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an explanation Thursday with a letter on the subject yesterday. when the same charges in another form appeared In offIcial papers here. Count Lamsdorff has not yet replied te this letter, although at the foreign offiee it is explained that official as well as un official papers print telegrams containing news which has not the sIsptest govern ment sanction. Russians on the Offensive, ST. PETERSBURG. January 28.-The general staff has received the following dis patch from General Sakharoff, General Kuropatklin's chief of staff: "Our troops continue on the offensive at Sandepas. South of there our cavalry en countered four Japanese battalions and six squadrons of cavalry advancing from 11eikoutal. The Japanese fled. throwing their arms Into ambulance wagons. One of Our columns took thirty prisoners and an other captured twenty." WHITEXAN RECAPTURED. Taken After an Exciting Chase Covered by Revolvers. BUFFALO. N. Y., January 28.-Alonro J. W hiteman. who made a sensational escape from Detective Sergeant Albert Solomon and Detective Field by jumping throug the window of a moving train at Dunkirli or. September 27 .last, was recaptured at * the home of his mother, In Dansville, to day. He was taken after an exciting chase and only submitted to arrest when covered by revolvers. He is locked up at police head quarters here on the charge of forgery and grand larceny. TWO ATTEXPTS AT ARSON. Repeated Efforts to Destroy a Big New York Tenement. NEW YORK. January 28.-Occupants of a five-story tenement house in 11th avenue. which has just been rebuilt after being de stroyed by fire with a loss of twenty-six lives less than three months ago, were thrown into a state bordering on panic ear ly today by two deliberate atempts to burn the building. Both attempts were frustrated by fortunate early discovery of the fires In the cellar, but after the second attempt none of the nineteen families which occupy the building dared return to their beds. The first fire was discovered by the jani tor about 1 o'clock this morning. He ex tinguished it and retired. Two hours later a man living on the third floor smelled smoke. He started to investigate and found that the kerosene lamps used to light the stairways had been removed. The alarm was sent through the house. In both cases a pile of kindling and other Inflamma ble material piled against the wooden wall was found ablae. The police are investi gating the case. POLICEMAN IN DISGRACE. Suspended and Arrested for Alleged Extortion at Norfolk. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NORFOLK, Va.. January 28.-C. T. Town ley, aged thirty-seven, a Norfolk police man, has been suspended, stripped of uni form and arrested here today charged with extorting $700 from Ruby Ford, upon the representation that he had influence with Washington officials and could get her sail or husband out of the naval prison at Bos ton. CHICAGO'S ALLEGED BLUEAlt. Evidence Secured Suggesting That Hoch Had Two Accomplices. CHICAGO. January 28.-In searching for a woman who might be interested in hiding Jchann Hoch, the alleged Bluebeard, tie pclice have secured evidence which leads them to believe that Hoch was aided in his quest for wealthy widows by two persons. a man and a woman. While there are no specific charges, it is believed the two sus pecta are withholding information which aculd be of great -assistance to the police. The officers intimate that several arrests may soon be made. The man in the case is an employment agent and the woman is said to have been one of Hoch's numerous wives. Each has furnished the police with considerable in formation. There is, however, a feud be tween the pair and each accuses the other. The man declares that the woman has be-n illegally married many times, and that there are charges pending against her in connection with one of the marriages, at Jefferson. a suburb of Chicago. In return the woman asserts that her ac cuser was an accomplice of Hoch. and watched the cash windows of savings banks in order to "spot" widows who had made deposits. The cause of the enmity of the two witnesses is not known to the police, but the recriminations may culmi nate in serious charges against both sus BR ts. BBOKE WORLD'S BECORD. Result of the Auto Races at Ormond Today. ORtMOND, Fla.. January 28.-In the ten mile race for Mercedes cars today E. R. Thomas, in his 90-horsepower machine, broke the world's record held by W. K. Vanderbilt. Mr. Thomas covered the ten miles in 6.31 4-5. Mr. ,Vanderbilt's time last year over this same course was 6.5i0. The starters in this race were E. H. Fredericks, in B. M. Shanley's car; 8. B. Stevens, driving his own car; James L. Breese, In his 35-horse power car, and Mr. Thomas. Mr. Fredericks finished second, time, 7.44 1-4. Mr. Breese was third, time, 9.2->4-5. Mr. Stevens' car broke down and did not finish, in the ten-mile race for fist cars William Wallace won in 6.54 2-4, with Paul Sartori in Alfred G. Vanderbilt's car a bad second. The ten-mile Ormond Derby for the J. S. Miller trophy was run in heats. In the first heat the starters were Arthur MacDonald, M. G1. Bernin in W. Gould Brokaw's car, and Charles Deplus in Joseph H. Heller's machine. MacDonald won the heat; time, 7.0; D~eplus second. 7.40 2-5; Bernin third. In the second heat Edward Thomas won in his ninety-horse power car; time, 7.10; B. M. Shaniley, jr., second4 time, 10.21t4-5. James L. Breese won the third heat in 10.29 2-5. WIlliam Wallace ran in this heat, but did not finish. The final of this and other races scheduled for the morning have been postponed until 4 o'clock this afternoon, to start from the club house. THE SCHAFER MURDER CASE. Woman Fastens Guilt Upon Two, One Former Husband. Utlti)F( ltD. Ind., January 28.