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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

Oklahoma exhibits the proper ideas of de-
cency in addressing the House. but he has
today sadly failed" He protested that Mr..
Flynn had indulged in language concerning
member Of the cabinet unbecoming a
member Of the House, and eulogized Score
tary Smith as man who stood as high be-
fore Che American people as any man on
the floor.
Mr.. Flynn replied to Mr.. Cooper with some
temper. He admitted that he had feeling in
the matter, and explained the cause Of it
IN his trip to Washington last spring He had
come 1.5OO miles to see the President and
find out why Secretary Smith had not COM
Piled with the law. He had written Mr..
Cleveland for an audience. and, after brief
response from Private Secretary Thurber,
had waited in vain for a week to see him
He had appealed to Secretary Smith and the
commissioner of the general land office but
to no avail.
The Resolution Passed.
Mr.. Flynn then demanded the previous
question, and the resolution was adopted
without division. A Senate resolution
granting the state of Pennsylvania the use
Of the United States court rooms at Scran-
ton was adopted on motion OF Mr. Scranton
Pa)
Adjournment.
On motion CT Mr.. Moody Mass), by
unanimous consent bill ives passed for
the amendment of the act of 1874 for the
establishment of bonded warehouses for
storing and cleaning rice for export, so as
to include permission for curing and re-
packing fish for export in such warehouses;
were refused, several of them relating to
the printing of petitions for the recogni-
ton Of the Cuban belligerents, after which
at l:4o. the House adjourned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
THE CUBAN MANIFESTO.
An Appeal to the People of the United
StnteR.

An Appeal to the People of the United
States.
The manifesto Of the Cuban revolutionary
party to the people of the United States was
made public today. 1t is q long document,
prepared by Enrique Jose Varona, ex-deputy
in the Spanish cortes, and reviews the his
tory of revolutionary agitation in Cuba and
present conditions on the island. The man.
ifesto concludes:
Spain has shown itself utterly incapable
of governing Cuba, which it exploits i'm
poverishes and demoralizes. The Cubans,
not in anger but in despair, have appealed
to arms to defend their rights and vindicate
an eternal principle, without which every
community is in danger-the principle of
justice. Nobody has the right of oppression.
Spain oppresses us. In rebelliEg against
oppression We defend right. In serving onr
own cause we serve the cause of mankind
I'VE have rot counted the number of our
enemies, nor measured their strength We
may find ruin and death few steps ahead.
So be t.. We do our duty. If the world is
Indifferent to our cause, SO much the worse
for all. A new iniquity shall have been
consummated. The principle Of human SOL
idarity shall have suffered a defeat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
LIVE CAPITOL TOPICS
A Bill for a Pacific Telegraphic Gable
COMPANY Introduced.
Brief Mention of Other Bills and
Resolutions Presented in Both
Branches of Congress.

Senator Carter of Montana today intro
duced a bill authorizing the Pacific Cable
Company. corporation organized under
the laws of New York. to build submarine
cable from some point on the Pacific coast
to the Hawaiian Islands and Japan.
1t is to touch at Pearl harbor, in Hawaii,
and such other points as deemed desirable.
No liability for construction is to attach
to the United States. but the United States
shall pay for a period OF twenty years IL
yearly sum of s25 per nautical mile. not to
exceed 1850 miles, and all messages OF the
United States are to be carried over the
line free for the period and given preference
ir transmission.
In case of war the United States may
take possession of the line. Press rates
over the line shall not exceed half the rate
paid for ordinary messages. The line must
be laid and in working order within twenty
years from approval of the bill.
An Armenian Resolution.
Representative Morse of Massachusetts,
today introduced petition by the presby
terry of Baltimore denouncing the Armenian
cutrages, and calling on the government of
the United States to interfere by request Of
the preSbytery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
RED CROSS TO HELP.
Millions to BE Sent to Feed the Ar
menians,


