to the chairman of the Senate and House com- mittees with recommendation for favorable action. He also recommended that his associates urge favorable action upon House bill 7661, “Requiring corporations operating. street railways within the District to equip open cars with guard rails.” Colonel Biddle has moved, in reference to Senate bill 3370, ‘To regulate the heating and care of street railway cars in the Dis- trict,” that a report be made that the subject of the bill is embodied in Senate bill 5822, “To regulate the operation of street railways in the District,” which is recommended for favorable action. —<—____. Representative Watson Renominated. RICHMOND, Ind., February 20.—At the sixth Indiana district republican congres- sional convention today, held at Conners- ville, James E. Watson received unanimous renomination. if TO MEET IN NEW YORK CONFERENCE OF THE PRESI- DENT’S DELEGATES. Preparing to Welcome Prince Henry— Commander Sargent to Repre- sent Admiral Dewey. A meeting of the President's delegates will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York city tomorrow afternoon. Assistant Secretary Hill of the State Department, President of the delegation, left here this afternoon for New York. Adjutant Gen. Corbin, another delegate, will leave for we York tomorrow morning. Rear Admiral Evans, the naval delegate, is already in w York. These three gentlemen will represent the President of the United States in formally welcoming Prince Henry of Prussia to this country. Prince Henry will make his first appearance to the American people in the capa imperial German navy unfform of that rank. Assistant Secretary Hill, who will head the receiving delegation, will especially represent the civil majesty of the govern- ment, and therefore will appe: all cere- monies in civilian attire. On the other hand, Gen. Corbin and Admiral Bvans will each appear in full-dress uniform on all formal occasions, including the reception at il wear the New York and the various functions in this | city. To Represent Admiral Dewey. Commander Nathan Sargent, aid to Ad- miral Dewey, is, at the latter's request, go- ing to New York to greet Prince Henry in the admiral’s name, and to express the ad- miral’s regret at being unable to be pres- ent in person to meet him on his arrival in America. It is stated that the only cause for the admiral’s absence is the serious ill- ness of Mrs. Dewey. 4 Naval Social Function Given Up. Some time ago the President's delegates decided to abandon the proposed reception in the Navy Department. It had been ar- ranged, according to the tentative program, that on Friday, the 28th instant, after re- turning from Annapolis, the prince and suite should be received at the Navy De- partment by Secretary Long and a number of distinguished naval officers. The com- mittee found, however, that Prince Hen: being a sailor, was much more desirous of inspecting the magnificent naval training school at Annapolis than participating in a perfunctory official reception, so for his benefit the time allotted for his stay at the Naval Academy was extended and the offi- cial reception was necessarily omitted. Sec- retary Long, however, will go to Annapolis to welcome the prince at the academy. A luncheon will be a feature of the occasion. or SECRETARY LONG GRATIFIED. Brief Comment on the President's Statement in the Schley Case. When Secretary Long was asked this morning whether or not he cared to make any comment on the President's statement upon the appeal of Admiral Schley, he said: “I have no comment to make on the Pres- ident’s ruling upon the appeal of Admiral Schley, except to express my appreciation of its thorough, conscientious, straightfor- ward character. It is of course gratifying that the Navy Department is sustained. The decision will be read as of course no other document would be, and I believe will direct public opinion and tend to close the whole matter.”” Secretary Long has received the following personal note from the White House, an- nouncing the President's action on the ap- peal of Admiral Schle: My Dear Sir: The President requests me to state that after a full and most _care- ful consideration of the appeal of Admiral Schley and of the answer submitted there- to by the Navy Department through you, he has made the inclosed memorandum on the case, which he directs shall be filed therewith and the case treated as closed. Very truly yours, GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Secretary to the President. ————————~<rr___ CONSULAR SERVICE REFORM. Business Men Urge Action on the Foreign Affairs Committee. A large delegation of business men rep- resenting chambers of commerce and boards of trade in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland and many other cities was before the House committee on foreign affairs today in ad- vocacy of a reform in the consular service and the adoption of civil service methods in appointment and advancement of con- suls. H. A. Garfield of the Cleveland chamber of commerce spoke in favor of the bill introduced by Representative Burton of Ohio, although it was made clear that the business sentiment favored any of the various pending measures so long as they embodied the essential.civil service fea- tures. Law Clerk Dubois of the State De- partment gave his opinion in favor of the reform, and in particular pointed out the need of substituting Americans as vice consuls in place of the many foreign vice consuls who have no sympathy with our af- fairs and our extension of trade. Mr. John Joy Edson and Mr. Corcoran Thom appeared before the committee, rep- resenting the Washington Board of Trade, both favoring the bill under discussion. $$ —$$ 0 DISCUSSING ARRANGEMENTS. Closing Ceremonies in Connection With Recent Treaties. Lord Pauncefote was at the State De- partment today and it was arranged be- tween himself and Secretary Hay that the final ratifications of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty shall be exchanged here as soon as the mechanical work of preparing the ex- change copies can be executed. The Brit- ish government has conveyed to its am- ‘bassador full authority to conclude this ar- rangement. Mr. Brun, the Danish minister, also saw Secretary Hay in relation to the ratifica- tion of the treaty for the cession to the United States of the Danish West Indian Islands. It seems improbable now that the mooted plebiscite of the inhabitants of the islands will be had by the Danish govern- ment. However, should it be decided other- wise, the taking of the vote, it is said, will be a very small matter, inasmuch as the franchise is enjoyed in the Danish West Indies by only a few hundred of the total population, and their votes could be re- corded in a day or two. It will not be necessary to wait upon Con- gress for