Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1889, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Northwest Corver Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. B. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. ‘Tne EVENING Stan is served to enbscribers in che city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, oF 44c. per Copies at the counter, 2 t be postare prepaid—S0 cents @ th. six months, $3. Post Office st Washington, D. C., as ater | published on Friday—@1 @ i the nail 1 Che Loening Slat, Tae Wrexry s ths, 50 cents. Vor. 74-No. 12,078. WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, MARCH 19,. 1889. SPECIAL NOTICES. mF ‘eaiers trading om the 1 HTK} T day of March, ply renewed by all fusiness oF Pro- D.C. Kos. mb15-12t eontinne ot the Commissioners, J, ISH. Assessor D.C. GAS FIXTURES. — HAS. A EK, TIQUE BRASS, &c. NEW GOODS FR THE BEST NEW YouR MA 7-3 COMPETITION MET. iT ; SPECT HILL CEMETERY. THE A board of dirsctors for the —_ +4 of the election committee, tary ge ONS > ae trerns of GAS FIXTURES. « fAL CHANDELIERS. PIANO LAMPS TABLE LAMPS, Exclusive Styles. ONLY THE BEST CLASS OF GOODS. BLOOKS, 15th st. oreoran Building. =» NOTICE.—EDMONSTON & CO. HAVING <>. d consolidated their 2 i their F st. stores, | will hereafter & F place, where I Will be pleased to meet my + wud patrons. espectiully, ¢ A.D. MAHORNEY ON AND APTER MARCH i it the Ww pver ageueral under the ORD, with SACKE 1 orders will be received y old RAILROAD YARDat D AVE. AND 12TH ST. 8.W,, i carry my entire stock of im the f mb 1 itoapo_ NA AND KEY WEST A you AL, COKE AND WOOD JOHNSON BROTHERS, CERTIFICATES OF STOC and oth 5 . it ALG. GLDNEY, Post building). OF THE ‘tinue the 1006 . LATE, will ec ce of the late fir: ts collected, 1 M is, Ho- aus tb full Je24-Sm Best workmen. salwayson haud, W. G. METZEROTT & CO. __1110 Fst. n.w. Repairing itm = EQUITABLE OFERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION, “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST. ASSETS, $971,530.64 tions for shares in the 16th issue received per month. ed on each share. djects and advantage of 4 upon application. to 4:30 pan, On the first | the offce will be open from es will be made prompuy Wednesday to Socwek pau Aw at 7 o'clock, THOMAS SOMERVILLE, Pres’ JNO. JOY EDSON, Sec'y- nz 1m" For “ tL. QUICK FIRE AND CHEAP, Bi 6 AS FUEL Say Wastineton Gas Light h Con Jo NUROTHERS. lusive Agents r Or Nawes ne the PALACE KING 100. In every case the There ts no other way to ally and comfortably. HAYWARD & HUTHINSON, Ove bis rs over onon | ant SALES OF #4 th street 10 WORTH te TERS zee by Dr KALE MAN'S Double ¢ = i ! 2, ilth st. se. pies Ta SCA UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. werived from New York large assort- jas aud Parasole—Natural, Silver, aud B. H. STINEMETZ & SO! Gare Cov Sroxe Firrens WATER IN THIS FILTER PASSES UGH NATURAL STONE. WETT FILTERS. THIS FILTER PASSES THROUGH CHARCOAL AND SAND. j WE CAN KECOMMEND THESE FILTERS AS EN. | TIRELY y, | M. W. BEVERIDGE, =| IMPORTER OF CHINA, | 1009 Pa. ave. NCE, PROMISE, | b.D. THE WATER IN w PPVil SAWGATH. ITS PEM THE ABIDING SADBATH. B 1HE SALBATH FOR MAN. By Kev. W. F. Crofts. | €. €. FUKSELL, Bookseller, 415 Oth stig NE EW. LEATHEROLD TRUNKS. 4ING Very STRONGER and MORE DURABLE than Sele Leather, and at HALF THE PRICE. TOPHAM'S 231 Pa. ave. Made and sold only at Trunk Factory, 1 {re ev. Geo. Elliott. | JULIAN GAR- y and will prac- Index to Advertisements, 25 F st, new. luced prices ae jes employed in the departments and | ayrgRWENTS. ioe ARCHITECTS. WASHINGTON, D.C, MARCH 18, 1889. ‘The partuership heretofore existing between the Undersimned, doing bnsiness under the firm haiwe of MARBURY & TAYLOR, at S111 M st. 1.W-, Washington, D. C., has been, this lissolved by mutual consent, Mr. MURRAY MAKBURY having id his interest to WILLIAM 8, TAYLOR, who will coutinne the business under the same firm hame, and will settle all outstanding aecorets ot the firm. REAY MAKBURY, WILLIAM 8. TAYLOR, PECCDTEE TT HAVING SOLD MY INTEREST IN THE ABOVE | EDUCATIONAL. firm, I request that my friends extend their patronage | PaMTLy SUPPLIE stint late partner and, successor, Mz WITLEAALS. | pry 4: LOR. © (mh19-3t0}" WILLIAM MARBURY, , WASHINGTON COMMANDERY NO. 1, i <~ KT ‘The iembers of the Conumandery will assemble for drill at Scottish Bite Hall, 1007 G st. nw.. ou Wed nes ARCH 20, 1589, a Po a WASISAMWHSVA®IS iy ? ‘ ITH, ARTI traits from $10) t0 Weekly or monthly pay Studio 6th and Mass, ay. Open until 9 e MRF. GE 20 DECORATOR Bee i Se ried ro as ly rth Carolina, where he has finished one € of its larwest rest churches, for which he has received the highest praise. Maes LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AXD Fo! Fre public are cordial; Marine Band. = nue 15. 1887, adding thereto after the word “Commi words “and the driver of said_hacks slual a fine of five dollars.” W. B. WEBB, WHEATLEY, CHAS. W. of the District ot Columbia, Kae, MASONIC we tion of Benj. B. Frenc A. M., will be held at SONIC DAY, March 20, 158: M. Degree, dan of other lodies cordially invited. By order of the W. M. mb19- BAN PROPE: D BOARD. TED (Lovs)... TED (Rooms) WANTED (Srrvatioss) |. WANTED (MiscettaNzous) WINTER RESORTS. WOU AND co. GTON rar Wasnt 1 take this method and the publié that 1 bave with the well-k vn house of eeiSARS_ AND COMPANY, connected myself SARS AN i = where I will be pleased to serve them. GoverxMent Recetrs —Internal rey- Kespectfully. " », £989 876: mh1$-3t K. CHAPMAN. | enue, 76; custom 040, — SHINGTON, March 19, 1889. BS sr aesire to ndvise my tends and the pubite that T have associated myself with the well-kuown house of i SAKS AND COMPANY, where I shall be pleased to serve them. ‘Respeettull To-Dax's Bosp Orrrnixos aggregated $130,- 000, as follows: Registered 43's $10,000 at 108; 220,000 at 108; $100,000 at 103. Retirep Navat Orricers Cannot BE Cox- suis.