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Weather ? -V-'JVi I-c:?- *fj - r i ?-:=?=?. " ? - ' Vi.? ? ? ? mm. :t s ? . THX EVENING STAR WITH SUNDAY MOBNING EDITIOS. OfllM 11th Stmt *34 Fuaiytruli iMM> fh? Ironing Star Htwiptptr Compuj. 8. E KAV77HAHK, Tnttitul 0?v Ttrk O0a?: TrikiM BtiUinf. Ckt?g? 00m: TriWat hIMkf _.Tbe Evening Star, with the Bandar aarataf edi tion, la delivered by carrier* wltbla the ?tty at 110 ?*? per Booth; without the Sunday ~ at 44 ceata per month. B? mall postage prepaid: Bandar .Deluded. one month. tO illy. Bandar ? xcepted. one month. 10 itnrdey Star, ooe .rear, II 00. Mar Stair. *?* rear. ?l.sa Mr Dally Partly cloudy and warmeJT tonight; tomorrow fair. No. 16,521. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1905?TWENTY PAGES. T.WO CENTS. 3 BIG BANK FAILURE Three Chicago Concerns Are Forced to Quit Business. CONTROLLER'S ACTION DIFFICULTIES DUE LARGE LOANS BY JOHN B. WALSH, Who Dominated Affairs of the Chicago National, the Homes Savings and Equitable Trust Company. CHICAGO, December 18.?Action has bten taken by Controller of the Currency William B. Ridgely that will compel the three large financial institutions?the Chi cago National Bank, the Home Savings B.ink and the Equitable Trust Company? dominated by John R. Walsh of this city to wind up their affairs. The other national banks of the city have come to the rescue, and It is declared on the authority of the clearing-house asso ciation, the controller and also by the offi cers of the Chicago National Bank that not a single depositor ?will lose a cent. The difficulties of the three banks, which are practically branches of the same In stitution, are attributed by the controller of the currency to the large loans made by the Chicago National Bank to the rail road, coal mining and other private enter, prises controlled by Mr. Walsh. Some time ago the controller called the attention of the officers of the bank to the fact that they were making loans to these enterprises of Mr. Walsh which. In his opinion, were too largo for the safety of the Institution. Repeated promises wore made that the situation should be recti fied, but no action satisfactory to the controller was taken. Three days ago he came to Chlc:igo for the purpose of making an investigation into the affairs of the three banks, and found them in such a condition that he judged immediate action to be necessary. Some trifling delay had ensued because of the inability of Mr. Ridgely to meet the officers of the bank and officials of the state auditor's office. Two Under State Supervision. rl he fact that the Home Savings Bank fiid the Equitable Trust Company are tinder state supervision made the pres ence of the latter official necessary. Offi cials of the different Chicago banks were told of the situation, and a hurried call was sent out for a meeting of representa tives of the Chicago Clearing House As sociation, as well as the officers of the city banks. The meeting was called to order in the office of President Forgan>>f the First National Bank at 3 o'clock yes terday afternoon, and was In continuous session until 5 o'clock this morning. A careful canvass of the situation re vealed that the Chicago National Bank had deposits to the amount of $16,000,000 the Home Savings Bank had savings de posits to the extent of J4.000.000, divided among about 8,000 depositors. liabilities of the two banks and of the Equitable Trust Company were roughly estimated at l'JG.000,000. The as sets of the three Institutions made up about $20,000,000 of this amount and the directors and officials of the Chicago Na tional Bank came to the front with secu rities amounting to about *.'{,000,000 more. A Deficit of Three Millions. This left a deficit of about $3,000,000 to be faced, and the Chicago banks repre sented at the meet'-'g declared at once that they would meet the situation and care for the deficit. If it proved neces sary to advance any more than $3,000,000 to meet all demands the banks pledged themselves to make up the amount what ever It might be. The great difficulty confronting the bankers in the meeting was to arrange a legal settlement of the case In the piti fully short time at their disposal before the hour of commencing business this morning. 1,118 It was finally arranged that. In addition to winding up the affairs of the three financial institutions, the allied bankers should take all of Mr. Walsh's private enterprises, Including his coal mines and railroads and stone quarries. Clearing- House Statement ?? the6 ;ha'8 j-orn ?nth? Ch,ca*? Hous^r. The names of the committee who drew up the statement are: James B Fore in president of the First National Bank chah man; John J. Mitchell, president of the Iiu" ,r Savlnss Rank = Orson B Smith president of the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company; James H. Eckels president of the Commercial National Bank, Ernest A. Hamlll. president of -ha Exchange National Bank. 'To the public: Depositors of the Chi cago National Bank, the Home Savings Bank and the Equitable Trust Company are respectfully advised that their deposits will be paid In full upon demand." John R. Walsh, president of the failed In stitutions. was very busy at his residence wher>m^Ininf and dpclined tJ be disturbed J. .? . ,calle'1 "P over the telephone His daughter however, quoted Mr. Walsh as stating that all information concerning tho failures for the present at least woufd bs given out by the Clearing House Ass^.a The Financial Status. The Chicago National Bank was organ ized In November. 