Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1888, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’, ———— ‘ran is served to su! in om Brmemre Sti ir ows sccount pe Toca oe or ade. per mouth. Copies at the counter, = cents each By all Fe cents & th: one year. #6; six months, $5. ‘Miuntered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., ae ‘mail rostter ) = Sran—published on Fri year. pontace prevaid iuuntan, SB cena * . wr mail subse: jons m paid in 3, petal Sat longer than is paid for ns ‘Bates of advertising made kuown on application. I a ae rn el Che Evening Star. = Vo. 7 3—No. 11,078. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1888. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. q~>°FFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, DIS- TRICT OF COLUMBIA” Wasutvovon, 1888 —Deeming tt conducive to the public in open a road from Columbia road aud Le Roy fornia avenue, fhe Comuiasioners of the of Columbia have had the route surveyed and 8 plat thereof prepared and Bled in this office. In com- Fiven of the proposed pening of the hiskway sfeez 70 °1 the pening o highway afore for. Persons who have ol ions to present Sheroto are called upon to attend at this office at 1:30 o'clock p.m.. on TUESDAY -the 27th instant, at which time the mers will give b in interest. WB. WE! HAS. W. RAYMOND, Co of Columbia. a= SOUTHWELL'S KENTISH JAM — MARMALADE, oe or Scoteh Jams on the market, 20e. per jar: $2.25 per dor zen. SON, 1209 F st. now. oc6-eo3m CHI : LUMBER! LATHS! SHINGLES! LUMBER! OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. In order to reduce an unusually heavy stock I will Sill for next four inonths. my entire stock of LUM- La S. KS, THS, SHINGLES, contained in my yards at 14th and B ats. n.w. and tama ness and the stock must go. n13-Li JAM. 3. 12th st. and Maryland ave. a.w., ~g=> COLLARS AND CU Ke 2 CEN: ‘&e., &c., now centage over actual cost. “This means RY. F'ST__ DRS. T. MASON DENTIST, 1201 Pentsylvanis avenue, p. w.. opposite Palais foyal, twelve years practice in this city. has extracted over 20,000 teeth with nitrous oxide gas: teeth filled bd coscane Used, artificial and crown teeth inserted, =a Su Rae ass FIXTURES. ‘HEDD 4: ves that defy com- Petition. Our gssortment embraces the lites! and most artigtic Chandeliers, brass Gas Fixtures, Hall rh Gas Gloves and Shades uf every vari- S_SHEDD & BRO., 432 9th st. Di Geu LIES ELIXIR AND PILLS. THE BEST OF ANTI-BILIOUS REMEDIES, Used with the createst success for the last 60 years in curing Constipation, Liver Complaints, Painful Diges- tion, Epidemics, Fevers, Disease of the Stomach, Dys- eenter:s, The genuine Dr. ¥ ‘S$ Elixir and Pills bear the signature PAUL G. Paris. M.D.,9 rue de Grenelle. Agents: FOUGERA & Co., New York. Sold by all chemists, n19-13w-1p New Tanz Lixexs Aso Towers. E.G. DAVIS INVITES YOU TO INSPECT HIS STOCK. Many styles cannot be had elsewhere. Ele- per yard. and #2, with Napkins to match. Good values in Table Sets. One line of White Sets, with Drawn Thread, confined to our house. TOWELS! TOWELS. ‘We show the very best to be found and prices range from 12%c to $4 piece. New Bisck H. and Gloves. Merino Hose, sizes 8 to 10, 50c.; guod value at T5e. Our Fabric Gloves are of the best make. One lot of Cashinere Gloves left over from last season; SSc. and 1. Weuow offer themat EW KID GLOVES. shade; prices@ton New Ruchings and 3 Lace Fichus, &., &e. We can furnish any up to tife best. chwear, Windsor Ties, HANDKERCHIEFS! HANDKERCHIEFS!! We show all the Newest Styles, and have them from 123¢c. to finest Embruidered Goods. Ele- want French Beautiful Initial, » and Silk. In Silk Initial we have them , and $1—our own importation. Our stock of BLACK DRESS GOODS is com- plete. ex at Black Silk Warp Henrietta were never better. We have a few pieces of our $1.38 num- Der left. E. G DAVIS, 719 MARKET SPACE, 0c138m Seat Sxrx Sacoves Axp J ackers in New York, and they havemade 0 per cent on their present stock. ure in stating we have already bought KINS at Lowest Mid-Summer prices, and our Customers will now get the benefit of our tumely purchase. We Guarantee the Quality, Fit and Finish of each | Garment and at LOWEST PRICES. Call early, as we can only sell from stock at our Present prices, all reorders will be advanced 15 to 20 percent. Our stock of PLUSH WRAPS, JACKETS, NEW- MARKETS and SACQUES cannot fail to interest you, as we now show the most extensive live ever offered the public, and at prices to suit the purchaser, that is ranging from the Medium to the very Finest Grade of Goods. JERS, from $2, VS in every Variety, Plain and Fancy Styles 50 and upward. Magnificent Assortment of all the New Style TEA Gowns. Pull line of Children’s COATS. Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s GLOVES, HOSIERY, UNDERWEAR, HANDKERCHIEFS, CORSETS, NO- TIONS, &e., &c. WM. H. McKNEW, Successor to R. H: TarLon, 933 Pennsylvania avenue. ‘Ihe Crystal Latrobe Stove. ‘The Duplex Range. Al Srvc ith Mente nny be hoested or Brodied = ‘el Grates, Fenders, Andirons, Lamps Rich Poreelains for Mantel Ornaments. Wood Mantels and Tiles. HAYWARD & HUTCHINSON, 8030-3m,1p 424 Oth street. ___ SPECIAL NOTICES. __ — TO THE PUBLIC. After the sale of my Drug Store, on the corner of ‘14th and P sts. n.w., to Messrs. Mackall & Bro. ie called north on business. Upou my return to this 8 few days ago my attention was called to an advertise- ment which appeared in The Star of October 27th, containing certain false statements calculated to do me serious injury. The statements are three in num- ber: First, to the effect that I overcharged my cus- tomers: second, that the drugs sold by me were not fresh, and, third, that my business had fallen into » rut. Ipronounceeach of these