Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1889, Page 5

Once shrewdly remarked, “There's no knowing what Mr Carlyle might have been but for dys Pepsia.” Doubtless dyspepsia was the cause of “Iwas a great sufferer from Dyspepsia and Constipation I had no appetite, became sreatly debilitated, amd was continually Aflicted with Headache and Dizziness. After trying various remedies, I finally began to use Aver’s Pills, and soon my appetite improved, mz bowels were regulated, and I became well” ~D. & Logan, Wilmington, Del. AYER’S PILLS, Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mam scig't bY #2 Drugwiats and Dealers in Medicine, Tu Gesurxe JOHANN HOFF'S MALT EXTRACT is the BEST NUTRITIVE TONIO and most PALATABLE HEALTH BEVERAGE for Impared Digestion, Dyspepsia, Convalescence Weak Childrea, and General Debility. WHAT PROF. COLEMAN, OF GLASGOW, SAYS OF IT: Suffer an attack of had not iy reduced ‘but it on extreme exhaustion, frou! insbullty to food. f tried fhe effects of the Gengine Jobana fe Extract, Winegiasaful three # day. Its use was folle eee by marked elects. found to puss the alime: properly. 2. There appeared increased power of evolving animal Ls worthless imitations. HOFF, Berlin and Vienna New York Of- clay st es-tuth&s A Buoop Ax Sis Diszasz CURED BY THE CUTICURA REMEDIES. Having been « sufferer for two years and a half from & disease caused by a bruise on the leg, and having been cured by the CUTICURA REMEDIES, when all other methods and remedies failed, I deem it my duty to recommend them. 1 visited Hot Springs to no svail and tried several doctors without success, and at last our principal druggist, Mr. Job P, Finlay to whom I sLall ever feel grateful),spoke tome abousCUTICURA, end I consented to give them s trial, with the result that Iam perfeetly cured. There is now no sore about me. I thunk Leap show the largest surface where my eu fferings sprang from of any one in the state. The CUTICURA REMEDIRS are the best blood and skin cures manufactured. I refer to Druggist Jobo P. Fin- Jay and Dr. D. C. Montgomery, both of this place, and te Dr, Smith, of Lake Lee, Miss, ALEXANDEK BEACH, Greenville, Miss. I must extend tye" the thanks of one of my cus- tomers, who ba ared, by using the CUTICURA LLALDAES, of + <n. sore, caused by @ long spell of feve: eigint years ago. He was so bad be was © would have to have bis leg amputated, but is aj)» to say be is pow entirely well—sound as adollar. Hie hy ests me to use his Bame, whieh is HH. CASON, Merchant, of this place. JOHN V. MINOR, ruggist, Gainsboro, Tenn. CUTICUKA, 50e.; SOAP, ld everywhere, Price, s RESOLVENT, @L. “Prey bythe POLLER wD cHEmics ton, Maas. Send for » ASD CHEMICAL CO, le Yoo Have CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SCROFULA, COUGH or COLD, THROAT AFFECTION, WASTING OF FLESH, Or any Disease where the Throat and Lungs are in- flumed, Lack of Strength or Nerve Power, you can be Gelieved aud Cured by SCOTT'S EMULSION OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES. PALATABLE AS MILK. Ask for Scott's Emulsion, and let no explanation or solicitation induce you to accept # substitute. Sold by all Druggists. 226 SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, X. Y. E SUIT THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED lor bat citi the pain and Tip) : follow. Carter's Little Liver Pills, One Pll & dose. Ex. Fano Dex Wasarxatox tl not of as remote Fy voleanic nature, and ehcnsetete vtisinated on this continent since the ty of the forme: neces Ses . oS suption of tue latter occurs only once im seven min- Fics, whilst that of the former has been contingous for the ive Years inst past, its constant explosions “fol- lowing fast and following faster,” shaking our little Cictinhaae We pm ceuter to circumference by its Bixkty pul has made EL FARO DEL WASH- INGTON the ceuter of attraction fo all who would FINE KEAD\- MADE CLOTHING at shockingly low Tpces,, We know that you will be agreeably shocked {the following quot 2 : MEN'S SACK SUITS. Victory x . durable, neat, ares assortment of ‘sightiy plaids %: handsome line of Cheviots, all wool, 89.75 a Cassimers, sti ee Juniield Biue, beaver weikht, $20.80 a suit ch Mixtures, nobby and nice, $10.75 @ suit. Browu Scotch, an A L article, $12.25 a suit, IEN'S CUTAWAY SUITS. Heavy Cassimere, stripe, Just the thing for business, ‘a euit. aa Scotch Plaid, suitable forthe young folks, $9.75 = *"Nrived Cheviots and Silk Mixtures, good enough for Iealy, $10.75 8 suit, iurtied “Scotch, something entirely new, 811 813.50 a suit. and blaek,$13.75 AND | VE: Wide 8 Corkscrew, strictly all-wool, k's Standard Diagonals, blue RT Co-TS few of the ASHINGTON rly KDOwn a8 VieTOR E. ADLER'S PER CENT CLOTHING HOUSE 10 7th st. n.w.. corner Massachusetts ave, Strictly One Price, Oven Saturdays until 11 p.m. 12 ‘JRO, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS YOU CAN GET CAR- * ver’s Little Liver Pille—the best liv guistor in f the world. Don’t forget this. One pill a dose. al Le T. B. Towser & Sox. DRY GOODS DEALERS, 1316 7TH ST. ¥.W., Want you to read this and sce if anyone can beat ‘feat Wamsutta Bleached Muslin, 1 yard wide, 10cts. Fruit of the Loom, 834 cta ALcroscoxmin, The % Pike ‘Cotton, wide, 8 cta. Unbivached Sheeting. 8 yurds wide. 18 ote. Bsa a i.» Sig ara Wide, 30 cts: ia Cotiforta, 75 eta Wool, 19 ets. Wool. 40 inches wide, 43 Il Line of Dress very ». LISS Br Gta Farha aE He pens, We have a Towel 23 inches wide by 43 long, worth is Bon ati Rane Boek vias Brad obtainable (the Lighthouse of at EL Wasb- 987 and 929 Pe xtre Large kets, YO cts. Fiannel, Star Sire cts. Glare 0. NT: 8) S2ete, Kerr's Beet Machine Cotton, 4 ots 43m URKISH LIFE T ‘4 FOOD FOR TRE Al An sbeclute cure: eaknens, poweetal Bixod Further, ea at Red 4 Foupgylvania aves. &. “ st corner of E st. nw. Price $1 per box: 6 boxes for 85, for circular. “THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. 2d EDITION. Lalest Telearams 10 The Star THE HALF-BREEDS DEFIANT. They Take by Force from the Sheriff Horses He Seized for Taxes. Cwuncu’s Faris, D. T., Feb. 16.