The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 6, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXIX.—NO Mo o PREMIER CRISP! FORCED TORETIRE And With the Leader Go the Members of His Cabinet. FURIOUS OVER DEFEAT. Throughout Italy There Is Great Anger at the Abyssinian Slaughter. AN UPROAR IN THE CHAMBER. Statesmen Openly Insult the Ministers and Will Attempt to Impeach Them. Itary, March 5—Reports from every city ana town of consequence throughout Italy show that the ex ment caused by the Italian reserve in Abyssinia displays no signs of waning; on the contrary in many places it grows greater as the meager details of the defeat through the press es. Prime Minister Crispi and other mem- bers of the Cabinet h: to retire from office, that fact having been announced in the Chamber of Deputies to- day, amid a scene that cun fttingly be described as pandemonium. The situa- tion in Rome is so critical that the troops have been confined to their barracks, a measure of precaution tnat will enable them to be hastil, spatched to any part of the city should their services be neces- sary to quell disturbances. The authori students w iversity has been closed, the fearing that the hot-headed i attempt to make a demon- stration which in the present condition of the popular temper might lead to serious rioting. Despite the precautions taken, however, there were several disturbances to-night, but the police were able hanale the crowds without calling upon the military for aid. A number of ar- rests were made for disorderiy conduct. The popular indignation is directed against Signor Crispi and other Ministers, who, rightly or wrongly, are held to be responsibie for the disgrace that has be- fallen the Italian army. Asa matter of fact, however, Signor Crispi did not at f approle the “country’s embarking n the hazardous undertaking of con- ng the Apyssinians, and it was only e exerted upon him that him to support the policy of ex- thas ltalian possessions in Africa. This fact counts for little now and the Prime Minister's enemies, of whom he has a great number. took advantage of the popular feeling to incite the whole Italian people o far as to, pour out the vials of their wrath upon Signor Crispi and his colleagues in the Ministry. Their success was marked, and it is feared now, that the storm they raised will assume such pro- portions that it will indeed be a hard task for the King to secure any man to under- take the formation ofa new Cabinet. There is a probability that his Majesty will be forced to request Signor Crispi to again assume office, in which event there will be a further and still louder outcry against him. The calling out of the reserves of 1372 to serve with the colors has also added to the dissatisfaction, and in some instances bas been one of the causes that have led to the disorderly demonstrations. These reserves u are the men born in 1872, and the calling | of them from their employment will cause serious loss to them. Naples, Brescia, Palermo, Catania, Flor- ence, Venice and Sassari were the scenes last night ot disturbances growing out of the feeling engendered by the army’s de- feat and the opposition to having the young men of the country forced to throw aside their means of earning a livelihcod to take up arms. Many people argue that in view of all the circumstances of the case it would be foolhardiness for Italy to further continue her attempted conquest of Abyssinia, but it is claimed by others that it is absolutely necessary for the country to carry out the campaign and restore her tarnished prestige. They be- lieve that if a decisive blow is not inflicted upon the Abyssinians the latter will eventually drive the Italians out of Ery- threa. The scene in the Chamber of Deputies to-day was one to be long remembered. Long before the opening of the Cham- ber enormous crowds of people thronged the vicinity and practically surrounded the building. Astime went on the crowds increased andithe excitement of the popu- Jace grew more intense. The streets in the vicinity of the Chamber were patrolled by troops, who experienced difficulty in mak- ing their way through the packed thor- oughfares. The members of the Ministry in proceeding to the Chamber evaded the crowd as much as possible. When Signor Baccelli. Minister of Public Instruction, arrived in the Chamber he was hissed by the opposition Deputies and cheered by those who adhere to the Ministry. The sitting of the Chamber was of the wildest character, the uproar beginning as soon as the Chamber was called to order. Signor Crispi announced the resignation of the Cabinet and stated that the resigna- tions