Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1893, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, mw D. C, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. ? rriwand Orange He a W. Howellwans Jones, Faiton st S. Beadford. WHERE TO FIND THEM |» The Gemabiitiea-tn the Great Presbyterian Gathering. Se THEIR CITY ADDRE & Ful List of the Members of the Body And Their Locations in Washinzton—The Synods and Pre-byteries Kepresented—The Oficial Kegister of the Body. SSES. ‘West Jersey W Alfred J. sny Thomas W. §; a Below will be found a list of the commission- | rs to the general assembly, with their locations | fn Washington so far as they have been re- forded at the locul committee headquarters: Synod of Attantic. Yat. R Coles, 18 Atken, 8. 0: A Jenuen, Newb Brook pn Davit Grae 1k Foote, B bi Me a Syaod of Baltimore. Le Hem. Baltimore—J. 7) Smuth, 172? ehode Taland ave, Bufslo“L. Van s Joust Lottaiten, Baitinore. 2 7 ~ er HD. Benn! Ai.'tt"Prarmelh, Prelerick City, Titchfield. “2 tie SM. Osun), Philadelphia, Fredonia. | CA7IESE” P 5 Sag apm Champiain—K. G. olara, Md... ‘Weobingion < ‘ ‘Kelly, i04tu st Joan Kaudviph, 281 t- mw Synod of China. BoaoranzGittert eid, We — Fredonia. VEE Parte Woot Siege, Ching, Wood's Synod of California. Bee Angeles WJ. Chicora Loe Wormley. 4.1. .—Georke. Genenie—H. W. ¢ S.T. ley. Gener urn, C Bacramento—K Fa bntterdel, Col Math. eaiarid Satts, Monterere ED avid Jacks, Monterey. 3 7 Bicktom—Aifred H. Croco, Sonoza, 717 13th st, Jodie John K Low. Mercede. Cochran. ew. 2 Eat Sow Fork cits, Scand of Tittnole . Virden, Nat. Windsor. h, Pato, Hamfitom, ors, Fort ‘syne, TS i Geynes Et. ave. na. 0. Eatthnore, Pesmouth, 1448 Cor |, Madison, Hamfiton. ‘orcoran. Piitiam F ececter 2 ‘Aazon Evans, : Mauruee—Jaios Cytar Raph Wru J. Bowler. Springville, Rlsmere. | MS" E°Siartaren, Tated . Stanley. nore. ‘Wintesott, 1350 a4 ot nod Davenport, 216 In.w. s 15 se. szon—Conne!! Ce i. Albany Humilton, ‘Shee Vien wt. ayes, Maysville, Eobitt i. Danville, Buckingham. Valley. Oxford, eee M. Ja 3 s: sci Ravide—[- H Davis Grand Rapid, Grand Rapids—L. H. Davis, Grand ri Chas. K. Hooker, Grand Rapide, Lincoln. Kalatsazso— Thos W. Montieth. Martin, 1419 Tat ‘Lewis G. Stewart. Decatur, 900 Litt st Lagsing Harvey 5: Jordan Canwing. 10 Tot, Prof. Warren C. Hull, Albion. Arimnore. ‘Lake Supertor—C ‘M. Hirown. Newaunee, Chas. Kelsey, Marquette, 909 1th st Mensoe, Win, W. Babbitt "Tecuusseh, 1419 Tat ara. ‘A. 3. Aldrich, Coldwater, Bucking! —Johh Kedpath. Boyne F Ryceker ‘Rot ynod of Minnesota. <W. B.Grcenshiel Strathmore. Wileon, Dulats, Oxiora Duh F.Cap. st. ave F. V. De Coster, Litebfield, renege ee Jankato, 920 Tah te aaa nespolis, Cochran. ap Hobe A. Carcaian: St. Pan, 1329 et Se. Pani 1300 Mt at =o Repciand. se City—Joun¢ Bite Sara's. Se Lowan Max © J. Hi. Groots, St. to ST Spencer. St. Lo a, White Biver— “ ‘icley, Ark.,1416 I 4105 T'st. Synod of Stark, Hiss Peilvm 909 13 jain C. Alrxunder, Matuwan, 610 E. Cap. D.C Lewis, Cranvury, Buckingham. i MLA. Taylor, Austin, Daniel Cook, Manzequan, 1421 K Moristow ‘ston, Cochran. — tor Kanes, Me Dural mA. Burrows, Chest Campbell Hall, TE N. Y Dover, Lunite . Ebbie Coustiand, Hamfiton. . 12 Massachusetts ay. 2 228 Lath st Brookiyn, Cochran, rxford: thy, Saranac Lake, 1235 N.Y. 4d, Port Henry. cf Liver uote, Spencer, 1290 Mass. ave, mae. Lincoln. : LeFebro, Snerain Lead Mines, Fre ia D. B. Hitchcock, Windham. Wyoming, 714 21st st, . Waterloo, Hamilton. 00> Mass. ave. Fred a. ork, York city, Wo mr, Hobie te igth st. ng in. Fredonia, 2 Lath street. li Street. r 14th street. . Dal, 1412 Get. of Onte. \thens, Ebbitt, itt ©. Crestline, 1330 18th. hist. Weetorvill Fieden'a. Toledo, Ebbitt. Ebbitt Portsmouth, Ebbitt, of Oregon. x, Enceroriss, LinesIn, ¥. Linenin Porcand, Hamfiton, N. Condit, 1409 Hopkins pl. Litu st. . auton, oe gsiasport, Pred Fboiee. aes 2. S13 Vermont ave. Davis, Fredonia, piven ‘Orange, Ubbitt. North Texas—Decosta H. Dodvon, Leonard, Windsor HL. Paruialee, Leonard, Litchfield” Litchfieid. A Wash. 421 6th aw. ickincham. anh. 00% 4p Renale, Hoaatin, ‘Wash, 1745 wat. . Wash, Lincoln, eacow, Linivo, Buckingham. escott, Wash | Backincham. od Of Wisco:sin, ie, Superior, 1307 14th st. 3 st . EDbitt. Gity,1503 28th: Reedsburg." iclors my Racine, 25 Lanter pl. 25 Lanier p. G25 Ma.ev.ne. Vav'h, Stevens Fort. AN EVENING SESSION. Subjects Considered by the Assembly Sat- urday Night. ‘Tho evening session was mainly devoted to a continuation of the debate on the proposed change in the time of paying home missionaries from quarterly to monthly. It was finally con- eluded to refer the matter to the home mission board. The report on young people's societies was adopted. ‘The resolution referred to the committee on the Chinese excusion law expressing tho grati- tude of the assembly to the Chinese authorities for the favor extended to missionaries in China was reported back and adopted. It was recom- mended that a copy of the resolution which had been introduced by Rev. Gilbert Reid of China, to the Secretary of State, with the re- quest ' that with his discretion to submit the same to the Chinese authorities and to Mr. Chas, Denby. IN BEEAL¥ OF CHINA MISSIONS. * The following letter was sent to the Secretary of State by the #pecial committee: “The undersigned committee of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, now in session in the city of Washington, and the Rev. J. H. Bryson, D.D., representing the committee of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, now in session at Macon, Ga.. would respectfully direct the attention of the Secretary of State to the deep interest and concern felt by the members of these churches for the welfare of their ministers laboring in the mission field in China, Information re- ceived from our represeniatives in that coun- try leads us to fear that they may be imperiled of their lives, and we therefore pray that every possible provision be made to insure their safety in case this danger is realized.” ‘The committee will call on the Prosident to- morrow with reference to the Chinese matter. ~~ Says That Farnham Post ts 1 the Wrong. ‘The New York Times’ Albany special today says: Ex-Commander-in-chief John Palmer of the G.A.R. says that the members of Farnham Post were wrong. “It is not true,” he says, “that the Grand Army requested the post to rescind its resolu- tion. It generously offered to settle the trou- ble by asking the post to apologize for the breaking of the law order. ‘This the post em- phatically refused to do, I am gory over the obstinacy of the post, as it comprises many excellent comrades, “Tho members of Farnham Post cannot pose as martyrs ou this question