statements false and entirely without foundation. During my nine years’ stay at the corner of 14th and P, first as clerk and later as proprietor, I have always endeavored to sell the best procurable drugs at prices as low as possible. I never ‘Spproved of selling or advertising to sell SOME of my drags at cut prices, thereby making “leaders,” but al- ways asked a fair and living profit on everything I sold, and never refused to exchange or refund money if cus- tomers should be dissatisfied with their purchases, which Iam happy to say rarely if ever occurred. To substantiate my assertions, I respectfully refer the public to any of our prominent physicians in this city, and also to all of my old customers. In conclusion, I will say that it strikes me, as it must.the public, if the goods I had in my store and sold to Messrs. & Bro. were not fresh, the mere fact that’ the store has changed hands will not make them fresh; the goods certainly have not been dumped into the street; and, furthermore, if I sold to my customers cheap drugs at high prices, that this fact has never been discovered until Mackall & Bro. purchased the store is remarkable. 1t*___ Respectfully, LEWIS FLEMMER. x DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Waskr™: Sa A Special meeting of the stockholders of the Wash- ington Heights W ply Company is hereby the © Water Sri called to meet at the resideuce of George 4 19th st. west, extended, and Columbia Koad, on DE- CEMBER 20, 1888, at'7:30 p.m., for the purpose of counidering the sdvisability of ineressing, the capital Stock of said company. = GEO! TRUESDE] LAWRENCE SANDS, LEROY TUTTL 1t rr CNuED, ORDER OF THE GOLDEN | "ROSS.—The attendance of every member of the order in the cit; requested at Masonic Term- ple TO-MORKOW EV 7:30 o'clock. Supreme ander W.H.Solomon, of Boston, will be present. * NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS.— ‘The members of the North Carolina Repub- lican State Association and those desii 10 become members are, Tequested to meet a st. n.w. THURSDAY EVENING, November 7 clock sharp. L, PARROTT, President. W. H. OUTLAW, Secretar; nls NOTICE—Di TIME REQUIRED to move stock to my new store, an re- jus on my fle may be reuewed at W 8. THOME Will open December 1 with additional stock and facilities at PRENTISS. D: NOTICE. ving goods on deposit with H. K. upon which interest is due six twomthe oF more, are Dotified to call at once and y interest, or the goods will be sold at auction December 4, 1888. CIAL 19-120" z SGTON, D, 16, 18: $2 uaving told any" interéet tn the Ares SCHECCH & SCESS, dotiig business af S01 Md. ave. n.e., mm this city, to Mr. LOUIS W.. SCHEUCH, I give na said firm. OTTO L. | I wish to announce t I still continue the sinew above mentioned. ‘Thanking the public {oF « javors, I respecttuliy solicit their patronage in the | cure. LOUIS. W. SCHEUCH = nl 7-3 cs ies HIRTS, 10c. COLLARS cuits 2c. each. "By that we mean 4c, DEXTER STEAM LA s => FOR RENT—THREE MOST DESIRABLE ~~ new stables in rear of 1614 Khode Island ave.. every convenit iy with asphalt 1303 F st, oF W bloel s. Apply to W. P. PINDER TER, 1505 Pent <> NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEET- ing. —The anuual meeting of the stockhold- ers of The Columbia Title Insurance Company of the | District (bia, for the election of nine trustees | Ul be held at the office of the QEFICE OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—In view. of & recent decision by the court (in cause Koones ve. Cook) checks wil] uot be received in payment of taxes, no-3W E. G. DAVIS, Collector of Taxes, D. C. ¥ DR. J_W. LITTLE HAS REMOVED WB his new residence, 1313 14th stn. w. phone —_ Hours 5 tw 10 a.m.; 4 to 5 p. oes1-1ia Ea =» OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF TA: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Wasnixotox 1888, he taxpayers of the District will take at the ndersigned has received the duplicate | sessmnents of the taxes for the year ending June , 1859, und will be ready to receive paymentof | taxes at this office from aud aiter the hrst day of No- Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements. AMUSEMENTS. Page x RNEYS. Page Al Sand ECIECEICL LTE tice t ce EDUCATIONAL, FAMILY SUPPLIES... FINANCIAL... FOR RENT (Fiars). FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Hovses) FOR RENT (Hatt). FOR RENT (Stones FOR RENT (States). FOR SALE (Hoses). FOR SALE (Lors). FOR SALE (Misceutaxzous) GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. | HOUSEFURNISHINGS. JEWELRY, &e.. LADIES' GOODS . LOCAL MENTI LOST AND FOUND. MARRIAGES MONEY TO LOAN MEDICAL... OCEAN STEAMERS POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND ORGANS... PERSONAL... HOW IS AAA NAT MV SS BAGG SWUWUWNURHWMNVDVNGIGD wHaaw geeeyecevegegavegggey? borers To Advertisers. ADVERTISEMENTS must be sent in so as to reach the business office before 12 o'clock M., in order to secure proper classification or insure insertion in THE Stak the same day. The interests of sub- scribers and advertisers alike compel the adoption of this rule. Government Recerrts To-Day.—Internal revenue, $193,609; customs, $476,392. CAPTAIN IN THE REVENUE MARINE SERVICE.— The President has appointed Joseph W. Cong- don to be a captain in the revenue marine serv- ice of the United States, to fill a vacancy caused by death of Capt. D. }. Constable, To-Day's Bonp OFFERINGS AGGREGATED $391,000, as follows: Registered 4’s, $50,000 at 128; coupon 4's, $30,000 at 128!¢; registered 348, $280,000 at 109, $30,000 at 1083; coupon To be Hancep To-mornow.