Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1890, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAK BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave, and 11th 8t, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, THE TERRIBLE BLIZZARD. Details of its Work of Fury and Ruta. Rock Srarvos, Wro., Jan. 14.—Wm. MoEd- wards. a prominent business man of this place, went into the mountains hunting Sunday morn- ing with a companion. A snow storm came up SH. KAUFFMA! ‘Try Evextxe STAR fs served ‘We WEEKLY Stan—pnblished on Friday—@l o Sear, postage prepaid. Six months, 50 cents. tions mast be paid im advance; be paper sent longer than is paid for. » Pres, to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per Sirk: of fe, per month. Copies at the counter, crnts each By mail—postage cents & Biouth’ one year. $0: six moutha, [Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as ncl-claae mati matter. ] | oo 76—No. 15,033, WASHINGTON, D.C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1890. bening Star. TWO CENTS. 0: ja10-1W 1 Pennsylvania ave. _ S$ FOR SUBSCRIPTION TO STOCK eae Washington snd, Western Maryland Pelock x in., Kooms 14), “1 E Bun b bovelock Ph) WALSH, Secretar re Teard of Commissioners, Ju 10t_ sort Be Ry: OFT i Wasmrxotox, January 7, 1800. Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned it has been made to wppear that the West Ba: End National the city of | y of and District of Colum- the provisions of the stat q Stal quired to be comphed with befor an association shall be authorized to commence | ot banking re. 1, J jesse D. Abrahams,deputy and act- turr reby certify that ‘asbimnton, in the f aud District of red to comune the busivess of SPECIAL NOTICES. __ tion mn; y ne fe, No. 14 TAM, will be beldat MASONIC TEMPLE WED" NESDAY, January 15, 1890, at 7:30 o'clock pan, A full attendance is requested.’ Members of other i rg fraternally invites to be present, er of ne A. GATLEY, Secretary. Tv ‘That the subscriber, of the District of Co- Iumbia, hay obtained from the Suprenie Court of the District of Columbia, holding a Special ‘Term, for Orphans Court Business, Lett ‘esiamentary on ters the personal estate of Lavinia G. Conolly, late of the | District of Columbia, Claiius against the said dec exhibit the same, with the voncbers thereof, to the subscriber on or before tue THINTIETH DAY of DE~ ae mext; they may Uns Goren by law be ex- nn all benefit of t ‘estate, nm under my hand this 30th day of December, HOBERY O. HOLIZA sed. All persons having: faved are hereby. warned to law, 3w <i HANGERS!!! FROM GEORGETOWN TO ANACOSTIA! You are invited to hear the report of the Organiza tion Committee, Come to Painters’ Assembly Rooms, 625 Louisiana ave. n.w., THURSDAY, 16, 7:30 p.m. Friends of Paper Hangers please call their notice to this. in section fifty-oue hundred and sixty evised Statuies of the United Bites Jn tastimony whereof witness my hand and seal of fice this Teh day cf January, 1800 Deputy and Acting Controller of the Currency. THE WEST END NATIONAL BANK f Wash ton. Corner of 19) ‘and Pennsylvania ave. Wasnixotos, D. penis tHe WEST m1 ith the above authority ° ERD SATUS AL BANK OF WASHINGI a8 the transaction of a Geucral Bank- 190% Pennsylvania sve. n.w. Receive ‘Discount Commercial Paper. Particular ion poid te Collections. | | vay aeey, ‘Vice President. ate WM. K KILEY, Pre. ley. Geo, A. McTIhenny, Eecoay, Geo. 3. Johnson, 'W. Foster, Frank T. Rawlings, dno. b, Beall, Bok, ore Ler Tuttle, jr, Fescyt A. F Fardon, Calvin Witner, W. kK Wilcox, Owen O'Hare, yas-60t Geo. W. Link!us. eT THE Peace Fon CHANDELIERS AND FIXTURES FOR GAS. C.4. MUDDIMAN, ns 1206 Fat. is GRAPHOPHONE AND ELECTHIC LIGHT y AND SOL! _ 8-6 1313 F street. cae WHISKEY.” PRODUCT OF THE WILSON DISTILLERY, HIGHSPIRE, DAUPHIN 00., PA ‘This celebrated Whisky, most carefully and slowly Jeanted, mashed. fermented and distilled from the m- health-wiving Chalybeate waters and choice ain Kye peculiar to the renowned mountain tsof Pennsylvania and Maryland, and ripened ted ware houses, sea-voyaged and aged im the their homologous ‘this Whisky is dis and unequaled as topic and rejuvenstor to those in eed of strength, vitality and vigor See certificate of Prof. Toury of the Baltimore Med- feal Collese “IT is PURE, FREE FROM FUSEL OIL, AND CAN THEREFORE BE SAFELY RECOMMENDED FOR MEDICINAL USE. ITS HIGH COLOR 18 DUE TO HE iLUN PRESE! “Wal. P. TONRY, Ph.D., Chemist.” Ask your Grocer for WILSON WHISKY. THE ULMAN GOLDSBOROUGH ©0,, Distillers, Baltimore, Md. GROCERS, ATTENTION! ao to JOHNSTON BROS. & CO., 613 New York ave, @e Wholesale Tea Merchants, to rders, oe wake oe oe! Now stored in W. ington te select from. pe ‘ salts Cans and Caddies free. ore iae A * OS NSTON BROS & CO. eq > MUAPEST, QUICKEST AND CLEANEST Es: WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANYS COKE, JOHNSON BROTHERS, Exclusive Sales Agents, 419-3m 29-3m = EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F ST. ASSETS $1,119,062.77. Offce hours, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m daily. On the first Wernesday in each month the office will be fren from 6 to 8 o'clock p.m. Advances will be made Jrompuy st 7 o'clock. The 18th issue of stock is open Sor subscription. Shares are #2.50 per month. 81,000 advanced on each share. Pamphlets expisining the objects and advantages of the Association are furnisbed upon application. THOMAS SOMERVILLE. JNO. JOY EDSON, Sec'ry. a4 gal4-207_ HE ANNUAL SESSION OF THE ht ve held im the hall of La (st, ou THURSDAY EVE- foc ‘ AWSELL, Grand Secretary. _ COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT Be eoibany The stint meeting for the elee- cers will be held at 8 o'clock p.m, WLDNES- yuary 15, at ) 14th et. 2 ‘JAMES F. DUHAMEL, Secretary. 