of fraudulent pen- sions. ‘They had their representative at the department convention in Syracuse, and. had hey brought their resolution into’ that con- vention Ihave no hesitation in saying that it Ever wouid have been adopte: who rendered honorabi vor of maintaining the pension roll asa roll of honor. “The soldiers are neither better nor worse than the ranks of the people from which they ne. but for subriety and peaceabie gather- ea ings they are noted, A man may be a drunkard today, but he was not a ‘dead-beat’ when the fa e of the nation hung trembl'ng. You will ad in any post active workers of each party. Nearly every post has a different idea of the pension question. This and other matters led the national encampments to forbid posts sending out resolution of any character with- out the approval of the department commander. ‘The post to which I belong has spent £60,000 in charity, the greater portion coming out of the pockets of men who earned it by hard toil, “The action of the council of admin- istration was in aepirit of conciliation. The post said it would not obcy the laws of the order.” 2 ofsse= Army Orders. Capt. William C, Shannon, assistant surgeon, s relieved from further duty at Fort Apache, Arizona territory, and will report to the str- geon general for duty in is office, vice Capt. Harry 0. Perley, assistant surgeon, who, own request, is relieved from duty oftice and will report to the commanding officer Viattsburg barracks, New York, for duty at that station. Maj. Isuac Arnold, jr., and First Lieut. Fre- t P. Peck, orduance department, are de- as members of the beard of ord: officers for the purpose of testing rifle cannon, vice Lieut. Col. Francis H. Parker and First Lieut. Charles B. Wheeler, ordnance depart ment, who are relieved. Leave of ubsence to September 1, to take effect on being relieved from duty at the United States Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leav- caworth, Kan., is granted Capt. ‘William th cavalr Leave of absence from July 1 to September 1 is granted Second Lieut Robert L. Hamilton, twe d infantry. Leave of absence for three months is granted First Lieut. Charies W. Abbot, jr., twellih in- fantry. Leave of absence for three months is granted Second Lieut. Charles C. Ogden, thirteenth in- fantr: First Lieut. William F. Lewis, assistant sur- geon (recently appointed), will’ proceed from Kingston, N. C., aud report to the commanding officer Fort Assinniboine, Mont., for duty at that post. Leave of absence for four months, on sur- gcon 8 certificate of disability, is granted Capt Curtis E. Price, assistant surgeon. s ‘The following transfers in the sixth eavalry are ordered: First Lieut. Barrington K. West from troop I to troop B: Firat Lieut. John nee. from troop B to troop [. irst Lieut. John T. Nance, sixth cavalry, is relieved from duty pertaining to the militia’ of Arkansas, and will pr to join his troop G, Fort Yellowstone, Wyoming). soombebinie les The Atlanta at Greytown, The Secretary of State last night received a telegram from the consul at Greytown, Nicaragua, announciug the arrival of the Atlanta at that port and that all is quiet there. On account of the unprotected condition of the canal property, however, the conaul hay consented to the landing of marines in case of emergency. ——_-e-___. Orject to the Gettysburg Desecration. The association of the survivors of the eighty- second regiment Pennsylvania volunteers bas addressed a communication to the Secretary of War, protesting against the desecration of the Gettysburg buttleficld by the building of a railway through it, and requesting him to use all the power at his command to check ani put an end to the vandalism. Explained. From Truth. “This isa't my flannel suit,” said Harkins to the pawnbroker. “This is a half-dozen sizes smaller than mine.” “You are mistaken,” said the pawnbroker. “That is your suit, but it has been in soak so long that it has shrunk.” ——— Queer Orchid: “There are some very rare orchids found in Costa Rica of which we have ro specimens at | the White House.” ssid Head Gardener Pfister yesterday. ‘One of them is known as ‘snake's head orchid.’ Its blossom bears 9 marvelous resemblance to the head of @ serpent. When | the flower is fully developed it seems to be looking out from among the green leaves, hav- all the appearance of a deadly viper threat- to spring. her sy 8 of orchid in Costa Rica is * orchid. Its flower bears an ess to the head of a bull. nearly allied to it is known as Orns are 61 of the green houses known as the ‘lion's Its blo) m looks somewhat like a ‘b open.” bo’ the so-called ng like: th.” ion's head with me ash. Cochran. | NOY A CHI LABORE! A Chinaman Who Owns a Restaurant In New York, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin recently cubm ited to the Attorney General for his opinion the case of one You man who owned a restaurant in New York. Chinaman hed returned to bis native I visit and is now a-king admission to the States, The Treasury Department was desir of knowing whether he would be classed as a| Abore:,” which would exclude him from the country in accordance with the Geary law. At | the same time the Attorney General was asked Hi to render an opiuio: to what persons would be classed ax “laborers” under the law. ‘The reply of General Olney was follows: ar in receipt of your communication of tho 19th asking my official opinion as to whether one Young Hon, « Chinaman, is a. Chinese la borer within the meaning of the laws of 1882, | 1884 and 1838 prohibiting such per-ons from | entering the United States. The only informa- tion afforded me concerning this man is that he is the owner of a Chinese restaurant in New York. It is my opinion that he is not a laborer Within the mening of the laws referred to. “To your general question, concerning my views ai to the classes of porsons whose oceu- pations would place them ‘within the category of laborers. I do not feel that I can give an answer which csn be made the basis of depart- mental action. I can only answer as toeach case when it arisen. THE VIKING SHIP. It Has Been Heard From and All Were Well on Board. The Viking ship now on its way to this coun- try from Norway is expected to arrive at New- port, R. L, early next week. She was reported off Cape Spear, U. 8., on tho 27th, with all well on board. This vessel is under command of Capt. Anderson and comes to our shores in this Columbian year to emphasize the claim of the Norcomen as the original discoverers of America long before Colambus. This visitor is & prototype of the vessels that made the peril- ous voyages to unknown waters soveral hun- dred years ago and will receive a cordial wel- come