Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1893, Page 1

alias + WASHINGTON GROW: THE EVENING sTAR PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenns, corner llth St, by The Evening Star Ni " SH KACEPMANS, Pere eee Few York Ofice, 88 Potter Building Tue Evewryo Stan fs sorvet to exbecrthers city by carriors on thie own account at Toeoaes bee Ser, Poe, muome, onion at fe eoaater Ss Seach. By mail anywhere in the United States OF Geasda—postace srepald a conte pec rome SATCuDAT QuaD2U? Le Suter Stam $1 OOper year with foreian postace attod, SLOO nS COMME Tear: {Entered at the Post Odice at Washington, second-class mail matter.1 ee $27 All matl subscrtitions must be palin advance Ratos of advertisine mais known on appiteation. _ Se Che Evening Star. Vor. 83, Na 20,652. WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1893. TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. ‘AUSES AND Ml speais the balcony of the National Hotel invited. THE BEST PLACE. Tn these times of FINANCIAL DISTURBANCE the best place fo put your money is the PER- PETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION. The assets are $1,102,880.90, ‘The undivided prolits now amount to $99,350.00 It has been established twelve years, It never stops taking in money. It never stops paying ont money. It never stops making advances. Gar profits are now more than $7,000 per month. It is now paying 12 per cent per annum on ma- turing shares. 1t Je now paying G per cent per smnum on oe cial payments. Jt pays 5 per cent per anoum on shares with @rawn before maturing. Ove member has paid $50 per month for 100 mouths $5,000. He now receives $7,500, ot $2,500 8 years and 4 months. You may do the same providing you have the “s- If you cannot pay om so many then take amber of ‘hares. We are taking tn special payments every day St 6 per ceat per annum. You may come and join at any time. Everything of ours is secured by first deeds of frost on gucd real estate in the city of Washing- tor. Omice, 506 Tith st. SAXTON, Treasurer. JOHN COOK, Secretary. 006 11th st. CHAS. F. BENJAMIN, Attorney, "R CELLARS YOUR CELLARS! te worthy the “seat of ponor” on any table.” We re. fer to ou arade “Old Her- mitage” Red Wine. Has dry favor that is URBAN RESIDENCE. ‘the impression that to buy s home. rent. ent is enriching your land- Jord. and you receive very Little return for your money. CHARLTON a home at 2 “a? on = terms fs '< a ae Sig room house at Charites A cosy z are os. for = et ¥ eo aS a tate Helghts will double itself im value in a few years. Free transrortation. JAMES E. WAUGH. “Owner.” 610 F st. nw. aulé WILLIAM B, MARCHE HAS OPENED A 2 CENT BAGGAGE @XPRESS: Prompt at 312 Engt Capito! street, given to orders by postal. 12-3" $318 PER CENT DISCOUNT —-ALTERATION SALE — Suits without reserve. Sults without reserve. ¢ Suits without reserva, Spring Overroats without. reserve. 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Naines of Parties Who ‘ave best cured can be furnished ‘th name of some friend who ia ruptucs. Send for pamphlet ‘su2-1m Fou RENT—CHEAP— FOUR ROOMS RE cor. F and 15th sts. —suitable for any purpose. BRYAN & COMPANY. “OMPANY ELECTRIC st catie road and Me- tropolitan railroad every ten minutes for Bright. wood, Battle cemeter fer Springs and Tskoma Park. Care lesve Siive: Springs and Takoms. tag minutes for tks cit fal evenin: ride these bot aiwhts ad Lin THUS. O'BRIEN, Superintendent biaMoND SETTING A specialty of our Factors. R BARRIS & Co., Manufacturing Jeweiers, - Cor, 7th and D n.w. & L. McQUEES. Darsren AND, PUBLISHER ane book ami job printing. Fie tela: Hos tits & st. nw. FENDERS. GRA Wrourh Yuren, kc. Tiles, Stained Gian, Mosaics, Marbles. __Televbone SPIRITUALISM—MRS. B.S. COWING, WASH- ington’s favorite test_medinm, will at the meeting of “THE SEEKERS L TRUTH "THIS EVENING at the ‘Temple, Gs ‘Compton ite AMERICAN 81 AMERICAN Cay im). pital (paid in). This company has for} sale First Trust Noten, netting 6 full per cent in any sums in sums from 8100 to! 000, ri 5 rer sear inert John N. jollars as safely and| Jenks, Soha 8. = os a pundred| john A. 3. ‘WE WILL MAKE YOUR HOUSE GALABLE. It is impossible in these days of money scar ety to ve)] anything without true merit, LIBBEY, BITTINGER & MILLER, “Lamber, Mill Work and Builders’ Hardware.” Cor. 6th and N. ¥. ave. nw. aulé “THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE god pe! at the ‘‘Elms- * mere” Hotel, where! ee prevail. 1406-12 Het. ‘4th ‘A NEW AUCTION FIRM. st., Detween 6th and 7th northwest. Se aes ot eo = inpted "to the sale of works of ‘Two as art of every ‘Tiption. aA designed a for the of eee ee ok ce Complete tn all its appointments. _aus6-ot_ AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS AND TOURISTS —Or — else making « Ca gp FLEXIBLE OSMAPH ALBUM a long-felt want, and the price is very rea- eocaites : ey it, se well se our large and vatled stock ‘of all" kinds of ‘sation errand stationers’ sundries at "lowest prices. EASTON & RUPP, Popular Stationers, 421 11TH ST. Gust above the avenue.) ACARD. “This fe to notify my friends and the ally that I have associated anyself with oe UIs But bus lone exvertence in the ans and the superb ¢ for ‘the re- public 'N.B.—I have no connection with any other auc- ton nguse. "Very respectfully. Sy rien A. LYON HAS REMOVED HIS DENT. Binds isbn LSU Got to FOE Lath ae- Rew tyE ae AN ANTI-SILVER CONFERENCE. A Majority of Over Fifty Counted On in the House. ‘The anti-silver members of the House held a conference at the Arlington last night to compare notes on their canvass of their strength in the House. They counted on a majority of over fifty for uncondi- tional repeal of the Sherman law. An executive committee was appointed, of which Gen. Tracey of New York was elected chairman, composed of the follow- ing members: Tracey of New York, Ray- nor of Maryland, Cockran of New York, Fitch of New York, Harter of Ohio, Catch” ings of Mississippi, Cobb of Missouri, By- num of Indiana. ‘Sperry of Connecticut. Lapham of Rhode Island, Brawley of South Carolina, Hall of Minnesota, Barwig of Wisconsin, Cadmus of New Jersey, John- son of Ohio, Caruth of Kentucky, Pendle- ton of West Virginia, Foreman of Illinois, Cemmings of New York, Patterson of Tennessee and McAleer of Pennsylvania. Is Bourke Cockran Playing Achilles? ‘The marked absence of Mr. Bourke Cock- ran from the meeting and the appointment of Gen. Tracey as chairman of the