1881 with an author ised capital of $.'100,000, Increased to $000 000 in 1887 and to $1,000,000 In 1801. Its resources, according to one of the Jatsst reports made to the controller of ths currency, are $21,000,000. of which near ly $11,000,000 are loans and discounts, with $4,000,000 cash on hand. The liabilities in clude nearly $14,000,000 in individual de posits and $4,700,000 due to other banks. The Home Savings Bank was organized originally In 1807, with a capitalization of A late statement of the resources shows an aggregate of $4,232,271, of which $3.782. 000 Is reported as being held in municipal railroad and other bonis. The savings deposits aggregate $3,9S2,t?3. The Equitable Trust Company was char tered by the state of Illinois August 29, 1887. to act as executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, assignee or receiver, and to receive and execute trusts of every character. The capital stook is $500,ftK). Its resources are $4,012,381. The liabilities teclude $2,707,063 of deposit* in trust, $4?4, S23 certificates of deposit, and |401,574 through various trusts. A Tremendous Surprise. To the public at large, which was not acquainted with the magnitude of Mr. Walsh's enterprises, the news of the difti cultTes surrounding his banks came as a tremendous surprise. Not a word of the difficulty had rcached the public Saturday night, and the first information was con veyed by extra editions of the morning lepers. Two hours before the time for the open ing of the bank larse crowds of persons who had money In the Chicago National and the Home Savings Bank gathered In front of the bank waiting for the doors 'o open that they might withdraw their funds. Inside tlie t anks ample provision had been made for the impending run. Money wr-. laid out in large piles, additional clerks were stationed at the paying window? anl arrangements were made in other parts or the bank to pay out the money as fast as It was called for. Bush Began at 10 O'Clock. G. C. Johnson, a messenger for another bank, who had J10 In the Home Savings Bank, was the first at the door. He held the head of the line when the doors were opened, and the rush began at 10 o'clock. It was announced by Vice President Blount of the Chicago National Bank that all demands would be paid as fast as they were made, both at the Chicago National Bank and the Home Savings Bank. The latter has the right under the state law to demand sixty days' notice before with drawal from all depositors, but It was de cided not to Invoke thus rule and to pay every account as soon as called for. Personnel of Institutions. John R. Walsh has been for years a con spicuous figure In the life of Chicago. He was born in Ireland, August 22, 1837, and came With ljis parents*to the United States when ten years of age, settling in Chicago. He soon found employment with J. McNal ly, a news dealer, proved very energetic and Intelligent, and in 1861 established a news business of his own, including a book and stationery store on onp of the most prominent corners of the city. Later he consolidated his news business, which consisted of the circulation of daily and weekly newspapers and periodicals, with the American News Company, Mr. Walsh becoming president of the Western News Company, which wa3 affiliated with the American News Company of New York. Mr. Walsh was also a director of the American News Company. The business proved exceedingly profitable and Mr. Wals'a achieved a large fortune. He be ca-?? a director of the National Bank of Illinois, ;;n.d in 3SV' founded the Chicago National Bank, of which lie lias been presi dent down to the present :ime. In 1S--2 he also purchased a controlling Interest in the Chicago Herald, which some jeir.s later he sold to his associate, .James W. Scott. Ujvon Mr. Scott's death the paper p issed Into the hands of H. H. Kohisaat, and was subsequently reorganized as the Chicago Record-Herald. Mr. Walsh then founded the Chicago Chronicle, of which he has been the controlling spirit for nine years. Mr. Walsh is n man o; Impulsive tempera ment and extraordinary energy. His banks passed "safely through tiie financial panic of 1 and weie regarded as institutions of g'eat strength. Tiie officers of the Chicago National Bank are: President. John K. Walsh; vice presi dent. Fred M. BloiUit; cashier, T. M. Jack son. The directors are: F. G. McNally, John K. Walsh. F. M. Blount. John M. Smyth. W. Best, C. K. G. Billings, Maurice Rohonfeid. The officers of the Home Savings Bank are: W. J. Onahan, president; Charles E. Schick, cashier. The directors are: C. K. G. Billings. Maurice Rosenfeld, John M. Smyth. W. J. Onahan. William Best, F. G. McXally. John R. Walsh. The officers and directors of the Equi table Trust Company are practically the same as those of the two banks. Walsh Declined Interview. Mr. Walsh stayed home this morning and declined to see anybody. He has not been well for a number of days, and neither yesterday nor today would he leave his room. Callers at his residence were referred to the bank for informa tion, and to the request for a statement which was sent to him Mr. Walsh sent back word; "I have nothing to say. Any statement that is to be made will come from the Clearing House Association." The excitement over the suspension of the two banks had largely subsided by 11 o'clock. * There was no crowd around the Chicago National Bank, and except for the number of visitors and possibly a larger number of people In the lobby of the bank than usual it would not have been known that any but the regular con ditions existed. The offices of the Home Savings Bank are In the same building as the Chicago National, and here a line of depositors was formed reaching out to Monroe street and fifty feet west to the corner of La Salle street. A large detail of policemen was present, and the assurances of those who had recelvod their money that the officials of the bank declared that every body would be paid allayed excitement. All claims were paid as quickly as pass books were presented. Money Withdrawn