-Elmer Browning's divorced wife, known as "DIuke'' (eook, again took the stand todayj i the heiring of Browning and FranK Evans,. charged with the murder of Sarah Schafer. On cross-examination the womn aa repeated her former story of the murdor. She said Browning had told her that while Evans stood guard on the sidewalk he him self stood at the alley waiting for Miss Schafer. They wanted to get a lettes' isis Schafer had. Browning told the witness that he attacked Miss Schafer with two rocks, and that as she fell Evans caught and dragged her to the shed. In ten minutes. Browning told witness, Evans came out. They bid a paIr o1 bloody gloves under a stone and then went to Brownings house, where they left the bloody clothing Evans wore. Browning told witness he had lost a tie pin in the seuefe with the girl, and that he and Evans went back neat mning to Snd it. Drowning placed the hisedy cloth lag in his fathwer's barn and later gave them to the witnae to burn. She kept thema In the coal house and the bloody gloves Ia an aM Wrknhame- in the house. The witness said Ian Evans, a brother of the accused, offered her $250 to leave the state. p5w YrK. January U.-Jepk eatai a ehemdst, widely han Ia de dr and cem...eel trade, Ia peed at ble bems Breedla asoa the eet ee assisdem of eh...e--3 in has l~oaee. 3. wee saged In em..s.. igeniirk an 53 chi na-a-n et ie wa MONEY FOR RTHE Y Appropriation Bill Reported to the House A CUT OF 89,629,558 T=E NAVAL MMXYTT3E N __T-An ____ITB___OLICY. Two New Batl Ships Approprinted For-Warhips Now Under Costruon The naval appropriation bilf was reported C to the House today. As stated in The Star r yesterday, the amount carried by the bill is t $100,70,079.94. The original estimates of I the department amounted to $114,530,638, to c which were added additional estimates to t the amount of $5,169,000, making In all es timates to the amount of $119,090638. The i committee after careful consideration made 'j reductions to the amount of $9,629,558, leaving a balance of $100,070,079 recom- I mended by the bill. The act of last year appropriated $97Ai05,558, or $2,564,939 less i than this Wear's recommendations. The appropriation recommended for the I Washington navy yard is only $137.000, as t compared with $575,906 appropriated last year. and $348220- asked for by the Secre tary of the Navy. The other navy yards suffered even more than the Washington yard. The appropria- t tion for the New York yard Is only $82,200, N compared with $371.500 last year, and 399,- 1 200 estimated for. All the other navy yards E were cut also. The committee in Its report t on this subject says: The Committee's Policy. "The general policy of the committee has been not to authorize any new construction at the several yards this year. but merely to provide for the continuance of work al ready begun. This will explain'in some In stances why the appropriations for some yards recommended this year are less than they were last year or less than that of other yardw this year." The bfill appropriates $17,500,000 for the s pay of the navy, and the report says: "As will be seen from the report the es timates call for an appropriation of $20. 000,000 for the pay and allowances of offi- i cers and men in the navy. The committee 'I recommnend an appropriation of $17,500,000 t in view of the fact that they find that they e can safely recommend a reappropriation of $2,500,000 from the unexpended balances remaining in the treasury from appropria- f tions under this head, so that $20,000,000. a the full amount of the estimates, will be ' available. The committee recommend the increase of 3,000 men, making In all 34,500 enlisted men in the navy, the Increase being c due to the necessity for providing for the E new ships which will soon go into com- I mission." The committee also recommends that the number of enlisted men shall be exclusive of those undergoing imprisonment with sentence of dishonorable discharge from c the service at the expiration of their con- f finement, as the naval authorities have 'j often expressed the opinion that it is detri mental to the service to have those men counted in the quota who are practically z out of the navy so far as active service is 2 concerned from the beginning of their im prisonment and will never again be a part t of the naval service. 0 Under the head of the bureau of naviga- n tion $380,000 is recommended for- transpor- a tation, an Increase over last year of $12,- Ii 000. The appropriation for recruiting is re- b duced $7,000 from that of last year and the n contingent fund $5,358. The appropriation n for gunnery exercises is the same, and the a appropriation recommended for outfits on d first enlistment is increased by $117,000, due to the increase in the number of men. Ow- s Ing to the increase in the collier service the t committee recommended an increase of r $168,480 In the appropriation for their main- s tenance. f Bureau of Ordnance. Under the bureau of ordnance the ap- t propriation for ordnance and ordnance stores is increased $1,000,000 over that of last year. The committee held that this was In reality the working appropriation t of the bureau of ordnance, Including as it 1 did work of every kind except work for P new vessels under construction. An appro priation of $100,000 is also recommended for reserve torpedoes and appliances as there are on hand today barely enough 9 torpedoes to allow one torpedo for each tube or torpedo gun. Most of the other items under the bill are Identical with those of last year, with the exception of additional tools at the navy s yard and the Washington gun factory, t there being a reduction of $7.000 from that I of last year for reserve guns for auxilfary r cruisers and also a reduction of 350,000 for E miscellaneous expenses. 