had been accepted by the King. This announcement was received with pro- longed and passionate applause. The membeis of the Extreme Left shouted 1nsults at Signor Crispi, but thce Premier preserved his temper, and when be was enabled to obtain a hearing L‘ie- clared with great firmness that thg Min- istry, until the nomination of thel; suc- cessors, would rétain office and maintain public order. The members of the Extreme Left gave notice of their imtention to introduce a motion demanding the impeachment of Premier Crispi and the members of the Ministry. The uproar continued throughout the sitting with more or less volume and the scenes of excitement and disorder were re- from official | ve been compelled l to| newed when the President declared the sitting ended. Meanwhile the crowds outside were shouting, cursing, cheering, hissing, howl- ing and groaning. Ten arrests were made by the police of men who hissed members of the Ministry as they came out of the Chamber, but the hissing and howling con- tinued just the same. The Ministers pail no attention to the | crowd, but escorted by police entered their | carriages and were driven rapldly away. To-night the demonstrations against Signor Crispi became more energetic and the outlook was very threatening. Great srowds gathered in the streets, and social- ists and radical orators mounting steps, boxes or anything that would lif$ them above the level of the mobs passionately harangued them, pointing out that all the evil which has befallen Italy came from the maladministration of the present Cabinet. The Prime Minister and his supporters were violently assailed and the crowds were worked into a condition bor- dering on frenzy. At this point the police in force intervened and broke up the meet- ings, not, however, without great difficulty. Later a crowd marched to the residence of Signor Crispi and made a demonstra- tion before it. the Italian language was hurled at him, but no attention was paid to the crowd by { those in the house. Then the mob | marched to the offices of the newspapers that support the Government and shat- tered the windows with stones, bricks and clubs, In driving the rioters awav several volicemen were quite severely injured. A Milan dispatch to-night states that there has been another collision there be- tween the police and citizens. The police | used their swords and wounded nine per- sons. Further advices were received this afternoon from the Italian headquarters in Abyssinia. These show that large bodies of troops who were supposed to have perished in the rout of the Italian forces last Sunday are now coming into | the Italian camp. The Shoans did not follow in pursuit of the retreating Italians. The troops at- tribute their stampede to the fact that the Askaris (native troops), under General Arimondi, turned in the face of the enemy and rushed back upon their supports. The Abyssinians followed them in such hot haste that they became hopelessly mingled with the Italians so that they ali became packed in a defile, neither being able to deploy. The consequence was that there was a general panic among the Italian troops. After Signor Villa, the President of the Chamber, had quitted the chair, several of the members complained of his abrupt closing of the session, which had pre- vented the Marquis di Rudini and others from speaking 1n accordance with notices | they had given. The sudden ending of the sitting also prevented the submission to the House of the motion of the mem- bers of the Extreme Left for the impeach- ment of Signor Crispi and the other mem- bers of the Cabinet. One hundred and fifty Depauties, belong- ing mainly to the opposition, later met in a committee-room. Signor Villa addressed them, explaining that his action was dic- tated by a desire to avert disorders. The members present impressed upon Signor Villa the deep indignation of the country against the Ministers and their policy. They declared the position in Northern Italy was most serious, and that a rising was actively threatenea in Naples. Signor Villa promised to inform King Humbert, and to urge upon him a most speedy settlement of the existing crisis. The motion of the members of the Ex- treme Left also embraced a demand for the recall of the troops. DEFEAT WAS One Italian Journal Predicted Just What Has Occurred. ROME, Itary, March 5.