—The Secretary of the Navy has decided, in reply to a query from a retired officer of the navy whether or not he could accept a position in the consular service without vacating his commission, that under the of the Attorney-General the an appointment would be regarde ig nation of his commission as an officer of the navy. AN Universit AY, Marc 5 8. ‘These lectures are open to tie public, reou mb _ => WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ETY.—Miss FLETCHER, missio’ the Indians, will address the quarterly n McKendree church, Massachusetts ave., be aud 10th sts, THURSDAY, 1:30 p.m. ‘All in dally invited. E ATTENTIO: HAND. 7 wishing their new suit for Easter should place their order this week or early next. Do not wait until the choicest patterns are goue. Kemember, bef st is Lot surpassed in variety, beauty, and general excel- lence by any 2. the city. very dressy yet inexpen- sive suitis.a black English worated cutaway coat and Vest, at $20, and a pair of fine striped trousers, from 87 to 810. Fit and satisfaction guara . ~ WARFIELD SiMii'st “EXPERT IN TROUSERS” AND CASH TAILOR, Double Store, corner of 9th and G sts. u.w. 1 A New Private Secrerary.—Capt. Edmund R. Morse, of Ruthland, Vt., was to-day ap- pointed private secretary to the Secretary of War, vice Wm. C. Endicott, jr. He graduated from Cornell university in 1879, and has until recently been actively engaged in the manage- ment of the marble interests controlled by Sec- retary Proctor. He is also a member of the bar and holds a commission in the national guard of Vermont. SPRING IS AT ME! m. ciel ataadineaasiaanaeit Boe spctee oa Beek ng Overcoats are ex panes GEO zi Tth st. b. We YNOLDS & DYER iH 16TH. dlssatved | partnership by mutual consent. “Lhe busiiess will be fonducted’ by Mr, EDWARD. K. KEYNOLDS, who | ‘wail be responsible for all indebtedness. EDWARD k. DS&LS.DYER mh S-utt | BIANOS.—SPECIAL BARGAINS IN U right Pianos, just in from_ re E. VLOOF, Sole Agent for Steinway & Sons, 9:25 Penn- sylvauia sve. S-6t ig-g=> MEETING OF THE MARYLAND ReE- | —_ pUlticaN ASSOCIATION will be held on MARCH 19, at 318 Sth st. n.w.,at 7:30 p.m. Me ‘bers are requested to be prow Pants Exuirrs.—Assistant Secretary May- nard has informed the collector of customs at New York that domestic manufactures, includ- ing jewelry and personal adornments, sent to the Paris exhibition of 1889 will on their return to the United States be entitled to free entry, provided their condition is unchanged, under | provision 649 of the free list. AND 315 .Perlect THE FIRM OF & ‘have, this day, MAKC <>, Tuk New Guxwoat Yorktows.—The con- tractors for the gunboat Yorktown having re- ported her complete, Secretary Tracy has or- dered the board, of which Commodore Fitz- hugh is president, to reassemble at Ci ship yard to-morrow for the purp such further examinations as may be 1 y and to report whether or not the unfinished work has been completed, and whether the hull and fittings and the machinery, boilers ana ap- purtenances have been completed in strict con- formity with the contract. The board will «also report whether she is sufficiently strong to carry the armament, coal, stores and machinery indi- cated on the plans and in the specifications, This board is the same one which conducted the recent official trial of the vessel, No. 1300 F st. u. To the stockholders of the Mutual Co-operative pilding Association Bila the honor to submit the following statement of the financial coudition of the Association January Geka RECEIPTS. ei Tue oxty Biv for constructing the machin- | ery of the armed cruiser Muine, that of N. F. y | Palmer, jr. & Co., of New York, has been re- | ferred to the bureau of steam engincering for examination, report and recommendation, New C: SION OF THE 4 Byrnes, of St. Paul, has been appointed chief of the appointment division of the Treasury, vice Perry E. Smith, resigned. Heis the-president of the Minnesota republican league. nuinittee’s fees Atiornuey’s fees... Surplus aud earnest money Api MNTMENT Drv s Stock, fir Printing. book, st APPOINTMENTS IN THE Post-Orrice Derarr- MENT.—Postmaster General Wanamaker has appointed James N. Tyner assistant attorn general for the Post-Oftice department, ward E. Bryant, of Wisconsin, resigned, Tyner was formerly first assistant postmaster $30 75 | general and for a period was Postmuste: 1537 | eral. Mr. Wanamaker a Lowrie Bell, former! manager of the Philadelphia and R road, to be super- intendent of the railway mail service, vice For- drawn. feited, v 4 Settled. Advanced Totals, on, 1.6 rf 4 UE Totals.314 “91 VA First issue commen Second issue commence Advances outst: payment. Premiums dw +__ 669 88 | Bancroft, resigned. . $8,954 83 LAS Samve R. Taaver, nominated yesterday for F retary. | minister to the Netherlands, is a r WM. A. HUNGERFORD, ¥ y-se - wa 4 Buna of Minneapolis, forty-seven years op, Sinancial Committee. | a native of New ee state. de a | graduated from Columbia college in Me RO OEERATVE, BU DIR ae eeetct ae | the