from our people. The Viking will bo towed from Newport to New York by tugs and will be met down the lower bay by an American warship and escorted to the city with appro- priate honors, —— Corrected Speed of the New York. Admiral Belkuap, president of the trial board, has informed the Secretary of the Navy that the cruisor New York mado twenty-one knots on her recent trial trip. He says this is the corrected speed after making the tidal de- ductions. This is one knot in excess of contract requirements and ineures her builders a premium of $200,000, being $20,000 for each quarter knot above the required twenty knots. Arrangements will now be made for the trans- fer of the vessel to the government. She will be commissioned as soon a3 possible and her first duty will probably be a cruise to Europe. gee Changes tn the Navy Pay Corps, A number of importent ehangos in the pay corps of the navy are announced, Pay Director C. HL Eldridge, lately on duty at the Norfolk navy yard, has been ordered to take charge of the navy pay office in Baltimoze, relieving Pay Director Rufus Parks, who has been detailed as general storekeeper of the New York na\ Pay inspector A. S. Kennedy, now at. th York yard, has been ordered "to the Chicago as of the European station. Paytnas- M. Whitehouse, now on the Chicago, has been Cetached and granted three months leave. EEE Payment of Pensio: Judge Sims, the first assistant secretary of the interior, Saturday signed requisitions ag- gregating $10,477,000 for the qnarterly pay- ment of pensions at seven pension agencies, as | follows: Wachington, $2,275,000; Boston, $1,- 600,000; Augusta, £530,000; Detroit, $1,660,600; San Franciseo, $554,000; Columbus, Ohio, §3,- 643,000; Buffalo, $275,000. ee A Photographer Wanted. There will be an examination at the rooms of the civil service commission on Thursday, June 15, commencing at 9 a.m., to fll the position of photographer at the naval observatory, Washington, D.C. ‘The examination will cover the following subjects: Letter writing, photo- graphic chemistry, wes colledion process, the gelatine process, other dry-place processes, the daguerreotype process, photographic printing, the application of photography to astronomy and the adjustment and use of the instruments required for that purpose. The position pay: an annual salary of $1,200. Arrangements may be made for examining persons in some of the large cities in other parts of the country, where the commission has experienced boards of ex- aminers, if applications are filed at once. | Blank forms of application may be obtained | frum the United States civil service commis | sion, Washington, D. C. e+ The Navat Training System, reault of the recent visit of Assistant Secretary McAdoo to Newport it is contem- plated to utilize the Naval War College for the development of the naval training system. As the course at the college lasts for only six or eight weeks each year the Navy Department be- ieves i eused to great advantage as a ion for the apprentice boys, ewpecially gress has increased the num= ber to un extent which makes it absolutely im- possible to accommodate them within the lim- ited facilities provided at the training station, It is understood that Capt. F. M. Bunce, now in command of the traming station, will be placed in charge also of -the naval college, to succeed Capt. Mahan, who has been ordered to the command of the Chicago. pumped ores A Gold Medal for Mr. Rockhin. At the annual meeting of the Roya! Geograph- ieal Society in London to medal wili be given to the U charge Waffaires for presentat Wood- ville Rockhill, chict clerk of the State Depart- ment, “in recognition of the services rendered hy by his travels and expio- E hina, Koko Nor, Tsaidam and Tibet, and his observations on the etnol- ogy and languages of countries visited by him, published in his book, ‘The Land of the Jamas; for the enterprise and intrepidity shown by him, and for bis years of study of tho native languages to prepare him for those | trave! Capt. H. Bower, Englishman, and captain in the seventeenth Bengal lancers, crossed Tibet about the same time as Mr. Kockbill and bis claims toa medal were strongly pressed, but the committee almost unanimously decided in favor of Mr. Rockhill. ae Col. Clay Takes Exceptions. In acommunitation to Tux Star, Col. Clay, commanding the second regiment, D.C. G., defends his action in commanding the fourth battalion at the annual inspection and inuster and objects to the statement printed in ‘Tue Stan, on the 20th instant, that “Col Clay had assumed that the inspection was for a regiment, and not a battalion.” ‘The colonel claims that he merely obeyed orders, tie orders from headquarters directiag him and his staif to be inspected and umaterod with the first battalion of his regiment, “There is,’, '¥ he, “no known way for a regimental com- | mander to be inspected with any fraction of his reziment without hia being in command. ‘This is so manifestly plain us to admit of no dis ent 18 supposed battalions, but the drill reg- rules pri only one bat ¥ regiment present, bu’ that did not prevent a regimental formation. ‘The major retained the same command of his battalion that he would if there bad becn a half dozen there.” Col, Clay also makes the oint that “the inspection does not begin nor s the inspector any duties to peform until the officer in command of the troops gives the command ‘Prepare for inspection, march!” rate any organization upon m not taid down in the form for inspection would be unless, as is done in a com- pared of the estly unfai P ill, a scheduie were pre | movements to be gone throu of the orzanizations, and upo! ing was to be based, so that ail should have the same opportunit; ‘The statements of which Col. Clay makes com- plaint Were furnished, as must have been ap- parent, by the inspecting officers, and are, theretore.almost official, It is stated at brigade headquarters that the inspections are always | for battalions, and not for regiments. The in- specting officers hold that the actual presence | of the regimental field and staff is not ealled for except by a strained technical reading of au order. tho spirit of which is, they say, gen- eraily understood. Platt’s Chlorides, a True Disinfectant, An odorless liquid, very cheap and efficient. IMPORTANT PENSION DECISION, Whereby Many Millions Wil, It is Claimed, Hi Be Saved. Secretary Hoke Smith Inte Inst Saturday | afternoon issued pension decision which re- verses a ruling of the Inte commiseioner of pen- sions, Gen. Raum, and whioh, it is estimated, il effect asaving of about $20,000,000 per year | in pension disbursements. | During Pre: rison’s administration Commissioner Raum . 