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WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1894-TWELVE PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
THE EVENING STAR
1 IBLKHKD DAILY EXCKPT SCXDAY.
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? Entered at the Poat Ofllce at Waablnftno. D. C..
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R*?e? of laTtitr made known im M?T>11<*ation.
COLONEL AINSWORTH
Gossip as to Further Military Pro
ceedings Against Him.
I? IS THOUGHT THEBE WILL BE JOKE
A Court of Inquiry Was Ordered
Just After the Disaster.
BUT IT WAS DISSOLVED
Now that the civil authorities have prac
tically closed their proceeding* in the ca?e
of CoL P. C. Alnsworth. chief of the record
and pension office, for alleged criminal re
sponsibility for the Ford's Theater disaster,
the question has arisen as to what the mili
tary authorities propose to do about it. As
an officer of the army CoL Alnsworth Is
amenable for violation of military laws or
regulations, regardless of the acUon
of the dvll authorities. If he has
violated any of the regulations of the
army he can be tried by court martial
and if convicted punished to the
extent, of military law. Or If the alleged
offe tse Is not one presenting a prima facie
case for court martial. It could be Investi
gated by a military court of Inquiry to de
termine that point.
The General Belief.
In the absence of Secretary Lamont there
)s no person at the War Department who is
Able to say whether further action Is prop
er or necessary In the case of CoL Ains
eorth. The consensus of opinion among
the officers who discussed the question
(privately) with a Star reporter today, how
?ver. Is that the department will
take no further action In the matter.
The general ground for this belief Is
the repeated failure of the civil authorities,
after prolonged and thorough Investigation,
to make a case against Col Alnsworth that
would stand the test of Judicial considera
tion. The officers holding this opinion say
that Inasmuch as the civil authorities have
Absolved Col. Alnsworth from all legal
b:ame and responsibility for the disaster
there Is no occasion for a military investi
gation of the same affair, especially as the
crime with which he was charged was
wholly within the Jurisdiction of the dvll
courts.
The Department Heear4s.
This view of the case Is strengthened by
the records of the War Department In this
particular case. They show that a military
Investigation of the affair was ordered and
that It was suspended almost before It was
started. In order that there should be no
Interference with the civil Investigation
then In progress. The military Investiga
tion waj entirely discontinued a few days
later, and It was determined that no fur
ther action would be taken by the War De
partment unless it became necessary as a
lesult of the civil Investigation.
The official records show as follows:
The fosrt of Ia?alry.
On the 10th of June. 1888. the Secretary of
War Issued a special order as follows:
"T^>n the request of CoL F. C. Alns
?tor?L>. chief of the record and pension office;
x court of Inquiry Is hereby appointed, to
meet In this city at 11 o'clock a. m. on the
12th day of June, or as socn thereafter as
practicable, to Investigate the management
Of his office. In so far as It may have had
any connection with or bearing upo* the
disaster of June the (tth. at old Ford's
Theater building, on 10th street, this city.
The court will also fully Investigate all the
facta In the case, and will express an
opinion as to who Is responsible.
"The detail for the court Is Brigadier Gen.
Thoa. L. Casey, chief of engineers; Brlga
dler Gen. Richard N. Batchelder, quarter
master general; Major C. E. L. B. Davis,
oorps of engineers; Major George B. Davis,
Judge advocate, recorder."
The Cenrt Dissolved.
On the 22d of June of the same year the
Secretary of War issued the following or
der:
"In the matter of the military court of
Inquiry, appointed June 10, 11483. to Investi
gate the conduct of office of CoL F. C.
Ainsworth, chief of the record and pension
office of the War Department, so far as It
may have had any cojnectlon with or bear
ing upon the disaster of June 9, at the
Ford's Theater building. %nd to express
an opinion as to who Is responsible.
"81nce the foregoing court was ordered,
the civil authorities of the District of Co
lumbia. by a coroner and a legally chosen
Jury, have Investigated the disaster at
Ford's Theater building for the purpose of
ascertaining the cause of the same and of
fixing the responsibility therefor, and the
procedures under the civil law are still In
progress. That there may be no Inter
ference by the military with the operations
of the dvll law In the case, and believing
that the ends of Justice and the Interests
of the military service will be best sub
served by leaving the matter at this time to
the determination of the civil authorities,
free from any Influence or complication that
might ensue from a military Inquiry, the
order of June 10. 1886, Is hereby revoked
and the court dissolved."
nCEIDIABUX SUSPECTED.
I'll* Fires la Three Days la aa
Oashs Building.
OMAHA. Neb.. June L?Fire, which was
started at 8 am. in the printing office cf
Fred. A. Manger on South 13th street,
caused a loss of 128.000. Manger's loss Is
18,000, and the Columbia Clothing Com
pany's loss is $10,000. The damage to the
building la about 310,000.
Fire two nights sgo In the same building
did considerable damage, and the Insurance
companies had Just adjusted the losses yes
terday afternoon. The Are Is believed to
have Been of incendiary origin.
B * FID FIH15Q GUXS.
W?i?t Interest la the Test at laair
Hook Grounds.
SANDY HOOK. N. J., Jons 1.?Great In
terest Is being shown In ths test firing of
the rapid guns here today. The test Is to
be for rapidity only. Two Hotcbklss, one
Drlggs-Bchroder. one Sponsal and one
Maxtm-Nordenfeldt gun will be fired.
These are all slx-pounders. In addition to
ths slx-pounders. one Skoda three-pounder
will be tested.
It was expected that the Seabury slx
Pund gun would also be tested today, but
Is not yet ready.
DYXAMJTE AT ATLAJTA.
Explosion ef a Bomb Xesr a Private
Bonee.
