The Evening star.(Washington D.C.) 1906-05-20 [p ].€¦ · SIX PARTS fadoding Star's Sunday MagazJ ud ColoredComicSection. No. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1906 FIVE

SIX PARTS fadoding Star's Sunday MagazJ ud Colored Comic Section. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1906 FIVE CENTS, No. LOWER HOUSE DIVIDED Factions in the New Russian st Parliament. CONSERVATIVES SUSPECTED Deemed Too Moderate by the Extremists. NEW PARTY MAY BE FORMED Mouromtseff the Guest of Honor on Yesterday's Visit to Peterhof .Politics Avoided. 8T PETERSBURG. May 19..Tlic week closes with suspense over what the next few days will bring forth, but it already is certain that Emperor Nicholas and the gov¬ ernment do not regard the address of the lower house in reply to the speech from the throne as an ultimatum beyond the de¬ mand for amnesty, which the emperor will seek to satisfy. Partial pardon for political offenders and the other demands of the ad¬ dress will be considered declarations of opinion upon which the emperor is not called to pass until they find expression by legislative enactment. The trio of President Mouromtseff of the lower house to Peterhof today, as had been anticipated, was productive of no changes lit the situation. Though the .leader of the house received the utmost consideration and was singled out by the emperor for special attentions the eublect of the address was, by tacit understiuiding, avoided. Members «>f the cabinet who attended the gala lunch¬ eon, though greeting M. Mouromtseff with the fullest cordiality, also refrained from referring to politics. Mouromtseff Guest of Honor. As l'ar as the rules of precedence permit¬ ted, M. Mouromtseff was the guest of h< nor. On the arrival of the special train with the members of the cabinet, M. Mour- emtseff was seated in the first carriage; he was ushered to a front place during the Te Deum in the chapel, and at the luncheon was seated between Minister ot War Fudlger and Minister of Finance Ko- kcvsofT and near the emperor, who ad- <h cssed much of his conversation to him. The date of President Mouromtseff's au¬ dience of the emperor to present the ad¬ dress lias not been determined. In case he is not summoned to Peterhof Monday par¬ liament will meet that day, but though rhe radicals are rampant In spirit their lead¬ ers are determined to hold the house In leash and not permit outbreaks until Pre¬ mier Gorenikln has delivered a general statement of the government's policy, which was under consideration during a ten-hour conference between the emperor and the premier on Friday. Division in the House. The moderation of the constitutional dem- ocratU; leaders has already brought them under tlie ban of the extremists. Several social democrats and social revolutionary organizations have solemnly arraigned the party for betraying the cause of freedom by not Insisting on direct secret and equal suffrage In the address In reply to the speech from the throne. The radicals of the house are expected to break away and form separate party groups." The chiefs of the majority, however, will not shed tears over tnelr departure, as their nominal mem¬ bership to the party, owing to their intem¬ perance and fanaticism. Is an embarrass¬ ment rather than a help. The government certainly does not in¬ tend to yield to the demands of parliament, but the desire to avoid a conflict is becom¬ ing Increasingly evident. It seems that the policy of the government, while conced¬ ing the minimum demands, is to compel parliament by pacific assurances to assume responsibility for a fresh hostile initiative. A DIPLOMATIC PROBLEM. Allegation That Japan Has Conten¬ tion Ahead Over Korea. TOKIO. May 19..Keen interest has been aroused here over an unpublished allega¬ tion that Japan Is confronted by a delicate "ilplomatlc problem respecting Korea, Rus¬ sia being determined to Ignore the Japa¬ nese-Korean treaty and the Japanese pro¬ tectorate over Korea, contending that the treaty of Portsmouth recognizes the Inde¬ pendence of Korea. According to rumor the British and Ger¬ man governments are supporting Japan, ¦while the. United States and France are eiler.t. * DISTRICT MAN INJURED. Express Employe's Foot Crushed and Subsequently Amputated. Special Dispatch to The Stur. BALTIMORE, Md.. May 19.