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No. 13,355. WASHINGTON, D. O., MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1895-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS.

Philadelphia Policemen Open Firein Self-Defense.

PROTECTING #A NUMBER OF CARS

More Excitement Caused Than byAny Event.

FIVE OTHER RIOTS OCCL'R

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 2.'t..The crisis of bloodshed came in the streetrailway strike today. Policemen who wereprotecting a number of cars on the Girardavenue line which ha l been attacked by a

mob opened fin- and wounded two strikingmotormen who were in the crowd, one ofthem fatally.The injured are: Samuel G. Crossley,

aged twenty-seven years, shot in the body.William II. Matthews, aged twenty-three

years, shot in the head, scalp wound.Both the wounded men were taken to St.

Joseph's Hospital, where the physicianssay Crossley's injuries are probably fatal.The news of tjie shooting created more

excitement in the city than any eventwhich has occurred since the beginning ofthe strike. The disturbance started at 17thstreet and Girard avenue, where a crowd ofabout KM) began throwing stones at a car.The crowd swelled rapidly, and after re-

J *ated warnings to disperse the policemendrew their revolvers and began firing.Only a fe:v shots were necessary to sendthe mob scattering in every direction, leav¬ing two of their number wounded on thestreet. .

It is estimated that fully five thousandpeople were In the crowd.Half a dozen cars were wrecked.Riots of a less serious rature occurred in

live other places and numerous arrestswere made.Notwithstanding the attacks the com¬

pany is running n ore cars today than atany time ..-ince the strike began. Nearlyall of the men at work are strangers, al¬though a few of the old men are seen onthe cars.The air is full of rumors of settlement

rhe strikers' committees held secret meet¬ings all night, and the traction officialswere also conferring.

1 he board of directors of the companywas In session this afternoon, and a sensa¬tional rumor gained currency to the effectthat President John Lowher Welsh had re¬signed. as a result of the criticism of hismanagement of the strike. It is under¬stood that*they have a proposition from tliestrikers, in which they agree to return to

Vk° men who have been hired sincethe strike began being retained as "ex¬tras."

DOW* TO II^SISESS.ItepublleanN of the House Determine

to Have no Delay.The republicans of the House, since they

are to l»e deprived of their holiday recess,have determined to proceed with the workof the session. and have other committeesimprove the time while ways and meansis engaged in the preparation of a revenuebill. Their object is to make this a shortsession and bring about the final adjourn¬ment as early in the summer as practic¬able. Chairman Cannon of the appropria¬tions committee will get that body at workat once on the first of the appropriationbills, and hopes to make a good record forfinishing business within a reasonable time.Chairman Hittt of foreign affairs says

that he will call a meeting for an earlyday. The Venezuelan-British Guianaboundary question is at present out of theprovince of the committee, because Con¬gress has delegated its consideration toPresident Cleveland and his commissionto be appointed. So far as known the mat¬ter will not come before Congress againuntil the report of that commission ismade, or unless the President should callthe attention of Congress to some newphase of the dispute. But there are sev¬eral other International questions that thecommittee will soon have to deal with,and some of them are so conspicuous ininterest that its action will prove of greatimportance.Foremost among these is the movement

by the Cuban insurgents and their Ameri¬can supporters to secure recognition oftheir status as belligerents. Even if it wasdisposed to postpone this delicate question,and no such disposition is manifest, itwould be difficult to* ignore it for severalreasons, and a great number cf petitionshave already been referred to the commit¬tee. Chairman Hitt says that this will beone of tlie first matters to be taken up.There is talk, which has not crystallizedInto any definite movement, that the mostfeasible plan of dealing with the questionwould be to appoint a delegation to inves¬tigate and report upon the standing of therevolutionists.In addition to Cuba anil Venezuela, the

Waller case and the alleged attempt ofGreat Britain to advance Its Alaskanboundary will have to be considered, be¬cause resolutions calling for Informationhave been introduced, and some of theseare privileged resolutions, which call forconsideration within seven days, under therules.The banning and currency committee

held a meeting today and formulated sev-«ial requests for information to the con¬troller of the currency to be useil in thepreparation of the currency bill that willbe formulated after the holidays. Amongthe inquiries is one calling on the con¬troller o." currency for information as tothe relative stability of large and smallbanks. Mr. Walker, the chairman of thecommittee, expects the bill reported to fol¬low closely the lines of the bill he offeredin the last Congress, which provided for anextension of the national banking systemand the Issue of circulation against de¬posits of greenbacks.The House committee on foreign affairs

will holu a meeting tomorrow, and themembers will probably call upon SecretaryOlney at the State Department to paytheir respects.

IlEAll admiral rob.

He Muk<>n it Statement iin t<i IIK V|_letreil I tternnrea.

Rear Admiral Francis Koe, retired.pgaln3t whom charges were made to theNavy Department of disloyal criticism ofthe Ptcsident's Venezuelan message, hasvoluntarily written a statement to the de-partn.mt, saying that while he did speakof the bad condition of our coast defens -slit the course of a conversation with a per¬son whom he'did not suspect of being a re¬

porter. he had not in any manner referredto Venezuelan affairs, and resented the at¬tempt by Innuendo and forced inference tocast doubt upon his loyalty. He refers tohis splendid war record, and says that if

more oflhem. "'aU°rS' the COUn'tr>" ».".

