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THE EVEHINQ 8TAB. ftTBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT S05DAT. W? 11th ?treet asd Per.nsrlTinia The Erring1 Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFKAEN, Prw-t. New York Office: 126 Tribune Building. Chicago Office: Bcyoe Building. The Evening Stir Is s*?rr*d to subscribers lo the city by carriers. on their own iccoant at 10 rente per week, or 44 cent* per month. Copies tt the roumter. 2 cents ee< h. B- *nall anywhere in the U.S. or Canada?postage pro paid-850 rents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year; with fcrelm postage sddf?d. $3 08. (Eotem) at the Tost Office at Washington, D. C., ? s ?ftf-d? mall matter.) {T7A11 mall subscriptions must be paid In advance. Kate* of advertising made known on application. All ELASTIC CURRENCY One Object of the Fowler BiU. FAVORED BY COMMITTEE ORDERED TO BE REPORTED TO THE HOUSE. Statement Concerning Its Provisions by Its Author?Will Be Push ed for Consideration. The House committee on banking and cur rency today voted to report the bill "to maintain the gold standard, provide an elac i<: currency, equalize the rates of in terest throughout the country and further am> nd the national bank laws." ' The details of the measure were printed in The Star when Mr. Fowler introduced 1'. and since then the changes made have no: affected any of the principles of the bill. It brings together many plans which have heretofore been urged separately. A division of banking and currency is created 1 i the Treasury Department, with a board of control of three members, superseding the present controller of the currency. The methods by which banks may take out cir culation are provided; the parity of the silver dollar with gold Is established; pro vision for the establishment of branch na tional banks is made; silver bullion in the treasury is to be coined into subsidiary sil ver; guaranty funds are provided to pro ttct against insolvent banks. Chairman Fowler's Statement. Tn describing the bill for The Star today Chairman Fowler said that it was purely a committee measure, was supported by all of the republicans on the committee and would be pushed for consideration as the Important financial legislation of the pres ent Congress. In discussing the measure aomewhat in detail Mr. Fowler said; "Th*? difficulties under which the country Is laboring are two-fold. The first has to do with the financial interests of the gov ernment, the other the credit system of the country. Then- are now outstanding In one form or another about $1,310,000,000 In obligations for which the government 1j responsible, namely. $34fi.OOO.?>uo in green backs; $:ur>.i??>.<??> in national bank notes; 935.000.000 in treasury notes; S530.000.000 in silver dollars, or certificates representing them. "The purpose of the bill is to relieve the treasury from the burden of carrying all or these obligations except the silver, which we hope to so completely distribute throughout the country by having no larger silver certificate than $.". as to relieve the treasury form any apprehension whatever In that connection. Burden Put on the Banks. "The banks are to assume the current redemption of $130,000,000 of the T'nited 8tates notes, the government at the same time paying half of that amount, or $f>5, OOO.OUQ, making a total of $195,000,000, which leaves a balance outstanding of 9131.000.000, which Is much more than cov ered by the $150.000,000 in the issue and redemption division, as it is well known that several millions of greenbacks have been lost or destroyed. More Subsidiary Coin. " The bill proposes also to coin all of the bullion between the $35.000 000 of treasury notes ir.to subsidiary coin, and the redemp tion of the bar.k notes Issued under the bill is to be in gold coin. From this it will be readily seen that the government will not be responsible for any of the obligations referred to except the various forms of sil ver, whose preoccupation in the perform ance of the trade business of the country will preclude its presentation In any such quantity as to become a burden on the treasury. "Nor will there be any disposition after the passage of the bill to discriminate against silver in any form or to present it Instead of other forms of money at the treasury for redemption because the bill provides for the exchange of gold coin for silver dollars, thus redeeming every pledge the government has now outstanding in the form of fiat money. An Elastic Currency. "The second Important purpose of the measure has to do with bank currency, which today is put out or retired according as there may or may not be a profit in holding bon-ls. The bill establishes a sys tem of credit currency such as they have In France, Germany. Great Britain and Canada, a currency which will respond to the demands of trade precisely as checks and drafts are retired. Such a currency precludes the possibility of a currency panic such as we are now frequently hav ing. "Another Important feature of the bill bears directly on the question of currency and i:s distribution?that is. the right of a bank to have as many places of business as it may desire, precisely like any other commercial business. This will equalize the distribution of money over the country, as the interest will be the same as in the largt cities." Contingent Promotions. In < ase of the confirmation .,f Major Gen eral Hughes and Brigadier Generals De Russy, Burt and Sheridan the following promotions will result: In the Infantry arm?I.ieutenant Colonels D. J. Craigie and A. H. Bowman to be col onels, Majors J. T. Van Orsdale and J. A. Buchanan to be lt?