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HAS DOUBLE MEANINGRussia's Easter This Season

Particularly Sad.

WILL BEGIN TOMOKROW

SUPERSTITION THAT JAPANESE/ WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE.

Kiription of the Great Democratic

Festival.Millions Take Sac¬

rament Tomorrow.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 6.-3:4<> p. m .

The Easter holidays, the greatest religiousfestival in the Russian calendar, begin to¬morrow. All business will be suspendedand all the government departments winbe closed. The next three days will be daysof mourning for the devout Muscovites.Every orthodox church in the vast empirewill reproduce events in Christ's passionrealistically. Including the washing of feet,the crucillxion and the burial, which willb« marked on the part of the faithful by a

total abstinence from food, followed byuniversal feasting after the midnight serv¬

ices on fcaturday commemorating the resur¬rection. Then there will be four days of

merrymaking and rejoicing.Rich and Poor on Same Plane.

In holy Russia Easter is distinctly a

democratic festival. The salutation "Christis risen" levels all ranks. The beggar inthe streets can kiss the emperor, who ishead of the church. Ordinarily his majestygoes to Moscow for this occasion, but on

account of the war he will remain here thisyear, taking the sacrament tomorrow andattending the service at the winter palaceSaturday night.Millions of the emperor's subjects will

also take the sacrament tomorrow. Manyof the wealthy classes and members of thenobility have gone to shrines of especialsanctity, like that of the Sergius monasteryat Moscow, and thousands have gone toFather John's Church at Cronstadt.

Season of Feasting.Enormous Quantities of delicacies are

usually consumed during the feasting, butthe war this year casts a cloud over therejoicing. The grocers, bakers and butch¬ers are complaining, and even the charityoiganizations will look in vain for a goldenmaster, the people having already given tothe Red Cross Society, the navy and other¦war funds the money they ordinarily wouldhave expended on gorgeous feasts andpresents. Much of the customary bright¬ness will also be lacking among the people.ST. PETERSBURG. April 6..The scheme

for effecting retrenchments in the state ex¬

penditure in consequence of the war, re¬

cently drawn up at a special conference,presided over by Count Solsky and sanc¬tioned by the emperor, was gazetted today.It is proposed to devote the "free balance"In the imperial treasury to war purposes,and to increase the funds in the treasuryby economies in the budget of 1904, espe¬cially in the civil estimates. The reduc¬tions, which will be made on the principleof creating as little disturbance as possiblein public business and private Interest,will total 167,188,553, of which upward ofKm.500,000 falls upon the budget of 1904.The reduction falls llie heaviest on the rail¬road department.

REVIEWS TROOPS.

Gen. Kuropatkin Arrives at NewChwang.Prepared for Attack.

NEW CHWANG, April 6..General Kuro¬patkin. commander-in-chief of the Russianmilitary forces In the far east, arrived heretoday and reviewed about 4,000 troops onthe parade ground outside of the fort here.One battery of horse artillery, several bat¬teries of field artillery, parts of four regi¬ments of Siberian rifles and detachments ofCossacks and regular cavalry participatedin the review.Russian secret service agents reported

that the Japanese intended to attack NewChwang yesterday.On account of the mining of the river and

also in expectation of practice firing fromthe fort merchant ships are not uslug thelower reach of the river.General Kondratovich, the Russian com¬

mander here, who has been praised on ac¬count of the order and cleanliness prevail¬ing at New Chwang. says he is now pre¬pared for Japanese attack, which it isevident the other authorities also expect.The command of General Kondratovich

embraces the s out patfols west of theLiao river and also the troops in the dts-wi.So"U \' lncluiI'»K '< Chou. and north.Including the railroad and Hal-Cheng.The troops now here are of a better class

than when the war opened.G..'1 Kondratovich is opening a newhospital at New Chwang

"f ,h" Russian authoritieswith the foreign residents here are improv¬ing and the administrator proposes to con¬sult and co-op,,r.lt|. with the foreigners for

esfs pro,''<'t""1 ,,f neutral lives and inter-

Quiet on the Yalu.ST. PETERSBURG, April a.-"All Is

quiet on the Yalu" is the report whichGeneral Kachtalinky telegraphed April 5to General Kuropatkin. who forwarded themessage to the emperor.The report added that an exchange of

shots occurred i>etween Russian cavalryand Japanese skirmishers near Wlju. TheRussians sustained no losses. Five Jap-anese were killed. The number wounded isnot known.The stores of a Russian village near Yon-

gampo (south of Wlju. on the Yalu river)Korea, have U i ll wrecked and burned by a

fng'sotTmen"1 Jilpalie!"? Infantry. number-General Kachtalinky also reported that

