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Evening star., 1897-05-27
Spanish Victory Announced.

HAVANA. May 27.-It is officially. an
rounced that Spanish force. under Gen.
Godoy and Col. struch. consisting of the
Reina, Vergara and Aragon battalions.
acting In conjunction with the boats Of
the Sunboat Armendarix. has inflicted ye-
we're loss upon the insurgents In the vi.
cinity Of the River Cayaguateje, province
OF Pinar del Rio.
The Spanish column destroyed a number
OF camps. capturing ten boats q quantity
gents left seventy-seven killed and are re-
ported to have carried away the bodies Of
many more. Tho Spanish forces. Il asa-
seven wounded.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
BROWN SYSTEM TESTED.
Motive Power of Capital Railway
Pronounced to He Satisfactorx


Pronounced to He Satisfactory.
A partial test was made today of the
Brown system of electricity by which the
Capital Railway Company's line north of
the Navy Yard bridge and along 11th street
southeast to NJ street. and thence to the
navy yald gate. is equipped. 1t was al
successful as there was any reason to ex-
Deci-
1.ae impression among those interested
eratlcn by tomorrow, which is the date
fixed oy law. A car was started from the
terminus at Congress Heights at S O'Clock.
and wa, run with the aid of the trolley
quickly to the south end of tie bridge
Without unnecessary delay a team. of
horses vas there attached to the car, which
was kauiei across the structure
On arriving at the north end of the bridge
the undergrot nd system was put in opera
ticn. ana everything went smoothly until
an accident occurred to the cylinder heal
of the engine In the power house. which
caused delay. The car was drawn by
horses to NJ street. where 1t was kept until
the damage to the engine was repaired.
In reply TO questions from a Star re-
porter, President Dunlop of the Capital
Traction Company to-day safd that al
though the law requires the CAPITAL Rail-
way Company and the Capital Traction
Company to transfer passengers free to
ana from each others cars. no arrange
nsnt has been made. President Dunlop
adcec that he was ready to enter into a
transfer arrangement with President Ram
die whenever the latter makes the REQUEST
but that he feared II would take at laasf
two or three weeks to have proper transfer
tickets printed ~,4a ,--s-
Evening star., 1897-05-27
NAVY OFFICERS INDIGNANT.
They Resent a Reprfmnnd by Assis
mt laaHafn rx lAn..x

They Resent a Reprfmnnd by Assist.
ant Secretary Roosevelt.
The staf officers Of the navy who were
members OF the board which conducted the
official triat7ef the battle ship Iowa have
been reprin anded by Assistant Secretary
Roosevelt TOR 1alleged irregularities in rem
derfng their nexpense accounts. They feel
that they have been Improperly censured
and thatc aldfurther Investigation will
demonstrates that they acted strictly In ac-
cord with precedent and practice. and with
the purest and most innocent motives.
The alleged offense was in permitting
the builder tcf the vessel to pay all their
expenses connected with the trial trip,
whereas all the line members defrayed their
expenses but of their own pockets The ex-
perses OF the trip amounted to about IS, ,UOO.
and are borne by the government or the
contractors according to the result of the
trip. 81 % . $50 -
If tho ship!had failed to meet contract
requirements. the expenses connected with
the trial would have to be met by the con-
tractors but.l .fnAsmuch as the trial was
successful, and the vessel has been ac-
have to meet the expenses. In neither case
are the members of the board charged
with the expenses
It merely happened in this case that the
line officers pursued the course of payine
their own expenses. looking to subsequent
reimbursement. The staff officers say they
followed the usual course In such matters,
and did not know that the line officers had
adopted different one until after the re-
iceipt of the letter from the assistant secre-
tary criticfsing their action. s2-,.:
= They feel that the other members of the
board did not treat them altogether fairly
IN not letting them know OF the change 81
plans.
sFkey have asked the, SECRETARY of the
Navy for q court OF inquiry. with q. view 10
their vindieatios u the facn Justify II.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
GEN. NILES FOREIGN EXPENSES.
he Receives the Usual ALLOWANCE,
Granted Officers Travelling.