1I The appropriation for the bureau of equipment Is reduced 324.000. due first to the reduction in the contingent fund by the elimination of the appropriation for coal of $24,000, which i.s carried elsewhere in thec bill, and secondly to the fact that the com mittee recommended only $300.000) this year a for depots for coal, instead of $6100,000 ap- t propriated last year. The appropriation for the bureau of yards '3 and docks are practically the same as last il year. with tihe exception of two, that for maintenance and that for contingent ex-n penses. There is an increase of 329.000 in lI the maintenance fund, and the contingent item is reduced by 310.000. in view of the elimination of the expenditures for freight ta from this fund. The total estimates for public works under this bureau amounted ~ to 36.764,031, which the committee cut to 1 $2,873,300. The committee says in connection with the Naval Academy that the building of the additions are proceeding satisfactorily. "We have already 'appropriated $8.070, 000," the report says, "and this year wet recommend an appropriation of $80,000 a more. This will leave $1,120,000 remaining k to be appropriated out of the $10,000,000 h which was the limit of cost fixed by Con- - gress for rebuilding the academy. It is - quite likely that all of this amount will not be required, and It is expected that the work will be fully completed within the next two years. Some Increa=e Made. t Under the bureau of medicine and suir- e gery there is an Increase of $15,000 for the a maintenance of the medical department, made necessary by the increase in the per- r sonnel of t~he navy. Under the bureau of supplies and ac counts there is an increase of 3370,000 In I the appropriation for provisions, due to he i 3,000 additional men asked for and the in- u crease in the number of midshipmen. The item for freight appears for the first time as a general fund under the burean of sup pdles and accounts, and amounts to $O00S b6k 1 Under the bureau of construction and repair the appropriations recm mended are more than 31,SM Iess than those of the previous year, due to the s fact that last year the bill provided for the construction of two aea-geing tugs and fur thermore from the fact that the ahppropria- I tions for the construetion plats in the I several yards have been somewhat reduced. 't An ineresse of $6,01) ove latyeri rueeosedn for the burean et uQ~a engi neering. There Is comparatively little chan== In the recommendation of the eommdttee this year trith respeet to the Naval anaamy al though mn iserese et 30*01. anewed. The Navy Departament argnty~ recess manded this year that tbs minh sorgs be. iscrease by 2B hast ugmsno -s5r 'e geants 2K enes.s * dammes and I ..ripterm and 2,000 private., hut the sem mittee ramm-ad..that enl e-half ot a this inerease he .n---a wieb = * aecemsry an inereale' In theqport~ o nw believed et hepmtw inta, mbrasha, Georgia, New Jersey and Ihede b-iad wMi be ~senp1eted." It is than bsi. M the report that Ia o@er to co ea the ships a"fainM ip to the -sIseM ens 1 eluding construe lan a" dmamame armor and armament ad evamemm 'will east asMAana ss Of M the commeittee recommends in the a0 memtade toe 4Bd10,8 for -oesw truetiom nd aseaen-y and sm3a0ft00 feo naor and armamani and $WMON for uintment. mnkfg In an a total af $, 6NdAM, which Waves a basance et ,AW, N remaining to be appropriated. The re eat Naa "When the present ship no. under C0 tructilon or authorised are comspleted we wil have in all twenty-five first-class bat-. to ships one sen-lams battle SM9, welve annored cruisers, one armored ram. en monitors, twenty-three protected crUt rs, three unprotected eraisers, three scout raisers, forty-Ave gunboats of d4111r6:1t Inds, sixteen torpedo-boat destroyers, thir y-five topedo boats and twelve submarine orpedo boats, wfthout considering supply hips, hospital ships, converted yachts, sail ng ships, scouts, etc., which are regarded i having very little, if any, fighting alue." The committee says that the total cost of nstructing the two battle ships recom iended by the bill. will be $15.55,000, the ppropriation of which will extend over hree years. The Navy Department re orted to the committee that to build a. Dilier on the Pacific coast as authorized in be last naval appropriation bill would cost bout $400.000 to equip the yard, and that be cost of building the collier would be per cent more than on a contract basis. 'he committee says In conclusion: "The committee firmly believes that the >olicy of Congress to build up the Ameri an navy should be continued notwith tanding the fact that we are now build ig a large number of battle ships and rulsers, recommend what in their judg rient is a reasonably strong program for he coming year-a program which they feel ssured will meet with the approval of the merican people. Our great national poll les, the construction of the Panama canal, he insistence upon the Monroe doctrine. he protection of American citizens, the upport of our foreign policies, the great rork of the regeneration of the Philippines nd our national defense, all demand that be building up of the navy shall go on." TEAR A DEADLOCK RUID!NT'S BC1rnNNDATIONS LTIKLY TO FATL IN 0ONGEESS; It begins to look as if President Roope elt might have to rely upon an extraer Inary session of Congress to secure the gislation he desires upon several sub wcts considered by him to be important. 'here is almost complete deadlock at this me in Congress over the President's sev ral recommendations and the prospect of rmative action is at present very un iverable. Some of the administration's apporters in the Senate and House are ot discouraged, however, and think It iay yet be possible to bring order out of aos and secure action in modified form pon some of the recommendations of the resident. The most discouraging outlook confronts be railway rate legislation. Well-informed ien in the Seate have almost come to the oncluslon that action of a materially bene clal nature is not likely at this session. 