-J. G. Mor¬ gan, of 1244 C street northeast, Washington, D. C., and an employe of the Adams Ex¬ press Company, had his right foot ampu¬ tated today at the Homeopathic Hospital. Morgan fell from a P., B. and W. train last night and hail the foot so badly crushed that It was deemed Imperative to perform un o|>eratlor. He is reported as resting easily tonight. The name of J. G. Morgan does not ap¬ pear in the Washington City directory. POPE HAS THE GOUT. Ordered by His Doctor to Remain in Bed Several Days. ROME, May 19..When Dr. Iâpponi vis¬ ited the popo this morning he found his pa¬ tient in an Improved condition of health, although the pontiff passed a somewhat restless night as the result of his attack of gout. Owing to a slight rise in his tempera¬ ture Dr. I>apponl ordered the pope to re¬ main In bed for several days. Although the condition of the pope is not grave some apprehension Is felt at the fre¬ quency of the gouty attacks through ex¬ posure to cold, disordered digestion an<l fatigue. The present attack seems to have had its origin through the pope walking to St. Peter's last Sunday for the beati¬ fication of Julie Biliiart. Returning to his apartment from St. Peters, his holiness ¦was quite warm, nnd in passing through the thlck-walled Vatican courtyards, where the atmosphere is damp, he refused to put on his cloak. With the first symptoms of the trouble the pope refused to rest and take proper care of himself and Insisted on giving long and fatiguing audiences to all the dignitaries of the Dominican order. The gout, w<hich previously had only at¬ tacked his foot, has now reached the pope's left knee, which is considerably swollen and gives him acute paln.2 Consld- eiable inflammation is present. The tem¬ perature of his holiness today was 99. Dr. Lapponl visited his patient again this even- in*. PROGRESS OF WORK ON THE CONNECTICUT AVENUE BRIDGE. (Bv a Staff Photographer.) Shooting Affray at Virginia End of Aqueduct Bridge. INQUEST TO BE HELD TODAY Result of a Quarrel Which Began in Washington. SHOT BY CONSTABLE VEITCH John Jones, a Colored Man, Killed While Undertaking to "Shoot Up" Crow's Hill. One man was killed and two others wounded, one probably fatally, last even¬ ing. in the course of a shooting oftray at the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge. "Uncle John" Jones, colored, seventy years old. It la said, started the trouble when he essayed to "slioot up" all of Crow's Hill In Rosslyn. He was himself killed by Con¬ stable Edward Vietch. Jones severely wounded Terry Godsey, also colored, thirty- five years old, and slightly wounded Ras- tus Ransom, twenty years old, before he was brought to bay. An Inquest will be held over Jones' body .at 11 o'clock this morning. Godsey is being attended at the Georgetown University Hospital, and the doctors have slight hope of his recovery. As far as the authorities were able to learn last night, a quarrel between Jones and Ransom started in Washington late yesterday afternoon, when they were on their way to their homes In Rosslyn. It was either continued or renewed when they met a crowd of friends in front of the Wash¬ ington and Great Falls electric railway car barn, about one hundred yards from the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge. None of the men, It seems, was armed at that time, but Jones, who was intoxicated, ran to his home, a tiny cabin at the foot of Crow's Hill, secured his revolver and re¬ turned to the scene with the wildly shouted threat that he intended to kill everybody on the hill. His first shot was aimed at Ransom, and it grazed the latter's shoul¬ der. According to the story he afterward told the doctors at the Georgetown Hos¬ pital. Godsey interfered in Ransom's behalf, and was himself made the target of Jones' bullets. Klve shots in all were fired. One of them struck Godsey in the right breast, and took a downward and outward course, penetrating his lung. He was so weak last night that the doctors at Georgetown Hos¬ pital feared to search for the bullet. They scarcely expected that he would live through the day. StartB on Rampage. It was only a few minutes after 6 o'clock when Jones started on the rampage, and at that time Constable Vietch of Balston happened to be on Crow's Hill working on another case. He heard the shooting and hastened toward the scene. Jones was run¬ ning away then and Vietch followed, over¬ taking the aged negro