class containing = Warner Miller "}and Charles Emory Smith, editor — of |the Philadelphia “Press. ‘Removing to | Minneapolis, b aetice - | of his prof front “| rank. He is highly esteemed by the people cers ot of the state, and is said to be WASHIN nalified in an eminent degree the duties of the position. Y) ‘Thayer has never held public in six- Pand was not an applicant for appointment the position having come to him unsol ‘through the efforts of Senator Davis others who vouch for him — in - | Warmest terins, The a) and has spent considera ey has been placed in my bauds witht ) days atter his death, Gratefully ours, MRS. EMMA McNERHANY. Bt MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UN! VERSITY OF GEORGETOWN, ‘The course upon special branches will conunence on jay, April Ist, at 5 o'clock p. m., at the College hand 10th. will be given by Prof. mb18 the ppointee is 2 bachelor, ble time in Europe. Mor Buiidus Th PensonaL.—Ex-Gov. Colin R. Ingersoll, Mrs, | Ingersoll and Miss E. Ingersoll of New Haven, ng, on H stree ae The Microscope fa apse | Mr. and Mrs. Chandler (Amelie Rives) and cine. The medieal ad the public are in- | Mr. and Mrs. A. $8. Rives of Cobhan, Albemarle ne es | county, Va., are at the Arno.—0Oct. Boyer of mb18-2w Paris, and Jno. R. Giles, Chas. Watrous, J. M. > SPECIAL. Wilson, and Geo, Megrath of New York, are at Ba tou tiave cal | Weicker’s.—Minnie Palmer, Jno. R. Rodgers, “Ox ¥ ave. aud run the beauuiul new d . — . M. Felton, jr., E..B. E Mrs. F. H, Bangs, Uprights, in & ia Ow ork, Hebert. Circassian Walnut, : in English Oak Cirvassian Walndt A: | and “A, F. Swords of New ii, ae ee % Eckley B. Coxe ‘and = < | Alexander b, Coxe of Drifton, Pa., Franklin B, | Gowan, Chas. Emery Smith and Chas. H. | Cramp’ of Philadelphia, Emmons Blaine of Chicago, J. Vaughn Darling of Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Thomas Hodgson of Buffalo, are at | the’ Normandie.—A. B. Matthews of Kansas City, Dr. 8. H. Freeman of Albany, A. Hiestand of Pennsylvania, J. M. Tarble and W. J. Wheat of Pensacola, C. P. Coe of Bridgeport, Conn., M. Barksdale and William Saulsbury of Wilmington, Del, and Frank R, Tate Jof St. Louis, are at Willard’s, | L.E. Kernan of Louisiana, E. Rosewater of March 1, 1589. <= “WILSON WHISKY.” ¥YRODUCT OF THE WILSON DISTILLERY, HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN CO., PA. This celebrated Whisky, most carefully and slowly yeasted, mashed, fermented, and distilled from the in- valuable bealth-¢iving Chalybeate waters and choice small grain Rye, peculiar to the renowned mountain wb2-toepl Deszars New Your Hars. By ; i Derby Hat, Fifth Avenue style now ready at WILLETT & RUOFFS, 905 Penn. ave. Hor Warer ULATION. USOMICAT, H flim Hearse THE SAFEST, MO mi Foal sro MODE 4 DWELLINGS, &e. THE SPENCE HOT WATER BOILER teeiens, and requires no more ‘Heat under perfect ve. i all ewuperatures, trom EALTHFUL, HEAL perfectly, i n than an ordi d without £ Tul zero weather. Inspection of boiler tesuumenials invited. Aliso 7 tor the Plammer Heater, vest “ ger ees meas Vaux.e wis, | m1 6-eolm* G27 1Uth st. a.w, Omaha, T. Wm, Clarke of Boston,A. D. Blanche of New York and J. P. K. Ryan of Charleston, 8. C., are at the Riggs,——Alvin A. Pickens, of the House of Representatives, has gone to Den- ver, where he will practice law.—E. J. Ster- ling of Brooklyn, J. L. Bell, of Philadelphia, Frank M. Evans and 8. J. Bach of New York E. E. Hutton of London and H. C. Armor and districts of Penusylvania and Maryland, and ripened im beated warehouses, sea-voyaged and aged in the warm salt air of Bermuda. ‘The oxides of iron and their homologous sults found in the watersfrom which this Whisky is dfstilled render this Whisky invaluable and unequaled asa tonic and rejuvenator to those in beed of strength, vitality, and vigor. See certificate of Prof. Toury, of the Baltimore Med- “IT 18S PURE, FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SAFELY RECOMMENDED FOR MEDICINAL USE. 11S HIGH COLOR IS DUE TO THE 1KON PRESENT. “WAL. P. TONRY, Ph. D., Chemist” Ask your Grocer for WILSON WHISKY. THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGH Co., ‘Distillers, fet-Sa Baltimore, Md. Pearl Wright of Louisiana are atthe Arlington. —D. W. Morey of Philadelphia, H. C. Burdge of New York and J. A. Jones of Richmond are at Wormley's.—Geo. 8. Wise, E. R. Ray- mond, Wm. A. Redding and Wm, A. Toucey of New York, Chas. A, Clock of Iowa, Davis of the army, W. 8. Dashiel of Richmond, | aad W. W. We ull of the navy are at the Eb- Lose ANry oo mn me ape ced of Omaha, an ). E. of St. Paul, Minn., are at the St. James,——Gen. James A, Elkin of Louisville, who is pleasantly remembered as having been on duty at the quartermaster gen- eral’s ofiice during and after the war, is at the Ebbitt house, Washington News and Gossip, {AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. RESOLUTIONS OF INQUIRY. Proposed Change of Senate Rules. IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS. The Senate. The Vice-President announced the appoint- ment of the following select committee on the April centennial celebration in New York: Sen- ators Hiscock, Sherman, Hoar, Voorhees and Eustis. MU, SHERMAN ADVOCATES A CHANGE OF RULE. Mr. Sherman called up the proposed amend- ment of the rule requiring resolutions that call for information from executive departments to be referred to the appropriate committee. He said that the adoption of such resolutions, without