'he House committee on interstate and for ign commerce is so badly tangled over the allway rate bill that nothing practicable eems to be in sight. It is not assumed that a bill can receive 3e sanction of the House leaders if it is pposed by Chairman Hepburn, and Chair tan Hepburn's bill has not found sufficient dvocates In committee to promise Its be ig reported to the House. Even after a ill gets through the House it still has the iost difficult portion of the road to travel. amely, through the United States Senate. nd a number of bridges are likely to be wn at different stages of the journey. The President had, of course, to abandon Dme time ago his desire for tariff legisla on and the words "tariff revision'' are, ever heard at the Capitol these days. It ems probable that the President' will be rustrated in his efforts to obtain action on e arbitration treaties. The naVal pro ram of the administration certainly is not > be passed and the Navy Department rill have to content Itself with a great deal maller establishment than has*been pro osed. The President is known to be deeply in rested in the increase of the navy, and said to have experienced keen disap ointment at the action of the House coin ittee on naval affairs as reported in yes rday's Star. The situation is the cause of considerable ossip at the Capitol. although the relations. etween the Wh:te. House and the big uilding on the hill have not yet become i any way strained. Congress seems to be showing a dispo ition to use its own judgment in legisla on, and it perhaps is only a coincidence, ; Is said, that the judgment of Congress ns contrary to the President's upon so iany projects in which the President Is nown to be interested. Much Smoke, Little Fire. Much excitement was caused about 2:30 clock this afternoon by the discovery of fre in the toilet roam in the basement of de avenue front of the War Department. he building at that end was completely led with smoke and caused much con ternaton among the clerks, especially the Ldes. The department fire service soon ad the blaze under control. It is thought >have been started by some one dripping lighted match or cigar in a pile of aste paper. Alarms on Treasury Vaults. The Secretary of the Treasury has sent >Congress a draft of a bill making an ppropriation of N60,000 to install electric urgar alarms on the vaults and safes in ildings under his control. EONA FIDE CIRCULATION. The sworn statement below shows that ne circulation of The Star Is what It Is aimed to be. The Star's circulation is uch greater than that of any other paper ublihed in Washington. and The Star Is ad more thoroughly than and has double be number of readers of any ether paper ublihed In Washington, whether morn-I n or evening. Fifteen thousand of The tar's regular subscribers take no other Vashington paper whatever, depending pon The Star alone for news and adver Gelaton ot The "Evening Star."M buRanAY, lamaryj 31, a1es...........4dagdd ODA,Zsjanuary , 13m.....,...... UaSDAY, j--.. as, 136s..........ajs -DIunDAY, Jamuaqr 15, 1366........asg mensAY, jassary Us,, 1305---.....---aine 3gat -amr se................-p I .elemnly swear that the aboe atate sent sepemaenteni the mbr tifgis~ r raT3 3VaanSi era3 stebs aa, e the sIm. aseuiar eps enlag 1&bwy, maer 1, o-tbet is a neakr r saned ese w-t-mi eeduim e4 nasee Vr-NSW er.o-f esik st hbasese seowated ea uhreI.: abh te~ es ssna Ia daoia Gi A HEI__ M SERIVI-E erig n he e a df tn Eu~imiinu0 s =AM I=' ru the g H11arjg The Senate today devoted the afte'noon to a memo~riakservice for the late Senator George FrIsbie Hear of Masachusetts. There was a large attendance on the floor at the Aenate .and In the galleries when the speeches on the life and character of the great statestman we begun e sdate ly after the morning hour. Representative elct Rockwell Hoar,4son of the late sen ator, and his wifreien he on the notor gallery, Chaplain Hale, who was a lifelong friend of Mr. Hoar, made a touching reference to him In the opening prayer. Before the memorial sere imme en tered upon Mr. Platt of Connecticut pre seted the crfentwals.of Morgan G. Bulk ley as a senator from Connecticut, and the Senate Passed ar, resolution presented by Mr. Proctor making inquiry of the Secretary of War why the fresh meat used by American troops In the Phlpines was not purchased in the United States. Senator Lodge's TrUte, enator Lodge was the first speaker of the day. He paid tribute to ps late col league that will.be of historic Interest as an estimate of the'work of the late senator and as an estimate of the character of the man. "To appreciate properly and understand intelligently any man who has made sub stantial achievement In art or letters In philosophy or science, in war or politics. and who has also lived to the full the lift of his time, we must turn first to tose conditions over which he hiemalf had no control," said Mr. Lodge. "In his Inheri tances, In the time and place of birth, In the influences and the atmosphere of child hood and youth we can often find the key to the mystery which every human exis tence presents, and obtain a larger explana tion of the meaning of the character and career before us than the man's own life and deeds will disclose. "This is especially true of Mr. Hoar, for his race and descent, his time and placii of birth are full 9f significance If we would rightly understand one who was at once a remarkaible and a highly representative man. He came of a purely English stoca. His family in England were people of con sideratlon and substance, possessing both education and established position before America wax discovered. "Senator. Hoar was descended from an elder brother of the president of Harvard. John Hoar, evidently a man of as strong character aiW marked abilities as the rest of his fadily. The old records contain more than one -account of his clashings with the itItojeraht and vigorous theocracy which goverped