Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1892, Page 6

—_— THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDA a al vv” DECEMBER 14, 1892-TEN PAGES. 2d EDITION. | 1 was att ~ seem EXTREMES OPPOSED. “rium tiesee | What the South Doesn't Want in Se eee tae | Tariff Legislation. | ak Famaianes Ceeeatwace, ROCKVILLE REAL ESTATE IN DISPUTE cen, 1 eee ree A Former Washington Giri Sues ei Rie RE for Divorce. | S emrnayt wan | ? ’ iste Tell What They Think he People Voted for. New Youn Capt. Evan P. Howell, f the Atlanta Constitution, PRowrT rincipal owner cle, were te p of friends xt the Fifth Avenue Hotel when the Crisp: | Mille Cleveland Reform Club banquet affair | In a phystetam’ It , a ecu | Col Walsh axid: “It haw been anid that the | than seeing the peviapt eret of reason they did not let Speaker Crisp make an | trent was becauge he wae a free silver | SCOTT'S EMULSION jiman hat is a fine argument, since | | Mille voted in the House for every free a silver measure that was ever presented. He | J have ruired himself with his constituents ae had notdene so When he was in tho Com-iivs . Howse be was in h a position that if he had voted ageinst free silver coin- In btn Warnes to thin nd psle age he would have been defeated for renomina- | tion. In the Senate he voted for such » bill, entutren too, because he bad pledged bimself to 60 vote ce 7" . cad etcture, No toeet the seuatorshtp. Crisp is aa good a Teer tapi? Eeer . sd vtcture. Ne tariff reformer ae Milis—better; for*he wonld eae sient Me knows what | 8® *low and not destroy any tndustries. ene but the phy ¥ He kx SO sWe mast have reventes to Pong the ex- ill aeiaiadineds tibhidlintiees pensee of the government, and the revenues eae . ove the point where they will be virtually | 2 you « book about thinness on the free trade basis should be used ne , for incidental protection If the democratic’ party x going to give the nation the extreme of | free trade there ts trouble abead for it. Speaker Crisp has been strengthened by the uffair ta SCOTT & BOWNE which bis bemilia was attom He is| han before it “ ERE South Sth avon | wae much more: pronounced, “The south ts fall of men like myself | Your drmavint ee walsion of exdliver| who de not want the extreme of — pro- tection nor the extreme of free trade. | ail den rywhereie 91 We believe in the golden mean as the best for i | the conntre. T wee not at the Reform Club : anions nearwien orner banquet, bet I bace read the speeches made, esas there. [ean tell von that if Tom Johnson had Man been nase for ove> FIFTY YEARS hy MILLIONS deo audhi uppaulier aa be aabvoren ca tka} of MOTHE MIL ORES WHTEE TEE! HT banquet in the sonthern states during the cam- | ie wth DERPECT 5 oe ere would not have been one state in | ee ee cone oe oa hoof Dixon's line that would have voted CORES WINE its mete ap sce Pe te oe a tee eee doe What the south wants ty not free trade of | ac Kigd weeutzeuucce | the extreme chara br yet protection of tl ¢ want the even and | = pixpes, | @iable tariff for revenne required by the gov- | rec! tee ne ke its expenes with protection from | be : i J revenne applied where 1t will do the | Po BCHELEER © SIPCENS. (bend Fa ave | id to the greatest number.” ges Boos CG Reuse ™ ATYACKED HIS WIFE'S LOVER. " y oe » Thinking He Had Killed Him Henry A. 7 Kreck man Surrendered to the Police. wors Ac A Sacnsrice Be Purnaperemta, Dee. 14.—Henry A. Kreckman Fowl | weut to bis home, 1912 Mountain street, at an tana weaver Sol early hour this morning and discovered bis tome tere Ee wife, Laura, and Samuel Morrie together. | frees Sten Ses Kreckman procured an ax a a fo Bool | savage attack upon Morris, Thinking be had . the thne Bool Killed the rot his home, Kreckmen went to th se none by and surrendered Officers went to the house and found two compound fractures of a terrible wound over each Jone arm broken. Hy was still alive at this g. but his death ia ex any moment. ‘The police locked aiso took the Tecreant wife tes, b attal th Henk guods are Bet metium « e "RESIDENT EXPLAINS IT. ye a ¥ Refused to Walk Under the Boot will ld . » ufacturer’s Umbrella, ee een ae werim pro Bet | Maxcuesten, NHL, Dee. 14.—Ex-Governor | decal cogectaily f r “wow, Boot Cheney, who bas been nominated for minister | Poo Wesive below s fewot the uany tute Bool | to Switzerland, states that as soon as he he EE confirmed he will start for his new post. Boot eave aque ov butt Sold }| Mr. Cheney says that President Harrison Book about hi 4 him in regard to the recent election Boot _ Geovert # tender feet “I was a leader imprisoned, and, Bot ot y 7 e. 0 Ketwreg Bol save trom the little visit to Mr. Reid, I knew or Bork price, €2 4 Yo thought but litte about it. Protection has Best Whiner Shee Cov Foe Ladiew Shoes failed heeause the wage earner has refused to Fe ee Oe ght fue Met Meo! | share his shelter with the manufacturer. He 4 not walk under the same umbrella.” ENS CHARGES CRUELTY. ation for Divorce of a Former Wash- ington Girl, Kansas Cry, Mo., Dec. 11.— The divorescase | Burns against Fielding Burns | most sensational. years old and one of| st men in Platte county, where be viy fifty years. Mra. Burns is | ears old and prior to her mar- | trude Gangs of Washington, | nes of an exeriient family. | rs. Burns in ber petition alleges that her | bands treatment toward her bas been ex- | crue! and that he has neglected to pro- : exsitics of life. Mr. Burns | deserted him and be | orce in Platte | Gertrude be nix as b ME. BLAIR AX Pureapenenta, Dee. of Ame re tean At the third day's | ore Federation of abor thir morning the committee on resoiu- r @ plan to create national intern anions whenever seven craft had been apers took part in th owed, expressing the view | unions of any 1 President € cussion which fo at it would a skuess of newly formed unions. | The debate was suspended by the appearance | ofex-Senaiot Henry W. Blair of New Hampebire, why the assembled delegates proposed improvement of the common He expressed the