164, which was approved by Assistant Sec- | to the effect that all claimants | under the act of June, 1990, who | show a mental or physical disability of a perma- nent character, not the result of their own vi- cioue habits, “shall be rated the same 2s like disabilities of service origin. and that all casos | showing a ponsionable disability which, if of | service origin, would be rated at or above $12 r month, shall be rated at 12 per month.” | cretary Smith says that this order superseded the act of Congress of June 27, 1890. THE CASE IN POINT. Under this order a pension was issued to Charles T. Bennett, and it is this case which Secretary Smith takes for his text in reversing the ruling. Bennett was a private in company F, thirteenth Indiana volunteers and in his application for a pension under the provisions Of the Revised Statutes, on July 5, 1986, alleged that while in the service in June, 1865, he was prostrated by a sunstroke, from which resulted @ disease of the head and loss of hearing. The claim was rejected by the bureau in 1892 on the ground that the evidence failed to establish the existence of any disability due to the claimant's army service. From this Fog gees bureau Bennett appealed on March 19, The evidenoe in the case showed that he had enlisted September 14, 1864, and was discharged June 28, 1865, During this period he was never treated for any disability and was carried on all rolls and returns “present for duty.’ In 1886 he was examined by a board of sur- eons, who reported: “This man seems to be in vigorous health and we discover no evidence of a diseased nervous system—uot tremulous, but in good flesh, and looks as if he was never afilicted by any great nervous prostration. We would state that he has slignt deafness in both ears, but not of sufficient character to warrant us in making a rating.” The appeal of Bennett brought up, also, the application made by the same claimant for a pension under the provisions of the second sec- tion of the act of June 27, 1890. Under this section the pension bureau, on January 29, 1891, granted him the maximum rating of @12 per month, the disability declared in the rec- ords being “‘a slight deafness of both ears.” This deafness was so slight, according to the certificate of the board of examiners, that he could hear a watch tick in each ear when it was within one-half inch of each. SECRETARY SMITH'S DECISION. In his decision Secretary Smith says, in this connection, that to entitle the claimant to a pension under the section of the act under which it was grented him it was necessary that he should be suffering from a mental or physi- cal disabisity of a permanent character, not the result of his own vicious habits, which incapaci- tated him from the performance of maw labor in such a degree as to render him’ unal to earn a support. This was not, Lowever, the case, for, the Secretary goes on to say, such “slight deafness,” of necessity, could not ‘inca- pacitate from the performance of manual labor. Secretary Smith calla attention to the errors which the pension bureau committed in follow- ing order No. 164, as follows: his case illustrates the effect of departure by your bureau from the terms of the act of retary Bussey, pplicant was awarded for ‘slight deafness,’ not of service origin, 212. The award was made under the act of 1890, which required the rate for deafness of both cars to be graded from $6 to $12. ‘The highest amount was only to be allowed in the severest cases of deafness, It was given by your bureau for ‘slight deafness,’ because under an entirely Terent act, applicable to disabilities of service origin alone, $1 the lowest rating for he inability of the applicant to perform manual labor was not taken into consideration, yet the act of 1890, under which the applicant ‘ht and was allowed a pension, made in- f the applicant to perform manual | Inbor in such a degree ns to prevent him from | carving a support the foundation of bis claim. “Itis therefore clear that the rating under the revised statues for disubilitics of service origin was substituted by order No. 164 for the rating provided under the act of 1890, “The oder having reeuited in one error @ second error naturally followed, and the ina- bility of the applicant to perform maruai tabor was not taken into consideration. In a word, the act of June 27, 1890, was changed and su- pereeded by order No. 164 as construed by your office aud by a practice that neglected to take into consideration the ability of the applicant to perform manual labor. “Itis nardly necessary to present argument or to support by authority the proposition that neither the Secretary nor the commissioner can by order or practice supersede an act of Con- gress, The power of the department, so far as orders and practice are concerned, ited to an execution of the law; it ceases when an ef- fort is made to supersede the law, “You will, therefore, tuke such steps as are necessary to reopen this case, and to pass upon it in accordanee with the provisions of the act | of Congress approved June 27, 1890, disregard- ing any order or practice which is in conflict with the plain letter of the law.” Secretary Smith estimates that his decision will result ina reduction in the pension roll | of some $20,000.00 per annum. Some esti- | mate of the saving thus accomplished can be had when itis understood that of the 400,000 certificates issued under the disability act all but 60,000 were issued under the second sec- | tion of the disability act_as it was consirued by Commissioner Raum. These figures are only | up to October of !ust year, and Secretary Smith velieves that 100.000' certificates have been is- sued since that date. ‘The results of the examination made by Sec- retary Smith show that more than $100,000,000 has been paid out under the disability act aud that ut least five-mxcis of thie amount was al- lowed under the section as construed by Com- missioner Raum. ‘The decision was written by Assistant Secre- tary Reynolds and approved by Commissioner Lochren. THE TERRE HAUTE POST OFFICE. Civil Service Comn joner Roosevelt's Re- port as to the Result of His Investigation. The civil service commission rendered a de- cision Saturday afternoon in the Terre Haute | post office contest, Comaissioner Roosevelt endered the decision and, after reviewing the circumstances of the contest, which have been detailed in the pubiie prese, Mr. Donham failed in his efforts as regards the carriers. The carriers are appointed by the Postmaster Gen- eral. He could not himself appoint them, The men whom he had chosen as carriers therefore were not appointed prior to the holding of the