Opposite Turmitehen. on the Island of Mi-tuzeo. on the Yalu river, some Russian vol¬unteers had a skirmish with a Japaneseoutpost from Wiju. There were no casual-were killed* Ku88lan *1<5e yi* Japanese

An Opening for Russian Clemency.Secretary Hay will request Ambassador

McCormick at St. Petersburg to use hisgood offices with the Russian government Inbehalf of the two Japanese servants theAmerican correspondents, Washburn andLittle, who were removed from the Britishsteamer F.iw.in at Niucliwang and thrownIn prison. As the I'nited States has as¬sumed the duty of looking after and pro¬tecting the Japanese in Russia there Isample authority for such an application.But it is said that the coming of theseJapanese to Niuchwang. known to be InRussian possession for a long time past,was certainly very indiscreet an/ they canbe saved from the consequence onlythrough the clemency pf the Russian gov¬ernment.

II TIE WHITE HOUSEConvention Matters Discussed

With Senator Piatt.

TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN

EX-SECRETARY BOOT SAID TO BE

PRESIDENT'S CHOICE.

Senator Allison Resumes Work on Ap¬propriation Bills . Ohio Affairs

Talked Over.Veterans Pleased.

Senator Piatt of New York agrees thatEllhu Root, former Secretary of War, shallbe temporary chairman of the republicannational convention at Chicago, and he ishelping through a program by which Mr.Root shall be one of the district delegatesfrom New York to the convention. It hasbeen arranged that Mr. Root will presideover the convention in its first stages, anddeliver the speech that will be the keynoteof the campaign from the republican view¬point. The President desires Mr. Root forthis honor, it is stated, and the republicanleaders agree that no better man could beplckea. Mr. Root may therefore be re¬

garded as the temporary chairman of thenational convention, barring unexpected oc¬currences. With the President and theparty leaders for him there can be little orno question as to his selection. As to hisfitness for the honor there is unanimousagreement in his favor. .

unanimous

r®pub1icans of prominence have notH .a,mon* themselves or with the

President the name of a man for perma¬nent chairman of the convention. The im-

and Ihern'tt ii°h ',S temP°.ry chairma.,question of i n

thought *iven to thequestion of who shall preside over the retr-

ieadprl rat'°ns of the convention. TheIn ?h y n°l a&refk uP°n any man priorlection of^Tm a"d may perrnlt the se-

So°rf DeTew^^New'Y^^who0'-Ellhu Roh*t will'h H°USe '.°day' ihinks J.tfor temponarj- chalrmanf bey°"d qUeStio»

Against Porter for Governor.Senators Piatt and Depew do not place

PnrL t " the St°ry that Gen- Horacec rter, ambassador of the United States to

France, is to be made the republican nomi¬nee for governor of New York. "I don'tthink there is anything in it," was the briefcomment of Senator Piatt when he wasasked about the story. Senator Piatt Is notunderstood to be favorable to the proposi-l-hn aKdii''t wl,t have much to say as towho shall be nominated. Just how much

nee anCd hnwhaVC namlnB the nomi¬

nee and how sincere was the agreementbe ween Piatt and Odell as to thfS?-snip ^ ill be revealed in the contest for thegovernorship.

Senator Allison Resumes Work.Senator Allison was among the many

prominent Senate leaders who conferredwith the President today. Senator Piatt ofConnecticut, Senator Beveridge of Indiana,Senator Foraker of Ohio and others being Jin the number. Senator Allison said hewould at once begin work on the appropria-tion bills before his committee. "I thinkCongress will be likely to get through andadjourn by May 1," said Senator Allison."As May 1 is Sunday will the adjourn¬

ment be this side or the other side of thatdate?""I think it will be this side," said the

Iowan.Senator Dietrich of Nebraska said there

was great disappointment throughout Ne¬braska at the failure of H. C. Lindsay, re¬publican state chairman of that state, tobe appointed United States attorney inplace of Williamson 8 Summers Thenomination went to Irving F. Baxter. Sena¬tor Dietrich said tnat Lindsay had so longbeen In charge of^he republican campaignsin Nebraska that the mass of the republi¬cans liked him and hoped to see him givena place of value and honor.