belief that a | taken place in favor ball, which may result | the next Congress | ree ie Aik CLorn 7 L In ite pasnage nt we bre rn Le war particularly hopeful because of the in- | Lok FURST Fe ik ATELLY faver with which the public schools | y the Homan | WET ie 2 ently been regarded ixb ‘th i zt ty *% gare ae cand: itn "the SOLID ¢ a ' 2 d probable co-operation o eT ean lo power in this eomstry, the friend of BINTER COLORING. srr rSor Hee tereS | th ational bill may look with hope apon bs gar the prospects of its passage in the near future. ol K VARD CASH 40 — ees wegflngcorages BLE LAND IN DISPUTE. TIGC HES NAME | Trying to Eject the Trustecs of Rockyille. As WELL BY Ma., Academy. XTENSION TABLE toh to The Ewonine Star ash gn ON Mp., Dee. 14 —Some excitement | $ pas created here today by the appearance of TS TENS | Edward Biddle, U vited States deputy marshal, SMEBETHER for the pucpoce of serving summonses on the HOUSE IX Wann. * trus'ee e Nockville Academy, Henry N. Niet OF burceee | « rina suitfor ejectment filed cash phic te es cireuit court in Baltimore a W Thomas Wos The land Went and others, heirs-at-law of deceased. olved in this He ARBAN ww TNDEVEL oe it embraces a & CREDIT 18 GvOD ge portion of the western seetion of the town, bea upon lich are number of fine residences, °° oo Fo & alo w portion of West End Patk. The gee a” vent value of the property in dispute will “oo “oS S45 unt to several hundred thousand dollars 4 large number of persons are interested. MAMMOTH CBRDIT HOU: > A Spanish Military Band Coming. Mavnip, Dec. 4. —The committee having in charge the preparntions for the Spanish repre- sentation at the Chicago Columbian exbibition is organizing a military band comprising 100 performers, who will give coueerts during the | entire period of the fair. Siw, - BEY U AND! STs. Ges Tux Buse sme CURLURD HARNESS LUTé & BRO. 497 Penn ave. slictning National Hotel, Boorse Biankets ane Lap hutes at low prices ore as Quamaytixe, SL, Dec. 14.-The Inman line steamship City of Paris, which arrived bere this on ive days, AS AND NEW TEAS TABLE The best Fail | Keener (county, preparatory’ to making ai » the police. saying that he bad killed | ¢ Fielding | on Gu | 290 bid, 8 PREVENTED A BLOODY CONFLICT. Followers of the Late Preacher Lightfoot Wanted to Avenge His Death. Newront, Anx., Deo. 14—Ever since the killing of Preacher Negro Fraad Lightfoot by the negroes of this county, whom be de- ceived, his deluded followers in Woodruff county have been holding meetings nightly. The leaders advised them to arm and march into Jackson county and shoot dowu ail the negroes who participated in the killing of Lightfoot. Friendly negroes from Wood- | off county reported that it was down on the Program to set fire Inst night to bomes of the leading white planters who live on the Jackson side of the county border, and then, as the inmates ran out, to shoot them down without mercy. The climax was reached yesterday when uw telegram was received bere Stating that armed negroes in large numbers were assembling at White Church, Woodruff attack on Inckeon county last night. Sheriff Patierson of Woodraft county was wired. He replied that if Woodruff county negroes went to Juckson county he would be there to meet them, and at once set out with» White Church. He found them there ai warlike and breathing vengeance. an elevated place, the jsberitf told them that be knew what ‘they were aseembled for and where they | were going. He told them what would be the |rewult of such a move on their part, and dvised them for their own to reason, He vaid that Lightfoot was a scoundrel The mob listened attentively and Pat Walsh, editor of the Augusta aftera short consultation returned to their; Arizona to another homes. This ts probably the last of the Light- foot trouble, and there is no doubt that the coolness and courage of Sheriff Pattersou averted « bloody uprising. > SALISBURY'S “BLACK MAN” won, uccessful Attempt to Unseat the Hindoo Member of Parliament. Loxvox, Dec. i4.—The attempt of the con- servatives to have D. Naoroji, beral M. P. foc Central Finsbury, unseated was defeated today and the petition of the contestants de- ed. Mr-Naorojols known as “Lord Salisburs’s Biack Man,” the ex-premier having alluded to Naoroji in one of bis speeches as “A black man.” Nuoroji ise Hindoo and a min of dix- tinguished ability. He was formerly prime minister to the Gackwar of Baroda and came to London se partner in. prominent Indian firm. He fs « Parsee dnd the won of a Parsew priest. and probsbly of lighter com- u | plexion than some of the British members of the house of commous. At the general election he received 2,959 votes to 2,956 for Oapt. Pat- ton, conservative, IN WALL STREET TODA’ Trading Was Confined to a Few Stocks and Prices Were Down, New York, Dec. 14.—Money losned easy thia morning at #iga5 per cent. Exchange siva Posted rates, 18627a489, actual rates, 4853;0486 for sixty days and 454485 for demand, Gov- eruinents stendy—Currency 6, 105, bid ex- tended 2s registered, 100 bid; 43 coupon, 144 bi ‘Trading on the stock exchange this morning wasconfined to about half a dozen stocks. These were Rock Island, Union Pacific, Mis- souri Pacific, Wheeling. Lake Erie and Western, whisky trust, Atchison and Union. The market was ¢ fractionally for most of the list. feature of interest in connection with the deal- ings. At noon were irregularly and slightly changed from the closing of last even- ing. ‘The rales for the morning amounted to only 133,448 shares — AND COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL The following are the on: ning and closing prices of the New York Stock Market, as" reported by special wire to Corson & incartney. 1419 B streot. Wastinetan sto Nes—Regular call, 12 0% R. E. Conv. 63, $ Cony. 58, $400 “at Lincoln Fire Im 100 8. EL ‘ mG. RR, 6 at Mat six. Col. Title Ins. 34. Wash. Gas, 25 at 4%: 40%. American Craphophoue, 100 at 2; 90 at 24 Amertean Security and Trust, 10 at 14 Government Bonds—U. HSy bid. 13% asked. Ta bid, 116% asked, District of Columbia Bonds—20-year 1899, yold, 1eisy bid, — asked. currency, 1901, 118% bid, — asked gould, 1902, 110% bid, — asked. W: efrency, 120 bid. — asked. 