—The President has declined to interfere in the.case of John and Jacob Tobler, two Indian boys convicted in the district of Kansas of the murder of two white | men near the Sac and Fox agency in July, 1585, and sentenced to be hanged on the 21st inst. Tae Corgan MisisteR, accompanied by one of the legation secretaries, the chief cook and a servant, left Washington yesterday for San Francisco, on his way to Corea, on a eave of absence. ‘Only two inembers of the legation are left behind, Mr, Yee and Mr. Kong. The former will act as minister. Mz. Autey Nor Deab, Bur Berren.—Some weeks'wgo a dispatchwas published announc- ing the death of John B. Alley, of this city, from paralysis, Tt now appears that Mr. All is not only living but enjoying improve health. A lady in this city received a letter trom Mrs, Alley. who is near Paris, a week ago, which corrects the error. Tae Prestoent Has Arrorntep Jas, H. Ra- deffer postmaster at Woodstock, Va., vice Dan- iel Lichliter, whose commission has expired. The office was recently made presidential. vember, 1858, Om@balf of said tax is due November 1, IS®8, the other half May 1, 188%. On so much of | the frst half of said taxes due November 1, 1538, as all uot be paid during said month a penalty ) per cent will be added on the first day ceeding month thereafter until the sai: othe=wise p i of two each i oF roceeded with as the law directs, inwposes a hike penalty for non-payment of second ' que May 1, T889, if not paid May. E.G. DAVIS, Collector of In view & thie recent decisttm of the court ase of Koones vs (Cook :t has been decided effered in | ¥ all checks —— WaAsHINGTON, Nov. 10,1888, | ‘The Board of Directors of the Eckinwton and Sol- | dhers’ Home Railway Company at their meeting on the rst inst. dered that books of subscription be opened for 825,000 of the Le ae Stock autborized by its charter, to sed for building the extension of its road to Soldiers’ Home and the new Catholic Univer- | sity | Fersons desiring to subscribe for said stock cat ! so Ob * pheation to the cashier of the Citizens Na- tional Bank of this city, This stock will be of equal Value in all respects to that originally taken, and sub- Ject only to similar ussessmen wl0=itne IT'S Dental Office bas been re- wuilding opposite, 450 7th st. | " — FOR CORRECT STYLES VISIT | THE Tail corner N. ¥.ave. and 10t oc30-2m_ | a 5 ew York. i : hia, | W.c. DU Broker) Manager. | itouses, Merchandise. Household Furniture, Wear: | | ing Avpare u the District of | Columbia INSURED 3 Cost. Orders by mail or telephone will receive tention. ba Prompt oem INSTALMENT HOUSE ' 73 1 7TH ST. N.W. | Cheapest house in the city to buy your Furniture, | | Carpets, Oi! Cloths, Mattings, Baby: Carri Refrig: | erators, Stoves, &€. Verything in the Housefurnis! ing line sold ot credit as cheap us they can be bought | | elnewhere for | ih. | WE"MAKE"AND LAY ALL CARPETS FREE OF | | my2l COST. = COLLARS AND CUFF: i. < PURSES EX | academy, | Atlanta and Tue Next Report on INTERNAL ComMERcE by Colonel Switzler, chief of the bureau of statistics, will be devoted to the commercial, | manufacturing, mining. transportation, and industrial interests of the states and _territo- ries west of the Mississippi river and east of the Rocky mountzins, namely: New Mexico, ‘Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and In- dian territory, preparations for which are now in progress. In a very short time an expert will be employed and appointed in each of these states and territories to collect and systematize, under the instructions of the bureau, the in- formation desired; and it is expected the re- port will be completed and published within the next six month But for the inadequacy of the appropriation made by Congress for this purpose. he would include in the forthcoming report all the states and territories lying be- tween the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean, Navar Orpers.—Lieut. A. W. Dodg has been detached from duty as steel inspector and or- dered to the Kearsarge. Lieut. C. $8. Richman has been ordered from the New Hampshire to the Vermont. Lieut. Hiero Taylor, detached from the Atlanta and ordered to the naval Ensign H. 8. Knapp, from the Bos- ton hydrographic office and ordered to the At- lanta. Ensign H. B. Ashmore, from the Pensa- cola and ordered to the Kearsarge. Surg. M.C, Drennan, from the Vermont and ordered | to the Atlanta. Surg. J. 8. Winslow, from the Atlanta and placed on waiting orders, | Passed Asst. Surg. W. A. McClurg, from the Tallapoosa and ordered to the Kearsarge. Pay- master C. W. Bacon, from the Atlanta and placed on waiting orders. Passed Asst. Eng. W. F. Worthington, from the naval academy and ordered to the Atlanta. Passed Asst. Eng. J. B, Smith and Asst. Eng. W. B. Day, from the laced ou waiting orders. Asst. Eng. Chas, G.Talcott, from the bureau of steam engineering and ordered to the Atlanta, Tue Rematns of the late Major Henry J. Farnsworth, who died yesterday at Fort Mon- roe, Va., will probably arrive in, this city to- morrow morning by boat in charge of Adjt.- Gen. Drum and Inspector-Gen. Baird, who went from here yesterday. As the time of their arrival is not definitely known, detailed ar- rangements for the funeral have not yet been SWISS SIEAM LAUNDR ef 1322 B at, Fe *EWissvEOF stock. crHE 16TH) EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST. ASSETS, $971,539.64. Subscription Books are for shares in the 16th issue. Subscriptions and. ts can be made at the office of the Association daily from 9 a.m to 4:30 p.m. Monthly payments are @2.50 per Fanphiets explaining the object of the its advantages, ta, &e., Will be uponap- lication to Saray a4 mame meORNa| FP = = He JNO. JOY EDSON, Secretary, Office hours 9 to 4:30 p.m. daily. JOSEPH M. GRADY | ROBINSON, PARKER & CO, FINE CLOTHIERS, we sO CARD SEAT ae c— Olas ] | B2-206 made, but it hus been decided to meet the re- mains at the boat with a cavalry escort, con- sisting of the two troops_now stationed at Fort Myer, under command of Col. Carpenter. ‘The interment will be at Arlington. Cuance or Persury 1x A Pension Case.