Admiral Braine. who has bee?/called uponto explain away similar charges, has notyet been heard from. If he declines to ad-mlt er deny the interview, the matter mustbe dropped. Just as was done in the recentease of AJtnlral Meade.

recent

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Tlie Duke <>r Letia Dead.LONDON, December 23..George Godol-

phln Osborne, ninth Duke of Deeds, is deadaged fifty-eight years.

CHAIRMAN BABCOCK

The Policy of the House District Com¬mittee.

For the Intercut* of the Capital.Hillsand the District Coin-

niiNsionerit.

The House District committee will holdits first meeting next Thursday morning,Chairman Babcock having announced hisintention to call a session for that day."I have no particular policy in view,"

said Mr. Babcock to a Star reporter today,"except that which might be defined u»

the statement that I realize we are to leg¬islate for the capital of seventy millions ofpeople, and that we should legislate for thefuture as well as for the present. I haveno especial bills In mind whose passage 1propose to further over any other legisla¬tion, and am not intent upon any speciallire of action. The business of the com¬mittee will progress in a business-like way,I take it, and due Weight and considerationwill be given to all propositions coming be¬fore us. There are eight new members ofthe committee, several of them being newto Congress, and I do not know their posi¬tion toward local measures.*'In the last Congress Mr. Babcock voted

for dollar gas, and was a strong supporterof that bill.Mr. Babccck has appointed Mr. George

I». Clermntson of l^ancaater as his clerk.Mr. Clementson is a young lawyer, a sonof Judge Clementson, and is said to be abright .and energetic man. He is the au¬thor o' a book on bicycle law, which is be¬coming a standaid authority. Mr. Clem-er.tson will arrive in the city some timethis week.The committee will have plenty of busi¬

ness before it when it meet.-'. * The follow¬ing bills have been introduced this session:

Mills Heady for the Committee.To permit the Home Telephone Company

to install a telephone and telegraph plantin the District of Columbia.To redeem outstanding certificates issued

by the beard of audit and the board cfpublic works.To amend the suburban highway act.To regulate the telephone service in the

District.To anend the incorporation of the Dis¬

trict of Columbia Suburban Railway Com¬pany.To incorporate the post-graduate school

of medicine.To relieve James Linskey from the alien

ownership act.To amend the incorporation of the Wash-

ington and Marlboro' ISlectric Railway Co.To permit the Standard Telephone Com¬

pany of Washington and Baltimore to op¬erate a telephone and telegraph plant.To amend the charter of the Eckington

and Soldiers' Home Railway Company.To refund Everett Wroe excess of tax

payments.To issue a tax drawback certificate to the

estate of W. B. Todd.To provide for the care and cure of inebri¬

ates.Defining the qualifications of inspectors

of plumbing.To establish the farmers' wholesale mar¬

ket.Ford's Theater OiNaster.

Senator Faulkner and RepresentativeI'pdegraff, a committee of the commis¬sion on the Ford's Theater disaster, are.at work on their report on the claims thathave come before the commission on thepart of victims of the disaster. It isthought that the committee will havetheir report ready to submit to the com¬mission shortly after the holidays.* At the Commissioners* HequeNt.At the request of the District Commit

sioners Mr. Babcock today introduced Inthe House the following bills, all of whichhave heretofore been offered in the Senateand reported at length in The Star:To regulate the practice of medicine and

surgery.To secure uniformity in the names of

minor streets.To compile and publish laws relating to

street railway franchises.To provide fop the appointment of a pub¬

lic administrator.To amend the act relating to trials be¬

fore the police and fire boards.To amend the marriage license law.To incorporate medical colleges.To provide penalties for charter viola¬

tions.Mr. Babccck also introduced Senator

Faulkner's bill for a municipal buildingand court house, which was referred to theDistrict committee, and the Commissioners'bill to regulate the practice of veterinarymedicine.Mr. Abbott of Texas introduced a bill fix¬

ing the rental price of telephones in thiscity at $J"» per year for residences and $o0per year for business houses.Mr. Babcock introduced Senator Morrill's

hill relating to the testimony of physicians,Senator I'roctor's trunk sewer bill and hispermanent highway bill; also the Commis-sioners' bill to lh.*ense pool and billiard ta-bles.

THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET.

It* Destination Still Shrouded in Mys¬tery.

No one is likely to know when the NorthAtlantic squadron, now at HamptonReads, will sail- until the anchors breakground and the screws begin to revolve,and even ihen it may rjot be knownwhether the original itinerary, carryingthe ships into the bay of Paria, betweenTrinidad and Venezuela, will be carriedout. Admiral Bunce, commanding thesquadron, had a long consultation withSecretary Herbert yesterday respecting theplans for the squadron, but what the re¬sult was cannot be learned here, for theadmiral returned immediately on the nightboat lo his flagship in Hampton Roadsand Secretary Herbert declines to makeany statement touching the subject.The naval olficials say. there has been but

one change in the orders to the squadronofficially announced, namely, to sail *odayinstead of last Saturday, but this orderwas made some days ago, and there Is noknowing how Secretary Herbert may haveprivately acted after his talk with AdmiralBunce yesterday.The Maine today arrived at Tompkl-is-

vllle, rear New York, to take on her am¬munition. She was attached to the NorthAtlantic squadron last week, and as it issaid she cannot be ready for sea in lessthan a week, the squadron must wait thatlength of time at Hampton Roads, or sailwithout her.