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON OVER- to purchase our Tightly-made Overcoat a: sald Important action per cent discount, GEORGE SPKANSY, 434 7th E ativi per pay: 27th oi , 1890, to the stockholders of record at the close of business on the 17th day of January, 1890, at the office of the treasurer of the company, 619 14th ington, z c. be closed from the 18th to 8. LN SHING , D.C., Jan. 1 he usse aeut OF on st SHINGTON BK PE, E: PROVEME! Sigat. kiw..ou TUESDAY, January 14 180g 7230 t. B.W., OD Januar 40, at 7 pa Swe PHIL N. DWYER | Beeretary. @=> YOU ARE INVITED TO CALL aT OUR store any time this week and try a cup of the BLOOKER’S DUTCH COCOA. This Cocoa is the Choicest, Purest and Bes market, and you oily need try a cup to be convinced is merits anid really fine Havor, | Wecommended by all cups, G. CORRWELL & SON, 1412 and 1414 Pennsylvania ave. REGULAR WEEKLY MEE ing at Union Mission Rooms, 930 Pa. av WEDSESDAY, Jan, Lo, at 1:30 p.m., under the aus: Pices of the Evanwelistic departinent. Mrs. Camerou of California will take part in the meeting. it MRS. GL. CLARK, Supt, celebra' in the of . G SSHEAVY, WHITE beeen een o. New Gingham and Outing Cloth, | Ghigliay fous, large size, onl; ye. JUHNSON,GAKN. «& CO., 65 Pa.ave. nw. jal4- BLOOKEL'S DU Have you t If uot, do not let the oppurt surpasses all others it quality WOOL BLANKETS: 2-4 Wool Blankets 84. |. This Cocos and hax abso- Inte merit,having all the of! rewovedwund is absolute); df pure ; ud is pertectiy digestible, so that a person witl the weakest dives: car of dyspepsia. ree at JOHN He MA dnesday aud ExUbE! ‘Thureiay, 1417 Xe store Friday aud Saturday, 113 REVIVAL SERVICE: _~ ehurcl 0th and an the uptown Coun. ave, Jal AT HAMLINE M. B.W., 118 EVE ts. ‘hing by Nev. Dr. Corey of the Met- ure. Fublic cordially iavited. It yf \ PURCHASE” SALE ILL € ood assortment of patterns im us aud Suitiugs yecured 1 Howton at about 50 cents on the doliar. As “new trade bring. ere” [offer alot of $5 Trouserings for 83.88 and $52 lish Cheviot Suitings in Black and Blue for #222, ee) WAKPIELD SIMPSON, Expertin ‘Trousers, ja13 ‘Oth and G sta nw. P STOCKHOLDERS, NOTICE! Bron Meeting for the Election of Directors of the Mccormick Cane-Umibreila Company will be held at the store of D Lou 1347 Pennsylvania ave, on TUESDAY, 1890, at 8 o'cloc DW. Ay dent, 'W. G. RAMES, Secretar; Bt TA. OF THE HUMANE S at their rooms, O10 F at. i, the 14th instant, at 7 pata. “Thie public is cordially invited. = HOME BUILDING ASSOCIATION. The sixth annual meeting of above-named associa- tion will be beid at the lial, southwest corner Penn, ave. and on TUESDAY EVENING, the 14th. instant, at 7 o'clock. The sixth ann’ are requested to attend. Stock 0 at this meet- neries 1ay be take THOMAS DOWLING, President, 11th Cor. Pa ave. an st... ern improvements; the best locations in the northwest sec! now under good rental, Price for ali $5,000 cash, balance to suit, Purties hav invent will do well to embrace this offe: 1304 Fetuw. AMERICAN ICE COMPANY. i-sunual dividend of four (4) per cent, payabl ‘Asemi-snnual dividend of four (4) per cent le ock 1800, has been pot tock hoides the office of tote to st ders of record Jani declared, payable February 1, the company in Washington, D. Auditor. CHAKLES ALLEN HAS REMOVED Bee Sinate te Ted Gat nw Office 7 £30 to 9.30 am. 3:30 to 4:30 and 6 to7 p.m ny r SERIAL SAVINGS AND BUILDING AS- La BOCIATION. Call for Constitutions, Bubscribe for stock—$1 per share—between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily at theofticeot JNO. A. PRESCOTT, Secretary and Treasurer, Blé-6m 1416 F st. n.w., Kellogg Building. | eel ‘A. WILSON, REAL ESTATE BROKER, MONEY TO LOAN ALWAYS ON HAND. FIREMEN’S INSUKANCE COMPANY BUILDING, n30-2m_ COR. 71H ST. AND LOUISIANA AVE. FRESH HAVANA AND KEY WEST a ¥ ks. CHAMPAGNE WINES, All the Jeesling Urszde, at New York pr PEMBKOKE PUR Y. e <=> IMPORTANT! ‘We have removed our stock of Lumber to our New Yard, 14th and D ots. s.w., where we will be pleased to see our patrons and friends whenever in wautof anything in our line. e claim that m our new location we possess unex- celled facilives tor bandling our Lumber, being con- venient both to railroad and river front, We have in stock # full line of Luinber, Sash, Doors, Buds, &c., aud we guarantee usual prompt de- liveries to pure: E. E. JACKSON & CO, ‘Yard, 14th snd D sts, s.w. southeast corner 13th st, 426-tu,th,s-12t our Factory and Main Office, stad Otto aves Le, —"* qa. Upright Pianos for ‘Ali the Jeaaing rent. ARY ‘HE uary 14, 1840, 8 p. ‘Tuesday, Jan! tu the Conmrerationalchirch. Au interesting prviram is provided and brief addresses by Kev. 5. ewman, ED. tev: George Eliot, Kev. t. & Haulin, D-D. and Rev. 8. H. Greene. The public is cordially invited. ja10-4t ae OLD SQUAKE PIANO ‘Taken in exchange for s new Bradbury Upright, bal- ance payable $10 mobthly or cash. Ja9-6t F.G SMITH, 1225 Penna. ave. MAS US: Brau ms Pennsyly CERTIFICATES Ov 8.0CK CHEQUES “@ and other secug.ties. Cun reial Htho- raphy and desiguing. AG GEDNEY, wal 10th and D streets (Post builds.) Tur "Picasa Esco Exzcrnic COMPANY, 620 Atlantic avenue, Boston, Mass, WASHINGT _sie-Swip iGTON OFFICE, 1433 F 8T. Panivevrsn Sos ‘We close at 6 p.m. except Saturdays, Commencing on Monday, January 13, and continuing for one week, will offer all Rem- Bante of Lress Goods, Domestics, Cloths, Cassime es, Embroideries, Laces and Rib- ous at prices to insure their speedy sale. All Stamped Linens at a reduction. Children's Wool Hats and Leggins, La dies’ Wool Hoods and Fasciuators—all go down, Reu.nants of Carpets and Mattings ‘Your opportunity to secure great bargaius. ‘The Sale will last for one week. It is our ‘Annual Clearing Sale before stock-taking. CARHART & LEIDY, 928 7th st. and 706 Kst nw. Gar Tur Best. THE CONCORD HARNESS. LUTZ & BRO, 497 Penn. ave., adjoining National Hote! Bors: Blankets and Lap Robes at low prices, mys <g=s IS YOUE PIANO IN TUNA? If ‘not leave your order at the BRADBURY PALACE ‘OF MUSIC, 1225 PA. AVE., and it will receive prompt attention. Jad-6t NSUR- Fee OF THE MUTUAL FIRE ‘ANCE CO. OF D. ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 1890. Theannual meeting of the Mutual’ Fire Insurance gompany of the District ox Columb. will be held om the THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY 1800, the oth iust., at the office of the company, corner of Peuusyl- Vania ave. aud 9th st. n.w.,commencing at 9 o'clock 2. am. By the charter of the company the election of seven managers, constitute » bard to couduet the affairs of the company, is required to be held at the above meetine. By the sixth article of the by-laws of the company itis provided: “At the annual meeting of the com- pany the first business in order shall be the appoint- ment ofa chairman, who shall conduct the meeting and electior: in accordance with the act of incorpors- tou, between ‘the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock Kicuat of premium notes beld by the Bs a rd Pr a WESLEY BOTEL! Secretary. TEMPORARY OFFICE OF Bee wasinxcrge Toss ‘AND THusT com. 1001 F street n.w. bg $1,000,000.00. certificates: ; On all amounts but less than «ix Sian e year, B. Bail "Teurso F, Schafer, . Bailey, 0 . James L. Barbour, X, Franklin se 4 @=WEST END STOVE AND PLUMBING ious ‘Orders tor Repairs to Furascost x large stock of Stoves and cfterent ene-f00) Kouttng Tia in’ stock. Will wari BU. "Binune libde se a re Washington News and Gossip, | BOOKS AN BUSINESS CHANCES... CITY ITEMs..., FOR RENT (Roons) FOR RENT (Stones FOR RENT (Hovers) FOR RENT (Stasixs). 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Owing to pressure of news and the increasing circulation of Tur Star, compelling its forms to be put upon the presses promptly at the re- quired hour, and also to make proper classifica- tion of matter, it is absolutely necessary that all advertisements shall be received at the business office earlier in the day than formerly, Ite advertising patrons are therefore requested to send in all changes of matter before 11 o'clock a.m., and all new matter before 12 o'clock m., and as much earlier than those hours as possible, Copy received earliest will have preference, al- ways, and that coming in after the hours named cannot have assurance of insertion until the next day. Anrestep tx Cutcaco,—The commissioner of pensions has been advised that Isabella Hart and George Billings of Chicago, IIL, have been arrested and taken before a United States com- missioner at Chicago, charged with a violation of sections 5392 and 5435, Revised Statutes, United States. In default of bail they were sent to jail Dory ox Licurxixa Buos.—Assistant Secro- tary Tichenor in reply to. an inquiry as to whether any duty would-be imposed on light- ning bugs to be brought from Cuba with the expectation of business being done with them, without deciding the question, states that the duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on-live animals as prescribed by the tariff law has at various times been applied to bees, birds, &0. Amoxo Tue Presents Catiens today were Senators Paddock, Allen, Hoar, Davis and Casey, and Representatives Frank, Kinsey, Grosvenor, Owen, Moore, Cheadle, Peters and Belknap, Recoverrne FRom THE Garr.—Secretary Tracy is slowly recovering from his attack of the grip. This morning he was not quite wall enough to go to the department, so his mail was sent to his house for signature. He felt well enough, how , to attend the cabinet meeting at noon, Secretary Note axp THE GeorogicaL Sunvay.—Secretary Noble had no opinion to express today in regard to the charges made against the geological survey by Prof. Cope. The correspondence already published is con- sidered to byl sagen the views of the Secretary in regard to the matter at its present stage. It is said at the Interior department that the statements made may be described as being “in the air.” Navat Orpers.—Passed Assistant Surgeon L. B. Baldwin ordered to the Michigan, re- lieving Passed Assistan+ Surgeon J. M. Edgar, detached and ordered to the Naval hospital at the Mare Island yard. Medical Inspector Geo. W. Woods, detached from duty at the Mare Island yard and ordered to the Charleston. Surgeon Ezra Z. Derr, detached from the Nip- sic and ordered to return home and report his arrival. Surgeon Dwight Dickinson, detached from the Naval hospital at Mare Island and or- dered to duty at the same yard as a member of the naval medical examining board. Passed Assistant Surgeon F. J. B. Cordeiro, detached from the Mare Isiand naval hospital and or- dered to the Nipsic, per steamer of the Slst in- stant from San Francisco. Tae Presipent Has Commissioxep James E. Bell as inspector of rifle practice, second regi- mentof infantry, District national guard, with the rank of captain, Deata Sentence Commutep.