-uteuanl colonels and Captains A. C. Ducat and P. M. B. Travis to be majors. In the adjutant general's department? lieutenant Colonel tV. H. Carter to be colonel and Major J. T. Kerr to be lieu tenant colonel. Commissioned Assistant Paymaster. Mr. Walter A. Greer of St. Louis, Mo., was today commissioned an assistant pay master in the navy. For a little over four years Mr. Greer has been a clerk in the Navy Department, and for two years has been confidential clerk to Secretary Long. He is a graduate of the Law School of Co lumbian I'nlverslty and is a member of the local chapter of the Phi Sigma Kappa fra ternity. Regulating Sale of Serum. A bill was Introduced In the House today by Mr. Russell, being a copy of a bill In troduced in the Senate by Mr. Spooner, to regulate the sale of serum, toxins and analagous products in the District of Co lombia. and also to regulate interstate com merce In these articles. The provisions of the measure were published in yesterday's Mar. Anacostia Street Improvements. To widen Morris road In Anacostia to a width not less than fifty feet, from Nich olas avenue to 15th street east, is the pur pose of a bill which has b?en Introduced In the House by Mr. Mudd. The work Is to be done under the direction of the Com missioners. and $10,000 is provided for the improvement. TO WAIVE PENALTY. Controller Traceweirs Opinion on the Authority of Commissioners. The District Commissioners recently ad dressed a letter to Controller Tracewell in regard to the case of D. F. Mockabee, con tractor with the District for constructing school building on Half street between N and O streets southwest, and saying: "The Commissioners would respectfully request your decision as to whether or not in the present case the contractor may be ptrmitted to complete his work after the time limit has expired, provided it be to the advantage of the District to do so, and be relieved of penalty and cost of inspec tion for a period equal to that of the de lays for which the District is responsible without regard to the time, whether before or after the expiration of the contract, at which application for such permission is made." In answer to the communication Con troller Tracewell has rendered the following decision: "In my judgment you have no such au thority either before or after the expira tion of the time limitation. You may ex tend the time limitation for the completion of a building either before or after the expiration of the time limitation as set out in the contract, but such extension does not waive, nor can you waive, the accrued or accruing penalties or damages suffered or to be suffered by the government on ac count of such extension. "You are authorized in your discretion to permit these contractors to complete the school building under the penalties and con ditions as to its completion as set out in the contract. Delays in completing the building, whether occuring before or after the time set for its completion in the origi nal contract caused through no fault of the contractor, but solely through the fault of the District, cannot be charged to the contractors in estimating the damages fcr inspection or otherwise." AN EXAMPLE TO THE WORLD. America and Mexico Refer Dispute to The Hague Tribunal. Mr. Powell Clayton, United States am bassador to Mexico, has the honor of being the person to secure the submission of the first case to The Hague arbitration. For a third of a century the United States gov ernment has been trying to effect a settle ment with the Mexican government of the celebrated Pius claim, involving about ?1, 000,000, and just before leaving the City of Mexico for Washington Mr. Clayton suc ceeded in reaching an agreement with the Mexican government for the submission of that claim to The Hague tribunal for set tlement by arbitration. It is a significant fact that the two great American republics ) are thue the first among nations to give a ! practical proof of their adhesion to the ! principles of arbitration through The Hague tribunal. This Pius claim is interesting and intri cate, involving a dispute between the Cath olic Church of California and the govern ment of Mexico as to the liability of the latter for the Interest upon certain church lands which the Mexican government un dertook to hold as trustee for the church. CHARGES REFUTED. Ambassador Clayton Satisfactorily Explains His Acts. United States Ambassador Clayton has been triumphantly vindicated. He has seen President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay i and, It Is formally stated, has explained j fully and to the satisfaction 'of both all : the charges that have been made against him In regard to cases pending before the Mexican courts and also concerning his own personal conduct. In the court cases to which reference has been made It is stated that Mr. Clayton acted under exact Instructions from the Department of State, showing great zeal, Industry and ability In the defense of the rights of American citi zens. With this vindication Mr. Clayton will return to his post at the City of Mexico after a brief holiday spent in Washington with his daughter. HEPBURN CANAL BILL. Republican Steering Committee Con siders It at Conference. j The republican steering committee held | a meeting this morning in the room of i Senator Allison, its chairman. The com i mittee was in session for half an hour and I decided to recommend the Philippine bill as the first order of business, to be fol lowed by the canal bill. Of course, as is always the case, appropriation bills will have consideration whenever they are ready to go before the Senate. The recommendation of this order of j business insures, It is believed, action on { the canal bill. Opponents of the Nicara : sua canal provided for in the Hepburn bill, , which has been passed by the House of 1 Representatives, will combine in support j of the Spooner amendment, which author izes the President to purchase the Panama j canal property if he can secure a satis I factory title to it. ; Those who believe that the Hepburn bill I should be passed will make no conces I sion to the proposition contained in the | Spooner amendment, and they express ; themselves as confident that wlien a vote j is taken a larg.