3. Lids bid. il4asked 33 © hid, — usked. Miscellaneous isouds—Washington and George town Kallroart 10-4043, j02% bid. — asked. Wasalng- tonand Georgetown Railroad Convertible 6s, 135 bid, 149 asker, Masonic lal! Assn 5a, 108 bid, —asked. Washington Lignt ry ist mort- age os, 1908, 27 bid, — asced. infantry 2d is, 97 bid, — asked. Company, series A, 68, 127 bi ton Gas, keries 128 bid. — asked. 1 300, 50 at fund, 68, ter stocks, 7s, weyeur fund, 68, er Stock, 18,1903, 6s, 1924, fund, cul reney, Teg. 210s, '18¥3- Washing- a, — asked. — asked. Chesa- ba. — ‘bid, 10 Eckington peake and Potomac Tel asked. Capitol and Nor W928, Io bid, 105. asked. toad Convertidie 68, 105 bid, Kicetrie Light Convertible 58, American Security and Trust asked. American Security Fea asked. Aiuerican aud Trost *k Washington Wasting: ‘ asked. Washington Market Co. let Gs, 18921911 usked. Nationa! Bank Stocks—Sank of Wasnington, 375 bid. — asked. Bank of the Kepubite. asked. Metropolitan, 280 vid. 209 asked. bid. — asked. Second, 163 ersand Mechani 165 bid, 90 asker. Colun 197 Bid, — asked. ‘Traders, 17 bid, — asked. Metropolitan Rat s. eourity low vi Lincoit Metrape id, — ashen. asked. asked. — asked. tan, 84 bid. — asked. Capitol aua North © Kekington ands Georgetown and Ten. Hock Creek, 100 bid, 45 bid, Metropolitan, 70 bid, 77 pid, — asked. Ariity Corcoran, 70 bid, — bid, I4iy Did, 16 asked. Rigen, TA bid, Sh asked. — Peopie’s. 5% bid. — ashe Lincoin, si vid, — asked. Commercial, 6 bid, 6: asked. German-American, 150 pid, a2 asked, Poto- tae. 75 bid, 5 asked. ‘ ‘Title Insurance Stocks—Columbta Title, 7 wid, A asked. Real Estate Tite, 125 vid, — asked. Gar and Electr. Light Stocks— Washington Gas, WX bt, 50 acked. “U.S. Electric Light, 133% bid, 1K asked. Georgetown Gas, 45 Did. asked. Telephone Stocks — American Grapaopnone, 2 bid. 24 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac, 45 bid, — asked. Peunssivania, 83 bid, — asked. Miscellaneous Stocks — Wasaington Market, 14 Did. 16asked. Great Falls ice, 115 Did. — axked. Bull Kan Panorama, 15 oid. ~ asked. “Poeumatie (sum Carriage, 96 ld. 110" asked. “Lineein Hall, 65 bid, — asked. Ivy ‘City Bric! Safe Deposit and Trast Comps Lean ava Trust, 185 bid, — asked American Security and Trust. 181 b/d. 153 asked." National Safe Deposit aud Truat_Co.. 180 bid, 184 asked. Bia cco Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Deo. 1¢.—Fleur dull, unchanged —receipts, 285 harrels: shipments, 12,088 barrel sales, 160° barrels. Wheat vany—Ne. 2 red 4; December, 14% bid: January, 74% av5: Mardy: steamer No. % red. dq bid— Teceipts, 8,997 busweix: shipments, 16,000 bushels; stock, 1,753,205 busmeis: wales, 70,000 bushels. Mill- Ing wheat, by sample, T4a76. Corn guiet—mixed spot. dota; year 48 uadiic: January, doadd) february, W449: May, 51% bid; steamer mix 47 bid — Tecelpts, "32.524 busnele; stock, 245,804 Dushels: sales, 26,000 bushels. te corm, "by Aiadthy; yellow corn, by sample, 4% inquity—No. 2 white western. 42a42 No. 2 mixed western, ‘35: a3) — receipts, 11,000 bushels: stock, (4s; @usmels. Rye quiet—No. 2, 5% asked —recetpts, 1,145 bashels: stock, 137,140 bushels. Hay steaily — good to choice tumothy, i600. Gram freights steady, unchanges a nominal middling, 9 ‘shade « Llgher — mess pork. 16.00; teste, | loose ri shoulders, 3%; long clear, 9%: clear Suger-plckle@d shoulders, 9; sugar-cured -moxed shoulders, 9%; Rams, sual, iarge, 11%. Buiter steady—creamery, ancy, sini; do. fair to | choiwe, 25429; do. imits mM, 24a27: ladle, fancy, 28 fale for doom, Shauee etbre-packeds iaais) “begs ri 2 st ore-pacl fait demand —2 for best, Unffee’ dull--Rlo car. ~tp- 2 ba 1, 16%. 4 at pper firm—retined, 10% ail. steady, unchanged. BALTIMOKE. Dec. 14.—Virginta threes, 7848 ‘75; Baitimore apd Ohio stock, 94.954: ‘Nortnefn Central stock, Tlatz, Baltimore and Ohie Sonth- "dor stock tha Columbia, Street, 35 "bid, Mi vid, leytown, — — ake imsurance Stocks—Firemen s, Frauki By ask asked hiou. is) anked. sake to Hsten | Western | sy and prices declined | ‘There was no | at | O Street Railroad 1st | diers’ | = asked. | McGARRAHAN’S CLAIM Tt Occupies the Time of the Senate Today. “THE PRESIDENTS VEWO DISCUSSED. | Senator Sanders Thinks It Should Be Sustained, | ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. oe It is Brought Up for Debate in the House. SENATE. The certificate of presidential electors for the state of Florida was presented to the Senate | and placed on file, | A Dill authorizing the removal of the Pima jand Gila Indians from their reservation in | reservation was reported | and placed on the calendar. THE W'GARRAGHAN CLAIM. The President's veto of last session of the Vill to submit to the court of private land claims the ttle of Wm. McGarraban to the Rancho Panoche Grande, tn California, was laid before the Senate as» special order,and the rote wax abont being taken on the question, “Shall | the bill when Mr. Sanders demanded an | explanation on the part of the friends of the bill of the reasons why it should pass. He went on to explain bis own nnderstandin of the matter—one of his objections to the bill being that it rested on the imputation that the judictal and executive departments of the gov- ernment had been for many yoare past guilty | of wrongdoing in the premises. He was un- | willing by any vote of bie to make eo grave an imputation. The question as to the validity of the original grant occupied the | literature of the executive, the Judicial and the | legislative departmen‘s of the government to | the extent of at least 5,000 printed pages. On two occasions, at least, the grant had been do- clared invalid by the Bupreme Court 2f the United State: Imputations on the integrity of the original | claim und on tbe processes by which it was sought to have it confirmed were