Rapidly. In the Chicago National Bank there was no outward evidence of a run, although money was being- drawn out with great rapidity. Many business men who called were told that checks for the amount of their balances would be accepted as de posits at other banks, and they departed without drawing out the actual currency. The small depositors asked for their money, and In every Instance It was handed to them at once. It was announced at 11 o'clock that Controller Ridgely would In a short time issue a statement declaring that the Walsh assets would be liquidated, and "should cover the Indebtedness." At other banks there was no apparent ex citement and no evidence- of a run upon them. The statement was made at nil of the banks that they were guaranteeing the deposits of the Chicago National and Home Saving?, and there was not the slightest ground for apprehension. Dawes on the Situation. Cliarles G. Dawes, former controller of the currency, and now president and manager of the Central Trust and Savings Bank of this city, said this morning there was abso lutely no danger of any other Chicago bank being involved, nor Is there any other bank in financial difficulty. Similar state ments were made by Charles L. Hutchin son, vice president of the Corn Exchange National Bank; James H. Eckels, president of the Commercial National, and 1). R. Forgan, president of the First National. The city of Chicago had $2,800,000 on de posit with the Chicago National Bank and the Equitable Trust Company. No official Information was given the city treasurer, F. W. Block!, of the difficulty, although nearly every bank In the clearing house Is on his bond. As soon as he read the morn ing papers he called upon these banks and they assured him that the city would be amply protected, that he could draw checks against the city's balance In the Chicago National and Equitable Trust Company and that the clearing house would see that they were paid. Officers and Directors Resigned. At noon It was announced that all the offi cers and directors of the Chicago National Bank had resigned and their places taken by men selected by the Clearing House As sociation. President Walsh's place was taken by Bank Examiner C. H. Bosworth, and the places of the retiring directors were taken by the following men: J. B. Forgan, president of the First Na tional Bank: Orson Smith, president of the Merchants' Loan and Trust Company; James H. Eckels, iiresident of the Commercial National Bank; Byron L. Smith, president (Continued on Eleventh Page-) Revolutionists in Russia Busy With New Plans. SECRET MEETING HELD TENTATIVE DECISION TO STRIKE IE COMMITTEE ACCEDES. Railroad Men Warned Against Acting Rashly ? Mutinous Leaders Ar rested at Moscow. ST. PETERSBURG, December 18, 2:30 p. m.?The revolutionary organizations are making"feverish preparations to light the government's policy of repression. The new workmen's council, representatives of other proletariat organizations and also the League of I.eagues met secretly in the out skirts of St. Petersburg today and dis cussed ways and means until almost morn ing. The great majority of the members favored the immediate proclamation of the general strike which had been planned for January, but It was agreed that succcss de pended on whether the railroad men would participate. It Is understood that a tentative decision was arrived at to strike on Wednesday, provided the central committee at Moscow consents. There is' a division of sentiment in the ranks of the railroad men and the government has made a special effort to redress some of the grievances, dreading above all things a suspension of traffic on the railroads, which would make It Im possible to transport troops. A railroad man said to the Associated Press today: "We have a majority of our demands granted, besides the people in the small towns along the railroads were so enraged at the last strike that they are likely to kill any railroad man they can catch In the event of another strike." A Grim Warning. However, the government's note practical ly notifying the railroad men that If they strike the authorities will be unaible to afford them protection is regarded as grim warning thatT they will be abandoned to the mercies of the "black hundred" and another note has been Issued threatening them with "exceptional measures," If the legal means do not suffice. The revolutionary agitation Is adding oil to the flames. The Russ, which appears un der the name of Slolva ("Fame") today in a stirring editorial, summons all the or ganizations to sink their differences and present a solid front to the advancing hosts of reaction. The paper says: "Wltte is at last unmasked and has shown himself a worthy successor of Von f'lehve and Tre foil by tearing up the government's prom ises. But every blow of fraction Is like the blows of a hammer which welds flrme> the sword with which ihe nation will win free dom." TRIAL OF EDITORS. Will Not Occur Until After Holidays Tyranny Resented. ST. FETERSBL'RG, Saturday, December 16 (night), via Eydtkuhnen, December 18.? The public prosecutor informs the Asso ciated Press that the trial of the editors whose papers were suspended yesterday cannot occur before the holidays owing to the legal formalities. Most of the publishers will have recourse to the old trick used In the days of the censorship of appearing un der a new name. Under the law, however. It requires a fortnight to secure a franchise, during which the government will enjoy Immunity from the daily harpooning. The publishers' union tried vainly to in duce the Novoe Vremya and the Slovo to print the workmen's manifesto in order that all the papers be in the same boat, whereupon the workmen's council coolly stepped in not with a request, but the com mand- that the papers publish it with