It is evident that the administration isdoing all in its power to discourage thewar scare, and to this end in seeking toconccal such movements as common oru-dence requires it to undertake in the direc¬tion of preparation to meet any emergencythat may arise in both the army and thenaval service. But as to the North At¬lantic squadron the proper course to fol¬low is rot plain. Should the ships be de¬tained as a precautionary measure it mightbe taken as an admission by the adminis¬tration that the situation is really grave,while if the squadron is sent out underthe original orders the presence of theships in the neighborhood of the territoryclaimed by Great Britain might properly,according to modern diplomatic practice, beregarded as a hostile naval demonstration,to be answered by an immediate demandfrom Great Britain for a disclaimer, or bythe assemblage of a British fleet of su¬perior force In the same waters.An alternative plan Is the amendment of

the itinerary of the cruise so as to keepour ships within easy reach and away fromVenezuela.

WAYS AND MEANSThe House Committee Going to

Work at Once.

A TARIFF AND BOND BILL PROPOSED

The Two May Be Combined or in

Separate Measures.

PROCEEDINGS OFTIIE MEETING

As lias already been indicated, the Houseintends to meet fully, but in its own way,the demand of Mr. Cleveland for legisla¬tion on the financial question before anyrecess adjournment is taken. It is heldthat since Mr. Cleveland in his messagerefrained from proposing any particularmethod for promptly relieving the situa¬tion, but merely insisted that somethingmust be done, he must lie prepared to ac¬cept what Congress may do. Republicanssay that if the situation is as grave asrepresented by the President he cannotconsistently permit a question of mereparty policy to stand in the way of theonly form of relief which it is possible forthis Congress to offer. If he refuses to ac¬cept the measure proposed,upon the groundthat in his judgment it would not affordany relief, he will assume a grave respon¬sibility, and the republicans of the Housewill feel that they cannot be held account¬able for the consequence.

I'neertninty km to Hie Senate.All this discussion ignores the probability

that no measure may go through the Senate.It is regarded as practically certain that no

provision for bonds ot any sort can receivethe approval of the Senate, and that a tariffmeasure could be passed is deemed improb¬able, though not to the same degree. Itwould be a histy conclusion, however, tosay that nothing could happen to improvethe prospects of action by thu Senate. Whileit seems now utterly improbable, it is possi¬ble that Mr. Cleveland might be able towhip the democrats into line in support ofa provision for certificates of indebtednesssuch as it is proposed to put through theHouse.Anything hopeful, however, cannot be

regarded as more than a remote possibility.The <-han-*es are largely against any ac¬tion by the Senate. As indicated by Mr.Dingley in his statement to the Housethis morning, the committee on ways andmeans has gone to work on the measure ofrelief which the republicans have decidedto offer. The decision oif this question hasbeen after consultation among the leadingmembers of the party, and the measure willbe promptly put through the House. Thecommittee, that is, the majority wing, ^olto work again after the adjournment of theHouse. The proposition before them is. asstated on Saturday, to provide for revenueby means of tariff, and to meet the im¬mediate demands by a provision for a pop¬ular loan in short time, small denomina¬tion, interest-bearing certificates. Theyhave not themselves yet decided on all thedetails, nor whether the two propositionsshall be in one bill.

The Tariff InerexiNe.It is urged by some that there should be

two separate bills, as the tariff alonemight have some chance to get throughthe Senate. As to the tariff measure, thismuch is decided on, that there shall be a

restoration cf duty on wool and lumberand a compensatory duty on manufacturesof wool. Beyond this it is proposed tohave a horizontal increase of duties, but adisposition is manifested to avoid the gen¬eral character of the McKinley bill, andalso it is not the intention that by anysuch horizontal lift any of the duties shailget above the M -Kinley rale. There aresome items, too, in the Wilson-Gormanlaw which they do not desire, to increaseat all, even as a temporary expedient, itis not thought that the iron and steelschedule will be touched at all, even if thegeneral idea of a horizontal lift is adopicd.

\\a>s nu«l Men us Meeting;.The ways and means committee of the

House met this mcrning a*. 11 o'clock to takethe lirst formal steps toward the preparationof a revenue bill. Thirteen members werepresent. The President's financial messageof Friday was formally taken up, and byway of reply to President Cleveland's re¬quest that Congress should not adjourna resolution was presented bv Mr. Payneof New York. It declared that it was thesense of the committee that it was inexpedi-< nt tor the two houses to adjourn for theholiday recess, and that further considera¬tion of the motion for a holiday adjournmentshould be postponed for the present.Mr. Dirgley was authorized to make a

statement to the House. The committeewas assured by Mr. Dingley that a billcould be brought before the House withina very short time. Although this was notmentioned in the meeting, it is understoodto be the program ot the leaders to presenta bill to the full committee the day afterChristinas, Thursday, and perhaps bring itbtfore the House the same day. For thispurpose the republican members of thecommitter will go into conference at onceand iray be obliged to work Christmas day.

