Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1893, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1893. AYER'S Sarsaparilia, wherever used. is always spoken of in termsof bighest praise. WILLIAM SMALL, Fort Fairfield, Me..says, in aletter recently received: “It wives me pleasure to speak from personal knowledze ofthe wonderful cure, by the use of AYER'S Sarsa- partlla, of abad humor ins child eleven years old. | ‘The child's hands, arms, feet and legs were covered with blotches and scabs, resistin all local spplica- fons. Very soon after taking AYER'S Sarsapsrilla ‘the humor disappeared, the cure being complete. As ‘abicod purifier I consider that AYER'S SARSAPARILLA Stands at the head of the whole cstalogue of such preparations, especially when used in connection with AYER'S Pills.” “There can be noquestion as to the superiority of AYER’S Sarsaparilla over all other blood purifiers. If ‘this was not the case the demand for it, stead of in- creasing yearly, would have ceased long ago, like so many other blood medicines I could name."—F. L. WICKERSON, Charlestown, Masa. CURES OTHERS, WILL CURE you. ‘Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell. Mass. WN'S IRON BITTTERS CURES DYSPEPSIA. ids al ton, tones Berves, cre: oe eee nee | ‘Weak women and children. 8 IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH BE SU! and use thet old well-tried remedy, Mrs. Slows Soothing Syrup for children’ teething. soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all nr ee ee eee for Harthoes. Twenty-dve cents a bottle. my! ly | OF EXQUISITE FLAVOR, PURE AND WHOLE- | some. Angostura Ritters is a standard table @elicacy. ‘Sole manufacturers, Dr. J. G. B. SIE- GERT & SONS. At all dealers. Index to Advertisements. ACCOUNTANTS. AMUSEMENTS .. ATTORNEYS... AUCTION SALES. BOARDING...... BICYCLES... ran BUSINESS CHANCES. CHICAGO HOTELS. CHIROPODIST.. crry ITEMS... 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WANTED (Situations) WANTED (Miscellaneous) i rf ‘The Star Out of Town. ‘Tux Evayrxo Stan will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such period as may be desired at the rate of Sifty cents per month. €FBat all euch orders must be ac- companied by the money, or the paper cannot be sent, as no accounts are kept with mail subscriptions, AN IMPORTANT ARREST. The Post Office Department ts advised of | an important arrest at Chattanooga, Tenn., of an alleged lator of the mails. The man arrested is Edward B. Low of Spar- tanburg. 5. C. He is charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes, and with | being implicated in what is known to the ital authorities as the Barrett scheme. Several of his brother offenders were taken | into custody a few days ago, and it ts| thought that several others will soon be bagged. Low was committed to jail in de-! fault of $1,500 bond. Inspector made | the arrest, ‘and Acting Inspector Baird wir- | ed the news to headquarters. —-s—— Army Orders. Leave of absence for one month is grant- ed Second Lieut. Alfred C. Merillat, eighth cavalry. Leave of absence for four months is granted First Lieut. Edward I. Grumley, Seventeenth infantry Special orders of August 4, 18%, are so amended as to grant Capt. Augustus G. Tassin, twelfth infantry, an extension of leave of absence on account of sickness to the date of the receipt by him «f the order detailing him for duty as acting Indian | of absence for four months is| granted Maj. Thomas C. Levo, sixth cav- A board to consist of Capt. John G. Leefe, | mineteenth infantry; Capt. George S. Hoyt. assistant quartermaster, and Mr. William Webster of Sault Sainte Marie, is appointed to meet at Fort Brady, Mich., for the pur- of appraising the old ‘site of Fort Braay! wich, — To Coul Vessels at Sea. The Secretary of the Navy is considering the advisability of convening a board to the various devices recently submit- ted for coaling naval vessels at sea as well as im port. There are a number of new meti employed by the merchant ser- vice, any of which would be an improve- | ment over the mt navy plan. The | scope of the board's investigation will in- elude a test of the various inventions for ling at sea which have been or may be submitted. Distillers Want Currency. A delegation of whisky distillers were at = Treasury Department late yesterday af- noon, and represented to tary Car- Lisle their if the banks, } inability to obtain currency from and said that internal revenue | collectors refused to accept their certified checks im payment of internal revenue Secretary Carlish ai } ¥ Carlisle said he did not see how be could afford them any relief, as much as he would like to do so, in view of the ex- plicit mandate of the law that internal rev- enue taxes must be paid in currency. ees ea Sending Obscene Matter Through the | je Bs Post Office Inspector William J. Maxwell | at Baltimore, Md. arrested W. | Keen and Rosina Keen. ‘alias Madame Modena. for sending obscene literature, through the mails. They were held in $0) bond each, and will be given a hearing on | Saturday at 12 o'clock, before Commissioner | ‘Rogers. a A Court of Inauirs. A court of inquiry, composed of Capt. C. % Cotton, Capt. Lewis Kempf and Lieut, | . W. Carlin, with Lieut. Chas. F. Pond Judge advocate, has been ordered to con- Yene at San Francisco on the 2ist instant @ investigate the controversy between | Bartlett and Capt. Cochrane of the | carps. | Launch of the Minneapolis. | Secretary Herbert has issued invitations | to @ number of persons interested in the it of the navy to attend the jaunch of the cruiser Minneapolts at Phila-| gelphia tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. A large party will go from this city to attend | ——o< Retirement of Pay Director Blood- wood. The next naval retirement of any import- | gace ts that of Medical Director Delavan | who will be retired on the 20th | imst. OM account of age. He is now attached the Davai laboratory in New York. L 2d EDITION. CUP DEFENDERS’ RACE | Appearance of the Vigilant, Pilgrim, Jubilee and Colonia. ONE WILL RACE WITH THE VALKYRIE. Great Interest in the Goelet Cup Contest. LIGHT WIND AND A MIST. ee ee BRENTON’S POINT, R.I, Aug. 11.—The conditions of early morning were not those most favorable for a most exciting race for the Goelet cup. All night a heavy fog hung over the waters, while in the morning there was still a heavy mist, with not a breath of wind stirring. The yachtsmen were gen- erally early astir, but did not begin to set their sails until the sun was several hours high. * Among those to first set sail were the four cup defenders, but they weze con- tented with mainsail only. Along toward 9 o'clock the small fry hoisted sail and put hurriedly as possible out of the harbor. But work was slow, and they made slow rogress. Half an hour later the big sloops set their ibs and prepared to depart. Colonia, Pilgrim and Jubilee got under way about the same time, and made for the entrance to the harbor with club topsails set. The Vigilant was towed out of Brenton’s Cove by the peculiar luggage craft which ts foj- lowing her on the cruise with spare spars and sails. ‘The other yachts of the fleet still_re- mained at anchor, and it was oa that the majority of the people would de- sire to see the race from the many excur- ston steamers, which began to take on their cargoes of human freight by 8 o'clock. ‘AS the boats slowly wended their way out of the harbor past Fort Adams there appeared in puffs a slight breeze from the | south southeast. which gradually increased, so that by 10:30 Aft there was a mod- erate club topsail breeze. The mist, which had cleared partially be- fore this, allowing the sun to come out in scorching flerceness, again settled down so that Brenton's Reef shtship was barel: discernible. This mist rapidly travel shoreward, and