—The commissioner of pensions has been advised that Jas. Brown, of Richmond, Va., has been bound over by a United States commissioner to await the action of the grand jury on a charge of perjury in his pension claim. Tue Harti Arvatr.—The Navy department has no information of the reported surrender to the commander of the United States steamer Boston of the steamer Haytien Republic by the authorities of Hayti. The only report received from Capt. Ramsay (and this was recived by mail) stated that the Haytien officials had _re- leased the American schooher William Jones, which had been seized on suspicion of engaging in fillibustering, after an investigation w) Ww. | established her innocence. Personat.—Senator Hiscock and Represen- tatives Butterworth and Campbell were in New York last night.——G. Nicholson of New York, W. T. Sanger of Pittsburg, and C. Heydrick and F, H, Start of Franklin® REFORM IN A NEW QUARTER. The Engraving Bureau About to Have its First Civil-Service Examination. “Yes, we are going to undergo our first civil- service examination in a day or two,” said Chief Graves. of the burean of engraving and print- ing, in response to the inquiry of a Star re- porter. “Since June 29,” he continued, “when the President issued his order, we have not ap- pointed a single printer's assistant to a position here, and there will be none until the commission has held the examination and cer- tified some of the successful ones.” “Are there many vacancies?” asked the re- prter. “Yes, quite a large number. But the crowd of people who will be examined some day this week will, I expect, provide us with many more than there is room for.” Hit will be the nature of the examina- jon?” “It will be very simple, and any one who has a fair knowledge of the rudiments of an Eng- lish education can‘pass it. The $900 class ex- amination, for departmental positions, is very easy, but this one is not as difficult as that. There will also be a physical examination, but just what it will be Tesanot say. The matter is in the hands of the commission.” “Is the work of a printer's assistant very ard- uous?” asked the reporter. “The actual work of ‘laying on’ the sheets is by no means hard,” replied Mr. Graves, “but it requires the woman to be on her feet for six or seven hours each day. It is the latter exertion which tells on them. You would be surprised to see how many women, apparently robust, have to throw up their situations here because the strain required is too great. -On the other hand, there are many apparently delioate little women who work as assistants from January to January, and seem to be no worse for it. AMERICAN WOMEN CAN’T STAND HARD WORK, “The truth is, however, and my experience here has confirmed it, the American woman cannot work; that is, she cannot stand the con- tinuous toil which would be considered light and pleasant by women of other countries,” ave you made any appointments since the President issued his order of June 29, applying the civil service rules to your bureau?” “Only a few plate printers,” said Mr. Graves, “and these the commission decided had to be exempted. It isa difficult matter to test by any educational rule the qualities and ability of a journeyman; he must be judged more practically.” “Has the commission,” asked the “fixed any age limit for the examinati certification of these printers’ assistant ¥4 “Yes, the matter was carefully disct between the commission and myself, it was decided to receive no spercetons from women who were under eighteen or over thirty-five years of age.” PLENTY OF APPLICANTS FOR EXAMINATION. Commissioner Lyman, when seen by a Stan reporter, said that an examination would soon be held for printers’ assistants to be employed in the bureau of engraving and printing. “There are already,” said he, “more candi- dates several times over than there are places for them; due probably, to the fact that resi- dents of the District of Columbia are not ex- cluded by the state quota rule. The examina- tion,” continued Mr. Lyman, ‘will be A and those persons having the highest age will be certified in the regular way. will be appointed for a probationary term six months. Hitherto it has been customary in the bureau of engraving and printing to ‘a point for one month, and if everything is satis- factory at the end of that period to then give a permanent appointment. Our rules have made the probationary term six months,” “How will the candidates be examined as to their physical qualifications?” queried the re- porter. PHYSICAL QUALIFICATIONS OF PRINTERS’ ASSIST- ANTS. “Their physical qualifications will be fully tested during their six months’ probation; there will be no medical examination. If the appointees are not able to do the work the pro- bationary period may be terminated at once.” “How if the weakness should develop after they have received a permanent appointment?” “It could be terminated just as easily,” re- plied the commissioner. “The application of the rules to the bureau of engraving and print- ing does not prevent the removal of any.of the employes, but it shuts off that treme put- side pressure which has hitherto the cause of the majority of the dismissals, Here- tofore it has been customary to remove an em- ploye so that he or she might give place to one with more influence. Now anemploye may be removed just as easily, but the power that re- moves cannot appoint; he has to take what we sendhim. Thus, in taking away the power to appoint we remove .the cause for the great majority of dismissals.” A New Position for Col. Lamont. A REPORT THAT HE