Granted Officers TRAVELLING.
The friends of Major Gen. Miles are very
indignant over the published statement
that he is travelling in an extravagant
style in execution of the orders to observe
the military situation In the orient and 10
represent the army al the Victorian Jubilee.
Particular exception is made to the state
ment that the state room occupied by him
on the st. Paul ON the trip across the
ocean will cost the government the sum
OF 500. and that the other expenses Of the
voyage were in proportion.
1t is explained at the War Department
that General Miles instead Of selecting an
expensive state room took one of the ordi-
nard hrSt-class state rooms, and through
the mistake of some one was compelled TO
change after he arrived on the steamer
The state room engaged for General Miles
was No. II. and when he went to take pos
session of ii he found 1t already occupied
by Mrs Abbey, wife of the impressario. who.
through some mistake, had been assigned
to the same room General Miles resigned
In favor of the lady at the suggestion #
the steward that he would give him another
room equally as good.
His friends at the War Department say
1t Is utterly absurd 10 suppose that he
paid anything like $500 for his state room
Ii he had an unusually good one. of which
there is no evideEce, it was only through
the friendship and courtesy of the officers
of the steamer and entailei no extra eX-
AS one of the army officers stationed at
the War Department puts it, Gen. Miles
on his trip abroad is receiving no more
than the usual allowance granted to ali
officers when travelling under orders:
namely, the actual expenses Of transpor-
tation and mileage of four cents a mile for
journeys actually accomplished
Under the law it is necessary that money
expended for these purposes shall be by q
regular disbursing officer upon proper
vouchers, and for this reason his aid-de-
camp was made a disbursing officer, and
furnished with certain sum Of money, so
much of which should be paid as might be
necessary TO meet the above expenses"
The officer added that there were many
preceGents for Gen. Miles trip to the
Orient to study modern methods Of war
fare. AS the most prominent he men
toned Gen. Scotts trip to Europe during
Napoleon's time. Gen. Hazen's observation
of the German-Austrian war, Capt. F. "
Green's visit during the Turco-Russian
war. the presence Of Gen. Mcclellan and
Col. Delafield at the Crimean war; and the
visit of Gen. Sheridan and Col FORSYTH TO
Germany during the Franco-Prussian war
Evening star., 1897-05-27
FATAL ACCIDENT.
one Man Dead and Another Rano..
to he Dying,

one Man Dead and Another Reno-..a
to he Dying.
"A iatai accident occurred about O'Clock
iast evening near the corner of 12th and
S'ee's' "nere number Of laborers were
al work ON the big sewer An electric co -
OF the Metropolitan company. in ch,rps -,
Motorman Curry and Conductor McMu,,on
ran into a projecting timber and caused
the accident
1ohn Addison and George Simms. colored
were injured, and the former died in .ba
emergency Hospital an hour later. sfmms
"as also taken to the Emergency Hos
pa ps soon '1 atter the accident happened, but
as ne dld not appear to be injured so G.
r,ocsiy ne was removed to Providence Hos.
pltal. An examination by the physician
there disclosed the fact that he was hmrt
ln.erndHy. and this morning the doctors
reported that he was In a diving condition
There seems to be difference of onjnion
as 10 the exact circumstances underawhich
the accident happened, and this will he
determined by the coroner's Jury. which viii
probably hear the testimony tomorrn.,
morning. AT the time of the Occurrence
number OF laborers were at work rear
ranging some heavy timbers beneath the
por.ao,e rs,e o,, engine M ne house. which moves on
rails over the Dig excavation. The elect rio
car came along Just at this time and the
motor car had passed just as the work.
men pushed one of the heavy timbe-s from
nenea,h pei the engine house; The end of
the stick projected over the south track
enough to strike the gate of the trailer
so great was the force Of the concussion
that the heavy timber was forced against
the engine house. and Simms was caupht
between.
The other end Of the timber struck Addi-
son on the head and knocked him headlonr
down the ditch. Policeman Posey who
was soon on hand. sent for the Emergency
Hospital ambulance, and DR.. Bahr was In
the vehicle when 1t came in responsa ua
had the injured men placed in the wagon
as carefully as po-sible aad driven to the
hospital. 1t was seen that Addison had
but E. short time to live, and he was made
as comfortable as possible. while, as above
stated. Simms was sent to Providence Hos
pftal
There is dispute about the signal given
the motorman. On one hand 1t Is claimed
that the railroad men were given signal
to move ahead. while on the other hand the
sew er men claim that the notice was to
stop. The facts will be determined by
the coroner's jury.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
DEMOCRATS TARIFF POLICY
stateme1t on, the Subject by Senator Jones
Of Arkansas.
No Desire Delay Action o. the Bill,
but VIZ Proceed in =. Bust
hesslike Manner.

