Evening Star Newspaper, July 18, 1890, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Northwest Oorner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. BH. KAUFMANN, Prev Evexres served to snbserfbers in the Dy carriers: on their own account. st 10 cents peg ary aoe Seek or dic per mouth, Copies at the : Gents each By mall cuts 8 Month: one year, #6, six months, $3 {Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.,as Secoud-«lase mail matter.) . Friday—@1 a | _ Faron opal, Sit months, 50 cents Vo. T7—No 16,091. The . WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1890. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. <q= STOP PERSPIKING AND KEAD. Tou can live as cheaply at the Colonade, Atlantic City, N. J., as in the hot city. Notice advertisement under Summer Resorts. Round-trip excursion tickets over Pennaylvanis Rasiroad every FRIDAY by 11 am. express. Good or 3y9-108 Been TERED BY CONGRESS 1818, FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. of Washington. D.C. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS. ..........+-+---8335,000.00 Has never contested a loss by fire, but always makes Prompt and liberal adjustments. Dit DAN'L B. CLARKE, Prest. GEO. E. LEMON, Vice Prest. CHAS. S. BRADLEY, Treas. 1 FENWICK YOUNG, Secy. WILL P. BOTELER, Asst Secy. _Jo25-3m EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION. “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 ¥ oT. ASSETS 61,110, 062.77. Office hours, from 9 am. to 4:30 p.m. daily. On the first Wednesday in each month the office will be open irom © to Do clock p.m. Advances will be made Promptly at7 o'clock, ‘The 1¥th issue of stock is open for subscription. Shares are @2.50 per month. 81,000 advanced on each share Pamphlets explaining the objects aud advantages of Associsliol are turnished upon application, THOMAS SOMERVILLE. x3 JNO. JOY EDSON, Sec'ry. q=> TEMPORARY OFFICE OF THE ee WINGO Pas aNd ThusT com. PANY, PITAL 1-000,000.00. CAPITAL 41, . This compan; isues certificaies of deposit bearing Interest as follows: OD all amounts deposited tor Binety days or Biore, but less than six mouths, 3 per cent per anuum; J per cent on deposits for more than six months, but less than ayear, and 4 per ceut on Gepusite of vue your or longer. Secured mivestuents for sale. Money loaned. B.'H. WARNER, President W. B. ROBISON, Secretary. DIKECTORS: Charles B. Bail dares L. Barbo Geurme E, sy i lard W. Clay, S. Cuminines, 3.9. Darlingtu, John Joy Edson, Charlee J. Fauliner, BH. Warner, aoe Fox, £* i ie D. C. Green, ). Wane, William b. Gurley, S. W Woodwa John B. Larner, Chas, Ben) Wulrinsom, Jet-Sua AS Worthins ton. UNTIL REMOVAL WE WILL SELL A FULLY GUARANTEED, EASY-RUNNING 12- INCH LAWN MOWER FOR $4.50. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SCREENS, 82.75 poz WINDOW SCREEN FRAMES, 20c. EACH. SCREEN DOOKS, COMPLETE, WITH SPRING HINGES, . POULTRY NETTING, 75c. PER 100 8Q. FT. #QUART ICE CKEAM FREEZERS, 61.75. 25 FEET GAKDEN HOUSE WITH PATENT NeseLe, $2 A GUOD HOSE REEL, @1. BARBER & ROSS, 911 PENN. AVE ROGER’S PLATED MEDIUM KNIVES, $1.60 SET. BOUGER’S PLATED TEA SPOONS, 85¢. SET. A FIRST-CLASS CLOTHES WRINGER, $%.25 Each SLANLEY AIR RIFLES 81.76, my7-3m. THE NATIONAL SAFE DEPOSIT CO! ‘vapy, northeast coruer 15th st. and York a¥e., receives ou deposit for safe keepiug, a iederate rates, Silver Were, Securities ard vulual ef every descripGon. Safe Deposit Boxes for rent at the very mys-3u Ye THE SHOREHAM, Table a'Hote Dinner my16-:m Bosrox ARIETY Store WE STILL CONTINUE OUR LOW PRICES ON BAGS, CLUB BAGS, CANVAS WITH GOOD LocKs, inch. 14-inch 16-inch. a er ar tei iuch “icine, 14-inch 16-Inch. “Woe. SLI 81.25. 91.49, Imitation Alligator, leather Imed, covered frames, 10-1nch. hb. 14 16-inch. oO “8125. 814% “e169, $1.98. Real Graiu, leather lined, covered frames, Gime, 12 ch I¢imeh. 16-inch, “vw, Fae eee Sa Genuine Alligatcr, leather lined, covered frames, 10-inch. zamch. I4inch. 16-.nch, wie. “5.49. Gladstone Canvas Waterproct. ddineh, 16-inch. 20-inch. . @1.70. $2.49. essed Jeather. . IG-inch. 18-inch 20-inch, 2.79. 20-inch, SLs. SAD. 85.48, Glaastoue imitation Alligator, god locks. 14-inch, 16-iueb.” 18-inch. 20-inch. 248. S275. “S2UN Real Gi n, leather lined, covered frames inch. Te-ineh. J5-iuch. pinch, $149. “S408 3540 Boon | Cabin Bas. real rain, ether lived,covered fraines, ‘i #5. Bags; extra long straps. i2-in lfm. i6in. ism 20-in 2m, 26-in, 24.79. Canvas Telescope 58 GY THe. BH. 81.19. 81.30. $1.49. Fine ine of Shawl and Trunk Straps, Dressing (Cases, Cuff and Collar boxes. Also a very fine line of Furnished Bags SMITH & WARDWELL, dy18toauld 705, 707, 70U Market Space, LL TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1890. ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY have just re- Seived job lot of elegant imported SARDINES—as Ane tn quality as can be procured—which they offer at 16c. A BOX OR $1.70 A DOZEN. ‘These are rewular 20c. goods, and when they are gone it will be impossible to get more at such alow Fate. Secure s supply at ouce,as they will suon be Bou, ELPHONZO YOUNGS COMPANY, 225 Ninte ot P. S—Remember our CRISP POTATO CHIPS for Auncheous and Plenica, a8 Eto . Dux Gooons. reduced f1 ry to Be —— ‘Batines, juced from 1! s. ‘shirts for Men, reduced from 30 to 30, Leste Sire Wajsia, SS aud Soe, Geaton Fisumel, Se. Zoronite Culsurs, 150 ; Cuffs, 308. makes of Corsets in stock, Boys’ Outing shirts, reduced to 2c Closing out ite Very c! Gare ONT IBpoel Ootea, 4es, Fine, or le. Silk shirt Lacers. in ail colors, Se. Pillow Case Coston, Lue. ‘Closing out Parasols less than Maul "SteRailey & Gore atlas of tbe Word wives to Po ‘Nauey ‘it ‘tui th P 2. TOWNER, wis SPECTAL NOTICES. _ NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT snd after tix date 1 will not be resronsible for any debts contracted wilde Mande- he. y AND MANDEVIELE “July 17, 1890. 