IS TO SUCCEED GEN, SWAIM AS JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL, The lively strife among the army officers who aspire to appointment as staff officers hag been still further stimulated by the report which is gaining currency to the effect that the Presi- dent contemplates the appointment of his pri- ite secretary, Col. Lamont, as judge advocate general to succeed Gen, Swaim. If the Presi- dent has such an intention and decides to fol- low precedents regulating the appointment of civilians to high military posts, he would first make Col. Lamont a major in the United States army. He would then be nominated to the Senate as judge advocate general, and if the nomination were confirmed by the Senate the | confirmation would have the effect to remove the present Judge Advocate General, Swain, who is now under suspension upon sentence of acourt-martial. This course would be in line | With regular military procedure, while some delicate legal points would be involved if the appointment should be made to the higher ottice directly. Col, Lamont said this morning, in regard to the above rumor, that he has Leard nothing and knows nothing of the matter. Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: General land office—Appointment: Beverly F. Cole, of New York, clerk, for duty as chief of mineral division, $1,800, Office of Indian affairs—Promotions: Chas. F. Larrabee, of Maine, $1,600 to $1,800; Eugene Goodwin, of Maine, and Jas, F, Allen, of New Hampshire, $1,400 to 1,600; T. Sewell Ball, of Maryland, $1,200 to $1,400; Chas. W. Hastings, of Massachusetts, and Miss Arabella Upton, of New York, $1,000 to $1,200. Pension office — Appointments: Peter W. Blazer, of New Jersey, and Benj. F. Wade, of Georgia, special examiners, $1,400; Miss Mary B. Lineaweaver, of the District of Columbia, and Mrs, Nellie B. Simms, of the District of Columbia, $900, by transfer from general land office. The Fight for the House. CLAIMS OF THE DEMOCRATS, BUT NOT ON BET- TING FIGURES. Employes and some of the officers of the House still cling to the hope that something may turn up to give the House to the demo- crats. They have stopped figuring, but in a general way claim three majority. One. of e officers was talking with a ‘trom New York and made that claim, “You — de- light me,” said the friend excited, “I shall telegraph at once to some of the boys wire. But the isa, with the semast the tac were sontets figures; his had satisfied THE NEW NAVY. Gunboat Building East and West. A MERRY WAR RAGING OVER THE CONSTRUCTION OF VESSELS FOR THE NEW NAVY. Out of the recent efforts of the government to build a navy has grown a rivalry between the east and the west that occasionally bursts forth in a somewhatspirited manner. Perhaps the best exponent of this contest is to be found inthe construction of the two cruisers, the Baltimore and the Charleston. The former was begun by the Cramps, of Philadelphia, several months before the Union iron works, of San Francisco, started on the latter, but the two ships have been kept in about the same stage of construction, so that comparisons and criticisms as to their relative merits have been sent back and forth to the edification of the department and the public. At first the east- ern firms laughed at the idea of a western con- cern undertaking to build a battle-ship, but from the present outlook it would seem that the department did not make such a great mis- take in giving the San Francisco builders a part of the work. Although the Charleston was be- some time after the Baltimore, she was Eanohea in July last, while the Baltimore did not touch the water ‘until September. She is also in much more advanced stage, the ninth payment on her being recommended to the de- partment last week, while there have been but seven or eight made on the Baltimore. This means that she will be ready for her trial some time before the eastern-built ship. In the meantime there is a bloodless warfare raging across the continent respecting the strength of steel and iron, the plans of con- uction and the designs for machinery of the two ships. dea rk STAMPING OUT YELLOW FEVER. Conditions Under Which the Govern- ment Will Pay for Destroyed Articles. Surgeon-General Hamilton has sent the fol- lowing letter to Surgeon Porter at Jackson- ville: “You will inform the city council, through the mayor, Mr. Giro, that the passage of an ordnance, in the form inclosed, will be satis- factory to the government, and articles actually necessary to be destroyed will be paid for. All articles of clothing and bedding that can be disinfected by being plunged into a disinfect- ing solution, and afterward plunged into boil- water, could be so treated. For purpose a laundry house should be diately constructed, or if in your judg- ent it can better be done, the laundry already in operation will be rented. But nothing will be done in this matter until the ordnance shall have been passed, a8 without it it is useless to undertake the work.” . In anéther letter, written to-day, Dr. Hamil- ton says: “My opinion is that the class of arti- cles that need necessarily be destroyed is an extremely limited one. Mattresses and their contents, pillows and comforts cannot well be disinfected, at Itast without the em- ployment of a process so expensive as to render it useless from an economic point of view. With these exceptions I think all the articles in sick rooms can be properly disinfected. Bed- chamber walls should be sponged and washed with a solution of bichloride of mercury, and articles as sheets, pillow-cases and blan- should be first plunged in a disinfecting tion and afterward put in boiling water. Wearing apparel hanging in clos- ets adjacent to bed chambers, carpets of bed-chambers