Massachusetts, and of the fines and Imprisofiments which he endured; but he never seems either to have lost the respect. of the community or to have checked his speech." Work in the Senate. Of his work L& the Senate he said: "Neither time nor the occasion permits me to trace that long and fine career in the Senate. Mr. Hdii' was a great senator. He brought to- his- service an intense pa triotism, a tfrained Intellect, wide learning, a profound knowledge of law and history. an unsullied character and noble abilities. All these gifts he expended without meas ure or stint in his country's service. His industry was extraordinary and unceasing. Whatever he spared in life, he never spared himself in the performance of his public duty. The laws settling the presidential succession, providing for the count of the electoral vote, for the final repeal of the tenure of office act, for a uniform system of bankruptcy, are among the more con spicuous monuments of his industry and energy and of his power as a constructive lawmaker and statesman. Nor did his activ ity cease with the work of the Senate. He took a large part in public discussion in every political campaign and in the politics of his own state. He was a delegate to four national conventions, a leading figure in all, and in 1bo he presided at Chicago with extraordinary power, tact and suc cess over the stormiest convention, with a single exception, known to our history.. Great Debater. "In the Senate he was a great debater. quick in retort, .with all the resources of his mind always at hi1s command. Although he had no marked gifts of presence, voice or delivery, he was none the less a master of brilliant and powerful speech. His style was noble and dignified, with a touch of the stateliness of the eighteenth century, rich in imagery and allusion, full of the apt quotations which an unerring taste, an Iron memory and the widest reading com bined to furnish. When he was roused, when his imagination was fired, his feel ings engaged or his indignation awakened he was capable of a passionate eloquence which touched every c'hord of emotion and left no one who listened to him unmoved. At these moments, whether he spoke on the floor of the Senate, in the presence of a great popular audience or in the Intimacy of private conversation, the words glowed, the sentences marshaled themselves in stately sequence and the Idealism whIch was the dominant note of his life was heard sounding clear and strong above and beyond all pleas of interest or expediency. His High Ideals. "Mr. IHoar's high ideals and unswerving loyalty were not confined to public life and public duty. He was not of those who raise lofty standards in the eyes of the world and thea lower and forget them in the privacy of domestic life and in the beaten winy of friendship. He was brought up In days when 'plain living and high thinkring' was :nok the mere phrase which it haa sined esomse, but a real belief, and to that bNNt be llways adhered. He cast away. a jgg, .?comne and all hope of wealth for, i(be . .e of the public service. He had n.faemfor saving maoney and no desire to atteptit. If he made a large tee in an occasnq as~e, if his pen brought bifn a handinmd reward, it all want in books or20 ti in the hospitality he Uoved to ex~i~Ad in the naaet private charities, ~ar n beyond his aseans, He. onee he~b had been more than thirty year.,Am ghliq lifaeand all he had accumulated was~ few books. But thsere ~as no aehe, vepining in the words, j~urpet~.tl~eawisely used for~ thie pub~e Weeas free bsm vul atwus fron fue equmafl ha He was, tu a &n wpeet thaw -es betoet omgas51ecs - somet the-is&0se4F~1y t f ge digmiseUnism-1epese.sa neW 8&4"s -out s sad en W-a4 vance the a the rpubdo. '1Bensaam n.m--p=& sealo=m -asit a , 6tten toam , meat MO 4t the - hearts in the ImL se h"d knowa Nwy -men In his dawe Nse ges usse =41k a the men of .a..1 Atibesr et am- his Judgmeets S tab wero snt and ierous, yet at the awen time iwl. M and by no meas overeanient. fwh he had once taken & wAn witia the e-eale of his sanat== he -eaim Nag uabseaty; there was tbaeforth 1S e r it p s, " Alal - t maat kno oresqlno aRue. ft 1a" essy to sI *me es-t-e- of those who wre dear to hm, but we am osly how In Nserece betoes the fte al loyalty -*htb taired" the thought, er these are besattt q--UM which can never go out of Sashlon. A Fearless ighter. "He was a fearless and ready fghter: he struck hard and did not Muach from the re turn. His tongue could utter bitter words. which fell like a whip and left a scar be bind, but he cherished no resentments, be nursed no grudges. As the shadows length ened he softened, and grew ever gentler and more tolerant. The caustic wit gave place more and more to the kindly humor which was one of his greaeat attributes. In the latter days he would fain be at peace with all men, and he sought for that which was good in everyone about him. He died In the fullness of years. with his affections unchilled, his fine Intellect undimmed. He met death with the calm courage with which he had faced the trials of life. He took his shriveled hand without resistance And found him smiling as his step drew near. "So he passed from among us. a man of noble character and high abilities. He did a great work; he lived to the full the life of his time. He was a great senator-a great public servant, laboring to aid his fellow-men and to uplift humanity. " 'He has fought a good fight, he has fin ished his course, he has kept the faith.'" Other Eulogies. - Senator Allison was the next speaker, and referred to his long personal acquaint anee with Senator Hoar, giving the esti mate of the man and senator which he is so well qualified to define. He was followed by Senator Cockrell, who spoke of Senator Hoar as a man who differed from him In many political views and for whom he had the highest regard and reect and for whose statesmanship