Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1890, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY. Except Sunday, AT THE STAK BUILDINGS, Northwest Corner Pesusylvania Ave, and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, & H. KAUFFPMANN, Pres’ six months, gt (Entered at the Post Ofhce at Washington, D.C,as seconu-ciaee mail matter | Tum WEEKLY Sran—published v4 oa Frder—61 © year, postage prepaid. Six montha, 50 cen! oe Ae eat mebecrigttins must be paid im advance; kepaper sent longer than is paid for. ‘Kates of advertising made known on application “Von 76—No. 15,098, pening Star, WASHINGTON, D.C... MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1890. SPECIAL NOTICES. _ EDICAL DEPAKTMENT OF THE air Ci oack rows. res will continue until saThe ular couree of Lectures ill continne mati | bave the benefit of ‘the remaining Lectures as well as the spring and summer Chinics G. L. MAGRUDER, M_D., Dean, 815 Vermont ave. A FEW HUNDRED SINVESTED NEXT week in Bankabl« Securities wil! return you _ 20-20 2 cent of investment inside three (3) months, iadcons SECURITY U, star offic a i = TORNADO INSURANCE. —THE | COM. | mercial Uuiou Aser. Co. .Limited, of London was ainst daniace by Tornadoes, ee TYLER & RUTHEL m29-6t" , <a ——_— WATCHES. WATCHES. Parties deniring to purchase fine CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES are (nvited to inspect our large assortment of the latest wmuproved CHEONOGRAPHS and REPEATERS. Prices range from 825 up to $500. Every WATCH WARRENIED by AL SALTZSTEIN, Jn, JEWELE. clones, &c. RD, Agts Fst. uw. 505 7th st. a. S—Will sell you on time atcash prices, mZ-3t? FAKM MORTGAGE, EIGHT PLE CENT. SSRN F ANCIAL OF EER. T wick to sell a Srmt morteage og about re Fmiug ‘iatd to Wabaunsce county. Kal. situate thin thirty minutes drive of Alma, county weat, tesebed by Kock Island aud Union Pacific Ratiruads. Fine gracing land. well set in grass, well watered by springs; fenced with barbed wire; reuts for #700 per fnmum cash; coal shaft beims supk in neighborhood, First mo for $5,000, bearing 8 percent in- Terest, payable setni-annually. Party must realize, ence sale. Rare opportunity for first-class investment. Address Box 324, City. m2: re _ Tt CLEANS UP WE WOULD BE Be presse io ave you raring our amoriment ‘ ercoats, Suits xtra Pants. * wmabeiaepeaamaar SPAANSY, 4/4 7th st 2 HST.N.W. Spring Course of Lectures. will begin on TUES- pitt spall ate nanan continue tnt May 3 ulation (@- de fe eXcept_that for eee ie FA. KIN Dean, { 28 Ht Oo het. iw. | g = BRIGHTEN UP YOUR IDEAS UPON THE | << atone of Clothes. A visit to our establish- inent will «ive you 2 Just and practical sense of values. | We bave worked earnestly to merit the approval and } ibe Our establishment is a great _ SPECIAL NOTICES. qa \.A-S.R.—A STATED MEETING OF MITH- tus Lodge of Perfection, No. 1, will be held at the Cathedral of the Rite, 1007 G st. ‘n.w., TUES- RAY EVENING, April 1, 1800, at 7:30 o'clock sharp. Work: Fourth and Fitth’D: _m31-2t ATED SPEPHERDSTOWN © ment, Wood-burnt Lime, Newburgh Viast panover, Furtlaud Cement, Mortar Colors Wal Slate, y. roof Fire Brick, Lathe, 5. Yoo Fire-prouk Paints, As- js ding Supplies. st ne. ‘i ‘Telephone 1090. WILL 3d by N@ TO LEAVE THE CITY, 1 below value my Residence, Si¢ 3 large rvoms; thorougn rej ‘OM, Bl Office 516 91 A-A.S.R.—A STATED MEELING OF list ‘Chapter, No. 1, Kuights Kose Croix, thedral of the Kite, 1007 G sf we will be held at the u.w.. TUESDAY he f lection of caudidater and ti Grelcek for the elec candidates an: cot deerecs ‘AH. HOLA, 3 ‘ORY MEETING OF EVANGE- list Chapter, No. 1. Knixhta Rose Croix, will be held at the Cathedral of the Rite, 1007 Gs. nw., THURSDAY EVENING, April 3, 1890. at o'clock, The ceremony of extincuishing the mm} hights will be observ after which the knixhts will cof the Mauudy-Tlursday banquet. it A. H. HOLT, 32°, Secret g=> MEETING THE Por EM. If f interpret the signs of the timescor- rectly the dewaud is for Fine Tailoring at Pop- ular iow),Prices, aud I Lg no to meet the de- maud._Look through my line and get prices beforesplacing your 5] order. G. WAKEFIELD . "Cor. sth and HO! FOR THE RACES, Very opportunely we have secured at a sacrificean excellent line of Lap Robes,andofter: Summer Lap Robes, in five colors, at 3uc- each. Usually sell for 5U and 6uc, I: aud Fancy Lap Robes at and $1. th Lap Robes, ns Woo! “Coolers,” size 86 by 90 inch, Ls th floor.) WOODWARD & LOTHROP, it Cor. Lith aud F sts. nw. UAL MEETING OF THE DAY, April 1, 1290, tendance requested. mass Secretary. ASS MEETING OF THE A GRAND} 1.U., wi © 14th and G Sts. ‘oamopel We have goods to please | Foundry Church, cc nw, TUES everybody, aud youcan place the utmost reliance upon | DAY, April 1, at 7:30 p. in. Aiidveenee by Hoe Lon our representations. | field" Proctor, Secretary of War; Maj. Gen. Schofield, NOAH WALKER & CO., and others. “Capt. Jack Cymer, the noted yout, i will give one o! mati 8. Public ec _m2S-3t 625 Penusylvana nn corel DEPOSIT CO., 916 and O18 Pa. sve. STORAGE DEPARTMENT ROOMS: fire aud bur- lar proof; rooms all above ground; particularly adapted for the Storage of Furniture, Fictures, &c. 4am FE DEPOSIT CO., 916 and 918 Pa ave., Are bow prepared to RENT BOXES at greatly 1) DUCED kates. 