Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1889, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE *rAk BUILDINGS, Northwest Corver Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th 8t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, & B. KRAUPFM. N, Brest. ‘Tne EVENING Stan is served to subscribers efty by carriers, Prepad—S0 cents me year, #6, six mouths, $.5 [Entered re hs t the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as pail rast $8-All mat] subscriptio: be paper sent longer than 1 Kates of advertising made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICES. . D. €.. MAK eby given that al: dealers trading at lets trading in the several mar. SHIR TY FIRST day of March, be ail promply renewed b ch business oF SAO St | et AL FISH. Assenne GAS FIXTURES. ‘ A. By order of the Cu pe TI06 F STREET. 2 De RQMIDYZED § + TRON. EW GOODS WE BEST NEW YORK rm COMP! TETION ME mt. He is au his own ace we due the late firm leet all indebte ants due by t > GEO. B. WIL ot Walker & a PIANOS STORED a TORED, a taben care of. Hest facilities in the city, at W. G. METZEROTT & CO."S, cubll-m&th.ome 1110 F st. ow. Bam ENOL. Wiig leased ny property, corner 14TH AND B STS. NW, 1 have removed my MAIN OFFICE to 4:51 10TH ST. N.W., above GAS OFFICE, where all orders will be received aud promptly filled from my eld RAILROAD YARDat MAKYLAND AVE. AND 12TH ST. S.W., where in ck of the future I will ‘ary my entire LUMBER, LATH, SHINGLES &e. rah tne JAMES BARBOUR. =p SPECTAL '** = UMBER, FLOORING, ETC. THEA CHEAP: tert sion of my proveriy, corner 1B ant, P will sell the re- ill refuse no r 1 Lott: B= WON watisky” PRODUCT OF THE WILSON DISTILLERY, HIGHSPTRE, DAUPHIN €O., PA. ky, most carefully and slowly stilled from the t rate Waters and choire » the renowned mountain and ripened ut aged in the ters from whi ler this Whisky in and rejuvenater ty those in A vigor. . FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, AND ¢ THERLFORE BE SAFELY KECOMMENDED FOR MEDICINAL USE. ITS HIGH COLOR IS DUE To SENT. WA. FP. TONRY, Ph. D., Chemist” Ask your Grocer for WILSON WHISKY. THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGH Co, Distillers, fea _Baltimore, Ma__ c< EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCTATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING.” 1003 F ST. ASSETS, $071,530.64. riptions for shares in the 16th issue received t the office of the Assucistion, Equitable Build- per month, n each share. byects and advantage of urnished upon application. to 4.30 p.m. On the first Lb the cilice will be open from o swek pau Advances will be made prompuy at 7 occ, THOMAS SOMERVILLE, Pres't, JNO. JOY EDSON, sec’y. > DR WM BRIGGS ) Sr he aa hw Haeasen € : ation, 10 to T <> FOR BRIGHT, QUICK FIRE AND Boe SEAN TUEL Soy Washington Company's Coke. JOHNSON Bey Rs. Frclusive Agents, O: Rk 1 T Or Nawes of well known residents using the PALACE KING FURNACES 2 + 100, In every case the Vihuewt satixfaction isiiven. There is no other way te beat a re sv economically and comfortably, HAYWARD & HUTHINS¢ Im? 4°24 Oth street. PRW RIT ERD 1 $40,000 WORTH fs lanowesd by fire, am ater KALE MANS Double cx Us table bw De Genes FLIXIR AND PILLS, THE BEST OF ANTI-BILIOUS REMEDIES, ess for the Inst sixty aints, Pain Dr ‘S$ Flixir and Pills bear the siguature PAUL GAGE, M.D. % rue de Grenelle, Pare. Agents FOUGERA & CO., New York by all chemiste wih} 1 -miSin-1p AMA A laxative refreatina, fruit loge very axreeabie to take fur CONSTIPATION, porrhoida, bile, INDEEN FB GRILL OX. ILLON Kise Ranbutesu, Paris, 5 iu-lp ‘Seid by all Drugyiste, Lave La rT. SCA UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. We have Just received from New York large assort. eent of (whredlas aud Parasols Natural, Silver, and Guid Haudien. B. H. STINEMETZ & SONS, mbIS 1237 Penna. ave. Ger Tux Best THE CONCORD HARNESS LUTZ & BRO. 407 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hotel, Forve Blankets and Lap Robes in great variety at verytow prices. oad ia Gea Scrrs Scovren AND PRESSED FOR 81. 25e_, Vesta, 25e. Altering ng Sone im beet manner.” Goods called for and wok Leley! « aut J. T._WALKER SONS. 204 ° Cw Fresh 10TH 8ST! Cement "Peoue 81612 “a | Toury, of the Baltimore Med- he ening Stat. T4A—-No. 12,077. WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1889. yet inexpen- away coat and ipod trousers, from d. * by any in the city. A very dr suit ix a biaek English worsted Vest. at #25, and a pair of ri toel0. Fi and Satisfactic TAILOR, sts. nw. ND #15 Perfect ¥ 4 1. YER SERVICE 1 theappointment government” will ary Pm AN “ALL DAY asking “Divine «ui WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN T Union. Officers and metmb te spend chal eo Serv 10th and G streets uw. ident. pane ‘Congregational Church, 5. D. LA PETRA, pre REYNOLDS & DY RCH 16TH, dissolved t. ‘The business will be Nos. SPECIAL BARG. ust im from Steinway & Sons, t E. Pi * erie E DRGUP, Sole Agent i sy! ave. mIs-tit MARYLAND RE- ON will be held