—Sheriff Flynn has had another tussle with the half- breeds in attempting to collect taxes. Yester- day the sheriff seized some horses belonging to a half-breed. He was overtaken before reaching town by @ mounted band of fifteen half-breeds armed with guns. They took the horses from the sheriff and rode off.firing their uns and hooting in the Indian fashion. Late night a company of the Dakota national ds. accompanied by the sheriff, went to yanseith and will attempt to arrest all those engaged in the scrimmage. Indignation runs high, and without submission on the of the half-breeds blood may be shed. ere is no danger of the white settlers being molested. en THE CRISIS AT PARIS. The President Asks M. Casimir Perier to Form a Cabinet. Panis, Feb. 16.—M. Meline, who, yesterday, was asked by President Carnot to form a cabi- net, and M. Rouvier held a conference with the president to-day. It is reported to-day that M. Meline has abandoned his effort to forma cabinet, and President Carnot has requested M. Casimir- Perier to undertake the task. ——_.—_—_ IS PIGOTT ABUVE SUSPICION? The Entire “Times” Case Seems Now to Rest on His Character. Lonpox, Feb, 16.—The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting upon the admissions made before the Parnell commission by Mr. Soames, the Times’ solicitor, and Mr. MacDonald, manager of the Times, that they had never asked Pigott or Houston where they got the letters secured by the Times, says: “Everthing depends abso- lutely upon Pigott’s word. The character of therefore, is of the first importance. The Times stakes everything upon word. If Pigott were the Apostle Paul his solitary word ht suffice, but if he falls short of the apostolic character, wha: The Gazette ends ita article Gor ae near contempt of court, with a point of interrogation suggesting that the character of Pigott is doubtful. Mr. Labouchere, in an interview, said that the total amount of money which he paid Pigott was £50. He further said he would not disclose anything regarding the alleged at- tempt to bribe Pigott until he went into the witness box. Stopping Work on the Isthmus. THE LABORERS ON THE CANAL BEING DISCHARGED AND PAID OFF. Panama, via GaLvestox, Feb. 15.—A large | number of laborers have been discharged from the canal works, the rag aed of whom left for the West Indies, Costa Rica and Chili. A lim- ited amount of work continues to be done on all sections of the canal, and total suspension is not expected until the middle of March. On | the 11th instant the contractors’ employes were | paid off. The amount of their pay aggregated | tween three and four hundred thousand silver dollars. A great many people are leav- ing the Isthmus. Perfect order prevails, efi nto From Wall Street To-Day. New York, Feb. 16, 11 a, m.—There was a very moderate volume of business this morn- ing, and as on yesterday it was almost entirely confined to less than a dozen stocks, among which Erie, the Four Gogg “a and Missouri Pacific were conspicuous, First prices gener- ally were unchanged from last evening’s figures, but the Grangers were weak and St. Paul was down 14 percent. The rest of the list also displayed @ drooping tendency in the early trading, and losses extending to }¢ per cent were ned, but Erie was unusual: active and showed some strength, although it moved up only a small fraction. Later in the hour there was a general rally, and Burlington and Rock Island displayed markedstrength.the former moving up 34 per cent, while prices were brought up to a shade above first figures all over the list. There was no further change in the market, and at 11 o'clock it was fairly active and steady to firm, generally at the best prices reached. ee FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The New York Stock Market, z The followi r clonii cea the Sew York Stock Market, aa reported by apecial wire to Corson and Macartuey, 1419 F street. = 52 107% 18 BoM ——— Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Feb. 16.—Cotton nominally steady —middling, 10. Flour, active and firm. Wheat— Long- mn berry, 105a111; No. 2 southern, 106; western, un- ‘0. 2’ winter red, spot, 95%; March, April, ‘98%: May, 100. Corn — southern arrivals increasing: white, 41n4: western, — mixed 3 April Aoiad4. Kye, quiet and’ steady, 57038. Hay, duli—prime to choice timothy, 16.00a16.50. Pro visions. quiet and steady. Butter, very steady— packed, 18a20; best roll. 13ai8; creain- . easy, 13a13%. Petroleum, : steady—Rio cargoes gar, qui soft, 67;; copper 15%al6. Whisky, very firm, 111. , Steady —cot- d. Cork for 73,000 bush- orders, 5s.Jd 10.60. Sales—wheat, els; corn, 18,000 bushels. THE AQUEDUCT INVESTIGATION. Can the Contractors be Held Respon- sible. The joint crag a the investigation of the aqueduct tuntel failed to meet to-day. Senator Edmunds had hoped, and so expressed himself to a Stan reporter, that the report would have been hang som by to-day, and it probably would have m had the representatives on the committee been able to attend its sessions. Mr. MeMillin has been very busy in the com- mittee on ways and means, and the arduous labors of Messrs. Ryan and Clements on the appropriation bills have shut them off from at- tempting during the past few days to share in the aqueduct inquiry. Another effort will be made on Monday to secure the attendance of a quorum, and it is not improbable that two or three hours’ steady work will complete the re A new difficulty faces committee now, and it may change the recommendations of the rey to a veryconsiderable extent. More than one member of the committee has an idea that the terms of the contract with Beckwith and Quackenbush are rather loose, and there seems to be a fear that a possible way of escape has opened up for the contractors. The validity of the €250,000 bond has #lso been pestioned. and it is now being examined carefully @ purpose of inding out whether, like the tunnel, it will fail to hold water. If a serious defest is discovered then the government ne to sustain the loss and an amendment be tacked on to the sundry civil bill, so that the work of repairing may be commenced immediately. ALEXANDRIA. Reported for Tas EVENING Stan. Bapty Hurt.