Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1888, Page 5

Wax Disc Ovr A miserable exstence when © few bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla would certaitly «ve .he strencth and nergy you peed? Thousands aco proving its virtues daily. So may you kre Alice West, of Jefferson, W. Va, writes: “I was all run down before I began to take Ayer’s Sar- saparilia, but aim Dow gaining in strength every “Being very weak and despondent after a loe7 ness, I tried Ayer’s Sarsapariila, sud two bot- tes nave restored me to my forme, bealth.”-- Miss Blanche S. Brownell, 4 Boyiston Place, Boston AYER'S SARSAPARILLA, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Oo., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druswists. Price, $1: six bottles, #5. WORTH $5 A BOTTLE. S0- Fy papgenbe mi street, one of the ian Per s * ——pagpehasnearma yess | 0) For years I bave suffered, from which al- ways formed on the tes ot iy mec, se ad to be cut PT. used all sorts of oud, but without ‘The sbacesses | wo yaffered very much pain until my ph: me to Use the genuine itu- | yt Catisbed Sprudel Salta (rowder forma). T used is for abont four weeks, and ‘that time I have | been entirely free from My complexion eleared, and] have good ith ‘ever since. I cannot too bis! this, juable remedy, end have rconmended it to all iy friends, who also ak of ite wondertul ¢ fects asa ve. ‘Yours very respecttull 5 ‘The Genuine Cat Salt Powder is put up tm round bottles. Each bottle cor~ win a; ‘and _has the seal of the city of Carisbad and the signa. ture of Eisner & Mendelson Co. s ts, around bottle, All others are worthless imi- ts aud Dr. Toboldt’s lecture mailed frvy ulon arr cation. EISNER & MENDELSON CO. 6 Barelay Sole Agents, ‘aul-m,w. {a ey a BY THE CUTICURA REMEDIES. Have been in the drug and medicine business twen- ty-five years. Have been selling your CUTICURA REMEDIES since they came West They lead all others in their line. We could not write nor could you print all we have heard said in favorof the CUTICU- BA REMEDIES. One year ago the CUTICURA and SOAP cured a little girl in our house of the worst sore head we ever saw, and the RESOLVENT and CUTI- CURA are now curing a young gentleman of a sore leg, while the physicians are trying to have it amputated. 2d EDITION. Latest Tlerams io The Sa, WEBSTER MEETS HIS MATCH. Witness Molloy’s Only Answers Favor the Parnellites’ Case. Loxpox, Dec. 7.—Patrick Molloy, who re- fused to obey the subpoma of the Times to give evidence before the Parnell com- mission, and who was arrested and brought from Dublin, was placed in the witness box when the commission assembled to-day, He was guarded by police. Attorney- General Webster, for the Ti examined him at length, but did not succeed in extracting a tittle of evidence. Molloy met all the attorney- eneral’s questions with blank denials or pro- asions Of ij . “On crow examination by Michael Davitt, Molloy stated that a solicitor’s clerk in Dublin had promised him money if he would try to criminate Mr. Davitt either by true or false evidence. Mr. Davitt asked the witness if it was the nts of the common belief in Ireland that Times and the government were to ob- tain evidence by bribes and threats, _ Presiding Justice Hannen overruled the ques- tion. ’ EARTHQUAKE IN QUEBEC. The Bishop’s Palace at Rimouski Badly Shaken. Quepec, Dec. 7.—A strohg shock of earth- quake lasting nearly half a minute was felt this morning at Rimouski, Farther Point, Sainte Flavine and Trois Pistoles, At Rimouski the shock was so severe as to cause the bishop's — to tremble visibly, but no damage was tenis The Calumet and Hecla Fire. THE COMPANY WILL PAY $10,000 FoR THE AR- REST OF THE MAN WHO STARTED IT. Cucaco, Dec. 7.—A dispatch from Marquette, Mich., says: The Calumet and Hecla company | has advertised a reward of $10,000 for informa- | tion leading to the arrest of the incendiary who started the fire in No, 3 shaft of the Calumet branch on the night of Thanksgiving day. The fite in the mine has grown worse. Several It will save bis leg and perhaps his life. Too much cannot be said in favor of CUTICURA REMEDIES. 8. B. SMITH & BRO., Coving‘on. Ky. I have suffered from Salt Rheum for over eixht years, at times so bad that I could not attend to my bu for weeks at atime. Three boxes of CUTI- CURA and four bottles of RESOLVENT have entirely cured me of this dreadful disease. JOHN THIEL, 1875 Second ave., New York city. CUTICURA, the great Skin Cure, and CUTICURA SOAP, an exquisite Skin Beautifier, externally, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT, the new Blood Purifier, in- ternally, are @ positive cure for every form of Skin and Biocd Disease, frou Pimples to Serofula, Sold everywhere. Price, CUTICURA, 50c.; SOAP, | 25e.; RESOLVENT, $1. Prepared by the POTTER | DRUG AND CHEMICAL CO., Boston, Mass, Send for “How to Cure Skin Diseases. PIMPLES, Blackheads, Chapped and Oily Skin pre- vented by CUTICURA MEDICATED SOAP. 445,78 ‘The mortality among Consumptives has been ma- | terially decreased of late years by many excellent pul- monies Foremost among these is SCOTT'S EMUL- SION of Cod Liver Oi with Hypophosphites of Lime and Soda. Phthisis, Bronchitis, Abcess of the Lungs, Pueumonia, Weakness and Soreness of the Chest are eompletely subjugated by a timely resort to this suc- eesstul combination of highly purified cod liver oil ‘With the salts named which are themselves among the Snest reparatives of exhausted energy. Not only Lung and Bronchial troubles, but Rheumatism, Gen- eral Debility, the Wasting Away of Children and Adults, Scrofula and Lumbar Abcesses and Feebleness are removed by this standard preparation. For Anaemia and all impover:shed conditions of the blood, itis the best possible remedy, and since the flavor of ‘Cod Liver Oilis nullified in it, children and delicate lady invalids experience no repugnance in taking it.43 M PERSONS KEEP CARTERS LITTLE hand to it biliows attac! anck, bench ‘ssziness, and Bnd them