found on | evere page of its history. Hix own proposition | | was that even if the executive and jndicial de- | ' partments of the government bad declared the original grant to be a valid one it «till would | not have found the remotest foundation for | such provisions as were contained in the pend- ing bill. He thought, therefore, that Senators should be grateful to the President for having | | recalled their attention to the bill. | MR. PEFFER'S INQUIRY. Mr. Peffer asked what would be the condition of the lands involved in case the President's | voto was sustained. Mr. Sanders replied that a large portion of | | those lands had been already patented to the United States. Passing on to sketch of the history of the | claitn and reciting its various phases in tho | courts and committees of Congress he was re- | minded by Mr. Peffer that bis question had not beeu answered, and then Mr Sanders said that if tho veto were sustained the ownershup of the | land would remaiu as it bw was, and he added | that a considerable portion of it remained us the public domain of the United States If the veto was overruled the New Indria uicksilver mine would remain the property of | the mining company, without any liability on | its part for the ore which it had extracted in | the past or would extract in the future. And | | yet the bill proposed, he said, to let the treas- | ury be “looted” to the extent of what the mine had yielded/ THE ANTI-OPTION BILL. The'McGarraghan bill was debated up to 2 o'clock, at which time the morning hour ex- | pired and the bill went over till tomorrow, ‘The anti-option bill was then taken up and Mr. | George resumed his argument in support of his | own substitute for it. i | In the House this morning Mr. Cobb (dem., | Mo.) reported a bill from the committee on | war claims for reference to the private culen- | dar. It is for the relief of the heirs of a Vir- | ginia lady who bore the historic name of Mary Aun | | Randolph Custis Lee. ‘The amount involved in the bill is $217,000, The bill was originally in- troduced by Mr. O'Ferrall (dem., Va. ). ‘The Senate bill relative to the public printing and binding was sent to conference. On motion of Mr. Geissenhainer (dem., N. | Senate bill was passed granting an Ameri | register to the barge “seabird” of Perth | Amboy, ‘The publication of 10,000 copies of the Presi- dent's annual message was ordered, The cali of committees for reports was un- | productive. |" In the consideration morning hour a bill was parsed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Warrior river, Alabama, Also a bill for the construction of a bridge across the Mobile river, Alabama. Also the Senate bill extending the provisions of the act for the immediate transportation of | dutiabie goods to Duluth, Minn, Also a bill extending for one year the pro- visions of the act anthorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red river, Louisiana, “| Also # bill granting a similar extension to the | ‘achitoches Cane Company in the construction | of a bridge over the Cane river, Loniviana, AMMY APPROPRIATION BILL. At the conclusion of the morning hour the House went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation bill. Mr. Anthony (dem., Texas) stirred up a litt? war by an amendment to the effect that no per- som pensioned by the government should. be permitted to receive any pay under the pending | act. ! ee DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. OMACELAND CeaETERY. Senator Gallinger introduced, by request, | this morning a bill making it unlawful after the | passage of the bill to inter any bodies in Grace- | land cemetery. The measure provides a penalty of not less than #100 nor more than £500 for any one vio- | lating or abetting in the violations of the pro- visions of the act. Those at whose |atanee the Dill was introduced claim | that the cemetery has almost reached the limit of ite capacity and that the interment there of many more bodies would be danger- our. Those favoring the bill will ask fora henring on it before the Senate District com- mittee. . ‘Mr. Hempbill toda; tn the House. A BOARD OF CHARITIES. He also introduced the bill to create a board | of charities, which has heretofore been pub- lished in Tax Stan. THE BELT LINE RAILWAY. The House District committee today favora- bly reported the bil! to change the name of the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington |way to the Belt Railway Company. The bill to pay for alloy 493 was ordered re- coramitted to the committee and referred to a subcommittee. ‘The Senate bill to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association was also favorably reported. p y introduced a similar bill | THE LIQUOR LICENSE BILL. Itis probable that the consideration of a liquor license bill will be in the House District committee next Wednesday. |The iiguer:deal- gra and their attorneys were at the Capitol to for a hearing if Tne ame decided to take the question up at today’s meeting. No action was taken today, however, on account of the | absence of Mr. Meredith. 'It isunderstood that | the bill introduced by Represe bell yesterday and pul in Tar Stan has ‘the approval of the retail juor dealers, but is objected to by the wholesale | dealers, who think a tiv limit is too severe,” Either the Meredith bill or the Camp- bell biil will suit the liquor dealers better than any others now pending. ‘A WAR CLAIM, A favorable report was made by the com- mitteo on war claims today on the bill | Mrs, Mary Ann Custis Lee county, Va., $217,236 f the union army during the mtative Camp- | undertaking for costs; defendant to plead in Price is fixed at not less than 041,000 per acre. | THE NICARAGUA CANAL. | The foreign affairs,committee of the Senate foday had under consideration the Nicaragua canal bill, but took no action upon it. Sen-| ator Morgan of the committer appeared before the House committee and spoke in advocacy of the measure, THEY FAVOR THE POOLING BILL. A number of prominent