execu- tive committee in his stead occasioned rumors to be started that the distinguished ‘Tammany orator, like Achilles, had taken umbrage and retired to his tent, and would no longer seek to lead the forces who favor unconditional repeal. The additional sur- mise was ventured upon that Mr. Cockran would be found eventually siding with Sena- tor Hill in favor of a bimetallic standard, But as Mr. Cockran himself was not present and no one was authorized to speak for him and explain his absence these suggestions were received with the qualification that it would be better to await further develop- ments before accepting them as facts, ae Naval Orders. Chaplain J. R. Matthews has been placed on the retired list of the navy on noeacnt of, disability. Passed Assistant Engineer R. W. Galt has been detached from the Norfolk yard and ordered to the Newark: R. I. Reed, from the Newark to the Mian: tonomoh; R. T. Hall, from the Mlantono- moh and granted three months’ ‘eave: G. M. Ramsom, from the Pinta to temporary @uty at the Union Iron Works; W. 13. Bail. ey, from the Baltimore to the’ Machias: F. G.’ Denning. from the Machias to the fal. timore. Assistant Engineer B. C. Sampson, from the Naval Academy September 1 to the Pinta; W. S. Burke, from the bureau of steam engineering and placed on wait. ing orders. Chiet Engineer George H. Car- ney, from the New York navy yard and ordered to duty in connection with cruisers f'and $ and the Marblehead. Lieut. W. H Beehler has been ordered to Chicago in Meir J. COBNING. Tile Shop, 520 13th st, charge of the Navy Department exhibit. NO SPEEDY RELIEF/TE PATENT OFFICE AxE./H ATL OF RECORDS. Will Be Had by Legislation Directly Relating to Silver. THE SENATE THE HOPE OF SILVER MEN Estimates From the Leaders of Opposing House Factions. A COMPROMISE LIKELY. ‘The impression is growing at the Capitol that if any speedy relief to the situation is to come through action by Congress it will have to be by legislation not directly re- lating to silver. It is regarded now as probable that the Speaker will not wait until the debate now im progress in the House is over, but will get a special authorization and announce the committees by the end of this week or the first of next. If this is done it is ex- ected that the committee on banking and currency will get at once to work on some financial measure not relating to silver. The feature of the silver debate in the House today was the speech of Mr. Bryan ot Nebraska, the young champion of the white metal. When the debate began this morning the silver men were more than two hours ahead of the anti-silver men in the amount of time consumed. An effort was made to balance this up @ little by getting more anti-silver men to take the floor, but the effort was not entirely suc- cessful. ‘The progress of time toward when a final vote must be taken in the House on the Propositions which will be presented is not marked by any indication of a material change in the situation. The silver men be- Meve that they are gaining some as the de- Date progresses, and the anti-silver men are excited to more systematic efforts to consolidate their strength; yet it appears probable that whatever gains the silver men may make it will not amount to enough to enable to carry any one of their pro- posed amendments through. ‘The vote on e 20 to 1 ratio, it is believed, will be very close, yet it is hardly expec the most sanguine silver men to carry. Then when It comes to « vote simply for or against the straight repeal bill it is expected that there will be a great majority for the repeal. en ee a Tel ° oan uncot stil in the Senate, and thelr confidence in that body appears to be warranted. Looking to the Se As has been repeatedly said, it is appar- ent that the Senators want to wait until the House has acted on the bill before them. The Senate will. then, it 1s expected, go at the matter with considerable delib- eration, and the silver men are counting on @ sufficient improvement in the general sit- uation throughout the country pending the discussion to relieve the pressure for ac- tion which comes from distress, as they put {t, rather than from reason. The most ef- fective arguments in this fghe "Spe thgee made in private, and not in public debate. It is not expected that a single vote will be changed by what {s said on the floor of either House. The talk there ts for the country. In the conferences on both sides they get to practical politics. The argument pressed by silver men to hold fhelr people in line for @ determined and a long fight is that the demand for the re- of the Sherman law does not come rom the fact that that law is in any way responsible for the present financial strin- gency, but that the stringency is being taken’ advantage of as affording an oppor- tunity for pressing Congress for the re- Peal, They urge that the public generally. or those who do not already realize it, wili soon come to understand that the strin- gency is not due to the Sherman law; and that they will also come to realize’ that the unconditional repeal of that law would simply still further contract the currency at a time when the country is already suffering from an insufficiency of currency. ‘They belleve that if they can get the idea abroad that the repeal of the law is going to make it still more difficult to get_cur- rency for the business of the country there will not be the demand for the repeal that there now appears to be. A Disagreement and Compromise. ‘The purpose seems to have a disagree- ment between the two houses, if the silver men cannot amend the bill in the House, and ‘then to fix up a proposition in confer- ence which will be in the nature of a com- promise. Opposing Estimates. Mr. Harter estimates that if the House successfully passes what he calls the dan- ger point of the vote on free coinage at a ratio of 20 to 1, the majority for the Wilson bill, which will present the naked question of repeal or no repeal, will be 100 or moze. On the other hand, Mr. Bland says there are Representatives who may vote against the coinage of silver at any specified ratio who will not vote to wholly abolish the use of silver as a money metal, which would be the effect, he says, of the passage of the Wilson bill. “If there are any Representatives from a silver district who would thus vote,” sald Mr. Bland, “they had better make terms with the administration, for they cannot do it with their people.” ‘Mr. Harter’s