\o Holiday Reeess..Mr. Payne's resolution was adopted by aunanimous vote of the committee, andthere was no opposition expressed to theplan to keep Congress in session. Therewas a general feeling among memberspartly inspired by the news from Wailstreet that the worst of the business dis¬turbance engendered by the war Hurry hadpassed, ar.d that all those lines of businesswhich have been temporarily alarmedwould resume their normal condition with¬in two or three days. Nevertheless the re¬publicans will not let this delay their re¬sponse to the President's appeal, for thesituation gives them an opportunity topass, sooner than they otherwise mightwhatever revenue legislation they thinknecessary, and with less discussion andclashing of ideas in their own ranks, toget this troublesome question out of theway and push other work in furtheranceof their policy of a short session. Severalcommittees which attempted to organizetoday were unable to get quorums. Theattendance on the floor was smaller thanfor several days past, and many membersare evidently going home for Christmas.These developments give rise to some ap¬prehension that the House may find itdifficult to muster a quorum the day afterChristmas, but the importance of the legis¬lation on foot will spur members to foregotheir holiday plans.

Plnn of the Lender*.The House republicans will probably hold

a caucus on Thursday morning, when therevenue bill prepared by the republicanmembers of the ways and means committeewill be laid before the party for its approval.The present plan of the leaders is to havethe House pass the bill on Thursday, aftera brief debate on both sides. The sergeant-at-arms has been directed to telegraph allabsent members that their presence is de¬sired on Thursday.

Pre*Niire on the Com in it tee.Chairman Dingley and other members of

the committee have been besieged todayby members endeavoring to secure tariffadvances in schedules which affect theirdistricts. To all of these Mr. Dingley hasreplied that nothing in the nature of agei eral revision of the tariff would beundertaken and that most of the requestswould not be even conidered.It seems to be established that an ad-

vance in the tariff on wool, with a com¬pensatory raise on woolen goods, will be afeature of the bill, although the rates havenot been determined. Mr. Dingley hassaid to several members that a general ad¬vance on agricultural products woulddoubtless be included. The members fromlumbering districts, Michigan and otherwestern states, are making a strong effortto secure consideration for lumber, and itis expected that lumber may be includedin the bill.A delegation from western states having

cattle interests have pressed upon Mr.Dingley and the other committeemen re¬quests for a tariff of $S a head on .-attie,and received the answer that their propo¬sition would be considered.

A BRIEF SESSION

The House Alone Met at the CapitolToday.

Hut the Memliorn Decided That They\\ oulil Work KIkIU Through

the Holiday*.

It bolng generally understood that theways and means committee would not bePrepared to report Its bill for the relief ofthe treasury situation before tomorrow orThursday, the attendance in the House to¬day was comparatively small. The gal¬leries, however, were well filled. When thejournal had been approved the Speaker an¬

nounced that by an inadvertence in the an¬nouncement of the committees on Saturdaythe rame of Mr. Tracey (AIo.) had beenomitted from the committee on naval af-fairs. jMr. Daniels (X. Y.), chairman of the first

committee on elections, offered a resolutionfor the appointment of clerks to the elec¬tions committees and authorizing the chair¬men of the three committees to decide uponthe committees to which the election casesshould go.Mr. Crisp (Gi.) thought that the minority

should have so;. >;ce in determining thecommittees to \ the cases should go.He referred ind.. :!y to a personal con-troversy on the fl,>or in the last Congressbetween Mr. Johnson (Ind.), the chairmanof one of the elections committees, and Mr..Jones <Va.), whose seat is being contestedin the present Hous\ and thought it mightbe unfair for Mr. Johnson to have a voicein determining to which committee the Mc-Don aid-Jones case should go.Mr. Johns>n promptly agreed with Mr.

Cr.'sp, and it was decided that the Speakershoul 1 rof r the cases under the rule. Thechair accordingly referred the first of thecases to the first 'committee on elections,the next to the second and the remainderto the third committee.Cluiirninn Dingley'* Announcement.Mr. Dingley (Me.), chairman of the ways

and means committee, then took the floorand mr.de an announcement regarding thesituation. It was made apropos of a re¬

port on the resolution lor the holiday re¬cess. The committee on ways and means,he said, had held a meeting this morningand had unanimously decided that in viewot the President's special message to Con¬gress r>n Friday and the circumstances sur¬rounding it, it was not appropriatethat the tv^o houses should adjourn untila proper response had been made. In viewof the urgency of the matter he deemed itproper to say that the comn ittee had al¬ready entered upon the preparation of abill or bills. While he was -not preparedto say now when those bills would beready, he was certain that they would notbe presented to the House before Thurs¬day.

It was impoitant that members of the.House who had gone home under the im¬pression that the usual holiday recesswould be held should be present whenthe Teport of the ways and means com¬mittee was made to the House, and it waspropei; that they should have an oppor-tunity to return. He would rek the Houseto meet tomorrow for th? purpose of agree-ir.g upoi the distribution of the Presi¬dent's message, after which he would askthe House to adjourn over Christmas day."On 'Thursday," he concluded, "we hope

that the House will make a response tothe urgent request of the President andtake some action which wiH relieve thesituation in which the country finds itself."(Applause.)

1 hen, at 12:28 p.m., the Ilotise adjourneduntil tomorrow.