- majority will be found in l favor of the Hepburn bill. The action of i the republican steering committee today i practically insures a vote on the measure NAVAL OFFICERS' DEATHS. Two More Announced to the Depart ment Today. There has been a remarkable mortality among naval officers within the last few days. In addition to thoee recorded yester day, telegrams were received at the Navy Department this morning announcing the death in Brooklyn yesterday of Medical Director Delavan Bloodgood, one of the best known medical officers of the civil war navy, and of Civil Engineer Christo pher Columbus Walcott, at the Naval Hos pital in New York last night. Mr. Walcott was secretary of the naval board which is preparing plans for the Olongapo naval station. He held the rank of captain in the navy, being the senior member of his corps next to Admiral Endicott. EXPENSES OF EMBASSY. Congress Will Not Be Asked for an Appropriation. It is said that Congress will not be asked for an appropriation to defray the ex penses of the 1'nited States special embassy to the coronation of King Edward. These expenses will be defrayed by the civilians of the party out of their own pockets, while tiie army and navy attaches will be ordered to London in the course of duty and thus will have to depend upon their ordinary mileage. Camp for Seventh Cavalry. Major General Brooke, commanding the department of the east, who is now in this city on official business, will leave here to morrow for Chickamauga for the purpose of selecting a site for the camp of the 7th Cavalry, which regiment is to be tempo rarily stationed on the government reser vation at that place. The 7th Cavalry has been serving in Cuba for about two years and is expected to start home from Ha vana on tht loth instant. OBJECT TO TRANSFER Treasury Officials Oppose In clusion in New Department. TOO MANY BUREAUS CUSTOMS SERVICE SHOULD BE LEFT INTACT. Assistant Secreeary Spaulding and Several Subordinates Testify Be fore House Committee. A num.-or of officials of the Treasury De partment appeared before the House com mittee on 'nmerce today and argued against having certain bureaus in that de paTtment transferred to the proposed new department of commerce. Assistant Secretary Spaulding told the committee that the proposed department of commerce bill would be harmful to the "ex cellent workings of a number of bureaus In the Treasury Department which it is de signed to lift out bodily from that depart ment." As an Instance, he said, it would make the collectors of customs subordinate to two departments. Speaking of the navigation bureau, he said he tinderstood It was the desire to disconnect in this bill the revenue functions of the government with the commerce functions?the navigation bureau, he main tained, was a revenue bureau. If placed in the new department it would result in de lays to shipping, as it has largely to do with collectors of customs, and a double set of orders would have to be issued. Several Bureaus Affected. Quarantine would be affected. Cases have occurred where the quarantine officer has held one view and the collector of the cus toms another, and the matter has to be settled by the Secretary of the Treasury. A "double-headed" administration would not make this possible. The steamboat inspection service would also have a dual head, as would the depart ment of statistics. On the latter subject he said if the Treasury Department had to collect its own statistics and would have to continue notwithstanding what the new department might do, this, he believed, would only result in a double set of statis tics. "But what I especially want to empha size," concluded General Spaulding, "is that the collector of customs should be entirely and absolutely under the control of the Treasury Department, and that any divi sion of its bureaus will work harm to the service." Mr. Chamberlain, chief of the bureau of navigation, was also heard. He said the chief difficulty he believed In transferring his bureau would be that of administration. For instance, the customs would be collect ed by the treasury and the tonnage tax by his bureau under the new department. This would complicate matters. His bureau has about twenty clerks, and the bill transfers the whole bureau bodily to the new de partment. Problems of Administration. Mr. Chamberlain made the point that while his bureau was transferred, the au thority over many matters attended to by his bureau was left by the bill in the Sec retary of the Treasury. This was the case with the other bureaus of the treasury to be transferred. The result would be that the Secretary of the Treasury would have to get new men to do this work. In his opinion to transfer this Jurisdiction would be a detriment rather than an advantage to commerce. The bureau of navigation, he said, dealt primarily with the ship and the crew, while the cargo came