—While Harry Darling was ing his milk wagon on U Duke street terday evening the wheel was twisted off rut and he was thrown out with great violence and stunned. He was carried to the house of Mrs. Iden near by and received medical attend- driv stood that extra guards have placed was a and received the attendance ONLY A FORTNIGHT MORE. REVENUE REDUCTIONS. il 7 a 4 D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1889. SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY. Putting the Finishing Touches on the | Alternative Tariff Propositions of the| Sentences in the Criminal Court To- Inaugural Preparations. DOINGS COMMITTEE HEADQUARTERS—THE PUBLIC COMFORT ROOMS AT THE RAILROAD ‘Ways and Means Committee. The ways and means committee to-day de- cided to report two alternative propositions for STATIONS — THE STREET HACKS AND THE | the reduction of the revenue. The first is the INAUGURAL BaLL, That the time for preparations for the inauguration is drawing to a close is evidenced in many ways around the inaugural head- | quarters. Calls have been issued for final meetings of committees, The floor committee holds a meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock, at which it is expected arrangements will be made to govern.the operations of that com- mittee on the night of the ball, The reception committee will meet Tuesday at 4 o'clock. The | veterans of the 1840 campaign will hold a meet- ing at inaugural headquarters Wednesday afternoon. : AT THE RAILROAD DEPOTS, The commitjee on public comfort is also pre- paring for the end. This end will be a partic- ularly active one. The committee will estab- lish two clerks, Messrs, Li at the rai depots, labors there March 1. Stran; riving will see placards pots directing them to the room where the clerk of the public comfort committee has his desk. Many of these persons will have already omb and Brosnan, re upon ar- secured quarters through the committee and will have to be directed to their quar- \ters, A — of sixty boys will be employ ry messengers to go with angers and ide them to their quarters. This corps of boys was selected this afternoon. There were about a hundred appli- cunts, and they filled one of the large rooms in the Atlantic questioned as to his knowledge of the streets and localities of the city, These boys will be employed from March 1 to March 4, 6 com- mittee will keep its rooms at the depots open all night March 3 and until early in the morn- ing of March 4, when they will be closed. THE HACKS. Hack Inspector Quinlan was at headquarters to-day talking over the arrangements about hacks and other conveyances to be used by the guests at the ball The ment among liv- erymen, Mr, Quinlan said to a Stak reporter, only included about twenty of the leading livery stable keepers. There are » large num- ber of hacks owned by small stable erpers and by street hackmen not included. The rates fixed by the Commissioners will apply to them, but the ticket system, so far as arranged, will not, PRICES FOR ROOM AND BOARD. A number of statements have been published out of town tothe effect that an exorbitant | price is asked for room and board here during the inaugural period. Col. L. P. Wright, chairman of the public comfort committee, said toa Star reporter to-day that he did not understand where these alleged complaints have their foundation. People are quoted as | saying that rooms are hard to get even at ex- orbitant rates that board is only to be had at the most extravagant prices. There can be no truth in such statements, he said, for his com- mittee has accommodations waiting for fully 15,- 000 people at rates that are fair and reasonable. “I have just located a small excursion party of Bostonians,” he said, “in very comfortable quarters in a good location, and the cost toeach member will only be $3.50 day. That cannot be regarded as an exorbitant figure for fine rooms and superlative board in a private fam- ily! Those people wrote to me, told me how much they were willing to pay and sent mea cash deposit to secure their quarters.” A member of the committee when asked by a Sar reporter if the charges were any higher now than ordinarily, said: “No; they are not—at least not for transient guests, You could not expect to be sheltered and fed for two or three days at the same rates which would preval if you were going to stay fora month or ayear. Then, again, a great many of the people who rent rooms or board strangers during the inaugural period do not do so at any other time, and they never would do it at all if it had to be done on @ basis of $10 a month for a room or $20 a month for board, It would not be reasona- ble to expect them to doso. But to say that extortionate prices‘are being charged is, so far as we know, entirely without foundation in fact. If everybody that wants accommoda- tions would only apply to us there would be no complaint. We can fit all kinds of pocket- books, and we are prepared to provide rooms and board for from 15,000 to 18, more peo- le at prices which range trom $2 to $5 per One of the complaints as to high prices for root s been published extensively, The particular instance referred to was one where 3200 had been asked for the rent of two rooms from March 1 to March 7. A Stan reporter looked the matter up and discovered that the rooms both fronted on Pennsylvania avenue, and each room was provided with three large windows. At moderate figures each window is, on inauguration day, worth $30,for they afford a splendid view of the Avenue and ‘parade, The rooms are elegantly furnished and well heated. After deducting the #180 which the six windows would earn on the 4th there is left $20 to be accounted for. NOTES. Chairman Britton, Gen. D. H. Hastings and Gen. George B. Williams were at the War de- partment this afternoon in conference with the authorities of the department in relation to the inaugural parade. SCHOOL-SITE ——__ PURCHASES. Two Reports from the Investigating Committee. Mr. Baker, of the Taulbee school-site inves- tigating committee, has prepared a report, but it has not yet been submitted to the full committee, and it is not the pur- pose to make it public