railroad men, includ- ing Chauncey M. Depew and President Roberts of the Pennsylvania system, were bpfore the Senate committee on interstate commerce this morning to advocate the passage of the amend- ment to the interstate commerce law, introduced by request by Mr. Culiom, to modify the existing 9 a8 to authorize railroad compa- nies to form pools under the supervision of the | interstate commerce commission, to wipe out | the penal clause of the punishment prescribed, | io, The fall committee was present and | ches were made by Mr. Depew, Mr. | joberte, Mr. Walker and Mr. Ingalls, these gentlemen: urging that the great majority of the railroads of the country were in favor of the proposed emendment. CRICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK. Gen. H. V. Boynton appeared before the sundry civil subcommittee of the House com- mittee on appropriations yesterday and asked that $160,000 be appropriated for continuation of work on the Chickamauga National Park. ANTIETAM BATTLE LINES. There was resterday Inid before the House letter from the Secretary of War containing an estimate of appropriation aggregatin required for marking battle lines and sites for tablets at the Antietam battletield. MR. VEST'S ELECTRIC ROAD BILL. Senator Vest and Representative Forman lave introduced in their respective houses truction of electric ion of mails and for other purposes. The bill allows any slectric railroad which constructs within two ‘years 100 miles of road and operntes the same to import free of duty ail kinds of electrical pparatus und machinery to be used in the con- struction of the road necessary or appropriate for the purpose. Upon the application of the Chicago and St. Louis electric road the Post- master General is authorized to contract wit the company for carrying the taails at existing rates for ten years between Chicago and St. Louis uponeondition that they shall be tran ported at not leds than 100 miles per hour. The | company is to ubligate itself to furnish to farm- ers und others along the Ine of the road, when- ever requested to do #0, electrical power for agricultural purpowes and electricity for light und motive power at reasonable rates. RANK OF RETIRED OFFICERS. The Secretary of War has transmitted to the House the draft of a bill to fix the rank of offi- cers of the army retiring after long and faithful service. The bill provides that all ofticers of the arm below the grade of major general vho. thall Have served in the Inte war and who shall have renderea thirty years or more of faithful servicé shall, upon their own application, -be retired from active service und placed upon the | unlimited retired list, with one additional grade | above the actual rank held by them at the date | of the passage of the act. The application for retirement must be made within three years. ‘The bill was forwarded by Col. Hey!, inspector general U. 8 A., who commended it. Tn sub- | mitting the draft of the bill the major general commanding the army says he is not. prepared to recommend it, as it might result, in some cases, in great inequality of promotion. For instance, he says, an officer who has just been promoted from lieutenant colonel to colonel might immediately retire with the rank of brigadier general, while another colonel who had served in that grade many years could re- ceive no higher reward than the former. TUE INTERSTATE COMMERCE LAW. Senator Cullom, by request, has proposed an umendment to the interstate commerce law, which is designed in a measure to mect the re- | cent Couusetman. decision, ‘The amend- ment propowes to permit. traffic con- tracts between railroad companies under certain restrictions, reserving the right | to the interstate commerce commission, how- ever, to cancel them if they produce unréason- able rates or discrimination; to make corpora- tions subject to prosecution under the law: to do away with the imprisonment penalty and to give witnesses immunity from the results of | their testimony ,and thus meet the effect of the Counselman decision, — THE COURTS. Count rx Genera Trenm—Chief Justice Bing- ham and Judges Hagner and Cor. Yexterday—Tiieu agt. Anderson; settled. In re C. W. Durham (protest appeal); motion for rehearing overruled. Baltimore and Potomac tuilroad agt. C. Schaefer;.argned and sub- mitted. Crrevrt Covrt—Judge Bradley, Yesterday-—Leonbart Wagon Manufacturing | Company ugt. W. T. Harris; judgment con- fexsed. Today—H. P. Gilbert et al. agt, F. B. Conger et al; judgment by default. J. Tt. Palmen- bury’s Sons agt. M. Bernheim; defendant files three day Equrry Covnt—Judge Bradley, Today—Bell agt. Bell; note ordered returned to J. W Deane. Smith agt. Hyde; A. T. Holtz- man appointed trustee. A Military Camp at Chicago. Senator Mitchell today introduced a bill in the Senate to establish a temporary camp for military instruction of the army and. volunteer forces at Chiengo during next | August. The Dill authorizes the President | to accept as yoluntecra in ‘the United States service for instruction not exceeding 50.000 men for fifteen days. All of such vol must be offered as organizations of the reg: commissioned and enlisted men of the states, ‘The President is further authorized to notify the governdrs of states and request them to inform him before May 1 of the num- ber of organizations and men that will volun- teer for rervice, and if the number exceed 50,000 he shall apportion the number to he accepted as he may deem proper. retary of War shall make the neces vision for establishing the camp and shall tail an army officer to have charge of it, method of mustering in, transporting and equipping the troops +Lall assimilate ax closely as possible to those ured in ca-es where state troops are called into actual service. The bill appropriates $1,500,000 for the cu a cea An Office Declined. It is not often that a citizen declines to ac- cept a government position, but there was one case recorded this week. ‘The Commissioners appointed Dr. Clarence R. Dufour a phy-ician tothe poor, and in a letter to Health Ofticer Hammett the doctor expresses his heartfelt thanks for the honor and declines on the ground that the acceptance of the position would greatly interfere with his practice. A Singular Robbery. Adaring robbery was committed late Inst night or early this morning in the gents’ fur- nishing store of Mr. A. Minster on Pennsyl- vania ayenne under the National Hotel. From dications it is believed that | | diarrheal, 2; typhoid fever. 