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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
WILL MEET IN CAUCUS
Republican Senators to Consider Porto
Rican Problem.
Proposed TO Admit American Goods
Into the Island Free of Duty
Hope of Agreement.

The republicans of the Senate are more
hopeful than they were yesterday of reach
ing an agreement by which the Porto Rican
bill can be put through the Senate A eau
Gus is to be held by the republican senators
Immediately after adjournment today The
proposition will be submitted for adoption
by the caucus to substitute for the tariff
provision of the bill the proposition to ad-
init American goods free into Porto Rico
and to collect the proposed 10 per cent DUTY
ON Porto Rican goods coming into our
ports, the duties SO collected to be for the
use OF Porto Rico; and to adopt the civil
government bill with omission of the pro-
vision for delegate to Congress.
Ihere has been a great deal of beating
back and forth over this question, and it is
still possible that the opposition to such a
compromise may be tenacious and prevent
almost worn themselves out with confer
ences, and should this compromise fail
there will be strong disposition on the
part OF some of those supporting it now
from Porto Rico.
1t is said that friends of Mr.. QUAY will
try to avail themselves tof the caucus to-
DAY TO nave a time agreed on for vote
ability, however, of this meeting with any
success.
So far there has been no departure from
amicable feeling among senator's and there
Is Is "a noticeable disposition to reconcile all
differences in the interest of party har-
mony. In this desire the President is
known to join heartily, but he has told
senators who have visited him that he was
equally anxious that certain principles
should remain inviolate in the settlement
He urges among other things the retention
of the House principle of protection and
the establishment of a civil government.
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chises The establishment of the gold
standard into law was still its all important
ana essential feature. This law would. he
s saiu. become the foundation of the business
prosperity of the country
mas the Secretary Of the Treasury the
power to redeem silver dollar in gold
under the amalgamated bin?" asked Mr..
Shafroth (ColD
He has not replied Mr.. Overstreet.
and he did not have the power under the
original House BILL
Under this bill will private obligations
! be made payable in gold?" inquired Mr.
Snodsrass (Tenn.).
Under section of the original House
bill,' replied Mr. Overstroet, public and
private debts were made eonfornable TO the
gold standard. That section is omitted from
the report; first. because il is a question
IN law whether 1t would not be retroactive
and. second. because having fixed the gold
standard and recognized it by converting
all public obligations into gold obligations
there Will be no necessity to legislate con-
cerning private obligations as they will
invariably reflect the character of govern
ment obligations"
Mr.. Williams Qll.) asked whether it would
not be impossible in case an international
plmetaiilc agreement was reached to es.
cape paying the refunded thirty-year per
cent gold bonds in gold, and such being the
case whether the bill could be considered
an encouragement to international bimetal-
lism.
Effect on international BimctaIlism
THE bonds could only be paid in gold"
responded Mr.. Overstrect. This bill
holds out not the slightest hope of inter-
national bimetaliism under present condi-
tions. / say frankly that this bill will make
1t practically and absolutely impossible ever
to have international bimetallism at the
ratio of 16 to L. (Applause)
Mr.. McRae Ark) followed Mr.. Overstreet
with general argument in opposition to
the principles embodied in the bill. 1t was
ne explained. speech prepared by him for
delivery during the consideration of the
original bill. He was prevented from de-
livering 1t at that time, owing to a severe
Illness
Mr.. Lewis (Ga) also spoke against the
conference report, particularly against the
imposition of the gold standard, the arbi-
trary authority given the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell the bonds and maintain
the gold standard and the funding of the
national debt
Mr.. Fitzgerald (Mass) spoke of the fire.
quency of national bank failures and cited
those recently occurring in Boston.
He dwelt particularly on the condition of
anafrs In the Globe National Bank and
asked what protection people had when the
government bank examiner pronounced the
institution all right at the time the irregu-
larities ware going on.
Mr.. Hill of Connecticut supported the con-
ference report in a carefully prepared
speech setting forth the present financial
conditions and the relief to BE- expected
from the bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
DISTRESS At MAFEKISG.
Garrison Reduced to Horse FLESH
Natives Are Starving

LONDON, March ia dispatch to the
Times from Mafeking, dated Monday,
March ). says:
The garrison at that place were then feel
ing acutely the stress Of the si.ge. They
were reduced TO the use of horsefiesh and
bread made from horse forage, while the
water was parasitically contaminated. Ty-
phoid, dysentery and diphtheria were cpl
demie. but it was impossible to isolate the
victims The sufferings of the women and
cinidren were terrible, and there were
deaths in the women's lager daily The
native population was starving
The military operations were progressing
fayorably. They had been extended TO the
completely expelled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
MIR. SHELDON'S FIRST PAPER.
Subscription List Kept the Presses
Running Till Noon Today.