—The Presi- dent has commuted to imprisonment for fifteen years at hard labor the death sentence of Madi- son James, convicted in Arkansas of murder and sentenced to be hanged next Thursday, Ox Parpon Grantep anp Oxe Rerusep— ‘The President has pardoned Wm. White alias Sipple, convicted of violating postal laws and sentenced March 1 1889, to eighteen months imprisonment and $300 fine. He has denied the application for pardon in the case of John Carrick alias Cantrill, convicted of mail robbery in Texas and sentenced to life im- prisonment. TARIFF REVISION. The Committee of Ways and Means’ Ready to Begin Work ona BIL The committee on ways and means has prac- tically finished its hearings, The last of the schedule was disposed of today, and all that remains is to listen to what the committee term the “droppings.” They will begin at once the work on the tariff schedule to preparo this bill, The Senate bill will be used as a basis to start on and such modifications as the majority seem necessary will be made, While there will be differences of opinion among the republicans as to certain items it is ex- pected that they will be pretty generally in ac- cord, the tendency being toward an increase of duties in many cases. THE HARDEST FIGHT will be over sugar, and it is still doubtful what they will do as to that item. A pretty consid- TAKING THE CENSUS. Preparing to Rush the Work—Super- visors Soon to be Nominated. A list of about fifty members for confirma- tion as supervisors of the census will soon be sent to the Senate by the President. The en- tire number of supervisors to be appointed is 175, The names are to be sent to the Senate in installments, and before the 1st of March it is expected that all the supervisors will be st work, The country has already been divided into census districts by Superintendent Porter, and each supervisor will have charge of a dis- trict. They will have authority to appoint the numerayors, who are to take the census, The latter wiil constitute AN any 40,000 srRoxa, and on the Ist of June they will be distributed over the country. Their work will end July 1, and in that time it is expected that an enumer- ator will visit personally each dwelling in the section of the countty or of the town assigned to his charge. They are required to call n each family and each individual living out of a family in any place of abode and ascertain in | this way the names of the members of the fam- ilies, their ages and other facts as required by the law authorizing the taking of the last census, THE WORK OF ENUMERATING THE POPULATION. During the month of June it is expected that @ representative of the census office will visit every house in this country, and the facts thus secured will be sent to the office in this city, where a large force of clerks will be occupied in collating them and preparing for publica- tion, In the meantime the work of collecting statistics in regard to manufactures and the va- rious industries of the country will go on and will be completed as rapidly as possible. The work on the population statistics will, however, be rushed through, and the results will be made known as soon as practicable after the returns have all been received. NOT BULLET PROOF. Shooting Through the Polymath Armor at 500 Yards’ Distance. A second test of the Polymath bullet-proof armor took place this morning at the rifle range at Washington barracks. The test was made under the supervision of Gen. Gibson and Capt. Chester. A bag filled with oats was placed at one end of the range and a small target, made of the thin material which its inventor claims is bullet proof, was fastened to the bag. It was decided to shoot from the 500-yard line, as that is generally considered the maximum fighting range, and it was clear that if the target was penetrated at that distance the armor would be of even less value at an: shorter range. Lieut. Geo, Bennett did the shooting and did some very clever work, as the target was so small as to be scarcely visible at the end of the range. The first target was pierced the first time it was hit, and a second, which was said to be a stronger one, was au stituted, but suffere ike fate. The test was complete and showed that an undergarment made of the proposed® material would not be the slightest protection against a modern bullet. The inventor, Mr. Polymath, expressed himself as satisfied with the test, but is not dis- couraged and will proceed with his experiments in the endeavor to make a body armor which shall be bullet proof. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Maj. Powell Tells About the Appoint- ment of Congressmen’s Sons. The only addition of interest made today to the controversy over the geological survey stafted by Prof. Cope's charges is an interview published by the New York Herald with M Powell. On being asked about the allegation that he had subsidized Congress by appointing the sonsof Congressmen to office Maj. Powell said: “During all the years that Fhave been at the head of the survey I have nominated to office only one man who was the son of a Congress- man. The law provides that all appointments to the scientific staff shall be made by the Seo- retary of the Interior on my recommendation, Thus the initiative is thrown upon me, The law further specifies the qualifications that candidates shall possess. In nominating I set forth distinctly that the man named has the qualifications, give the source of my knowledge concerning him, and certify that he is nomi- nated solely because he