Talking Over Ohio Matters.The President added more Information to¬

day to his stock regarding certain Ohiomen and appointments about which thereis trouble between the Ohio factions. Sena¬tor Foraker called upon him with Repre¬sentative Jackson of Ohio, and there was

a conference of a short time. Later Inthe day Senator Dick made a call. Thereis reason to believe that both senatorstalked to the President about some placesthat are in dispute, and especially aboutthe tight on Edward Zurliorst, collector ofcustoms at Sandusky. Representative Jack¬son Is Interested in the fight because San¬dusky, the headquarters of Mr. Zurhorst isin his district. The fact that Representa¬tive Jackson accompanied Senator Forakerwould Indicate his opposition to Zurhorst,if that case was the one they discussed witlithe President.Neither Senator Foraker nor Senator Dick

cared to discuss their talks with the Pres¬ident.The President received several hundred

people at noon today. They were all out-of-town excursionists. Most of them wereschool teachers boys and girls, who arehaving an Easter week vacation and are

coming to Washington for an outing. ThePresident lias not shaken hands with somany people in a long time.

Veterans Present Thanks.Representative Goulden of New York, ac¬

companied by a delegation of veterans fromIfurnsldo Posk_of New York, presentedthe President with copies of resolutionspassed by the fifty-four G. A. R. posts ofNew York city thanking him. SecretaryHitchcock and Commissioner Ware of thepension bureau for their "generous sym¬pathy" to the old soldier in the matter ofthe recent pension order. The Presidentexpressed pleasure at receiving the kindwords of the soldiers of the country.Senator Quarles introduced E. P. Vilas

of Milwaukee, a brother of William F.Vilas, former Postmaster General.T. J. Dolan, jr., general secretary-treas¬

urer of the International Brotherhood ofSteam Shovel and Dredge Engineers andLranemen of America, was presented tothe President today by Frank Gorman.Mr. Dolan came here to urge the Presidentto direct the engineers of the army to dis¬continue the policy of the War Departmentof building dredges for the use of the gov¬ernment. Mr. Dolan declared that theplan Is doing serious harm In every direc¬tion, and that it is throwing many menout of work.

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Capt. Hawley Commissioned.Capt. John M. Hawley, who, as com-

niander in the United States navy, has beenthe inspector of lighthouses in this districtfor the past year, has received his commis¬sion as a captain in the navy. He will in-ashort time retire from his present duty andwill turn the office over to CommanderHenry McCrea, who has been named tosucceed him. Commander McCrea Is nowon an inspecting tour on the tender Hollyto the light stations on the Chester river.Capt. Hawley, It Is stated, has been as¬signed to the Naval War College for duty.

v j y* M//I ;BRYAN RACK TO Hlfc FARM.

News Note: He Expects to Stay There for Some Time to Come

Gets Six Months in Jail andFine of $2,500,

HE LISTENS UNMOVED

JUDGE TALKS IMPRESSIVELYDURING DELIVERY OF SENTENCE.

Declares Decision is Attained After a

Careful Inquiry Into All

.... Claims for New Trial.

ST. LOUIS. April 6..United States Sen¬ator J. R. Burton of Kansas was todaysentenced to six months' imprisonment In

Jail and a fine of $2,500 for using: his influ¬ence before the Post Office Department inbehalf of the Rlalto Grain and SecuritiesCompany of St. Ix>uis. and for having re¬

ceived payment from the company for hisservices.

Overrules Both Motions.When Senator Burton, accompanied by

his attorney, came into the United Statesdistrict court Judge Adams spoke of themotions that had been filed for a new trialand for arrest of judgment. The court,after briefly reviewing the motions, over¬

ruled them both. The court then said tothe defendant:"Have you anything to say as to why

sentence should not be passed upon you?"Evidently suppressing his emotions with

a strong effort. Senator Burton stood lean¬ing with both hands on a chair back as hesaid:

Declined to Say Anything."Your honor will please allow me to re¬

spectfully decline to say anything."The coi -t room was almost empty, with

the exception of a few persons who hadremained out of curiosity, and the silencewas almost oppressive as Judge Adams, Ina low tone, began delivering the sentence.The court said:"After a fair and impartial trial by a

Jury of exceptional Intelligence, you havebeen found guilty of the offenses chargedIn the indictment against you."