TOPEKA. Kan. March 13.-The first issue
OF the Sheldon edition of the Topeka Capital
went to press at 2:31 o'clock this morning,
twenty-three minutes earlier than the usual
time. Mr.. Sheldon stayed in the office until
the pr-ss started, and carried home with
him the first copy of the paper. All the
mails We're caught and the press was kept
running until about noon today, printing
something over 100000 copies The rest of
the edition will be printed in Chicago and
New York, for which matrices will be sent
daily. The management of the paper says
the mailing list and city circulation now
contain 800, 900 copies, and that fresh orders
are coming by every mail: p. 600 yesterday
Mr.. Sheldon was at his desk again at S:2J
clock this morning. The paper is not sat
isfactory to the regular subscribers and
outside papers have been bought freely to-
GaV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
THE REFORM SCHOOL.
Amendments to the Incorporating Act
Proposed.

Amendments to the IncOrporatfns Act
Proposed.
Mr.. Mcmillan introduced in the Senate
today a bill to amend the act incorporating
the reform school for girls of the District
of Columbia. 1t provides for the following
amendments:
THAT said board of trustees shall have
authority to appoint such officers, agents.
teachers and other employees as may be
necessary, and fix the rate of compensation
of the same, subject to the approval of the
Attorney General
The board of trustees is also authorized
to make all rules, &c. for the government
of the institution. The board is given
power to transfer temporarily to the work
house of the District for a period not ex-
ceeding six months any inmate of the
school who is over the age of eighteen
years, but has not reached the age of twen-
nitely criminal or incapable of reform so as
to endanger the discipline or morality of
the school, or in case such girl has been
committed to the school upon an order of
court the board Of trustees may, in their
discretion, redeliver her to said court for
such other disposition as the court may
think proper.
The trustees now report to the Commits
sioners instead of to the Attorney General
One object of the bill is to reduce from
eighteen to siXten years the statutory age
limit for admission to the school, on the
ground that the criminal character of
woman often becomes indelible before
the age of eighteen years is reached.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
NO CHANGE IN CONVENTION DATE.
Democratic subcommittee Satisfied
with Rate to knnsns City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 15.-After
session lasting until 80 oclock this morn
ing, the subcommittee of the democratic
national committee met again today at 10
o'clock, and resumed the discussion of plans
for the national convention in July. 1t was
decided that when the committee adjourns
Its meeting here. which will likely not oc-
cur before tomorrow, it would be to some
time in May.
Discussing the subject with the local rail-
road committee, the subcommittee decided
that it could not change the date for hold
ing the convention from July without the
consent of the entire committee, and the
opinion was expressed that no change of
date will be made The rate submitted by
the railroad committee was passed upon as
satisfactory. The rate Is the same as that
given the republican national convention at
PHILADELPHIA
Ex-Gov. William ]. Stone, a member of
the committee, when asked by reporter
regarding the possibility of Benjamin Har-
rison contesting with President Mckinley
for the republican nomination said:
That's all stuff and nonsense. Mckinley
will be renominated by acclamation. No
other candidate will even be mentioned.
Then We'll beat him..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
SMITH RELEASED FROM JAIL.
Aged Frederick County Farmer
Charged With Poisoning His Wife.

Special Dispatch to The EverinG Star.
FREDERICK, Nd, March 13.-Henry
Smith, the aged farmer of Wolfsville, this
county, who has been in Jail here since
February is charged with poisoning his
wife. Malinda Smith, was released from
the custody of the sheriff last night. Smith
had been in jail awaiting the result of an
analysis of the vital organs of the dead
woman, which was conducted by Prof. VIM.
T. Tonry, state chemist.
Prof. Tonry reported to States Attorney
Worthington that he was not able to find
any trace of poison, except some traces of
opium in the stomach, but this came from
the paregoric administered to check the ex
cessive vomiting. A clot of blood large
as small walnut was found in the brain.
This was due to ruptured blood vessel
When released Smith wept like a child.
He shook hands with all the Jail officials
and thanked them profusely, saying at the
time that he had dreamed that he would be
set free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
MAYOR HAYES SUMMONED.
Maryland Legislature Appoints Conn
mittee to Investigate Charges.