isa professional expert, In every case this statute is scrupulously ob- served, “All clerical positions are filled under the law by the civil service commission appointed by the President, In addition to these classes there are at —— Cameu cot yigon cooks, hagas ers, axemen, &c., employed temporarily on field work, ‘There are in the service but two persons within my knowledge who are the sons or relatives of either Senators or Represevta- tives. One was appointed by my predecessor when his father was not in Congress, and I have not found it necessary to displace him, notwith- standing that his father has been chosen to the House of Kepresentatives, Tae one I nomi- nated was chosen on the recommendation of the president and professors of a western col- lege, for whose opinions I entertain profound respect. The young man had just graduated with the highest honors,” -- THE DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. THE WASHINGTON SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, Mr. Crain introduced a bill yesterday incor- porating the Washington safe deposit company, naming John T. Lenman, W. A. Gordon, Samuel Cross, Peter H. Hill, Francis Miller, O. C. Grean, W.'H. Hoeke, John Bailey, and’ W. E. Edmonston as incorporatora, ‘Che bill pro- vides that the capital stock shall consist of 4,000 shares of $100, with the privilege of increasing to an aggregate sum of €1,000,000, BILL FOR RELIEF OF PATRICK COOK. Senator Ingalls has introduced a bill ap- propriating 3,000 for the relief of Patrick Cook of the District of Columbia, his rea! es- tate having been damaged to that extent, FOR FEMALE GUIDES. The president of the Woman's national in- dustrial league has petitioned Speaker Reed to appoint a woman to take charge of the ladies’ reception room of the House. She also requested Speaker to look with favor on a proposition to permit several female authorized Buides at the Capitol PROPOSED HALL OF RECORDS. Senator Vest, from the committee on public buildings and grounds, has reported thé Senate mu appropriating money for the purchase ground and_ the erection there- re in this city, of a to be used asa hall of records, The amend- ments made by the committee increased the a Fequired, from $200,000_ to $200,000 and ves uilding commission powers of con- demnation. " A HOSPITAL FOR INEBRIATES, In the House yesterday Mr. Hemphill intro- duced a bill which should give comfort to the inebriates of the city. for a hos- ital and home in the Columbia tor it of Two Pennsylvania Post OMices. the position of postmaster at. Pottstown, Pa, Mr. Wanamaker lives in that district and he therefore takes interest in the settle- ment of the pt gpa the Representative Yardley has recom- mended a man for the ‘Upon the sug- gestion of Mr. Wanamaker, who ‘wanted tire other candidates to be given a. hearing, over a a ive ¥ was prosent during the Pg I Neg Poogg vige ale ar Meer office, which is in the same district, ? AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY. THE SILCOTT MATTER. A Lively Discussion in the House. SENATE OOMMITTEE REPORTS The Senate. Among the executive documents presented and referred was a communication from the President recommending the erection of con- sular buildings at Bangkok, Siam, BILLS REPORTED. Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar were the following: | To declare unlawful trusts and combinations in restraint of trade and production. Authorizing the purchase of a site for a building for the United States Supreme Court. For the erection of a bronze statue of Spencer F. Baird, late secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution. PROPOSED HOSPITAL AND HOME FOR INEBRIATES. Mr. Edmunds, in introducing a bill to estab. lish a hospital and home for inebriates in the District of Columbia, said that the bill had been most carefully prepared by a committee appointed at a meeting of citizens of the District interested in that work, of which com- mittee Judge Walter Cox waschairman, He felt safe in saying tbat the idea was very earnestly favored by at least nine-tenths of the people of the District. He hoped that the Dis- trict committee would give the bill very early attention. Mr. Ingalls, chairman of the District com- mittee, said that the committee had reported a similar bill at the last session and he assured the Senator from Vermont that the matter would receive early and careful consideration. Mr. Edmunds said that he did not mean to imply by his remarks any want of interest on the part of the committee. What he had said was intended more for the Senate than for the committee. Among other bills reported from committees and placed on the calendar were the following: For public buildings at Allegheny, Pa., $250.