under the collector of cus toms. This illustration, he said, would show at once that to divide the functions under two executive heads would result disastrously. To be successful the new de partment should take jurisdiction of all functions relating to commerce. From the beginning, he said, the Treasury Depart ment had been a department of commerce In reality, as well as the treasury of the United States. Other Grounds for Objection. Morris D. O'Connell. solicitor of the treas ury, explained that the two main channels of getting money into the treasury were the internal revenue and the customs. Every thing which had to do with these two serv ices should be entirely under the head of the Secretary of the Treasury. It would be a great mistake to put any of such bu reaus as the revenue cutter service or the bureau of navigation into the proposed de partment of commerce. "It seems to me like making two bites of a cherry," declared Mr. O'Connell. "If I might be allowed to suggest, I would say you are trying to build up a great de partment in an hour. Make this new de partment of moderate size at first. You are creating a new department at once which is larger than any other department of the government." There were some bureaus in the Treasury Department which Mr. O'Connell said had no direct connection with the treasury. In this connection he mentioned the bureau of immigration, including the exclusion of the Chinese. Gen. Jas. A. Dumont, supervising in spector of steam vessels, said that in his opinion his bureau wan closely linked to the service of the collector o? customs, and a change would doubtless result in delays to shipping. Mr. S. I. Kimball, superintendent of the life-saving service, said the life-saving ser vice had grown out of the revenue cutter service, and their interests were so united that they should necessarily go together, and it was proposed by the bill to separate them. The hearings will continue Monday. BILL RECOMMITTED. Senator Jones Objects to Proposed Na tional University Legislation. The bill to establish a university of the United States recently reported to the Sen ate by Mr. Deboe was recommitted to the committee today on motion of Senator Jones of Arkansas. Upon making this mo tion Mr. Jones stated that he was not present when the bill was voted upon by the committee. Mr. Junes' objection to the bill as re ported to the Senate relates to a provision which makes certain officials of the United States government ex-officlo members of the governing board of the university. This connection between the university and the government Is objected to by Senator Jones, who will state his objections to the committee and endeavor to have that fea ture of the bill stricken out. Heretofore many bills to establish a university of the United 8tates have provided appropriations of money and that provision lias always been fought by Senator Jones. While no such provision Is in the bill reported to the Senate this effort will be made to keep the university entirely separate from the government. Arrearages of Taxes. A bill to authorize the payment of ar rearages of taxes due the District of Columbia at 6 per cent to July 1, HKX), In lieu of penalties and costs, was Introduced la the Senate today b? Mr. Cullom. Sensational Discovery in Chi cago Murder Case. JOHN BATES AB&ESTED i CHARGED WITH KILI/ING E. R. HUNTER IN 1885. The Murdered Man. Was Prominent and the Deed Caused Great Excitement. * CHICAGO, April "(.?John Bates was ar rested last night for the murder of E. R. Hunter, a prominent stockman, who was assaulted and killed In his office at the Union stock yards, April 12, isi)5. Bates, with Frank Lovell, i'Yaiik Williams and Jacob Gohlman, were Indicted for the mur der May 28, 1800. The murder caused sbch excitement at the time that, although the following day was Saturday, the busiest of the week, business on the exchange was entirely neglected. So high did the feeling run that suspects were dragged lh many times dur ing the day, and but for the coolness of a few of the members some of the captives might have been severeljr dealt with. A heavy reward was offered by the ex change for the capture ?tf the murderers, but nothing came of It until a year later when indictments were found as above stated. In searching for the papers In the Hunter case yesterday the state's attorney discov ered that all the files had been stokn from the office of the clerk of the criminal court, and that the coroner's files were also miss ing. Only the records of the case on the docket remain. These show that Bates aj>d Williams were never apprehended, and that Lovell and Gohlman were caught and the charge against them was dropped. INSPECTING BAGGAGE SECRETARY SHAW'S LETTER TO PETITIONERS. The Department Will Do All It Can to Reduce Cause for Complaint? Some Suggestions. Secretary Shaw of the Treasury Depart ment has sent a letter to f&rh of the ladles who recently signed a psiper addressed to him complaining of thfc IlJ-treatnru nt and discourtesy at the hau^s of baggage In- i spectors at the port of fCew York. T<he letter states that on receipt of the petition a circular letter warf sent to each signer' asking a more specific statement and the facts upon which, the Conclusions received in the petition were based. This circular was sent to 1,020 ladies, whose addresses were given in the petition. A little over 300 were returned for want of sufficient ad dress. Of the 700 remaining the depa*". ment has received 185 answers on the fal lowing grievances: That receipted bills are not accepted as proof of value; that duties