examination, and under the Attorney Generai’s decision they cannot be appointed eave regu- larly through our examinations. In no event will it be possible for the carriers nominated for appointment by Mr. Donham on May 12 to enter the service in Terre Haute save ae they may eubsequently pase our examination a comply with our rules. ‘The clerks he may havi had the power to appoint; but the appointments should certainly not be permitted to stand. He concludes his report with the following recomniendation: “That the civil service com- | mission suggest to the President the advisabil- ity of forthwith issuingaruie that whenever hereafter any portion of the public service, or office in tke public service, is classified, | classification shail be held to take effect at | onee, the rules forbidding removal for political | reasons being held to apply from the begianing, | soas to prevent improper advantage being | taken of any necessary deiay in providing ex- aminations.” Commissioner Lyman concurred in this re- port. Commissioner Joimston dissented from the conclusion arrived at, but agreed that the | report and the testimony should be sent to the | Postmaster General without comment. To Set Up Pneumatic Guns. Some of the pneumatic guns intended for New York harbor will probably be put in position | during the present summer, Of the five guns | for New York two fifteen-inch guns will be set | up at Sandy Hook and one at Willet’s Point. | One ten-inch gun will also be set upat the | latter point and one eight-inch gun at the| former. Early next year it is expected to place the three fiftecn-inch guns intended for San Francisco, after which the three guns for Boston harbor will be set up. There is no doubt that the pneumatic guns may be effective suxiliaries in land defense. While they are quite limited in range, yet within that range ey have the power of throwing an enormous quantity of dynamite or other high explosives upon an enemy's fleet. Hence they are par- ticularly adapted to defending a narrow channel or to protecting fortified works from sufferin; too close a fire from an enem; i MONAMMEDANS COMING HERE, Large Colonies to Re Established in the South, Tt appears that Alexander Russell Webb, the United States consul, who four years ago em- ed the religion of Mobammed, a represents the Mohammedans in the States, has returned to this country for other reasons than those he has already stated. Many will now be sur ed who have heard him cay sued an order, known as | oniy that his mission here is the propagation | oi that religion tolearn that he is also the agent of rich worshipers of Mohammed. , view vosterday at New York ebb confirmed this statement, while regretting that it must become public be- fore certain negotiations with " landown- ers had been completed. Mr. Webb states that a large number of Mohammedans are plane ing to emigrate from India to theUnited States, and that they will probably form colonics in several of the southern states, For some weeks past he has been in communication with large property holders in the south, notably in Georgia and Fiorida, on large strips of land and has already reported these prices to syndicate of Mobammedans who are, from religious and financial motives, interested in the movement. TO ESTABLISH COLONIES. Mr. Webb has no doubt that the colonies will actually be established. He says the Moham- medans are extravagant admirers of the United States and the majority would, he thinks, be glad to become American citizens. ‘The sub- ject,” said Mr. Webb, “‘has been discussed by fobammedans in India for a number of years. India has 280,000,000 people, you know,and yet it is but one-fourth of the size of the United States. There are in India alone 60,000,000 Mohammedans and they melude the better class of residents, They are taxed to death by the government and they do not feel that they are occupying the social position to which they are entitled. “They have read of our great institutions and comparatively small rate of taxation. They are anxious to become American citizens, and especially ns a man is hero free to follow any religion be chooses, They havo wantog to emi- grate, as Isaid, for many years, but the prin- cipal objection has been the absence of any means of observing the forms of their own re- ligion among themselves. “The Mobammedans pray five times.a day and each time they wash their heads, faces and hands and feet. Naturally they could do this with comfort only in a warm climate. Hence when the desire to come to America tock defi- nite form they thought only of the warmest part of the country. They do not propose to abandon their religion, which they regard as inr superior to Christianity. ae “From that feeling grew the negotiations with the owners of southern land properties. Mohammedans eat no beef or pork or any- thing that is killed except in the name of God. ‘They will be found never to drink liquors. They will pray wherever they happen to be, and this | 1s another reason why the idea of establishing colonies was born. ‘They want to be together where they will be free from observation and ridieuie. CIRCLES ARE ESTABLISHED. “The idea of the wealthier aud more promi- nent Mohammedans was said by Mr. Webb to be to form in every town and city of the United States circles to study the Mohammedan reli- gion, ‘The primary purpose is not, however, to veek converts, but to soften the ‘prejudice of Christians in America against the great religion of the Indies, Already three of these circles have been established, two in New York city and in Woodbridge, Charters have been applied for by these societies and it is believed that many more cireles will shortly be in opera- tion, am in negotiation,” he added, “with re- sponsible men for the purchase of large tracts of land in Jacksonville, Pensacola and Augusta, and in Alabama. ‘The sellers understand the purpose to which the land will be put and say the neighbors will probably offer no objections whatever. Americans will not find the Mobum- medans to be beggars or charity seekers, but on tho contrary valuable workmen in many in- dustries. LANDS IX THE SOUTH. “T have secured for such purposes an option of 25,000 acres in Georgia and on seven or eight other tracts equally large. Committees will be sent from India to inspect the lands here and then bargains will be closed. “The immigrants will,/of course, purchase all their farming implements, and other necessities here, and they ough: to make thor- oughly good citizens, You may say that an- other syndicate of Mohammedans are negotia- ting to ran a line of steamera between Bombay and New York, and in this way transportation to the United