inquiry, sometimes involved very large and unnecessary expense, and that such a change of the rule was desirable. Mr. Voorhees opposed the change of rule. He understood that no assent to it had been given on the democratic side of the chamber. He called attention to the fact that the govern- ment was within a few weeks of closing its first hundred years of history under the Con- scitution, and that during that century of na- tional life no such rule as that now proposed had ever been found necesssary, He could see no object that it was likely to accomplish ex- cept TO STIFLE INVESTIGATION and obstruct inquiry into the conduct of any executive department. He submitted to the Senator from Ohio and to all Senators on the other side, whether they could afford, at the threshold of 2 new administration, to give notice to the world that investigation and inquiry into proceedings of the departments shall be less free and less untrammeled than had been the case __ heretofore. He was aware that the House of Representa- tives had adopted arule on that subject in the 46th Congress, but that rule required the reso- Intion to be reported back by the committee within a weck. The pending’ proposition had NO RESURRECTION IN IT. It did not require the resolution to be ever reported back. It consigned it to the tomb of the Capulets, if such should be the mind of the committee to which the resolution went. The administration of the affairs of the government was now in new hands and he wished those hands success and prosperity. He had no desire to drag down or destroy that administration, But the majority of the Senate could ill afford to let it go forth that it had put up the bars to the pathways by which wrong doing could be found out. The proposition, when’ he first heard of it, at first startled him. MR. SHERMAN ON THE EVIL IT IS PROPOSED TO REMEDY, Mr. Sherman (a member of committee on rules, from which the proposition had been aeported), said that ithad been agreed to unani- mously in that committee. The evil which it was proposed to remedy was the calling for informa- tion, at the request of a single Senator, without any inquiry as to the expense involved or as to Whether the information was not already printed and available. Such resolu- tions left no discretion with the heads of de- partments, who were required to comply with them although the furnishing of the imforma- tion sometimes necessitated the employment of forty or fifty clerks fora month or two. He knew of one case where 100 clerks had to be employed for two months in copying papers called for unnecessarily, The committee on rules felt that some restraint should be made on the free passage of such resolutions. THE COMMITTEE HAD NO DESIRE to restrain, in the slightest degree, the power | of the Senate to examine into any question whatever. No one had dreamed of such a thing. He knew very well ¢! f any attempt were made to smother y it would be necessarily exposed, « ena charge was made against an ex er the only way was to meet it at once by prompt investigation, Resolutions of inquiry involving expenses should not be adopted except for some reason that conid be fairly given to the committee to which they were referred, and committees could always be trusted on questions of that kind. If the committee should think that the resolution involved an unnecessary copying and printing of documents, already on the files of Congress, the resolution could be modified. There was no injury or abuse in requiring the reference of such resolutions, for the existing rule required a resolution that involved an out- lay of from the contingent fund to be re- ferred to the committee on contingent ex- pense Dut these resolutions of inqury, which some times involved thousands and tens of thousands of dollars, were ADOPTED WITHOUT EXAMINATION, It had been suggested that the committee to which such a resolution was referred should be required to report it back within three days, but the objection to that was that the commit- tees usually met but once a week, and not alweys so often, But committees of the Senate could always’ be trusted; and if a resolution were not reported back with reasonable promptness the Senator- who had introduced it could call the matter to the attention of the Senate. It was not possi- ble to suppose that a body like the Senate, sen- sitive to its honor, would try to smother in- That was not to be ‘supposed. Legis- could not be conducted on that Therefore the committee on rules had not proposed a limit within which a reso- Intion of inquiry should be reported back. But he had no objection to have the rule so modi- fied as to require a prompt report, ! A SERIOUS MATTER, Mr. Hoar regarded the proposed amendment to the rule asa very serious matter, and one which ought not to be dealt with with out careful reflection and understanding. ‘The ditiiculty which the Senator from Ohio had spoken of would not be remedied by a change of the rules; for resolutions of inquiry could stili be adopted (es now) by unanimous consent. The putting a check upon the Senate's right of inquiry into proceedings in the execu- tive departments would be a very serious im- pairment of THE DIGNITY OF THE SENATE. In the English house of commons every member of parliament had the right, as a matter of course, to give notice of an inquiry of a cabinet officer, and that cabinet officer had to be in attendance at the time fixed to answer the inquiry on the floor of the