Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1906, Page 1

=—_ THE EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. Buslaese Offee, Lith Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The Star Newspaper Company. W. NOYES, t New York Office: Tribune Building. Chicago Office: Tribune Building. ‘The Evening Star, with the Sunday morning edl- tion, is delivered by carriers, on their own sccount, Within the city at 60 cents per month; without the y morning edition at 44 cents per month. By mall, tage prepaid: Daily, Sunday Tacladed, one month, 60 cents. Daily, Sunday excepted, one month, 50 cents. Saturday Star, one yer 100. . Snoday Star, one year. $1.00. he No. 16,677. vening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1906-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. Weather. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. CORPORATIONTAX BILL Mr. Hansbrough’s Report to the Senate. RATES IN OTHER CITIES Twenty Per Cent of Receipts Charged in Baltimore. WASHINGTON FRANCHISES FREE Committee Claims That the Proposed Tax Would Bring Railways’ Rate Only to What Citizens Pay. Senator Hansbrough, from the committee on the District of Columbia, has submitted to the Senate an exhaustive report on the bill to tax certain corporations in the Dis- trict 12 per cent of their net earnings. The bill as introduced provided for the exten- sion of the lines of the street railway com- panies of the city. It contained a prov sion authorizing the construction of a cross- town line on M street, but this the com- mittee decided to strike from che measure, which was amended to permit the lines to s over the plaza in front ¢ y station e ri The subcommittee considering, th question made a thorough inquiry into” the bu ss of the street railways and oth pul service cory fons and the share they pay of the Distr Net Earnings of Companies. ct's expenses. The lowing tabulated state mts, com- plied f the annual reports of the ri way mpanies for 1905, show the amount of net earnings of said companies, and the amount that would be collected under the proposec r cent net earnings tax. Amount Net earnings 1 Capital Traction Co. $080,244.23 Washington Railway and r 688,311.21 tomac 144,311.16 Brightwood Railway Co. ‘883. City and Suburban Railway 148,067. Georgetown and Tenally town Rallway Co Washington Gaslight ( Chesapeake end Poton Telephone Co....... Total 8 Statistics are given showing the amount of taxes paid by the corporations in ques- tion and t rged in the various states. Especial attention ts given to the practice in Baltimore, where the company controlling the railways are required to pay for their franchise 20 per cent of thelr gross receipts besides paying taxes on real and personal property. hTe report continu Would Require Higher Taxes. ‘With these facts before it, your commit- tee reached the co: on that the public service corporations of the District of Co- lumbia should be required to pay additional taxes. It will be observed from | office report th age gross € | ings tax paid by street rallroads in group of fiftee es is 5.7 per cent. In addit taxes In ot forms tates these cory tion: r amounts for th fra ises, whereas in lumbia street railway ice corporations are enjoyir free of any tsoever ached ar increase in amount wh taxation proposed ng law im- posing a 4 per ce 2 gross r¢ ceipts of the str a the elec- trie S$ enacted | fiftee w ne ce then ther e of taxation. | nt of the respective street at_the re street chan anagem lines state t the District of Colum- ated today for $17,750,- outside figure. he com- indebtedness of the proper- nts to $18,444,000, which being paid an annual i tors per cent, as ly as can be ascertained. In addition to this railway cor- Porations and elect r Fs are capitalized $31,000,000, upon h cap- italization dividends were paid year amounting to $1,145,000, whici” added to he amount of interest that is being paid funded Indebtedness, gives a total 200 paid for the year 1905 in div- is and interest ate of taxation in the District of Columbia that is being paid on real estate by private individuals 1s 1% per cent on an assessed valuation which is about two-thirds of the actual value of the prop- erty. Taking this as a basis of computa- tion, the street railways are now paying on two-thirds the amount for which they concede the lines can be reproduced, about the same rate that the private citizen 1s paying. This calculation is made without any reference whatever to the value of the franchises that are being enjoyed by the companies. Value