—The Esercito Italiano recently published an article al- luding to the possibility of defeat by the Italian forces. [t said: “In a battle there are always a number of factors which cannot all be foreseen even by the most experienced. On this basis we must take 1into consideration the possibility of a battie, even though fought | under the most favorable conditions, being lost by our troovs. If we won well and good. Butif we should be defeated? On our side there are 26,000 men against 70,000 men. Inthecase of a defeat willourarmy manage to effect its retreat on the forts Adigrat, Adingri, Halay and Sanganetti? “There is even a worse eventuality to be faced. Such a defeat could result in the complete annihilation of our army. We | must count on the eventuality of our whole army falling into the hands of the Abys- | sinians. In such a case we must prepare a second expedition much larger than the tirst. When people make war they should provide themselves with the means of car- rying it on superior to the manner of the enemy. This we have omitted to do. In the event of a reverse another expedition should be put in the field in hot haste, comprising 40,000 men, 100 elephants and 10,000 camels, and that instead of 20,000,000 of lira, no less than 200,000,000 lira should be demanded of the Chamber of Deputies.” ORESHADOWED. MRS. NANSEN IN4 CRVIEWED., Thinks the Story of Her Husband’s Dis- covery a Canara. BERLIN, GerMAxy, March 5.—The Lo- kal Anzeiger publishes an interview with the wife of Dr. Nansen, the Arctic ex- plorer, who, it has been repourted, is re- turning from the north after haying dis- covered the pole. Sheis deluged with telegrams and letters which she is unable to answer. She un- derstood nothing about the question, which she left to scientists. Mrs. Nansen was cool and composed. She declared that she was confident her .husband would eventually reach the goal, but she had no doubt that the recent story that he bad found the north pole was a canard. Success, she added, could not be effected so quickly and easily. Moreover, the statements that had been received were vague. There was nothing positive or authentic about them. In conclusion she said she derived the greatest comfort and joyv from knowing the world’s admiration and sympathy for her husband. —-— TURK AGAINST BULGARIAN. Ll Eight Persons Killed in a Street Fight at Istib. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, March 5. —A quarrel between two members of the Municipal Council at Islib, European Turkey~—one a Bulgarian and the other ‘a Turk—occurred at that place to-day, re- sulting in a street fight, in which eight ersons were kiiled. A detachment of urkish troops from Usku have gone to Islib to preserve order, as it is feared the disturbance will be renewed. Every opprobrious term 1n | Political Chef —S. P. cabbage heads in the soup, the bad odor. PRICE FIVE CENTS. eh? Well, that explains STONED BY THE INGRY SPANIARDS, Attack of a Mob Upon the United States Consulate at Valencia. GUARD AGAINST ATTACK But the Police Are Overcome by the Howling, Hooting Horde. TERRIBLE IS THE DILEMMA. Trouble With This Country Further Complicated and May Culminate in War. VALENCIA, Searx, March 5.—Spanish hatred of the United States continues to break forth afresh. Renewed demonstrations were made to- day and a mob stoned the United States consulate in spite of the precautions of the authorities and the alertness of the police. When the mob formed its objective point was the consulate, and extra prepa- rations were made to guard against an attack. But almost before the police were aware of it a flank movement had been executed, and the howling, yelling horde had gathered in the street. Stones were thrown which smashed the windows of the consulate. The police made a strong charge and dispersed the crowd. - — THE DILEMMA TERRIBLE. Senor Segasta Says It Means War or Ne- gotiation. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 6.—Senor Segasta, the leader of the Liberal party in Spain, has sent the following cablegram to the Journal: **As things look to me, the dilemma is terrible. It means either war or negotia- tion, but we cannot desire war, and we cannot negotiate respecting the situation. Under the present circumstances that would be impossible and ° dishon- orable. However, we will not lose hope. A declaration of belligerency would bear the most serious consequences. Many Cubans would take the field who are now restrained there- from by the fear thatthe United States might abandon the cause of the insurrec- tion—as they did the last time. “A declaration’ recognizing belligerency would leaa to the most serious daily conflicts, first, because we would not recognize insurgents as belligerents, and, second, because Americans would not observe neutrality. The United States has not even a law forbidding the sale of arms to combatants in foreign wars, and such conflicts on this question would