ATLANTA, Ga.. June 1.?A dynamite
bomb was exploded at midnight almost un
der the home of D. C. Wall on Walker
street. Wall Is a railroad engineer. The
Bide of the bouse was shattered, but no
one was injured. A narrow alley separates
Wall's house from the Methodist parsonage,
occupied by Rev. K. H. Eakes.
The bomb was thrown from ths street
and it Is a question as to which bouse It
was Intended to wreck.
Sensation Caused In Boston.
BOSTON. Mass . June 1.?Rev. Dr. J. I.
Lansing of the Park Street Church, this
city, has create*, a furore by the charges
of police corruplon In this city, which he
made at the New England Moral Reform
Club meeting lsst night, and If he carries
out his promise in the matter Boston will
have a sensation that will rival that cre
ated la New York by Dr. Parkhurst.
ORDNANCE DISCHARGES
Completion of Big Gnu Ends Work For
Meohanics,
Mom Dismissals to Follow Calna Ap
yrofrUtlou Are Mado-Sevcral
Rumors at the Yard.
Twenty-elrht machinists and helpers were
discharged from the ordnance shop yester
day. There Is nothing sensational In this
matter, and, although there Is quite a good
deal of talk among the victims of unjust
discrimination, partisan preferences, etc.,
this conversational bitterness seems not to
be warranted by the facts. Work In the
gun shop has been slacking up for some
time. Of the twelve 13-lnch guns ordered
by the Navy Department ten have been
completed and the remaining two are upon
the lathes in an advanced stage. All the
6-inch weapons ordered have been finished,
and many other orders upon the ordnance
department have been filled or are soon to
be. Thus It became necessary to discharge
tho men or to pay them for performing no
work. There was. substantially, no pro
ductive work for them to perform. The
5** man did not get this information from
the foreman or the officers, but from the
men w?? today are laboring over the great
runs. They seemed hopeful, but feared
that other discharges would soon follow for
the same reason. If the department did
not order a number of new guns a very
heavy dismissal would be necessary in the
rail. According to the regulations of the
navy, when discharges are to be madfe from
a. shop the foreman has authority to name
those who shall go. He must, however,
base his decisions upon the efficiency
records of the men. and he with the lowest
degree of excellence shall be dismissed first.
Although there Is an opportunity for the
foreman to show preferences. It Is not
, thought by the workmen with whom the 1
' i that any have been shown
In the matter of the late discharges. The
ordnance officers could not countenance
25L* u charges of par
^^i.8^?Uld1 , pTOVwl against the fore
man his dismissal would be but the question
of a few hours. Several of the men whose
names were stricken from the roll yest?
the yart "Jornlng wlth re
quests for reinstatement, but these reauaata
Th# Stir maTw2U?S
unofflcu ly that should It again be neces
DloTJ Jo,C.^? ,? forf* theM fallen em
Th^. w^. ^ allowed the preference.
n_ f . * story at the yard that the
u l?e Navy h*d "er"t to Com
mandant Howell a notice to reduce the ex
,V W* *2.000 per month.Md
HlIL? notice had been sent to the
commandant* of tho other yards This
Th?m?l\rh0t ** v?rtned or dl?Prov#d.
i no men who wore dismissed yeat?nUv
?rolng from 11.80 to S3 per day
*b?1ut twenty dismissals took place about
?wf?yV*? f^?m the forge shop and
thl! ? were also made because of
the absence of work to be done.
It is not thought that any discharges from
the yard are la Immediate pro^rt
CAPITOL TOPICS.
To OkUia Title.
Mr. Heard has Introduced a bill In the
House, by request, authorizing the Attor
ney General and the Secretary of War to
obtain title for the United States by right
or eminent domain or otherwise to all the
?uY the of the Great
Falls of the Potomac, the water so taken to
TK^Kiii?r "J and aU Publlc purposes.
eoT!w,ni.ima^e* elaborate provision for
ai!lma^Hhnr^,Ce^Un*' l? the Court "t
B..S. a of appeal to the United
States Supreme Court."
To Kxtead the Protection of Seals.
Chairman McCreary of the House foreign
a/Tals committee says that the bill passed
by the House today and heretofore passed
by the Senate to carry out the decree of
the Parts tribunal Is to supplement diplo
matic negotiations now going on with Rus
2t?n1d The b,n extends the pro
decree of the Parts court of
arbitration over such countries as have
I !2tere?t in fur seals. With the bill
passed today and a successful termination
of the present negotiations with Russia
and Japan it Is expected that every coun
tryhavlng any Interest or property In the
seals will be enlisted In their protection.
Swift to Hara a Heart a*.
Socialist Swift, who led a commonweal
army to Washington from Boston, will be
riven a hearing by the House committee
on labor, of which Representative McGann
Is chairman. Swift is a native of Ohio,
has taken degrees at Williams and Johns
Hopkins, and will preach to the committee
^Mwt^ Be^my*' Mtk>a*lto0?
Nicaragua Caaal Heartn*.
The Nicaragua canal question was dis
cussed again by the House committee on
commerce today. Senator Morgan address
ed the commutes and took part In the dls
; cusslon.
A Short Stay.
Basil Lockwood. the colored man known
m the hero of the Ford's Theater disaster,
who was recently appointed a laborer In
the War Department at $86 a month In
recognition of his distinguished services on
that melancholy occasion. Is among the
number of employes dismissed yesterday
In the Interest of economy. His govern
ment services only lasted a few months.
Jorry Simpson Leaves.
Representative Jerry Simpson left Wash
ington yesterday for Berkeley Springs,
where he will remain until recovered. He
?*> weak that he had to be carried
aboard the train, and was accompanied by
Representative Pence of Colorado.
Colaagc la May.
The monthly statement of the director of
the mint shows that the total coinage of
the mints of the United States during the
month of May. 1804. was 10,120,450, of
which <8.445,450 was gold, and $075,000 was
silver. The silver coinage was entirely of
half dollars and quarters.