of Dividend-Paying Securities. Perhaps the most equitable basis of as- t is the value of @ corporation's in- 1 dividend-paying securities. The statements of the street railway and terest a eworr electric ig’ ompanies of the District show that t urities upon which Inter- est and dividends are being paid regularly | aggregate $49,444,000. So that if we apply to them the rule that prevails here of levy- ing a tax upon two-thirds of the value of the property these corporations, under a 1% per cent levy, would pay approximately $800,000 a year. Should this bill become a law they would pay $385,000, which Is $115,- 900 less than under the private individual rate. “There is a ¢ e in the proposed sec- tion of the lating to taxation which directs the proper officials of the District to make an appraisement of these properties 8 a basis for future taxation. If such ap- | road today. the rates of fare which these companies are authorized to charge, but the great disparity, between the physical value of the property and the amount upon which profits are being derived argue strongly in favor of increased taxation. “Your committee, therefore, recommends, in addition to the tax upon the gross earn- ings of public service corporations in the District of Columbia, a tax of 12 per cent upon their net earnings. This, in the judg- ment of the committee, will bring the taxes of these corporations up to a figure nearly equal to the tax rate that Is being paid by the private citizen. . . “a« clause has been inserted in the sec- tion relative to taxation geod if corporations named therein may, i own, option, pay the private individual rate of 1% per cent in lieu of other taxes after the official appraisement so as to ascertain the real value of the properties and their franchises.”” Extension of Free Transfers. ‘The report explains at some length free transfer 6YS- to Its recommendation that the tem on the street railways be extended bring about reciprocity between unrelated lines. The report says: “An examination of the map showing ae treet railway Hnes within the District 0! Columbia will disclose a large area of ter- ritory thickly populated, both In the east and west parts of the District, to reacn which unrelated lines must be used, and, under the present system, transfers are not given between unrelated lines. Your committee believes that the payment of two fares by many of those interested is a real hardship, and this class of patrons, In fur- therance of economy, prefer to walk 2 one fare, and, he Way 60 as to 8: H ne walked part of the distance they are obliged to go, many, no doubt, walk all of the dist ‘Taus the railroads gain but little under the present two-tare fystem, and the loss through transfers to th who otherwise might pay the extra fare would be small e conditions re- ferred to pertain chiefly to territory a . city proper, and it is unreasonable to street. car patron to pay mor are from any point to ano thin the city. It is urged agalr sed liberalization of the transter der the prevailing practi are losing money by being six tickets for twenty- cents. T aoe believed to untenable. [he committee has provided in the bill that transfers between unrelated lines must be issued only to those patrons who pay a cash fare of five cents, and that no trans- fer can be used in a way 80 as to constl- tute a round trip for one fare. If there were but one street railway company 1 Washington, as in Baltimore, there could be no question whatever on the part of the rallway companies about the wisdom of reciprocal transfer: FATAL TROLLEY CRASH system that, the companie compelled to issue ONE KILLED AND NEARLY 70 IN- JURED IN INDIANA. —_— LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 23—One man was killed and nearly seventy old soldiers were Injured, but none fatally, in a collision on the Lafayette Battleground electric rail- Both cars were crowded with veterans attending the annual encampment of the G. A. R. The collision occurred at a switch. One car was coming south to the city from the battleground filled with veterans, and the other was outward bound carrying old soldiers to the battlefield. Charles Roude- bush, motorman of the south-bound car, was killed M. O. Farner, the conductor, was slighUy hurt. Both cars were dem Twelve doctors w summoned were brought to the city and taken to St Se eg ea TO RAISE WEIGHT OF LETTERS. | British Proposal Adopted at Rome Postal Congress. May 23.