Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1889, Page 5

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NGOSTURA BITTERS, THE WORLD-RE- snd invworator. Used now over aby ‘Ask fo ine articl Dr. J. GB. SLEGERT & KONS,” You Caxsor Bev EXCEPT IN BOTTLES WITH BUFF WRAPPERS. REFUSE. SUBSTITUTES. THEY CANNOT BE 4S G@oop. THEY MAY BE ‘DANGEROUS. POND'S EXTRACT ported, to oppose Gen. Mahone. 2 | chon York or- | thés toxraph. in 2d EDITION. Latest Telegrams (0 The Siar. TO PLEAD FOR PLATT. Prominent New York Men Cail on the President-elect To-day. Ispranapouis, Feb. 14.—Col, John O. New re- turned from New York on the noon train. He will call on Gen. Harrison this afternoon or evening. On the same train came Gen. Dan MeCauley, of New York, formerly mayor of Indianapolis. He was accompanied by H.T. Guzman, of New York, and Col. E. D. Woodruff, of Auburn, N.Y. These gentlemen are said to be ardent advocates of ex- Senator Platt for a cabinet place. They will visit the President-elect this afternoon and leave for Chicago to-night. A LARGE DELEGATION OF COLORED MEN are expected to arrive from the south to-day, principally from Virginia and Georgia. Hon. John M. Langston, of Virginia, is at the head | of the delegation. They come to place their | views on the southern question before the | President-elect, and, incidentally, so it is re- THREE TIMES ESCAPED LYNCHING. But Another Mob Said to be Ready and Determined to Hang Him. Sr. Lovts, Feb. 14.—The body of a young | railroad brakeman named James Jenkings was | found festerday morning on the track at Water | Valley. Miss.. with his throat cut from ear to | ear. "A notorious dive-keeper, Wm. Harris, was | arrested for the murder, and at a preliminar: hearing was held for the grand jury, the wate! and chain and other property belonging to Jenkings and the bloody knife with which the deed wasdone being found in Harris’ saloon. As Harris was being removed to jail he was taken from the officers by a mob, but was re- taken by the sheriff and his deputies, Later, as Harris was being taken out of town, he was j AGAIN CAPTURED BY THE MOB | and was being strung up toa tree, when Rev. Mr. Hudson, a Baptist preacher, appeared on | the scene and after an impassioned. appeal by | him for the prisoner's life and the due course of the law, the crowd returned Harris to the | calaboose, | _ Last night another mob attacked the jail and forced an entrance, but found that Harris had | been sent to Coffeeville, and thus he escaped their vengeance. At last accounts it was said a mob would go to Coffeeville and hang ferris. Decapitated by an Engine. Cutcaco, Feb. 14.—A man, whose name is un- known, advanced in front of a northwestern train, near the suburbs of Montrose yesterday, and deliberately placing his head on the rails, was decapitated before the engineer could stop the train, eee Shot His Wife and Then Himself. Reaprsa, Pa., Feb. 14.—Charles Gabit. a la- borer, aged 36 years, shot his wife in the neck early this morning and then shot himself twice in the head. The woman is only slightly in- jared, but Gabit’s condition is serious. ‘The couple frequently quarreled. They have two children and the shooting was the result of a quarrel about Gabit’s failure to support the family. i A Wretched Mother’s Deed. | MADE INSANE BY ILLNESS AND DESTITUTION SHE FLINGS HER BABE FROM THE WINDOW. Honoxen, N. J., Feb. 14.—Sophia Buch, aged thirty, living on the second floor of u tene- ment at 40 Grand street, became insane through sickness and domestic troubles, and threw her seven-months old babe out of a window this morning, fatally injuring the child. The mother was placed under arrest. She was abandoned by her husband, who left her ill | and destitute, and while brooding’ over her condition her reason gave way. — From Wall Street To-Day. New York, Feb. 14, 11 a, m.—The strength shown in the stock market last evening lasted over into this morning, and first prices | i generally slightly higher, although. ex- | cepting in Rock Island which was up %< per | cent, the changes were entirely insignificant. |The activity in the market continues to decrease, however, and the amount of business | done was considerably smaller than during the same time in the past few days, only Burling- ton, Richmond and West Point and Chicago | gas showing any real animation, The early’ mrchases, a3 usual, advanced prices slightly, Eat the upward tendency was soon checked, and the list was quickly brought down to a shade below the opening figures. The fluctua- tions were confined to very narrow limits, how- ever. the most important being declines of °{ in Burlington to 99, and % in C. C. C. and‘T. | The strong spot was Chicaga gas, which rose % | | per cent, but reacted with the remainder. | There was a better feeling toward the close | of the hour, and at 11 o'clock the market was | fairly active and steady to firm at about first prices. teas cage Tumult in the Hungarian Diet. THE MINISTRY ACCUSED OF USING CROWN IN- FLUENCE TO Pesta. . 14. army bill in the lower house of the Hungarian diet to-day, Herr Ugron accused the ministry | of using the influence of the crown to exercise sure in favor of the measure. ‘The re- | | marks of Herr Ugron caused a tumult in the | chamber. Amid the applause of the supporters | of the government, Herr von Tisza. the prime | minister, arose and made a speech repelling | | the attack on the ministry, The house then | ‘adopted an order of the day proposed by | Herr von Tisza. i | es Washington Stock Exchange. | ‘The following changes from yesterday's quota- | tions on the Wa hange are noted | toxlay: e . Cy 1899, cur- | | reney, | 110% |. Georgetown Gas, tional Metropolitan Insurance, iy | Columbia Insurance, 13% bid, 13% aske | Insurance, 8 bid, 8% asked. Washingtoi stock, Washington Brick Ma- | | ehine id. Bank of Washing. | | ton, 332 ti ational Bank, 125 bid. | | Second National Bank. 1513 bid. lee, 148. bid, teal | Insurance, 11 asked. and Potomac Telephone Company, | Si asked. Washington Gaslight Company bonds, j series A, 1214 bid, 122 asked. Bank of Ke 180 210 asked. Columbia 3y bid. 131 asked. and Georgetown Railroad stock, 18 asked. Washington Brick Machine 40 bid. Bull Run Pano- American Graphophone Company 23g asked. = Baltimore Markets. 