Just wit they | — | Borzenrurs Have been described “Flowers with Wings. A flowery idea truly, and poetically but, as this is not the flowery Zason permit us, if you please, to plane into water and bring forth sterner atufl. suited to the segeon and to any occasion. step {rom the sublime to the ridiculous.” ‘Sue may be p from the sublime uw fe a tantof El S ure away, but tet ‘and how ‘TEN PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE. 1 If with something new, handsome, ing ing and withal, cl Then uct ees eee pie play over ‘your cous 2 which, belng righ! Wish thee, O Thief, that thou didst the 01 ‘else I should not have put on wil ao not MAKE the make a wonderful with NEW” course you are. Clothes but, good people, good clothes in a man’s . t way in this age. We have uot nai it mast take effect, and this ie the Jesnon it would 3 AYS WEAR PAY CASH FOR THEM! BUY ¥ ARE SOLD THE CHEAPEST! OU KNOW THE SPOT! VICTOR E, ADLER'S 10 PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE 10 ‘927 and 929 7th st. nw. corner Massachusetts ave. Strictly One Price. __ Open Saturdays till 11 p.m. a3 F SICK HEADACHE 18 MISERY, WHAT ARE Doster Little Livge Pills if they tively. ware it? People who have used them ‘heir worth. They are small and easy to take. (URKI<H LIFE TABLETS. Baw Aa THE boy Sep pnerx. pis shreiete core for Nerreumeny, Mental Weaknem, Raa Puriter, ‘and will pouitively destroy Price #1 per bor; 6 boxes for $5. Send for etreular. ‘TURKISH TABLET CO., Philadelphia, Pa, Public opinion our indorsement. n23-3m AST COCOA. on POCOR nd ain adapted’ fort CUCOAL well as for = } 5 &0O., ‘Dorchester, Masa, a oP i His One pill's E ARLES pibiee reer eme Funpean artnta” Beautiful rida Gitte, carefully vet Sod Bie | NO Citistaas TABLE Should be without ARGOSTURA BITTERS strength. and avoid Backache small slides of ground took place near the | burning shaft yesterday, but the cavitios were | ——6 Four Locomotives Wrecked. AN EXPENSIVE COLLISION AT CHICAGO THIS MORNING. Cutcaco, Dee. 7.—A collision which oc- curred this morning on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road near 50th street re- | mak sulted in a loss to the company of about | $50,000. The main line forms a sharp curve from Stewart avenue to 60th street and Went- worth avenue. A long freight train drawn by | three engines and north bound was rounding this eurve when a south-bound switch engine, running rapidly, dashed into it. The engineers and firemen had just time enough to jump from their cabs and save their lives when the crash came. The four engines were thrown from the track and are all badly disabled, to- gether with a number of box cars, which were loaded with freight. aa Official Figures from Mtinois. SPRINGFIELD, Ixt., Dec. 7.—The following is the official vote of the state of Illinois as shown by the complete returns now in the office of | the secretary of state: For President—Harri- | son, 370,473; Cleveland, 348,272; Fisk, 21.695; Streeter, 7,090. Harrison's plurality, 22.201. For governor—Fifer, 367,860; Palmer, 355,313; Harts, 19,919; Jones, 9,964. " Fifer’s plurality, 12,547. me ee Kept His Wealth in a Tin Box. HIS HIRED MAN DISCOVERED IT AND HAS BUN AWAY wiTH $16,000. | iy trying to dis- | cover the whereabouts of about $16,000 in| money and securities, which were taken from | atin box in the closet of his sitting-room. He discovered the loss last night and immediately reported it to the police. Geo. Harrison, aged twenty-two years,an employe, who bas been in jail, is suspected and has dis- appeared. About 6.000 of the securities are negotiable, It is said that Mr. Tucker's daugh- ter is in love with Harrison: Mr. Tucker has been urged frequently to buy a safe, but he always refused. The Arrest of Mr. Sheehy. A REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE WHICH REFLECTS ON THE IRISH EXECUTIVE. Loxvox, Dec. 7.—The committee appointed by the house of commons to inquire into the arrest within the precincts of the house of Mr. Sheehy, an Irish member, have adopted a report by a majority of one, which sets forth that “the Irish executive appears to have taken no precaution to issue proper instructions to the Irish police for the observance of due re- spect to the house of commons.” Restoring Southern Rates. New Yorx, Dec. 7.—The eastern agents of all the southwestern roads have received or- ders to restore rates to the old schedules. The advance makes first-class rates $2.63; second class, $2.12; third class, $1.73; fourth, $1.48 fifth, $1.25; sixth, $1.19!¢; seventh, $1.041¢; ‘The restoration is to take effect to-morrow. The rates prevailing now are as much as 40 per cent in some classes below the above tariff. —-—— Schooners Injured in a Collision. Stapieton, 8. L., Dec. 7.—Capt. David Wol- cott, of the wrecking steamer. I. J. Merritt, which arrived here at ht iast night from Cape Lookout, whither she had gone to assist the steamer Nacooche, reports that last night, when 27 miles south of Sandy Hook,he passed the three-masted schooner Elizabeth Cottingham, of Camden, N. J., and Stephen Bennett, lying at anchor, having been in collision yesterday afternoon. The Cottingham had lost all of her head-gear and sustained other damage. The tt had her fore and main rigging carried away and bulwarks stove in. y need as- sistance to reach port. ietacnieed FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. are the opening ™ Stock Market, wee the New tL TY 0. |. i an bir: 71M gow! Sis § The Washington Stock Exchange. ‘8 quota- regis Tr bid 127 27 , 12735 md, 3.658, aed, currency. asked. ington Gas, 40% bid, Gas. 44 bid, 48 asked. 38 Did, 43 asked. National Mi suranes, 19 asked. 