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THE EVENING STAR
WITH 8THTDAY MORNING EDITION.
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MAO ORG!" OF BLOOD
FOR SEMf HOURS
Scenes Left by the Massacre
at Bialystok.
APACHE INDIANS OUTDONE
Narrative of the Associated Press
Correspondent.
LOCAL AUTHORITIES CULPABLE
Either Aided the Rioters and Stood
Idly by Not Preventing
the Carnage.
GRODNO. Russia, June 2f'.?Owing to the
rtfusal of the censor at Bialystok to per
mit the free telegraphing of the result of
the Investigation by tlie Associated Press
of the massacre of Jews there, its corre
spondent came here. The anti-Jewish riot
ing at Bialystok Is now ended. The troops
are In full control, and in view of the out
cry raised It is certain that the authorities
will not permit a renewal of the horrors
rttently witnessed at Bialystok.
This entire region is greatly excited, ow
ing to fear that the Bialystok massacre
*HB only the signal for a general atta~k
on the Jews throughout "tlie^pale" and in
Poland, but If any such conspiracy existed
It Is too late to carry out the plans, as
the mo?t Imperative orders to prevent fur
ther outbreaks have been Issued to the
governors and governor generals fro:n St.
Petersburg.
Mad Orgie of Blood.
When the correspondent arrived at Bialy
stok Sunday morning the worst was al
ready over, but on all sides there was re
volting evidence of savage bestiality on
the part of the blood-drunken mobs, which
sacked and burned the Jewish houses, shops
and store*. For seventy-two hours, with
a KliK'hr abatement during ' e day time,
the mad orgtp of blood and pillage went
on unchecked. The Inhumanity displayed
would have done credit to the M >ng ?1
hordes of Genghis Khan in his conques's
of China and central Asia early In the
thirteenth century. At first police and
troops urged on the mob, but finally, when
dismayed by the bloody deeds accomplished,
they reluctantly sought to obey the orders
of their superiors to put an end to the
work of the rapacious l>atils of roughs
who were so far beyond control of the
local toro?* thai regiment after regiment
had to Ut> thrown Into the city before order
could be restored.
During the rioting the Jews were hunted
down by ferocious pursuers, who in the ma
jority of cases were not content with killing
more victims, but tore them to pieces, like
wild animals. And while this wjs In prog
ress the troops either stood idlv by. or,
as was more frequently the case, fired Into
the houses and shops where Jews were con
cealed, under the pretext that they believed
them to be revolutionists, but really to make
way for the murderers arid plunderers who
followed In the soldiers' wake.
While It Is Impossible to give the exact
figures, the visits of the correspondent to
the hospitals and cemeteries enables him
to approximate the killed at one hundred
Jews and twenty Christians, and the wound
ed at one hundred and fifty Jefrs and seven
Christians.
Investigating- the Cause.
The question of the origin of the massacre
wa? carefully investted. Although many
of the Jews denied that a bomb was thrown
at the Corpus Christ! procession Thursday,
the fact that a bonto was thrown is es
tablished beyond a doubt, but the question
of who threw the bomb remains unsettled
The accounts of impartial witnesses, how
ever, demonstrate thut an Insulting cry en
raged the Jews who attacked the religious
procession. Then from one end of the city
to the other the police spread the report of
the attack, thus fanning the religious fanat
icism of the Christians and setting loose the
worst elements upon the Jews, on whom the
crowds watching the procession had al
ready turned. The Jews at first fought with
revolvers and bombs, and with these
weapons the majority of the Christian vic
tims were killed. But the Jew.s were soon
overwhelmed and fled for shelter, like rab
bits to warrens. Into cellars or attics.
The soldiers watched this chase and
butchery, sometimes laughing with in
difference. but never failing to fire Into
houses where Jews, sometimes to the
number of a hundred, were making n
stand against their assailants. The sol
diers said the Jews were revolutionists,
and that was their excuse for firing on
them. The authorities who wantnl to do
something to stop the massacre were,
with the police and troops in open sym
pathy with the mob, utterly powerless.
Not Planned at St. Petersburg.
Although It Is freely rharged that the
higher authorities of Bialystok deliber
ately organised the massacre, or. If this
was not the case, that it was carried out
under orders from St. Petersburg, there
is no evidence to support either charge.