Senator Jones Of Arkansas says that the
dispensing with the usual general debate on
the tariff in the Senate and proceeding with
the consideration OF the bill by paragraphs
means curtailment Of the time to be con-
sumed in thelconsideration of the bill. and
that this Is simply carrying out the policy
the democrats have all along intended to
follow.
The democrats, he says, have no desire
to delay action on the bill, and that their
intention Is to proceed in a businesslike
way with the bill by paragraphs.
II the republicans treat the opposition
with ordinary fairness and do not try to
dragoon them, the matter will be disposed
oil as rapidly as 1t can be, and have the
paragraphs given consideration in proper
that the sugar. the cotton and the wool
and woolen schedules and the internal
revenue features Of the bill will be the
most fully discussed, and that most OF the
other schedules, with the possible excep-
tion of the flax and linen schedules. will
be passed over very rapidly. but on none
of these schedules will there be any more
time consumed than Is deemed absolutely
necessary for a businessike understanding
of the respective paragraphs under consid-
Grafton.
He said that 1t was impossible for him
to make an, estimate of the length Of time
GRAFTON of the bill, but he could say with
absolute sincerity that there was no pur-
pose on the part of democrats to cause de-
lay.
This statement may be accepted as rep
resenting. without equivocation, the policy
OF the democrats. and there is every reason
to encourage the hope of early action. 1t
does not mean that the bill will be rushed
through as fast as it can be read, but that
the general purpose will be to consume no
more time than seems necessary.
The progress made yesterday, far from
being discouraging, indicates a purpose to
get ahead with the work. A mathematical
calculation on the proposition that If it
took two hours to dispose Of the borax
paragraph. how long will 1t take to get
through the whole bill? would be mislead
ing. There is always a disposition to dwell
longer over the paragraphs at the start.
and the fact that any vote at all was had
yesterday Indicates a purpose from the
Senate point of view. to hurry.
Many paragraphs will provoke almost no
debate at ALL and the disposition to linger
over question, where issue is really
Joined. Usually grows less as the debate
advances when there Is no actual purpose
to cause delay.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
Greece Protests Against the Indem-
nifty Demanded by Turkey.
TURKS THREATEN CONFlSCATlON
Warn the Peasants to Return and
% Gather Their Crops.
ANOTHER PANIC AT LAMA

ATHENS. May 27.-The Greek govern
ment has sent a memorandum to the pow
ers protesting against the indemnity de-
manded by Turkey. and also protesting
against the proposed rectification Of the
Greek frontier.
1t Is reported that the Turks have con-
fscated 1,25OOO0 bushels Of wheat ct Volo,
and that the Turkish commander has is
sutd proclamation calling upon the peas
ants to return and gather the harvest rr
their crops will be confscated.
Another Panic ut Lnmia.
ATHENS, May 27.-Advices from Lamia
today say that fresh panic prevails there.
ard that people are fleeing from the city
and 6eserting their children.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
Mr. Shields Resigns.

The Commissioners today accepted the
resignation of Mr.. ]. Van Allen Shields
private secretary to Commissioner Wight
and transferred Franch c. Roach OF the
assessment division to the position. Mr.
VIM. H. O'Neill was appointed to the
vacancy created by the promotion Of Mr..
Roach.
The resignation of Mr.. Shields was &C.
cepted with much regret by the Commits
sfoners. Since assuming the duties of Sec
retary. MIR. Shields has won for himself the
regard Of all who were brought in contact
with him. He leaves at once to accept the
lucrative position of assistant manager of
the Columbia Graphophone Company, In
st. Louis, Mo.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
NEW SCHEME OF THE POPS.
To Build q Railroad From Nebraska
to the Gulf.

To Build a Railroad From Nebraska
to the Gulf.
MANKATEE, Kan, May 27.-Two thou
sand populists held an Indignation meet
iEg here 10 discuss railroad freight rates
and the meeting afforded Gov. Leedy an
opportunity to spring surprise upon the
people of Kansas. After referring to the
recent Supreme Court decision further cur
failing the authority of the interstate COM
merce commission, he declared that the
time had come for the people of the west
to act. and he stated that they must them
selves furnish needed relief from exorbitant
freight rates.
Thereupon he proceeded to outline q plan
which. he said. had been maturing for four
months. He announced that he appeared
before the meeting as the representative
to go into partnership with the public in
the building of q railroad from some point
In central Nebraska through Kansas, Okla
homa. Indian Territory to the gulf.
He said the company he spoke Of was
able and ready to complete the road, pro-
Vlded the public would take the majority
interest in 1t, and that the public need not
put up one cent until the railroad should
De completed. The proposition is that the
states and municipalities interested shall
hold the majority of stock. The men asso-
ciated with him did not propose to take in
any outside capital save that of the states
oHu municipalities which would be In the
majority. and they proposed to run the road
themselves or to allow the majority inter-
ests to run 1t. The stocks and bonds OF
the company 1t is proposed to issue
through the Texas railroad commissioners
or those OF the other states owning 1t. as
1t might be agreed.
Prominent Texans, the governor said. had
expressed willingness to take hold Of the
scheme. and he believed that Texas is will
ing 10 invest some of her surplus school
1unds In securing more equitable freight
rates.
~ IS also claimed. too, that the 1900 con-
flcts IN Iexas could be put to work on the
Ioadped' the state receiving pay for their
labor In first mortgage bonds.
The governors plan was entbusi.st,o.,,,,
>-ANAANAASeASdiiy
Evening star., 1897-05-27
tdInIy, repIled MT. Reed, terSely
The Speaker Sustained,
THE sUNDRY CIyU, RIt1
Final Conference Report Was Agreed
10 In the Senate.