States will be greatly facititated, ‘The syndicate have leased the buildings at 455 West 0th street for their headquarters, “I believe that within five years there will be about 5,000 active, able-bodied Musselmen sei- tled in the first colony. It is dificult at this time to fix a definite dato for the arrival of the first colony, but I think that will be settled im- mediately after the land is purchased.” ee TO ASTONISH FOREIGN FIREMEN. Kansas City’s Crack Pompier Corps Off for International Fire Brigades’ Congress. Among the passengers on the steamship City of Rome, which sailed from Europe Saturday, ays the New York Times, were nine sturdy fire laddies from Kansas City, Mo. They were Chief George C. Hale, Master Me- chanie Lorin E. Hale, Capt. J. C. Egnec, who is secretary of the department; G. W. Wil Thomas Conners, J. J. Mooney, R. B, Carroll, H.S Griggs and J. F. Gilpatrick. These men were picked from the Kansas City fire department to attend the international fiire brizades' Congress, which is to be heid in Agricultural Hall, Lordon, from June 12 to June 19, inclusive. They constitute what is known as the Pompier corps, from the fact that puiate the Pompier scaling ladders, with which they climb the sides of buildings from window to window. Some time ago various fire companies in thi couutry reeeived invitations from Horace Folkner.generel secretary © Fire Bri; Union, to attend the congress. City boys were the only ones to accept, but as ther constitute one of the chief tire or- ganizations of tue country, Unele Sam is sure to be croditably represented, The United States is far abead of all other countries in fighting fire, and the English, French, jauand other countries represented will get few pointers to their advantage. Chief Hall bas taken with him one of the latest types of water towers and the Kausas Cit The Pompier corps 18 made up of trained athletes, most of the men being at one tine connected with Barnum’s, Forepaugh’s, Robin son's or Sells’ circuses as acrobats, re ornare Making Our Own Down Goods Now. From The Upholsterer. From cut of the chaos of new industries the down trade has sprang to a most conspicuous place. Down pillows and head rests, as weil as down comfortables, were, up to a short while ago, imported almost entirely, but today they are manufactured very largely in this country, and many grades are produced and sold here more cheaply than the imported, The idea of manufacturing quilts or com- fortables filled with down goes back in its origin toa patent socured in England many years ago bya Yorkshire drummer, who conceived the idea of filling a cretonne comfortable with silk waste; the thing hung fire for a while until some one introduce’ down ns a substitute; then the indusity assumed large proportions and to- day it is estimated that our manufacturers con sume from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 pounds of feathers for bed purposes each season, which means the annual contribution, dead oF alive, of something like 10,000,000 of the feathered tribe. Years ago we used to. smile with conscious superiority at the idea of the Dutch seeping under a feather bed instead of over it. ‘ihe idea of sleeping upon a hard mattress and climbiag under a soft one seemed rather an anachronism and a singular perversion of com- lon sense, but the introduction of the down oF feather comfortables is simply the utilization of that knowledge of things which some of the older countries had long ago known. Feathers are exccedingly warm anda covering made of them superinduces and retains the heat in the human body. Acuril im is now made for a new com- fortabie of down. The maners assert that their | product retains all the natural warmth, but allows the impure air to escay from the bed, how or wherefore we are not informed. saints drat acim A United States Protectorate. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister, is of opinion that the result of the present troubles in Nicaragua will be the establishment of a pro- tectorate over that country by the United States. The Nicaraguan canal project, he says, closely connects the two countries, and its interests will be greatly enhanced if the United States is given supremacy. He thinks that the internal dissension in Nicaragua will soon be amicably settled to tho satisfaction of all concerned. who | United | THINGS JOHN ¢ = THE HEAVENS IN JUNE, Gladstone Is Selfish and Vain and Knows | 5°me of the More Important of the Astre- Home Rule Has No Chance. Mr. John C. New, the recent consul general to London, arrived on the Paris at New York Saturday with his family. His family will jeave for Indianapolis today. Mr. New will re- main in New York most of the woek. He will take | meanwhile, Mr, New told a New York Sun reporter how he welcomed Gen. Patrick A. Collins, his successor, and how Gen. Collins returned the cordiality when Mr. New started for home, Gen. New added that Gen. Coilins will un- doubtedly be very popular in London. ame back more of an American than ever.” continued Ge: jew. “I have no adulation for the English people, and neither | have I any critical comment to make upon | I was well treated for four years by them. Butto be very candid, I am of the opinion that the English peopie as a nation do not like America or Americans, ‘Thev are en- Vious of our progress. ‘They are stoilid and | siow to accept innovations, They have observed | evelopment, and are not at all | member, I am speaking of | asanation. It would require a Surgical operation to make them understand the progress we have made, aud many more surgical operations to get them to follow in our “ee eve the reporter asked Gen. New for his opinion of Mr. Giedweens 4s @ statesman and the pros- pects for home rule for Ireland. “On those questions I will be just as frank as Ican be,” replied Gen. New. “And I tell you that outside of the lower of Ireland, and one or two districts in Liv and an oid district scattered here and there in other arts of England, nobody cares x for me rule. Giadstone himeelf is a selfish aud Vain statesman. The home rule issue was but & stepping stone to satisfy his ambition for a return to the premiership. Gladstone has a majority of about forty in the house of com- mons for the home rale bill, but it can never pess the house of lords, and therefore Glad- stone and his followers remind me of the French king who marched up the hill with his army only to march down again. I repeat to you that Gladstone was ambitious more for the premiership than for home rule in Ireland. Irepeat to you that he is « selfish and vain statesman. His ambition bas been satisfied now, and he knows that there's mo more chance