60% bial, 63 asked. Columbia Insurance, bid, 13 asked. Washington Ne PROBLEMS FOR THE NEXT HOUSE. Organization and the Tariff Question Among Them. It will probably not take the Senate long to pass the republican tariff bill. Nothing is ex- | pected to come of it this session, and individual | opposition can afford to be put aside without ; more than passing remark, That the republi- cans are not unanimous upon it is pretty gem erally understood, Several Senators, like Mr. Plumb, would not be satisfied to have it become a law as it now is. Under the circumstances, however, there is likely tot eno serious dispute, republicans who are not quite satisfied being | content to make some formal expression of | their doubt or opposition to certain clauses. Mr. Allison and Mr. Aldrich anticipate no diffi- culty in passing it through the Senate with no changes other than the committee are willing to accept. THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. It is questionable whether the ways and means committee will give the bill more than formal notice when it comes to the House. The | general idea with the members of that com- mittee is that their work for this Congress is about done. Mr. Mills is about to go away, and his physicians will probably command him not to exert himself at all during the session, The other members are more or less worn with their hard fighting, and they will not feel disposed to open a new contest with nothing to come of it. Mr. Breckinridge may try to do something with his trust bills, but the general condition of affairs is discouraging to aggres- sive work, THE TARIFF QUESTION TO GO OVER TO THE NEXT CONGRESS. It is fully recognized by the leading men in both parties that the tariff question is to go over as a heritage to the Fifty-first Congress, and it will have to be taken up then practically as a new matter. The work done by the re- jpublicans in ‘this Congress will, _ of course, assist the next, by ” fur- nishing a basis for their measure, but no one appears to have the idea that they can pick up the Aldrich bill and go on with it. ‘The next Congress has distinctively to make its own policy. The Senate will be practicall, the same body it now is, but the situation wil be changed inasmuch as they will then be trying to make a law, whereas they are now trying only to make a bill, Inthe Honse there will be a great many new republican members, and this, together with the fact of their sli majority and the natural difficulty of securing harmonious action among so many men of antagonistic interests will ce it A VERY DELICATE TASK to trame a bill that will meet with approval in both houses. in their power to dictate what they would or would not have. The Senate bill will be made the basis of any action most likely. but there may be great divergence from it. There is a small contingent in the Senate, (speak- ing of republicans only.) who, while being firm advocates of protection are opposed to a tariff so high as to merely exaggerate profits far beyond what they consider just limits. In the House this contingent is very much stronger, and it will have to be taken into con- sideration in the organization of the new House. The speakership contest will turn largely upon this, with apparently the advan- tage with the conservatives, ORGANIZATION OF THE NEXT HOUSE. It is very difficult to tell from the surface what is being done with relation to the organi- zation of the next House. On the surface there are four candidates for the Speakership in the field canvassing more or less openly, Mr Reed and Mr. Cannon are seen making an active personal canvass, and the various delegations are discussing the mat- ter among themselves to see where their in- terests lie. Burrows is making a personal canvass, probably to a less extent than the other two, and his friends are working actively for him, The Michigan men are all at work. Mr. McKinley is not making a personal can- vass at all, butis proceeding very cautiously by a very different method. His friends are work- ing as earnestly as are uny of the rest, but by different methods. Down at the bottom there is being a sight of thinking and figuring done, and the chances are that & majority of ibe ty figuring out a certain line of party policy ‘rill decide upon a man and be guided in’ their choice, not by personal considerations, (a large number of them could make no choice between the candidates on that ground), but by their judgment as to the best interests of the party. Most of them will be slow to decide upon this course. They are all impressed with the responsibility before them in framing the party’s course, and they will think along while over it. In the end they have got to pull altogether—to a man— ae they are going to be very care- ful to arouse no serious antagonisms. ‘MR. M'KINLEY VERY RETICENT. ASraz reporter had a brief conversation with Mr. McKinley in the House this morning. MeKinley is not talking much with any one on the speakership question. He spoke very guardedly and in a general way on the subject. He said it was not possible at this time to tell much about the situation. He knew through members that considerable canvassing was being done but could not guess what was com- ing of it. For himself, he said, smilingly, he was “& VERY MODEST AND QUIET CANDIDATE.” He merely took it for granted that the mem- bers would be influenced in in their choice by business and party considerationgpand that no personal liking for any one else or himself would figure much in the contest. Speaking of the general situation he said that it was very important that the party should act together with very great caution from this forward, if they. were to continue in power. The best counsel would have to prevail. The talk of the party now being insured for twenty- five years of power, he said, was merely ex- travagance, “IF WE ARE TO WIN AGAIN IN 92,” he said with great emphasis, “it will be upon what we do between ‘88 and thattime. We can’t win on the past.” ‘ME. BURROW'S CANDIDACY. General Cutcheon was talking to a Star re- porter this morning about Mr. Burrow’s can- didac: to make the “There isan effort, he sai speakership contest one of sections, I do not know that I approve of that, but there are sev- eral good men in the party with almost equal rsonal