before Monday. It exonerates the District Commissioners from all blame. There will probably be another re- port prepared by Mr, Taulbee, and it is not known which report will receive the approval of the majority of the committee—probably the Baker one. — > Who Control the Reservations? REPORT OF THE BOARD APPOINTED TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON THE QUESTION. The board consisting of Captain Symons, Computing Engineer Bailey, and Assistant At- torney Davis to examine into and report upon the reservations under the control of the Dis- trict Commissionera submitted their report to the Commiesioners yesterday. It is as follows: “The board convened by order of the Com- missioners of January 10, 1889, to consider the subject of public reservations in Washington, have the honor to report that in their opinion all the reservations shown on the map of the city of Washington, accompanying the annual report of Col, John M. Wilson, corps of engi- neers, U. 8, A.. for the year 1837, should considered as under the control of the office of public buildings and grounds with the excep- tion of the following, which should be under the control of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia: Reservations Nos. 110, 111, 112, 295, 296, 298, 299, 300, 302, 303, 307. 309, 310, 811, 312, 313, 314, $16, $17, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 325, 326, and 827. These reservations embrace only those lands which were reclaimed from the old canal,” A Prisoner Shot in the Back. THE STORY TOLD BY PIUS BROWN, LATE OF THE WORKHOUSE GANG. Pius Brown, a young colored man, was ar- rested last September for breaking a window, a violation of a municipal ordinance, and be- ing unable topay the fine imposed, he was committed to the workhouse. In the ordinary course of events there he was sent out to work in charge of officers, One day he som words with William West, which resulted in an altercation. While the men were fighting one sudden termination. Brown attempted to es- cape, but fell to the d with a bulletin his back. Brown a StaB bin adegd this ‘that when he stopped fighting he saw id, one of the watchmen, —' Knowing that he would be punishe for his misconduct he started to run away, when the watchman fired his revolver. mornil James ‘hey will begin their osted about the de- milding. Each applicant was ; her husband's father. McMillin bill, which was described in yester- day’s Stan—similar to the Mills bill, with the cotton, metal, and chemical schedules left out, except that partof the metal schedule which provides for free tin-plate, free cotton ties, and reduced duties on structural iron and steel rails, The other bill is a compromise measure pre- pared by Mr. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, pro- viding for free wool, free -tin-plate, the repeal of the tobacco tax, and the reduction of duty on woolens and equalization of woolen and worsted duties, provided in the Mills bill. The two measures are d with the sanction of all the democratic members, and are eed equal standing, except that the Mc- Millin bill will go first on the calendar. The House may choose between the two, A DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. The democrats of the House have arranged for a caucus on Monday night to consider the Mills resolution declaring the Senate bill unconstitutional, and to discuss the present tariff situation generally, It is entirely prob- able that in a party caucus the ways and means folks will have a decided majority, but there will be a pretty lively discussion. The two ways and means bills having been reported first, they precede the Randall bill on the calendar, and would have to be laid aside before a vote could be had on the latter propo- sition, The idea is that the Breckinridge bill will satisfy the tobacco men if the McMillin bill fails, ‘and will have practically a united party vote, If it should be adopted that would of course end the matter, but if both bills fail it is not likely that a vote will be permitted on the Randall bill. Acccording to the committee’s estimates the MeMillin bill will, if enacted into law, reduce the revenue $72,000,000. REPORT ON THE BRECKINRIDGE BILL, The report accompanying the tariff bill pre- sented to the House this morning by Mr. Breck- inridge, of Kentucky, says that the committee beiieves that the interests of the country de- mands the reduction of the revenue proposed by the original tariff bill. But the committee decognizes that at this late hour in the second session it perce possible that only proposi- tions reached by compromise and concession can be passed, and therefore it reports the ac- companying bill. The report says: Every provision in it has already received the approval of the House. It puta tin-plate and wool on the free list, and proposes a woolen scheduie by which the rates are reduced corre- spondingly, and it remedies the present un- — provisions as to woolen and worsted fabrics. It removes the tax on tobacco, and includes the provisions of the bill adopted by the House (the Mills bill) as to tobacco. The aggregate reduction proposed is $41,730,000; on tin-plate, $5,704,433; wool, $6,390,053, woolen schedules, | $12,254,512; tobacco, $17,381,000. TOBACCO TAX REPEAL. Report on the Cowles Internal-Revenue Bill. In the report accompanying the Cowles bill the majority of the committee on appropria- tions explains that sections 1 and 2 repeal all in- ternal taxes after June 30th, 1889, on cigars, cheroots and cigarettes, snuff, manufactured tobacco, the special tax on manufacturers of tobacco, dealers in leaf tobacco, and on ped- lers of tobacco. The amount of revenue re- ceived from these sources during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888, was %30,662.431. The enactment of the bill would reduce the estimated surplus for the fiscal year 1890, from $53,432,511 to $22,745,165, a result—whether viewed from the standpoint of an excessive revenue or as a relief for unnecessary taxation upon the people—most desirable. REPEAL OF WAR TAXES DESIRABLE. The report says: The internal-revenue taxes levied because of the