Just as he reached the dooryard of his little home. "You are under arrest," the constable cried, but the negro was desperate and he defied Vietch to come a step nearer. All the shells In Jones' revolver had been ex¬ hausted, but he was busily loading the weapon ns he ran, and when hailed by Constable Vietch he turned and warned the latter not to move. Both leveled their pis¬ tols at the same time, but Vietch fired first. Jones spun around and fell face downward on the ground with a bullet In his brain. He was dead when picked up, and his body was carried Into his home and placed on the floor, where It will be allowed to remain until viewed by Coroner 8. T. Asliton and the Jury this morning "Uncle John" Jones, as he was generally called, was a negro of the old school, and general surprise was expressed by citlxens of Rossyln, who had known him well for year, that "Uncle John" should have been mixed up In such an affair. It was generally conceded that the shooting was inspired by drink. "Uncle John" was a bosketmaker, and when he left his home earlier In the day he carried an arm load of his wares to be sold in Washington. Ap¬ parently he was successful, and a portion of the proceeds probably went toward the purchase of liquor. More of the money was used to buy provisions for the Sunday meals, for Jones threw a basket full of meat and vegetables Into the lap of his housekeeper, Mary Jones, when he rushed into the house after his pistol. Fight Precedes Shooting. Mary Jones said last night that "Uncle John" had been struck on the head by a beer bottle In the fight which preceded the shooting, and that he was bleeding from a wound on the head when he started on his deadly mission. When Jones' body was ex¬ amined last night a large swelling was vis¬ ible on the back of his head, and this seemed to lend oolor to his housekeeper's story. Constable Vietch's shot struck the aged negro Just above and behind the left ear, and It must have produced instant death. After the Inquest this morning: an effort will be made to locate Jones' relatives, sev¬ eral of whom are said to live in Southwest Washington. If they do not come forward his body will be buried by the common¬ wealth. Godsey has been regarded as a generally peaceable character. He has been employed by a Washington plumber. Statement by Constable. Constable Edward Veiteh, the officer who shot John Jones, stated last night that he happened to be in Rosslyn at the time the trouble occurred. Jones, he said, had shot one man. Perry Grogan, three time?, and another man slightly, the latter being more frightened than hurt. "A soldier informed me that the man who had done the shooting was 'on the hill.' I went up there and found Jones. He was loading lii« gun, nnd I said to him, 'Hold on. there, partner.' He then turned his gun on me. I shot him in self- protection and he fell dead. The bullet hit him Just behind the left ear. "Jones had five bullets in one hand at the time and his gun in the other. There was one bullet in the gun. He said: 'Let the sons of b s come, I'll kill 'em all.' "He then turned his gun on me. He had nearly a pint of whisky in his pocket, l was told he had been to town with two other colored men. He was under the in¬ fluence of liquor." Veitch ie regarded by those who know him as an uprigfit man, and tats the reputation of being a careful officer. He is said to regret that the circumstances requlfed him to shoot Jones, but be claims that his own protection required Instant action. MB. EVANS HONORED. Former Disbursing Officer Given Cut Glass Punch Bowl. Saturday afternoon friends and associates of Mr. Frank L. Evans, who recently re¬ signed from the post of disbursing officer of the Department of Agriculture, gathered In the office of the Secretary of Agriculture and presented to Mr. Evans a magnificent cut glass punch bowl and glasses as a token of their esteem and affection. In making the presentation the Secretary said: "Mr. Evans, you have devoted the best years of your life to serving your country in the Department of Agriculture. You have disbursed over half a hundred mil¬ lions of dollars during your Incumbency, and not a dollar of it has escaped without a voucher; all has been accounted for. You have been cordial with your associates, faithful to your governmental trust. I am under many personal obligations to you for wise