—The international postal at its session tc d the t ot ROME, to raise position letters to one ounce Edward Rosewater of Omuha, Neb., one of the American delegates, proposed Mel- bourne, Australia, as Seat of the next postal congress, which received eleven votes. A French delegate proposed Madrid for the next congr and f three votes were cast in support of the proposition, which was adopted. THIEF SECURED RICH LOOT. Daring Hold-Up Near New Haven (Conn.) Depot. NEW HAV. ce May 23.—A daring street robbery, which resulted in the high- wayman getting away with over $3,000 worth of diamonds and watches, occurred here late last night when Barnard Stein- feld of New York was held up near the rail- road station. ‘The robber grabbed Steinfeld’s bag and disappeared in the freight yards. The police have not yet found a clue. Stelnfeld is a sales agent for a New York jewelry house and was walking toward the station when the robbery occurred. FIRE AT FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. Business Section Wiped Out — Food Supply in Jeopardy. SFATTLE, Wash., May 23.—A dispatch to the Post Intelligencer says that the en- tire business section of the town of Fair- banks, Alaska, was destroyed by fire which started in the Fairbanks building, a three- story frame structure, yesterday. Detalls of the disaster are meager, but it is feared that the food supply of the town has been destroyed and great suffering may result. Nothing was left standing in the section lying between the water front and 3d ave- nue, and Stacey and Turner streets. The work of the fire fighters was centered in the block of warehouses owned by the Northern Commercial Company, in order to protect the food supply of the town, and the result is still in doubt. ‘The loss is estimated at a million dollars, and it 1s announced that the heavier bus!- ness Interests of the town are already plan- ning to rebuild. No lives were lost. MILUKOFF'S OPINION Questions Prospect of Staying Tide of Revolution. HE CRITICISES GOREMYKIN Believes Emperor Will Disregard Op- portunity, GOVERNMENT'S LAST CHANCE Constitutional Democrats Completed Draft of Laws for Introduction in Parliament. —_—— 8T. PETERSBURG, May 23.—Prof. Milu- koff, the spokesman of the constitutional democrats, according to a thoughtful arti- cle published by him in the Rech today, ts rather despondent over the prospect of stay- ing the tide of revolution in the country. He bases his pessimism on the conviction that the government will not yield a full constitutional regime, with which he says it is still possible to calm the passions of the people. He regards Premier Goremykin and his cabinet as mere puppets, doing the bidding of the powerful Influences at court, and be- eves that Emyezror Nicholas is destined to throw away the Opportunity as Louis XVI did of transferring the country to a peace- ful, parliamentary regime This the professor considers to be the g0Vv- ernment’s last chance, and that a refusal to do so will cut the ground from under the constitutional democrats and strengthen the revolutionary elements, which are preach- ing that pariiamentarism is an illusion, and make anarchy and a bloody revolution in- evitable. Nevertheless the constitutional democrats will persevere in their attempt to place the country on a solid, constitu- tional basis, and if they fail and disaster follows, th ponsibility will not be upon thelr shoulders. Drafts of the Laws. The central committee of the constitu- tlonal democrats has completed the drafts of the laws to be introduced in parliament, including universal suffrage, irrespective of sex, and equal rights for all citizens; laws guaranteeing immunity of the person and inviolability of domicile without due process of law; providing also the guarantee of habeas corpus and specifically excluding all exceptions. While no party at court favors a complete surrender to the demands of the lower house of parliament, the Trepoff cabal, which se- cretly favors a dissolution of parliament, is not strong enough for the moment to se- riously urge such a course. The emperor continues well disposed, and is supported not only by many nobles at the court, but by other big landed proprietors throughout the country, who now seem fully ed that unless the peasants can be urably satisfied by a compromise on e land question a revolt of the p nst the nobles will be aroused, ruin the latter, as the peasants will y, to the accom- cesses. will forcibly seize their propert paniment of horrors and ¢ The provincial papers are filled vertisements offering estates for serted by property own of saving their property, cept what they can get and flee from the country. —_—_——_.