and rugs in bed-chambers should be subject to disinfection by steaming. All houses should be exposed to air currents as much as possible. Upholstered furniture should be treated by spraying with bichloride of mer- cury soluti¢ Please notify me by telegraph when the city council passes the ordnance in- closed in yesterday’s letter.” The ordinance alluded to provides that “it shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to | give up, to conceal, or to remove, any article | which shall be declared to be infected by yel- low fever by the board of health of the city physicians or by any officer of the United States overnment co-operating with said boards of feaith. . That within ten days from the date of this ordinance every householder having articles believed to ‘be, or declared to be, in- fected shall report the same, and in case any article is directed to be destroyed it shall be appraised and payment guaranteed by the government of the United States. “All bedding and pillows and bed-clothing and other articles declared by the pealth au- thorities to be infected and liable to commu- jmicate disease are declared to be nuisances, nd the city authorities are authorized to seize and condemn the same to be either disin- fected or destroyed, and the possession of such articles after they are declared to be infected shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding #100 or imprisonment not exceed- ing thirty days. The articles so seized or sur- rendered or 80 condemned will be paid for by the United States under regulations to be pub- {ished by the surgeon-general. “It is further declared to be unlawful for any person to carry through the streets of said city or cause to removed from house to | house any infected article without having a | permit. In houses where yellow fever has ap- d at any time within a period of six | months articles therein requiring to be disin- | fected shall be turned over to the officer in | charge of the government disinfecting estab- | lishment, or his representative, and shall be disinfected, and will be returned to the house- holder.” A CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT. The President yesterday afternoon had acon- ference with Senator Call,” Surgeon-General | Hamilton, and a committee of citizens from | Jacksonville, consisting of Messrs. Jos. H. Dur- kee, D. @. Ambler, Telfair Stockton, 8. B. Hub- | bard, and John G: Cristopher, on the subject | of the disinfection of clothing, &c., in the yel- low fever districts, The President promised to do all in his power to alleviate the sufferings of the people in the stricken places. GEORGETOWN. by Sxeax TuEeves.—The grocery store of Mr. E. M. P. Harris, on M street, was entered by thieves sometime between Suturday night and Monday morning, and three boxes of cigars stolen. The entrance was effected by means of a false key. There seems to be a regularly or- ganized band of sneak thieves operating in this recinct, andin the last month or two no less an six or eight robberies have occurred with- in a radinsof three or four squares of the sta- |‘ tion, and no arrests have been made of any of | the perpetrators, Nothing of any great value | has been stolen, though the opportunities were not wanting, which looks as though the thieves were you in the business. , Surcut Free.—An alarm of fire was turned in last night about 7:30 o'clock, caused by a fire being discovered at 1076 30th street, an old house occupied by a number of colored fami- lies. The fire was caused by the igniting of a window curtain, Damage slight. No. 5 engine company responded, but did not go into ser- ‘ice. vice. Cartte Market.—The following sales of live stock at Drover's Rest yesterday are reported: 210 cattle: Best, 4c. and 4}c.; good, 3}¢c. and 4c,; middling, 3c. and 3}¢c.; common, 2c. and 8c. 274 sheep and lambs: Sheep, 33¢c. and 33;c.; lambs, 4 and calves ig 6c. Fifteen cows and calves, $20 to $40, Market fair. Mrs, Elizabeth Ann Trunell Telegrams to The Star. A TERRIFIC BOILER EXPLOSION. ~ Gladstone and the Ashbourne Act. THE OHICAGO MURDER MYSTERY. Barry Continues to Attack Powderly. ——>__ STIRRING UP THE COMMONS. Yesterday’s Scenes were the Most Ani- mated of the Session Thus Far. Special Cable Dispatch to Tae EVENING Star. Loxpon, Nov. 20.—The scene in the house of commons yesterday was more animated than on any previous occasion of the present autumn sitting. Balfour's illness, although not serious, | obliged him to keep in bed, but he declined to | | adopt the suggestion of his colleagues thet the | introduction of the land-purchase scheme | should be postponed fora week. Therefore he sent the notes which he had prepared for the | speech which he intended to make, and these ; materially assisted Mr. Madden, the solicitor- | general for Ireland, in his opening speech. In | consequence of the absence of Balfour matters | went more smoothly than was expected, Mr. Irish members into frequent interruption like Mr. Balfour. Madden, who was only elected member for Dublin university last year on the acceptance of a judgship by Mr. Holmes, and who was directly afterward made solicitor- general for Ireland, is a man of sound informa- | tion and engaging manners, but with rather an | affected, Dandresry style of speaking, which | frequently causes amusement, especially when ‘he Eas to pronounce the names of Irish places, | His speech was attentively heard, but it was | not until.it was nearly time for Gladstone to | introduce his amendment that the house was really crowded. Then it was so full that | members had to find seats in the galleries, where also there were many strangers. Henr; George was among the visitors present. Mr. ax pg spoke, with animation, an hour and @ half. ee VARIOUS LOD TOPICS. Blake’s Appointment to be Canceled— Important Convert to Home Rule. Special Cable Dispatch to Tue EvexiNo STAR. Loxpox, Nov. 20.