are often imposed upon old clothing: that trunks are emptied on ihe wharf; that Im pertinent questions are asked and remarks made which are humiliating. Answers Summarized. The answers, the Secretary says, may be summarized as follows: Number who report illegal demand by officer, 0; number who claim to have paid on non-dutiable articles, 0; number who re port having had reee*pte<VJ>ills as proof of value, 10; number who say receipted bills were not accepted a* proaf, 1; number who say receipted bills were accepted as proof, 15; number who claim their trunk9 were emptied on the wharf, 7; number who claim to have been personally IrenrfHatecf by Im pertinent questions, tt; number who com piain of discourtesy, 7; number who com plain of Insolence of officers, 3; number who complain of discrimination by officers, 5; number who report having- bsen courte ously treated, 50; number who complain of delay, 6; number who have other specific grievances, 10; numiber who object to meth od of Inspection, 4tt; number who say they have had no personal experience, 12; num ber who have not been abroad In three years, 6; number who have never been abroad, 4; number who report having signed on representation of others, 46; number w ho "signed on general principles," 1; num ber who object to making any declaration, 41; number who object to the $100 limit, 03; number who report having bribed inspect ors, 2; number who know of bribery, 3; number who reiterate the declaration con tained in the original petition, favoring the enforcement of the law. 1: number who ob ject to the department's letter of Inquiry, 2. "The want of definite charges," the Sec retary's letter continues, "renders it well nigh Impossible to conduct a specific inves tigation." f The Secretary's Promise. The department, he says, will do all in its power to reduce legitimate cause of com plaint to the minimum. T&e Secretary says he Is surprised that the ladies who signed the petition report so little personal incon venience. Continuing, he says: "If the piers were the property of the United States very important changes might be made. I have rtqnssted that the several steamship companies provide a spe cial room, or that they allow the govern ment to construct presentabfe and, if need be, portable counters, wltll screens about them, so as to permit seclusion. To this end I suggest that the ladt?? who have so courteously, called my attention to this evil join in soliciting the ?tean)si|ip companies to co-operate In remedy lag the same. "It is gratifying tt recall that the orig inal petition directs attention to the fact that the signers are desirous at the enforce ment of the law. Quite a number of the re sponses to the department's circular letter recommend a strict enforc?nent of the statute against si>ch persons as attempt to smuggle." . The Secretary then quotes the law rm garding a declaration and a* examination and says that In the face of this statute he does not see how either the declaration or the examination can be omitted. In con clusion, he says: "And now, with regard to remedies. It is the intention of the department to prepare a circular containing suggestions to travel ers, the same to be given thtm as they are leaving our ports, and it is hoped that this will be of assistance in preparing a correct schedule for ekamhiation on : their return. In addition, a-deputy will always be in at tendance, to whom any Incivility can be re ported. Other modifications will be-made from time to time as they are found prac ticable." *" - President Invited to Denver. DENVER, Cel., April 5.?President Roose velt has been Invited to address the great triennial Sunday school convention to be held in Denvej la June ne*t* President Preparing for His Charleston Trip. THE BANQUET TUESDAY SENATOR FAIRBANKS A VISITOR THIS MORNING Judge McAtee Has Sent in His Resig nation and It May Be Accepted. President Roosavelt is trying to get offi cial business in shape so that his depart ure for Charleston Monday afternoon will net leave any important pressing matters unsettled. He saw very few people today that he might have sufficient time to devote his attention to matters laid before him from the different departments. On Mon day he will not be "at home," except to those having the most urgent business. The train for Charleston will leave Washington over the Southern railway at 3:30 o'clock Monday afternoon, in charge of Col. S. L. Brown, and will arrive in Charleston early the next morning. The program in Charles ton includes an excursion around the har bor, a banquet at the Charleston Hotel Tuesday night, a lunch In the woman'.? building of the exposition on Wednesday, and other functions. Secretary Cortelyou, who is arranging the trip, has received as surances from Charleston that the most cor dial reception will be given the President and his party, and that the coming of the party Is being awaited with deep interest. President Roosevelt will deliver a speech at the banquet Tuesday night, and some notable utterances are looked for. Wednes day night will be spent at Summerville. not far from Charleston, where the President and party will visit the celebrated South Carolina tea farm. In addition to mem bers of the cabinet and their ladies there will be-three re preventatives of the press associations, three Washington daily pa pers and about four representatives of illus trated publications. The train will leave South Carolina on the return trip to Wash ington next Thursday afternoon and will reach here some time-Friday. An Indiana Judgeship Senator Fairbanks was at the White House