4 = esidences at any hour. Coun. ave. B.w. Telephone cail 7 qe LONDON HATS. — JUST RECHIVED Shipment of Curistie’s Silk Hats, Derbies | sud Soft Hate" Sole agents for Henry Heatll, Loudon. ti a 3 u0 New York, anc onmsn New Nore UO" Sp ST INEMETZ & SONS, Pa. ave. <=> 10 THE STOCK HOLDERS OF THE MT. | Vernon and Marshal! Hsll gerne ie foes. i any, organized under the of the state o! eat | {ineiniae take uotice that the aunual meeting of the We-named company will be held on MONDAY the ih day of April, 1890, at the hour of noon, in Green's | hotel, in the city of Harper's Ferry, state of West Vir~ winia, for the pury ©. the election of officers and the tranasction of any other business which may be | lawfully dove by the said stock bolders in annual | Assen! By order of the board of directors, | OS... MCKIEBIN, President, | THUS. ADAMS, Secretary. _SALE_FOR TEN DAYS—125,000 '8q. Feet of Ground in lots fronting on iutn st bet. Boundary aud Columbia road. DEEBLE, DAVIS & CO., 1310 F at. m6 ioc FOR SALE_FIFTY SHARES JUD- _miae31 | with some entirely respousible | for the removal of its Garbage, east corner Oth and F sts. u.w., T r I WISH TO INFORM MY FRIENDS AN. the public in general that [ have this day be- 7 self and will be thankfui for p2y, Estimates furnished on all kinds of work. jg «710 GARBAGE CONTRACTORS— Barge Hotel desires to make arrranzementa firm who will coutract eas GAKBAGE, Staroficy _ 3 ~e=> NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF COPART- i <— ERSHIP. Wasninctox, D-C., March 29, 1890. The Copartnershiy tOiore” exiting ‘between August Getz and Fev Jetz, under the firin name F. | of Auust Getz & Sou, hiss this day dissolved by mutual consent nt. AUGUST GETZ, will still continue the business, and assumes the liabilities and collects all debits due to the Tate trm. ‘Thanking our friends and the public in general for the past patronawe extended to the old firm, we remain, pectfully, AUGUST GETZ, ae HENRY F. GETZ. MEDICAL ATION OF THE DIS- TRICE OF COLUMBIA. The Regular Anunal tated Meetinw of the Medical Association of the District of Colusabia will be held at the University of Georgetown Law Building, south- DAY, April 1, 1800, at 8 o'clock p. mi. “By ofder of the President, MES T. YOUNG, M. GEO. C. OBER, M.D., Secretar; m3 an the business of Contracting and Buiidiu tor my- work intrusted to me. HENRY F. GETZ, Residence: 634 10th st. n.e. Office: Builders’ Exchange. ‘son Pnenmatic It R. Stock (parent) at $35 Isso F yersbare. Apply to GURLEY BROS. wesw a WASHINGTON, D.C, FEB. 13, 1890. I take pleasure iv informing the public, that having | secured the Irom Front building, No. 31:4 Oth st, near | wity post Office, I have opened. in addition to my Lum- ler Business, » Mili Work Department, where can st Our assets are...... ..., | Liabilities for discs paid oii ‘siures Averaging over 80.000.00 month Boe THE PERPETUAL BUILDING ASsoCIA- ‘TION. 73,85: SSTT 400.00 eceipts for last five mouths, #163, ame and fame of the “Perpetual.” slways be found a hich wrade of rs of promises We are low payilig 12 SA aa a m in the redemption of the abares of “WORK, OFFICE FINI: 100 paid ip at $1 monthly snd shall make asyeciaity of Odd Size Work ip all its | W836 Bow sizing 8 5 se Pongo Poor Branches, including Interior Finish in Hand Woods and > ‘at my Yards, 15th and B sts, uw. can Siways be fouids Fine Class of Building Lumber. 1 uek & share of your patronage. | Thave placed Mr. Wa. £. Smith as manager of the | ‘Mill Work Department, where he will be pleased to see | bis frend, a | very respectfully, use Vers TCHAKD i. WILLET, Mill Work Dept., No. 31:5 th st st month we paid Pedeemed. We payments of * umn On shares wii and interest paid on demand witho: So much for the investors —What di Dborrowers® We advance $150 unthly; 87.50 on 3 » ‘en, $14 monthly ly,and soon. §I . aud no back dues required. ‘The secret of cur = veeg ¢ktiubet Yards, LOth aud B sts. n-w ] fe ecouumy in the Fuuuiug expeuses ‘Ie any other Fatimates farniebed. 22m | Asso lation pasha 12 uum? ‘Next 614 12. meeting Weduceday evei 615 7th ot. ccp , President. "The New Store has a larger Stock of GAS FIX- eas ce Pread’s. TURES snd LAMPS. Call and examine. ¢_ A. MUDDIMAY =,NOTICE TO HOUSEHOLD Shave secured the Axency for the HARDEN | D GRENADE—the most relisble Fire Extin-| gUisherin the world. The timely use of these Grenades fine saved many buildings from destruction aud often the lives of persons, Call andexamine therm. JAS. L. BAKBOUK & SON, Wholessle Agents, zals 614 Peunsylvania svi ¥ = HOTE STEAM BOA = dry Work solicited fer Resorts done at sort uotice. prices TeasgDi aud see our plant’ DEXTER STEAM LaUND! to 4% € st nw. mlb TRAVELERS IN EU Ke a bts EITEKS OF CREDII, TRANSE | G14 that | si APTS, CABLE | n ON & CO..Hankers, — | mim ave and 10th st uw. | P LOUIS CUNNINGHAM, ) ae ns Washington Stock Exchange, LOCAL STOC Nb BONDS, LOCAL BOOK ISTH ASD F BTS, N.W. we- 3 ic RELL SPRATI'S Patent Dog Cakes = Medicines, Pam- | of all kinds of ‘ance reLt vhlets fortrentivent 2 SCHMID'S Bird Store, 317 THE WASHING TEMPOBAKY VFFICE™, 1001 F st. n.w., Previous ty the erection of the Company's Building, corner #th and F sts. ow. MONEY LOANED ON COLLATEKAL AND ON REAL ESTATE BAL ES 3 Well Secured Losus, guaranteed by the Company, | forsale INTEREST PAID. Call on or correspond with ua. conresyoie' “EH. WARNER, President, W. B. ROBISON, Secretary. DIRECTORS. Charles B. Bailes ¢ James L. Barbour, ine: 12th st. ow, N LOAN AND TRUST | EQUITABLE SS ornare BUILDING ASSOCIATION. EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F 8T. ASSETS €1,119,062.77. | Office hours, from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. daily. On| the first Wednesday in each month the office will be | (Bysstuient open from 6 to So’clock pm. Advauces will be made | promptly at 7 o'clock. The 18th issue of stock is open | tor eubecription. } Shares are $2.50 per month. $1,000 advanerd on each sbare. Pamphlets explaining the objects and advantages of we are furnisued upon sppliestion, THOMAS SOMERVILLE. 