I'crNona 1 MenHoii.Mr. William D. Rudy left for his home

in Illinois this afternoon to spend the holi¬days with his family.Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio is at the

Ebbitt. It is rumored today that his visitis in connection with his possible appoint¬ment as a member of the Venezuelan bound¬ary commission.Lieut. \\ in. N. Blow of the fifteenth infan¬

try is at the Ebbitt from Fort Sheridan, 111.,his wife and child accompanying him.Dr. John Freeland of Xew*Vork is at the

Arlington.Coi gressman Mahlon Pitney of New Jer¬

sey is permanently located at the Nor-mandie. where Airs. Pitney will join him af¬ter the new year.Philip L. Saltonstall and John T. Wheet-

wnght, well-known Bostonians, are at theShoreham.Secretary Lamont has returned from a

business visit to New York, and was at theWar Department today.

1 aeutenant Commander J. G. Eaton, com¬manding the Enterprise, is in the city, enleave. He is at the Shoreham.Admiral Kamsay, chief of the bureau of

navigation, is confincd to his home with asevere cold, and Captain Cook is in chargeof the bureau.Charles Albert is visiting A. D. Albert atS street northwest.

Mr. L.endell A. Conner, jr.. formerlv presi¬dent of the Christian Endeavor l "nion ofthe District of Columbia, together with hiswite, will be in the city visiting his fatherand mother during the holidavs. Mr. Con¬ner has resided in Pittsburg since lastApril.Lieutenant F. E. Beatty of the Naval

Academy is in the city on leave. He isstopping at 182tt l'Jth street..Lieutenant B. M. l'ursell, nineteenth in¬

fantry, has been granted leave of absencefor four months, with permission to go be¬yond sea.Maor Eric Bergland, corps of engineers

is in the city on leave of absenceLieut. J. T. Conrad, third cavalry, is at

the Ktbitt on leave.Capt. F. \ Abbott of the engineer corps

is in the city on lijiht house duty.Mr. N. Carroll Downs of the clerk's office

Supreme Court of the District of Columbia'who has been confined to his home, 704 lothstreet northwest, during the past week bya severe attack of tonsilitis, js now on theroad to recovery.Rev. Augustino J. Smith, for several

years assistant minister in the Church o:ythe Ascension, is visiting the city. He isnow rector of Holy Trinity, Georgetownand St. Philip's. Harrodsburg. Ky. lie liaslately been ( ailed to the rectorship of Grace< hurch, Linwood, a suburb of CincinnatiOhio.

\\ m. E. Gracott of Grahamstown, SouthAfrica, Is on a visit to the city, and ischarmed with his experiences.Dr. W. 1!. Owen of Lafayette College

Pennsylvania, is spending the holiday va^cation with his sister, Mrs. Osborne Wardat 214 !)th street southwest.

.Notice to Subxcribcra.Subscribers are earnestly requested

to report any irregularity in the de¬livery of The Star and also any fail¬ure on the part of the carMer to ringthe door I ell.A proper service can only be main¬

tained through the courtdsy of sub¬scribers in reporting shortcomings.

Reticence as to the Plans forNaming the Members.

SO REPORT EXPECTED BY APRIL

Will Go Thoroughly Into BothSides of the Case.

GROWTH OF BRITAIN'S CLAIM

In official circles there is the greatestreticence as to the plans for naming theVenezuelan commission, and the subse¬quent organization of that body. The im¬pression prevails, however, that the per¬sonnel of the commission will be madeknown within the next few days. ChiefJustice Fuller was a caller at the State De¬partment today, which gave rise to freshcomment as to the probability of his ap¬pointment, but this is purely speculative,as the officials will give nothing, either asaffirmation or denial of current reports, oras to the prospects of appointment. Thefeeling is growing, however, that the talkof a report by next April was premature, asit is said that men of the standing requiredon this commission would not consent torush through a case of this magnitude, com¬pleting a vast work in two months. Iheunderstanding is that the headquarters ofthe commission will be at Washington, andthat the main sessions will be held there.

Tin* Humor an to Hilly'* offer.No credence Is given to the report that

Italy has offered her services as arbitratorbetween the United States and GreatBritain. It is felt that Italy's membershipof the triple alliance gives her too close a

union with Great Britain, although the lat¬ter is only indirectly connected with thecountries forming the alliance. On tniother hand, officials recall that the ieadim,Italian authority on international law.-011111 Sclopis.cast the decisive vote wh ehgave the l" nited Slates a victory before theGeneva arbitration of the Alabama ease.And. moreover, the Italian Jurists are themost prominent advocates of arbitiationof the day.Will Go Thoroughly Into the Cnao.

Contrary to the general impression, it isnew asserted that the commission will govery thoroughly Into the British side ofthe question, not confining itself to the ex

parte case as presented by Venezuela. Itis said this can lie accomplished without adirect participation of Great Britain in thedelilxMaiions. There is no doubt of the re¬fusal of the British to take formal recog¬nition of the commission, nor is it likelythat any British view of the subject w ill bevoluntarily presented as evidence. But asa matter of Justice, and to save : ^ie com¬mission from the imputation of ha\ inglooked at only one side of the case, it is be-lleved the i nited States will take the In¬itiative in securing from the British foreignoffice a statement of the British case. rhelast letter of Lord Salisbury gave a briefoutline of the British case, but there Is amass of detail available. The public ideaseems to be that Great Britain refuses tooffer this evidence. It appears, however,that this governmeiit has never asked forthe British evidence. This is disclosed bythe published correspondence. In the a )-«5en«'e of a request the foreign office wouldnot voluntarily submit in extenso tho Brit¬ish case, although I-ord Salisbury's sum-ma rv of it is taken as a tender of readinessto support it with the fullest detail shouldthe I nited States so request. When, there¬fore the commission is organized, a requestthrough Ambassador Bayard for full in¬formation on the British claim would doubt¬less Tit- honored, not as evidence to go to thecommission, but as information to theUnited States authorities.