According to the Investigations of the
parliamentary commission, whose mem
bers were especially anxious to elucidate
this point M. Schepkln of Odessa, a
member of the commission, said:
"We wished especially to bring home
the responsibility to the government If
the massacre was organized In St. Peters
burg But out conclusions are that it was
not planned in St. Petersburg. Neither do
we find proof that Chief of Police Shero
metleff of Bialystok was a party to the
plot. However, the responsibility of his
subordinates, together with that of the
rank and file of the police and some of
the military officers who fondly Imagine
that the odious system of Von Flehve and
Trepoff has not ended, is clearly proven.
"We have failed to clear up whether a
policeman or an anarchist threw the
bomb. Our Investigations only demon
strate that the real cause of this and sim
ilar tragedies is the position of the Jews,
which makes the Ignorant Russians con
sider them to be pariahs, outside the pro
tection of the law The Jews everywhere
sre now organizing societies for self
defense. and as soon as they show the
?lightest resistance to persecution they
Wlll be treated by the troops and Ignorant
populace as revolutionists, for whom a
Simple death la too good. Parliament must
ii.?1<t on the punishment of the guilty.
As proof of the charge that the mas
sacre was prepared in advance, the Jews
claim that the keepers of the
wineshops received notice the da>
the outbreak to remove their cash from
the shops to safer places.
Tales of Atrocities.
The tales of atrocities committed are In
numerable, and while some of them may
be exaggerated, enough has ^en 'sta-bhs -
ed to make almost anything credible The
mob seemed to delight in torturing the vic
tims. Strips of flesh were cut from the r
bodies, children were snatched from the r
mothers' arms and taken by the legs an
brf lned on the pavement before the e>
of their parents. An old Jew was beheaded
and the ghastly trophy was carried all da>
at the end of a pike through the street..
In many cases the heads of victims were
beaten to a jelly with stones.
At the Biatystok railroad station, wher
the mob searched the trains for Jews a
rioter seized a five-year-old girl by in
throat and held her at arm's length until
she strangled to death.
Little children seemed to take pleasur
in pointing out the hiding places of Jews.
Mutilated corpses, swarming with flies,
were left lying about the streets in some
casts for days.
A badly injured Jewess in the hospital,
describing the scenes, said:
"Hell was within human beings, and they
enacted the role of demons.'' Then the wo
man suddenly went Into convulsions at the
memory of the horrors she witnessed.
BIAI..YSTOK, Russia, June 20.?2 p.m.?
?I'he night passed without incident and all
is quiet here this afternoon.
M. Frisch. son of the president of the
council of the empire (upper ?f PfJjj
iUment), arrived here today, having been
sen? to Bialystok specially ^ ,
ister Stolypin to determ'netheres^nsltn
itv for the recent massacre of Jews an"
. nitile the minister to report to parliament
on the subject independently of the locil
authorities.
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aimed at tobacco trust.
Representatives of Subsidiary Com
panies Arraigned.
NEW YORK. June 20? Pleas of not guilty
of conspiracy and unlawful combination
for the restraint of trade were entered in
the I'nited State!) circuit court today by
Karl Jungbluth, president of the MacAn
drews & Forbes Company, and Howard E.
Young, president of the J. S. Young Corn
pan v, as individuals and the two compa
nieB named as corporations. The two in
dividual defendants were held in *>,OoO ball
each and all the defendants were given un
til July 9 to file demurrers on motions to
^Th'e*^w^firrns^named In theindictments
?ro subsidiary companies of the American
Tobacco8 Company The indictments were
returned last Monday by a Lnited States
gran" jurv. which long had been engaged
in ar. investigation into the so-called to
lTtC|s alleged that the defendants by com
bination and agreement sought to control
the licorice paste supply, which is used in
the manufacture of plug tobacco.
PROCTOR NOMINATED.
Convention of the Vermont Republi
cans.
MONTPELIER. vt.. June 20.?Fletcher D. ,
Proctor, son of United States Senator Red
field Proctor, was nominated by acclama
tion for governor of Vermont at the repub
iican state convention today.
The President Indorsed.
With the exception of two planks the
platform adopted dealt with state issues.
Of the exceptions, one was the Indorse
ment of President Roosevelt and the other
?? ypressing sympathy with the movement
against disciimination in interstate com
merce. The resolutions said on thes-j sub- ,
jtcts:
"We heartily and cordially indorse the
splendid administration of President i'heo
dore Roosevelt, and we commend the Presi- |
d*nt as a fearless champion of the welfare
of the people. He has. without fear or
favor, uncovered and punished those guilty
of malfeasance in public service; he has
zealously assailed the violators of the fed
eral statutes; he has promoted friendly re
lations with other nations of the earth and
KRi-ied for us a front rank In the worlds
fiiniomicv lie has encouraged wise and
helpful legislation and has shown Ills deter
mination to continue to promote pro.ect on
^f home industries, commercial expansion
and other national policies that have he p
fd :nc American people to enjoy proBper ty
and progress without a parallel in the an
nals of national development.