After Careful Review."A motion for a new trial in your behalf

has afforded me an opportunity carefullyto review and consideY the evidence. As a

result of this I am satisfied that the Juryreached the just and true result. The evi¬dence abundantly warranted their verdict,and I find no reason, either in the law gov¬erning the case or In the proceedings at¬tending the trial, for disturbing it.

Conviction Means Punishment."Your conviction necessarily results In

your punishment. Its Importance, In myopinion, is not confined to its effect uponyou."Your exalted station in life, and the

character of your offense, giva unusualsignificance to your conviction. It demon¬strates that the law of the land is equalto any emergency, and that it can be ad¬ministered regardless of the personality andstation of the accused. It also demon¬strates to all the people that public officeis not a sure or safe passport to privatethrift.

Humiliation of Conviction."The humiliation attending your convic¬

tion and the statutory disqualification re¬

sulting therefrom which forever incapaci¬tate you from holding any office of honor,trust or profit under the government of theUnited States, are In themselves heavy pun¬ishment for your offenses, and leave butlittle In the way of severity whloh couldbe added."It Is neither my pleasure nor purpose

to Impose any unnecessary punishment."I think the masjesty of the law will be

sufficiently vindicated and the public wel¬fare sufficiently safeguarded by imposing asingle sentence, warranted as It is on anyone of the six counts of the Indictments onwhich you were convicted.""This sentence will be that you be con¬

fined In the Iron county Jail for a period of

six^months, and that you pay a fine of

Burton Scarcely Moved.At the conclusion of the sentence. Sen¬

ator Burton, who had not taken his eyesfrom the court, and who had scarcelymoved as he supported himself by the chairback, turned and sat down, with his headbowed and his eyes on the floor. His at¬torney, Judge Krum, immediately filed a

bill of exceptions in the ease and offered abond for which was .accepted.Senator Burton and Judgu £.1 urn then left

the court room. '.Senator Burton walked to his hotc-i. He

declined to discuss the sentence, hut saidhe would leave tonight for his home inKansas. ,

The case now will be appwilod to theUnited States district court of apprajs, thehighest tribunal in the matter. ^

After an ExhaustiveSenator Burton, who Is a senior senator

from Kansas, was convicted after an ex¬

haustive trial, in which various letters fromhim to the Rialto Grain and 8e«*irltles Com¬pany, the checks which he received in pay¬ment for his services in behalf ttf the con¬

cern before the Post Office Dfepaj unent andthe testimony of numerous agents of thegovernment were introduced. *

Senator Burton's defense 1 % il he waaacting merely in the c4patlty-?Of an at¬torney and did not employ his se»t»U>rlal in¬fluence In the wo'rtc. »'.

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DATE OF ADJOITONl^ENT.House Leaders Will Walt for Appro¬

priation Bills to Be Agreed Upon.There was talk about the Senate today of

suggesting April 20 as the probeble date ofthe adjournment of Congress. This was-

only a tentative proposition fixing an ap¬proximate day to which both houses can

work, but the generaj opinion is that it willbe nearer May 1st when Congress adjourns.The House leaders do not propose to

agree to any resolution of adjournment un¬

til all of the great appropriation bills havebeen agi%e4 upon In conference. The Housedoes not intend to take any chances in theway of naming a date for adjournment andleaving the way. open for the Senate tobrow-beat the House ift|ij> conejirrence withall the Senate amendments to the appro¬priation bills. Thus far there' fiaa not beena very great divergence hetwesrt the Houseand Senate on these bills. Thi-Senate hasmade some Increases, hut no more thanmight have been expected and not nearlyas many as were made in the last sessionIn which the House resisted; -b»t withoutavail. The House managers) however, donot know what the Senate ma¥ have up ltasleeve ready to spring at th^ last momentand they propose to tight shy of an adjourn¬ment until these supply bills have beenpassed.

¦ ¦ iCLERICAL CHANGES.

Appointments and .Promotions in theNavy Department..