soon there was a very fine rain, through which the sun forced its hot rays. The shower soon passed over, and spectators were again allowed to look upon a large fleet gathered about the starting point, while still more were on their way out. At 10:40 a.m. the steam yachts were just making thelr ap) nee, while the flagship May was not in her position. Sound steamers, excursion boats and tugs made their appearance in numbers not be- fore seen upon a yacht race hereabouts for the past five years. They were black with people, showing the great interest which is being taken in the work of the four noble cup defenders. ‘The course is that known as the Sow and Pigs course. it is thirty-eight miles in ex- tent and provides for the leaving of the Vineyard sound and Hen and Chickens light ships upon the port hand In turning. ‘The Start. At 11:3 the starting gun for sloops was fired. Almost directly what appeared to be the Jubilee, with all sails set, luffed up short across the line. then her sails filled again and she was off. The Colonia and Pilgrim also followed closely, while the Vigilant did not cross until after the third gun, starter for schooners, was fired. With the port tack aboard, the sloops stood in toward Bren- ton’s Point for about ten minutes, then took aboard the starboard tack, which will be a long one off shore. As they started upon this tack the Jubilee was fully four minutes ahead of the Colonia in the wind, which prevailed at the start, for it was inclined to be fluky and not more than strong enough to ki their large spread of canvas fairly well filled. The Vigilant, while starting late, did not stand in shore, but laid off upon the star- board tack, and, by keeping on this for a longer time than the others did upon the port. succeeded in working well up to the windward, and soon held second place, with Colonia third and Pilgrim fourth. By excellent sailing the Vigilant contin. ued to forge ahead, and soon appeared to have first place. The weather conditions did not appear to improve at all, and it settled down to little more than a drifting match, the breeze at the start having quite died away. ‘The Ptigrim, on the other hand, appeared to be sailing a race by herself, for she drop- ped the fleet, or they rather dropped her, and left her to continue to work alone on the In-shore tack. Her speed so slow that her crew were sent down to the lee rail, with the idea of giving her as much surface for the wind to work against as possible. By 1:30 the whole fleet were hull down and the positions of the several racers could not be made out positively. The Pilgrim and Mayflower were still hugging the shore with apparent intention to fight it out upon that line t» the finish. Many of the small fry are putting back, not caring to be left out all night in the open sea without wind. ‘The fleet were by this time some twelve miles off and were completely out of sight before they made their first turning point, Vineyard Sound Lightship. ——— ILL WITH TYPHUS FEVER. The Disease Developed in a Patient Taken From Bellevue Hospital. NEW YORK, August 11.—At 10 o'clock this morning Dr. Doty, chief of the bureau of contagious diseases. recetved a report from North Brother island stating that Robert Watson. the suspect removed from Bellevue Hospital yesterday, had developad typhus fever. There is no longer doubt about the nature of the disease. What ts now puzzling Dr. Doty is how, when and where the man caught the dis- ease. Watson was employed as a laborer at the Manhattan Beach Hotel before he got sick. He went there on July 19 from Penn- sylvania and was taken sick day before yesterday. ‘That is about the usual time required for typhus to develop, and Dr. Doty ts of the opinion that Watson caught the disease in Pennsylvania, but in what city he does not know. Watson can not or will not, tell what place in Pennsylvania he came trom. ‘The health board of this city has had no information of the existepce of typhus anywhere in that state except in Phil: delphia, where two cases have heen ri ported.” Dr. Doty is now in telegraphic cor- respondence with the Philadelpnia health board, trying to find out if Watson was there and caught the disease In that city. suadiomay MAKING MONEY Now. ‘The Chicago Fair Managers Wil Be- sim to Pay Their Bo: CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—With a record of 419,000 paid admissions to the fair for the first four days of this week the average daily attendance of paying visitors will no doubt be kept up to the 100,000 mark, not including Sunday, of course. The nightly report from the department of admissions | | this week has been a pleasant surprise to the administrative officers of the exposition, and they are not slow to assign as the chief | reason for the increased attendance the sev- eral night attractions provided by them. The reduction in railroad rates is also given as an important factor in the findn- | cial improvement which has come to en- courage the officials of the fair at a time when they were somewhat distressed on ac- count of the small attendance. Next week the exposition managers will make the first payment of 10 per cent on the bonds, as there is a big balance in the bank to the credit of the exposition, and nearly all the big bills due contractors have been liquidated. Burge to Fight Dempsey in December LONDON, Aug. 11.—Dick Burge. the 140- pound fighter, has deposited £0 with Sport: ing Life to "bind the match with Jack Dempsey. The fight, which will be for 310.000 a side and the championship of the world, will take place in the United States early in December. The articles provide that the match shall be under the Mal quis of Queensbury rules. _ Vice President Messier Dead. ALTOONA, Pa., Aug. 11—Thomas D. vssler, third vice president of the Penn- sylvania Company (which company man- ages the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts- burg), died this morning at 5 at Cresson Springs. His wife and family were at his bedside until the last. He will be taken to his home at Shady Sude, in Pittsburg, thls evening. Mr. Messier was sixty years of age. ee Young Girls Drowned © Bathing. NEW YORK, Aug. 1.—Edith Flay, Lizzie Pond: and Ella Johnson, aged ten,’ eleven and ‘seventeen years, Tespectively, were drowned in Newark bay. while bathing off the foot of West dist street, Bayonne, at 6 o'clock last evening. The bodies were re- covered CHAT WITH GEN. HARRISON. He is Enjoying the Sea Breezes Romping With Baby McKee. Speciat Dispateh to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Aug. 11.—Ex-President Har- rison is romping with Baby McKee and en- | Joying the sea breezes at Beverly, Mass. | The ex-President is the guest of his daughter, Mrs. McKee, and her husband, | who are passing the summer quietly at the home of D. A. Kilham. Kilnam House, where they are domiciled | this year, is a cozy, unpretentious two-story dwelling, a somber brown in color and be- speaking in its interior furnishings the qutet, pleasant home of a well-to-do family, whose head is known as a prosperous manufacturer. It is in the midst of very attractive surroundings, and a few hundred feet away through the shady vista of the street one may catch a glimpse of the sea washing at high tide against the steep cliffs. Ex-President Harrison was seen by a re- Porter yesterday afternoon, and when asked to express an opinion on Mr. Cleve- land's message replied quietly: “Oh, you must excuse me from doing that. I am out of public life now, you know, and I don't know what benefit would result from an expression on the subject from me. It would scarcely look well for one in my position to say anything about It.” Gen. Harrison did not ‘wish to discuss the | financial situation, though he remarked that the present condition of affairs was the most extraordinary