doubt as to the result of the yote on the proposition to coin silver at a ratio of 20 to Lis said to be due to informa- tion conveyed to the anti-silver executive committee that there aré upwards of forty republicans who will vote for establishing coinage at that ratio. Mr. Bland, however, believes that the ratio of 16 to 1 will be stronger in the House than any other, despite the reported forty republl- can votes for 20 to 1. COULD NOT BE PAID. Trouble of the Senate Employes Be- cause of the President's Absence. While the majority of the special em- ployes of the Senate at this time would probably swear eternal alleglance to Pres- {dent Cleveland, {t is a fact that, deep down in their hearts, they bear him not a Uttle ill feeling. Yesterday was the 15th of the month ana on that day it is cus- tomary for these employes to urrange themselves in a long line, with beaming faces, before the financial clerk of the Senate and patiently await their turn to draw down their sem!-monthly stipend. Yesterday a number of them arranged themselves all right enough, and they had their beaming faces properly adjusted, but they did not draw. It was all on account of Mr. Cleveland, and cosequently the ill feeling which is manifest toward him today. In order that the appropriation for the payment of these employes should become available for the extra session {t was necessary for Congress to pass a resolution authorizing the use of the appropriation for this purpose. Con- gress did its share of the work nobly, and without delay. The House and then the Senate passed the resolution without oppo- sition, but Grover, oh! where? oh! where was he? The resolution could not be car- ried into effect without his sicnature, and as he is rusticating, or resticating, at Gray Gables, the signature was not to be ob- tained. ‘Therefore the boys did not leave the Capitol with the wealth they expected, and, for thein, the financial stringency has not been relieved in the least. Examiners Fear That 8 General Slaughter ‘Oca ‘The Cases of tho Examiners Whose Resig- mations Have Been Called for—The Patent Office and Politics. ‘The request for the resignations of Pat- ent Examiners Hyer, Hudson, Morrison, Parks and Graves continues to be the text for talk. It is suspected by all the exam- iners and believed by many that the quartet named is but the vanguard of a general exodus. Changes in the corps of patent examiners have been rare. Dignitaries of this kind have fancied that their castles stood strong. A man, in order to be a patent examiner, must needs be a special- ist, and because of this it has been con- sidered difficult to replace one. To transact this line of duty efficiently a man must store up a vast deal of purel; technical knowledge, which, it is sai can only be acquired in the patent office and in the division with the work of which he is familiar. People old in the patent traces say that this is the first time in the history of the office that removals from this branch have been made without » known cause. Politics and Patents. Politics, so the knowing zay, have never figured conspicuously in the conduct of patent affairs. They can recollect bu one instance and then the victlin was fired more for obtaining leave under false pre- tenses, as it was charged, than for any other ‘reason. This was the caso of Ex- aminer Peck. During the firs: Cleveland- Harrison campaign Mr. Peck is said, a leave of absence, by plac! file a surgeon's certificate ut 1ll-nea this he was granted sick leave Instead ol going to a hospital or a drug store or to a graveyard, Mr. Peck, it was asserted, bearded the lion in his ten, invaded Cleve- land's district in New York, preacned the pel of republicanism and shouted for ‘ison. This was his fatal error. ‘Soon after the inauguration of President Cleveland an order came down from the White House retiring the offending exam- iner on no pay. Patent office folks my that this is the oniy incident of the kind that they can recall. They think, though, that the present resignation request 1s but a forerunner of awful things to come. They do not understand it. Hyer is a man, it is said, of faultless record for efficiency. ‘With Examiner Sander, he has occupied a top notch in regard to the number of cases upon, and Is not known in the of- fice as an offensive partisan. He is from Pennsylvania, and born of republican par- ents, but he has not voted the ticket of his fathers in eight years, has held aloof from primaries and has failed to register. It ts said that one of Mr. Hyer’s closest friends, James Norris of the District democracy, re- cently asked Mr. Hyer what his politics were. Said to Be Democrats. ‘Mr. Graves, another of the martyrs, ts a southern democrat and is said by his friends to be a democrat of the leather lunged and forked tongue variety. Mr. Hudson 1s said to be a democrat, but it is safe to class him. as doubtful. Mr. Parks, who is also to leave, is a republican. It is curreniiy re- ported around the patent office that the rea- son of his downfall is that he is reputed a rich man, and is aged well nigh unto Irac- tivity, It is beifeved that all the gentlemen named will make a fight for the retention of their places, ‘This morning a lengthy petition, said to be numerously signed by prominent attor- neys, was presented to Commissioner Say- mouf, urging that Examiner Hyer be re- tained in his present position on the ground of efficiency. An interview with, the Com- missioner elicited no information, but it ts a safe prediction that petitions of this kind will be of no avail. = = A BERING SEA EXPERT. Capt. Shepard Thinks the Sealing Regulations May do Some Good. Capt. L. G. Shepard, chief of the revenue cutter service, is an authority in matters affecting the seal fisherles. He has spent many years cruising in Bering sea, and is thoroughly familiar with the ways of the poachers, as well as the habits of the seals, He commanded the cutter Rush from 1886 to 1890,the period of greatest activity among the poachers, and he made a large number of selzures. He is somewhat disappointed @t the result of the arbitration, and ex- resses doubt as to the utility of’ the regu- Fitions for the prohibition of pelagic seal- ing and the preservation, of ‘the species. He said that he thought it would be very diicult, from a police point of view to car- ry the regulations into effect. As he under- stood the matter, both governments, the United States