Treasnry Receipts.
National bank notes received for redemp
tion today, $5ti2,tUo. Government receipts
from internal revenue, tl5tt.218.65; customs,
1340,000.43, and miscellaneous, ?15,107.84.
Personal Mention.
Mr. Joseph Nlmmo, Jr., of this city yes
terday received the degree of LI,. D. from
the University of the City of New York
on the occasion of Its sixty-second annual
commencemen t.
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An Appointment.
Secretary Gresham has appointed Mr.
Pendleton King of Guilford county. N. C.,
chief of the bureau of archives and Indexes,
State Department, to succeed Mr. Harwell,
3S?-L Mr. King took charge of the
Chief Clerk of the Census.
George H. Donnell of Mississippi was to
day appointed chief clerk of the census
j bureiu at $2,500 per annum. James H.
W ardle of New York, whom Mr. Donnell
Sk>nC<?ffice ? tran?ferred to the pen
Ckaagei la the Treaaary Department.
According to a statement sent to the
I Senate today by the Secretary of the
Treasury, showing the changes made In
I t.he.<Xrea,ufy Department between March
4, 1893. and April 19 of the present year
there were 740 appointments; 72 re-appolnt
ments, 358 promotions, 100 reductions 272
resignations and 566 removals.
THE SUGAR TRUST
Bepresentative DeWitt Warder Be
fore the Senate Committee.
H? WILL HOT TALK OF HIS TESTIMONY
The Wire Manufacturer Expected
Hare on Monday.
MR. MCPHERSON'S STATEMENT
RepresentaUve John De Witt Warner of
New York was before the Senate sugar In
vestigating committee for an hour today.
He took a very decided stand, when the
tariff bill wag before the House, in favor of
free sugar and the change made in the bill
in that direction, while the bill was under
consideration in the House, was made un
der his leadership. There have been news
paper s lories published to the effect that
efforts were made in the Interest of the
sugar trust to have him desist from his op
position tp the sugar schedule, and Mr
these* Vtortas QUe"t,oned " to the truth of
? refused, however, when he left the
committee room, to divulge the proceedings
had0^?!".?* ?r *tate what r?P"e? he
thet?.{? qUMU?n' " t0 the 'n"uence
tef'ah^Sii?5!,4! chalrman of tl>e commlt
10 atten,Pt to Hve a sum
mary of the testimony, savins; that th# r+
port of It would be published soon and that
anysynopil. would be unfair.
day *dJourned over until Mon
from a di^ce W~ranc* ?< ? witness
The wu* lUHlMtirw Expected.
The witness expected by the committee on
Monday la Walter Gaston of Wilkesbarre,
who u tb* wlr* manufacturer who has
???o represented as having overheard the
conversation at the Arlington Hotel last
March between certain United States Sen
ators and members of the sugar trust.
Mr. Qoston has expressed a willingness to
appe^ before the committee and tell all
that he knows. He will be asked to give
the names of the Senators and members of
0 wer* reported ks having par
ticipated in the conversation. Thea ^he
persons whose names he may srlve will ha
want Mr* but the committee
. . .. t**ston s own statement htfoM
again taking up this branch of the inaulrv
5* that, they think, would be a bettet^founl
?Melted.10 bU"d UP?n than anything yet
It Is understood that In his testimony to
^^TStattve Warner did noTaSJtam
t??s ^ ,nfl?enU?l mern
toh.hli? interceded with him
Ms ltaht ?2Ltol? tatere>t to suspend
5,* ,?Jht against the protection of that in
Mef to' ' WwMe h? Professed his be
L_?sugar, he did not display any
knowledge of influences opposed to that
policy which supported the reports that the
tSSSST^ de,lred to prot^v the suiw
What Mr. HePhersea Bays.
Senator McPherson In referring today to a
publication in a New York p^per, to the
effect that speculation In sugar stock had
been continued In his name by his son after
the tariff bill became a WhlMt 9i contro
versy in the Senate comnW** Pft flnance,
-1 think the crltlclstn la ^ Uttle unjust,
considering the facts. My Vn had purl
chased 600 shares of stock for investment
on February 8. which, it will be remem
bered, was immediately after the House .if
*ssrg2s :? i,spi^jpsm
was afterward made inadvertently, and not
intentionally, the stock was ordered sold
"onfall."? d'd DOt C?me into
Explaining this last transaction, Mr. Mc
?m7?? t,hmt when hu health be
came Impaired last fall he transferred
various of his Interests, including certain
to his son. He said that the younS
man had made the ftrst purchase In Febru
disposing of certain railroad
t?v?"tment, but tiring of them
5S thifSSS . <*v wlthln * week. Again
on the OA, seeing the reports In the news
papers Indicated a rise In the sugar stocks
^ had consulted him about the ad
visability of the purchase of some of this
to??^nan ?*** telegram ordering another
'"*tf'!??nt had been written, but the Sen
ior, beginning at that time to realise that
sugar would become a subject^f coniin
versy In the Senate, had advl.i SSSSi
tele?ramSamtlw?' ancl had ""PPosed that the
telegram making the order had been &Z
stroyed. It appeared, however, that it had
on*flhA*<ut>iand ih" the Purcila*e was made
^ on the strength of It.
*cFherson was very much surprised
learned of this purchase and im I
S^i^lyofawhl1c,ieCwMonH that the "took be
oiUr w?v hi ~ J h " done- H? said the
tSe tel??m^T account for the sending of
'?n Wtre ament a,
given. that th* or<ler was not to be I
***'' Wote Circulation.
" l8r"!?l *>y the controller of the cur
cy shows the total amount of national
bank notes (n circulation May 81, 1804 ex
nat,0nal bank "otea. amounting
? "t3*7- a d?creaae for the month of May
* clrculatl?n. baaed on United
fisa^i 00 M?y 31, ISM, was 1180
738* VK ?,Ct.re^*?.for the month of U2,'
* The circulation secured bv lawful
aoney on deposit amounted to &B,<?11 434
a decrease during; May of Stioo ' Wi
uZr*\ Vjred ^on^8 deposit on
posits, 114.630,000. ? publlc de"
furown From HU Horse.