counsel in the discharge of my duties here. We all desire you to remember us wherever you go, aud I liavo been delegated by-the people of the department to present you with a token of our regard. We all hope that as you walk down the avenue of life it will lead through pleasant places; that the path will be shaded and soft until you reach the golden streets overhung with- the trees of life, In the city of God." LEADER WILLIAMS INDORSED. The Minority Approves His Filibuster¬ ing Tactics. Democratic members of the House of Representatives yesterday signed an in¬ dorsement of the action of Minority Leader Williams In filibustering in the House for the purpose of hurrying action on the statehood bill. The Indorsement was drawn by Representative Henry of Texas and cir¬ culated by Representative Beall of that state. It asks Mr. Williams to continue to demand roll calls on every motion which can be made In the passage of bills or the adoption of resolutions, and to make the point of "no quorum" whenever possible. The dilatory tactics practiced this week have delayed business to a considerable extent, and with the request to increase the vigilance, that advantage may be taken of every opportunity for delay. Still further delay will result SUSPECTED CRACKSMEN. Believed to Be Connected With the Salisbury Affair. SALISBURY, Md., May 19..Every effort is being made by the authorities to identify the yeggmen under arrest here for blowing open the safe of the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic railway office early yesterday morning. Inspector Maxwell of the Post- office Department haa seen the men and believes that one of them is wanted in several cities. Two others can. It Is thought, be connected with a safe blowing episode on Havre de Grace a few months ago. The men refuse to give their names and even deny knowing anything about the safe blower, who Is in the hospital from the effects of Injuries received when the Balti¬ more, Chesapeake and Atlantic safe was attacked. Farmer Pettitt, with whom the wounded man was left after daylight yes¬ terday morning, is quite positive fn his Identification of the men In Jail at. those who brought the injured man to the Pet¬ titt farm house. Capt. Andrew Woodall Dead. BpeeUl I>lipatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 10-Capt. Andrew Woodall, aged eighty-seven years, one of the largest land owners and shippers of grain in Kent county, died at his home In George¬ town this morning. He was well known In Washington and Richmond. THE STAR TODAY. The Star today consists of six parts, as follows: l'ages. Part I.News . Part II.Editorial 1* Part III.Magazine 20 Part IV. Women's and Special Features 8 Part V. Sports and Miscellaneous 4 Part VI.Comic Section 4 Part One. Pa!je Constable Kills Negro at Aqueduct Bridge.... 1 Russian Lower House Divided 1 Debate on "Anti-Leak" Bill 1 Work Train Wrecked In Maryland 1 Fairbanks in Atlanta 2 Laid Waste by Flames in Michigan 2 A Standard Oil Trick Exposed 2 The Congressional Side Show 3 The Danes in Scbleswig 3 The Gaekwar of Bannla 3 Working for the Masonic Festival 5 Grand Council, Commercial Travelers, to Meet 6L The Columbus Memorial 7 "Birthday Hunch" in a Poker Game 8 Annual Drill of the Boys' Brigade 8 Playgrounds Committee Plans 0 Chesapeake Junction to Change Name 9 The Asylum Inquiry 9 Notes of Schools and Colleges 10 Army and Navy News 19 Music and Musicians 11 'News of the Neighboring States 12 Local Items 10. Part Two. Page. The Consular Service. By W. E. Curtis 1 Society 2 Among the Clubs 2 In the Stores 3 Around the City 3 Editorial Comment 4 Fifty Years Ago In The Star 4 Answers to Correspondents 4 Protocol, Diplomacy, Diplomats 4 In the Realm of Higher Things 5 The Faith That Saves (sermon) 5 Marine Corps Team Philippine Champions.... « Coming Meeting at Brlghtwood 6 As the Cartoonists See the News 7 News of the Local National Guard 7 The Sage Brush Parsou. By A. B. Ward 7 Taking Off the Lid in New York 7 Star's Summer Resort Bureau 8 Finance and Trade of the World 8 City of Amusement jf. 9 Eastern Portion of The "Ridge" Years Ago... 9 The Theater 9-19 Part Three. Pagi SOPHY OF KRAVONIA. BY ANTHONY HOPE 8 The Roosevelt Program. By Arthnr Wallace Dunn 8 Profitable Work at Home. By James L. Ford. 4 A Study in Sociology. By Arthur Train 5 The Wandering Joke. By John A. Muey 7 Mystery of