claims. e think . rows is the best suited for the place in every way. He is familiar with gen- eral matters, not being confined in his mode of thought to one line of subject; is quite familiar with parliamentary law and usage, and in addi- tion has good voice, commanding presence, and a quick wit. If the thing is to be de- cided by section we think Michigan has a claim. eg es birth to the republican erty, and has 1¥8 withstood the assaults of he enemy. Durin; the last election, with all the work done by the democrats to the state, we not oni held her firm, put ri luced the number of democratic representatives to two. ‘ ‘MICHIGAN'S TURN. “Besides, we think it is our turn. During re- publican Congresses Maine has had three terms of the Speakership, under Blaine; Indiana three, r Colfax; Massachusetts two, under Banks; Pennsylvania one, under yw; New Jersey one, under Pennington; and Ohio one, under Keifer. Irefer to republican speakers only. Michigan hi had a speak o'clock this afternoon deaths were reported to the health office as follows: Danl. W. Smith, white, 62 years; Rose E. 8; white, 34 p de | abe H EER ih i bl ‘ i it i colored, 65 years; Jas. Bolden, col 22 years; ote ke esate ert years Jom. “Terrell, colored, 4 months; Jas, itler, colored, 55 years. THE COURTS. Court x Gewerat Tere. jCITY Qa Ups rich; injunction denied. or following ents foot ——_—_ ij a i te One or three men might have it | A CHIEF OF STAFF APPOINTED. Gen. Hastings to Arrange Details of the Inaugural Parade. ‘THE GREAT BALI-ROOM—HOW THE PRESIDENTS . RECEPTION ROOM WILL BE FURNISHED—MICHI- GAX TROOPS EXPECTED TO COME—DOINGS OF VARIOUS COMMITTQES, Gov. Beaver, of Penns the marshal of the pesos’ appointed | Gen. D. H. Hastings, adjutant-general of the Pennsylvania national guard, to be his chief-of- | staff. Gen. Hastings is a tall, military-looking man, with @ rosy complexion and a coppery moustache and goatee, He isall that could be desired in a chief-of-staff so far as appearance goes. Gen. came to Washington to- | day attei.Jed by some of the staff officers of the been taken in providing for the street pageant, | and what it has been customary to do on former | inaugurations in recognition of bodies claim- |ing precedence over others, ~The details of the ent of the parade, rs Beaver says, be left ly in the hands of his chief of staff. General Hastings will be in communication with the committees on civic | and military organizations, and will make fre- | quent visits to this city. This afternoon | General @ consultation at in- ja headquarters wi eadqi ith General Ord: | pie —— as chief of staffto Grand Marshal locum four years ago, General Ordway gave General Hastings al the information et his command, MICHIGAN AT THE INAUGURATION. Col. D. B. Airger, formerly postmaster of this city, and now adjutant-general of the Michigan national guard, is visiting this city with Col. Rogers, the superintendent of the Michigan military academy, whose cadet corps took part in the national drill, Col. Ainger said to a Star reporter to-day that he had no doubt some of the Michigan troops would come to the inauguration. There has m talk of a whole regiment coming. In regard to that Col, Ainger said he could not promise so much as that, as the expense of transportation of a whole regiment would be very great, THE GREAT BALL ROOM, Col. Swords, who represents Chairman Brit- ton in the arrangements for the use of the pension building, called on Deputy Commis- | sioner McLean to-day in regard to the matter, | Col. McLean represents the commissioner of pensions. Mr. Wash, B. Williams, wno has offered to furnish the rooms in the pension building to be used on the occasion of the ball, was at headquarters to-day looking over dia- grams of the pension building. He proposes to furnigh aa ours to be assi, nad President and Vice-President on the night of the ball elaborately. Chairman Britton is not in favor of putting chairs or seats in the galleries as was done four years ago. Then the managers of the ball had use only of the first or lower gallery on account of state of the building. Now all the galleries will be available. Mr. Britton thinks that there | ought not to be provision for a large number head aici to sit down and be in the wa The galleries will be reserved for promenading, and there may be a few rooms in which chairs may retire to them and rest, SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FUND. Additional subscriptions to the inaugural- guarantee fund have been received as fol- lows: Chas, H. Hill, $10; the Shoomaker Co., 2100; National Grain and Stock exchange, $25; Louis Faber, $25; David Hagerty, $25: J. H. DeAtley, #25; John Keyworth, $25: Oyster, $50;' John A. Baker, 250; Schneider, $20; Gerstenberg. & Reuter N. L. Chappelle’ & Co., #25; Frank L. Hanvey, 5; W. W. Currey, $25; A. A. Birney, $25; D. . Hazen, M.D., $25; Hume & Co. (additional to $60 heretofore reported as subscribed by Hume, Cleary & Co.), #40; Sebastian Aman, $50. Total to date, $46,073. ~ AL 350; THE SUBCOMMITTEES. At a meeting last night the banquet commit- tee, of which Gen. Geo. B. Williams is chair- man, was organized. Mr. F. B, Noyes was elected secretary. The committee decided to cali for propositions and estimates from the caters of Washington and other cities, Dr. E. A. Adams’ committee, which has charge of street illuminations and firewor! met last evening and appointed subcommitte as follows: Lanterns and transparancies, Geo. R. Wilson; pyrotechnic street display, Maj. H. A. Hall; pyrotechnic club display, Pe Fleta er; calcium and electric lights, William Dickson; yrotechnic aerial display, George Francis jawson; pyrotechnic set display,Capt. Dumont. Many propositions have been received by the committee from pyrotechnists some of whom submitted elaborate designs for fireworks, THE FINANCIAL ROUTINE, The inangual committee has had printed blank requisitions and check books, with cou- pons for treasurer's vouchers, and arranged a system to