daily place both nations on the verge of war. Should war come we shall cer- tainly accept it and fight as no other nation does. I would then 'uncon- ditionally help our Government with all my power and all my party. This Government ought to have begun long ago negotiations with a view to obtaining the views and possible attitudes of the Europeans nations in such a possi- ble crisis as this. ‘“Fortunately the Monroe doctrine, greatly exaggerated as it is,” has as- sumed such an offénsive form that all the European nations are now interested in refusing to tolerate the idea of the absolute prepon- derance of the United States on the Ameri- can continent. European trade would be sentenced to death if such a dom- ination was ailowed. Therefore it js to be hoped that European powers will not leave Spain isolated. They will help Spain; if not from sympathy, then it will be from their own interests. ‘A united protest from the leading Eu- ropean nations cannot fail to im- press the American Government. In fact, even the knowledge that the Governments of Europe are in common accord upon the matter will make the United States consider the con- sequences of its hasty resolutions, “SaGasTA.”! IR STUDENTS TO BE PUNISHED. Not Permitted to Burn Our Flag Without Prosecution. MADRID, Seary, March 5.—The student who burned an American flag here yester- day afternoon has been ordered to close a vear’s studies. He will also be criminally prosecuted. The other siudents who were ar- rested for participation in the disorderly demonstration against the United States will be handed over to the police courts for punishment. BOUGHT BX HENRY BUTTERS. Mexican City Mtreet Railway Lines Se- cured by a San Franciscan. CITY OF MEXICO, MEx., March 5.—C. F. Meek of 807 Broadway, New York, this afternoon purchased the Mexico City street. railway lines, comprising about 160 miles, and resold the same to Henry But- ters of San Francisco. The price is under- stood to be seven and a half million dol- lars (Mexican). Butters, it is said, is backed by London capitaliste. “The lines are to be equipped .with electricity and other improvements involving an amount that will be equal to the purchase money. it At EXCEPTIONS OVERRULED. Decision in the Atlantio and Pacific Lit- igation. DENVER, Coro., March 4. — Judge Col- lier to-day handed down a decision in the Atlantic dnd Pacific Railroad litigation on the exceptions filed by various parties to a report orSpecinl Master Marrol. The ex- ceptions were overruled and the master’s report contirmed in every particular. The court also directed the solicitors for the United States Trust Company to prepare a decree and submit it to the Federal Com- missioner. The attorney for complainant was given-ten days to prepare such decree. pi A A WITH DYNAMITE AND LEAD Desperate Defense Made by a Murderer Whose House Is Surrounded. Hundreds of Shots Exchanged and the Abode May Be Burned by the Besiegers. BELLEFONTE,Pa., March 5.—At Wood- ward, a small hamlet twenty-five miles distant, William Ellinger to-day shot and killed John L. Barnes and Frank Geist- white, constables, who endeavored to ar- rest him on a criminal charge. Ellinger then barricaded himself in his house, and is holding a Sheriff’s posse and a mob of citizens at bay with a shotgun and dynamite. At midnight the besiegers numbered a thousand. Hundreds of shots have been exchanged. John Musser was shot in the neck. Threats are being made to burn the house, but Ellinger's children are with him, as also is the body of Barnes. It is believed that Mrs. Ellinger has been shot and mortally wounded, if not killed. She ‘was aseisting her husband 1n resisting ar- rest by throwing dynamite with burning fuses from the windows. Just as she struck a match a numberof rifle shots rang out, and the woman wasseen to throw up ‘her hands and fall backward. That was the last time she appeared. MERCHANTS NOW CANCEL ORDERS. Spanish Dealers in Cuba Show Their Teeth as a Protest. BURNED BY THE REBELS. Towas in the Province of Pinar del Rio Laid in Waste by the Torch. BATTLES WITH INSURGENTS. Volunteers at Gibacoa Compelled to Surrender the Fort to the Patriots. HAVANA, Cusa, March 5.