At the headquarters of the Red Cross, at
the corner of F and 18th streets, today moth
ing could be said as to VINO would comprise
the party that is to be sent to Armenia
to distribute supplies to the $4,000 people
who are said to be starving to death there
The announcement published widespread
throughout the country stating that
the society would undertake to receive con-
tributions of money and supplies, and
take charge of the work of distributing
them N Armenia, has aroused many phi
lanthropic people. and the mail received
at the Red Cross house today was a large
and gratifying one.
The society will have access to Armenia,
as Turkey was one of the forty nations
that signed the international Red Cross
treaty Her accession to its terms was
gwen in 1865. The United States signed
In 1882 AS this movement to relieve the
Armenians is not made under the auspices
Of the International society, but the A,neri-
can Red Cross the Turkish government may
interfere. But few persons will go from
this country to execute the mission.
The Arrerjans themselves, to the num-
ber of 1000, will be employed as distribIt-
ing agents. The American party will prob
ably be ready to sail in week. II will
take over a month to reach the famine dis
tricts 1t Is expected that philanthropic
Americans will contribute millions to the
project,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

They Effect the Reinstatement of
Messrs. Mann and Holbrook.

They Effect the Reinstatement of
Messrs. Mann and HolbrOok.
meeting OF the newspaper correspond
ents entitled to admission to the press gal
leries of the House and Senate was held at
the Capitol this morning, presided over by
Mr.. E. G. Dunnell, chairman of the stand
ing committee of correspondents Mr. Dun
nell stated the purpose Of the meeting to be
action upon the proceedings Of the reorgan-
izers of the House force in supplanting
Charles Mann and Charles Holbrook, who
have been in charge of the House gallery
since the Forty-eighth Congress. He said
these employees have not been disturbed up
to this time by the successive reorganiza-
tions of the House by the two political par
ties, and the correspondents. having been
satisfied with the services of the men, have
not requested any changes.
Mr.. Dunnell stated that Mr.. Stone of Penn
Sylvania, the manager of the faction that
is reorganizing the House, hai consented to
the reinstatement of one of the men and
suggested a resolution to appoint the other
gallery. The meeting adopted resolution
carrying this suggestion into effect, to be
introduced in the House
Before the House assembled, however, Mr..
Stone notified Mr.. Dunnell that such action
would be unnecessary, as Mr.. Mann would
be reappointed at once. When this is done
it will reinstate both of the employees. Even
when this is done it will leave the gallery
shortkanded, for the same force now takes
as years ago, when there were less than
score of correspondents entitled to admis-
sion and when the duties of the messenger
and laborer were comparatively light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Personal Mention.

A. NJ. Palmer, the New York theatrical
manager, is at the Arlington
Burr Mcintosh and Miss Blanche Walsh
Of the Trilhy Company are at the Arling-
ton.
J. Cabell Ereckinridge of Louisville Is at
the Normandie.
Mayor John A. Caldwell Of Concinnat ii
is at Chamberlin's.
Congressman VIM. Sulzer of New York
is at Chamberlin's.
Isaac Trumbo, one of the prospective
Senators from the coming state of Utah,
is at the Shoreham.
H. Shugio the well-known japanese resi-
dent of New York, is at the Shoreham.
A big Princeton banner decorated the
glee banjo and mandolin clubs from that
famous university arrived this afternoon,
sixty strong.
Elenesus Smith, the St Louis lawyer
who represents the Gould interests in the
southwest, Is at the Ebbitt.
H. G. Snow of the Damrosch Opera Com
pany is at the Raleigh.
Mr. Claiming NJ. Bolton and Miss Nellie
Bolton returned to Washington today after
an extended absence, and are at the
Raleigh.
A dinner is to be given to Governor-elect
Lowndes of Maryland at the Arlington to-
norrcw evening by number of Maryland
friends now resident in Washington
Ph1ladeiphia dispa tch says that Capt.
itODley " Evans, VINO has been confined to
his room iii the Colonnade Hotel in that
city with rheumatism for several weeks,
Is improving. He has so far recovered that
he will probably take command of the bat
tie ship Indiana in a few days.
Secretary Smith, who arrived at Atlanta
this morning from Athens, where he had
attended the funeral OF his relative, Capt
Harry Jackson was suddenly summoned to
WASHINGTON py kilograms announcing the
serious illness of his little. daughter, and
left on the noon train for the capital
Mrs: ,Ruggles. wife of Adjutant General
Ruggles, is seriously Ill at her residence,
l3oo New Hampshire avenue
Among the young men who are accom-
panying the Princeton Glee, Banjo and
Mandolin Clubs which arrived in town this
afternoon on their annual concert tour, is
Mi. A. g. Milbank. president of this year s
foot ball association. and life president of
his class. the highest class honor possible
to student at Princeton. Another is Mr..
A. l.. r: Dennis managing editor of the
Nassau Literary Magazine, member of
the editorial board of the Daily Princeto-
nian, and a prominent literary man in his
class
Chancellor Jules Boeufe of the French
embassy has returned after several months
in Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Mr.. CARLISLE'S REPORT
The Situation for Conqress Not in Any
Way Simplifed.
His Prediction of Surplus in Two
Years Not Considered Sound
Criticism Expected.