VeiicKueln'H Side Ready.On the other hand, the Venezuela side of

the ease is ready to be offered as soon asthe commission meets. \V hile It covers amass of documents, maps, etc., in the ar¬chives at Caracas, the essential points atissue bring the Venezuelan case within a

comparatively small compass, it consistsin substance in two parts, one showingVenezuela's rights and the other pointingout the weakness of liie British claims.In the lirst division is the original map 01the Scliomburgk line, taken from the pro¬ceedings of the Koyal Geographical fco-ciety August, ISHi. Lord Aberueen s lineis shown from his original note to theVenezuelan minister. Dr. A. Fortique, in1MI. l.ord Granville's line is shown fromthe memorandum given by hi"' '°n'. J'Venezuelan minister to England.Dr. Hojas,in 1K81 l.ord Roseberry's line is show n bythe original of his memorandum note to(Jen. Guzman Blanco, in issii. The alteredSchomburgk line is shown by the procecd-l:,i;s of the Royal Geographical fc>ociel>,.Vuril ls'.ir.. Lord Salisbury's line is shownby a map issued in l~f", taken from a com¬munication from Sir T H. Sanderson be¬lieved 10 have been acting under Lord Sal¬isbury's direction, and addressed to .heVenezuelan agent in London.

(irowtli of Ilie Hri!i*li Claim.

In the second part of the Venezuelancase Will lie a showing that England#claim did not originate/until 1S14, when sheacquired square miles of the Dutch,'that Sir Robert Schomburgk Increased thisto OU.OOO square miles; thai it grew to .0,-

y'Fr'om1t. British standpoint this secondhall of Ihe Venezuelan case is based on a

outma.y purpose of making a boundaryline for British Guiana.>.t Offered to ex-1're..ldent llarrl»on.

T*r1 SU"".P0.commission through any of them. Thes dUnot regard it as likely that he has been of-fered the position at all. The opinion among

f tY\f- House and Senate is thatMrm0Haarr1son is not likely to be »PP°J.£Mr. ra«n1, names of 1 helps°n

i liMmnnds are still mentioned, and it isand Ldmundsbeen decided beyondunde.s

Chief Justice Fuller is to beS' '"chairman of the commission. There istalk of selecting one member from theHoT.se and' one from the Senate but this

iVolicv has not definitely been decided upon.It H slated. if this course is decided upont is probable that a republican will i.e-elected from the House and a democratfrom the Senate. There has been some sug-gesHon that In case a democrat were takenfrom the House the selection would lie be¬tween Turner of Georgia and Catchmgs ofMississippi-

Mexican Ilonndnry Treaty.Secretarv Olney and Senor Romero, the

Mtxican minister, have exchanged ratifica¬tions of the treaty extending for one yearfrom December 24 the time allowed for thecompletion of the survey of the waterboundary between the I nited States andMexico by the Joint commission.

Appointed a Notary Public.The President has appointed Cornelius

Eckhardt a notai y public .for the District of

Columbia.

AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR

No Bond Issue Decided oil at a ConferenceYesterday. .

Not Believed Thut u Large Loan Could

Be Flouted nt Preaent, Exceptnt n Suerlliee.

It can be stated on authority that therumor, which has gained some currency,to the effect that the President had do-cided to announce another bonfl issue atonce, and that this conclusion had beenreached at a cabinet meeting yesterday, iswithout any foundation in fact. The onlymembers of the cabinet who saw the Pres-ident yesterday were Secretary I.amont,who had just returned to the city andcalled to pay his respects, and, later in theday, Secretary Olney and Secretary Car¬lisle. The general situation was uiscusscdinformally, but the question of an imme¬diate issue of bonds was not considered.

Aot Courteous to Con^rettM.Indeed, it is stated that in view of the

President's very recent message to Con¬gress asking for legislation which mightrender another issue unnecessary, it wouldbe scant courtesy to that body to antici¬pate its negative action before an oppor¬tunity had been given it to comply withthe President's recommendation. ThePresident has himself repeatedly stated,however, that he would protect the publiccredit at whatever cost should the necessi¬ties of the situation require heroic action,but at the present moment, it is argued,such necessities have not arisen. More¬over, it is doubted whether, in view of thepresent state of the money market at homeand abroad, a large loan could be floated,except at a great sacrifice to the govern¬ment. Nof is the danger of large with¬drawals of gold for export regarded asbeing as imminent at this lime as underthe conditions which have prevailed at anytime during the last several months. Withmoney at 25 per cent, it is not seen howexporters can afford to make any ship¬ments of gold, and for this reason the ap¬prehension of large withdrawals, whichwere predicted before the break in themarket occuried, is no longer felt.

If More Heavy Gold Shipment h.

There seems to be, however, no reason¬able doubt that, should heavy gold ship¬ments be resumed, and Congress fail topass any remedial legislation, the Presi¬dent would act upon the authority he al¬ready has and issue bonds to any amountwhich the situation might Justify. Butuntil these contingencies have arisen it isstated most positively that no action willbe taken in this direction.