+—__ PATRICK HEARING ENDED. Recorder Goff Reserved Decision as to New Trial. NBDW YORK, May testimony and arguments Patrick’s hearing for a new trial, during which his Hfe has been twice reprieved. Recorder Goff reserved his decision, giving until Friday for the filing of briefs. The hearing closed with a dramatic appeal by Mr. Jerome to the defense and the court for the privilege of permitting Frederick B. House, Patrick's lawyer during the latter's trial on the charge of murdering William Marsh Rice, to unseal his Hps from his professional pledge of secrecy and tell the court what had been said in confidence to him by Charles FP. Jones, Rice's valet. W. M. K. Olcott, Patrick's counsel, jumped to his feet, exclaiming: ‘I object to this miserable grandstand play of the dis- trict attorney.’ Recorder Goff denied a motion of Mr. Jerome to recall Mr. House, and sald that statements of counsel would have absolutely no effect on the mind of the court, unless borne out by evidence. A motion by Mr. Olcott to recall a witness for rebuttal testimony on the effects of em- balming fluid was denied. Mr. Jerome said on this point: ‘We will never finish with this case at that rate, and the defendant will in all probability die in the death house of old age.” ee Ae TO GIVE A HEARING. ‘oday ended the in Albert ‘T. Senator Gallinger to Listen to the Street Railway Men. Senator Gallinger will tomorrow move to recommit to the Senate committee of the District of Columbia a bill directing the extension of the tracks of the street rail- vay company to the new union station. This is a measure for which an increased tax is provided for all public utility cor- porations of the District, increasing their annual tax by adding to their present taxa- tion the requirement to pay 12 per cent an- nually of their net earnings. The purpose of this motion that is to be made by Senator Gallinger is to permit the various local corporations affected by the bill to have a hearing. No opportunity has ‘been given to local corporations to state their views on this proposition to increase their taxes prior to the action of the com- mittee in reporting the bill to the Senate. ACTION POSTPONED. HENRIK IBSEN IS DEAD PASSING OF NOTED NORWEGIAN POET AND DRAMATIST. CHRISTIANIA, Norway, May 23.—Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet and dramatist, dict at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. He was born in 1828 The death of Ibsen was unexpected, al- though for the past year he had been very weak, and it was known that his death was mly a question of time. He was uncon- scious toward the end and passed away peacefully. None of his friends was allowed to see him during his long illness, the only per- sons admitted to his room being the doc- tor, the dramatist’s wife and his son. The news of Ibsen's death made a great im- pression in this city, where he much beloved. RESIGNS HIS OFFICE COUNT SOLSKY RELIEVED AT HIS OWN REQUEST. ST. PETERSBURG, May 23.—Count Soi- sky has been relieved of the presidency of the council of the empire, or upper house of parliament, at his own request and on account of ill-health. WILLIAMS LOSES TEMPER. Becomes Angry at the Adverse Ruling of the Speaker. When the House met at noon today an un- usual scene occurred immediately after the approval of the journal. Mr. Williams, the minority leader, demanded the yeas and nays on the motion of Mr. Adams (Pa.) to go into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the diplomatic and ccnsular: bill, This demand refused, the Speaker holding that one-fifth of the members present had not risen to demand the yeas and nays. “I demand that the other s!de be taken,” called out Mr. Williams, becoming’ consid- erably agitated The Speaker up to this time had been calm and unruf™flied. He refused to take the negative on a rising vote, stating that but a hort time before it had been demonstrated that a quorum of the House was present, 195 in all Then Mr. Williams became angry, and thundered out a protest against the ruling of the Speaker, insisting that the demand was within his parliamentary right, a right recognized by the rules of the House. Excitement followed the remark of Mr. Williams, and the Speaker, nettled at the manner of the floor leader of the minority, decisively replied that the rules were silent on the point and that he was wholly within the constitution when he refused to take the other side when an imsufficient number rose to demand the yeas and nays. The Speaker pounded the desk while Mr. Williams continued to