3518-30" <q=~THE COMMERCIAL FIRE INSURANCE Coupany “of the District of Columbia, recortiy organize is now ready for business st its temyorery office, Roo 25, Le Droit Building. Policies ‘ten on realaud personal property in the Rk KENT 8. Hoa! ALVAREZ DISINFECTANT COMPANY, = ‘Washington, D.C. This company has put a clase of ‘ite Disin- fectanteon the market, which is warrauted to arrest and dissiute uoctious Zasew arising from waste pipes, Closets "na cesspouls. “These agents disinfect and de? odorize simu taneously. The company in prepared to fumigate and disinfect son infected by contaxiots visrase germs, Persons intendiug to leave the city for the summer cau have their houses supp iicd with disinfectants, which will destroy ail insect. vermin Incident to closed apart- Tents, and the air in tae house kept pure. ‘The company also. muantfactures =” disinfectant especially adapted for puriiying stables which posi= fvely checks the spread of distemper and glauders and ail Kindred diseases, w. Ly18-20) Dwellings wherin any contacions disease exists re- wiring the patient to be isviated can be fumizated nd disinfected go as to render ihe prenuises free from cuntazion. The attention of Physicians 1 valled to this particular branch of the business, ‘The woods may be obtained at Hret-clase Drug Stores x. iring further information can address any of the officers of the company. A. G. HEYLMUN, President, 929 F st. n.w. NOBLE D. LAKNEK, Treasuver, 643 Lu. ave. n.w. BA COLONSA, necretary, 23 Grant Place n snoreaus ALVAREZ, Chei jt mist, 920 F stow. ees Barr Notice. If you vant a Summer Suit or an extra pair of ‘Trousers you can make a selection from my stock for considerably iess than “first of the season” prices. @, WARFIELD SIMPSON, Expert in Trousers, jy18-tu&f Cor. 9th and G sts, n.w. RICHARD COMPTON (VOICE SPECIAL- = Ist). formerly of Kue Tronchely, Paris, late of Oxtord London, Eng., Sin; eine, i . Patrons and Pupils carefully repared tor Ferien, pared for Parlor, Shere. i ee ugton, D.C. nation: Mondays, jy 18-2t° i Platform, Choir, Concert, Stage or st. n.w., Wash- <q ON THE SIXTH GRAND COUNTRY | Prize Excursion of the U. B. Ciub ticket do. 31 drew first prize and ticket No, 102 drew Ficnse present tickets and 4 jease present tickets and receive prizen, = A i Goes w 1 Cor, 6th st. and N. ¥. ave. u. R ALE—FOUR LARGE FRENC! = FOR 5 2 Be Gites chow Windows: can be had as front is ready, which will be about 7th. soon a8 D August, KING'S PALACE, 812-814 7th st. nw. 1 we MYSTERIOUS CLUB.—EVERY EMBER of thin Cluy ie, earnestly requested to = 1o ular Meeting TUNIGHT at 8:10 o'clock. inineas of importatice, i" = TUCKER, Secretary. “ FOR RENT—A FEW DESIRABLE HUUSES Bs trom 82 to O30, ob rent: a A wy 17-1w low HEI MULLER & CO., 1333 14th ‘st. FEATHER WEIGHTS IN COAT AND Vest. If anything will keep you cool these Will, Price $5, Coat aud Vest. GEORGE SPKANSY, je close at 6 tonight. Uy17) 434 7th st. qe UFFICE OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND Potomac Telephone Company.—A dividend Of FE cents per share will be payable on the 28th day of July, 1890, t» the stockholders of record ut the close of business on the 18th day of July, i890, at the oilice of the treasurer of the company, 619 14th st nw, ington, D. ibe trauster booke will be closed from the 19th to the 28th of July, inclusive. 1 OSAMULL M. BRYAN, President. CHARLES G. BEEBE, 1 reasurer. Washington, D.C.. July 15,1890." jy16-11t j rt re ex: ween Bo seey ase te bearer Wire & CO,, is this day dissolved by mutual con ‘All acco‘smts due to said firm are to be paid to DRY and all accounts against the said Ad stand, 913 B st. n.w., ness. Pre aan a eS: APPLE. 3¥16-3t* => MESSRS. MCLACHLEN & BATCHELDER, Real Estate sud Insuraice Brokers, have re: moved from 1216 F st. to their new Uftice Building. on the corner of 10th and G sts nw. Properties bought sud ~old in all parts of the District aud Ingur- ance placed in tue best companies. wien ‘Lelevbone call, 432. a JULY 15, 1590. ANNOUNCEMENT. Lhave this day bouxitt the stock, fixtures and good- will of I. P. Libbey, Jeweler, 310 Sth street n.w., near Fenusylvanis ave..” anu will coutinue the same bu: ness With a full line of Watches, Ciockgnd Jeweu GEOMW SITER. Watchmaker and Jeweler. successor, Mr. Geo. W. Spier, Practical Watch- mater end Joveler: bee been teresanis heown toons for the lant teu years, and I reconuuend him highly to my customers aud the general public. dy]d-4t* i. P. LIBBEY. <q >OPEN YOR BUSINESS—THE ELITE team Laundry, cor. Yth and N sts. nw. Goods called for aud delivered ; postals promptiy r sponded to. Collars, 1i¢c. : Cuifs, Je. per pair. Shirts, lve; First-class work guarautecd. Agente wanted, ay it = STORAGE WAKE HOUSE oF THE AMERICAN SECURITY AND TRUST COMPANY, A. T. BRITTON, President, ‘West Side 15th Stroet Between Land M, to receive Furniture, Carriages, Silver- Winere toe eee Statuary, Wine, Trunks of Cloth- ing and Valuables of all kinds on Btorage AUGUST » Separate Locked Iron Compartments, Special facilities for Storae of Silverware, Pianos, Mirrors, Pictures and Books. ‘Goods of all descriptions carefully Packed and Moved without trouble to owners. ‘The only Atsvlutely Fire-proof Building in the City not owned by Government. Herdics ;ass door. Terms abd 1ull information obtained ut Utice Amer- ican Becurity and Trust Company, 1419 G st. n.w. ALBERT M. READ, _wl4-2w ager Ware House Dept. Be Chk DELIVERED . Toand from Railroads and ali parts of the City. TRUNKS, 25c. PARCELS, 100, MERCHANTS’ PARCEL DELIVERY CO, 814 Fet ow. Telephone Oall—65-2. a ees FOR G48 STOVES AND RANGES, - & 8 SHEDD & BRO, 43:2 9b ut. nw. — SQUARE LUMBER. PRIME GEORGIA FLOORING, KILN DRIED, NO. 1, ALL ONE WIDTH, 16-FT. LENGTHS, AT $24 PER 1,000 FT. July 16, 1890, = my22-3m sy8 LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, 6th et. and New York ave. n.w. EUROPE, THE HOLY LAND, ROUND THE Work, ; select parties; ucean’ tickets by all 7 id Paris, $100; the 3, &e. Circulars tte, 1 w Loudon and Paris, $150 ee OA MOREE JezBicauzs 1225 seumsylvauis di WINDOW GLASS.