3B. JOY EDSON, Sec'ry. Call for Constitutions, Subscribe for stcck—#1 per share—between the boure of 9 a.m. and 4-30 p.m. daily st the office of JNO. A. PRESCOTT, Secretary and Treasurer, CONSTIPATION, bemot of ap} petite, sastrie and snpeas en teoteal troubles aud, beadache arising x ORLA, K VER AXD LITHOGRAPHER, A AVE \ tasting cote mentiy 5 trom sourplate | Capitol Hill Branch by A. N. M at se, F.G. SA. JOHN COOK, Secretary, 61S 12th st. C.F. BENJAMIN, Attorney, Hoou 4, Comoran Building, — NG OF THE 5 ington Cats esolution Was 11) ‘CARD—AT A MEE mouniy Kesolved. of the Washington City Orphan Asylum are due to the pred: ‘That the especial thanks of the Trustees Fire Depactinent for ite most proiupt and efficient ace m the occasion of the fire at the Asylmn Building orminw. Its presence on round within taree es alter the aiartn was and its expeditious ery apd extinguishment of th ime are marked ‘tratiohs of the efliciency of the department, ond of e fidelity aud invaluable personal qualifications of | | the individuals composing its force, to which we are indebted for the human probabil struction of property, aud paratively slight lows und, in all or the averting of the total de- b.¢ lows of life, i GDaAntiNet 330 peas s A full attendance requested. Members of of lodwes are fraternally invited to be present. By onder of the WM. Py ATTENTION, Jn. UWA, Bese thie Several Councils wit Fauve. WEDNESDAY, april 2, at 1 for the purpose of ralaliig the Atwericai Addison Schoul. Your place im line can only be Billed by you. Be prompt. iy order. ©. 0. TAY! W. L. BOYDEN: adj os EASTER CARDS, E. “2 Esster Art Prints and Easter Novelties, AL tlewant ine and a larye stock. ve ©. C PURSELL, Bookselle: Tt 415 Oth st, Fe SOTCE Jp BEMEDY GiveS THAT Go lieb Scheibel ig not any more in my emplo: stadt persous are hereby warbed pot to puy ai ey or deliver any bottles or boxes due me THE KISING STAR BOT LL ‘R, Chief Marshal. ane yy oe @~> CERTIFICATES OF STOCK AND Cheques. All wethod of Priutine and En- & ROBERTS, 407 10th xt, joining Post Building, iC A HANDSOME TWO- and Baseinent House, with reception Diss 2d se uw, ben all day. For sod tens ayply to ED. J HANNAN, O17 110 Ax provided Uy the constitution of the Metropolitan uildine Com joutwome: pete will be at the goes otice of he Sth street nocthwest, Washington, DC, ou WEDNESDAY. APKIL SECOND, 1890, AT HALF: FAST FOUR O'CLOCK P.M, an suction’ sale of de- hhoquent stock as tollows: Lwo sbares in uame of Mary EAruustead: & . HE. Woodward: Lahare, Mrs, HL. Norton: 5 shares, CM. county, M con TE Murphy 10 shares, PCunuineheus. 4 jarphy 10 shace Be Cun Braves 1 aha Wan Wieck: 1 ahs -¥; 10 alaces, Geo. D. ton; 17 shares, B. 1. Walker. TEGMS: Ted per cent cash devout; balance within 1a days. If terus as prescribed ace Bot complied with iu the tinue specified the ricut is reserved to resell at the risk aud cost of defaulting purchaser or pur See ; ‘By order of the Bosrd of Directors, S. DANA LINCOLY, Secretary. _DUNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers, | m0. SS" YOU GOING TO BUILD? LUMBER—DOORS—WINDOWS, BLINDS AND MOLDINGS ‘St corner 6th st. and New York ave. a.w. ceed LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER. BICYCLES. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY. VICTOR CYCLES. WILL REMOVE ABOUT APRIL 1ST TO 715 13TH ST. NW. mvs-6r* Washington News and Gossip. Index to Advertisements, ‘Ss. AUCTION S. BICYCLES, rid PeCECEALLTTET LCCC Etta E GENTLEMEN'S GOODS.. HOTELS, HOUSEFURN LADIES’ Goops. LECTURES... LOCAL MENTI SPECIAL NOTI SUBURBAN PROPE! SUMMER RESORT: WA’ (Hr: TE RWH IIS IVEIIIAWKTOHIWAROVIVIGS HWW EWIBIS HU SEIVABIS ED (Hovsrs anp Lots), TED (SiTvations! 2 6 vA WINTER RESORTS. Receits Topay.—Internal 319, GovERNMENT revenue, $867,596; customs, ¢ Tur Brazittas Evection.—Late information received by Mr. Valente, the Brazilian min- ister, shows that affairs in Brazil are quiet and peaceful. The government, it is said, is en- deavoring to arrange matters so that the first general election under the republican form of government can take place. if possible, earlier than next September, the time originally fixed. Mr. Valente gives no credence to the Various reports of trouble in Brazil. Tae New Navav Opservatony.—The Secre- tary of the Navy today authorized the payment of $12,825 to the contractors of the new naval observatory building here, this being the elev- enth of the twenty-four equal installments, Covrt-Mantiau.—Gen. Merritt has issued an order convening a general court-martial to meet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April 3 for the trial of First Lieut. J. V. 8, Paddock, fifth cav- airy, for the duplication of his pay accounts for jast month, Pexstoxs For Distaict Prorie.—Pensions have been granted to residents of the District of Columbia as follows: Original invalids, Her- man F. Robinson, David Roach; increase, Sam- uel Holmes, CoxpiTIon or Tar Irogvors.—A board of survey has been ordered on the Iroquois, which is now at the Mare Island navy yard, to ,determine the amount neces- sary to put her into condition, The Troquois, it will be recalled, was blown 2,500 miles out of her course while proceeding to Apia and sustained serious injury to her machinery. The work on the Iroquois will be ) dees as the Navy Department is :nxious to ave the Adams return to the United States, but does not desire to leave American interes! unprotected in Samoa by recalling the Adams until some other United States man-of-war can take her place. Mr, Sutpy’s Resioxation Accerrep.—The resignation of Hamilton Shidy of Milwaukee, Wis.,aclerk in the Census Office, has been accepted by Superintendent Porter. Shidy's recent testimony before the civil service in- | vestigating committee prompted this action. No More Arpointuests Tinu Juxe.—No more appointments will be made in the Census office until the 15th of June. except in those cases where the appointments have already been determined upon. Superintendent Porter Says that it is perfectly useless to talk appoint- ments to him no} Personar. — B. Flower, F. A. Brooks, Alfred Hall and D, W. Farquhar of Boston are at Wormley’s,—Jobhn C. Cobb of Boston, Michael H. Cardozi, G. C. W. Lawrence and E. L. Bushe of New York are at Chamberlin’s, ——Chas. B. Pike of Cambridge, Mass, KR. N. Marble of Duluth, W. B. Rice and Richard Crowley of Lockport, — N, A. Reynolds of Rochester, Dr. N M. Shaffer of New York, J. H. Maynard of Allegheny, N. Y., and O. W. Potter of Chicago are at the — Arlington,—— Chester Holcombe, J. J, Carroll, John N. Mar- shall of New York, D. K. Hickey of Pensacola, D. R. Sessions and George H. Morrison of San Francisco are at the Riggs.