"We are in hearty sympathy with the
sreat battle being fought by the republican
party in behalf of the people against^the
lv.1 of rebating, favoritism and discriml
' ation in interstate commerce. We are in
favor, by proper state legislation, of pro
tect Ing the people of the stale against like
evils within the state In non-Interstate com
merce.
STILL ON THE SHOAL.
Attempts to Float Stranded Italian
Steamer Unsuccessful.
JTEW YORK, June 30.?All efforts thus
far to float the Italian steamer Vlncenso
Bonnano, which grounded on Fire Island
bar last Sunday, have been unsuccessful.
Several tugs pulled on the big vessel at
high water today, but they succeeded only
In swinging her around until her baw polnt
fd directly toward the beach. She Is still
firmly fixed In the sand and the wreckers
now believe that It will be necessary to re
move a portion of her cargo before they
can hope to float her.
VOTING IN NORTH DAKOTA.
Regular Republicans Carry Grand
Forks.
GRAND FORK8. N. D., June ?.-It will
be late today before fairly accurate returns
will be available from yesterday's primaries
out In the state. The Insurgent republican*
have carried Grand Forks county by 600
to (**?. The regular republicans have car
ried this city by a small majority. The
vote In the city was ltght whll?- the vote
In the country districts was larger than
two years ago at the general election.
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LEGISLATIVE BILL.
House Action All That Was Neces
sary.
The conference report on the executive,
legislative and judicial appropriation bill
was adopted by the House today, -which
passes the bill, the Senate having adopted
the report yesterday.
Gen. Allen Again in Manila.
MANILA, June 20.?Gen. H. T. Allen, di
rector of the constabulary, returned to Ma
nila today after eight months' leave of ab
sence spent In the United States,
Gov. Ide became ill after returning from
his recent Journey through the provinces
and was confined to his house for several
davs He Is now Improving and Is able
to attend to ht? official duties. His condi
tion 1s believed to be due to iiU long service
In the troplos.
THE FATE OF THE KIDNAPER.
"SLOW" OLD PHILADELPHIA.
SWEPT INTO THE RIVER
TWO MORE LIVES LOST IN THE
EAST RIVER TUNNEL.
NEW YORK, June 2"?.?Two men lost their
lives, another was fatally injuied and six
more were severely hurt as a result of
an accident in the Pennsylvania tunnel
between 34th street, this city, and Long
Island City today. Twenty-four of the
thirty-five men who were at work in the
tunnel at the time of the accident escaped
without serious Injury after having faced
death by drowning.
The accident was caused by the tremen
dous air pressure necessary at the head
of the tunnel to liold back the soft mud
into which the shield is forced. The mud
under this shield was blown out and two
of the workmen who were caught in the
flow of air were swept to death in the river.
When the heading was errvptied of air, wri
ter rushed In through the opening and
threatened to drown the su"i*vivor?. In tlie
struggle which followed between the work
men to escape ?rom the chamber through
the little door which connects with the fin
ished part of the tunnel several of them
were severely hurt. Finally, however, the
cooler heads among the men prevailed ar,d
all of the survivors either by their own
efforts or the assistance of others found
safety in the completed tunnel. So rap
idly did the water flow Into the unfinished
compartment that before the last mans
turn came to pass through the little cl.jor
he was standing neck deep in the water.
HOT FOR THE OARSMEN.
Sun Shines Brightly at Poughkeepsie
After Long Absence.
POUGHKEEPSIE, June 20.?For the first
time in more than a week the crews rowed
today in sunshine. The weather heretofore
has been cloudy, muggy and showery and
the men have not got out the best that was
believed to be in them. Today the weather
conditions went to the other extrem-?. It
was a typical hot June day, with n blister
ing sun. The practice, therefore, of all the
crews was confined to an easy row, aver
aging live to eight miles for each one.
Tiie Wisconsin crews were the only ones
that did not go out for early practice.
Coach O'Dea said that he kept them off the
water because it was too hot. There :s no
question that the charge in the Wisconsin
'varsity is permanent, and O'Dea said to
day that unless something unforeseen oc
curs the men will row in this orclir: Bow
Burling; 2, Rlchter; 3. Bechle-n; -J. Invitee;
5. Davis; 6. Buth; 7, Wilder; stroke. Lee.
The Syracuse crews went over tha'r favorite
course from the boat house four nines down
the river and back.