FINAL Conference Report Was Agreed
10 In the Senate.
The attende nee in the Sc nate galleries is
gradually falling off, owing to the long nre
lude of routine business preceding the tar
III debate and the avoidance of tariff
speeches. Only the front rows were oc-
cupled when the session opened today.
Ihe hnal conference report on the sundry
civil Dill was taken up. an agreement hay-
ing been made to vote at pm
The report was agreed to after consjd-
cradle Gebate, 30 to 25
The main questions involved in the renor,
related to the suspension until March
next of President Cleveland's procIama-
tlon embracing large areas as forest re-
ser segves ,sa making Immediately available s2.-
,555 Tor contract work on the Mississippi
river, and appropriatins SO 900 for the I'M
provement Of Pearl harbor, Hawaii.
ihe question of forest reserves was d.s-
cussed at length.
The senator's affected by the forestry
order. urged the rejection of the entire
conference report and an absolute s,rsuen
sion OF the Presidents order Mr. Cannon
Vi tan referred to the order as barbarous
and fnhuman, and Mr.. Stewart of Nevada
characterized 1t as disgrace to American
clvilization and the worst outrage of the
last half century,"
Mr.. Pettigrew asserted that the order was
the result Of the Ignorance of Grover
Cleveland" He said that In South Dakota
the area included as part OF the forest re-
serve contained seventeen post offices. 49,
OO0 people and fifty miles of railroad. He
urged, also. that the Academy of Science.
which recommended this act, should be re-
buked. and he favored the defeat of the
sundry civil bill rather than have the order
stand.
When Mr.. Allison said this was the best
arrangement that could be made with the
House, Mr.. Tillman Is. c. calculated: !:
ON. they have no House over there. any
way. They have one man running it,"
Mr.. Berry of Arkansas said the Missis-
sippi river item and other important feat
ures of the bill would be jeopardized by a
rejection of the report
The vote was then taken and the final
conference report was agreed to-yeas. 81;
Yeas-Aldrich. Allison. Bate. Canfery.
Chandler, Cullom. Deboe. Fairbanks. Faux
ner. Gear. Gray. Hanna, Hansbrough.
Hawley. Kenney, Lindsay. McEnery. Nor
gan. Pasco. Perkins. Pettus, Platt Comm }.
Platt (New York;. Pritchard. Proctor, Quay,
Spconer. Turpie. Vest, Walthall, yelling
ton, Wetmore-32.
Nays-Bacon. Butler. Cannon. Carter,
lKan.), Heitfeld. Jones (Ark-). Jones (NevD,
Kyle. Mcmillan. Mallory, Mantle. Petit
grew, Rawlins. Roach, Shoup Stewart,
Tillman, White, Wilson-25.
Tariff Taken Up.
The tariff bill was taken up at o'clock
and the formal consideration of the meas
ure by paragraphs was proceeded with.
Mr.. Vest (Mo.) moved an amendment to
paragraph TO- SO as to dx the rate on crude
bcrax at 1k cents, and on refined borax at
2 cents per pound. After brief debate the
amendment was disagreed to without di-
vision.
The committee substitute was then agreed
to fixing borax at cents per pound bo-
rates OF lime or soda cents and cents.
Evening star., 1897-05-27
baltimore Markcfs.