2 | BALTIMOE | —middling, 10 Feb. 14.—Cotton nominally steady Flour, fairly active and steady— City mills, Kio brands extra Wheat— | southern, firm; good inquiry; Fultz, 1014107; Long- y. 17alit; No. 2 southern, 1650106; western, ly; No. 4 winter red, spot, #4a0+\4: Febru: Masty: March, #440044; April, 96: May, % Corn—sotithern quiet and | Western white, 32 Sl: graded No. 2 white, . Hay, dull — prime w lon Rmothy, 6.00016." Provisions. quiet, | and steady. Butter, firm for best, grades—west. | ern packed, 16820; best roll, 13a17: creamery, 22 Fags, firm, idaldy. Petroleum, quiet and | | Jy—refined, 6.90. Coffee, steady—Rio cargoes | . 17%. Sugar, quiet and firm—A soft, 6 copper refined, steady, 194416. Whisky, 'y firm, 111. Freights to Liverpool per steamc:, quiet—cotton, 7-2d.; grain, per bushel, a Cork for orders, Satdave.td. § 150,000 bushe BALTIMORE, Feb, 14. — Virginia consols, 40 bid: do. ten-forties, 354 bid nss les—wheat, 44,- is. i | — The Death Record. During the twenty-four hours ending at noon | to-day, deaths were reported to the health office | as follows: Susana French, white, 43 year: years 51 years: Chas, E. Gallant, white, 24 ‘years; Arthur Clagett, colored, 2 years: Robt. Toliver. colored, 60 | years: Mary J. Warwick, colored, 55 years; Arthur J. Askins, colored, 4 months; Mary Ten- nis.colored, 2 months; Adell F. Ayers, colored, | 46 years; Jos. Ware, colored, 14 years. Transfers of Real Estate. { '3.G. | ite ‘0 | shall be paid by the Secretary of Treasury’ out Deeds in fee hate been filed as follows: feds bi Hester to B. F. Leighton, lots 10 to 15, Ceuaiia fee a TIMBER CUTTING CONTRACTS. Indian Commissioner Oberly Before Sen- ator Chandler’s Special Committee. Indian Commissioner Oberly was before Sen- ator Chandler's special committee on Indian traders to-day and submitted the correspon- dence relating to the timber-cutting contracts in the La Pointe agency. He showed, as has already been stated, that on the 13th of March last 731 such contracts had been sus- pended by order of the commissioner, on the ground that they were not in correct form and had not been approved by the department. On Jan. 29, this year, operations under 509 of them were ordered resumed by the commissioner under INSTRUCTIONS FROM SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR VILAs, These instructions were contained in a letter written to Commissioner Oberly on the 29th of January, in response to one from the commis- sioner of the 26th, which does not appear in the correspondence submitted. In that letter Secretary Vilas suggests that in view of the immense danger of loss to contractor | and Indians by delay at that season and because of the large expenditure to which the con- tractor had gone in pewpering $0 carry on his work, and because work had been done under contracts not 7 approved in accordance with the establishe prove such contracts as had been made with the owners of allotments approved by the President. The commissioner could, the Secretary wrote, satisfy himself as to the justice of the price named in the contracts, by sending a special agent to investigate, but, he suggested, the Indians usu- ally looked after their interests pretty closely, and the price and value of the timber varied greatly, As to removing Agent Gregory (which the commissioner had Sridently Te Gree Secretary Vilas wrote that he (Mr. Gregory had several times asked to be reheved, but un- til the nomination of his successor, who was believed to be competent to discharge the duties, was confirmed by the Senate, there would be no change made in the agency. Commissioner Oberly’s reply to this letter is also missing from the correspondence, THE CORRESPONDENCE FURNISHED SHOWS that repeated complaints were received at the Indian office of cutting off timber in violation of orders to stop it, and that the INDIANS WERE THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE for trying to prevent the loggers from carrying off the timber. Agent Gregory’s replies to Commissioner Oberly’s communications were very unsatisfactory to that official, and, finally, the commissioner telegraphed him that “your evasive replies to telegrams have convinced me that you have, to say the least, been very derelict in regard to this matter.” In one of his replies the agent said, in ef- fect, that he presumed cutting was still goin: on, despite orders to stop it; that the camps were so far apart he could not reach some of them for ten days. Before the committee last year, Mr. Gregory testified that he could reach any point in the agency within twelve hours, On Fabruary 5 Commissioner Oberly recom- mended to retary Vilas that Clerk Alien, in the commissioner's office, be detailed to visit the agency and investigate the condition of things, but the correspondence does not dis- close any actionon the recommendation. COMMISSIONER OBERLY WAS QUESTIONED by Senator Blackburn, who asked him if he thought it good administration to suspend the timber-cutting contracts last March. “I do,” responded Mr. Oberly, ‘because it was for the best interests of the Indians.” Later he was asked if he approved the order | to resume operations under them, and again replied in the affirmative. He explained that mueh timber having been cut by contractors who believed they were entitled to do so, to prevent them from hauling it off, would occa- sion loss to both contractor and Indian. The examination of the commissioner was concluded with the hearing to-day, and Sena- tor Chandler will now begin the preparation of his report. ADMISSION OF NEW STATES. The Debate in the House This