on hm Mote — =-5 MARCH bers are ADOLPH VAN OFFICER: fain and tiuely act MEF1 PUBLICA at SIN Sth auested to be E, Presid mh1s- MUTUAL CO-OPERATIV BUILDING ASSOCIATION, No. 1300 F st. nw. rs Of the Mutual Co-operative submit the wing statement ition of the 4 RECEIPTS. ciation January Stock, first isane STOCK AC Live 201 With- ira SS Advane atestanediner « pay iuent. Preniiuin.s dae tas WOIDK eee cece ee ceee Total, : Heapeciiiully Examined and found correct, WM. A. HUNGERFORD, COX. MCEUE Pinancial Committee. There will be a meeting of the stock MUTUAL CO-OPERATIVE BUILDIN TION, TUESDAY EVENING, March 1. at 72101 Money # THOS. G. HENSEY, H. A. HALL Se ary mab 15-2 MARCH 15, LSui 1 President. WASHI x the an and’s life "AL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNI- VERSITY OF GEORGETOWN, s will commenc at the College ud LOth, xiven by Prof. J. ope in Medi- Mic apply to I. MAGKtDiit M_D., Dean, 815 Vermont av TRACTIVE TO ¥. M IMETHING AT A. MEM Reception, with Reads ents Address by State Se March 18, at 8 pom y each. MEETING OF “mbit CHRISTIAN Citizens will be held at wud A sts. me, MONDAY, MASS 1 Tew i Persons he iuterests of the dew whit OPENING <a : cCRYSI PIANO LAMPS. res of GAS FIXTURES. CHANDELIE KS TAGLE LAMPS, AL b Styles ONLY THE LASS UF GOODS, BROOKS, 3 Corcoran Building. Kespecttully, A.D MAHORNEY DON'T PURCHASE A PIANO SPECIAL nul you 1 =. Upruet tm English Oak, Circassian Walnut, An- Manowany,and Kowewood. Factory prices’ and easy Loerie. anh 16st NOTICE. ON AND AFTER MARCH 15, Sis r aM at the Waverly ror Dusinens an ROBERISOY & BLACKPOR | GOMOPAGUE Gs inauaver and cashier KTSON & BLACK m1 Hat u.w., op. Ariinucte <>, HB. SMITH, ARTIST. i. s — Larwest iin Washington. Freehand ke ; ‘all and see apect- taken if d eD, Hotei, | f 5 SE D.-ALL PROM- to this fund at the Har- ris Theater, together with new subse us, Will be Feceived at the Star office aud ecknowleda«t. By order ot commattee PATRICK WAKD, Press M. Healy Branch L L. BUY YOUR COAL, COKE AND WOOD Soka’ : JOHNSON BROTHERS, the leading firm in the District. jaS-3m =» HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT WINES. _ fmuported exclusively in bottles bearing the Government Protection Label on the neck. ‘The Lest Clarets. White Wines for table use and Medicinal purposes as by Physicians. GEO. E. KENNEDY & SONS, 1209 F st. n. w. Sole Agents of the famous Royal Hungarian Govern- ment Wine Cellars of Budapest (Hungary). f19-1m. e. ERTIFICATES OF STOCK. CHEQUES, “St TUthi and D streets (Poet Building). <=> REDFORD W. WALKER, LATE OF THE ghmer Walker k Wilsun will contuus the Yasiness at the office of the late frm, 1008 ee AUGURAL SUPPLIES FOR MEN! ‘Ties, Gloves, Studs, reas IN. ‘Dress Shirts, y dis. tu sort, eve’ ~ | fended by Mr. W. R, Hen Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, Wace wy DENTIS 2 DRY GOODS EDUCATION EXCURSIO} WAARIARY r (Orricrs). \T (STABLES: FOR RENT (SToxxs).. FOR SALE (Hovsss),. FOR SALE (Lots)... FOR SALE (MisceLLaNEovs).. GENTLEMEN'S GOODS . HOUSEFURNISHL OCEAN STEAMERS POTOMAC RIVEK BOATS PIANOS AND ORGANS, PERSONAL, PROFESSION PROPOSALS, rrr rrr rrr rrr rr) IALTIES. ... "RBAN PRO! Pace -Page Pace Page Page Pare Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Pace Page Page -Page Page Page Page Paxe -Puge Page Page Page Pago Page Page Page -Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page -Pawe Page -Page Page -Page Page Page -Page e a Page -Page -Page -Page -Page Paye 2 GoveryMent Recerpts To-pay.—Internal rev- $603,427; customs, $744,981. 'o-pay's Bon OFFERINGS aggregated 251.000, as follows: Coupon 4s, $500 at 130, 25a0 at best price; registered 415s, $50,000 at 108, | Deatu or a Retmep Anwy Orrrcer.—Capt. Chas, J. Hermann, U A., retired, died Sat- | urday. The funeral will take place from 1827 I street to-morrow afternoon, The interment will be at Arlington, Tur Weatuer axp THE Crops.—The weather- crop bulletin of the signal office for the week ling March 16 says: The week ending March 16 has been warmer than usual in all sections, ‘ept in the south Atlantic and gulf states. There have been no adverse reports received from any section, and the week has, in general, | been favorable for farm work in most districts, Secretary Tracy returned to the city late last night and was at the Navy department nearly all day, Justice STANLEY MATTHEWS was reported as | being much better this moaning. | Tae Crvrser Cricaco was put in dry-dock at the Brooklyn na Aanox H. Netsox was to-day admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Nelson was introdneed to the court by Solicitor-General Jenks, Macutyery or THE AnMoRED Cruiser Mainz. A representative of a prominent engineering | firm of Philadelphia, who was present at the opening of bids for the machinery of the ar- | mored cruiser Maine, gave it as his opinion and | 4s that of bis firm that the specifications for the | machinery are the most complete and perfect of any they had ever seen: and that if given an order to build machinery regardless of expense, but to be complete in every particular, they would unhesitatingly take the Ine’s specifi- rations as amodel, These specifications were prepared in the bureau of steam engineering, Navy department. | | Ivrenvan Reverve Apporstwents. — The | Secretary of the Treasury has appointed the following storekeepers and gaugers: Geo, M. Grant, at Lexington, Ky.; Jas. P, Garr, in Jef- ferson county. Ky., and Francis M. Barbour, at Louisville, Ky Curxese Mepicixe.