the appropriation of $5,000,000, as a preliminary to the acquisition of the islands by the United States. Under the treaty, as soon as the ratifications are ex- changed the United States flag will be iciaten ane fhe S50. if not already appropriated, w: charged up against the United States as a debt, Representative Sheppard Improving. Inquiry today as to the condition of Rep- resentative John L. Sheppard, who has been confined by Jiness for some time at 1119 H street, developed that the patient im- proving satisfactort! It is thought to be only. a mat iter of a time when he wil! be able to be up. = miral in the | NEW SMALLPOX CASE Another Clerk in Register of Wills’ Office Affected. OF SOMERSET HEIGHTS REPORTED HIMSELF AT HEALTH OFFICE THIS MORNING. Mr. Baley Had Been Assured He Was Suffering Only With Grip— Fumigating Papers. Mr. Louis J. Baley, twenty-two years old, a clerk in the register of wills’ office, | was taken to the smallpox hospital today suffering with that disease. Mr. Baley re- sides at Somerset Heights, Md. He had not been at work since the lith Inst The fact that he had een exposed to smallpox and that he was a om duty at his home in Maryland, presumably by reason of sickness, was reported to the Ma a | authorities on Monday last, the day on which it became known that one of the employes of the office of the register of wills was sick with smallpox. Mr. Baley was, he states, examincd by some representative of the Maryland au- thorities on Tuesday last and advised that he was not suffering from that disease. Because of such advice he applied at the health department today for a certifi so as to be able to return to work. suspicious eruption was apparent at glance he was promptly isolated in room which has been provided for that } pose until a more careful examination could be made. This examination showed heyon question, it is a thoritles, that he pox, and he was asa suffering fr en to the smallpox hos- pital. The Maryland authorities will now be notified of the exposure to which huis family have been subjected. Pronounced Grip. According to Mr. Baley he has been visited daily by Dr. A. Ray of Teniey- town, who pronounced bis trouble a slight attack of grip. thorities have The Maryland he 0 investigated the ard, so it is declared, found nothin te that It was smallpox. Ferl elent condition this morning Mr. came to the city, stopping at. Dr. office to procure from the physician 4 tificate that his complaint was merely the grip. Armed with this paper he proceeded to the District build Mr. Baley’s inien- tion being to request the local health of cer to notify the pension bureau, where Mr. Baley’s father is employed, that Ui Was no reason, from a heslth standpoint, why the latter should not be permitted to return to his duties. - Register’s Office. Mr. Louis A. Dent, register of wills informed of the sending to the smalipox hospital of, Mr. Baley, one of his clerks, made the following statement: “I hope the public will not become un- necessarily alarmed. Ever since the first knowledge of the case” of Mr. Stutler, I tant communication with and everything is being done to prevent any spread of the disease. In addition to the immediate vaccination of the entire for of the office thorough fumigation, includ tion of the file cases of record books, I am preparing now, conference with Dr. Woodward, t cial detailed fumigation of all have been handled in the office dur- ing the past two weeks by any of the em- joyes. This morning members of the bar and officers of the — tide to in- mpanies received the following cir- r from me: ired, for the protection of the further and “It is de: public hereafter, to submit te special fumigation, if ble, in this office which 1 ing the last few weeks. work is concerned we asce these papers are from the our file and proceedings, but we have no means ascertaining what papers have been galled for simply for exami: members of the bar, title and trust comj I would be obliged, therefore, give me a memorandum of any cases which may have begn taken out of the files in the last few weeks, say since the Ist of Febru- ary, for your inspectlo “Immediately upon hearing this morning of the case of Mr. Baley I had a conversa- tion with Dr. Woodward and Dr. Fowler. It is not believed that there is any new danger of contagion in the register’s office from this case, because the d'sease devel- oped since Mr. Baley has been absent from duty last week. Dr. Woodward does not think that there is any occasion for further alarm. I am personally observing my en- tire force, and am keeping the health office constantly advised and informed, and the health office is as well keeping informed as to all the employes and examining them at intervals. If there are any serious develop- ments, both Dr. Woodward and myself promise that the public will be promptly in- formed.” can OUR FIGHT WITH GERMANY. Contest for the Iron Markets of the World. After England, Germany is the most for- midable competitor of the United States in the iron markets of the world, according to a report of United States Consular Agent Harris at Eibenstock, dated January 25. However, Mr. Harris says that the pres- ent outlook for the iron industry in Germany is not bright, and manufacturers, generally speaking, are not building new factories or enlarging old ones. Even the shipbutld- ing industry, which flourished as never be- fore In 1900, now shows signs of falling off, and ft is only in the navy yards that the activity has continued unabated. Mr. Harris says that Germany is finely equipped in the technology of smelting, and in this respect is a rival worthy of the pro- found attention of the United States. The Germans realize, he says, that their salva- tion in respect to iron Mes in the quality and character of the product in the battle against the industrial combinations of the United States, and every year a corps of young men is sent out from the technical universities prepared to take any positions in the iron foundries of the empire. Mr. Harris points out that to win foreign trade is only half the battle, and to retain it he urges us to “gird on the armor of technical education. A report on the same subject from’ Con- sul Schumann at Mainz, dated January 23, states that, while the entire exports of Germany decreased by 318,270 metric tons during the past year as compared with Inevenae "Gt 406,088" metric, tone, while the increase of m 01 imports of iron decreased 582,455 metric tons. tr To Shut Off England’s Horse Supply. VIENNA, February 20.—In the reichs- rath today, Herr Wolf, the Pan-German leader, gave notice of an interpellation in- viting the Austrian government, in con- junction with the government of Hungary, to prohibit the export of horses from Aus- tria and Hi to South Africa, and thus maintain neut re :