A telegram received at the War Depart
ment this morning says that Second Lieut
Lunsford Daniel, sixth cavalry, died last
night from injuries received by belne
thrown from his horse in Yellowstone Park
yesterday morning. Lieut Daniel
tlve of Geoigla, and was appol f ed to the"
Forty?T th,C rank8' He -titTon* it
Fort Yellowstone. Wyoming.
The Pir?t Concert,
The Marine Band will play In the grounds
south of the Executive Mansion tomorrow
afternoon for the first time this season The
concert will begin about 0 o'clock, and will
be followed by others every Saturday dur
Ing June. August and September.
Increasing Fighting Power.
The acting secretary of the navy has ap
proved the recommendation of the naval
stability board that the sister ships De
troit. Montgomery and Marblehead. be arm
ed with nine flve-lnch guns each Instead of
ten four-Inch guns, as has been proposed.
1 he weights are slightly Increased by this
arrangement, but the effective fighti".*
greater ?hips is proportionately much
Total Coinage.
The total coinage of the United 8tates
n.Ints for May was 2.919,515 pieces of the
value of tU.120,4{>o. Of this amount $8 445 -
tlonal"liver.*0ld C?'n' *675'000 ,n fra<=
Called Today.
Mr. Potter Palmer of Chicago was among
the President's visitors this morning. He
called In company with Secretary Ores ham.
REED'S SILVER VIEWS
How They Are Regarded bj Silver and
Anti-Silver Men.
Mr. Bland Opposed to I'nltlns the
Silver and Tariff Questions?Cau
tloa Aaoi( the Republicans.
Mr. Reed's Interview In the Fortnightly
Review of London, advocating a freer use
of sliver, has attracted much attention In
congressional circles. The plan suggested
by him for an agreement among nations to
use silver and to fix discriminating tariff
rates against countries not using sliver has
been specially open to comment.
"What Reed for stiver?" said Represent
ative Bland, the silver leader, when told of
Mr. Reed's Fortnightly article. Then Mr.
Fland laughed heartily, and read the arti
cle.
"Mr. Reed concedes our argument." said
Mr. Bland, "but he offers us a remedy j
which we will not have. The great agricul
tural classes who are behind silver will
never conscnt to a tartff war which will
close the markets of Europe to our agricul
tural products. That would be the effect o*
Mr. Reed's proposition. There Is no need
of uniting the tariff and silver questions.
They are wholly Independent. If the Unit
ed Slates will coin silver It will force En
gland and other foreign countries to recog
nize silver without threatening them with
! discriminating tariff duties. They must sell '
us their goods, and if we Insist on offering
them silver, it will soon become their In
terest to make silver valuable. We must
accomplish the end at home, and not adopt
Mr. Reed's plan of going abroad and secur- ]
ing free silver by threats of high tariff. It |
Is probable that his main desire is not so
much to aid silver, but to establish higher
protective duties against European coun
tries."
Mr. Bland was asked if the silver element
of the west and northwest would accept
Mr. Reed's views as a gain to the silver
cause.
"They will not," said Mr. Bland. "We
are not asking Mr. Reed to admit our argu
ments, but to admit our solution. Instead
of that ne admits all we have claimed as
to the Imperative need of a larger use of
?liver, and yet he manufactures a silver
tariff solution we will never accept."
Mr. Burrows' Opinion.
Representative Burrows said: "Mr. Reed's
article Is very timely. There has been
ir uch misrepresentation as to the attitude
of the republican party on silver. They are
not for gold alone, nor for silver alone, but
are for both gold and sliver. The only ques
tion Is how to secure that free use of both
mttals. If It can be accomplished by mu
tual co-operation among nations, with a
defensive tariff alliance against non-silver
using nations, that may be the best solu
tion." ?
Mr. Burrows was asked If such tariff reci
procity among silver-using countries would
be a surrender of the protective doctrine.
"By no means," said he. "A fair meas
ure of protection to American Industries,
would be maintained even with those coun
tries using silver, and there would be added
protection against non-sliver using coun
tries. No one would suggest a reciprocity
equivalent to free trade."
Representative Tracey (N. Y.), the demo
cratic anti-silver leader, voiced the views
of that element. "Mr. Reed's plan is wholly
Impracticable." said he. "There is no eco
nomic collection between tariff and silver.
If Eugland does not want silver she cannot
be made to want It by threatening her
with discriminating tariff rates. Mr. Reed
might as well have proposed to force Eng
land to use sliver by sending rioters among
her people. His plan amounts to a threat
of giving England trouble If she does not
accept silver. The proposition is a novelty,
but nothing more."
* Republicans Cautions.
Representative C. W, Stone (Pa.), a lead
ing republican of the coinage committee,
voiced the caution prevailing among many
republicans as to accepting the new de
parture suggested by Mr. Reed. Mr. Stone
ttald there would be little division on his
tide as to Mr. Reed's nrst proposition of
uniting the nations for a freer use of sliver.
Hut he was not ready to admit that such a
union was worth having If it cost a sur
render to reciprocity or other step destruc
tive to the protection of American indus
try.
the story not credited
That the President Is Angry With
Secretary Carlisle ?*d the Senate.