The lcrg delayed report of the Secretary
of the Treasury. which was sent to Congress
today. has not In any way simplifled the sit
uation fer Congress Nor has 1t convinced
either the republicans or the democrats
who ale not blipdly devoted to the admin
istration that more revenue is not needed
On this point the general comment is that
the mere assertion of Mr.. Carlisle that there
is no need of more revenue, while the figures
show a deficiency, cannot be regarded as Of
consequence.
No Basis for His Prediction.
His statement that in 1897 there will be a
surplus of revenue is referred to as having
no more substantial basis than prediction
Of good crop rext year or that there will
be fair weather on Christmas day. The leg
islators do not see that he makes sufficient
ly clear the reason for his hopefuness. The
fact that an increase of fifteen millions in
the revenue still leaves a large deficiency
they do not think furnished a good argu-
ment for the conclusion that two years
Will wipe out the deficiency and make n
surplus. In his argument that the green
backs should be retired there is nothing
new, nor does 1t appear to meet with any
more favor in Congress than did that made
IN the Presidents message. The report is
locked upon as extremely evasive on the
question OF what has become OF the money
derived from the sale of bonds, II not in use
for current expenses.
Merely an Argument.
Its statements on this point are pro-
nounced merely an argument, with Sher-
man quoted as authority to prove that the
Secretary hal perfect right to use the
gIeenbacks which had been redeemed from
the gold reserve. just as If they have come
in through the revenues. This is granted,
but Cerlsle's critics say that the question
OF the necessity of using this money to
meet current expenses is evaded. 1t is sug-
gested that IL the revenues were sufficient,
while he might have a right to use the
money derived from the bond issue after it
had been converted into greenbacks. he
would have no occasion to do so, and there
ought to be in the treasury in some sort of
money an amount equivalent to the sum
derived from the sale of bonds, In addition
to the amount Of available cash before
bonds were sold.
Criticism Expected.
1t is expected that the report will be, Sc
verely criticised In speeches on the floor of
both houses. .-..v-
The republicans appear to be more
strongly confirmed in the idea that they
should provide for the deficiency of reve-
nue. by means of the tariff, regardless of
the recommendations of the President and
the Secretary Of the Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
SIX THOUSAND LOCKED OUT.
New York Clothing Contractors and
TRilOrs ut Odds.

TR1lOrs Mt ouIS.
NEW YORK December 16-Over 5000
tailors were locked out today in 400 shops.
and the threatened extension of the lock-
out will throw 700 workers in the garment
trade in this city alone out of employment.
The Ghetto, in which the locked-out work
ers reside, was astir today with thousands
of men, women and children whose exist
ence depends upon their earnings in the
clothing trade, either as talors, basters,
finishers or pressers Wallhala Hall, in
Orchard street, was crowded from cellar to
roof with the locked-out tailors, who are
determined to hold out and fight the bosses
rather than again be compelled to return to
the horrors of the sweating system
The notices posted in most all the shops
yesterday by the contractors were not Cn-
expected, as 1t was known to the tailors
that the contractors had been holding secret
conclaves witain the last three weeks
paving the way for a plan under " hlch to
violate the terms of the bonded agreement
entered into by them with the Brotherhood
of Tailors in the big strike last July, wher.
the tailors were the victorS. quarter of a
million dollars was the entire amount of the
security given then by the contractors and
the agreements specifically provided that in
case the contractors should violate the COM
pact the amount of the bonds would be for
feited test case is now pending in the
supreme court.
Brotherhood Of Tailors will meet later in
the day, when definite action will be taken
In regard to the action of the contractors
In locking out the men, and If it is then
asccrtained that the manufacturers are in
league with the contractors n general strike
will be ordered. which will involve ~, 600
garment workers in this city, Brooklyn,
brownsville and Newark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
PERHAPS A HOAX.
The Box Found on the Steps of the
Spanish Minister'S Residence.