keep a close check upon all expen: tures, Requisitions aresirawa ‘upon Chairman Britton on blank forms. They must have the signature of the chairman of the subcommittee, and be approved by Mr. Britton. The bills when rendered on forms provided for the pur- pose must have the approval of the ehairman of the subcommittee, the chairman of the executive committee, and the auditing com- mittee. A check drawn on the treasurer will then be issued with the signatures of the chair- man of the executive committee and the record- ing secretary. Attached to this will be a coupon which the treasurer will sign, and which will be the check on which the creditor will draw his money from bank. RAILROAD RATES, Chairman Johnson has been notified by Geo. H. Daniels, vice-chairman of the Central Traffic association, that excursion tickets to Washington will be sold from all points in the territory of that association at one lowest limited first-class fare for the round-tri John N. Abbott. chairman of the tern Passenger association, writes that his associa- tion will act on the matter as soon as the trunk lines and their connections, the Central Trafic association lines, have acted. The Central Traffic territory is west of Buffalo and Pitts- burg, to Chicago, St. Louis and Louisville. The territories of the Western States’ Passer ‘ion and Transcontinental associa- large part of the country west, northwest, and southwest from Chicago and St. Louis, The Southern Passenger territory 18 south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi. The ‘Trunk Line Passenger committee and the New York State Passenger association, which, as stated in Taz Stan yesterday, have agreed to a half rate, respresent the following roads: N. ¥. C. and H. R. road, West Shore, N.Y. O. and W. railway, N. Y. L. E. and W., Lehigh Valley. D. L. and W., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Reading, B. and O., Fitch- burg, B. R. and P., D. & H. C., E. C. and N., the Northern Central, R. W. and O., Syracuse, Geneva and Corning, Western New York, an Pennsylvania road, NOTES, . Chairman Parker, of the civic committee, has appointed Col. Julius J. Estey, of Vermont, as a member of his committee, upon the nomination of the governor of Vermont. The Union Harrison veteran legion of Cam- den, N. J., Col. J. J. Weaver commanding, coming with 200 uniformed men, a citizens’ ee of fifty and a band. e Cameron Club, of Philadelphia, has mea quarters at the Glenmore, on 13th 8. J. Murphy, of Marengo, Iowa, who voted for Harrison in 1840, has written to Obsirman Britton asking to be assigned a place in line on the 4th of March. iors ee eee bgt lg nhs gor ton typewrit com] loaned writers to the civic sonalttes. Yock yee bree ane ‘aoclgge tat fhe ball who are pre; lor tickets, have presented, through their agent here, Mr. Pivhitaker, handsome souvenir and Morton to chairmen ba eh il ql not hire in to the | e unfinished | will be placed xo that those who are ‘atigted | "| possible. The cominittee on Monday willoffer | THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. HOW TRE SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT *__ JUST MISSED HOLDING A MEETING. The Senate committee on the District of Co lumbia narrowly escaped holding s meeting this morning. At 10:30, Senators Ingalls, Spooner and Fanikner were room ready for business, but they were power- less, because three was not s quorum. ‘waited patiently for half an hour and relie' the monotony somewhat by referring to the District Commissioners bill to amend int x 'y | Senator Soaps a other member a hos commit atting an 0 ive minutes Senator Harris ent the committee-room, and finding it desolate, de A few minutes later Sena- | tor Farwell came in and went out The | five Senators would have constituted a quorum | if they could only have turned up at the same time in the same place. There will be no Preys of committee until next MEETING OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE. The House District committee held its first meeting for this session this morning. Chair- Gov. | man Hemphill and Messrs. Compton, Heard, Powell, Vance, Grant, Atkinson, Romeis and Brewer were present.’ Representative Payson appeared before the committee and spoke in opposition to the bill to close an alley between and 18th and G and H streets, No action was taken on the bill. Chairman Hemphill was instructed to ask the House to recommit . committee the bill to create a board of audit to settle all claims against the District. This was done to allow the District Commissioners opportunity to insert amend- ments which they deem necessary. The bill will be taken up on Tuesday next at 10:30. Commissioners Webb and Wheatley were pres- ent at to-day’s session, Several members of the committee think that the greater portion of next Tuesday's meeting will be given up to a discussion of the free water bill, There have not been, as yet, amy expressions of opinion by members of the committee as to the merits of the bill, because it has not been discussed. When it does come up the Com- miss.oners will do their utmost to secure a fav- orable report. . FOR LIGHTING THE HOUSE WING OF THE CAPITOL. The House committee on public build- ings and grounds has completed a plan for lighting the House wing of the capitol and for supplying electric bells to all the rooms where bells are neces- | sary. An expert has been at work for the past | six weeks preparing plans and specifications. | and the committee to-day approved them. As soon as they can be printed the committee will advertise for bids, in accordance with the House resolution of last session, CAPITOL TOPICS. CANDIDATE FOR SPEAKER, Senator Stockbridge last night gave a dinner to the members-elect of the Michigan delega- tion in the Fifty-first Congress now present in Washington. At the dinner the presentation of the name of Representative J. C. Burrows, | of the Kalamazoo district, as a idate for Speaker of the House was formally determined | upon and