and Great Britain, jointly police Bering sea and endeavor to carry out the regulations agreed upon. It wouid be very difficult to define the boun- dary line of the sixty miles prohibitive zone in consequence of the dense fogs which constantly prevail in those seas. Stil he thought the sixty mile zone was some pro- tection to weal’ life. use of nets and firearms, however, would do more to protect the seals than anything in the agreement. At present, and in thelr untrained condition, very few white men could engage in seal hunting, and this work would devolve to a great extent upon the Indians, and will probably cause a great demand for their labor. These Indians use spears with a precision and skill that white men do not possess. Capt. Shepard himself, while in command of the Rush, made a number of captures in Alaskan waters of sealers fishing illegal- ly, according to the contention of the Unit- ed States at that time. Speaking from memory Capt. Shepard said that in 186 four vessels ‘were Selzed; 1887, 15; 1888, none; 188, six; 1891, three; 1892, two. He thought these figures woull be found to be approximately accurate. Claims for damages under this decision woull now be filed by the owners of all these vessels. The Treasury Department had a detailed Ust of all the property on board the vessels which its officers have seized since 188i ‘The value of this property will probably determined by a commission. This tedious work would require much time and It will probably be a year or more before the claims ‘could be adjudicated. The amount of claims for actual loss would not, he thought, be very great. As to consequen- tial damages ‘they, if allowed, would amount to millions of dollars. ——___-«-—__-____ Senator Horr on Silver. The silver speech delivered in the Senate yesterday afternoon by Senator Hoar was a long discussion concerning the produc- tion of gold and silver, during which he an- nounced himself in favor of both these met- als as currency on a parity. He had al- ways been a bimetallist, but it was the bl- metallism of Washington and Jefferson which recognized gold as the finer metal and necessarily the standard of value. Sil- ver today circulated everywhere as the money of the people and would continue until ‘time should be no more, although at times legislation or speculation might place them one above the other. Mr. Hoar sald that believing with Hamilton that bimetal- lism is the only policy which we can pursue and believing also with him that when sil Yer and gold separated the better metal be came the standard. he was, therefore, in favor of stopping the purchase of more sil- ver. If Mr. {Cleyetand, in his inaugural, had sald that he would use all the power of the Executive to keep every dollar equal to every other dollar and that there should be no interference with the tariff, this calamity ;would not have come. At the ‘close of Mr. Hoar’s speech a dis- cussion started as to the old question of responsibility for the demonetization of silver, and was carried on for some time by Senators Stewart, Cockrell, Aldrich, Hoar and Sherman. Finally, at’ 5:10 p.m., after a brief executive session, the Senate adjourned until today. —e— Yellow Fever Expert Goes South. John Guiteras, professor of pathology in the University of Pennsylvania and. for- merly passed assistant surgeon in the ma- Tine hospital service, had a consultation with Surgeon General Wyman yesterday and then went to Brunswick, Ga., and other southern points to Investigate the yellow. fever and to determine the doubtful cases. He is an expert in yellow fever cases. Reports to Controller Eckela, ‘The controller of the currency was in- formed this morning of the fallure of the Union National Bank of Racine, Wis. An examiner will be put In charge at once. The German National Bank of Denver, Col., is making strong efforts to resume business. Our Life Saving Service Commended. ‘The local marine board of Liverpool, Eng., on the receipt of a copy of the an- nual’ report of the life-saving service, has written a letter to the Treasury Depart- ment highly commending that service,which it characterizes as ‘one of the brightest ornaments of your country. er The Monitor Nantucket. Orders were sent to the U. S. S.*Kear- sarge to take the monitor Nantucket from the New York navy yard to Wilmington, N. C., where she will be turned over to the state authorities as a school ship and asa practice ship for the use of the naval re- serve, which has only recently been or- would | ‘The prohibition of the | { Bill For a $300,000 Building Passes the Senate Today. BUILDINGS IN THIS CITY. General Discussion of Local Build- ings Draws Out Varying Views. FOR A NEW STOREHOUSE. ‘The Senate today, after a short discussion which indicated a decided sentiment among @ majority of the Senators for providing this city with some method of relief from the overcrowded public buildings so that a repetition of the Ford’s Theater disaster would not be probable, passed the bill intro- duced by Senator Vest providing for a bew hall of records in this city. Mr. Vest reported the bill favorably from the committee on public bulldiags and grounds and asked for its immediate con- sideration. He spoke of the overcrowded condition of the executive departments, and referred es- peclally to the Maltby building, in which a number of the Senators have their rooms. He said that public documents were piled up on the first floor of the Maltby building to such an enormous weight as to be pull- ing it down. The folding room of the Sen- ate and the Maltby contained now over 11,000 volumes belonging to Senators, which would never be called for. And Congress was continuing to order needlessly the printing of books and documents at a large expense. The old fetid odor of decaying paper in the folding room of the Senate affected the whole Capitol, and was pollut- ing the air all the time. The patent office had recently hire@ a building outside for the storage of thelr valuable papers. The pap2rs had recently investigated this matter anc hed loudly 2 ere wel Uc Tiprartes ‘throughout the country when would gladly receive many 9° these public count of the Lirce pum- documents, ‘on ac ber of their patrons who were intercated in the matters which those documents treated of. He thought that the commitiee i oe sre — a ete ren ich a number of these documen: could be disposed of. The Recent Disaster. Mr. McPherson of New Jersey indorsed