house. It seemed to him that anything which seriously impaired the right of a state (through its Sen- ator or Representati ”) to put a question to the head of an executive department ought to be approached by the Senate with the very great- est caution. THE SACRED RIGHT OF GRUMBLING. Mr. Hawley agreed generally with the views expressed by Mr. Hoar. The sacred right of grumbling had been inherited from English ancestors and had been cultivated here, The right to find fault, to inquire, to be satistied, was necessary in order tocarry on a republican form of govern- ZF ment. He was willing that the matter should lie over so that his friends on the other side might direct their ingenuity, so as to see whether unnecessary sae could not be avoided in these matters and at the same time the right to find fault be preserved, MR, GORMAN OPPOSED THE NEW RULE as being an attempt to prevent a minority, or a single Senator, from getting information as to the conduct of public business, Mr. Hawley remarked that such an idea had not, he thought, occurred to the mind of a sin- gle Senator on his side. For his own part, he oy ire any such idea, . Gorman Mr. Harris (a member rules) said he not the that every member of the would willingly consent to that amendment. THE CHINESE BILL, Mr. Gorman instanced the case of the Chinese bill which had been passed, last session, without waiting for necessary information, and in regard to which the Senate had afterward asked the President for information that he had received from the minister to China and which the President alone could give. »He would not vote for any rule that required the sending to a committee of a resolution asking the President for information. The adoption of the pro- posed rule gpuld not but be understood by the country as Mitended to throttle inquiry into the administration of the government, HE MOVED TO AMEND the proposed rule, first, by omitting from it the reference to inquiries from the President of the United States; and, second, by adding to it the words: Senate within one week thereafter.” MR, BUTLER AGAINST THE NEW RULE. Mr. Butler argued against the proposed rule, holding that the good resulting from the rule as it had stood heretofore far outweighed its disadvantages. If @ cabinet officer could be required to be on the floor of the Senate and House on_ stated days, he was not sure that that would not be an improvement, but as that could not be done the only means of ascertaining from the heads of the departments information which might be regarded by the Sen- ate as necessary, ought to be left just as it was. Mr. Hoar proposed, as an amendment, that whenever any inquiry for in- information shall be addressed by the Senate to any head of a department, if it shall appear to such officer that the same has been already furnished, he shall be at liberty to communi- cate such opinion to the Senate, and await its further pleasure, IMPORTANT NOMINATIONS. Whitelaw Reed Minister to France— Andrew C. Bradley Judge in D. C. The President to-day sent the following nom- inations to the Senate: Whitelaw Reid, of New York, to be envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to France, Julius Goldschmidt, of Wisconsin, to be con- sul general of the United States at Vienna. Andrew C, Bradley, of the District of Colum- bia, to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, John R. McFie, of New Mexico, to be associ- ate justice of the supreme court of the territory of New Mexico. Frank R. Aikens, of Dakota, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the territory of Dakota, Postmasters—Charles L. Merriam, at Sh burne Falls, Mass.; William F. Fitch, at Win- chester, Mass.; George A. Draper, at Hopedale, Mass.; Elias E. Fuller, at Taunton, Ma: James E. Bowen, at Central Fulls, R. L Jame W. Hague, at Torrington, Conn.; Joseph W. Corning, at Palmyra, N. Y.; James M. Field, at Rye, N. ¥.; John Buckley, at Cape Vincent, N, Y¥.; Orwill Van Wickle, at Matawan, N. James §, Brailey, at Wauseon,’ 0! Charles ‘$. McCoy, at Cadiz John A. Fellows, at Pontiac, LL; Bowers, at. Tipton, Iowa Atlantic, Iowa; Wm. F. ning, Towa; Mrs, Sarah E: . at Gris- wold, Iowa; Frank T. Piper, at Sheldon, lowa; Edwin O, Shaw, at Newaygo, Mich.; Edward McGlachlin, at Stevens Point, Wis.; Wm. E. Culver, at Las Animas, Colo.; Henry R. Su dex, at Waverly, Ohio; Adelmar M. Andrews, at Plankinton, Dak. A NOMINATION WITHDRAWN. The nomination of Eugene Schuyler, of New York, to be first assistant secretary of State, was withdrawn, he having declined the appoint- ment. The delay in confirming the nomination of Engene Schuyler to be First Assistant Secretary of State, has caused some comment and in- quiries were made as to the reason therefor. It is stated that opposition to his confirmation 1. | was based largely upon statements in his book on “American Diplomacy,” which, it is claimed, refiect unjustly upon’ a! number of men in public life, some of them now in the Senate. Schuyler was not originally, | if ever, a candidate for the office of first assist- ant secretary of State, but desived the mission to Italy. MORAL MEN FOR OFFICE. The All-Day Prayer Meeting at the Congregational Church. ASKING DIVINE GUIDANCE IN THE APPOINTMENT OF DISTRICT OFFICIALS—MORAL PEOPLE TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TO THE PRESIDENT— NO CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSIONER NAMED. j To ask Divine guidance in the appointment of