the delegation will press his canvass | unitedly, They claim that Michigan's showing | in the election last month of gains both in the poaeee vote and Congressmen fairly entitles | er to the recognition she asks, THE PACIFIC RAILROAD FUNDING BILL. The House committee on Pacific railroads | | held a meeting this morning and decided to | press the consideration of the Pacific railroad funding bill by the House at as early a day as | a resolution setting apart certain days for the consideration of the bill. Mr. Outhwaite, chairman of the committee, is confident of the sage of the bill by a food majority, if itcan brought toa vote. The work of the com- mittee is now practically completed. Several | bills relating to the Pacific railroads are before | it, but as there is no possibility of ‘their being taken up forgction by the House at this late day it is probable that no action will be taken | upon them by the committee. Reporting the Electoral Vote. | SENATOR SHERMAN EXPLAINS HIS COURSE IN THE SENATE YESTERDAY. Senator Shernian in speaking to-day of the | report of the result of the vote for presidential | electors in several states, transmitted by the Sec- | retary of State to the Senate yesterday, under | the terms of the law of 1887, said his objection to receiving the report was based upon a convie- | It tion of the uselessness of the proceeding. it was not unconstitutional it was extra-con: tutional. He said he had opposed the bil the way through on this ground. If it was in- tended to be an expresston of power by the Senate to control in any way the right of a state to declare the result of the vote in its | jurisdiction it was clearly unconstitutional; if it were merely to have the result published or declared it was extra-constitutional, in that the same thing was otherwise provided for. It was | on this ground he desired the report referred to the committee on privileges and elections in | order that it might there be decided how to dispose of the document. To Replace the Tunnel. AN ESTIMATE BEING MADE FOR A SURFACE CONDUIT. Senator Edmunds has requested Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, to have a survey made for agurface conduit to take the place of the aque- duct tunnel. This cannot be done, however, as there is flo money available for the purpose. | ‘The funds in hand to be used for the preserva- | tion of the tunnel cannot be applied to the | desired work. The request has been inter- preted, however, as desiring an estimate of the cost of such a conduit, and Captain Sears, who | is on duty in the chief of engineer's office, is | now engaged upon that work, but expects that it will take ten days or two weeks to complete it. The office has very good contour maps of | the tunnel route, every. tweuty. fect bei is clearly outlined, and it’ is thought that, al- though the estimate will be only an_approxi- mate one, it will answer Senator Edmunds’ purpose, A Ratlroad Land Patents Case. REARING BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTE- RIOR TO-DaY. The Secretary of the Interior, sitting with | the assistant attorney general, to-day heard ar- gument of counsel on the part of the railroad company in the case of the United States agt. the St. Louis and San Francisco railway com- pany. The case came up upon a ‘tion to the railroad company to show cause who pat- ents to about 90,000 acres of land on the line of this road, between ( ige oree Mo., and the western boundary of the state, alleged to have been erroneously - issued about twenty years hould not be canceled. The government el that these lands were reserved to the United States v4 the act of June 10, 1852, and consequently did not pass to the Atlantic and Facific railroad company (of which the St. Louis and San Francisco company is the suc- cessor by foreclosure purchase ) under its it of July 27, 1866. Vice-President John O'Day, of the 8t. Louis and San Francisco road, .d as counsel for his company. Itis tthe lands in controversy have lot passed out of the hands of the bse d to settlers, who have in them to others. Mr. 0’ Day tained that the original grant, and later the patents from the government, conveyed an absolute and in- contestable title, and that a recent decision of a United States courtin a similar case estab- lishes his position. ———__ The New Grand Jury at Work. INDICTMENTS REPORTED TO-DAY, . The grand jury of the December term of the Court made their first report toJudge Montgomery this afternoon. They the following indictments: Albert alias Charles Smith, embezzlement; James Brown alias J. B. Hunt alias J. B. Buck, larceny; James H. John- Robert Mc- ‘son, second offense petit Kenny, assault with intent to hilly fo. ii ‘wights ‘Thorsten Henderson, Frank H. Curtis, do, Wn. ated since do. do.; from the person; Wm. m | to the White House THE HA\TIAN AFFAI&. The Ossipee to be Prepared for Sea at Once. Orders were issued this afternoon to the commandant the avy-yard x le. to do this than with the vessels at New York. she can be fully wo Hayti within a few days, sent to Port Au Prince unless happens in the meantime & rumor been decided to senda number of it was subsequently ascertained that there mo foundation for the report. ALGER AND THE CABINET. He Prefers to Remain in Private Life With a View to the Presidency. Representative Cutcheon is a personal friend of Gen. Alger and is on confidential terms with him. A Star reporter to-day asked if he ex- pected the general to go into the cabinet’ “I think,” he said, “that a cabinet portfolio will be offered Gen. Alger, but I'am satisfied that he will not ac- cept. Both before and since the election he has said that he did not want to enter the cabinet. I don’t know what pressure might be brought to bear that might induce him to accept, but my it ion decline all "tenders, ¥ RO means given up presidency, His are very g is that he will positivel; The fact is that he has the of the 2 dize them. If he were in Mr. Harrison's cabinet, and a second term