Special Dispatch to The Evering Star.
STATE HOUSE, Annapolis, Nd, March
13.-Mayor Hayes of Baltimore, having de-
liberately charged that corrupt lobby Is
operating at the state house to prevent
legislation favorable TO the city, the house
of delegates today directed the sergeant-at-
arms to summon Mr. Hayes to appear here
tomorrow to tell all he knows TO a commit
tee which has been appointed to investi-
gate the charges.
The charges made by the mayor have
aroused great indignation among the MEM
bers. who say that he must either prove
what he has said or retract 1t before the
bar of the house. All sorts of reports have
been current here during the past few days
about corruption in regard to the telephone
bill and the measure to reduce the price of
gas In Baltimore to 81 per thousand feet.
Accusations of attempted bribery have
been rife among the members, and the lead
ing men in both houses say that they in
tend to have :he whole business investf-
gated. and il any one is guilty swift pun
ishment will follow Up to the present time
$50 bills have been introduced. of which
about fifty have become laws. As only
three weeks remain of the present session,
it is probable that a large proportion of
these bills will fatl to pass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
A SPIRITED CONTROVERSY.
Dispute I'm Committee Over Idaho Min
ing Inquiry.

There was spirited controversy at the
outset of the Occur d'Alene investigation
today. when Representative Lentz called
attention to kilograms given out by the
War Department in which capitalists asked
for protection to their interests in the min
ing country. He said that in view of these
publications the committee ought to have
the affidavits presented by Senators Carter
and Heitfeld to the President in which
prominent officers of the mining and labor
stated that martial law was
unnecessary In the Occur d'Alene district
The committee finally went into executive
session on Mr. Lentz's proposition and de-
cided not to call on the President for the
atfidavitS.
AT the open hearing the cross-examina-
tion OF l.. j. Simpkins developed many addi-
uonal incidents of the disorder. but in the
main the witness held to the recital given
on his direct eXamina ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
HAD A HARD FIGHT.
Boers Made sharp Opposition to Rob-
erts Last Sunday

DRIEFONTE1N, Orange Free State Sum
day, March 11.-Gen. Roberts advance yes
terday across the scorching plains from
Poplar Grove to this place was marked by
the most severe engagement since crossing
the Modder river. The Beers stubbornly
contested every foot Of ground. only fleeing
at dusk. when Lord Roberts threw most of
his troops against the center of their weak
ened line.
AT the point where Col. Broadwood turned
the Boer left he found himself under the
FIRE OF their nine-pounder. The Beers. how
ever. ultimately hoisted the white flag
When Col Broadwood advanced ne Vas
surprised to find the Beers had taken ad
vantage OF the cessation of fire to escape in
the darkness The Transvaal prisoners
showed they were entirely surprised by
Lord Roberts tactics ~
A Free Slater whose house President
Kruger occupied during the Boer flight
from Osfontein said he complained to The
President about the depredations of the
piled: &C
No wonder We are beaten The burpbers
entered into the war to fight for a right
sous cause. but now they have deyeIoped
INTO horse and cattle stealers."
Gen. Joubert at Glencoe.
LADfsMiTH, Monday, March 12-The
main BODY OF the enemy Is in position at
Biggarsberg. Gen. Jouber. Is al Glencoe.
There Is reason to believe that few Beers
are at Dundee. though the place ia well
fortified. - "e'i
Gen. White Reaehe. Durham.
DURBAN, Monday. March 12.-Gep Sir
George Stewart White has arrived here
and embarked upon a transport for eas,
London. Se
FRENCH VIEW ON MEDIATION.
Only Offers From Germany OF Anerfc.
Would Avail.
PARIS, March ia representative OF
the Associated Press has secured from a
responsible mouthpiece OF the French gov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
IN PORTO RICAx PORTS.
Vessels Entered and Cleared During
American Occupation.