Columbia, up at the other end of the
course, went north from their oat house
about three miles and return and practiced
a few starts and short pieces.
Cornell and Pennsylvania went nown the
river nearly to MJlton and return.
EQUITABLE'S NEW CHARTER.
Adopted by the Directors by a Unani
mous Vote.
NEW YORK, June 20.?The directors of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society today
voted unanimously to adopt the amende!
charter which provides for "the mutuallza
tlon of the society. There were present
at the meeting thirty membefs of the board
of directors, all of whom voted in favor
of the proposition.
The new charter provides among other
things that the policyholders shall elect
twenty-eight directors out of the board of.
fifty-two members.
After the charter was adopted the di
rectors adjourned to meet again tomorrow
to receive from the trustees of the majority
of the stock of the society their nomina
tions for directors on the administration
ticket.
CHARGED WITH LARCENY.
Alleged Cotton Broker to Be Taken to
Rochester.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., June 20.?Edward B.
Soule, cotton broker of New York and Bos
ton, will be brought to Rochester from
Cleveland, as soon as certain legal formali
ties are compiled with. Soulo iras arrested
yesterday In Cleveland on a chai-ge of grand
larceny in the second degree. It is charged
that In this city he represented himself as
president of the Boston Cotton Exchange
and Induced many prominent residents to
invest money in cotton stocks. Among these
Is Dr. William F. Barron, who says that
he gave Soule $2,000 on April 20 to invest
in cotton.
NEW YORK, June 20.-Edward B. Soule,
said to be a cotton broker of this city, Is
not known at the cotton exchange.
Marblehead Back to Panama.
The cruiser Marblehead. which was sent
from Panama to Corinto in pursuit of the
Empire, has been ordered to return to
Panama.
FIRE IN LOS ANGELES
blaze for two hours in the
WHOLESALE DISTRICT.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 20.?Fire
broke out early today in the two-story
brick building occupied by the hardware
firm of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, on Los
Angeles street, and raged for more than
two hours before it was Anally Quelled by
the fire department, which turned out in
full force ir response to three alarms. The
building where the blaze started is situated
in the heart of the wholesale district and
In the immediate vicinity are oil concerns
which miraculously escaped from the
flames. For a time the entire b'.ock, ex
tending from Commercial street to East
Market street, on Los Angeles street, was
endangered and occupants of rfesor's aiKl
i cheap lodging houses situated in the prox
fmlty lied for safety. The building occu
pied by Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson was
completely gutted. The loss is roughly
timated at $150,OUO.
PHILADELPHIA, June 20-The Quaker
City Textile Company s plant on German
town avenue above Wyoming avenue
destroyed by fire today, entailing a lo>s e.
timated at $30,000. Fifty hands are thrown
out of work. Joseph H. Maeland, piesiden
of the company, left a sick bed to save val
uable patterns. He fell unconsc'ous from
the effects of smoke and exhaustion andI
n a serious condition District Engineer
Liebhead and several firemen while work
ing on the roof fell into the burning build
ing and were injured.
CHICAGO June 20.?Fire today prac
practically destroyed the manufacturing
holding at 141 and 143 Ontario street, rhe
loss was estimated at *<*>.000. The budding
was occupied by the Derby Steam Laundry
Company. Heath, .Johnson & Co., polishers,
and the Acme Plate Vlorka.
RUSHED BY PULAJANES
town in leyte attacked and
five policemen KILLED.
MANILA. June 20.?A band of 300 Pula
jane- under Ceasarlo Pastor, attacked the
town of Burauei. on the island of Leyte,
yesterday, June 10. They killed Ave police
men, wounded five and captured the re
mainder of the force except the lieutenant,
who was In command. Pastor, the Pula
jane leader, was k^led during the en
counter.
The attack occurred at an early hour In
the morning. The police were caught un
awares, and their sentinel was rushed from
lis post The bandits then entered the tri
bunal and a hand-to-hand fight took place.
The police fought desperately, but were
overcome by superior numbers.
The loss of the Pulajanes is believed to
have been great, but it cannot be esti
mated, as they carried off their dead and
wounded after the tight.
' The municipal records were taken from
the tribunal, piled in the street and burned.