- 000, and at Beaver Falls, Pa., $50,000, Mr. George offered a resolution instructing the committee on finance to inquire into the propriety of reducing the penal bonds re- quired of manufacturers of cigars in all cases, or at least where the manufacture is carried on by the manual labor of the manufacturer, He read a letter from some cigar makers in Berks county, Pa., asking him to urge that change of law, as it bore very hard on them and _ helped to crowd them out of the business, all for the benefit of the large manu- facturers. The resolution and letter were re- ferred to the finance committee, FLORIDA CLAIMS. The resolutions heretofore offered by Mr. Call in reiation to the claims of Florida under the swamp land grant and in relation to the alleged unlawful selections of land in Florida were taken up and Mr. Call addressed the Sen- ate upon them, House of Representatives. Mr. McKinley (Ohio), from the committee on ways and means, reported back the bill to sim- plity the laws in relation to the collection of the revenue. It was ordered printed and re- committed and Mr. McKinley stated that he hoped to call it up during the present week, Mr. Biugham (Pa.) introduced the following bills, which were appropriately referred: To provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, To classify and fix the salaries of persons in the railway mail service, Providing for the Se saeearpent rs an assistant , reed superintendent and chief clerk of the way mail service, * Providing a postage stamp redemption card. For marking the lines of battle and the posi- tion of the troops of the Army of Northern Vir- ginia at Gettysburg, Pa, OKLAHOMA VERSUS SILCoTT. Mr. Perkins of Kansas moved that the House go into committee of the whole for the consid- eration of the bill to peorite for town site en- tries of lands in Oklahoma, This was antagonized by Mr. Adams of IIli- nois, who wished the House to consider the Silcott matter and the motion was defeated 65 to 97, Mr. Bland of Missouri demanded tellers, de- claring that a matter involving the interests of 100,000 people should be considered prior to one which involved only the individual inter- ests of members, THE SILCOTT REPORT TAKEN UP. The friends of the Oklahoma bill were again defeated—96 to 108—and Mr. Adams called up the Silcott report, accompanied by a bill appro- aoc $75,000 to reimburse members for losses incurred through the Silcott defalcation, ¥ FAVOR OF THE BILI. Mr. Adams argued in favor of the bill, hold- ing that the sergeant-at-arms was a public offi- cer, charged, first by custom and afterward by sanction of law, with the duty of disbursing the salaries of members, He referred to the defalcatioa which occurred in the Twenty-sec- ond Congress, and called attention to the fact that the House at that time voted to reimburse the members out of the contingent fund, THE REAL QUESTION presenting itself now was not a question of technical right nor technical wrong. It was a question whether members were in some way to blame for signing their receipts, whether the overnment liad lost money by reasou of their fault, and whether they should forfeit their money on account of thatfault. The new members had signed the receipts before they had any legislative power to change the law. The certificates were presented to them and they were requested to sign them in order to get their salarie If any member had protested against signing the certificate he must 0 = without his salary. The new member was in no wise to blame and he could not see how an old mem- ber could vote against an appropriation to pay the new members what theywere entitled to. Ifan old member felt hii if to blame his only course was to vote for the appropriation and afterward determine between himself and his conscience whether he would receive the money himself. STATUS OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, Mr. Butterworth inquired whether any mem- ber believed that the sergeant-at-arms was his personal agent. Mr, Adams thought that there was no such member. No one believed that he had made the sergeant-at-arms his personal agent, though some might believe that by a technical rule of law the sergeant-at-arms Was constituted the agent of the members, WA. HEMPRILL's BILL. Mr. Hemphill (8. C.) advocated the adoption of his bill permitting members to bring suit in the court of claims for the recovery of their salaries, and opposed the bill of the majority because be could find no statute Proterniag nd sergeant-at-arms to be a disbursing officer. QUOTING ME. GARFIELD. He quoted from a speech made by Mr. field in the Forty-sixth Congress, in which that gentleman said: “Now, the sergeant-at-arms of this House is not disbursing officer of our agert, and make away ? the United States. He is if he should be robbed of or Telegrams to The Star. | ECHOES OF THE CYCLONE. | Tts Long and Wide Swath of Death | and Destruction. IOWA SOLONS IMITATING MONTANA, | ——_—_ THE GRIP AT SEA. Various Deaths Reported Today as Re- sulting from the Epidemic. Hauirax, N.S., Jan. 14.—A number of men | on the steamer Acadian, which arrived yester- day from Philadelphia, were prostrated on the | voyage by the grip. Some of them were sent to the hospital, Bonpentowy, N.J., Jan. 14.—Mrs, Mary Mul- len, aged about fifty years, died last night of pheumouia, superindtced by the grip. Bostoy, Jan. 14—The mortatity consequent upon the epidemic of grip continues abnor- | mally large, but each of the last three days has | shown a so ay bere in the reported deaths as compared with the corresponding three days of last week. The total decrease is nineteen, | But one death was reported here yesterday from grip alone, the victim being Henry Wal- lace, aged sixty-seven. At Nashua, Ni, the fifth fatal case occurred yesterday. At Man- chester, N.H., Lorenzo D: Colby, a prominent resident, died of pneumonia, aged seventy years, Mrxxeapouis, Mixn., Jan 14.—E. H. Graves, superintendent of the Hastings and Dakota di- | vision of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul’ railroad, died yesterday, Cutcago, Jan, 14.—Adam L. Amberg, ex- assessor, a well-known German-Amcrican citi- izen and an old resident, died last night from the .influenza, Grasp Ravips, Micu., Jan. 14—J, B, Mulli- ken, general superintendent of the Chicago and West Michigan railroad, lies very ill at the Morton house. He was attacked with heart jatlare last evening and is in a critical condi- ion. New York, Jan. 14.