——Senator-elect T. ©, Power of Montana and family, Beriah Me- Goffin, a capitalist of Lexington. Ky.. James Thornton, an applicant for the Wellsville,N.Y., postmastership, John W. Hughes of Harrods burg, Ky.,*Geo. B. Ironside and family of Connecticut, on their way home from the south, G. f prise Mercer of London, England, David Sherwood and family of New York and Horace Alling of Newark, N.J., are at the Arno.—C. M. Rowley of Poughkeepsie, Har- vey J. Hurd of Buffalo, Geo. H. Higgins of Warren, Pa., Geo. A. Brown of Par! City, Utah, and James Billings of Duluth are at the Ebbitt.—. Wall, 3. A. Jones, S. M. parkman, H. Glowgowski, H. J. Cooper and E. R. Gunby of ‘Yampa, Fla, Chas, L. Lewis of Fergus Minn., W. A. Dietrick of Bos- ton, H. W. Whittaker, U.S.N., are at Willard’s, -M. Weissbaum of New York, H. B. Wilson of len, N.J., W. A. Failes and W. T. Boole, of Portsmouth, Va., are at the Jobn- sou.——C. D. Wright of Chicago and Robert Currie of New York are at the St. James,—— Mr. George H. Howard has been confined to his house, No. 2100 G street, the past ten days with a severe attuck of rheumatic fever, but is now on the road to recovery. A MONOPOLY OF TIME. Why Private Observatories Complain Against the Naval Observatory. Dispatches in the New York Herald today from St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis, Montreal and elsewhere give voice to complaints made at the college observatories in those places against the naval observatory for furnishing tune to the Western Union Telegraph Company to be made a source of profit by thatcompany. The Western Union, it is claimed, is so extending ite service ag to almost have a monopoly, greatly to the detriment of private observa- tories that have derived an income by furnish- ing time to railroad companies and others, It is alleged also that the Western Union has made an arrangement with a clock company which gives the clock company a monopoly. Speaking this m in regard to the com- plaints against the Naval Observatory time ser- vice a naval officer remarked to # Stag re- porter: “This fight has been brewing for some time and ol ead cause quite a row before # ae oben tory twent on observat has for years past given the time frags Roy hada wire running to the main clock. The Western Union Company is the only one that has a wire now, and it accor, has a monopoly of the service, but simply are the sole possessors of @ wire, Tus saan dking wom be OI ey ome ce. ‘ bei observat derives benefit whatever from the peat with th and TWO CENTS. FROM THE CAPITOL. THE SERVICE PENSION BILL. It is Taken Up in the Senate This Afternoon. URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL. The House Orders Another Con- ference On It. SENATE. The Senate met this morning (as will be the rule until otherwise ordered) at 11 o'clock. There were twenty-five Senators present, but a call having been ordered, the presence of a quorum was secured, and then the journal of Saturday was read and approved. The Honse amendments to the Senate bill for & public building at Atchison, Kan., were dis- agreed to and a conference asked, MR. REAGAN ON THE SILVER QUESTION. Mr. Reagan addressed the Senate on the bill for the issue of treasury notes on the deposit of silver bullion, That bill, he said, was in- tended to relieve the country from the effects of the worse than blunder of Congress in sus- pacing silver solnage in 1873. He regarded it a8 a hopeful sign thata republican Senate should join in that great work, even although the remedy proposed might not be the best. It was a proof to the country that the existence of that great wrong had, at least, been admitted and that a remedy might be hoped for. The bill, he thonghi, would give temporary relief; but it was to be regretted that the committee had not re- ported a bill for the free and unlimited coinage of silver as well as of gold. ‘The bill perpetuated the legal discrimination now existing inst silver and in favor of gold. It still retained for the government the exclu- sive right to coin silver for its own use, while gold was coined free of charge for any person who deposited gold bullion at the mint. The bill also recognized the idea that there was too much silver produced and that the amount of silver coin putin circulation must be limited by law, The demonetization and degredation of sil- ver had reduced all values 33 per cent and had, in the same proportion, increased the national, state, railroad and all other indebtedness, That bold, audacious and fraudulent piece of legislation had been the cause of the sacrifice of thousands of homes by making money searce and dear and farms, factories and all other kinds of property once Among the remedies which he would apply were the following: The payment of the bonded indebtedness of the government in silver as well as in gold; the issue of coin cer- tifleates, receivable for all public dues and taxes, and which would be legal tender in the payment of public and private debts; and the retirement from circulation of all legal tender and national bank notes of a less denomina- tion than $10 and the substitution of coin cer- tificates therefor. THE DEPENDENT PENSION BILL was then taken up, the first question being on Mr. Plumb’s amendment removing the limita- tion a8 to arrears of pensions—making pen- sions on account of wounds or injuries or dis- ease commence from the death or discharge of the soldier. Mr, Berry inquired of Mr. Plumb whether any estimate had been made of the cost of re- moving the limitation on arrears of