The destruction of these papers was one of
the most serious phases of the raid as the>
Included deeds, license, receipts etc. The
safe containing the town funds was not
disturbed The bandits carried away the
armsofthe police and a quantity of ammu
r~i? detachment of constabulary, under
Lieut. Johnson. Immediately started in pur
8UAt the' tfmtTllhe^ruid was made Provincial
Oovernor Veyra was In another part of the
Island securing evidence wanted by the PaJ"
don commission to obtain the release
prisoners In the Bllibid penitentiary.
Personal Mention.
Secretary Shaw left yesterday for Blklne,
W Va , where today he will deliver an ad
dress before the State Bankers' Association.
Mr Yunosuke Sakal of Japan Is visiting
friends in the city. Mr. Sakai is a native of
the town of Mlnamimlnowamura, in the
province of Naganoken. and after pursuing
studies in a technical school in Toklo en
tered the*'school of architecture at Cornell.
He recently graduated with honor from the
archUe^tural school of the University of
Pennsylvania, his graduating thesis being
Dlans for a union railroad station at Toklo.
M? and Mrs. W. Y. Handey have gone
Jw*Ksemer Ala., to attend the funeral of
,, a ii Handey. a brother of Mr. Han
dey. who died suddenly at that place last
S ClHIord5R^Whyte. formerly of Technical
Hchool of this city, graduated from the
Central Manual High School of Philadelphia
>nj will enter college next September. ?
After two years In the Philippines, Lieut.
John Sanborn Hamilton, 12th United States
Infanty, now stationed at Fort Jay, Gov
ernor's Island, spent the week-end in Wash
ington visiting hie mother, Mrs. Anna S.
Hamilton, and greeting old friends. L-eUt. ,
Hamilton, who Is one of the most popular
young bachelors In his regiment, hae many
warm friends here In town, who will be j
lad to hear of hie return to the states.
EARTHQUAKE IN LUZON
SEVERE SHOCKS IN" THE NORTH
ERN PART OF THE ISLAND.
MANILA, June 20.?A series of earth
quakes occurred in northern Luzon yester
day and today. The most perceptible was
felt in Manila at 8 o'clock lost night.
Severe shocks were experienced in tho
northern part of the island and in the Ba
buyanes and Batanes Islands and on For
mosa. No damage was reported. The
shocks began at 7:2T> o'clock last evening
and continued at intervals through the
night until 9:45 o'clock this morning.
The Manila observatory reports that the
earthquakes probably were more severe in
the Babuyanes Islands and Formosa.
INSANE ASYLUM INQUIRY.
More Employes and Others Oive Fa
vorable Testimony.
The OlcOtt special committee held a brief
morning session tod-ay and a number of
witnesses were heard concerning conditions
at the Government Hospital for the Insane.
Father Chas. M. Bart of Anacostia, the
chaplain of St. Elizabeth, told the commit
tee that he or his assistant visited the in
stitution from two to ten times a week, and
every opportunity was afforded them to aid
in their work among the patients. Five
times in five years he had been called upon
to conduct funeral services at the insti
tution.
A. J. Price, an asylum attendant, thought
the patients were treated well and that the
food was pretty good.
S. B. Mudd, an asylum attendant for the
past sixteen years, had never seen patients
ill-treated; had never seen the straight
Jacket used In the past few years and
thought conditions were excellent. The food
was poor and the cooking very inferior.
W. G. Leafley, a nurse at the institution,
had never seen patients abused. The food
was sometimes poor and sometimes good.
Tl.e hours were too long.
G. B. Thorne, a nurse at the Institution,
denied the testimony of previous witnesses
that he had ill-treated patients. Investiga
tion of charges against him had resulted in
Ms exonoration. The food was fairly
good, but the hours of work were so long
that it had a tendency to impair the effi
ciency of the employes.
H. T. Lang, for the past two years an
asylum attendant, said that tfce food was
very good; that the patients were well
treated and that there were sufficient em
ployes so far as his department was con
cerned.
Frank BHnn. a night watchman at the
asylum, and for the past fourteen years an
employe of the institution, thought the food
served was very good. He had never seen
patients abused.
Dr. Chas. M. Emmons, secretary of the
Medico-Legal Society, which was instru
mental in securing the Inquiry Into condi
tions at St. Elizabeth, made a comparative
statement to the committee of the per capi
ta expense at St. Elizabeth and at other
institutions of a similar character through- 1
out the United States, with the idea of
showing that the per capita cost at the
government asylum across the river was un
reasonably high.
PURE FOOD BILL.
Special Rule for Its Consideration in
the House.
A rule for the consideration of the pure
food bill will be brought Into the House
late this afternoon or tomorrow moraine. It
will provide for two hours general debate
and ten hours under the flve-mlnute rule,
and the vote on the passage of the meas
ure will probably be taken on Friday.