in some respects that | he had ever known. “We have alw: \ONE T0 REPEAL THE SHERMAN LAW. 3 considered,” he said, “that a New York draft was as good a3 | money anywhere, but I have actually ex- Perienced difficulty in getting one. cashed | this summer. The great mistake people are making now is in hoarding thelr thones: awd keeping it out of circulation. It's a foolish | Sithe ex-Presia fe ex-President was non-committal whe: his attention was called to the fact that 0a men were shortly to be turned out of employment in the Lawrence mills, and the suggestion that the uncertainty that exists as to what Congress will do with the postpone a_ restora- tari will perha lence longer than might be the | tion of confi case if the silver question were the only " he said, ‘to ong involved. “If it were in my power, utter any words which wouid be of service i chls tying period I should certainly be 0 ut I am simply a priv eltizen now.” _— The story to the effect that Wm. Harri- son, claiming to be a cousin of the ex- President, had turned up in Denver as a Pauper, and had been sent to the county poor farm, was met by his emphatic de- “Tt ts a silly bit of nonsense. I have no cousins nor near relations in Denver, and my only cousin by the name of William married a daughter of Gen. Pike and lives on the old family homestead in Kentucky. He has several sons living on farms near him and 1s in comfortable circumstances. The story 1s of a piece with the one printed some time ago to the effect that a man by the name of Harrison, who lost his life on a Norfolk steamer, was a near relative of mine. The only relationship was the simi- larity of name.” —>—_—_ MORE GOLD COMING THIS WAY. A Million Dollars Taken From the Bank of England. LONDON, Aug. 11.—The sum of £265,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England today for shipment abroad. Of this sum {220,000 are destined for the United States and £45,000 for Montreal. ‘The bankers here expect that the large withdrawal of gold will cause the directors of the Bank of England to further advance the discount rate at their meeting on ‘Thursday next. It was only yesterday that the directors raised the rate 1 per cent. UNNATURAL PARENTS, Simon Serger’s Murder of His Little Daughter. CLEVELAND, 0., Aug. 1.—A terrible crime was committed in this city last night. Simon Serger, a Hungarian thirty-two year: of age, in a fit of despondency and crazed | by drink killed his three-year-old daughter, | Lena, and then tried to take his own iife. | He had a quarrel with his wife and step- | children ‘drove them from the house. | He took little Lena to a vacant lot, and drawing a clasp knife, with « blade four inches long. into her temple. He then shot fier inthe tight temple, the bul- let entering her brain. He then stabbed himself twice in the left breast and fired a bullet near the same place. The child died at 1 o'clock this morning. SANDUSKY, O., Aug. 11_—Richard Kamin was arrested yesterday charged with hav- ing seriously pounded his. sixteen-year-old daughter with a club while she was dying, with intent to kill her. He is said to have repeatedly assaulted her before this, and while she was passing away last evening he is said to have struck her on the face and body. The corpse was black and blue in many places. Upon Kamin’s request the undertaker painted the spots to correspond with the color of the body. The city humane society heard of the case and had Kamin arrested. ‘The girl's death is sald to have been caused | more by Kamin’s brutality than anything | j else. Though poor, the family is a well- known one in Sandusky. Se THE PRESIDENT’S TRIP. | | He and Secretary Lamont Rea New York at 12:42, NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—President Cleve- land and Secretary Lamont arrived at Jersey City at 12:42. They were conveyal to the Victoria Hotel. They will start for Buzzard’s Bay this evening. isn 2 eras THE DISTRICT COMMITTER. Representative Aldrich’s Friends Want Him to Have a Place on It. Some of the friends of Representative Aldrich of Illinols are trying to induce him to apply for a place on the House District committee. They are doing this because they think Mr. Aldrich 1s peculiarly fitted for such a position and would prove a val- uable man. Mr. Aldrich has been asso- ciated with municipal reforms in the city | of Chicago for @ number of years. He has | been a member of the board of public | works in the city and was also president of | @ board of county commissioners and has made a study of the practical needs of Great cities. He understands the require- | Ments of a great and growing city and Is | Rot appalled by the mention of round fig- ures representing the cost of improve- ments. He ts also acquainted, however, with methods of economy in expenditures, as he was elected to his municipal po: tlons on a reform ticket. To a Star reporter today Mr. Aldrich | said that he had not applied for a place on | tnd. without any the District committee, but would have no | objection to taking one, as the work seem- ed to be in the line of his past experience. Mr. Aldrich favors the underground trolley system, if that can be proved to be practi- ble for use in cities, but until that is roven he prefers the cable and has bitter- IY opposed the overhead trolley in Chicago. ——___-e-—_______ THE IRBY-TILLMAN DISPUTE. wi 0 Filed the Dispatch Which Has Caused no Much Controversy. Senator Irby has been much annoyed by the notoriety which he has been given in the dispute between him and J. H. Tillman regarding a publication last March in the Augusta Chronicle. He last night began | steps to find the real authorship of the | telegram, which was sent from here, and | which Tillman accuses Mr. Irby of having filed with the Western Union without his | knowledge. Mr. Tillman's version was that he wrote | the story, but fearing It might cause trou- ble, informed Senator Irby that he had de- cided not to send it to his paper. Tillman | further charged that the Senator, acting | on his own motion, and without Tillman's | knowledge or consent, subsequently filed the dispatch in the office of the Western | Union Telegraph Company in Washing- | | ton. ‘This the Senator emphatical de-| nies in toto. At the request of Senator Irby there gathered yesterday Senator Jones of Ar. | kansas, Congressmen Latimer, Strait and McLaurin of South Carolina, Mr. M. Mar- e2n, manager of the Western Union Tel- egraph Company, Mr. P. A. Simpson, re- ceiving clerk of ‘that company, Mr. J. Y. Jones of Abbeville, S.C. Capt. J. M. Wod dell of the same state aiid two stenograpl ers. The testimony of the telegraph off. | cials was to the effect that Tillman had filed the telegram. -o— Launch of the Minneapolis. The launch of the new commerce de- stroyer Minneapolis at Cramp's ship yard, Philadelphia, tomorrow is to be an affair of some ceremony. A special train will take a distinguished party from Washing- ton to witness the launch. It will include | | Vice President Stevenson, Secretary Her- | bert, Senator and Mrs. Manderson, Senator and Mrs. Cockrell, Senator and Mrs. Stock- bridge, Chief Naval Constructor’ Philip Hichborn, Congressmen McAleer of Penn- | | sylvania,’ Breckinridge of Kentucky, Liv- |ingston ‘of Georgia, Meyer of Louisiana | |and Coggswell of Massachusetts and Sen- \ ator and Mrs, Washburn, whose daughter | will christen the vessel. - It is understood that the two companies of United States troops at Fort Barancas, near Pensacola, Fla., will be removed to some other post on account of the yellow | fever in that vicinity. a -.