—The Treasury depart- ut has decided that certain deers horns are xempt from duty under the special provision ¥ | for horns or parts of horns, notwithstanding the fact that they are intended for use by Chinese residents for medicinai purposes. ‘THERE WERE No Orrstoxs of general inter- est rendered in. the Supreme Court of the United States to-day, vESSOR. Commissioner Miller to-day introduced Mr. Mason, of West Virginia, to the various officials of the Treas- ury department, as his snecessor at the head of the bureau of internal revenue. Ixtropuctne His PosTMAsTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER returned to-day to this city from his home in Philadel- phia, where he took his usnal place yesterday at the head of bis Sunday school, A Question or Feperan axp Srare Jurts- | prerion. -Among the cases to be argued be- | fore the U.S. Supreme Court this week was that of Cross and White, late president and cashier | of the State National Bank of Raleigh, N. C.. | who, last spring, fled to Canada with'a large | portion of the bank's funds. They will be de- y, one of the leading lawyers of North Carolina, who has raised a new and important question of state and Federal jurisdiction of national interest, The case would have been arguea to-day, but Mr. W. R. Henry, counsel for Cross and White, ap- peared before the court shortly before the time set for argument, and made a motion to have the order set aside by which the case was ad- vanced and assigned for hearing to-day. As Mr. Henry had not advised the counsel for the | state of North Carolina of his intention to make » | the motion, the court announced that the case | wonld be passed over for the present, and that it would ve its decision on Mr. Henry's motion itil counsel on the o) ‘ite side could be heard thereon. It is possible that the case will be postponed until the term of the court in October next. A CALL HAS BEEN ISSUED for a meeting of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, to be held Saturday, April 6, at 1 o'clock, in the Supreme Court room, for the of taki appropriate action respecting the death of the Hon, John A. Campbell, of New Orleans, for- merly an associate justice of the Supreme Court and for many years a member of its bar. Coxrract AwanpEep.—The Secretary of the ‘Treasury has awarded the contract for build- | ing a sea.wall at Key West, Fla., to Dennis Mc- | Ghee, of Key West. for 62,00.” } Military Regulations. DECISIONS OF THE LATE SECRETARY OF WAR AXD THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY, “The Secretary of War and the general com- manding made some interesting decisions con- | cerning matters in the routine of army life during the month of February. The Secretary declared that, so far as the quartermaster’s department is concerned, there is no objection to the use of the type-writer in all cases of record, but that it is better that cases that carry with them any Property accountability, such as not ted on vouchers or re- turns, shi be Sah ane - witn the pen, as it adds ity to Raatsnes Soot Gi hetentpnts ett men is com , inasmuch as the recent —— it instruction a th saat! oe AS. regulations ay still ate e may tend the post school if he so desires. Ann O’Delia Diss De Barr has signed a con- tract with Professor Herrmann to appear with She to produce in artes © soos AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA. Our Commercial Relations with Them. DISCUSSING THE POWERS OF THE SENATE. NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS. The Senate. The third week of the called executive ses- | sion of the Senate opened this morning with the Vice-President in the chair. Resolutions were offered and referred to the committee on contingent expenses authorizing | the committees on woman suffrage and on ad- | ditional accommodations for the library to sit during the recess. ‘The resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Gibson for the appointment of a select commit= tee on RELATIONS WITH MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA was taken up, Mr. Gibson disclaimed utterly the suggestions made by Senstors Platt and Morrill (when the resolution was last under discussion) implying that the motives which prompted its being offered were the expectation of the mover to be appointed chairman, and the desire of enjoying a pleasant trip at government expense. He reminded the Senate that he had_ origin: offered it as an amendment to Mr. Hoar's 1 lution for a select committee on relations with Canada, and that, if