the alternative of calling a strike In their of fices. Thus the matter stands. The resentment against the tyranny of the socialist organizations is illustrated by the reply of M. Roditcheff, one of the mocrt prominent liberals in Russia, to a deputa tion 'of social democrats who served a notioe on him xls the representative of the consti tutional democrats that they would regard the latter as traitors unless they renounce ?the monarchy. MUTINEERS SURRENDERED. Ten of the Ringleaders Arrested?Re forms Acceded. Special Cablegram to The Star. MOSCOW, December 18.?The Rostoff Grenadier Regiment, which mutinied on Saturday and fortified itself in its barracks, surrendered today, and ten of the ringlead ers, Including SchaharofC. the chief of them, were arrested. The less<4mportant demands of the soldiers were granted, Including pri vacy of their letters, an Increase of rations and regular payment. Besides the demands above mentioned the grenadiers made many of a political charac ter. When they mutinied they freed by force such of their comrades as were under arrest and seized the arsenal. Their colo nel sent them a message, offerings g.ve all proper grievances his consideration. 300 PERSONS KILLED. Revolutionists Liberated All Prisoners ?Two Officials Shot. BERLIN, December 18.?A dispatch to the Lokal Anzelger from Koenlgsberg, Prussia, today, timed 2:15 p.m., says: During the street fighting at Mitau, the capital of Courtland, three hundred persons were killed. At Lennewarden. in Southern Livonia, the revolutionists liberated all the prisoners and shot Assistant Dlstrtlct Governor Peter sen and M. Ms.xlmowltch. his secretary and threw their bodies into the river. Troops for Riga. Special Cablegram to The Star. LONDON, December 1&?A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Exchange Telegraph Company, of today's date, says that all the troops In St. Petersburg, with the excep tion of the guards, will be sent to Riga. It Is reported that 00,000 rebels, well armed, are ready to oppose the troops. A dispatch to the Central News from Eydtkuhnen, Priresta, says that the guard of a St. Petersburg express train on reach ing Eydtkuhnen today reported that the troops at Riga had joined the rebels and that the town was on fire at several points and was now being bombarded. Military Train Blown Up. Special Cablegram to The Star. PARIS, December 18.?A dispatch to the Echo de Paris from Riga says that Russian military train was blown up there todny. Several hundred men were killed or 20 OHINAMEN KILLED SERIOUS EIOT AT SHANGHAI? BUSINESS SUSPENDED. ? MEW YORK, December 18.?A serious riot among coolie laborers, resulting in tlie death of twenty Chinese and injury of several foreigners, occurred at Shanghai, China, today, according to a cablegram received ky Kearon. Daniel & Co. of th's City from their Shanghai office. The cablegram says: "Rioting by coolie ciassos. Business suspended. Two police stations burned. About twenty Chinesi killed, few foreigners Injured. Marine vol unteers restoring order. Further trouble and fires anticipated tonight." American Vice Consul Injured. Special Cablegram to The Star. SHANGHAI, December 18.?There was In cipient rioting here today, organized by the leaders of the anti-foreign boycott. The German consul was stoned by the rioters, and the American vice consul was injured. The foreign warships are landing men, and the volunteers have been called out. Chinese shops have been closud. The State Department has been Informed that a dangerous condition exists in Shang hai, growing out of the strike there and of a conflict between 'the international mixed court and the municipal authorities. There has been much rioting and two foreign?? have been killed. A naval force, supposedly from the British squadron at that port, has been landed and Is guarding the consulates* and foreign settlements. Two United States cruisers are on their way to Shanghai. The State Department's information of these events was contained in several dis patches from Shanghai, the last of which was received about 3 o'clock this morning from Consul General Rodgers. It Is gath ered that the moving cadses for the riots were the anti-American boycott and a gen eral feeling of hostility toward foreigners such a3 preceded the dreaded Boxer upris ing of 1900. So it appears that If any trade competitor of the UnJted States did, as was at one time intimated, secretly encourage the anti-American 'boycott In the hope of profiting thereby they have overshot the mark aud now share in the Chinese feeling of aversion toward foreigners equally with Americans. Mr. Rodgers' statement was th&t all busi ness was suspended among the Chinese; that as an Incident to the general strike a number of foreigners had been assaulted. Volunteers had been called out, presumably from the people tn the foreign settlements, whose efforts at maintaining order were seconded by English marines. The war ships In the harbor were cleared for action. At the time of the sending of the first dis pntch, probably some time last night, two Chinese had been killed In the riots and the United States consul general had telegraph ed for help from the United States naval vessels. A later dispatch from the same source re ported the continuance of the riotous con ditions, adding that the police stations had been burned and a number of people killed, prcbably about thirty, including some for Mfrners. No Americans, however, had been harmed up to that moment, and the streets were being guarded by the volunteers and the naval forces. Mr. Rodgers' last word was that he expected the United States cruiser Baltimore, which was yesterday at Chinkiang. about a day's run from Shang hai, to reach that place tonight. Promoted by Boycotters. SHANGHAI, December 18.?The incipient riot here was promoted by boycotters on account of an Incident involving the mixed court. The German consul was stoned and the American vice consul arid several other foreigners were attacked and injured. The Chinese clo?