with Enoch G. Hogate of Donville, Ind. Mr. Hogate was a strong candidate for the republics lunominat ion for governor of Indiana before the last state convention. He is a lawyer and an able man. It is un derstood that- Senator Fairbanks wk. pre sent bia name. If he did not do so this morning, for judge of the federal uistrict court of Indiana. It will be recalled that President Roose velt s^me time ago nominated Francis E. Baker of Indiana for judge of the circuit court, which embraces Indiana in its ter ritory. Judge Baker Is a son of Judge John H. Baker, who has presided on the federal district bench of Indiana for many years. The latter Intends to retire before a great whiLe, and his doLnp so will leave a va cancy that will be much sought. In~the contest for the circuit Judgeship Senator Bevefldge succeeded in landing Judge Baker, who was opposed by Senator Fair banks. The letter Is beginning early now by producing a candidate that he thinks cannot be objected to. Judge McAtee Resigns. Judge John L. McAtee of the territorial court of Oklahoma has sent his resignation to the President, and it may be accepted. The resignation is the result of charges filed by citizens of Enid, Oklahoma, al leging gross immorality. The Department of Justice, by order of the President, be gan a strict investigation. This has been cut short by the resignation. Senator McEnery of Louisiana Introduced David G. Baldwin, postmaster at New Or leans. and Joseph Indest, superintendent of delivery in the post office In that city. Senator Burrows presented C. F. Kimball of Pontiac, Mich.; Representative Alex ander of Buffalo presented friends, and among the other visitors were Delegate Wilcox of Hawaii. Senator Gibson of Mon tana, Representatives Jett and Graff of Il linois. Representative McRae of Arkansas and Senator Proctor. Promotion Sought for Col. Hooten. Representative Butler of Pennsylvania talked with the President today about mak ing a brigadier general of Col. Matt Hooten, U. S. A. Col. Hooten will soon retire by reason of age and long service, and his friends think that he should be made a brigadier general as a reward for a most meritorious and honorable career lr the army. Col. Hooten distinguished him self in the civil war. He was a major ol the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, and at the battle of Gettysburg was severely wounded. His career In the regular army since the civil war has been a splendid one, it is said. Senators Quay and Penrose of Pennsyl vania had a conference with the President about some Pennsylvania offices. WILL GO TO MEMPHIS. Admiral Schley Receives an Elaborate ly Engraved Silver Invitation. Rear Admiral Schley has accepted an Invitation from the city of Memphis, Tenn.. to visit that place during the latter part ol the present month. The invitation was personally tendered yesterday by a sub committee of the general invitation com mittee, of which Mr. W. J. Crawford of Memphis Is chairman. The admiral will leave this city on the 2flth instant, arriv ing at Memphis on the evening of the" next day. The invitation Is an elaborately engraved circular piece of silver an inch thick, rest ing on a basis of solid oak. The names of all the members of the Invitation commit tee -are engraved autographically. Sur rounding the lnvltatton proper Is a heavy silver wreath of laurel and oak leaves. THE ROSECRANS CEREMONIES. Memorial Exercises to Be Held at Ar lington. The Society of the Army of the Cumber land, at Its last annual meeting, decided to transfer the remains of General Rosecrans from Los Angeles, Cal.. to Arlington, for burial. The ceremonies connected with this military funeral will take place on or about May 17 next at the pavilion in the Arling ton grounds. President Roosevelt has agreed to be present, prominent officers ot the army will attend, and the troops avail able about Washington will form part of the funeral cortege. Both houses of Con grfss will be represented by committers, and it is expected that the Speaker of the House .ind General Grosvenor. both or whom served under General Rosecrans, in behalf of the House of Representatives, and Senator Forakfr, who also served under him, representing the Senate, will make brief addresses. The Society of the Army of the Cumberland will be largely repre sented, and veterans of the military socie ties of the District will be invited to take part. BOTH SIDES LOST HEAVILY. Details of the Recent Fight in th< Transvaal. PRETORIA. Friday. April 4?The RrltisI losses In the engagement In the neighbor hood of Harts river, In the southwesteri extremity of the Transvaal. March 31. wer< three officers and twenty-four men killec and sixteen officers and 131 men wounded The Boers admit that they lost 137 mei killed or wounded. The action occurre. at Doombalt farm, a few miles s.iuth o the scene of Gen. Delareys defeat of Gen Methuen. The Boers, who wore commands by Gens. Kemp and Potgieter. attack.-, with great determination, but the Canadiai South?*?V Wli'ch was thp last 10 arrive ii f", hlfAfri,'a trom Canada, and two squad the art!lW?vrnaniy' "n<1or Co1 r?"ks'"> ?"? kL il y.a^ mounted rifles, under Col horl'h ?UCh a S, V'" fr"m 'h.<t th. burghers were Anally forced to retreat. The casualty list shows that the 2d <"a wmind 1,MoVntod Rlfles ha<1 officer wounded." "e me" kU,ed "nd f"rt> ENGLISH ROPE MAKERS PROTEST Against Rebate on Goods Coming Froir Philippines. LONDON, April 5-The English rop. makers will shortly submit a petition to th? foreign office protesting against th.