speak, his words being drowned by the nolse of the gavel and the excitement on the floor. Leaving Mr. Williams standing, the Speaker de- scended from the desk and Mr. Curtis (Kan.) took his place as chairman of the committee of the whole, and general debate on the diplomatic and consular bill was re- sumed. —_+___—_ FOREIGN QUESTIONS PENDING. Secretary Root and Senate Committee in Conference. Long-delayed and vexed questions be- tween the United States and Great Britain arising from boundary and fislgries. dis- putes and claims of all character, were the subject of a conference today between the Senate committée on foreign relations and Root. The Secretary sought the rence for the purpose of discussing ending treaties and numerous other sub- which he thinks should be dealt with s at the present session It developed during the discussion that tt is very unlikely that the Joint high com- mission will ever be convened again for the settlement of disputes concerning our rela- tions with Canada, and Secretary Root urged the necessity-of providing some other means to reach this end. He suggested that he should proceed, through diplomatic ne- gotiations, to have the various claims ad- justed, and to this the foreign relations committee agreed. Tt is not the intention to negotiate trea~ ties, but, if possible, ure an adjustment of the claims held by Great Britain against the United States and the claims of this government against Great Britain, so that when appropriations are made by Congress to pay the foreign debts of this nation as- surance may be had that our claims against other countries will be settled. ‘Another subject discussed was the treaty with Mexico relating to the waters of the Rio Grande. The secretary urged that this treaty be ratified. The disposition of the indemnity fund paid by China to this government was taken up. Secretary Root said that consulates were needed in China and Korea, and sug- gested that this money be used for the purpose of constructing suitable houses in the orient. A number of other questions were taken up briefly, including treattes re- lating to diversion of waters of the St. John’s river, Spanish extradition and to carry out the recommendations of the in- ternational sanitary conference. PROMINENT OFFICIAL RESIGNS of the Assistant Secretary Taylor Treasury Leaves. The President yesterday formally accept- ed the resignation of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury H. A. Taylor, which Is to take effect on June 30. Mr. Taylor's resignation is to enable him to take a long-contem- plated trip around the world. Mr. Taylor expects to leave Washington about the middle of June. He and his wife will spend a couple of months visiting and stopping at various resorts in the east, and then will go west, and probably spend three months in Minnesota and Wisconsin visiting friends and looking after business Interests. In the fall they go to California and will AMUSED THE HOUSE Representative Landis’ Enter- taining Tariff Speech. EXTOLLS THE DINGLEY LAW Says It Has Done What Was Pre- dicted of It. PLENTY OF WORK FOR ALL MEN Declares Reciprocity Champions and Revisionists Are Free Trad- ers Disguised. “If the democratic party should again come in power while Mr. Williams lives 1 shali advocate the establishment of a new department of the government with repre- sentation in the cabinet. It will be known as the department of mendicancy. There will be bureaus of beggary and divisions of want and despair, I think it would be fit and proper for Mr. Williams to be the first secretary for this department.” That reference to the minority leader Is just one extract from the speech made in the House today by Representative “Char- lie” Landis of Indiana—a speech that inter- ested and amused the House mightly, and that kept the floor thronged for more than an hour and the chamber almost constantly ringing with applause. Mr. Landis discussed the tariff from the point of view of the stand-patter. Record of the Republicans. “We republican: he said, “have been having our own way about matters and things for the last ten years. That is a pretty long time, but it does not seem as long under a republican administration as iftxayld under a democratic admin- istration. “2+. has been long enough time for us to enact wise laws and rebuild the industrial temple, for to fight a foreign war and set up two separate and distinct republics and drive a foreign nation from the western hemisphere; for us to come into possession of a cluster of islands on the other side of the world and impress upon the people who inhabit them that the school book and not the bolo is the acknow!