—Blake’s appointment as governor of Queensland will be canceled and he will be appointed governor of Mauritius, where there is no Irish population. The Irish members intend to produce as re- butting evidence in the Parnell trial, an offi- cial circular of instructions to the land league branches, a particularly strongly-worded one against outrages in 1881, when crime was very rife, The return of agrarian outrages in Ireland just issued, shows that in the quarter which ended on the 30th of September last the num- ber recorded was 173, of which 65 were merely threatening letters. The Christian World, which has the largest circulation of any religious paper, announces its conversion from unionism to home rule, —>——_ Dillon Going to Australia. Loxvon, Nov. 20.—Mr. John Dillon will visit Australia during the coming winter. His main object in making the trip is to recover his health, but he intends also to do some work in the interest of the Irish canse. ——_—__— Official Pennsylvania Returns. Harnisevne, Pa., Nov. 20.—The official re- turns from all the counties in the state have reached the state department. For President | almost a million votes were cast, as follows: Harrison, Cleveland, 446,520; Fisk .), 20,748; Streeter (labor), 3,865; total, 571; Harrison's vote for Presi- 804; Cleveland, .), 15,737; Butler (labor), urality, 81,091; Blaine’s ma- Another Franco-German Complication. Pants, Nov. 20.—A German gendarme has ar- rested a Frenchman employed at the Igney and Avrincourt railway depot while the employe was working in his own garden on German ter- ritory. ecole Bright and I Lonpon, . 20.—-Mr. John Bright rested well last night and his condition this morning shows further improvement. Mr. Balfour is conv ing. A Gang of Bond Robbers Captured. Panis, Nov. 20.—The police of Lille have ar- | rested a gang of six men who several years ago | stole in Brussels and Mons bonds of the value of $100,000 which t gotiated in England. a A $75,000 Fire at Rockville, Conn. Rockvitie, Conn., N 20.—The fire which destroyed Doane’s block early this. morning also gutted Orcutt’s three-story brick block ad- joining. Total loss on both blocks, $75,000. Insurance, $45,000. —— Sandbagged and Robbed of $2,500. HE HAD FOOLISHLY EXHIBITED JIS WAD OF MONEY PREVIOUSLY IN A DRINKING PLACE, Crxcrxxat, Noy. 20.—Mr. Geo. W. Leeser, of Pottsville, Pa..who has been in attendance here at the exposition with an exhibit of soap, received $3,000 in money on Saturday too late to deposit in bank. He carried it on his person and unfortunately during the night exhibited itata drinking place. Sometime after mid- night, as he was going home, he was sand- bagge@and robbed of €2.500.’ He kept the matter quiet, hoping to trace the robbers him- self, but so far has not succeeded, fect sats Andrieux and Guyot Fight. THE FORMEM SLIGHTLY WOUNDED IN THE CHEST. Panis, Nov. 20.—The duel between M. An- drieux and M. Guyot, resuiti from the charge made by the latter in La that the Nimes trial was the outcome of collusion between M. Numa Gilly and M. Andrieux, was fought this morning. Swords were used’ and = Andrieux received a slight wound in the chest, —->__ The Boiler Inspector’s Convention. Prrrssune, Nov. 20.—The convention of the boiler inspectors to form a national organiza- tion met here this morning, delegates from nearly every state being present. Mayor Mc- ah fee Pace ermany Captain Me- Callum, of St. Louis, then made an address, outlining the objects of the association, He said that the principal objects were to a uniform system of boiler i ‘tion, to Madden not having the faculty of goading the | Disastrous Results of a Boiler Explo- sion in a Montana Mining Town. Borrs, Moxr., Nov. 20.—At the old concem- trator of the Boston, Mont., consolidated works at Meadville, Mont., at five o'clock afternoon, a, M. G. Ed- m engineer; W. O'Connor, + carpenter; jack iter; Henry ters, Serer, ent tata injuring Hichard Wing,'me- chinist; George an, pipe-fitter, John Eustis, carpenter; Foreman Hank “I was there ten seconds before the explo- sion took place, Heckman was on top boiler adjusting the blow-off valve, munds was on top of the ladder boiler. The other men were scattered the building. The boiler that ex one of the battery of four, and boilers the steam-gauge it pressure. The other one indicated 55 of steam. The steam was evidently turned the boiler that exploded from the oe giving 200 pounds additional pressure, when rent pce ag one-half going forward and the other backward. Heckman, who was on top, is least hurt. The boiler was a new one and was considered safe, but could not stand 200 pounds pressure going into it at once.” Avro )-oerdnnts BARRY STILL WRITING. He Gives the Public Another Chapter of irievances. wv. 20.