The following changes have taken placein the Navy Department during the pastweek:Appointments.Ma<t Frederickson, mis¬

cellaneous computer, naval observatory;James B. Cahill, apprentice plate printerat $300 per annum," hydrognfyhic office;Frank C. Green, messenger boj^ at $300 perannum, bureau of equipment; Lester T.Murphy, copyist at $840 per annum, bureauof navigation; Pearl D. Clark, temporary-special laborer (stenographer) at $3 04 perdiem, bureau of navigation. ,Promotions.G. S. Seroy, from speciallaborer (messenger boy) at $1.04 per diemto special laborer (messenger boy) at $1.2Bper diem, bureau of supplies aaft accounts;J. L. Gordon, from special laborer (messen¬ger boy) at $2 per diem to laborer at $H«oper annum, bureau of equipment; Miss M.M. Buckey, from writer at $tf.52;per diem toclerk at $1,20) per annum, bureau ot con¬struction and repair; C. V. Ijeton, fromcopyist at $3.28 per diem to winter at $3.62per diem, bureau of construction and re¬pair; T. C. fftimiller, from tipetia1 laborer(typewriter) at $3.04 per (Hoio to copyist at$3.28 per diem, bureau of construction anarepair; Warren McLalne, from special la¬borer (typewriter) at $2.80 per diem to spe¬cial laborer (typewriter) at $*.<M per diem,bureau of construction anft tepftlt'.Resignations.Norman G. Bills, tempo¬

rary special laborer at $3.<H-per diem, bu¬reau of navigation; C. R. RoWttybueh, copy¬ist at $840 per annum, bur^ra of naviga¬tion; W. W. Whitcomb, clerfc at O.200 perannum, bureau of construct!®! ««* repair;R. S. Clayton, laborer at WB per annum,bureau of equipment.

Witnesses Summoned l&Cmotft Cast.The following witnesses Have been sum¬

moned to appear before the-committee onprivileges and elections In the Smoot caseApril 20: Angus M. Cannae. Salt Lake;George Teasdale.-Nephl; John W. Taylor,,Salt Lake; John Henry Smith, Salt Lake;J. M. Tanner, Salt Lake; L. E. Alott,Farmlngton; B. H. Roberto, Salt Lake;Moses Thatcher, Logan; Ifbber 4 Grant,JSalt Lake; Mathlas F. Cftwfey, Salt Lake;Lillian Hamlin Cannon, S&H Lake.

Design for Mercer Monument.Secretary Taft has approved, with a few

minor modifications, the design submittedby Mr. Edward B. Valentine of Richmondfor the monument to the memory of Gen.Hugh Mercer, a revolutionary hero, whichIs to be erected at Frederidwburg, Va., inaccordance with an act ot Congress ap¬propriating $25,000 0>r the monument.

Transfer of Isthmian CanalProperty Discussed.

NO APPEAL FILED YET

EXPECTED THAT NEGOTIATIONSWILL BE COMPLETED APRIL 25.

U. S. Canal Commission Goes by Spe¬cial Train to Panama Today to

Greet President Amador.

PARTS, Aprtt 6..After a conference be¬tween Ambassador Porter and W. A. Dayand Charles W. Huseell, the assistant at¬torney generals who came from Washing¬ton to assist in the transfer of the Panamacanal property, It has been arranged thatthe signing of the contract whereby theUnited States will acquire the ownership ofthe Panama canal shall take place at theUnited States embassy, which is nominal¬ly American soil.The date of the signing is not yet fixed,

but probably it will be about April '£<, fol¬lowing the ratification of the agreement bythe stockholders of the company.Some of the officials of the coiflpany

thought that the informal handing over ofthe effects, archives, etc., of the companyto the representatives of the United Stateswould suffice, but the American officialspreferred the execution of a formal con¬tract completely covering the transfer andsafeguarding all American interests. Thiscontract is being drawn up in conformitywith all the requirements of both theFrench and American laws.Formal appeal against the recent decision

of the court in favor of the sale of the con¬cession and other property of the companyhas not yet been entered, but the Americansare proceeding to carry out the transferwithout reference to the appeal or otherdilatory proceedings.

Commission Goes to Panama.COLON, April 6..The United States canal

commissioners went by special train toPanama this morning to greet PresidentAmador. They will return to Cilon thisevening.The dock laborers here are in a state of

unrest, due to the decline in the price ofgold.