- edged badge of nineteenth century exist- ence. It has been long enough to explode absolutely and for all-time the policy of free silver by connecting with it the fuse of @atly fact running through all these years. It has been long enough te lay the fourida- tion for the toenstruetion of the Panama canal and do a whole lot of other things, any one of which would constitute a suffi- elent asset for an ordinary party and justify its asking for a renewed lease of power. “During the last ten years the republican party has been faced with two separate and distinct classes of problems, those problems growing out of adversity and those growing out of prosperity. The dem- ocratic party bequeathed to us the problem: of adversity. We are ourselves res ble for the problems of prospertt: solved the problems of democratic 3 ity and we are solving the probl came with republican prosperity. Heve, too, that the people of this country are with the republican party in the solu- tion of these problems of prosperi I would suggest, too, that these problems which now us are not problems to be solved by recrimination or abuse, nor by throwing faith to the winds, nor by wav ing good-bye to confidence. It was the hysteria of the people produced in this way syndicated by crafty politicians, that brought upon us that visitation of demo- cratic rinderpest thirteen years ago, and it is high time the people were getting down to first principals and ‘taking stock’ of real conditions. Results of the Dingley Law. “Why, do you know I still have faith in the Dingley law? There may be some sentiment about it, I admit, for it was the first measure for which I cast my vote as a member of Congress. Cleveland had been in for four years and the tariff-for- reyenue-only Wilson bill was in force. The nation and tts people were in a state of insolvency. Tramping had become a fad and idleness a profession. McKinley was elected and both branches of Congress were republican. We were called in special session and the Dingley bill was presented. We wanted a measure that would do two things: put money in the national treas- ury and restore industrial activity. Ding- ley, who was the greatest practical polit- ical economist of this day, said his bill would do the business. Thomas B. Reed, the greatest Speaker the House of Repre- sentatives has ever had, said the Dingley bill would do the business. William McKinley, the greatest protection President we ever had, said the Dingley bill would do the business. And I leave it to you—hasn’t it done the business? “And I want to say here and now that I am not one of those who will deliberate- ly throw the country into a condition of autohypnosis by the suggestion and threat of tariff revision. I believe in letting well- enough alone, especially when that ‘well- enough’ \s getting better all the time. “I changed cars in Cincinnati recently. In less’ distance than a block from the Union station I came upon an employment agency and in broad, bold letters I read this sign, which said: ‘All Kinds of Work for All Kinds of Men.’ That is the sign, gentlemen, that is displayed in all the great citles of this republic after ten years of the Dingley law. That, after a demo- cratic tariff revision era, when there was no kind of work for any kind of a man. Why, that republican sign is in the sky all over this broad land—'‘All kinds of work for all kinds of me! Free Traders in Disguise. “You would hearken to the voice of free trade democrats would you? You would give ear to free traders masquering in the guise of reciprocity champions and tariff revisionists, and that, too, at a time when the tide of hope, and ambition, and | ot pages and glory was higher than ever re _recorded in the books of civiliza- ‘fhe returning troops of the 3d Infantry a statement like that on the floor of this House. That declaration means the recog- nition of mendicancy as a profession. It means the establishment of a national bu- reau of beggary. The logical conclusion of such a policy would be a degradation of American manhood and womanhood com- pared to which no nation on this earth gives us 2 parallel, “Mr. Willlams came near realizing his ideal in 1894, when every community was taxed directly to maintain public soup houses, an@ were given an opportunity to pay into their local treasuries, Instead of having paid into the custom houses, the money that provided food, and clothing, and shelter. That was the period when Coxey and his