—All the mer- chants of Cienfuegos have agreed to cancel the orders given to their correspondents in the United States, as a protest against the action of the American Congress on the Cuban question. The merchants talked of holding a demonstration, but Captain- General Weyler probibited it. The Cham- ber of Commerce met here to-day to con- sider the question of taking similar action. General Weyler advised the chamber to be prudent. There is talk of stopping the exportation of tobacco in bales and to permit the ex- port of only the manufactured product. General Weyler has placed restrictions on the sale of petroleum, and has pro- hibited its sale in the interior towns, which the insurgents visit. The following towns in the province of Pinar del Rio have been recently burned by the rebels: Cabanas, Bahia, Honda, San Diego de Nunez, Santa Cruz de Los Pinos, Palacios, Pasco Real, San Diego de Los Banos, San uJan y Martinez and Quie- bra Hacha. The gunboat Line, which was carrying rations to Jibro, on the south coast of Camaguay, found chains across the en- trance of the harbor. The vessel was fired upon by rebels, and she replied with her guns. . Word has been received to the effect that 400 mounted rebels attacked a convoy of ammunition near Gibara, province of Santiago. The insurgents were repulsed with a loss of twenty-five killed. The Spamsh loss was one lieutenant killed and seven soldiers wounded.. General Lachambre reports that troops have reconnoitered in the zone of Jara- hueca and destroyed the hutson the farms used by the rebels. The troops had an en- gagement with insurgents, The latter left two dead upon the field. The manager of the estate, Bernardo Duarte. and several of the workmen, were killed during the engagement, and one woman was found dead after the fight. The voluateers at Gibacoa surreridered the fort there to the rebels. The insur- gents took all their armsand then reteased the men. J. FRANK CLARK. WHAT WILL CLEVELAND DO? Washington dtateamen in the Dark as to the Executive’s Plans. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5—What will the President do with the Cuban reso- lutions should they ever emerge from the conference commitfees and reach him? The fact that it was an opeh secret that the President and Secretary Olney were disposed to proceed in a very conservative manner in regard to Cuban recognition, fully appreciating the many dmwie: surrounding the question, was sta in the United Press dispatches of February 28 last and has since been repeated and confirmed from other sources. Itis well understood in Congress that but for a knowledge of this fact and a consequent indisposition to embarrass the executive a joint resolution instead of a concurrent resolution would have been adopted by both houses. It is felt by leading mem- bers of the House that the President can be depended upon to do what is proper, and that the action of the two housesin passing resolutions favorable to the Cuban insurgentsgives him the indorsement of those bodies should he deem it proper to issue a proclamation of belligerency. But will he takesuch a step? That ques- tion was put to-day by a United Press representative to a number of prominent Republicans and Democrats in the House. The Repubiicans claimed to have no knowledge of the executive’s intentions and said the only person competent to speak, with intelligence upon the subject was Mr. Cleveland himself. The Demo- cratic leaders were equally uncertain. In their opinion the President will study the situation carefully, and 1f he should be satistied from the official correspondence that Weyler proposes to inaugurate a reign of terror in the island, he will in- cline more strongly to accord the insur- gents belligerent rights than would osher- wise be the case. It is not believed that under any circamstances he will act upon the matter for several weeks, should he do so at all. It is asserted that the opposition to the resolutions would have been greater in the House had not an aye and no vote been taken. One Southern Representative of marked prominence said to-day that the Legislature of his State had passed a reso- lution calling uvon its members in Con- gress to support any proposition expressing sympathy with the Cubans, and that he voted for the resolutions therefor because, as he expressed it, he did not desire to fly in the face of his constituents. Other members recall the promptness with which the Spanish Government ex- pressed its regrets for the outrages in Bar- celona on Sunday last, their payment of the celebrated Mora ciaim some months ago, the protection afforded by them to American property interests in Cuba and other evidences of a desire to placate the United States, and regret that circum- stances forced them to take a position which, 1n their opinion, places this Gov- ernment in the attitude of embarrassing a friendly nation already impoverishea financially and struggling in the throes of a civil war. 3 On the other hand the friends of free Cuba are emphatic in their assertions that Spenish rule in Cuba must be ended at any cost. ) pH s o LIFE