it had been accepted, no additional select committee would have been required, He had offered the resoiution be- cause the people of Louisiana were very largely interested in the subject of increasing trade re- lations with Mexico, OUR TRADE RELATIONS WITH MEXICO. There were no less than thirteen steamers plying between New Orleans and the seaports of Mexico and Central America. The imports from Mexco into the United States amounted to $30,000,000 a year, and the exports from the United States into Mexico to only $8,000,000 a year, and that great difference between imports and exports showed there was some difliculty in the way of trade with Mexico, which diffi- culty required attention at the hands of Con- gress. It was natural enough that he should respond to the sentiment ot a desis@for an in- terchange of hospitality and commerce be- tween New Orleans and those countries. MR, MORRILL’S DISCLAIMER. Mr. Morrill disclaimed having had any idea of belittling the important question of co: mercial relations with Mexico, He had thought. however, that there had been altogether too many peripatetic committees provided for dur- ing the recess, So far as Mexico was concerned he had been decidely in earnest in expressing a desire to go there himself and examine into commercial interests and relations. Mr. Coke referred to a report made by Schleicher, when a Representative from Tex: on trade relations with Mexico as one of the ablest and most exhaustive reports to be found anywhere, THE RESOLUTION REFERRED. The resolution was referred to the committee on commerce, and the Senate proceeded to ex- cutive business, When the doors were reopened (after a very short interval of time) the Senate proceeded to the consideration of the resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call for the appointment of a select committee on the relations of the United States with CUBA AND THE OTHER WEST INDIA ISLANDS. ‘The discussion turned on the question of the competency of the Senate, when sitting in called executive session, to enter upon the performance of legislative functions, Mr. Gray making a short argument against it. ‘MR, SHERMAN ON PRECEDENTS. Mr. Sherman said that the precedents on that point all turned, not on the power of the Sen- ate to do so, but whether it was discreet and wise to enter upon legislative questions at an extraordinary session. No one could dispute titutional power of the Senate when called, either in an ordinary or an extraordinary case, to do whatever it had a right to doas « body. The Senate was not called to do only the thing which the President might reco: mend, for he did not recommend anything. The Senate had been called by Mr. Cleveland, and, of course, he could not restrict the power of the Senate. Therefore, there was no con- stitutional question involved in the matter, and ION OF THE POWER OF THE TE. the limits of its powers, and as a matter of course, no act of the executive conld limit that pow rything that could be done by the ny time could be done by the Senate traordinary session, He thought, how- ever, that the Senate should confine itself now to those matters which it could complete by its own action. While he had no objection to the reference of the pending resolution he did not think that the Senate should adopt any resolution making a charge upon the Treasury, or upon the contingent fund; but shonld (after it had discharged the duties for which it had been called) adjourn, He expressed the hope that, us early as next week at farthest, t Senate might adjourn and go home, MR. PLATT'S BROAD VIEW, Mr. Platt argued that the Senate might con- tinne in session until neat December, and that it was within its power to transact any business | that might be transacted in a regular session. | A QUESTION OF PROPRIETY. Mr. Gray admitted that the Senate (when convened in session in the absence of the other house) had the power to do anything which it was its will todo. He did not dispute that, This was not a question of order (so-called) but @ question of propriety. ‘The discussion was further continued by Sen- ators Sherman, Blackburn, Gray, Call, Platt, George and Spooner. Without disposing of the question (the pending motion bemg to refer the resolu- tion to the committee on foreign relations) the Senate again proceeded to the considera- tion of executive business, and at 2:50 ad- journed. IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS. The List Sent to the Senate by the. President To-Day. ‘The President to-day sent the following nomi- nations to the Senate: Smith A, Whitfield, of Ohio, to be Second Assistant Postmaster-General. Abraham D. Hazen, of Pennsylvania, to be Third Assistant Postmaster-General, John W. Mason, of West Virginia, to be com- missioner of internal revenue. J. Granville Leach, of ‘lvania, to be praiser of merchendise in the district of Pibladelphia, Pa. William W. Thomas, jr., of Maine, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Sweden and Norway. Samuel B. Thayer, of Minnesota, to be envoy: extraordinary aud minis‘ jenipotent of the United States to the Netherlands. Charles E. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be commissioner of patents. Nathan O. Murphy, of Arizona, to be secre- =e Arizona, vid M. Lines, of Louisiana, to be special examiner of medicines, and chemicals in the district of New Orieans, La. Jobn P. Ward, of Oregon, to be appraiser of merchandise in the district of Wi jetta, in Soeee ot es and territory of Washing- W. Budd Deacon, of New Jersey, to be mar- ee re nee reaseeter the ict of New ersey. John 8, Burton, of Mississippi, to be marshal of the United Sales for the northern dati of pp! Edwin J. Kursheedt. of Louisiana, to be mar- shal of the United States for the eastern trict of Louisiana. = Brad, D. Slaughter, of N to shal of the United States Yor the ‘Slattc sr ce ‘ secing the President in behalf of ony one. missioner of patents, is a patent attorney. | living in New Britain, Conn, He is about forty-five years of age and is well known throughout New England. He was backed by the Connecticut delegation and by a large number of patent lawyers in New York and New England. Mr. Thomas. of Maine, who is named for the Swedish mission, gets his old office back again, he having been the minister of the United States to Sweden and Norway when Mr. Cleveland became President. While Mr. Thomas was minister greater numbers of Swedes emigrated to this country than during any other similar period, and this large emigration is said to have been directly due to the efforts of Mr. Thomas. Brad. D. Slaughter, who was nominated to- ‘ day for United States marshal for the district of Nebraska, is well-known in that state. For ! more than fourteen years past he has been clerk | to the Nebraska legislature. and during the last campaign he was especially active. He is interested in the Journal, published at Fuller- ton, his home, and has been, for some time, ecretary of the State republican league, of hich Hon. John M. Thurston is chairman, Nominations Confirmed. The Senate has confirmed the following nom- inations: John A, Kasson, William Walter | Phelps, and George H. Bates, commissioners to | the Samoan conference at Berlin; Cyrus Bussey, assistant Secretary of the Interior; J. F. Dal- ton, postmaster at em, Mass. Ke w COL, CANADAY RECOVERING. Col. Canaday, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, is slowly r ing from his attack of pneu- monia. He is still confined to his bed. DISTRICT COMMISSIONERSHIP. ATalk with Chairman Britton of the Inaugural Comittee. THE PLACE FOR LEY's SUCCESSOR, Gen. Britton was at the rooms of the inaugu- ral committee this morning trying to get things inshape for the final winding up of the affairs of the committee. “I have devoted about four snonths to this work,” he remarked to a Star reporter, “and I want now to get through with it and return tomy business, which I have ne- glected.” | MR. BRITTON Referring to a published statement that he was going to the White House to-day in behalf of candidate for District Commissioner, Britton said that he had no intentio: nt - for any myself, al- | 5 with a sm: would like | to be the President of the United States or | United States Senator, As Tama resident of the District, and likely to remain here, I don’t | see much prospect, however, of getting either of those offices. While I have no ambition for above stated, I am not lf of others who wish M. Parker to be Com- refused to be a candi- date I retired from the field and have taken no part in any movement looking to the nomina- tion of any man for office. AS TO COMMISSIONER WHEATLEY'S SUCCESSOR. The friends of the gentlemen who consider themselves competent to step into Commis- sion Wheatley’s shoes are not at present taking any active steps. The general opinion is that Mr. Webb's successor will determine largely the man who will succeed Mr. Wheatley. There are some men better gifted than others for working together, and this will have some weight, it is thought, in determining the demo- eratic member of the board. Among those talked of are Col. Berret, Lawrence Gardner, Jesse B. Wilson, Thos. J. Luttrell, Noble D. Larner, Wm. B. Clagget, Isaac Johnson, | Wm. Dickson, R. W. Fenwick and others, M. | Wheatley himself is said to be willing to suc- ; ceed himself, NO APPOINTMENT UNTIL AFTER WHEATLEY'S TERM EXPIRES, It is understood that the President will wait | until Commissioner Wheatley’s term expires | before he appoints a District Commission He will then appoint both Commissioners, MR. BLAINE’S VI ‘ORS. Crowds of People Who Call at the State office The popular idea of Mr. Blaine’s influence and power is well evidenced by the crowds of people that daily haunt the corridors outside of his office in the State department. Ever ce his first official day, now nearly two weeks | ago, this crowd has been one of the features of the place; men of all ages, sizes, nationalities, | colors; men who would like to be ministers to