—For the twenty-four hours endmg at noon today there were 212 deaths recorded against 159 yesterday, fs cen MEXICAN BUDGET. Foreigners With Brains and Money Wel- comed to the Republic. Crrv or Mexico, via Gatveston, Tex., Jan. 14.—In the course of a remarkable speech de- livered yesterday afternoon at a banquet given by the directors of the Bank of London snd Mexico Minister of the Interior Romero Rubio sketched the policy of the administration of President Disz.saying that Mexico warmly wel- comed all foreigners bringing their brains, skill and capital, and could not consider as foreigners men casting their lot with the Mexi- can people and working for the advancement of the country. The speech was received with enthusiastic Spplause by a large crowd of the principal bankers and merchants of the city. A suit has been commenced against Messrs. Green & M. C. Wood for the return of the con- cession granted tothe Sinaloa and Durango railroad. Patti and Tamagno are creating a great deal of excitement here and are meeting with great favor. Mme. Albani is ill, The annual banquet of the London-Mexico was given on the 12th instant. Al gang of counterfeiters were arrested on Suns and the men became greatly exhausted. companion was com: | dozen people. | racks for the imperial troops on St, Helen's turned bitterly cold. Both McEdwards" plied to leave him and made his way to Rock Springs, reaching there badly frozen. Ascarching party went out after McEdwards, who was found so badl that he died before he could be bro: city. frozen it to the SWHERE DOWN. Cmcace, |.—Dispatches from many small towns in central Illinois and Indiana re- port considerable damage by a storm of Sunday night, Fe: orchards, &c.,in the path of the gale were leveled and many farm houses were badly i damaged. The telegraph and telephone wires were everywhere prostrated. Few casualtios are reported. IN KANSAS. Kaysas Crrv, Mo., Jan. 14.—The blizzard which raged all day Sunday throughout Kansas and Nebraska was phenomenal on account of the suddenness of the storm and the high tem- peratare just preceding and atits close. Mach suffering is sure to follow among hve stock, At many places the drifts are from ten to twelve feet deep, At Hiawatha ail travel is stopped. Railroads meet with mach trouble. not only from the snow, but fr racks being damaged by high war amine in the smaller towns is sure to occur. MANY DEATH. Wientra, Kax., Jan. 14. it was not so cold Yesterday and the wind blew less violently, giving a chance to carry, in wagons, provisions from Liberal west 50 and 70 miles to the relief cotamittees, and also enabling the relief com- | Mittees in Stevens and Martin to send relief. Seven deaths have been reported to the com- mittee in Martin and ten in Steves courty. There are 12 to 18 | inches of snow in the western end of the terri- tory. This has crusted, and with the freezing of the water holes cattie, sheep and borses are perishing all over the range. Horses have worn their hoofs to the quick trying to beat through the crusted snow and cattle and sheep are simply helpless. Game hasbeen driven from the mountains and antelope have been killed within the city limits of Evanston. Sat- | urday and Sunday were intensely cold and two men were frozen to death. IN THERN WISCONSIN, Asnntann, Wis., Jan. 14.—-A b ding snow j storm prevailed from early Sunday might till Yesterday morning. Logging operations in this district are almost impossible, there being over three feet of snow im the woods, The ther- mometer registered 11 below zero at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. All trains are from two to eight hours lute, THE DAUOWTERS ARF SAFE. Braz, Ixp., Jan. i4.—During Sunday’ storm the roof was wrestled from the two-story brick residence of J. Boone, six miles south- west of Brazil. Two daughters of Mr. Boone had just retired. They had barely time to escape alive. The second story was almost totally wrecked. HORSES AND CATTLE CAUGHT IT. Tenax Havre, ixp.. Jun. 14.-Reports from south of here are of serious damage by Sunday night's storn At the town of Fairbanks, in Sullivan county, several houses were unroofed and small buildings blown down. The storm moved from southwest to northeast and leveled all trees in its path. No persons were hurt, but many cattle and horses were injured by the falling of barns, IX CANADA. Mostrerat, Jan, 14.—The most terrific wind storm ever experienced in eastern Canada be- gan yesterday noon and up to midmght raged with undiminished fury, One of the steeples of the maguiticent St. James Street church, | just built. toppled to the strect, injuring half « The St. Jean Baptist church in St. Jean Baptist, was blown down. The bar- Isiand, in the St, Lawrence, opposite the city was unrooted. At Lachine a roof was lifted and dropped upon a woman in the road, killing her. Not an orchard remains standing on the Island of Montreal. The dominion bridge works at Lachine were damaged. The iron plate covering of the Victoria bridge was sorely tried and trains were stopped for two hours in consequence. At St, Hillaire, on the Grand Trunk road, the Ac- tonvale accommodation, consisting of two passenger couches, combination baggage and smoker and engine and tender was round- ing a curve, running twenty-five miles au hour, when the hurricane came and the cars were lifted and thrown bodily down the embankment e4 ‘ebuacan. Several members of been taken into custody a few days before. Over #200,000 in counterfeit money was seized. 