pensions, Mr. Plumb replied that the commissioner of pensions had stated, some weeks since, that the cost would be about $478.000,000; and that the chairman of the House committee on ensions had estimated it at 500,000,000. It would be somewhere about these figures, Mr. Davis. chairman of the committee on ensions, said that that committee had now Betore it eight separate bills covering the en- tire question of pension arrearages, NOMINATIONS TODAY. at Rheims—Department of Justice Officials, Etc. Consul The President today sent to the Senate the following nominations: Alton Angier of Georgia, United States con- sul at Rheims, Frank D. Allen, United States attorney, dis- trict of Massachusetts. Frank Buchanun, United States marshal, east- ern district Missouri. Clarence D. Clark, associate justice supreme court of Wyoming. Leskinski Ware Spratling of Alabama, assist- ant surgeon in the navy. THE HOUSE. On motion of Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) a bill was passeJ directing the sale of certain property belonging to the United States in Pittsburg, Pa. On motion of Mr. O'Neil (Mass.) a bill was passed granting permission to the city of Bos- ton to improve and beauty Castle Island in Boston harbor. On motion of Mr. McRae (Ark.) a bill was passed for the disposal under the homestead Jaw of the abandoned Fort Ellis military reservation in Montana. A CALL FOR INFORMATION. On motion of Mr. Carlisle (Ky.) a reso- lution was adopted calling on the Secretary of State for information showing what changes have been made by foreign countries since 1879 inthe rates of duty imposed on bread- stuffs,and what laws have been enacted or reg- ulations made in such countries since that date obstructing, f ahrowt! or in any manner in- terfering with the importation or sale of such articles. THE URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL. Mr. Henderson (Iowa) presented the con- ferenee report upon the urgent deficiency bill, ‘The repert was agreed to, The only amend- ment remaining in dispute is one appropriating $20,000 to enable the retary of Agriculture to locate artesian wells. A further conference was ordered. On motion of Mr. E. B. Taylor (Ohio) Senate bill was passed with amendments providing that oaths may be administered by the justices, judges, clerks or commissioners of the United tates courts, TO CONFINE THEM TO TRE LAW. On motion of Mr. Henderson (N.C.) a bill was passed depriving United States judges of heyhey E to give an opinion on a question of fac A On motion of Mr. Reed (Iowa) « bill was passed providing that the regular terms of the circuit and district courts fur the southern dis- ‘gin on lone Novem! and the first Monday in May. Going to South America. As stated in Tux Stan Lieut. H. R. Lemly, who is at present detailed as an attache of the Pan-American and who was for a time adjutant general of the District National Guard, has been granted indefinite leave of | Ceipts, each for a month's salary, and received THEY WILL GET THEIR PAY, Good News for Congressmen Who Sufe fered by Silcott’s Defalcation. THE COURT OF CLAIMS DECIDES THE TEST CASE OF REPRESENTATIVE CRAIN IN BIS FAVYOR— ‘THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS A DISBURSING OFFICER BY CUSTOM IF NOT BY LAW. A decision was announced by the Court of Claims this morning in the claim of Represent- ative Crain against the United States fur salary as a member of Congress for the month of No- vember, 1889, which he failed to receive, owing to the defalcation of Cashier Silcott last fall, The court sustained the petition and swarded judgment in the sum of #366, Acting on this decision the House of Repre- sentatives will probably make an appropriation sufficient to cover the total amount of the de- faleation—at least $70.000—in order to save useless expense in the institution of other suits for the same end. Judge Davis read the decis- ion, which was a masterly review of the law and custom in the premises, ocenpying fully three-quarters of an hour indelivery. The seats in the court room were ail taken, Repre- sentatives Paynter and Paysou being present to hear the judgment. THE DECISION. The decision began with a brief statement of the defaleation, the great interest taken in the case by the country at large, the debates im the House of Representatives as to the responsi bility for the loss, and then entered into a care- | ful review of the usages and customs of the House as tojthe {payment of members’ sala- ries, Following the custom that had} been in vogue for years the plaintiff had, at the close of the session, signed nine blank re- | ali but that for November as each came due, On the 28th of November “one Silcott,” the cashier of the sergeant-at-arms, went to the Treasury with many salary receipts, which he cashed, and a large part of this money he ap- propriated to his own use and left town, being now a fugitive from justice. STATUS OF THE SEROEANT-AT-ARMS, The question in the balance is whether or not the sergeant-at-arms, to whom the cashier was responsible, was the private agent of the members or the disbursing agent of the gov- ernment, There is no statute making this officer a disbursing agent, nor is one necessary, The courts do not gen- erally hola that statutes are absolutely necessary where there ‘are sanctioned usages for long periods to indicate the course of es- tablished custom. Arrule of the House is in existence calling upon the sergeant-at-arms to pay members their salaries and mileage, with certain observances as to form; he gives a bond to the United States and no money comes ( into his hands for disbursement but that of the United States. He is vy his bond pledged to the government for the faithful performance of his duty, is given a force of assistants paid by the government, and his office is titted with a large safe and’ other appliances usually provided for financial