After- noon. In the House, after the report in the first edition of Tue Star closed, the debate on the admission of new states was continued. Mr. Spinola (N. Y.) declared that he would vote for no measure which did nat place New | Mexico on the same footing as Washington and | Montana. Mr. Springer insisted on retaining in the pending bill the provision for the admission of New Mexico. Mr. Symes, of Colorado, declared that no petition had been presented, no bill intro- duced to show that the people of New Mexico desired admission into the union. He did not hy the people of New Mexico should be into the Union by having a provision d on to the Dakota bill FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, said that it would violate the spirit which originated the omnibus bill to exclude New Mexico, a territory fully prepared in the mat- ter of population and resources, because the Senate objected to th@ admission of the territory. It would be in violation of the duties and prerogatives of the House to give up to the Senate in this case before every prac- tical effort to save its bill had been exhausted, He would like to take in all of the territories— Utah included—and get rid of THE CARPET-BAG GOVERNMENTS, Mr. MeAdoo could not consent to yield to the Senate in the matter of the admission of New Mexico until all resources had failed. How could the democratic party explain their course to the people of that territory if it yielded now. He has not heard a single valid reason against the admission of New Mexico, but between the lines he could read political reasons and he also saw an effort making to establish a reli; ous test nevercontemplated by the Constitu- tion. THE VOTE. The House, by a vote of 135 to 106, this after- noon adopted Mr. Cox’s resolution of instruction to the | House — confer- ees on the omnibus territorial bill which authorizes the omission of New Mexico from the provisions of the bill. This is, in ef- fect, to yield to the demands of the Senate. Mr. Breckinridge moved to reconsider, and that motion was pending at 3 o'clock. Another motion was made by Mr. Cox pro- viding for yielding still further to the Senate, ‘Lhe pending yote is regarded as a test vote, Compilation of District Laws, THE SENATE PASSES THE HOUSE BILL TO-DAY. custom, the commissioner ap- | 8 | thirty THE LEADING PLACES. New York Under the Next Adminis- tration. THE BIG STATE WILL APPARENTLY HAVE TO DE SATISFIED WITH HOLDING THE VICE-PRESIDENCY. If Mr. Miller adheres to his determination | not to accept any cabinet position if he can’t ' have the Treasury, ‘New York is not apt to get _ much out of the change of administration. They | Will then have no cabinet office: they have no candidate for Speaker, and do not expect any- thing else out of the ization of the House. | Itis’ generally conceded that the clerkship of | the House will go to Pennsylvania. Iowa has a candidate, Col. Swords, for sergeant-at-arms; Indiana is leading for the postmastership, with Mr. McKee as a candidate, and Adams, of Maryland, is being pressed for door-keeper. It is said that Representative Browne. of Vir- ginia, who goes out on the 4th of March, is also a candidate for this last position, GEN. HUNT’S FUNERAL. Grounds. The funeral of Gen. H. J. Hunt took place at | 11:30 this morning at Soldiers’ Home. Brief | funeral services were held at the governor's | residence and at the grave. The remains were buried in the northwest portion of the home grounds, near Gen. Logan's tomb. The coffin was borne from the governor's house to the | burial spot on the shoulders of eight ex-ser- geants, inmates of the home. The honorary pall-bearers were Gen. John M. Schofield, Gen. | Geo.W. Getty, Gen. Browne, Gen. P. V. Hagner, Gen. C. F. Manderson and Gen, J. B. Hawley. Among the officers who paid their last tributes of respect to the dead soldier were Secretar: Endicott, Gens, Drum, Holabird, Macfeely, J. Reynolds, MeCalmout, Coit, Ah pd Brown, Bartlett, Dickinson and Breckinridge, Surgeon-Gen. Moore, Col. George Meade. son of Gen. Meade, Col. Saxton, Col. McMillan, Col, Bates, Major Tucker, Capt. Catlin, dep governor of the home, Major B. F. Rittenhouse, quartermaster of the home, and Col. Burns, surgeon of the home, Capt. Beck, Capt. Zatinski and Lieuts. E. R. Hills and Frank Thorpe, of the fifth artillery, and Chaplain O. E. Herrick. In addition there were many civilians present. MARKS OF RESPECT. The deputy governor of the house has issued an order announcing Gen. Hunt's death and alluding to his brilliant military record, and directing that as a mark of respect all unneces- | sary labor will be suspended on the day of the funeral, the flag will be placed at half-mast until the day after the funeral, and the build- inga appropriately draped in mourning for avs THE FRERET INVESTIGATION. Testimony of Chief Clerk Fister Before the Congressional Committee. The iavestigation into the affairs of the supervising architect's oftice of the Treasury t department was resumed chief clerk in the super: testified that it was his duty to look after the general discipline of the office. He also selected sites for public buildings. He was neither an architect nor a draughtsman. There had never been any consideration used to infiu- ence him directly or indirectly in selecting these public building sites. Senator Spooner asked the witness whether he had received any money for campaign pur- poses from employes of the office or of the whole Treasury Gepartment, HE DECLINED TO ANSWEB. oe he could answer it in his own way, for the lay. Tho. D, Fister, _ Teason that it was _ private business. He also declined to say whether he had sent any ot his own to the national committee. with any one with regard to his answers to questions of this character. that might be asked. To Senator Pasco witness said he did not know of any solicitations for money by employes in the office. He had never solicited any money. Circulars for