foreign lands or consuls in pleasant cities; men who would be content with consular agencies, anything in the form of crumbs from the diplo- matic table. There are some who come claim old offices wrested from them by the last ad- ministration, and they enter the precincts of the department with an air of familiarity and | fre that betrays some little sign of s as the absence of the old iron gates and rs is noted. But these men are few in jority of those who call on Mr. Blaine do not want places under him, but seek his fh s an aid to their success in other lin ‘They believe th: word from the Maine | statesman will carry with it Mr. Walker | helping his have been full tat the door +. On an averag . have gonc from the departoent without seeing | either ons . Biaine or the other. THE OK LAHOMA ‘| LANDs. e his visitors. There one hundred and Nearly Two Million Acres Soon to be Opened for Settlement. : The President has approved the deed by which the Seminole Indians cede to the United States all their right, title and interest to the land heid by them in the Oklahoma tract. The recent cession of lands made by the Creek or Muscogee Indians and the Seminole Indians embraces an area of about five anda haif , millions of lend lying west of the Creek country oceu- pied by the Creek nation, in Indian Territory. and between the Canadian river on the south, the Cherokee outlet on the north and Texas on the west. Prior to the recent cession the United States, under provisions contained in treaties with the Creeks and Seminoles in 1866, located certain tribes of Indians on a part of said land, reserving therefore about three million, seven hundred thousand acres of the five-and-a half million acres recently ceded. The occu- pancy rights of those Indians prevent the pres- ent issue at least of any proclamation opening to homestead entry of the lands upon whien said Indians are located. There are, however, over a million, eight hundred thousand acres of said cessions upon which no Indians have been located, and which are unassigned and unoccupied. This tract is known as the Okla- homa tract proper. In a short time the President will issue a proclamation declaring this land open to set- lement, and after thirty days from the date of said proclamation settiers may come in and take possession. Two land offices will be estab- lished. The establishment of a United States court at Muscogee, with jurisdiction over this country, has been authorized by Co: The court officers, as well as the soon be appointed, War Department Changes. Miss Teresa Callan, Tex., appointed assistant messenger, Q. M. G. O.;Henry Suydam, Penn- 2 TWO CENTs. | Telegrams to The Star. ANOTHER | owned by Stiles in NEW GOLD FIELD. | RICH PLACERS IN MONTANA. A Rush of Gold-seekers to the Sweet Grass Hills, Near the Boundary. Mrxyearonis, Mryx., March 18.—A special to the Trilmne from Big Sandy, Mont., says: This little town is fall of excitement over the devel- opment of gold mines in the Sweet Grass Hills, miles northwest of here. People have just arrived from the Hills reporting that miners if Eclipse guich are making from $50 to $308 day. Mostof the gold is taken out in the placer diggmgs, Blue ore has been struck several parties in the Hills, and the country full of prospectors from Helena and mining districts, If the present rash contim- Res straitened times must inevitabiy result, asmen from all parts of Montana and Dakota are flocking here in great numbers making adequate provision for subsistence, Frank Stiles, of Chamberlain. mth Dakota, heads a party of gold-scekers who arrived from St. Paul yesterday. They will open a mine t Butte, and are all pre Beside the gold depos enter of intergst, the amoun® pared to jocate claim: its, which are th | of silver in the rock at the Hills has led to the ciiiinesntie Rich Placers Discovered in Montana. GIVING ENGLISH WoMss THE BALLOT CALLLING FOR BOULANGER'S SUPPRESSION. Officers Captured by Moonshiners. Attorney-General Webster’s Conduct to Be Canvassed in Parliament. Special Cable Dispatch to THe EWENING STAR Loxpox, March 18,—A “severe fight is ex- the debate on the attorney-general. Har on behalf of the opposition, will move a reduc. tion of his salary on the civil service estimates as acensure of his conduct in the Times case, Chairman Courtney, a strong liberal unionist, will endeavor to balk the discussion by ru that comments on the attorney-general’s privs practice are mot germane to his official saiary f he does 80 very bitter scenes will probably follow. as it is widely believed the official law business of the country has suffered severely tion in the Tunes case, — WOMEN RIGHTS IE Widows and Spinsters May Be Given a Parliamentary Vote. Special Cable Dispatch to THe EVENING STAR, Loxvos, March 18.