<(*3 their shops when the rioting began. The local volunteers were called out to restore order and detachments of blue Jackets were landed from the war ships to assist In restoring peace. Mobs Looting in City. LONDON, December 18.?A dispatch to the Evening Standard from Shanghai says: "During the rioting carriages and motor cars- were smashed. Mobs are looting In several parts of the city. There are sounds of shan' firing in the neighborhood of the town hall and on the Shanking road, which bisects the central district of the foreign settlement." An Anti-Foreign Boycott. LONDON, December 18.?A cable dispatch received by a business house in London this afternoon said that the anti-foreign boycott disturbances at Shanghai, which were said to have resulted in the stoning of the Ger man consul and the injuring of the Ameri can vice consul, had been suppressed. TURNED HOSE ON FIREMEN. ; * Exciting Time at New York Factory Fire Today. NEW YORK, December 18.?Firemen were forced to turn the hose on their own comrades in order to save their lives at a factory fire which did $30,000 damage to day to a six-story building at 58 Center street. The fire burned away the three top floors of the building almost completely, but did not touch the lower floors. In order to fight the blaze the firemen carried their hose up fire escapes till they reached tha fourth and fifth floors. Six firemen who were on one of these escapes were sudden ly exposed to a back draft, which blew the flames through the windows all about them. The firemen in the streets below immedi ately turned the streams of water from three lines of hose upon the escape where the imperiled firemen were huddled. The water saved them, for after the draft sub sided every member of the party was able to climb down to safety without assistance. CHICAGO'S LATEST TBAGEDY. Victim of Shooting Dead and Young Woman Dying. CHICAGO, December 18.?William Nie mann, Jr., vice president of the William Niemann Table Company, who was shot during a quarrel with Miss Luclle -McLeod in a room In the Empire Hotel Saturday night, died yesterday without regaining con sciousness. . Miss Mcl.eod, who was found with a bul lef hole In her breast, lies at the point of death at,the Chicago Emergency Hospital. If she lives she probably will be paralysed. It Is the police theory that the man was shot by the woman in a moment of Jealousy caused by her discovery that the man, who had held up the hope of marriage to her for a year, was about to forsake her and marry Miss Meta Fiedler. PHILADELPHIA'S SUBWAY. New Enterprise Opened to Traffic To day. PHILADELPHIA, December 18.?The new subway under Market street, from 15th to 2Sd, a distance of about a mile, was put in operation today. During the early hours every car, both cast and westbound, was crowded to its capacity. Nearly all of the cars made the- trtp in two minutes. Many of those who rode through the subway did so out of curiosity. When completed the subway will extend from the Delaware river on the east to the Schuylkill river on the west, a distance of two miles, through the heart of the business section. It is being built by the Philadel phia Rapid Transit Company, Assignment of Senators to the Committees, ANALYSIS OF CHANGES TEN CH AIRMANSHIPS GIVEN TO THE MINORITY. Messrs. Allee and Long Added to the Eistrict Committee and Mr. Foraker Transferred From It to Judiciary* The committee on committees of the Sen ate has concluded its work of making as signments of senators to committees for the Fifty-ninth Congress and this morning the republicans of the Senate met in caucus and approved Its action. The following are the chairmen of the Im portant committees: Appropriation, Alison; finance, Aldrlch; foreign relations, Cullom; judiciary, Clark (Wyoming); commerce, Frye; interstate commerce, Elklns; privi leges and elections. Burrows; agriculture. Proctor; military affairs, Warren; naval af fairs, Hale; Indian affairs, Clapp; terri tories, Beveridge; public lands, Hansbrough; public buildings and grounds, Scott; post offices and post roads, Penrose; pensions, McCumber; Philippines, Lodge; interoceanlc canals, Millard; rules, Spooner: claims, Ful ton; District of Columbia, Gallinger: edu cation and labor. Dolliver; Cubiin relations, Burnham; Pacific islands and Porto Rico, Foraker; immigration, Dillingham; printing, Piatt. Changes in Detail Discussed. Mr. Allee and Mr. Long are added to the committee on the District of Columbia and Mr. Foraker is transferred from that com- | mittee and given a place on Judiciary. Mr. . Perkins and Mr. Long are added to the committee on agriculture. Mr. Fulton is j taken off the committee on Canadian rela tions and Mr. Crane is made chairman of that committee. Mr. Long is made chair- j man of census. Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Dick I being added to that committee, Mr. _ Piatt j being transferred from it. Senator Warren Is transfered from the chairmanship of claims aiid made chairman of the committee on military affairs, still retaining member ship 011 his old committee. Mr. Clark of W yoming is given the im portant chairmanship on judiciary, and to that committee Messrs. Foraker, Dilling ham, Knox and Kittredge are added. Ankenv and Crane are .added to commerce and Mr. Beveridge is given a place on Cu ban relations. Mr. Do'!iver is made chair man of education and labor and Mr. Burn ham is taken oft that committee. Mr. Hale goes on finance. Mr. Beveridge on foreign , relations, Mr. He><bum on immigration, Mr. i Crane on interstate commerce and Mr. Clapp becomes chairman of Indian affairs, and Mr. Millard is made chairman of inter- i oceanic canals. Mr. Proctor, upon his own ; request, leaves military affairs, of which he has virtually been chairmar. for several 1 yoars, during the lor g illness of the late Senator Hawley, and Mr. Warren is made chairman of that committee, with Mr. Lodge and Mr. Hemehway as new members. Thi3 increases the republican membership on tliat committee by one. and the demo cratic membership is also given a like in crease in the person of Mr. Tallraferro. Mr. Alger Is made chairman of the Pa cific railroads, with Mr. Long as a new member, and Mr. Kittredge goes off that committee. Mr. Clapp goes on Pacific islands and Porto Rico. Mr. Knox goes on patents and Mr. Dick on Philippines, Mr Proctor being taken off the Philippines. Mr Fulton and Mr. Hopkins go on post of fices and post roads and Mr. Beveridge leaves that committee. Mr. Doll.ver 1s added to privileges and elections. Senator Scott becomes chairman of tne committee on public buildings and grounds, tho vacancy having been made by the elec tion of Vice President Fairbanks, who was chairman of that committee. Messrs Mil lard, Dryden and Heyburn are added to that committee. Mr. Smoot goes on public lands and Mr. Allee becomes chairman of tho committee on railroads. Mr Dick be comes a member of the committee on re vision of the law?, Mr. Heyburn and Mr. Long going off that committee. Ten Chairmanships for Minority, j Ten chairmanships are given to the ml- i raority, as follows: Corporations organized in the District of Columbia, McEnery; en grossed bills, Berry; private land claims, , Teller: public health and national quaran tine Morgan; revolutionary claims, Clay, woman suffrage, Bacon; additional accom modations for Library of Congress. Mar tin' transportation and sale of meat Prod nets Daniel; five civilized tribes of In dian's, Tillman ; disposition of useless papers in executive departments, Pettus. Mr. Sim mons is added to interoceanlc canals. Mr. Gorman hap been placed on the appropria tions in place of Mr. Cockrell. Senate Committees. The Senate committers announced today are as follows: j Appropriations?Allison, chairman; Hale, Cullom, Perkins, Warren, Wetmore, Gal linger, Elklns. Teller, Berry, Tillman, Dan iel, Gorman. ? . , Foreign relations?Cullom, chairman, Frye Lodge, Clark (Wyo.), Foraker, Spoon er Kean, Beveridge, Morgan, Bacon, Money, Clark (Mont.), McCreary. Finance-Aldrlch. chairman; Allison, Bur rows Piatt, Hanebrough. Spooner, Penrose, Hale', Daniel, Teller, Money, Bailey, Gor mjudiclary?Clark (Wyo.), chairman; Nel son Depew, Spooner, Foraker, Dillingham. lKttredge, Knox, Bacon, Pettus. Culberson. Blackburn, Patterson. Commerce?Frye. chairman; Elklns, Nel son, Gallinger, Penrose. Depew, Perkins, Alger Hopkins. Ankeny, Crane, Berry, Martin, Clay, Mallory. Faster, Stone. Interstate Commerce. Interstate commerce*?Elklns, chairman; Cullom. Aldrlch, Kean, Dolliver, Foraker, Clapp, Crane, Tillman, McLaurin, Car mack, Foster, Newlands. Military affairs?Warren, chairman; Scott, Foraker, Afeer. Lodge, Hemenway, Bulke ley, Warner. Pettus, Blackburn, Fostgr, Overman. Taliaferro. Naval affairs?Hale, chairman; Perkins, Piatt Penrose, Gallinger, Burrows, Dick, Tillman Martin, MoEnery. Blackburn. Atrriculture and forestry?Proctor, chair man; Hansbrough, Warren, Dolliver, Burn ham, Perkins, Long, Money, Simmons, Latl "interoeeanic canals?Millard, chairman; T>latt Kittredge. Dryden, Hopkins, Knox, Piles,' Morgan, Carmack, Taliaferro, Gor man, Simmons. ? _ Indian affairs?Clapp, chairman; McCum ber. Gamble. Clark (Wyo.). Long, Warner, Sutherland, Brandegee, Morgan, Dubois, Clark (Mont.). Teller. Stone. Clarke (Ark.). Post offices and post roads?Penrose, chair man; Dolliver, Proctor. Burrows, Scott, Crane Fulton, Hopkins, Carter, Clay, Cul berson, Taliaferro, Simmon?, Rayner. Philippines. Philippines?Lodge, chairman; Hale. Bev eridge. Burrows. Long. Dick. Nixon, Bran degee, Culberson, Dubois. Carmack. Mc Creary. Stone. Privileges and elections?Burrows, chair man; Foraker. Depew, Beveridge. Dilling ham. Hopkins, Knox, Dolliver. Pettus. Du bois, Bailey. Overman, Clarke. (Ark.). Public buildings and grounds?Scott, chair Warren, McCumber, Wetmore. Ma I ? -'r HsH lard, Dryden, Heyburn, Culberson, Sim mons, Clay. Stone, Latimer. Public lajvds ? Hansbrough, chairman; Nelson, Clark (Wyo.), Gamble, Fulton, Smoot, Flint, Hemenway. Berry, McEnery. McLaurin, Dubois, Newlands. Patterson. Territories?Beveridge, chairman; Dilling ham, Nelson. Burnham. Kean. Dick. Piles. Patterson, Clarke (Ark.), Newlands, Frazier. Rules. x RuleB?Spooner, chairman; Aldrlch, Elkins, Lodge, Teller, Bacon, Bailey. Education and labor?Dol liver, chairman: Penrose, Clapp, Flint, Brar.degce, Daniel, Newlands, Stone, Rayner. Pacific Islands and Porto Rico?Foraker. chalr>nan; Depew, Wetmore, Clapp, Flint. Piles. Warner, Mallory, Blackburn, Clark (Mont.), Rayner. District of Columbia. District of Columbia?Gallinger. chair man; Hansbrough, Dillingham. Scott. Gam ble, Allee, Long. Burkett, Martin, Mallory, Simmons, Dubois, Gorman. Printing?Piatt, chairman; E'.kins, Gor man. Cuban relations?Burnham, chairman; Aldrlch, klttredge, Hopkins, Clapp, Bev eridge, Bulkeley, Teller, Money, Taliaferro, Simmons. Immigration?Dillingham, chairman; Pen rose, Lodge, Dryden, Heyburn, McLaurin, Patterson, Latimer, Clarke (Ark.), Mc Creary. Pensions?McCumber, chairman; Scott, Burnham, Alger, Smoot, Burkett, Piles, Taliaferro, Patterson, Carmack, Overman. Claims?Fulton, chairman; Kean, Clapp, Burnham, Allee, Smoot, Hemenway, Burk ett, Martin, McLaurin, Overman, Fraxier. Manufactures?Heyburn. chairman; Mc Cumber, Gallinger, Allee, Clay, Latimer. Frailer. Library ? Wetmore, chairman; Hans brough, Dryden, Clark (Mont.), Gorman. Irrigation?Ankeny, chairman; Warren, Hansbrough, Fulton, Carter, Flint, Nixon, Sutherland, Bailey, Patterson, Gorman. Newland3, Dubois. Census?Long, chairman; Hale, McCum bre, Hopkins, Dick, Carter. McEnery, Tali aferro. Blackburn, Bailey. Audit and control of the contingent ex penses of the Senate?Kean. chairman; Warren, Millard. Money, Patterson. Canadian relations ? Crane, chairman; Drvden, Hale, Bulkeley, Piles, Tillman, Bailey, Clark (Mont.), Clarke (Ark.). Civil Service. Civil service and retrenchment?Perkins, chairman; Lodge, E'kins, Piatt, Dubois, Mc Laurin, Clarke (Ark.); Rayner. Coast and insular survey?Piles, chairman; Allee, Flint, Sutherland, Bulkeley, Morgan, Berry, Clav, Culberson. Coa3t defenses?Knox, chairman; Alger, Ankeny. Heyburn. Cullom, Culberson, Tal iaferro, Clay, Simmons, Foster. Examine the several branches of the civil service?Bulkeley, chairman; Crane, Nixon, Pilfs, Culberson, iSimmons, McCleary. Enrolled bills?Dreyden, chairman; Bev eridge, Foster. Fisheries?Hopkins, chairman; Proctor, Frye, Perkins, Bulkeley, Mallory, Mc Enery, Bailey, Overman. Indian deprecations?Burkett, chairman; Dick, Dillingham, Cullom, Piatt. Hemen way, Bacon, Martin, Berry, Pettus, Mc Laurin. a , Forest reservations and the protection of game?Brandegce, chairman; Depew, Per kins, Klttredge, Burnham, Ankeny, Smoot, Morgan, Tillman, Overman. Geological survey?Flint, chairman; El klns, Heyburn. Burkett, Money, Newlands. Rayner. Mines and mining?Dick, chairman; Scott, Heyburn,' Nixon, Sutherland, Tillman, Clark (Mont.); Clarke (Ark.); Newlands. Mississippi river and its tributaries?Nel son, chairman; Dolliver, Millard, Earner, McEnery, McLaurin, Carmack. Organization, conduct and expenditures of the executive departments?Carter, chair man; Allee, Wetmore, Allison. Knox, Mc Laurin, Blackburn, Stone, Frazier. Pacific railroads?Alger, chairman; Dolli ver, Frye, Long, Burkett, Morgan, Talia ferro, McCreary, Latimer. Patents. Patents ? Klttredge. chairman; Clapp, Smoot, Knox, Mallory, Foster. Latimer. Railroads?Allee, chairman; Clark (Wyo.). Nelson. Ankeny. Smoot, Bulkeley. Hemen way, Bacon, Pettus, Money, Carmack. Revision of the laws of the United States? Depew, chairman; Proctor, Fulton, Dick, Carter, Daniel, Mallory, Bailey, Patterson. Transportation routes to the seaboard Gamble, chairman; Clark (Wyo.), Allee. Sutherland, Warner, Pettus, Daniel, Dubois, Clarke (Ark.). University of the United States?Hemen way, chairman; Long, Frye, W etinore, Dil lingham. Dryden, Allison, Clay, Carmack, Blackburn, Foster. National banks?Nixon, chairman; Pen rose, Ankeny. McEnery. To Investigate trespassers upon Indian lands?Sutherland, chairman; Heyburn, Morgan. On standard weights and measures ? Smoot, chairman; Millard, Warner, Clark (Mont), McCreary. Industrial expositions?W arner, chairman; Crane, Hansbrough, Fulton, Aldrich, Suther land. Brandegee, Daniel. Carmack, Mc Creary, Newlands, Rayner. Engrossed bills?Berry, chairman: Klt tredge, Hemenway. Washington River Front. To investigate the conditions of the Po tomac river front at Washington?Frye, Mc Cumber, Gamble, Martin, Bacon, Clark (Mont.). Public health and national quarantine Morgan, chairman; McEnery, Mallory, Cul berson, Spooner, Depew, Fulton, Proctor and Brandegee. Private land claims?Teller, chairman, McEnery, Pettus, Hale, Kean, Gable and Flint. Transportation and sale of meat products ?Daniel, chairman; Stone, Clarke (Wy.),' Nixon and Brandegee. Woman suffrage?Bacon, chairman^ Ber ry Wetmore, Beveridge and Burkett. Five Civilized Tribe* of Indians?Tillman, chairman; Klttredge, Burrows and Proctor. Additional accommodations for the Li brary of Congress?Martin, chairman; Stone, Cullom. Allison and Nelson. Revolutionary claims?Clay, chairman; i Frazier, Alger, Spooner and Lodge. Disposition of useless papers In the execu I tlve departments?Pettus, chairman; Fra zier and Gallinger. District Corporations. Corporations organized in the District of Columbia?McEnery, chairman; Latimer, Aldrlch, Millard and Carter. Provision Is made for two senators, who have not yet been sworn In?LaFollette of Wisconsin and Gearln of Oregon. Vacan cies for these senators have been reserved on a number of committees. For LaFol lette the following: To Investigate the con dition of the Potomac river front at Wash ington, chairman: also Immigration, Indian affairs, census, claims, civil service and re trenchment. For Gearln?Claims, forest reservation* and the protection of game, pensions, in dustrial expositions, national banks. Naval Movements. The gunboat Paducah has arrived at Norfolk; the torpedo boat destroyers Paul Jones and Perry at San Pedro; the transport Lawton at San Francisco, and the torpedo boat Strlngham at Annapolis. The tug Mohawk has left Norfolk for Solomon's; the tug Rocket has left Nor folk for this city, and the tug Hercules left Solomon's yesterday for Norfolk. The converted gunboat Hornet left Nor folk yesterday in search of a wreck. To Command the Alabama. Capt. Samuel P. Comly, at present light house Inspector of the fourth district, was today ordered to take command on the 21st instant of the battleship Alabama as the relief of Capt. William H. Reeder, who has been placed on waiting orders. Addresses the House on th? Insurance Scandal. CONTROL BY THE STATE RECOMMENDS INCORPORATION IIT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Young Indiana Representative Male? His Maiden Speech and is Heartily; Congratulated by Associates. With a program of speechmaking until Thursday, many members of the House left for their homes Saturday, and the attend ance today on convening was small. The canal emergency appropriation bill was received from the Senate and read. Mr. Hepburn explained, at the request of Mr. Williams, that the bonding provision la the bill was onroltted and that the other amendments were minor. He