IN MORRO CASTLE. Experience of @ Former Portland Gam- bler Who Was Imprisoned. PORTLAND, Or., March 5. — Frank ‘Westerman, formerly of this city, writes from New York to a friend here that he has just been released from a Spanish prison in Havana. He says that after leaving Portland in 1889 he went to Mazat- lan, Mex., remaining there until 1i892. There he amassed a considerable sum of money runni g a gambling-house. In 1893, the capital of Cuba offering a great opportunity to sporting men, he went to Havana, opening a gorgeous palace, in which all manner of games were profit- ably conducted. He did so well that he bought a half interest in a sugar planta- tion near Santiago de Cuba for $20,000. His house became the favorite resort of Americans, and later also for Spaniards under military surveillance. There meet- ings were held unknown to him to further the interest of the insurgents, and one night in February, 1895, a file of soldiers marched into his establishment and placed every person in the rooms under arrest. ‘Westerman writes that he was confined in a damp, vermin-infested cell in Morro castle. and for the period of three months after his incarceration he was not allowed to communicate with the outer world, and until. then he remained ignorant of the causes of his arrest. The food given him, he says, was unfit to be placed before a hog; he slept on a bunk without bed cloth- ing, and the malarious atmosphere in the prison made him deathly sick, but he could get no medical attention. ““When I was arrested,” adds the writer, “I was deprived of all the valuables I had on my person, with the exception of a val- uable diamond ring Wwhich I wore on my little finger, and surreptitiously ' thrust into my mouth. Early in May with that ring 1 bribed a prison attendant who occa- sionally brought my swill food to convey a message from me to Consul-General ‘Williams. Strangely enough, the fellow proved loyal, and a month later the Con- sul was permitted to have a personal in- terview with me. I told him the truth in connection with my case—that I was per- fectly ignorant of any revolutionary meet- ings have been held in my place, if such were the case; that I was a neutral resi- dent of the city, having no further inter- ests there than my business, and that I had no affiliation with either side of the revolution. Six months elapsed before the Consul was able to procure evidence of that nature for me, and not until the 20th of January was I released. “The night of my arrest I weighed 220 pounds, and when I emerged from my living tomb I couldn’t tip the scales at more than 100.”” The writer concludes his letter with the statement that when he was arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting the revo- lutionasry cause he was worth about $50,000, all of which the Sparish Government has confiscated. This, he says, includes his sugar-plantation intemsts. Notwithstand- ing that his release from prison was a tacit admission on the part of the Government of his non-participation in the revolution still it refuses to make restitution. Consul-General Wiiliams has submitted" Westerman’s claim to the State Depart- ment at Washington,and Westermar is in New York, where he has engaged lawyers to press the matter as hard and speedily as possible. SETTLEXS ARE IN DANGER. Signs of the Collapse of @ Big Reservoir Dam. SUN COOK, N. Y., March 5.—Informa- tion from Barnstead, twenty-five miles from Sun Cook, states that the dam at Pleasant Valley, the outlet of the upper Bun Cook Reservoir, which feeds the Sun Cook River, is in imminent danger of col- lapse. The reservoir is three and a half mflea long, covering 12,000 acres; and aver- ages fifteen feet in depth. Dwellings have been vacated. . A0Sl S _Wholesale Grocers Assign. FORT WAYNE, Isp., March 5.—The wholesale grocery firm of McDo ‘Watt assigned to-day. The liabilities are estimated at §80,000 to $100,000, with as- | sets of $60,000 to $70,000. HARTMAN ASSAILS THE PRESIDENT, Objects to the Utterances of Grover Cleveland on Religion. INSULTS TO THE WEST All Attempts to Check the Mon- tana Statesman Are Made in Vain. SUSTAINED BY THE CHAIRMAN Laughter and Applause Greet the Assertion That the White House Needs a Missionary. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5.