The War Department gave out for pub
lication today the following statement Of
the number of foreign vessels, their ton
mage and the flags under which they sailed
which entered and cleared at the several
ports Of the Island of Porto Rico from the
date of American occupation until Decem-
ber 81, 1899:
Vessels entered-American, 443; tonnage,
39s.0S5. Spanish, 254; tonnage 496512. Ger
man. 1877; tonnage, 2i4. 40. French, ia: ton
mage, 81, 429. British, 2g4: tonnage, ia. .4s5
Italian. 16; tonnage, 1890. Norwegian, "a;
tonnage, 1890. Cuban. 10; tsnnage, 13,O70.
Dominican: II; tonnage, e9f Dutch II;
tonnage, 621. Portuguese, 1 : tonnage, 4S5.
Venezuelan. 6; tonnage, 40 Haitian, /; tom
mage, I: Danish, o; tonnage, 75s.
Vessels cleared-American, 4399; tonnage,
;s4, III; Spanish, 151; tonnage 31s, ,29O. Ger
man. III; tonnage, 207, 454. French, ia; ton
mage, 10o,57s. British, z11; tonnage. 10. 753
Italian. 16: tonnage. 81, 1,sga. Cuban. 16; ton
mage. 2o,S15. Norwegian. 16; tonnage, TO- 734
Danish. .; tonnage. 7S1. Dutch, 12; tonnage,
8S4 Dominican. IA: tonnage, 544. Portu-
guese, /: tonnage, 4S5. Venezuelan, 8; ton
mage, 410.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
Roberts May Not Reach
Bloemfontein Today.
FRENC B MEETS OPPOSITION
Reinforcements Semitic His Position
at the Front.
THE SITUATION ELSEWHERE

LONDON, March 13, 4:41 pm.-In the
house of lords today the premier, Lord
Salisbury, read the British government $
reply to Presidents Kruger and Steyn. The
concluding sentence Is as follows:
Her majestys government can only an
swer your hOnors' telegram by saying it Is
not prepared to assent to the independence
of either the South African republic or the
Orange Free State
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

French Governments Attitude Re-
garding New Commercial Treaty.

PARIS, March 13.-The French govern
ment has not Yet received a request from
Washington 10 extend the time for the rati-
fication of the commercial treaty, but it is
willing that more time shall be taken if
America wishes it.
representative of the Associated Press
was Informed by the foreign office that
France fully appreciated the Senate's COM
plate freedom of action, and did not
see in the proposed reference of the
treaty to the finance committee any step
inimcal to its prospects. On the contrary,
the French government was confident that
the same good will would be shown in the
finance as in the foreign relations commit
tee. Meanwhile, however, no action would
be taken here because little doubt is felt
that the treaty can be ratified in Paris In
time if its ratification is assured in WASH
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
Serious Floods Prevailing in Northern
Part of Illinois.
VALUABLE PROPERTY DESTROYED
Three Hundred Families Take to
Hills at Havana.
TRAINS LATE AT VANCOUVER

CHICAGO. March 13.-Reports received
here today show that serious floods are pre-
vailing In the northern portion of Illinois
by the overlooking of the Illinois Des
PLANES. Fox. Sangamon and Kankakee riv-
ers Much live stock and properly have al
ready been destroyed
At La Sale the Illinois river and tribu.
tary streams are now fourteen feet above
normal height and still rising Not since
1892 has there been SO much water in that
vicinity. and if the rivers continue to rise
during the next twenty-four hours the
damage to property will be enormous One
pump at the water works is already shut
down, the engineers are working IN twenty
inches of water, and Superinten endent
Walker says that one foot more of water
will mean the stoppage of the entire plant,
thus placing the city in jeopardy from fire.
The fires in the engine room of the Dickfu-
son cement works were extingushed and
the klns flooded. William ChapIn and FAM
lily were driven from their home, and water
stands foot deep on the floors of the SUM
mer cottages.
Easements Flooded in Peru.
At Peru Water street is flooded and store
Easements are filled with water. doing much
damage to merchants reserve stocks Fears
are entertained that the fires of the big I'LL /,
nois Zinc Company's works may be reached
by the rapidly rising water, which already
covers parts of the company's premises. =
General Manager W. B. Brinton has taken
every precaution against the inundation of
the Peru plow works. II the water should
rise two feet higher 800 workmen at that
factory will be thrown out of employment
AT Peoria the Illinois river is out Of its
banks and is doing considerable damage
along the valley 1t is still rising. This
usually staid stream has risen more than
two feet in the last six hours mostly caused I
by the rapidly melting SHOWS Of the last
few days. Today the floating ice formed a
gorge, backing up the water 10 such an
extent that families living along the river
banks were in danger of their lives and
some property was destroyed.
At Havana the Herget levee on the Sam
300 families to flee to higher ground Much
stock has been lost.
Family on an Ice FIoe.
\ family living an island at the Juno
tion of the Kankakee and Des PLANES riy-
ers had narrow escape. An ice gorge
formed above the island and broke The re-
leased waters submerged the entire island
and the family found refuge on a large
cake Of ice and We're carried several miles
down stream before being rescued The
house and all the stock were DESTROYED
AT Pontiac the Nermillion river is higher
than 1t has been for the last twenty years
Several negro families had narrow es-
cape from drowning and were compelled to
cave their residences for safety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