The statement published In ono of the
New York papers this morning that Presi
dent Cleveland Is angry with Senator Gor
man and the Senate in general, and with
Secretary Carlisle on account of the situa
tion in which the tariff bill has been placed,
and that he Is expected to give some public
expression to his anger, which will probably
be followed by the resignation of Mr. Car
lisle, Is treated in Washington, both at the
Capitol and elsewhere, as too absurd to be
seriously considered. It Is said that It may
be readily enough assumed that Mr. Cleve
land is not pleased with the result thus far
of the attempt at tariff legislation, but all
those who are In a position to form an opin
ion as to his sentiments and purposes treat
as absurd the idea of his feeling any t.uch
tesentment as Indicated by the story. In a
general way. It Is understood to be his de
sire that Congress should do the best they
can In the matter as soon as possible, the
element of time being regarded by him as
Important. According to the genelnl un
derstanding, he Is not particularly dissatis
fied because of a duty being put on sugar,
which he regards as a proper revenue arti
cle.
D1PLOMATC POLITENESS.
The Supply of the New Siamese Minis
ter Early Tested.
Marquis Tohta, the newly appointed Si
amese minister to the United States, called
at the State Department this morning to
have Secretary Gresham escort him to the
White House, In ordsr that he might pre
sent his credentials to the President. Ar
rangements to this effect were made yes
terday. but, through some oversight, the
President was not informed. It therefore
became necessary to postpone the function,
but the change was made too late to notify
the Siamese envoy at his hotel, and he
appeared at the State Department promptly
on the hour agreed upon, arrayei In all
the glory and splendor of his oriental court
dress. Profuse apologies were made to
him, which he accepted with true diplo
matic grace. He will be received by the
President at the earliest opportunity with
full honors.
Loenl Pensions Granted.
Among the pensions granted yesterday
were the following:
District of Columbia?Original widow's.
&c.. Gertrude W. Carr.
Maryland?Original, James T. Slover,
Oxford, Talbert county; renewal, Edward
Buckman, Baltimore: Increase, John Hare,
Grantsville, Gurrett county; reissue. Peter
J en son, Baltimore; original widow's. Ice..
Joseph H. J. Rutter (Father), Baltimore;
Surienna Purnell. Berlin. Worcester county.
Virginia?Original widow's, &c., Mildred
Hudglns, Mathews, Mathews county.
Postal Snvlnirs Hanks.
Senator Turple of Indiana today Introduc
ed a bill providing for postal savings de
positories. The bill authorises the Postmas
ter General to designate at least one post
ofllce In each county to receive deposits of
not less than tS nor more than 1100. No one
i person Is to be allowed to deposit more
than 1500 per year. The money thus re
ceived Is Intended to be deposited in the
treasury of the United States and to be
loaned by the United States treasury to
baHklng institutions, the depositors to re
ceive interest at the rate of it per cent per
annum.
CUT OFF BY FLOODS'
Vancouver and New Westminster
Surrounded by Water.
OYER 2,000 fahuesiide homeless
Great Damage to the Canadian
Pacific Road.
GOV. PENNOYKR'S TRIP
VANCOUVER, B. C.. June 1.?The Fraser
river rose ten inches at New Westminster
yesterday and last night. The water was
three Inches above toe highest historical
mark. The flood Is still rising. From
points further up the river come report*
that the river Is nearly two feet higher
than has ever been known.
Fraser Valley for a hundred miles has
been Inundated. Ho great lias been the de
struction that occan steamers passing In '?
through the straits San Joan, de Fuca, are
now encountering floating roofs of houses
and barns and innumerable carcasses of
h?g?. sheep and cattle that have passed
out or the river with other debris from
the valley. It Is estimated that over 2,000
families are homeless and that a property
loss of fully C.ooo.ooo has been caused.
Steamers from the rivers and Puget
Scund are stui being pressed Into the work
of rescue. Though no lives have been lost
during the last two days, there have been
many narrow escapes and thrilling ex
periences. Many families have been .lrivjn
from their houses. One steamer brought
307 settlers from Westminster late last
night.
Among them was the family of a rancher
fiom near Langley. The man had built a
strong raft upon which he took his en
tire family and ten blooded horses. They
were rescued in mid stream after having
been afloat for ten hours.
At many points there Is great destitution
among the unlucky settlers who have fled
from their homes. At the Salmon river set
tlement, where the water is ten feet deep
on the flat, many families are huddled to
gether on the highlands, and living on one
scanty meal a day. The rescuing steamers
have neglected them to care for others who
are in greater danger.
At Hatxlc, the steamer Transfer sailed up
over firms and fences, over the Hatxlc
bridge and the dyke and tied up to the rails
of the Canadian Pacific railroad track, sev
en miles from where the river formerlv ran
TJ"t. Transfer secured the wife of Rancher
McDermott from the roof of her floating
house. Her husband, who had faUed In his
efforts to rescue her. was found later li a
small skiff.
"-b??1 bous* from Nlcomen lsla.nl.
tact W eatmlnster last night 1l ?
-.?,0th?VJ,ncouv.?r W"1 New Westminster are
cut off from the outside world. Even the
telegraph Is not to be depended upon, as
^ "lr- hfv.e be?n constantly in trouble.
Bvery effort Is being made to relieve the
f.ood sufferers, but the means are utterly
Inadequate to meet the demand.
fa,,er
The result of the flood, it is seen will
?k utJLer,y st?P 1111 farming operations along
. a*er rfver for this season and the
i !????? ^ fearful trade depression in
the cities of New Westminster and Van
J2EIK. which depend entirely uJSS art
cultural products for their support.
lerPwhII?,AN^L.?re ' June 1-Qov Pennoy
f?r ^h? ^ ?*umP'ng eastern Oregon
!.?. P?Pulist party, arrived here last
evening being the only person arrlWns
!7 ,l section for several days He
some distance down the Union Pa
cific line, and made a perilous trip of forty
miles In a skiff down the raging Columbia
^ ll?,e roadbed of the Union Pacific
for forty miles Is practically destroyed.
Destruction of Coseossillr.