—I_ HAVE JUST RE- oeivod direct | from Eurvpe i canes re ‘indow which I will sell at lower prices own in this city. Whoiesale a beiore ooo ty 4 GAs FIXTURES. © a. MUDDIMAN, G14 12th ot Le19)_ LOW PRICES. i WASHINGTON SAFE DEPOMT CO., <7 DEPARTMENT KoUss, Ste sud bur lar proof und; particularly Mayle toe the Storage of Furniture Picturen ec 27-4 e—OWING TO REPAIRS THE STUCK OF Sintioe bent eigty ange 2" Guy eat peas Pe 3y2-Saa 1223 Pennsylvania ave. n.w. ‘CERT! ‘TES OF STOCK AND —w cleat a et of tins and i ad ao7 1018 St EES ae = KKisH BATH myl¢-3m GADIES AND GENTLEME, age TON rp ere Ge Ae 1320 @ ST. XN. W. 1316 Tthet aw, Décep Rxtax* ee Washington News and Gossip. Index te Advertisements, ety FOR RENT (Hovexs). FOR SALE (Hovses) FOR SALE (Lors), FOR SALE (MiiceitaNxovs) GENTLEMEN'S GOODS. HOTELS... HOUSEFURNISHINGS.. LADIES' GOOD: LOCAL MENTIO: LOST AND FOUND. MARRIAGES, , ICEL ELL ti Tet ittd j EERgEIE PIANOS AND ORGANS. age Page Page PERSONAL... -Pago PRINTERS. Page PROFESSION Page PROPOSALS. Page RAILROADS. Page SPECIALTIES,, Page aTTTE 333 BWW EKA VOAMWACASAWHAISNK SVIN ALS SSE AIRBISMHIBYSSIVAG age Tue Star Ovt or Town.—Tue Evenino STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. 2"But all such orders must be accompamed by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no accounts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. ep Goverrment Recerrrs Topar. — Internal revenue, $561,! atom $897,341, Topay's Boxp Orrers were $13,100 and $5,000 registered 4s at 121. Tue Puestwenr and Private Secretary Hal- ford left here yesterday at 3:15 p.m. for Cape May. They will return Tuesday. Commovone Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, loft today for a week's stay at Win- chester, Va., where his family is spending the summer, Deata oF Lizvt. Ruopes.—The Treasury Department is informed that First Lieut. John N. Rnodes of the revenue marine service died at Algiers, La, Wednesday evoning. Mr. Rhodes had been in the service for seventeen years and he received the thanks of Congress and the Secretary of the Treasury and was ad- vanced by the President twenty-one numbers for particularly gallant condnct at the wreck of the steamer City of Columbia off.Gay Head, Mass., in January, 1884, Personat.—Mr. Chas. H. Stevenson of the United States fish commission left today to as- sume charge of the work of the commission in the New England states, withthoadquarters at Gloucester and Boston,—8S. M. Henkie and Joseph McGee of New York, Hon. A. M. Jones, leading politician of Illinois, Prot. 4 . Atherton of the State College of Pennsylvania, Prof. Henry E. Alvord of the Maryland Agricultural College, HI. A. Matthewson, a commercial traveler from Con- necticut, G. C. Graham and daughter of Cin- cinnati end Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Pendleton of Glasgow, Va., are at the Ebbitt House. —-F. R. Bender of Albany, N. Geo. L. King of Pitts- burg, W. O. Smith, W. L. Bridgman of Chicago, T. J. Sinclair, W. C. Lockerty and J. Tahl of New York, E. Van Olinder, justice of the peace of West Troy and Jno. W. Perry of Brooklyn are at Willard’s,——Mr. Fred Brennan and Mr. Ed- ward Burkhead have gone to Boyd's Station to spend the summer.——John A. Wiedershoim, patent inion and Robert Aiton of Philadel- phia, Mr. E. Hughes, a well-known banker of | Denver, accompanied — by his wife, and W. Ashman and P. Le Gros of Baltimore are at the Hotel Randall.—— Chas, W. Dabney of Knoxville and H. F. Hall of Orlean are at the Riggs House.——Mr. and Mrs. |. Brandt of Boston, L. F. Golding of New York and.E. H. Wells of Pittsburg and CG, E. Gordon, one of the world’s fair commis- sioners, of Chicago, are at Welcker’ Quartermaster Gen, It, N. Batchelder, U.S.N., has changed his quarters and 1s staying at the Shoreham,——R. 8. Cuibreth of Baltimore and William Bispham, Chas. A. Jenney and H. 8, Van Duzen of New York are the Shoreham,_—— Chas, L. Dawson of Jefferson, W. and Edward H. Stevens — ‘of adelphia are at’ Chamberlin'’s, — Mr. W. Brooke Darreil of the bureau of engi: neering has returned to the city much 1 proved in his health,——F. Franck of Ne ork is at the Normandie. Thurston of Omaha, J. M. Comstock o York, H. Parsons of Hoosick Falls, N.Y., W. E. Bailey of Seattle and J. G. Farnsworth of Albany are at the Arlington.——Mr. aud Mrs, C. ©. Fischer and children of Marion, Ohio, and Joseph Morris of Lima, Ohio, are at the Hamilton House.——W. T. Loumeister of New York and W. W. Evans of Boston are at the Langhain.—J. Corn of Covington, Ky., ©. 8, Miller of Hartford, H. A. Palmer of Erie, Pa., J. M. Warther of ¢ . ©, Excobar and A, Ferrer of Havana, A. Genochio and family of Marshall, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Murphy of Fort Smith, Ark., and J. 8. Vowles of Jefferson City, Mo., are at the St. James, —— Dr. H. J. Penrod has resigned his clerkship in the weather bureau to accept the position of editor of The Rank and File, an army and navy newspaper, to be devoted to the interests of enlisted men of the military service.