the Mary Celeste. By John Ball Osborne 10 Cotton and the Chorus Girl. By Walter Prich- ard Eaton 11 Some Remarkable Elephants. By George Ban¬ croft Griffith 13 Counterfeiting the Enemy's Money. An Un¬ published Chapter From History. By Alex. Del Mar 14 Part Four. Page. In Fashion's Realm 2-3 New York Out-of-door Gowns 2 Parisian Styles for Early Summer 2 French Ideas in Voile and Silk 3 Practical Housekeepers' Own Page 4 A ROCK IN THE BALTIC. BY ROBERT BARR B Story cf Masonic Temple Site 1 American Cotton Trade in the Orient 6 To Investigate Ireland's Finances 6 The Making of a Successful Husband 6 Sunday Star's Prise Photo Contest 7 Wheu King Alfonso Weds Princess Ena 7 The Girl You Would Like to Be 8 Part Five. Page. Nationals Again Failed to Hit 1 Georgetown Defeats George Washington 1 Local Base Ball Games \ Accountant Wins Withers Stake 2 Rewards Offered by Base Ball 2 Many Records Smashed in Philadelphia 2 Athletic Sports for The Star Cup 3 Men Who Fail to Pay Race Debts 3 Some Great Base Running Feats 8 Another Week of Chess Play 3 Memories of Jerome Park 4 Racing Shifts to Gravesend 4 Dogs with Faked Pedigrees 4 Part Six. Page. Willie Cote: Aunt Dinah is "It" Again J "Wags".The Dog That Adopted a Man 2 Uncle George Washington Bings 2 "Bub".He's Always to Blame 3 Little Abe Corncob Joins Forres with a Quitter Prince Errant: He Discovers Aladdin's Damp..... i SAVED FROM ANGST MOB. Police Prevent the Lynching of a Murderer at Newcastle, Pa. NEWCASTLE, Pa.. May 19..The prompt action of the police saved Thomas Burke, a former Pittsburg teamster, from lynching at the hands of infuriated men this after¬ noon, following the shooting of three peo¬ ple. Burke, it la said, applied for work at the farm of- Sylvester B. McQuiston, near Ellwood. and was directed by Mrs. Jane Wiley, mother-in-law of McQuiston, to see the latter, who was working in a field. The man departed, but soon returned, and. finding Mrs. Wiley, her young ter, Ada, and a crippled son, Avery Wiley, In the house, demanded money. Upon be¬ ing refused he drew *a revolver and began firing. Ada Wiley was shot through the back and will probably die. Another bul¬ let took effect in Mrs. Wiley's left arm, and a third wounded the son, but not seriously. Burke then fled, but later was captured in a wheat field. The jiews of his arrest spread rapidly, and by the time the pris¬ oner and his captors arrived at the Ell- wood lockup a large crowd had collected. Threats of lynching were freely made, but the police promptly arrested the leader and dispersed the others. Late tonight of¬ ficers removed Burke to the Beaver county jail. TO SUBJUGATE PULAJANES. Philippine Commission Orders Cam¬ paign by Gov. Curry. MANILA, May 19..The Philippine com¬ mission has authorized Gov. George Curry to begin a campaign with regular troops having for its object the absolute subjuga¬ tion of the Pulajanes on the Island of Samar. The scouts and constabulary, who will be withdrawn from the pursuit of the insurgents, will garrison the present army stations while the regular troops, with Cur¬ ry In command, will scour the Island. The general campaign has been planned to begin immediately, according to orders issued after a conference between Acting Gov. Gen. Ide, Gen. Wood and Gov. Curry. Stubborn resistance is expected to the ex¬ pedition, which includes fourteen companies' of infantry. WATCH FOR REVOLUTIONISTS. U. S. Revenue Cutter Alert in Santo Domingo Waters. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 19..The United States revenue cutter Algonquin has been ordered to watch the Mona Passage, the channel between Santo Domingo and Porto Rico and to search Mona Island for Dominican revolutionists, who are reported to have left the Danish island of St. Thom¬ as recently for Santo Domingo. The Al¬ gonquin will return here and report the result of her search. Nothing has been seen or heard here of Gen. Morales, the former president of San¬ to Domingo, who is alleged to have planned a revolution against the government of that republic. EARLY SUMMER HEAT. Two Deaths and Several Prostrations in New York. NEW YORK, May 19..Two deaths and several serious prostrations from heat were reported here to-day. The official thermom¬ eter stood at 85 degrees during most of the afternoon, but on the street the mer¬ cury rose to 95. ROCK WAS ON THE TRACK. Three Men Killed