army of thousands of un- employed marched over the hills and through the valleys to Washington to beg Congress to do something for their relief after the capacity of the local taxing of- ficers had become exhausted. ‘That was the period when 4,487 married men took advantage of an opportunity to earn 50 cents sawing wood in one day in New York city. That was the period when 12,000 unemployed working men marched to the Boston state house and demanded employment. That was the period when Boston, and Chicago, and Pittsburg, and every other large city in this republic fed, by charity, thousands and tens of thousands of hungry but idle, honest men and women who were in want.” And then Mr. Landis closed by nom- inating Mr..Williams secretary of the de- partment of mendicancy. [Sherine TO TRY CAPT. GARST. Court-Martial Designated to Meet on the Rhode Island. Secretary Bonaparte today appointed a general court-martial to meet on board the U. S. S. Rhode Island in Hampton roads at 12 o'clock Monday, May 28 next, for the trial of Capt. Perry Garst, commanding the Rhode Island, on charges resulting from 1 lleged mismanagement of the vessel when she ran aground on York Spit, Va., on the 5th inst. The judge advocate general of the navy, who drew up the charges by direction of the Secret of the Navy, de+ clines to say what they are, so It 1s inferred that they are of a serious character, elwer inefficiency or gross neglect of duty The detail for the court is ds follows Rear Admirals Charles D. Sigsbee, Joseph E. Craig, Charles M. Thomas, William W. Mead and Asa Walker, Capts. Robert M William M. Emory, Benjamin F. nd William H. Reeder, with Lieut. Commander Thomas Snowden as judge ad- vocate. Capt. Garst is a native of Ohio, but was appointed to the navy from Illinois in July, 1863. He has had nearly forty years’ serv- ice, of which about half was spent at sea. He has been in command of the Rhode Island only a few months, and she was on her maiden cruise when she ran aground near the mouth of the York river, INJUNCTION IS DENIED RULING OVER UNION OF PRESBY- TERIAN CHURCHES. DECATUR, Ml’, May 2%.—The application for an injunction to restrain the union of the Presbyterian churches was denied to- day by Judge Johns. Judge Johns said that the case has no parallel in the jurispru- dence of the United Sttates. He treated the church as a voluntary organization, the acts of whose highest tribunal are binding on all members and will not be interfered h by the courts if the acts are fair and honest He held that courts of equity will not pass on doctrinal matters, the decisions of ecclesiastical judiciarles being binding on of The de of the sembly and says: embly must be rivil cou These actions of the held to a determination of Its t and power.” As to doctrine, the court held that “whether the doctrines of the Cumbe Presbyterian Church are widely v from these of the Presbyterian Chu an eccl question which, having been decided clesiastical judicatory, the civil powerless to inquire.” The decision addas 0 court enjoined an ecclesiastical body sidering what action it should without precede pechoana ced sebieaarieg DIED FROM THEIR INJURIES. has ever from take. This Additional List of Victims at San Francisco. General Greely has furnished the War Department with the following additional list of people who have died from the effect of injuries received in the San Francisco disaster. These are names not previously reported to Washington: Annie Baumeister, John Albert Bush, Pauline Buck, Hugh A. Coleman, Sarah C. Corbus, Frances Cook, Hiram M. Daniels, Morris Lichtenstein, wife and daughter Esther, Laurence Law. less, Katherin McCarthy, Mary McCarty, Cecil A. O'Toole, Elizabeth Richards. —_——_.—__—__—__— TROOPS FOR ALASKAN PORTS. Two Battalions of the 10th Infantry to Relieve the 3d. Important movements of United States troops have been ordered by Gen. Bell, chief of staff, with the approval of Secretary Taft. Headquarters and two battalions of the 10th Infantry at Forts Wright and Lawton, Washington, are ordered to Alaska to relieve the 8d Infantry. Headquarters and two companies of the 10th Infantry are assigned to Fort Seward; two compa- nies to Fort Gibbon and one each to Forts Davis, Liscum, Egbert and St. Michaels. will be stationed at Forts Wright and Law- ton. Headquarters and two battalions of the 25th Infantry at Fort Niobrara, Neb., are ordered to Forts McIntosh and Brown, Tex., relieving two battalions of the 28th Infantry, which are ordered to Fort Sam Houston, Tex. The battery of Field Ar- tillery at