——Dr, L. S. Nicholson is summering at Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence river. DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL. The Conference Report Goes Over in the House Until After Monday. Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky made a state- ment on the floor of the House today in regard to the District appropriation bill which evi- dently expressed the sentiments of a considerable number of the members of the House. It was the desire of the House that the conference reports on ap- Propriation bills should lie over until after Monday, and finally Mr. McComas con- sented that the conference report on the District bill should go over. Before this action was reached, however, Mr. Breckinridge said he hoped the gentleman from Indiaua would consent to let the bill go over, it being certain that the consideration of 1 ceport would command considerable time, ag he was willing to state frankiy to the gentle- man that a strong effort would be made to re- ject the conference report so that the bill could be reconsidered and cut down s0 as to prevent a big deficit, SECRET ORDERS, Controller Matthews Returns From His Confidential Mission, Controller Matthews has returned to the city from his recent trip to Seattle, Wash., where, according to report, he went as the bearer of secret orders from Secretary Windom to the commander of the revenue cutters Rush and he was seen the: to be ther9 ou hie leaverand to whens z Fe cas: tinh the publicity given TALKING IRRIGATION, That Subject Still Occupies the Time of the Senate. MR. REAGAN DEFENDS POWELL. —— Discussion in the House on the Order of Business. —.__ ORIGINAL PACKAGE BILL TAKEN UP, seis ie Ue 8) SENATE. The Senate met at 11a.m. A message from the President transmitting the report of the board of sanitary commissioners on the subject of a system of sewerage in the District of Co- lumbia was presented and referred to the Dis- trict committee. TO LIMIT DEBATE. The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Alli- son making it in order in the consideration of appropriation bills to move to limit debate on amendments to five minutes for each Senator was presented. Mr. Edmunds inquired whether the meaning of the resolution was to terminate debate on amendments not offered as well as on amend- ments pending. ‘The former practice had been ses believed) to provide for terminating the lebate on a known propos ition, abd so on, and soon. He certainly was in favor of such a resolution as that, but if it meant to close de- bate on amendments not yet offered that was quite another thing. Mr. Allison—The resolution is an exact copy of resolutions that have been adopted by the Senate on many occasions, Mr. Edmunds—Then it is all right. a Mr. Allison—I do not ask for its consideration this morning. ‘The resolution was laid on the table, subject to call hereafter, FROM WASHINGTON MONUMENT TO ROCK CREEK PARK AND SOLDIERS’ HOME. ‘The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. Gib- son, directing the Secretary of War to report as to the cost of an avenue connecting the reservation of the Washington monument with Rock Creek, Columbia Park and the Soldiers’ Home was taken up. NOT FOR THE PENN. Mr. Dawes asked, sarcastically, whether the intention was to give the use of the proposed avenue to the Pennsylvania Railroad Com- pany. Mr. Gibson replied that one of his purposes in offering the amendment was to prevent the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from getting possession of the avenue. ‘The resolution was agreed to, THE UNCOMPAHGRE VETO, Mr. Dawes, from the committee on Indian affairs, to which was referred the President’s message vetoing the bill to change the bound- aries of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation, reported it back without recommendation and at the same time reported a new bill for the same purpose. A question having been asked as to the dis- Position to be made of the veto message, the ding officer (Mr. Ingalls) said that the tution required that the question whether ill should pass (the objection of the President to the contrary: notwithstanding) should be submitted to the Senate. It was not necessary, however, that that question should be submitted at a particular time. The bill and the message were piaced on the calendar, THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. The consideration of the sundry civil appro- priation bill was resumed, the pending ques- tion being (as on yesterday) the amendment repealing the irrigation provision in the like bill of October 2, 1888, excepting that reservoir and canal sites heretofore located or selected shall remain segregated and reserved. Mr. Reagan continued his argument, begun yesterday, against the amendment and in favor of the irrigation scheme initiated by the act of 1888. Inthe course of Mr. Reugan’s speech Mr, Dolph interposed a remark as to the friends of the bill, mean- ing the plan for an — ‘irrigation survey, and said he would like to know who the friends of the bill were. He added that few Senators had known anything about it, and that even the commissioner of the general land office had not known anything of it until more than a year after its passage. “Then it is another ‘silver demonetization’ case,” said Mr, Blair, Mr. Reagan remarked that the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Dolpi:) was always on the side of special privileges and advantages and so tho Senator and himself were not likely to agree on this or any other question that involved the material interests of the country. REFERRING TO MAJ. POWELL, Mr. Reagan said that if heever knew an honest man