- : | | sides. THE DEBATE BEGUN. | <a. Two Bills Offered in the House This Afternoon, The Other as a Substitute for Free| Silver Coinage. MR. RAYNER FIRST SPEAKS. THE HOUSE. The House this morning was in a bustle of intense excitement. Members met in| groups, talking over the situation, and the universal question was, “Have the silver and anti-silver men reached an agreement Silver was on every man’s tongue and sil- ver will be on every man’s tongue for the next fortnight, as the conference has prac- tically agreed to limit the debate to that period of time—the debate to begin imme- diately after the reading of the journal today. After the reading of the journal Mr. Wil- son (W. Va.) offered for present ccn- sideration a bill to repeal a part of the act approved July 14, 1890 (the Sherman act). Provisions of the Bill. It provides that so much of the act ap- Proved July 14, i890, as directs the Secre- tary of the Treasury to purchase from time | to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces, or so much there- of as may be offered in each month at the market price thereof, not exceeding $1 for | 871 1-4 grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchase treasury notes of the United States, be and the same ts hereby repealed. But this repeal shall not impair nor in any manner effect the legal tender quality of the standard silver dollars heretofore coined; ani the! falth and credit of the United States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the gold and silver coin of the United States, at the present legal ratio, or such other ratio as may be established by law. Then Mr. Bland (Mo.) arose and desired to offer a resolution looking to the order of, procedure, r. Cannon (Ill) wished to ask a parlta- mentary cuestion. He wished to know how the bill was to be considered. Was it to be referred to a standing committee? Was it to be considered in committee of the whole? Or was it to be considered tn the House as in committee of the whole? ‘The Speaker replied that in the absence of rules it was for the House to determine the method of its consideration. Mr. Bland’s Order. Bland then presented the following Mr. order: “It is ordered by the House that H. B. No. 1 shall be taken up for immediate con- sideration and considered for fourteen days. During such consideration night sessions may be held, for debate onlv, at the request of either side. The dally ses- sions to commence at 11 a.m. and continue until 6 p.m. Eleven days of the debate on the bill to be given to general debate under the rules of the last House regulat- ing general debate, the time to be equally divided between ‘the two sides, as the eaker may direct. The last three days of debate may be devoted to the consider- ation of the bill and the amendments as herein provided, under the usual five-min- ute rule of the House as in committee cf the whole House. General leave to print is hereby granted. “The vote shall be taken first | on an amendment _providing —for the coinage of silver atthe resent ratlo, If that falls, then a separ- | ate vote to be had on a similar amend- | ment proposing a ratio of 17 to 1; if that falls, on one proposing a ratio of 18 to 1; if that fails, one proposing a ratio of 19 to 1; if that falls, one proposing a ratto of 20 to 1. If the ‘gbove amendments. fail, it shall be in order to offer an amendment reviving the act of February 28, 1878, re- storing the standard silver dollar, common- ly known as the Bland-Allison’ act. The Vote then to be taken on the engrossment and third reading of the bill, as amended, or on the bill itself, if all amendments shall have been voted down, and on the final passage of the bill, without other in- tervening motion. Meaning of the Order. ‘Mr. Henderson (Iowa) inquired as to the meaning of the order so far as it referred | ( to the division of time between the two ‘The Speaker said that the right of recog- nition rested with the chair, and he would Tecognize gentlemen on both sides of the question. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) suggested that there Were more than two sides to the question. Mr. Simpson (Kan.) said that in some manner there appeared to be so many sides | to the question that the republicans were | not able to distinguish themselves from the democrats any more. It was right that the populist party should have an allotment of | time; and he suggested that the members of that party be given three hours. Mr. Henderson (Iowa) gave notice that the republicans were going to control thelr full share of the time. There were not go- ing to be two sides, both controlled by the democrats. Mr, Bowers (Cal.) said that as he under- stood the question {t resolved itself Into one between the friends of free silver coin- axe and those opposed to it. He objected to republicans opposed to free, coinage controlling his part of the time. He was In favor of free coinage. (Applause. Mr. Bland demanded the previous ques- tion on his order. Mr. Reed (Maine) inquired whether, if the previous question were ordered, there would be any time allowed for debate? ‘The Speaker replied that in the absence les there would not be. Of sir Weeed said that 4 proposition had been presented, which had been agreed upon by a Committee of some sort or other—of the constitution of which this House knew nothing officially; and It was now proposed to adopt that proposition without the slight- st debate. Tie fecognized the importance of the sit- uation, and had the proposition been simply to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sher- man ‘law he could see the wisdom of the coming to @ vote at once. ARTS land sald that he had no objection to debate after the previous question was ordered. But Mr, Bland and Mr. Cannon entered into a controversy which was so animated and withal so unintelligible that both gen- tlemen were called to order by the Speaker, agreement, Mr. Bland again demanded the previous question. Mr. Cannon had some difficulty in secur- ing the and nays, but was nally suc- cessful, and the previous question was ordered—yeas, 217; nays, 100. The Free Coinage Bill Offered. Mr. Bland then offered his free coinage— 16 to 1—bill as a substitute. Mr. Rayner (Md.) was the first speaker, and he was an Impassioned one. He was, he said, in favor of the unguallfied repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman bill, without any condition or proviso what- soever. He was not in favor of purchasing another ounce of silver or the coining of it at the present ratio or any other ratio. Mr. Rayner said that what kept silver and gold at a parity was a misplaced con- fidence of the people; and in his opinion, if the real condition of the treasury were known, there would be no necessity for the repeal of the Sherman law—It would repeal itself. The present condition of affairs, Mr. Rayner said, far worse and more seri- ous than a mere panic In the stock market. ‘The law had brought about distress, suffer- ing and stagnation, which called’in the loudest tones for Its repeal. The constitu- tion nowhere establishes goid and silver as the money of the country; there is no ob- ligation to coin silver nor 'to purchase and store it for the benefit of the miner. While referring to the platform of the democratic convention, Mr. Rayner was in- terrupted by several’ questions. In_re- sponse, he said in closing: “I know that the declarations of that document have been differently construed, according to the views of the various gentlemen ex- pounding them. But as for me, in this supreme hour of my country’s need, T am not blinded nor intimidated by the glitter- ing words of a convention declaration.”* Mr. Brown followed Mr. Rayner. He was in favor of the coinage of silver, but in view of the havoc wrought by the Sherman law, ard of the demands of the demo- cratic platform, he would vote for its re- peal with or without conditions. The Pres!