MARKS PASSING OF JOHNSON.Recent Election at Columbus Indicates

Deposition as Leader.Spwlal Dispatch to The Evening .Star.COLUMBUS. Ohio, April 0..While the

election of Editor Starr of the WilliamsCounty Democrat as chairman of the demo¬cratic state convention was evidently aHearst organization victory, It was moresignificant as the defeat of Tom Johnson,and seems to mark his deposition as parlyleader.Last year Johnson controlled the state

convention and selected this committee,eighteen of the twenty-one members beingchosen from his adherents. But In themeeting of the committee yesterday to ar¬range for the state convention he could onlycontrol ten of the members. He asked thatSenator L. O. Houck be made temporarychairman of the convention, but eight of theold Johnscn members refused to obey thisorder.The Hearst men,as was known,had decided

upon Ed H. Moore of Youngstown for chair¬man. For four ballots Moore and Houckeach received ten votes, and A. P. Sandles,the twenty-flrst member, cast his vote forEditor Starr. On the fifth ballot the Hearstmen threw their strength to Starr and elect¬ed him.It was not known to the Johnson men that

Starr was a Hearst adherent, but when hewas elected they boldly claimed the vic¬tory. There is no doubt that Starr Is astrong Hearst man, and both in person andby his newspaper has been preaching Hearstdoctrlnis for several weeks. In his countythe anti-Johnson democrats, however, whoare as strong against Hearst as the Johnsondemocrats are, are happy over the dethrone¬ment of Johnson, aB the Hearst men areover thw election of Starr.

Extradition Treaty With Cuba.Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada, the

Cuban minister, today signed an extradi¬tion treaty between Cuba and the UnitedStates, authorising the extradition of crim¬inals eocaplng fro mthe United States toCuba and criminals escaping from Cuba to

Former's Letter Pleases Dem¬ocrats in Congress.

HOPEFUL OF RESULTSbelieve ex-pbesident willTAKE FOLLOWEBS WITH HIM.

Senator Gorman's Friends View theSituation With Philosophy.Sen-

' ator Bacon's Opinion.

Democrats in Congress wore very muchInterested today in the letter of ex-Prcsi-dent Cleveland to the New York World, inwhich Mr. Cleveland indorses the candida-yof Judge Parker for the democratic presi¬dential nomination. Judge Parker's friendswere delighted over the appearance of theletter at this time and think that it willhr.ve the effect of still further advancingthe Parker boom.These friends of Judge Parker pointed

out that the letter ought to settle thecharge that Judge Parker is dominated byHill and represents only the Hill wing ofthe democracy. It is not conceivable thatMr. Cleveland and his friends could indorseany plan, policy or candidate which th*vthought was exclusively associated withMr Hill's political fortunes. This letter ofCleveland's, therefore, is construed by themt<> mean that Mr. Cleveland's friends inthe east do not take any stock in thecharges that Judge Parker is but a stalkinghorse for Hill.

Effect of Cleveland's Action.The Partter men at the Capitol think that

Mr. Cleveland's swinging into line at thistime will mean bringing with him all of theforces. Interests and political elements thatbacked Mr. Cleveland in 1882 and whichwill be a powerful aid to the democracy inthe coming campaign. Of course, the in¬dorsement of Judge Parker by Clevelandand Hill may be expected to bring downthe anathema of Mr. Bryan, but the con¬servative democrats have long since gotbeyond the point where they Chink it isessential to take Mr. Bryan Into considera¬tion. They realize that any candidatewhom the conservatives might put upwould be objectionable to Mr. Bryan andthe popullstic and socialistic elements Mr.Bryan represents, so they think it does notmatter very much whether Mr. Bryan ob¬jects to Cleveland's indorsement of JudgeParker or not.

Ko Lack of Funds for Parker.Democrats of prominence say they have

reason to believe that Judge Parker is the

only man whom President Roosevelt reallyfears. They say they have been told that

President Roosevelt looks upon JudgeParker as a roost formidable adversary, notonly because of Judge Parker's personality,but because of the financial and politicalelements that can be assembled in behalfof his campaign. It is openly said by dem¬ocrats that if Judge Parker is nominatedthe party will have no trouble in gettingaid from the conservative industrial andfinancial interests of the east in their cam¬

paign. This is an important consideration,and one which the leading democrats are

not overlooking.Accept With Besignation.

Senator Gorman's friends are acceptingthe Parker boom with resignation. Theyare not attempting to stem the tide in any¬

way, and will swim with it as long as itmaintains its present volume.

It was said at the Capitol today that, farfrom feeling resentment over the successof Parker, if successful, Senator Gormanwould lend his sincere aid to the demo¬cratic campaign.

It was said that Senator Gorman wouldvery likely consent to manage the cam¬

paign as chairman of the national commit¬tee.