in Wreck of a Work Train. IIAGERSTOWN, Md., May 19.Three men were killed, two are missing and fif¬ teen others were more or less injured as the result of the wreck of a work train near Indigo tunnel, forty-three miles west of here in the Cherry Run extension of the Western Maryland railroad this even¬ ing. The dead are: J. W. and Charles Henry, brothers, and Charles Clenger- man. Charles Swope and Robert Bart in are missing. The men, most of whom were track hands, were being taken to their homes in the vicinity of Hancock and Pearre. They occupied two closed cars, which were being pushed ahead of an engine. This made It impossible for the engineer to see a rock which had rolled down upon the track from the side of a cut, and the obstruction threw the two cars and their occupants into the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, beside which the railroad runs. The Henry brothers, who were Irishmen, and Ciengerman, were drowned, ana Swope and Barton are believed to be under the cars In the canal, in which the water is about six feet deep. Arrange¬ ments are being made to bring the most seriously Injured, of whom there are eight, to a hospital here. CALEB POWERS' FRIENDS. Remarkable Reception on Leaving Jail for New Trial. CINCINNATI, Ohio, May ltt..Caleb Powers, formerly secretary of state, of Kentucky, was given a remarkable recep¬ tion when he was taken from the Newport, Ky., jail to the station to be turned over to the state authorities at Georgetown for his fourth trial in connection with the mur¬ der of William Goebel. The fourth trial was ordered by the United States Supreme Court. Powers' cell in the Newport jail was almost filled with flowers. The other prisoners In the jail united In bidding him good-bye and farewells were also exchanged with all city, county and state officials at Newport. Accompanied by United States Marshal Orr and Jailer Ploeger, and with nothing to Indicate the fact that he was a prisoner. Powers walked to the' station. Before sart- ing he expressed his belief that he would be given a fair trial, which he declared was all that he had asked. . To Act as Secretary of War. The President has approved a general or¬ der which empower® tbe military secretary to act as Secretary of War in the absence of tbe Secretary of WSP and tbe asetstaiit secretary of war. nl tbe absence of all three officials the chief of tbe general staff of tbe amy is to act a* secretary. Three Killed in Mishap on West¬ ern Maryland. 40 MILES OF HAGERSTOWN On New Extension Short Distance From Pearre, Md. ABOUT FIFTEEN WERE INJURED Struck Large Rock oil Track After Emerging From Indigo Tunnel .Cars Under Water. Special Dispatch to The Star. , HAGERSTOWN, Md.. May 19..Three men were killed outright and some fifteen In¬ jured as the result of a work train being. wrecked shortly after 5 o'clock this even¬ ing on the new extension of the W. M. R. R., just east of Indigo tunnel, a few miles west of Pearre, Md., and about forty miles wsst of Hagerstown. The dead: Charles Henry and J. William Henry, brothers, and Charles Clergerman, all three of whom lived in the vicinity of Pearre. Among the injured, some of whom will probably die. and all from Hancock and Pearre. are: G. Hurley Hurst, David Stine- baugh. Edward OfTord, J. P. Youngblood, W. P. Parlett. W. A. Glace. Roy Ingram, A. Henry. Others less seriously injured, also from Hancock and Pearre, include: W. F. Car¬ ter, J. P. Gaither. W. E. Allen, K. D. Sipes. C- C. Youngblood, Charles Slpes, George Youn#blood. Conductor Luther Hull of Hagerstown. who had charge of the train, and Brakeman Penner. also of this city, sustained minor injuries. Conductor Hull saved his life by jumping. Robert Barton and Charles Swope, who were also on the train, are missing. Whether they were drowned in the oanal is not known. Cause of the Wreck. A large rock that had rolled down on the tra<ck about 150 yards east of Indigo tunnel was the cause of the wreck. Aboard the train were about twenty workmen, mostly track hands, riding in two camp cars. The engine was in the rear, pushing the train. Shortly after the train had emerged from the tunnel It struck the rock, and the two work cars were derailed and rolled down the embankment into the C. and O. canal, the water at that point being about eight feet deep. Clergerman was instantly killed, probably being crushed