for the President were proposed, Gen. Alger could not, of course, go before the convention himself. It would practically cut him off to enter the cabinet. He could have entered the Sen- ate had he desired, but it is pretty well understood that he stepped asi let Mr. McMillan have that honer, with the un- derstanding that Mr. McMillan would, at least, not oppose his ambitions in °92.” Mr. Cutcheon said further, discussing cabi- net matters, that he did not thi Mr. Blaine would enter the cabinet, though he might like the opportunity to decline the honor. He saidhe had no doubt that, while Mr. Allison had not been offered the Secretaryship of the Treasury, he had been given to understand’ that he could have it if he wented, and that he had stepped aside and Bir. Clarkson would be given acabinet position, probably the Interior de- partment, = a THINKS HE WAS ELECTED. A Crank who Persisted in His Efforts to See the President. During the past two or three days officials at the White House have been annoyed by a man who has paid frequent visits there for the pur- pose of seeing the President. He is about forty-five years old and well dressed, and pre- sents the appearance of a man in good circum- stances. Early in the morning and late in the evening he appeared to see the President on important business, Each time he appeared he carried im his hands a bundle of manuscript and newspapers. On a dozen or more sheets of legal cap paper ke had written what purported to bea report by the Secretary of the N This convinced the officials that the man was a crank, and Sergeant Johnson notified him to keep away from the White | House. Yesterday he managed to slip in unnoticed with a visiting delegation, and when discovered by the otticials he was upstairs on his way to the President's room. | Sergeant Johnson then put him out and again | warned him to keep away under a threat of | arrest. This, however, did not frighten him, for about 1 o'clock this morning he returned in a cab and again insisted on seeing the Presi- dent, He was sent away from the door. This morning the officials discovered that the vis- itor had left his coat yesterday. He returned before noon to-day and Officer Cunningham placed bim under arrest. | He was taken to the sanitary office, where he was uestioned by Sanitary Ofiicer Frank. He i G. W. Jamison and said he was from Hartevil Bucks county, Pa. He said that he wasa_ widower and had four chil- dren, whom he left in charge of Mrs. Ruther- for “There was an election last month,” re- marked the stranger. “I believe there was,” said the sanitary officer. “Well,” said Jamison, “there is a mistake as tothe man who was ¢lected. Cleveland and another man ran. Cleveland was defeated, but the other man was not elected.” “Who was?” asked the officer, “Iwas,” he answered. “And I came here to | see that President Cleveland turns the ofiice over to me and not to the other man.” was taken to the third precinct station, where he will be examined as to his mental condition by the police surgeons, His friends | will also be informed of his arrest. ° — Money Missing at the Treasury. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF TEN SHEETS OF $5 Bits. The U. 8. Treasurer's oftice is disturbed over the mysterious disappearance of ten sheets of | paper, each containing four notes of the de-| nomination of €5, and representing €200 in all. | These sheets were included in the regular de- livery from the bureau of engraving and print- ing to the United States ‘Ireasurer last Lues- day morning. The packages were counted and and reported to be correct in every particular | before leaving the bureau. On reaching the treasurer's ottice they were again counted and | reported correct, The notes are all completed | | with the exception of being stamped with the ‘Treasury seal, and when that is added they are ready for issue, After the packages in ques- tion had been verified at the treasurer’s oitice they were turned over to the sealing division | for completion. ‘They were counted there and found to be short ten shects. These were num- bered in regular order and were in the middie of a package. The oilicer in charge of the di- vision refused to receipt for these sheets, and word was sent tothe bureau for an expiana- tion, "Although two days have passed no trace whatever of the misting sheets has been dis- covered, The notes will readily pass current for money, for they lack only the ‘Treasury seal to be legal tender. NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO-DAY. ‘There were no new developmente to-day in relation to the missing ten sheets of $5 notes, 2200 in all, Treasurer Hyatt and Chief of the in the Treasury Depart- ment, but as yet they have reached no conclu- sions as to how the sheets ——— The two officials were closeted at the of engraving and a this aud Mr. Graves afterward the following state- ment of the case w a Stak reporter: The shevts in question belonged to a set of a thousand, which, with twenty-nine thousand other sheeta, were sent from the bureau to the ur lot was oa ope treasurer's office an coun’ a liminary receipt given. The final i however, hick is given at the close ot day, is the official After counted “= reciept. vat t room, where they were sealed. They were then given to another counter, who dis- covered that ten sheets were ——. 0 sheets le Mi gi Ell F] F BF28 ge FF ie i Hl WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Prnsoxat.