the director of the geological survey was one. If that gentleman could have been used by land syndicates not a word would ever have been heard of the attacks now made upon him, It was because he could not be used by specu- lators in the pubic lunds that war had been made upon him. Mr. Stewart—Does the Senator from Texas ascribe that motive to me? Mr. Reagan—I have not said a word about the Senator from Nevada, nor have I had him in my mind, I was referring to the general subject and to the fact that during the early part of this Congres representatives of syn- dicates and corporations were here urging a repeal of this law und threatening to bring their power to bear on members of Congress, It was that which I had in view, WANTS THE NAMES, Mr. Stewart—Will the Senator name some agent of some syndicate? Mr. Reagan—I have no doubt that the Sena- tor from Nevada knows as many of them as I do. I have no disposition to engage in person- alities, either with agents or claimants or Sen- ators, I gave my knowledge of facts and of men who spoke to me on this subject; and I beg the Senator to consult his own memory as to whether he had seen such men, Mr. Stewart—If you will allow me I will con- sult my memory, and I now state that no rep- resentative of any syndicate or of any person interested in land has mentioned the subject to me this winter. The only thing that bas ‘n- fluenced me has been my own observation and the protests that have come trom the peopje against having the public lands withdrawn from market. LAND SHARKS, Mr. Reagan. These land sharks may have thought me weaker, less pure, less devoted to the public interests than the Senator from Ne- vada, and may, therefore, have approached me when they did not deem that they dared to ap- proach him. When we talk of public senti- ment we ought to have the sentiment of the cultivators of the soil, and not of land ula- tors. who combine their influence, activity and wealth to make members of Congress believe that their own interests and their own feelings are those of the people, CONFERENCE ON THE LAND FORFEITURE BILL. A message from the House asking a con- ference on the land forfeiture bill was pre- sented, and the request was agreed to, Messrs, Plumb, Dolph and Pasco were ap- pointed conferees on the part of the Senate, MR. REAGAN CLOSES HIS ARGUMENT. Mr. Reagan then went on with his argument against the pending amendment. In conclusion he said that if the acts of 1888 were repealed he could go to bed and sleep sot , except for regret that the government would lose its land, and that citizens would lose the to secure for themselves, HOUSE. tion providing that nothing in the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill shall be con- strued to delay or interrupt the prompt trans- lation, publication and distribution of the re- ports of the proceedings of the international conference. Mr. Rogers (Ark.) objected. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE BILL. Mr. Cannon (IIL), from the committee on rules, reported a resolution providing that the House shall immediately proceed to the con- sideration of the “‘o package bill;” the bn Monday after the reading of the Journal, on Mon: e e and that ‘the House shall consider the bank- Fuptey bill; the previous question to be con- sidered as ordered on W after the reading of the journal. Mr. weber ms (Ky.) raised the question of consideration. The House decided—yveas, 115; nays, 55—to consider the resolution. One bun- dred and twenty-four members were announced as paired on this vote. THE HOUSE NO LONGER A DELIBERATIVE BODY. Mr. McMillin (Tenn.) said that the order Provided two days for the consideration of each of these important measures, But excep- tion was made of conference reports on the a oe ‘tion bills. The conference report on @ District of Columbia appropriation bill was now pending. Ite consideration might consume three-quarters of the time set apart for the consideration of the original package and bankruptcy bills, A time was fixed for a final vote on these measures without regard to the status in which they were when that time arrived. He believed that the House of Rep- resentatives oucht to be a House of Represent- atives, It ought no longer to be a government of the House by the committee on rules, but ought to be a government of the House by the House itself, It was the method of proceeding to which he objected. The House was no longer a deliber- ative body; the only deliberative body which the people had was the Senate of the United States, Measures of the importance of those mentioned in the resolution should re- ceive the deliberate consideration of the House. IMPORTANCE OF THE BANKRUPTCY BILL Mr. Outhwaite (Ohio) urged the importance of the bankruptcy bill, and of its careful con- sideration, After a thorough study of the measure it had met with his approval, though he thought it should be amended in some par- ticulars. But if it was to be rushed through the House under the resolution of the commit- tee, he would have to oppose its passage. Mr. E. B. Taylor (Ohio) inquired how the gentleman who favored the bill could. under his oath, vote against it because he was offended. Mr. Outhwaite replied that he would Oppose it because it was probabie that were otherjRepresentatives who had not the measure a careful consideration. Mr. E. B, Taylor reiterated his query and asked how the gentleman could oppose the measure because of the action of the House in some other respect. Mr. Outhwaite replied that he would do so because there would be no opportunity to amend the bill in some vital particulars, THK MINORITY NOT HAPPY. Mr. Cannon did not conceive