8POKANE. Wash., June 1.?Further par
ticulars from the terrible flood which de
stroyed the town of Conconnully, Wash
have been received. In addlUon to the
flood In the creek a cloudburst occurred,
increasing the volume of water Into a rag
ing tcrrent. Everything was swept before
the flood. Trees, houses and rocks came
down upon the beautiful flats, where they
lodged, forming a Jam fifteen feet high In
places. Nothing is left except parts of
seven buildings. When the flood was with
in a half mile of the town It was seen, and
every one fled to higher land.
A. Spencer of Walla Walla was struck by
the drift and carried to the lake, where he
was rescued. A. W. Tullock. a druggist
was carried down stream aw yards, and
landed In a Jam, where he was taken out
alive after the water had subsided.
Outside aid Is necessary. The loas is com
plete, as there was no chance to save prop
erty. Even those who put their goods on
high ground lost' everything.
?LIKT IN NICARAGUA.
Disposed to Accede to the Dtauii
of the United States Government.
The Secretary of State has received a
dispatch from United States Minister Bak
er at Managua, containing information
Indicative or a desire on the part of the
-Mcaraguan authorities to comply with the
demands of this country as a result of the
Bluetlelds affair. Minister Baker said that
Consul Braida'a exequatur had been re
stored, and that everything was now mov
ing smoothly In that quarter. He also an
nounced that Torres,the governor of Rama,
who sheltered the murderer of the Ameri
can, W ilson, had been deposed from his
ottlce and that similar action will be taken i
he has been assured. In the case of La
cayo. the Mcaraguan commissioner, now
in Bluellelds.
The -Mcaraguan authorities were, he as-!
sertcd. following every clew looking to the
aiprehension of Arguello, Wilson's murder
er. though the chances are slim for his rap
ture.
Our Government Inipntlent.
It is understood that Minister Baker's
dispatch Is In response to instructions that
he Inform the Nlcaraguan government
that the United States' patience In the
whole Ulueflelds matter was getting near
the danger limit and that something must
be done, and that quickly. His Instruc
tions further directed him to say that Tor
res must be punished for participating In
the Wilson matter; that Lacayo should also
meet with punishment, and that It must
be done at once. The result of this stand
by the United States Is seen in Minister
Baker's dispatches.
A ROUMANIAN COLONY.
It May l>e Founded on a 200,000 Acre
California Tract.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June l.-The Call
says that S. J. Kline, a Roumanian, Is con
cluding negotiations for the purchase of
200,000 acres of land belonging to the Mitch
ell estate, in Mercedes county, and that if
the deal Is carried through 14,000 Rouma
nians will settle In California as colonists
These persons are of German descent and
live In Bessarabia. They are dissatisfied
with the arrangement whereby Bessarabia
was ceded to Russia and desire to ret
away from Russian rule.
The Receiving Ship Richmond.
PHILADELPHIA, June 1.?The receiving
ship Richmond, in tow of the United States
cruiser Atlanta, passed In the Delaware
C?,Pea noon today- Both ships reported
all * <H1 on board. The Richmond Is en
route from Ne*por^ R. I. to the League
Island navy yard, where she will take the
Place of the receiving ship St. Louis.
FLOODS IN COLORADO
Deatrnction Oauaad Throughout the
State
Oalr Om Fatality Thai Par Ha* Beea
Reported ? Raaalai of
Traiaa Dtlartii
DEOTER, CoL, June 1.?Platte rtver con
tinued to rise until 3 o'clock this morning,
and a raging torrent Is likely to continue
pouring through the city.
Colfax and Jarome Psrlt were flooded at
11 o'clock last night, and the persons liv
ing on the low ground had to vacate their
houses very suddenly. The railroad em
bankments were washed away in places,
and bridges were badly damaged. The loss
will be very great:. In Jerome Park and
vicinity 175 families were driven from their
homes and are encamped on higher ground.
As many more families living on the river
bottoms in this city also fled to higher
ground.
Edward Whitman, a boy. fell into the
torrent and was drow ned. No other fatal
l ities have been reported. It will be several
I days before trains can be run on schedule
time on any of the roads entering this city.
The Denver and Rio Grande railroad Is
running trains only to Colorado Springs
' owing to a bad washout Just below there.
The Missouri Pacific and the Rock Inland
railroad trains using the Rio Grande rail
road tracks are consenuently cut off. The
Santa Fe railroad fares still worse.lts tracks
being washed a? ay In many places in the
i Arkansas valley. It Is sending trains on the
Rio Grande via Trinidad.
The damage to the mountain roads by the
! floods is the heaviest experienced In this
state. The loss on business alone reaches
$1">.000 a day.
j The South Park branch of the Union Pa
cific Is under water from Wheatland to
I Pine Grove, a distance of thirty miles.
The pipe factory, five houses, the railroad
tracks and all the city's railroad bridges at
I Boulder have been washed away by the
flood In Boulder creek. Po\erty Flats are
submerged. No lives were lost.
The Sunset branch of the Gulf railroad
and the Mountain road are entirely gone.
Nlslsg Cnsipa ?wf?t Awnf.
The towns of Crlsman and Saltna. mining
camps In Boulder canon, the former six and
the latter nine miles from Boulder, have
been wiped out of existence. They had a
population of about 200. who are now home
less. Many placer mines are ruined. The
total loss In and around Boulder Is S500.000.
Boulder has had no communication with
Denver ?r any outside point since Wednes
day until today, as the telegraph wires were
down and the roads Impassable.
All the crops in the St. Vraln valley, one
of the richest grain regions In the state,
liave been destroyed by the flood and the
loss Is very heavy.
A Hesrrvolr la Daager.
The water has undermined the walls of
the Urge reservoir situated at the mouth
of Big Canon. Just above the village of
Palmer Lake, and It Is momentarily ex
pected to collapse. The reservoir Is 100
feet wide. 800 yard* long and 20 feet deep.