all that had béen stated by Senator Vest. He referred to the recent disaster at Ferd’s Theater, and cited this as a reason Why there should not be a moment's de- layin removing these documents from the Maltby House, in order that another Such disgraceful Catastrophe to the na- t! capital should be avoided. un- derstood that the storing of the documents in the basement had already had the effect of tearing apart some of the brickwork in the building. He believed the committee on public buildings and take it upon themselves to have these doc- uments removed at once—today. Mr. Butler introduced @ resolution at this point providing that the sergeant-at- arms of the Senate should distribute to the public libraries throughout the United States such pubditc documents as were un- claimed by the committees by the lth of next December. Mr. Hale added his indorsement to the views of the Senator from Missouri. He said that it was impossible to go through the executive departments without findin, the halls, which should be free, crowd with these documents, which not only made the halls unsightly and unhealthy, but in some instances unsafe. A New Senate Document Room. At this point Mr. Vest disclosed the fact that he had prepared a bill, which he would introduce in a day or two, providing for the appropriation of $7,500 for the con- struction of a new building on the ground owned by the government adjoining the Maltby building to be used as a folding room for the Senate. It will have a front- age of thirty-five feet and a depth of nine- ty feet. The plans and specifications were already prepared and provided for a strong, secure and roomy structure. ‘Mr. Cell said that for the past two years he had occupied a room in that buliding, and he was unaware of there being any danger there. In resoonse to a question Mr. Vest sald that the bill was the same which had been | recommended formerly by the heads of the departments, and that the building was to be constructed so that it would be entirely fire-proof. Mr. Hale was of the opinion that the ap- propriation was not sufficiently large to se- cure the character of building that should be constructed, but Mr. Vest assured him | that the plans and specifications had all been prepared, and he thought that the sum was entirely sufficient, as it was his inten- tion to locate the building, if ible, on some property already owned by the gov- ernment. Mr. Allison safd that he was only aware of the Judiciery Square, which was available for that purpose, and he expressed the hope that it was not the intention of the commit- tee to locate this warehouse there. Mr. Call said that he would not be able to vote for a measure which contemplated the erection of public buildings on the parks of the city, for It was upon them that Vashington depended for her great beauty, and he would not see that beauty destroyed. Mr. Vilas then revived the dea of loca ing all the future public buildings on t south side of Pennsylvania avenue be- tween the Botanical Gardens and 15th street. He believed this plan to be an ex- cellent _one from many standpoints, and with this object in view he offered an amendment providing that the hall of rec- ords should be erected somewhere on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue between Ist and 16th streets, Mr. Vest explained that he had formerly favored that proposition and still main‘ain- ed that opinion, but he did not think that this bill,which was so sorely needed, should be hindered by such a provision, as it would mean delay, as has been the case when- ever the government has attempted to pur- chase private property in this city. He hoped that Mr. Vilas would not press his amendment and on this request Mr. Vilas withdrew the amendment. ‘The bill was then passed, The Bill Passed. The bill appropriates $300,00 for the pur- chase of a elte and the erectlan thereon of a brick and metal fireproof building, to be used for the safe-keeping of such re. cords of the executive, legislative and ju- dicial departments as are not required in sald departments for constant reference. ‘The site for the building shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury, the retary of War and the Se. it the price to be fixed if po: ment between them and the owner or owners thereof. The cost of the site is limited to $100,000. In case nu agreement as to price can be reached condemnation pro- ceedings are provided for. a = Checks and Internal Revenue Taxe: The commissioner of internal revenue ex- plains the action of collectors in refusing to accept checks in payment of internal revenue taxes as follows: The impression seems to be general throughout the country that the refusal of the collectors of internal revenue to accept checks in payment of in- ternal revenue taxes is in accordance with instructions which have been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. No such i structions have been issued. The fact that until recently the collectors have, at their own risk, accepted checks in payment of taxes, and the same have been received by the depositories as so much cash. ‘The condition of things in the country be- ing such at this time that the collectors eannot use these checks at the di sitories in the payment of the amounts due from them on account of internal revenue taxes, they are compelled to exact payment in the manner provided by section M73, Revised Statutes, which is as follows: “And all taxes and all other debts and demands than duties on imports, accruing or becom- ing due to the United States, shall be paid in’ gold and silver coin, treasury notes, United, States notes or notes of national banks.” If the banks could pay currency on the checks drawn upon them by parties who have taxes to pay, the checks would be re- ceived by the collectors as heretofore and the existing ities would be at an end. rounds should | THE BERING SEA DECISION. Prof. Merriam Discusses the Points Set- tled at Paris. The Question of the Use of Firearms an Important One—The Sixty-Mile Limit. Prof. C. Hart Merriam of the Agricultural Department is well posted in regard to pelagic seal fishing and the Bering seal questions generally. Two years ago, in connection with Mr. Mendenhall, he repre- sented this country on a joint commission, which was instructed to proceed to the sea! islands and investigate the alleged destruc- tion of these animals, as well as other mat- ters relating to the questions then