that it was in the power of the committee on rules or any other committee to propose any legislation that would meet with the approbation of the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. MoMillin) or of any gentleman on the other side, The minority was performing its func- tions and something more than its functions, The minority had not been happy at the be- ginning of the session; it was not happy now and it would not be happy when adjournment came. He had hoped that there would have been no objection to the pending resolution. Mr. MeMillin said that he was not objecting to the two measures, but he was OPPOSED TO THE GAG LAW PROPOSED. Mr. Cannon said that when a gentleman from Texas, whose name he would not mention, and agentleman from Arkansas, whose name he would not mention, assumed a leadership which meant obstruction and delay—frequently to the disgust of their fellows—there was noth- ing left the majority but to re orders of this kind. ee aint Mr. E. B. Taylor said that the whole country was interested in the passage of the two meas- ures, and while he would like to have a longer time given to the consideration of the bank- ruptcy bill, he was in favor of the resolution. THE RESOLUTION MODIFIED AND ADOPTED. At the suggestion of Mr. Adams of Illinois the resolution was modified so as to provide that appropriation bills shall not interfere with the consideration of the two bills and the resolution was then adopted. THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE BILL was then taken up. Mr. E. B. Taylor, in advo- cating the measure, said that never had such a blow been given to state sovereignty and state rights as had been given by the ascere tainment that under the Constitu- tion of the United States the citizen of a foreign state might take into another state any property that was ibject of commerce, and there sell it without liability of taxation or the burden of taxati: He did not advocate the bill in the interest of any pro- hibition party or any prohibition sentiment, but because the best interests of the whole eople demanded its passage. While he infinitely preferred the House substitute he feared that its adoption would endanger the legislation, and consequently he advised the adoption of the Senate bill. eee. DISGUSTING INDIAN PRACTICES, How Cattle are Slaughtered by the Red Men and Their Squaws. THE ANIMALS MADDENED WITH HOT IRONS, CHASED AND SHOT DOWN—SQUAWS DRINK THE BLOOD AND EAT THE ENTRAILS—COMMISSIONER MOR- GAN CALLS A HALT. The issue of beef rations at many Indian agencies has been conducted in a manner that has given rise to a good deal of criticism. The beef is furnished on the hoof and on the day it is to be issued the Indians gather about the corral where the animals are confined. Each animal is branded with a red-hot branding iron and then is allowed to escape, hav- ing been assigned to some Indian. The animal, maddened by the pain, as soon as: released dashes wildly — over the plain and the Indian to whose lot the an- imal falls starts in pursuit on his pony, yelling in the characteristic Indian style. When he overtakes the animal the Indian empties his revolver into the flying beast until it falls ex- hausted to the ground. ‘Then the squaw takes ahand im the preceedings and undertakes to butcher the animal, generally drinking the blood and eating the entrails by way of refresh- ment as she goes onwith her work. All this makes the beef-issue day at the agencies rather exciting aid to some persons picturesque. There are others, however, who regard these scenes as brutal and degrading, and have so Se the matter to the Indian Office. jommissioner Morgan has had the sub; under consideration for some time and finally reached the conclusion that it is time that a change was made. He has outlined ina letter to Indian ayy Catlin at the Blackfeet agency, Montana, his ideas of how the issue of beef rations should be conducted. COMMISSIONER MORGAN'S INSTRUCTIONS, The commissioner says: “It is my wish that the following rules be established and strictly enforced at every agency where cattle are slaughtered, the killing to be done in a pen in as private a manner as possible, and by a man hieryaaoa mpeerd the hes fee who eee speedy ant thod and during the killing children ‘nd romen ars rohibit it, maken cage The conse nption of the biood and lntestines conaum| an by the — This savage my hy [ aamong to nourish brutal is, as I am well informed, — Some Hon of the offal, 80 Prevent fouiness and The commissioner adds: intend that this branch many agencies has tobe a scandal on the stimulus to the brutal instincts of the Indian, shall become an object lesson to them of the this respect between the man and the BIG FIRE IN NEW YORK Western Union's Splendid New York Building in Ruins. A MILLION GONE IN SMOKE. There Were Several Narrow Escapes, but No Loss of Life. TELEGRAPH COMMUNICATION STOPPED ay THE TALL BUILDING BURNED. The Western Union’s Magnificent New York Building is Wrecked. New York, July 18, 8:30 a.m.