4 —_—-—____ HERE’S FUN, Iowa, Following Montana’s Bad Ex- ample, Starts a Legislative Deadlock. Des Morxes, Iowa, Jan. 14.—The Iowa legis- lature met yesterday, but the house failed to organize, there being fifty republicans and fifty democrats, and a deadlock occurred on every motion to choose a clerk or other officers. The five so-called independents voted solidly with the democrats, The struggle will be re- newed today. The senate organized without any trouble. Se STANLEY COMING. He Arrives at Cairo Today and Receives a Hearty Welcome. Carro, Jan. 14.—Henry M. Stanley and his party have arrived here. They were met by Gen. Greenfell and Sir Evelyn Baring, the official representatives of Great Britain, and re- ceived a hearty welcome, —_>—_- Failed. Kaxeas Crrx, Mo., Jan, 14—C. W. Fairman, stoves and furnaces, has assigned. Liabilities, $62,000; assets about the same. Mitwavxee, Wis., Jan. 14.—Wm. H. Schmidt & Co., extensive sash and door manufacturers, have failed. Assets, $188,000; liabilities, $112,000. Hydrophobia From a Cat’s Hite. Miron, Wis., Jan, 14.—Prof. Charles A. Clark, principal of the Albion academy, died Sunday night of what is believed to have been hydrophobia. He was bitten by a cat last Match, but no serious results were feared at the time. Recently, however, unmistakable signs hydrophobia appeared and his death was a very painful one. Mr. Clacc was in bis thirty- fitth year, —._- — A Life-Saving Investigation. Sax Francisco, Jan, 14.—Acting under tele- graphic instructions from the chief of the United States life-saving ‘service at Washing- ton, Major T. J. Blakeney, superintendent of the service on the Pacific coast, has ordered an official investigation of the conduct of the crew of the Golden Gate life-saving station on the night of January 3, whena fisherman who was clinging to rocks at Point Bonita was saved by a tug boat which had been sent to his rescue by the iner. The investigation was to have commenced yesterday, but no witnesses Spread to seus aa the hearing was post- : That Toledo le Toxxpo, Onto, Jan. 14.—The alleged forgery case has developed some very sensational and were completely wrecked. Of the fifty people aboard not one escaped injury and a dozen were seriously hurt. The care ht fire and ouly by vigorous efforts was a terrible loss of life averted. The injured were brought here and sent to the hospital, At Judie, OL Boloeil mountain, the balconies of the Iroquois hotel were torn off, the chimneys were thrown down and scarcely a whole pane of glass re- mained in the building. RAILROADS BLOCKED, Sr. Paci, Mixy., Jan. 14—A genuine blis- zard, the firstof the season, raged over the northwest the whole of Sunday and part of yesterday, knocking out telegraph wires, de- ying all trains and retarding the operations of loggers in the pineries. Dispatches from the principal points in the Dakotas, Moutans and as far west a8 Spokane Falls, Wash., say snow fell about ten inches on the level and drifted badly, owing to the hurricane. The Manitoba, Northern Pacific and the Northern Wisconsin division of the Omata ail report lit- tle drifting. ‘The Sioux City or southern divis- jon of the Omaha i suffering from usual drifts. The river division of the Milwaukee was not affected, but the Iowa and Miunesota and Hastings and Dakota divisions are badly drifted. The Minneapolis and St. Louis and the Kansss City are somewhat covered The worst drifts appear to be on those lines 1 ning through northern lowa and southwestern Minnesota. BLEW FEATHERS OFF THE QUAIL. Ouxry, Iit., Jan, 14.—At the village of Marchburg Sunday night the cyclone over- turned dwelling houses, burns and outbuild- ings and wrought great damage. The family of Philip Nicholson were seated around the fire when the storm came up, ‘ihe house was com- pletely destroyed, and Mra. Nicholson was in- stantly killed, and the daughter, Miss Anna, seriously injured. Aaron McWilliams and family of seven were all caught under the rubbish of their house, and two children sus- tainedg serious injury, The Methodist Epis- copal church and parsonage were destroyed, Quuils and other fowls were found dead stripped of their feathers and large trees uprooted lying along the path of the storm, which was about fifty rods wide, —— A Blazing Train at Full Speed. Waco, Txx., Jan, 14.—Yestercay os « freight train was nearing Harrison station, in this county, the cotton on board caug?.t fire from the locomotive, In a few moments two car- loads of cotton were in full blaze, and in this condition the train rushed mto the «tation and the depot buildings caught fire, Before the fire could be gotten under control several car- loads of cotton and the railroad buildings were destroyed, The loss, it is estimated, will reach 20,000, Decamped With the Tolls. Sr. Lovis, Mo., Jan. 14.—Mr. W. D. Little field, superintendent of telegraph on the 8 Louis, Arkansas and Texas railroad, has been missing for over ten days, Some time ago he started on his collecting tour and was supposed to be in this city with about $1,000 of tolls be- to the Western Union telegraph com- pany. It is thought that he squan the money and left for parts unknown. wind tential Where is the Box? Datras, Tex., Jan. 14.—A mysterious rob bery, by which the Wells-Fargo express com- . lost $11,000, was committed here Sunday. money Was =) wy in — com _ day. Benen al ve y's office the it Christenson arrived i ; F i F | { ‘i i fF | f i : t t f