—Mr. Courtney. chairman of the committee of the house of commons, one of the leaders of the women suffrage move- ment, is very confident that the second reading of the bill giving a parliamenta vote to | widows and spinisters otherwise qualified will | be carried next mouth when the bili comes be- fore the commons, An important question comes before the law courts to-day raising the right of women to sit upon the newly established county councils. | Two women, Lady Sandhurst and Miss Cobden, daughier of the famous politician, were elected | in London and have sat and voted, Lady Sand- | hurst has been made an alderman, The can- didate next below Lady Sandhurst on the poll | Bow petitions the court for her seat. Women’s right to a vote in the county councils is ex- pressly conceded by the use of the general word “person,” but the courts will probably say the right to vote does not carry the ri; tosit, which latter does not exist unless specially conceded, E) GLAND. _—- — BRITISH NAVY. Probability that the Tory Plans for Strengthening It will be Adopted. Special Cable Dispatch to Tar EVENING Sta Loxvox, March 18—The government's posi- tion as regards the navy is stronger than it was last week. The liberals refuse to formulate any | counter program and Lord Rosebery * among the prominent liberals is strong on th | necessity of an invincible navy. ity refore that the liberals will criticise the government pro; Is on financial grounds, | but that the proposals will pass by a large ma- jority. THE = oe BOULANGER’S LATEST SPEECH. A Paris Paper Says it is an Insult to the Republic and Calls for Action. Pants, March 18,—The conservative journals last evening will not cause any modification in the attitude of the conservatives. |. The republican journals repr: j langer for the overtures made by clergy in his speech. The Republique Francaise says that the speech was an insnit to the republic and demands that it be answered in some way other than by treating it merely with contempt, — CAPTURED BY MOONSHINERS. Officers Who Went to Arrest West Vir- ginia Law-breakers in Danger. Panxenspune, W. Va. March 18, — News | reaches here that Detective Baldwin and an armed posse, who went into the wilds of Wvo- | gang of 100 distillers, have been surrounded | and that their lives are threatened. The moon- | sniner band is m oes, jand for three years have defied ti ited States authorities. Thirty have been jailed, and | it wes while attempting to arrest ‘forty more that the officers were entrapped. de up of noted desper: U ustralian Sympathy for Parnell. | sypsex, N. 8. W., March 18—Many large | meetings ‘have been held in the various cities | of Australia, at which resolutions were adupted | congratulating Mr. Parnell on his vietory in the matter of the charges against him by the Lon- don Times. Large sums of money were raised | at the meetings for the benefit of the Irish cause, op ea After Killing a Constable. AN OLD MAN, BELIEVED TO BE INSANE, 1 DOWN AFTER A DESPERATE RESISTANC | . March Const: Ls er went out to Carvanza villag terday to urrest an old man named B. Spra | for beating his httle girl. Sprague shot Ha nishfeger through the head, inflicting a mortal wound, and then opened fire on Deputies Me- Cutchen and Jones, who had accompanied the | constable, The deputies returned to the city and gave the alarm, Several parties then started out to capture Sprague. One party overtook him between South Pasadena and Alhambra, Sprague turned on them and fired | shot after shot trom his revolver. The pur- suers replied with several volleys. Finally H. | W. Patton, register of the land office. succeeded in heading off the fugitive and called upon him to surrender. Sprague replied by firing two shots at Patton, both of which missed. Patton then shct Sprague through the abdomen with a rifle, inflicting a fatal wound, Sprague is thought to have been insan —— Death of zn English Writer. Loxpox, March 18,—Samuel Carter Hall, the writer. is dead. ee Capt. Wissmann Starts for Zanzibar. Camo, March 18.—Capt. Wissman has started for Zanzibar. —___ A Berlin Paper Suppressed. Beri, March 18.—Tne goverument has suppressed the Voiks Zeitung under the social- ist law, Death of Dan Maginnis, the Acto® THE RECENT LOSS OF HIS ONLY SON HAD SERI- OUSLY AFFECTED HIS HEALTH. Bostox, March 18.—D. J. Maginnis, a well- known and popular actor, died at 2 o'clock this morning after a short illness. He was a Boston- ian by birth. born in this city in January, 1834. From 1860 to 1866 he wasa member of “M Bros.’ minstrel tro: inni : 5 f i 'H 4 [ 5 (1G ry i i | A HEATED DEBATE EXPECTED. pected in the house of commons this week over | from the attorney-general’s complete absorp- | 4 The probabil- | declare that Gen, Boulanger’s speech at Tours | | ming and McDowell counties to break up the | » | England. the losex organization of three comp Reid & Belle, the Detroit which are now openin, at East Butte, im the Hills, Other parties are prospecting for this ore, which exists in well-defined leads all through this region. A TEMPORARY FAMINE PEARED. Actual work at the mines has, as yet, only fairly begun, but the results are very satisface | tory to the parties working claims. To Alfred | Hilles, a