Senator Bacon's Views.Senator Bacon of Georgia, who is one of

the most influential politicians among thesouthern democrats, said this afternoon:"I am very much gratified that Mr.

Cleveland has made the#declaratlon whichindicates that if Judge Parker is nominatedhe and those who have recently been mostclosely identified with him in political viewswill give to Judge Parker a most cordialsupport. If now those In the party whohave not been recently in entire politicalaccord with Mr. Cleveland will unite withhim in an equally cordial support of JudgeParker we can go into the apuroaehin?campaign with the greatest hope for pro¬nounced success at the presidential elec¬tion."When asked if the declaration of Mr.

Clevela. d would injure Judge Parker's pros¬pects, Senator Bacon said:"Why should it hurt him? On the con¬

trary it should be of the greatest benefit to

him both in securing the nomination andbeing elected President, and it should be a

great incentive to the other wing of theparty to give equally cordial support toJudge Parker."The platform ought to be direct and

positive and should deal only with liveissues."Senator Bacon was very jubilant as he

concluded the interview with this state¬ment:"I feel more encouraged today than I have

been at any former time."

MANY RESPONSIBILITIES.

Cares and Toils of a Chief Engineer inthe Navy.

"The cares and toils of a chief engineer inthe navy," remarked one of them to a Star

reporter today, referring to the recent

death of Commander Warburton on thebattle ship Maine, "have not diminishedany by substituting enlisted men for theassistant engineers formerly employed inthe navy, nor are they likely to be. Norhas the change of title of chief engineermade any difference in his responsibilities."Lieutenant Commander Warburton en¬

tered the Naval Academy as a cadet engi¬neer iir 1872, and was graduated In 187tf.Two years later he was commissioned asan assistant engineer, and In 1887 he was

promoted to passed assistant engineer. Hewas promoted to chief engineer In 1SI7, andtransferred to the line as a lieutenant com¬mander in 1908; but, like the other trans¬ferred engineers, he was to continue engi>neering duties."He was wrecked on board the Huron In

18T7, on which occasion he acquitted him¬self with great credit. He served on boardthe New Orleans during the war with Spain."It was the custom in the old engineer

corps to begin at the bottom of the engi¬neering ladder, and oblige each engineer todo practically all the work in the engineroom and -fire room excepting the actualhandling of coal. It was impressed onthem from the very beginning that the en¬gineer on watch had all the responsibilityof his watch, and he must see personallyto each and every job done. The habitonce formed was apt to stick, and as longas they did service they were looking afterdetails, and never ceased to feel the re¬sponsibility. It is more than likely thatLieutenant Commander Warburton wasoverworked in that ship, which bad some¬thing over one hundred engines (for all

16'000"horse Power in

PASSED BT THE HOUSEAction Taken on Seventeen

Local Bills.

STREET EXTENSIONS

.WHOLE COST IS PLACED UPONTHE DISTRICT.

Carnegie Institution Incorporation-Branch Libraries.Amending

the Divorce Law.

Today was a field day In the House ofRepresentatives for the committee on theDistrict of Columbia. No less than seven¬teen District bills were reported by the com¬mittee. and all were favorably acted upon.In addition to a number of street extensionand Improvement bills, the measures adopt¬ed included the bill incorporating the Car¬negie Institution, the bills authorizing theCommissioners to accept donations of landand money for branch public libraries;amending the code with regard to divorceproceedings; amending the code with re¬

gard to the removal of property bought onthe installment plan from, the District;closing certain places of business on Sun¬day; enlarging the scope of the highwayact and various other measures of minorImportance.There was very little discussion on any of

the bills, although the democrats demandeda division when a vote w is readied on thedivorce amendment doing away with thenecessity of summonlr.g corespondents intocourts when it is shown the names of suchpersons cannot be ascertained.Seven street extension and improvement

bills were passed. Five of these camefrom the Senate, with the approval of thatbody, and founded upon the principle urgedby the Commissioners that the l nltedStates should share equally with the dis¬trict of Columbia the cost of street Clon¬ings. The House District committee pre¬pared substitutes for all the Senate meas¬ures, placing the whole cost upon the abut¬ting property owners and the District ofColumbia. The action of the committee Inchanging the plan of paying the cost wasnot questioned on the floor.When Mr. Babcock. chairman of the Dis¬

trict committee, called up Senate bill 127,for the joining of Kalorama avenue, Rep¬resentative Mann of Illinois objected to a

proposition that the sections prescribing themethod of condemnation and assessmentshould not be read. Mr. Babcock had madesucJi a request coupled with the staiementthat the sections referred to were but arepetition of the paragraph In the existinglaw, known as the Columbia road act. Mr.Mrflin said he thought It was an abominablepractice to do away with the reading ofbills. The measure was then read ands*lopted without /yrtlier discussion.