Rev. Frederic Doerr. pastor of ST. Ste
phen's Lutheran Churchse Wilmington, Del
is in the city, tho guestkof DR.. Charles f.
Keim, 2a24 18th street Northwest.
Mr.. Daniel N. Kiapp kf 114O 18th street
northwest is quite ill from severe attack
of erysipelas. He has been confined to his
bed for a week.
Mr.. ]. H. Kuehling has been confined to
his bed, quite Ill, at his home near Mt.
Vernon. Va, since last "Wednesday.
Parkinson will be at home tomorrow al
1l25 18th street northwest,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
A HALL OF RECORDS SITE.
Bill Introduced for the Acquisition of
Square 229,

Mr.. Teller has introduced in the Senate.
by request, bill to authorize the acuuisi-
ton of square 229, bounded by Ohio avenue.
14th, 18th and c streets, as site for a hall
of records. This square contains 42.617
square feet of ground, for the purchase of
which $4,000 is appropriated by the bill.
This square faces 164 feet on Ohio avenue.
no feet on 14th street and 81 feet on c
street. The bill recites that besides the
smaller buildings on this square is the Cv-
ciorama building and annex. containing
over 6O0O0 cubic feet of space. suitable for
the immediate storage of government rec
OrdS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

FLOODS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
No Trains Have Reached Vancouver
Since Last Sunday

VANCOUVER, B. c., March 13-No over
land train has arrived here since Sunday.
all traffic being suspended by mud and
snow slides in the interior. Heavy snow
slides are reported from the Selkirk noun
tains, carrying down trees and. immense
rocks, sweeping away the cut bank truss
bridge, $50 feet long, between Bear creek
and Six Mile creek.
From Sandon comes the news of an even
more serious disaster. A landslide demol-
ished six houses in the lower part of the
town, burying one of the tenants, VIM.
Mcleod, beneath the mass of debris, which
crushed the houses as if they had been
egg shells. Three other occupants of the
dwelling Were seriously injured. and half a
dozen sustained lesser injuries.
Delayed overland passengers will go
through today, transferring around the
break in the line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

Will Be Second in Command on the
Asiatic Station.


Asiatic Station.
Rear Admiral Kempff, at present COM
mandant of the Mare Island navy yard,
today telegraphed the Navy Department his
acceptance of the offer Of second in COM
mand on the Asiatic station. As a matter
Of fact. Rear Admiral Kempffs command
will very nearly approach an Independent
station. Rear Admiral Remey the nominal
commandant of the entire naval force on
the Asiatic station, is expected to remain
in the Philippines, while Rear Admiral
Kempn will have a separate squadron
cruising on the Chinese and Japanese
coasts.
The re-establishment of the force on the
China station may be a significant fact in
view of the repeated hints from European
sources of hostiHties on so large a scale
that they threaten to involve Asia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13

BUDAPEST, March 13.-During the ses-
sion today of the lower house of the diet a
man named Stefan Lippert rose in the gal
lery, called out Long live Hungary" Great
ing a semi-panic. and threw a petition In
the midst of the members asking the en-
peror-king to intervene IN the South Az
rican war Immediately. He was arrested
and his sanity will be investigated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
Cuba. Exhfbits I'm Paris.

NEW YORK, March 13-Cuba's exhibits
for the Paris exposition reached this city
today on board the United States transport
Buford, from Havana The exhibits COM
prised 100 large cases, which will he for
warded TO Havre by an early steamer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-13
To Repeal the Horton Law.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 13.-The house
bill repeating the Horton boxing law was
reported favorably TO the senate today