he had only words of praise. Senator Platt of Connecticut, another col league of Senator Hoar for very many years, spoke briefly of the high qualities of the Massachusetts statesman near whom he m.t for so long a time. Senator Teller, Sen ator Cullom, Senator Daniel, Senator Gal linger, Senator Bacon. Senator Perkins, Senator Fairbanks, Senator Pettus, Senator Gorman, Senator Depew, Senator McComas and Senator W. Murray Crane, combining within their numbers men who differed from Senator Hoar and others who agreed with him in many respects, all added their estimates of his character. HOUSE OF BEPRESENTATIVES. The naval and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills were reported to the House today.. A Senate bill incorporating in the District of Columbia the trustees of the Grand En campment of Knights Templai of the Unit ed States was passed. A resolution was agreed to authorizing the Department of Commerce and Labor to in vestigate the iron and steel industry in the United States. At 12:30 o'clock the House took up private pension legislation. Among the pension bills passed was one increasing from $12 to $24 a month the pen tion of William Welch of Acworth, N. H. Welch will be one hundred and five years old March 26 next, having been born during the administration of John Adams, the sec ond President. Welch was over sixty years when he enlisted in Company I. 14th New Hampshire Volunteers. He was wounded twice. He holds the record of being the oldest pensioner of the civil war, and is just a month younger than Hiram Cronk, who holds the same record for the war of 1812. After clearing the pension calendar the House adjourned at 1:W o'clock until Mon day. CNTROL OF WIRELESS STATIONS. Bill Drafted Embodying the Adminis tration's Views. The administration's views on the control of wireless telegraph stations have been embodied in a bill drafted by the commis sioner of navigation, assisted by Captain Seabury of the navy and others. The bill is to be revised further by the cabinet. It provides that no person or corporation shall use any apparatus for wireless teleg raphy in this country or upon any Ameri can vessel except he be licensed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Persons exchanging messages or signals between points situated in the same state or on behalf of the American government are to be exempt from this requiremenit, however. The official license shall provide that the President of the United States, in time of war or public peril, may close any wireless station or authorise Its use by the govern ment. The President Is given power to establish regulations which shall prevent interference between thie naval and mili tary wireless telegraph stations and thee private or commercial stations. Each Uicensed station is to be required to answer calls and signals from any other licensed station and to receive all such messages or signals offered for transmis sion to a neighboring station, the rate to be that customarily required for such serv ice. This requirement is to be observed regardless of the system used, on pain of revocation of the license of the offending person or corporation. Operation of any apparatus for wireless -telegraphy on a foreign ship, while that ship is in. American waiters, shall be in ac cordance with the regulations prescribed by law. Government stations are prohibited from competing for commercial messages with licensed wireless stations. M A TTAINIS RETICENCE. General Staff Won't Tell of Kuropat kin's Movements. ST. ~PETERSBURG, January 28.-:1O p.m.-Opinions differ here as to the signifi cane and importance of the movement uni dertaken by General Kuropaikin. It Is very difficult to ascertain the truth. Many persons are Inclined to believe it is a gen niner offensive movement against the Jap anse, with the object* of forcing themn out of their winter quarters, iwhile others look upon it as being only a more or less seri ouis operation undereakan upon orders froms St. Petersburg to draw the atteption of the people anew to the thmete elwar. In the ameantime the general staf an tains reticence regarding the pisan of the eoinnmnder-in-chief. All dispatches from Russian correspondents at tibe frost fore shadow a -big and bloody battle of a do elsive chasaeter. They tel et arrange ments for the reeitat an iammense ase ber of wotnded, not only at Mukin, het sa far back a Ilarbin. and speak -mide yesterdafs data of at generl esaE s-as ig which generet a m.selio= mum ad 3go aunsseset toe iuvvsd naa that the E-enetanec dt thoee will oversbadow the battles fiwes ad lmw m asRes are alr FRANT -80 TR 10 Opoug Prowe Held Firml ad hwd Advanoes. RELRGE FRACTION U 2IA = MANM CTONN Wanbar et Lading Securities no twgard Upse A psarmae of 3aak tatmnt NEW YORK, January 28.-Opening pric of stoeks today held firmly and generall showe4 small fractional advances. St. Pai and Chicago Terminal preferred rose lari fractions and the Locornotive stocks wel strong, the commfn advancing % and tt preferred a point. Forty-five hundred sharq of Erie sold at 48% and 43%, compared wit 43% last night. Interest in the market was confined lyg1 ly to a few of the Important stocks and host of obscure industrials. St. Paul, Eri Union Pacifc and United States Steel pp ferred were prominent at intervals. 8 Paul, Delaware and Hudson. Colorado as Southern and Pittsburg. C. C. and St. Lou moved up 1 to 1% and Rock Island preferrn 1%A. Amalgamated Copper was depressed fraction. Among the specialties the ai vances reached 1 to 1% to Smelting, Loc motive, the Allis-Chalmers stocks, Pip Hocking Coal, United Railway and Inves ment preferred, Chicago Union Tractic preferred., Bag preferred. Rubber Gooq preferred and Consolidated Gas. The mov ment of prices was upward at 11 o'clock. After the appearance of the bank stat ment Union Pacific broke through the r straint which had held it below 120 at rose aggresslvely on heavy dealings 12% aul rose 2% In sympathy. Souti ern Pacific 1%, Northwestern 13%. the pr ferred 7. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneepol and Omaha 6 and Great Northern pfd. 41 The response elsewhere was more mode: ate, but the market turned strong. Er rose to 44%. Gains reached a point or moi in Pennsylvania, .ew York Central. Ch cago Great Western pfd. B. Colorado ar Southern second preferred. Minneapolis ari St. Louis preferred, Brooklyn Transi Woolen, Ice preferred. Paper preferre Virginia Iron and General Electric. Realizing in some minor stocks was i evidence and! Vulcan Detinning, Kansi City Southern preferred and Minneapoll St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie preferre lost 1. Quick profit-taking affected ti whole list, but prices came up again. TI transcontinental group closed very stron, but the general list was slightly irregula New York Stock Market Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., banke and brokers. 1419 F at.. members New Yoi stock exchange, Washington stock e: change and Chicago board of trade. Open. Hi Low. Cm Amalgamated Copper... 72% 72 72 72 American Locomotive. 73 7 37 37 American Loco., pfd.... 11 11 111 111 Am. Car & Foundry..... 33 83% so Am. Car & Foundry, pfd 93 o American Ice..._.. .... American Smelting.-. as so American Smelting, pfd 119 1 Il American Sugar. 141% 41 14 4 Anaconda............... 106 107 Joe 107 Atch., Top. & S. F..... 8 87% 7,% g Ateh., Top. & S. F., pfd. 101 101 101 101 Baltimore & Ohio.......... 10 102% 1302 102 Baltimore & Ohio. pd....... . Brooklyn Rapid Transit owl 61 60% 61 Canadian Pacific.- --.- 1 1 1ow8 Chesapeake & Ohio...... ON 4 4g Chicago & Alton..... Chicago & Alton. od.. 82Y 82 Chicago Great Western. 20% 2 Chl.. Nli.. & St. Paul. 175 17N 174,, 1751 Colorado Fuel & Iron.. 457% 46 46 Consolidated Gas......... 2024 2 Delaware& Hudson..... 188 118 Erie, common............... 43% 44 43$ 44' E,1 t U 4 d.................. 81, 1 81 8ll Erie. 2d fd.............. 67 67 66 General Electric.......... IMM 1'6 184. 181 lilinois Central............. 15 1 1 Kansas City Southern... 29% 2921 Louisville & Nashville. 187 187% 1? , 137 Manhattan Elevated... ... . .. . Metropolitan Sees. Co... 76 76 6 76 Metropolitan St. Ry...... 116% 116 1, 17: Mo., Kan. & Tex.. com. 32% 2 82 32 o., Kan. & Tex., pfd 6.. % 66 65 66 Missouri Pacific............ 106 106% 1057 106 Mexican Central ..-- 22--.. 22 Va. Car. Chem. Co......... 3 341 4 Colorado Southern....... 2/ )z Denver and Rio G. Ry... - Con. Tob. 4. ... 84 84 84 84 American Tob.....-_ 76 76 75% 76 Southern Pacific, pfd... ..... .... . .--_.7 National Lad.... .- 27V 2 27 27 New York CentraL ... 144 145 14% 146 N. Y., Ont. & Western. 45 '6 4E 4 Norfolk & Western... 79% 79 1 Patine Man Stemship V 43g Pminsa R. R-- 13503731 PepesGas of Chicago i4 i7 S4107 rmdSteel Car.......... gga Rad 2d pd............ ..... ......P cSteel & Iron.. 16 16V 16 1 e.Steel& Iron, pfd... 3 69 s Bock Island. common. 86 ' Bock Island. Did........... 8 81 Rube Good......... 27 274 Bt.L.& 8. F.,2d pAL.. 7g4 O~ St. Louis Southweasern.. 252 St. L.8. W ........ 68 61 (0 61 Bathern Pa~~............ 467 Bouthern Rway........ 8 at Southern Raiway, pfd g 7%97 1'ennessee Coal A lron 71 72 71 71 rexas Pacific.......... SlY 840 86 84 Union Paci......... 1s 12i% t19% 121 Union kacinec, pfd......... .... -.. .. United States Leather. 13% 18% 1311 U. S. Leather, pfd..... 102y% l6 183 102 United States Rubber. 37 87 7 37 United States SeeL.. 30% Si sat Wabash .................... 11 21 Wetr no........92 92% 92 92 Wisconsin Central..... 2 M 2 Chi. Ter. & T. Trst, pai e ~ i 3 American Ice, pfd..... 37 S 3 7 87 Wabash Deb. B....... ...... 68% 68% gg Central Raiway of N.J. 196 19 es 1g Rock Msland Co. 4's.... 8|F4 s 2 a 82s Atlantic Coast Line...... 12 l12jr~ GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Bper cent.. registered, 1980. . ... . . ieg 3 per eaets, cepeen. 198........ aeg B ge cents, registeted, 190-15... 101 B per ents, registered, 1905-18... 101 B per cents, cespn, 1908-18.... ing B per camS. tem, saa. 108-18.10.. B pr'.- cests e ita 1907.......0 I 10 B per caste, copes,........... ioe a per cast.. rests ..md. 112....... 18 Distrc at"!%= Cem i 3.5g . ... 118 I per cents, PhtlIppims, 4-4.. 166% .. Braggigsmansam and Cetn Narat CarcAeo.., 2a.w -rma.: Op..Hih. Law. ams Whsat-May.......1 11e 11 cara.-Map........fs J.aw.... -. a-' ag eseo40, 1....p 2B.-Prarisem: . - te- ish. Eaor. Cis Eisek ...... 18 12.05 12.55 3.8g -NEW TORK, Jamar 3S.-Cottea: ..............U L. S LUe LU li.............U Lot a30 ...... Q - .8 ~s s ~#W7pd~U , 'sset -: E p; eensee gvaisted .a ; s.a . L0CAL INNCZAL NEW The Banker Asetton O the istrict haa decmed to invite the natissal asso Clation to hold its next meeting in thiU city. At the last gatheting of the national body In New YOM cty tsi the fSll some 4.0 delegates were In attendanee. In addition to numbers, this oegaumltse Is notable because it i representative of the banking Interests of the country. In the erent the Invitation of the local organiza tie, of which Mr. A. K. Parris Is pre's D ident, Is acepted the endeavor will be made to give the visiting bankers a hoe pitable welcome and vide a Profam for their entertainment. undertaking Is not a small one, s may be judged by the fact d that the estimated cost to the local as sociation will be about $15,000., A good number of Washington Railway and Electric Company's bonds at today's meeting of the stock exchange sold at 87%. After the sales the bid was 817%. with 88 as the asking price. After call sev eral lots were bought at 87%. y The bid for Gas certificates did not go be il yond 122%, after the sale of one certideate a for 122%. The asking price was then 124. 