agents. The plaintiff claims that the rules of the House are a sufti- cient statutory authority of themselves, but with this the court disagrees, There is a statute that provides that there shall be @ Bergeant-at-arms of the House, bat it does not stipulate his duties. A DISBURSING OFFICER IN FACT. The inference is that it is the spirit of the statute that these duties are to be given to him by the House, and shall be considered of themselves as statutory if im conformity with constitutional authority. ‘The — presence of the cashier und other such assist- ants in the office of the sergeant-at-arms would show that he must be a disbursing officer in fact. The secretary of the Senate is expressly constituted a disbursing officer, and in many instances is given duties exactly similar and parallel to those iven to the sergeant-at-arms, Since 1880 the tter pays the salaries of members under the | rules of the House; before then he did so only at the request of members, Here, then, was- a definite duty given him by the House. In 1882 a@ bill was passed by the House making the sergeant-at-arms a disbursing officer in terms, but it failed to reach the Senate trom the committee. This was probably owing to the fact that six days after the passage by the House of that bill the President signed an- other, which ordered the payment by the ‘Treasury of vouchers executed by officers spe- cially designated with disbursements of public money. NO FURTHER LAW WAS NECESSARY, This being intended to include the House officers, there was no actual necessity to make the sergeant-at-arm a disbursing officer in specific terms in another act, The courts endeavor to uphold the statutes and to give them effect, ‘the act of 1882, taken in conjunction with the rule of 1880, would make the sergeaut-at-arma of the House in law what he had long been in fact—a disbursing oflicer of the government, Were he not. then the officers of the Treasury, who paid his vouchers, were for many years and in hundreds of cases violating the law reg- ulating the fiscal operations of the Govern- ment, and even in this view, their error, which would be astrange one considering their loug experience and training, should not operate to the loss of an innocent person. No responsibility falls on any third person, ignorant of the tech- nicality of the law, or of’ the statutory author- ity of ofticers with whom they deal, by reason of the continued custom of those officers, ‘THR RULES OF THE HOUSE did not make the sergeant-at-arms a personal agent of the members, and any such personal agency would arise from the transaction itself rather than from the law and would consist merely in the signing of a blank receipt. The ‘only view to take of the case then, concluded Judge Davis, is that an ap- peal can be had to usage to interpret statutes, and in view of all the ¢ustoms of the House for year past the only reasonable inter- pretation of the law is that the sergeant-at- arms of the House is a disbursing officer of the government and the court therefore unani- imously awarded judgment to the plaintiff. WORK OF THE GRAND JURY. Samuel Strong Indicted for Forgery, Ete., Editor Fox for Libel. The grand jury having completed their bnsi- ness for the term were discharged finally this morning by Chief Justice Bingham with thanks for their services, They reported indictments to the court as follows: Thomas Mitchell, em- bezzlement of 9602 from S. J. Muller in twelve months ending February 17; Am- brose M. Brown, embezzlement of #9 from Alice T. Golden January 30; John H, Williams alias General H. Randolph, forgery of name of G. B. Raum on checks for 250 February 13 last; William Williams alias William Walter Smith, embezzlement of $11.60 from M. Lully February 17; Her E. Mi false pretenses, $11 from Saks ruary 4; H. H. Tucker alias’ W. 8. Scott, em- lement of rings, 4&c., from Helena Audenreid agen 5; Annie Dutton, enticii —_— Cae oe Ere, ill fame, iray’s. February 10; A ~ ot ae egg tease eae mn} ‘or ‘et }; James Campbell housebreaking at the stable of 8. Emery, ‘tiareh 13; Nannie Graham, housebreaking at the dwelling of W. W. Fuller, February 28; Frank Johnson, perjury in Police Court October 7; Elias W. Fox, libel and Publishing article de- famatory of Elizabeth D. Stone mber 5 , for a artlils in the Proaftausn dates aman Strong, Papel Meee ag) tell to fe desde ty an reel jees, 1885; I. Humphrey Brooke, forgery ; Samuel Stron and T. Hui ced section in & . AFTER THE STORM. Louisville is Meeting Her Affiiction Bravely. THE CITY OF PARIS ASHORE. Ex-Sheriff Flack Must Go to Jail and Pay a Fine. THE BROTHERHOOD WINS ITS SUIT. ——_—_ SNOW AND WATER. Misfortunes Multiply Upon the Unhappy Mississippi Valley. Sprrivoriexp, Int, March 31.—The local offi- cers of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad re- ceived word yesterday afternoon that a heavy snowfall began early yesterday morning at the southern end of the Springfield division and the track last evening was covered with eleven inches of snow from Fairfield south, the deepest fall being in the vicinity of Enfield and Mall Shoals, The rise in the Ohio river at Shawneetown yesterday was six inches, but it had not in- creased the height of the water within the Shawneetown levee. The office furniture and fixtures of the company at Shawneetown have been removed to a box car on the side track, the office floor being covered with water. Caro, lit., March 31.—The Ohio river rose four-tenths of a foot in four hours. The gauge reads 48.1 feet. Heavy rain set in last night, and it is now thought from present indications that the river will reach 50 feet here. The Iron Mountain and St. Lonis, Arkansas and Texas railroads are again shut out from Bird's Point, transferring their traine via Belmont, St. Louis, March 31.