1; 10 | 8; pneumonia, 9; congestion of the lungs, 6 bronchitis, 2; kidney diseases, 8: cancers, 3. | There were $5 births and 29 marriages reported. | | victed in Kentucky of RAILROAD OBSTRUCTIONS. The Belt Line Company Brings a Suit Against Superintendent McKee ver, Superintendent McKeever of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company was in Judge Kimball's court today on a charge of being re- epousibie for ax obstruction of the grade cross- ing at Maryland avenne and 11th street south- west. The proscution resulted from complaint on part of the Belt Line street railroad. In this particular case it was charged that the crossing was obstructed by a train nearly ten minutes, It was impossible to ascertain the name of the engineer or conductor, and «0 pro- ceedings were instituted against Mr. McKeever. He was defended by Mr. McKenny During the progress of the heai Kimball said that he always preferred to fine the actual transgressor, but if such person could not be gotten in court it was necessary to bring in some person who has charge of, or under whose orders the engineer or conductor operates. Mr. McKeever said that the Belt Line Com- pany bad shown a disposition to be troubl some and he would not furnish them any names. He suid, however, that he would furnieh the names to the police. Mr. MeKenny said that Mr. McKeever was tn no way responsible for the obstruction. The engineers and conductors, he said, were under strict orders not toobstruct the crossings, and if they did so it was in violation of the orders af the company as weil as of the law. | After some discussion as to Mr. McReever's responmbility in the matter Judge Kimbali «aid he would continue the case, and would distniss the charge when Mr. McKeever furnished the name of the conductor. = Judge A WEEK'S MORTALITY. Conditions Which Caused an Increase in the Death Rate. Speaking of the heaith of the city Health Officer Hammett, in Lis report for inst week, say A general review of the health condi- tions of the city for the past seven days exhibits a favorable sanitary state, although the reports of deaths for that time show a slight increase over those of the previous week. From ninety-eight the number rose to 114. This inerea: is main owing to the coincidental demise of a number H of chronic cases among elderly people and to the material rise in the number of deaths from violence of from one week before last to nine last week. Typhoid feve off from six to one. Acute Inug diseases dechned from eighteen to seventeen, and cancerous affections from seven to ‘three. A comparison _betw the number of deaths in the five classes during the two weeks shows no) material difference, both being noticeable | for the low rate of zymotic ailments. Thero were 9 cases of diphtheria reported with 3 deaths, and 6 cases of scarlet fever with no | death. The 9 casualties were from fa from accidental inhalation of illuminating gas, 2; burns, 1; gunshot wound, 1, and from aim- putation’of foot. 1. The report shows that the prine death were: Diphtheria, 8; cons ~~ Took Luncheon With the President. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew called at the White House this afternoon and took Inncheon with the President. His visit today did not arouse as much public interest as it did the last time he took luncheon with the President as it then suppored he was to be appointed tary of State to succeed Mr. Llaine, poraciaceimenaces Mr. Blaine Very Much Better, “Mr. Blaine is very much better today and is resting comfortably,” was the answer given to aSran reporter's query at the resi the ex-Secretary a late hour afternoon. Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Mr. Blain daughter, came on to Washington be with her father. maar BS WII Be a Balance of $20,000,000, The Secretary of the Treasury has informed the House committee on appropriations that there will surely be n balance of $20,000,000 in the treasury at the end of this fiscal vear. Secretary Foster, in an interview with Sena- tors Carlisie and Brice, told them the same thing. at ‘8 esterday to oo ee ee Distributing the Patronage. The democrats of the Illinois delegation in Congress met in caucus shortly after 3 o'clock | this afternoon to discuss the distribution of | such patronage as may be awarded to them by Mr. Cleveland when he, enters’ the Whi House. It is understood that some of the mem- bers who will retire from Congress on the 4th of March want to secure an indorsement of the | entire delegation for such places aa they will | take under Mr. Cleveland. Mr, Owen Scott | will probably be indorsed for public printer. | The question of cabinet appointments, should | aselection for such a position be made from Illinois, may be discussed at this caucus. : -e- A Protest From the Rag Dealers. Secretary Foster, As-istant Secretary Spauld- ing and Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service gave a hearing at the Treasury Department today to a committee representing merchants in elphia and Boston intereste importation of rags. They asserted that the danger of in- fection from the importation of rags is greatly exaggerated and that cholera bacilli could not osribly exist in the rags in the dry condition in which they are imported. Foster promised to consider their representations and to do the best he could for all concerned. .