- dent has, in so far as he can, redeemed the pledge given in the platform, said Mr. Brown, and it now remains for Congress to do what it can to redeem those pledges. In addition to repealing the S' man law, continued Mr. Brown, the democratic plat- form promised to coin both gold and silver without discrimination against either, and that promise must be redeemed. Upon this point Mr. Brown said he would not attempt | to speak for the President, but if he were | to do so he would say that Mr. Cleveland ts | in ‘or of coining both gold and silver in accordance with the terms of the democrat- ic platform. Mr. Bland, rising to open for the free coinage side of the question, expressed his regret that a number of gentlemen, of whom the speaker who had just sat down was one of the most capable, had seen fit to change their position upon this question, to abandon a large rtion of the voters who had aided in giving them the seats jawny from 743 to 712s, | town they occupy to turn thelr faces to the and their backs to the west. to the declaration in the democratic platform, Mr. Bland asserted it was the understanding that free coinage of silver necessarily meant the repeal of the Sher- man law; the two are so antagonistic that they cannot exist at the same time. But we are met now with the suggestion that we legislate by piecemeal; repeal the Sherman law and take our chances of securing any- thing in its place which shall meet the pledge of the platform to coin both gold and silver. And this because a panic is upon us. >_ = BETTER FEELING IN WALL STREET. Effect of the Import of Five Millio: Gold. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The cables this morn- ing described the London market as flat, the quotations for Americans ruling, if anything, slightly under our closing. The feeling bere was unmistakably better, due in part to the arrival of upward of fi millions gold yesterday and to the more abund- ant supply of currency ata reduced premium. The stock market opened very tame at un- changed prices, and for the first half hour of business duliness was the only feature. A few belated bears then tried tocover their contracts in Telegraph and industrials, imparting the ap- Pearance of some animation to the spec- ulation and causing an advance , all along the line. ‘That there was ome basis for the timidity dixplayed by the shorts was stown by tho loaning rates, which are still holding ata slight premium for all the active shares, though the supply was much more plen- tiful than for some days past. ‘This was e: pesieuy: true of Lake Shore and New York Cen- ral. IDISTRICT AFFAIRS.| | outer Who is Responsible for Lighting the Out- skirts of Parks. th Letter From Col. Wilson o1 Today's Orders and Other Mat- ters of Interest. bject— ‘There is some question between the Com- missioners and the superintendent of public buildings and grounds as to who is re- sponsible for the lighting of certain lamps in the city parks. Some days ago the Com- missicners decided that owing to the state of their funds they would have to discon- tinue the responsibility of paying for these | lights after the 15th instant. They have now received the following letter on the subject from Col. J. M. Wilson, superin- tendent of public buildings and groun‘s, addressed to Col. Parker, acting president of the board: Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th informing me that the Commissioners would be ob- liged to discontinue the maintenance of certain lights after the 15th instant. These lamps, fifty-six in number, situated on the border of Lincoln ‘Square, Stanton Square, Rawlins Square, Judiciary Square, Towa Circle, Dupont Circle and the two triangles on’ Massachusetts avenue between 10th and 12th streets, were formerly lighted | and paid for by this office, having been | erected during the period when the side- walks around reservations were under the control of the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. At the advance above noted the demand from tho shorts, who were the only buyers, became leas urgent, and the speculgtion became very | dull until just before the noon hour, when @ | Prominent trader commenced to dump a lot of Sugar on the market. Tho traders who had | assisted in the early advance detected the | selling orders in Sugar and “took the market | away” from the commission brokers and it fell , with only fractional rallion, There was no news to account for the weak- ness in this specialty, except a rumor of pro- Posed unfavorable legislation in Washington. The weakness in sugar was sympathized in by the rest of the list to only a moderate e: tent. Sterling exchan; demand were 488: was weaker and rates for 3g against 490%y, the high rate quoted yesterday. Sixty-day bills in good supply at 4833. £220,000, gold, was engaged in Lond for shipment to this port by tomorrow's steam- nd it was reported that more would be purebused later in the day. | The premium on currency declined to @ | 2per cent, the bulk of the sales being at the higher figure. ‘tearing house statement: Exchan $77,- 865,656; balances, $3,597,609; U. 8. “treasury debit balance, $142,201. _. The clearing house loan committee author- ized the issue of $300,000 dditional loan cer- tificates. Total amount now outstanding, tatement of earnings of the rai | for the first week in August fo very amectic, in August is very unsatis- | factory. The freight business of the roads cen- tering in Chicago has come almost to a stand- still owing to the refusal of the banks to ad- vance money on bills of lading. ‘Ther2 ia agood. export demand, and but for the inability to e- cure advances business would be quite brisk. Money on call opened at 4 per cent, which | was the highest rate. Last loan and lowest, 3. For the first time in a long while time money is obtainable on first-class dividend paying secur- ities at 6 per cent for four months. The selling of the earlier hours had the ap. pearance of being with the purpose of testing Finding no long stock could be the market. dislodged and that the market was bare of stocks of the better class the traders turned bulls again anda rally was started, which on | light trading, sent prices to figures that in | some instances topped the beet Prices of the da. At 2:30, the market while dull, is firm with every appearance of closing higher. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, Under date of June 22, 1887, the District Commissioners sent to me a copy of the opinion of Mr. A. G. Riddle, the attorney for the District, in reference to the juris- diction of the Commissioners over the side- walks, from which the following Is taken: “A street covers the whole space between building lines. A sidewalk (called a foot- way in old time) is as much a part of the street as a carriageway. Both all from line to line is the property of the United States, and is under the exclusive authority of the Commissioners.’ sed upon this opinion of the District attorney, this office abandoned the super- vision and repair of sidewalks around reser- vations, except so far as was necessary to maintain them in cleanly condition. In the letter of February 17, 1893, froin my lecessor, Coj. Ernst, informing you that e could no longer maintain the lights m tioned on account of lack of fun stated as follows: “As these lamps are situated on the boun- dary lines of the reservations mentioned and serve the purpose of lighting the pub- | He sidewalks around these reservations, there being no lamps on the curb line, have considered it proper to notify the| Commissioners of my action, Ia case they desire to take up the lamps and order m lehted hereafter at the expense the District.” raat Congress in its wisdom deemed best to re- duce, in recent years, the annual ppropria- ton for lighting for this office trom $15,100 | to $14,000, and for the present fiscal year but $14.00 is allowed for “lighting the Exec- utive Mansion and public grounds; for gas, pay of lamp lighters, gas fitters and labor: | ers; purchase and erection of lamps. and | lamp posts: purchage of matches and for inds; fuel and lights for office | watchmen’s lodges and for green houses at the nurser; The annual cost of fuel for greenhouses at nursery, watchmen’s lodges, stabies, etc., | is about $2,300, leaving available for light: | ing, etc., as indicated above, about $11,700, | At present we are maintaining in the pub- lc parks and in the White House grounds $86 burners, and while I would gla ly pay for the lamps you are about to liscontinue | it 1s simply Impossible for me to do 80 for | lack of funds. | As before stated, these lamps, some of which are in the most frequented places in the city, are, as a rule, mainly for the| purpose of ‘illuminating thp sidewalks out- side the parks, and I earnestly hope that} the Commissioners will be able to relight them at an early day. Very respectfully, JOHN M. ILSON, Colonel U. 8. A. ‘The letter has been referred to the engi eer department and will probably have to go to the attorney for the District before It can be finally settled. While the number of lamps and the amount of money {snot he The following are the o lowest anil the closing prices of th Rembers New York soc etches Mesere. Moore & Sctley: No°RO ning, the highéet and the Chic. KT 4 Del. “Lack and. W Delaware & Hudson ron. & Rio Grande, is". & Cattle Feed'« General Electrle.n, Miinots Central. Lake Shore. Ene Tonia, & Nashville. Lone Ysiand, gers-y Central --- ‘et ae Br fe York Central NYAS. Past 8 Washington Stock Exe! Government Bonds.U, s. (48, registered, 1907, 10944 bid, 11144 asked. U, 1907, Nb Ae TRate gtd oS SS ae Ne, District of Columbia Bonds. 20-year fund 5 bid. 3.65e, funding, curt eee Washington and Georgetown b 2d, 120 bid, 140 asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel- ephoue 5s, 1896-1911, 103° asked. Capitol and O Bireet, B. (R. Se, 1031, 103 asked | Metropolitan KR, trie Licht conv. 5s, 1901, 121 eaked. aoe Capltal, 185 asked. | West End, 128 asked. Misi National Bank Stocks! 290 asked. asked, Traders’, 120 aisked. Lincoln, 107 asked. Rallroad Stocks.—-Metropolitan, 102 asked. Eck. ington and Soldiers’ Home, 40 asked. Georgetown and Tenleytown, 45 asked: atmuganice “Stocks Firemen's, 50 asked. Frank. in, ked. National Union, 18 asked. Colum. Din. LOR nk Rien, Sts aad. Topte’ merclaly bt aake asked. Lincoln, 9% asked. ‘Title Insurance Stocks.Real Estate Title, 127% Washington Gas, asked, U.S. Electric Light, 135 asked. ‘Chesapeake and Potomac, 43 raphophone, 114 bid, 24 asked. im cks.—Pheumatte Gun Carriage, <78 asked. Lincoln Hall, 95 asked. Inter Ocean Buttding. 100 asked. Sato Deposit and Trust Compantes. ‘tional fe Deposit, and Trust Company, 185. asked. Washington Safe Deposit, 108 asked. Washingtot Loan and Trust, 135 asked. American Security and ‘Trust. 135 asked. —_—.—— Chicago Grain and Provision Markets. UBy private wire to Corson & Macartney.} CHICAGO, Aus. 11, 1883. as’ and Electric Light Stocks. 43. btd, 50 asked. U. Wheat—Sept. bd 63 “Oet. 46 40) 4. Dec, 46 omen ie i Pork—Sept. 12.60 24s 12.5 “Ock RIB z 805 Receipts in Chicaro—Wheat, 80 cars; corn, 304; ett. 107; hogs, 18,000. Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Aug. 11.—Flour dull, unchanged- receipts, 14,117 barrels; shipments, sales, 6S”; Wheat quiet and higher—No. 2 red, spot, 65%a August, "G58a08; ‘September, —Grigadtae: October, Gui, asked; December, T35qn74%4; steamer No. 2, red, 64 asked-—receipts, 158,571 bushels: Rodos! Stock, “Tou 084. alow, NTL oo. anh: heat pycsninple uty "Core steady’ ‘and quiet ~—milxed, 5] Aina neust. 474714: Septem- ber, 47 hoa: Detober, 47% bi year, 47 asked receipts, 14,748 bushels; shipment: 60,000. bushel 1 Sa Sat bushels. White core Or ease ae: Fellow, 49250. Oats quiet and steady—No. 2 waite Western, 34a85; No. 2 mixed, 3144082 “receipts, Bosse bushels: xt Thushelas Tere slaw N 53 receipts, bushels; stock, 31,033 Dushels. ‘Hay goed “demand-mood to" choice ise thy. $20.50 - Grain freights quiet, unchanged. Cotton pominal middling, 8. Provisions quiet, un- Shanged.” Butter quiet, steady creamery finan, SEagEY tate ro choles Touts imieaeion firm—14. Coffee quiet Rio ci — ae one ‘No. eich: Sugar Strong grantlated: 6%. Gopher steady ene TOM. Whtsky firm ‘aval 30, Prats unetsneed. RALTIMG Aug. 11.—Virginia consuls, 2 65%; Baltimore and Ohlo southwestern firsts, 101%; ; Cosvotldated “Gas "bonds, “108%4; do, atocks, Sige 52h. Gone to Deer Park. Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle and Postmaster General Bissell left here this afternoon for Deer Park, where they will remain until Monday. large, it opens up a very pretty question of | jurisdiction that may take some time to | Settle. Public School Estimates. ‘The Commissioners have approved the es- timates submitted by Building Inspector Entwisle for the immediate repair of the public school buildings in the seventh and eighth divisions. The amount to be ex: ended is $5,452, apportioned as follow: fumner building, $481; Magruder building, ‘$120; ee bull ing. $154; Garrison build- ing, | $i86, tephens building, $332; Briggs butiding, ‘$151; Wormley’ building, $157; Cook building, $98; Banaker building, $900; Gar- nett building, $183; Jones building, $69 Pater building. $3; Logan building. | $79 Lincoln bullding. #365; Ambush | bullding, $133; Lovejoy bullding, ‘$201; Giddings bulld- ing, $130; Bowen bullding, $382; Randall building, $229; Bell bullding, $123. Today's Orders. The Commissioners have ordered that the | service box on U street, Georgetown, that water box and manhole at F and 284) streets and the manholes over sewer on U | street, town, all be adjusted to prop- er grade. They have also directed the | parking commission to remove eight trees | on M street between North Capitol and 24 | streets. The Commissioners have also ordered | that water boxes on A street between 7th | | and North Carolina avenue be adjusted to grade and that a sewer in Gales street | between 16th and ith streets northeast | be added to the provisional list of sewers | to be built under the appropriation for | suburban sewers. And also: That John Krause, Kennedy M. Schafer, B. A. Soper, W. J. Work and Daniel Shea | | each ‘be registered and licensed as a master lumber and gas fitter after filing proper nds. That United States reservation No. 264 be curbed when funds are availabl That the B. and O. Railroad Company be directed to lower its siding across M street northeast, near the intersection of 1st ‘street. Licenses Granted and Rejected. The meeting of the excise board was held today at noon instead of at 2 o'clock, the usual hour. Commissioners Parker and Powell were present. Mr. Ross is, still out of town. There'was a fair attendance of interested parties and a number of applica- lions were taken up and disposed of. The | following applications for liquor licenses! were granted: Gilbert Winter, 1109 7th| street; Staples & Merrick, 1311 E street; Jas. F. Conners, 343 Pennsylvania avenue; Ray & Craig, wholesale, 249 M street; Charles Vol- land, ‘wholesale, 301 H street; Michael Free- ly,2403 I street. Applications were rejected as follow Joseph Kluh, 1611 King street northeast; | Martin Mulroe, 400 13th street; Michael O'Connor, 2701 K street; Clarence R. Jett, wholesale, 917 26th street; Ann V. Nally, ) wholesale, 1625 12th street ‘southwest; Thos. | J, Daly, Wholesale, 1261 ith street; Edward . | P. Harris, wholesale, 1601 12th street; Eugene V. Chelini, wholesale, ist and D streets southeast. ( Garbage Complaints. The health department has prepared a summary of the reports made by Inspector ‘Howe since he began work in ascertaintag what proportion of the complaints receiy- ed at the health office against the garbage service is well founded. Of 372 complaints investigated by Mr. Howe from July 