officials to administer the city government | was the announced object of an all-day prayer | meeting held to-day at the Congregutional | church, The meeting was under auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance union, and the president, Mrs. La Fetra, sat near the platform and occupied the intervals which sometimes occurred between the departure and arrival of | the different leaders, The time between 10 | a.m, and 4 p.m. was divided into half hours, and a leader was assigned for each half hour. | Owing, perhaps, to the rain, the attendance was | not large, The audience was mainly composed | of ladies, and none of the gentlemen whose | names have been published in connection with | | REV. DR. HAMLIN’S SUGGESTIONS, Rev. Dr. Hamlin, the pastor of the church attended by the President, presided during the morning, and in the course of his remarks said | that he thought it was proper to call the atten- tion of the President to the fact that he was the | sovercign ruler of the District, and the city | sand appointmen: the different District oflices were present. | AT THE WHITE HOUSE. No Postponement of Office Seeking on Account of the Weather. GREAT CROWDS OF ANXIOUS APPLICANTS TRY TO SEE THE PRESIDENT, BUT THE MOST OF THEM ARE TURNED OVER TO PRIVATE SECRETARY HALFORD—MR. PHELPS ON THE BERLIN CON- FERENCE, The drizzly disagreeable weather seemed to have but little effect upon business at the White House to-day. The crowd of office-seekers and Office-seekers’ friends was as large and as anxious as any that has been on the executive premises since March 4. Of casual visitors there were but few, and during the entire day less than fifty people tramped with maddy shoes around the east room, while little lakes and rivulets on the carpet. The ab- sence of the excursionists, therefore, in spite of the fact that it was a busy day, gave the lower floor of the mansion a deserted appearance, an almost funereal aspect, * UPSTAIRS THINGS HAD A DIFFERENT LOOK, for Secretary Halford’s room was comfortably full from 9 o'clock. Here the great majority had to plead their cases, for the President had no time to sce them; he was too busy. tary Halford was busy, too, but the President evidently thought he was able to bear a little additional burden, so he excluded as many as possible of the applicants, and asked Mr. Hal- ford to “stand them off” as diplomatically as possible, Bearing in mind the proverb in which the early bird is referred to as the fortunate = suer and captor of the worm, Senators Dolph, Mitchell, Frye, Stockbrid, and Wilson, of I were among the first to call, Senator k had a brief interview with the Presi- dent and left the White House with E OF THOSE PECULIARLY GLOOMY SMILES all over his face. ator Allison had a couple of New York nds in tow—Henry E. Pellew and Morris K. 1 Not after any office in particular, the frie: a Ser aid First Assistant. Postmaster-General Clarkson and George M. Pullman were also privileged as the party composed of nator Ps cl Samoan Comm: iam Walter Phelps was upstairs for som nd when he came down rie that New Je ‘as getting what it in April,” said he. “We are all going to- gether, and ut Berlin will be quartered at the same hotel; our families not accompany us. The trip is a purely business one, and the only person to go with us will be a disbursing officer.” MR. URROWS DON'T WANT ANYTHING. Repre tive Julius Cesar Burrows called to see the President, but did not insist on a personal interview when he learned how very busy the President was, nk Mr. Harrison would be glad to see he remarked to Secretary Hal- ould be especially glad to see me 1 don’t want anything. the only one of ths ance Guring the di 3 E. B. Taylor and Tom Reed ive and extremely affable, but it ll communicative to any one but the President, Representative P. around with a couple of frie 1 said this wes not his administration, and the offices did not worry him. SENATOR COLQUITT AND EX-SENATOR CONGER Were upstairs for quite awhile and so was Rep- resentative Anderson, of Kansas, The latter gentleman said he was not anxious. All the office-seekers wanted was patience. In time everything would be honestly, equitabl. justed, eve State securing its fair sh: represent . It was absurd, pect the President to make ten or fi ek or ten days. nted his kind who , of Arkansas, was also Senator Anthony Higgins pre friend, Dr. Dawson, to the President and went followed by Representative J. B. Taylor, nators Spooner and Plamb came in, Senator Chace, with a young friend, was closeted with the President for a few minutes, and when they left both seemed to be very much pleased about something. Shortly before noon Senator Hale escorted a large party of friends, principally ladies, up- stairs into the priv pertments. Here the the President gave them a little rece; then turned over to the tender and hospitable mercies of Mrs. Harrison. Representive Ben, Butterworth, with W. R. Forbusl.. of Cincinnati, held a long and earnest conve! ma with retary Halford. Mr. For- bush wants to be supervising architect of the Treasury than Mr. Butterworth wants him to have it, A DISTRICT DELEGATION, The city of Washington did not go unrepre- sented, A delegation from the eastern section was on hand early and it stayed until it saw the President. The committee con- sisted of W. C. Dodge, T. W. Smith, Appleton ‘lark, 8. H. Walker, Lorin Chappel, Thomas , G. Y, Atlee, and A. Girouard. The President heard all they had to