Fort Adams, Newport, R. L., is ordered to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. ‘All movements are to be initiated about July 1. con- | 1 | telliger customs. A PRINCE OF INDIA The Gaekwar of Baroda at the White House. GREETED BY THE PRESIDENT He Went for a Drive This Morn- ing. THEN VISITED THE CAPITOL Observed Proceedings in the Senate From the Front Seats of the Senators’ Private Gallery. His highness the Maharaja, the Gackwar of Baroda, accompanied by his wife, the Mttle Maharani; his brother, Sampatrao Catkwad, and attended by a iue of servants and tainers, ached Washing- ton yesterday roc He made the trip from New Yo parlor car, in keer 5 of deportment. ‘Th Shoreham, occupying ik The Gaekwar of Boroda, In native costy the “bridal suite.” ¢ custom the attendants and ot to the party ¢ » unde roof. An exception, however | two maids traveling with t in ortental vitached he same The Gaekwar of F interviewed this morning. Hi the wish to be left in pea until he could arrange in a prope his views u Wasi ly on nt to know fe and took group of s of saw ar toward appointed w a shawl over her he e was at hidde er foreh The Maharaja n, of dusky appe o Ss @amond-trimmed elaborate garments, western hemis} tal ¢ The Maharanee of Boroda. wife, the maharant, also dresses plainly. The only conspicuous point about her cos- tume is that it is in keeping with oriental Her traveling dress was made of a grayish goods, and it was so arranged that it completely hid her figure. Her pe- cullar headdress was drawn around the lower part of her face, running under the chin, obscuring her features, with the ex- ception of her eyes. After leaving the fish commission the NEW PRIVATE SECRETARY. Secretary Shaw Has Selected Arthur F. Statter to Succeed Mr. Edwards. Secretary Shaw announces today the se- lection of Mr. Arthur F. Statter as his pri- vate secretary, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr. J. H. Edwards as assistant secretary of the treasury to succeed Horace E. Taylor. Statter was originally an Iowa man, fsement were to fix the valuation of the @reet railway Picperies at $17,750,000—the gmount for which the management say they can be reproduced—then they are pay- ing a little more than 1 per cent, under existing law, as against 14% per cent paid Dy the private citizen. It the agsessed val- wation were fixed by such proposed ap- Beaeement at two-thirds of thelr total cap- zation, towit, $31,000,000, they would pay, under existing law, nine-tenths of 1 oS. phy yoga total capitali- o 000, the rate aan of 1 per cent. pete me idea of the value of th fran- ehises may be had when it is Scoaeeee that in the case of the Capital Traetion Company the stock is selling on the market at from $144 to $150 per share, the par value being $100 per share. In the case of the Washington Railway and Electrie Com- y, preferred stock is selling at about per share and the common at $4 per Share. As has already been stated, last ee te companies paid $2,067,200. divi- and interest on nearly $50,000,000 of probably sail for their trip around the world some time during the winter or spring. Mr. Taylor expects his trip consume from two to three years’ time. Mr. Taylor’s resignation was transmitted to the President by Secretary Shaw. From both of these officials Mr. received prince went to the Capitol and occupied a seat in the Senate gallery assigned to sen- ators and their families The prince was accompanied by his wife. They took seats in the front row and apparently gave careful attention to the proceed! as long as they remained. Prince, but Simple and Unaffected. ‘His highness 1s also the Maharaja of Gujareth and India, and is the second rank- ing prince of the realm. LANSING, Mich., McGarry, a former prominent attorney of tion? Well, I would not! I want it known wealth, and development, and achieve- ment; that I believe that Mark Hannas advice is still good and I am willing to let well-enough alone. people will not be thrown into Resolution Defining Policy on Buying Canal Suplies. In response to the President's request ag expressed in a recent message, Senator Aldrich today made an effort to secure the pessage through the Senate of a joint resolution defining the opinion of Congress on the policy of purchasing supplies tor the Panama canal, but, owing to objections or the part of senators, action was pust- poned until tomorrow. +. To Join the Dominican Patrol. ‘The gunboat Marietta, after having re- -eelved a thorough overhauling of her ma- ehinery at the League Island navy yard, stocks and bonds.