0 The two series of certificates of the Gas Company, known as A and B. were not of - fered for sale. The bid. however. rose from 8 106, unchanged on the record for some time h past, as is apt to be the case with securi ties on the Inactive list, as these are, and became 110. There were no certificates of fered for sale. The stock was not affected as were the bonds of the company. and the bid wa. no higher than that of yesterday. namely t 0 5-8. The asking price advanced from d 63% to 64. ls d Several fractional lots of Capital Traction stock was sold at 144. and that was the level reached in the bid for the stock. The a asking price was 145. One lot of ten shares brought 144%. Another advance was made in the figures for the preferred stock of the Washing t- ton Railway and Electric Company as the n result of considerable tading. The stock at 863-4 was freely taken. but at the close of the trading the bid was 865- and the - asking price 87. Some lots went at a bet ter price than 863-4. the highest pol&Lt ,- reached being 87. - A slight advance was made in the bid d for the common to 28, but there was no 0 stock for sale under 80. - Five shares of Commercial Bank stock a sold for 163%. The bid for ten shares was 162% and the asking price 166. The bid for Traders' Bank stock rose from 165 of yesterday to 167. but there was no stock offered for sale at less than 200 ex d cept six shares at 190. d - ior Riggs Bank stock the best bid was 612% and the lowest offering 620. I, Columbia Fire Insurance stock was sold n at 10%. The bid then rose to 10%, but there .a was no stock offered for sale. . d Lanston made an upward movement and e sold as high as 13%. There was not a large e quantity of stock sold, but the advance r, from the bid of yesterday to the best price r. secured today was an entire point. Today's Government Beceipt. National bank notes received today for s redemption, $1,334,331; government receipts from internal revenue. $934.347; customs. $821.167; miscellaneous. $274,407; expendi IL tures, $2.200.000. Available cash balance. $135,198,8.54. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales.-Regular call. 12 o'clock noon-U. S. regis tered 2s. $3.000 at 105. Washington Rwy. a-id Elec. 4a, $1.000 at 87%, .000 at 87%. $5,000 at 87%, $10,000 at 67%, ,-000 at 87%. Washington Gas cert. $00 at 122%. $1.000 at 122%. Capital Traction. 16 at 144, 5 at 144, 8 at 144, 10 at 144%. Washington Rwy. and Elee. pfd.. I at 86, 50 at 81. 2 at 86, 100 at 85%. 10 at 88. 50 at 86, 24 at 80 50 at ', 50 at 86%. 18 at 66%, 60 at W%, a0 t 17, at 5 at 86%, 50 at 50 at 50 s at 86%, at aft, at at91% --50 at 8% Colua Fire Insurance, 100 at 10%, as at 10%. 15 at 10%. Potoac Insurance, 25 at 21%. Mergenthaler Linotype. 10 at 193%. 5 at 192A. 5 at 198%. 10 at 19%. 10 at 193%. Lanston Monotype, 100 at 13%. 100 at 18% (buyer 60), 100 at 13%. 100 at 13%, 50 at 13%. 50 at 13%. Greene Cloper, 100 at 26%, 100 at 27% (buyer 60), 100 at 26%. 100 at 26%. 100 at 26%. 100 at 27 (buyer 60). 100 at 26%. 100 at 26%, 100 at 261A. After call-Lanston Monotype, 50 at 13%, 100 4 at 13%, 100 at 13%. 50 at 13%. Washington Gas cart.. $700 at 122, $1.000 at 122%. Washington Rwy. and Elee. 4s. $2.000 at 87%, 4 V.600 at 87%. $1.o00 at 87%. RAILROAD BONDS. Bid. Asked. Capit I Traction 4s................ 109 ..... Metropolitan be.................... 118 10 Metopoltan 5a cert. Indebt.. A..... 102 106 Metropolitan cert. Indebt.. B. 102 106 Columbia o......... ............. 117 119% Columbia ba....................... 106 107% City and Suburt.an 5. ........... 106% 107 Anacostla and Potomac 5 ... .. .. .. . 103% 107 Washington Rwy. and EFle. 4a.... 87% 88 MISCELLANEOU!S BOJNDS. W ashnton a . eeA...110 ... WahntnGs .sre ....110 ... Washineton Gas cert...... ........122% 124 U. 3. Elec. Lt. deb. ienp. 6s... .. . ..104 ... U. 6. Elec. Lt. cert. tod. 6s........104 .. 4Chesapeake and Pe~tomuac Tel. 5r.. 106% 107 4 Washington Market lat 0s........ 110 ... Potomac Electric 5l.............. 104 ... SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS. National Safe Deposit and Trs.. 167 180 Washington Loan and Trust .. .. .. ..216 219 America Security and Trust. ....237 240 4 Union Trust and Storage...........121 121% Wasbington Saring. Bank..........110 115 Dome Savings Bank............... 176 .. RAILROAD) STOCKS. Capital Traethn. .................144 14 Washington Rwy. and Ele. pfd 68% 67 Washington Rwy. and Elec. com.. 28 30 NATIONAL BANK STOCKS. Conumerelal........................ 162% 16 B~fank of Washington............... 45 305 M.etropoli,,tas-Citizens-............ 4 0 Fmes adiechanies'............ g .. Seod .......... .... 4 15T 4Cilumbia.......................... 210... Capital........ ... ................175 .... American......................... 1 175 Riggs.......................... 612% 630 INSURANCE STOCKS. Firemen's... .......................5 3 s Franklin...........................5 3 Metropolitan........................ Corcoran...........................0 Potoma'........................... SArlington ..........................0 4 German Americas.................5 SNatina-l Union...................... ', Columbia..........................0 Riggs............................. Y People.......... .... CoRealetal..Titl................ 10 Washinola Tile7......... Columia Tile...7......... *2m80cs mpeg...........3 ou s............16 .... r~...a-........................... 0..... 6 TTLE MNUACNE STOCKS. RelEsae ile...........580 100 Clunmbia Title..................%4 WashngonTt....................6 6 Cespa and Pot.Saoat.........41 Amrsant AGsrpopo A cmme.......... 5% EAets Gra.......e..............P uST - aingto Ga.....................*8% 6 - Eeese...Ga.................... a W.-aMinr --....................6..... eun Wsh Je aai.-. ....... mswl .. ~Ismi~ Uatk StsamentUmfla Resrv. Re.................... 3.eve.4e to...................m S =........................ #i ............-.-.. -s*. =.....'''"'...2 22 " l 4 0 g- a gsesl B Chre entDsrc naeri 4haWs fteana traaawei