Butte miner, is probably due the credit of the discovery of gold in paying quanti- ties in the Hills, He s been working quietly at Middle Butte for nearly a year, and shows es, the Brown, and the Hazel, | however, a gene | the conntry is overrun with prospectors, some jot om have absolutely noth and supplies cannot be — bronght fast to feed — everybody looke temporary famin eminent SCENE OF THE DISCOV t Grass Hilla, ne gold has véred, are 55 miles by wagon road | northwest of Big Sandy, and just south of the international t The Hills comprise levation from 7,900 to rare abundant 1 water scarce im 2 and around the buttes are L swith small creeks, ‘The richest placer diggings are at Eclipse gulch im Middle Butte, and and Hazletme’s gulch in the iron and a fine n found, while Milk . If the present continues, these mines will be short time and prices of food, ich, will go up out of sight, t the mines is getting less than t being the wages paid. but nearly prospecting for himself. T re isthe distance from mar= are but two lines of railroad her Dr. Barker, of Helena, and a party of Ohiox italists control a va property here have decided to develop these mines next month, taking the producis to Benton or Falls, Like every one else here, they thusiastic on gold finding. end noti \be heard around here but. the Sweet Grass Hills and the develop mines, | enough u was RIRS. as a which Middle i* | developed in now at the toy Sea | _ > | GOT AWAY WITH 850,000, | —— That is the Amount | ‘County Clerk Sutiiva f the Shortage of f Indianapolis. Ixpraxarouts, March 18, pointed by the county commissione! amine into the shortage of John E. Sullivan, the absconding county clerk. have so far pro- gressed in their work that the shortage in the | trust funds is known to 000. In | addition to this there ured by jent representatio: the county from slings from the ’ believed ilk of this money was taken to € | indictment of Gapen and his conm Sullivan led to the belicf that th | greater shortage in the hospital funds than the 3.000 known to hw n lost, Itis learned that money was dr: om the state treasury, ostensibly to mect bills, but some of these bills that nada, Y | Still remain unsettied, T. PATRICK. |The Green Flag Waves Over New York’s City Hall, and a Parade. New York, March 18,—At sunrise this morn- ing the stars and stripes were run up on the flagstaff that surmonunts the pinnacle of the city hall, the and municipal standards | waved f poles on the cast and west | wines a d the green flag of Ireland occupied a conspicuons place between two of the main poles. The great feature of the day's celebra- tion was the parade, which began to form in Wash with the right havenue, The » to 13th street, to . set, and around the Wash- ington statue to way and 17th street, passing the reviewing stand on the plaza om the north side of Union s Mayor Grant, the board of aldermen heads of the municipal departments reviewed the proces- sion, — IN HONOR OF | | ch 18.—Interest im nator Chace operated to both branches of the gen- jon was the senate. f. No further action im | a _— i | A Southern Clergyman for Boston. | Kev. Wm, Adams, D.D,, ccepted a call to the pas Columbus Avenue Presbyterian March 18%.—Some of the ime ng of Saturday was left over this {the opening of the stock market, a . Was strong with first ‘over Saturday's final < per cent. Stories of however, destroyed the com market quickly reacted, in dec among ti s extend in Pari . and th | failure | dent ton | everything a | ness’ was shows stern J, and Bur- . Which were followed by ntal, Atchison and New ° general list being ito the sn ions ouly. The downward movement met with a check toward 11 o'clock and slight recoveries were made, but at the end heavy to weak hed. A dozen stocks, ong which St. Paul, North- western and Reading were most prominent, monopolized the greater portion of the busi- ness done, the remainder being dull and gem erally feature! — Deserted and Robbed the Vessel. THE DESERTERS OVERHAULED AND MOST OF THE PLUNDER RECOVERED, Witarxetox, De., March 18.—The schooner Anme and Willard, Capt. J. D. Steelman, from Somer’s Point, N. J., for Matanzas, Cuba, anchored off Port Penn yesterday,’ minus her crew. The captain and first mate went ashore and came up with the . who had purloined considerable luggage and one of the schooner’s boats. The crew showed fight but were finally subdued and sur- rendered the stealings, but refused to divulge the whereabouts of the boat. The captain there- upon secured a warraut for the deserters’ ar- rest, but before it could be served they had disap, ed. The vessel then started for Phil- adelphia to ship a new crew. —___ The Tacoma, W. T., customs officers that many hundred thousand dollars’ worth | lin | Oregon «ts-Con’ x opium has been smuggled in there as saver raut. At Chicago the republican convention Satur- day nominated John A. Roche for mayor, aud the democrats nominated Dewitt C. Creiger, late superintendent of the West Division Street Car company.