in con- troversy between Great Britain and this country. This report, which was submitted about @ year ago, furnished the tribunal with the basis of facts in the arbitration just closed, as the statements therein contained were matters of common agreement between the countries. As might naturally be supposed Prof. Merriam read with a great deal of interest the report of the decision of- the tribunal as printed in yesterday's Star. This morning, in talking with a Star re- porter, he said that he hesitated to say much in regard to the decision, because on @ very vital point there seemed to be a dif- ference between the report of the decision sent by Mr. Foster and that which came through the press. The one reported that shotguns would be allowed, while the other held that the tribunal had’ decided that all firearms should be prohibited in the hunt- ing of the seal. He said that it was of little consequence whether there was a prohibition on the use of rifles or not, as sealers had. practically reached the conclusion that it did not pay to use these weapons. The reason of this was that rifles could be used at a longer range than shotguns and it frequently hap- Pened that before the seals could be reached their bodies had sunk and could not be re- covered. It was necessary to fire at a shorter range with the shot guns, and of | course the men could reach their victim in a briefer time. Then, too, some f the shot were Mable to on the lungs of the animals and, ying gradually. they would float for longer period than if they had been killed at once. If firearms were prohibited in pelagic seal fishing then the United States ad gained a it advantage. On the op- posite theory he should say that the de- cision reached by the tribunal was a com- Promise and that neither country would be entirely satisfied. ‘The sixty mile zone was unquestionably of great value as it comprised the best fishing grounds, but it would practically be impossible to police this area. ety Soak ite large extent and also to the fact that fogs prevailed there the greater part of the year. The month of August, which had been made an open season, was the best month in the entire year. ‘The sealers never remalasd on the hunt- ing grounds later than the last of Augurt. iow 1 were accustomed ‘*> hunt throush | portions of June and July and under the | decision the season was now so muca re- stricted that possibly some of the sealers would not think it would pay to fit out for so short a time. ‘The recommendation made by the tribu- nal that both countries should unite in pro- hibiting all sealing for a period of years Was an excellent one in the opinion of Mr. Merriam, but he did not think It ifie | that it would be carried out. If it’ w: at its height, would have a check which it would probably not recover from. SS CAPITOL TOPICS. Nicaragua Canal Up Again. ‘The Nicaragua canal bill is up again. Mr, Frye has reintroduced in the Senate the measure which Senator Sherntan brought forward in the last Congress and reported favorably from his committee on foreign re- lations, and which was discussed for sev- eral days in the Senate without action. The | capital stock of the company ts fixed at 1,000.000 shares of $100 each. The main pur. Dose of the bill of course is to have the gov- ernment practically assume the construc- tion of canal and the control of the company. Mr. Kyle’s Postal. Saving Scheme. Mr. Kyle, the populist Senator from South Dakota, has laid before the Senate a pos- tal savings bank scheme, which not only embodies the features of previous post bank savings bills, but includes some addi- tional features on the Ines of the third party's peculiar theories. Under his bill | the Postmaster General 1s authorized to | designate certain post offices, one in each county, to receive small deposits for re- mittance to subtreasuries. He is to issue | postal saving stamps from 10 cents to $1. ‘he savings are not to exceed $1,000 for any one person, and are to draw interest at | 21-2 per cent per annum. The Secretary of the Treasury is to loan the postal sav- ings to farmers owning land valued at not not more than $5,000. The loans are to be | made at 4 per cent. The Mileage Bi The bill to allow congressional mileage | for the extra session failed of consideration | in the Senate yesterday and went on the | calendar. Mr. Cockrell called it up. Sena- tor Frye sarcastically remarked that he| supposed It was much more important that he should get $200 a few months earlier than he otherwise would than that the | people should have forty millions added to the cireulation. “Do you object to tts consideration?” in- quired ‘Senator Teller. “Oh, no; I don’t object,” replied the Maine man. | "Well. why don't you object?” persisted Mr. Teller. ‘Then Senator Peffer sprang to the rescue | with an objection in the name of economy |and the people, and he was seconded by | Senator George on the other side of the | house. Making up the List of House Speakers The Speaker of the House has an arduous task in making up the list of silver or anti silver orators, and when the sun goes down in the evening he does not know precisely who will make the addresses the following day. This trouble grows out of the fact that the knowing representatives or those who regard themselves as the knowing rep- resentatives, all desire to speak ‘luring the st week of the debate. They Jo not de- don: ppewartie tnege pow, ee oo the fs ou nliged ‘to abandon it and this'industry. which ia now | ire to be speeding past the half mile pole, but are anxious to show themselves before fhe grand stand of popular opinion at the ini Notes. A very useful adjunct to the silver debate is a hand book just tssued from the gov- ernment printing office, containing a compil- ation of the coinage laws of the United States from 1798 to 18%. It was prepared under the direction of the Senate committee on finance. An appendix includes a num- ber of valuable statistics in connectioa with this question. Col. Jonn S. McEwen, the new chief clerk of the Senate, was sworn in yesterday ond immediately assumed control of tbat office. Falling Off in Government Receipts. So far this month the government re- ceipts are $3,000,000 less than last month, Business men are taking out of bonded warehouses as few goods as possible, while importers have not only curtailed their im- ports, but are taking advantage of all the delay’ possible in paying custom duties. At oo be over $210k One fare, receipts will 101 over $27, for the month, instead of $35,000,000, as estimated. ples ot nem EN Interior Department Changes. The following changes were th Department of the Interior todays = “Pe Office of the —Secretary—Appointment: Joseph C. McAllister, Pennsylvania, to be a member of the board of pension ap- PG thera lana fice—A poll laspe: neral nd o! ppointment: Ji r H. Burks, Missouri, and Samuel R. Poite- ¥eRE, Louisiana, to be special agents, at Pension office—Promotion: Eugene B. Lacy, Tennessee, copyist, ‘at $900, to be ‘special examiner, at $1,300. Resignation: Jacob B. Veazie,' Mississippi, clerk, $1,400, Principal Examiner Oscar C. Fox has been detailed to take charge of the Patent office exhibit at the world’s fair. CANADA DISSATISFIED The Dominion Gets Nothing Out of the Paris Award. WHAT OFFICIALS AT OTTAWA SAY. United States Gets the Kernel, Canada the Shell. COMMENTS OF LONDON PAPERS BOSTON, Aug. 16.