between the two cars. The Henry brothers, both of whom were In¬ jured, drowned before they could be rea- cuad. The cars are still under water. It is be¬ lieved by some that the bodies of Swope and Barton are pinned under the cars. Engineman E. W. Manahan of Hagers- town, who was in charge of the locomo¬ tive, was painfully bruised. The engine re¬ mained on the track. Injured Taken to Hancock. The Injured men were taken to Hancock and a relief train was sent out from Ha- gerstown with Dr. J. McP. Scott, the com¬ pany's physician, aboard. At Hancock Dr. Scott was Joined by Dr. J. A. West and other physicians, who dressed the wounds of the injured. A number of the latter will be brought to the hospital here tonight. The dead were taken in charge by Under¬ taker C. E. IJneweaver of Great Capon, W. Va., and prepared for burial. That all of the workmen In the two work cars were not drowned is regarded as little short of a miracle. The cars were closed and some of the men were completely ex¬ hausted before they managed to get out of the water. Owing '.o the fact that the engine was pushing the train, instead of pulling it, the engineman had no way of seeing the ob¬ struction. William Schlichter, employed in the Western Maryland railroad yards here, was run over by an engine ionight and his left leg was crushed. He was riding on the pilot of the engine and was Jarred off. CHILE WANTS STEAMSHIP LUTE. Will Submit Offer of $150,000 for a Subsidy. NEW YORK, May 19..Count Julian De Ovies, who says he Is commissioned by the Chilean government to submit to President Roosevelt an otter of Chile to pay (150,000 subsidy toward the establishment of a itearn ship line between the proposed west terminal of the Panama canal and Val¬ paraiso. arrived here today on the steamer Centpanla from Liverpool. He said that but for the present dif¬ ficulties of shipping there would be a great demand in Chile for American machinery and-manufacturing goods. Count De Ovieft 1 Is the Chilean consul ' Conference Report Killed in the House Yesterday. , * AN INTERESTING DEBATE Mr. McCall Was the Leader of the Opposition. MB. BURLESON'S EXPLANATION" Ex-Secretary Paul Morton Brought Into Discussion.Report and Amendments Laid on Table. One of the most Interesting debates of th, Session occurred in the House yesterday on the conference report of the so-called .'anti- leak" and "anti-graft" bill, making it a misdemeanor for advance information to b« given out by any officer or employe of the government that would tend to exert an in* fluence or affect the market value of any product grown within the United States of affect the value of stocks and bonds. The conferees of both Senate and House recommend that the penalty prescribed for officers of the government who violate the code created by the act should apply to members of Congress. Led the Opposition. Mr. McCall (Mass.) led the op;>osltlon against making members of Congress amen- able to the penalties of the measure. He said the clause of the bill sought to be in¬ corporated was an advertisement to the world that the members were crooked. He said members of Congress were neither col¬ lectors nor the guardians of secret govern- and ran h CS" They art' representatives stituents "° Swrels from lhelr C<M»- to ent<r "Pon this field." Mr. code? Whv nnt !\0t m,lke u c°mplete v£ fit ? not Provlde that members shall De taken into the police court and fined tht'V J fa" l° vote- imprisoned when they do not attend the sessions of th« House, and that the Speaker, when he plays in (|?Zar'K, ,a" be fl°Seed at the can's tul! in the public square? u 1 .i t.^0" want to encourage fillinir »Ji« chambers of the two houses with ."ftriols fint/6!!81"11"5 e breed, mere ciphers whosn alwaTtoOU,êr,he,ir-,m,'n ~<» wan1 ! behind somebody; some- j ^ ,, ô, Perhaps, at the moment i« nlav- suf.,;1,, '" rVieS ofT government? then pass su< u bills as this. Laws like this will maico Congre,® still less attractive to hon "Bt men Gentlemen must bear in min.1 thLr f/e rapidly th««e <Uya. and that it maPy°Shave not dHtant future we IV ^ nave in this country the state tri*i whenTma^mn bizarre prosecution! wnen a man may be pursued in the crimi¬ nal courts not because he is guilty but be¬ cause, for political reasons, or to enhance caned°Ps^rolty °f 80me1^^ 'or some so- ? Jte PurP°se. a human sacrifice is 1°U wiU by this bill