The bill to be considered comes from the
Interstate and foreign commerce committee
of the House as a substitute for the Sen
ate bill. The House measure provides that
In fixing standards of food the Secretary of
Agriculture shall be guided by a board of
experts when called for by any producer in
all cases Involving the wholesomeness or
unwholesomeness of a preservative. The bill
Is more drastic with reference to the drug
clause. It provides that all narcotics shall
be mentioned on the label affixed to the
package. It also goes Into detail as to food
products and medicines which were possibly
covered by the Senate bill, but which the
committee thought should be made more
specific. The House measure provides on the
canning proposition that on all packages
sold under an advertisement the weight or
quantity of the' contents shall be stated.
The Senate bill was silent on this question.
This provision in the House measure is mod
ified somewhat, however, so as to permit
the use of cans of a Btandard size.
FOR PRESIDENT'S EXPENSES.
Bill Apropriating 925,000 Passed the
House Today.
The blU appropriating $25,000 to defray
the traveling expenses of the President for
the next fiscal year was called up under
suspension of the rules today in the House
by Mr. Tawney of Minnesota, chairman of
the appropriations committee The sundry
civil bill carried an item appropriating?
$26,000 for the traveling expense* of the
President, which went out on a point of or
der. Mr. Watson of Indiana, then in the
chair, and who sustained the point of order
against the Item. Introduced the bill which
the House had under consideration today.
Mr. Underwood (Ala.) demanded a sec
ond. which was ordered, and a debate of
forty minutes ensued.
Mr. Tawney stated that the whole subject
of providing for the President's traveling
expenses had been d?bated at length during
the consideration of the sundry civil bill.
Mr. Underwood asked if the appropria
tion was for the present President or for
future Preslents.
To this Mr. Tawney replied that the aim
was to make it permanent law, and that
with the passage of this Mil the point of or
der against an appropriation carried by the
sundry civil bill would not lie.
Mr. James of Kentucky wanted to know
what official duty carried the President
abroad."Isn't it true that there Is no official
duty requiring htm to leave the capltalT" |
he asked. j
Mr Tawney said that while he could not I
recall any official duty Just at present that
might take him outside the capital he could |
easily conceive how. as commander-in-chief
of the army and navy he might be called
upon at any moment to travel.
The bill was then passed by the Houses
yeas 17(1, nays 08.
THE BARNES NOMINATION.
A Vote on His Confirmation Expected
Tomorrow.
An understanding has been reached by
Senator Tillman and others under which
a vote will be taken tomorrow afternoon on
the nomination of Mr. Benjamin P. Barnes
to be postmaster of this cltv after the
Panama canal bill has been disposed of.
This will end the first chapter of the
Barnes incident, as It Is anticipated that
the vote being on strictly party lines will
result in confirming the nomination of Mr.
Barnes, and he will then be able to take
possession of his new office as city post
master. Before the vote Is taken, how
ever, Senator Tillman and perhaps others
will show In strong language the manner
in which this nomination has been railroad
ed through Senator Penrose's committee
without any opportunity to investigate the
grave charges that have been made against
Mr. Barnes' conduct in connection with the
brutal ejectment of Mrs. Morris from the
White House.
The only evidence that Senator Penrose's
committee has permitted to be offered
In relation to the Morris Incident Is that
which was prepared by the chief of police
of this city, and which was gathered In at
the White House from selected sources.
Senator Penrose, who is the champion of
the Barnes nomination In the Senate, has
never undertaken to ascertain facts 111 con
nection with the Morris incident, which have
easily been accessible and which tends to
show an entirely different state of affairs
from that shown by the White House one
sided Investigation.
LOOKING TO ADJOURNMENT.
Congress Whooping Things?Appro
priation Bills in Good Shape.
Congress Is whooping things, trying to
get ready for adjournment a week from I
Saturday. Commencing with tonight the
Senate will hold night sessions whenever
necessary. The House will probably begin
night session* next week.
Late this afternoon a rule will be brought I
in to the House providing for consideration I
Of the pure food bill and ai;awlng twelve
hours' debate with unlimited amendments.
This i? in accordance with an understand
ing reached six weeks ago when Speaker
Cannon told the pure food folk that as soon
as the decks were clear lie would agree to
bringing in a rule for the bill. In the
meantime, however, the Speaker has been
the target for a lot of unjust accusations
that have stirred up a great deal of trouble
for him throughout the country.
The appropriation bills are In good shape.