—The Herald's Ottawa dispatch says: Hon. Mackenzie Bowell, acting premier, has received the following cable from the premier, Sir John Thomp- 801 ‘Bering sea arbitration concluded and award delivered at noon. All questions of right decided in favor of Britain. Fur seal- ing prohibited in May, June end July, and firearms forbidden in Bering sea. Tupper and I sail on Paris on Thursday.” Asked if he thought the decision satis- factory Mr. Bowell replied that he had no comment to make until the full text of the award was rectived. “Sir John Thompson does not mention any stipulation about a 60-mile protected zone, as the press dis- patches do, and that is an excellnt reason to withhold comment. At the same time I have no reason to doubt the correctness of the press reports.” Hon. Mr. Bowell’s reticence is emulated by the other members of the cabinet, but there is reason to believe that the outline of the award does not give much satisfac- tion in official circles here. The feeling seems to be that Great Britain has cracked @ nut of which Canada gets the shell and the United States the kernel. What Canada Wanted. What the Dominion wanted was the ut- most possible latitude for its sealers. It did not care for questions of international Tight in Bering sea, save in so far as these facilitated the British Columbia sealers in securing big cargoes of the most valuable fur in the world. But in the award now rendered, while Britain, it is true, seems to have had its in- ternational contentions as to right and jur- isdiction sustained, Canada apparently sees the sealing industry disappearing into Un- cle Sam's vest pocket. ‘The closed season the entire pro- hibition of the use of firearms and the es- tablishment of a zone of sixty miles diame- ter around the Pribylof Islands within which the seals must not be killed, save on the islands themselves—these stipulations terribly restrict the seal hun’ every- where save on the islands, and of cqurse, are exclusively American. hile the members of the government 4 department officials do not care to say much, some privately lay stress on this view. One prominent official states that the fisheries department quietly but vigorously | epposed up to the last moment the idea of reat Britain consenting to discuss the Protection of seal life at all untilethe ques- tions of right were decided. The department, at the head of which is Hon. C,H. Tuy who has been the Brit- ish agent at the arbitration tribunal, was confident that the decision of it would be in England's favor, and then, it was ar- Fucd the Americans could be met far saore | {P Fa worably on the question sealing en e Qi of joint America Gains the Main Point. An official high in the department said: “It is gratifying, of course, that the award is adverse to the United States’ claims of exclusive jurisdiction over either Bering Sea or the seals. But if, as the press dis- patches intimated, it 1s decided that there is to be a ‘protected zone’ of sixty miles around the Pribylof Islands, there appears possibility that the Americans have really gained the main point as far as Canadian ers are concerned. eign ‘sealers. If, in addition, is prohibited in the'sea for sixty miles around the islands, it would appear to Americans almost a mi ly of the seals. ‘This will be particularly case when is forbidden to hunt the seals with firearms anywhere in Bering Sea, as it is much more difficult to harpoon them than suthese ‘pint indicate pretty ese opinions te the prevailing feeling here at Brssent. t the Jong there is general satisfaction and dangerous dispute has been s : standin honorably settled. VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 16.—Local sealers, while regarding the m of the Bering Sea arbitrators as fa’ to securing compensation for losses caused by the Americans, say that the regulations will be disastrous as si sealing on the = where the is principally en. Views of London Evening Papers. LONDON, Aug. 16.—The Pall Mall Ga- zette, commenting editorially upon the decision of the Bering sea tribunal of ar. by the United States. It ratifies the in- alienable right of vessels to sail the high seas free and undisturbed. The stability of this primary canon law of nations is of more value to the United States than many seal skins. The decision, which will result in the preservation of the seals, is wise, humane and far reaching. It may cause a present falling off in income of sealers, but it will secure to the worid regular supply of a precious ‘uxury.” The St. James Gazette ridicules the idea that the award is a triumph for Great Pritain or for internath arbitration. The American people, it says, would have never gone to war for such an absurdity 2s that Bering sea was a mare clausum. What the award has done, the adds, to give the sanction of the tribunal to a set of regulations that would probably have been better framed by a commission of British, Canadian and American rep- Tesentatives, The Globe says: Great Britain gets the best of the business on the whole. There- fore Canada is wholly satisfied. but it would be hard to say what more the arbi- trators could have done. — MURDERED HIS FRIEND. Tragedy This Morning in the Mining Regions of Pennsylvania. ST. CLAIR, Pa., Aug. 16—George Ochs, employed at Pine Forest colliery, and Harry Manfuld, an Italian of East Mines, em- ployed by the Pottsville Water Company, have been close friends for some tim past, and from time to time have called at each other's