—At 7 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the switcb- board on the fifth floor of the Western Union telegraph building, corner of Broadway and | Dey streets, It quickly spread beyond con- troland the entire fifth, fourth and third floors of the immense building were soon com- pletely gutted. Telegraphic communication outside of the city is temporarily suspended. The offices of the Associated Press, executive committees of the Western Union Telegraph Company and offices of several brokers were destroyed. There was a large force of operators and other employes on duty at the time and many of them had narrow escapes in reaching places of safety, some being compelled to slide down ropes and fire escapes. At this hour it is thought no loss of life has occurred, but all the men in the building at the time of the fire have not been accounted for. At9 o'clock it is be- lieved the firemen have the flames under con- trol and that the fire will be confined to the Western Union building. The wires of the Postal Telegraph Company and the United Press at No. 187 Broadway were interrupted by the firemen and communication is badly de- layed. OPERATORS IN A PANIC. The battery room on the sixth floor, the operating room on the floor above and the res- taurant on the ninth floor were completely de- stroyed and seven lives were miraculously saved. A few minutes ‘before 7 o'clock this morning the operators began to arrive to go to work. About fifty men and young women had reached the operating room. A mes- senger boy named Matthews first saw @ puff of smoke under a table in the checking department on the floor below the operating room. He had scarcely time to in- vestigate the cause when a woodcn table was in flames and the fire was a with light- ning-like rapidity. He rushed up stairs tono- tify the new arrivals that the building was on fire. They were compelled to go through the checking department to go down stairs. A panic was the result of the moessen- ger's warning; the young women screamed and the men rushed pell mell down stairs to escape the pursuing flames, which in less than two minutes had spread throughout the entire checking department, burning up wires, instruments and tables asif they were so much tinder. The entire room, when the panlo-stricken crowd though it, was lied with a dense stifling smoke. They fell over each other in their wild efforts to reach a place of safety. The little mes- Senger, with an operator named Skid- more. were the only two persons who retained Presence of mind enough to take in the awful situation, The boy rushed down stairs and out of the building and sent out an alarm, while Skidmore got down a fire extinguisher and e deavored to quench the flames. This, ho: ever, was impossible and he had to flee in a very few minutes, The flames ate through from floor to floor in short order. SEVEN LIVES IN PERIL. Just about this time it flashed upon the minds of the frightened persons who had escaped that there were seven others in the restaurant floor. who had not been warned of the danger. All exit had by this time been cut off, but the imprisoned people succeeded in reaching the roof through the trap door. Under the eaves of the big building the flames were shooting and the edifice seemed to be crowned with fire. When the great crowds of people on the streets saw the men aud women rush out on the roof acry of horror went up, for it seemed im- — that they could escape the fire burning etween them and the street, Screaming women on the roof wrung their hands and men cried out: “For God's sake do something to gave us.” ‘The first engine had arrived before the terri- fying events transpiring on the roof were made visibie to the crowd gazing upward from Broad- way. Soon a volume of water was pouring into the burning building and the sounds of crack- ling and breaking timbers were added to the confusion of the scene. Ina few minutes there were fourteen engines and hook and ladder companies and a water tower on the ground, Water poured in through the flaming windows and beat down upon the roof. But the flames were stubborn in spite of the tons of water poured upon them. SAVING THE PEOPLE ON THE ROOF. Still no effort had been made to save the ter- rified men and women on the roof, who could be seen like specters enveloped in smoke and mist. A long ladder was rushed up on the roof adjoining and placed against the rear of the burning building. It did notreach wit feet of the roof of the big telegraph building. Undaunted, however, two firemen scaled the ladder. Leaving it at the top they threw arope to the roof. It was caught and tied by one of the brave girls, who seemed never to lose her nerve. The two firemen pulled themselves up band over hand until they reached the top. and amid cheers from a thousand throats from below they let the seven down to places of safety. It was accomplished just in time, for the flames burst up thron; the cornice and soon enveloped the roof. The tower of the building was caught by the flames. It was a beautiful and at the same time a terrify- ing sight to see the fire shoot out from the win- dows around the entire building fully fifty feet to know positively, but it is surmised that two of the company’s electric light wires became crossed and set the floorii the fire broke out an hour later the loss of life might have been enormous. Fully 700 girls and men are employed on these two floors, THE PEOPLE ON THE ROOF, The second alarm was sent out, followed im- mediately by a third. In a few minutes there Evening Star, | HOW THE FIRE SPREAD. James Larrissey, a wire man, who was om duty in the building was the first to discover the fire. About the same time Mr. Tobin, — chief, noticed an odor of burn rubber, and on looking into a wire sha leading from the battery room to the operating: room saw smoke very distinctly. This was five minutes before 7 o'clock. Two watchmen were supposed to be on duty, but no alarm was given by them. When Mr. Tobin discovered “4 smoke in the shaft and descended to the was surprised bendway the fire hed already made, The flames followed the wires, which, being covered with rubber, oil am — were vi inflammabie, to the room ehind the great switchboard, and soon all of the wood work was burning. The fire from table to table and to