—The snow storm of Yesterday and last night seems to have been | local. The area of its action was confined to a radius of about 100 miles from this city, Twenty inches of snow has fallen here, but half of that has melted. At points in southeru Illi- | nois and central and southern Michigan from 10 to 15 luches fell, —————E FLACK’S PUNISHMENT. He Must Pay $1,500 and Go to Jail for Two Months, New Yoru, March 31.—Ex-Sheriff Flack was this morning sentenced to two wonths’ im- prisonment and tined $1.500 for conspiracy in obtaining a fradulent divorce from his wi eee A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW. Louisville is Quickly Recovering From Her Misfortune, Loursvitie, Ky., March 31.—No more miss- ing have been reported and it is believed the total of killed has been made known. ‘The in- jured are receiving every attention and no deaths have occurred since yesterday, although the condition of several is extremely critical." The Knights of Houor yesterday made @ careful canvass of their membership in the ruined district and are taking steps to give permanent relief. The water supply is running very low. Every effort is being made to complete a me et stand pire and it will be finished by Wednesday. But efore that time, probably by tonight. the city will be almost entirely without water. Strong appeals are being made for all to ob- serve the strictest economy in its use, but do not seem to be effective. Enough water will be reserved asa protection against fire. The total subscription now amounts to $48,000. This, added to $20,000 from the city. makes $68,000 at the disposal of the relief committee. The ruins are still under police guard. All streets are now open and the electric cars running. Business will everywhere be resumed today. The Kentucky legislature has adjourned for three days to allow members to visit their homes, several of which are in sections reported ravaged. Ithas been snowing here since early last evening and this, it is feared, has greatly dam- aged the goods in the tobacco district, much of which could not be protected against the in- clement weather. The heavy snow has also in- terrupted the work of repairing, which was ac- tively pushed all di yesterday, and bas otherwise intlicted hardships on the homeless, The relief committees are doing all in their power to render aid. The river already is at such a height that the injury to the pumping station at the water works could not be repaired, and 80 long 28 the flood continues nothin, can be done. President Long has issued another warning to consumers and estimates that the reservoirs now barely hold a three days’ sup- ly for the city. The last of the dead are being laid away today. The largest subscription for the relief fund was made by the Louisville and Nashville railroad this morning. Ten thousand dollars is the amount, ae . Thought He Was Not Dead. Marvitte, N. D., March 31.—Charlia Have- land, formerly a well-to-do store keeper, died last week and was buried Friday. Female friends of the deceased believed Haveland ina trance and spread the story until the villagers acquiesced in it. A party repaired to the cemetery with shovels and spades and rapidly exhumed the remains, ‘They worked for hours on the man, but finally on the advice of phys- icians consigned them to earth again. The affair created an immense sensation in the community, — Lost in the Mountains. Cuarrenne, Wyo., March 31.—Edward Happy, son of arich iron manufacturer of Louisville, Ky., has been lost in the Big Horn mountains for the last three weeks, He lost his way in a storm while crossing a divide between the two ranches twenty miles apart. A searching party found his horse last week with saddle and blankets gone. Happy had evidently taken the blankets and eatile asacovering to pee himself from the storm and turned his jorse loose. The chances of recovering the body before the snows are gone from the mountains are slight. ee Inter Arma Silent Leges. Huntixetox, W.Va, March 31.—The bloody Brumfield-Runyon feud in Lincoln county, which has cost six lives, is now being fought out inthe courte, The feud originated over the ownership of a large amount of timber, and hn W. Runyou is now suing Allen Brumfield for it. Allen Brumfield is the man who was shot, with his wife, —— Assassins Runyon paid them. Both of Brumfield’s would- be murderers were lynched, while Runyon bad to leave the country, Four other persons were also killed during the outbreak. Both sides are attending the trial of the case in Lincoln | business, armed, and @ conflict in | 9 o'clock until rac, Nese full, court is not im; A Fine Brother He Has. Szatrie, Wasn., March 31.—Homer Brown, who for twenty-two years has been left in an who said | them justices of the Supreme THE STORM AFTERMATH. Houses Hurled About Like Foot Balle= Many Deaths. Evaxsvitze, Ixp., March S1.—Over 108 houses in the bottom lands between this city sud Mount Vernon, Ind., were swept away by the wind and water in the recent storm, the farmers losing all their household goods and stock and barely escaped with their lives, gue family who were Bring ie ® small farm house between Fairplay and West Franklin, Ind, are reported {p bave been carried off in thelr home, The oficers of the steamer John & Hopkins, which arrived here from Paducah yesterday, report great damage in the vicinity of Bayou Mills, where the tornado swept through thet portion of Illinois, reducing dwellings and barns in its track into kindling wood. Before crossing the Ohio river it picked upa frame school house and carrying it bodily across the river dashed it to pieces against the timber om the Kentucky shore. Additional particulars of the storm’s ravages in Webster, Crittenden and Union counties, Ky., are coming in. The list of dead and injured is greatly increased, Scores of residences in the vicinity of Black= ford, barns and outhouses were destroyed and many people were badly injured. | A report from Hibbardeville, Ky, was tee | ceived yesterday saying that section bad sus- | tained serious damage, Nearly every building | and most of the timber in the line of the storm | were destroyed. The loss cannot be estimated, but will not fail short of £50,000, The officers of the steamer City of Clarkesville, arriving from Green river lust night, report that the work of rain by the storm was appalling. The tornado crossed Green River in five different places, leaving aclear track about 200 yarde wide. In the country, just back of Point Pleas= ant, twenty-five houses anda large nuwber of barns were blown away, Several persons were fatally injured. At Bremen, Muhlenberg county, Ky., cvery dwelling in the place was destroved. Six peos e _ reported killed and nine badly ime | jured. | Hanrrorp, Ky., March 31.