—Mr. A. Moore, jr., who repre- sents the counties of Clarke and Warren in 0@ Vi legislature, ix the . Wi D. l,——Senrtor Tei. ert A tives Wise and Morse were in New night. i Leave or Ansexce for six months, with pere mission to go beyond sea. to take effect on be- ing relieved from duty on the staff of the general commanding the army. Tngranted Poet Lieut. J. Estcourt Sawyer, fifth artillery, ALL THe Army Ar orstwexts have bien de- cided upon, but will e public unti SAH cEey ecient wo SE Carr. Jos. A. Stapex. fotrteenth infantry, having been found incapacitated for active service by an army retiring board is granted leave of absence until further orders on ac count of disability. Ligvr. Con. Axprew 8, Burt, seventh im fantry, on leave of absence at Cincinnati, will Proceed at once to Fort Laramie, Wyoming Ter., to » as a witness before a general court-martial convened at ‘that post, Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: § Office of the Secretary—Promotions: James H. Clear, of the District of Columbia, $1,600 to $1,800; Charles A. Clements, of the District of Columbia, $1,400 to #1.600; Charles J. Grose- close, of Virginia, $1,000 to 1,200; MissJoanna A. Carey, of West Virginia, $720 to #1,000, under civil service rules, General land office—Resignation: David Kobr, of Pennsylvania, clerk at $1,800. Pro- wresped sae T. Yoder, of eet tal clerk at @1,600 to a principal examiner of claim: 1d contes' presen. John Brown and Jerry Dacey. THE FORMER HELD IN $300 BAIL TO ANSWER A CHARGE OF ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL TUE LATTER: The case of John Brown, the carpenter, charged with attempting to kill Jerry Dacey, a fruit vender, at the house of Mrs. Annie Rev- ell . 724 Sth street northwest, some weeks ago, as published in Tue Srar at the time, was called for trial in the Police Court this morn- ing, and Mr, Carrington pleaded not guilty for the prisoner. Mrs, Revells testified that on the evening charged she had company. Jerry Murphy called early in the evening and Jerry Dacey called a little later. The two Jerry's shi hands and then ted themselves in the kitchen. They wore sitting there talking when Mrs. Brown. who lives upstairs, came rushing down and accused them of talking about ber, She then assaulted Dacey and soon her hus- band came down, He locked and bolted the door and then threatened to kill Dacey and cut him across the face with a knife. “Did Mrs. Brown accuse you of attempting to take her husband from her?” “No, sir.” answered Mrs. Revells; “I don't want him. I had one Englishman, and that's enough for me.” “Did you leave your husband?” “No, sir; he left me and went home to his wife and children, but I did not know that be was a married man until after he left.” “i Did you say that the two Jerries were er “No, sir, and no Tom ever comes.” Dacey told his story, and Oficer Work testi- fied to the statements made by the prisoner when placed under arrest The case war sent to the grand jury; bonds $300, 4 —___ The junior class of the National law school ata mooting held last night elected the follow- | ing officers for the ensuing vear: President, E. B. Moore; vice-president, E. D. Carusi; secre- tary. D. W Jelin; treasurer, W. N. Weston. Miller has filed a bill in equity, by Mr. 8. G. Mills, ageinst Jos. KR. Fagan, to compe! him to purchase premises No. 337 K street | northwest under an agreement made on Nov. 2 last. Carrie Jones, a colored woman, who testified | that that she had seven children, two of whom are living, was convicted this morning for vio- ting the humane law. It was alleged that on sptember 9 she left her three-weeks-old in- | femt in the street, intending to abandon and destroy it. —_-_—_ Fertilizer Works Burned. Loxe Istanp Crry, L. izer works of Reid & © pwton creek, near Penny bridge, were destroyed by fire ai an early hour this morning. ‘The loss on build- | ings, machinery. &c., is about $200,000, and is partially covered by insurance: Two hundred men are thrown out of employment by the fire, the origin of which is unknown as yet. Nothing Done About Restoring Rates. New York, Dec. 7.—Commissioner Fink sai to-day that no d MARKIE! BROWN—RAKEMANN. On Wednesday December &, Tsar et er Memorial church, Mr. EUGENE V- B departincnt, and Miss EMMA h Mr. Joseph TL. Rakeman eee pip. GETZENDANN On Thursday, December 1888, WM. H. GETZE DANNER. aged at eure. Funeral Sunday, ut 2:30 p m., from, his Inte resi- dence, 913 11th" street southeast. Relatives and friends respectfully inviced to at end. ° GURL At Cos Cob, Connecticut, December 6, Shs, GE H. GURLEY, of New ork city, formerly of Washington, in the seventy-second year i ase. ° MAKKLAND. Suddenly on Friday morning, Dec. 7, BSNS MARTHA L., wite of the late Col. Ai. Mark? wd. Funeral services st St. John's church, corner 16th ireets northwest, Saturday Decesaber 8, at jock p.m. Carriages in waiting requested no Suwers be sent, bd URG, At Salt Lake City 1 December —, 1885, ANOKA KEINBU Loui mK. Iuterment at Salt Lake City. Lad HOLMES. On Thureday, December 6, 1888, after which be bore with Christian forti- JULMES, beloved huslLend of Fannie the forty-Atet’ year ol his age, at his Aete Tesidence, 1458 Q +treet northwest. “Hin pains of death are past, unt, and —— cane: 1 e's long warfare closed at His eouf ts found in pecce By a Priend, D. Nexsom, Funeral will take place Sunday, December 9, from the lyth street Baptisc Pn ny 2 o'rtock. p. ta, Friends and relatives are cordially invited to attend, SMITH. On December 6, List DAN r. SMINH. formerly of Willamaport: Pa’ ANTE W nt at Willausport, he ® On Deceiver , 1888, LOUISA B., be. of Winston M. Watson, a a Over two seare, ghee: Interment at Albany. N.Y. > WHALIN. On ‘Tuesday, December 4, 1888, VIR GINIA ©. WHALIN, aged forty-three ‘end painful illness. < spestanamianing Love eanuot be quenched by a painful iline ide, JA rt . ‘Loose tise cables het berg. ‘When so near the Holy City, Even at ite pearly eaten, i ile His songs are wal er, Would you have her louger wait? ©, the Joy that fills this hour; ho hapytvese she sense to louger to detaly her— She line gone to fois: ber boy. . x Hex Loviwe Parexpe. WILKS. On December Ist, 1888, ANNIE WI bora August 24th, 1807, Ago2l pean 8 mmouthar 8 juried at her home, Rossryville, Md. For Surerze-sxess USE HORSEFORD’S ACID PHOSPHATE. Dr. C. R.Dake, Belleville, 1. <I have foung fad it alone, to be capable of producing «sweet Datta sin iy canes insults overwork te rein, which so often oocure in active prosennioush and business men.”