moved to send the bill to conferenae. Mr. Williams pointed out that the bill still contained the provision to rcimburso the treasury the amount appropriated from the sale of bonds. If that had been omitted he should have moved to concur In the Senate amendments. Mr.' Bartlett (Ga.) said the testimony be fore the Senate committee had developed that Mr. Bishop was employed as a presa agent, at $10,(MX) a year. He wished to know if the bill contained an amendment cutting down this salary- The reply was that the bill contained no such amendments. An attempt to make the Senate committer hearing a part of the record was bio.ied, and the bill sent to conference, with Mr. Hepburn (Iowa), Payne (N.Y.) and l.:\-lng ston (Ga.) as conferees. Remedy for Insurance Evils. The insurance debate was then begun. Mr. Frederick Landis (Ind.), being the first speaker. Mr. Landis was a member of the last Congress, but made no set speech on the floor, although ho did good and ef ficient work just the same. The fact that Representative Fred l^india shares with his brother "Charlie" Landis of the ninth Indiana district, the affection and regard of the House memtierslilp, was demonstrated today when Young Landis took the floor for his maiden effort. Al most every seat on the republican side waa filled and many democrats were likewise In attendance. He was frequently inter rupted by outbursts of applause and when he had closed his remarks the republican* lined up in the aisles and marched by Ida desk, each one giving the young Indianlan a congratulatory word ami handclasp. Mr. Landis proved to lw. an entertaining and a forceful speaker. He contended tluu to remedy the insurance evils which have recently come to light th?rti should be fed eral supervision of insurance. Incorporation in the District. The only way he could think of to attain this end was to compel all insurance cor porations to obtain their charters in the District of Columbia. Then, he said, incor poration in the District of Columbia under government supervision would constitute a guarantee and confidence in the insurance concerns, now badly shaken, would be re stored. The jam in the aisle near Mr. LandlB' seat became so noisy after the young orator had taken his seat that Representative But ler of Pennsylvania, who was in the chair, asked that "gentlemen in the reception line will please preserve order." Widespread Interest in Insurance. Mr. Landis said there were in this coun try 10,000,000 policy holders, 20,000.000 pollr cics and at least 40,000,000 persons inter ested In insurance. The amount of insur ance now in force, he said, was tlli.000, ooo.ooo. The suggestion, he said, that a lew should be passed declaring insurance interstate commerce, confronted the objection of con stitutionality, and it would take longer to amend the Constitution than to build a battleship. He reviewed the time-consum ing process of gctiing judicial action on such a law, and skid: ."Time has a fine '.omernpt for everything except a crisis, and in her potters field rest the forms of many impulses more imposing than this." Then there would be the opposition to federal control of more than one-fourth of the states. The benefits of federal control, Mr. Landis believed, would be accomplished by the blil he has introduced. "Subject these corporations to national supervision," he said, "and the eagle will keep the vulture from plucking the bodies of the dead." Mr. Ames Has a Remedy. Mr. Butler Ames (Mass.) said he had a method of federal control of Insurance which President Roosevelt had indorsed. It was a code of laws that would embrace all that is best in the laws of several states. He claimed his plan would black list any company which did not do a legit imate business. Mr. Underwood (Ala.) discussed immigra tion, which he said was of mora importance than the insurance question. INQUIRY AT ANNAPOLIS. Board Investigating Illegal Customs Among Mirshipmem. Special Dispatch to Tbe Stnr. ANNAPOLIS. December 18.?The board of investigation, detailed upon the recommen dation of Superintendent Sands, resumed its sessions at the Naval Academy thl? morning behind closed doors. It is not generally understood that tills board was not assembled for the purpose of Investigating particularly the case of the hazing of Midshipman Kimbrough, but was designated before the discovery of that case and for the purpose of "inquiring into every illegal custom among the midship men." As a matter of fact, this board had noth. ing to do with the Kimbrough case except that' the testimony given by him before it undoubtedly brought on the haling. The superintendent's recommendation for the expulsion of Coffin and Van Derveer 1M not causing anything like as much excite ment among the midshipmen as is the ap prehension of what the board may report. It is known that they are inquiring into matters which occurred when the present fiwt class was the third and second class. It Is the inquiries of this board and not thi cases of Coffin and Van Derveer whlofc ha* called forth the midshipmen's threat thnt they will confess hating in a body. In regard to this threat It waa said ?n a semi-official way this morning that the midshipmen will be welcome to come for ward and give specific Instances of hutaf and dismissal would surely follow. No gen eral confession of hazing, however, would be allowed. Any united attempt to take such a stand would be considered a breaca of discipline, however, and would be putt" ished accordingly. Cooper, in whose case hazing Is suspect ed was released fr<>cn the hospital today. Kimbrough will be discharged during the day. It Is thought that they will be called before the inveetlgiulng boefd. Midshipman George F. Keene of Howard, n. I.j a member of the first class, baa been dropped from the Naval Academy on a?