—“Spyism” is the 's chapter in the serial bout the actions of the Powderly administration of the affairs of the Knights of Labor. He goes over actions of va- rious @glegates at Richmond, at Minneapolis, and irfthis city, and accuses them of spying om the actions of all delegates suspected of oppos- ing Powderly. In this installment of his —s. which was given to the press late last night, | also gives the names of members of the order whom, he says, Powderly and the board dis | charged to make places for non-union clerks who were their pets. ANOTHER CAUSE OF COMPLAINT, Barry and his friends are expressing indigna- | tion at the action of the general assembly and | at the report of the grievance committee yes- | terday in the cases of Gleason and Bloomer. They say these cases are similar to that of Barry, and that the action was very inconsist- ent. Wm. Gleason, of Chicago, had been ex- ei by the district assembly court instead of | by the local, as the laws of the order direct. | The general assembly so hold, and thereby went exactly opposite to their action in the | Barry case. “ Bloomer's case was identical with | Barry's. He was expelled by the general ex- | ecutive board, as Barry had been, and claimed | that only eal could try him, as Barry had | claimed. e committee reported against | Barry but favored Bloomer. The general as sembly by vote expelled both. PROSPECT OF BARRY STARTING A NEW ORDER. As has been said, Barry's friends have been very indignant at this, and they are feeling | sanguine of success in anew order. Already | telegrams of sympathy and expressing a desire | to join him have been received from many | parts of the country by Barry, These come in several instances from’ officers of local assem- blies of the Knights of Labor, and Barry counts « their support in his new organization, How- er, his following is still uncertain, and time | only will develop how strong it is, — SENATOR COLQUITT RE-ELECTED. Editor Grady Persisted in His Refusal to Run. Arzaxta, Ga., Nov. 20.—A. H. Colquitt was to-day re-elected United States Senator. Mx. Grady refused to run. > THE PARNELL COMMISSION. The “Times” People Want Mr. Harrings ton Punished for Contempt. Loxvox, Nov. 20.—The Parnell commission | resumed its sittings to-day. Attorney-General | Webster, counsel for the Times, complained of the difficulty experienced in bringing forward | Witnesses from County Kerry. He called the | judge's ution to an article in the Kerry Sentinel (Mr, Edward Harrington's paper), which stated that “the judges compaging the | Parnell commission were showing sigus of | measles now, although at the opening of the i ay they had appeared to be spotless. The | judges were creatures of the conspiracy entered |into by the government and the Times, and | were manifestly unable to veil their preju- | dices.” The attorney-general appealed to the | court to take action in the matter, as such pub- lications tended to defeat justice and amoun’ | to the grossest contempt. Mr. Reid, in bebalf of Mr. Harrington, com- | plained that no notice of a charge of this char- acter had been given them and it was = impossible to make an answer at present. He asked that the matter be adjourned until to- morro’ Presiding Judge Hannen and the | attorney-general both agreed to this and the | matter stood over, | The examination of witnesses was then re- | sumed. Farmer Culloty, of Castle Islam County Kerry, testitied that because he bi served notices on tenants im 1882, two men visited him and one of them struck him with # spade and the other shot him in the leg. The leg had to be amputated. He was afterward boycotted, On cross-examination he said the quarters of | the nearest branch of the league was six miles | distant from his farm. He considered that the | rents throughout Kerry were too high. He denied that the two men who attacked him were relatives of a servant girl whom he had wronged. | ——— EVA MITCHELL’S MURDERER. It is still a Mystery, but Suspicion is Strong Against Flagman Masterson. Cuicaco, Nov. 20.—The mystery in the mure der of Eva Jane Mitchell, the girl whose body | was found on Grand Boulevard, Saturday even- | ing, remains impenetrable. Of the four young men arrested on suspicion yesterday, three— Sturges, Grav and Stowell—established alibis sufficiently substantial to warrant the police im | discharging them late last night in mds of | $3,000 each. But grave suspicions have arisen | in the minds of the police against Tom Master- | son, the fagman at 39th street and Michigan avenue. Masterson is the last man thus far found who saw Eva alive. He tells an improb- able story of his meeting with her Saturday night in the*light of his relations to the mur+ dered girl prior to her death and is still under arrest pending further investigation. — Two Men Killed and Three Engines Wrecked. Curvexxe, Wyo., Nov. 20.—A costly wreck occurred on the Union Pacicfic at Rock Creek station yesterday afternoon. A work train re- turning to Laramie collided with freight train No. 23, pulled by two engines. An engineer and a fireman were fatally injured and ten or twelve laborers on the work train slightly burt, The k, eg Pl ore ge The wreck completely blocked travel, passenger trains Rr dalaped twelve hours, Want $150,000 Damages. ASUIT GROWING OUT OF THE ALLEGED ILLEGAL USE OF A PATENT PROCESS OF MAKING BEER. Curcaco, Nov. 20.—Leonard Miller and Ed- mund Hofman, the former of Bavaria and the latter of Germany, filed a bill in the federal court against the Consolidated Bunging Co., and George and Philip Bartholamae for an accounting as to profits arising from the manufacture of beer under what is known | The com- the patentees of 1877. all that ee , db parlgeron Bartholamae, whom appointed as agents in this country, had the’ patent issued in the nme of Bartholamae. The fants licensed the patent in this country to the Bartholamae’s, who assigned it to the consol- iy, Which revent the employment of incompetent en- sincera The convention will be in session all weel ra edieetenees Dougherty Taken to Ward’s Island. New Yorx, Nov. 20,—James M. Dougherty, the fellow who went crazy about Mary Ander- son, the actress, was to-day taken to the insane asylum on Ward's Island. ———— Chloroformed and Robbed. Crncrxxatt, O., “Nov. 20.—1 Protzman and family, in charge of the Bee a Hartwell Oh Ohio, were chloroformed this ing and ‘of $500. ee The Widow of a Suicide Kills Herself. idated compan; ceased paying royalties in 1883, “An accounting and @150,000 damages demanded. ——— The Peacemaker’s Usual Fate. Daxvite, Inx., Nov. 20.—John sf E i iy ki f i 5 é pili ils L