house. Yesterday was pay day for, Manfuld, and he spent part of the day and the evening at y home, in piace: when midnight ‘arrived Ochs po- itely told Manfuld it was bedtime and the family wished to retire. Manfuld left the house, but returned between 1 and 2 o'clock and effected an entrance through an upper- story window. Mrs. Ochs, who with her husband occu- pied a room on the lower floor, heard the noise and in a few moments saw @ man blow out the lamp in her room. She awoke her husband. who immediately closed with the daring italian. In the struggle Ochs was shot through the heart. The murderer was traced to his home in East Mines, and when ~onfronted by police officers cried for mery, although at the same time denying his guilt. He he ‘was home at 12 o'clock, but his mother-in- law says that he was not home until be- tween 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. Great excitement prevailed when he brought into town. A howling mob “de- manded his bodv and a lynching was bare. ly prevented. Manfuld was secretly fo a train and thence to, Potteville, he was comm! 0 jail. His fs unsavory, and it is belleved Ris object tn entering his companion’s home was crime, fully as heinous as the one he mitted. ——— Preparing Ficures for Congressmen. The silver debate in Congress busy times in the mint bureau of ury. The force of clerks there Hy Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue to- day ‘were $402,608; from customs, $45.62. cally stopped their routine engaged in prepa financial tables, for Senators and Congressmen on the ‘sti- ‘ver question. WHAT IT MEANS. commented freely on ‘Star reporter today, with the distinct Gerstanding that his name used. He said: . “The exact purport of the decision Rot seem to be clearly understood American people, judging from been published in the papers on the subject. The sixth article of the treaty embraced the rights assumed by the United nd submitted to the tribunal for determal- nation. 3 ary line, between the United States Russia, was exclusive and as complete if the sea were land, and second, that were not so the fur forted to the islands in knowledged to be the property ‘United States) belonged exclusively United States and remained the of the United States everywhere in sea, and that the United States exclusive right to protect such Bering sea regardless of whether it free open sea or the property of the States. “The fifth question of article 6 is terial one. It reads: ‘Has the States any right, and if so, what rights, of quenting the islands of the United States in Bering sea, when such seals are found outside the ordinary three-mile limit? In deciding this point the tribunal held “That the United States had no right to the Protection of or property in the seals fre- quenting the islands of the United States in the Bering sea, when the same are found outside the ordinary three-mile limit.” If the decision on this point had been in favor of the United States instead of against them, regulations about which so much is said would have been unnecessary. It was only because the tribunal the Bering sea was an open free that the United States had no right to tect the seals or property in ik pilfestiett “Article seven of the treaty provides that if the determination of the questions em- braced in article six, as to the exctusive adverse to that governmeast, that then the tribunal shall prescribe ations for the protection of the seals. regule~ | people tm this matter, and therefore The | should state the question submitted to the tribunal for settlepvent and the de- cision. The regulations efor the Pfotection of these seals for the benefit of | t Britain and other nations, equally with the United States, and the people of | this country can rejoice in common with | the of all other countries that regu- | lations Tivo been savesd upon which, it is | Roped. may result in the protection of these The Sixty-Mile Limit. | There ts still another point that needs to | be cleared up. Article 1 of the regulations | reads: “The United States and Great Brit- ain shall forbid their citizens and subjects, Tespectively, to kill, capture or pursue at jany time or in any mauner whatever the janimals commonly called fu- seals sina @ zone of sixty miles around the Prib; Islands, inclusive of the territorial waters, i nder killed, captured or pursued within the scribed’ gone, ‘which, however, is not sixty miles beyond the oriinary three-mile limi but sixty miles inclusive of that limit; im other words, sixty miles from the shore. ‘Within that zone no seal can be taken in the water by the citizens of the United subjects of Great Britain’ A'sesious anacee Bu t . A serious ques- tion arises now. ig “The decision of the tribunal binds the United States and Great Britain, but it does not bind other powers. The ruling is that Bering sea is an open i H j 4 5 upon another nation because from the Bering sea, which it it ; abate i : ce en all but one will return States. one to remain will not leave the islands until about the first of December. It is ed that the regulations pre- scribed by the Paris tribunal will not go into operation until they have been official ly promulgated by the President of the United States, through a proclamation, and by the British government, by an order ia oo NO NEW CASES OF CHOLERA. Three Days Since Any Patient Was Removed From Hoffman Island. QUARANTINE, 8. L,Aug. 16.—Health offi- Island are doing well. It is now three days since the last patient was removed from Hoffman Island and eighty hours since he was isolated from his fellow passengers. ‘The situation is most enco: 3 This afternoon Mr. Hart of the British Medical Journal will visit and inspect the Quarantine establishment with me. ——> 10WA REPUBLICANS. Prohibitionists Have Only Three Mem= bers on the Piniform Committee. DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 16—Congres- sional district caucuses preliminary to the republican state convention this morning proved a Waterloo for prohibitionists, who secured only three of eleven members of the committee on resolution cle seni ocock, James Harlan, conf- dential adviser of Lincoln, the “temporary ization. brief @ealt chiefly with the tariff and financial issues with one allusion to the tem Eke appointment of the usual com- i mittecs, ‘the convention took a resess till 130 p.m. se ‘The Chilean Claims Commission. ‘The commission appointed under the to adjudicate claims States