The Portland daily press., 1894-06-08
Mr.. TERRELL.
Will be Asked to Tell the Senate Commit
tee About His Connection With the Sugar
Scandal.

Washington, June Y.-Matters progressed
slowly with the sugar trust Investigating
committee today. The committee met at
eleven with all present except Mr.. Lodge
but it did not call any witnesses until an
hour later. The first witness was Congress.
man Cadmus of New Jersey.
Mr.. Cadmus was dismissed by the commit
tee yesterday but, so many inaccuracies
were found in the committees stenog-
raphers report of his testimony that it was
found necessary to hear his evidence all
oven again before Yesterdays report was
stricken out. The next move of the COM
mittee will be to summon the members of
the sugar trust and suboenas for several of
them have already been prepared Those
who will be summoned are: William H. and
G. o. Havemeyer, H. j. TerrilI, Mr. Reed
and Mr.. Scarf. Reed, who resides in Boston
is now in Washington. Terrill will be ex-
amined particularly with reference to the
conversation in his rooms at the Arlington
hotel overheard by Mr.. CASTOR.
Appointments and Pensions
Washington. June 1.-THE following Maine
pensions have been granted today:
OIlSl foCIlUueF. deceased.
Waterville.
Additional--David Peavy, Oakland, Next
can war survivor.
Increase-Henry Young, Danforth.
Original Widows, etc Rosetta E. Scribner,
Waterville.
The President today sent to the Senate
the following nominations: Charles F.
Stone of New Hampshire, to be naval officer
of customs in the district of Boston and
Charlestown. Mass, and A. E. Blabeslee to
be postmaster atThomaston, Maine.
Query as to the Justice.
Washington, June THE action of At
:orney General Olney in bringing suit for
S15,000,000 against the estate of the late
Leland Stanford on accuount of the possible
liabilities arising out of the Central Pacific
railroad bonds was brought to the attention
of the Senate this morning by Mr., Hoar.
who offered a resolution directing the
judiciary committee to inquire into the
Justice and equity of the claim and report.
Blair on Silver
Washington, June 7.-Ex-Spreaker Reed is
not the only Republican heretofore con-
sidered among the opponents of the free
coinage Of silver who has developed liberal
views on this subject. Another New. Eng
hsfio iopl OoOupotltt, stA-oondCOF bldlf OF
New Hampshire, has been studying the sill
yer question, and has drafted the following
form of joint resolution as expressing the
conclusions he has reached:
Be it resolved. etc., that the President be
requested to open negotiations with the
several powers, with which we maintain
diplomatic relations, with view to the
adoption of a bimetallic standard of value
at rate of sixteen ounces of silver to one
of gold, or as nearly that ratio as may he
by an international agreement, and if such
an agreement be not made by and between
at least one OF the leading powers of Europe
and the United States on or before the first
day of January, 1897, that from and after
that date, the existing standard of value to
wit: sixteen ounces of silver to one of
gold shall continue as now established by
law. But the United States shall no longer
maintain a parity of value between the
section of the act of July IA, 1880. (the
parity section of the sherman law and ali
pealed.