the window and door casings, and all cfforts of the men on duty to suppress the burning by the appliances at hand were unavailing, The firemen were promptly on hand and took pos- session of the butiding. The day force of operators were reporung for duty, but found it necessary to retire. Five fem: epereters were led wut of the building by the All above the sixth floor is destroyed. Car- i pets, papers, &c., on the fifth and other joors below are soaked with water, The battery and storage rooms oocu- pied the sixth floor. The operating room and the gallery devoted to the work of the Gold and Stcck Company occupied the entire seventh floor and the Associated Press and a part of the bookkowping the entire eighth floor, — ninth floor were the Western Union LOSS OF RECORDS FOR FORTY-FIVE TEARS The loss of the telegraph company is very large and it will require a long time to replace the material, The large switch board in the operating room alone cost a quarter of a mul- lion of dollars, The Associated Press loses in- struments, typewriters, furniture and all of its books, papers and records dating from i845, and a valuable reference library. This loss is irreparable. All of the material for a history of the growth of the press in America, contained in letter books and files, is destroyed and can never be replaced. The money value is estimated at $15,000. There is no insurance. William Henry Smith is per- sonally a heavy loser by the destruction of rare books and papers, many of which cannot be duplicated. Among those were hundreds of rare pamphlets collected by Steveus in Europe, which Mr. Smith supposed were secure im this fire-proof building. An extensive correspond- ence of great value was also consumed. Investigation shows that the loss will be far greater than the earlier estimates, It is now Stated that the loss wiil exceed €1,000,000, TRE NEWS IN THIS CITY. The enrliest authentic story of the fire was received by Associated Press wire in this city at about 10:30, It was a short dispatch, as follows: New York, July 18. This morning shortly betore 7 o'clock flames burst from the switch board of the Western raph Company's operating room path floor of their magnificent build- ing, corner of Broadway and Dey streets, So rapidly did they extend to the woodwork the escape of the employes by the stair was cut off anda number were lowered from the windows by means of ropes to the tops of the adjoiming buildings, So far as known there was no loss of life. The fire extends from the filth to the upper stories of the buiidiag, including the operating room of the Associated Press offices, the executive offices of the Western Union Company and the upper floors devoted to restaurant and living pur- poses. The devar' at 8:30 claimed that they had the fire under control. > AN ILLINOIS AFFAIR, What a Frisky Little Cyclone Did Out There Yesterday. Prorm, Inu, July 1&8 —A small cyclone formed north of this city yesterday. The cloud moved slowly and caused much damage in the timber. Three men walking on the railroad track were caught by the storm. Fred Emer- son was killed, his body being turned black all over. The other men, Holmes and Gray, were stuuned. They will probably recover. A Lake Erie and Western freight train came along just asthe cyclone crossed the track. The wind took acarfrom the center of the train and smashed it mto kindling wood. It was re- ported here at 7 o'clock last night that the town of Green Valley, onthe line of the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville line, and Morton, on the Santa Fe, were swept away. Telegraphic communication with those places was cut off, as the wires ure badiy demoralized by the storm. The cyclone traveled toward Pekin and messages from there say that it approached the outskirts of the city and suddenly rose to the clouds, disappearing from view. It was also reported that seven men were killed by the destruction of a brick yard at Westerly, but this has not been veritied. —— Drowned in the Mad. Muxxrapois, Mixy., July 18,—The Journals St. Cloud, Minn., special says: Wm. Bullard and two companions were capsized on Mud Lake near here yesterday. The bottom of the lake is composed of deep mud, and Bullard in trying to swim tosbore in the shallow water was swallowed up by the mud. His body has not been recovered. The other two men clung to the boat and were saved. —— The St. Louis Hotel Watters, Sr. Loris, Mo., July 18.--The strike of the waiters employed in the leading restaurants of this city is assuming considerable proportions. The colored waiters at the Lindell, Laclede and Hotel Moser will ask the proprietors to signa new scale of wages this forenoon, and if the request is refused the men will strike at noon, It is said the white waiters employed at the Southern and other boiels and restaurants will act in accord with th jored brethren. Indianapolis House Cleaning. Inprayapouis, Ixp., July 18—Every keeper of a resort of questionable repute in or near this city was indicted by the grand » wh adjourned yesterday. 7 The Law ey ng League has been working hard to secure this result, Nearly every one of the keepers were indicted on several counts, Forty-five keepers of houses of prostitution and the inmates of the same, together with about sixty speak-easy Proprietors, are numbered among the victuma, eae A Depraved Indian’s Fate. Osuxkosu, Wis., July 18.—John Warpoose, am Indian from the Keshena reservation, who was death sentence for that crime ever passed in the state of Wis cousin. J From Wall Street Today. New Youx, July 18.—Money is easy at per cent. The stock market showed little of the slight animation of the first hour