19 to August 7, he found in 269 cases the co1- tractor was at fault, in sixty-one cases the parties complaining ‘were not warranted in their assertions against the collectors, and forty-two cases were doubtful. An Unexpected Inspecti Commissioners Parker and Powell made an inspection of the reduction plant of the National Santtary Company yester-| day afternoon. They drove to the foot of South Capitol’ street, where the plant 1s located, without having announced their intended visit. They made a very thorough examination of the place and all its meth- ods, the first that has been made by them since the plant was put in operation. Both the Commissioners have expressed’ them- selves as well satisfied with the cleanliness of the place, and the comparative freedom from all offensive odors, which could not be | perceived at all outside ‘the building. pos mareevont Personal Mention. Rev. Dionysios Latus, archbishop of Zante, Greece, and his private secretary, Honer Percitis, are stopping at the S James Hotel, where they will remain for Several days. Medical Referee Thomas Fentherston- haugh of the pension office is at Virginia Beach and Assistant Medical Referee Dan- Tel C. Gentsch is piled high up with work. Prof. Lemstrom of Finland, Russia, one | of the most eminent astronomers of Eu- rope, who came to this country to visit the world’s fair, 's now in this city stop- ping at the Gramercy. Dr. John C. Exner and Mr. J. M. Rieman have gone to Cape May for two week Mr. T. W. Grimes, Who has-been very ill, is improving. Rev. Dr. Wm. E. Parson and family of New Jersey avenue are spending the sum-| mer at “The Clift.” Swampscott, M. Mr. Frank M. Brown and Mr. Fred R. Hines have gone to the Blue Ridge moun- ins, . Two Robberies Reported. A. pneumatic-tired bicycle, belonging to E. B. Hazard, was stolen from the city post | office yesterday. Yesterday afternoon a one-horse express wagon was stolen from an alley nea 7th and P streets, so E. H. Berry reported to the police. | he had engagements. ——————o__—OeOo——————E=E=E_—____—_—_—_—— AN EARLY DEPARTURE THE SILVER FIGHT. The President Left for Buzzard’s Bay HEALTH SAID 10 BS IMPAIRED. Significant Indications That He is Run Down. OBJECTS TO NEW BUSINESS. As predicted in yesterday's Star, the| President has gone back to Buzzard’s Bay. He stole away in company with Secretary Lamont at 7 o'clock this morning. It was his intention to have made the journey from here to Buzzard’s Bay without the | Knowledge of the public, and it was his | original purpose to start this evening, but | the publication in yesterday’s Star to that effect caused a change of plan and prob-| ably hastened his departure. It was then arranged to start early this morni with the hope of escaping the eye of the Wash- | ington public as well as the curiosity of | the people along the route between here and Jersey City.. The latter danger point , the party could board a private and be free from all possible intru- | on the remainder of the trip. The President Run Down. 1 The whole affair was managed with the | utmost secrecy and the greatest mystery, | the reason for which is unknown, unless | it be that the President is seriously ill and has been advised by his physicians to avoid | the least excitement. It is known as a fact that the President is wi | down in health, and that he has sutered | severely from the heat since his return to Washington. Then, again, his labors dur- | ing the past few days have aggravated his ee troubles pod canes an extent that ¢ had become somewhat rest 4 table and refused to oo i Members of his official family with wee, A Significant Indication. One of the best indications of the condl- tion of his health is shown in the fact that he has persistently refused to take up any new business at present and has failed to | act'on any of the important matters awaited his return to the city last won| Several such questions were recently sub- mitted to him by the different cabinet officers. Although most of these are sul unsettled, the President within the last few days has disposed of a large amount of the | eontee busin ess of the different tepart- | ments, such as recess appointment =| dons and army and navy promotions,” The Early Start. He had a long conference with Secretary Gresham at his country home yesterday, Presumably in regard to the condition of affairs in Hawali and Samoa, and the pro- spective settlement of the Bering sea arbi- tration. In the evening in the protects shade of the night he quietly drove into the city and retired to his private apartments inthe White House. where he spent the night. About 6:30 o'clock this morning Sec- | retary Lamont, who, with the Pi lent’s | valet, seemed to be the only person in the secret, joined the President at the White | House, and with him was driven to the Bal- timore and Potomac depot, where a private car awaited them. They were quickly | whisked away, and are now si ed to be | bounding over the waters of Island sound en route to Gray Gabies. It is delicately hinted that the real rea- son for the President's hasty departure froin Washington is due to domestic causes | which require him to be at the sde of Mrs. | Cleveland. She is in very delicate health and requires the constant attention of Dr. Bryant. Mr. Thurber’s Reticence. Private Secretary Thurber is extremely @iplomatic about the President's move-| ments and despite previous frequent in- quiries It was fully 2 o'clock this after- noon that he would admit co a Star re- porter that the President had jeft the city. Mr. Thurber must have been acting under | orders, otherwise he was very ignorant on @ subject on which, naturally, he was sup- | ed to be informed. Instructions hate given, in the absence of the Prest- dent and Mrs. Cleveland, to afford callers e¥ery opportunity to go" through the red, blue and green rooms of the White House, and to see all that ts to be seen on the lower floors. Upstairs, where the businers 1s carried on, no one is allowed except those who wish to see Mr. Thurber. piebeccade tes INTERESTING CALCULATIONS. yacht ston Treasury experts have made some inter- esting calculations as to the effect of in- creasing the ratio of silver at 20 tol They find that the market price of silver neces- sary to place the proposed coin at par would be $1.0825584 in New York, and 47.15 pence in London. The dollar would con- tain 464.14 gratns of pure silver and 51.6 grains of alloy, or 516 grains in all, as against 412. grains in the current coin. At this rate one thousand of the new col would weigh 72.714 pounds as against 59.000 pounds for the present dollars, and 1,000,000 pieces would weigh thirty-seven tons as against thirty tons for 1,000,000 of the cur- rent coins. Accoriing to the present prop- osition the new dollar would be thicker than the present dollar, but no larger in diameter, and the most perceptible differ- | ence between the coins would be in their weight. THE CONSCIENCE FUND. The Amount to Which Small Contri- butions has Reached. An ‘account designated as the “Con- science Fund” was opened by the register of the treasury to show from time to time the receipts of moneys by the United. States government from unknown persons. ‘These moneys are covered into the general treasury as miscellaneous receipts, and may be used like other assets of the treas- ury for any purpose that Congress may deem proper. ‘The account was open prt to March 31. 