say in behalf of Silas C. Clark as a fit and proper person to be the republican Commissioner of the District. The ace gation was unanimous in asking the ap- pointment of some man from the eastern sec- tion—so long neglected—and the President said he wouid give the matter careful consider- ation. Mention was made of the fact that a large number of citizens had indorsed Hon, iram Price for Commissioner and the delega- tion stated that East Washington would be sat- isfied with either Price or Clark. f OF THE SURPRISES OF THE DAY was the uncovering by a Stan reporter of the work which the as delegation has been doing quietly for some days past. The mem- government wasin his hands, He said th the President was a moral man, and de-| sired to do what was right It was) therefore important that the moral element of | the community should present their views to | the President, and lethim know that the people of the District wanted good men for their | rulers, He deprecated, however, the introduc tion of any personalities in the matter, and | thought that it would be better not to suggest | the name of any man for an office. | WHAT A LADY LEARNED AT THE WHITE HOUSE. A lady seated in the audience arose at this point and said that when the ladies of the W. C. T. U. called at the White House with a me- morial urging the appointment as Commis- sioner of areputable citizen that Mr. Halford told them the memorial would serve no pur- pose unless they named some man who, in their opinion, was fitted for the place. The ladies, she said, had no intention of recommending any man when they went to the Wiite House, but after Mr. Halford spoke in this way they adopted his suggestion. She added that she understood the Pastors’ Alliance had a candidate for District Commissioner, THE PASTORS’ ALLIANCE AND THE DISTRICT Com- MISSIONERSHIP. Dr. Hamlin said it was a mistake, as the alli- ance did not intend to recommend any man for the District Commissionership, but he thought that if the President should request, after read- ing the memorial, that some name be pre- sented, there could be no objection to_comply- ing with the request. He thought, however, that the movement would have more strength if it rested upon principle and not upon any Mah or men, The other leaders assigned for a dergen 5 A. H. Zimmerman, Rev. W. Moore, Mrs. Clara the day were Mrs. Geo. L. Clark, Rev. B. Schell, Mrs, Mary E. Catlin, Rev. Mr. Hill, bers of that delegation have been uncommonly secretive and much of their active effort has been done when no outsider was supposed to be looking. However divided the Kansans may be on some points, they are a unit on ask- ing the administration to appoint Representa- ive Thomas Ryan as minister to Chili. Mr. Ryen is said to be tired of Congress and he would like to go to South America. The in- terested parties believe their efforts will be uccessful, NOTES. It is reported that Capt. Fred Brackett, a prominent Grand Army man and vell-known city law) isa candidate for the position of chief clerk of the Treasury department. Mrs. Harrison still ers from cold and stiff eck, but she is much better to-day and was able to see a few friends, Mr. Chas. Chesley, who was for many years solicitor of internal revenue, but was removed by the late democratic administration, is again n applicant for that office. 7 friends of Capt. John Fehrenbatch and aptain iimeelf are hard at work trying to oust Mr. Americus Warden, who is supervising inspector of steam vessels for the seventh dis- trict, with headquarters at Cincinnati, ——___ Nickels and Cents. HOW THEY MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE PHIL- ADELPRIA MINT BY PEOPLE AT A DISTANCE. The director of the mint has issued a circu- lar, approved by Secretary Windom, stating that 5-cent nickel pieces and 1-cent bronze pieces will be forwarded in the order of ap- plication from the United States mint at i . d a little while ; er about the coming con- | at Berlin. “We are going away ion and | but he does not want it any more | Mrs, M. E. Cohen, Rev. Dr, H. BR. Naylor, Miss Lizzie “Kesler. Rev. H. Greene, and Mrs, meeting was held in one of the class rooms connected with the church. F E ( i | ee gece The Palmer tised to give a spirit Haven eve! 'Telegrams to The Star. —_——— THE BOOMERS SHOW FIGHT. Making Tramps Run the Gauntlet. RANDOLPH CHURCHILL'S POSITION. a Forty Lives Lost in a Shipwreck. ee CHURCHILL TALKS FIGHT. But Liberals Think He Would Aid the Tories It They Needed Help. Special Cable Dispatch to Tux EVENING STAR. Loxpox, March 19.—I called on Lord Ran- dolph Churchill yesterday, in his pretty house in Connaught place overlooking Hyde park, to learn his views on the government's naval policy, I found him in a most military mood, determined to smite his oldcolleagues and spare not, but he will confire his criticisms to parlia- ment. He says the present position of things } is fatal to all ministerial responsibility, For | three years the ministers have been declaring the navy adequate and last year they actually | reduced the estimate. Now he says the same | ministers come forward, saying the navy is | dangerously weak, This shows they have no | fixed standard for the requisite naval strength “Which resolution shall be reported to the | the drippings from their umbrellas formed | of the empire. He would make the ministers | of war and the navy professional men with | permanent seats in the cabinet, but only sum- | moned to cabinet