- actioi of Congress In abolishing the export duti on Manila nemp shipped direct to th, I nited States, but enforcing the tax oi hemp shipped to other countries. This dis crimination, the Englisn rope makers Ray entails on them an extra cost of 30 shilling: per ton, leaving thrm on a "most unequa footing as competitors with the Unltet States." The rope makers add: "The American action constitutes a grav, menace to trade, especially seeing thai there Is nothing to pr, vent the authorities at Washington from doubling or tr,-b!i-it the tax on foreigners." duty on hemp coming intr "Ited Stat?* from the Philippines, be sides the 2-. per cent reduction, are also leei the export tax charged In the Island* The export tax is charged just as before but th, reduction is made at this end of the line the effect being to retain the export tax or hemp g'oinK to all other countries except th< L nited States. H. C. HIRSCHY THE CHAMPION. Wins the Great Amen An Handicap a1 Kansas City. KANSAS C1TV. Mo.. April B.?H. C Hirschy of Minneapolis, with a handicap o] twenty-nine yards, today won the greal American handicap and thus became th< champion wing shot of America. The last man to stand up with him on the shoot ofl out of the fourteen men who had clear scores yesterday was C. G. Spencer of St Louis, also a twenty-nine-yard man, whi finally failed to kill his fifty-third Vlrd, s towering out-goer. Spencer will recelv< second money; R. O. Heikes of Dayton j Ohio, third;-J. D. Pollard. Chicago, fourth and J. L. Owen of Cushing, Okla., fifth. ? ?? FAMINE AMOlfG INDIANS. Pirns, and Maricopa Tribes in Arizona the Sufferers: DENVER, Colo., April 5.?A News spe cial from Phoenix. Aril., says: Twenty thousand Indians on the Sacator reservation are suffering from famine, which, if allowed to continue, is certain to result In fearful mortality among the Pima and Maricopa tribes. Agent Hadley Ifl here to secure temporary relief for th" Indians and to urge that petitions be sent to Congress asking the Washington authorities to provide means to avert the disaster which he says Is sure to come unless the Indians are given water or supplies. While ranch ers above the reservation have diverted all the water, the Indians have had none for many months. They are abandoning their ranches and their cattle are dying by scores for lack of feed. Relief has been sent from here and the desired petitions are going forward to Washington. BLIND MEN ORGANIZE. Unique Combination in Toledo to Se cure a Charity. TOLEDO, Ohio, April 5.?A unique com bination has been formed by the indigent blind men of this city, numbering fifteen. Their object is to obtain $HtO, which every needy blind man Is entitled to by act of legislature, from the county commissioners. Attorneys have been employed by the com bination to lay the matter before the city council, and if necessary take it into the courts. The $100 has never been paid, and the individual efforts of the blind men have proved ineffectual, hence the pooling of their interests. I'nder the act the trustees of every township are required to certify to the county commissioners the number of blind men in the township in need of assistance. The commissioners are then required to make a levy to meet the obligations. MORE TROUBLE FOR TURKEY. Advices From Uskup Announce Up rising of Albanians. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 5.-Advices received here from I'skup. European Tur key. announce that a number of Albanians recently surrounded the government offices at Ipek, took all the officials prisoners and then telegraphed to the Yildiz Palace here, demanding the release of the Albanians who are detained in custody at Constanti nople. Two battalions of Turkish infantry have been dispatched to Ipek. RIOT AT FOOT BALL MATCH. Two Persons Killed and Fifty Injured at Glasgow. GLASGOW, April 5.?During the Inter national foot ball match between England and Scotland here this afternoon the im mense crowd present broke down the bar riers. and. during the terrific crush, two persons were killed and fifty were injured. Weavers Go on Strike. DAN1ELSON, Conn., April 5.?All the weavers in the Moosup mill of the Ameri can Woolen Company?125 in number?went out on strike today in sympathy with the Olneyville, -R. I., strikers Alt the other de partments of the mill continued in oDera tion. More Men on Strike at Butte. B1 TTE, Mont., April 15.?The converters at the lower works of the Washoe smelters of the Anaconda mine were closed yester day as a result of the strike of hoisting engineers of the Amalgamated mines and several hundred more men were added to the list of idle. Unless activities are re sumed in the mines within two davg aii smelting operations will be suspended. Steamship Arrivals. At New York: Graf Waldersee. from Hamburg; Auguste Victoria, from Genoa. , "Who does NOT read ' The Star ?" It's easier to answer the other question ? "WHO reads The Star?"' "Everybody does." say all competent authorities. CUBAN RECIPROCITY Republican Leaders in Senate Are Unperturbed. DEMOCRATS DIVIDED FORMER BELIEVE THAT THE BIJ.L WILL PASS. Administration Confident That th< Treaty Will Be Negotiated in Due Time. The republican leaders In the Si uate, In accord with the administration's views on Cuban reciprocity. arc not |*-rt urlwd o\er the outlook for the passage of the bill when it comes from the H.nw. Th< > think the bill will be passed, without embarrass ing amendment, after reasonable discus s!on and some anticipated but not obstruc* tionist opposition by the beet sugar sena tors. It Is not Impossible that the l?ect sugwf senators. In order to liamiwr the oj>era? tion of the bill, may propose