Wyoming Avenue Extension.Mr. Babcoek then" called tip House bill

14424. for the extension of Wyoming ave¬

nue to 23d street west. This bill differedfrom the others reported today In tha-t itprovides that the whole cost of the Im¬provement shall he borne by the abuttingproperty owners, whereas the others pro¬vided that one-half or the cost of improve¬ment should be assessed against the abut¬ting property owners and the other halfwholly from the revenues of the Districtof Columbia. When Mr. Babcock askfdunanimous consent that the reading of thesections of this bill covering the methodsof condemnation should be dispensed with.Mr. Mann again arose and inquired:"This is practically a local Improvement

ordinance, is it not?""It is." replied Mr. Babcock."That would be passed by a city council

anywhere else?""Yes."-Is it to be paid for by special aasess-

ment?" further inquired Mr. Mann."It Is a very trifling matter," said Mr.

Babcock, "raised by special ;isse*sment onthe property holders instead of the Dis¬trict."Mr. Mann objected no further, and the re¬

maining five street bills were read only inpart. The committee report on the Wyom¬ing avenue bill, which was the subject ofthe above colloquy, is as follows;"This substitute measura reported by jrour

committee differs only from H. R. Wtiio inthat it provides that the entire amountawarded as damages shall be assessed asbenefits, so that the only ultimate expenseto the District of Columbia will be theamount necessary for condemnation pro¬ceedings."On all the other bills the imports read ;ts

follows:"The matter inserted in the natuie of a

substitute differs only from the Senate billin that It provides that the cost of con¬demnation proceedings and the amountawarded as damages shall be paid whollyby the District of Columbia Instead of one-half by the District and one-half by theI'nited States. The Senate bill also pro¬vided that the proceedings necessuy forthe extension of this street should be un-

j der certain sections of the act for the ex-tension of Columbia road, and of the actmaking appropriations for the District ofColumbia for the fiscal year end ng June30, 1903. Your committee has incorporate!these various sections in the amendment tothe Senate bill, making the bill as repjrt«ito the House complete In itself."

Unlawful Wearing of Badges.The first bill passed was H. R. 11:0*1, to

prevent the unlawful wearing of the badgeor insignia of the Grand Army of the Re¬public and other soldier organizations. Thetreasure was prepared by the committee on

legislation, Giand Army of the Republic.Department of the Potomac. 1'nder theprovisions of the bill as adopted It is un¬lawful for any person not being a memberof the Military Older of the Loyal I^egion.of the Grand Army of the Republic, of theScrui of Veterans, of the Woman's ReliefCcrps, of the Union Veterans' Union. 1 nionVeteran legion. Military and Naval Orderof the Spanish American War or the I^eglo*of Spanish War Veterans, to wear or usethe insignia, distinctive ribbon or badge ormembership, rosette or button, for the pur¬pose of repiesenting that he or she Is a

member thereof. Violations are to call forpunishment by a fine of not more than S»»or imprisonment for not more than thirtydays, or both.

Incorporating Carnegi® Institution.The House next took up the bill preparedV former Secretary of War Root and in¬troduced by Speaker Cannon, incorporatingthe Carnegie Institution. The purport of

the bill is explained in a letter submitedby Mr. Root, who stated;"There is a Carnegie Institution now ex¬

isting which was incorporated under thegeneral laws of the District °f Columbia.This bill Is for the purpose practically of r-Incorporating that institution The reasonfor it Is that there are some limitations inthe general statute which will ln,erf'?Tseriously with the operations of the insti¬tution and are liable to breed trouble and

-litigation In the future. Mr Carnegie gaveus $10,000,000 of securities, the main incoiaeof which we are expending in the promo¬tion of scientific investigation In widelyscattered parts of the country, and we arealso accumulating a reserve fund, which 1»now *200.000."The general statute of the District ap-

pears to limit the property which cm beheld to an annual Income of not to exceed$20 000. The statute also requires that thetrustees shall be elected, and requires thata majority of the incorporators shall t*