Citizens of Monument and Husted and
also Colorado Springs have been warned
of the danger.
Business Is practically suspended at
Manltou by the flood and hundreds of men
are working to save their property. The
stream from Williams canon Is rushing
| over Mineral Water Park, leaving gravel
In place of grass Tons of earth have been
torn.from the pavilion grounds. Dynamite
has ? Wen used frequently to demolish
gorges. The damage to streets, parks and
private property cannot now be estimated.
The water Is still rising.
The big Thompson has spread all over the
bottom lands, the streams being higher
than at any time alnce 1S7?. The home sup
ply ditch has been broken. This ditch sup
i piles a large farming territory and cannot
be repaired until after the harvest.
Fountain Qui Bolle has overflowed Its
bank*. The residence of John Herrlngton at
Colorado City fell into the stream and was
Instantly demolished.
Chicago creek and Clear creek at Colora
do Springs are raging torrenta. Telegraph
poles and trees are going down before the
flood and thousanda of dollars' worth of
property has bwn destroyed. Many mines
have been flooded and tun'?.. >*ve caved
In.
DETAINED VNTIL TODAY.
The Vlgllssl Flaally Sell Ball for
Boatload.
NEW TORK. June 1.?The yacht Vigilant,
which left the Erie basin yesterday morn
ing, bound for Glasgow, and anchored off
Cam plow, inside of Sandy Hook, on account
of the stormy and thick weather, left her
anchorage at 12:44 this morning and re
sumed her voyage. Toward midnight last
night the wind, which had been from the
east all day. changed to the westward and
the tog lifted. Capt. Jeffery at once gave
orders to weigh anchor, and the bronse
yacht was soon outside of Sandy Hook on
her way across the occan. At & o'clocn this
morning the Vigilant passed Fire Island
with all sails set and going very fast, the
wind blowing from the west about twelve
miles an hour.
STRIKERS APPLY FOR WORK.
They Flat That Their Places Hsto
Beea Taken.
KKOHTBURG. Md.. June 1.?Fifteen of
the strikers who foimerly worked In the
Eckhart mine applied for their old places,
but found them filled by other miners.
Ttlrty more of the strikers of this mine
cannot get work tor the same reason.
Wm. Myers. Wm. Morgan and John
Kreltzburg were appointed a committee st
a meeting held In Eckhart mine yesterday
by the miners who have been working dur
ing the strike to wait upon President May-r
of the Consolidation Coal Company. Satur
day. to ask Tor tlfty cents a ton for mining
ccal. The committee are not members of
the United Miners.
At Hoffman mine about forty strikers ap
plied for work, and were told that their
places were tilled by other men. Some of
them were offered work In Ocean mine,
which has been Idle for weeks.
OPPOSED TO THEIR WORKING.
ft ah People Want Smith's Iadastrlals
to Move Oa.
SALT LAKE, Utah. June 1.?The advance
of Smith's so-called Industrial "army"
reached here yesterday afernoon. They
stopped at the village of P luntlful and ob
tained transportation frjm the citlsens.
Smith, with the main column, arrived here
late last night. Some of the men have ex
pressed their intention of stopping here and
obtaining work on the large gravity sewer
being built. The home reserves object to
the men having work, and a number of
their leaders called upon the city authori
ties vesteiday afternoon and requested that
they" be protected from Smith and his in
vasion. They were informed that under the
order of th? court there could be no inter
ference with them so long as they violated
no law. These home reserves were particu
larly active and enthusiastic on having tke
Injunction dissolved so that these men could
come Into the city.
Commoawealera Pat OB.
TOPEKA. Kan., Junel.?Ex-Adjutant Gen.
Arts and an army of thirty* commonwealers
attempted to get out of Topeka last night
by boarding an eaatbound freight on the
Santa Fe road. The railroad employes re
fused to move th* train and finally drove
them oft.
The telegraphers' convention finished Its
labors at Denver yesterday. The proposi
tion to organise state divisions was voted
I down. The next convention will be heldln
' St. Louis on th* third Monday of May. 1883.
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in f#e cafrttj. ^tsferbap's
JJtar contained 48 cofumns
of abwrtisemtnfs. mabc tip
of 771 separate announce:
mcntg. ?8c6e aboerftsers
fiougftf pufifiafp-nof mcrefj
space.
TALK ABOUT SUGAR
Senator Manderson Discusses the
Beet Sugar Industry.
IK AMENDIENT HE WILL OFFER
The State Bank Tax Repeal Bill
in the House.
IT IS FURTHER DEBATED
A large horseshoe of poses rested on the
desk of Senator Proctor of Vermont when
the Senate met at 10 o'clock today In honor
of his birthday.
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts presented a
petition from the "Ne?' England Industrial
army" asking legislation which would guar
antee work to the unemployed. Mr. Hoar
stated that the petition, which was but ons
of many of a similar character presented to
Congress, was worthy of consideration. Ht
moved that a special committee of Ave be
appointed to investigate the matters set
forth therein, but withdrew It upon ths
suggestion of Mr. Cockrell of Missouri that
it should first go to the committee on rules.'
It was so referred.
On motion of Mr. Pet'lgrew, a bill grant
ing additional lands in the Hot Springs
to the Berry Hospital was takeu from the
calendar and i*.xtied. It was within flvs
minutes of I0M when the morning business
was finished, and Mr. Hill of New York
therefore made no eSort to get up his reso
lution to instruct the bribery committee to
throw op< n its doors to the public. It m-ent
over without prejudice, as did Mr. Dolph'a
resolution to bring E. J. Edwards, one of
the contumacious witnesses, to the bar of
the Senate for conterrpt.
Mr. Frye (Me.) asked the Vice President
whether or not the proceedings in refer
ence to the contumacious witnesses had
been certified by him to the district attor
ney under the law. Mr. Stevenson replied
that they haul been so certified.