—The dry routine of debate on the question of fixing the salary of a Federal Marshal was interrupted to-day by a rather violent scene precipitated by a speech from Hartman (R.) of Montana resenting President Cleveland’s remarks’ in his Carnegie Hall missionary speech Tuesday night, in which he spoke of “‘cor- rupt and unsafe States and undesirable Territories’ in the West. Hartman de- nied the right of the President, as he said, to insult these sections of the country and the citizens thereof. He had not proceeded far when he was called to order by Powers (R.) oif Vermont, who said he did so because there was no- body on the Democratic side related to the President by affinity or consanguinity who seemed sufficiently interested to act. The chairman, Hepburn (R.) of Iowa, ruled that the speaker was proceeding within the rules, and Hartman proceeded. Inspired by Powers, Hartman’s remarks were loudly opposed by Miles (D.) of Maryland, and Sulzer (D.) of New York, but they could not tear nim off. The for- mer appealed from another decision by Chairman Hepburn, ruling that Hart- man’s remarks were not ‘obnoxious to objection under the rule requiring debate to be germane to the subject under dis- cussion, but all the Republicans and some Democrats voted to sustain it, the appeal being overwhelmingly defeated. In the course of the incident, Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, who was endeavoring to get time in which Hartman could finish his remarks, became involved in a colloquy with Sulzer. The latter objected to Gros- venor taking part in the affair, because in a speech the other day he had admitted he had no religion, and therefore Sulzer con- tended he was not qualified to discuss the matter. Grosvenor responded by denying that he had said he had no religion, but he be- lieved he would rather stand under that imputation than not to possess the slight- est modicum of common sense. This was greeted with laughter on both sides. Hartman finally concluded his remarks, resenting, both on behalf of the maligned and slandered States, the President’s statements and asserting that they de- monstrated that the greatest need for the schoolmaster and missionary was in the. White House. The Republicans gathered about Hartman’s seat while he was on his feet and applauded him loudly, while the Democrats encouraged Miles and Sulzer in the efforts to prevent him from continu- ing his criticixms upon the President. The bill making National military parks public fields for military maneuvers and drill grounds for the regulararmy and State militia, under regulations fixed by the Secretary of War, was passed. The rest of the day was spent in further discussion of the fee and salary amend- ment to the legislative, executive and ju- dicial appropriation bill, most of the time upon the section fixing salaries of district Marshals. Butone change was made in the schedule proposed by the commiftee, that of the Marshal of the Eastern dis- trict of Michigan, being increased from $3000 to $4000. Dingley (R.) of Maine offered an amend- mentreducing the general maximum com- pensation of the field deputies from $2500 to $1500 with authority to the Attorney- General to pay $2500 for certain special cases. | Milnes (R.) of Michigan proposed asa substitute for the section fixing the salaries of district Marshals, a provision that all Marshalsshould be paid a Uniform salary of $4000, except those of the dis- tricts of Connecticut, Delaware, Southern Georgia, Idaho, Eastern and Western Louisiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont, who should receive $2000. Before considering the substitute the committee discussed various amendments to increase the salaries proposed, none of which was successful, except in the case of the eastern district of Michigan, where the amount was changed from $3000 to $4000. A substitute for the section offered yes- terddy by Ogden (D.) of Louisiana was read. Itmakes two grades of Marshals, ‘members of one to receive $3000 and the other $4000. Ogden’s substitute received but two affirmative votes. Milnes (R.) of Michigan urged the adop- tion of his substitute in a brief speech, which was followed by a sensational and entirely unexpected incident. Hartman (R.) of Montana, getting the floor, made a formal motion to strike out the Jast words and said: “On the third day of March, in the city of New York, in Carnegie Hall, at a religious meeting, the President of the United States gave utter- ance, or is reported by the public press to have given utterance, to Janguage which is on the clerk’s desk to have printed in the Record, bus certain portions of which I now read and bring to the attention of the committee: «‘But it is not only as your feilow-citi- zen,’ (quoting the President), ‘buc as tle chief executive officer of your Government that I desire to speak, for Iam entirely certain that I serve well our entire people, whose servant I am, when I here testify to the benefit our country has received -