—A messenger from | the Duke neighborhood, who came to tow | Friday morning for pbysicians, reporte th the house of Farmer Combs was blown down, killing two children and so injuring five | persons that one was reported to be dying and the others suffering itensely with brokem | lambs and i ‘nal injuries, Every bonse and barn in the region was damaged, most of them | being leveled with the earth and the large wm of timber are fationed down, mach | resembling « field of tall grass or grain after @ | hard rain storm. An Owensburg special says: At West Louise | ville not a business house was left standing ang | but one dwelling can be seen, A negro boy was killed. Many were injured. pe From Wall Street Today. New York, March 31.—The stock market was again extremely dull this morning and ftirs® | prices except in one or two cases showed only | insignificant changes from Saturday's final fige jures. The general list outside of Lackawanua, | Texas Pacific and Tennessee coal displayed @ ; firm tone and slight improvement was made Jover the whole list im those stocks im which the trading amounted to anything at all, Tennessee coal ruled weak, however, and dropped away from 49 to 475; against 4% om | Saturday. A partial recovery followed, and im | the latter portion of the Lour all the weak stocks showed some improvement—the marked &t 11 o'clock, while dull, being firm and geners jally at the best priess reached. Lackewanui | Louisville and Neshvilic and Tennessee showed considerable animation, but the ree mainder of the list was as dull aud uninterest- ing as usual, en Seven Million for Somebody. Butte, Moxt., March 31.—Andrew J. Davis, the millionaire banker, died intestate, leaving $7,000,000, Since his death three weeks ago his relatives in Chicago, New York and Butte have been searching unsuccessfully for a will, Yesterday in the district court t titious, one by Heury A. Root of New York an@ the other by John L. Davis of this city, were tiled, praying for letters of administration om the estate of the deceased banker. — Esher Ahead This Time. Portiaxp, Ixp., March 31.—The Indiana conference of the evangelical essociation, which has been in session here since Wednes: day, Bishop Esher of Chicago presiding, came to a close yesterday. Bishop Usher delivered @ sermon yesterday forenoon a ordained several candidates for holy orders. Resolutions indorsing the bishop were unanimonsly passed, — CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES, One for Manslaughter and One fot Housebreaking. In the Criminal Court. Chief Justice Bing» ham, this morning Alfred E. Best, a middle aged man, plead guilty to an indictment charg= ing Lim with housebreaking in entering the chicken house of Jacob H, Crossman on the 9th instant and stealing one chicken, He was sene tenced to 90 days in juil. Daniel O'Keefe, a boy from York, charged with the grand larceny of stoves and ranges from Dexter & Co., ou the 8th instant, plead not guilty. Daniel Williams, colored, indicted for honse« breaking at the residence of John Kelly, March 9, plead not guilty. Sarah Coates, the colored woman convicted of mansianghter in causing the death of her infant in October last, was called for sentence. Mr. A. Sellers, who appeared with J, McD, Carrington as her conusel, directed the court attention to her previous good character, an said he thought this was a case of involuntary menslaughter not calling for a severe sentence in either jail or penitentiary. The court said it might be a case of involuntary manslaughter, but it was certainly acase of gross carelessnesé and indifference. He wonld not be warranted in sending her to jail for only a short time, Something should be done as an example to show that it was not aslight thing to let a child die from inattention, and he imposed a sene tence of 18 months in jail, Richard Chew, indicted for housebreaking, was brought in on a bench warrant and com- mitted. a THE HOOVER WILL CASE. The District Supreme Court Affirms the Decision Granting a New Trial, In the Court in Geveral Term today, Judges Hagner, James and Cox, the opinion was dey livered by Judge Cox in the case of the will of the late John Hoover. Ia the court below the will was nullified, and Judge Montgomery sube sequently set the verdict uside and granted@ new trial. From this action the contestants of the will appealed and the court now afirme the action of the court below, stating that they Saw no error in it, The will bequeathed most of the d effects to Nt. Aloysius Church and sc! d other Catholic institutions. And Hoover jeaving no widow or children a number of hig nephews and nieces, by Messrs, Worthi and A. A. Birney, filed # caveat to the which issues were fremed, Measre, Morris Hamilton appearing on the other side. ‘The case will now go upon the calendar for@ new trial. The Pan-American Reception. The American delegates to the International American conference were the hosts on Ssture day night at an entertainment of the most tatives, scientists, government Rey and newspaper men were invited. the first time the 4 new the and aa H i : iL if iil |