Mr. Hill asked unanimous consent to con
skier a joint resolution passed by the Houm
yitterday giving the Secretary of War au
thority under the last sundry civil appro
priation act to Institute condemnation pro
ceedings to secure certain lands near the
battlefield of Gettysburg. Judge Dallas, hs
explained. had Just held that the languags
of that act was not broad enough to war
rant condemnation proceedings.
Mr. Cockrell (Mo.) objected. Insisting that
the resolution should go first to the com
mittee on military affairs, and It was so re
ferred. .
The (sgsr trke4sle.
The tariff bill was then laid before ths
Senate and the great battle over the sugar
schedule began. The McKlnley tow placed
raw sugars on the free list. Imposed 1-1
cent duty on refined sugar and gave a
bounty of 2 cents to the sugar growers.
The House bill repealed the bounty and
placed all sugars, raw and refined, on ths
free list. The first bill reported from ths
finance committee of the Senate gave t
specific duty of from 1 cent to 1.285 per
pound according to poltrttcoplc teat. Tha
"compromise" amendment, which Is the one
now before the Senate, made the sugar
schedule go Into effect January L l?e. ths
rates being #? per cent ad valorstn on all
I sugars, raw and refined, one-eighth of 1
cent additional on eugars above 16. Dutch
1 standard, with an additional one-tenth of
1 cent a pound on sugar from countries
paying export bounties. It also continued
the sugar treaty with Hawaii.
Mr. Misdrrsss's B*?i?rks.
Mr. Manderson (Neb ) took the floor as
soon as Mr. Jones had formally proposed
the compromise amendment. The sugar
schedule, he said, was the Interesting
schedule of the bill. It contained both
sweetness and light. It seemed to pervade
the whole btll.
The bill could not be touched without
laying hands on sugar. The 8enate had
even departed from the censlderation of the
bill to make explorations In sugar, not m
the cane fields of Nebraska, but in the com
mittee room. The saccharine principle, as
It Impregnated all nature. Invaded evsry
feature of this bill. Mr. Manderson then
proceded to argue in favor of protection and
for the sugar-growing Industry of the coun
try. The consumption of sugar In ths
United Stales was enormous, he said. Al
most 5.<*W.m?i.ooo pounds of raw sugar had
bv?n consumed last year, representing. If
grown and refined abroad, a grand total of
ft *??,<**).to be paid to foreigners Frea
sugar would mean the Immediate destruc
tion of the beet sugar Industry and the
gradual extinction of cane sugar produc
tion in the southern slates. If properly
protected, he prophesied that before
beet sugar production would have so de
veloped lr. the north and cane sugar In ths
south that the I'nlted States could supply
the full consumption of the United States.
Beet sugar growing ofTered an Important
Industry to the farmers of the country.
When developed to the extent necesasry ts
supply the home demand It would afford a
crop of 2.0UI.UK) acres. Was It any wonder
that the farmers of the west wanted s con
tinuation of the sugar bounty? They were
enthusiastic over the prospect. It was ths
great boon which they asked Congress to
save them Every acre planted In bsstt
meant twenty days' labor to a man.
Beet tsgar Prodirllss.
No country In the world, Mr. Mandcrssa
said, was so well adapted to produce beet
sugar as the Vnlted States. Beet growing
ultimately would displace cane growing.
Cane contained 13 per cent of saccroaa or
crystalline sugar, sorghum but 8 per cent,
while beets gave from 15 to 19 per cent of
1 crystalline sugar. Mr. Manderson denied
that In fostering the growth of beet and'
cane sugar any obligations existed to pro
tect the refiners. There was no connection,
he declared, between the sugar-growers and
the odious sugar trust. He cared nothing for >
the one and everything for the other. He pro
ceeded to describe In detail the manner In
which beets were grown and ths methods
of their conversion in ths factory Inta
sugar
He sketched the development of beeHugar
production In other countries under ths
! bounty system adopted In Germany. Aus-.
trla-Hungary. Russia. Holland. BstottUk, j
Sweden. Denmark. Italy, Canada. Even
England, not to be behindhand, was offetw.
ing a bounty In her colonies. The total pro- }
ductlon of cane sugar In the world wsa
2.JHJ0.000 tons, and of beet sugar S,770.00d,
ton*. <'ane sugar had always been protect
ed In this country up to 1800. In 18W ths
production under the duty was 2X7,0"0,000
pounds. Since the Imposition of the bounty
the annual product had grown to 5SO.OOO.
000. With this comparatively small pro
duction, compared with the enormous con
sumption in the United States (about 5.000.
000.000). it was. in his opinion, better ts
give a bounty and pay directly out of the
treasury ten or even twenty million a year
as the industry developed than for the peo
ple to pay In duty In indirect taxation fro in
fifty to seventy-five million dollars.
Will Offer a Sabstltate.
Mr. Manderson gave notice that at ths
proper time he would offer as a substitute
for the sugar schedule of the bill the bounty
provision of the McKlnley bill, continu
ing it In force until July 1. 1*?- H*
argued at length In support of the consti
tutionality of bounti"s. quoting exteiisU? or
from court decisions, especially the de
cision of Justice Miller. . .
"If Congress were to give s bounty, in
quired Mr. Oaffery (La.), "to a farmer or
manufacturer, do y:>u coateod^XHs^ iw
courts have no right to ln<4aire(Wketfcsr ths
bounty is given for a public or private
U9Vdo." replied Mr. Manderson: '?th' de
cislon of Mr. Miller Is conclusive on that
^Having completed the legal aspects of
the bounty question, Mr. Manderson main
tained strongly that If ther*
obligation there was st least a mocal obM
gktion on Congress not to be gull'y of Ire
pudiation, not to tear down vested right*.