for home rule in Ireland than if he'd never been born.” ——-e-—____ SOUTH CAROLINA’S BAR. The State Dispensaries to Be Opened On July 1. The official bar room of the state of South Carolina will be open for business on the Ist of July, sags a special dispatch to the Philadel- Pia Press from Columbia, On and after that day it will be a penal offense for liquor to be sold anywhore in the state, except at the dis- pensary, which will be distinctively a state in- dustry under the supervision of Governor Till- man and several other state officers, Under the operations of the law it is isere- tionary with the freebolders of twenty-nine of the counties in the state whether they will adopt the dispensary system, which will pro- vide for the establishment of a county dispen- sary, to be operated by a man who will have to Secure a majority of the frecholders of his county as signers to his petition for appoint. meat. In six counties there will be no dispen- saries, as the dispensary law is not intended to conflict with any existing prohibition laws, From present indications. says the Press specta, it is not probalile that over a hilf dozen couvties will on the Ist of July bave dis- peusaries, as applicants for the positions of dis- | penser are experiencing considerable trouble | mm securing the indorsement ot a majority of the qualified voters, Most of the larger coun- ties. for instance, Charleston and Greenville, show a disposition to avoid the scheme, and the authorities in charge of tie system do not expect very many counties to have dispensa- nics before August, af then. They believe, however, that the dispensaries will be scattered all over the state in time, on the ground that the frecholders wili prefer to receive some rev- enue from the dispensary, rather than encour- age blind tigers or pay the expenses of the re- suiting draukenness, in Abbeville, Orangeburg, Barnwell and a few other counties the frechold voters have already signitied their desire to give the new- fungied idea a trial, In the rules recently an- nounced by the state board of control, con- sisting of the governor, controller general and attorney general, who have absolute man- agement of the i some of the practical results of the system be ascertained only one dispensary would be given each counts, no matter what its size might be. This will be done for the purpose of economy and #0 as not to have the dispen- sarics tuo cose. The state di which fs located at Columbia, in building formerly known as Agricultural Hall, is to be the gen- eral distribating point. All liquors which after July 1 are legitimately cousumed in South Carolina will have to be sent out in special flasks under the seal of the dis The flasks have blown into them 1 of the state and the words, “South Carolina Dispen- sory.” Every effort is now being made to have things in readiness for the demand anticipated from the counties. Within the last day or two six car loads of Cincinnati whisky have been received, and a shipment of 1,090 barrels is expected to arrive shortly. ‘The intention of the authorities is to intro- duce anew feature in the beer Vusiness. Six or eight brands are to be used, and will be | known uot by their commercial terms, but by numbers. Beers will be sold on their merits at the uniform price of 15 cents a bottle, Whisky will be about #8 per gallon, and @ per- son may purebase from a pint to five gallons, It wall probably be some time after the dis- ensary Is in operation that the counties will be supplied with a full line of gin, rum, wine and other less popular drinks. as the state chemist, who hax to subject ail samples to a chemical analysis, is somewhat behind in his work, having given most of his tame to the analysis of whiskies and beers, coe The Buda-Pesth Electric Street Railway. Mr. Edward P. T. Hammond, U. 8. consul at Buda-Pesth, says as follows, in regard to the electric street railway in that city, in his report to the State Department: The Siemens-Halske electric street railway system was introduced into Buda-Pesth three years ago and is now in operation on nearly seven miles of double-tracked road. Sixty care, each with a seating capacity for thirty-two persone, are run over the line at an average speed of twelve milesan hour. The electric enrrent is transmitted from « central power station, through an underground conduit, from which connection is made to the motor of the cars. ‘The service has been exceedingly satisfactory to the public, the only short interruptions hav- ing been caured ona few occasions by unusually heavy falls of snow. The rate of speed could easily be doubied, but municipal regulations forbid any increaxe. The charge varies from 21y to 4 cents, according to the distance. Transfer tickets are issued for 4 cents, ‘The company operating the road has obtained concessions for an extension of aboat three miles over some of the principal streete,and fur- ther concessions will pro! be secured. ‘The following facts in relation to the con- struction and equipment of the railway were furnished by parties in this city (the company publishing no reports): Cost of roadbed (rails, excavating, mafonry, paying and switches), about £2,580 per mile of single track: cost of cars, including motors, $6,000 each; weight of cars, including motor, five tons: cost of build- ings, $15,000; five boilers, with grates and ma- sonry, $20,000; machinery (engines, dynamos, switchboard, dtc. ), $70,000; cost of ranning one car per mile (maintenance of track, labor at power station, fuel, employes on cars, &c.), Sig cents, —__+e-_—__—_ THE COURTS. Egurrr Covnt—Chief Justice Bingham and Judge Cox. Saturday—Glover agt. Bancroft; decree in- terpreting will and reference to auditor. Milier agt. Miller; payment from registry. Tracy agt. Taylor et al.; pro confesso against G. Moyers granted. Garvey agt. Garvey; A. E. Shoe- mak nted guardian ad litem. Uppleby agt. Maddox; Isabel 0. Maddox do. Crncurr Count, Drvistox 1—Judge B: € ‘Saturday—Sanders & Co. agt. Strider; plainti? allowed to deposit #50 security for costs. Wood, C. T., agt. Helpenstein & Cluss; j t of condemantion set aside with leave ae ants to answer. W. Holly agt. Was a0) Arlington Railroad Company; motion for judg- ment granted for $9.32 In re Margaret Wood, deceased: motion for production of certain documents granted. Sypher agt. Morey; motion for new trial overruled. Stone agt. Woods: motion for new trial overruled. Woods & Co. agt. Jarvis et al.; verdict and judgment set aside on motion upon defendants Paying costs to date. Camden Furniture Com- pany agt. R. F. Cornie; judgment of condemna- tion, Tainsell J.T. Offutt; motion to strike case from Or enter case