con- tribntions were received from both political arties, and witness produced one sent to the w clerk of the office from the republican committee. apaign question by Senator Pasco, whether he had received any mouey for campaign funds. This was all he had to say, Senator Spooner asked the witness if Mr. Kinkel. an employe in the office, had turned over to the witness any checks or money for campaign purposes, but witness declined also to answer this question. Senator Daniel here put in an appearance, and when informed of the line the mvestigation had taken, raised the question of its pertenin- ency, and the committee took a secret session to consider the matter, SHALL THE WITNESS BE COMPELLED TO ANSWER. After being in secret session about half an hour the subcommittee decided to submit the matter to the full committee, with a recommendation that the witness be compelled to answer the questions concerning the contri- butions for political purposes. Extra Pay for Extra Work. PETITION OF EMPLOYES OF THE SIXTH AUDITOR'S OFFICE, “Secretary Fairchild to-day transmitted to the House of Representatives a communication from the sixth auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office department inclosing a petition of the employes of his office, praying that an ap- compensation far extra services rendered. The petitioners recite that they are chiefs of divi- sion, clerks and messengers in the office, and that as such they were by orders from the auditor required to perform clerical work and labor extra hours after the usual office hours, at various times from Jaly 1, 1887, to September 30/1888, amounting in the aggre. gate to 97 hours for the chiefs of division, 15,116 hours for clerks, and 1,940 hours for mes. senger. For this work and iubor the petition- ers respectfully ask compensation. In his kc ter to the Secretary of the Treasury, transmit- ting the petition, the auditor says: “The great increase of the current work in the bureau, without any increase of the clerical force for the three years last, made it absolutely necessary for the extra labor of the employes, and when I requested that it should be done it was performed by the great majority of the employes willingly and cheerfully, as they fully appreciated the situation.” He says: ‘The Senate to-day passed the House bill en- titled “An act to secure for the District of Co- lumbia a compilation of the laws of the Dis- trict, and for other purposes,” and which pro- vides that the Supreme Court #f the District of ' Columbia be, aud is hereby, authorized and directed to appoint two persons learned in the Jaw as commissioners to compile, arrange, and classify, with a proper index, all statutes and parts of statutes in force in the said District, including the acts of the second session of the tieth Congress, and relating to all such mat- ters as would properly come within the scope of a civil and criminal code; and the said court shall have power to fill any vacancies occurring in said commission. “See. 2. That each of the said Commissioners shall receive for his said services such sum, not exceeding 1,500, as said court has deemed reasonable; said sum to be paid upon the com- pletion of the work and the approval thereof in writing by the court; which sums, together with the reasonable costs incurred by the com- mission for clerical assistance and ‘incidental expenses, not exceeding the sum of $1,000, of any moneys not otherwise appropiated, one- half to be paid out of the revenues of the Dis- trict of Columbia, “See. 3. That of said fey oy schcbeeg com- pleted, upon the order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, there shall be printed 5,000 copies at the government print- ing office, said copies to be sold at 10 per centum above cost.” Aw Ensovab.e Musicare and literary enter- tainment was given under the auspices of the ambulance company. District national \ wie last night at the Washington Light Infantry “I respectfully commend their petition, and trust you will forward it to Congress with your approval.” THE PARIS CRISIS. The Ministers Hand their Resignations to the President. Pants, Feb, 14.—tmmediately after M, Mo- | quet’s announcement in the chamber of depu- ties all the members of the ministry sent their resignations to President Carnot. a AN OCEAN FREIGHT WAR. All the Big Lines are Ready and Eager for the Fight. New Yonk, Feb. 14.—In regard to the war between the ocean steamshi; ip companies an evening paper says: The first blow has been struck by the White Star. It is the same with the steamship lines as it is with the railroads. They have bed an understand- ing with each other to maintain high rates, but one of the companies has kicked 5 the traces and broken the tacit ment. A White Star official said this morning: “Oh, yes, it is true that we have mado a cut in freight rates. This ste is taken by us in self-defence. We learned that other lines were making cuts on the sly. Therefore we have declared open war, You see we could not well do otherwise under the circumstances. Our cut is about 50 per cent in wWest-bound rates on dry goods, No c had been made in the east-bound rates.” The voice of the agent in charge of the Cu- nard line office was loud for war. He intimated in unmistakable words that the managers of his comy were bags cpa for it. are fully able to hold our own in a armory. Solos, recitations, and readings were thoroughly enjoyed by the many present, while the stretcher drill by a selected squad from the company elicited much applause. patna a aa Suir yor an Ixsuncrion Acarnst tHe D1s- Tricr.