1885. there Rew teen ese in small ans amount of #205,0m96, “nm ‘he seuregare Remittances are received almost weekly, occasionally the receipts are two or three a * sonst. Frege tly th for- are no & juen - Warded by clergymen at the request of penitents. As nearly all the communica- tions are anonymous, a ee made through the press ‘MR. BLOUNT’S SUCCESSOR. Appointment Has Deen Made so far 9 Known. It ts said at the State Department that no arrangements whatever have been made for | diplomatic representation at the Hawaiian | Islands in the event of Minister Blount’ leaving there to visit the United States, but that if Mr. Blount should leave Ha- watta the duties of his office would natu- rally devolve on the consul general, an of- fice now held by Mr. H. W. Severance, rather than on the naval officer in com-| mand of the station. Secretary Gresham said today that if Admiral Skerrett had | been placed in charge of diplomatic affairs at Honolulu it must have been by order of | the Secretary of the Navy, as he knew of no such instructions. The latest press dis- patches from Honolulu, dated August 9, say that Minister Blount is awaiting the arrival of his successor. If that is so he | will not start for home for some time yet, _ as no such appointment has been made. Accordii to present information there ts hot much likelihood of a change in the | Hawaiian mission before the existing com- lications are in a fair way of settlement. it may become necessary to summon Mr. Blount to big — me een to assist in the ne- gotiations at Washington, but that would not necessitate a change. cesar zr Bureau of Engraving Bids. Bids were opened at the Treasury Depart- ment yesterday for the erection and com- pletion of new boiler house and new boiler plant for the bureau of engraving and printing (and not for Washington city post office as reported) as follows: Babcock & Wilcox of New York, boller lant, $20,188; D. F. Mockbee of Washington, | D. C., house, $16,9%; Campbell & Zell of Bal- | timore, house, $10,900, and plant. $19,416; W E. Speir & Co. of Washington, D.C. house, | 911,00, and plant, $18,900; Wm. W. Winfree | of Washington, 'D. C., ‘house, $94,290, and | plant, $19,000: C. Thomas & Son Washing-| ton, D. C., house, $11,000, boiler plant, 321.- | o00;_John | Baizies a house, $12,655, and plant, 7: 8. 1. . oF Chicaeo, ‘plant, S430. Wim. Morr: ol f Washington, D. C., house, $14,222, and ont, S32 ‘3 arn} Lyon of Washin DC: house, 312,90, and plant, $13,570; John fio Prank: Baldwins house, 318376 $11,000; Fran! win, use, plant, $12,590; Heine Safety Co. of St. Louis, plant, #14300. | by defendant against plaintit (Continued from First Page.) clares that such a rate should be our mar- ket price. I wonder that the people subinit to it. 1 would impeach him. But we will not be beaten in is fight,” he concluded. “You will see that.” Acting Director Presto ts only an ef ploye of the Treasury Department, not a@ officer appointed by the President and com- firmed by the Senate. Therefore the Sem- ator’s remedy of impeachment is not «> plicable to his case. Repeal Likely to Win. Now that the questions have been take up in the House under an agreement it is believed that there will be no hitch whet= ever, and that at the end of the time al- jotted for the consideration the bill reperl- ing the Sherman law will be passed. The canvas made by the advocates of the un- conditional repeal of the Sherman law satis- fies them that they will have a very lunge majority for that proposition. The sliver men, it is believed, will be divided along the line of the several ratios that will Proposed. It is believed that some, who wi vote for the present ratio, will not vote an increased ratio, and that all along line from sixteen to twenty there will ro of — ‘4 h, and it ts thor jost certain that on their Proposition the silver men will be. i ably in the minority. Conservative men @x- Press their opinion that the uncondi! repeal of the Sherman law will pass House with a majority of above thirty. The Senate Situation. ‘The situation in the Senate is different, The House is no longer confronted witht any danger of filibuster, put in the Senste Bi pats | the radical silver men may prolong de bate for an indefinite time. There are three elements among the democrats in finance committee. Those who are silver men, those who are radical men and those who are conservative favor a middie course. The imi seems to be that the bili brought out provide for the repeal of the law, accompanied merely with a that it is the purpose of Congress and administration to secure and maintain M- metallism. There is some opposition to by leading democrats in the Senate, deciare that there should be some positive legislation to bimetallism of an empty declaration of There is a prospect of a pretty over this question, but the seems to be that finally the repeal and declaration will be adopted. In the Ro declaration tn favor of Dimetajiiem expected unless it is there roy amendment from the Senate. Provisions of the Agreement. ‘The agreement presented to the House Mr. Bland contemplates the offering various free coinage amendments, the first of which will be the following bill edopus@ by the free silver men: “That from and after the of this act all bolders of silver builion to ‘amount of $100 or more of standard and fineness shall be entitied to have same coined at the mints of the Ut States into siiver dollars of the weight Sueness provided for in section 2 of this act. for in this aot shall consist of 03 s consist 1 of standard silver, said dollar to be leah tender for all debts, dues, and both public and private. “Section $—The holder of the silver dole lars herein provided for shall be entitied sm Agposit the same and receive silver cor in the manner now for the standard silver dollar ot 7 “Section 4—So much of the act of July 18%, as requires the monthly 4,500,000 ounces of silver bullion be, and same is hereby repealed.” — CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION, a receivable by Gaily balances between part of the rable, abd" are. independent of ts bills receivable, and are independent cash reserves of the bank. The efieot of the issue of certificates is to creale medium of circulation between the banks gol center the teanster of cash foun one 68 tunity to the banks to furnish ‘to their customers, These certificates can be redeemed by the banks to, which they are insmod ‘by parment of onch ‘at any tne wpa which the securities pledged by said banks will bs returned Controlier Eckels has LS. Hunt receiver of the Bank of San Antonio, Tex. innate, Clerk Wanted in the Fish Commissios: to fill a vacancy im the position of al and fishery clerk in the United commission of fish and fisheries, The of tho postion bs So 0 pose. ‘ee. e departmen' examination be ‘used. with the addition of geography, compilation of statistics and fisheries. Residents of the District will juspended. Acting Secretary Hamlin has directed, Bit at's nome Sui sion of the order duty on the imer portation of fish caught in the -2- I Heenses have been issued by the tik ofthe court as follows: Paul £ Moussard and Prue, Robert both of Leesburg, Vo; Wm. M, Minor nf Sarah A. MoCowas if Goo! county, . 5 Biackstong of Annapolis, Md, and Frances Marks Richmond, Va. odd and Ella G. Verts, a may I Judge mothers are It was alleged. in that mother, a widow. being health, is unable to properly provide for the child. Judge Mills made an order turn~ ing the child over to the board of children's guardians, and Agent Wilson of the Hi Thane Society said the child would be for at St. Ann's Asylum. ———_—> Sisters at Variance. Isabella Warner and husband by Br: Campbell Carrington, fied = bill against her sister, Hattie Jackson, to Te Strain the sale of 2109 9th street north’ and proceedings at law = ‘s. The sisters have owned and lived on the tor twenty years, and the elder, I ‘some time ago married Warner. ‘The other then filed a bill for a tion by sale, and the Warmers now to enjoin the sale, stat- ing that Hattie now claims the by virtue of a deed from Isabella, they declare to be fraudulent, and assert that if @ bi board was pressed against it would more than consume Bet in the property. E 84