an amendment to entangle the reciprocity bill with the permanent Cuban treaty contemplated by the Piatt amendment. Such an attempt will not receive the sanction of the repub lican leaders. The two propositions are separate and distinct and will so be maintained. TV-y can be negotiated and enforced sinmltane? ously but Independently. Section eight of the l'latt amendment pro. vlded as follows: "That by way of further assurance. the government of Cuba will embody the fore going provisions in a permanent trcatj ? ' h the 1'nited Slates." Administration Has No Fears That section was formally adopted by tie Cubans in their constitution as a condition of the withdrawal of the American forces from Cuba. It Is said the administration has no reason to fear it will not be lived up to by the Cubans, and the treaty will be negntlated In due time. In the meantime, In order to start the Cubans along the road to Industrial pros perity, the Piesident is. by the terms of the Payne bill, to remit per cent of the tariff duties on Cuban pre ducts entering the T'nltvd States It is said that the.definite temporary com mercial purpose contemplau-d by tin Pajne bill is not to be hampered by or confounded with the negotiations of the perniam nt po litical relations of the two governments. The administration leaders of the S< nat* will not consent to such ?ti arrangement nor would the House sponsors of th< reci procity bll! agree to it. The possible democratic attitude toward the reciprocity bill in the Senate, it is said. Is not causing the republicans any concern. If all the democrats should vote agalnn. reciprocity they would not be suffi lent, with the beet sugar republicans, to defeat the bill as the opposition now stands. Democrats Are Divided. But the democrats are divided on the question. Some of them are unable to sen how they can afford, on the final vote, to vote against 20 per cent tariff reduction because they could not ge-t 50 per cent re duction or free trade. They will undoubt I edlv try to amend the bill, but will be op posed by the solid republican vote in tho?? attempts. The Only Question. The only question which now concerns the House leaders In connection with the Cuban reciprocity bill Is whether any con siderable number of republicans will vote with the democrats to overrule the decision of the chair that other tarlfT amendments are not germane to the bill. Careful Inquiry among the beet sug.ir re publicans fails to discover a faction who will resort to revolutionary methods to em barrass the progress of the bill. One of the beet sugar protectionist leaders said to a Star reporter today: "If the chair's decision is fair and logical, I can see no reason for overturning it mere ly because It is against us. I know of no concerted intention In this regard. I lhlnk that our men will use their individual dis cretion in upholding or not the chair's de cision, according to the way It app. a Is to their reason and sense of Its fainter ?*." What House Leaders Claim. The House leaders cla m that there is no doubt as to the correclness of the point of order that general tariff amendments will not be germane. They say the precedents for such a decision are overwhelming and conclusive. The amcitutni nt upon which the test will come will probably be the Tawney amend ment to reduce the differential duty on re fined sugar. This amendment has be. n skillfully drawn, and is as f >11 >ws: "And uj>on the making of said agreement and the issuance if said proclamation, and While said agreement riMI remain 111 force, there shafl be levied c llccted and paid. In lieu of the dut'? s thereon now provided by law. on' all sugar above numb, r sixteen Dutch standard in color, and on all sugar which has gone through a process of re fining, imported into the I nited S.at*s, 1.M25 per pound.'' It is contended that the words "and uopn the making of said agreement and the Is suance of said proclamation and while said agreement shall remain in force' will make the amendment germane, but this conten tion is denied by the supporters of rti? bill. What Beet Sugar Men Will Do. It is certain that aome of the beet sugar republicans will vote against the amend ment to reduce the differential on sugar and will not vote to overrule the chair s de cision. Mr. Metcalf of California, one of the most persistent epponents of the Cuban reciprocity bill, is among this number. "I cannot consistently," he said today, "vote to revise the tariff on relined fugar when I have opi>osed reducing the tariff on raw sugar." ... ... Messrs. Robertson of Louisiana. NeW Irnds of Nevada and Cooper of lexas. members of the ways and means commit tee. today submitted minority reports against the Cuban reciprocity bill. Mr. Cooper and Mr. R ibertson contend that 'he sugar trust will receive the main benefit from the bill. Mr. Xewlands makes an aigument for annexation as the solution of the question of Cuban relief. The Machias R?aches San Domingo. A cablegram from Minister Powell re ceived at the State Department this morn ing announces the arrival at San Domingo of the IT. S. S. Machias, which was or dered there from San Juan to protect Amer ican interests In case they are threatened by the revolutionary movement. Evidence to Prove Claim. The Salvador arbitration commission met this morning at 10:30 o'clock in the hail of the interstate commerce commission. The session was consumed by counsel for the claimant, who introduced evidence bearing cn the claim, consisting of reports of pro ceeding; before the courts of Salvador. Th| session adjourned at 1 p.m. to m^et Mu?? day morning.