Senator Tillman of South Carolina accom-
panied to police headquarters this morning
young man who wants to patrol the
streets of this city as ar officer, and was
shown by Major Moore mysterious-look-
ing box which contained what might be
an explosive, and the Senator jokingly re-
marked that he would retire until the eX-
plosion was over. This box had been found
on the steps at the residence of Senior De-
puy de LONE, the Spanish minister, No.
1905 COM ecticut avenue, and had been
turned over to the police for investigation.
The affair is either a genuine bomb. or 1t IS
fake" gotten up fer the purpose of
causing a scare.
One of he servants employed in the
house of the minister went to the front
door about o'clock yesterday morning
and as soon he opened the door he saw
the mysterious box. with lighted fuse at
one end. The sight of this object thorough
ly frightened the servant who lost no time
returning to the house and telling of his
supposed dangerous find Just how much
of a commotion tbs information caused to
the members of the minister's family is not
known, but the servant remained in the
house until he felt certain that there was
no danger, and then he ventured cut. Po-
lice Sergeant HARRISON, who had been sum-
moned. took charge of the box.
Inscriptions on the box showed that the
person who had left the box on the door
steps was Interested in the Cuban question,
for on cne side of the pastebo ard box was
written: Cuban Freedom while on the
other side was christmas greeting to
Senor de LONE There was other scrib-
blirg on the box, while the lid was an
alleged representation of skull
This morning. when the box was taken to
headquarters by Lieutenant Gessford, the
Id was removed and some of the granu-
lated substance in the box was spilled
Whether not this substance is an explo-
sive will have to be determined by chem
!cal analysis.
The fuse. which had been put through a
hole in the end of the box, was run entirely
through this granulated substance, and was
wound about what may be two sticks Of
dynamite. These sticks are sim; lar to parts
of Instruments used in telegraphy.
The police are unable to tell just what
to think of the affair, and until the con-
tents of the box have been fully examined
no action will be taken 1t Is the impress
sion of some of the officers that the affair
is hoax. perpetrated by some Cuban sym
pathiZer O. crank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
THEY WERE MARRIED,
Happy Settlement of Virgins
ElOpement.

Happy Settlement of Virginia
ElOpement.
There was final and satisfactory set
tlement today of the Virginia elopement af-
fair, an account of which appears In an
other column.
While Mr.. Robinson and Detective
Rhodes were at the first precinct talking
over the matter with the young lady, Otter
back, who thought there might still be a
chance for him. went out In search of a
minister. The father had gone to the sta
ton for the purpose of getting his daugh-
ter and taking her back home but Detec-
tive Rhodes. who had caused temporary
postponement Of the event, spoke in favor
OF the young couple, and the father finally
decided TO give his consent, although he
still had no love for his prospec tive son-in-
law.
About noon the parties met in Inspec tor
ftollinbergers office, where Rev. ]. j. Muir
pastor OF the Street Baptist Church, mar
red the couple. They left on an afternoon
train for Their home, near Manassas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
SHOT DOWN IN THE STREET.
Waitress Called From Her Duties and
Murdered.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, December 16-
John Robinson aged twenty-five years. to-
day shot and fatally wounded May Eckert,
aged twenty-four years, his alleged wife,
and then committed suicide
Robinson went to the restaurant of Char
lotte Roth, 1O7 South Third street. where the
girl was employed as waitress. A quarrel
started. and the two walked out of the place
together. They had gone hut few feet
when Robinson drew a revolver and shot
the girl twice. The first shot struck her in
the nose, and as she turned to run, he shot
her in the back. He then placed the re
volver to his neck and fired. The first shot
made but a slight wound. He then shot
himself in the heart dying instantly.
The girl was removed to a hospital
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
National Committee of That Party to
Meet January 1G.