- Executive Clemeney. ‘The President has granted pardons in the cases of N. Ai. Page, convicted in Iowa of vio- | lating postal laws; Wesley Wooten, convicted | Maryland of manslaughter; Manuella Mar- tinez, convicted of adultery: Benigno Martinez, convicted in Texas of smuggling. The sentences were reduced in tae following cases: John enkins, convicted in Georgia | of perjury: Edward 8. Sylvester, convicted in New Jork of counterfeiting; John M. Cox, con- Vieted in Mississippi of violating internal rev- enue law: John Henry, convicted in Pennss vara of counterfeiting, and John Howard, con- | violating internal’ rev- was granted in the case convicted in Utah of enue laws, Amn of George D. Sne’ bigamy. Applications for pardons were denied in the case of the following persons: Victor MeCreery of the District of Columbia, Wm. H, Walbridge | of New York, Wm. W. Knott of Illinois, J. A. Aymes, alias Harry James: Marion Douglas of South Carolina ‘and Wilber C. Benton of Kentucky ey Army Orders. Capt. Frank Taylor, fourteenth infantry, is, two men were concerned in the job. ‘The thief who entered the store gamed an e1 trance by climbing over the transom of the | front door. Once inside he had a chance to | carry off hundreds of dollars’ worth of goods, | but he took only complete outfits of wearing | apparel for bis companion and himself. ive dollars were taken from the money drawer. The burglar partially lett the old ap- parel he took off in the store. When searching the Jewelry case he took nothing but solid geld leaving the plated ware behind. is estimated at at $100. The Death Record. Daring the twenty-four hours ending at noon | Capt. Hiram H. Ketchum, twenty-second in- at his own request, relieved from duty in the war records office, War Department, to take effect December 25, 1592, when he will proceed to join his proper «tation. Leave of absence for three months is granted fantry. . Lieut, Col. Wm. D. Wolverton, deputy sur- geon general, ix relieved from duty at Fort Sebuyler, New York, and will report in person to the commanding ‘officer Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, N.Y., for duty at that arsenal. = Lieut. Wm. _ ae = >. will report in person to ‘Samt ite side, seventh cavalry, president of the examin- | act providing for semi-annual statements by la DISTRICT GOVERNMED ANOTHER RAILKOAD mE Mesers. James L. Barbour, N. Shea and Patrick Murphy, property owners on Virginia have been present. The pasmage of Barbour. would greatly interests avenue, called apon the Commissioners thie morning to protest against the provisions of the McMillan bill, which was the mb- Ject of » hearing yesterday at noon. The | gertiemen said they had not secon the advertise- ment of the hearing or they certainly would BAI Dduniness he along that thought the Commissioners citizens an t the bill. at as far as bi grant street, rhould issoner ‘oncer ved, t, af the no ob- Absolutely Pure he vould willing! 5 other members of the board interpose jections. As Commissioners Ross and Rossell | Were in favor of another hearing the Commis: ers promiced to hear those interested again tomorrow at noon. SAYS THE PROPERTY 18 NON-ABSESSARLE. The treasurer of the Institution for the Eda- cation of Colored Youth bas returned to the Commissioners the «pec cently levied against the institution for im- provements and repairs with the indorsement that the property 18 non-assessable. The epectal t division will be asked to look into aD te Pod =aB SCuUND En te, Mo sament bill re- STATION KEEPERS ce of station keepers have sont to Chatrman Dockery of the appropriations com: mittee, through the Commitoners, a request thet the salary of the keepers be increased from $72 per month te hat their official designs: d te that of station clerk. LE DROIT PARE 1 Residents of Juntye: have petitioned the District Commissioners to erase Bohrer street from the schedule of streets to be improved next year and substitute Juni- per street, REQUEST. Hoeltt ing the le PROVEMENTS. cet, Le Drott Park, To Lay A permit has Railway Company ground in terra house of said compa e to Flos dau avenue to 17th at 17th street to U street, on condition that no underground coustruction of the District of Columbia be interfered with,and that all pave- ments disturbed by said work be repaired at the cost of sxid company. CONTRACTS POR PAVING BRICK. Contracts for paving brick have been ‘ded to Charles Ford to furnixh not less 2 100,000 and not to exceed 500,000 pari NDEEGROUND WIRES. ued to the Rock Creek lay feed wires under- | pipes from the power Meridian Hull Prejadire aga The selection by Mr. Hoehling ant was enticed b were niall, jor opinion th He to lenges, i the Jury was onthe in the were ahi ceeding t j the all brick at $9.30 per thousand; the Wash , ington and re Cotta Cx . pany not less than 50.600 no by +wea ought & an 200,000 paving brick # in the notwithsta ir ancl impart 10 per thousand, in the couffty of Wai dhe ere Was always a ‘ b ime t of ti ra branch at 610 ces, and the twas « i to that thousand, in th ty of Washington west of | donbt Rock creek and within one mile of Georgetown | Mr, Ho: tact thie at S11 per thousand, and the Ivy City Brick | aftern: Company not less than 50,000 and not more than 300,000 paving brick in the county of Wash: ington at $10.50 per thousand, Deliveries. to | Marriage licen wed by comm ary md to | oterk of = " nay be ordered by the | CMTE Of the court to ty . until July 2, 1599, | Bushnell of Win Con 7) 1 Metlwaii Deliveries not to exceed 100,000 in any month. THE WIDENING OF ELM STREET. | Some days age the Comrissioners receive petition from a number of the residents of Elm street, in Le Droit Park, requesting that the ts widen that street *o as to make la Annie M. B Pra Cornish Dowling orm * width between Linden | DURE. Pa., and Elizabeth Coie 5th streets, As the Commissioners — ears Willow in doubt a# to the < ary. of Pry county, M4.; Wm. Berry and Ma W. H. Pisher and Sara A. Kady; « and Clara A. Dittrich, the Commissioners to the whenever tha Spars ror I on sale at Albnuy made residents of the of Wa and Georgetown to lay out a new or alter an existing road, and the