The urgent deficiency bill has become a
law. The pension bill has been approved by
the president; the army appropriation bill
Is a law; the diplomatic bill has been ap
proved; the fortification bill has passed
both houses and Is In conference. The In
dian appropriation bill Is In the hands of
the President; the legislative appropriation
bill has been agreed upon by the conferees
and will be sent to the President this week;
the Post Office Department bill is In confer
ence; the District of Columbia bill le In
conference; the Military Academy bill is In
conference; the agricultural bill will go to
conference this week; the naval bill is In
conference; the sundry civil bill was re
ported to the Senate today.
TO ATTEND CORONATION
ARRIVAL OF DISTINGUISHED VIS
ITORS TO NORWAY.
TRONDHJEM. Norway, June 20? Maj
William W. Gibson, the American military
attache at St. Petersburg, arrived here to
day to attend the coronation of King Haa
kon.
The French armored cruiser Admiral
Aube, carrying the representative of the
French embassy to the coronation, arrived
here this morning. Immediately after she
reached the anchorage specially selected
for the vessel, her guns awakened the
echoes of the fiord with a salute. She then
"dressed ship" and the Norwegian men-o -
war and shore batteries answered her sa
lute.
A spanking breeie swept the harbor,
causing the flags and bunting to flutter In a
lively fashion and raising a sea In which
the launches and cutters were tossed about
like corks. But in spit? of the breeie a
dense fog prevailed near the entrance of
the flord and delayed ttie arrival of the
other warships and steamers, including the
British royal yachts Victoria and Albert,
having on board the Prince and Princess of
Wales, and convoyed by the cruisers Juno
and Talbot. These vessels are anchored
outside the flord. but will not arrive at
Trondhjem until the afternoon.
The members of the French embassy land
ed at 11 o'clock this morning. They were
received by two officers of the royal house
hold, were given a guard of honor, and
were driven to the palace, where King Haa
kon received the embassy and thanked them
and their nation for their presence here on
the occasion of his coronation.
The leading members of the Norwegian
cabinet, headed by Premier Mlchelsen. will
leave Christiania today for Trondhjem.
Trondhjem continues to fill with visitors
and crowds throng the streets. The pa'ace
and cathedral are the centers of interest.
MONEY FOR ST. ELIZABETH.
Senator Mallory's Proposed Amend
ment to Sundry Civil Bill.
Senator Mallory has given notice of an
amendment to the sundry civil bill provid
ing that all appropriations made for the
Government Hospital for the Insane hall be
disbursed under the direct supe-vtston or
the Secretary of the Interior by the d sburs
ing officer of the Department of the Inte
riA!so that no money appropriated by *ne
MB shall be used to purchase or maintain
more than one horse and *eh'clc or one
automobile for tilfe use or the superintend
ent of the Insane asylum.
Weather.
Partly cloudy tonight an<t
tomorrow, probably showers.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
It Was Reported to the Senate
Today. ?
LIST OF INCREASES MADE
Many Important Things Provided
For.
A NEW BUILDING PROPOSED
On the Corner of 15th Street an&
Pennsylvania Avenue for De
partment of Justice, Etc.
The su.idry civil, appropriation bill wta
reported to the Senate from the committer
on appropriations today.
The committee added $7.7fl0U*.* to th*
amount appropriated by the House, whlclh
was $1M,587 070.32, making the total as re
ported to the Senate $102347.279 Th?
sundry civil bill for the current year aj>
propriated $67.1?3,?]00.?J6. The amount esti
mated for the bill was fl06.416.576.fc9
The Increase and decrease provided in th*
bill as reported follows:
The provision for a building for the de
partments of State, Justice and Commerce
and Labor, to be located at 15th street an<J
Pennsylvania avenue, follows: ?
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury.
In his disc retion, to acquire, by pim liase>
condemnation, or otherwise, tiie whole of
squares numbered 22.1 227, 22S 22.' and 230,
In this city, and toward the erection of one
or two buildings. $3,000,000. That part of
C street, Ohio avenue. 1> street and K street
lying between the squares named is made
a part of the site authorised by this act.
Increases.
FV>r public bu.lding at Cheye.ine, Wyo.,
$15,030; repairs and preservation of publto
buildings. $20,000; for heating apparatus for
public buildings, $25,tXN>; for land and bul)d
lngs for the departments of State, Justice
and Commerce and Labor. $3,000,0<i0; for
general Inspector of supplies for publta
buildings and expense*. $5,000; for fuel,
lights and water for public bu'Idings. $40,?