The democratic rational committee will
meet in this city on January 16 to fix
place and time fer holding the democratic
rational convention. Mr.. James l.. Norris,
the member of the committee for the Dis
trict, has received a letter from Simon p.
Sheerin secretary of the committee. off,
ciaIly announcing the meeting, follows:
"A meeting of the democratic national
&C mmittee will be held at the Arlington
Hotel in the city of Washington, DC, on
Thursday, the 10th day of January, 1896,
a. Il O'Clock m to fix the time and place
of holding the national democratic con-
for President and Vice President of the
United States, and fer such other business
as may come before the committee"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
TORD's THEATER DISASTER.
The Maximum Amount of Damages De
termined Upon by the Conamfssion

fhe Maximum Amount of Damages De-
termined Upon by the Conmission.
The commission on the Ford Theater dis
aster met at o'clock this afternoon in
the room OF the committee of the District
OF Columbia of the Senate. 1t was decided
that 5000 shall be the maximum amount
of damages to be awarded for disabilities
incurred in the accident. !
The persons injured in the disaster who
nave been before the medical board have
OF percentage, and 1t Ia :expected that the
commission VIII award Manages by simply
allowing the same percentage of the maxi
mum rate as that fixed by the medical
board as the g,nde to the mount of injury
claimants have received.
Senator Faulkner and Mr.. Updegrar have
been appointed subcomnnittee to draw up
a report on the cases of the claimants, and
will at once proceed with this work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
SUSPENDED SENTENCE.
Prosecution of a Disrespcctful Social
list to he Stayed.

BERLIN, December 16.-The reichstag to-
day suspended sentence in the case of Herr
Lutgenau. the socialist leader, who was
returned to the reichstas after reballot
in the district of Dortmund, Westphalii,
and who was sentenced to five months' i'm
prisonment on the charges of treason for
reproducing in his newspaper, the Arbeitcr
Zetung. an article headed Another of
These Imperial Speeches
At the time Herr Lntsenau was returned
Vorwaerts. the organ Of the socialist party,
This IS the peoples answer to
Emperor Williams appeal for union against
the socialists and to the threatenend anti
socialist measures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
ANTI-sALoON CONVENTION.
First Session Will BE Called to Order
Tomorrow.

The first session of the national anti
saloon convention will be called to order to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock at Calvary
Baptist Sunday school house, by Rev. l.. B.
Wilson. the president of the District of CO.
lumbia Anti-Saloon League, who will be
ex-otficio the temporary president of the
convention. This session will be open to the
public up to an hour appointed for the re-
port of the committee on credentials, when
an executive session will be held. Conven-
tion mass meetings are being arranged for in
First Congregational Church Tuesday even
ing at $50, and in Calvary Baptist Sunday
school house Wednesday evening n 7:3O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
He CENIES SAYING 1T
Mr.. Bayard Made No Remark About
the "Silly Season"
EXPECTED RESIGNATION OF NJ. FhUnE
Alleged Discovery Of a Plot Against
the Gar.
ED RESIGNATION OF N. FlUnE
CLEMENCY TO A SOCIALIST

LONDON, December 1G-The United
States embassy today isued a contradiction
to the press OF the statement attributed to
the United States ambassador. Mr.. Thomas
F. Bayard, on Saturday last, that the ad
verse comments upon his recent speeches
which have appeared in the American
newspapers were due to the fact that this
was the silly season. in America. The
note issued today says that Mr.. Bayard
has made comment whatever on the
subject
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
The San Francisco,s Movements.

A cable message was rec eived a. the
Navy Department today announcing the
arrival of the flagship San Francisco, with
Admiral Selfridge on board, at Mersine
Syria, yesterday fro AleXaIdretta, where
she made only the briefest stop. No rea-
son is given for her return to Mersine so
suddenly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

Admiral Bunce sailed from New York this
morning on his flagship New York for
Hampton Roads. where the vessels of the
North Atlantic squadron will rendezvous
during the next few weeks preparatory to
their departure on the 21st instant for d
cruise In the Caribbean sea for drill and
fleet evolUtions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
Wine Vaults DESTROYED.

EGG HARBOR CITY, N. T.. Becem5ef
16-Fire which did $4,000 damage occurred
today. 1t broke out in the large wine
vaults of E. A. Schmidt, in which there
were 10000 gallons of huckleberry wine
stored, all of which, with the building, was
destroyed. The household effects of Mr..
Schmidt were also burned, -"