BALTIMORE. May S.--Flour dull, unchanged
receipts, u.3o4 barrels; exports, none; sales, 80
harreis Wheat dull ard easy-spot and month.
nS bid; July. I2sai2A; August, 6s,sa6s%-re-
cepts, 500 bushels: exports. 90 O00 bushels stock
1874 bushels; sales, 1900 bushels southern
wheat by sample. ssas4. Corn easy-.pot, ysysae3;
August, 2st.a29; September, 2y% asked; steamer
mixed, s7a21A-receIpts Iss. 10 bushels: exports.
6s572 bushels. stock, 635 90 bushels: smiles. 237
600 bushels-southesu white corn. 33asSh; do. yei-
low. 30 asked Oats frm.No. 2 white, 2sa2s,s.
porfs none: stock, 7.9S3 bushels. Rye easy-No
2 nearby, S9EaseE; No. western. soa40h
ceipts, g. S26 bushes: exports stock 1872 0Os
bushels. Hay steady-choice Timothy, sl3.Usa
$14.00. Grain freights very dull, unchanged. Su-
whisky unchanged.
Evening star., 1897-05-27

Of money which the court said was due
from him. He said that he would stay In
Jail indefinitely rather than pay the money.
He stayed just twenty-four days and then
he settled u0-
In course of conversation with q Star
reporter yesterday he said:
Mr.. Chapman Is trying to pess this all
of az joke, but | can tell you he will find
In time that il is not such an awfuily
funny one. Take my own case. for in
stance. i didn't have quite month OF 1T,
but I'm not over il yet. and the doctor tells
me | never will be. / got my system so
thoroughly saturated with malaria that
am but a shadow of my former self.
The Mighty Specials.
The funniest thing about the whole case.
however. IS to look up to the Mountain of
Superiority frcm which the special corre
spondents of some of the New York news
papers look down upon all things Wash
ingtonian- They are from New York. you
know. and it's not their fault. For a great
many New Workers the great round world
of life and all its interests is bounded en-
the r0rkh NV tia ~ -iem river on the east
Evening star., 1897-05-27
IOWA GOLD DEMOCRATS.

VIII Meet In Convention July Twin
Not support Chicago Platform.
DES MONIES. Iowa, May 27.-Tbe gold
standard democratic state committee held
conference here yesterday. all parts OF
the state being represented Chairman ".
c. Mullen of Cedar Rapids presided
1t was decided to hold a convention In
Des Moines July II, two weeks after the
Bryan democratic convention. The sense
Of the conference was that the national
democrats cannot support any indorsement
of the Chicago platform. -
Evening star., 1897-05-27
MAY BRING FACTORIES HERE
Tariff On Dynamite Liable tn R-,r,
In EnRliMh Manufactn.a..

O-sDoN' May 21.-At meeting of
shareholders Of the Nobel dynamite tr7,st
today, the chairman, in his open;np .d-
dress. spoke OF the Injurious effects ,,u,n
the trusts business of the protective tar
iHs OF Mexico and the United States. r..
In regard to the latter country. the chair
man said the directors were considerine
Lae tne establishment of dynamite factories
me United States, and one site had alreadv
Deen secured In suitable locality.
rms may require an important increaaa
O. capital, probably $500, 600 No definite
meeting. at the
Evening star., 1897-05-27
Tariff Taken I'm,
FORAKER POOLING BILL.
The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce FavOrs 1t.

Commerce tavOfs 1t.
The Senate committee on interstate COM
merce practically agreed today upon the
final amendments to tie Foraker pooling
bill. which there will be an effort to have
reported at the next meeting of the COM
mite. to be held week from today. The
votes taken ON amendments today leave
little doubt that the committees recon-
mendation will be favorable to the meas
ure when reported. The bill has bacn per
fected. and would have been rsposted to-
day but for the opposition Of Senator
Chandler. who Is antagonistic to any pooil
ing bill. He made q speech before the
committee denouncing railroad pools as
Evening star., 1897-05-27
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today. as reported
by Corson & Mccartney. members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents.
Evening star., 1897-05-27

Grain and Cotton Markets.
Furnished by W. B. Hibbs g. Co., bankers
and brokers. 1927 St., members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg. Thalmann & Co.. New York
Evening star., 1897-05-27

Want ads. in The Star pay because
they bring answers. -,
Evening star., 1897-05-27
stcamshlp Arrivals.

At New York-Burgundia, from Mar.
settles; Phoenieta. from Hamburg.
Evening star., 1897-05-27

It matters little what II ID that You want
whether q situation or seryant-S
want ad. In The Star WIN reach ths
person who can nu your need. :
Evening star., 1897-05-27
>. Government Bonds.
Quotatfona raportad hy Corsan G. Macart=

Vuolatiohs reported by Corson q Nacart-
ney, bankers.