necessities of war have heretofore been all removed from capital and from all manufactured articles, leaving the products of agriculture to bear all the burdens of the internal tax system. The ee proncned to be repealed by the bill re- ported are particularly oppressive on the far- mer, both in the amount of tax levied against his product as well as in the vexatious manner of its collection. There is no longer, in the opinion of the committee, any justification for the continu- ance of these taxes. There are no bonds which are due and payable at par at the option of the government. Under existing conditions bonds will have to be purchased at a high pre- mium in the market with the surplus revenue or else the accumulation of money in the treasury will result detrimentally to the commercial interests of the country. The committee believes that the bill Yurnishes a practical and simple means of re- ducing the surplus revenue, as it is evidently impossible at this late day of the present Con- gress to Pas at bill involving a complete re- vision of our whole revenue system. The con- cluding portion of the report is devoted en- tirely to an analysis of the bill. THE MINORITY REPORT presented by Mr. Forney is confined to a simple recommendation looking to the passage of a substitute bill made up of the sections | of the original Cowles dill repealing | the taxes on chewing and smoking tobacco and snuff, all special taxes on manufacturers and dealers in leaf-tobacco, and fixing at $3 and #1 the annual tax on cigar manufacturers and dealers in tobacco respec- tively. All of the sections of the Cowles bill relating to the administration of the internal revenue laws are excluded, WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP. Fiswertes Or¥ THE GREENLAND Coast.—The Secretary of State has received from the Dan- ish minister a copy of the regulations relating to fisheries off the Greenland coast, under which ail trade with the inhabitants is for- bidden; but fishing is not prohibited except within one Danish mile from the coast, To-pay's Bosp OFFeRinas aggregated $367,- 500, as follows: Registered 4’s, 8500 at 1294; coupon 43's, $2,000 at 10934; registered 4}¢'s, $330,000 at 10934, $85,000 at 1093, Contracts Awarpep.—The acting Secretary of the Treasury has awarded the contract for fitting the Rochester, N. Y., public building with steam heating apparatus to Saml. L. Pope & Co., of Chicago, for 313,879; also the contract for painting and frescoing the Syracuse build- ing to J.A. Baumgrass, of Syracuse, for $2,450, Con, H. L. Sworps, the corresponding secretary of the inaugural committee, who served as sergeant-at-arms to the national republican committee during the recent cam- puign, is spoken of as a candidate for the office of € 8. marshal for the District of Columbia, Mirrany Onper or tHE Loran Leciox.— Col. John P. Nickerson, recorder-in-chiet of the military order of the loyal legion of the United States, was in the city to-day to confer with Senator Manderson, comman- der of the local commandery, as to the quadrennial © of the order to be held in Cincinnati on April 10. Col. Nickerson re- ports a powerful organization with eighteen commanderies and a membership of 7,800. Mars. Farncuixp left the city this morning for Cazenovia, N. Y., to attend the funeral of She ompanied by'Mr- Ed afternoon. was accom| yy Mr. . panies Lievt. Cou. Daniel W. Flagler, ordnance de- partment, has been detailed as a member of the board for testing rifled cannon, relieving Capt. David A. Lyle, ordnance department. Szcoxp Lrect. Wa. H. Bzax, second cavalry, has been ordered to duty in connection with the national guard of Pennsylvania, Carr. Wixrigip 8, Epozaty, seventh cavalry, has been detailed to conduct a detachment of recruits to the department of Missouri, Fist Lrgvt. Dovetas A. Howarn, Ordnance day. In the Criminal Court, Judge Montgomery, to-day a number of sentences were imposed as follows: . Edward Golway to three years in the Albany penitentiary for robbery of Wm. Armstead of a small amount of money. James Cross and Frederick Lomax to three and five years, respectively, inthe Albany peni- tentiary for housebreaking. Both had been in prison before, and Lomax had only been three weeks from the penitentiary when arrested. Ewert Gilbert, convicted of housebreaking, was called for sentence. The prisoner stated that he was not yet sixteen years of age. His mother, with tears in her eyes, asked the leniency of the court. He admitted that he had been three times in the workhouse and three times in jail. A sentence of two years in the agen cad was imposed. John H. Semms, convicted of bigamy, was sentenced to five years in the Albany peniten- tiary. He protested that he was innocent of the charge, and that if he was given another -— could show that it was “a put-up job” on him. ———.—__— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. EXPENSES OF THE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES, Mr. Hoar, from the committee on inaugural ceremonies, to-day reported the following amendment to the sundry civil bill. “To ena- ble the secretary of ne sneer} to pay the necessary expenses of the inaugural ceremonies of the brscitient and Vice-President of the United States, March 4, 1889, incurred by order of the Senate, including pay for forty extra capitol police’ for three days at $3 per day each, the sum of $3,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary.” HEATING AND VENTILATION. E. Y. Robbins, of 116 C street northeast, has petitioned the Senate to allow him to fit up one of the Senate committee rooms with his im- proved system of heating and ventilation. his he offers to do at his own cost and risk and under the supervision of the architect of the capitol. The invention, he says, is un- tented, and the sole object of the petitioner sto make plain to the authorities and the public the manifest advantages of his plan, CAPITOL TOPICS. CONGRESSIONAL BIOGRAPHIES. Mr, W. H. Michael, clerk of the printing ree- ords, is hard at work on the biographical sketches of the new Senators and Repre- sentatives who will adorn the next session of