councils for military or naval business. Only so he thinks will responsibility be brought home. He further England's BIG TRON-CLADS INCAPABLE OF FIGHTING and the construction of new ships is therefore | indispensable. He would spend more and quicker than the ministers propose, but only after reforming the admiralty and appointing an impartial comuission of experts to fix the standard of strength of the British fleet. He thinks an increased expenditure will be popular in the country, but stigmatizes the govern- ment's bribing of working-class constituencies at the by-elections by promises of the expendi- | ture as & most unprincipled attempt to corrupt | the democracy. In spite of Churchill's brave words the liberals distrust his sticking to his guns, and if the government should really ve in | a tight place they think he would back down. He denies this, but says his position is very diffi- cut in any case; he is determined therefore to persist, whatever be the consequence. Bentler MAYOR HOOT TAKES HOLD. 7 believes Waterioo’s Cobbler-Mayor Makes a | Very Sensible Inaugural Address. Warexxoo, Iowa, March 19.—Mayor Hoot, | the shoemaker who was electid at the late city election by the labor vote through a feeling of dissatisfaction with the regular nominee, assumed his office last night, | There was a large crowd at the council meet- | ing when the new mayor read his address. He said he had not noticed that anything had gone wrong or that anybody had been injured by the | result of the election. He had not craved the position, but as he had been chosen he should | do the best in his power, and with time and pa- tience and the help of the council he believed all would result satisfactorily in spite of the | anxiety some had felt, | mipsel TRAMPS RUNNE THE GAUNTLET. Their Speed was Accelerated by Barrel Staves and Clubs. | Anperson, Ivp., March 19.—For several days | 4 gang of tramps have been causing much an- noyance here by their insulting manner to wo- |men. Last night eight of the fellows were found in the Midland depot, where they had forced an entrance and taken possession. A | gang of about thirty men armed with poles and barrel staves gathered from a convenient head- | ing factory and led by the town marshal, went to the depot and formed a gauntlet along the railroad. Through these lines of men the | tramps were forced to run, their speed being | accelerated by heavy blows well laid on by the men, The tramps were unmercifully whipped, the blood trickling from many of them by the time they had reached the end of the gauntlet. It has been nearly three years since tramps have bothered Anderson, it being the custom to run them through a gauntlet into the river. | Citizens generally approve the course. EX-GOV. Michigan’s War Governor Has been Ml Since the Inauguration. Jackson, Micu., March 19.—Austin Blair, Michigan’s famous war governor. has been ill almost ever since he returned from the inaug- ural ceremonies at Washington, with a ‘badl | complicated kidney trouble. y | illness took a more serious turn and his case is | now considered as critical, ———— A FIGHT WITH BOOMERS. | Lieut. Carson Receives Several Wounds, | None of Them Dangerous. Oxtanoma, I. T., March 19.—A squad of | boomers on the Crutche, east of here, resisted | Lieut. Carson and the troops yesterday in their attempt to remove them. Pistol shots were | fired and clubs were used. No one was seri- | ously injured, though Arnold and Adams, both boomers, were severely beaten on the head with revolvers. Wm. Adams made his escape. The others were bound with ropes and brought | here, where they are held under guard. Lieut, Carson received several slight wounds, though none of them are considered dangerous. This young officer is performing efficient service and a much retion in the performance of ‘is duty. —_—_—_.—___ LOST AMONG THE PHILLIPINES, Forty-two Persons Perish in the Wreck of a Spanish Steamer. San Francisco, March 19.—China mail ad- vices per the steamship City of Peking con- cerning the loss of the Spanish steamer Remus |among the Phillipine Islands, January 30th, | says that forty-two lives were lost out of 169 people on board, The Remus was engaged in | the coasting trade. but at the time was taking out reliefs of soldiers to theit various stations on the Phillipine Islands and struck a reef near Point Biliaram, about two days’ voy: from Manila, cinking in thicty-Rve fathoms of weer. The surviving officers and passengers were picked up by the gunboat Argus. ocean The Accident Due to a Mistake. Grerenspuns, Pa., March 19.—The coroner's jury in the case of James Magee and William ogan. killed on Saturday at the gas main ex- plosion at Harrison city, brought in a verdict attributing their deaths to a misunderstepding | between Superintendent James Irwin and Fore- | mau H. D. Dougherty. This exonerated Mr. irwin, who had been arrested charged with | murder, The evidence at the inquest showed that the mistake had oceurred in the transmis- sion of Mr. Iwin’s orders, eae Indicting Cider-Makers in Iowa. Dvunvgve, March 19,.—In his to the grand jury yesterday Judge Ney, of the district | Court, said it was the duty of the jury to indict jany and all persons found making cider or | | | otherwise violating the lowa prohibitory and to present any county officer or justice the peace who muy have violated the law, Was it Rev. Mr. 2 A CLERGYMAN WHO WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE SEEN | eet i i | E