svtistied, granted. nomical Changes. From the New York Tinves, ‘The most important of the astronomical events for June is the arrival of the sun at the | extreme northern point in its course—the eum- mer solstice—where it will be on the 20th of the jaflying trip to Baltimore and Washington j mouth, just a few minutes before midnight. ‘The May moon that is now shining so round and Iow begins to fade, and gradually, as its light lessens, it assumes a bow shape, and them disappears, to make way, June 14, for the moon, which, for a day or two, follows *o closely im the wake of the sun that we shall hardly see much of it before the 16th, ‘The growing cree heent gradually crawls higher and higher inte the zenith, and rises inter and later, ab though its ever-increasing disk were making it lagier and lazier, until, on the 29th, we have benutiful full moon, shining in ‘the clear dark | bive of heaven's dome, and tempting us out to enjoy the balmy summer air, : Ou the 1th the moon and Jupiter are in eom- junction; on it Neptune is and the day following Mercury. ‘These thres events serve very well to mark’ the progress of the waning moon as it advances toward the sun, and they tell us that all three of the ets named are stars which laughingly adorn bosom of the morn in advance of that outpour- ing of gorgeous stores which flow like storied Pactolus, all golden, and issue in orb of day. The nascent moon first encounters Venus and then Mars, but no scenic effect reward our watching eyes. On the 2ii and the moon will give us the pret for the month, while Uranus, on close the monthly series, Tue moraing eky now contains brightest jewels in the planctary Jupiter was at last ‘nped tom his is drawing further and farther from At the close of the month of June he increased the distance by fully an half, until the space it stretched hours, when the planet will ha Position known as conjunction, Wil be half as large again as it is Present proportions being about be bad when we bade him April The early risers are, however, ‘ones who can at present see him, as he ‘only about two hours in advance of the Saturn is really the most prominent Planets tor ordinary purposes of observation, as we have him to look at all the evening the time he comes overhead, which is sat about 145, util he;drowns himself western dep ‘gloomy ocean bebind the hills outlined dental sky just as the summer say good nikht. As the month ever, he can no longer be taken to indicate hour when today’s farewells must be order that others may follow tomorrow, rises earlicr and earlier on each night, and at the close of the month be the meridian at 5:45 o'clock. The chief phenomenon which the planet in June is the fact of its ‘the position of quadrature in relation to ite die- tance from the sun. This means of its travel about the sun has and that it has at that time, hours more of its journey to is im conjunction with the sun rom an evening toa morning category it will remain until the Venus is quickly coming to gladden erful fi é q ff StH i t ite Hf : | be 3 § e Fi ait g § with her matchless an radiant and so lovely, She is still = enough to stand forth lost for the time in the effulgent sun, But she is there about « half hour ‘than the sun, and, like the direction occasionally Gees in a space about to y some cuterprising advertiser, Patch thie space” and our reward be forthcoming. Some clear evenin,. after the sun bus set and the brilliant coloring has faded. we shall see, somewhat, perhaps, to our surprise in spite of our ‘the beautiful queen of the and bright,and we can hail her warmth of welcome, as she will to grace our evening sky for the “xing, tho fereury, arttal chiBing trom platoon we ee" see more Me hy sae to the interest while detracting. the mystery of his whereabouts, ent he is@ morning star, but, and we find him on the 4th in junction with the sun, and Temainder of June and the whole of the role of an evening star. Well he, indeed, for the substance itself not more unstable than this lively He is a little chap, however, and smallest of the planetary family his pardonable, ‘Mare, under circumstances as they at present | exist, 1s not much of asuccess, for he bas gone so far trom us that seeme hard to realise that. he was once eo very brilliant and the of all observers, who were his striking Trance and He is now ly more than was when the year ‘and bas till more before he reaches the shrinking, But before the year have grown to be as large as he ‘aud neat year we shell find bim ther increased in aize. In conjunction with the sun, Uranus docs not help us out i $ i ; E ny i tHe | be H E I Just at i i HI | #2 H | if i it among the morning stars, our tableaus. The moon on the 28d fairly close to him, so that we can have e gen- eral idea of his whereabouts, but that ts about all. He is in the conjunction of the not so very far from the bright star comes to our meridian about 9: the even- Neptune and Mercury are in conjunction om the 3d, and the former continues on in its role of morning star, which it enters upon on Ist, when it will be m conjunction with sun, On the 13th the planet and Lana are | their closest for the month. which completes the events in which the far-distant planet par- tucipates, ——-e-____ 4 RACE TRACK WAR, Guttenburg Will Run in Direct Oppesition to Morris Park. ‘The race track war in the vicinity of New York will begin in earnest tomorrow, when Gut- tenburg will open in direct opposition to Morris Park. ‘The racing at the former place will be of little account, and the managers of the course had agents about on Saturday distributing free There isa game that is far better than the regular racing in the minds of the managers of *he track, and that ts the one that is carried 0 a. the western tracks, where the racing ise ondary matter to the bookmaking, which conducted on races run cn otber tracks in rious parts of the country. It is the of the Guttenburg people to have ‘on the races that are to be Park track, the Gloucester of the western tracks if there tak at Guttenburg. Such a business they are ould be very profitable to ‘and want to get all money they game. | i A § i A i fl ei The Evening Star: : BECAUSE IT 18 THE FAMILY PAPER OF THRE CITY, BEING TAKEN AND READ IN EVERY HOME, BY PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY, AND ESPECIALLY BY THOSE HAVING To oe mont ) | BECAUSE TT 18 PUBLISHED AT AN HOUR OF THE DAY WHEN ITS READERS HAVE THE TIME AND INCLINATION TO CONSULT ITS ADVERTISING COLUMNS, AS WELL AS TO READ THE NEWS. BECATSE ITS ADVERTISING RATES ARE MUCH LOWER, IN PROPORTION TO EXTENT AND QUALITY OF CIRCULATION THAN THOSE OF ANY OTHER, PAPER IN WASHINGTON, AND AMONG THE VERY LOWBST Ot