Congress. The task is not a small one, for there are 123 new members in the next House. Six new Senators also re- quire some attention, so there are 129 bio- graphies to be condensed and made ready for the printer. If an extra session should be called immediately after inauguration the new congressional directory will be ready. ‘A REPORT IN FAVOR OF STEAM PRESSES, The subcommittee of the Senate committee on finance, charged with the duty of investi- gating the respective merits of the steam and hand-press work in the printing of certificates, internal revenue stamps, postal cards and stamps, completed its report yesterday and submitted it to the full committee. The re- port states that on the whole the work of the steam presses is satisfactory, and it brings u the late Secretary Folger, Secretary Fairchild, Treasurer Hyatt and a number of other officials as witnesses on that side of the case. The steam presses are also commended because they are economical; a return to the hand presses would cost $350,000 additional annually without being in any way beneficial. The sub- committee reports the House bill with a recom- mendation that it do not pass. MR. RANDALL'S REPORT ON THE TOBACCO BILL. Mr. Randall got his report on the tobacco bill in the House to-day on the call of commit- tees for reports. He says that the bill will re- duce the income of the government by €30.000,000. The estimated surplus for next year is $53,000,000, He says that by the repeal of this tax is the simplest way to make a neces- sary reduction of the revenue, and the practicable way at this late hour of the sessic IN THE SENATE LAST EVENING, after Tux Sran’s report of yesterday's Senate proceedings closed, the bill was passed, after amendment, authorizing the President to rein- state William English as a lieutenant in the | army. After the passage of a number of pen- sion bills Mr. Coke took the floor to talk of Texas election outrages. and with the assist- ance of the chief clerk, who read a great deal of the testimony taken by the Senate investi- gating committee, he concluded his speech. THE DIRECT TAX BILL. The conferees on the direct tax bill have reached an agreement. The Senate conferees accept the House amendments appropriating 800,000 to pay the citizens of Beaufort. 8. C., for real estate seized and sold by the United States government with further amendments reducing the appropriation to $450,000, cutting down one-half the valuation of the land, pro- viding for the payment of 5 per acre for arable land and #1 per acre for other lands, Another and general amendment was adopted providing for the payment to all states of the rofits realized by the general government Rom the sale of real estete for taxes. In the case of the Beaufort appropriation the con- ferees attach an amendment deducting from the amount to be paid to the state any money turned into the school fund by the general government, THE FORTIFICATIONS BILL, On motion of Mr. Sayers, of Texas, the Sen- ate amendments to the fortification appro- priation bill were non-concurred in by the House yesterday and a conference ordered, and Messrs, Sayers, Randall, and Butterworth ap- pointed conferees. THE DAMAGE TO THE CRUISER BALTIMORE, Secretary Whitney to-day sent to the Senate, in response to a resolution of inquiry, a state- ment describing the damage to the cruiser Baltimore, from which it appears that last Oc- tober, shortly after she was launched and while lying at one of the wharves of Cramp & Sons, her constructors, “her rudder was fouled by a loaded coal barge, the effect of which was to force the rudder around to an angle with the line of the keel and to carry away one of the projections cast on the stern-post to serve as a rudder-stop, slightly cracking the post.” The damage, Secretary Whitney says, was repaired by the contractors at their cost upon a plan prepared by the bureau of naval construction, NOTES, The House committee on commerce yesterday ordered a favorable epee on the Senate biil increasing the salary of the surgeon-general of the marine hospital service from 24,000 to $6,000. Senator Manderson will leave to-night at 7:40 for Nebraska, and will return to this city on Saturday or Sunday of next week. Secretary Endicott has asked Congress for $10,000 additional to the amount estimated b; the Secretary of the Treasury for surveys ion reconnaisance in military divisions for the year ending June 30, 1890. ‘The Senate last night passed forty-one pri- vate pension bills in twelve minutes. Chas. J. Kappler, of this city, has been ap- pointed clerk of the new committee on irriga- tion, &., of which Senator Stewart is chair- man. Letter from Bladeusburg. ‘THE CORONER'S JURY FINDS LEVI SIMMS BLAME- LESS FOR KILLING LEWIS BECKETT. Correspondence of Taz EVENING Stan. Brapenspure, Feb. 15. ‘The jury in the ‘ase of Lewiss Beckett, the colored man who was shot by Levi Simms last week, and who died this morning. held a post mortem, Justice Dan’l Barron acting coroner. Quite a number of witnesses were examined, the bulk of the that Beck tye eer er ging Simms, The eed retreated, i i i & ie fil i 2 E E: Hp Ff i ) Baker al bt nly | to department a ire whi ase ent may inquire whe the law been complied with, SEWERAGE OF BRIGHTWOOD AVENUE. Tux Stan has heretofore referred to the recommendation of the county citizens’ com- mittee of fifteen, in relation to the sewerage of Brightwood avenue. To-day the Commission- ers received another letter the commit- tee, requesting the early consideration of the recommendations, ey say that it would seem to be wise to extend the sewer soon to be laid to Grant avenue to the top of the hill to Lincoln and Princeton streets. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. E. B. Hay, the attorney for the Herdic Phaeton company, has requested permission of the Commissioners to use bells on their horses from March 1 to 4, inclusive. Chief Parris, of the fire de recommended that a new sewer rear of No. 1 engine house, The Commissioners to-day approved the ap- lication of Wm. F. Jones for a bar-room icense at 1353 434 street southwest. The between the tracks of the Belt line railroad at the intersection of 4th street and Massachusetts avenue is in a very bad con- dition. Attorney Riddle, to whom the matter was referred, advises that the Commissioners make the necessary repairs and assess the cost on the company. ae ean The Taxation of Newspaper Property. From the Washington Press, It was arranged to fit the situation and pos- sibly to aid in confirming Commissioner Webb that the publication of official statements con- cerning the tax paid by corporations of this District was made, It seems incredible to us that any member of Txe Evexixc Stak com- pany should ask any official to estimate the value of the stock of tue company at 50 per cent below par, We are, therefore, not sur- rised to read the flat denial of the statement in an editorial of that paper on yesterday, which we print in full this ae The ve will of a concern is not stock on hand. It is valuable, it is true, but torate it for taxation, it must be easily seen, is dealing with an in- definite quantity, because it 1s undertaking to measure the value of that which is as unstable as water and as fickle as public opinion. What may have been received from the public last year may all be required to maintain the insti- tation next year. Such are the experiences of Lewspaper enterprises, and such is the power of public opinion, Consequently, an estimate for taxation should be an accountof (pore! on hand, taken at a cash valuation if placed under the hammer. This rule is the customary one adopted by the best business men of the country. The proper way for the assessor to reach the revenue of Tax Stan would be by the enactment of a law imposing an income tax. iment, has laid in the Saikcicnaltaie sia Mr. Maaini’s Witt.—The will of Lonis G. Marini was filed yesterday and letters testa- mentary granted ‘to Edwin A. Clifford and Lucien E. C, Colliere. He leaves to his daugh- ter, Marie Louise Bond, Marini’s hall, at 914 E street. and property No. 917 Temperance alley, desiring that from proceeds of the proper Mrs, Marie G. Marini be paid $720 per ann ie gives to Fanny A. Levy the use of N: ‘treet northwest, for life, to revert to M. ise Bond. The trustees (Clifford and ) are to apply the $5,000 policy of the New York Mutual Life Insurance company to the payment of mortgages. He leaves his horse and buggy to E, A. Clifford and his library to L. E. C. Colliere, Seciledicnds A Peasant ENTERTAINMENT.—There was a church, East Washington. Among those who took part were Mr. and Mrs. Harmer, Miss Kreps, Miss Simons, Dr. Miss Caron, Miss Terry. Miss Pumphrey, Mr. Williams, Mr. Hill and’ the Harmony qnartette, Mr. Vose, Miss Wilson, and Miss Maxwell. At the con- clusion of the program refreshments were served by the members. = 8 aND Kxrves 1x a Crtuncn.—Last Sun- ht there was a row in the Montello ist church. colored. in the little village of that name on the Baltimore and Ohio rail road. The trouble was caused by the ap ance at the services of a number of colored | boys from the Ivy City race track. The col- lection basket was passed through the andi- ence asecond time, and one of the boys was taunted with having no money. He called to one of the others, “Say, nigger. why don't you give them some mon ‘Then to prove that he was not bankrupt. he drew a $5 note from his pocket, which the collector offered to change. but he did not want it changed. The row then started. Pistols and knives were drawn, but fortunately no one was killed. Policeman Slack learned of the trouble and he swore out warrants for “Spider” Anderson and Isaac Johnson, the former for carrying a pistol and the latter for attempting to use a knife on Philip Boon. In the Police Court to-day John- son was fined #10 for assault, and Anderson for- feited $20 collateral, Senator RrppLeEwercer 4s A PEACEMAKER.— Senator Riddleberger was in the Metropolitan hotel last night conversing with Col. Popham, when a young man named J. A. Gardner entered and started a row. When the new- comer. who was apparently under the influ- ence of liquor, started a fight with Col. Pop- ham, Senator Riddleberger acted as peace- maker. The struggle was continued into the hotel lobby, where Policeman Loftus arrested Gardner. Col. Popham declined to make a charge against him, and the officer charged him with being drank and disorderly. he Senator left £5 collateral for Gardner, and he was released. He failed to appear in the Police Court this morning and the collateral was forfeited. ——>__—_ Saez Wants to Go to Grory.—In the Crim- inal Court this morning the motion for a new trial in the case of Grace Smallwood, convicted January 18 of the murder of her child, was taken up. and Major Walker com- menced his argument, but an affidavit not having been sworn to the case went over. The ested that the woman might be con- tent to plead guilty to manslaughter, and that inquiry be made. Mr. Lipscomb said there was a difficulty in the way: that Grace “wants to go to glory.” and is prepared to go. and he did not want to disappoint her. but he knew Judge Walker did not desire her to go to the gailows. ear Sexaton Sawrer’s Porrrarr.—Mr. G. 8. Traesdeli, of Paris, who has been spending a few months in this ‘country, has painted a por- trait of Senator Sawyer. which is to be placed in the gallery of the Wisconsin State Historical society in the capital at Madison. It is a life size figure juarters length, and ys in strong color and true draughtsman- ship a remarkably fine subject for the ambitious portrait artist, Mr. Truedeil will return to Paris before the opening of the salon, He has exhibited there for several years with great success. He has completed in Washington the picture he intends to put in this year’s salon. a thereby ery 2100 from — i. ~d was argued by Mr. Carrington for bathed. Assistant ——_ No Foxvs ron Revier or THE Poor.