—Mr. R. R. Perry 32, Brookland; $-—-. J. O. Johnson to D. the enforcement of a lien and that | Birtwell, subs 21 to 24, sq. 828; $—. W. H. puedipnogea eee pteerans itedesa en | Griffin to Geo, Rear, pts 15 to 16, ad. to W.W.; | purse te oe the iintcien th. the’ tas | $1,800, P. H. Christman to Mary D. Jenkins, that no tax hat aver sub 867; 2—. C. Gessford to Mary E. | that an old assessment for opening was Beobbine’ sub bar oq. 805; 98,000, annulled and a new assessment made 9 Tm ‘The following Raxox oF THE —" i a. m., 4; 2 Pp. ; extermination of the tribe is struggle for public patronage,” he said, “and no other line can outdo ie cutting rates if We see fit to retaliate, Thus far, however, we have made no changes in rates.” The official who for Mr. Underhill at the Guion line juarters in@mated that his company preferred peace any day, but could fight pretty lively in case of war, The repre- sentatives of the Anchor, Inman and National companies aré also for the fight.’ He 1s Buried To-day in Soldiers’ Home | Jos. E. Johnston, Gen. W. 8. Rosecrans, Gen. | uty | ing architect's office, j He said he had not consulted | He also declined to say, in answer to a! propriation be made by Congress to pay them. OBJECTIONS TO MR. STEVENSON. The Bar Association Adopts Resolu- tions Opposing His Confirmation. At a meeting of the Bar association of the District, held at the City hall yesterday after- noon, the nomination of First Assistant | Postmaster-General Stevenson to the va- (eancy on the bench of the Supreme Court of the District was discussed at length. The expression of disapprobation of jthe action of the President in mak- |ing this nomination was general, the |sentiments expressed following the line | of the utterances in Tux Sran as to appoint- | ments to the District bench of persons not ‘residents of the District and not famil- iar with the laws or practice here. Resolutions the nomination ting were offered by Mr. Nathaniel Wilson but another set of resolutions more pronounced | Was substituted for them and adopted. The | resolutions adopted, which were, it is | stated, prepared by Mr. John Selden, object to the confirmation of Mr. Stevenson. ‘They will be presented to the jaticier com- mittee of the Senate by a special committee of the bar association. Members of the associa | tion declined to give out the fesolutions to-day. | The president, Mr. Worthington, said that as | a matter of courtesy to the judiciary commit | tee to whom they were addressed, he thought it would be highly improper to publish | the resolutions before submitting them to the | committee. A member of the association told |aS8ran reporter that the objections to the nomination were mainly on the ground that the principle involved in such nominations is wrong. There was, however, he said, some | objection made to Mr, Stevenson because, it | was claimed, he had not been in practice for | some time, and was, as Tae Stak reporter's in- formant phrased it $< WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. To Command THE New York Navy-Yanv.— Capt. F. M. Ramsey was to-day ordered by the Secretary of the Navy to duty as commandant ofthe navy-yard at New York, rather to the surprise of many officers. To-Day's Boxp OrreRines aggregated $580,200 as follows: Registered 4's, #500 at 12934, $1,000 at 1283{; coupon 4s, $700 at 1282; registered 414’s, $500.000 at 1093<, 237,500 at 109,500 at 10934; coupon 43¢8,840,000 at 109}. Tue Navat Reoister for the current year was issued to-day, Sream Presses and CounTenreits.—Yester- day Mr. A. J. Nutting, a Brooklyn merchant, visited the bureau of engraving and print- ing, one purpose of his visit being {to see how silver certificates were printed. He exhibited a number of clever | the steam presses by which these certificates | are printed were much interested in the coun- terfeits, and think their production has scored | a point against steam presses, i | Carr. Pamir M. Price, engineer corps, has been ordered on temporary duty at the forti | fications in Pensacola harbor, Florida, First Lirvt. Catvix D. Cownes, twenty- | third intantry, has been ordered from Fort Mackinac, Mich., to this city for duty in connection with the publication of the reb | lion records, relieving First Lieut. Thomas 'T. Knox, first cavalry Cuer Enorxerr JNo. P. Key, of the At- lanta, has been condemned and ordered home. Chief Engineer W. H. Harris, now on waiting orders, has been ordered in his place. First Lieut. Epw. B. Ive: fantry, of Ie: nineteenth in- has been granted three days’ extension Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Office of the Secretary—Resignation: Miss | Lottie M. Gibbs, of Minnesota, clerk, #1.000. | Promotion: Miss Auna Burge: | Columbia, 2900 to $1,000. Appointment: Miss | Jennie H. Davis, of Missouri. copyist, #990, by | Wansfer from Patent office and promotion from General Land Ofice—Resignation: Miss Josephine G. Biake, of Pennsylvania; $1,000. Fatent Office — Appointment: Mrs. Willie A. Rider, of Maryland, skilled iaborer; £720. Pension 0! i B. Ricks, | of Mllinois, clerk; 21,600. Promotion iss | Mary R. Wilcox, of District of Columbia; 39 | to $1,000. | Geological Survey — Appointment: | Evans, of New York, proof reader; $1.200. Promotion: Samuel A. Foot, of New Yori, topographic assistant at $600 to assistant to- | pographer. John THE COURTS. | Crmcurr Comes Drraom 1—Chief Justice Bing- am, To-day, Carter Rice & Co., agt. Blair and | Pettit & Dripps agt. Case; judgment by default, | Taulman et al. agt. Koss; trial resumed. | Equrry Covrt—Judge Cor. To-day, O'Leary agt. O'Leary; sale finally ratifled; auditor's report confirmed. | agt. Dulane; pro confesso agt. R. H. | Glascott agt. Glascott; testimony ordered taken | by J. Cruikshank. Bramhall agt, Button; com- | mission to get testimony ordered. | soias sartees Oars a Newspaper Men in Council. THEY DISCUSS THE TYPE-SETTING MACHINE QUES- | TION AT LENGTH. | From the New York Times, | The American Newspaper Publishers’ asso- | ciation held the first session of its annual con- vention yesterday morning at the Hoffman louse. In the absence of the president, Wm. M. Singerly, of the Philadelphia Record, who was too ill to attend, Vice-President ©. H. Jones, of the St. Louis Republic, occupied the chair. The principal event of the session