000, for lighthouses, beacons and fog sig
nals, $1,275,640; for supplies of lighthouse^
?',3.000; for repairs of lighthouses. $00,090.
for expenses of light vessels, $25,(>x>; for
expenses of buoyage, $50,000; for expense of
fog signals, $15,000; for field expenses under
coast survey, $15,000; for special surveys up*
der coast survey, $12,000; for office of com?
mlssioner of fisheries, $4,400; for
propagation of food fishes, $10,0001
for maintenance of vessels. J3.000J
for equipping the Senate post office with
steel counter, etc., $3,000; for continuing
construction of Senate office building. $"J&0,
000. for guaging streams and determining
the water supply of the United Statee,
$200,0(X?; in preparation of report of the
miners 1 resources of the United States.
$25,000; for continuation of the forest re
serves surveys. $25,000; for protection of
Casa Grande ruin. In Arizona, $3,000; tot
expenses of return to Alaska of pupils to
Indian school at Carlisle. Pa., $3,705; for
support of reindeer In Alaska. $rt,?<>rt: for
repairs of building. Columbia Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb, $1,000; for traveling
expenses of the President, $25,000; for light'
lng the executive mansion and publto
grounds, $1,8<>4: for continuing erection of
Grant memorial. $40,000; for expenses of
unveiling the statue of General McClellan.
$2,500; for military posts, $150,000; for sup
port and medical treatment of patients at
Providence Hospital, $10,000; for support
and medical treatment of patients at Gar
field Memorial Hospital, $19,000; for shop
building at Pacific branch, Natl<*ial Home,
$15,000; for special counsel for Mission In
dians, $1,000; for I'nlted States penitentiary
at Atlanta, Ga.. $6,000; for building for bv^
reau of American republics, $;S.?0,0<K); foj
purchase of manuscripts of charters ana
constitutions. $10,<too; for Jamestown expo
sition, $1,400,000. Total increase, $7,706,049.
Decrease?For preparation of law Indexes
and to provide trained law clerks there
for, $5,840. Net Increase, $7,700,2U0.
New Building Proposed. ?
A commission to be composed of the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Attorney General, the Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor and the
superintendent of the Capitol building
and grounds is created to report to Con
gress preliminary plans and an estimate
of cost for one or two buildings to be
erected on the site named for the use of
the Departments of State, Justice, and
Commerce and Labor, and for other gov
ernmental purposes, such preliminary
plans and estimate of cost to be paid for
out of the appropriation.
For continuing the work for the erec
tion of the memorial to Gen. Ulysses a.
Grant, $40,000 are appropriated. It Is pro*
vided that the memorial may be located
In the unoccupied portion of the Hotanie
Garden grounds, between 1st and 2d
streets northwest, as recommended by
the Grant memorial commission, and that
such portion of the funds heretofore ap
propriated for the memorial and now
available may be used in constructing
extra foundation for the memorial If the
character of the soli on the site selected
shows such extra foundation to be neces
sary.
QUICK BUN TO HOSPITAL.
Critical Condition of Man Pound With
Throat Cut.
An emergency run was made from the
coal yard of William J. Zeh, 14th and D
streets southwest, this afternoon shortly
after 2 o'clock for the purpose of getting a
wounded man to the Emergency Hospital.
The man. It was stated, had attempted sui
cide by cutting his throat with a rasor. He
Is a Russian about thirty-five years of ag%
and Is known about the coal yard as Frank.
His last name Is believed to be Wa<ke.
He was employed In the harness shop 4t
the coal yard.
He was missed from the shop dur.ng the
morning, and about 2 o'clock search wsM
made for him. One of the foremen In the
yard found him In the stable with hi#
throat cut. The harneeemaker was weak
from loss of blood and appeared to be un
conscious. It was stated at the hospital
that his condition was critical and it wee
feared he would die.
Persia Complains to Turkey.
CONSTANTINOPLE. June 20,-The Per
sian ambassador has complained to the
Turkish government of the furthe." .11* patch
of troops and munitions to the 1'ers a? fron
tier. pointing out that it constitutes
to the good relations existing between the
two countfies.
Ordered by the Commiseioners.
Orders Issued by the Comaiisstoaars today
Include the following:
That service sewer be constructed In B
street southeast between 17ll? and 18th
streets.
That street hydrant it the northwest
corner of 16th and Euclid (Erie) straets be
abandoned at as. -i .tated cost of *>?.
That E. W. Hart e appointed superin
tend- i't "f eorstri on at $3 per diem, to
take effect wfcea he reports for luty.