—The yr fund (including amount i i H ‘| very pleasant gatnering at the sociable last | | evening given by the social chapter of Christ | was presented in the Senate to-day by Mr. Harris and was referred to the District com- mittee. The petitioners represent that are citizens of Maryland and Virginia the District, and they number 96 males females. They pray for relief and pay for the reasons that their are extremely onerous, including among things, the dressing, shaving, the insane, making up their insane, keeping strict order, inmates do not escape or do each other taking them out walking, in good condition, cleaning ings and grounds. paint rooms, discharging any duties they ma: be called upon to perform by the “The character of these dition, say the pet- e ol of a the tioners, require the exercise of more then. ordi- nary judgment, nee, and determination, Constant associa’ with the patients is, they say, both distasteful and hazardows. The hours of employment are stated to be sixteen daily between March land November 1 and | fifteen anda balf daily between November 1 and March 1. The attendants are not allowed any a while on duty, and cannot even smoke. They are compelled to be on duty on Sundays and holidays, and are not per- mitted to go out of the grounds without leave, night or day, and are virtually on duty every hour in the twenty-four. “Their situa- tion,” says the memorial, “is little better than that of a convict sentenced to hard labor.” Reference is made to the fact that the eight- hour law is not made to apply at the hospital, although the employes are ail under the gov- ernment, The present scale of wages ranges from $16 to €22.00 per month, with and piel edut « ing. The petitioners urge, in conclusion, that the number of men, the hours of labor, and the amount of pay be fixed by Congress; that eight hours shall constitute a day's work, and * the pay of attendants shall be $60 per month, Esncrwent Surt Acarsst var B. axp P. Rart- Roap.—N. Wilxon to-day, for F. H. Smith, en- tered suit in ejectment against the Baltimore and Potomac railroad com to recover lots 10 to 14, square 1048, whic! claims the de- fendant forcibly entered January 1, 1880, claim- omy the rents and profits since tha’ we The Prince of Wales and his set have established Mumm's Extry Dry Champagne as ‘correct form’ at dessert,” says @ London society journal, and it might have added, on other occasions—as breakfast, even- ing receptions, ete., ete. MARRIEDA SEAGER—BOVEF.—On Feb, 14,1680, i rragt he bride's mother, Mrs. Mins Seager, 1813 st. Mins NES y . WI Bye AGE and Dr. J. WES- —_——_oe—_____. DIED. BARRETT. Suddenly, at 2:15 o'clock. on 15, 1S8o, Mrs KITTY BARRETT, widow of A. Borvett, and sister of the late Isaac Holland, aged Within one we y years. Funeral fro ber granddaughter, Mrs, RH Ha ‘i street northwest, on Sunday, e 17th, at 2:30 p.m. (Annepolis, Md., papers pleage copy.) ° CALLAN, Budde uy, in New Fork (City, op the morning oi Bt Pe 1889, ~ the Inte Subn F, Callen eae eral at Mt, Olivet cemetery at 3 p.m. Sunday,the 7th ams CON On February 15, 1889, ELLEN CON- red mother of Margaret and mother- of late John Hayes, native of County Kerry, Ireland, aged forty-nine years. Funeral will take place Sunday, at 2 p.m., from her daughter's residence, 211 Q street west oF DICKSON. EMMA JORDAN, beloved daught Ella Dickson, departed this life on Wed rebrie ery 13, 1580, at 5 a.m. at her residence, 717 Third street southwest, aged c “Asleep in Jesus.” Funeral will take place at the Church, D street southwest, Sunday, F p.m. FRAIN. On February 16, 1889, EFFIF E. FRAIN, aged two years, eleven ‘monte end twenty-four days, Put away those little dresses ‘That our darling used to wear: She on earth will need them never, She hus clumbed the wtaice, All is sad within our dwelling, ‘Lonely are our to-day’; For the one we loved wo dearly ‘Has forever passed away. Funeral from the residence of Warner street, Monday, at 2 o'clock p.m. KILLIAN.—On Feb. 16, 1889, JOHN H., infant of Geo J aud B.J. Killian, aged 4 moutie: sa ‘Funeral private. . LAUXMANN. On Thursday, Febraary 14, 1889, at 8:45 oclock am, MICHAEL LAURMARK, tenped busbend of the late Barbara Lauainann, in bis eighty- jourth year. ont from the To of his son. 709 North tol street, Sunday at 2Bp.m. and then proceed Concordia Church, 20th and'@ ‘new. Melatives PHISTS, Suddenly, on Friday, February 15, 1889. at 5.30 o'clock a.m. at his late ‘residence, | street porthmeat ‘of inflammation of the stomach: from Trinity Holy Catholic Georgetown, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Frieuda abd relatives invited to attend. ROTH. On Friday, February 15th, 1889, Banack net levee, JESSE Ww eoaet tle K. Hoth. aged seven years. Gone! in the bloom of childhood, Gone! to his long, long rest ; Words cannot tell our sorrow, But God, He knoweth best. May he sleep in peace. Funeral private frum bie parents, residence North Capliol street northwest: Sunday-at 2-30 pant SCOTT. Departed this life, on Febru- ary 16, 1889, at 1 o'clock a.m, AMANDA be ——_ February 18,at 2 uneral Monday, ov ee Bapust church, L street, between Toit oud SULLIVAN. On 15, 1889, at 10 a m., JOUN SULLIVAN, beloved hanband ot ‘the late Anwe , fs "Tis hard to break the tender cont, When love has bound the heart; “Tilust we forever a ee ‘Br Hu Davonres, Necum Funeral will take bis late ofr a.sm mhagen pnts Mp atone <.30 p.m 30 Kelatives aud fends are Vited to attend. THOMPSON. At on 1s, ELIZABETH DORMAN THOMPSON, wite at Rev. Thos. Thompson. Interment at Lancaster, Pa, . WEST. On Thi 5, Be ortlock bin, MUNAIE WEST aged’ twouty dines years. ¥fineral from Asbury neral Ch l. rie to aan uae end at ge WHITE. On Fe 13, 1) st 10 o'clock a.m., it WHEE, aged thirty loud illness, 3 > funeral Sunday, 17. st 3 oclock pm. on" from Zion Wesley church, D street southwest invited to tives und frieuds ‘attend. WILLIAMS. Ai 880, at 2 o'clock am., GLORen ‘A, beloved 1.) James B. and Sarah K ‘aged fifteen monthe fiteen daa, Litte Georgie was our darling, an wi Little Georgie do come bume. on Paperal from the M. F, church, Tennaliytown, D. junday, 17¢h inet, ochock pi ieee aye = WOOD. On 15, 1889, at 11:40 2 m, 'é THOMAS, ouly child ‘and Maggie Eon ou Fontan sear 17, a8 3 p,m irom bis ‘varents’ residence, 1363 'D ae YERBY. On we Pema rie salam rh day, February 18, at 2 o'clock. — Soe cate ac nerrae Sele, sad ree, ee edy in all cases where I have ad Prazs Soa. Pune Sow. Pears Sour. Fan Ware Foe