was the reading of a long and exhaustive paper on | type-setting machines by W. W. Pasco. It was mainly statistical, and favored the adoption of such machines in the composing rooms of news- papers. A general discussion of the-paper fol- lowed. The manager of the association, Jas, O. Met- calfe, submitted a report of the doings of the organization during the past year. The mem- bership had increased and the general progress was gratifying. ‘The convention held a secret session in the afternoon, at which the question of type-set- ting machines was further discussed. Some of the more prominent members were opposed to the adoption of such machines on the noti able ground that their use would ultimately so cheapen type-setting that the capita! necessary for tis eetebiishmant Of newspaper would be so diminished as materially to open a field that pense. It was held that on this account the great newspapers of the country should op- pose the introduction of the machines, The convention will meet again at the Hoff- man house this morning. This afternoon its members will visit Brooklyn to examine a ‘ape setting machine in that city. To-night they will have a banquet at the Hoffman honse, at which Carl Schurz and “Mark Twain” will be present as guests, To-morrow they will visit all the type-setting machines in this city and will then disperse. Among the members present yesterday were Samuel Bowles, of the Springficld Republican; Myron H. Rooker, Albany Daily Press; James HH. Manning, Albany Argus; ¥. B. Noyes,Wash- ington Stak; H. Bronson, Akron Beacon; 8. H. Kauffmann, Washington Srar; C, W. Edwards, Evening ristpions i arge e el.; P. J, Trum- pler, Evening Telegram, Providence, Rt. 1.; War- ren F. Kellogg. Boston Post; Joseph Auld, Bur- lington Free Press; Joseph 8. Shipley, Spring- field Union; Frank G. Bell, Macon Te George O, Willard, Pawtucket Eveniy mes; Francis Atwater, Meridian Journal; John H H. Theodore Ellyson, | Richins na Dispatch WG Bry: Richmon é 3 W.C, ant, Brookl: Times; A. W. Cockerton, New Orleans Times Democrat; E, L. Preesonis, St. Louis Westliche Post; M. M. Gillam, Norristown Tymes; Horace Dumart, Ohio Staie Journal; E. W. Osborn, Cleveland Press; J. B. Carri nm, New Haven Journal and Courier; C. M. er, Minne: lis wee A. Dear, Jersey City Even- ing Journal; G. H. Basketle, Nashville 7 | F. K. Nusch, San Franci cisco Bulletin; J.D. Lo- rentz, Galveston News; J. Ross Robertson, Toronto Evening Telegram; W.F. Seif, Pitts- ra | Times; Jos. T. Nevin, Pittsburg Leader; C. W, Houston, Pitteburg J’ress; Jas. W. Scott, Chica; F. P. Chapin, Toledo Bee; J. Truth; C. Shumway, Potts- | etiortecinsen creditors of W. M. Browne & Co., held oewarags, Saree to be. aesets $10,581, counterfeits of these certificates made, it is stated. by a combinatién of photography and wood engraving. the ppt | printers who have been fighting of District of | has hitherto been narrowed by necessary ex- | ph; | C., riven. FEBRUARY 14, 1889. AQUEDUCT TUNNEL FRAUDS. The Joint Congressional Committee Still at Work on Its Report. | The joint congressional committee on the investigation of the aqueduct tunnel is still at | work upon its report, which document it ex- | pects to have completed before the close of | this week. The great mass of is being carefully sifted and weighed, and the | probabilities point to a rather long report. | Much of the report will be made up of the results of the examination of the tunnel by the expert engineers and the conclusions ar- rived at by those gentiemen. Members of the | committee decline to yield up any very valu- able information as to the recommendations | which will be made, but there is no doubt whatever that Tne Stan's statements on the matter, previously published, are substantially correct. The committee held one lengthy ses- sion this morning, and another one will operation this afternoon, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Gen. Porter Tells a New Story and Pays an Eloquent Tribute to the Martyr. | Gen. Horace Porter's speech at the Lincoln anniversery banquet in New York on Tuesday | night was a masterly effort, and the following | ig ing | | extracts will be read with interest: | | The names of Washington and Lincoln are | | inseparably associated, and yet, as the popular | | historiaa would have us believe, one spent his | | entire life in chopping acorn trees and the other splitting them up into rails. (Laughter.] | Washington could not tell a story. Lincoln al- sways could. (Renewed lanughter.] And Lin- coln's stories always possessed the true geometrical requisites, They were never too long and never too broad. (Laughter.] He never forgot a point. A sentinel pacing near a | Watch-fire, while Lincoln was once telling | some stories, quietly remarked that “he bad a mighty powerful memory, but an awfal poor | forgettery.” [Laughter.] | | The last time Lever heard him converse he told one of the stories which best illustrated his peculiar talent for pointing a moral with an anecdote, Speaking of England's assistance to nd how she would one day find she had aided it but little and only injured herself, | he said: “Yer. that reminds me of « barber in | Sangamon county. He was about going to bed | when a stranger came along and said he must | have a shave. He saidhe hada few days’ beard on his face, and he was going to a ball and the barber must cut it off. The barber got up re- luctantly, dressed, and put the stranger in a chair with a low back to it, and every time he bore down he came near disiocating his | atient’s neck. [Langhter.} He began by lathering his face, including nose, and ears, stropped his razor on his boot, and then fe a drive, scraped down the right cheek, carried away the beard and a pimple and two | or three warts, [Laughter.} The man in the | chair said, ‘You appear to make everything | level as you go.’ [Roars of laughte The | | barber s: ‘Yes: if this handle don’t break Ti get away with what there is there.’ [Renewed i ter.] The A * were so hollow that the barber 't get down into the valleys with the razor, and an ingenious idea | occurred to him to stick his finger in the mans mouth and press out the cheeks, | [Laughter.] Finally, he cutylean through the cheek and into his own fing He pulled the | finger out of the man’s mouth and snapped the | d off it and looked at him and said: “There. red cus, you've made me cut my rs of laughter.} ow,” said Lincoln, “England will find she has got the south into a pretty bad scrape trom trying to administer to her, In the end she will tind she has only cut off her own finger.” [Ap- plause.] | | LINCOLN IN HISTORY. “With a heart as tender as thatof a gentle woman, yet Lincoln was compelled to be the great leader in.a terrible war. Surrounded by traitors—in the rear as well as the front—men | misled him. They could not understand him. | His logic was too keen, his statesmanship too | | wise. He learned t in public life all hours | | wound; the last one kills all he never lost the | One hope filled his heart, one on, As the Danes destra hearing of their horses that they might not be dis- | mayed by the noise of the Lattle, so Lincoin | turned a deaf ear to the clamor of the curs in! the rear, and went straight on with an un- | swerving faith in the justice of his cause and | the integrity of the Union, It wasa faith by | | which he could see abow of promise in every | | stormclond, It was as the faith of a Christian | | in his God. | ar leu learn little in this world from precept and much from example. The best teachers | are the lives of great men, For three hundred years after ti of Thermopyle every | child in the publi ls of Greece was made | to recite the names of the immortai three hun- | dred who had defended the pass, And it would | be a crowning triumph if every schoolboy in | the United States were tauglit the name of | Lincoln. “He was a singular man, the measure of his fame. laurels from his brow. tory another man whose | born for peac 3 | control the uprising of a g j annals of all histor: | man whose tra But throughont it rage of his i | i No one can lessen pluck the nation, In the we fail to find another ning was for the cabinet and | not the nd who had a more tragic death. | Seldom alien toasingle man to strike | the fetters from arace of slaves, to die the path of a martyr at the moment of the tri- ; | umph of his country. “We buried him. not under the dom toric Westminster, | bosom of the soil | | tomb will be th cca of every trne son | of the republic. Future ages will pause to | read the record of his fame. He had filled the | full measure of humen greatness. He has | passed from our view. We shali not meet him again unt ain to answer to his j hame at the reveille among the greatest | of earth, He had a childlike simplicity of na- ture, mingled with a greatness and nobility that were sublime. He leaves behind him the richyst of all legacies—the memory of a good name and the inheritan example.” not in a Roman pantheon, | f St. Paul's. not in his- | rest in the | 1 That! Climbing an Mountain, A THRILLING ADVENTURE AT NIAGARA, Young Harry Hartley, of Boston had a nar- row escape from death at Niagara Falls Sun- while climbing an ice mountain. Deserib- 3 his experience to a correspondent, he said | | he stopped at Niagara on his way from his | | brother's wedding in Chicago. He went to the | | Falls on the American side, and by the instrac- | tions of a guide obtained a pair of creepers | and started to climb a hill of ice formed on | | some rocks, He had not been informed that | this was a foolhardy undertaking. As he was about to step on the summit of the hill he lost | his foothold, and, slipping down en icy descent} of about 40 feet, plunged into a sort of pool | where there was no current, The accident was | | witnessed by several persons and there was | ‘much excitement, One man obtained a long | rope, but he did not have to use it, as Mr. | | Hartley succeeded in getting hold of the edge | of the ice and lifting himself out of the water. ‘Then, by means of his creepers, he climbed to place of safety. The only ill effects of the ne rather painfal bruises on his cident are sc right side, The guides at the Falls, he says, | told him that a sightseer some timé ago lost | his life by a similar accident. — eee Detectives Sent Out to Rob. A JERSEY CITY WAY OF TEACHING STOREKEEP- | EERS TO BE MORE WATCHFUL. | From the New York Sun. | Chief of Police Murphy, of Jersey City, de- | tailed Detectives Clos and Smith to rob the | | stores in Newark ave., Wednesday, of anything | they could lay their hands on. They stole 6 pairs | of police shoes from Daniel O’Sullivan’s store, two valises from E. R, Wessel’s, some expensive cloaks from C. P. Friend, half a dozen pairs of rubber boots from C. P. Hérman’s, six pairs of ladies’ slippers from F. W. Herman's, a quan- tityof jewelery from various jewelry stores, and other minor things from merchants, They took their plunder to police where it awaits its owners, ‘The robberies were meant to teach the keepers a lésson. For more than two mon’ complaints have poured into police ters of many vo Bp somge Latterly the chief has been advising plainants Miia i Hl | Course, some of the caliers are vinegary THE INAUGURATION. The elevators in the Atlantic building have & good many female passengers now. The ele- vator condactors know where to stop without asking. He puts all of his women passengers out at the third floor and tells them they find Col. Wright in the front room down that they can turn or, perhaps, a bagfal their spare Of them by renting ou rooms for uninteresting, but a fair proportion of them are young and blushing and comely enough to make other committees envy the public com fort committee. Many of the callers want te tell the committee clerks their family histories, but the clerks general iy Gama aun con AN INAUGURATION ROOSTER, Chairman