furnish a t h/h»2 weapon to be suspended over honest men in either house of Congress, and you will transfer an In¬ creased influence over them to the depart¬ ment which Initiates prosecutions." Ex-Secretary Morton. During the course of his speech, which was punctuated with applause. Mr McCall paid his respects to ex-Secretarv Paul Mor¬ ton. of whom he said: "1 am very far from regarding Mr. Mor¬ ton as an enormity of wickedness. He la 1 believe an honest man, ^ should. I think, have been permitted to go to the courts. Certainly two very doctors, selected by the admlnis- tratlon, prescribed the courts, and yet we saw Mr. Morton regenerated and made wK? £ ifSa'n by the course of treatment which he took at the Immunity baths. Quite naturally too, the executive would regard more leniently the officers of his own de¬ partment with whom he was more closely in contact and who enjoyed his confidence. This Is shown by the case of Mr. Garfield, an excellent officer, who needed no vindica¬ tion. but who was declared free from all blemish by that same remarkable message which denounced the officer of another department who at the same time was acting under all the sanctions surrounding the ju¬ diciary, a great co-ordinate branch of the government. "There Is no possible reason for support- lng this bill unless it be to create the in- ference that we must be exceedinglv good men when we are willing to pass our time In enacting uncalled-for laws of this char¬ acter against ourselves and spread a net for the feet of the men who may come after us. "For the reason then that there is abso¬ lutely no ground in fact to support this con¬ ference report, that it would Invade tho proper independence of the legislative de¬ partment, that it would furnish a weapon by which timid legislators In the future might be coerced, and that. In a word. It tends to foster a government of the execu¬ tive, by the executive and for the execu¬ tive, I shall cast my vote against it." Mr. Crumpacker (Ind.) said the bill was clearly obnoxious in character and thought If it became a law every bill of general im¬ portance Introduced In either branch oi Congress would contain dynamite, as it might tend to affect markets, a remark which was met with applause. Kr. Burleson Explains. Mr. Burleson (Tex.), the author of tho bill, said that the measure was aimed at the corrupt and venal practice of giving: out information of a confidential character wh^ch might seriously affect markets or stocks. He wanted members of Congress to be Included In the bill not because he believed they would violate confidences, but might be tempted on some occasions to use the Information they are possessed ot for purposes of gain. He referred to an allusion made by Mr. McCall to the "muck rake" In public life, and said he had no more respect for the "muck rake," even if the handle was at the head of the avenue and the rake In a message criticising the judiciary, than he had of the yellowest journal dealing with the sac-red affairs of life. He thought the legislation was vital, and recalled an inci¬ dent growing out of the consideration of the Wilson bill when the sugar schedules were subjects of investigation. He told how E. R. Chapman, a broker, went to jail rather than answer a question as to what senators were dealing in sugar. Representative CocRran of New York re¬ plied that the matter was not so much of in¬ formation as it was how a legislator would vote on a particular schedule. Mr. MoCall said that the point made by Mr. Burleson regarding the Chapman case was not provided for In the bill, and he did not know how it could be prevented unless it might be in raising the penalty for failure to testify. "This bill degrades the high office of a member of Congress," said Mr. Orosvenor (Ohio), and for one he was against its pro¬ visions. He said his career as a legislator was exceedingly short and he would not place a stigma upon those who come after him by Impugning their motives. Xr. Gardner's Experience. Mr. Gardner said that last summer the herring fishermen of Gloucester were hav- log ~iHi*ldfnbl« difficulty with the Cane*

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The Evening star.(Washington D.C.) 1906-05-20 [p ].€¦ · SIX PARTS fadoding Star's Sunday MagazJ ud ColoredComicSection. No. WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1906 FIVE