A Confereuee Toilny.The President had a long conference with

Secretary Carlisle this morning over thefinancial situation, and subsequently re¬ceived calls from Secretary Lamont, Sec¬retary Herbert an# Senator Hale. He wasvery busy all day, and excused himself toother callers.

THE \E\V MAIL CAR.

The Street Railway Mall ServteeStarted Todny.

The street railway mail car is runningtoday on the avenue. It set out on its firsttrip from Georgetown at 5:36 o'clock thismorning, with D. J. Partello and A. B.Carter of the railway mail scrvice on board-and equipped for duty. Charles W. Vick-ery, superintendent of the third district ofof the railway mail service, also went overthe line to see that everything moved ingood working order. The Georgetown mailat :3G included all matter mailed after thelast dispatch to the general ofiice at 7:3<»p.m., and was a very large one. There wasalso a large accumulation at the CapitolHill station, the last dispatch from theregoing to the general ofiice at 11:12 p.m.At F street the car takes on every trip

a large pouch. So. too. ct Oth street north¬west, and at 4th street southeast, pouchesare exchanged every trip going and com¬

ing. Fcuclies are made up every trip «'orall outgoing trains. Thus all Georgetown,Navy Yard and Capitol Hill mail was

dropped off at tlth street at 0:33 a.m. forthe 7:2U New York train over the Pennsyl¬vania road. All day long pouches havebeen sent to all the Pennsylvania train*,as well as those on the Chesapeake andOhio, Southern, Atlantic Coast Bine andvurious lccal roads, such as the Manassasard Round Hill branches of the Southern.For the most part the work went along

smoothly today, there being no hitch in thedelivery of pouches to the delivery wagonsthat met the oar at <»th street northwestand 4th street southeast. Exchanges weremade every trip at these points and also atGeorgetown. Messrs. Partello and Carter,while they are expert railway mail clerks,are not as experienced in city distributionas if they had been employed in the generalcity post office, but, being expert clerks,expect very soon to be able to make veryrapid and accurate distributions of all mailreceived on the car, so that they can makeup carrier packages ready for instant de¬livery at all the branch post offices havingcarriers and thus save many hours in theprompt dispatch of mails. Letters thatctherwise would have waited four or fivehours to get into the New York mail wer->tcday caught up to within five minutes ofcollection time at the various branches andsafely pouched and dispatched. A pouchwas put aboard each of the fifteen NewYork trains today."A single day's experience of the new sys¬

tem shows a great saving," said Superin¬tendent Vickery this afternoon. "The cargives wonderful promptness in delivering,and savt s one handling of the mails. Assoon as possible the railway mail servicewill assort mails on incoming trains for thevarious stations, and on the street railwaymail car our clerks will 'route' it for thecarriers. The service will work a remark¬able transformation of the postal service."

A REPORT CALLED FOR.

The Commandant of the Xavy Yard toStale the Fuel*.

The Secretary of the Navy today calledupon the commandant of the Washingtonnavy yard for a statement of the facts lead¬ing to the recent discharge of Charles Gross,a laborer in the department of yards anddocks. Gross recently complained to theNavy Department that he had been dis¬charged in violation of the regulations ofthe department. He charged, generally,that the foreman of the shop was incom¬petent, and had intrusted important workto men under the influence of liquor, andthat appointments and discharges weremade on political grounds. The Secret alp¬has asked the commnn<lant to ascertain andreport the cause of the discharge of Gross.In his letter the Secretary says that thecharges against the foreman are so In¬definite in character that they do not callfor any investigation beyond the cause ofhis discharge.If the commandant can show that the

regulations subjoined have been fully ob¬served in the case of Gross, it is not likelythat any further action will be taken."When discharges are necessary from

want of work they shall be made on navyyard orders, form 7. by the head of the de¬partment, subject to the approval of thecommandant, and those whose services areof the least value shall be first dispensedwith."The head of each department shall be

personally responsible for the performanceof the duties enjoined upon him by the pre¬ceding paragraph, and it shall be his duty tofamiliarize himself from time to time, so faras may be, with the quality of the servicesrentUred by each tvorkman, in order that hemay himself decide upon discharges."

THAT GARBAGE SITE

Representative Citizens ProtestAgainst Its Selection.

BEARING BEFORE TBE COMMISSIONERS

The Latter Indicate That the Ar¬

guments Will Have No Effect.

SOME OF THE SPEECHES

The Commissioners ran against anothersi-ag today in their efforts to secure a suit¬able and satisfactory site for the locationof the proposed garbage crematory in theWest End.The opposition took formal shape this

morring in a hearing which the residentsof that rection of the city had asked at ihehands of the Commissioners. There was adelegation present numbering upward of ahundred, ana large enough to completelyfill the board room. In the gathering werea number of the members of the West Kndleague, which was recently organized tolcok after the interests of that section ofthe city. Besides these there were manyothers who had not allied themselves withthat organization, but were residents or

property holders within the portion ofWashington which would seem to be af¬fected by the location of the cremdtory on24th street Just above N.The Commissioners some time ago se¬

lected a site near 23d and Water streets,but this was abandoned, owing, it is gen-eially telieved, to the opposition of theSecretary of the Navy. At the hearing thismorning it v as pointed out that a circle,with the center at 24th and N streets, anda radius ecual to the distance from thefirst site to the residence of Secretary Her¬bert, would include a vastly greateramount of property than would be affectedhad the original site been adhered to.Among those present at the hearing today

were Dr. A. P. Fardon. Mr. Host Perry,Charles C. Glover, W. Corcoran Hill, Wm.Bramhall, John B. Wight. Maj. Goodloe,W. F. L. King, C. I'lrich Kennedy. GeorgoW. McLanahan, Thomas Hyde, CorcoranThom, Robert W. McPherson, Mrs. Wash¬ington Matthews, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. I'eet,Mrs. W. H. McDonald, Maj. Waterbury,J. I. Stoddard, George B. McLillan, Mrs.John B. Tilford. Senator Stewart, D. li.Kent and A. B. Ruff.