Britton’s mail this morning com tained a novel proposition from New Hamp shire, It was that of a rooster devised by J. A. Archibald, of Lancaster, N. H., be made a part of the inaugural parade. This rooster served during the last inauguration. It is 8 feet high, and the motive power is furnished by a mam who is inside, A picture of it was sent to the committee. The message to the committee written on the back of the picture is as follows: “This rooster has every appearance of a living bird while walking in procession.” ORGANIZATIONS COMING, The John Watt Republican club, of Jersey City; the Excelsior Light Infantry, of this city; the Conway Republican club, of Baltimore; the Governor's Volunteers, of Atlanta, and the An- derson Guards, of Woodstock, Va., have ap- plied for places in line, NOTES. The Young Men's republican club of Tren- ton, the Broderick cancion ansociation of Jersey City, and the Eleventh district Ly eer of New York have been udded to the list of civic associations intending to parade. At a meeting yesterday afternoon of the Treasury clerks’ committee on inaugural ar- raugements it was decided that ticket-holders will be admitted to the grand stands by the entrance gate at the barriers of each stand during the day or evening. Mr. Neale, the New York florist, who is to ar- range the floral decorations of the ball-room, was in the city to-day and visited the pension building with Col. Staples. The work of erecting the kitchen and covered approaches to the pension bui was yesterday and is well advanced. On the public spaces along Pennsylvania avenue tho kame. work of observation stands have been erected. ee ~ The Prices Too High, To the Editor of Tur EVENTING Stan. It ocenrs to me that the program and prices of the proprietors of reviewing stands for seats are objectionable and deserve attention, Such prices are likely to be considered extortionate by the people coming late who will be forced to pay them. If the lists are sent to other cities it will strike their citizens that wd my ee | very high and the idea will likely be formed that all prices, board and other charges, will be | at the same enormous rates; hence numbers be kept away. It is not desirable that dia- grams sbould be entirely sent away from here as many arrivals will occur by the 25th instant who will want to engage seats, &c. Will Tam Srak please shed a little Jight on the eubjeot? M. Wis. The following have been elected officers of the Twentieth-Street Methodist Epi Bun- day school: Superintendent, Edward 8. Wee- cott; assistant superintendent, Henry C. Fisber; secretary, A. S. Taylor; treasurer, A. M. Gan- ewer; chorister, Dr, Charles Ladson; wo Carrie Emmart; assistant organist, Nelly Ross, In the Police Court this morping Osbora Savey, for an assault on Maria Smith, was fined 25. Frauk Johnson, for the larceny of coal from the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, was fiued 35 or thirty days in the Police Court to- day. Henry Lee, for the larceny of an over- coat and hat, was sent down for thirty days, Richard Shorter, assault on Sally Glascoe, was fined 2. Capt. A. P. Lacey is seriously ill at his resi« dence, 604 F street northwest, with pneumonia and rheumatic fever. His attending physician, however, speaks hopefully to-day, and says that the critical period of his illness is en. he wili of the late Geo. W. Bunker, to day, leaves bis ite to his wife. ——_—_ Fre txts Monxino.—A defective fiue in the house of Thomas Sanders, No. 115 D street southwest, caused a slight fire in the house about 8:30 o'clock this morning, for which am alarm of fire was turned in from box No, 425. About #10 damage was done. MARRIED. HALL—SHOMO. On Wednesday. foruary 1 iy tev, J. A, Prive, CHAR E HALL of Bangee, irs. Katie C. Shoo, of Washington, D.C. nee io ora. éral will take place Fy at 2:30 o'clock p. from reatdence of her uncle, We id collece Pose. {uterment at Fredericksburg, Va.” (Kichmond apd Fredericksburg papers please copy.) GALLANT. On Weduesday morning, February ISND, st-3:50 relock, CHAS. hy GALLANT: woaeat Ww and the late Catherine H. Gallant, in the twoity-Afth year of his Funeral will take sce from bis late residence, 1420 Oth street uorthwe at h.30 a.m. on Friday, 1 Ucuce to the Church of the Immaculate Conception. GRAHAM. In this city, on February 13, 1 JAMES HARMOLD GRAWASL formerly’ of Qarliss” y-third year of hisage. ‘Carlisle, Pa. LAUXMANN. On Th: 1 Fel i SES mM ICHAET EXUEMA RS SBS. c8 uxmaun, in his eghty~ aig Faneral from the residence of his son. Catatol street, Sunday at 3 p.m. Relatives invited. MOORE, 07 February 12, 1880, ELIZARETE URE, eged thirty tour years months, Bright's’ discase aud consestion of the Urals God, in His wisdom, has called The boou His life has And though her spirit slum Her soul is in Heaven, By MOTHER aNp SisTER, Gone in the bloom of womanhood ; Gone to her long, long rest; Words cannot tell our sorrow, But God he knoweth best, or y she rest in 5 Br Many axp Orme. Funeral will take place from her late Thirtecuth street hortuwest, and services at ME. church, corner Fourth and D streets February 15, at 3 o'clock p.m. WHITE. On at 10 o'clock a. after a long illness, J awed thirty-ioud years, Funeral Snnday, February 17, at 3 o'clock from Zion Wesley church, D street southwest Rare! Uves and friends invited to attend. wor" YIDMAYER. On Wednesday, WILLIAM. Ger beloved ‘nasband of enbate iuayer, aged forty-three years, ten months and thirteem, vn. Funeral from the First Ref Friday, February 15, at 3 o'clock be A | Teintives invited to attend. caps - 13,1 a WI OR Baas F. AG USE HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE, Dr. W. H. Fisher, Le Sueur, Minn., says: ery joax, Le cand . “T find it exceasive tse oft sh fa Sine urtuary roubles” Iie is agrand go08 Teast ve edy in all cases where I ‘used it Peas Sos. Pears Sour. Pears Soar, Fax Ware Fos Buest Curaz (ourrenox. Carzpzzx Car FOR PITORER’S Castonta,