authorities shall deem it to be of public interest to open a new road, or to widen or change the course of an old one, they shall cause a Pp to be pre- | pared, Scetion page 153, 0f the Revised Statutes, he says, also provides that the Com- missioners shall give notice by advertisement twice for three weeks of the pro- posed opening of anew road or change of an existing one, calling upon al! persons who may rict outside ¢ weather bur ximum, 4 2 MAIORY have objections to present the same. The first |, NEWMAN CLEESTS. At the resionne of | step, the . he says, is to give the notice re- | Prides pareute ip te otis om thee Cath ia ot SNe quired by law, ard be incloses « draft of the | NEWMAN to CAWOLINE F.OLPEVES, both of tw sume for advertivement in the daily press, OUTSIDE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Assessor ‘Trimble has submitted to the Commissioners the draft of a bill to amend the | i in| ASHER. On Tuosiay, Deseuher 1, 1802, at 210 foreign corporations . F m.. SAME the “District of Columbia, Mr. Trimbie’s | piven! bill proposes that such corporations | tal shall pubii-h at least once during the months of | Marck and September of each year, in two laily newspapers printed in the’ District of | $t,) Columbia, a full statement under oath properly atjested, showing the amount of their authorized capital stock and the amount paid in on account of the nount of assets, depoxits, dividends and dues, $ well as the amount of their debts, liabiit and current expentes, for the preceding ix months ending on the 31st day of Decomber a and the 30th day of June in each year re- | | @\1LAGH spectively. And a copy of said statement prop- | 1. erly attested shall be filed with the Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia during the | 7% months of March and September a je Any company failing io publish and. file the | statements req | RENCE: son of b n the 1 |?"TGne attrom ie agent or representative of any company or as- ta Tharaday. De sociation doing business contrary to the require- ments of this act hail be deemed guilty of a mi-demeanor, and upon conviction thereof in any ing jurisdiction shall forfeit and pay trict of Columbia a sum not ¢ ceeding $100, or in default, may be imprisoned for a term of not more than —— months, AN OPSTRUCTED ROADWAY. President Aibert Ordway of the Northern Liberty Market Association has called the atten. tion of the Commissioners to what he says is the dangerous condition of the east side of Sth street between L and K streets northwest. There is, he saya, ouly about eight feet of space between the’ rails of the Eckington rail- way and the curb, which is barely room for a vehicle to stand parallel to the curb and makes it impossible for a vehicle to be backod against the curb to be unloaded, While the condition described is now dange , he says, will soon be greatly by the fact that’ the market company i¢ com- leting a large ball over the market with a seat- ing capacity for 7,000 people. He suggests that the curb be moved in six feet nearer the build- iug line. BUILDING PERMITS. Building permits were issued today to the following: Wm. Harnedy, ope frame dwelling at 3622 N street northwest, £500: L. A. Conner, one frame dwelling on i7th strect extended, $2,500; W. H. Jackson, one frame dwelling on Prospect street, $700. MISCELLANEOUS, The Engineer Commissioner has recommended that 15th street between Pennsylvania avenue and E street northwest be paved with vitrified brick for a width of fifteen feet along each curb and that the center be resurfaced with sheet te first auditor has inquired of the Commis- f i sioners whether the gax companies which fur- assert Qa bscaes ing business Op Wednoad ° am. BANUTL Co Birinkiey, "tn the fits Faneral from his la southeant, ou Prides, ati rt, where mass will be ered for ser vor trict of Columbia, and a ate residence, 11S street Cee 3 las, Decensar Perec no an Neluck p.m. Kelatay ‘attend. KAPPLER. On Decesuber 14, 1 daughter of Gregory aud Ida ¥ elgiiteen moron, neal from ber parents’ restden-r northwest, Thursday, Deoe P (Baltimore papers pea « McDONALD. On at 4 o'clock am. LUCK ANS Mi. mother of Kev. B.A. McDouald, at her residonoe, 5 L strest south west Notice of funeral hereafter. MURPHY, Monday, 1-40 pm.. THOMAS A., bite Jate Thomas Murphy Funeras icp 1 om, MA . Kavpir, aved 408. str at 2 ole December 12. ved sharp Thursday, 9 Aud Felativen of tie Ean) SAUNDERS. On December 13, IN02, at 4 LE BAUNDI LS Puneral fro; west, Thursday. Doormber and frien is invited te atiend SHEAFFER Om Monda: MAE. aushrer fer, An the eughteenth year of lier awe. day. December 1, at ) an thence te Trini Witere wast will be said for the repose of nish the District with have com; the law, which that self. aoe : se Lips and burners be placed of late residence, Oe ‘ork papers please copy. | today burial permits were issued from the health office for the following: White—James Galiagher, 45 years; Thomas Mi . 28 years; Florence Nelson, 3 years; zone é. Sheaffer, 17 years; Logan Purcell, 26 years; Albert Suddath Graham, 2 years. red—Thornton Johnson, 61 years; Robt. Talbert, 63 years; Etta Harrie, 1 month; Alex- ander Anderson, 55 years; Andrew Jackson, 35 a —— Robbers Who Used Chloroform. On the night of June 21 last the shoe shop and residence of an old colored man named Horace Marshall, 2124 8th street, was burglar ized. The burglars entered the place by climb- img through the back window. A cloth saturated with chloroform was placed over his face, which rendered the old man unconscious. Arrevolver was taken from the ‘and the in also took $95 of the ing board convened at Fort Riley, Kan., at such time as he may devignate, for examination by the board as to his fitness for promotion. charge of the orduance exhibit the Columbian exposition. Mist the rege Ty You Rew Tas You Wus CONDENSED LOCALS. pal Fr wused yerterday by the furnace tring tre to tbe wasis poper ia tbs New Tork mI setting fire to the =, Combination Store, No. New York avenue