Dr. Pardon's Ar^ainoul.Dr. A. P. Fardon began the remarks with

a brief address,in which he stated he voicedthe sentiments of all those present in op¬posing the location of a garbage crematoryat the point now proposed or In any otherpopulous section of the city. He presenteda petition signed by more than JOo resi¬dents of the West End. Among others, itwas signed by Mrs. Grant, who bas re-centlv purchased a handsome home in thiscity.

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The location of the crematory at thispoint is an important question, he said,not only because it is a central site, butbecause it is between Washington andGeorgetown and will necessarily affect bothcities. It is near the weather bureau, Co¬lumbia Hospital and within one block of apublic school.

A Powerful Petition.W.L.Bramhall presented a petition, a pre¬

amble and resolution adopted at a meetingof the West End League December IK, pro¬testing against the location of the creuia-

torv.The petition w is signed by the following:Dr. Fardon, Maj. Goodloe, W. C. Hill, B.

Robinson, Chas. C. Glover, John W. Thomp¬son. F. P. B. Sands, W. A. Maury, R. \V.McPherson, G. W. Linkins, Corcoran Thom,Admiral J. A. Greer, Judge Ord, G. Lj.Sheriff, W. P. Titcomb, Dr. John P.. Fran¬cis, F. W. Stone, Willis L. Moore, C. I'.Kennedy, C. J. Hillyer, Thos. Hyde, C. A.Brandenbury, L. S. Chapmati, D. L. Kent,J. A. Wineberger, V. T. 1-.. King, Commo¬dore Robey, Ellen Clarke, Chas. A. Max¬well, W. F. Dillon. Commander Waterbury,J. H. Meline, R. F. Shepherd. G. W. Mc-Danahan, W. H. McDonald, J. B. Wight, J.J. Stoddard and C. D. Galloway.

Detail* of the Protect.This document referred to the fact that

a former site had been abandoned becauseof the opposition of the Secretary of theNavy, as the crematory was. by inference,admitted to be a nuisance to his home andfamily. Yet his house is more than 2,<hj0feet away from where the Commissionerssought to locate the crematory. A radiusof the same lengt i from the present sitewould take in Dupont Circle, WashingtonCircle, 20th and Q streets on the west, andwould include many of the finest andhandsomest homes in the city, a numt»erof foreign legations, churches and schoolhouses. To locate the crematory at such apoint would be to depreciate the value ofproperty in all that neighborhood as wellas *o set up a menace to the health of thecommunity. In conclusion, it urged theabandonment of the site in favor of someother, where it would not affect such alarge and considerable section of the bestpart of Washington.

Mr. Sand* Speak*.Mr. F. P. B. Sands said that he had been

asked to appear to protest against whathis neighbors and friends charactei ize ns

an outrage. He would speak especially ofthe duty which the authorities of a munl-cipality owe to the health of a community,but any question which affects the healthat once and directly afreets the propertyinterests of the community. The citizens,the richest and the poorest, have an equalritrht to pure and unpolluted air, and thecourts have derided that sin odor, to be anuisance, must not necessarily be a nunac®to health. It is sufficient that it shall beoffensive and render life less enjoyable.He raised the point that tho taxpayers or

the city are giving their money to have thogarbage of the city removed and not sim¬

ply gathered ami carted Into then verymidst. Justice Comysys of Delaware haddecided that a municipality had no rightto create or maintain a nuisance, and thatthe duty devolves upon those in authorityto remove every objectionable institutionto the very farthest limit over which theyhave Jurisdiction.

A Vivid Picture Given.

Mr. Sands drew a vivid word picture otthe objectionable features of the crematoryplant, and asked whether the wealthyclasses would ever have invested theirmoney In bf.'lding handsome hoases andotherwise beautifying that section of the;tv if they had ever dreamed that such an

institution was to be established In theirvery midst. Would it be an attraction toi. o'nl" who are contemplatingW ashliigton astheir home, to sav nothing of the consider-atlon which is due to the people who al¬ready live here? He did not believe thatthere was any such thing as an odorlesscrematory, and even If there were, cart,loaded with garbage and offal traversingthe streets in the most populous part of theItv would of themselves be a nuisancewhich could not lie described In too stronffwords He did not think that an opinionon th« question from the surgeon generalor any other person in authorltj should betaken as of more importance tuan theunanimous expression of feeling on thopart of all who are materially Intel estedand affected.

Point* by Lniryer Perry.Mr. R. Ross Perry discussed the question

from a lawyer's standpoint. He said h#realized the difficulties under which theCommissioners labor and how often they